[ROM] Android 11 + mainline Linux Kernel for Sony Xperia M4 Aqua

pawloland

Senior Member
Jan 23, 2019
174
67
28
Do keep in mind that this ROM isnt ready for daily driving just yet. It is unstable for the moment.
It is worth mentioning what is not working.
Last time I used it I found those issues:
-no camera nor fm radio app (so I assume they are not working)
-no gps (location)
-no media playback (only works through web browser like firefox, which has media player built in so it doesn't depent on OS to play video I suppose). Newpipe, gallery or any other app that plays media and depend on OS for this functionality is crashing (missing codecs I guess)
-huge battery drain
-selinux problems
-no Google services (not a bug really since it is AOSP, but rather an inconvenience.)
-visual glithes like LSD halucination (most often observed in QS panel)
-I tried booting gsi lineage 17.1 but failed to do so ending with bootloop (I am a noob with gsi flashing so it may be my fault, and gsis are working fine, but I don't know how to flash them properly)
-wifi settings is't showing all available networks nerby. I was unable to find my hotspot network from second phone, but after I manually typed it (ssid, wpa2 key password) i was able to connect.
- audio is sometimes loud sometimes quiet even if I am not changing loudness.
- changing brightness is buggy

It is all I remember, of what wasn't working at the time.

Now here is the list of what is working and I am surprised it is at this stage:

-charging LED
-bt (sort of work, audio over bt is very unstable but I think it is tied to audio issue I mentioned previously, so once it is resolved, audio over bt may be working juat fine).
- wifi (expect for the bug mentioned earlier)

It would be cool to see m4 aqua run android 11 flawlessly, but I can demand that from the OP.
 
Last edited:

codeanit

New member
Nov 25, 2020
1
0
0
Thanks. More details please.

@Cubbins, Thanks a lot for the resources.

I'm new beeee in this kinda things and would love to read more detail processes/steps that you followed to make those img files.
Also, there is an issue with network as it seems to be deactivated by default and there is no way to reactivate them.

At the moment I have not found a way to revert the phone back to its original state so would love to hear from you on this issue.

Thanks again. Cheers,
 
Last edited:

jjgvv

Senior Member
Dec 22, 2018
129
17
18
It is worth mentioning what is not working.
Last time I used it I found those issues:
-no camera nor fm radio app (so I assume they are not working)
-no gps (location)
-no media playback (only works through web browser like firefox, which has media player built in so it doesn't depent on OS to play video I suppose). Newpipe, gallery or any other app that plays media and depend on OS for this functionality is crashing (missing codecs I guess)
-huge battery drain
-selinux problems
-no Google services (not a bug really since it is AOSP, but rather an inconvenience.)
-visual glithes like LSD halucination (most often observed in QS panel)
-I tried booting gsi lineage 17.1 but failed to do so ending with bootloop (I am a noob with gsi flashing so it may be my fault, and gsis are working fine, but I don't know how to flash them properly)
-wifi settings is't showing all available networks nerby. I was unable to find my hotspot network from second phone, but after I manually typed it (ssid, wpa2 key password) i was able to connect.
- audio is sometimes loud sometimes quiet even if I am not changing loudness.
- changing brightness is buggy

It is all I remember, of what wasn't working at the time.

Now here is the list of what is working and I am surprised it is at this stage:

-charging LED
-bt (sort of work, audio over bt is very unstable but I think it is tied to audio issue I mentioned previously, so once it is resolved, audio over bt may be working juat fine).
- wifi (expect for the bug mentioned earlier)

It would be cool to see m4 aqua run android 11 flawlessly, but I can demand that from the OP.
Maybe camera (and fm radio) will work because my j730 does not have stock camera and i installed google camera go and it works.