Upgraded to official 4.3 UK release, from an unmodded 4.2.2, and it's awful.
Lock ups, freezes, flickering screen, bluetooth failure and spontaneous reboots.
Undoubtedly the buggiest version of any mobile OS I ever had on anything.
My advice: Stay away from this piece of **** until the many bugs have been ironed out.
And to think that we're only getting 4.3 when really it should have been 4.4 straight away.
Shame on you, Sony!
Haven't had a single issue with mine and im on 4.3 bad flash maybe?
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I have to agree with zombiej79 my tab is a lot better with 4.3 bizarre ...... no bad issue
zombiej79 said:
Haven't had a single issue with mine and im on 4.3 bad flash maybe?
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You could flash a custom ROM? I use pacman 4.3 or go with cm10.1 (4.2.2) or CM 10.2 (4.4.2 Kitkat)
I recommend the pacman. Has more tweaks and GPS works. Official cm GPS is not working but everything else does and both ROMs are very stable.
Can someone explain to me what the advantages of using stock fw on this device? I was pretty sure that there weren't any.
cantenna said:
You could flash a custom ROM? I use pacman 4.3 or go with cm10.1 (4.2.2) or CM 10.2 (4.4.2 Kitkat)
I recommend the pacman. Has more tweaks and GPS works. Official cm GPS is not working but everything else does and both ROMs are very stable.
Can someone explain to me what the advantages of using stock fw on this device? I was pretty sure that there weren't any.
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Just a corection.cm11 is android 4.4.2 and on latest nightly gps works.about the advantage of using stock fw i have a feeling that the battery is a bit better but i dont really know as i dont have stock fw since 4.1.2.how is your battery on cm11?
I tend to agree that it is probably a bad flash... I think the 4.3 update is the best yet for the Tab Z. Performance is up by atleast 2k points in Antutu and even daily use seems much smoother. No crashes or lockups till now and I've been using the tab non-stop since the update (without any kind of restart).
naujoks said:
Upgraded to official 4.3 UK release, from an unmodded 4.2.2, and it's awful.
Lock ups, freezes, flickering screen, bluetooth failure and spontaneous reboots.
Undoubtedly the buggiest version of any mobile OS I ever had on anything.
My advice: Stay away from this piece of **** until the many bugs have been ironed out.
And to think that we're only getting 4.3 when really it should have been 4.4 straight away.
Shame on you, Sony!
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Have you done a factory reset after upgrade to 4.3 ?
I also had issues after upgrading, byt a friendly user here told me to try a factory reset - since that the only issue I have is random flickering when keyboard is active, everything else works like a dream
4.3 is Solid Stable and Smooth, don't have any single issue as mention by OP.
Complete reset on the device seems to have fixed the problems. Wasn't even able to back up with Sony Companion.
Happy for now (after a couple of hours or re-installing and re-configuring), but it shouldn't have happened in the first place.
pangiotis24 said:
Just a corection.cm11 is android 4.4.2 and on latest nightly gps works.about the advantage of using stock fw i have a feeling that the battery is a bit better but i dont really know as i dont have stock fw since 4.1.2.how is your battery on cm11?
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I'm using pacrom now which is jb 4.3.battery is very good! I'll do a full battery drain and will post results sometime next week. I use greenify which im sure helps and use boot manager. This ROM also has a number of power saving options you can implement not found on cm ROMs under the pacrom settings. Its my daily driver. i really like this tablet! Took it snorkling today in Barbados, it doesn't float to well, luckly I still have it!:laugh: had it out all day taking photos in the ocean, screen full brightness, was 70% when I got home. That's with No Bluetooth or WiFi. This ROM does a great job too of retaining juice when its in a suspend state. Very little drain
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4.3 is Solid Stable and Smooth, don't have any single issue as mention by OP.
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I have only 2 reboots playing n.o.v.a. 3 everything else is simply perfectly
My experience is that 4.3 blows, just as OP stated.
I did the initial update - lots of crashes/freezes.
So I did a repair - same issue
Then re-flashed using flashtool - still bad
And then flashed 4.2.2 - and tablet is back to its former glory.
What could possibly be causing some users to be having such a hard time with it, while others are loving it?
So strange how this has been happening. There must be something with some of the firmwares. I'm one of the people who have had no issue with 4.3
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I'm using pacrom now which is jb 4.3.battery is very good! I'll do a full battery drain and will post results sometime next week. I use greenify which im sure helps and use boot manager. This ROM also has a number of power saving options you can implement not found on cm ROMs under the pacrom settings. Its my daily driver. i really like this tablet! Took it snorkling today in Barbados, it doesn't float to well, luckly I still have it!:laugh: had it out all day taking photos in the ocean, screen full brightness, was 70% when I got home. That's with No Bluetooth or WiFi. This ROM does a great job too of retaining juice when its in a suspend state. Very little drain
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You do know the tablet is NOT certified for sea water ???
naujoks said:
Complete reset on the device seems to have fixed the problems. Wasn't even able to back up with Sony Companion.
Happy for now (after a couple of hours or re-installing and re-configuring), but it shouldn't have happened in the first place.
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Installing a new Operation System on a old one, can cause problems and instability. That`s not Android or Sony specific.
The only issue I have experienced is the random screen flicker when using the keyboard... Hope there is a fix soon, or else I may have to look into whether there is a way to downgrade to 4.2.2.
New to the device, so not sure is there is a Sony equivalent to something like Odin for Samsung...
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4.3 woes
I had problems with the 4.3 ota upate. Had screen flickering, especially bad when running chrome browser. and the pulldown notification shade was down and dimmed the back screen
random reboots, freezing. tablet was practically unuseable.
flashed my original firmware back over and all was working great again.
tried again with 4.3 and back to the same antics with it.
I have however reflashed a modified 4.3 with super user root and recovery built in and can say ive had no problems appart from occasional excessive battery drain from the kernel, a reboot usual fixes it.
Could it be the UK ftf that's more.buggy? I'm using Nordic and no issues on my end
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Cant Seem to find a stable rom for my Rogers Galaxy Note, keep getting force crashes, yellow screens followed by reboots, and copying music over is really slow.
tried numerous roms, most 4.1.2 & 4.2.2 and they all seem to have the same problems
Noob, so please be gentle...
DarioDanel said:
Cant Seem to find a stable rom for my Rogers Galaxy Note, keep getting force crashes, yellow screens followed by reboots, and copying music over is really slow.
tried numerous roms, most 4.1.2 & 4.2.2 and they all seem to have the same problems
Noob, so please be gentle...
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Honestly, I am lost. Tried everything and just nothing really works.
Same Rogers Note. And exactly those yellow screen crashes!
4.0.4 - zero crashes but it's just so boring.
4.1.2 - up to 3 crashes a day then using phone and around 3 more then not using!
4.2.2 - less crashes that's for sure and almost every crash happened during the call or after I was finished talking and hung up. Though not a single Voip app (tango, Viber) works. There is simple no sound using those. So I can't use it.
I went from having 251 apps to 82. From 12 root access requiring apps to 4. Every flash of the new ROM was with wiping absolutely everything (system, cache, android.secure, dalvik, interal card). Tried different kernels and modems. Nothing. Still crashing.
So after two weeks of complete failure I am downloading this stock ROM again. That's the only thing what works without crashing plenty of times.
You could try unrooting, reverting to stock, and then re-rooting again. I've heard that work for a few people
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Funny how there are always a few people who have weird phones and for some reason have insane problems.
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severinca said:
Funny how there are always a few people who have weird phones and for some reason have insane problems.
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Agreed, but the JB ports do have all the issues OP mentioned.
All silicon is not created equal.
never use transfer to sd while phone is on, always slow.
either use airdroid if you have decent wifi or reboot to recovery and mount to pc to transfer files
both those options should solve your slowness while phone is on transferring
kernel crash's will happen there is no way around that until samsung stops updating midrange phones and gives us jb and its source.
as its well known we are using ICS stuff in our kernel which clearly is not 100% capable but still has us 95% jb stable.
Stable Rom
im using padawan8 rom which is ICS rom... its running smooth! but i got bored and i flashed to paranoidkangdroid which is 4.2.2.. and havent experienced any reboots or crash! thanks!
I am using Nebula ICS rom, based off of Canadian ICS, no bloat. It is just a better version of stock rom. You can add addons for Padawan, if needed.
No issues whatsoever.
If you don't want the drama with JB roms, old boring ICS is the way to go.
ddochi11 said:
If you don't want the drama with JB roms, old boring ICS is the way to go.
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So true. Just went back to ICS ROM (Blackstar X) and not a single reboot during 3 days. Yes it feels a bit slower than JB and not that nice. Also I love ASOP and this one is TW so still will be looking for something else I think. But other than that it's rock solid.
While two weeks of using different 4.1.2 and 4.2.2 ROMS was a complete nightmare
Been on SOA since B1 with no reboots at all. No issues what so ever. You can find it in the Original Dev section. GL
I like Touchwiz with its multiwindow and s-pen functions, is there a rom with version 4.2.2 if not which rom is best of the 4.1.2 versions? Thank you in advance! :good:
there's no 4.2 tw rom for n2 yet, it'll have to get ported from the s4 if it's going to happen before the international n2 gets updated, but that's a lot of work.
as far as 4.1 goes there's lots of great fit stable rom's right now. meanbean ice is my favorite but beans, jedi, and clean are really popular.
if you enjoy multiwindow, you might want to try minitab or moon (being released soon) because they're note 10.1 roms ported to our phones so they have floating windows (multiwindow on steroids).
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I wish someone could port it from the S4 because I'm debating going back to touchwiz. I like the features and customizations from 4.2.2 but the battery life is terrible and I miss all the touchwiz features...
E30Nova said:
I wish someone could port it from the S4 because I'm debating going back to touchwiz. I like the features and customizations from 4.2.2 but the battery life is terrible and I miss all the touchwiz features...
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Try a different kernel, I'm using Plasma and easily get what I did with TW of not better.
As for porting..... That would be a huge pain in the ass to do, porting from the international Note 2 isn't terribly difficult but porting from another phone is. Also if the Dev just did a straight port them you would have no S-pen features at all. It would be extremely difficult to get a good working version of 4.2 ported without S-pen features, with S-pen features would take even longer because the Dev would have to figure out how to add it in without breaking everything. Really don't expect to see a fully functional 4.2 TW ROM with S-pen support until it has been released on the international Note 2.
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I actually have been using Plasma.
I've tried everything people claim fixes it. I've flashed the latest modem, been running matrix/plasma for months, updated the play store, etc.
The android OS still constantly takes 50-60% battery or more and the phone rarely goes into deep sleep. I just flashed Beans 18 and restored my LS2.5 nandroid about 10 minutes later. Touchwiz is ugly as hell, so I'm just going to suffer through the battery life in hopes that it magically gets fixed.
E30Nova said:
I actually have been using Plasma.
I've tried everything people claim fixes it. I've flashed the latest modem, been running matrix/plasma for months, updated the play store, etc.
The android OS still constantly takes 50-60% battery or more and the phone rarely goes into deep sleep. I just flashed Beans 18 and restored my LS2.5 nandroid about 10 minutes later. Touchwiz is ugly as hell, so I'm just going to suffer through the battery life in hopes that it magically gets fixed.
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Have you tweaked with the Plasma settings? If not check out this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2079311
Also Android taking up that much battery isn't the ROM it is an app keeping you from going into a deep sleep.
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I'll look at that guide, but everyone says that it's a problem with the rom. Not saying it's specifically this rom, but 4.2.2 in general. I mentioned this problem to my friend and he installed a 4.2.2 rom and had the same problem. He's got a different phone, I forget what it is. I even googled it after switching to aosp and it's a common problem on tablets with stock 4.2.2 as well.
I stopped reading about it but last I checked, nobody really knew wtf was causing it.
E30Nova said:
I'll look at that guide, but everyone says that it's a problem with the rom. Not saying it's specifically this rom, but 4.2.2 in general. I mentioned this problem to my friend and he installed a 4.2.2 rom and had the same problem. He's got a different phone, I forget what it is. I even googled it after switching to aosp and it's a common problem on tablets with stock 4.2.2 as well.
I stopped reading about it but last I checked, nobody really knew wtf was causing it.
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That's weird that you've heard that. I can easily get excellent battery life out of 4.2, it depenfs how you use your device but get greenify, get matrix or plasma whatever the hell he calls it more and learn how to tweak a kernel for your needs, this case being battery life.
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Well it's specifically 4.2.2 and cm 10.1 builds that have the problem. My friend had cm 10 and had great battery life, but when I told him about my phone and 4.2.2 he flashed a cm 10.1 ROM and his battery life went down as well.
They talk about it in the cm thread too.
But I tried tweaking the voltages just like in that guide and as soon as I make any changes the phone locks up and I have to pull the battery. One time it actually messed up something on the phone because it got stuck in a boot loop and I had to restore a nandroid.
I've tried in stweaks and in the native performance settings and it always ends up locking up and I have to pull the battery.
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Well it's specifically 4.2.2 and cm 10.1 builds that have the problem. My friend had cm 10 and had great battery life, but when I told him about my phone and 4.2.2 he flashed a cm 10.1 ROM and his battery life went down as well.
They talk about it in the cm thread too.
But I tried tweaking the voltages just like in that guide and as soon as I make any changes the phone locks up and I have to pull the battery. One time it actually messed up something on the phone because it got stuck in a boot loop and I had to restore a nandroid.
I've tried in stweaks and in the native performance settings and it always ends up locking up and I have to pull the battery.
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Damn that sucks, processors are so touchy they really do vary phone to phone. I don't follow CM so that makes sense. The best you can do is start undervolting one step at a time and seeing how much your phone can take. I think this CPU is so capable you could probably keep a max of 3 cores online, and take the max clockspeeds of the CPU and GPU down a step (so 1400 for CPU, i forget what's right under 533mhz for GPU).
That's if you really want to be on CM. There's a lot of great 4.2 alternatives out there that are more capable and stable than CM.
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Well it's specifically 4.2.2 and cm 10.1 builds that have the problem. My friend had cm 10 and had great battery life, but when I told him about my phone and 4.2.2 he flashed a cm 10.1 ROM and his battery life went down as well.
They talk about it in the cm thread too.
But I tried tweaking the voltages just like in that guide and as soon as I make any changes the phone locks up and I have to pull the battery. One time it actually messed up something on the phone because it got stuck in a boot loop and I had to restore a nandroid.
I've tried in stweaks and in the native performance settings and it always ends up locking up and I have to pull the battery.
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Seeing as how the AOSP builds are all based on CM it would be a widespread problem. You have an app that is eating up your battery instead of allowing it to go into deep sleep. Get wake lock detector or a similar app from the market and let it run.
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I saw this via SamMobile. It makes me think we aren't too far from a genuine 4.2.2 rom.
http://www.sammobile.com/2013/05/20...ly-bean-leaked-firmware-for-the-galaxy-s-iii/
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Seeing as how the AOSP builds are all based on CM it would be a widespread problem. You have an app that is eating up your battery instead of allowing it to go into deep sleep. Get wake lock detector or a similar app from the market and let it run.
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really? so every single aosp rom is based on cm? damn you know why that is?
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S0UTHPAWK1LLA said:
I saw this via SamMobile. It makes me think we aren't too far from a genuine 4.2.2 rom.
http://www.sammobile.com/2013/05/20...ly-bean-leaked-firmware-for-the-galaxy-s-iii/
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Apparently the Note 2 build was put on hold for a new 4.1.2 build but we should hopefully see one in the next 3 months on the international version that can be ported.
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Thx guys great info! Im currently back to stock touchwiz enjoying batt life, Ive tried a couple roms last being rootbox. both had its issues mainly batt life. Im going to try mean bean rom and that be the last rom ill try if it doesnt work for me I'll go back to stock again until we get something solid
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Thx guys great info! Im currently back to stock touchwiz enjoying batt life, Ive tried a couple roms last being rootbox. both had its issues mainly batt life. Im going to try mean bean rom and that be the last rom ill try if it doesnt work for me I'll go back to stock again until we get something solid
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Try the touchwiz roms. Every one of them is solid. The only issues are gps on the international based builds and thats an easy fix. They are all fully functional and smooth running. No need for that stock crap lol.
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Hey all,
I've tried to trawl all I can, but im coming up short, so please bear with me.
Just got a XTZ last week, a SGP 321 (16GB LTE) with 10.1.1.A.1.307 pre loaded.
What is the lastest FW/ROM that is available for this unit? and what are the practical benefits?
What are the best custom roms from your experience??
I've got a Xperia Z and a HTC one, both running custom ROMs (both stock based), so im familiar with the general benefits, but just want to know what has been developed for far for the XTZ?
thanks
sephstyler said:
Hey all,
I've tried to trawl all I can, but im coming up short, so please bear with me.
Just got a XTZ last week, a SGP 321 (16GB LTE) with 10.1.1.A.1.307 pre loaded.
What is the lastest FW/ROM that is available for this unit? and what are the practical benefits?
What are the best custom roms from your experience??
I've got a Xperia Z and a HTC one, both running custom ROMs (both stock based), so im familiar with the general benefits, but just want to know what has been developed for far for the XTZ?
thanks
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I've tried 2 custom roms so far, Free Xperia CM10.1 and P.A.C. ...and I've gone back to Sony stock each time
The most obvious issue many complain about is the over-sensitive touch screen. Sony have fixed this in their latest roms (you have the latest for yours) but it's still an issue in custom roms. Causes things like zooming on web pages when you are just trying to scroll, and can drive you mad when trying to place the cursor when editing text. Those with WiFi only tablets (311/312) will also lose GPS.
I also found my tablet became very laggy after a while with the PAC ROM. Shame, I love having Pie - the permanent status/nav bar on stock is one thing that annoys me.
Altogether, I'd stick with stock for now untill Sony release an official 4.2.2 Rom and the devs can then incorporate the fixes from it for the above problems.
GretaLewd said:
I've tried 2 custom roms so far, Free Xperia CM10.1 and P.A.C. ...and I've gone back to Sony stock each time
The most obvious issue many complain about is the over-sensitive touch screen. Sony have fixed this in their latest roms (you have the latest for yours) but it's still an issue in custom roms. Causes things like zooming on web pages when you are just trying to scroll, and can drive you mad when trying to place the cursor when editing text. Those with WiFi only tablets (311/312) will also lose GPS.
I also found my tablet became very laggy after a while with the PAC ROM. Shame, I love having Pie - the permanent status/nav bar on stock is one thing that annoys me.
Altogether, I'd stick with stock for now untill Sony release an official 4.2.2 Rom and the devs can then incorporate the fixes from it for the above problems.
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thanks for your insight
whats the latest rom anyways? 4.1.1 based? mine is 4.1.1...
sephstyler said:
thanks for your insight
whats the latest rom anyways? 4.1.1 based? mine is 4.1.1...
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Most (if not all) custom ROMs here are based on the latest version of Android (currently 4.2.2) - that's one of the main attractions of using them.
Currently the stock Sony ROMs are based on 4.1.1. However, Sony are very close to releasing their own 4.2.2 ROM for the Tablet Z...but android 4.3 is already "out there"...so it goes on.
You'll always be a few steps behind with a Stock ROM, but for me the Stock ROM is good enough - apart from the permanent Navigation Bar (I prefer Pie).
By the way, if you look at recent posts in the CM10.1 Free Xperia thread looks like someone may have come up with a fix for the over-sensitive touch screen...I may be tempted to try a custom ROM again if the fix works
GretaLewd said:
Most (if not all) custom ROMs here are based on the latest version of Android (currently 4.2.2) - that's one of the main attractions of using them.
Currently the stock Sony ROMs are based on 4.1.1. However, Sony are very close to releasing their own 4.2.2 ROM for the Tablet Z...but android 4.3 is already "out there"...so it goes on.
You'll always be a few steps behind with a Stock ROM, but for me the Stock ROM is good enough - apart from the permanent Navigation Bar (I prefer Pie).
By the way, if you look at recent posts in the CM10.1 Free Xperia thread looks like someone may have come up with a fix for the over-sensitive touch screen...I may be tempted to try a custom ROM again if the fix works
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Thanks from me too! I'm still on the Stock ROM because of the alleged "zooming" issue. I would be great to hear again from you in case have some new information on this
I have flashed 10.3.1.A.0.244 on mine and I get random touches on the screen, if you tick show touches in dev options you might see them if yours does this too. It's really bloody annoying when you're in the middle of playing a game or browsing and the tab decides to open the task switcher or press the back button!
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technaudio said:
I have flashed 10.3.1.A.0.244 on mine and I get random touches on the screen, if you tick show touches in dev options you might see them if yours does this too. It's really bloody annoying when you're in the middle of playing a game or browsing and the tab decides to open the task switcher or press the back button!
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I thought it was phantom touches as well but the latest update fixed it for me. I tested it before the update though and the touches were coming from where my fingers were on the back of the device.
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shangrila500 said:
I thought it was phantom touches as well but the latest update fixed it for me. I tested it before the update though and the touches were coming from where my fingers were on the back of the device.
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I didn't get them on the older fw. Only on this one. And I'm also getting it when I'm not even holding the tablet, just whilst laid flat on the table??
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The ones I have tried
At the moment I am using CM 10.2 available here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2386786
Seems to work well, extremely fast. There are some problems mainly with the onscreen keyboard and chrome but this is not really an issue.
I have also tried PAC which in my mind has way too many options and functions that collide with each other. Some of the options you choose from different roms actually overwrite each other which causes problems. You can find the rom from here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2334047
CM 10.1 avalailable here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2284469
This one works well. It is stable and quite fast. Didn´t have any problems with it. Used for a long time and changed to another rom simply because...well I got bored. For day to day use this is the one to have.
Hi everybody,
I have been trying roms for months. I donate some of them, I reported bugs, I really gave lotst of times for this work. I just wanted to have a rom that newer Android... I am really tired of trying... I realize that; this is wasting time. I could not find a rom that works perfect or without issue. People say, "Stable/great/perfect rom, you should try" but when we try, it have lots of problems.
Finally, Am I going to have a newer really stable Android, without problem or lag?
Addition:
Finally
I found this rom
Mokee http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2596176
It is just what was i looking for...
Addition 2:
After 1 week, Mokee get laggy specially while incoming call. Phone ringing but caller screen came 4-5 seconds later.
Changed rom to SlimKat Beta 2.3
I have been using SlimKat more than 3 weeks.
Just one problem: Can not install some apps like xda app (error about sd card)
No more problem.
I suggest SlimKat.
no proper drivers for custom kexec kernel means... never ... sad but true ... get nexus device as i will... shame for moto and their bootloader lock such good device wasted...
Listen you maybe just wasting time but u also need to see that a majority of the users are having a good stable for most things. Sometime you have issues that could be that you have you caused it. Just my opinion my xt912 is running fine on cm11
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Agreed. My xt912 running great on cm11 nightlies.
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Stock ROM always makes a prefect job
I can understand that you are annoyed by trying ROM that turn out to be everything else but stable.
I had that too but to be fair I must say that my Stock ROM wasn't 100% stable either.
The good thing about this is: it's all voluntarily, so everybody can choose the personal best solution
Try china stock, used almost half year without any issue, hdmi and 1080p is perfect.
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First of all, thank you very much for commenting here
You guys say everythin ok, but when i look your post in rom topics, I see that you reported problems too.
I mean, roms are good, maybe working faster thank stock, but device freezing, sd mount problem, hdmi, camera problems, apps crashing, gps problems, visual problems, and other problems we have lot.
For example, I tried
Mokee
CM11
Slimbean
Slimkat
Artmod
Gummy
Eclipse
Miui
Some unoffical roms,
And i can say that, i tried to flash all of them bmm and also safestrap times and times. But all of them have problem that does not available to use daily.
If you ask that; what hell are you looking for?
I just looking for a newer android version (than stock 4.1) that working without problem (I dont care camera, webtop, hdmi )
Well, Can you offer a rom 4.3 or 4.2 working perfect?
sene1983 said:
First of all, thank you very much for commenting here
You guys say everythin ok, but when i look your post in rom topics, I see that you reported problems too.
I mean, roms are good, maybe working faster thank stock, but device freezing, sd mount problem, hdmi, camera problems, apps crashing, gps problems, visual problems, and other problems we have lot.
For example, I tried
Mokee
CM11
Slimbean
Slimkat
Artmod
Gummy
Eclipse
Miui
Some unoffical roms,
And i can say that, i tried to flash all of them bmm and also safestrap times and times. But all of them have problem that does not available to use daily.
If you ask that; what hell are you looking for?
I just looking for a newer android version (than stock 4.1) that working without problem (I dont care camera, webtop, hdmi )
Well, Can you offer a rom 4.3 or 4.2 working perfect?
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I'm on slimkat and no problems so far, had Mor freezes and reboots on stock rom
Tapped from my RazR
I have learned here @xda there is a work-a-round for most anything U may be having issues with. Of course with Kexec some things just are not possible, yet.. To sum it up, there is an app for everything (almost) the only work-a-round I have not been able to accomplish or find here would be HDMI as I have to switch back to stock if I would like to use my phone with my TV and or computer but I am definitely not complaining this is for sure. Everything else I use daily or on a regular basis is 100% stable...
XT912 RaZR SpYdEr CDMA
hit ThAnKs if I was helpful!!!
It can get old yes but the latest cm11 working pretty well
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Indyultra said:
It can get old yes but the latest cm11 working pretty well
Sent from my XT912 using Tapatalk 2
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I have been running stock on my Razr Maxx (XT912) for over a year but it got bloated and VERY slow so I wanted to ROM this phone finally (I had messed around with my prior Droid X phone alot ).
Unfortunately ROMs always failed when I tried them. Unable to open zip in safestrap (updated to 3.65). I couldn't find a good answer to this problem so factory reset and tried again....no go...still failing. Verified the downloads. They are good. Rage/ Slim ROMs, CM 10 and 11...nothing works. I finally try to reflash my phone with the utility, but I used the wrong/ old one...phone no longer boots....uh oh!
Found the proper utility (updated batarang one) and ran it and I am able to boot again....but I'm still stock.
Reinstall Safestrap 3.65 and retry ROMing this thing. CM 11 (12-27) takes. Flash gapps and kernal. All is well. Double wiped cache/ dalvic between each step.
Been 24 hours now and I have had a couple crashes. Had to reinstall, then uninstall and reinstall dolphin browser to get it to work.
Just tried a pic and it worked fine...Gallery from phone crashed but opened fine separately.
The only problem I have with it so far is that PDAnet does not work. So I'll have to swap over to stock for net access that way.
I still have to learn the in and outs of the experience (?) launcher, but it is working pretty well for something that is still experimental. This is my one and only phone...my daily driver ... so I can't do with a lot of bugs. But of course my expectations are tempered by the fact I know I am not using a fully released ROM. I can say that my phone is running better than before and I get to have the fun of learning the new ways to use the phone with the improvements/ changes of the latest android.
I have read quite a few posts of people being upset that the ROMS aren't perfect. Read the posts about your particular ROM. Be sure you can deal with the bugs they list (usually on the first page/ post) and if not, don't use it. Also do a clean install the first time. Also follow the directions and read before you leap.
Good links from my recent experience
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2535920
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2223517
http://timos.me/tm/
http://www.droidforums.net/forum/dr...t912-jellybean-windows-mac-linux-all-one.html
Hey man, I'm on the same boat. Currently I'm trying MIUI and so far so good, what problems did you have with it?
I'm on beanstalk now and have to say it's the best atm for me!
Tapped from my stalked KittyKat
我顶你个肺隔膜 said:
Stock ROM always makes a prefect job
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...NOT!
Every few months i'm going back to stock rom for a couple of days to realise that stock aint an alternative.
I never had sound problems with a CM rom for excample. Even in stock rom i experience regular force closes...
...just sayin'
Stock deblured/debloated base and xposed modules does the job great...
sene1983 said:
First of all, thank you very much for commenting here
You guys say everythin ok, but when i look your post in rom topics, I see that you reported problems too.
I mean, roms are good, maybe working faster thank stock, but device freezing, sd mount problem, hdmi, camera problems, apps crashing, gps problems, visual problems, and other problems we have lot.
For example, I tried
Mokee
CM11
Slimbean
Slimkat
Artmod
Gummy
Eclipse
Miui
Some unoffical roms,
And i can say that, i tried to flash all of them bmm and also safestrap times and times. But all of them have problem that does not available to use daily.
If you ask that; what hell are you looking for?
I just looking for a newer android version (than stock 4.1) that working without problem (I dont care camera, webtop, hdmi )
Well, Can you offer a rom 4.3 or 4.2 working perfect?
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Did you have try Mokee latest release? Its stable enough brother...
thearis said:
Did you have try Mokee latest release? Its stable enough brother...
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yes...
with bmm and safestrap tried both.
tried to flash different particions more than 2-3 times
I could not make work "home button" and Browser
Which release you offer? Basket build or others?
Crimson88 said:
Hey man, I'm on the same boat. Currently I'm trying MIUI and so far so good, what problems did you have with it?
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I have to say, MIUI has been the most consistent in performance. Only problem is that I've got an XT912 and I had no data while I used it. I only used it for two weeks, but during those two weeks it performed beautifully.
I am having the same issues as the OP. After about a month of use the ROM starts freezing and rebooting from time to time and overall feeling VERY sluggish. A fresh install always fixes this. I'm currently running CM10 and it as worked well for the longest by far, but is now awful. Stock is also subpar after a month of use.
Ok guyz
I offer Mokee
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2596176
This is what i looking for...
No more trying roms )
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Hi guys I have'nt found much information on this forum regarding the intermittent lag/crashes on G2s that I'm experiencing (d802 version specifically) running kitkat aosp ROMs so I thought I might report my experience to see if I'm not alone here.
After I upgraded from CM 10.2 to CM11 my device would start lagging at random times during the day followed itevitably by a crash mostly after about 3 minutes of use (messaging, browsing, youtubing etc) where the screen would freeze and go black (and eventually come back.)
A reboot was always necessary which resolved the problem temporarily. These crashes happened between 1-3 times per day and were extremely frustrating.
The device in question is a d802 running CM11 and stock kernel.
They happened after fresh installs, even with only system apps. I tried flashing a custom kernel, playing with different settings and switching to other kitkat ROMs with little to no change.
I finally bit the bullet and switched back to CM10.2 stable and all is well with my phone now. I couldn't make the phone lag if I tried, its back to its beasty glory.
This device clearly must have an issue with Aosp ROMs on kitkat (or maybe I just picked a bad one) and its a real shame. If anyone has the same problem please share your experiences and maybe we can get to the bottom of this thing
Art Vanderlay said:
Hi guys I have'nt found much information on this forum regarding the intermittent lag/crashes on G2s that I'm experiencing (d802 version specifically) running kitkat aosp ROMs so I thought I might report my experience to see if I'm not alone here.
After I upgraded from CM 10.2 to CM11 my device would start lagging at random times during the day followed itevitably by a crash mostly after about 3 minutes of use (messaging, browsing, youtubing etc) where the screen would freeze and go black (and eventually come back.)
A reboot was always necessary which resolved the problem temporarily. These crashes happened between 1-3 times per day and were extremely frustrating.
The device in question is a d802 running CM11 and stock kernel.
They happened after fresh installs, even with only system apps. I tried flashing a custom kernel, playing with different settings and switching to other kitkat ROMs with little to no change.
I finally bit the bullet and switched back to CM10.2 stable and all is well with my phone now. I couldn't make the phone lag if I tried, its back to its beasty glory.
This device clearly must have an issue with Aosp ROMs on kitkat (or maybe I just picked a bad one) and its a real shame. If anyone has the same problem please share your experiences and maybe we can get to the bottom of this thing
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yep stock is better than cm11 or any aosp roms. aeonflex was a really good rom so was cloudy flex. they are flex based
CM11 has always been buggy for me. Try running a different 4.4 ROM,
Nameless is running perfectly for me
Sent from my LG-D801 using xda app-developers app
Pretty surprising that all the big players like cm or aokp would be the buggiest. At least there's other options for an upgrade
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2630977
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I'm using omni. Without any issues at all. No freezes or anything like that.
Tried PA and CM11, both really buggy, just like the op described. Flashed cm10.2 but it just doesnt work with my fitbit so now ive gone back to stock. While stock is good, it just feels so sow compared to asop based roms.
If you want a AOSP rom really hard, try "Mahdi" rom.. i tried it for a day and it fits perfectly for me
But now i'm on stock rom (CloudyStock) because... it's awesome and i like the LG UI
Using Mahdi combined with the furnace kernel, no slowdowns and very rarely do I get random reboots. Highly suggested :good:
I have these freezes several times a day too. I noticed one time that my systemui stopped working with it
my guess: maybe it has something to do with the systemui?
CM11 ran great for me on my D801, but I just couldn't deal with the in call echo issue.
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Pretty surprising that all the big players like cm or aokp would be the buggiest. At least there's other options for an upgrade
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blame closed source drivers. the devs making these customs pull hattricks so you can have a custom rom. All without documentation and such, thats why they can be buggy.
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shohid1234 said:
Tried PA and CM11, both really buggy, just like the op described. Flashed cm10.2 but it just doesnt work with my fitbit so now ive gone back to stock. While stock is good, it just feels so sow compared to asop based roms.
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Is the speed really noticeable?
Or
Is it worth it to upgrade just because of this speed factor?
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Thanks for all the great suggestions guys. I'm currently using the latest carbon ROM nightly and its running like clockwork. Will update if anything changes though.
But its definitely worth experimenting with other ROMs.