Tempting Android N AOSP - Xperia Z3 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Very tempted to update to Android N (Team FXP AOSP)
But I value my camera quality (Using DRM fix kernel, works great)
Knowing that the Xperia is never going to get android N, due to google removing the Z3's kernel from their source, would it be worth updating to AOSP, basically removing all the features that are so good?

You answered your own question, stick to stock if you want a camera that works 100% well. AOSP camera has never been good for any phone and the camera on Nougat barely works anyway.
Next best thing is Concept ROM, which still has a decent camera

I'm tempted to try Nougat AOSP. I don't mind losing the camera on Z3c that much since I prefer my camera on my G4. But I don't know how to install it. Is there a guide? That's up? Last time I checked Sony's site the guide was down.
Two qustions, how bad does the camera become, is it still usable for simple random snaps to send to friends on IMs?
What is DRM fix kernel?
TIA

Lol nougat barely works. I've been running it for days now. My opinion is nougat is excellent on z3c. I can upload a flash able zip with full Google apps if people are interested

mcgi5sr2 said:
Lol nougat barely works. I've been running it for days now. My opinion is nougat is excellent on z3c. I can upload a flash able zip with full Google apps if people are interested
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If that was a reply to me, I was referring to the camera

tomascus said:
If that was a reply to me, I was referring to the camera
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sorry pal.
camera isn't really use-able yet
everything else worked great

mcgi5sr2 said:
sorry pal.
camera isn't really use-able yet
everything else worked great
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Which android security patch is it on?
Battery life good?

BrotherZero said:
Which android security patch is it on?
Battery life good?
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I get a solid two days, and as a CoC player thats pretty dam good

mcgi5sr2 said:
I get a solid two days, and as a CoC player thats pretty dam good
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That does sound good. Get 6-8h SOT with SLiMM ROM. Do you know how much you get on this one?
Also could you do me a favour and check which Android Security Patch it got? It would be awesome if PA is up to date with that.
TIA

BrotherZero said:
That does sound good. Get 6-8h SOT with SLiMM ROM. Do you know how much you get on this one?
Also could you do me a favour and check which Android Security Patch it got? It would be awesome if PA is up to date with that.
TIA
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Security patch is September. Its built off the main branch of AOSP google sources. So security will always be uptodate

mcgi5sr2 said:
Security patch is September. Its built off the main branch of AOSP google sources. So security will always be uptodate
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Thanks, mate! might give this a try then. Shame abut the camera, but I guess ill found out how unusable is. Hopefully there is a fix soon.

Sony fix the AOSP camera if they wanted to?
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mcgi5sr2 said:
Security patch is September. Its built off the main branch of AOSP google sources. So security will always be uptodate
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Please could provide a link to the Rom Nougat 7.0

Can you please share the gapps, or tell me which ones you are using? I got cm gapps or open gapps from cm website (for 7.0) and my google play services keep crashing.
Thanks,
mcgi5sr2 said:
Lol nougat barely works. I've been running it for days now. My opinion is nougat is excellent on z3c. I can upload a flash able zip with full Google apps if people are interested
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https://www.androidfilehost.com/user/?w=settings-dev-files&flid=73595
Is where I am posting all the builds I put together. So be warned that if it doesn't boot it was just a test version. AFAIK the latest ROM should boot fine without issue. GApps are already installed on all the flashable zip versions in that location

mcgi5sr2 said:
https://www.androidfilehost.com/user/?w=settings-dev-files&flid=73595
Is where I am posting all the builds I put together. So be warned that if it doesn't boot it was just a test version. AFAIK the latest ROM should boot fine without issue. GApps are already installed on all the flashable zip versions in that location
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Hey thanks. Quick question, you said you have been running nougat on your device and everything (but the camera) seems to be working. I just installed it last night (and my gapps are working as well now) and I already noticed a couple of bugs. First and most important, i can't hear the person on the other end of the line. It appears that my earpiece is not working. The person on the other end can hear me, but I can't hear that person. Second and minor issue, once i plug in my z3c to charge, the battery icon top right shows the charging sign as it should. However when i unplug, that charging sign doesn't go away. So far i have noticed these bugs, can you confirm if you are not facing these bugs (so I know its my device that is messed up).
Thanks,

flintfirewalker said:
Hey thanks. Quick question, you said you have been running nougat on your device and everything (but the camera) seems to be working. I just installed it last night (and my gapps are working as well now) and I already noticed a couple of bugs. First and most important, i can't hear the person on the other end of the line. It appears that my earpiece is not working. The person on the other end can hear me, but I can't hear that person. Second and minor issue, once i plug in my z3c to charge, the battery icon top right shows the charging sign as it should. However when i unplug, that charging sign doesn't go away. So far i have noticed these bugs, can you confirm if you are not facing these bugs (so I know its my device that is messed up).
Thanks,
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Hi!
I'm using the latest AOSP for our devices, and facing thiese bugs too. ( 20160912 ). Sometimes I've got calling bug when I can't hear the other person on the line, but he can hear me. Just a restart solves it, but I've got thiese problem nearly evry tenth call time... And one more thing, while i'm on calling and my phone set to minimum volumes, everyone else could to hear my phones speak... or I can say it, what you're talking about. Like when i set the speak to a loudspeaker, as though it were the whole conversation. The speakers are very loud on minimum volume, and not too much louder on maximum settings. ( but, i think they are a known bug ).
Second, the cahrging icon. Yes I experienced it too, when you disconnect the charger from the phone, the icon remain the same, like when the charger plugged in.. And I think, something gping on the background, because my battery goes down nearly 30 percent by a night ( 8h ).
About the rom speed. I think, it runs very smooth / fine until more than five software parallel, ROM while fast. If more than five program run in the background, ROM start to tear, slow down. If you delete them from the memory, the system will be fast again.
I tried to take a logcat with "aLogcat" from playstore, but it's not working. I remember it from my previously phone age, i must convert it to system app... But now, I can't do this, because i did it with Titanium Backup, and now they not support andoid N..
Anyway, I think its will be a very good AOSP rom... ( without camera :/ )

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[Q] Debloat stock Boost Desire 510?

How do I get rid of the bloat on my phone? First thing I did was root it and tried removing stuff with Titanium Backup, Root Uninstaller and even manually removing apks from /system/app and when I reboot they just redownload!
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How do I get rid of the bloat on my phone? First thing I did was root it and tried removing stuff with Titanium Backup, Root Uninstaller and even manually removing apks from /system/app and when I reboot they just redownload!
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Did you flash rbheromax's kernel? You will loose the FFC though.
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Did you flash rbheromax's kernel? You will loose the FFC though.
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No I haven't. Will doing so also fix foldermount? And where can I free up the most space in this phone? It's only a few hours old
Getting rid of most of the google apps. They can get redownloaded. Facebook can go, it's an old version. The VPN app, lumen toolbar, mobile ID, and boost app. I use links2sd plus and that really frees things up. I have about 25 play store apps I downloaded. Hope this helps!
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No I haven't. Will doing so also fix foldermount? And where can I free up the most space in this phone? It's only a few hours old
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I haven't tried FolderMount or Link2SD. I've got CM11 with Pico Gapps installed and have more space than I can trow a stick at. Of course I don't have that many apps downloaded to begin with and most of the apps that come pre-installed are ones that I don't actually use.
Back when I had stock space was a problem, but after rooting, and flashing the kernel I removed most of the apps and most of the HTC ones and the default Google installed apps tried to re-download so I turned off automatic updating. Now with CM11 that's not a problem. The only problem that I have now is the camera's (back and front) aren't working. You will loose the front facing camera with the kernel and then the back one as well with CM. Rbhermax is working on the kernel. Apparently on the 64bit devices the cameras are working but on the 32bit devices (which is what we have from Boost), aren't. Last I heard he was still working on it and I think they're also working on CM12 build so this may not be an issue for very long but currently it persists. I'm very anti-Sense but I'm very pro-camera, so I'm conflicted.
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I haven't tried FolderMount or Link2SD. I've got CM11 with Pico Gapps installed and have more space than I can trow a stick at. Of course I don't have that many apps downloaded to begin with and most of the apps that come pre-installed are ones that I don't actually use.
Back when I had stock space was a problem, but after rooting, and flashing the kernel I removed most of the apps and most of the HTC ones and the default Google installed apps tried to re-download so I turned off automatic updating. Now with CM11 that's not a problem. The only problem that I have now is the camera's (back and front) aren't working. You will loose the front facing camera with the kernel and then the back one as well with CM. Rbhermax is working on the kernel. Apparently on the 64bit devices the cameras are working but on the 32bit devices (which is what we have from Boost), aren't. Last I heard he was still working on it and I think they're also working on CM12 build so this may not be an issue for very long but currently it persists. I'm very anti-Sense but I'm very pro-camera, so I'm conflicted.
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I hear ya, hate branded craps.
Just got done talking to rbheromax personally actually. He is very much working on the camera, and overclock as well! Seriously can't wait.
I did install his kernel and debloated as much as I was comfortable with but upon checking Storage there's inexplicably 2.98gb being taken up somewhere under 'Other'! Wtf?
Also spoiler alert...CM12 hates him lol
dragonhart6505 said:
I hear ya, hate branded craps.
Just got done talking to rbheromax personally actually. He is very much working on the camera, and overclock as well! Seriously can't wait.
I did install his kernel and debloated as much as I was comfortable with but upon checking Storage there's inexplicably 2.98gb being taken up somewhere under 'Other'! Wtf?
Also spoiler alert...CM12 hates him lol
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Haha. I'm quite certain that the CD/driver thing that happens when you plug in the device to a computer is stored on the phone and that's also taking up space that you could serve to gain if you can find it, can't imagine that it takes up that much space though and I didn't wait that long to find out where it is though. Yeah, from everything I've read, CM12 is giving every maintainer a headache. The stock on the phone is kinda ridiculous I had to constantly delete app data/caches when I wanted to install apps because they fill up fast.
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Haha. I'm quite certain that the CD/driver thing that happens when you plug in the device to a computer is stored on the phone and that's also taking up space that you could serve to gain if you can find it, can't imagine that it takes up that much space though and I didn't wait that long to find out where it is though. Yeah, from everything I've read, CM12 is giving every maintainer a headache. The stock on the phone is kinda ridiculous I had to constantly delete app data/caches when I wanted to install apps because they fill up fast.
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Found the culprit. It's mostly being taken up in /system/lib and /system/private-app. Apparently the odex files are much bigger than the apks themselves in private-app and libs you could expect are probably important.
I'm thinking of creating a deodexed/debloted stock Rom (boost specific) much like I did for my AWEsome Rom for the ZTE N800 on AndroidForums. My only snag might be if it would actually flash in tarp or not. I'll run it by rbheromax and see what he thinks
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While we're on the subject of cm11 issues, I just went back to nonsense rom after experiencing seriously diminished wifi connectivity. Not sure if it was the cm11 kernel or rom that was causing it, but it was that rather than the cameras that made me give up on it (for now of course). Other than that it's beautiful thing and can't wait for a stable version.
thaessential said:
While we're on the subject of cm11 issues, I just went back to nonsense rom after experiencing seriously diminished wifi connectivity. Not sure if it was the cm11 kernel or rom that was causing it, but it was that rather than the cameras that made me give up on it (for now of course). Other than that it's beautiful thing and can't wait for a stable version.
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The last time they were talking about CM11 was in January dude so I highly doubt they're on that subject anymore.. Lol...
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The last time they were talking about CM11 was in January dude so I highly doubt they're on that subject anymore.. Lol...
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5.1 and stock modifications are what everyone is working on now. Nobody's working on Kitkat anymore as far as I know, so CM11 is indeed out.
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5.1 and stock modifications are what everyone is working on now. Nobody's working on Kitkat anymore as far as I know, so CM11 is indeed out.
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Actually I'm working on CM12 and I thought most of the others were working on Lollipop but if they aren't my bad!
And yeah you're right CM11 is out I ran it for awhile to check for any problems other than the cameras but now I'm back on my personal rom for now.

CyanogenMod 12 for HTC One Mini 2 (Memul)

Hi guys,
Thought I would start a thread for users of CyanogenMod 12 for HTC One Mini 2 (memul).
I have installed a nightly dated 24th February 2015. It seems to be working great, my only issues have been:
After phone restart, the first time you call someone you cant hear them. Call them again, the problem is fixed and doesnt seeem to come back for that contact. (will happen again for other contacts the first time you call them though).
Camera is very laggy and doesnt respond well at all...the viewfinder is super stuttery and laggy and when you hit the take a picture button it can take a second or two to respond. I dont use the camera much so it doesnt bother me.
Have had some problems with the music player not outputting music to the headphones after a while, but taking the headphones out, pressing play so it plays out the speaker, then putting the headphones back in fixes this. Again,
not a big issue.
Official TWRP stops working after going through setup, but factory reset from within CM12 fixes it if you do have to re-flash or something.
So I recommend CM12 latest nightly for our phone, its better than CM11 and actually had less problems than the Release channel rom for our device (CM11). Although that ROM says it has no known issues, there are known issues that have not been noted on the wiki.
Hey thanks for doing this, I am considering CM12 on my phone too. i use the loud speaker and the camera a lot, does this impact the sound quality? i really enjoy the boom sound on this phone.
ECEng said:
Hey thanks for doing this, I am considering CM12 on my phone too. i use the loud speaker and the camera a lot, does this impact the sound quality? i really enjoy the boom sound on this phone.
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Loud speaker works fine, and one of the great things about cyanogenmod is the built in system level equalizer, so boom sound equivalent is built in. Camera, on the basis of the build i am using from mid Feb, is not so good...actually the pictures are not so bad but the actual viewfinder is very laggy and pressing the take shot button is slow to respond. It could be fixed in newer nightlies, I have been away from home for over a month but when i get back ill flash a new nightly.
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Loud speaker works fine, and one of the great things about cyanogenmod is the built in system level equalizer, so boom sound equivalent is built in. Camera, on the basis of the build i am using from mid Feb, is not so good...actually the pictures are not so bad but the actual viewfinder is very laggy and pressing the take shot button is slow to respond. It could be fixed in newer nightlies, I have been away from home for over a month but when i get back ill flash a new nightly.
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Thanks for the advice, I installed march 25th build last night.
From your first post, only problem i experienced was the camera, its still very laggy, and the picture quality dose not compare well to the original. I have tired third party camera app but no joy, similar issues. Other than that, happy to say every thing else is working fine, i will update regularly to see if camera improves.
Hi all,
I'm using CM12 since 2 weeks. In some case, the phone is very laggy. For example, with Chrome or also when opening new apps, of when i switch from app to other.
Maybe i'm not using the correct boot or recovery or radio.
Can you tell me which one is recommended with the CM12 ROM ?
Thanks.
mlhamdi said:
Hi all,
I'm using CM12 since 2 weeks. In some case, the phone is very laggy. For example, with Chrome or also when opening new apps, of when i switch from app to other.
Maybe i'm not using the correct boot or recovery or radio.
Can you tell me which one is recommended with the CM12 ROM ?
Thanks.
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Hi there,
I have been flashing the latest nightly. I think we need to log a JIRA issue for the camera, but I havent checked if someone already did. It doesnt seem to be getting better does it?
Dont use chrome...if you dont like the cyanogen browser, try firefox XD
The best recovery is TWRP, see the other posts in our part of the forum about this. Make sure your get the U-RA version of TWRP as the official TWRP page doesnt list our device for latest versions.
Also I should note that the calendar doesnt work in this ROM in offline mode, which is true for all Cyanogen ROMs i believe. But the solution is to install from DroidForge the offline calendar account, and then you can enter items in the calendar without google calendar, or sync USB with outlook etc (latter requires purchase of sync program separately to go on your PC).
Bad news for CM12 on memul: the only developer u-ra has stopped working with our device. So there are no new nightlies anymore since 04/11 and we don't know when it will be going on.
Look here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=60126091
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Bad news for CM12 on memul: the only developer u-ra has stopped working with our device. So there are no new nightlies anymore since 04/11 and we don't know when it will be going on.
Look here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=60126091
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That is bad news alright, Is there any way for me to get back to stock rom and wait for official lollipop release? I am quiet new to this.

Which Custom Rom is the best?

Which custom rom is better as a daily driver? I rarely play games so gaming doesn't really matter, I watch youtube and browse twitter and reddit.
I'm thinking of flashing dotOS or Havoc OS, but if there's a better and more stable rom, just let me know.
Thanks
I would suggest Harukey's Syberia pie rom, an excellent choice for a daily driver, i use it with the stock kernel it originally comes with, and not rooted; zero bugs believe me. And an excellent battery life, my device's battery has gone from 97% to 66% in 2.5 days of inconsistent usage. And stanby drain is almost non-existent. Cant vouch for any other rom, had problems with Havoc, and havent tried dot os as of yet. I'm sticking with syberia for atleast a few months for now.
Here's the latest iteration:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/sy...toni-v2.3-20190309-0651-OFFICIAL.zip/download
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I would suggest Harukey's Syberia pie rom, an excellent choice for a daily driver, i use it with the stock kernel it originally comes with, and not rooted; zero bugs believe me. And an excellent battery life, my device's battery has gone from 97% to 66% in 2.5 days of inconsistent usage. And stanby drain is almost non-existent. Cant vouch for any other rom, had problems with Havoc, and havent tried dot os as of yet. I'm sticking with syberia for atleast a few months for now.
Here's the latest iteration:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/sy...toni-v2.3-20190309-0651-OFFICIAL.zip/download
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thank you for the suggestion!
GameEaters said:
thank you for the suggestion!
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And I'm sorry, seems like I forgot to tell you about the only bug that I've come across, since that doesnt matter much to me. The auto brightness feature doesnt seem to work at all times, sometimes it will work, but half of the time it refuses to make an effect on the screen brightness, so be wary of that.
And btw, you could also look towards the Pixel experience rom, another great ROM for our device, and extremely smooth and bug free, and if my memory serves me right, auto brightness also works fine on it.
Here's the latest version of the PE rom:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-fSlX7jEI74tXOMSZAMcP7gZAIndU_Ie/view?usp=sharing
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And I'm sorry, seems like I forgot to tell you about the only bug that I've come across, since that doesnt matter much to me. The auto brightness feature doesnt seem to work at all times, sometimes it will work, but half of the time it refuses to make an effect on the screen brightness, so be wary of that.
And btw, you could also look towards the Pixel experience rom, another great ROM for our device, and extremely smooth and bug free, and if my memory serves me right, auto brightness also works fine on it.
Here's the latest version of the PE rom:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-fSlX7jEI74tXOMSZAMcP7gZAIndU_Ie/view?usp=sharing
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Thank you for recommending this to me, it's really smooth (better than miui). Flashed it yesterday, autobrightness doesn't matter because I don't use it. Lawnchair was a bit glitchy, and ram management was ok, but i got 5 hours of sot from 60% to 5% which is good. Once again thanks so much for recommending me this awesome rom. I'll probably donate to the developers for their work.
Syberia +1
Havoc os with wolf hunter edition kernal
Havoc OS latest build
Pixel Experience Go rom is most stable rom ever
SyberiaOS is the best one so far! I absolutely love it.
The only thing I'd change is the default launcher, Lawnchair is indeed glitchy and I'm always scared to update because every time I had problems with this before & after the encryption so it isn't the cause.
Has anyone experienced bootloop after update? I didn't root the device, I always leave the update zip bc I every time I need to reflash again.
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Which custom rom is better as a daily driver? I rarely play games so gaming doesn't really matter, I watch youtube and browse twitter and reddit.
I'm thinking of flashing dotOS or Havoc OS, but if there's a better and more stable rom, just let me know.
Thanks
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Ho for lineage os official, or syberia os
dotos is solid. no bugs on clean install and great battery.
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dotos is solid. no bugs on clean install and great battery.
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How come you don't have any bugs on dotOS? I tried it twice, two different versions, I thought maybe my set up was faulty but every time I had to replace this rom with something else. It's unusable.
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locovibe said:
How come you don't have any bugs on dotOS? I tried it twice, two different versions, I thought maybe my set up was faulty but every time I had to replace this rom with something else. It's unusable.
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maybe try a clean install with the latest version?
I did and didn't restore my data. Soon after the installation I get numerous errors and hang ups. I won't try it again.
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Pixel Experience Go rom is most stable rom ever
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I'm testing right now the CAF ROM.
I miss so many added features from SyberiaOS (beautifully implemented One-Hand mode, scrambled lockscreen keyboard, more accessible power menu, choosing preferred overview mode, built-in status bar customiser and many more handy additions). WiFi seems a lot slower (and it is, just checked with fast.com) and it says it's been fixed on the project's offical website. Not. Loc on, BT off. No root.
I always choose smaller display size and on Pixel Experience ROM it looks less adjusted and even too small (items are too close to the edges, especially annoying on the pull-down status bar). SyberiaOS has more steps to configure this one, so "smaller" one doesn't look that small.
Except some nice touches like Product Sans and neat-looking lockscreen weather widget I don't see many advantages over SyberiaOS. I don't care about Pixel wallpapers and sounds - I always use the same wallpaper and sounds since Nokia N8 XD.
Still, the ROM feels nice, there are +2 pros just mentioned above, but they aren't a necessity, another +1 because of the recent founding in SyberiaOS (on Pixel Experience camera does include location which is a must for me, but same as SyberiaOS doesn't display Model & Maker), +1 for built-in Google apps, +1 for seamless encryption, +1 boots faster, but it may be subjective (although RAM usage is 1 GB less of what SyberiaOS uses) and possible +1 for smooth updates. We'll see.
I'll stick with it for some time and see how's it going.
@RohanHasabe8 check this out and thank you big time!
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dotos is solid. no bugs on clean install and great battery.
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Which version do you mean, official or unofficial?
Lineage OS is the best rom . I am on LOS 15.01 oreo 8.1 rom no bugs and a lot of updates.
Also lot of privacy settings like trust. Normal drain of battery and it is official and still supported.
:good::good::good:for the devs who work hard!
Guys i flashed the PE normal build today and am unable to root it i installed magisk several times but manager keep saying magisk is not installed and ya i am using latest orangefox recovery i.e 9.0 .
Droid King said:
Guys i flashed the PE normal build today and am unable to root it i installed magisk several times but manager keep saying magisk is not installed and ya i am using latest orangefox recovery i.e 9.0 .
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In this case you have to change kernel. Try f.e. gabriel or wolf kernel.

Took Nexus 6 out of drawer, now no sound from speaker, earphones work fine

Hi,
I just took my old Nexus six out of the drawer thinking I would start using it again but sadly the dreaded speaker death has occurred. Is there a series of steps I should take to try to fix it? Earphones work fine and Bluetooth works fine but nothing comes out of the top speaker at all even with the volume set to high. I'm on android version 7.11, pure Nexus v. 7.1.1.20170215-OFFICIAL, rooted, with the kernel Franco 3.10.40.
What should I try first, hardware fixes or software? It used to work, now is dead.
Roll back to stock first to verify whether this is a hardware or software issue. If it's software, install a ROM more current than Pure Nexus. Otherwise you'll have to hunt for a new speaker.
I will install stock first. Where would I find a new speaker if that's what it needs?
Update: rolled back to stock and sound works fine now. You are brilliant! Now have to decide what ROM to use. Any recommendations?
You first have to decide if you want VoLTE or wifi-calling. For that you need a Oreo rom, and the only one I know that is still updated is LineageOS 15.1.
Otherwise, you can take your pick from the Pie roms. I believe that they all work fine on the N6, it's more a question of which extra features you prefer.
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You first have to decide if you want VoLTE or wifi-calling. For that you need a Oreo rom, and the only one I know that is still updated is LineageOS 15.1.
Otherwise, you can take your pick from the Pie roms. I believe that they all work fine on the N6, it's more a question of which extra features you prefer.
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Is there any great advantage to upgrading from stock? Now that I've got the phone working pretty well I'm a little hesitant to start messing around with lineage or one of the pie ROMs. Will the phone run faster and have less lag and have better camera options if I upgrade the ROM?
Thanks again for helping me get my phone working again.
android94301 said:
Is there any great advantage to upgrading from stock? Now that I've got the phone working pretty well I'm a little hesitant to start messing around with lineage or one of the pie ROMs. Will the phone run faster and have less lag and have better camera options if I upgrade the ROM?
Thanks again for helping me get my phone working again.
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The new roms have many more features, both from the newer Android, and from the efforts of the rom devs.
Of course, you may not need or even like the new features. Myself, I hate the new auto-brightness in Pie.
There are also some speed optimizations, but IMO they don't make a world of difference.
I believe that the camera driver is closed source, and therefore unchanged from stock. The camera app can however provide different amounts of options on top of the driver (Snap Camera in lineage has a lot of options) - but you should be able to get that by installing other camera apps on stock as well.
But most of all, I like to have the newest security fixes.
The bootloader has an option called: "factory mode" that has an app called: "CQATest"
After loading it choose "CQA Menu Mode"
Audio --> Loudspeaker
This will play an audio test file at full volume until you press the vol down or back button.
This is a useful application for general hardware testing too.

2020.. is there a custom ROM for the oldie but goldie TF701 ???

Well.... the device still runs pretty good, but I'm afraid soon my two favorite apps will lose compatibility cuz the OS is too old... I like it because of the screen size is the minimum acceptable to be able to read music on it...
So, is out there anything newer than the stock 4.4.2 OS ? Anything ?
Should I resign and accept that soon enough I will be better off throwing it away ? At this point I am becoming more and more of a "I just want to use" than a tinkerer... at the same time I hate discarding good things so I usually keep them until their death - in this case, "inability to breath"
but let me hear what you know.
Thanks.
-alex
alexdelara said:
Well.... the device still runs pretty good, but I'm afraid soon my two favorite apps will lose compatibility cuz the OS is too old... I like it because of the screen size is the minimum acceptable to be able to read music on it...
So, is out there anything newer than the stock 4.4.2 OS ? Anything ?
Should I resign and accept that soon enough I will be better off throwing it away ? At this point I am becoming more and more of a "I just want to use" than a tinkerer... at the same time I hate discarding good things so I usually keep them until their death - in this case, "inability to breath"
but let me hear what you know.
Thanks.
-alex
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I've been using a Nougat ROM on this tablet for a couple of years, really stable. Haven't heard about more recent ROMs though.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/transformer-tf701/orig-development/rom-t3540259
Thank you. Do you have all the essential features working alright ? For example, I connect a bluetooth pedal to turn music pages; then i also use Google Drive to import the songs I want to the app, so evidently, WiFi is also essential to me
I dont care for camera or anything else, so, is BT and WIFI running fine for you ? Thank you.
Well....... once I ran the ASUS bootloader unlock and it rebooted, I knew I was already screwed cuz the damn **** wiped everything ..... so I bit the bullet and went ahead and installed everything: new custom recovery, the Katkiss and went ahead... seems that everything is working though I havent tested BT just yet.
WIFI is working just fine, I reinstalled my previous apps. Will test the BT pedal tomorrow, but so far, looks great ! This should get me running for another 4-5 years LOL
Thanks again for the link. I will go ahead and donate to that guy who made the 7.0.1 thing for us.
Confirmed BT works fine.
I'm glad someone else asked this. What ROM did you go with and what do you think of it ?
I used the ROM that is in this thread to replace the stock kitkat (is that what it was before ?) This rom: https://forum.xda-developers.com/tra...t/rom-t3540259
The only two (three?) things I noticed:
1 ) The battery runs faster than on the old original firmware, however, it can be drastically "enhanced" by using "Battery Doctor".
2) Cannot connect anymore to the laptop or any other charger - it simply will not charge from anywhere else that is not the original wall charger.
3) I have not tested the camera simply because, I really don't see a use case for a camera on a tablet - we all have a nice smartphone in our pockets, right ?
What I like, is that everything is quite simple and clean; the home key and those other soft keys at the bottom, stay "On" and have an extra set of useful keys.
I had no problem "updating the tablet" following the steps.
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alexdelara said:
I used the ROM that is in this thread to replace the stock kitkat (is that what it was before ?) This rom: https://forum.xda-developers.com/tra...t/rom-t3540259
The only two (three?) things I noticed:
1 ) The battery runs faster than on the old original firmware, however, it can be drastically "enhanced" by using "Battery Doctor".
2) Cannot connect anymore to the laptop or any other charger - it simply will not charge from anywhere else that is not the original wall charger.
3) I have not tested the camera simply because, I really don't see a use case for a camera on a tablet - we all have a nice smartphone in our pockets, right ?
What I like, is that everything is quite simple and clean; the home key and those other soft keys at the bottom, stay "On" and have an extra set of useful keys.
I had no problem "updating the tablet" following the steps.
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Hi,
I is very nice to see still this tablet works fine.
Can you please test the camera? I need to upgrade this tablet in order to use for online courses for kids.
Thanks in advance.
btgunes said:
Hi,
I is very nice to see still this tablet works fine.
Can you please test the camera? I need to upgrade this tablet in order to use for online courses for kids.
Thanks in advance.
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It works (almost) fine. I'm afraid to say that I have bad news for you ... =
I tried three different camera apps, starting with the "Open camera" and no joy - it says that "the camera seems to be in use by another application" and gives up.
Then I tried two others that came first in the Play Store and got the same kinda of message about not being able to connect to the camera.
Sorry for you who needs the camera - for my own use, it's became good enough.
-Alex
alexdelara said:
It works (almost) fine. I'm afraid to say that I have bad news for you ... =
I tried three different camera apps, starting with the "Open camera" and no joy - it says that "the camera seems to be in use by another application" and gives up.
Then I tried two others that came first in the Play Store and got the same kinda of message about not being able to connect to the camera.
Sorry for you who needs the camera - for my own use, it's became good enough.
-Alex
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Thanks for testing..

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