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[Q] Noob Alert CyanogenMod help

Hello guys so i recently got into the rooting thing and so far..so good (i guess) i recently rooted my phone(LG Optimus G Pro) and added the latest CWM recovery (6.0.4.7) and flashed CM 11 Nightly ROM released 17/07/14
But i have a question... Since i installed this ROM another Nightly has come out yesterday (cant post links yet but its on the download.cyanogenmod website)
since i have noticed some problems with the current ROM i have (such as SD card not mounting so cant safely unmount it, battery dying wayyy to quick etc) and i want to upgrade to the newest one to see if those problems are fixed...how do i go about doing it?
Do i have to make another backup of my entire phone using CWM, then clear DATA, wipe cache etc etc, then flash the zip? or can i just flash the new one onto the current one without loosing anything? Please guide me on this. Thank you, you rock.

Nighties aren't promised to be stable at all times. As there is always new changes. However many new pushed updates fix such issues like in your case the mounting issues. (Maybe).
There is two approaches to this, you can either update via the built in ota updater that the developer had provided in the Rom. Or you can use the ota updater but do a clean flash, please note if you use the ota updater to update your device. It dirty flashes so it isn't a clean install. When you clean install, it ensures you that there is less issues but that's entirely the users preference. I would suggest you to check out the CyanogenMod Rom thread for your device and look for info, if there is a discussion thread then go ahead and use it.

I cant post on that forum yet cuz im new, but the OTA updater says no updates when im checking out the download page for the e980 roms and im seeing one is being released everyday. Its ok guys i cant post the problems i have here since its not the official thread. Ill just post some more till i can post on it.

This could be closed.

If you want otas I would recommend downloading from their site I stead of through their api as I've gotten a ton of corrupted downloads from their Ota system but never from a direct download from their site.
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Also so long as you already have cm you can dirty flash as it acts like a normal Ota, just remember that framework mods like custom boot animations, xposed framework and custom busy box are overwritten, but it will keep all user data like apps and app data along with settings, texts, and dialer history

[Q&A] [ROM] Official Cyanogenmod 12 (nightly) 5/01/15

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I get stuck in boot animation. Anyone else having this problem?
How long did your first start after installing take?

Can we start getting fs encryption in "not working" lists for moto g aosp roms? I understand that it may be implied, but I didn't learn this fact until after I purchased the device. I assumed that an officially supported device wouldn't have such an important feature not functioning. Unless I'm not comprehending the following quote, cm12 will not be official until this feature is working. I think that all aosp roms should list this feature in the main post as working or not.
"Items not up for debate:
1) Watering down of SELINUX protections or Encryption by default. These are base protections L is introducing and we should support these items as such. If your device fails to allow encrypting, it will not get a CM sanctioned release."

imbroken80 said:
I get stuck in boot animation. Anyone else having this problem?
How long did your first start after installing take?
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I had the same problem. I solved it by dirty flashing CM12 over CM11

So, does anyone have any clue as to when cm12 will support dual sim (xt1033) ?

You can try this script from the unofficial moto-g CM 12: Lowmemorykiller init.d script, http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-g/development/5-0-cyanogenmod-12-t2950466
edit: this was a reply to a message in the main thread moved automagiccaly - sorry
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imbroken80 said:
I get stuck in boot animation. Anyone else having this problem?
How long did your first start after installing take?
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Same here... I had 148 apps to be recached, this may be the reason, but I'm tired to wait and gonna force shutdown right now . i am migrating from a CM-12 unofficial to official one.

imbroken80 said:
I get stuck in boot animation. Anyone else having this problem?
How long did your first start after installing take?
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Mine is booting. By the way the first boot should take 3 to 5 min! More if you updated directly from CM11

[email protected]$h98 said:
So, does anyone have any clue as to when cm12 will support dual sim (xt1033) ?
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You can try Donkey kernel but not sure.

XT1033
Looks like still have to wait for the dual sim support.

I've got stucked by systemui loop crashes after locking the screen. Anyone got the same issue?

does wifi hotspot work well ?
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well ，i found that you cant turn anymore after use wifi hotspot...

What's the fastest and the less painful way to upgrade from stock 4.4.4.?

Is dirty flashing over Anerik's build a no-no?
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I did it, wiped just dalvij/art cache and cache partition. Firts boot endless, rebooted in recovery and recovered cache partition from a backup, booted like a charme. Maybe if I had patience It would have rebuilt all caches and booted fine anyway.
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toothbrush69 said:
What's the fastest and the less painful way to upgrade from stock 4.4.4.?
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Unlock bootloader, root, install recovery, make a full Titanium backup of apps, do a full nandroid backup, wipe all from recovery, flash CM 12, get apps back with Titanium.

SuperSu Issues
My solution for stock SU not working or having some troubles was to install from recovery this:
BETA-SuperSU-v2.30.zip
And then supersu from the market, and the supersu pro app (I bought it some time ago).

first time flashing over 4.4.4 and its stuck on cm logo for 10 minutes now.
is that normal?
should i still wait?
xt1032
twrp 2.8.x.x

GPS is not working on my device, it's a XT1032 retail, with 20140107 nightly. The relevant logcat message seems to be
Code:
I/MQClient( 1420): unable to connect to [/data/misc/location/mq/location-mq-s]:[No such file or directory]
I did a clean install. GPS is listed as working, so i guess it has to be some other problem, but not a bug in the rom?

i read that the new root method (no supersu) is already implemented in todays build(Jan 7th).
Did someone alredy restore titanium backups? does it work?

So, has anyone gotten the ROM to be able to download updates? I'm on the build labeled: 12-2015-0109-NIGHTLY-falcon and I know that theres one for the 10th now. However, when I click on cyanogenmod updates and then hit the refresh it tells me there isn't an update. I also tried cyandelta, but couldn't get an update that way either.

BoxxiRoms are back ~ SinfulROM

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SinfulROM 2.0​
Some History​
Some of you may remember me, some of you may not. I was around these parts when the S5 first came out and we were waiting for Root access to use ROMs. I released a ROM called BoxxiRoms, but to be honest, it wasn't too good and there were problems with it. I since kind of left, upgraded to 5.0 via someone else's ROM and left it at that.
Then I got bored with 5.0. Too many things I enjoyed with KitKat just didn't work at all with 5.0. I'm huge on Battery Conservation (as you can see from a post linked in my Signature) and I've always wanted to put out the best damn battery life for this phone that's honestly possible.
Well, I'm back. I've learned a lot since my first ROM release and I'm here to keep to my promise of the best damn battery life and the best experience you can have on your Verizon G900V S5.
Code:
Your warranty is void, and i'm not responsible for any bricking. It's frankly difficult to brick an android device, so I don't think you need to worry about it.
Now that that's out of the way... I've been using this rom for 2 weeks straight to make sure its working just right for release. I started out on a personal built of beta 0.1 and now I'm up to 2.0, which is all for you guys.
Features
Ultimate Debloating (thanks to @elliwigy for the starting base. I went further with it and got it to 450 megs at its base.)
All apps Added are Uninstallable like normal apps
Themable through the Launcher (will custom theme soon)
Great Battery Life
4K Video Recording (through the Camera App added)
My Additions
Smart Launcher 2
Textra (instead of Stock SMS app)
Chrome Beta (instead of Standard Chrome)
Matrik (hacked Kik client with TONS of awesome features)
PAW Server (a nice little server app with plugins available. Will have tutorials with this soon)
Apollo Music Player
OGYoutube (a better youtube app)
MyRoll Gallery (better than Stock gallery and smaller size)
Open Camera App (instead of Stock camera)
XAPK Installer (for use with XAPK files from apkpure)
Pixel Battery Saver (the BEST way to get the best battery life)
SQLite3
BusyBox'd
Rooted with Superuser installed
Future Addons
Pre-Dark-Theme
More built in apps
More Tweaks for Battery Life
Free RAM
This is with Textra, Matrik and PAW Server all open and running.​
Eww... Why NCG 4.4.2 KitKat?​
Things like Pixel Battery Saver didn't work on 5.0 or later. Also, I had some real crap battery life on 5.0. With my current rom as is with Pixel Battery Saver always running on level 4, I go from 100% at 9am to about 30% at 9PM with some heavy use at work (a lot of down time for Trivia Crack). Overall, I fell 4.4.2 is the BETTER option for the S5.
INSTALL​If there's a better way to install this, let me know, I'm severely outdated obviously as you'll read below
This has ONLY been tested and installed by this method on a G900V
1.) Flash back to NCG Kernel so you can access SafeStrap (download below)
2.) Advanced Wipe Data/Cache/Dalvik/System
3.) Flash the Rom ZIP file
4.) Boot into Android! (first boot may take an extra minute or so. if it takes longer, LET ME KNOW)
Current Issues​None that I know of. Let me know if you find anything.
DOWNLOAD
ROM
DIRECT LINK (my personal website server)
AndroidFileHost Mirror
Direct Link (BASE ROM No Edits)
NCG Kernel
DIRECT LINK (my personal website server)
AndroidFileHost Mirror
​
credits
Honestly, with how much downloading and tweaking I've done, I'm not entirely who all the people are to thank for this ROM so far.
Lots more to come soon!
XDA:DevDB Information
SinfulROM, ROM for the Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 5
Contributors
KaptinBoxxi, elliwigy
ROM OS Version: 4.4.x KitKat
ROM Firmware Required: NCG
Based On: Extreme Syndicate
Version Information
Status: Stable
Current Stable Version: 2.0
Stable Release Date: 2016-01-14
Created 2016-01-15
Last Updated 2016-01-25

dude this is such great news for me. I loved KK and have hated LP since it was released. You are the f'in man for making another KK rom!
wouldn't it be better to go back to NCG rescue .tar and re-root and then flash this? I dont think it'l work the way you described coming backwards from LP. At least it never worked that way before unless yours does something different i dont know about.
here's a link to Jrkruse's "rooting and firmwares" page. the rescue tar is there.
Safestrap Flashable Firmwares

It might actually be better that way, although this is how I did it. Starting clean is always best though.
Thanks for the interest

KaptinBoxxi said:
It might actually be better that way, although this is how I did it. Starting clean is always best though.
Thanks for the interest
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i tried it your way from the Jrkruse BOK3 stock rooted rom and it bootlooped. Then fresh from rescue tar and it worked perfect. I wish someone else would get in here and compare methods!

I'll modify the instructions when I get home tonight. Maybe I just got lucky haha

twrp install, no prob

For clarification, Are we able to use this ROM if we rooted from jrKruse's Thread to get root on OK3 phones? I was thinking we could only use Lollipop 5.0 TW based Roms,
Thanks..

I'll give it a whirl...
I hate LP too, fav rom's been Beans NE9 rom but it hasn't beet touched in like a year, I'm excited to see what you brought
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damagi123 said:
wouldn't it be better to go back to NCG rescue .tar and re-root and then flash this?
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This would be my preferred method too, total restore to NCG with Odin, root, busybox, safe strap, full wipe, wipe both cache's, flash this gem, bingo... No chance for gremlins lol

damagi123 said:
i tried it your way from the Jrkruse BOK3 stock rooted rom and it bootlooped. Then fresh from rescue tar and it worked perfect. I wish someone else would get in here and compare methods!
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KaptinBoxxi said:
I'll modify the instructions when I get home tonight. Maybe I just got lucky haha
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abovenbeyond said:
I hate LP too, fav rom's been Beans NE9 rom but it hasn't beet touched in like a year, I'm excited to see what you brought
This would be my preferred method too, total restore to NCG with Odin, root, busybox, safe strap, full wipe, wipe both cache's, flash this gem, bingo... No chance for gremlins lol
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Install Kit Kat Roms On All Bootloaders
Edit: I updated the method and added new firmware zips ran into some hardware issues these fixed the problem
This method should work for All Bootloaders Without having to wipe data on Internal storage
Download This one NK2_Firmware_No_Bootloaders_V3.zip should work for all Kit Kat Roms. This is a 4.4.4 Version I tested it on 4.42 Version and it worked fine . If you want to use a differen versions, all Version listed below
Reboot To Safestrap Wipe cache, system, data, dalvik cache then flash above zip
Go back and Wipe cache, system, data
Install Kit Kat Rom
Reboot to system and go through setup.
Remember when using Kit Kat Roms there is no reason to flash kernel in safestrap as you are all ready running kit kat kernel. Also do not use Lollipop Safestrap on kit kat roms you can reach safestrap by simply rebooting rom and choosing safestrap recovery when dialog comes up
If you want to use zip that matches firmware of rom a full list can be found [URL="http://forum.xda-

I updated the install instructions. Sorry it took me longer than expected to do so. I had plans yesterday and wasn't home until literally now.
An actual update about the rom itself
I'm restarting my conversion of the Kali Nethunter conversion to the S5 this week, so keep an eye out for an updated ROM IF you're interested in that sort of thing

jrkruse said:
Install Kit Kat Roms On All Bootloaders
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Thanks so much for doing that. that's great

Once I boot the SuperSu binary won't update..reboot and no go..any suggests/

I'm gonna manually update it in my next release but frankly it doesn't honestly need to be updated to work correctly
Some news:
If you're looking into making your own Slimmed Down NCG Rom, I'll be uploading and posting my base rom tonight when i get home from work. Base rom I'm uploading is 497 megs. Great starting base for anyone wanting to get into making their own roms. I'll have tutorials as well.

KaptinBoxxi said:
I'm gonna manually update it in my next release but frankly it doesn't honestly need to be updated to work correctly
Some news:
If you're looking into making your own Slimmed Down NCG Rom, I'll be uploading and posting my base rom tonight when i get home from work. Base rom I'm uploading is 497 megs. Great starting base for anyone wanting to get into making their own roms. I'll have tutorials as well.
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Just a question. Why not do NI2 or NK2 build so VOLTE will work. Was the battery life not as good. I know that's your ultimate goal

So far, everything has worked fine. I don't even know what VOLTE is tbh lol. I still get 4G on this ROM, so it's not something I even thought about

KaptinBoxxi said:
So far, everything has worked fine. I don't even know what VOLTE is tbh lol. I still get 4G on this ROM, so it's not something I even thought about
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If you enable HD calling on your Verizon plan it allows Volte or video calling and HD calling and Visual Voice mail. Once enable the old voice mail method does not work so you wont get any notifications or any thing without the Visual Voicemail apk wich require VOLTE or HD calling. This feature was first available on NI2 build. For example If I wanted to use your rom as a daily driver I would have to call Verizon and disable Advanced Voicemail so I would be able to receive voice mail notifications. Then if I went back to Lollipop I would have to reactivate it. Thats the only reason I asked. I know thats the one thing people ask the most about in the international roms like Phoenix is that it does not support VOLTE and how do they get voicemail working

Thank you gentlemen.
Thanks for bringing us back to KK. been running great for the past 24 hours then i flashed the NCG zip acciddentally and broke the whole mess. Wiped everything and went back to oding anf the rescure.tar and all is well again. A few questions though.
Before i screwed up i noticed...
1. I was consistently losing wifi settings, ( seem to remember this from KK)
2. Quick Pic doesnt seem to be able to set different wallpaper for lock screen and home screen, is this a KK vs LP thing?
3. Baseband if BOG3 is that what it should be?
Thanks again

jrkruse said:
If you enable HD calling on your Verizon plan it allows Volte or video calling and HD calling and Visual Voice mail. Once enable the old voice mail method does not work so you wont get any notifications or any thing without the Visual Voicemail apk wich require VOLTE or HD calling. This feature was first available on NI2 build. For example If I wanted to use your rom as a daily driver I would have to call Verizon and disable Advanced Voicemail so I would be able to receive voice mail notifications. Then if I went back to Lollipop I would have to reactivate it. Thats the only reason I asked. I know thats the one thing people ask the most about in the international roms like Phoenix is that it does not support VOLTE and how do they get voicemail working
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Oh... I never had any of those voice mail or HD calling features, that's why I didn't know about it.
JeffersonDavis said:
Thanks for bringing us back to KK. been running great for the past 24 hours then i flashed the NCG zip acciddentally and broke the whole mess. Wiped everything and went back to oding anf the rescure.tar and all is well again. A few questions though.
Before i screwed up i noticed...
1. I was consistently losing wifi settings, ( seem to remember this from KK)
2. Quick Pic doesnt seem to be able to set different wallpaper for lock screen and home screen, is this a KK vs LP thing?
3. Baseband if BOG3 is that what it should be?
Thanks again
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I based this off of ExtremeSyndicate v1.5 which was based on NCG. I had the wifi issue at first, but realized I just never flashed back to the NCG Files which actually had control over all that. Once I had all the NCG files properly set, I didn't have issues at all. When it comes to the Wifi, I've always had issues with this phone (no matter the rom. I was on a 5.0.1 ROM before I sat down and decided to go back to NCG), I'd get random notifications that Wifi just connected but it never actually disconnected in the first place. I'm not sure what that one is
As for the Wallpaper issue, I actually noticed that. I'm not sure why I can't set pictures. I actually put the gallery back in my personal build last night as a test and still can't set wallpapers so I'm not entirely sure what the issue is. If you use Smart Launcher's settings, you can set a wallpaper i'm pretty sure. I pretty much never change my wallpaper so it wasn't something I noticed at first
Everything should be NCG no matter what.

KaptinBoxxi said:
Oh... I never had any of those voice mail or HD calling features, that's why I didn't know about it.
I based this off of ExtremeSyndicate v1.5 which was based on NCG. I had the wifi issue at first, but realized I just never flashed back to the NCG Files which actually had control over all that. Once I had all the NCG files properly set, I didn't have issues at all. When it comes to the Wifi, I've always had issues with this phone (no matter the rom. I was on a 5.0.1 ROM before I sat down and decided to go back to NCG), I'd get random notifications that Wifi just connected but it never actually disconnected in the first place. I'm not sure what that one is
As for the Wallpaper issue, I actually noticed that. I'm not sure why I can't set pictures. I actually put the gallery back in my personal build last night as a test and still can't set wallpapers so I'm not entirely sure what the issue is. If you use Smart Launcher's settings, you can set a wallpaper i'm pretty sure. I pretty much never change my wallpaper so it wasn't something I noticed at first
Everything should be NCG no matter what.
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Having the latest baseband is always a good idea. It should affect the rom performance in any way.
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I ran this rom for a couple of days. I must say the battery life is good

KaptinBoxxi said:
It might actually be better that way, although this is how I did it. Starting clean is always best though.
Thanks for the interest
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what jrkruse was saying about you trying to go to NI2 with this rom is important for almost everyone on this forum since we've all upgraded to volte so our vvm wont work.
also titanium backup isnt recognizing root at all. no matter what I try. probably because of the supersu binary problem

Xperia bootloop upgrading to 5.1.1 (FTF D2303 Generic UK 18.6.A.0.182)?

The last thing I remember flashing was Clockword Mod 11 last year, ever since then I have been running Firmware build 18.3.1.C.1.15. Upon seeing an update for my phone for Firmware build 18.3.1.C.1.17 I attemted to download it and kept getting the message "Cannot Verify" so after trying this out on PC Companion and relocking my bootloader I was still running into problems. So the simplest thing I could think of is to use Flashtool and flash the latest ftf from there (Firmware 18.6.A.0.182 - obtained from XperiFirm), at first I didnt think it was a problem to not wipe USER_DATA as I just thought of it as an upgrade, if that failed I persumed I would have to wipe everything (this didnt matter much anyway). So I went ahead and flashed the rom however when I went to boot my mobile I got a bootloop "Android is optimising apps xxx of xxx" this went on forever untill I cut the power using a pin. So I tried it again this time wiping everything and still the same problem :crying: . Then I came across people on the forums to use the older FlashTool verison 0.9.18.6 since the new FSC feature can cause probelms, this time I tried it again however I used the older Firmware 18.6.A.0.172 just to be failsafe. Still the same problem. Right then I was thinking Emma would save my phone so I went and applied the 4.4.4 Firmware 18.3.1.C.1.15 service (Which I had to begin with) but for some reason this seemed to have little effect despite trying it twice and reciving a "Sucessful Flash" message. Now I am left very confused as it is still booting in the lollipop style (optimising apps loop) even though I flashed a KitKat rom. I have been left without my phone all day because of this, any help would be STRONGLY APPRICIATED! . Thanks for your time

#1 Open your bootloader again
#2 Install TWRP (See 5.1.1 root topic for installation/guide)
#3 Open TWRP Wipe all data
#4 Reboot into recovery
#5 Flash any custom rom like Cyanogenmod through TWRP
Post results please this is fixable It's seems It's a soft brick which is an easy fix
What i think is you had corrupt data/left over data and after you relocked bootloader something went wrong after flashing. Though flashing should wipe all data let's see

Re-flash ftf wiping data and caches, you must do this if going from 4.4.4 to 5.1 and From 5.1 to 4.4.4 due to changes in runtime from dalvik to art and other changes.

How to get near enough stock?
Thanks for your replies, when I flashed the ftf's I did tick all the boxes under 'Wipe' on FlashTool, when that failed so did emma. I can try flashing CWM however the main purpose of this was for me to upgrade to Lollipop as I wanted a near enough stock experiance (Considering Z5 Rom) with root. When I tried CWM before there were a few things that I just coulnt get used to. Is there any way that I could use recovery to flash a stock rom with the lastest Lollipop releese or Z5 experiance as I have backups on PCC that I have to restore (Important contacts, media etc...) and I dont really want to use a CWM based rom . I wouldnt mind to flash Z5 however I dont know if this is possiable could you guys comfirm this? Thanks for your time .

[Update] TWRP recovery is working!
I have followed this thread to update my Recovery - TWRP 2.8.7.0 .
Many Thanks to @linuxct for the straight forward instructions and @ARandomIndian for putting me in the correct direction :highfive: .
Im just unsure if I can flash Z5 Experiance Rom now. Is it possiable despite my android being messed? I have already wiped data, is it okay to just go and flash? .

Zane Finch said:
I have followed this thread to update my Recovery - TWRP 2.8.7.0 .
Many Thanks to @linuxct for the straight forward instructions and @ARandomIndian for putting me in the correct direction :highfive: .
Im just unsure if I can flash Z5 Experiance Rom now. Is it possiable despite my android being messed? I have already wiped data, is it okay to just go and flash? .
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Don't worry you're android is not messed up, let's do this to fix it back to regular :-
Before starting i highly recommend you charge your phone to have atleast 50+% battery and use the official cable provided also make sure the cable is firmly inplace,
#1 Enter Recovery, wipe all data
#2 Download Stock 5.1.1 i think you like that so get that (Make sure it is for your D2303 or whatever your model is)
#3 Install latest flashtools with latest patch (Or later versions if you don't want to risk it)
#4 Go to the location of flashtools (installation directory) for me it is C:\Flashtool\drivers Open the exe file there, select the 2 Flashmode and Fastboot drivers install them.
#5 Flash the ftf using flashtools
Post results

Somehow...
Using TWRP I wiped Dalvik Cache, Cache, System and Data. Using the same 18.6.A.0.182 Customization UK FTF from yesterday I flashed my phone but somehow I am stuck with the same bootloop again?! "Android is optimising Apps XXX of XXX" I really dont understand this. . Thanks for your help .

Zane Finch said:
Using TWRP I wiped Dalvik Cache, Cache, System and Data. Using the same 18.6.A.0.182 Customization UK FTF from yesterday I flashed my phone but somehow I am stuck with the same bootloop again?! "Android is optimising Apps XXX of XXX" I really dont understand this. . Thanks for your help .
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Hey man Android is optimizing means everything is working just fine it takes about 30+ minutes sometime,
Just leave it charging for atleast 2 hours and see what the progression is and post results please, thank you

Optimising
ARandomIndian said:
Hey man Android is optimizing means everything is working just fine it takes about 30+ minutes sometime,
Just leave it charging for atleast 2 hours and see what the progression is and post results please, thank you
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Yes but this does not seem normal, the first boot always freezes on the wave animation. It then restarts by itsself and optimises upto so many for example 64 of 200 and then freezes and restarts with a different ammount like 90 of 194. This didnt seem normal to me, is this okay?
Edit: I have left it running for almost 40 min now. Every time just before it seems to freeze and reboot it never reaches the end of the ammount say 60 of 200. I'm becoming very doubtful that it is going to work . But I just remembered a while back that I flashed a custom boot img to get recovery and root in my last working state. Maybe this has somthing to do with it?
Really need my phone working now :| If anyone can help please do! Thanks!

Zane Finch said:
Yes but this does not seem normal, the first boot always freezes on the wave animation. It then restarts by itsself and optimises upto so many for example 64 of 200 and then freezes and restarts with a different ammount like 90 of 194. This didnt seem normal to me, is this okay?
Edit: I have left it running for almost 40 min now. Every time just before it seems to freeze and reboot it never reaches the end of the ammount say 60 of 200. I'm becoming very doubtful that it is going to work . But I just remembered a while back that I flashed a custom boot img to get recovery and root in my last working state. Maybe this has somthing to do with it?
Really need my phone working now :| If anyone can help please do! Thanks!
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Hi okay, try flashing the Z5 style rom please then we'll move forward I think you've a corrupted ftf
Please redownload latest Z5 style rom make sure it's not interrupted during download. Restart router if needed for stability before download

ARandomIndian said:
Hi okay, try flashing the Z5 style rom please then we'll move forward I think you've a corrupted ftf
Please redownload latest Z5 style rom make sure it's not interrupted during download. Restart router if needed for stability before download
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I tried flashing the Z5 experiance rom, I followed the instructions on the rom page (Used TWRP). However this time when it booted it did not say "Optimising Android" but it still did boot loop after the wave animation. I also tried flashing the older firmware but that did the same loop again, I also have been looking for alternative ftf's online becuase I also had the suspicion of a corroupted ftf however there are no Customized UK roms availble. I really am stuck now, my phone seems to be more messed up than I thought. . Any more Ideas?

If your bootloader is unlocked did you update it before flashing anything? If not this is why

Zane Finch said:
I tried flashing the Z5 experiance rom, I followed the instructions on the rom page (Used TWRP). However this time when it booted it did not say "Optimising Android" but it still did boot loop after the wave animation. I also tried flashing the older firmware but that did the same loop again, I also have been looking for alternative ftf's online becuase I also had the suspicion of a corroupted ftf however there are no Customized UK roms availble. I really am stuck now, my phone seems to be more messed up than I thought. . Any more Ideas?
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You updated your bootloader before flashing right? If not do that like Andy said,
Also i would give you my Nandroid but It's the D2305.

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If your bootloader is unlocked did you update it before flashing anything? If not this is why
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You updated your bootloader before flashing right? If not do that like Andy said,
Also i would give you my Nandroid but It's the D2305.
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Okay, you mean the same one I flashed to be able to update my bootloader to TWRP? I'll give it a shot! Thanks!

Zane Finch said:
Okay, you mean the same one I flashed to be able to update my bootloader to TWRP? I'll give it a shot! Thanks!
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Okay nice post the results

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Okay nice post the results
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I flashed that very bootloder before I flashed the Lollipop ftf I booted my phone and the same thing happend, so I tried it again this time flashing afterwards an still booting with the same damn screen . Was I definatly using the correct bootloader or am I missing out anything when flashing? My phones rebooted like 5 times now for the 'optimisation' and its getting nowhere .
Shall I fire up my classic Nokia 5230 with custom Symbian to record a video so you guys can see what happens when it boots?

Did you wipe user data and cache when flashing the ftf

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Did you wipe user data and cache when flashing the ftf
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Yes, everything in the 'Wipe' section was ticked, infact before I flashed it again I also wiped Dalvik, cache, data and system in TWRP.

So I just flashed CWM 12.1 and its all running fine for some reason the Wifi doesnt work but atleast I can use this untill we find what the problem is. Do you guys know why my WiFi isnt working? But more importantly why does CWM work and stock rom doesnt?!
Edit: The reason the WiFi isnt working has to be a problem with the kernal as far as I can see, this also suggests that the kernal could be incompatable with Lollipop as it wasnt designed to support it? Correct me if im wrong but if this is the case where can I download the official latest kernal? If someone could confirm this by checking my kernal version above that would be great! Thanks!
I previously updated my kernal here the one that says [new]. If you look at post #8 you will see that this kernal has a problem with WiFi in CWM "As I suspected, in kernel modules there's no WiFi module (wlan.ko), I think that that's the reason why WiFi is not working.
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Okay flash this version of Cyanogen http://forum.xda-developers.com/xperia-m2/orig-development/rom-cyanogenmod-12-developement-t2971213 choose the latest one
We'll see what the issue can be any ideas @linuxtt
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Zane Finch said:
So I just flashed CWM 12.1 and its all running fine for some reason the Wifi doesnt work but atleast I can use this untill we find what the problem is. Do you guys know why my WiFi isnt working? But more importantly why does CWM work and stock rom doesnt?!
Edit: The reason the WiFi isnt working has to be a problem with the kernal as far as I can see, this also suggests that the kernal could be incompatable with Lollipop as it wasnt designed to support it? Correct me if im wrong but if this is the case where can I download the official latest kernal? If someone could confirm this by checking my kernal version above that would be great! Thanks!
I previously updated my kernal here the one that says [new]. If you look at post #8 you will see that this kernal has a problem with WiFi in CWM "As I suspected, in kernel modules there's no WiFi module (wlan.ko), I think that that's the reason why WiFi is not working.
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Okay can you please flash another FTF? First try a new 5.1.1 ftf from another source for your model and then try older versions like Kitkat and post results please

[ROM][XC][O][8.1][WEEKLY]OmniROM

XC/KUGO/F5321 OmniROM BUILDS
OREO 8.1
DOWNLOAD WEEKLY
REQUIREMENTS TO SUCCESSFULLY FLASH OMNIROM:
1. The device has the latest stock ftf
2. The device has an unlocked bootloader
3. The ODM image zip has been downloaded from HERE, and the ODM image has been extracted from it
4. The WEEKLY zip file has been downloaded and copied to the device
INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS:
1. Reboot device to fastboot mode, and flash the ODM image with this command
Code:
fastboot flash oem <ODM image>
2. Reboot device to TWRP and flash the WEEKLY zip file
3. (Optional) Flash a gapps package
4. Reboot device to system
CURRENT ISSUES ON OFFICIAL:
1. No USB tethering
2. Wifi sometimes fails to turn on
KERNEL SOURCE: https://github.com/omnirom/android_kernel_sony_msm/tree/android-8.1
BUG REPORTS
REPORT BUGS ONLY:
- AFTER A CLEAN INSTALL
- USING STOCK OMNI KERNEL
- NO MODS OF ANY SORT
OMNI GERRIT REVIEW
https://gerrit.omnirom.org/
DISCLAIMER:
No one is responsible for any damage done to your device but YOU. You've been warned.
XDA:DevDB Information
[ROM][XC][O][8.1][WEEKLY]OmniROM, ROM for the Sony Xperia X Compact
Contributors
oshmoun, humberos
Source Code: https://github.com/omnirom
ROM OS Version: 8.x Oreo
ROM Kernel: Linux 4.x
ROM Firmware Required: latest stock ftf
Version Information
Status: Beta
Created 2018-01-14
Last Updated 2018-11-03

Awesome!! Thank you very much, I'll be trying this out immediately!

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XC/KUGO/F5321 OmniROM BUILDS
OREO 8.1
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So far so good. Using Magisk root, and Xposed beta, and micro g, and all working well. WiFi did disconnect once so far. Hopefully a fix coming... Thanks
 @oshmoun - can you add option to switch nav buttons, or enable nav bar tuner? I can't get my apktool working on O, and no Gravitybox for O yet either...

levone1 said:
So far so good. Using Magisk root, and Xposed beta, and micro g, and all working well. WiFi did disconnect once so far. Hopefully a fix coming... Thanks
@oshmoun - can you add option to switch nav buttons, or enable nav bar tuner? I can't get my apktool working on O, and no Gravitybox for O yet either...
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Try this: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=xyz.paphonb.systemuituner

I can register new fingerprints, but i cant use them to unlock my phone or to login on apps.

I installed TWRP https://forum.xda-developers.com/x-compact/development/recovery-twrp-3-1-1-xperia-x-compact-t3640914, the OEM image and I'm testing OmniROM now, thanks for your work, where can I report bugs?
OmniROM work greatly on my device, I'm using since 14 Jan without any problem! Really Thanks!

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I installed TWRP https://forum.xda-developers.com/x-...ecovery-twrp-3-1-1-xperia-x-compact-t3640914, the OEM image and I'm testing OmniROM now, thanks for your work, where can I report bugs?
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Here only. With logs if possible.

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Try this: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=xyz.paphonb.systemuituner
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Oh yeah, I actually have that in my downloads already. Forgot about it... Thanks
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Lost mobile data today. At first boot, working fine, then installed AfWall and changed dns, and still working fine yesterday. Then this morning, no mobile data. Signal shows bars, but no 4g/lte, etc, and won't connect. Tried disabling and uninstalling tweaks and many reboots, but no change.
Update - now it's in and out...

levone1 said:
Oh yeah, I actually have that in my downloads already. Forgot about it... Thanks
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Lost mobile data today. At first boot, working fine, then installed AfWall and changed dns, and still working fine yesterday. Then this morning, no mobile data. Signal shows bars, but no 4g/lte, etc, and won't connect. Tried disabling and uninstalling tweaks and many reboots, but no change.
Update - now it's in and out...
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seems to be caused by installing afwall? could you please try without it?

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seems to be caused by installing afwall? could you please try without it?
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I am testing now. I haven't checked it enough to saying it's a rom issue; just wondering if anyone else has had it. It worked find with AfWall yesterday, but now in and out. I remember the same issue with AfWall on certain CM 12 roms...

oh man, thanks for making these ROMs, but the updater of 7.1 recommended this update and I just pressed install. Recovering from a brick now…
I'll come back to it later, when I have time for all the prerequisites.

OpenDelta
Nice work. OpenDelta advertised this update which I naturally installed without checking the requirements here. No requirements were stated before the update. Bricked my phone in a place where I couldn't do much about it. Just ask to please be more considerate since I more or less trust the update tool.

FYI: I dirty flashed from 7.1.2 via opendelta too. Once I flashed the oem partition using fastboot, the device booted again (only a handful of apps force closed and needed their data cleared to function properly again). Not the best choice to make this update available for installation with opendelta, no...
edit: forgot to mention I of course also had to update gapps to an 8.1 supporting version. I downloaded an unofficial pico opengapps from here

drstefankrank said:
oh man, thanks for making these ROMs, but the updater of 7.1 recommended this update and I just pressed install. Recovering from a brick now…
I'll come back to it later, when I have time for all the prerequisites.
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cds0 said:
Nice work. OpenDelta advertised this update which I naturally installed without checking the requirements here. No requirements were stated before the update. Bricked my phone in a place where I couldn't do much about it. Just ask to please be more considerate since I more or less trust the update tool.
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harryharryharry said:
FYI: I dirty flashed from 7.1.2 via opendelta too. Once I flashed the oem partition using fastboot, the device booted again (only a handful of apps force closed and needed their data cleared to function properly again). Not the best choice to make this update available for installation with opendelta, no...
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Good to know flashing the odm image helps when updating from 7.1
About opendelta, i don't have much control over it to filter out the 8.1 build. It's all done automatically.
Besides, it did do its job well. It notified about the new version.
The requirement to flash a seperate ODM image is similar to how it's needed to flash a vendor image, and not just system and boot images, on Google devices. Guess that's new for Sony devices, hence this confusion.

@oshmoun - how about kcal support? Here's my tests with kppd - https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=75200267&postcount=64 (and forward)

@oshmoun: Yeah I was kind of surprised to see 8.1 was available through opendelta, and I didn't think it would work. So I backed up everything before upgrading. Which is probably what people should do before upgrading anyway
Flashing the oem partition was a relatively easy fix, so it's all good.
Thanks again for your great work! It's much appreciated as the number of custom roms for kugo is really slim pickings.

Latest stock ftf compatible is 34.3.A.0.252, right?
EDIT: It seems so. Flashed it and this build works great with it, so far.

I've performed a clean install after full wipe and also don't have mobile data working. Wi-Fi works, though.
Strange issue I have is the lack of sound over bluetooth ONLY in calls. Playing music/video works otherwise. It's quite baffling. This was working as expected on 7.1.