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I'm very new to Android (been using iPhone since its release) but i got a Sony Xperia E4g as a gift from my carrier and I would like to update it to Lollipop or root it and get something like MIUI on it. This that possible?
I would like to get rid of all the Xperia software and just get a clean Android install like Nexus phones have.
Drudoo said:
(was directed to this forum from the XDA Assist)
I'm very new to Android (been using iPhone since its release) but i got a Sony Xperia E4g as a gift from my carrier and I would like to update it to Lollipop or root it and get something like MIUI on it. This that possible?
I would like to get rid of all the Xperia software and just get a clean Android install like Nexus phones have.
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Mediatek chipset --> no custom ROMs for you, deal with it
Vynikal said:
Mediatek chipset --> no custom ROMs for you, deal with it
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sony released source code for xperia e4 and e4g so thare are custom rom,s and kernel,s
vinay said:
sony released source code for xperia e4 and e4g so thare are custom rom,s and kernel,s
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Could you provide any links and/or guides?
Drudoo said:
Could you provide any links and/or guides?
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source codes
http://developer.sonymobile.com/dow...source-archive-for-24-0-a-3-8-and-24-0-b-3-8/
http://developer.sonymobile.com/dow...a-1-3624-0-a-1-37-and-24-0-b-1-3624-0-b-1-37/
vinay said:
source codes
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Alright, think of me as completely android noob. What are these two links about ? How do they help me with getting lollipop on my phone? I am not expecting a one click install, but please point me to a guide.
Drudoo said:
Alright, think of me as completely android noob. What are these two links about ? How do they help me with getting lollipop on my phone? I am not expecting a one click install, but please point me to a guide.
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you can think of source code as a raw materiel of android kernel.
which you/someone has to compile to get a kernel which you can flash on your device.
and you can modify raw meterial to do anything you want to do with your kernel.
for example disabling system write protection (sony_ric) adding custom recovery(cwm) overclocking ,undervolting etc.
and if you get enough experience you can port lollypop or cynogenmod12 to your device.
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developers uses source codes to develop rom,s/kernel,s
vinay said:
you can think of source code as a raw materiel of android kernel.
which you/someone has to compile to get a kernel which you can flash on your device.
and you can modify raw meterial to do anything you want to do with your kernel.
for example disabling system write protection (sony_ric) adding custom recovery(cwm) overclocking ,undervolting etc.
and if you get enough experience you can port lollypop or cynogenmod12 to your device.
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developers uses source codes to develop rom,s/kernel,s
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So what you are telling me is that there are no custom roms or lollipop available for my phone as we speak?
Drudoo said:
So what you are telling me is that there are no custom roms or lollipop available for my phone as we speak?
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they are not available now but soon they will be available because source code is up.
and sony will release lollypop for e4 and e4g as they said.
vinay said:
they are not available now but soon they will be available because source code is up.
and sony will release lollypop for e4 and e4g as they said.
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Thanks. I'll just have to wait then.
Drudoo said:
Thanks. I'll just have to wait then.
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sure just wait,
sony is developing faster than any developer on xda so you can expect lollypop before custom rom,s.
Woah! That's surprising! I thought only Android One devices got MTK sources.
Btw mtk still sucks, lol :laugh:
Vynikal said:
Woah! That's surprising! I thought only Android One devices got MTK sources.
Btw mtk still sucks, lol :laugh:
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I think mtk no longer sucks.
Mtk devices won't have source code cause most of companies that are using mtk are not releasing source code.
Like micromax never released sources.
i got an E4g it's really fast with good battery life,maybe the faster device in that price.
Soon costum roms will come out and prerooted stock firmware :fingers-crossed:
Did sony realeased source for e4g or only for e4?
Zedgor said:
Did sony realeased source for e4g or only for e4?
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for both
work root in e4g?
Wysyłane z mojego WT19i za pomocą Tapatalk 2
vinay said:
sure just wait,
sony is developing faster than any developer on xda so you can expect lollypop before custom rom,s.
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Hi, where did you get the info on lollipop coming? I would like to follow this for updates, but can't find anything about it on google.
obsidianwings said:
Hi, where did you get the info on lollipop coming? I would like to follow this for updates, but can't find anything about it on google.
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Sony said they are releasing e4 with kitkat and they will be updating it to lollipop.
That all i know. Maby said for both e4 and e4g.
cwm, twrp
Hi all there!
Well I got me an e4g as well and I'd spend some time working on cm. Actually I've been looking on the partition table a bit to get cwm or twrp running as a first step but I got stuck there as I could not figure out where the recovery partition resides. Therefore I'd like to know if someone already started working on that and if someone has / or knows where to get a stock rom. And as a last question has someone tried the chinaphone / MTK backup from SpaceX with e4g?
(Sorry cannot post link here )
Cheers
Chris
Sony Mobile is committed to supporting the open developer community, and one way to show this is by publishing parts of our code as well as selected tools developed by our internal developers.
For some of the Xperia™ devices, we provide Android™ Open Source Project (AOSP) device configurations on GitHub. This means that the software will be open for you as a developer to use and contribute to. This is a way for us to support the open Android community, and it is also a tool for us to facilitate and verify contributions to AOSP.
If you want to build AOSP for your unlocked Xperia device, you find all the resources you need in the sections below.
http://developer.sonymobile.com/knowledge-base/open-source/open-devices/
Unified 3.10 kernel sources
https://github.com/sonyxperiadev/kernel
Project git
https://github.com/sonyxperiadev/
Hi,
Thanks for sources tree... but unified kernel won't load camera after full build
all videos are in green sub color.
How use kernel 14.5.A.0.xxx? when I launch my build, my system build don't find the config file...
m!k3 said:
Hi,
Thanks for sources tree... but unified kernel won't load camera after full build
all videos are in green sub color.
How use kernel 14.5.A.0.xxx? when I launch my build, my system build don't find the config file...
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The camera is not added yet to the project.
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J
jerpelea said:
The camera is not added yet to the project.
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J
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Hi
When the project are completed?
m!k3 said:
Hi
When the project are completed?
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As Linux or Android itself this project is a continuous work in progress with no completion time since it will add new features and follow Android version development
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J
Now you have the opportunity to win Sony devices every 2 months
http://developer.sonymobile.com/knowledge-base/open-source/open-devices/hero-open-source-developers/
Happy cooking
http://developer.sonymobile.com/201...-camera-available-for-experienced-developers/
enjoy
J
I don't know how to cook roms myself. I'm waiting for some dev that know cooking stuff to make the ROM based on Marshmallow.
It's a little weard tbh as there are new 5.1 roms all over the place, but no new topic's with 6.0.
The only ROM that I can find is the AOSP from FXP Group, but it's old (19th October) with bugs etc.
I don't know why they suspend the work on it.
We have official source from Sony to build 6.0 AOSP rom, + now the aosp camera possibilty and could even maybe import the theme engine, launcher from Sony Marshmallow Concept from Z3.
I know that it can be a lot, and its only my toughts as I don't know how exacly build this stuff up, and I just keep my finger cross that someone will grab hands on it and build some nice looking rom for our Z1 Compact.
freeman94 said:
I don't know how to cook roms myself. I'm waiting for some dev that know cooking stuff to make the ROM based on Marshmallow.
It's a little weard tbh as there are new 5.1 roms all over the place, but no new topic's with 6.0.
The only ROM that I can find is the AOSP from FXP Group, but it's old (19th October) with bugs etc.
I don't know why they suspend the work on it.
We have official source from Sony to build 6.0 AOSP rom, + now the aosp camera possibilty and could even maybe import the theme engine, launcher from Sony Marshmallow Concept from Z3.
I know that it can be a lot, and its only my toughts as I don't know how exacly build this stuff up, and I just keep my finger cross that someone will grab hands on it and build some nice looking rom for our Z1 Compact.
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I know that @erikcas is working on it, (mentioned in his Omni thread), and there is or was a build out there for Z1c - http://fxpblog.co/aosp/aosp-6-0/ - which I flashed and got bootloop. Besides that, someone else started a thread which was closed. I don't know the details, but it seems like they weren''t being totally kosher, (it's still viewable somewhere in the forum). I'm sure we'll be seeing something more from FXP before too long...
Hi all
We have published a new snapshot, zip v14, with camera update (improved quality and stability)
http://developer.sonymobile.com/knowledge-base/open-source/open-devices/
Enjoy
J
Hi @jerpelea, I am unable to try openbootloader since I am waiting account confirmation from emma registration, never got confirmation... so do you want please to give me openbootloader binary for Amami? I want to try please!
munjeni said:
Hi @jerpelea, I am unable to try openbootloader since I am waiting account confirmation from emma registration, never got confirmation... so do you want please to give me openbootloader binary for Amami? I want to try please!
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Hello, you don't have to get account to use Emma, follow instructions from Sony here http://developer.sonymobile.com/services/flash-tool/how-to-download-and-install-the-flash-tool/ you probably skipped this part - Copy the Customization.ini file. You find it in the Flash_tool_for_Xperia_X.zip.
I can see there is no openbootloader for amami
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figured it out, its just need to flash ta update aka new s1 boot config.
munjeni said:
I can see there is no openbootloader for amami
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figured it out, its just need to flash ta update aka new s1 boot config.
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Could you please elaborate?
Sent using XDA One
drakonizer said:
Could you please elaborate?
Sent using XDA One
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Nothing special... just download flash tool from Sony site and folow instructions... download complete, flastool installed, simple start emma and connect your device in bootloader mode, til after you connect device in bootloader mode emma window will display few things on the right menu, install TA update and you are done with enabled recovery option (called openbootloader).
munjeni said:
...install TA update and you are done with enabled recovery option.
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btw - twrp for recovery partition
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=61519700&postcount=12
Hi all
I have some more exciting news
http://developer.sonymobile.com/kno...s/how-to-access-uart-ports-on-xperia-devices/
PS.if devices are not listed here they dont have the connector !
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J
munjeni said:
Hi @jerpelea, I am unable to try openbootloader since I am waiting account confirmation from emma registration, never got confirmation... so do you want please to give me openbootloader binary for Amami? I want to try please!
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sorry for my late answer
is enough to copy the ini file and you will need no account
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J
jerpelea said:
Hi all
I have some more exciting news
http://developer.sonymobile.com/kno...s/how-to-access-uart-ports-on-xperia-devices/
PS.if devices are not listed here they dont have the connector !
Br
J
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Wau wau wau, I tried almost everything to get uart debug but without any luck, But now this is finally possible! Thanks for this! One more queation... is there any pinout scheme for direct emmc connection? I have found some but some is missing!
munjeni said:
Wau wau wau, I tried almost everything to get uart debug but without any luck, But now this is finally possible! Thanks for this! One more queation... is there any pinout scheme for direct emmc connection? I have found some but some is missing!
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unfortunatly no
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Hello guys, I am curious will Sony anounce official Android N support for our beloved Z3?
By that time can I use Developer Preview 4.ftf as daily driver? I can handle some glitchs.
Thank you!
kenzyyy said:
Hello guys, I am curious will Sony anounce official Android N support for our beloved Z3?
By that time can I use Developer Preview 4.ftf as daily driver? I can handle some glitchs.
Thank you!
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Sorry to disappoint you but the Z3 isn't going to be graced with official Android N support. DP4 is as far as we're going to get.
DP4 can be used as a daily driver but there is an issue with the wifi. If you're not connected to wifi you need to disable it or risk a possible random reboot.
some_shyguy said:
Sorry to disappoint you but the Z3 isn't going to be graced with official Android N support. DP4 is as far as we're going to get.
DP4 can be used as a daily driver but there is an issue with the wifi. If you're not connected to wifi you need to disable it or risk a possible random reboot.
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Yeah that's what I thought.. Thanks a lot bud!
It's not fixed? Can we get monthly security updates?
Well 7.1 aosp will Come as binaries are already avaible. Wenn just habe still luck. Thing is that official Support Not avaible couse device leaks off the encription that Google forced to 7.0 thats why we dont got it .
Does this mean the only way to get N on Z3 is through AOSP? Can't someone port Android N from another Xperia device?
shamsul007 said:
Does this mean the only way to get N on Z3 is through AOSP? Can't someone port Android N from another Xperia device?
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Port Android N from another device? Qualcomm depracated msm8974 platform long ago so no other msm8974 device will be getting Nougat officially. All the other Xperia devices that will receive Nougat are 64 bit, using 3.10 kernel officially, and are on different platforms which means it won't work. Furthermore, there's also an additional barrier of proprietary libraries.
AOSP is the way to go
tomascus said:
Port Android N from another device? Qualcomm depracated msm8974 platform long ago so no other msm8974 device will be getting Nougat officially. All the other Xperia devices that will receive Nougat are 64 bit, using 3.10 kernel officially, and are on different platforms which means it won't work. Furthermore, there's also an additional barrier of proprietary libraries.
AOSP is the way to go
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Ah that's a shame. That being said I don't know why Sony teased us a developer preview of Android N if we were never going to get it officially. It's like showing some dessert and then saying you can't have it. My Xperia S has alot of support in terms of AOSP, hell there's been a stable build of Nougat for a while. I haven't updated it because I only use it to listen Audiobooks. Seeing as we no longer have official support, I hope this means more AOSP focus.
shamsul007 said:
Ah that's a shame. That being said I don't know why Sony teased us a developer preview of Android N if we were never going to get it officially. It's like showing some dessert and then saying you can't have it. My Xperia S has alot of support in terms of AOSP, hell there's been a stable build of Nougat for a while. I haven't updated it because I only use it to listen Audiobooks. Seeing as we no longer have official support, I hope this means more AOSP focus.
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Qualcomm deprecated the msm8974 platform and Google had those encryption or OpenGL requirements, not sure why everyone blames Sony when no other msm8974 is getting official Nougat..
Im very curious about when will we get roms for Honor 8?, i think development for this device has been very slow lately. . I bought his phone because it had a great future ahead but no??
Arham Awan said:
Im very curious about when will we get roms for Honor 8?, i think development for this device has been very slow lately. . I bought his phone because it had a great future ahead but no??
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Honor gave developers broken source code.. The only hope is whey will give tham working nougat source but it seems like is very small chance.
sTefIx420 said:
Honor gave developers broken source code.. The only hope is whey will give tham working nougat source but it seems like is very small chance.
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Oh!
Hi guys xiaomi released kernel for Oreo it's time to start working
https://github.com/MiCode/Xiaomi_Kernel_OpenSource/tree/tissot-o-oss
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Thread closed as a thread is already available
https://forum.xda-developers.com/mi-a1/how-to/kernel-source-available-mi-a1-t3742539
We definitly needed another thread about oreo kernel source...
Please start using the search function, it's there for a reason.
TheZeroDev said:
Hi guys xiaomi released kernel for Oreo it's time to start working
https://github.com/MiCode/Xiaomi_Kernel_OpenSource/tree/tissot-o-oss
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Then start working please!
Why a new thread for this? The news is already all over the forum.
varben said:
Why a new thread for this? The news is already all over the forum.
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Thats MI A1 forum.. :silly: No one can beat us for making 11 different threads for a single news... ..
Rajeev said:
Thats MI A1 forum.. :silly: No one can beat us for making 11 different threads for a single news... ..
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How did i not think about that!