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request to all xperia c owners

hi..as you see there is no development and there won't be any development because of the locked bootloader.sony rules says that there is 18 months of development since the releasing of the device,xperia c has been released in July 2013 ( 10 months till without any development ) so i want every member here have xperia c to complain and force Sony to give our rights of development i'm not buying this device to stuck on 1 android version + :
1_locked bootloader ( first device from sony has bootloader can't be unlocked ).
2-extract system.ext4 is not available because its signed.
3-we were in a fight till we got worked cwm.
4-lower devices like xperia m ( has been released in august 2014 ) has been updated to 4.3.
5-old UI and most of apps are old.
are sony punish us because we have bought xperia c or what ?!!!!
so like we worked together till we have got cwm we must do it again till xperia c get updated.and if any one of sony customer services said its related to mediatek because they didn't give us the source its not related to us we have bought from sony not from mediatek and we want the development away from mediatek or anything as sony rules says.
here is the link to complain http://talk.sonymobile.com/t5/Xperia-C/bd-p/Xperia_C.
guys please this is the only way to force sony to update the device so every one here must complain. i'm sorry for prolong but am really angry and disappointed.good luck to all !!!

rocker00 said:
hi..as you see there is no development and there won't be any development because of the locked bootloader.sony rules says that there is 18 months of development since the releasing of the device,xperia c has been released in July 2013 ( 10 months till without any development ) so i want every member here have xperia c to complain and force Sony to give our rights of development i'm not buying this device to stuck on 1 android version + :
1_locked bootloader ( first device from sony has bootloader can't be unlocked ).
2-extract system.ext4 is not available because its signed.
3-we were in a fight till we got worked cwm.
4-lower devices like xperia m ( has been released in august 2014 ) has been updated to 4.3.
5-old UI and most of apps are old.
are sony punish us because we have bought xperia c or what ?!!!!
so like we worked together till we have got cwm we must do it again till xperia c get updated.and if any one of sony customer services said its related to mediatek because they didn't give us the source its not related to us we have bought from sony not from mediatek and we want the development away from mediatek or anything as sony rules says.
here is the link to complain http://talk.sonymobile.com/t5/Xperia-C/bd-p/Xperia_C.
guys please this is the only way to force sony to update the device so every one here must complain. i'm sorry for prolong but am really angry and disappointed.good luck to all !!!
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MediaTek Don`t want anyone to get the sources cause they are selfish, i bet the sources for this phone are made my mediatek and sony just stated the features they need
And this phone is locked, cause again. mediatek sucks.

TakuyaZ said:
MediaTek Don`t want anyone to get the sources cause they are selfish, i bet the sources for this phone are made my mediatek and sony just stated the features they need
And this phone is locked, cause again. mediatek sucks.
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maybe that is why xperia t2 ultra dual uses snapdragon chipset instead of mediatek

thebodyguard said:
maybe that is why xperia t2 ultra dual uses snapdragon chipset instead of mediatek
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Sony arn`t using mediatek anymore, it just plain sucks
t2 ultra uses the new snapdragon that have quad core and cheap, thats why

TakuyaZ said:
MediaTek Don`t want anyone to get the sources cause they are selfish, i bet the sources for this phone are made my mediatek and sony just stated the features they need
And this phone is locked, cause again. mediatek sucks.
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NO MediaTek mistake，many device with MT6589 have much development .because of sony lock bootloader !!
look at this：
[ROM][UNOFFICIAL][WIP] Cyanogenmod 11 (4.4.2 - kitkat) for Wiko Stairway (mtk6589)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2676086

It have development. But it's impossible to make custom kernel properly.
Sent from my C2105 using Tapatalk

You can make Stock based Custom ROMs but making of Custom Kernel is a problem and that's why we are not getting as many ROMs as other devices are getting

sony just give us a false hope, all of us hope with new update we can unlock bootloader, because in sony web our XC in list that can unlock bootloader, but what we have in update 16.0.B.2.16, we can unlock our phone, NO WE CANT, and this still 4.2.2 not 4.3, and this really disappointing

Sony is to blame not MediaTek, because there is already Kitkat for MT6589 on other devices.

No update
proximity sensor bug during call:crying:
low storage
low volume in speaker and also in headphone

[Resolved] [Q] Android internal storage size

I have a Sony Xperia Z Ultra device and officially it has 16GB of internal storage. But when I go to Settings-> Storage I see that total space is only 11.79 GB. Obviously the rest is reserved for the system.
So the question is: does the system really need so much? I'm using a very compact SlimKat ROM, so I doubt it does
Is there any way to repartition device somehow and make more storage available to the user and less for the system? Or there are reasons why it's impossible even when using custom ROM?
I know there are some tricks to make the device treat the external SD card as internal memory but that's not what I'm looking for now
P. S. I tried to google, but I couldn't find any relevant info

Contact your models developer

pandian8552 said:
Contact your models developer
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Thanks, but I think this question is not Sony-specific I mean that on every Android device some part of the storage is reserved for system use
Sent from my Xperia Z Ultra using Tapatalk

Repartitioning a Sony device sounds like a question that should be asked in your device and ROM specific forum threads. I would need to use a tool made by Samsung to do that on my Samsung phone. You may need some Sony or development tool. Search on xda.

lalec said:
Repartitioning a Sony device sounds like a question that should be asked in your device and ROM specific forum threads. I would need to use a tool made by Samsung to do that on my Samsung phone. You may need some Sony or development tool. Search on xda.
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Yeah, I will ask in the Sony forums about the tool. I was just curious if it is theoretically possible, or may be there are some important reasons for not doing that )
Sent from my Xperia Z Ultra using Tapatalk

netimen said:
Yeah, I will ask in the Sony forums about the tool. I was just curious if it is theoretically possible, or may be there are some important reasons for not doing that )
Sent from my Xperia Z Ultra using Tapatalk
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I know it's possible on my Samsung Galaxy S4; however, I haven't done it because it comes with risk of hard-bricking the device if you don't do it correctly. I figure I won't cross that bridge unless it's ever truly necessary.
Good luck!

[Q] Lollipop or custom rom for Sony E4g?

(was directed to this forum from the XDA Assist)
I'm very new to Android (been using iPhone since its release) but i got a Sony Xperia E4g as a gift from my carrier and I would like to update it to Lollipop or root it and get something like MIUI on it. This that possible?
I would like to get rid of all the Xperia software and just get a clean Android install like Nexus phones have.

Drudoo said:
(was directed to this forum from the XDA Assist)
I'm very new to Android (been using iPhone since its release) but i got a Sony Xperia E4g as a gift from my carrier and I would like to update it to Lollipop or root it and get something like MIUI on it. This that possible?
I would like to get rid of all the Xperia software and just get a clean Android install like Nexus phones have.
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Mediatek chipset --> no custom ROMs for you, deal with it

Vynikal said:
Mediatek chipset --> no custom ROMs for you, deal with it
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sony released source code for xperia e4 and e4g so thare are custom rom,s and kernel,s

vinay said:
sony released source code for xperia e4 and e4g so thare are custom rom,s and kernel,s
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Could you provide any links and/or guides?

Drudoo said:
Could you provide any links and/or guides?
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source codes
http://developer.sonymobile.com/dow...source-archive-for-24-0-a-3-8-and-24-0-b-3-8/
http://developer.sonymobile.com/dow...a-1-3624-0-a-1-37-and-24-0-b-1-3624-0-b-1-37/

vinay said:
source codes
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Alright, think of me as completely android noob. What are these two links about ? How do they help me with getting lollipop on my phone? I am not expecting a one click install, but please point me to a guide.

Drudoo said:
Alright, think of me as completely android noob. What are these two links about ? How do they help me with getting lollipop on my phone? I am not expecting a one click install, but please point me to a guide.
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you can think of source code as a raw materiel of android kernel.
which you/someone has to compile to get a kernel which you can flash on your device.
and you can modify raw meterial to do anything you want to do with your kernel.
for example disabling system write protection (sony_ric) adding custom recovery(cwm) overclocking ,undervolting etc.
and if you get enough experience you can port lollypop or cynogenmod12 to your device.
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developers uses source codes to develop rom,s/kernel,s

vinay said:
you can think of source code as a raw materiel of android kernel.
which you/someone has to compile to get a kernel which you can flash on your device.
and you can modify raw meterial to do anything you want to do with your kernel.
for example disabling system write protection (sony_ric) adding custom recovery(cwm) overclocking ,undervolting etc.
and if you get enough experience you can port lollypop or cynogenmod12 to your device.
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So what you are telling me is that there are no custom roms or lollipop available for my phone as we speak?

Drudoo said:
So what you are telling me is that there are no custom roms or lollipop available for my phone as we speak?
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they are not available now but soon they will be available because source code is up.
and sony will release lollypop for e4 and e4g as they said.

vinay said:
they are not available now but soon they will be available because source code is up.
and sony will release lollypop for e4 and e4g as they said.
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Thanks. I'll just have to wait then.

Drudoo said:
Thanks. I'll just have to wait then.
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sure just wait,
sony is developing faster than any developer on xda so you can expect lollypop before custom rom,s.

Woah! That's surprising! I thought only Android One devices got MTK sources.
Btw mtk still sucks, lol :laugh:

Vynikal said:
Woah! That's surprising! I thought only Android One devices got MTK sources.
Btw mtk still sucks, lol :laugh:
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I think mtk no longer sucks.
Mtk devices won't have source code cause most of companies that are using mtk are not releasing source code.
Like micromax never released sources.

i got an E4g it's really fast with good battery life,maybe the faster device in that price.
Soon costum roms will come out and prerooted stock firmware :fingers-crossed:

Did sony realeased source for e4g or only for e4?

Zedgor said:
Did sony realeased source for e4g or only for e4?
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for both

work root in e4g?
Wysyłane z mojego WT19i za pomocą Tapatalk 2

vinay said:
sure just wait,
sony is developing faster than any developer on xda so you can expect lollypop before custom rom,s.
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Hi, where did you get the info on lollipop coming? I would like to follow this for updates, but can't find anything about it on google.

obsidianwings said:
Hi, where did you get the info on lollipop coming? I would like to follow this for updates, but can't find anything about it on google.
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Sony said they are releasing e4 with kitkat and they will be updating it to lollipop.
That all i know. Maby said for both e4 and e4g.

cwm, twrp
Hi all there!
Well I got me an e4g as well and I'd spend some time working on cm. Actually I've been looking on the partition table a bit to get cwm or twrp running as a first step but I got stuck there as I could not figure out where the recovery partition resides. Therefore I'd like to know if someone already started working on that and if someone has / or knows where to get a stock rom. And as a last question has someone tried the chinaphone / MTK backup from SpaceX with e4g?
(Sorry cannot post link here )
Cheers
Chris

E3 Mentioned nowhere for the update

Well I suppose sony isn't supporting this device.... In the latest news, sony has announced lollipop 5.1 for many devices including M2 by july.... But has not mentioned anything about E3, leaving it out of the picture totally....

Hi @ShanePunk123
About updates the issue Is not just for Xperia E3. Indeed, Xperia T3 and 2015 Xperias like E4 and E4g are not listed for upgrade at this date.
In real terms, Xperia E1 is the less updateable of the remaining 2014 Xperias due to low ram (just 512 Mb). But we dont know. Sony can drop it all 2014/2015 E series and just update T3, or update all the 2014 remainings and 2015 newcomings.
At this moment we can assure or have the good feeling (in terms of hardware) for get lollipop in Xperias E3, E4, E4g and T3 , because they have the required to run lollipop. May be they jump to 5.1 directly overriding or avoiding 5.0.2. Idk that
Currently is an active AOSP 5.1 developer program for the Xperias E3 and T3, so, this is a tiny bit of light in our dark. For AOSP in this models, Camera is not working but other functions are working at least normally as possible, but AOSP is not intended to be a daily usable ROM. And CM guys are working in CM12.1 but theres no stable CM12.1 for us. Instead. 2013 devices and older have an active CM12 development with good stability. Damn DRM and Sony drivers ¬¬
So....Be happy because some 5.0.2 Xperia users are annoyed with the bitter lollipop because of extreme heating, no wifi, no select sound configurations, low battery life and other uncomfortable issues that didnt happen when they were sweet chocolateys. These users are going to jump to 5.1 in July and the jumping is easy for them because they have at least lollipop.
Now, keep in mind that Android M is coming and I have my doubts about reaching M. Maybe lollipop (or kitkat) is going to be the latest and final android version for our E3, other mid rangers and oldest high end Xperias.

lexiyuri said:
Hi @ShanePunk123
About updates the issue Is not just for Xperia E3. Indeed, Xperia T3 and 2015 Xperias like E4 and E4g are not listed for upgrade at this date.
In real terms, Xperia E1 is the less updateable of the remaining 2014 Xperias due to low ram (just 512 Mb). But we dont know. Sony can drop it all 2014/2015 E series and just update T3, or update all the 2014 remainings and 2015 newcomings.
At this moment we can assure or have the good feeling (in terms of hardware) for get lollipop in Xperias E3, E4, E4g and T3 , because they have the required to run lollipop. May be they jump to 5.1 directly overriding or avoiding 5.0.2. Idk that
Currently is an active AOSP 5.1 developer program for the Xperias E3 and T3, so, this is a tiny bit of light in our dark. For AOSP in this models, Camera is not working but other functions are working at least normally as possible, but AOSP is not intended to be a daily usable ROM. And CM guys are working in CM12.1 but theres no stable CM12.1 for us. Instead. 2013 devices and older have an active CM12 development with good stability. Damn DRM and Sony drivers ¬¬
So....Be happy because some 5.0.2 Xperia users are annoyed with the bitter lollipop because of extreme heating, no wifi, no select sound configurations, low battery life and other uncomfortable issues that didnt happen when they were sweet chocolateys. These users are going to jump to 5.1 in July and the jumping is easy for them because they have at least lollipop.
Now, keep in mind that Android M is coming and I have my doubts about reaching M. Maybe lollipop (or kitkat) is going to be the latest and final android version for our E3, other mid rangers and oldest high end Xperias.
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I hope that sony will update a device about 10 months and does not adopt policies like HTC who abandons its customers. I hope that Sony will not do so, otherwise, I do not buy a Sony product. We look at other manufacturers like Motorola that are upgrading the Moto X (2013), not only Samsung also updates its products dated, so I hope that the projects we are active on FXP to our devices have a future update.

Maybe it has to do with the internal storage. Remember the Xperiia M4 Aqua 8 GB version? That thing only has about 1.33 free space(1.75 with removed bloatware). Imagine the E3 with just its less than 4 GB... Android 5 uses way too much space. The only one I think still has a chance is T3. I'm pretty sure E4 is already set on the update map.

Densho64 said:
Maybe it has to do with the internal storage. Remember the Xperiia M4 Aqua 8 GB version? That thing only has about 1.33 free space(1.75 with removed bloatware). Imagine the E3 with just its less than 4 GB... Android 5 uses way too much space. The only one I think still has a chance is T3. I'm pretty sure E4 is already set on the update map.
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I installed AOSP and no problem with internal memory, I got a htc desire hd with a memory of 1.5 GB and is now updated to cm12.1 unofficial without having any problem of memory. Look here like mom sony treats its customers, should be ashamed, I am unhappy with my purchase ... at ever again :crying: :crying: :crying:

Lets make noise on the twitter account @SonyMobilenews, @SonyXperia and related
See my example and make noise with me
FOR OUR E3 WITH LOLLIPOP: TODO EL MUNDO A LA CARGA!! Everybody make some noise
-This is a scream to call the masses and make our voices louder and be heard!!

lexiyuri said:
Lets make noise on the twitter account @SonyMobilenews, @SonyXperia and related
See my example and make noise with me
FOR OUR E3 WITH LOLLIPOP: TODO EL MUNDO A LA CARGA!! Everybody make some noise
-This is a scream to call the masses and make our voices louder and be heard!!
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Yes you are right.
Only way to get lollipop is by rising our voice.
Let,s do this.

For this s*itty move, I gave my E3 to my dad and I bought lumia 535. F*CK YOU SONY. WE DESERVE UPDATES!!!

I think that we shoud try it but lets make a real massege and do it corectly.

Hey guys. I am trying to compile some aosp roms here for d2203 and d2202. So if you're interested in testing them just let me know..
PS- you should have a fast internet to download the roms.. my internet sux so I cant download them from my server :/

hell_lock said:
Hey guys. I am trying to compile some aosp roms here for d2203 and d2202. So if you're interested in testing them just let me know..
PS- you should have a fast internet to download the roms.. my internet sux so I cant download them from my server :/
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I would like to try them, give the downloading site or thread site.
You said d2202 so can i try it in my d2212?

hell_lock said:
Hey guys. I am trying to compile some aosp roms here for d2203 and d2202. So if you're interested in testing them just let me know..
PS- you should have a fast internet to download the roms.. my internet sux so I cant download them from my server :/
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did you mean d2212 and d2202 because d2203 and d2202 does not make sense.?

hell_lock said:
Hey guys. I am trying to compile some aosp roms here for d2203 and d2202. So if you're interested in testing them just let me know..
PS- you should have a fast internet to download the roms.. my internet sux so I cant download them from my server :/
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I am interested in testing
PS - I'm testing the latest AOSP that load on FXP but obviously have no camera and data connection, solving these small things can be a rom for everyday use because it's stable and fast

entony80 said:
I am interested in testing
PS - I'm testing the latest AOSP that load on FXP but obviously have no camera and data connection, solving these small things can be a rom for everyday use because it's stable and fast
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I can give it a shot fixing those bugs..
Btw.. can anyone upload e3 5.1 binaries on github??
http://developer.sonymobile.com/kno...e/open-devices/list-of-devices-and-resources/

vinay said:
did you mean d2212 and d2202 because d2203 and d2202 does not make sense.?
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I'll first make it for d2203. Then port it to our device..
So initially I'll test boot it on d2203 and if it works then port.

hell_lock said:
I can give it a shot fixing those bugs..
Btw.. can anyone upload e3 5.1 binaries on github??
http://developer.sonymobile.com/kno...e/open-devices/list-of-devices-and-resources/
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u may clone from https://github.com/SuperBenevolent/ and maybe overwrite with newer version from site, if needed. (and then pull and request with upgraded files)

hell_lock said:
I can give it a shot fixing those bugs..
Btw.. can anyone upload e3 5.1 binaries on github??
http://developer.sonymobile.com/kno...e/open-devices/list-of-devices-and-resources/
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I can help, but test a rom why are not capable of using Github. If I spiegni or give me a guide I can try

@hell_lock should i upload now. cuz @thenemis gave you link.

@hell_lock about to my previous experince with cm11 of lte varriants i know that for porting it to our devices need to work on kernel/ramdisk and maby we need to work on rom for RIL only. after that only bug,s by fxp will be needed to be fixed.
but however this is lollipop and i have tested on kitkat.

Great!
hell_lock said:
Hey guys. I am trying to compile some aosp roms here for d2203 and d2202. So if you're interested in testing them just let me know..
PS- you should have a fast internet to download the roms.. my internet sux so I cant download them from my server :/
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What about D2212? :crying:

Question Camera degradation on custom ROM?

I owned a previous gen XPeria phone and on that one it was known that if you unlock bootloader and install a custom ROM it will degrade your phone performance permanently because it blows away some partition with DRM keys.
Is it known whether it is the same with the Xperia 5 III?
Similar question: The camera app on my US 5 III is some "Photography Pro" app that very much appears to be a Sony product and not Google. I like it. Is it possible to get this on a custom ROM? Can I just back it up/ restore it with adb?
Apologies if this is already documented elsewhere.

mcc111 said:
I owned a previous gen XPeria phone and on that one it was known that if you unlock bootloader and install a custom ROM it will degrade your phone performance permanently because it blows away some partition with DRM keys.
Is it known whether it is the same with the Xperia 5 III?
Similar question: The camera app on my US 5 III is some "Photography Pro" app that very much appears to be a Sony product and not Google. I like it. Is it possible to get this on a custom ROM? Can I just back it up/ restore it with adb?
Apologies if this is already documented elsewhere.
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I'd like to know as well.

I have the xq-bc72 Xperia 1 iii and im on evolution x and camera seems the same. Photo pro and gcam works too

bountyman334 said:
I have the xq-bc72 Xperia 1 iii and im on evolution x and camera seems the same. Photo pro and gcam works too
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How's the experience on a custom rom? I haven't rooted in couple yrs, I stopped when I started buying Xperias.
Is it worth it nowadays?

teostar said:
How's the experience on a custom rom? I haven't rooted in couple yrs, I stopped when I started buying Xperias.
Is it worth it nowadays?
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It's still the same. But on the xperia 1 iii is different than others. This phone and custom OS works together. Of course no VoWiFi but everything else is exactly the same but lighter. No oem folder bs

bountyman334 said:
I have the xq-bc72 Xperia 1 iii and im on evolution x and camera seems the same. Photo pro and gcam works too
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Hi, I'm on an Xperia 5 III, and can't seem to find evolution x files for any xperia device, where did you find the download for yours? Also, does Widevine L1 work on it?

TidalWarrior said:
Hi, I'm on an Xperia 5 III, and can't seem to find evolution x files for any xperia device, where did you find the download for yours? Also, does Widevine L1 work on it?
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Look here. I think 1 iii and 5 iii is cross compatible
21.3 GB folder on MEGA
17 files and 16 subfolders
mega.nz

bountyman334 said:
Look here. I think 1 iii and 5 iii is cross compatible
21.3 GB folder on MEGA
17 files and 16 subfolders
mega.nz
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Thanks! Do you happen to know if this rom has the abilty to use fingerprint scanner gestures and the recents button double-tap functionality?

TidalWarrior said:
Thanks! Do you happen to know if this rom has the abilty to use fingerprint scanner gestures and the recents button double-tap functionality?
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Ahh i think so but its in the build.prop. but it doesn't work in evo 11 from the folder or any ROM for the xperia 1iii.. maybe but I haven't found one.
Also here's a good kernel ..Im currently using it on evo 11
[Kernel][12.04.2023][Android 13] Kirisakura 3.0.1 for Sony Xperia 1 III aka "Sagami"
Kirisakura-Kernel for the Sony Xperia 1 III Hello everyone, To keep it short: Here is Kirisakura - Kernel for the Sony Xperia 1 III aka Sagami. Sagami is the internal codename for this years development platform of Sony Mark III devices. Please...
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