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need help for Low internal memory fix...

Does anyone have ANY suggestions on how to fix the low internal memory on this phone ( Samsung Galaxy s 4g T959v- rooted- running Vallhallah Final). It won't let me download any apps.. There is room on the phone. I've moved most apps onto my SD card. It closes apps.. Becoming a GREAT pain.
I saw on a post in a different forum the (i1900).. said that this "fix" would help with the problem.. DataFix_11032012.zip - [Click for QR Code] (195.4 KB, 23367 views). I'm kinda a NOOB so I don't want to flash any Zip that's incompatible and screw up my phone..
bhundven.. helped me out last week to get my phone unbricked.. when i tried to go out on my own at first..
Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated..
Thank you in advance.

pistol865 said:
Does anyone have ANY suggestions on how to fix the low internal memory on this phone ( Samsung Galaxy s 4g T959v- rooted- running Vallhallah Final). It won't let me download any apps.. There is room on the phone. I've moved most apps onto my SD card. It closes apps.. Becoming a GREAT pain.
I saw on a post in a different forum the (i1900).. said that this "fix" would help with the problem.. DataFix_11032012.zip - [Click for QR Code] (195.4 KB, 23367 views). I'm kinda a NOOB so I don't want to flash any Zip that's incompatible and screw up my phone..
bhundven.. helped me out last week to get my phone unbricked.. when i tried to go out on my own at first..
Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated..
Thank you in advance.
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Well, here is the story. All of the 'Galaxy S' (aka, Galaxy S 1) devices, except a few (sgs4g, sk4g, I think there is another), come with an internal eMMC (embedded multimediacard). This is usually where they put the data partition, for instance on the i9000, vibrant, captivate, etc.
For galaxys4g, we've been getting around this issue for a while with apps2sd. I really don't install that many apps anyways, so I never really run into this problem, but for those who have, that's what they've used. Most roms provide apps2sd (or similar functionality). I think with titanium backup, you can move apps to the sdcard.

bhundven said:
Well, here is the story. All of the 'Galaxy S' (aka, Galaxy S 1) devices, except a few (sgs4g, sk4g, I think there is another), come with an internal eMMC (embedded multimediacard). This is usually where they put the data partition, for instance on the i9000, vibrant, captivate, etc.
For galaxys4g, we've been getting around this issue for a while with apps2sd. I really don't install that many apps anyways, so I never really run into this problem, but for those who have, that's what they've used. Most roms provide apps2sd (or similar functionality). I think with titanium backup, you can move apps to the sdcard.
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Thank you again

Just be careful not to put apps that are supposed to run all the time, on the SD.
Also, I think that the fascinate is the other without eMMC
Sent from my SGH-T959V using xda premium

Fluidification said:
Just be careful not to put apps that are supposed to run all the time, on the SD.
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Yea, I forgot to mention that, thanks!
Fluidification said:
Also, I think that the fascinate is the other without eMMC
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No, they have a 2G eMMC. Same 512M internal storage as the other galaxy s phones.
Actually, here is a nice comparison (fascinate vs. galaxy s 4g vs. vibrant).

bhundven said:
Well, here is the story. All of the 'Galaxy S' (aka, Galaxy S 1) devices, except a few (sgs4g, sk4g, I think there is another), come with an internal eMMC (embedded multimediacard). This is usually where they put the data partition, for instance on the i9000, vibrant, captivate, etc.
For galaxys4g, we've been getting around this issue for a while with apps2sd. I really don't install that many apps anyways, so I never really run into this problem, but for those who have, that's what they've used. Most roms provide apps2sd (or similar functionality). I think with titanium backup, you can move apps to the sdcard.
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I moved most of my apps to my SD card.. but the problem was still there. Then I unnistalled my Rom Toolbox pro.. and THAT seemed to fix the problem.. Very ODD..
One more question if I may...
I flashed Valhallah Final on my phone.. I have A Voodoo sound app on my phone as well.. but when I clicked on it, it said that I didn't have the right kernel for it. Is it just a matter of flashing the right kernel to get the features of Voodoo sound on my phone? Or will that screw up the functionality of the rom that I already flashed?

pistol865 said:
I moved most of my apps to my SD card.. but the problem was still there. Then I unnistalled my Rom Toolbox pro.. and THAT seemed to fix the problem.. Very ODD..
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Heh, weird. You gotta be careful with rom toolbox/pro.
pistol865 said:
One more question if I may...
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Always! It's Q&A!
pistol865 said:
I flashed Valhallah Final on my phone.. I have A Voodoo sound app on my phone as well.. but when I clicked on it, it said that I didn't have the right kernel for it. Is it just a matter of flashing the right kernel to get the features of Voodoo sound on my phone? Or will that screw up the functionality of the rom that I already flashed?
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Which kernel does the about screen show? You might have to upgrade the kernel.

bhundven said:
Heh, weird. You gotta be careful with rom toolbox/pro.
Always! It's Q&A!
Which kernel does the about screen show? You might have to upgrade the kernel.
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under kernel version it says:
2.6.35.7-T959VUVKJ6-CL694130

pistol865 said:
under kernel version it says:
2.6.35.7-T959VUVKJ6-CL694130
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Yea, I'd either flash AntonX's kernel, my sms, or blastoff v2.5.

bhundven said:
Yea, I'd either flash AntonX's kernel, my sms, or blastoff v2.5.
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So just download the zip file and flash it with sgs kernel flasher and I'll be good? It won't mess up the rest of the Vallhallah then?

pistol865 said:
So just download the zip file and flash it with sgs kernel flasher and I'll be good? It won't mess up the rest of the Vallhallah then?
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I'd suggest flashing with cwm. Flashing the kernel won't change the rom. Except for blastoff which will change the wifi.conf.

With titanium, you can integrate those Rom updates into the Rom. That can free up a bunch too.

champ1919 said:
With titanium, you can integrate those Rom updates into the Rom. That can free up a bunch too.
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I don't use titanium very much. Could you explain what you mean? Sorry (in some respects, even I'm a noob!)

bhundven said:
I'd suggest flashing with cwm. Flashing the kernel won't change the rom. Except for blastoff which will change the wifi.conf.
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Wat does that mean? "Except for blastoff which will change the wifi.conf" Will I Not have Wi-Fi? Do I need to adjust the wi-fi after I install it? How do I reconfigure it?

pistol865 said:
Wat does that mean? "Except for blastoff which will change the wifi.conf" Will I Not have Wi-Fi? Do I need to adjust the wi-fi after I install it? How do I reconfigure it?
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No, it does the modifying for you. you might want to backup the wifi.conf before you flash it, if you want to switch to sms or anton's.

bhundven said:
No, it does the modifying for you. you might want to backup the wifi.conf before you flash it, if you want to switch to sms or anton's.
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Please don't laugh... HOW does one back up the wifi conf? Is it the same as backing up the system? Reboot into recovery then click backup?

pistol865 said:
Please don't laugh... HOW does one back up the wifi conf? Is it the same as backing up the system? Reboot into recovery then click backup?
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I guess you could backup /system before flashing the kernel, but you really only need to backup the /system/etc/wifi directory.

bhundven said:
I don't use titanium very much. Could you explain what you mean? Sorry (in some respects, even I'm a noob!)
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It deletes the old file that the update replaces. You won't have the uninstall updates in settings anymore. I (assume) that when a system Rom gets an update, the old apk gets scrunched and lingers. This option frees up that space.

champ1919 said:
It deletes the old file that the update replaces. You won't have the uninstall updates in settings anymore. I (assume) that when a system Rom gets an update, the old apk gets scrunched and lingers. This option frees up that space.
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Updates to system apps get put into data/app integrating updates overwrites the original app in system/app so it frees up internal memory and takes up system memory. Also integrating dalvik into rom frees up like 50-60mb of internal memory.

champ1919 said:
It deletes the old file that the update replaces. You won't have the uninstall updates in settings anymore. I (assume) that when a system Rom gets an update, the old apk gets scrunched and lingers. This option frees up that space.
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TwitchyEye said:
Updates to system apps get put into data/app integrating updates overwrites the original app in system/app so it frees up internal memory and takes up system memory. Also integrating dalvik into rom frees up like 50-60mb of internal memory.
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Meh, I'll stick to releasing zip files

Internal Memory running low - MacLaw 4.4

I have installed MaclawStudio Kit Kat ROM (version of March 17th, 2014) in my Galaxy S2 Lite (a.k.a Galaxy S Advance).
Everything was running fine, but now with some months of usage I was fighting with low internal memory available, even though I have only a few apps installed.
I used Storage Analyser app to check where the pain point was an found out a big number of folders with the naming mmdsp-SIA_... in the data folder.
They contained the following files:
mem_sdram_data.data
mem_sdram_code.data
mem_esram_code.data
mem_tcm.data
metadata.txt
I could not find much information about this, but as the name folder contained a timestamp I imagine this is some kind of Short Dump memory information.
I deleted this folders, made free more or less 400 MB and so far the phone is ok.

Thats what happen when you use ****law cm :laugh::laugh::laugh:
PS: sorry for OT

Same problem here
Hi,
I'm having the same exact problem with my S Advance but i have no custom ROM, though i have routed my phone to uninstall operator apps so that i could make it run lighter.
I have more than a hundred of them and don't know if i can delete them without problems.
Do you still have those kind of directories ?
Have you found what they are for ?
And still no problems deleting them ?
Thanks

Force said:
Thats what happen when you use ****law cm :laugh::laugh::laugh:
PS: sorry for OT
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I'm open to suggestions.

dellagustin said:
I'm open to suggestions.
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Sorry for that rude post . Try SD Maid, it can free some space.

PauloSilva.1969 said:
Do you still have those kind of directories ?
Have you found what they are for ?
And still no problems deleting them ?
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Hello, sorry for the late response.
The folders appear again now and then. When I'm low on space I always check the data folder and if they are there I'll delete them.
No harm so far.

[ROMs and Recoveries] Karbonn Titanium S5 Plus/ S5 + - All Things And Dev.

Updates at this thread have been stopped. Please check out Devs-Lab.com for all stuff that is/was/would be here. Links below are provided for reference, and will not be updated from now.
The Official Karbonn Titanium S5 Plus Thread :
Note : This is for the Karbonn Titanium S5 Plus / Coolpad 7295C Device and Development related to it and its clones only.
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Original Karbonn ROM :
https://tr.im/20c3b
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Stock ROM in a flashable Zip format :
http://karbonnroms.blogspot.in/2014/...um-s5plus.html
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Here are the Custom Recoveries for this device :
Preferred, Tested : Philz Touch Recovery 6.57.9 ( based on ClockWorkMod Recovery v6.0.5.1 )
https://tr.im/2eae8
TWRP Recovery 2.7.1.0 ( Touch )
https://tr.im/1757c
ClockWorkMod recovery for Karbonn Titanium S5 Plus : ( Non - Touch )
tr.im/RWOT
ClockWorkMod - based recovery for Karbonn Titanium S5 Plus ( Modded by carliv @ xda )
tr.im/f2c21
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Next, Here are the Custom ROMs
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Sony Xperia Z:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/e8sq7s60de...nn_S5_Plus.zip
Note : The above mentioned link doesn't appear to work. If anybody finds this file link working, please add a post here and if possible, upload the file to Google Drive and Post the link here.
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Sony Xperia Z v2:
https://tr.im/ca47d
Credits : Ajinkya Mishra
Mayank Girdhar
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Miui v5 :
http://www.needrom.com/wp-content/up...37e511_4.2.zip
( to download this, you need to log in to needrom.com first )
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Lewa OS:
https://tr.im/LewaOSforS5Plus
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MIUI v6:
https://tr.im/MIUIv6forS5Plus
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Samsung Galaxy Note 3-themed ROM :
http://karbonnroms.blogspot.in/2014/...um-s5plus.html
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Stock Flashable ROM :
http://karbonnroms.blogspot.in/2014/...um-s5plus.html
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Android Lollipop-themed ROM :
http://karbonnroms.blogspot.in/2014/...um-s5plus.html
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Fly UI ROM :
https://www.dropbox.com/s/8q6ap1lnht...tfors5plus.zip
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Samsung Galaxy S5-themed ROM :
http://www.4shared.com/zip/vP4RARWOba/XtremeS5.html?
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Also visit these pages for more help...
https://www.facebook.com/karbonns5plus
https://www.facebook.com/karbonnroms
http://karbonnroms.blogspot.in
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Note : The above posted links for ROMs are not tried and tested ! Be Careful !
For some of the ROM downloads, you need to log into the respective sites...
Thanks mainly to the thunderboys team and all other developers of the respective ROMs whom I haven't mentioned.
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SystemUI.apk and SystemUI.odex files:
http://www.4shared.com/rar/cyMk4Dyub...lus_Syste.html
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Steps for flashing a .img file to a specific partition ( here, recovery ) :
Here are the two methods :
1st Method ( Using ADB ) -- This needs the phone to be connected to the computer.
Go to the folder containing the recovery.img file you just downloaded.
Shift + Right Click on any empty space in the folder and Select Open Command Window Here
Connect the phone to the computer and make sure you have USB Debugging enabled and not USB Storage
Type these into the Command Window :
adb devices -- This should show the Device attached as KarbonnTitaniumS5Plus-xxxx or any such line.
adb get-state -- This is to ensure USB Debugging works. It will show device, recovery or offline, but here, we would be looking for device
adb reboot bootloader -- This reboots the device into Fastboot mode, also called as HBOOT or Bootloader. This mode is necessary for flashing the recovery.img file
fastboot oem unlock -- This is to ensure that you can flash xxxx.img files to specific partitions of the device.
fastboot flash <<partitionname>> <<nameofrecoveryimagefile.img>> -- This flashes the specific partition image file to the specified partition. Here, we would be looking for something like fastboot flash recovery philzrecoverys5plus.img for the PhilZ Touch Recovery and fastboot flash recovery twrprecovery.img for the TWRP Recovery and fastboot flash recovery cwmrecoverys5plus.img for the.... Well, you understand what I mean. This should show some text on the device like Transferring Flash or Writing Flash and the Time and Speed of it, that would confirm your flashing.
fastboot reboot -- This command reboots the device into the normal system, and lo, you're ready to go !
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From here, you can reboot to recovery and back again without any issues. This is the tried and tested method, the method which worked perfectly when I tried it on my device. Else, if you have no patience for connecting the Phone to the PC, jabbing on the keyboard and entering n number of commands, you could try this out :
2nd Method ( Using Terminal Emulator ) -- This doesn't need the phone to be connected to the computer.
Place the recovery.img file in the Internal Storage or External SD Card -- Here, I'm placing it as in storage/sdcard0/xxxxrecovery.img
Install Terminal Emulator or any such app onto the phone and Open it.
Type these commands one by one :
su -- This gives root permissions to the Command Executor.
flash_image recovery /storage/sdcard0/xxxxrecovery.img -- This flashes the recovery image file to the recovery partition.
Close the Terminal Window.
Done !
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Another Note : If you're following the Second ( Terminal Emulator ) Method, note that there is a space between flash_image and recovery and the path of the image file. The first method is the preferred one, which worked perfectly with no errors for me; while the second method is risky and might return some errors while trying it out.
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Another Loooooong Shortened Note : The TWRP Recovery might, in some rare cases, show your battery level as 19% when it is at 99% and the same goes for the others. If you are encountering this error damn frequently, I'd recommend reverting back to the original CWM basic recovery as it doesn't show any battery info at all ! You also have the option of wiping your Battery Statistics in case the Battery Error in the Touch Recoveries made the system too show the same error. Once, after fully charging the phone to 100% and rebooting to recovery, I found that the TWRP recovery showed the battery level at 19% ! Out of curiosity, I rebooted back to the system and it too, showed it at 19% ! I just plugged it into the charger and was like Whoa !, as the battery sprang from 19% to 24% in 7 seconds flat ! I know that neither the reboot to recovery does drain out that much battery, nor does the recovery randomly perform such miracles on it. So, I just flashed CWM basic recovery to it using fastboot mode, opened it, did a Battery Stats wipe and rebooted to the System. It was back to 99% ! So, a full Battery Statistics wipe helped me solve such errors, and might do the same to you too. Just remove the battery from the phone after you power off from the recovery, put it back in, and let the phone start up. Problem Solved ! Damn, why didn't I think of this earlier ?
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Yet Another Short-But-Not-So-Short Note : I'd recommend disabling the Boot Animation on the phone ( using ROM Toolbox Lite or Pro ) so that the possibility of bootloops is diminished. No Boot Animation = Less Chance of Bootloops !
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One Last Note : ( Yeah, Right. )
The MIUI ROM and the Sony Xperia v2 ROM work properly. For people who have boot issues, doing a full data wipe/factory reset through the recovery will solve that problem... MIUI is pre rooted, but chainfire's SuperSU app is not installed and there is no keyboard app. The Sony Xperia v2 ROM has SuperSU installed and works properly. However, a high amount of patience is needed to wait for the ROMs to boot up...
As mentioned by cybercrawler, the internal/external swap supposedly works, and appears to be already applied in these ROMs... so, if you are going to flash a new ROM, you had better undo this change...
The clockworkmod recovery file works too, as seen in the screenshots uploaded by cybercrawler... thanks to him for testing that out.
I shall be uploading some screenshots of these in a few days. Both the ROMs run Android Jelly Bean 4.2.2, and the MIUI ROM has a update scheduler app, so I'm guessing it can be updated to 4.4 Kitkat. Anyway... if anybody knows how to bypass Dropbox Error 509 ( This account's public links are generating too much traffic and are temporarily disabled ), please download the Xperia Z v1 ROM and upload it to Google Drive...
Check this thread for further development on this device.
If anybody is willing to volunteer to try a ROM still in development for this device, you can download it here :
https://tr.im/CarbonForKarbonnv1
It is NOT READY FOR FLASHING, but is a Kitkat ROM, so anybody willing to put in their efforts in the development of this ROM can help.
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rjt.rockx said:
The Official Karbonn Titanium S5 Plus Thread :
Note : This is for the Karbonn Titanium S5 Plus / Coolpad 7295C Device and Development related to it and its clones only.
Original Karbonn ROM :
https://tr.im/20c3b
First off, Here are the Custom Recoveries for this device :
ClockWorkMod recovery for Karbonn Titanium S5 Plus :
tr.im/RWOT
ClockWorkMod - based recovery for Karbonn Titanium S5 Plus ( modded by carliv @ xda )
tr.im/f2c21
Next, Here are the Custom ROMs
Sony Xperia Z:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/e8sq7s60de...nn_S5_Plus.zip
Note : The above mentioned link doesn't appear to work. If anybody finds this file link working, please add a post here and if possible, upload the file to Google Drive and Post the link here.
Sony Xperia Z v2:
https://tr.im/ca47d
Credits : Ajinkya Mishra
Mayank Girdhar
Miui :
http://www.needrom.com/wp-content/up...37e511_4.2.zip
( to download this, you need to log in to needrom.com first )
Also visit these pages for more help...
https://www.facebook.com/karbonns5plus
https://www.facebook.com/karbonnroms
http://karbonnroms.blogspot.in
Note : The above posted links for ROMs are not tried and tested ! Be Careful !
For some of the ROM downloads, you need to log into the respective sites...
Thanks mainly to the thunderboys team and all other developers of the respective ROMs whom I haven't mentioned.
SystemUI.apk and SystemUI.odex files:
http://www.4shared.com/rar/cyMk4Dyub...lus_Syste.html
One Last Note : ( Yeah, Right. )
The MIUI ROM and the Sony Xperia v2 ROM work properly. For people who have boot issues, doing a full data wipe/factory reset through the recovery will solve that problem... MIUI is pre rooted, but chainfire's SuperSU app is not installed and there is no keyboard app. The Sony Xperia v2 ROM has SuperSU installed and works properly. However, a high amount of patience is needed to wait for the ROMs to boot up...
As mentioned by cybercrawler, the internal/external swap supposedly works, and appears to be already applied in these ROMs... so, if you are going to flash a new ROM, you had better undo this change...
The clockworkmod recovery file works too, as seen in the screenshots uploaded by cybercrawler... thanks to him for testing that out.
I shall be uploading some screenshots of these in a few days. Both the ROMs run Android Jelly Bean 4.2.2, and the MIUI ROM has a update scheduler app, so I'm guessing it can be updated to 4.4 Kitkat. Anyway... if anybody knows how to bypass Dropbox Error 509 ( This account's public links are generating too much traffic and are temporarily disabled ), please download the Xperia Z v1 ROM and upload it to Google Drive...
By the way, I'll be uploading links to some must-have apps for a custom ROM user within a few days. Check this thread for further development on this device.
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Hey there,my question might seem foolish but just wanted to know if our device supports USB otg?
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cybercrawler said:
Hey there,my question might seem foolish but just wanted to know if our device supports USB otg?
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Yes and No.
No, as it isn't included in the device's features and comes with no otg cable.
Yes, if you buy a third party USB OTG cable and install chainfire's stickmount app.
Here's the link to the app :
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.chainfire.stickmount
and the xda thread :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-nexus/themes-apps/23-03-2014-stickmount-v3-01-t1400034
Hope it helps !

Heck is their the possibility that i might get bootloop!!!Because the last time I tried one of Chainefire's app(chain fire 3D)I got stuck on 1.But anyways thanks
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cybercrawler said:
Heck is their the possibility that i might get bootloop!!!Because the last time I tried one of Chainefire's app(chain fire 3D)I got stuck on 1.But anyways thanks
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Nah, there is no possibility of getting bootloop. The app doesn't need reboot at all !

Good news !
Finally, TWRP Recovery v 2.7.1.0 has been ported to our device by... me.
It works !
Features :
Touch recovery
Navigation buttons enabled
Displays Time, Date, Battery, etc.
File Manager built in
Option to Partition SD Card
Terminal Commands supported
ADB Sideload available
Ability to reboot into System, Recovery, Bootloader or Power Off
Can mount USB Storage
Toggles:
Zip file signature verification
Usage of rm -rf instead of formatting
Skip MD5 generation during backup
Enable MD5 verification of backup files
Screen Timeout Setting
Brightness Slider
Time zone Chooser
Keyboard built-in
Uploading the recovery.img file after some time. Check this thread for further updates !

Here's the link to the TWRP Recovery :
https://tr.im/1757c
Hope it helps !

rjt.rockx said:
Here's the link to the TWRP Recovery :
https://tr.im/1757c
Hope it helps !
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Still working on the Carbon ROM... May take a few more days to create a working,booting ROM !!!
( Creating a new update binary file now, old one wasn't working. )
Anyway, after this and the flashable stock rom zip file, i'll be porting miui 6 to this device !
After that, maybe, I was thinking of an Android L ROM for this device...
Anyway, Back to Project CarbonForKarbonn for now...
Could anyone upload the specifications of moto g (codename falcon) in a post here ?
I need to know it's features and some information abt. it, like whether it supports dual sim, has external sd card support, etc.
so that I could rectify any problems which are occuring because of such non-compatibility errors.
Looooooong schedule... this might take forever...

rjt.rockx said:
Still working on the Carbon ROM... May take a few more days to create a working,booting ROM !!!
( Creating a new update binary file now, old one wasn't working. )
Anyway, after this and the flashable stock rom zip file, i'll be porting miui 6 to this device !
After that, maybe, I was thinking of an Android L ROM for this device...
Anyway, Back to Project CarbonForKarbonn for now...
Could anyone upload the specifications of moto g (codename falcon) in a post here ?
I need to know it's features and some information abt. it, like whether it supports dual sim, has external sd card support, etc.
so that I could rectify any problems which are occuring because of such non-compatibility errors.
Looooooong schedule... this might take forever...
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As for TWRP how should I flash it?I already have CWM so what should I do in this case? I just want to try TWRP so pls tell me how should I remove CWM.
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cybercrawler said:
As for TWRP how should I flash it?I already have CWM so what should I do in this case? I just want to try TWRP so pls tell me how should I remove CWM.
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You need to have ADB and Fastboot tools and the recovery file in the same folder.
Connect the device to the computer, open USB Debugging in Android, open a command window in the folder with adb and twrprecovery.img image ( Shift + Right Click ), and type these commands in it :
adb root -- Don't worry if this shows any error like adbd cannot run as root in production builds. Just proceed with the next step.
adb devices
adb reboot bootloader
fastboot flash recovery twrprecovery.img -- This will automatically format that partition and install the recovery image to it.
fastboot reboot
adb reboot recovery
Done !

Anyway... Building the final parts of the Carbon Nightly ROM, also simultaneously working on MIUI 6 for this device.
Stock ROM build is happening... Just have to generate the updater-script and the update binary.
Status of Each Build :
Carbon ROM : Needs a new Update Binary, creating it, coding it.
TWRP Recovery : Done !
MIUI 6 : Downloading the latest release version. Porting and Update Binary and Updater Script pending.
Stock Flashable Zip : Creating all Update files from scratch, system folder is ready, deodexing pending, App updates pending.
Xperia v3 : Boot Animation Build Progressing, Updating all stock Google apps, Adding Xposed Framework, etc.
Android L ROM : Waiting for a Stable Android L ROM to be released here, still no progress.

Here are the basic mount points of this device which I accidentally discovered while messing about in the Stock ROM :
system : [email protected] : dev/block/mmcblk0p8 -- This is for the System folder, has ext4 partition type
data : [email protected] : dev/block/mmcblk0p10 -- This is for the Data folder, has ext4 partition type
cache : [email protected] : dev/block/mmcblk0p9 -- This is for the Cache folder, has ext4 partition type
Hope it helps !

Which do you think is better : External SD Card as Main Storage or Internal SD Card as Main Storage ?
Anybody can reply by posting here.
This question is for the Carbon ROM and the Stock Flashable Zip ROM.
I felt I should ask you this question as I felt that Internal SD Card has way too less storage for me, but my decision cannot be everybody's decision, can it ?. ( I have 180+ Apps on this device, all linked to SD Card ( 32 gb, ~1.5 gb free space remaining ) ).

rjt.rockx said:
Which do you think is better : External SD Card as Main Storage or Internal SD Card as Main Storage ?
Anybody can reply by posting here.
This question is for the Carbon ROM and the Stock Flashable Zip ROM.
I felt I should ask you this question as I felt that Internal SD Card has way too less storage for me, but my decision cannot be everybody's decision, can it ?. ( I have 180+ Apps on this device, all linked to SD Card ( 32 gb, ~1.5 gb free space remaining ) ).
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Internal SD card is always a better options.Anyways keep it up with all the developments.
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But then, what about the apps ? Wont you need that much storage for apps ?

rjt.rockx said:
But then, what about the apps ? Wont you need that much storage for apps ?
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But any was 2 GB storage is much low.Heck I have installed so much things on my device I have been having 'storage space running out' since two weeks!Anyways try to keep the internal storage as our SD Card.
Oh and nobody seems to be active on this thread except you and me.
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cybercrawler said:
But any was 2 GB storage is much low.Heck I have installed so much things on my device I have been having 'storage space running out' since two weeks!Anyways try to keep the internal storage as our SD Card.
Oh and nobody seems to be active on this thread except you and me.
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Yeah... But once I upload the ROMs which I am building, some more will definitely visit.

Hi rjt.rockx.....Thank you very much for ur hard work to make our device pretty awesome....
Plz make the ext. Sd card as main storage bcoz 2gb space s not enough for application itself.......
Wishing u all the best in ur current n future projects....:beer::beer::beer:
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Currently am using xperia v2 rom....everything works pretty good n smooth.........Eagerly waiting for ur future updates.......And one more thing , camera quality s not that good in low light. So any changes will be pretty nice too....
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rjt.rockx said:
Yeah... But once I upload the ROMs which I am building, some more will definitely visit.
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Is there any way to change the on-screen soft keys to look them like that of Nexus 5 lollipop soft keys.They look really cool and other thing is the transparency of the on screen buttons.It would be great if you made this above mod in the new ROM
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algates said:
Hi rjt.rockx.....Thank you very much for ur hard work to make our device pretty awesome....
Plz make the ext. Sd card as main storage bcoz 2gb space s not enough for application itself.......
Wishing u all the best in ur current n future projects....:beer::beer::beer:
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---------- Post added at 01:21 AM ---------- Previous post was at 01:17 AM ----------
Currently am using xperia v2 rom....everything works pretty good n smooth.........Eagerly waiting for ur future updates.......And one more thing , camera quality s not that good in low light. So any changes will be pretty nice too....
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Yeah, I'm working on that. You know that camera you have in other Xperia devices with all that Timescape feature and everything ? I'm adding that to the updated version of this ROM. But, the ROM will still be based on Android Jellybean 4.2.2. I'm sorry, but there's nothing I can do about that because, if I change the base OS, I'll have to rebuild all the apps from scratch to fit alongside the new permissions and all that stuff, which will take off most of my time.
I'll consider your decision about the Main Storage, but there's one drawback about using it that way. You won't be able to remove your SD Card or unmount it while the OS is on. If that's okay with you, please reply. Anyway, if you want to change it afterwards, you can do so by the vold.fstab edit which cybercrawler had mentioned here : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=55154053&postcount=31
Thanks for your opinion, by the way !

Lenovo S856 stock rom and fix bootloop / stuck

Hi everyone,
I just want to share about this Lenovo S856 LTE rom. Yesterday, I have accidentally uninstall 1 system app which is I do not know if it will make this device bricked and it is IDEA.apk and some themes app. Before that, I have also root this device using kingroot and all work fine as it should. Spent all night trying to find best solution as the device won't booting and just stuck at bootanimation and ended with blackscreen. Since this is my first time using this model, I also don't know it's quiet complicated to flash new ROM with QPST softwares.
But thanks to whoever who compiled this Lenovo s856 rom into 1 flashable file ( QSB file ). It's huge than normal ROM I ever found, it was 1.5 GB and I did successfully recover my device after several attempt and findings.
Firstly, download ROM - I can't include ext links here as I'm still new :angel:, you can find the rom Lenovo_S856_ROW_S138_141113 from google drive. Using IDM would be great to download this 1.1GB zip file.
2. Enter recovery mode by pressing Vol + and Vol - together and press Power button and reset device to its factory. ( format data/cache)
3. Reboot again and now enter Service Mode by pressing Vol - and Power button. There is 13 options available and selecting them using volume button and power button is for OK.
4. Choose number 5 ( factory reset ) and number 6 ( erase user data ) this is necessary as I tried once skipping this option and device keep rebooting non stop. I'm not sure what makes it rebooting and rebooting. maybe caches or dalvik not wiped completely using recovery wipe method.
5. Choose number 8, ( backup MRD data ) and next number 10 ( Save Parameter ) to backing up modem files into your external SD card.
[Edit] 6. Once you got your download file ready, extract it into your PC or directly to your sdcard ( external sd ).
7. Create a 'new folder' in sdcard and rename it to 'sdfuse' and copy .qsb ROM file you extracted earlier into sdfuse folder. So the path will be /sdcard1/sdfuse/romfile.qsb
And now, reboot into service mode. Now choose number 4 ( SD update ) and let's it do it work, flashing will take about 5 minutes.
and REBOOT!
Now, let see if you're having any issue e.g stuck at boot, please repeat the process once again and I'm sure it will fix.
And if phone not detecting your SIMcard. please boot into Service Mode and choose number 11 ( Load Parameter ) and REBOOT.
Good Luck! :fingers-crossed::fingers-crossed:

Low ram issue on my s856
Hi mate thanks for the info, i have td-lte model i think is cn set. I have problem with low ram issue, my free ram always below 300mb which causing game auto quit eg. Coc, boombeach. It started auto quit when free ram reach below 150mb. Need restart phone to restore free ram above 300mb then can run game but after a few play the game auto quit again, also having problem keyboard not display in game due to low ram. I find out that the vibe ui is consume alot of ram than non vibe, example open setting it consume about 66mb of ram, with non vibe from lenovo a536 just used 23mb of ram. Now im root and disable unimportant system app to free up more 300mb ram just to get some game run. When compare mine s856 without app running with a536, mine will get average 350mb(heavily system app disable)free ram but a536 without app easily get 550mb free ram. Any solution? Or how to downgrade to non vibe.

nchinyf2k said:
Hi mate thanks for the info, i have td-lte model i think is cn set. I have problem with low ram issue, my free ram always below 300mb which causing game auto quit eg. Coc, boombeach. It started auto quit when free ram reach below 150mb. Need restart phone to restore free ram above 300mb then can run game but after a few play the game auto quit again, also having problem keyboard not display in game due to low ram. I find out that the vibe ui is consume alot of ram than non vibe, example open setting it consume about 66mb of ram, with non vibe from lenovo a536 just used 23mb of ram. Now im root and disable unimportant system app to free up more 300mb ram just to get some game run. When compare mine s856 without app running with a536, mine will get average 350mb(heavily system app disable)free ram but a536 without app easily get 550mb free ram. Any solution? Or how to downgrade to non vibe.
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Hello,
Thanks for the 'Thanks' given to me.
Try use Roehsoft Ram Expander app from store. It works perfectly on my device and should work for you too. :fingers-crossed: good luck!

RidzVarn said:
Hello,
Thanks for the 'Thanks' given to me.
Try use Roehsoft Ram Expander app from store. It works perfectly on my device and should work for you too. :fingers-crossed: good luck!
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Welcome mate:angel:, you also having low ram issue? Does this app really work? Need change kernel for it to work? Thanks you for your reply mate.

Just try the ram expander app, it really works, my coc didnt quit automaticaly and keyboard works in game, i set swap file to 200mb just for testing, but suffer lag maybe my class 10 kingston memory card not perform as fast as it should or didnt fast enough to the system requirement. Thanks anyway mate as its another option to avoid app close.:good:

Thanks mate

Need for MRD and Parameters data backup.
Unfortunately, restoring modem configuration (11 . Load Parameter) doesn't work for ROW firmwares installed on Chinese models.
Regards,
Luigi

Hello RidzVarn, unfortunately I read your post too late... :'(
I also flashed Lenovo_S856_ROW_S138_141113 because the stock ROM was the Chinese one. While the OS is far more stable and polished now, 3G/LTE functionality now is gone... GSM radio signal is also less stable than before.
I'm desperately trying to find the original Chinese stock ROM so as to backup MRD and Parameters but... no way, only ROW firmwares out there.
I'm wondering whether your phone is the same Chinese LTE version (MSM8926 CPU, 1 GB RAM, 8 GB ROM) of mine and, if you saved those MRD and Parameters data, you want/can share them with me in order to allow me to bring 3G/LTE functionalities back.
Thank you in advance,
Luigi
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Hi Luigi,
Apparently, I'm not very sure if my S856 is China Set or not ( but well.. specs are same with yours though ). You can try to restore this MRD and Parameters backup files onto your phone.
Backup your own modem files first and copy paste them into separate folder ( e.g : 'sdfuse-backup' ) in case something going wrong.
Download here ( Google Drive )
Good Luck

RidzVarn said:
Hi Luigi,
Backup your own modem files first and copy paste them into separate folder ( e.g : 'sdfuse-backup' ) in case something going wrong.)
Good Luck
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Hi RidzVarn,
sorry for the late reply. Actually I managed to take those files out from a stock Chinese ROM, but simply saving/restoring them through the Service Menu doesn't do the job. I guess there are other file and settings in /system and/or in other partitions that are needed in order to make modem working.
In the end, I just reflashed a Chinese ROM flashing also GApps and SuperSU through TWRP, and I'm fine with the result.
I'd like to thank you, however, for your efforts to help me in sorting the issue out -- it was very kind of you.
Best wishes,
Luigi

LC74 said:
Hi RidzVarn,
sorry for the late reply. Actually I managed to take those files out from a stock Chinese ROM, but simply saving/restoring them through the Service Menu doesn't do the job. I guess there are other file and settings in /system and/or in other partitions that are needed in order to make modem working.
In the end, I just reflashed a Chinese ROM flashing also GApps and SuperSU through TWRP, and I'm fine with the result.
I'd like to thank you, however, for your efforts to help me in sorting the issue out -- it was very kind of you.
Best wishes,
Luigi
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You're welcome Luigi
Glad to hear that you got its alive again and nice try :good:

battery got disconnected while sd update
Hi my battery got disconnected while in update. now nothing is responding. power button neither the recovery button. is there any way to fix this. or phone is beyond recovery?

That is bad bro, i have no idea also, im counting on nandroid backup also.

dxshah786 said:
Hi my battery got disconnected while in update. now nothing is responding. power button neither the recovery button. is there any way to fix this. or phone is beyond recovery?
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Please try to:
pull the battery out;
wait 20-30 seconds;
plug the battery in;
plug the USB cable to the PC end only;
and keeping pressed Volume-Down...;
... plug also the microUSB connector to the phone;
release the Volume Down after 3-5 seconds;
check via Device Manager if a 'Bulk' interface has been detected.
If not, retry the same procedure but keep pressing the Volume-Up, this time.
If the Bulk interface got detected by Windows, use the MiFlash tool to flash your favourite firmware again.
Remember to disable the Windows' 'Driver Signature Enforcement' at the boot-up, and disable also any Host-IPS and Antivirus running on your machine.
Hope this can help.

dxshah786 said:
Hi my battery got disconnected while in update. now nothing is responding. power button neither the recovery button. is there any way to fix this. or phone is beyond recovery?
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Hi dxshah,
Weeww.. That's quiet buthurted. You can try to fix it using MiFlash tools as said by Luigi.
Always take a pre-caution step before flashing/updating ROM. Make sure your battery is at 80% and above or just plug in the charger while doing live update.[emoji1]
Thanks Luigi for your post, I didn't know and haven't discover that steps yet. Will try to find out more about MiFlash tools[emoji106] [emoji1]
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dxshah786 said:
Hi my battery got disconnected while in update. now nothing is responding. power button neither the recovery button. is there any way to fix this. or phone is beyond recovery?
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RidzVarn said:
Thanks Luigi for your post, I didn't know and haven't discover that steps yet. Will try to find out more about MiFlash tools
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You can find the download link to MiFlash (look at the bottom of the page) and a bunch of other useful information (well, the post is quite lengthy) here:
http://www.androidbrick.com/ultimate-qualcomm-snapdragon-unbrick-guide-snapdragons-are-unbrickable-qhsusb_dload/
This is an alternative, direct link to the MiFlash tool:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B68kCWnxfA_gbjhpMzhUX3ZlWGs/view?usp=sharing
Cheers,
L.

Awesome story of him on rescueing dead droid. [emoji12]
Although, I've no longer using S856, this is still useful for my next Qualcomm device, maybe..lol [emoji16] Thanks again for sharing!
Sent from my roboticdroid using Tapatalk.

Got an Error when i tried
Thanks friend for the explanation. I did all you listed above, but when I tried to update from my sd card I get an error
ERROR: product is...
I have tried with all 3 stock rom firmwares .qsb I have found but still same error.
What could be the cause? And possible solution
Thanks

Prajiro said:
Thanks friend for the explanation. I did all you listed above, but when I tried to update from my sd card I get an error
ERROR: product is...
I have tried with all 3 stock rom firmwares .qsb I have found but still same error.
What could be the cause? And possible solution
Thanks
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Did you flash a custom recovery (e.g. TWRP)?
If so, restore the stock recovery first, and then try again.
Cheers,
Luigi

Thanks for the explanation! i got my lenovo working again from chinese ROM which is horrible. Thanks guys[emoji8]
Sent from my Nexus 5X using Tapatalk

Prajiro said:
Thanks friend for the explanation. I did all you listed above, but when I tried to update from my sd card I get an error
ERROR: product is...
I have tried with all 3 stock rom firmwares .qsb I have found but still same error.
What could be the cause? And possible solution
Thanks
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Hi Pjajiro,
Where did u put that .qsb file? Actually, you have to create a 'new folder' in your sdcard root and rename it to 'sdfuse' and put the ROM qsb file in it. And try again. [emoji1]
My apologies, I have forgot to include that step in this thread, and will edit the line asap.
If you still get the same error, then it might be caused from ROM itself. Maybe its not for your device.
Sent from my RoboticDroid using Tapatalk (,")

[RECOVERY][XC] TWRP

XC/KUGO/F5321 TWRP BUILDS
DOWNLOAD
KERNEL SOURCE: https://github.com/omnirom/android_kernel_sony_msm/tree/android-6.0
RECOVERY SOURCE: https://github.com/omnirom/android_bootable_recovery/tree/android-6.0
TWRP was built inside of an omni 6.0.1 tree
DISCLAIMER:
No one is responsible for any damage done to your device but YOU. You've been warned.
XDA:DevDB Information
[RECOVERY][XC] TWRP, ROM for the Sony Xperia X Compact
Contributors
oshmoun
ROM OS Version: 2.3.x Gingerbread
Version Information
Status: Testing
Created 2016-12-19
Last Updated 2017-01-08

tlxxxsracer said:
Flashed. Every time I boot into recovery it forgets my settings.
Also,I'm unable to access internal memory (download folder for example)
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Because you're running stock rom. Stock rom encrypts internal storage, which is why twrp forgets settings, and can't access data from internal storage. If you use it on omni for example it works fine.

oshmoun said:
Because you're running stock rom. Stock rom encrypts internal storage, which is why twrp forgets settings, and can't access data from internal storage. If you use it on omni for example it works fine.
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Is there a working version of omnirom for XC?

ammarr said:
Is there a working version of omnirom for XC?
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Here's the link
http://forum.xda-developers.com/x-compact/development/rom-omnirom-t3522239
EDIT: removed a dumb reply that was out of order :angel:

Thanks for the link.

ammarr said:
Thanks for the link. Just so you know, sometimes there's a reason for asking. In this case, the xda app isn't showing that thread. See attachment.
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WUT? My apologies
it's weird that it's the only thread missing, maybe because there are no posts other than OP?
I just wrote something there, can you please check if it appears now?
hmmmm, sorry again about that post! DAMN YOU XDA!! LOL

oshmoun said:
WUT? My apologies
it's weird that it's the only thread missing, maybe because there are no posts other than OP?
I just wrote something there, can you please check if it appears now?
hmmmm, sorry again about that post! DAMN YOU XDA!! LOL
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It works now! Previously it didn't even load from the link you provided but I could see it just fine from my laptop. Pretty odd behavior from the app.

just flashed it, but there is no orange LED while booting phone. I can't enter recovery. I'm on stock rom + repacked kernel.

DannyWilde said:
just flashed it, but there is no orange LED while booting phone. I can't enter recovery. I'm on stock rom + repacked kernel.
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Xperia compact has a bootloader that can directly boot to recovery
Turn off the phone, then press vol- and power together
Being on stock rom means you won't have access to internal storage, because of encryption

Thanx a lot. I read about the Xperia recovery partition long time ago. I didn't know X compact is included.

So just another question : cause of encryption of internal storage i am not able to make a full backup of my system, is that correct?
Still i have another probleme:
Data partition is shown as 22788mb large.
File Comander shows nearly 8 gb storage used.
Can i do something to correct Data size in TWRP?
Thanks in advance!

DannyWilde said:
So just another question : cause of encryption of internal storage i am not able to make a full backup of my system, is that correct?
Still i have another probleme:
Data partition is shown as 22788mb large.
File Comander shows nearly 8 gb storage used.
Can i do something to correct Data size in TWRP?
Thanks in advance!
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Not sure what you mean, do you mean to say that 22788 is not the correct size? Or that it doesn't show that 8gb is used?

File commander shows 7.9GB used and 21.8GB free.
My nandroid backup used to have 7-8GB with z3c and z5c. My Xc runs on same configuration.

DannyWilde said:
File commander shows 7.9GB used and 21.8GB free.
My nandroid backup used to have 7-8GB with z3c and z5c. My Xc runs on same configuration.
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still not really understanding what you mean, but if I'm to guess, then twrp is reporting 22gb USED on data partition?`
if that's the case, then I guess it's because of encryption again, but not sure since I'm not running stock to notice such a thing.

A few questions :
Am I forced to flash the kernel in this thread if I want to use this twrp version? What disadvantages of not doing so exist if it's not needed?
Will this only work on omnirom roms?
Thanks!

ApplepieFTW said:
A few questions :
Am I forced to flash the kernel in this thread if I want to use this twrp version? What disadvantages of not doing so exist if it's not needed?
Will this only work on omnirom roms?
Thanks!
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you need to flash the .img to recovery, then use vol- and power to boot it.
If you're running a stock based rom, then you won't be able to access internal storage because of encryption.

oshmoun said:
you need to flash the .img to recovery, then use vol- and power to boot it.
If you're running a stock based rom, then you won't be able to access internal storage because of encryption.
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Can I still flash zips located on the internal storage though? How about sd card (mounting it etc), and usb-otg storage volumes?
Is there a way to disable Sony RIC (and then have access to the internal storage just fine)?
P.S, so flashing the kernel linked in this thread isn't needed, and unlock BL>flash twrp to recovery>working recovery (though with the 'encryption lock' etc), works?

ApplepieFTW said:
Can I still flash zips located on the internal storage though? How about sd card (mounting it etc), and usb-otg storage volumes?
Is there a way to disable Sony RIC (and then have access to the internal storage just fine)?
P.S, so flashing the kernel linked in this thread isn't needed, and unlock BL>flash twrp to recovery>working recovery (though with the 'encryption lock' etc), works?
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Where is this kernel you're referring to? The only thing downloadable in the post is the recovery .img
Oh and yes, the steps described in the last line look OK.

oshmoun said:
Where is this kernel you're referring to? The only thing downloadable in the post is the recovery .img
Oh and yes, the steps described in the last line look OK.
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I feel dumb now, I literally switched to a tab with a kernel download in a similarly structured thread both times. I found the "presence" of it very confusing myself as well
Thanks anyway!

Edit: problem solved below.