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KarlosTheJackal

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Jul 11, 2013 at 11:55 PM
Having a quick look around but can't seam to find a straight answer, I have CM10.1 Flashed on the Xperia Z but I miss the Sony Camera App (Seams to take better pictures)

Is there a way to have this app run on CM or not?
 
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ahassouna

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Jul 12, 2013 at 12:30 AM
kgs1992 said:
Hi, I'm going to answer this in parts. :)


This is not normal, not at all.
Is your screen brightness set to 100%? Are you running tons of apps in the background?
If not, it could be possible that your battery is faulty and is dying.


There are quite a few & honestly, I can only give you my own opinion. There is no standard "best ROM".
Try some of them and see what suits your device the best.
I personally love the stock ROM.


Rooting - yes.
Unlocking the bootloader - depends. Why do you wanna do this? Are you planning to flash a ROM that needs a custom kernel to run?
Are you planning on using a custom kernel or try and build one? If the answer to any of these is yes, then go ahead and unlock the bootloader.


Yes, rooting doesn't erase the DRM keys. You don't need to unlock the bootloader to root.


Check post #2 in this thread. There's links there.


If you backed up your TA partition, you can restore it at a later time when you wanna switch back to the stock kernel.
There's a link in post #2 for this.


Try it yourself and find out. Each ROM will have it's own list of bugs.


Again, this depends on how you see the Bravia Engine. I just think it's a sort of filter that increases color saturation and sharpness.
I honestly don't see much of a difference, yet I prefer to keep BE off.


Varies across ROMs. Try it yourself.


Well, avoid cross posting. I hope this answers most, if not all your questions.
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Dude thanks a million, my final question if i switch from stock 4.2 to another stock 4.2 anf then root, will i be able to install the mod which can make me run games and apps from external sd or transfer apps from internal sd to external sd or will this require BL unlock?

Again dude much much appreciated :)

Sent from my C6602 using xda premium
 
kgs1992

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Jul 12, 2013 at 11:27 AM
johnbreezy said:
good evening sir, i need your help, i can't unlock my bootloader, i always get the fastboot.exe not recognized. pls help me. my pc is windows 7. sorry for bad english. i dunno what to do,i've been trying to unlock my bootloader for 4 weeks. i installed everything and followed the guide but i was not succesful please help TIA :angel:
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Well, you should learn how to use cmd then. (I don't mean to put you down, I'm just saying.)
An easier way to get all this working without having to bother about where you put adb, fastboot and the corresponding dlls, do this:

  • Download this.
  • Extract all the files to a folder, preferably C:\Android. (Note that you should hae the files adb.exe, fastboot.exe, etc. inside the C:\Android folder, not another folder in there.)
  • Now, we will add this folder to the path.
    • Windows 7
      • Select Computer from the Start menu
      • Choose System Properties from the context menu
      • Click Advanced system settings > Advanced tab
      • Click on Environment Variables, under System Variables, find PATH, and click on it.
      • In the Edit windows, modify PATH by adding C:\Android at the end
    • Windows Vista
      • Right click My Computer icon
      • Choose Properties from the context menu
      • Click Advanced tab (Advanced system settings link in Vista)
      • In the Edit windows, modify PATH by adding C:\Android at the end
    • Windows XP
      • Start -> Control Panel -> System -> Advanced
      • Click on Environment Variables, under System Variables, find PATH, and click on it.
      • In the Edit windows, modify PATH by adding C:\Android at the end
  • Reboot
You should no longer see "fastboot is not recognized as an internal/external command".

KarlosTheJackal said:
Having a quick look around but can't seam to find a straight answer, I have CM10.1 Flashed on the Xperia Z but I miss the Sony Camera App (Seams to take better pictures)

Is there a way to have this app run on CM or not?
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Nope, it can't run without Sony's framework.

ahassouna said:
Dude thanks a million, my final question if i switch from stock 4.2 to another stock 4.2 anf then root, will i be able to install the mod which can make me run games and apps from external sd or transfer apps from internal sd to external sd or will this require BL unlock?

Again dude much much appreciated :)

Sent from my C6602 using xda premium
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Ideally, yes. If it was working before, then it should work even after switching from one 4.2 stock ROM to another.

LitoNi said:
@kgs1992 I spent a little time on the banner :D
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Thank you very much. This is really good!
May I please request a layered PSD? If you could put it on your dropbox and send me a link in PM, that would be awesome.

On a side note, I'm planning to add users to the Hall of fame once the thread hits 500 posts. :)
 
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Jul 13, 2013 at 7:48 AM
hi some question here can i install xperia z c6603 based rom on my xperia z c6602 i want to flash my phone but many rom are based on c6603 :(
 
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gunguinha

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C6603; 10.1.A.1.434; 4.1.2 Root

•Device Model Xperia Z
•Specific Version C6603
•Bootloader locked
•ROM 4.1.2
•Android Version JB
•Any attempted solutions None.
Hi, please forgive my ignorance, but how could I root my phone, please?
I have no previous knowledge in doing this, and also, I searched a lot, and could not find a
specific thread about. Maybe my search skills is not good either :) .
Anyway, any help will be greatly appreciated.
Regards,
Junior.
 
kgs1992

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Jul 13, 2013 at 9:47 AM
OMDP said:
hi some question here can i install xperia z c6603 based rom on my xperia z c6602 i want to flash my phone but many rom are based on c6603 :(
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Yes. C6602 can run C6603 ROMs, but don't expect LTE to work. :)

gunguinha said:
•Device Model Xperia Z
•Specific Version C6603
•Bootloader locked
•ROM 4.1.2
•Android Version JB
•Any attempted solutions None.
Hi, please forgive my ignorance, but how could I root my phone, please?
I have no previous knowledge in doing this, and also, I searched a lot, and could not find a
specific thread about. Maybe my search skills is not good either :) .
Anyway, any help will be greatly appreciated.
Regards,
Junior.
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Hello and welcome. :)
You have some reading to do.
Check out 1.1 & 3.1 from post #2 in this thread.
If you plan on unlocking and flashing ROMs, it would be good to read up on all the threads linked to in post #2.
 
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LitoNi

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Jul 13, 2013 at 9:55 AM
gunguinha said:
•Device Model Xperia Z
•Specific Version C6603
•Bootloader locked
•ROM 4.1.2
•Android Version JB
•Any attempted solutions None.
Hi, please forgive my ignorance, but how could I root my phone, please?
I have no previous knowledge in doing this, and also, I searched a lot, and could not find a
specific thread about. Maybe my search skills is not good either :) .
Anyway, any help will be greatly appreciated.
Regards,
Junior.
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Root with doomlord's method: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2327472
Make sure you read everything!

OMDP said:
hi some question here can i install xperia z c6603 based rom on my xperia z c6602 i want to flash my phone but many rom are based on c6603 :(
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Yes you can, there shouldnt be any problems. If you go a bit further back in this section

kgs1992 said:
Thank you very much. This is really good!
May I please request a layered PSD? If you could put it on your dropbox and send me a link in PM, that would be awesome.

On a side note, I'm planning to add users to the Hall of fame once the thread hits 500 posts. :)
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lol I have to modify a bit more to make it more balanced. Ill pm you once Im done.
 
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Jul 14, 2013 at 3:55 AM
Hi guys, i'm really hoping somebody can help me out. Before anybody asks, yes I have performed various searches using different terms and now i'm even more confused :confused:

Right, so i'm currently sat using a Carbon (AOSP) build from the end of June, and I want to return to stock (latest .423 preferably) and relock my bootloader in order to sell my phone. I've read multiple threads talking about updating to .423 from other Sony stock ROMs, but I can't find any solid information on how to go from AOSP to Sony stock and relocking the bootloader.

My guess would be to download a .423 tft file and flash the kernel.sin file from within using Flashtool. Then relock the bootloader using flashtool and finally flash the entire .423 tft file to achieve what I want. Does anybody know if that's correct? Thanks in advance for any advice :D

Edit: I don't want to be rooted or on a custom kernel etc. after the procedure, I just want my phone to be back on the latest stock Sony build. Cheers.
 
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Jul 15, 2013 at 8:02 AM
hello.i have a question again. but first i want to say thank you to the person that helped me. here's my question in currently in carbon rom and im planning to change may custom rom to pacman, can someone help me or teach my how to do it, because the i can't understand the guide in the thread, honestly,i was going for pacman rom but i don't know how to flash boot image etc,. so i decided to use the carbon. can i just flash the pacman rom from recovery or do i need to flash it via cmd. thank you.
 
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Jul 15, 2013 at 8:30 AM
XZRecovery -> XZDualRecovery

Hi Guys,

Im Using XZRecovery on my 4.2.2 rooted XZ. I have some Backups already made with TWRP 2.4.
Now im up to install XZDualRecovery because I cant boot into recovery without using the App. Do my Backups still work after upgrading to TWRP 2.5 ?

Edit:
May I delete the XZRecovery App after installting DualRecovery or will it crash my recovery system?
 
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Jul 15, 2013 at 1:08 PM
Hello.
My friend got an Xperia Z since May. On June he updated the phone through PC Companion to 4.2.2 and everything worked well until last week when the phone begin to reboot randomly and drain the battery very fast. Is there a possibility to return to 4.1? Or at least to make it work again as it was on beginning?
Thanks.
 
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Jul 15, 2013 at 1:21 PM
Cătă said:
Hello.
My friend got an Xperia Z since May. On June he updated the phone through PC Companion to 4.2.2 and everything worked well until last week when the phone begin to reboot randomly and drain the battery very fast. Is there a possibility to return to 4.1? Or at least to make it work again as it was on beginning?
Thanks.
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repair with pc companion or reflash 4.2.2 rom with the flashtool. You can also switch back to 4.1.2 with the flashtool.
 
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kistigun said:
repair with pc companion or reflash 4.2.2 rom with the flashtool. You can also switch back to 4.1.2 with the flashtool.
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I tried the repair version with PC Companion and no luck. I think to uninstall PC Companion so it will download the ROM again.Am I doing something wrong?
 
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