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[Xperia Z5 Compact Android Development] Berni-0815:
I understand. But I'm sorry, this is not laying in my hands. This is managed by the LineageOS team itself.

Edit:

I maintain the device tree only.
[Xperia Z5 Compact Android Development] FellinLovewithSuzuran:
Thx that what i mean... in 14.1 you can add your calendertasks to the clock... thats why i thougt theres a way to copy the 14.1.deskclock to 18. version and replace the "new" deskclock.

seems thats not that easy by overdraw a file??

next problem the sd-card with 2 partitions from my 14version lineage z5c can read and used with the 17 version but show as corrupt in 18 version.

db navigator widget crash in version 18...

and i cant get wi-fi-direct get working

thats the only reasons why version 14 from you is still the best.
[Xperia Z5 Compact Android Development] Berni-0815:
There are several things not working since los14. The reason is that beginning with los15 most HAL's are not longer addressed in the "old" way like in los14; keyword "Treble": Klick

And there is no way for us to fix it.
[Xperia Z5 Compact Android Development] Berni-0815:
Is one of these partitions used as "adoptable storage"? That's well known as broken.
[Xperia Z5 Compact Android Development] FellinLovewithSuzuran:
No. normal storage to use with smartphone or pc...

ant thanks for the explanation... so theres no hope to get a lineage bigger 14 to work without problems on suzuran....

maybe i should take a look to Sony XZ1/2compact and lineageroms?
[Xperia Z5 Compact Android Development] Berni-0815:
Weird! That should work. But the "sdcard filesystem implementation (sdcardfs)" itself is known as buggy. We're working on it but until now without any success.

Write speed to /sdcard is very slow too.

If possible, stay at los17.1...
[Xperia Z5 Compact Android Development] FellinLovewithSuzuran:
ill try 17.1 now... thx for help and information!
[Xperia Z5 Compact Android Development] Berni-0815:
New version out; see 1st post.

Bluetooth voice calls should work now; please report
[Xperia Z5 Compact Android Development] darkangel32:
I have a question, under the settings menu one can check for Updates (lineageos18.1), it always says device up to date. What is this update searcher for actually?
[Xperia Z5 Compact Android Development] Berni-0815:
The update checker only works for official supported devices and can't be disabled by us.
[Xperia Z5 Compact Android Development] sd82:
audio does not work via bluetooth connection to carudio - in previous version 2021-05-08 it worked
[Xperia Z5 Compact Android Development] Berni-0815:
Damn**! Since I don't use car audio I can't test it.

Can this issue be confirmed by another user?
[Xperia Z5 Compact Android Development] casouzaj:
Indeed, audio is not routed to the A2DP profile on this build. It was doing so on the previous one.

EDIT: and file transfer by Bluetooth is broken too. When the file comes in, a simple entry appears in the status bar, but tapping on it, nothing happens. Much later, when the file transfer is already timed out on the source device, a pop-up window comes up prompting me to either accept or reject the file.
[Xperia Z5 Compact Android Development] Berni-0815:
New version out; see 1st post.

Hopefully fixed bluetooth car audio issue.
[Xperia Z5 Compact Android Development] darkangel32:
I just want to note that Geekbench 5 crashes when finishing the CPU benchmark. It could be my phone overheating aswell :P
[Xperia Z5 Compact Android Development] sd82:
Thanks for the quick fix.

I'll check tomorrow and let you know.

Regards
[Xperia Z5 Compact Android Development] casouzaj:
Unfortunately, it's not there yet! It's strange that AVRCP (play, pause, volume) works, but A2DP (audio) does not! Audio still plays on the phone' speakers.
[Xperia Z5 Compact Android Development] sd82:
I confirm - the sound still does not work, the controls work (play pause)
[Xperia Z5 Compact Android Development] norabitox:
Hello Berni

Thank you

However, I am struggling to every update.

How can be updated in a single smoothly, please tell me more.

Best regards.
[Xperia Z5 Compact Android Development] Berni-0815:
If I understand you right, you simply have to flash the new version over the old one.
[Xperia Z5 Compact Android Development] darkangel32:
And here i am (i thought i had to) reflashing the rom everytime and having to redownload/install everything xD
[Xperia Z5 Compact Android Development] Berni-0815:
No. Just flash the new version over the old one. There is no need to reinstall anything...
[Xperia Z5 Compact Android Development] Berni-0815:
Next try; see 1st post.
[Xperia Z5 Compact Android Development] sd82:
screen blanking does not work during a call
[Xperia Z5 Compact Android Development] casouzaj:
Thanks a lot, Bernie! Both A2DP and AVRCP are working fine with the 0531 build. Almost forgot to tell you that file transfer via Bluetooth is working as well.
[Xperia Z5 Compact Android Development] norabitox:
Hello Berni

Thank you

I was finally able to launch the new version.

I'm using the open gapps test.

Overwriting only the new version will stay in the animation.

I was able to start it by overwriting the rom and gapps.

And, if you want to produce a patch in magisk are, do we use the boot.img of lineage?

Best regards.
[Xperia Z5 Compact Android Development] Berni-0815:
Have you used another GApps implementation before that?

I'm not sure that I've understood this question.
[Xperia Z5 Compact Android Development] norabitox:
Yes NikGapps

However, in the case of my restoration of google it did not work.

Boot image patch with Magisk

Every time I install a new version

Magisk disappears.
[Xperia Z5 Compact Android Development] sd82:
Screen lock does not work during a call.

How to fix it?
[Xperia Z5 Compact Android Development] Berni-0815:
Then you should flash Magisk together with every new ROM.
[Xperia Z5 Compact Android Development] Berni-0815:
I don't know.
[Xperia Z5 Compact Android Development] norabitox:
Once you have flash only the ROM without Gapps?
[Xperia Z5 Compact Android Development] sd82:
MindTheGApps 11 installed

Edit: works - reinstalling solved the problem
[Xperia Z5 Compact Android Development] android666:
i'd like to ask if externalSD may run on ext4: Partitions (Data, Cache) : Ext4 and F2FS supported?

how difficult is using AndroidAuto without spyGapps:

[ Feature Request ] : Android Auto Support · Issue #897 · microg/GmsCore

Installed : Google App / Google Maps / Android Auto Launched Android Auto Stuck at Android Auto launcher. Below are the logs : 07-21 00:12:25.191 16269 16305 I MicroDetectionWorker: #startMicroDete...

github.com
[Xperia Z5 Compact Android Development] 1ggn3:
No idea, I haven't had much use for Android Auto yet, because I haven't traveled much recently (for obvious reasons). I heard some people had some SD card issues, but I haven't tried it out yet, I don't have a free SD card and I currently don't need one, so no clue.
[Xperia Z5 Compact Android Development] android666:
if u carefully read again, there is a link to developers section. if u are not image contributor, i'm not sure you will find route for this not simple subject
[Xperia Z5 Compact Android Development] sd82:
Unfortunately I broke the phone via flashtool and choosing the simlock option :(

I bought a Samsung Galaxy S7

I greet everyone...
[Xperia Z5 Compact Android Development] 1ggn3:
I have never tried that, but is it really bricked? Can't you erase the flash where the setting is stored? Just out of curiosity..
[Xperia Z5 Compact Android Development] sd82:
Unfortunately, if you choose simlock it is probably just a service, uploading a new rom does not give you anything.

The phone does not read sim cards.
[Xperia Z5 Compact Android Development] 1ggn3:
I'm sorry, I don't understand what you mean. Do you mean something like a fuse?

My guess is that it just writes a value in one of these normally hidden partitions. Then the modem processor would read that and only accept sim cards with that value. So, if it is somewhere on the storage, you can erase and re-write it.
[Xperia Z5 Compact Android Development] sd82:
I searched for a solution, but to no avail - in the end I gave up. After flashing and selecting the simlock option, the phone does not read SIM cards.
[Xperia Z5 Compact Android Development] darkangel32:
A true brick is quite uncommon have i understood?
[Xperia Z5 Compact Android Development] 1ggn3:
Well, I never managed to do it :D

Usually, you can always go into flash mode (green led) and reflash a stock rom, including the bootloader and all that hidden stuff.
[Xperia Z5 Compact Android Development] darkangel32:
Yeah ive managed to do really strange things and have it 'bricked' with xperia phones but somehow always managed to load a rom again using flashtool (for xperia).

Cant try with samsung yet (odin) since the charger port is broken, which seems the only way to flash :P
[Xperia Z5 Compact Android Development] sd82:
After selecting simlock, it does not read sim cards
[Xperia Z5 Compact Android Development] Berni-0815:
ext4 should work. About F2FS I'm not sure. But you can't use an external SD card as adopted storage! This causes a kernel panic! Only mobile storage is working!
[Xperia Z5 Compact Android Development] username one:
I bricked my unit about a month ago. No LED etc, totally dead. Only solution that worked was to connect the metal dots under the battery with a piece of metal to reset the phone.
[Xperia Z5 Compact Android Development] Molto33:
Allright then ☺️

Hello to all of you ! I have a tiny little problem after installing that ROM (which seems very nice !)

Mmmm.... I don't know if anyone could do or from itself to his phone, but, my downside of the screen (not the part with menu buttons, just over it) do not work at all after flashing it.

To validate any information, it's just impossible.

I wiped my XZ5C completly before flashing the rom and the Gapps (Mindthegapps), and wiped cache after that... Soooo... Sorry if the problem is not findable for you, i'm gonna try to flash original ROM and hope that solve my problem 🤗😉

PS: sorry for the horrible english, i'm a frog 😅

PS2: sorry my autocorrection from my Nexus 4 make it even worse 😌
[Xperia Z5 Compact Android Development] Ermann123:
Hi again, Berni!

I just noticed on my other devices, which already run 18.1, that there it is not possible to spoof signatures, so microg is not able to work.

While on a third device, where 17.1 was running before together with Magisk, after sideload upgrad to 18.1 the recent configuration was still active and microg working, I wonder, if it is also that easy to just sideload 18.1 over 17.1. (here it is more critical because of lots of data and much work to reinstall everything manually in the case of failure).
[Xperia Z5 Compact Android Development] Ermann123:
And another question: after exchanging the battery (with 17.1) I experience the new draining much faster, then the old already degraded one. (I even exchanged the battery one more time to be sure).

The electronic guy said, that sometimes it is helpful to reinstall the system from scratch after battery exchange. Is this somehow reasonable?
[Xperia Z5 Compact Android Development] baristurunc:
Hi, please ask your question to the relevant topic or do your own research. I think this is not the appropriate forum topic to ask such.
[Xperia Z5 Compact Android Development] litelinux:
Hello,

According to another user:

dirty flashing over 17.1 is working. (I've never tried it before though.)

After flashing the 18.1 ROM, remember to reflash magisk before rebooting, in order to preserve Magisk environment.

For signature spoofing, just follow what you did on your previous device, so that microG could work.
[Xperia Z5 Compact Android Development] 1ggn3:
For the record, Android keeps a file with battery calibration data. There are apps out there that can reset that, but usually, charging it up to 100% and discharging it until it turns of does the trick (repeat a few times, if necessary).

Of course, there is always a chance that you messed up something or the new battery is somehow faulty, too.
[Xperia Z5 Compact Android Development] 1ggn3:
Weird. In the past, I had some issues where the lower part would become laggy if it got hot, but it wasn't ROM-related.. I think the best you could do is try with another ROM (Stock or Nougat/14.1) and report back?
[Xperia Z5 Compact Android Development] darkangel32:
Just want to say thank you for the efforts you put into this rom for an old Z5 that was stuck on android 7 :)
[Xperia Z5 Compact Android Development] norabitox:
Hello Berni

This update was able to be updated smoothly by installing gapps and magisk at the same time.

Thank you.
[Xperia Z5 Compact Android Development] Molto33:
Same thing after rolling back to official ROM, the downside of my screen seems dead.... Really weird... Too bad, i would love to have a Sony Phone with a recent update ;)
[Xperia Z5 Compact Android Development] Hichem2006:
When will we be getting Android 12 ?
[Xperia Z5 Compact Android Development] Berni-0815:
BTW: That's a very annoying app! The advertising is very very annoying! I've removed this app at once!
[Xperia Z5 Compact Android Development] litelinux:
I've blocked them🤣

Checking messages and listening to music most of the time. But it gets hot even when I do nothing.

BTW the weather just got cold here, so now it's around 30.
[Xperia Z5 Compact Android Development] litelinux:
Will do
[Xperia Z5 Compact Android Development] litelinux:
Here are the screenshots
[Xperia Z5 Compact Android Development] Berni-0815:
That's definitely not normal!
[Xperia Z5 Compact Android Development] litelinux:
mm-pp-daemon seems to be a color correction related task. Disabling it causes LiveDisplay to fail, which I turn on all the time.

But every other user also has this so it probably isn't the problem.
[Xperia Z5 Compact Android Development] Berni-0815:
Why should I? I don't have such a problem...
[Xperia Z5 Compact Android Development] litelinux:
Maybe it's the weather...

About a week ago the temperature here still reaches 29°C, and I have severe heating issues.

This week the temperature dropped to around 19°C, and the problems are gone miraculously.
[Xperia Z5 Compact Android Development] username one:
When I upgraded from build 14.1 to 17 all apps and settings I used previously were downloaded and restored automatically. It didn't happen on this version. How do I do that?
[Xperia Z5 Compact Android Development] Berni-0815:
Clean install
[Xperia Z5 Compact Android Development] username one:
I tried that twice but there was only options to restore a backup during install, I believe.
[Xperia Z5 Compact Android Development] Berni-0815:
Since I've installed this version myself, I can say, you can't restore any data. They are not compatible. So you have to make a clean install. Your data are lost. You should save them in other ways and then restore them manually app by app. Some apps have their own backup and restore routines, others not.

Or do I misunderstand you?
[Xperia Z5 Compact Android Development] esrevinu:
Once you log in Google, the setup wizard asks whether you want to restore apps and data. If app data are saved, 'Google Play services' seems to restore them.

Backup and restore will be done by Google apps. I don't know if 'Google One' is needed. I have 'Google One'(not paid) installed.
[Xperia Z5 Compact Android Development] Berni-0815:
@username one : Is that what you're asking for?
[Xperia Z5 Compact Android Development] baristurunc:
Hi,

I've been using your LineageOS 18 rom for more than 2 months.

The only issue I've encountered and not mentioned here somehow is that the audio crackles, both when listening with headphones and with speakers.

For further information;

I have Audio Compatibility Patch and Viper4 Android installed via magisk. I had these on stock rom too and there was no crackling.

Did anybody else had this issue on LİneageOS18? Is it present in LineageOS18.1 builds?
[Xperia Z5 Compact Android Development] litelinux:
Hello,

I was supposing that the performance issues are related to something about caches, so I tested the write speed: (as attachment)

Both are clean installs, latest version, /data formatted.

On this ROM the write speed is 343K/s;

while on Lineage 17.1 it is 59M/s.

Can anyone confirm?

BTW Thanks for keeping updating the ROM :)
[Xperia Z5 Compact Android Development] litelinux:
Confirmed; also present on 18 and 17.1.
[Xperia Z5 Compact Android Development] Berni-0815:
Yes:

suzuran:/ # dd if=/dev/zero of=/sdcard/output count=65536
65536+0 records in
65536+0 records out
33554432 bytes (32 M) copied, 31.118504 s, 1.0 M/s

Weird! I have to investigate it more.
[Xperia Z5 Compact Android Development] Berni-0815:
In my latest build this does not happen here. (That's an experimental build only for testing purposes!)
[Xperia Z5 Compact Android Development] baristurunc:
This might be related to DSP buffer size or TARGET_USES_QCOM_MM_AUDIO flag, which I don't know where its placed in >LineageOS17 (maybe in BoardConfigCommon.mk?).
[Xperia Z5 Compact Android Development] darkangel32:
Now, that would be something. Z5C totally deserves it, really like the older xperia devices, their boxy industrial look is still killer even today.

Edit: you have to think that Android 12 isnt more then a beta now. The full release will be later this autumn i think.
[Xperia Z5 Compact Android Development] steve8x8:
@darkangel32 "boxy industrial look" made me smile, with a Milestone2 sitting in its dock on the desk next to me ;-)
[Xperia Z5 Compact Android Development] zeitwidrig:
First off: sorry if this was brought up at some point - I only skimmed through the 31 pages of this thread.

There seems to be a problem in LineageOS with apps which use a local VPN server like Netguard or TrackerControl. When using one of these all internet traffic is blocked regardless if blocking is enabled in the app or not. This seems to affect all LineageOS derivatives:

The problem is further explained here. However the issue has apparently been fixed for some Samsung devices, so I'm hopeful this can be fixed for the Z5 compact as well :)
[Xperia Z5 Compact Android Development] Berni-0815:
This should be possible. Would you please provide a LOG where the issue occurs and send me this LOG via PM?
[Xperia Z5 Compact Android Development] Berni-0815:
Issue is fixed! The fix will be published in my next version as soon as the "Android security patch level" has been updated.

Please be patient.
[Xperia Z5 Compact Android Development] biwuchen:
thank you
[Xperia Z5 Compact Android Development] Berni-0815:
Since today there is a "pico" and a "nano" flavour of OpenGApps for Android 11 available.

Please pay attention, that these versions are NOT compatible with a previour installed MindTheGApps oder NikGApps version. There are inconsistences in /data that causes the device NOT to boot!

Edit:

I'm therefore not responsible for a no longer working device and I will therefore not answer any error message regarding GApps!
[Xperia Z5 Compact Android Development] darkangel32:
A 'not working device', as in a brick?
[Xperia Z5 Compact Android Development] Berni-0815:
A brick is a not working device too. ;)

But nothing I'm presenting here should brick a device if the user is following my installation instructions and is using a device that is supported by my software releases.

No, I'm talking about failure in the boot process followed by a restart.

MindTheGApps seems to set something in the /data partition that makes the device NOT to boot if MindTheGApps is not found in /system. If that happens, you simply have to reflash MindTheGApps.
[Xperia Z5 Compact Android Development] Berni-0815:
New version out; see 1st post.

Android security patch level: 5 July 2021

Minor changes in the devices' fingerprint; hopefully GPay payment is working now.

Major changes regarding ims. But unfortunately VoLTE is still not working.
[Xperia Z5 Compact Android Development] darkangel32:
I have never been able to 'brick' any xperia device. Even when things have gone wrong, i have been able to use this fastboot/flashtool to sort things out. Once i wiped ALL data accidently, the whole phone, i realized it and managed to not shutdown the phone and remain in TWRP, load the rom via USB and flash again.

Its quite rare to totally render these devices unusable if you just follow the instructions as you say.

Thanks for your good work :)
[Xperia Z5 Compact Android Development] Max8719:
Thank you Berni for updating this rom regularly and still improving it. I wish big smartphone manufacturer would update their software so steady and quick and would react as fast as you do when problems occur . (y)
[Xperia Z5 Compact Android Development] darkangel32:
Yes he does a better job himself then Sony as a large company.
[Xperia Z5 Compact Android Development] Berni-0815:
Please remember Sony has to make money! There is no money to be made with such an outdated device!

:cool:
[Xperia Z5 Compact Android Development] darkangel32:
Hm, i know its not apples to apples (lol), but Apple does so.... Your totally right but i think Sony should support their devices longer then one or two OS updates. Todays devices in special since their so expensive.
[Xperia Z5 Compact Android Development] Berni-0815:
I finally managed to increase the write speed on /sdcard partition dramatically:

suzuran:/ $ dd if=/dev/zero of=/sdcard/output count=65536
65536+0 records in
65536+0 records out
33554432 bytes (32 M) copied, 0.706444 s, 45 M/s
suzuran:/ $

New version out; see 1st post.
[Xperia Z5 Compact Android Development] Max8719:
Yes, you are right. They do not even maintain their flagship models regularly with security patch updates. You can be happy if the update it every 2 months. For example, if you get a security patch from Sony this month, it is probably from 5 May, if you are lucky from 5 June. And that's a shame for such a big company.

I know you can not make money with regular updates, but you you can bind customers to the company with a good update service, so that the will probably buy a Sony phone again. I'm sorry, I do not wanted to start a discussion about this topic, because this isn't they right thread for this.
[Xperia Z5 Compact Android Development] darkangel32:
Couldnt agree more with your post, and your totally correct, it aint the thread for it. Its a reminder how much Berni and others mean for the community who love these mobile devices though.

Keep up the good work!
[Xperia Z5 Compact Android Development] florstat:
Is there any camera app working at full resolution ( 23Mp ) and with consistent and fast zooming?
[Xperia Z5 Compact Android Development] Berni-0815:
I don't know any.
[Xperia Z5 Compact Android Development] H4NNE5:
ROM crashes upon login to Google

After installation of the ROM and the latest "MindTheGapps" release I wanted to log in to Google, but the system crashes and restarts.

After that I tried it with a NikGapps Core Release but with the same result. Can you observe the same?

I did a Factory Reset Wipe before the installation.
[Xperia Z5 Compact Android Development] Berni-0815:
Please grab a LOG and send it to me via PM.
[Xperia Z5 Compact Android Development] Paulthe2:
Hi Berni,

Could you be so kind and enable this flag CONFIG_USB_MSM_ACA in the next compilation.

It will allow to charge XZ5c simultaneously while connecting USB gadgets in OTG mode.

This feature I miss a lot in Lineage OS.

Thanks for any answer,

Paul
[Xperia Z5 Compact Android Development] 1ggn3:
Hi,

I noticed some weird crashes, usually when the phone is sleeping (if I had to guess, then deep doze). Sometimes it happens several times in a row, sometimes I can go hours/days without a crash. Does this happen to other people, too? I heard somewhere that there is a hardware bug with some SN810 chips, where the big cores start making trouble. Could this be the beginning of it?

Btw, crash log is here: https://github.com/Professor-Berni/android_kernel_sony_msm8994/issues/1
[Xperia Z5 Compact Android Development] 1ggn3:
By the way, what kind of cable do you use for that? I haven't seen one like tha for some time now.
[Xperia Z5 Compact Android Development] Berni-0815:
You're pointing to a 17.1 kernel file.
[Xperia Z5 Compact Android Development] 1ggn3:
Sorry, fixed it. The new file makes a lot more sense :)