[ROM][Alpha][8.0] Lineage OS for Xperia Z2 Tablet (castor / castor_windy)

[GuestK0099]

Lineage OS Oreo For Xperia Z2 Taablet
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If you were previously on RR N this is (imo) the best ROM move to as when RR O is out you shouldn't even have to clean flash!

Installation Instructions
---If you Update the ROM skip 2,3,4,6,8.
1. Download ROM, Gapps (need newest version) , TWRP recovery.
2. Extract Boot.img from ROM zip.
3. Flash the Boot.img from ROM via fastboot (fastboot flash boot pathTo/boot.img)
4. Flash TWRP Recovery via fastboot (fastboot flash recovery pathTo/recovery.img)
5. Boot into Recovery by using VOLUME UP when Sony logo comes up with pink notification light.
(Orange LED shows Recovery is Loading)
6. Wipe SYSTEM, DATA, DALVIK, CACHE from recovery (Wipe Option).
7. Flash the Rom zip from recovery.
8. Flash Gapps zip from recovery.
9. For D6502 user flash Baseband Patch
10. Reboot.

Downloads
Gapps (Full recommended but not needed)
ROM

Bugs:

• 
  Video doesn't work
  On some devices 2.4ghz wifi is slow
  Miracast (Wireless display) doesn't work
  File manager doesnt crashes if you open by clicking on icon - long press and select images instead
  To install apk's don't click on downloaded notification but navigate to downloads in file manager and install it from there

Source Code:
https://github.com/LineageOS
https://gitlab.com/opendata26/android_device_sony_sirius
https://gitlab.com/opendata26/android_device_sony_msm8974-common
https://gitlab.com/opendata26/android_kernel_sony_msm8974

XDA:DevDB Information
Lineage OS, ROM for the Sony Xperia Z2 Tablet

Contributors
opendata, rcstar6696, akshay2shah, iXaidyiu
Source Code: http://github.com/LineageOS

ROM OS Version: 8.x Oreo
ROM Kernel: Linux 3.4.x
ROM Firmware Required: Unlocked Bootloader
Based On: LineageOS

Version Information
Status: Alpha
Current Beta Version: 20171107 (alpha 1)
Beta Release Date: 2017-11-07

Created 2017-11-06
Last Updated 2017-11-06

 

[[email protected]]

Very nice.!! Rom download link isnt working... edit: now its working again..

What recovery should i use.. i have now rr rom, and 3.0.2.0 multirom recovery.. is that work?

 

[_Sherrif]

NICE!!!!
Thanks for the ROM. Will download and install later today. Thanks for the continued work....

 

[GuestK0099]

Very nice.!! Rom download link isnt working... edit: now its working again..

What recovery should i use.. i have now rr rom, and 3.0.2.0 multirom recovery.. is that work?

You'll be fine with that

 

[solved]

so, just flashed this rom onto a castor. everything works fine so far .. flashed rom - > gapps (full) -> magisk (latest beta)

file explorer bugged yes, but just install another one from playstore
videos works ( mx player played mkv and avi file) netflix and youtube .. no problems
musik is a bit loud but on the other hand videos are a bit low ^^
hotspot working, but without data there is no use to it anyway
ouh one big hit, if you format your sdcard into shared space (internal memory) you are unable to get into twrp

sometimes the tab seems a bit slow with graphics and/or animations (on playstore) , but that's nothing heartbreaking

yeah, love it so far .. looking forward to a castor build with mobile data support

 

[_Sherrif]

@opendata,
Download link not working. Takes me to transfer.sh site but will not allow to download. Can you put up a mirror?

Edit: dis-regard. link working now...

 

[[email protected]]

Battery charges very fast and last long.. much better that N RRrom.
Clock wont move in center even i try.. annoying

 

[solved]

Battery charges very fast and last long.. much better that N RRrom.
Clock wont move in center even i try.. annoying

yeah for me it says 7 days .. can't be right .. gonna check this out
hmm my sdcard says android uses 120gb space

 

[bastard79]

i'm still on aicp, do i must use flashtool with stock rom??? i'm afraid to use it, i dont like idea of back to stock 6.0.1 (never used flashtool before) and again unlock, flash twrp and flash custom can brick device

 

[solved]

you can flash it via twrp, no problem.

you don't need to going back to stock oO , just go twrp wipe everything and then flash the rom

 

[bastard79]

so i'll try i thought your build is like builds from rcstar6679 that need using flashtool with stock before flash custom

 

[solved]

i know it is rude to ask and i'm sorry, but is there any progress with LOS for castor?

 

[Goldi6]

Hi, I am currently on RR Nougat 7.1.2 . Is it necessary to do a full wipe (cache, dalvik, data,system) ?

What happens to sd card used as internal memory?

 

[solved]

yes you should do a full wipe, no dirty flash from 7 to 8

it seems that the card gets miscalculated .. doubled size and then android takes half of it oO kind of strange but the same error is on carbon rom, so
it is a oreo error.

 

[hillbicks]

Seems like the download link is not working. Anyone got a mirror?

 

[solved]

better use the carbon ROM, this Build here is more than outdated and it seems the project is abandoned. So your only choice is Carbon

 

[_Sherrif]

Seems like the download link is not working. Anyone got a mirror?

better use the carbon ROM, this Build here is more than outdated and it seems the project is abandoned. So your only choice is Carbon

The download link works just keep trying. For whatever reason the file host is a bit flaky, but will work if you continue to try.

This is no different then any other ROM opendata releases. The updates come when he has time. On RR Rom we got updates every 4-6 weeks, a little premature to call it dead, he does have other things going on like we all do and hobbies like this take the back seat.

 

[solved]

Well, it isn't premature to take a conclusion when he doesn't even answer a simple Question since a month. The download link is DEAD, the file got deleted. So no, there is at this point no other
choice .. Stock / RR Final or Carbon Oreo. btw. this rom was based on LOS not RR. And it is nearly two releases behind.

I for myself still waiting for a new update here for castor (not windy), coz I really hope that a LoS Build would be running more than perfect on this tablet. but i think we will have to wait until
the next year when oreo is out of beta.

 

[GuestK0099]

Sorry for not answering recently, i am really busy. I should have more free time near end of december which is about the time rr will be released (i will move to that) in the meantime i recommend people go to carbon.

 

[xperiator]

just having joined ...

Sorry for not answering recently, i am really busy. I should have more free time near end of december which is about the time rr will be released (i will move to that) in the meantime i recommend people go to carbon.

are there any plans to reactivate the respective OS15 links for castor device?
would like very much to be able to upgrade to something newer than the current 6.0