May I present to you another rom, Aoba_Pro_Honami. This is a port from Xperia S latest JB, 6.2.B.1.96. The base is my own deodexed and debloated Roger. I have done this port myself. You know what they say: it is easier to make things from scratch, as opposed to look for and fix mistakes by others.
This rom is specifically made for LT28i phones. Hence, you have an option for LTE in your mobile data settings. Both wifi and data work flawlessly on my locked LT28at. This rom has Honami framework including home, sounds and widgets. Dock has 2 additional icons.
This rom preserves most original apps. I only removed GoogleServicesFramework, GoogleFeedback, IddAgent and Facebook (see below)....
Description:
Own port of 6.2.B.1.96
Deodexed and prerooted
Data and Wifi work as they are supposed to: connections are fast and only limited by your hardware
Honami Framework and Home with Transparent Dock and 2 extra spaces in it
No black text on black background or white text on white background
Plenty of ram available: 300-350mb
Google Framework, GoogleFeedback, Iddagent and Facebook apps removed (see posts 9 and 10 in this thread for GAPPS)
APN file has many prepackaged apn configurations, thanks to Cyanogen guys
Credits:
I have done a lot of experimenting and tuning. So, it is difficult to say which honami framework I used. I believe I used the one by Niaboc79, so credit goes to him. To be on the safe side, I also give credit to Jjwrongjj and Benjamin24. Also credit goes to Hitfan for honami home with 2 extra spaces in dock. Please pm me if I forgot you.
Bugs: No fancy/schmancy claims of thunder, stability, vengeance, rapture and smoothness, while you can't boot the device, but everything works fine on my phone. I have tried my best, but there could be bugs: you tell me.
Instructions:
You must be rooted, have CWM Recovery and stock JB kernel on your device.
1. Enter recovery
2. Go to Mounts, mount System, Cache and Data
3. Format each. You may also do data wipe reset, but the above is much better to get rid of old staff.
4. Flash this rom.
5. You need Roger basebands to use LTE and other frequencies to the full extent. Remember, if you were on JB for LT28h, you must flash Roger baseband.
6. Let the rom settle, it will take up to 5-6 minutes for full boot the first time.
7. After running Setup wizard and connecting to data and wifi, go to Settings/Wifi/Advanced and make sure that the option Keep Wi-Fi on during sleep is set to Always, otherwise, every time your screen goes off, wifi will disconnect. This is important for those using Sip Services. Also, to assure that your phone switches immediately from Wifi to Data, make sure that Avoid Poor Connections option is checked too. If you don't, your phone will stick to wifi even if there is very little signal, therefore, preventing switching to data.
WARNING: If you were on ICS, you will get a bootloop unless you upgrade to JB kernel and Roger basebands (untick everything but kernel and exclude everything but roger baseband) before or right after flashing and before rebooting.
As usual, I am not responsible for bricking your device. You are doing it at your own peril.
Here is the link.
http://d-h.st/zc2
Please try and enjoy.
optimumpro said:
May I present to you another rom, Aoba_Pro_Honami. This is a port from Xperia S latest JB, 6.2.B.1.96. The base is my own deodexed and debloated Roger. I have done this port myself. You know what they say: it is easier to do things by yourself, as opposed to fix mistakes made by others.
This rom is specifically made for LT28i phones. Hence, you have an option for LTE in your mobile data settings. Both wifi and data work flawlessly on my locked LT28at. This rom has Honami framework including home, sounds and widgets. Dock has 2 additional icons.
This rom preserves most original apps. I only removed Google framework and Facebook.
Changes:
Own port of 6.2.B.1.96
Deodexed and prerooted
Data and Wifi work as they are supposed to: connections are fast and only limited by your router
Honami Framework and Home (with 2 extra spaces in dock)
No black text on black background or white text on white background
Plenty of ram available: 300-350mb
Google Framework and Facebook removed
APN file has many prepackaged apn configurations, thanks to Cyanogen guys
Credits:
I have done a lot of experimenting and tuning. So, it is difficult to say which honami framework I used. I believe I used the one by Niaboc79. But I can't say for sure. To be on the safe side, I also give credit to jjwrongjj and benjamin24. Also credit goes to hitfan for honami home with 2 extra spaces in dock. Please pm me if I forgot you.
Bugs: No fancy/schmancy claims of thunder, stability, vengeance, rapture and smoothness, while you can't boot the device, but everyhing works fine on my phone. I have tried my best, but there could be bugs: you tell me.
Instructions:
You must have CWM Recovery, be rooted and have JB on your device.
1. Enter recovery
2. Go to Mounts, mount System, Cache and Data
3. Format each. You may also do data wipe reset, but the above is much better to get rid of old staff.
4. Flash this rom.
5. You need Roger basebands to use LTE and other frequencies to the full extent. Remember, if you were on JB for LT28h, you must flash Roger baseband.
6. Let the rom settle, it will take up to 5-6 minutes for full boot the first time.
7. After running Setup wizard and connecting to data and wifi, go to Settings/Wifi/Advanced and make sure that the option Keep Wi-Fi on during sleep is set to Always, otherwise, every time your screen goes off, wifi will disconnect. This is important for those using Sip Services. Also, to assure that your phone switches immediately from Wifi to Data, make sure that Avoid Poor Connections option is checked too. If you don't, your phone will stick to wifi even if there is very little signal, therefore, preventing switching to data.
WARNING: If you were on ICS, you will get a bootloop unles you upgrade to JB before or right after flashing and before rebooting.
As usual, I am not responsible for bricking your device. You are doing it at your own peril.
Here is the link.
http://d-h.st/zc2
Please try and enjoy.
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how is battery
smutta said:
how is battery
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There are no "tweaks" that claim thunder and battery savings in this rom. There are no tweaks here that bring apps into ram by those who have very little knowledge of how Android shuts down apps that claim ram. So all those tweaks do is bring the app into ram, then the system shuts them down, then the script brings the app in again and gets shut down over and over again to result in stress on cpu and battery. This rom has all apps except facebook and google framework, which are responsible for draining your battery. In the version I use on my phone, I removed all Google apps, social apps, proxies, conversation, stock e-mail, browsers, anthall radios, various adapters, update, ota and other garbage... . I use Naked browser, textsecure, K9 mail and Adaway. I also use Xposed framework with Xprivacy. As a result, I have over 24hrs on a single charge with regular usage...
Downloading and will test extensively thanks and your logic on ram and "tweaks" makes complete sense btw
Great work friend..another rom and another joy for ion..
Sent from my LT28i using xda premium
ok gmail fc along with all the other google apps this rom installed and play store wont open or update
smutta said:
ok gmail fc along with all the other google apps this rom installed and play store wont open or update
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same error im afraid :/
424aca said:
same error im afraid :/
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OP said Google framework is deleted
Sorry to hear that. Here is the original GoogleServices framework. Put it into your system/apps directory, adjust permissions and reboot. There are also Googleapps on this forum that work without Google Services framework....
optimumpro said:
Sorry to hear that. Here is the original GoogleServices framework. Put into you syste/apps directory, adjust permissions and reboot. There are also Googleaps on this forum that work without google Services framework....
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There are also 2 more original apps that may relate to Googleaps f/c. Googlefeedback and Iddagent. They also must be installed to system/apps with appropriate permissions.
Another option is to use GAPPS from custom roms like the ones from here:
http://goo.im/gapps/gapps-jb-20121011-signed.zip
To sum up: either install the missing apps I provided in this and the previous post or get GAPPS for custom roms. In the latter case, you will have to first uninstall original GAPPS and then install new ones.
Vertical Battery Icon and Quick Settings
For those who would like to have Toggles and Quick Settings show up in display settings you can do this:
1. Get this modified Settings apk (modified by me); and
2. Download and flash in recovery Quick Settings by Jjwrongjj
Manually install Settings.apk with root explorer to system/apps with appropriate permissions and then flash Quick Settings in recovery. Wipe dalvik cache and reboot.
Quick Settings by Jjwrongjj:
http://www.mediafire.com/download/6taem5nc19w2ld3/Quick_Toggles_V2.1.zip
optimumpro said:
For those who would like to have Toggles and Quick Settings show up in display settings you can do this:
1. Get this modified Settings apk (modified by me); and
2. Download and flash in recovery Quick Settings by Jjwrongjj
Manually install Settings.apk with root explorer to system/apps with appropriate permissions and then flash Quick Settings in recovery. Wipe dalvik cache and reboot.
Quick Settings by Jjwrongjj:
http://www.mediafire.com/download/6taem5nc19w2ld3/Quick_Toggles_V2.1.zip
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Can anyone confirm if they are able to use GAPPS in this version?
So does this not need the 96 kernel like some of the other ports? Don't guess it would hurt to try.
zackspeed said:
So does this not need the 96 kernel like some of the other ports? Don't guess it would hurt to try.
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There is no 96 kernel anyway, so yeah.
If any one tried, Does the latest Cyber-shot mod by Rizal Lovens camera works with this rom?
Sent from my LT28i using Tapatalk 2
fernoct said:
If any one tried, Does the latest Cyber-shot mod by Rizal Lovens camera works with this rom?
Sent from my LT28i using Tapatalk 2
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this is stock base rom, hence it must be ok
nv0id said:
There is no 96 kernel anyway, so yeah.
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Actually there is a 96 kernel for the S and some of the Ion ports such as Existenz says to use it. Was just curies as I have Aoba black booted at the moment. Decided to go with it seeing as it was newer and seemed to be the better option for me. I must say it does run quite nice.
zackspeed said:
Actually there is a 96 kernel for the S and some of the Ion ports such as Existenz says to use it. Was just curies as I have Aoba black booted at the moment. Decided to go with it seeing as it was newer and seemed to be the better option for me. I must say it does run quite nice.
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Still, there is no .96 kernel for Ion.This misunderstanding is fault of posters who do not change their ported roms installation manuals or description.
Also, you should probably try http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2485148, it is newer version of this ROM and has more fixes/optimizations.
nv0id said:
Still, there is no .96 kernel for Ion.This misunderstanding is fault of posters who do not change their ported roms installation manuals or description.
Also, you should probably try http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2485148, it is newer version of this ROM and has more fixes/optimizations.
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That is kinda what I was thinking. I am running Aoba black now and going to drive it a few days and see if it works out for me.
Issues ON video recoding problem ? SOLVED or UNsolved
Please Someone Confirm- Aoba_Pro_Honami Rom with video recoding Performance ?
Does It Solve video recoding problem(xperia ion LT28i/h) after upgrade to jelly bean ?
Previously based on .211 ROM, I updated my ion from ICS to JB.i hv one major problem in camera application i can take a great snaps with my phone with crisp n clear but when i do video recoding its not smooth as in ics.it lags contineously and the video recoding are not smooth at all n auto focous problem is also in video recoding mode.
Can someone pull the files for the stock 4.3 TW camera?
Currently using Camera Awesome and Snap Camera HDR but I prefer the stock camera app and it had video stabilization.
I'm with you. Pretty much the main reason I'm currently staying with a 4.3 based Rom. I like having ALL of the features available (slow record, fast record, etc).
kevind07 said:
I'm with you. Pretty much the main reason I'm currently staying with a 4.3 based Rom. I like having ALL of the features available (slow record, fast record, etc).
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Stock camera for galaxy s4 is just so beast..
can we pull the camera APK from a 4.3 Touchwiz ROM and install it on a AOSP or CM rom? The only reason I'm still on Touchwiz is for the camera, but I'd like to use it on a Google Play Edition 4.4 ROM. I believe there's a different Gallery app that must accompany the camera app.
I unzipped a 4.3 ROM and found there's a "cameradata" folder with 8.7mb of files in the systerm folder, which is separate from the "SamsungCamera2" APK. I can try loading an AOSP ROM, installing the APK, and placing the cameradata folder in the system folder. How do I install the APK? Would i need to put in the system/app folder then install via settings? Of course I'd make a Nandroid of my current ROM first.
HKSpeed said:
can we pull the camera APK from a 4.3 Touchwiz ROM and install it on a AOSP or CM rom? The only reason I'm still on Touchwiz is for the camera, but I'd like to use it on a Google Play Edition 4.4 ROM. I believe there's a different Gallery app that must accompany the camera app.
I unzipped a 4.3 ROM and found there's a "cameradata" folder with 8.7mb of files in the systerm folder, which is separate from the "SamsungCamera2" APK. I can try loading an AOSP ROM, installing the APK, and placing the cameradata folder in the system folder. How do I install the APK? Would i need to put in the system/app folder then install via settings? Of course I'd make a Nandroid of my current ROM first.
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The short version is simply no.
The long version is...
The issue with the camera in AOSP ROMS is that the stock TouchWiz camera has all kinds of proprietary software driving it. That software is built into different parts of the rom and absolutely requires the TouchWiz framework to run. (Which is also proprietary). You can't just pull the APK out of TouchWiz and install it on AOSP.
So there is no way to get the stock TW camera to run on any AOSP rom.
This means that any other app that is using the camera is using generic software to run the camera hardware. This leaves out the ability to do things that the TW software was specifically written to do like crisp auto focus and color depth and all those goodies that make the TW camera better. All that software was written specificly for the S4 hardware.
The Cyanogen camera or the Google stock camera is just an app using generic software not written specificly for this phone's camera hardware. That's no different than ANY other camera you can find on Google Play. They are ALL using generic software.
As a result, none of them are every going to be as crisp as the TouchWiz camera software. They almost all still take a really good picture with this phone, and many give various effects you might enjoy, but if you are looking for a downloadable camera app that takes a higher resolution, better focused picture than the CM camera, you're not going to find one that's substantially better.
It's the major drawback of AOSP roms on the S4. But unless you are a photog with a really decerning eye, you will eventually become used to the AOSP Camera quality. It's still better than most other phones on the market.
Thanks for clearing that up. That was tremendously helpful.
I recently installed a custom 6.0.1 ROM (CM13-based Mokee, which is rooted) on my old Galaxy Note 2. I find that I'm really missing some of the Samsung apps (like their email, camera & locker) for which I can't find acceptable alternatives in the Google Play store. Is there a way to get access to the Samsung Galaxy Apps store from my custom ROM so that I can install some of the apps that I used to have before my (ahem) "upgrade?"
AFAIK no, there is no way to get the proprietary apps from stock Touchwiz over to a CM/AOSP based ROM, especially considering you would be using apps from Kitkat Touchwiz on CM/AOSP Marshmallow. They just have too many dependencies baked into the stock ROM other than just having the APK. The only thing you could try: go back to rooted OH3, Titanium Backup (or similar) the apps you desire, then when you go back to Mokee try to restore them. With 95% certainty I would say they won't work. If you heavily rely on the touchwiz apps then go back to OH3, root it, put on xposed framework and Wanam xposed and you will have a decent amount of customization while retaining the stock apps.
Well, I recently got an Xperia X and something that annoyed me was that a lot of the exclusive apps and features from Sony which previous Xperia phones had built-in simply got replaced or removed for no reason after the X series, so, with some effort, I managed to get some of them back by extracting the relevant files from previous Xperia devices which still have the apps, and decided to share a flashable ZIP for anyone else which also miss those apps and features...
Overview
This flashable ZIP will:
• Bring back Multi Camera and AR Mask camera add-ons
• Bring back the Screen Recording app (accessible from the power menu)
• Bring back Clear Phase and xLOUD sound enhancements (accessible from audio settings)
• Bring back the Podcast app (accessible from the side menu of Sony Music/Walkman app)
• Replace SwiftKey with Xperia Keyboard (including its online sync and Gmail/SMS learning features)
• Replace Google Calendar with Xperia Calendar (including its "Tasks" feature which used to be a separate app but now are built into the main app)
Requirements
• Some way of flashing ZIP files (TWRP recovery preferably, but app solutions like Flashfire should work too)
• Your phone must be running a stock ROM based on Nougat 7.1 or newer (security patch or whether your ROM is odexed or deodexed doesn't matter)
• This ZIP file was tested only on Xperia X, but theoretically it should work fine on X Compact, X Performance and XZ too as long as they're running a stock ROM based on Nougat 7.1
Instructions
You just need to download and flash the ZIP file available below. After rebooting your phone, you can check the results by yourself.
Download from MEGA (56.5 MB)
MediaFire mirror
is there any posibility to install the apps without root????
kalel29 said:
is there any posibility to install the apps without root????
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AFAIK, no, except for Xperia Keyboard and Xperia Calendar as they're published on Play Store, but installing them as user apps wouldn't provide full functionality. The other applications normally ships only on stock firmware of the Z series and come odexed, so those apps won't install normally after deodexing, which is a hard requirement to make them work on another phone...
I have not much to say and even just bringing back the screen recording could have made me happy. Yet, you brought all of the excluded features. Thank you.
ICANTSEE said:
I have not much to say and even just bringing back the screen recording could have made me happy. Yet, you brought all of the excluded features. Thank you.
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Not all of the excluded features, but most of them. I really miss Intelligent Rotation (all phones from Z series except Z5 and its variations have it) and even through we have native split screen, I also miss the Small Apps (especially Active Clipper and the floating calculator). I even tinkered with them for a while, it's definitely possible to bring them back by porting from Z5 or Z3+, for example (which are both on Nougat and still have them) but they would require messing with the framework files and thus, would remain locked to a specific ROM version, so at least for now I gave up, especially since Xperia X receive updated firmwares fairly often...
Does your zip file work on stock 8.0 OS? Do you know why there is no headphone selection feature for all X series. Why did Sony removed them? I found an sony headphone selection apk file and Installed it on my Xperia X stock 8.0 OS but it's not showing up in audio settings.
sandeepxperia said:
Does your zip file work on stock 8.0 OS? Do you know why there is no headphone selection feature for all X series. Why did Sony removed them? I found an sony headphone selection apk file and Installed it on my Xperia X stock 8.0 OS but it's not showing up in audio settings.
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i instal it on stock O, and working
Does it works in Android P custom ROM?
https://forum.xda-developers.com/xperia-x/development/rom-xperia-x-dualf5122f5121-t3843430
As those are the stock apps, without any modification, pulled straight from the last Nougat firmware for Z5 series, I highly doubt they'll work on anything but stock (or stock based) ROMs. You might find some actual ports of those apps in Sony Cross-Device Themes and Apps subforum, though...