[ROM/AOSP][July 30][4.2.2][TWRP 2.6]ParanoidAndroid 3.69 - Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A

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Paranoid Android 3.69
Latest version: July 30
Description
Paranoid Android 3.69 for Sony Xperia Ray.
This is the first and only Android rom to feature true Hybrid mode.
This rom lets you scale and project every app, every widget, even systemcomponents individually.
Remember, android is modular, everything is an app: Lockscreen, navigationbar, dialogs, popups, keyboards, widgets, and your regular apps of course.
Apps have the capability to switch into various designs or layouts according to the device they run on.
This can result in a complete new experience as many apps will transform to the better.
Now for every element that you like chose a mode (PhoneUI, Phablet/Nexus-7UI, TabletUI) and/or a size.
You are 100% independent of the system DPI which runs nicely in whatever value it has been assigned to.
You do not need to boot your phone into a certain DPI. Neither will most of the changes you apply require a reboot.
You will not suffer from the myriads of troubles which normally haunt you under build.prop tablet mode.
Your market, phone, etc. will all work, apps won't shrink on you unless you shrink them yourself.
This project will entirely transform your device, but retain the aesthetics and the feel of your phone.
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Features
- Android AOSP 4.2.2
- Halo
- PIE
- Customisability
- Some CM additions (eg. performance menu, filemanager)
- Custom kernel based on nAa 3.4.x and Mikeionna sources (LegacyXperia)
Install
- Flash zip and boot.img from zip
- Flash gapps (for CM-10.1, you can use OTA app)
- Reboot
Download
http://www.mediafire.com/?k9kfnlwwqccjk
Changelog
July 30
- Update to latest and fixes
July 25
- Update to latest and fixes
July 23
- Latest updates from legacyxperia, cm and PA (should also fix low memory killer issuess)
- New bootlogo
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July 19
- Synced latest sources (PA, CM additions and legacyxperia)
- Added exchange and email again
- Some stuff i dont remember I did last week.
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July 15
- Added USB mass storage option (go to Storage -> Menu and choose)
- Latest PA and CM additions (noticable is the new Halo helper window)
- New default wallpaper
- Goodbye not working panorama (removed button in camera)
- Fixes and some changes in build.prop
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July 11
- Switched to TWRP 2.6.0.0
- Wifi hotspot fixed
- Superuser fixed
- New wifi drivers
- Front cam fixed
- Bug fixes
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July 5
-Recovery update 6.0.3.3
-Kill all recent apps button added (leaves last one running as this is the app last opened)
-ParanoidWallpapers
-Removed live wallpapers (nobody uses them anyway, if you want them push them from one of the older zips)
-New PA default wallpaper
-Kernel build with linaro 4.7.4 (prev google toolchain)
-Rom build with google gcc 4.7 (prev 4.6)
-New default user image more appropriate for paranoid android
-Adjusted settings background a little
-Small improvements and bug fixes
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July 2
- Wifi Fixed
- Performance options fixed
- Tweaked CM and PA
- Enable deadline in kernel
- Small fixes
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July 1
-Audio & Gps FIXED
-Some more CM stuff (not too much, filemanager,dsp,torch)
-Own compilation of kernel
-Rebuild from scratch and some bug fixes
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General Changelog
PA
https://plus.google.com/107979589566958860409/posts
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CM
http://review.cyanogenmod.org/#/q/status:merged+branch:cm-10.1,n,z
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LegacyXperia
https://github.com/LegacyXperia/local_manifests/wiki/Changelog
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Known issues
- Camera: Panorama removed, 8MP is stretched and HDR is very sensitive (need to hold it perfectly still)
- Offline charging doesn't work. Charge with system on.
- FM
Press thanks if you like this or donate if you love it :victory:
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is it stable for daily use? just like taking a picture, instagraming , or line with friends?

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thanks i gitta try it

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WOW!! I always wanted the latest PA ROM for our Ray. Thank you thomas1991_12.

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gellery, camera FC ... no music app :/

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this is what i've been waiting for! i believe that one day you will come and bring some surprise, this is it! this is the day! thanks

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if i use FlyKernel 3 this rom works or not? i prefer Flykernel than nAa's kernel

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Flykernel 3 may work not 100% sure. But NaA kernel has been updated more. I would suggest that.
Camera works here, so does gallery. (only stretched in 8mp mode, 6mp is normal). Try clearing data in settings->app).
There is no music app yet, im trying to keep it as light as possible, but ill consider adding a default one.

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thomas1991_12 said:
Flykernel 3 may work not 100% sure. But NaA kernel has been updated more. I would suggest that.
Camera works here, so does gallery. (only stretched in 8mp mode, 6mp is normal). Try clearing data in settings->app).
There is no music app yet, im trying to keep it as light as possible, but ill consider adding a default one.
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yes gallery and camera working now somehow
wifi seems fine too ... maybe i will install apollo music player, and some file manager too.
one more problem: its not showing content of sd card when i connect mobile to pc.

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This has probably been the lightest ROM I have installed yet. Very impressed with the performance without having to OC although I have done so out of habit. I am using Mike's kernel from his 10.1 ROM and I tried both releases of this ROM from the past two days last night.
Wi-Fi has not worked on either ROM version while using Mike's kernel and I even tried the emulator but it said that the wifi file could not be loaded. In your new update from last night there is NO emulator installed! :silly: I am not familiar with using ADB so cannot comment.
The camera has been the best 4.2 camera of any ROM. Preview is normal, menus all work and HDR doesn't cause a FC.....kinda haha. On your original release HDR would take its necessary three shots and then after some processing save a singular compiled image. The newest release 20130701 saves all three images and after processing saves a fourth that is grey and cannot be viewed. This also caused a force close once but after that it hasn't.
Video recording is a bit different since it doesn't provide quality settings based on resolution but on quality (480p, 720p vs low, medium, high). With the setting on High quality I took a short video and didn't have any problems when it saved it and then replaying the clip.
I prefer that you set the Nexus wallpaper as default as opposed to a CM wallpaper like on the latest release. Due to not having Wi-Fi access I was unable to download any apps since I currently have no 3G Data allowance on the test SIM. My primary SIM is in my other phone and is a micro-SIM so won't fit in the Ray. I could not test audio playback as unable to download a player at this time.
I'd like to recommend that the stock browser be included in the ROM as it is a light browser works very well and can be removed if someone would rather use Chrome or Opera.
I apologise for the long and wordy post. Sometimes hard to be concise while providing as much detail as possible. I will update my feedback as I test more features.
Thank you for what looks like a VERY promising and exciting ROM :good:

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shorinryu said:
This has probably been the lightest ROM I have installed yet. Very impressed with the performance without having to OC although I have done so out of habit. I am using Mike's kernel from his 10.1 ROM and I tried both releases of this ROM from the past two days last night.
Wi-Fi has not worked on either ROM version while using Mike's kernel and I even tried the emulator but it said that the wifi file could not be loaded. In your new update from last night there is NO emulator installed! :silly: I am not familiar with using ADB so cannot comment.
The camera has been the best 4.2 camera of any ROM. Preview is normal, menus all work and HDR doesn't cause a FC.....kinda haha. On your original release HDR would take its necessary three shots and then after some processing save a singular compiled image. The newest release 20130701 saves all three images and after processing saves a fourth that is grey and cannot be viewed. This also caused a force close once but after that it hasn't.
Video recording is a bit different since it doesn't provide quality settings based on resolution but on quality (480p, 720p vs low, medium, high). With the setting on High quality I took a short video and didn't have any problems when it saved it and then replaying the clip.
I prefer that you set the Nexus wallpaper as default as opposed to a CM wallpaper like on the latest release. Due to not having Wi-Fi access I was unable to download any apps since I currently have no 3G Data allowance on the test SIM. My primary SIM is in my other phone and is a micro-SIM so won't fit in the Ray. I could not test audio playback as unable to download a player at this time.
I'd like to recommend that the stock browser be included in the ROM as it is a light browser works very well and can be removed if someone would rather use Chrome or Opera.
I apologise for the long and wordy post. Sometimes hard to be concise while providing as much detail as possible. I will update my feedback as I test more features.
Thank you for what looks like a VERY promising and exciting ROM :good:
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Thank you for testing. Emulator will be included in next release, i forgot the CM packages with the july 1 release
Wifi does work but only when you load wifiload manually, im trying to fix that as we speak. (highest priority)
You are right about HDR, hadnt noticed that bug. Ill try to figure that one out too, but first wifi. Wallpaper is personal so I wont change the default one probably. How do you mean the stock browser? It is already included..
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HDR is not a bug. It will fail if you don't hold the device very stable. If you keep it stable or in a tripod it will succeed and delete the 3 intermediate images and leave you with the hdr image.

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WiFi worked for me with the included kernel. I had no sound when I played video.
I might have installed some modules ... Don't remember as I had to restore a back up and did not stay on the ROM for very long. Liked what I saw though
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thomas1991_12 said:
Thank you for testing. Emulator will be included in next release, i forgot the CM packages with the july 1 release
Wifi does work but only when you load wifiload manually, im trying to fix that as we speak. (highest priority)
You are right about HDR, hadnt noticed that bug. Ill try to figure that one out too, but first wifi. Wallpaper is personal so I wont change the default one probably. How do you mean the stock browser? It is already included..
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HDR is not a bug. It will fail if you don't hold the device very stable. If you keep it stable or in a tripod it will succeed and delete the 3 intermediate images and leave you with the hdr image.
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Sorry about the browser thing. I must be going blind since I seemed to have missed that icon!! It is there and was merely an oversight by me.
I tried testing HDR again as you said but still no luck. Even holding it against a table it would take the images and then camera force closed each time as it was processing the HDR image. I will test some more today and flash previous version. Maybe I can generate a logcat or something to document the issue.
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Using latest release and have found the following:
Wifi works perfectly now and I haven't noticed any signal drops or other related issues.
Camera HDR has the same issue but I tried something as a possible workaround. I bumped up the CPU to 1.4GHz OC and tested it out. On the very first release it managed to more consistently save the image without any FC's. This by simply holding the phone carefully and not stabilising it further with a table or some similar assistance. However on the newest release doing didn't quite work and I was not able to hold the phone still enough for it to save the final image.
Initially Google Now kept crashing but that was because it required updating although initially google voice search was not present under "My Apps" on the Play Store.
I downloaded Rocket Player and music sounds great. It used its own sound enhancer though so not sure if DSP is fully functional.
Bluetooth file sharing works but I do not own a headset to test connectivity.
Halo works great with some niggling nuances. Whatsapp is possibly not completely compatible because aside from responding to messages I cannot attach files like images through Halo. Need to open main app. Taking a screenshot gets recorded as an activity within Halo and as a result takes a little longer than expected to complete. Also it seems that the gallery does not update since after taking the screenshot I can not see the images. However if I take another and access the gallery through Halo I can see my recent screenshots all present.
Update 2:
Offline charging doesn't work as normal. When phone is turned off and I connect to charger the phone boots up fully into OS. Does not remain at kernel state with charging animation.

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shorinryu said:
Sorry about the browser thing. I must be going blind since I seemed to have missed that icon!! It is there and was merely an oversight by me.
I tried testing HDR again as you said but still no luck. Even holding it against a table it would take the images and then camera force closed each time as it was processing the HDR image. I will test some more today and flash previous version. Maybe I can generate a logcat or something to document the issue.
UPDATE:
Using latest release and have found the following:
Wifi works perfectly now and I haven't noticed any signal drops or other related issues.
Camera HDR has the same issue but I tried something as a possible workaround. I bumped up the CPU to 1.4GHz OC and tested it out. On the very first release it managed to more consistently save the image without any FC's. This by simply holding the phone carefully and not stabilising it further with a table or some similar assistance. However on the newest release doing didn't quite work and I was not able to hold the phone still enough for it to save the final image.
Initially Google Now kept crashing but that was because it required updating although initially google voice search was not present under "My Apps" on the Play Store.
I downloaded Rocket Player and music sounds great. It used its own sound enhancer though so not sure if DSP is fully functional.
Bluetooth file sharing works but I do not own a headset to test connectivity.
Halo works great with some niggling nuances. Whatsapp is possibly not completely compatible because aside from responding to messages I cannot attach files like images through Halo. Need to open main app. Taking a screenshot gets recorded as an activity within Halo and as a result takes a little longer than expected to complete. Also it seems that the gallery does not update since after taking the screenshot I can not see the images. However if I take another and access the gallery through Halo I can see my recent screenshots all present.
Update 2:
Offline charging doesn't work as normal. When phone is turned off and I connect to charger the phone boots up fully into OS. Does not remain at kernel state with charging animation.
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Thanks for extended test.
- HDR shows no errors (doesnt FC for me btw) and most of the times it succeeds when I tried if I hold it very still. I maybe will eventually look into it to see if I can improve that.
- Google Now does work, at least here. Maybe it was just the update thing. So no bug either if I understand correctly.
- Halo isn't something im going to mess with, it is exactly the same as in source PA. Im sure it has it limitations, but in general I find it very useful :cyclops:
- Offline charging does not work indeed. Hadn't noticed it, not a major issue I think but I will put it on bug list.
Thanks!
BTW: Im currently switching over kernel building to linaro 4.8 and im trying to fix the 8mp stretched camera.

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thomas1991_12 said:
Thanks for extended test.
- HDR shows no errors (doesnt FC for me btw) and most of the times it succeeds when I tried if I hold it very still. I maybe will eventually look into it to see if I can improve that.
- Google Now does work, at least here. Maybe it was just the update thing. So no bug either if I understand correctly.
- Halo isn't something im going to mess with, it is exactly the same as in source PA. Im sure it has it limitations, but in general I find it very useful :cyclops:
- Offline charging does not work indeed. Hadn't noticed it, not a major issue I think but I will put it on bug list.
Thanks!
BTW: Im currently switching over kernel building to linaro 4.8 and im trying to fix the 8mp stretched camera.
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Glad I could help. I don't need to worry about my phone working all the time since I got a new one so wanted to help development as much as I could.
HDR could be because I may have dropped the phone one too many times perhaps the phone is overly sensitive or something.
I love the usefulness of Halo definitely. Guess will just be patient and wait for future improvements by the PA team.
I haven't found a major bug as you said. You've done a great job and this can only get better. Keep it up! I look forward to testing further and good luck with updating the kernel
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Sorry for a noob question but I don't have any idea how to set up HOLO ? it can't handle any of my notifications.
Also seems like the wifi tethering doesn't work for me.
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djocqer said:
Sorry for a noob question but I don't have any idea how to set up HOLO ? it can't handle any of my notifications.
Also seems like the wifi tethering doesn't work for me.
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For Halo check that you enabled it first. In the notification bar when you swipe it down there is a small icon next to the tiles button. A circle with a chat box on it. That turns Halo on. Halo settings can be found under the Settings within Toolbars I believe.
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shorinryu said:
For Halo check that you enabled it first. In the notification bar when you swipe it down there is a small icon next to the tiles button. A circle with a chat box on it. That turns Halo on. Halo settings can be found under the Settings within Toolbars I believe.
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yups, the first thing i do after flashing this ROM is activated HALO in the notification bar, but till now it do nothing . You have any idea ?? i really curious about this feature

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djocqer said:
yups, the first thing i do after flashing this ROM is activated HALO in the notification bar, but till now it do nothing . You have any idea ?? i really curious about this feature
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Notificiations should go to halo, like for example an incoming whatsapp message wil appear in the halo circle which can be touched and it will open whatsapp in a small overlay window.

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thomas1991_12 said:
Notificiations should go to halo, like for example an incoming whatsapp message wil appear in the halo circle which can be touched and it will open whatsapp in a small overlay window.
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Yes just as thomas1991_12 pointed out you need to receive a message or notification to occur for Halo to show up. Try taking a screenshot, I found that the notification that occurs from doing that triggers Halo.
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