[ROM][Unlocked BL][V7 02.07.2017] LineageOS BETA (NJH47D) for SGP611/SGP621

[sebarkh]

Awsome work! Just amazing rom! Thx for your dedication, lowtraxx!

 

[Columbia]

Hello. Flashed this ROM straight from CM12 with full wipe and micro gapps. Main issue is that tablet can't see SIM card now. Any suggestions? Thanks.

Edit: problem with SIM should be result of scoprion_windy firmware installation. But when i tried to flash LTE(scorpion) version TWRP showed an error which told that im trying to flash wrong version and that my device is windy (which is not apparently). So it seems that i can't flash LTE through TWRP.

Edit2: and TWRP can think that i have windy, because i installed TWRP windy from official repository. But it's the only version available. Where do i get TWRP for LTE?

Edit3: installed this scorpion TWRP to FOTA through fastboot, now i get error 7 when trying to flash any rom.

Edit4: Indeed problem was solved by flashing right TWRP and non-windy firmware. I spend more time than i would like to admit for solving that. In the end ROM was very unstable in my case and tablet often rebooted.

 

[kkovacs]

Works beautifully! Thanks, and keep up the good work!

 

[finalista]

@lowtraxx: is it possible to build the ROM ourselves?

 

[lowtraxx]

@lowtraxx: is it possible to build the ROM ourselves?

Yes, of course, sources are at https://GitHub.com/lowtraxx

 

[iamnotkurtcobain]

Yes, of course, sources are at https://GitHub.com/lowtraxx

Any news in terms of Rom performance?

 

[sudman]

SGP612. I successfully upgraded from your cm-14.1 build using TWRP 3.0.2. I flashed in a row from internal storage:
lineage-14.1-20170104-UNOFFICIAL-Lowtraxx-scorpion_windy.zip sha1sum: 6abece15341913131e34763d0547d16d489b9217
open_gapps-arm-7.1-nano-20170105.zip
Then wiped dalvik cache. Finally rebooted.

Many thanks once again. Great job. Amazing ROM

How? Ikeep getting an error with TWRP complaining that this package is for a scorpian_windy; this device is Z3. Then I get an Error 7, error installing zip file.

 

[noname2no]

How? Ikeep getting an error with TWRP complaining that this package is for a scorpian_windy; this device is Z3. Then I get an Error 7, error installing zip file.

SGP-612 stands for Sony Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact (8 inches) not the phone named after Z3 which has its own xda forum and build. The Z3TC SGP-611/612 models (respectively WiFi/16Gb and WiFi/32Gb) definitely belong to the scorpion_windy family.

If you are indeed dealing with the Z3TC, the error may indicate you flashed the wrong recovery build and/or version. This thread refers to the right one.

In any case, I would recommend flashing the latest official ROM and firmware using Sony Emma tool. From this sane starting point you may proceed with the Lineage guidance.

This ROM (v2) is really rock solid. Android 7.0 is really nice. This build is stable: I experienced far less crashes than any cm-12.1 nightly build I previously flashed. Battery runtimes are great by default (without doze). I would not return to Android 4.4, 5.1 or 6.x.

 

[sudman]

SGP-612 stands for Sony Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact (8 inches) not the phone named after Z3 which has its own xda forum and build. The Z3TC SGP-611/612 models (respectively WiFi/16Gb and WiFi/32Gb) definitely belong to the scorpion_windy family.

If you are indeed dealing with the Z3TC, the error may indicate you flashed the wrong recovery build and/or version. This thread refers to the right one.

In any case, I would recommend flashing the latest official ROM and firmware using Sony Emma tool. From this sane starting point you may proceed with the Lineage guidance.

This ROM (v2) is really rock solid. Android 7.0 is really nice. This build is stable: I experienced far less crashes than any cm-12.1 nightly build I previously flashed. Battery runtimes are great by default (without doze). I would not return to Android 4.4, 5.1 or 6.x.

Thanks for the reply, I understand all that, I'm not new to this & it is an SGP612 I have. I've already done as you suggested but still get the same error, even though I successfully managed to flash a rooted Sony marshmallow zip to the device, so I'm not sure what is going on.

 

[Choropy]

Thanks for the reply, I understand all that, I'm not new to this & it is an SGP612 I have. I've already done as you suggested but still get the same error, even though I successfully managed to flash a rooted Sony marshmallow zip to the device, so I'm not sure what is going on.

Although I'm not using this specific ROM, I did get the same error when I tried to flash another ROM. Turns out that I forgot that I didn't unlock my bootloader, so maybe check that out and see if it fixes your problem.

 

[sudman]

Although I'm not using this specific ROM, I did get the same error when I tried to flash another ROM. Turns out that I forgot that I didn't unlock my bootloader, so maybe check that out and see if it fixes your problem.

Haha, yep your're completely right. Not used the device for so long that I'd forgotten that on this one I'd not unlocked the bootloader, merely rooted it. Which means that despite all my protestations that I'm not a newb to this, noname2no was right and I made the device think it was a Z3 because of method I chose to root the tablet. So apologies to noname2no, turns out I'm still a newb after all

 

[lowtraxx]

Just an update and FYI for you guys. I am still working on this, and there will be new releases. But my main goal is to get this as stable as possible and in the last few weeks many things in the ROM suddenly broke (due to changes in the blobs, changes Lineage made and other stuff) and I am patching it up here and there. I should get a rock solid build in the next few days (running the RC for it on my SGP621 to put it through its paces). I also added lots of the recommended changes here in the thread and still try fixing the alarm volume issue as well as up the speed performance-wise. So stay tuned

 

[M1chiel]

Thanks @lowtraxx for your awesome work; I am looking forward to your updates! I have only one small issue with my SGP611: when I charge it while it is turned off, the screen doesn't dim. Hopefully this was already on your radar .

 

[lowtraxx]

Thanks @lowtraxx for your awesome work; I am looking forward to your updates! I have only one small issue with my SGP611: when I charge it while it is turned off, the screen doesn't dim. Hopefully this was already on your radar .

Yes, this issue is partially fixed. The screen will dim and go off once now, but if you wake it up again, it will stay awake. Still working on this.

 

[sudman]

So i'm now bootloader unlocked on my SGP612, but still cant get this to install through TWRP, keep gettting error 7 messages and complaints about this being for a Scorpion_Windy and either not a Scorpion or Z3. Think it's related to how I'm rooting the device and getting TWRP on there.

Anyone point to a good guide for getting root the rightway and getting this on to the device.

Cheers

Jim.

 

[finalista]

So i'm now bootloader unlocked on my SGP612, but still cant get this to install through TWRP, keep gettting error 7 messages and complaints about this being for a Scorpion_Windy and either not a Scorpion or Z3. Think it's related to how I'm rooting the device and getting TWRP on there.

Anyone point to a good guide for getting root the rightway and getting this on to the device.

Cheers

Jim.

I used the CyanogenMod guide. You can find it through archive.org

Also have a look at the instructions in this OP

https://xdaforums.com/z3-tablet-com...-cyanogenmod-14-1-beta-nde63x-sgp611-t3505327

 

[sudman]

I used the CyanogenMod guide. You can find it through archive.org

Also have a look at the instructions in this OP

https://xdaforums.com/z3-tablet-com...-cyanogenmod-14-1-beta-nde63x-sgp611-t3505327

THanks, got it sorted interpreting the old guide you linked to. Now rocking Lineage on my SGP612 :good:

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Would i be right in thinking that fast charging doesn't work either?

 

[lowtraxx]

THanks, got it sorted interpreting the old guide you linked to. Now rocking Lineage on my SGP612 :good:

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Would i be right in thinking that fast charging doesn't work either?

Fast Charging is disabled by Sony on purpose, because they fear overheating issues as far as I understood it.

 

[sudman]

Fast Charging is disabled by Sony on purpose, because they fear overheating issues as far as I understood it.

It wasn't disabled in the last available stock build for this device as mine was fast charging till I updated to this Lineage build. So not sure whats going on.

 

[lowtraxx]

It wasn't disabled in the last available stock build for this device as mine was fast charging till I updated to this Lineage build. So not sure whats going on.

Yeah, but stock is not a custom open source build. With stock everything is under Sony's control (including thermal management, charging voltages and the like), thus Sony takes no risks when providing open source code.