OmniRom 5.1.1 unofficial

[erikcas]

So finally here it is, omnirom 5.1.1 for Z1 Compact.

Changelog:
General:

• sony kernel
• omnirom

M2 specific:

• device amami
• device rhine (msm8974 family)

Kernelsources for this rom you will find here

Installation:
In order to install one of my custom roms on your Sony Xperia, YOU MUST UNLOCK & UPDATE YOUR BOOTLOADER!
I wrote a little howto for installing, you will find it on this page of my website.

Known bugs:

• pink/green overlay on videoplayback

23-11-2015: Camera is working. Beware of poor quality! It is a developers preview version!

I labeled the rom as stable, even with the two bugs above. Imo these are value added services, phone is functioning rocksolid.


Awaiting all your feedback here. As I opted for D5503 to have official omni status, usefull input is important. But... Please donot report bugs without relevant logs and steps-to-reproduce. I will not look into that if I cannot reproduce it myself, if you report comes without a log

And at the end of this long story, we should not to forget to type a download link

>>>> DOWNLOAD 23-11-2015 HERE <<<<

Enjoy

Thanx are well in place for:
omnirom dev team
[*]fxp dev team (especially to @kholk for simplifying things and @jerpelea for opening these opportunities for sony devices)
my wife (there is allways enough coffee around here!)
And many I probably forgot but hey, this list is editable

23-11-2015: updated source links

XDA:DevDB Information
OmniRom 5.1.1 unofficial, ROM for the Sony Xperia Z1 Compact

Contributors
erikcas
Source Code: https://github.com/erikcas?tab=repositories

ROM OS Version: 5.1.x Lollipop
ROM Kernel: Linux 3.10.x
Based On: OmniRom

Version Information
Status: Stable
Current Stable Version: pre official

Created 2015-08-31
Last Updated 2015-08-31

 

[erikcas]

omni-5.1.1-20151123-amami-EXPERIMENTAL.zip (camera omni-5.1.1-20151123-amami-EXPERIMENTAL.zip (camera working)

Special request: Any reports on bluetooth connections.

 

[derf elot]

Awesome, thanks a lot for this. KK Omnirom was by far the best ROM I've tried on my previous and now backup phone (mint). Even though I'm still a little weary of Lollipop, I think I will give this a try this weekend.

 

[levone1]

I was glad when I saw your instructions page, because somehow this new recovery partition has been really elusive to me. I've tried with AOSP, and with several recovery img's, and I haven't been able to get to it. So I figured for sure it would work with this, a new ROM, with a tutorial... So I followed all your instructions, but nothing. I'm sorry if it's just me, but what am I missing? I fastboot the boot IMG, the recovery, hold down power and vol down, let go of power, but never get recovery. I just flashed supersu, and xposed, with a temp boot IMG, but I'm just baffled... Anyway, thanks for the ROM.

 

[erikcas]

I was glad when I saw your instructions page, because somehow this new recovery partition has been really elusive to me. I've tried with AOSP, and with several recovery img's, and I haven't been able to get to it. So I figured for sure it would work with this, a new ROM, with a tutorial... So I followed all your instructions, but nothing. I'm sorry if it's just me, but what am I missing? I fastboot the boot IMG, the recovery, hold down power and vol down, let go of power, but never get recovery. I just flashed supersu, and xposed, with a temp boot IMG, but I'm just baffled... Anyway, thanks for the ROM.

Did you update your bootloader with emma?

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[levone1]

I did not. That must be what I'm missing. Thank you for filling me in, I haven't seen that mentioned in any threads. Now that I think about it, I think I did read something like that in a Sony blog somewhere, but I didn't look into it enough. I have flashed pretty recent official ftf's, but I guess that doesn't do it. I haven't used Emma since my x10 mini, BC I prefer Flashtool, and I've never needed it. Do I need to use Emma with unlocked BL? Can I do it with Flashtool?

Thanks again.

 

[erikcas]

I did not. That must be what I'm missing. Thank you for filling me in, I haven't seen that mentioned in any threads. Now that I think about it, I think I did read something like that in a Sony blog somewhere, but I didn't look into it enough. I have flashed pretty recent official ftf's, but I guess that doesn't do it. I haven't used Emma since my x10 mini, BC I prefer Flashtool, and I've never needed it. Do I need to use Emma with unlocked BL? Can I do it with Flashtool?

Thanks again.

You will need emma.

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[tohigh]

You will need emma.

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Emma can read imei but can't recognize the phone model, and services not available.
I m using cm12.1, want to update bootloader.

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[rodovar]

Hi,
I have just tried your rom.
Camera isn't working (I tried with a new_camera.zip that works under cm), I know it's a bug but just to confirm it.
Reboot to recovery doesn't work (I have installed twrp in recovery partition with new bootloader), I had to power off the phone and then go to recovery.
Titanium backup was very sloooooow in reading my backup from sd card (with 5.1 aosp from fxp everything was speedy).

Just to let you know

Thank you for your effort and sharing

ciao, Rodolfo

 

[erikcas]

Hi. For camera see first post. Reboot to recovery by power off phone and use pwr + voldown.

I strongly suggest to not use titanium


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[rodovar]

Hi. For camera see first post. Reboot to recovery by power off phone and use pwr + voldown.

I strongly suggest to not use titanium


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thank you for your advices, really helpful

 

[erikcas]

Emma can read imei but can't recognize the phone model, and services not available.
I m using cm12.1, want to update bootloader.

Sent from my Xperia Z1 Compact using XDA Free mobile app

I had that on my M2 recently. What I did was flash a stock tft with flashtool, when ready, start emma (you might have to reboot pc) and connect phone to emma (connect it when powered down and hold volume down offcourse for flashmode)
Then emma recognized it again

 

[levone1]

You will need emma.

Verstuurd vanaf mijn Xperia Z1 Compact met Tapatalk

Done and working, thanks. Your instructions to enter recovery are a little different than others I've read. Most of them say to keep holding vol after vibrate, (which doesn't work). Thanks again.

One thing about this ROM- browser is very slow and laggy. Is that just a part of the early development, or is there some setting or tweaks I could try, (I could try other browsers, but just curious)?

Edit - installed a different version and working great. Screenshot shows difference. I guess I pulled it from another ROM I don't remember.

 

[erikcas]

Browser comes straight from omnirom sources. I have no problems with it but will look into it

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[Rekoil]

The latest CyanogenMod kernel sources have F2FS enabled, I would like to switch to F2FS, but I need a recovery with F2FS enabled as well. Any chance you could either make that guide for how to compile recovery for amami with new bootloader, or compile a recovery with F2FS enabled?

 

[funiewski]

The latest CyanogenMod kernel sources have F2FS enabled, I would like to switch to F2FS, but I need a recovery with F2FS enabled as well. Any chance you could either make that guide for how to compile recovery for amami with new bootloader, or compile a recovery with F2FS enabled?

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=61519700 for new bootloader

 

[Rekoil]

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=61519700 for new bootloader

That doesn't work for me, it just boots CyanogenMod recovery.

 

[funiewski]

That doesn't work for me, it just boots CyanogenMod recovery.

you have to follow this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=62382513&postcount=23
you can not use reboot to recovery from cm - it will end in cm recovery, reboot the phone and than press power and vol -, release power immediately on hold vol - , it works

 

[Rekoil]

you have to follow this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=62382513&postcount=23
you can not use reboot to recovery from cm - it will end in cm recovery, reboot the phone and than press power and vol -, release power immediately on hold vol - , it works

Nope, that's exactly what I did, it leads me to CM recovery, I know how the new bootloader works.

 

[funiewski]

Nope, that's exactly what I did, it leads me to CM recovery, I know how the new bootloader works.

It's strange because it works for me and if you read the thread for some other peoples too, but probably you know better, cheers