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So I have a Xperia Play R800x (CDMA). I don't have enough posts, so I can't post in the topic. So I have a few questions about the recent FXP025 and the ROM with it, or whatever it is called .
1. Are all of the stock games still there?
2. Can I restore a previously made Nandroid backup? I think I can, I'm not sure though.
I will update this topic as I have more pop into my mind. thanks guys!
savage24x said:
So I have a Xperia Play R800x (CDMA). I don't have enough posts, so I can't post in the topic. So I have a few questions about the recent FXP025 and the ROM with it, or whatever it is called .
1. Are all of the stock games still there?
2. Can I restore a previously made Nandroid backup? I think I can, I'm not sure though.
I will update this topic as I have more pop into my mind. thanks guys!
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CM7 includes nothing sony ericsson or google. You can flash the G-Apps as a seperate .zip. But google made them remove there apps from the basic rom along time ago.
You can restore a prevous backup and get back to stock at any time, but remember to flash the right kernel aswell. CM7 wont boot with sony's kernel, and Stock rom wont boot with the CM7 kernel
I can't see the point to CM7 on the Play? just seems like a very basic half finished Android to me with all the apps removed?
The point of CM is to give people a standard Google experience as they intended instead of the highly customized versions of Android that several manufacturers give you, such as Sony Ericsson, Samsung with TouchWiz, HTC with Sense. It's not "half-finished" - just the port for the Xperia Play is. After having used full finished versions of CM on other phones, I don't want anything but CM now.
CM is based on the Android Open Source Platform - AOSP - which means that everything included with it must be open source. Proprietary apps are replaced with open and free apps. Stuff included by various manufacturers are not included unless they are free and open source as well.
Hope that explains things. Give CM7 another shot when the Play version gets closer to being finished.
FK1983 said:
I can't see the point to CM7 on the Play? just seems like a very basic half finished Android to me with all the apps removed?
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The "Half-finished" Android destroys most official builds in performance and battery life out of the box. Such is my experience with the (still in beta) CM7. The official -368 build is less snappy and a battery hog in comparison to -154, while CM7 tops both in those respects. Once CM7 is in RC2 or stable, you'll see what the point of CyanogenMod is.
Logseman said:
The "Half-finished" Android destroys most official builds in performance and battery life out of the box. Such is my experience with the (still in beta) CM7. The official -368 build is less snappy and a battery hog in comparison to -154, while CM7 tops both in those respects. Once CM7 is in RC2 or stable, you'll see what the point of CyanogenMod is.
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+1 wait 'till were up to nightly builds. Then you will see what CyanogenMod is all about
ok, thanks guys! I suceeded in flashing the kernel. Now I'm trying to flash the .ftf file... and looks like I'm failing :/ what device do I set it as, and should it be in fastboot?
zerojay said:
The point of CM is to give people a standard Google experience as they intended instead of the highly customized versions of Android that several manufacturers give you, such as Sony Ericsson, Samsung with TouchWiz, HTC with Sense. It's not "half-finished" - just the port for the Xperia Play is. After having used full finished versions of CM on other phones, I don't want anything but CM now.
CM is based on the Android Open Source Platform - AOSP - which means that everything included with it must be open source. Proprietary apps are replaced with open and free apps. Stuff included by various manufacturers are not included unless they are free and open source as well.
Hope that explains things. Give CM7 another shot when the Play version gets closer to being finished.
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Thanks for explaining!
I will certainly give it a try when it looks "more complete", so apart from the open source part is that the only difference?
Logseman said:
The "Half-finished" Android destroys most official builds in performance and battery life out of the box. Such is my experience with the (still in beta) CM7. The official -368 build is less snappy and a battery hog in comparison to -154, while CM7 tops both in those respects. Once CM7 is in RC2 or stable, you'll see what the point of CyanogenMod is.
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I wasn't slagging CM7 off by the way, just generally wondered what is considered good about it!
The way I have my Play running now with the latest official SE FW + DoomKernal + recovery + overclocked to a stable 1.8ghz I honestly have never experienced such a fast and snappy device, everything is now instant and buttery smooth, if CM7 can improve on this then I will be impressed but I just can't see how it can....
AndroHero said:
+1 wait 'till were up to nightly builds. Then you will see what CyanogenMod is all about
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I know you weren't decrying CM, but I've already had 3 Androids with Cyanogen Mod on them. It certainly makes a difference. It's true that some vendors are manning up, updating their phones more frequently and adding exclusive features so CM7 is not as superior as it was before, but it still adds a lot of value. A cheap phone like the ZTE Blade was born to carry CM7, as well as high-end but officially obsolete devices like the Xperia X10.
I used update.zip to go to the CM7 kernel... correct? So I'm going to flash kernel.sin (stock) back and start over, I need to get Flashtool working correctly, it won't recognize my device in fastboot. I've tried 2.9.1 (that's what I remember it was called... there's another number in it) and 3.0.0.0. I can't flash the .ftf file for CM7... help me out guys :/
CM7 comes in two parts: its own special kernel, and the ROM. Flash the kernel, enter recovery, flash the ROM through recovery.
Alright, thanks a lot guys, I finally got it working. I didn't know I had to install gordon gates drivers. thanks again!
I want the benefits of CM7, such as Android 2.3.5, overclocking, and less bloat, but I still want some of the Sony things, such as the xplay launcher, market, and Verizon market to get those few games...
In some of those cases, you'd just need to bring the APK over and install it. In some others, not so much.
zerojay said:
In some of those cases, you'd just need to bring the APK over and install it. In some others, not so much.
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I'm not sure which dependencies I am missing for the xplay launcher, it won't install the app from titanium backup. I never knew how much I'd miss that interface until it was actually gone
hairdewx said:
I'm not sure which dependencies I am missing for the xplay launcher, it won't install the app from titanium backup. I never knew how much I'd miss that interface until it was actually gone
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Xplay launcher and playstation pocket app requires the SE framework! you can play the playstation games if you install preinstalledservices.apk but the launchers wont work
AndroHero said:
Xplay launcher and playstation pocket app requires the SE framework! you can play the playstation games if you install preinstalledservices.apk but the launchers wont work
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Darn, I figured as much.
http://nooooooooooooooo.com/
hairdewx said:
Darn, I figured as much.
http://nooooooooooooooo.com/
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Lmfao @ that website, Thats getting bookmarked
Hello everyone!
I modified Google Apps for ICS/JB because of the limited storage in the system.
All you have to do is install it in recovery.
DOWNLOAD
Mini Google Apps ICS
Mini Google Apps JB
Make sure that you've done a backup before flashing.
If you got a bootloop maybe you need to delete some apps on your ROM directory: /system/app
Changelog:
20/11/2012
-The links have been changed to dropbox because of problems with mediafire
-Have been removed some apps and libs in Google Apps JB
If you want you can remove Google Talk from /system/app
Enjoy
My work:
-Mini Google Apps for ICS/JB
-Mini Trebuchet for CM9.1/CM10
If I helped you and you like my work push thank's buttom
What did you exactly modify or leave out ?
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bamboo' said:
What did you exactly modify or leave out ?
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I deleted to much libs unnecessary like videochat and some apps
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Excellent, working correctly, thank You!
OP updated
Google Now doesn't work
Till i install this gapps, Google Now doesn't work.
rospo84 said:
Till i install this gapps, Google Now doesn't work.
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I will try to update GApps tomorrow
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Hi, thanks for the gapps, works well on Imaginary V4.
Can you make one of this mini-gapps for GingerBread? It's for CyanogenMod 7.2
alternwall said:
Hi, thanks for the gapps, works well on Imaginary V4.
Can you make one of this mini-gapps for GingerBread? It's for CyanogenMod 7.2
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It is unnecessary on GB
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PedroJuuu said:
It is unnecessary on GB
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Do you mean that I can use the JB one or the ICS one?
you're on gingerbread you don't need flashable gapps
Yamizzolo said:
you're on gingerbread you don't need flashable gapps
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Sorry for the n00b question but, if I don't need flashable gapps what is the purpose of posts like this one? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1536724
Or the other ones that talk about "lightweight" gapps for galaxy ace due to our small system memory?
I'm really confused here, sorry
Yamizzolo said:
you're on gingerbread you don't need flashable gapps
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its wrong. thats it^^
Gingerbread just indicates the version number (or the version name). He would be "righter" with: you dont need gapps on Stock (-GB) rom.
The main purpose of this mini packages are the totally overkill CM9+ / Android 4+ versions. Android above 2.3.x was never meant to run on our low hardware device eventhough its possible as you see. But the gapps sometimes are too big for /system (gapps + "normal" android).
tl:dr version: You dont really need this mini versions on GB. you can, but dont need to use them. In android 4.x you sometimes HAVE TO use them, otherwise they wont fit in /system (due to insufficient space)
CJCord said:
its wrong. thats it^^
Gingerbread just indicates the version number (or the version name). He would be "righter" with: you dont need gapps on Stock (-GB) rom.
The main purpose of this mini packages are the totally overkill CM9+ / Android 4+ versions. Android above 2.3.x was never meant to run on our low hardware device eventhough its possible as you see. But the gapps sometimes are too big for /system (gapps + "normal" android).
tl:dr version: You dont really need this mini versions on GB. you can, but dont need to use them. In android 4.x you sometimes HAVE TO use them, otherwise they wont fit in /system (due to insufficient space)
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Oh, so, correct me if I'm wrong but what I understand with your explanation is that if I'm in GB (say CM7.2) I have to use only the apps that comes with the ROM?
I'm asking this because I flashed CM7.2 yesterday and it didn't come with the google play and I was getting trouble trying to log my google account up avoiding me to install titanium backup to get all my apps again. I don't know if this is a ROM problem or a particular one, but everything went right once I've flashed the "gapps-gb-20120317-237-signed", but of course this also consumed a good 30 or 40mb from the system so that's why I'm trying to find a better way to solve this issue of "limited storage".
alternwall said:
Sorry for the n00b question but, if I don't need flashable gapps what is the purpose of posts like this one? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1536724
Or the other ones that talk about "lightweight" gapps for galaxy ace due to our small system memory?
I'm really confused here, sorry
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I mean you don't need MINI Google Apps GB
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In CM7.2 you need some kind of gapps, because google prohibited usage of build-in gapps.
and your last line is exactly what those mini packages are about. in GB you have enough space for normal packages. in CM9+ you (mostly) do not have that space.
so
CM72: Gapps/mini-apps => both work
CM9+: Gapps => not enough space / mini-apps => only working solution (in most occasions)
this resumee also has its flaws, but i hope i could make the point of those packages a bit clearer for you.
The size of Google Apps GB is around 6 mb, don't you have free system storage?
Compatiblity query
Does this work well with SGSII Styled JB ROM for SGA? Someone test it please
ashy.kamal95 said:
Does this work well with SGSII Styled JB ROM for SGA? Someone test it please
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If that ROM is ICS or JB it should work correctly, make a backup before flash it
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Instructions?
Could you add the flashing/installation instructions please? :fingers-crossed:
Yep.
I just wish there was stock ICS for the HOV. Vanilla ics rom is close but it still has sense left over.
cm9 is far too unstable, and all my attempts at flashing various roms of JB are instable/not daily driver ready.
There don't seem to be any truly usable roms for this device. Stock sense is the only build in which everything works.
It's either one thing or another. If the camcorder works, the build might not work with simple apps like voxer. If voxer works, then mms won't work. If JB runs perfectly stable, then maybe the camcorder doesn't work. Does a rom that works without bugs like this exist? Here are a list of things I would need in a daily driver rom:
1. Camcorder- I'm a skater and I like to film fun edits of me and my hoodrat friends doing hoodrat things on our skates.
2. MMS - Such a simple necessity.
3. App compatibility -It drives me crazy when my important apps like voxer, instagram, facebook, and launchers lag badly or crash every time I open them
4. LAG - this is why I can't upgrade to JB, I thought provision Rom was AMAZING until I started using my apps (see #3)
5. Simple Multitasking
6. Random reboots - doesn't bother me too much but I could see it happening in some situation where I would need the phone immediately and have to try and explain to someone that "Herp, muh super custom droid phone likes to reboot so you'll just have to wait."
So far the only thing I can think of doing is building a stock ics rom (which I have no idea how to do). Any tips, first timer here.
Right now I just flashed back to stock and am going to run the de-sense tool. Why must OEMs ruin everything we love?
I hate to complain like this and I'm very glad there are devs working on the problems I describe. I guess I'm just venting my frustration. I love this phone but I have spent so much time trying to get a stock android experience that works. I would just buy galaxy nexus or an S3 but I'm a college and pre-paid cheap phones are the only way to fly right now, man. Sorry to sound so negative throughout the post but these are simply my observations in contrast with my needs and wants.
BTW first post on here. Don't hate me plz.
What do you mean CM9 is unstable?
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ryanlow134 said:
What do you mean CM9 is unstable?
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Exactly cm9 is 100% stable. Do a fill wipe before you flash
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ok thanks! The only cm9 I could find was on the cdma dev forum and it said a number of things including the camcorder didn't work.
...and then I googled it and found exactly what I needed. Flashing now. We'll see how this works. Was there something I'm missing? I looked at this one [CDMA/PRIMOC][ROM] Unofficial CM9 for PrimoC Beta
480p video recording kind of suck but it'll have to do I guess.
Before u go knocking on peoples stuff how about u make a effort to fix it ur self and u can't say well I don't know how. Well sir u know that little company that bought android os yea sell they Also have a easy to use search bar and so does this little site u are on
And last how about u try and talk to the developers by posting in threads and asking if thus is a problem or even try p.m the developers the problem and I know that for sure u never messeaged me about a application messing up on our provisions rom
Thanks for using provisions ROM and do remember have a nice day.
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Please check user's face. We are not responsible for your 'horrific' experiences while trying custom roms build by us if you are too noob enought to not do a full wipe before you flash a rom.
Thank you and see you in the other side!
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you are too noob enought to not do a full wipe before you flash a rom.
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No. Just because this is my 3rd post doesn't mean I haven't done my homework.
sbkjuggalo said:
And last how about u try and talk to the developers by posting in threads and asking if thus is a problem or even try p.m the developers the problem and I know that for sure u never messeaged me about a application messing up on our provisions rom
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I did for the Vanilla ICS rom. Sorry about yours but I was going through a series of JB on my device and they all had the same problems with app compatibility/stability.
DrZaiusIsAlive said:
No.
I did for the Vanilla ICS rom. Sorry about yours but I was going through a series of JB on my device and they all had the same problems with app compatibility/stability.
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Dude before flashing you must wipe your device properly.
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DrZaiusIsAlive said:
No. Just because this is my 3rd post doesn't mean I haven't done my homework.
I did for the Vanilla ICS rom. Sorry about yours but I was going through a series of JB on my device and they all had the same problems with app compatibility/stability.
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Don't know about comatibility/stability. Using CM10 from Lloir and works flawless for me, and yes, I'm using mms, camcorder, apps of a wide range, and yes, this is my primer and only phone, so I can say that it is stable too. Only camcorder problem I found that autofocus is somehow misbehaving in video recording.
Full wipe is essential for stability if you flash a rom that is based on something else, than the last one you used. I even erase sometimes the sdcards android and secure partitions if must. I tried Lloir's slimbean just this morning and seems promising enough, really thinking about to change to that rom permanently.
Full wipe means:
Factory reset (this will delete cache and dalvik cache - this will also remove the .android_secure folder)
Wipe system
Flash rom
Flash the correct kernel in bootloader
Reboot your phone
Voila, rom without any issues at all!
Don't tell me you did all these and you still have problems with JB and other custom roms. I just don't buy it. Everyone here that uses a custom rom are so enthusiastic about them, they don't even wanna get back on sense. I am having Paranoid Android on my One V from the moment I started making the rom for us, since August. From then onwards, I've only used this rom. I don't think that there are any kind of instability with it, because I test my roms before releasing them so if it was unstable, why should've I used it for more than 4 months now?
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Full wipe means:
Factory reset (this will delete cache and dalvik cache - this will also remove the .android_secure folder)
Wipe system
Flash rom
Flash the correct kernel in bootloader
Reboot your phone
why should've I used it for more than 4 months now?
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1. I do all those. This is is my third android device. I used to have a galaxy tab 2 rom'd with cm10 and it was awesome. But even it had some problems with app compatibility. I got my learning in on that device. I nearly bricked it 3-4 times haha.
2. We use our phones differently. There are probably a ton of apps I use and a ton you don't. I know for sure that draw something is incompatible with JB itself.
I'll probably flash PA soon if some issues pop up with the cm9 build I'm using now.
Draw something is compatible with jellybean no doubt since I installed it on my HOV and it works.
Can KitKat be ported onto our Arc S phones ????
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Perhaps...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2431179
17th_angel said:
Perhaps...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2431179
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That was just a discussion thread... and now some people think that just because it can run on 512MB RAM they can install it on their phones straight away... If kitkat ever comes to the Arc/S it will take a while for it to become stable enough for daily use. Also, the drivers we use are old since there have been no updates. If you guys want kitkat running successfully on this device, these old drivers need to be integrated with the new software, which is very tedious. Mike is already going to drown under 4.2 and 4.3, adding another OS to the pile will place him under more stress.
Don't assume the work we developers do is simple, just because an update came out that meets the system specifications means it can run just by downloading and installing it in recovery. If you ever tried to create a ROM by yourself, you'll find out that a lot of work needs to be done, along with many user complains and flooding your development thread with useless posts. That's how messed up the user community is nowadays. Jader's UHD ROM thread is one example of how users interact with the developer.
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Im sorry, but which part of perhaps its a "definitely yes"?
I just point to that thread so he and anybody with the same question can see that it really going to depends on how google code it and how hard could be for the developers to bring that code to our devices...
I never declared that it will be a fact, but you have to admit that the 512 MB its a nice hope.
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Im sorry, but which part of perhaps its a "definitely yes"?
I just point to that thread so he and anybody with the same question can see that it really going to depends on how google code it and how hard could be for the developers to bring that code to our devices...
I never declared that it will be a fact, but you have to admit that the 512 MB its a nice hope.
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That reply was for that thread itself since some prick was like "hey Kitkat runs on 512MB devices"... I wasn't even referring to you in the first place.
Yes, it is hopeful but not promising, see Mike's reply at the thread itself
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Yes, it's possible to port Android 4.4 for our device but it all really depends on if there will be any developer / developers who want to spend their time porting 4.4 for our device. Mike have started working on it for our devices, but we will see when or if he releases it or not.
I might see if I'm able to sync the sources, but the main problem on my end is that my PC is really bad and not suited for development.
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Yes, Harsh is developing the same, follow the link
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2134257&page=184
The fact that it can run, does not mean that it will run.
Either way, I am sure the devs will be porting it over in no time.
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Developers are trying hard, hope to see KK on Arc S soon
Fyi harsh isn't developing kitkat.. It's just a kitkat ui for his rom update...
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yes it is try to search if you wanna stable blasting fast rom with kitkat teme then flash super jelly bean by harsh with kitkat ui
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but kitkat based in my option is bet AORP kitkat rom try it
Just as a suggestion, I'm currently using VanirAOSP and it's pretty good. All I've to say is that right now one should get the vanir_anzu_4.4.2.012814 version, as the latest, vanir_anzu_4.4.2.022314, has a few additional bugs. On the mentioned good version WiFi works, everything is fairly smooth and you're left with enough space to actually install the apps you want, which seems to be an issue on many roms due to Arc's small internal memory.. Only real problem's the default browser lagging terribly, but I hear that's a general issue? Anyway, for anyone interested in kitkat on Arc it's definitely worth checking out.
Here's the thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2627083
If you want a good KK experiance I recomend carbon Rom just serach or let me doin' it for you her you are sir http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2575425
AORP is stable for me.... you might wanna check
I m using AORP[anzu] from 2 weeks and it works awesome.
Scayris said:
Just as a suggestion, I'm currently using VanirAOSP and it's pretty good. All I've to say is that right now one should get the vanir_anzu_4.4.2.012814 version, as the latest, vanir_anzu_4.4.2.022314, has a few additional bugs. On the mentioned good version WiFi works, everything is fairly smooth and you're left with enough space to actually install the apps you want, which seems to be an issue on many roms due to Arc's small internal memory.. Only real problem's the default browser lagging terribly, but I hear that's a general issue? Anyway, for anyone interested in kitkat on Arc it's definitely worth checking out.
Here's the thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2627083
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I will try VanirAOSP (out of curiosity), thanks for suggesting.
DuckyMomo said:
If you want a good KK experiance I recomend carbon Rom just serach or let me doin' it for you her you are sir http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2575425
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Tried it. Really cool ROM, some minor bugs but its OK
KitKat 4.4.2 AOKP and ART-runtime enabled
It is very well possible to use KitKat 4.4.2 on our phones. Even with ART-runtime enabled. I personally use AOKP (Android Open Kang Project)'s KitKat version, and I managed to get ART-runtime enabled and running very fast and smooth.
You can find the ROM here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2624761
Of course you have to first install the kernel, which is given in the zip-file. Just unzip the kernel and Flashboot it to your device. Then go into CWM-recovery and go to Mounts and Storage and activate USB-mount. Locate the full AOKP-zip and place it on your SD-Card, as wel as the minimal Gapps for 4.4.2., found here : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2012857. Unmount the USB, and install the zip as usual through the menu for it. Then, after installing AOKP, install the minimal Gapps.
Reboot and let your device sit for a while, or play around with it a bit....
I proceeded with installing Mounts2SD from playstore, while before having prepared my class10 8 Gb sdcard into two partitions. One partition FAT32, size about 6Gb and one partition EXT2 size around 2 Gb. Move everything to SD-card through the menu of Mounts2sd, except Dalvik-cache. NEVER MOVE THIS!!! (Don't move dalvik-cache to SD...)
Reboot at least two times to let the script (Mounts2sd) settle in... After this I installed Pimp-my-Rom from playstore and activated the nav-bar and some other scripts to improve the experience. Also I odexed (after finishing all my modifications) the phone through this : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2527732
I then went to CWM-recovery through a reboot and made a full backup, which I advice you to do also, in case something goes horribly wrong.
Reboot to AOKP. As you can see, this ROM is awesome-fast beyond belief already. I had benchmarks in AnTuTu of around 6000, with NoFrills-CPU at 1401 Mhz. But, it can be faster if you choose to run ART-runtime instead of Dalvik. Be sure to remove all unwanted programs before switching to ART-runtime, because it'll take a lot of space in cache, and every program you don't need (system-programs that is) will reserve more space for ART.
Only and ONLY if your system is running smoothly on Dalvik, I advise you to go to your Phone-settings, (under Settings of course) and tap on 'Build-number' like 10 times. You will now become a developer. An extra menu will appear under Settings, where you can choose to run the ART-runtime library. Choose this and you will reboot.
Wait, wait and wait a long time for reboot. After initial booting everything has to be updated to ART-compiled apps. This will take a long time per app. Just wait and don't disturb your phone. If you get to the phone after booting, then you probably succeeded... You can check under the same settings-tab under Developer-options. If ART is selected, then you have it.
I strongly advice in case of mishaps regarding loss of network etc. to just reboot. Wait, wait and eventually you'll get there. Make a backup as soon as you have a stable working system under CWM-recovery.
I have been running stable ART under this AOKP-rom for about two weeks now and I'm really happy with it. Not only is the phone lightning-fast (6417 under AnTuTu, with CPU on my Arc LT15i on 1401 Mhz), but smooth as hell! Batterytime is amazing. This is as fast as it's gonna get! (I must have tried almost every ROM out there from stock 4.0.1 to 4.4.2...)
Hope you'll try and may it work for you too...!
(BTW my ultimate thanks to the guys from Open Kang Project!)
P.S. stock-browser is lagging... as usual under 4.4, but I use Dolphin and it is fast! Some toggles require reboot to function again. Some programs might fail you due to not being ready for ART. Facebook is a mess for instance, sometimes quitting unresponsice etc. Otherwise I have encountered no problems whatsoever.
Tried ION kernel and stuff and I can say that apart of one or two really minor bug the KK experience is just awesome and will be better within some months i suggest you to follow all the "Xperia Overlay" thing a I hope it gonna be amazing:laugh:
http://www.xperiablog.net/2014/07/1...-hints-at-android-4-4-4-release-for-xperia-z/
Considering how bad 4.4.2 is, I won't be rushing to update my reverted 4.3 to 4.4.4 right away when it releases though
Hope it fixes battery drain issues
Generic DE better skip to this one right away....
it can't be happen for ZL ,wait for cm12 is the best
If not 4.4.4 they'll release bugfix version of KK atleast, like they did it with JB.
Better testing this time please...
not a moment too soon.
Sometimes I get great power out of my ZL, other times...arg.
by 10:30 AM I was down to 24% from uppluging at 7:30
Other days I go to bed with 24% and no charge all day.
SONY - Plesae do better testing fix this issue with Googel Play Services.
not sure why you guys don't do what I did and go back to 4.3 till its resolved lol
Boosted_01 R said:
not sure why you guys don't do what I did and go back to 4.3 till its resolved lol
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looking forward for 4.4.4, hopefully it'll fix all this lag and bugs on system, if not, bye bye Sony and welcome back Samsy...
@Boosted_01 R, I`m newbie on Android, is there any way to downgrade the version without the need to backup all user data, apps, etc...?
thx
pedrogalves said:
looking forward for 4.4.4, hopefully it'll fix all this lag and bugs on system, if not, bye bye Sony and welcome back Samsy...
@Boosted_01 R, I`m newbie on Android, is there any way to downgrade the version without the need to backup all user data, apps, etc...?
thx
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I did a clean install back to 4.3 using "flashtool" You can deselect user data when flashing so you don't lose data, but the best way is clean install to avoid issues.... expecially when downgrading....