Hi all
I learned a lot about android when I unlocked the bootloader of my xperia sola, flashed TWRP and various ROMs, installing GAPPS etc. BUT! I still dont have a clue of how to work with ROM Toolbox Pro for setting Minfree Values or Freezing System Apps I do not need (like Bloatware or NFC etc). Setting Minfree Parameters wont change a thing experience wise or looking at the memory (RAM) gauge. Freezing System App marks it as "freezed" but is still shown in running tasks. This said the RAM gauge of ROM Toolbox shows different values than android´s own (settings/apps).
So what am I missing here? Maybe someone can tell me (hopefully in simple words).
Cheers,
Rogurt
(xperia Sola, TWRP, CarbonROM-KK-unofficial-20141017-0647)
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Hello, sorry for the lame question. I know, simple answer is "just re-flash it", but I would really appreciate another way advised to save the config and time.
I have lot of troubles after installing the subj. (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=929941).
It's LG P500 running at 2.2 Froyo (stock, rooted, custom recovery):
- after applying the first version, battery management gone, access recovered by re-applying; but since then, scrolling became not so smooth as it was before; not a big problem, so I was waiting for next version;
- now, there is 1.1 version: applied that, but all the sounds individually matched to some contacts are gone, I can choose only standard sounds from /system/media, but not from /sdcard/media; tried to re-apply, get back to first version - no changes; get back to 1.1 - and now cannot choose those sounds in any system menu - for all the contacts, alerts etc etc.; but way more important, the I/O performance severely degraded, appearing as up to 10 second to open an app., which was never observed before; "SD tools" measuring shows degrading both R and W (~5 Mb/sec less now).
Is there standard stock 2.2 kernel available separetely, maybe switching back could solve these problems?
Thanks for any thought.
It's not a patch. It's a whole different zImage (kernel?). You may want to restore your backup. If you don't have one, I uploaded the stock 2.2 kernel. It's in the 2nd page of this subforum. Look for "unflash kernel".
I suggest u flash dev cavermans v3 kernel, I loved the response of it ever since I flashed it.
OK, thanks a lot for replies and links!
Yesterday, I re-installed a kernel, tried different versions... Unfortunately, something dramatically wrong with my phone.
With ringtones, it seems I ran into that problem:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=998520
- android does not aware of /whatever/media folder anymore.
With performance, it became a bit better after moving most of apps to SD card, but still unacceptable.
Probably, I have to re-flash the whole stuff
Hello,
I noticed after upgrading to ICS the available ROM System decreased from 180 MB to 51 MB (see attachment).
I wonder if there is any way to improve it, knowing that my device doesn't appear to suffer lot from that. But in case there is a solution, I will try.
Thanks
I think it's possible increasing system partition but not now. Because partition table can be changed but requires compatible bootloader which no exist yet. You can delete system apps, ringtones and unused fonts.
Sorry for my english
Edit:
I have VK ICS rom and installed S-Voice (~100MB). I have 54,3MB free on system.
I recently installed ICS 4.04 root (via downgarde to 4.03 kernel for another xperia device, software exploid and flash proper 4.04 kernel). Now, I wanted to obtain my set-up from GB back: slidescreen home (to display information) with swipepad and wave launcher to launch apps. Unfortunately, the developement of slidescreen has been stopped - and there seems to be nothing similar in the market, although it is imho a really usefull homescreen concept. My problem is now, that slidescreen seems to be unable to access the calendar database from SE 4.04... wonder if anybody can suggest a way out here? Is the database structure determined by the kernel or by the apps in the ROM? Would possibly flashing a custom kernel solve the problem? Did someone try the "slidescreen replacement lock screen" which seems to be floating around somewhere (and as far as I understand needs a different kernel and rom and unlocked bootloader)? Or does someone know an appropriate replacement?
Kernel only controls the information between hardware and software. That is, between the phone's chip and the firmware.
If the application has no support for ICS, then it won't work fully as it is supposed to. Since the developer is fully aware of the code, how it's been made, how it works etc, he can do it the best.
Someguyfromhell said:
If the application has no support for ICS, then it won't work fully as it is supposed to. Since the developer is fully aware of the code, how it's been made, how it works etc, he can do it the best.
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I see. Unfortunately, the developer has abandonded the product. So there won't be any further updates. I tried to install GB calendar storage provider and calendar storage but it did not work either and when I restarted the phone the system seems to overwrite the GB apps with ICS apps automatically (at least the version numbers were the ICS ones again). Is that possible?
Hi,
Recently I have installed ICS Pureness Custom ROM (build 14, SP1) on Stock Kernel of Sony Ericsson. Installation goes well and its installed. Overall, What I wanted I got that in this room, like less internal memory consumption, RAM managment, etc.
But there are some issues which I faced, and they are:
- Only 3 Home Screens are available which means that if you install many apps then some apps will not shown to you due to screen limitation.
- Old Icons, I dont know why ThilinaC used that.
- Soft Back Home and Menu icon, I really dont know why it is there when in Xperia Neo V we have Hard Buttons. Ofcourse it reduce the screen size
- Not able to got Beats featurs which was mentioned in the change log of Build 14.0 SP1, Dont know why
- You have to install all Gapps manually which makes lil wiered.
-ThilinaC (developer) must include new Google search, when we have JB 4.1 library I think we can do that.
Well thats it I faced these problem
But one word ROM is very good and stable I have checked while playing Temple run with no logs also torrent was running in backgroup and other apss. This I cant do in Stock ROM
Anyone faced same issue lke me?
yourlips said:
Hi,
Recently I have installed ICS Pureness Custom ROM (build 14, SP1) on Stock Kernel of Sony Ericsson. Installation goes well and its installed. Overall, What I wanted I got that in this room, like less internal memory consumption, RAM managment, etc.
But there are some issues which I faced, and they are:
- Only 3 Home Screens are available which means that if you install many apps then some apps will not shown to you due to screen limitation.
- Old Icons, I dont know why ThilinaC used that.
- Soft Back Home and Menu icon, I really dont know why it is there when in Xperia Neo V we have Hard Buttons. Ofcourse it reduce the screen size
- Not able to got Beats featurs which was mentioned in the change log of Build 14.0 SP1, Dont know why
- You have to install all Gapps manually which makes lil wiered.
-ThilinaC (developer) must include new Google search, when we have JB 4.1 library I think we can do that.
Well thats it I faced these problem
But one word ROM is very good and stable I have checked while playing Temple run with no logs also torrent was running in backgroup and other apss. This I cant do in Stock ROM
Anyone faced same issue lke me?
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for more home panes flash any system ui you want...there are lots in themes and app...
to disable on screen buttons got to settings on screen navigation buttons and disable,restart...osb will go...
gapps may be excluded to reduce size of rom...i guess flashing them wont be much problem unless you have a locked bootloader and must install cwm everytime...
notes app not showing up
Attitude.SSJ said:
for more home panes flash any system ui you want...there are lots in themes and app...
to disable on screen buttons got to settings on screen navigation buttons and disable,restart...osb will go...
gapps may be excluded to reduce size of rom...i guess flashing them wont be much problem unless you have a locked bootloader and must install cwm everytime...
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I really love the ICS Pureness series and have been following since build 13 (trifle belated ) ...
anyways, i used Build 13 for a couple of months, and then flashed build 14 (sp1) ...
a couple of small issues:
- cannot see NOTES app in the drawer, although can launch a new note from the shortcut in active tasks display ...
- there is a strange line in right hand bottom (below last app in third column - screenshot attached) of 2nd page in app drawer ...
anybody have these issues?
I'll re-flash and see if it persists ...
Can anyone tell if there is a quick and easy fix to call lag - force incallui to memory or something in stock Sony JB ROM? I know in some 4.4 AOSP roms it is fixed, but do you know how can I interpret it in stock rom?
There's xposed module called 'App settings' that supposedly let's you lock certain apps into memory (along other features), but it doesn't seem to work. Any help appreciated
Would love a fix for the Xperia U to, but I'm afraid that the stock roms will never get a decent Phone. Devs have gone a long way with the sources, but they are only used in the next versions. Blame Sony for never fixing the Phone. It's broken since ICS. They never bothered to fix it.
After looking into several tricks to get the PhoneApp locked into the memory, I tried to install xposed framework with the module "app settings". In this module I've made com.sonyericsson.android.socialphonebook and com.android.phone resident. This means these two apps should be locked into the memory. The most recent calls I've received went smooth without any lagg. Testing further if this is a permanent solution for stock rom. I'm running devswifts v7 light stock jb.
old method:
creating local.prop in /data and adding the following lines
- sys.keep_app_1=com.android.phone
- sys.keep_app_2=com.sonyericsson.android.socialphonebook
did not work for me
When you have a custom kernel you can try to play with different governers and schedulers, this worked for me.