Hello everybody!
Today I updated my Z3TC (SGP611, Wifi) from Lolipop to Marshmallow via OTA. After the update I reset the tablet.
Maybe I am crazy but it appears to me, that the entire UI/Performance feels a bit sluggish. Like the FPS in most cases is lower than on Lolipop.
Does anyone else have this problem? Do you recommend to downgrade? If so, is it easy? It is not rooted.
Cheers, Nico
dude...latest versions generally are not 100% stable.I suggest u flash KK 4.4.2 with flashtool.this is the best at least me.both battery and performance.
The lag is noticeable across the tablet and even other phones which received the update
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Tapatalked from Sony Xperia Z1
Stock LP 5.1.1 | Root | Deodex | Cam Mods | MX ROM
SGP611 no lag here, try wiping cache/dalvik cache or do a clean install
As a rule of thumb I always factory reset after an update. Experience tells me it improves performance and stability across several brands and devices.
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Hello friends,
never tried rooting any android as of yet, but my phone has gone painfully slow now forcing me to do something.
i would be grateful if i get a help/ recommendation is choosing the ROM.
I want a light, fast and stable ROM but don't want to scarifies any features ( e.g CM7-ZMOD CYANOGENMOD 7 says no tethering (both wifi/usb) )
my only usage are call/sms, occasionally taking picture, videos & playing some light games like candy crush.
im zeroing on ****FeraLab*** FeraKernel-JB-v4
update:- frealab, 720p video playback don't work and so as capture
please suggest me if in going in right direction is it advised to install JB ROM in X10 kepping the stability POV ?
Thanks in advance.
I wouldnt flash a jelly bean Rom, but if you did so it would also handle your tasks.
For all features I would recommend DiXperia 7 and finally you could use a gaming Rom as they have least stuff but best preformance. On jelly bean you could use xposed as well
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Ditto @keenofhiphop.
I wouldn't flash/install any ROM other than GB.
There are many reasons to install a JB ROM, but mostly those looking to install a JB ROM on an XPERIA X10i never identify any real reason, they just think they need JB+
The best ROMs and Kernels for the XPERIA X10i are all GB based and to date I know of no ICS+ Kernel that supports 2D Hardware Acceleration for videos and etc. This may change if @FeraVolt and others are able to modify the Adreno 200 drivers to support 2D HW acc in ICS+
I too would look at a gaming ROM for the least system overheads.
There is the newly created GB FeraKernel v14.1 and FeraLab ROM v30.2 which I have tested and know to have a very responsive UI and good 720p 2D video playback.
I use DoomKernel v6 and @Tof37 X10S ROM (FeraLab based) with a heavily modified build.prop which provides a similar experience to FeraKernel v14.1
Having a Class6(or greater) microSD card and offload(I use Link2SD) as much as you can helps, as the X10i built in flash only has a read of ~6MB/sec and a write of ~3MB/s. Compare this to a SanDisk Extreme 64GB card which I ran for a while in my X10i which gives a 20MB/sec read and 13MB/sec write.
I'm currently using a SanDisk Ultra 64GB card which provides a good cost/performance ratio. 17MB/sec read, 7MB/sec write
thanks @Dr Goodvibes and @keenofhiphop for inputs.
I was thinking as JB is more polished and is newer i am thinking to go for JB if i flash.
but since HW playback & recording is not available i would probably look something else other then Feralab...
i have 1 doubt at this time... do we have to flash with the latest Kernel first & then the ROM ? is it possible to revert back to old kernel at later if i change rom ?
sorry for my noobish question but im flashing any android rom for first time
netant said:
thanks @Dr Goodvibes and @keenofhiphop for inputs.
I was thinking as JB is more polished and is newer i am thinking to go for JB if i flash.
but since HW playback & recording is not available i would probably look something else other then Feralab...
i have 1 doubt at this time... do we have to flash with the latest Kernel first & then the ROM ? is it possible to revert back to old kernel at later if i change rom ?
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True, JB has many advances in performance, security and interface options/features.
However, hardware development/drivers for the XPERIA X10i stopped at GB 2.3.3
Many of the JB performance features do not translate into real performance gains for the XPERIA X10i due to hardware constraints.
Thus GPU HW acc and camera (which is bound to the GPU) suffer. Also WiFi is 802.11g, Bluetooth is v2.1 and etc so any JB ROMs have to be retro fitted to accommodate these services.
Many developers do an excellent job of building JB ROMS and Kernels for the X10i, but they do come with some caveats and these should be understood before one installs a JB ROM.
One good thing about the Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10i is that it's a very good development platform and very robust and very hard to knowingly hard-brick the device. It can always be restored to a Sony Ericsson default firmware of GB 2.3.3 at any time, with a PC and a USB cable.
When you root the device you can install CWM recovery from flashtool and then using CWM Recovery to backup your system and thus provide a quick and easy way to restore a ROM even when you're not able to successfully boot Android, but still have access to CWM recovery.
If you can find an old version of flashtool circa v8, it has more features for the XPERIA X10i as newer version of flashtool don't have these services as newer phones have rightly become the focus of Flashtool now.
I would suggest FeraKernel v14.1 and FeraLab v30.2 ROM as the best first ROM, as there is currently a lot of development around this ROM/Kernel combination and thus you'll have tens of people to assist you if you have questions.
This doesn't have to be a long term commitment as you can always flash another ROM/Kernal at any time, but it does expose you to a better understand of flashing Kernel/ROMs and etc.
I would also suggest looking at unlocking your bootloader on your XPERIA X10 as this has no negative impact that I know of and also allows you to install a greater range of ROM/Kernels which rely on having an unlocked bootloader.
Dr Goodvibes said:
I would suggest FeraKernel v14.1 and FeraLab v30.2 ROM as the best first ROM, as there is currently a lot of development around this ROM/Kernel combination and thus you'll have tens of people to assist you if you have questions.
I would also suggest looking at unlocking your bootloader on your XPERIA X10 as this has no negative impact that I know of and also allows you to install a greater range of ROM/Kernels which rely on having an unlocked bootloader.
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Thank you very much, @Dr Goodvibes, those are exactly the words boosted my confidence to go ahead & flash. and as you said once i finish a single flashing process successfully i would be more confident in future flashing,...
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A word to the close: @Dr Goodvibes I totally agree to you, a found that in jb you could notice project butter and it worked really smooth but! it drains the battery a lot more than GB and there are several problems with hardware as mentioned with camera and gpu.
I think feravolt is one of the last Devs that really develop in the X10 but I could never really be stratified with his roms, as they look very mixed up from different mods. Which is off course a cosmetic thing but I didn't like it. I first flashed DiXperia 7 about two years ago and was totally happy with it, but as I am I was not stratified because flashing is fun I can say I flashed my X10 probably about 150 times, maybe more.
It was pure fun
Two months ago it finally gave up, it's on fetakernel and doesn't get flashed by Flashtool. (it was time for a new one)
However I hope you'll have a good time as I did and unlocking the bootloader only had advantages add is easy and offers you full customization.
And have a look into uot kitchen
It was the best about GB^^
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flashed with v30.3 final & camera fix & latest kernel 15 beta one. ... great performance boost compared to stock !!
i failed to install XRecovery though but CWM is installed so i am fine i guess...
Hi All
Long story short, my phone broke and samsung fixed it under warrantee. They returned it with the vodaphone 4.3 flavor OS which was bloated to bursting point with all the crap-ware they add. So naturally the phone was dead slow, which prompted me to flash it to the 4.3 BTU. The phone is quite fast now, but the updates don't work so I'm stuck with those dreaded initial 4.3 software bugs, wifi connectivity & battery drain to name just 2.
I'd like to know if there are any decent & stable 4.4 ROMs available? I have tried CM11 earlier this year, but that didn't work to well, it was quite buggy.
I'd love to be able to install the 4.4.x BTU, but as far as I can tell, it hasn't been released (yet?).
Advice would be great.
Thanks!
SwiftyZA said:
Hi All
Long story short, my phone broke and samsung fixed it under warrantee. They returned it with the vodaphone 4.3 flavor OS which was bloated to bursting point with all the crap-ware they add. So naturally the phone was dead slow, which prompted me to flash it to the 4.3 BTU. The phone is quite fast now, but the updates don't work so I'm stuck with those dreaded initial 4.3 software bugs, wifi connectivity & battery drain to name just 2.
I'd like to know if there are any decent & stable 4.4 ROMs available? I have tried CM11 earlier this year, but that didn't work to well, it was quite buggy.
I'd love to be able to install the 4.4.x BTU, but as far as I can tell, it hasn't been released (yet?).
Advice would be great.
Thanks!
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I never expirienced any strange bugs like eith new 4.3 uodates, try using some great custom 4.3 roms out here, like archidroid, neatrom, arhd etc. Just search and try, combine it with a custom kernel and your phone will be reborned.
4.4.x ism't and won't be released for s3, because, well, samsung is $#&*, but you have note2 4.4 ports, like QS kitkat Archiport, and s5 themed like Blekota etc. But these 4.4 ports are having graphical glitches which occur for some, for some not, but as I see, Lord Boeffla updated his Boeffla kernel and in new updates graphical glitches are gone, battery life is much better and wifi direct and screen mirroring are working.
So if you want best stability go with custom 4.3, if you want to test out the kitkat experience which should be good now if combined with Boeffla kernel then go with some 4.4 port.
And don't forget, best rom threads are not allowed and will be closed by moderator, you should try what xda world has to offer and then decide.
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I never expirienced any strange bugs like eith new 4.3 uodates, try using some great custom 4.3 roms out here, like archidroid, neatrom, arhd etc. Just search and try, combine it with a custom kernel and your phone will be reborned.
4.4.x ism't and won't be released for s3, because, well, samsung is $#&*, but you have note2 4.4 ports, like QS kitkat Archiport, and s5 themed like Blekota etc. But these 4.4 ports are having graphical glitches which occur for some, for some not, but as I see, Lord Boeffla updated his Boeffla kernel and in new updates graphical glitches are gone, battery life is much better and wifi direct and screen mirroring are working.
So if you want best stability go with custom 4.3, if you want to test out the kitkat experience which should be good now if combined with Boeffla kernel then go with some 4.4 port.
And don't forget, best rom threads are not allowed and will be closed by moderator, you should try what xda world has to offer and then decide.
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How do I load a custom kernel? I've only ever flashed with Odin and then that was just the ROM.
Just as a matter of interest, 4.4 has been released for the S3 on certain carriers.
Flash the kernel through your custom recovery.
Only the versions of the s3 which have 2gb of ram have kitkat..other versions do not including the international version
Sent from a "Galaxy" far, far away with my Ultra Ray Gun
SwiftyZA said:
How do I load a custom kernel? I've only ever flashed with Odin and then that was just the ROM.
Just as a matter of interest, 4.4 has been released for the S3 on certain carriers.
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Just as Pulseuser mentioned, 4.4 is released only for i9305 LTE variant of s3.
About custom kernel, the easiest method is to root your phone using cf-autoroot, just google cf auto root and download the .tar.md5 for Odin for i9300 S3. Then when your phone is rooted download ROM Manager from playstore and install Clockwork Mod recovery, then reboot to the recovery via rom manager app and choose install zip from sdcard, fin your custom kernel/rom or whatever you want to flash and then tap yes and reboot, but first copy your custom kernel/rom on sdcard.
It is very easy, you even have tutorials on youtube on how to flash something via CWM recovery.
Hello guys,
I rooted my Xperia sp and unlocked the bootloader by the official way. Then I installed custom roms ranging from CRYSTAL PA and AOKP NON OFFICIAL.
Everything runs smoothly without a hint of lag, till I flash gapps. After flashing gapps, everything gets clunky, the soft keys take a long time to respond and fps drops too. This only happens after flashing the gapps. Even apps take a long time to load and mobile hangs for a couple of minutes.
I've tried to flash other gapps related to the custom rom (android 4.4.4) but same story. I've changed custom roms too but can't figure out the lag.
I download the gapps zip files from
[GAPPS][4.4.x] OFFICIAL Up-to-Date PA-GOOGLE… | Paranoid Android | XDA Forums
Any help guys? I even tried to run seeder and lag fix but no use.
Help will be highly appreciated ?
Sent from Nexus 7 2013.
Check my blog. www.techindie.com
INT3NSE said:
Hello guys,
I rooted my Xperia sp and unlocked the bootloader by the official way. Then I installed custom roms ranging from CRYSTAL PA and AOKP NON OFFICIAL.
Everything runs smoothly without a hint of lag, till I flash gapps. After flashing gapps, everything gets clunky, the soft keys take a long time to respond and fps drops too. This only happens after flashing the gapps. Even apps take a long time to load and mobile hangs for a couple of minutes.
I've tried to flash other gapps related to the custom rom (android 4.4.4) but same story. I've changed custom roms too but can't figure out the lag.
I download the gapps zip files from
[GAPPS][4.4.x] OFFICIAL Up-to-Date PA-GOOGLE… | Paranoid Android | XDA Forums
Any help guys? I even tried to run seeder and lag fix but no use.
Help will be highly appreciated ?
Sent from Nexus 7 2013.
Check my blog. www.techindie.com
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hahaha dear frieand!
answering after 6 years
you can install it after rom installation before it booted.
then if rooted, use es task manager and all in one toolbox to disable startups and enjoy faster android
Hello folks,
I am planning to buy a Z3 compact tablet, was wondering which Custom Rom or other approach you can recommend for this device? I am looking for a painless, install once & forget approach (yet still get OTA updates).
Main reasons I want to divert from unrooted stock are:
a) Adblocking
b) improved privacy (control OS & app access to private data / internet)
c) Write-access to SD card
d) remove bloatware
Currently I am running a LG Gpad 8.3 on Cyanogenmod11 and Z1C Phone with Xposed/XPrivacy. While XPrivacy does the privacy trick, I do prefer the more streamlined experience of CM on the Gpad, especially the OTA updates. Did not flash CM on the phone as I wanted to keep the native Sony camera app (not important for the tab).
How does CM perform on the Z3 tab? I read bluetooth audio is not working, battery drain and about some other issues. Would it be wiser to choose one of the other Custom Roms? Which one? Or is the most painless approach to root and run xposed (though I read it does not work well with lollipop yet)?
Cheers & thanks for sharing your thoughts! hunibu
I try CM 12.1 and battery lasts far less than with stock, the performace was about the same so wasn't worth it at all, sadly there is very little custom roms to try on this device just look at the section in this forum, the best is to stick with stock, debloated, and rooted to tweak it to your liking, for debloat on lollipop use this
dnnz said:
I try CM 12.1 and battery lasts far less than with stock, the performace was about the same so wasn't worth it at all, sadly there is very little custom roms to try on this device just look at the section in this forum, the best is to stick with stock, debloated, and rooted to tweak it to your liking, for debloat on lollipop use this
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Thanks for your feedback on CM12. Will try the debloating on my Z1C once I upgraded to Lollipop. Will check in how far it also blocks google's access to your data..
I also found there are few custom roms, I wonder why. The Z3 is IMHO the most attractive tablet in the market. Seems like XDA developers prefer other models...
Hello!
I have been using Cyanogenmod 12.1 and 13 as my daily drivers. While I deeply appreciate the work that has been put into it, it never reached the "stable and fast enough" state for me, and the instability and bugs (GPS fix, crashes) have not become better over time in my opinion.
So I would like to downgrade to a stable version that compromises well between reliability and still is recent enough, app permission management is important to me.
I have read threads like these, and KitKat 4.4.4 looks viable:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s2/help/steps-flashing-salimsaber-4-4-4-please-t3419543
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s2/help/best-kitkat-rom-t3403207
The recommendation seems to be Slimsaber 4.4.4 by Fusionjack with DorimanX kernel. What do you guys think, is that a good choice for me? Maybe another Lollipop or Marshmallow version instead?
A few questions on how I should go about it:
Is my 1 GB repit fine or should I lower it again to 512 MB?
I have IsoRec-TWRP-2.8.7.0-20160113 installed, can I use that or should I flash another version first?
Anything else that I am missing for downgrading that is not mentioned in the installation instructions?
Thanks a lot in advance!
Selek said:
Hello!
I have been using Cyanogenmod 12.1 and 13 as my daily drivers. While I deeply appreciate the work that has been put into it, it never reached the "stable and fast enough" state for me, and the instability and bugs (GPS fix, crashes) have not become better over time in my opinion.
So I would like to downgrade to a stable version that compromises well between reliability and still is recent enough, app permission management is important to me.
I have read threads like these, and KitKat 4.4.4 looks viable:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s2/help/steps-flashing-salimsaber-4-4-4-please-t3419543
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s2/help/best-kitkat-rom-t3403207
The recommendation seems to be Slimsaber 4.4.4 by Fusionjack with DorimanX kernel. What do you guys think, is that a good choice for me? Maybe another Lollipop or Marshmallow version instead?
A few questions on how I should go about it:
Is my 1 GB repit fine or should I lower it again to 512 MB?
I have IsoRec-TWRP-2.8.7.0-20160113 installed, can I use that or should I flash another version first?
Anything else that I am missing for downgrading that is not mentioned in the installation instructions?
Thanks a lot in advance!
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Hello, i am doing the same thing due to exact reasons.
I tried those 4.4.x roms some time ago. They seem stable but battery life time for me it is bad.
I am going to NeatRom, stock S2 Rom, it worked real good for me, no crashes, v good battery life.
It shouldnt affect the installation your partition size.
You can downgrade from any kernel.
I had cm 12 and went to ics with no problem.
Thanks for your answer! I'm fine with the battery life mostly, if my phone lasts a day I can deal with that, and it does.
ICS feels a bit outdated to me, it will probably be KK or newer. It's very hard to assess which ROM and Kernel are suited for me, though...
Update for any who might be in a similar situation as me: I went through with it. Left my system at 1 GB, flashed Slimsaber 4.4.4 according to the description, tested everything, then also flashed the DorimanX kernel. All is buttery smooth so far, a lot faster than before (even Pokemon GO stutters way less, hehehe). I can recommend it a lot.