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[Q] list of roms for xperia arc S

i want list for sony ericsson xperia arc s , iv also noticed there isnt a seperate device forum for the arc s

And I want Pamela Anderson,but is not possible))I'm joking,you can check roms on the Xperia android development.
Arc and arc s are practicaly same phones so i think that roms are also compatible with both of them.Cheers

thanks
your humour acctaully highlighted my day as its rare on the xda forums , can you defiantly confirm that xperia arc and xperia arc s share compatibility and do you know anyone who knows how to help me build a custom rom as im very new and have no skills in coding

jacobgreat said:
and do you know anyone who knows how to help me build a custom rom as im very new and have no skills in coding
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Ask Google, he'll help you get started. ;-)
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hey
humorus joke i take it

I dont think anyone here will have the time to walk you through building a custom rom. A lot of work goes into making them stable etc and they will have Roms they are working on themselves. I think it is a bit too much of an ask.
As said, read and then read some more - it isnt something to start doing on a whim

[Q] Question about Xperia S UI in ICS and Kernel stuff.

Do you guys think the ICS update will make the interface of our Arc look like the one of Xperia S?
Because I was watching some demos and it looks incredible , especially the music player is way better than the stock one on Arc. I noticed that a certain user called FlamEmo managed to port the Xperia S theme to Arc, and it seems to be working alright, other than some bugs, so I assume there would be no problem such as "Arc is not powerful enough" or stuff like that, so SE really has no excuse not to give that interface (or an improved version of it, since XS has 2.3.7 right now) to every 2011 Xperia phone with ICS.
And my second question, can you tell me exactly what happens if you unlock the bootloader? And by that I mean, which features are lost, which limitations are introduced as soon as you unlock it?
Thanks in advance and have a nice day

Unlocking bootloader you will lose warranty, erase some sectors, hability to set custom kernels...
And yes, ICS will be equal to Xperia S, but when SE release and official rom, or XDA guys exchange a new ROm

About the bootloader unlock, I meant if it would cause me to lose some functionality on stock apps and stuff like that. I've heard the music widget, TrackID and some other stuff stops working if you unlock. Where can I find a complete list of things that stop working or change when you unlock the bootloader? I want to know because I'd like to try CM but obviously I can't without unlocking.
Also, if they really improve upon the S theme and bring it to every Xperia with ICS, that would be seriously awesome. Have they officially commented about that?

MarkMRL said:
About the bootloader unlock, I meant if it would cause me to lose some functionality on stock apps and stuff like that. .
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There are 2 things not working after unlocking:
TrackID (but keep in mind that there is already a market edition)
MusicLike in FB
MarkMRL said:
Have they officially commented about that?
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I haven't heard such stuff.
But I think SE/Sony will do their best (and that's always great, imo).

dp94 said:
There are 2 things not working after unlocking:
TrackID (but keep in mind that there is already a market edition)
MusicLike in FB
I haven't heard such stuff.
But I think SE/Sony will do their best (and that's always great, imo).
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Thanks man. I don't care about Facebook (I may be one of the very few on the planet that don't use it) or TrackID (actually, I liked it for identifying tracks over the radio, but I can live without that. I haven't tried the market version yet). What about bricking with updates? ICS is coming and I wouldn't like it if I could not update instantly, but I assume someone will make a flashtool flashable version quite soon. Can I update normally using SEUS even if I'm unlocked?
That would be all, and thanks.

MarkMRL said:
What about bricking with updates?
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Don't use any OTAs and it won't happen.
But either way there's a sticky thread in developement section.
MarkMRL said:
Can I update normally using SEUS even if I'm unlocked?
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After you relocked your BL, yess.

[REQ] Multiview in xperia SL

Hi developers , i ve been wondering if it is possible to implement multiview display like that in note 2...it has already been implemented in galaxy s2 so i dont think the size of our phone will be a problem...i am not a developer so cant develop myself by was curious to know...i hav a xperia sl so would be glad if this was actually possible...

coolice123 said:
Hi developers , i ve been wondering if it is possible to implement multiview display like that in note 2...it has already been implemented in galaxy s2 so i dont think the size of our phone will be a problem...i am not a developer so cant develop myself by was curious to know...i hav a xperia sl so would be glad if this was actually possible...
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Not to my knowledge. That would require heavy Samsung framework.
Next time you post a request, please put in the general section.
Thanks

Yahh. Today I found about it and I really like it. So I tried many times to port this to my ion. But i am with no luck. Some files they use is not in sony file system. So it may be impossible, if it is possible also it will be very difficult job. But I will try again. I wish I had more knowledge.
+ please post Question & REQ in Q&A forum.

[Q] Need assistance with Android, moved away from iOS.

Hello everyone,
I have done quite a bit of research over the past few days but I am quite overwhelmed and confused, I thought I will post my questions here as I am now a proud owner of a Sony Xperia Z1 Compact.
I ended up winning a Sony Xperia Z1 Compact from a work competition just the other day, before then I was using my iPhone 4 ever since it came out. I have never owned an Android device, I wish to root it mostly to theme the device. I have tried the Themer application in the Playstore which is fantastic in it's own right, but it doesn't let me create my own. I'm a huge Apple person and I ended up Jailbreaking all my iDevices so I wish to get some of that power out of my Android phone.
1. How harmful is it to root, unlock bootloader etc?.. I would imagine it is no different than Jailbreaking.
2. Am I able to store absolutely everything on the SD card when it comes to applications and tweaks?
3. Is it possible to remap the physical buttons to do other things?
4. I have came across Cyanogen quite a lot, is it stable and will I notice any speed issues compared to stock OS?
5. Is there a "Tweak store" of sorts to download all the extra stuff after rooting the device, similar to "Cydia" for iDevices?
I would really appreciate some assistance, I do apologize once again for being extremely new. It's just a little complicated when you hear there are so many versions of Android and rooting tools for individual devices!

Hi, I do not own the device but I've been in Sony and Android ecosystem for quiet long. So I can probably answer most of your questions.
1. Its not harmful at all! In fact since Sony devices don't get hard bricked you can't go wrong with it!
2. You can, once rooted! Ofc, you'll need mod of some kind.
3. Yup!
4. Speed issues? Probably not! But you might lose several functionalities, major one being the Camera quality. As Sony camera works as great as it is on stock only.
5. This forum is your tweak store.

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Hi, I do not own the device but I've been in Sony and Android ecosystem for quiet long. So I can probably answer most of your questions.
1. Its not harmful at all! In fact since Sony devices don't get hard bricked you can't go wrong with it!
2. You can, once rooted! Ofc, you'll need mod of some kind.
3. Yup!
4. Speed issues? Probably not! But you might lose several functionalities, major one being the Camera quality. As Sony camera works as great as it is on stock only.
5. This forum is your tweak store.
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Thanks for getting back to me very quickly. I did not know Sony devices cannot get hard bricked. So you're saying whatever I do to it software wise, I cannot not physically render the phone useless?
How bad is the camera quality once you root? is it very noticeable, are people trying to improve the quality?
I will definitely have browse this forum more, is there a particular place you would suggest or should I just stay in the Z1 Compact thread?

Happy_todd said:
Thanks for getting back to me very quickly. I did not know Sony devices cannot get hard bricked. So you're saying whatever I do to it software wise, I cannot not physically render the phone useless?
How bad is the camera quality once you root? is it very noticeable, are people trying to improve the quality?
I will definitely have browse this forum more, is there a particular place you would suggest or should I just stay in the Z1 Compact thread?
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I've been using Sony (ericsson) devices since forever and I can tell you you'll love it. About the brick - feel safe. Whatever goes wrong with the phone just flash the original stock FTF firmware via Flashtool and your phone is like new. It's not necessary to switch to CyanogenMod as Sony's firmware is very smooth and fast on our devices thanks to the hardware and the lower resolution. You can just root and install one of the stock based roms in the development section. No need to unlock and you can get 4K video and 120fps slow motion video without losing picture quality
Edit: You don't lose quality when you root. Sony uses bionz image processor which requires the bootloader to be locked to work. If you unlock your BL you will have pictures with colder colors (from my observations) and more noise since Bionz is not processing the shots.

omegastarr said:
I've been using Sony (ericsson) devices since forever and I can tell you you'll love it. About the brick - feel safe. Whatever goes wrong with the phone just flash the original stock FTF firmware via Flashtool and your phone is like new. It's not necessary to switch to CyanogenMod as Sony's firmware is very smooth and fast on our devices thanks to the hardware and the lower resolution. You can just root and install one of the stock based roms in the development section. No need to unlock and you can get 4K video and 120fps slow motion video without losing picture quality
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No loss of picture quality, that's contradicting with what KyleSforza said. If something did go wrong with the device, and I flashed back to the original stock FTF firmware, will it leave traces of the root on my phone in case I had to send the handset back for warranty repair or anything?.. Also how does one obtain the original stock firmware, would that be in the development section or on Sonys website somewhere? Thanks so much!

Happy_todd said:
No loss of picture quality, that's contradicting with what KyleSforza said. If something did go wrong with the device, and I flashed back to the original stock FTF firmware, will it leave traces of the root on my phone in case I had to send the handset back for warranty repair or anything?.. Also how does one obtain the original stock firmware, would that be in the development section or on Sonys website somewhere? Thanks so much!
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Look my edited post, I have explained why picture quality gets bad. As long as you use stock based firmware on locked bootloader (BL) you will not lose quality. About the warranty - I think rooting does not drop it but unlocking the BL does. You need to read some of the threads in this section before doing anything. When you flash the FTF everything goes back to stock and you will lose the root. As long as you BL is locked and you are on stock firmware your warranty is not voided.
Edit: You can find FTFs in the development section as well

I am using CyanogenMod and it is obviously better than Sony stock ROM.. Just two issues I have faced on CyanogenMod.. Sound volume is very low and camera quality is also bad.. Except these two, everything is more stable than stock ROM..
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1. How harmful is it to root, unlock bootloader etc?.. I would imagine it is no different than Jailbreaking.
Rooting is a bit more work than jailbreaking, because no simple one-click-method esists anymore/yet/at the moment. A rooted device allows you to modify EVERYTHING there is on your device (software wise). This naturally brings some dangers, such as losing all your data, or bricking it. As the posters above already stated, it is quite hard to do lasting damage to your phone. Overclocking and removing overheat protection might, but other than software-induced hardware damage, it is nearly imposible. Keep in mid that playing with partitions might require you to open the device to repair the software.
Additionally, rooting via Bootloader unlocking* removes Sony's DRM-Keys. This mainly stops Xreality and the Bionz image processor from working. it is possible to back up those keys, and i would recomend doing that. It complicates rooting a lot, but makes it possible to go back to a 100% stock phone if you ever want to. they are located in their own partition (TA). flashing another TA partition than your own will also cause your phone to be permanently broken.
2. Am I able to store absolutely everything on the SD card when it comes to applications and tweaks?
You should be able to, yes. I am however not sure how you mean that. Some tweaks like init.d scripts need to be in the system folder, as have some of the apps. It is certainly possible to have them elsewhere, but it will require some effort. Why do you want to have everything on the external memory?
3. Is it possible to remap the physical buttons to do other things?
Yes.
4. I have came across Cyanogen quite a lot, is it stable and will I notice any speed issues compared to stock OS?
CM is stable, yes. they have "Snapshot" builds, which are lightly quality tested (boots, features work as they should in most usecases, etc) and nightlies. Nightlies are builds that are generated automatically every night by a bot (3 actually) and are also quite stable. But it can happen that there are mayor bugs (not booting, stuff crashing left, right and center...), specially at the beginning of merging a nes Android release. rolling back to the last working FW will normally fix that.
Speed is normally faster because it has less bloatware.
5. Is there a "Tweak store" of sorts to download all the extra stuff after rooting the device, similar to "Cydia" for iDevices?
No. You have t find it yourself and sideloas the *.apk. Be careful with what you install. Stuff on the forum should be fine, because other able coders quite quickly raise awareness if something's not right. For Xposed there is a dedicated repo which you can access from the module itself.
there are so many versions of Android and rooting tools for individual devices!
This is the reason why there are device specific forums. Stay here for everything device-related. There are special forums for non-device-specific stuff as apps and certain tweaks.
I hope this celaned up some questions, if you still have some: read, read, read! learn, and do not be hasty in the beginning. Or just ask me...
oh, and:
coolkoushik07 said:
I am using CyanogenMod and it is obviously better than Sony stock ROM.. Just two issues I have faced on CyanogenMod.. Sound volume is very low and camera quality is also bad.. Except these two, everything is more stable than stock ROM..
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This can in no way be generalized like that. tastes are different, and everyone should decide by themselves.

coolkoushik07 said:
I am using CyanogenMod and it is obviously better than Sony stock ROM.. Just two issues I have faced on CyanogenMod.. Sound volume is very low and camera quality is also bad.. Except these two, everything is more stable than stock ROM..
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I don't see where CM is "obviously" better, stock ROMs lack functions but a rooted stock with Xposed is pretty close to some third party ROMs. As Coirpre already said, that's a matter of personal preferences. And CM is far from being more stable than any stock ROM. E.g., last time I tried CM and all ROMs based on it completely prevented using encryption because the sensors didn't work. Tethering's also still broken iirc, among several other things judging by the corresponding thread.

Iruwen said:
I don't see where CM is "obviously" better, stock ROMs lack functions but a rooted stock with Xposed is pretty close to some third party ROMs. As Coirpre already said, that's a matter of personal preferences. And CM is far from being more stable than any stock ROM. E.g., last time I tried CM and all ROMs based on it completely prevented using encryption because the sensors didn't work. Tethering's also still broken iirc, among several other things judging by the corresponding thread.
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tethering is working in cm latest nightly.. in stock rom there is over heating prob, notification sound stuttering prob, 'while playing hd games cant charge phone' bug, is that u call a stable rom? lol.. also i am getting better battery backup on cm... u must be a light user and u can only realize these issues on heavy usage..
Sent from my Xperia Z1 Compact

omegastarr said:
If you unlock your BL you will have pictures with colder colors (from my observations) and more noise since Bionz is not processing the shots.
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That's the first I have heard of this. Has anyone else confirmed this?

Well try it and see for yourself. A very detailed post was made in one of the z1 threads and the pictures were clearly showing that. I can't remember in which thread was that because it was more than a month ago.

coolkoushik07 said:
tethering is working in cm latest nightly.. in stock rom there is over heating prob, notification sound stuttering prob, 'while playing hd games cant charge phone' bug, is that u call a stable rom? lol.. also i am getting better battery backup on cm... u must be a light user and u can only realize these issues on heavy usage..
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Your reading comprehension is lacking, I didn't say there are no issues with stock ROMs.

Iruwen said:
Your reading comprehension is lacking, I didn't say there are no issues with stock ROMs.
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read ur own text again.. ur 1st statement was, u cant see where cm is obviously better.. and u told that cm is not stable. then tell me a rom which is more stable.. ur common sense is also lacking lol..
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Iruwen said:
I don't see where CM is "obviously" better, stock ROMs lack functions but a rooted stock with Xposed is pretty close to some third party ROMs. As Coirpre already said, that's a matter of personal preferences. And CM is far from being more stable than any stock ROM. E.g., last time I tried CM and all ROMs based on it completely prevented using encryption because the sensors didn't work. Tethering's also still broken iirc, among several other things judging by the corresponding thread.
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coolkoushik07 said:
tethering is working in cm latest nightly.. in stock rom there is over heating prob, notification sound stuttering prob, 'while playing hd games cant charge phone' bug, is that u call a stable rom? lol.. also i am getting better battery backup on cm... u must be a light user and u can only realize these issues on heavy usage..
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Go playing somewhere else, this is not the topic of this thread!
omegastarr said:
Well try it and see for yourself. A very detailed post was made in one of the z1 threads and the pictures were clearly showing that. I can't remember in which thread was that because it was more than a month ago.
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could you refind it for us? you know the title and the time, and which subforum it was. woud be much quicker than us scouring th forums
EDIT: Thanks! that really is interesting. I might have to relock the BL...

Coirpre said:
Go playing somewhere else, this is not the topic of this thread!
could you refind it for us? you know the title and the time, and which subforum it was. woud be much quicker than us scouring th forums
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what are u talking about? Did u ever read what op asked about? Don't just pass a comment, read thread before posting such a comment.. You should note that this is not a place for trolling.. And u better learn urself how to avoid being off topic..
and yes my this post (just to reply you) is off topic and u r the reason for being off topic..
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Hi,
camera aside, cm is great. It has lots of customization options and as long as you don't use your phone as MAIN camera device this is the rom for you. However, if you use this 20mpix beast then don't bother with CM. The second someone manages to port stock camera or implement camera as good as stock, cm will win most of users. Again, final decision is up to the user.
Wysłane z mojego Nexus 7 przy użyciu Tapatalka

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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=52658590&postcount=67

Camera and other on custom MM an N ROMS

Can anybody tell me, why camera and other things are broken on all ROMs based MM and N? But it still works on LP ROMs (e.g. this). As I know, they are based on different kernel, but why can't anybody just merge old kernel to new and get fully working camera?
Sorry for my English

leon0399 said:
Can anybody tell me, why camera and other things are broken on all ROMs based MM and N? But it still works on LP ROMs (e.g. this). As I know, they are based on different kernel, but why can't anybody just merge old kernel to new and get fully working camera?
Sorry for my English
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I'm no expert, but here's the little bit I know... Camera function depends on special files called blobs. The blobs are owned by Sony. The last good blobs Sony released to developers for the Z1c were the Lollipop ones, (since there hasn't been an update for Z1c since lollipop). All other roms developed since then use the old blobs, which don't work well on new roms. Noone can do anything about it except wait on Sony.
Since there's no official update after Lollipop, it would require someone to port the files from a Sony N roms to work on non-Sony roms, as was done for Lollipop, (https://forum.xda-developers.com/cr...ide-how-to-port-featured-sony-camera-t3169253 - more than just 'merging kernel'). That's possible, but very difficult, (https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=71999171&postcount=1381), but it seems that someone is making progress, (https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=72328809#post72328809)... That, combined with @munjeni's TA tool, (https://forum.xda-developers.com/crossdevice-dev/sony/poc-real-trim-instead-drm-fix-t3552893), gives us hope for stock-quality camera on MM and N roms.

levone1 said:
I'm no expert, but here's the little bit I know... Camera function depends on special files called blobs. The blobs are owned by Sony. The last good blobs Sony released to developers for the Z1c were the Lollipop ones, (since there hasn't been an update for Z1c since lollipop). All other roms developed since then use the old blobs, which don't work well on new roms. Noone can do anything about it except wait on Sony.
Since there's no official update after Lollipop, it would require someone to port the files from a Sony N roms to work on non-Sony roms, as was done for Lollipop, (https://forum.xda-developers.com/cr...ide-how-to-port-featured-sony-camera-t3169253 - more than just 'merging kernel'). That's possible, but very difficult, (https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=71999171&postcount=1381), but it seems that someone is making progress, (https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=72328809#post72328809)... That, combined with @munjeni's TA tool, (https://forum.xda-developers.com/crossdevice-dev/sony/poc-real-trim-instead-drm-fix-t3552893), gives us hope for stock-quality camera on MM and N roms.
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So, why can't we just "borrow" this blobs from other phones' kernels, I mean, there SHOULD be other phones by other brands with the same camera module and open-source kernel. Or I'm wrong and there is nothing like this?

leon0399 said:
So, why can't we just "borrow" this blobs from other phones' kernels, I mean, there SHOULD be other phones by other brands with the same camera module and open-source kernel. Or I'm wrong and there is nothing like this?
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"open source" doesn't mean quite the same thing for Sony as it might for some others...

leon0399 said:
So, why can't we just "borrow" this blobs from other phones' kernels, I mean, there SHOULD be other phones by other brands with the same camera module and open-source kernel. Or I'm wrong and there is nothing like this?
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I had the same idea and found this: https://github.com/PureNexusProject-Mod/android_device_wileyfox_kipper
Credit goes to the PureNexusProject team. This Wileyfox Storm called phone has the same IMX220 sensor, and as far as I know the nougat rom which is built from this sources is working fine (at least nobody is complaining about it)

leon0399 said:
So, why can't we just "borrow" this blobs from other phones' kernels, I mean, there SHOULD be other phones by other brands with the same camera module and open-source kernel. Or I'm wrong and there is nothing like this?
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gerg1 said:
I had the same idea and found this: https://github.com/PureNexusProject-Mod/android_device_wileyfox_kipper
Credit goes to the PureNexusProject team. This Wileyfox Storm called phone has the same IMX220 sensor, and as far as I know the nougat rom which is built from this sources is working fine (at least nobody is complaining about it)
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Sony blobs are device-specific, and there is no access to them. We can only wait for them to release. Several very knowledgeable and capable people have worked quite hard on it, and possibly could crack something soon, but not yet. If you have ideas, go for it
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levone1 said:
Sony blobs are device-specific, and there is no access to them. We can only wait for them to release. Several very knowledgeable and capable people have worked quite hard on it, and possibly could crack something soon, but not yet. If you have ideas, go for it
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So if I put those camera sources into for example the aosp Z1C kernel code, and compile it, the camera wouldnt even work?

gerg1 said:
So if I put those camera sources into for example the aosp Z1C kernel code, and compile it, the camera wouldnt even work?
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I'm no expert - my point is just that if there was a simple solution, I would expect that the experienced devs who have been working on it would have figured it out, but I'm not going to discourage any efforts. We're all rooting you on. I'm just here to support ..
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levone1 said:
I'm no expert - my point is just that if there was a simple solution, I would expect that the experienced devs who have been working on it would have figured it out, but I'm not going to discourage any efforts. We're all rooting you on. I'm just here to support ..
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I'm not an expert either, but yes, your words have logic. Just because if it could work i would set up a building enviroment, but if it has 99% chance of not successing than I dont want to waste my time

gerg1 said:
I'm not an expert either, but yes, your words have logic. Just because if it could work i would set up a building enviroment, but if it has 99% chance of not successing than I dont want to waste my time
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Maybe @munjeni has some input about your idea.

There is a Xperia X Compact with the same camera (Exmos RS 1/2,3) and it has an 6.0 official update and unnofician 7.X ROMs

leon0399 said:
There is a Xperia X Compact with the same camera (Exmos RS 1/2,3) and it has an 6.0 official update and unnofician 7.X ROMs
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Its IMX300 sensor, like in the Z5 series, it's not completely the same (also ours is 20.7 mp max, and a X compact's is 23 mp)

Sorry to revive an old thread...but I have a Z1c coming and have a question: is the quality of the camera comparable between 5.1.1 ROMs and stock 4.2?