[ROM][5.0][WIP] Android Open Source Project 5.0 for Xperia U

[AGONTUK]

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* Your warranty is now void.
*
* I am not responsible for bricked devices, dead SD cards,
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* before flashing it! YOU are choosing to make these modifications, and if
* you point the finger at me for messing up your device, I will laugh at you.
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Hey Guys,

Welcome to my next project . At last, finally able to boot Android Lollipop in our little device. For now nothing works, but I'm sure we can make it stable at some point. Any help would be appreciated.

Note: Please don't say "This doesn't work or is it stable for daily use". It's just a preview release so that you can try out lollipop.

INSTALLATION
- Extract boot.img from the zip and flash it via fastboot
- Copy the zip to your SDCard
- Boot into recovery
- Wipe System, Data, Cache, Dalvik Cache
- Go to Mount and uncheck system
- Flash the zip
- Reboot your device

First boot takes some minutes. Wait patiently.


BUGS
- No Wifi (working)
- No Bluetooth (working)
- No RIL (still buggy)
- Audio doesn't work (working)
- SdCard not being recognised (Fixed)
- Camera doesn't work
- OMX not working
- No HW acceleration (working)
- Video playback (working)
- Many things, don't ask


DOWNLOADS
AOSP Lollipop Builds


SOURCES
STE patched sources -> https://github.com/CustomRomSources
Kernel -> https://github.com/Agontuk/android_kernel_sony_u8500
Device Tree -> https://github.com/Agontuk/android_device_sony_kumquat


CREDITS
- Google AOSP team for Lollipop
- munjeni & 95A31 for their hard work on our devices
- AOSX team for fixing bugs
- Kobalto07 for his banner

XDA:DevDB Information
[ROM][XU][5.0][WIP] Android Open Source Project 5.0, ROM for the Sony Xperia U

Contributors
AGONTUK
ROM OS Version: 5.0.x Lollipop
ROM Kernel: Linux 3.0.x
Based On: AOSP

Version Information
Status: Beta
Current Beta Version: 1.0
Beta Release Date: 2014-11-28

Created 2014-11-08
Last Updated 2014-12-01

 

[AGONTUK]

Reserved

Changelog 2014-11-08
- First release

Changelog 2014-11-20
- 2nd build
- Bluetooth working
- SDCard mount works
- WIFI working (still gives some error)
- Browser crash fixed
- Camera working (partially)
- Audio working (still gives errors)

Changelog 2014-11-28
- Beta release
- Fixed RIL (not fully fixed)
- Fixed HW acceleration
- Fixed video playback
- init.d support

 

[AGONTUK]

Reserved

 

[Claudiu1]

This is great man! Really great work as always I will try it this evening and i will report the bugs with logcats

 

[areshinakya]

Cool

What about RAM usage / free RAM after boot compared to KitKat?
Cant test myself since the XperiaU is my only phone.

 

[ilysomma]

Cool

What about RAM usage / free RAM after boot compared to KitKat?
Cant test myself since the XperiaU is my only phone.

It's too early to talk about this...Let the dev build a working ROM first and then we can care about RAM usage

 

[Candoris]

Screens plz, when someone tries.

 

[Kobalto07]

As the developer said, the sdcard is not recognized, therefore can't take screenshots. But I have taken some photos, I apologize for the quality

Edit:
amazing tool !! , thanks @loren82


Screenshots of Android lollipop in Xperia U:

 

[loren82]

As the developer said, the sdcard is not recognized, therefore can't take screenshots. But I have taken some photos, I apologize for the quality

Try making screenshots using ddms

http://www.howtogeek.com/121121/how-to-take-android-screenshots-on-your-pc-with-the-android-sdk/

 

[Claudiu1]

Try making screenshots using ddms

http://www.howtogeek.com/121121/how-to-take-android-screenshots-on-your-pc-with-the-android-sdk/

I think those photos are good enough... :/ don't you like them?

 

[loren82]

I think those photos are good enough... :/ don't you like them?

yeah ! you're a good photographer haha

 

[Claudiu1]

yeah ! you're a good photographer haha

I haven't taken the photos, man, you have to thank Kobalto07

 

[loren82]

I haven't taken the photos, man, you have to thank Kobalto07

lol, it's true, I'm crazy with both forum

 

[shoT.]

Great job man, i tested rom and it's fluid now

 

[truongnguyen1912]

Downloading your rom

 

[supabee24]

kernel

What about kernel? Will we be able to use some KitKat kernels? I'm seeing in the screens it's a 3.0.101

 

[MatteXperiaU]

seriously?????????? man you are awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Angristan]

What about kernel? Will we be able to use some KitKat kernels? I'm seeing in the screens it's a 3.0.101

It's not because it's the same version of the Linux Kernel that this compatible And the ROM is just a port, what is important now is to make things like wifi, etc, working.

 

[magicblack7]

Ahahah fantastic man. Great work!

 

[cdavide98]

It's not because it's the same version of the Linux Kernel that this compatible And the ROM is just a port, what is important now is to make things like wifi, etc, working.

So it isn't built from source?