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[Q] Lollipop or custom rom for Sony E4g?

(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.

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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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] Xperia Open Devices Project

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.
Br
J

jerpelea said:
The camera is not added yet to the project.
Br
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
br
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
Edit:
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 !
Br
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
br
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
br
J

Is Android 7 for D2203 available?

Hello!
I wonder if there is a Android 7 (or even 8) ROM available for my Sony Xperia E3 D2203. It seems that the last "supported" ROM is Android 6
If there is any Android 7 ROM just let me know
Thanks

skaterpunk001 said:
Hello!
I wonder if there is a Android 7 (or even 8) ROM available for my Sony Xperia E3 D2203. It seems that the last "supported" ROM is Android 6
If there is any Android 7 ROM just let me know
Thanks
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No

At Sony website there are already 7.0 binaries available, does it help?

skaterpunk001 said:
Hello!
I wonder if there is a Android 7 (or even 8) ROM available for my Sony Xperia E3 D2203. It seems that the last "supported" ROM is Android 6
If there is any Android 7 ROM just let me know
Thanks
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I'm trying to compile Lineage OS 14.1 (android 7.1.2) for our phone with 3.4.0 kernel. If I get it, I am about to upload the rom here.
Most of the sources are in SonyLOS repository (if you want to experiment)
By the time, seems that system can be compiled succesfully but not the kernel, which gets built into boot.img but phone fails to start.

rmnhg said:
I'm trying to compile Lineage OS 14.1 (android 7.1.2) for our phone with 3.4.0 kernel. If I get it, I am about to upload the rom here.
Most of the sources are in SonyLOS repository (if you want to experiment)
By the time, seems that system can be compiled succesfully but not the kernel, which gets built into boot.img but phone fails to start.
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Can you compile cm14.1 for d2212?

rmnhg said:
I'm trying to compile Lineage OS 14.1 (android 7.1.2) for our phone with 3.4.0 kernel. If I get it, I am about to upload the rom here.
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Sounds promising. If you need help and if you have any guidance I could maybe support you. I'm also a software engineer but not an Android Kernel hacker. Maybe I can assist you if there are some good tutorials. Just let me know

Dhruv7508 said:
Can you compile cm14.1 for d2212?
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Maybe but I'm not sure.

rmnhg said:
Maybe but I'm not sure.
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Do you have d2212?

skaterpunk001 said:
Sounds promising. If you need help and if you have any guidance I could maybe support you. I'm also a software engineer but not an Android Kernel hacker. Maybe I can assist you if there are some good tutorials. Just let me know
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Yes, I can make a LineageOS based guide, like this one but with flamingo's repos. In my free time I can do it.
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Dhruv7508 said:
Do you have d2212?
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No, I've LTE version (D2203) but perhaps porting some patches from eagle (which has the same processor) I can make it work, but first I need to compile a working rom for D2203.

rmnhg said:
No, I've LTE version (D2203) but perhaps porting some patches from eagle (which has the same processor) I can make it work, but first I need to compile a working rom for D2203.
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Best of luck, i hope soon you'll develop a ROM

I'm trying to compile Lineage OS 14.1 (android 7.1.2) for our phone with 3.4.0 kernel. If I get it, I am about to upload the ROM here.
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Best of luck dude, I would be thankful if a ROM was developed soon..

can some of you guys help me with the test point of d2203
i hard bricked it and the only solution i might have is that!!
please/? or how to find the testpoint

I have a 2243, that works almost like 2203. It is a GSM with LTE. (I don't really know the difference between them ) If anyone want to use it as a laboratory, just tell me I already do this. I had flashed so may ROM's at my own risk.... One more won't make difference at all haha

I'm facing some problems with RAM (compilation stops at 40% becouse of the memory) so the rom may come later, when I can fix all the issues.

rmnhg said:
I'm facing some problems with RAM (compilation stops at 40% becouse of the memory) so the rom may come later, when I can fix all the issues.
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Ok, No problem...

Any progress on this?

skaterpunk001 said:
Any progress on this?
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Go here

@dhruv thanks for the link sadly the camera does not work, so it's a no-go for me. But thanks to all for providing custom roms for the Sony Xperia! You are awesome guys!

Hello we are currently working on camera and other thinks or project , we sorry this does not suit you but we do our best

Andriod O for Z5?

Guys, I can't find any Oreo roms for my Z5.
Is it possible to build one with Xperia Open Devices Project?

yes it is but will take you a long time

XperiaDev has not updated the sources to support Oreo.
This means that you will not be able to compile AOSP.

GreyLeshy said:
XperiaDev has not updated the sources to support Oreo.
This means that you will not be able to compile AOSP.
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yep, any support official (Sony) or "unofficial" (SonyXperiaDev) got abandoned,
so community needs to step in ...
There could be a way to get the phone part, etc. working from what I read (sonyxperiadev)
HOWEVER that would leave out the camera from the equation (something similar is currently happening for the M4 Aqua where burtcubbins is porting the device to 4.4 kernel)

So the thing is:
if anyone ported the device to the 4.4 kernel (which includes "legacy" gpu driver support) we would have all functionality, except camera
and probably a blazing fast phone + much extended AOSP & update support (including Android 8.0 and 8.1 and perhaps beyond)
Anyone has interest to work on it ?

zacharias.maladroit said:
So the thing is:
if anyone ported the device to the 4.4 kernel (which includes "legacy" gpu driver support) we would have all functionality, except camera
and probably a blazing fast phone + much extended AOSP & update support (including Android 8.0 and 8.1 and perhaps beyond)
Anyone has interest to work on it ?
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Maybe @Myself5 could help!

shehabskull said:
Maybe @Myself5 could help!
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How about No?
I was part of the stock based bringup for a reason. That reason was to never ever touch the SODP Kernel along with the Z5 ever again.
So the answer is No.
Absolutely Not.
No.

@Myself5 I understand you dont want to help because you have done a lot but ocasiaonly peaks and tests or edits would not hurt would it and to any developer reading this please just try

Quantumkk123 said:
@Myself5 I understand you dont want to help because you have done a lot but ocasiaonly peaks and tests or edits would not hurt would it and to any developer reading this please just try
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Mate, he already said "NONONONONONONO", lol

EugenStanis said:
Mate, he already said "NONONONONONONO", lol
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I know but I am trying my luck here

zacharias.maladroit said:
So the thing is:
if anyone ported the device to the 4.4 kernel (which includes "legacy" gpu driver support) we would have all functionality, except camera
and probably a blazing fast phone + much extended AOSP & update support (including Android 8.0 and 8.1 and perhaps beyond)
Anyone has interest to work on it ?
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Do you have Telegram? Contact me @EnesSastim

EnesSastim said:
Do you have Telegram? Contact me @EnesSastim
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Thanks, unfortunately I don't have telegram and I won't sign up in the near future

zacharias.maladroit said:
Thanks, unfortunately I don't have telegram and I won't sign up in the near future
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I'll try to make oreo device tree, if you can make the kernel we can build Oreo.

EnesSastim said:
I'll try to make oreo device tree, if you can make the kernel we can build Oreo.
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even the other devs (seemingly ?) aren't really sure what commits are needed to get the full/enhanced functionality - the basics might be there but perhaps something's missing
in any case the repo is at: https://github.com/sony-msm8994
I'm right now not interested in working on Oreo or any other matter,
I've flashed to Marshmallow again on the Z5 and do some investigation related to battery consumption and others there.
Currently not much time for flash-testing and ROM development.
I remember having seen kernels with commit changes from Nougat to Oreo but not sure which exact kernels those were,
bullhead, angler , oneplus2 - some of those must have been

We really want you guys to do it. Oreo port would be a beast of ROM <3

Not having the updated kernel sources (probably) shouldn't be a problem
since we can (attempt to) port the Oreo ROM from Xperia X and add the missing kernel changes from the Xperia X device (kernel diff)
https://forum.xda-developers.com/xperia-x/development/ub-xgen-rom-1-0-5-xperia-x-t3778738
HOWEVER
after reading the following:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/xperia-x/help/upgrade-via-ota-to-oreo-terrible-t3754928
it's rather pointless to try anything related to porting or updating to a higher Android version:
best battery for now (at least in my experience) use a modded Nougat or Marshmallow ROM with Stock kernel + Stock kernel modules,
that'll get you the best battery runtime when e.g. listening to Music, browsing, etc.
Also: I've done countless passes of different kernel releases and each time as soon as security updates, enhanced performance, etc. is added to the picture at some point (couldn't pinpoint exactly how or why, I suspect it's somehow perhaps looping inside the kernel) it miraculously starts to drain like it had a 4000 mAh battery
- this is ridiculous !
There simply isn't much potential to be gained in this device ( /me peers at the Note 3 and its improvements over time ... /sigh )

hi @zacharias.maladroit so is there still development for the z5 oreo rom or is there no point? I will try port that rom for xperia z5 just like i did for z3+ because believe it or not it actually works and i wll see how it goes
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also are you developers already trying to copy to the z5 cos if so it would be appreciated as i am a noob and just discovered the files are a lot different so now i need to actually learn

Quantumkk123 said:
hi @zacharias.maladroit so is there still development for the z5 oreo rom or is there no point? I will try port that rom for xperia z5 just like i did for z3+ because believe it or not it actually works and i wll see how it goes
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also are you developers already trying to copy to the z5 cos if so it would be appreciated as i am a noob and just discovered the files are a lot different so now i need to actually learn
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Not that I'm aware of, just noticed the similarities in hardware between the X and Z5, Z5 series and did a superficial quick comparison
So not sure if others are currently working on it ...

@Quantumkk123
https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/help/tut-how-to-convert-dat-br-to-dat-t3723926
https://forum.xda-developers.com/an.../how-to-conver-lollipop-dat-files-to-t2978952
https://source.android.com/devices/architecture/vintf/comp-matrices
https://source.android.com/devices/architecture/vintf/resources

Well, a lot of files would need adaptation, and then there's the question if the GPU could be driven ... at all
the file and folder structure looks quite different ...
vendor/ueventd.rc
vendor/manifest.xml
vendor/qcril.db -> vendor/radio/qcril_database/qcril.db (?)
msm8994 specific hardware bits / drivers, thermal (very important !, or we're relying on third-party thermal driver solutions to try avoiding any potential issues)
touchscreen (also synaptics clearpad?)
and that's only looking at the vendor folder

Need a dev for a specific device

Hi,
I need someone who can build at least android 8 rom for a spreadturm device (Logicom L-Ement 403). I know too many devs won't build rom for a spreadturm device, but i need TWRP and LOS 14.1 to install GSI.

F-Google said:
Hi,
I need someone who can build at least android 8 rom for a spreadturm device (Logicom L-Ement 403). I know too many devs won't build rom for a spreadturm device, but i need TWRP and LOS 14.1 to install GSI.
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you are wasting your time, those soc are dead, nobody will help u and is a ****ty entry level device, just buy a new one from another manufacturer

tutibreaker said:
you are wasting your time, those soc are dead, nobody will help u
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i think old samsung devs can help me

F-Google said:
i think old samsung devs can help me
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no one will. i told u is a entry level device and dont even have source code released so, is useless

That is the thing that I was searching for, what a data present here at this site, thank you administrator.