So. I restarted it but I get the Sony splash screen (with green-red-green led sequence), then the /e/ loading screen. But then the screen stays black with an orange led. And I can tell the screen is on since backlighting turns on and off when pushing the power button. And if I hold the power button, I get the option to turn off or restart the device. Maybe I should try another OS, like Lineage, to see if it’s a software issue.
Edit: I went back into recovery, wiped cached data, rebooted and it worked fine.
WARNING: I have this ROM installed, rooted with Magisk 26.1
Magisk offers an upgrade to 26.3 - as soon as I install this (tried several times) it ends bootlooping ending in recovery. Dunno what to do but since the ROM development ends here anyway (with /e/) I just switched off Magisk-updating for now.
Hey @petefoth1 I just flashed another Z3TC with your unofficial /e/ build, thanks for that once again!
On the weird side: I had to flash your unofficial LOS 4microg first…
And I remembered that I had to do this once already on another unit.
Have 4 or 5 of these great devices running in my family now
And also interesting: on this one the app icons stayed to be the ones from /e/ and not the ones from Trebuchet which I use on the tablet. Once again thank you for that to Pete…
USB microUSB 2.0 (MHL 3 TV-out), OTG, magnetic connector
Are any of you using MHL at all? Does it work?
In my lager family are quite a few SONY TVs and so far I keep older Samsung S2 on stock with KODI as an app install, hooked do these TVs, which works just great. And I still have one Z3TC on stock for the same reason.
If MHL would work on /e I’d switch the Z3TC now, but so far I never got any LOS working with MHL, in +6 years.
It’s a way of sharing/projecting your Android screen to a MHL-TV using a USB to HDMI cable. This has the benefit of no latency, like other WIFI based solutions.
And on top – maybe also not so well known – adds HDMI-CEC, which is when you use your TV remote to navigate e.g. a KODI box, the volume of an attached HIFI receiver or in this case, yes your Android OS(not in every aspect though).
(We managed to have someone, well +70yrs and without any internet, watch family photos just by putting the S2 into a docking station, during lock down times)
Using MHL on the TV and the TV remote, was the key to getting all family images and videos off the phone and receive a very important account info email.
Needless to say that screen did not respont to any thing.
(A bit of topic, I’m aware)
I was using MHL with the Z3TC in the past with an LG mini LED beamer, have to check the actual status though. Could take a little time, sorry…
Hopefully on the weekend!
Dear Pete,
I am running your z3tcw-rom version e-1.1920240118 on my SGP611 and am extremely happy with it. Just one thing I noticed. Whenever I connect the tablet via USB to my Laptop, it just recharges. Ususally there would be a menu with several options: charging, data transfer, picture transfer. That does not appear anymore. I would like to transfer files. Please help
Addendum: I found the USB connection settings via search. But I can’t choose any other option than charging.
Normal behaviour is that, when USB is connected, you can swipe down from the top of the screen to see a notification that says "Charging. Click for more actions’ File transfer is available from there.
Alternative is to enable developer options and set default USB action to file transfer.
Please try those options and let me know how you get on
