I'm sorry if this has been posted and/or answered elsewhere. I have been looking for the past 48 hours for answers; attemping most of what I've found with no luck.
Hello XDA users/developers. A few days ago I unlocked the bootloader on my Xperia T. I've had my device rooted for about a month and decided to take the next step since I know how large the 'modding' community is within Android.
My phone, as you're probably aware came preloaded with Sony's bloatware. After freezing them with Titanium I decided to install Cyanogen Mod 10 to eliminate them. I've unlocked the bootloader via the official Sony method and installed CM & CWM with no issues.
ADB/Fastboot drivers are not an issue, neither is my copy of the Android SDK.
Now comes my problem; I've noticed many people have the 'No Service' issue. I've searched top to bottom, read all the results and it seems my problem doesn't quite fit.
My IEMI number has not changed
The baseband did change, however I've copied over the files from my stock ROM to CM
I've triple checked the APN list and there isn't an issue there
I CAN receive/send phone calls and SMS. And my data connection runs just fine.
I've tried to install other custom ROMs such as Paranoid Android with no luck. It seems stock Sony ROMs work while custom ROMs don't.
I've reflashed my stock 4.1 with flashtool and I do gain service once again. This is the same if I install another Sony ROM, such as 4.0.
I've searched XDA and other resources; I have found results though not for the T. I'm skeptical whether these methods for other phones will work and have not tried them myself.
One thing left that I haven't checked is whether I'm SIM locked. I've tried *#SIMLOCK# on both CM and Stock with no results. I am NOT simlocked.
I also have not tried flashing another Kernel since CM/CWM/FXP installed its own - I assume this is alright and not the cause of the problem.
Also CM is convinced the preferred network type is WCDMA; stock displayed WCDMA or GSM. So I'm going to go with the fact that WCDMA preferred is alright and not part of the problem.
My Xperia T is on the T-Mobile/EE UK network. I don't have another SIM or phone to test with right now.
During work the day after flashing CM my phone did mention "EE" instead of "No Service" for about 10 minutes. I'm hoping that all hope isn't lost!
I can provide relevant screenshots/logs/answers if that'll help troubleshoot.
Any ideas?
Thanks for your time
MODS: I apologize if this is the incorrect sub-forum for this.
Try CM 10.1.
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Try CM 10.1.
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It worked! It's beyond me what the differences are to have made this function correctly now.
I hadn't previously done this as I read up that 4.2 changes the partition layout? I had assumed that after that it wouldn't have been possible to downgrade to 4.1 without the need of flashtool.
After installing Gapps for CM10.1 via goo.im they FC right after boot. Would this be caused by the latest CM10.1 nightly?
Edit: That being said, I acknowledge that the nightly builds aren't meant to be stable, but you would have thought that the gapps suite works!
Hello all.
I have updated my samsung galaxy ace GT-S5830 to Android 4.4.2 KitKat with CyanogenMod 11 ROM.
I have had several problems but they all seem to have sorted themselfs out apart from a few glitches as follows
im using cooperfix v6.0.4.5 recovery and i have •Android 4.4.2 CyanogenMod 11 ROM for Galaxy Ace installed on card. I am unable to revert to CM7.2_JellyBreadv1_GT-S5830 using cooperfix v6.0.4.5 recovery as it aborts the instalation with a red triangle in the belly of the android bot and text.all the links i used to do it originly are dead links hotfile and another dead link. The only zip file it will install is the CM11 one.
Factory reset takes me back to cyanagemod boot screen and then the set up screen so its defaulting to CM11 and then in set up screen its imposible to set up gmail account and google play e.t.c. All the cooperfix files on here for older versions are dead links because of some federal law?
Wifi is perfect and connected straight away and the browser app works perfect connecting to the internet everytime.
so how can i get google play back again and working so i can install app and use it and if not possible to resync to google play how could i revert back to an older version. I really do prefer these custom roms but im struggling. Any help will always be appreciated and will always involve a thank you from me.
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Hello all.
I have updated my samsung galaxy ace GT-S5830 to Android 4.4.2 KitKat with CyanogenMod 11 ROM.
I have had several problems but they all seem to have sorted themselfs out apart from a few glitches as follows
im using cooperfix v6.0.4.5 recovery and i have •Android 4.4.2 CyanogenMod 11 ROM for Galaxy Ace installed on card. I am unable to revert to CM7.2_JellyBreadv1_GT-S5830 using cooperfix v6.0.4.5 recovery as it aborts the instalation with a red triangle in the belly of the android bot and text.all the links i used to do it originly are dead links hotfile and another dead link. The only zip file it will install is the CM11 one.
Factory reset takes me back to cyanagemod boot screen and then the set up screen so its defaulting to CM11 and then in set up screen its imposible to set up gmail account and google play e.t.c. All the cooperfix files on here for older versions are dead links because of some federal law?
Wifi is perfect and connected straight away and the browser app works perfect connecting to the internet everytime.
so how can i get google play back again and working so i can install app and use it and if not possible to resync to google play how could i revert back to an older version. I really do prefer these custom roms but im struggling. Any help will always be appreciated and will always involve a thank you from me.
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install cwm5 to install roms prior to cm11.
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install cwm5 to install roms prior to cm11.
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Nice one thank you I have reverted back to gingerbread 2.3.6 via flashing cooper v1 and the md5 file in ODIN and its worked fine im running original stock rom with no problems. I have rerooted the phoneand installed CWM 5 recovery and looking into more stable custom roms as 11 is still in early stages.
Some of the problems i had were no camera/ no google play store / no connection / random bootloops/ alarm didnt switch off, and this really random one that the phone would ring but there was no way of answering it lol An exellent rom with brilliant potential and one i will use again but for now im experimenting with earlier versions that are more stable.
many thanks
Q&A for [ROMS][SGH-T679]Mass CM Thread
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I noticed that the kernels are linked separately from the ROMs. Am I supposed to download and flash the kernels separately? I've flashed about half a dozen ROMs, but I've never flashed a kernel before. From what I've read, though, it sounds like following the same procedure. How about GApps? Do I need to download and flash those, too? And, if so, which pack should I use?
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I noticed that the kernels are linked separately from the ROMs. Am I supposed to download and flash the kernels separately? I've flashed about half a dozen ROMs, but I've never flashed a kernel before. From what I've read, though, it sounds like following the same procedure. How about GApps? Do I need to download and flash those, too? And, if so, which pack should I use?
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Roms come with a kernel the kernel linked is just special some have overclock under volt etc etc.
Explains the kernel options.
If you do flash them do it after rom.
Gapps you dont technicly have to but yes. (for a standard setup flash gapps)And there should be a gapps linked at the start of rom. If not there will be soon.
Can't import contacts from SIM
Thanks! That clears up a lot.
I installed CM, and it looks very cool and smooth. But when I tried to import contacts from my SIM card, it said "No contacts". I thought maybe it was because I hadn't installed GApps, so I downloaded the "small" GApps package linked from the CM wiki and installed it from CWM. Still no contacts on the SIM card. Next, I thought that maybe my contacts actually weren't on my SIM for some reason. So, I booted back into CWM recovery and restored my previous system. Then, from the phone app, I went to Import/Export > Manage SIM card contacts. Sure enough, all of my contacts were there.
It seems like CM isn't reading my SIM. Any idea what's causing this?
Edit: Never mind. I found out that newer versions of Android don't allow you to store contacts locally. Somehow, the contacts got silently added without me having to import them, though. That's odd, because I don't remember allowing Google to store them in the cloud, and the SIM card appears blank... Oh, well, I installed MyLocalAccount, so I'll see if I can store the contacts locally that way.
@cars1189 running 10/18 build with 10/19(PAgapps micro) and 9/9k^k UV vhm kernel and have had no issues! Thanks for the great work, this runs solid and smooth!
I recently installed 10.2 and am loving it so far. One thing I ran into though was that the cLock widget was showing lots of wakelocks, so I disabled it and battery life has been great. Haven't run into any other issues (other than the screen staying on when off and charging), so this one is a keeper for me.
Didn't see this problem with 10.1, so curious if this is a known issue or not with the cLock widget? Also, are there any other planned updates coming for 10.2?
Thanks.
@RobbyG2112 I noticed it too when I was on 10.2 how ever I only ran it for a week maybe b4 going to cm11 I will say not sure if cars will update 10.2 but if you haven't tried cm11 its super stable and gets updated monthly!!
Thanks for confirming canodroid15, I wasn't sure what the lock screen would show when I disabled the widget but it put the default digital clock and date in it's place so it works out ok. I had disabled the weather and alarm widgets also so wasn't sure why having only the clock widget would cause wakelocks.
I'll probably get around to installing CM11 next, I'm a little slow on upgrading. I had been using CM10 for a long time and finally got tired of seeing the green preview pictures every time I used the camera so decided to go to CM10.1/10.2 recently.
Sure man, about the wakelocks you can try to catch it in a log. Enjoy 10.2 bro!!
kernel for cm11 (SGH-T679)
I recently installed @cars1189's CM11 10-4-14 build for the SGH-T679, with kernel 3.4.104-cyanogenmod-gda4bf58. It took a few tries, but it finally succeeded.
However, there's a slight issue in that I can't access my SIM card contacts. When I try to import from the dialer, it says "no contacts." I've searched around these threads and on the internet, and it seems that it is an issue with the kernel. Would it be possible for someone to recommend or point me to a compatible kernel that would fix that issue for me? Thank you so much for your help!
@valmeras I really don't think it has anything to do with the stock cm kernel but if your on 10/4/14 you can flash 9/9k^k kernels safely on that build about sim contacts idk I use my Google account to sync my contacts hope this helps good luck!
Edit: look for the rom & kernel dates/links in OP.
@canodroid15 - thanks for the response and suggestion. I'll give that kernel a try in the next few days. Not sure this is the solution, but hopefully that works. I've also seen some reference to SIM Tool Kit (STK), but I wasn't able to figure out if it that was the issue.
I would definitely use Google for syncing the contacts once I get this fixed, but for now, that's not possible because my phone is not able to read the SIM properly. I've tried saving a contact to the SIM, but I get an error like "unable to write, SIM is full" but I know for sure that's not the case. Alternatively, I might try to revive my old dumb phone and try to retrieve the contacts that way, then hopefully export that in some way.
@valmeras no prob man, if you have contacts on your sim and u put the sim in the dumb phone and export to storage u could then send a vcard via Bluetooth to the exhibit go into contacts and import from storage then Google sync good luck let me kno if u get it
So I flashed the kernel, but that didn't fix my issue. I do have some more free RAM now though
My old phone doesn't support exporting multiple contacts/vcards via bluetooth, but fortunately, Motorola has a contact exporter utility that exported everything into a CSV file to my laptop via USB. I had to install the drivers for the old phone to be recognised first. I was skeptical it would work given it was a new all-in-one driver thingie and my Motorola was quite old, but somehow it did! The whole process took several hours, but my contacts are now synced!
Sensors/rotation problem
Thanks for posting these ROMs! I just upgraded from Peach Sunrise and I'm really impressed with how well CM11 runs on this phone.
I want to report a problem I had and my solution for the next guy's benefit. With the latest 12-9-14 CM11 ROM, my sensors and compass didn't work correctly. The biggest symptom was auto-rotation did not work at all. Downgrading to the 9-9-14 ROM fixed everything. I didn't try any other ROMs, so they might work too.
Question about getting Google apps running on a SGH-T679
I installed CM 10.2 (cm-10.2-20140627-UNOFFICIAL-ancora_tmo) and it worked fine. I tried a couple different gapps downloads (doing a reinstall of CM10.2 between tries although I may have done that step incorrectly). But no matter what 4.3 gapps build I tried, Google Play Services would crash.
My main goal is to get to 4.3 or higher, so CM 10.2 or CM 11 would be great. (I'm open to other ROMs too. The only reason I'm choosing CM is because those are the only ROMs indicated as still maintained here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/Samsung_Galaxy_Exhibit_4G )
My question is whether anyone has either CM version running on a T679 and which gapps did you use? I nearly bricked my phone and would like to know that someone else has gapps running okay before I try again.
Thanks!
EDIT: I followed the 2 following threads to install CM 11 with the PA pico gapp package and added a few other Google apps manually from the Play store. I also made sure to reboot several times to make sure everything got fully initialized.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2542793
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2397942
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Question about getting Google apps running on a SGH-T679
I installed CM 10.2 (cm-10.2-20140627-UNOFFICIAL-ancora_tmo) and it worked fine. I tried a couple different gapps downloads (doing a reinstall of CM10.2 between tries although I may have done that step incorrectly). But no matter what 4.3 gapps build I tried, Google Play Services would crash.
My main goal is to get to 4.3 or higher, so CM 10.2 or CM 11 would be great. (I'm open to other ROMs too. The only reason I'm choosing CM is because those are the only ROMs indicated as still maintained here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/Samsung_Galaxy_Exhibit_4G )
My question is whether anyone has either CM version running on a T679 and which gapps did you use? I nearly bricked my phone and would like to know that someone else has gapps running okay before I try again.
Thanks!
EDIT: I followed the 2 following threads to install CM 11 with the PA pico gapp package and added a few other Google apps manually from the Play store. I also made sure to reboot several times to make sure everything got fully initialized.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2542793
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2397942
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Hey man! I hope you got it figured out! The only Gapps I use are PA Gapps! There are others but PA is the most complete package & has many options "IMO". You need to use a package that will fit your phone I use the micro package, or the nano. You need to use a package that matches your ROMs version, if your on 4.4.x then use 4.4.x Gapps. If on 4.3 use 4.3 Gapps. PA Gapps has a 4.3 package but its hard to find if you don't know where to look. 4.3 package can be found in the devs (Tkruzze) files on android file host, same place as the 4.4.x Gapps! Sorry if you didn't get answered b4 this I haven't been on this thread for weeks it seems! Hope this helps
So I've been trying out the CM11 OS2SD ROM (the last one in December), but I need to switch back as the bugs are just too much. I need my phone to work and stay charged, which is not happening on this ROM. And since it looks like CM12 is being worked on now that it's not likely the bugs in CM11 OS2SD will get fixed any time soon.
So first the problem. My USB socket on the phone is a little iffy, so I know that is where most of the problem is coming in. However, on the CM11 OS2SD ROM I'm using right now (the one dated 12/25) it frequently says it is plugged in, but is not charging. I've actually seen times where the battery monitor I'm using shows it has discharged the battery as much as 20% before I caught it, yet the status bar battery icon shows it as full and plugged in. On the older ROMs it didn't do this, so something isn't right with how the ROM handles the charging circuits in the phone. Plus, I've had frequent periods of "cpu hogging" (massive CPU load that doesn't seem to come from any one source and that doesn't seem to show up in OS Monitor) that can end up in a crash-reboot of the phone.
So as a result, I want to switch back to an older version of the CM11 ROM. I was using one of the November builds for quite a while, only having to put up with an occasional crash-reboot (the current ROM seems to do this at least every other day, the older one could go a whole week and maybe have it happen only once). What is the process to undo what was done to the phone for the OS2SD build to be loaded?
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I have a problem after installing it via cwm and rebooting, the ensender shows me a screen where I order a factory reset but when I was I do not ensiende the phone
CM 12 Android is upgrading every boot
Ever since I flashed Cyanogenmod 12 every time I reboot it says "android is upgrading optimizing app 1 of 1" and it takes about 8 minutes. There are no odex files in data/app so that cant be the problem. Someone please help. The first time I flashed CM 12 I wiped data and factory reseted but since i seen this happen I flashed Cm 12 again but this time I formatted System, Data, Boot, and SDcard 0 but it still seems to happen. Also, recently my phone has been shutting off by itself every time I turn off the screen. And I know this isn't a hardware problem because the phone never turns off while music is playing with the screen off. It didn't start happening with CM 12. It was already happening with CM11 but it only started happening about a week ago. Im really thankful for cars1189 working on the rom and anyone else who worked on it. You guys are great. Hopefully you can help me out.
Hello, i have the c6903 and a modded but official 5.01 ROM along with Twin Recovery and Exposed.
The phone works ok until it starts to seriously lag, with icons taking ages to appear on screen (like the HOME screen or APPs screen). Also at points, it fails to recognize any WIFI signals. It is as if there are no signals at all.
The biggest issue is the reboot. In order to restart OS i have to enter recovery and wipe Cache which leads to an approximatelly ~13minutes boot up time.
Now i browsed the ROM section and i've nerver seen so many ROMs available before. It makes it hard to choose which on to install.
I need a rom with Dual Recovery and root. Which is the best offer at the moment with SONY camera software working? I dont care for experimental ROMs but i need something stable, fast and well, fast.
Thanx for reading this.
Hi, installing Xposed Framework will it lead me to bootloops? Was that the cause of my bootloops with the .254(i think) version?
Hi,
First, there is no such thing as "Best ROM", the best to do is search the Development Thread, read some threads, some comments and go for the ROM that interests you. I am running Stock Rooted + Xposed and it has been quite nice to me.
About your question, Xposed is still in alpha version, so maybe it indeed caused bootloops, but latest version has been running fine on my device. I'm running .270 firmware by the way.
All the best,
~Lord
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Hello, i have the c6903 and a modded but official 5.01 ROM along with Twin Recovery and Exposed.
The phone works ok until it starts to seriously lag, with icons taking ages to appear on screen (like the HOME screen or APPs screen). Also at points, it fails to recognize any WIFI signals. It is as if there are no signals at all.
The biggest issue is the reboot. In order to restart OS i have to enter recovery and wipe Cache which leads to an approximatelly ~13minutes boot up time.
Now i browsed the ROM section and i've nerver seen so many ROMs available before. It makes it hard to choose which on to install.
I need a rom with Dual Recovery and root. Which is the best offer at the moment with SONY camera software working? I dont care for experimental ROMs but i need something stable, fast and well, fast.
Thanx for reading this.
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I had the same issues as you and I finally found a ROM that is really smooth! However it does not have Sony camera software as it is based on cm12, the ROM is crdroid
Thamx for the reply guys
Got my new Note 5 last week and rooted it, the guide I followed worked but someone in the comments said their phone was restarting occasionally especially during phone calls (saw this late)
So, everything went fine and now some time the phone will just restart on its own for no reason, it was literally sitting on my desk and decided to restart, it has happened a lot of times and also when I plug my headphones in to listen to music and i put it in my pocket it just gets stuck and i hear a constant sound and then it just cuts off and phone lags for a good minute and everything goes back to normal except the music sound, even after its turned up and music is playing i dont hear anything, i have to restart my phone for it to work again.
This is on a Canadian Bell Note 5 (N920W8)
So my question: Is there anyway to prevent this music/restarting problem while still maintaining root status?
Thanks.
Not sure what kernel you are using, but random reboots is a known issue with several of the rooted kernels out currently. The developers of those kernels are working to find the solution.
Meanwhile, arter97 has a kernel that seems to not have that issue. Not sure if it works for your device specifically, but if you check the development thread you can read up on it and see.
I have also had good luck with the jovy23 kernel in the t-mobile note 5 forum, but again I'm not sure of compatibility with your device.
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Not sure what kernel you are using, but random reboots is a known issue with several of the rooted kernels out currently. The developers of those kernels are working to find the solution.
Meanwhile, arter97 has a kernel that seems to not have that issue. Not sure if it works for your device specifically, but if you check the development thread you can read up on it and see.
I have also had good luck with the jovy23 kernel in the t-mobile note 5 forum, but again I'm not sure of compatibility with your device.
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Yeah looks like arter97's kernel is compatible with my model, can I overwrite it over my current one using the instructions on his thread? I use the Noble Kernel atm.
What im stuck on is custom recovery. I dont see online anywhere where I can get ClockworkMod or PhilZ recovery for Note 5. Do you know where I can get one of them?
@hawksking
Random reboots is a known issue with the noble kernel. The developer is working hard on solving the issue.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=62608884
There are links to Twrp and Philz recovery in the thread linked above. Twrp also works fine to flash that kernel, I have used it to do so.
Yes you can flash the kernel over your existing one. You don't need to wipe anything to flash a kernel.
The Philz recovery is usually in the same folder as the arter97 kernel at arter97 download location. I have used many of artery kernels on my note 5, currently using his beta 5.0 kernel, it is running very smooth.
I believe others have had success using the app called flashify for flashing kernels, but I have not used it before. It is available in Google play store.
There is an app in beta testing called flashfire that I use for flashing kernels, but you have to sign up to get the beta test app.