[ROM][20/08][DISCONTINUED][C6603][LOCKEDBL] EXCELSUS Z v5.0.0

[DesertHawk]

Instructions

How to install EXCLESUS Z v5.0.0 WITHOUT any issues

-Update newest FW (244)
-Update Kernel only to FW 423
-Used DoomLord easy rooting kit V18 to root the device
-Update Kernel only back to FW 244
-Install DualRecovery for LockedBootloader
-Complete Wipe of Internal Storage
-Install Excelsus Rom V4.0.0
-Full startup of device
-Back to recovery mode, Install Excelsus V5.0.0
-Wipe Cache/Davik Cache
-Reboot device

How to update EXCELSUS Z when it gets an update:

1) Download the update and move to storage
2) Reboot in recovery
3) Flash update like normal
4) Wipe only dalvik cache (avoid wiping cache!)
5) Reboot

Per app DPI Instructions - make your apps use tabletui mode!:

1) Download xposed framework , install it and press install/update when you are in the app and reboot
2) Download + install App Setting Modules
3) Go into xposed installer > modules and tick app settings and reboot
4) Go into app settings and then scroll down until you found the app you want to make into TabletUI mode
5) Set the DPI (240 is recommended for standard tabletui) and then set "screen" (dp) to 1000x1600
6) Tap on "save"
7) Go into the app you changed and everything should look like TabletUI now!

Fix call button in dialer bug:

1) Download xposed framework, install it and press install/update when you are in the app and reboot
2) Download + install app settings module
3) Go into xposed installer > modules and tick app settings and reboot
4) Search for SemcPhone
5) change dpi to 480
6) save changes and it should be fixed now​

 

[DesertHawk]

[ROM][20/08][C6603][LOCKEDBL] EXCELSUS Z v5.0.0

Table of Contents:
1. ROM Features, download links and Credits
2. Changelog and Add-Ons
3. Instructions/Tutorials

Features:
-Made For LOCKED BOOTLOADERS (You can try on unlocked bootloaders if you want)
-Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean
-Based on latest stock firmware 10.3.1.A.0.244 Central Europe 3 (C6603)
-No custom kernel included, left as stock kernel (Due to locked bootloaders)
-Deodexed (For easy APK modding)
-Zipaligned APKs (Optimize RAM usage)
-Latest PureXAudio for EPIC AUDIO QUALITY
-init.d support (scripts can tweak system settings for better performance)
-De-Bloated (Removed unwanted bloatware for slimmer ROM)
-build.prop Tweaks (Improve performance and other tweaks)
-SQ lite support
-Better RAM management
-Latest Busybox installed
-data/apps support
-sysro/sysrw support
-TWRP and CWM Recovery Intergrated with XZDualRecovery
-Slimmed down ROM size
-ES File Explorer v3.0
-Very Stable
-Great Battery
-Custom adreno_config.txt (For MSAA 4x and other graphical tweaks)
-MSAA 4x enabled in most new games which supports it (Thanks to MrTapa)
-Texture Tiling enabled
-Forced automatic Texture compression
-X-Reality for Mobile (Replacing BRAVIA Engine 2)
-New Xperia i1 Honami apps
-New Xperia i1 Honami Home launcher
-New Xperia i1 Honami 'Hero' Wallpapers
-98% Honami UI (Other 2% is the Contacts/Phone + Honami Camera, cannot get them to work on new firmware...)

DOWNLOADS:

v5.0.0 FULL ROM (Make a backup first in case of bootloop!!!)

EXCELSUS Z v4.0.0 FULL ROM (Requried for installing V5.0.0 to avoid bootlooping issues, further instructions in post #3)

Credits:

[NUT] - For letting me use his XZDualRecovery
MrTapa - For letting me use his adreno_config and MSAA from OptiMax ROM (Check it out here!)
black97one - For his Volume Key to capture camera mod
Kyrie1965 - For his Reboot in Power Menu mod
niaboc79 - For his Big QuickContact Photo and Big InfiniteView Photo mod and SO-02 DoCoMo Status Bar & Task Switcher
krabappel2548 & Cpasjuste - For TWRP recovery for Locked Bootloaders and XZRecovery app
mw1kaduxx - For the XZL Whitebalance port
beni8978 - For WiFi fix

 

[DesertHawk]

Changelog + Addons

v5.0.0:
-Started from scratch, cleaned up a bunch of stuff
-Rebased on 10.3.1.A.0.244 Central Europe 3
-Updated Chrome, Dropbox, ES File Explorer, Youtube and TrackID
-Updated PXA to v21
-Updated XZDualRecovery to v6.3.0 (Thanks to [NUT])
-Removed Honami Contacts/Phone (Not working any more for some reason)
-Updated Play Store to v.4.3.11
-Added full Honami Framework with animations (Thanks to jzqs, XDA.AGM and erorcun)
-Added Honami themes with coloured accents
-98% Honami UI
-Restored dpi back to stock 480
-Tweaked Interactive Governor for excellent performance
-Reduced random lags on Xperia Home launcher
-Completly stable
-Added Themes in ROM now, no need for add-ons anymore

v4.3.0 OTA (Re-uploaded):
-Added LagFix init.d script (FSTRIM)
-Added 30 Step volume mod
-Updated XZDual Recovery to v2.5.1 RELEASE (Thanks to [NUT])
-New Bootanimation from Honami
-New Conversations from Honami
-New Phonebook from Honami
-New Settings from Honami
-New SEMC SetupWizard from Honami
-New Small Apps with 3 open feature from honami
-New Stamina Mode from Honami with new library
-New System UI from Honami
-New Xperia framework from Honami
-Some other Honami apps which I forgot...
-RE-UPLOADED, FIXED CHROME FC AND GAMELOFT GAMES FC
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-PXA v20, changes see right below!
-Virtualizer now using VPT51WRAPPER for better surround sound
-New audio libraries from Honami
-Re-added APQ8064 Audio processing taken from android 4.1.2 firmware
-New ADSP firmware with adsp-loader module which automatically gets loaded upon startup
-------------------------------------------

v4.2.0 OTA:
-Set dpi to 320 by default (Not phablet mode but same mode as Xperia Z Ultra on our 5" screen)
-New Calender from i1 honami
-New calculator from i1 honami
-New Email from i1 honami
-New clock from i1 honami
-New Active clipper small app from i1 honami
-New Photo Editor from i1 Honami
-New sony Sketch app from i1 Honami
-Composition type now C2D with new C2D-Colour-Converter library from Honami
-Virtualizer now using VPT51WRAPPER for better surround sound (PXA v20 BETA)
-Added new ADSP Firmware from Honami dump for excellent audio quality (PXA v20 BETA)
-Added adsp-loader.ko module (PXA v20 BETA)

v4.1.0 "Honami Edition" OTA Update:
-Added Xperia i1 "Hero" Wallpapers
-Updated PXA to v19
-Added sound libraries from Xperia i1
-Added Walkman player from Xperia i1
-Added X-Reality Engine
-Added albums and Movies app from Xperia i1
-Added new Notes app from Xperia i1
-Added new Xperia i1 Keyboard
-Renamed MOBILE Bravia Engine 2 to X-Reality for mobile in Settings
-New Battery icon from Xperia i1

v4.0.0:
-Based on the latest 10.3.A.0.423 Generic ES (C6603)
-Removed useless build.prop lines
-Restored Dalvik VM back to stock
-Updated XZDualRecovery to v2.4 (Thanks to [NUT])
-Removed Docomo status Bar (Not needed in 4.2.2)
-Removed mother of all adblocking (Some play store icons either took too long to load or did not load at all)
-Updated PureXAudio to v18 (Changelog in main thread)
-Temporarily removed Volume Key Fast Capture mod + Vol Key Capture mod (Waiting for screenshot fix)
-Added System mount reboot fix (Huge thanks to [NUT]!)
-Re-Zipaligned apks with latest SDK
-Removed fidelity init.d scripts

v3.0.0:
-Version Skipped, changes merged with v4.0.0

v2.5.2:
-Cleaned up init.d scripts (Should increase battery life and fix some bugs)
-Updated PureXAudio v17
-Xperia Tablet Z Hi-Red Stock wallpapers replacing a few stock wallpapers
-Updated Play Store to 4.1.10
-Added sony logo replacing home icon (Thanks to djsnoopyxxl)

v2.5.1:
-Added One Volume key capture mod
-Added Entropy generator fix
-Updated Mother-Of-All AdBlocking hosts to 21-05-2013
-Re-Organised init.d scripts to hopefully stop intense battery draining
-Re-Added Docomo status bar v8 to fix systemui FC issues
-Added more build.prop tweaks hopefully stop intense battery draining

v2.5.0:
-Now using Central Europe version of latest firmware
-FastCapture Volume key mod added
-Updated XZDualRecovery to v2.1
-Zipaligned all apps for better RAM

v2.1.0:
-Added Mother-Of-All adblocking hosts (Thanks to BSDgeek_Jake)
-Added stock Cosmic Flow LWP from ICS firmware
-Full GPU Rendering added again
-Updated DoCoMo Status Bar mod to v8
-Fixed root remount reboot problem
-Updated PureXAudio v16.5
-Re-Added Volume key Capture camera mod for new firmware (Thanks to black97one)

v2.0.0:
-Rebased on new firmware 10.1.1.A.1.253 GLOBAL-LTE
-New XZDualRecovery thanks to [NUT]
-Currently removed Big QuickContact Photo and Big InfiniteView Photo mod
-Currently removed Volume down camera mod
-Updated DoCoMo Statusbar Mod to v7.0
-Currently removed reboot option in power menu mod
-Restored stock fonts
-removed XZRecovery (Not needed anymore)
-Added new Superuser app by ClockworkMod
-Root now integrated
-Added PureXAudio v16 (See changelog in PXA thread)
-Fixed MediaServer Drain
-Added Battery tweak for longer battery life

v1.1.3:
-Reverted navigation bar size back to stock 48dp
-Full GPU Rendering, removed CPU Rendering
-More build.prop tweaks
-added RIL tweaks
-Updated v15 again (There were more changes)
-MSAA x4 with custom adreno_config.txt (Many thanks to MrTapa!)
-Texture Tiling enabled (Thanks to MrTapa)
-Forced Texture compression (Thanks to MrTapa)

v1.1.2:
-Added semi-transparent status + nav bar (Thanks to Spaun_Studio for tut)
-New init.d tweaks for better performance
-Disabled Journalism
-Mounting tweaks in init.d script
-Fixed init.d permissions (Finally)
-Added Take picture with Volume key mod v2 (thanks to black97one)
-Added Fidelity scripts to help improve performance and stop audio skipping completely
-Updated PureXAudio to v15
-Removed RTMixManager because audio skipping issues
-Removed Seeder because audio skipping issues

v1.1.1:
-Fixed init.d support (Now all init.d scripts work nicely)
-Updated PureXAudio v14
-A lot less lag
-Added RTMixManager by LENAROX

v1.1.0:
-Now called EXCELSUS Z
-Added Seeder 2.0.0 entropy generator to provide significant lag reduction by lambgx02
-Removed Tablet things and back to normal phoneUI
-Added DoCoMo status bar thanks to niaboc79 with 25dp nav bar
-Back to 480dpi
-Fixed all previous bugs that were because of TabletUI Mode incompatibility

v1.0.0:
-Initial Release

Addons

36DP Navigation Bar

Exchange Fix

Restore back to BRAVIA Engine 2 (Completely removes X-Reality Engine)

Round your corners with RoundR! (by Mohammad_Adib)

 

[ZeroInfinity]

[ROM][20/08][C6603][LOCKEDBL] EXCELSUS Z v5.0.0

reserved... for never...

 

[ZeroInfinity]

Reserved... for never...

 

[ZeroInfinity]

Reserved.. for never...

 

[Mr. Droid]

Looks interesting will test.

Thank you

Sent from my C6603 using Tapatalk 2

 

[Ghost277]

Looks interesting will test.

Thank you

Sent from my C6603 using Tapatalk 2

Hello everyone to try this ROM for this magnificent device

 

[tanoxxx]

Bravo Zero, great, and thanks for sharing it :good:

unfortunately too much bug/problem with tabelt UI.. i think i cant flash it im also with UB..

anyway again thanks :good:

 

[E90 Commie]

I have some tips for Xposed Framework and apps that is not optimized for lower DPI settings:

Switch the Sony apps like camera, contacts, dialer to 480 DPI (provided that they are the same as in the stock ROM).

I have noticed that the Sony apps works best with that setting, they don't handle multi DPI very well. Other apps is great in tablet mode.

My own settings are those:

Accuweather 240, 1280
Browser 240, 1280
Calendar 240, 1280
Camera FV-5 280, default
Camera 480, default
CamScanner 240, 1280
Earth 240, 1280
File Manager HD 240, 1280
Gmail 240, 1000 x 1600
Play Music 213, 800 x 1280
Play Store 240, 1280
Mizuu 240, 1280
Netflix 240, 1280
QuickPic 240, 1280
QuickOffice 240, 1280
Settings 280, 1280
SoundHound 240, 1280
Tablified Market 240, 1280
YouTube 213, 1280

Contacts, Contacts Import, Phone, Phone contact, Phone/Messaging Storage, Recent Calls 480

I have not tried the 1024 x 600 mode since 1280 gives the proper tablet UI. Those settings are what I use and they work very well but I am on ROMAur 2.6 though. I use similar settings on my Note II and also when I use Paranoid Android.

I can also recommend Tablified Market as a decent way of finding tablet apps. Google Play in tablet mode is also very nice.

Those settings I listed are for the App Settings modul for the Xposed Framework.

 

[tanoxxx]

@ZeroInfinity
I wanted to try the tablet mode, but i cant download the file "App Settings Module"
Please can you fix it?
thanks


EDIT: now it work

 

[ZeroInfinity]

Bravo Zero, great, and thanks for sharing it :good:

unfortunately too much bug/problem with tabelt UI.. i think i cant flash it im also with UB..

anyway again thanks :good:

I don't know how you unlocked bootloaders flash it so I can't help you sorry

I already stated in the OP that it is not stable and has a few bugs...

 

[tanoxxx]

I don't know how you unlocked bootloaders flash it so I can't help you sorry

I already stated in the OP that it is not stable and has a few bugs...

No problem, Thanks anyway for your work :good:

 

[ZeroInfinity]

So guys, what do you think about the ROM?

It's still pretty buggy and I was planning on doing a normal, stable XZ ROM, if I do then I'll ditch the idea of this rom...

If you guys want me to release a stable version which does not have tablet mode, I may do an easy OTA update in the next version (And change the name of the rom to something else)

 

[tomanlam]

So guys, what do you think about the ROM?

It's still pretty buggy and I was planning on doing a normal, stable XZ ROM, if I do then I'll ditch the idea of this rom...

If you guys want me to release a stable version which does not have tablet mode, I may do an easy OTA update in the next version (And change the name of the rom to something else)

can we have tablet mode only in apps like settings, gmail and maybe youtube while keeping the phoneUI status bar?

 

[ZeroInfinity]

can we have tablet mode only in apps like settings, gmail and maybe youtube while keeping the phoneUI status bar?

yes, you can set any apps per dpi in App Settings Module (In OP) so if I switch back to PhoneUI Mode in the next version, all of you will still be able to choose per app dpi settings

 

[Shaiaz]

Can't get it over to my sd card :L tried downloading multiple times

EDIT:
Got over on my sdcard but comes with error Can't open

 

[ZeroInfinity]

Can't get it over to my sd card :L tried downloading multiple times

EDIT:
Got over on my sdcard but comes with error Can't open

What do you mean?

Are you downloading via pc? it's recommended you download from PC...

I have decided to switch back to PhoneUI with stock 480dpi because it is the optimal dpi for our device + all the other software in the rom

But that doesn't mean you can never have Tablet UI, Xposed Framework with App Settings module will still allow you to modify per app dpi (Like in AOSPA) so you can still do things like that

What do you think guys, should I release OTA over XperienceTabletZ? or upload full rom?

 

[Shaiaz]

What do you mean?

Are you downloading via pc? it's recommended you download from PC...

I have decided to switch back to PhoneUI with stock 480dpi because it is the optimal dpi for our device + all the other software in the rom

But that doesn't mean you can never have Tablet UI, Xposed Framework with App Settings module will still allow you to modify per app dpi (Like in AOSPA) so you can still do things like that

What do you think guys, should I release OTA over XperienceTabletZ? or upload full rom?

Upload full rom
But ye i'm downloading through pc, 2 actually
Says it's a bad file i think :? I don't know Your rom looks really good either way not that i have tried it though

Still nice work

 

[ZeroInfinity]

Upload full rom
But ye i'm downloading through pc, 2 actually
Says it's a bad file i think :? I don't know Your rom looks really good either way not that i have tried it though

Still nice work

yeah it could be that I screwed up with the upload last night...

Will try to upload the new version of the ROM ASAP today already got all the PhoneUI Features back...

The new name for this rom will be EXCELSUS Z
Here is a changelog:

v1.1.0:
-Added Seeder 2.0.0 entropy generator to provide significant lag reduction by lambgx02
-Removed Tablet things and back to normal phoneUI
-Added DoCoMo status bar thanks to niaboc79 with 25dp nav bar
-Back to 480dpi
-Fixed all previous bugs that were because of TabletUI Mode incompatibility