[ROM][ARC/ARC S]{4.0.1} IceCream Sandwich Alpha [ROM:v02][Kernel:v05-new][Dt:26/Dec]

[DooMLoRD]

---[ UPDATES ]---

DooMKernel v05 (modCWM v04 TouchEdition) released! changelog and details here

---[ UPDATES ]---



[ info ]

ok guys so here it is...

FIRSTLY A BIG THANK YOU TO SE FOR GIVING US THIS AMAZING CHRISTMAS PRESENT

since SE explicitly said that the alpha ROM they released was only for ARC S i didnt take a risk to flash it directly on my ARC...

and now its become a fairly good custom ROM which has *most* things working...


[ special thanks to ]

• Sony Ericsson - for releasing the ICS ALPHA build
• Bin4ry - Wifi/BT/GSM enabler & lots of help in general
• jerpelea - too many things

[ screenshots ]

the apps in screenshot are from my ARC, they are not provided in ROM
only FREE version of apps are included... if anyone has any problems with inclusion of any app kindly contact me via p.m.

[ WARNING ]

1. THIS IS AN ALPHA ROM
   
   
   
2. WE KNOW LOTS OF THINGS DONT WORK
   
   
   
3. I AM NOT A ROM DEVELOPER... THIS WAS POSTED JUST SO THAT ARC USERS CAN HAPPILY ENJOY THE ALPHA ICS ROM (that too prerooted )
   
   
   
4. MORE THINGS WILL FOLLOW AS AND WHEN I CAN GET THEM TO WORK
   
   
   
5. DO NOT ASK FOR FURTHER UPDATES/ETA
   
   
   
6. ALL USER DATA (from /data partition) WILL BE WIPED WHILE INSTALLING THIS

[ features ]

1. (v02 onwards) new mods
   • GSM, BT, WiFi Enabler + WiFi Fix
   • Google Apps for ICS
   • BASH (from CM9 - Galaxy Nexus)
   • ICS Launcher
   • ICS Bootanimation
2. (v02 onwards) new apps
   • New Market 3.4.4
   • Adobe Flash Player 11
   • DSP Manager (from CM9 - Galaxy Nexus)
   • ROM Manager (from CM9 - Galaxy Nexus)
   • FileExpert (file manager)
   • Screenshot
3. (v01 onwards) Easy to flash update.zip via recovery
4. (v01 onwards) Prerooted with superuser and busybox installed
5. (v01 onwards) currently using stock kernel provided by SE (will make my own kernel later)

[ credits ]

• Sony Ericsson - posting these ALPHA builds for the developer community
• Bin4ry - the WiFi/BT/GSM enabler
• Koush - gapps for ICS

[ requirements ]

• stock .42 firmware (use FTF)
• unlocked bootloader
• supplied files

[ how to install ]

before u begin, make sure u have the ROM's v01 update.zip, update pack v01 to v02 update.zip and wifi modules for latest kernel on the SDCARD....

1. download my latest kernel from this post & corresponding wifi modules
2. flash my kernel using:
   

   fastboot flash boot boot.img

   then reboot from fastboot using:
   

   fastboot reboot

3. device will now start booting and show my kernel logo
4. when the blue LED lights up keep spamming/pressing BACK button
5. u will now enter my modded recovery
6. flash the ROM's v01 update.zip (this will take some time a minute or two)
7. flash the ROM's update pack v01 to v02 update.zip (this will take some time a minute or two)
8. flash wifi module corresponding to latest kernel
9. thats it now reboot device and it will start booting into ICS
10. first boot will take time!!!
11. enjoy!

[ donations ]

if u feel that this work has helped u OR u think that the work i put into making this is worthy of donations, then click on the following link for buying me some coffee/beer/etc

PAYPAL DONATION LINK


[ download link ]

i have uploaded most files to multiupload.com OR direct links to xda server.... so kindly DO NOT MIRROR MY FILES!!!


ROM:

MAIN v01

XPERIA-ARC-DooMLoRD-SE-ICS-ALPHA-v01.zip
MD5HASH: 3abc5d042747b0de3a441b8ecf8ea003

UPDATE PACK v01 to v02

ARC-DooMLoRD-SE-ICS-ALPHA-v01-to-v02.zip
MD5HASH: fcf1e424a400787c956d241e93e05001

KERNELS:
DooMKernel for this ROM


FIXES:

FIXES posted here


ADDONS:

ADDONS posted here



READ THE FULL THREAD BEFORE ASKING ANY QUERIES OR REPORTING ANY BUGS/ISSUES

ENJOY!!!

 

[DooMLoRD]

ADDONS

ADDONS

[RECOMMENDED] Wifi + BT + GSM enabler!!! (thanks to Bin4ry) [Ref.: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=20342456#post20342456] <already included in update pack v01-to-v02>

[RECOMMENDED] Google Apps for ICS!!! (gapps-ics-20111125-2.zip) [Thanks to koush] [Ref.: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1356228 ] <already included in update pack v01-to-v02>

[OPTIONAL] ICS original launcher!!! (thanks to tyrand3) [Ref.: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=20340903#post20340903 ] <already included in update pack v01-to-v02>

[OPTIONAL] ICS Bootanimation [ info ] <already included in update pack v01-to-v02>

[OPTIONAL] ICS On-Screen Buttons Enabler!!!! - v01 - [ info ] - v02 - [ info ]

[OPTIONAL] ICS On-Screen Buttons DISABLER!!!! [ info ]

 

[DooMLoRD]

DooMKernels for this ROM

DooMKernels for this ROM


[ features ]

• [v05-modCWM v04 TouchEdition onwards] new CWM5.0.2.7 TouchEdition recovery!!!
• [v05 onwards] fixed USB mounting IN RECOVERY ONLY
• [v05 onwards] fixed ADB IN RECOVERY ONLY
• [v04 onwards] fixes wifi & GSM data
• [v04 onwards] using 4.1.C.0.6 SEMC sources
• [v03 onwards] fixed TouchScreen drivers to support ICS
• [v03 onwards] fixed USB mounting issues in ROM (thanks to FXP-ics kernel sources)
• [v03 onwards] changed kernel version string to "-DooMKernel"
• [v03 onwards] most (kernel specific) modules integrated right inside ramdisk [no need to separately flash them]
• [v03 onwards] added new Max frequency: 2.0Ghz
• [v03 onwards] added lots of intermediate frequencies (from 122Mhz to 2.0Ghz for almost every 100/120Mhz there is a select-able frequency)
• [v03 onwards] added fully working two way call recording
• [v03 onwards] added CPU governors:
  • BrazilianWax
  • Smoothass
  • Lagfree
  • InteractiveX
  • Savaged-Zen
  • SmartAssV2
  • Smartass
  • Scary
  • MinMax
  • Interactive
• [v03 onwards] added I/O Schedulers:
  • V(R)
  • BFQ v2-r1
  • Simple I/O (sio)
• [v03 onwards] enabled a few I/O Schedulers
  • noop
  • Anticipatory
  • Deadline (default)
  • CFQ
• [v03 onwards] added SLQB memory allocator (and set it as default)
• [v03 onwards] added TinyRCU along with fixes (and set it as default)
• [v03 onwards] bumped BFQ to v2-r1
• [v03 onwards] added Stochastic Fair Blue Net scheduler
• [v03 onwards] bumped jHASH to v3
• [v03 onwards] increased VM max readahead to 512kb
• [v03 onwards] some patches to fix kernel memory leaks
• [v03 onwards] minor fix to display the kernel version info correctly in "About Phone"
• [v03 onwards] added some mounting tweaks
• [v03 onwards] major cleaning of kernel sources (cleaned defconfigs using FXP defconfigs as reference)
• [v03 onwards] TESTING: reverted some changes in kernel sources to older FW kernel sources to test if the issue of increased battery drain is resolved
• [v03 onwards] compiled using newest gcc-4.6.2-(2011.10) linaro toolchain with O4 optimizations
• [v03 onwards] using 4.0.2.A.0.42 kernel sources
• [v03 onwards] added FULL USB-OTG support! [Keyboard + Mouse + USB-Storage] (no need to use any modules anymore ) [for exact usb-storage mounting commands refer to this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1224676] [UNTESTED]
• [v03 onwards] enabled NLS_UTF8
• [v03 onwards] added user-level/runtime CPU voltage control with fixes to show only those frequencies which are enabled in CPU-freq table [VDD control "sysfs interface"] (for more info keep checking this post: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=16610299&postcount=362)
• [v03 onwards] enabled SWAP support
• [v03 onwards] enabled CDROM filesystem support in kernel (now u can mount ISO files)
• [v03 onwards] enabled ARM THUMBEE extensions
• [v03 onwards] init.d scripts/binaries execution support
• [v03 onwards] enabled support (in kernel) for many file systems
  • EXT2
  • EXT3
  • EXT4
  • NTFS (Read & Write)
• [v03 onwards] enabled NFS (client & server) support in kernel
• [v03 onwards] enabled CIFS support in kernel
• [v03 onwards] enabled access to kernel .config (can be pulled from /proc/config.gz)
• [v03 onwards] enabled TUN/TAP driver support (integrated in kernel) [VPN support]
• [v03 onwards] enabled IPTABLES/NETFILTER support
• [v03 onwards] for sake of safe booting the device will always boot at min 245Mhz / max 1024Mhz
• [v02 onwards] autorooting (with latest Superuser binaries and app 3.0.7)
• [v02 onwards] added support for userinit scripts:
  • if sd-ext is mounted then it will execute /sd-ext/userinit.sh & shell scripts in /sd-ext/userinit.d/ folder
  • also scripts in /data/local/ will be executed... it will execute /data/local/userinit.sh & shell scripts in /data/local/userinit.d/ folder
• [v02 onwards] init.d (/system/etc/init.d/) script execution support
• [v02 onwards] insecure ramdisk (ro.secure=0 & FS mounted as RW)
• [v01 onwards] included my own version of CWM5.0.2.7 recovery

[ credits for features ]

• Fixed TouchScreen inspired from tj_style's TouchScreen porting thread & zdzhiu's ICS port for X10
• Fixed USB Storage Mounting - thanks to FreeXperia ICS kernel sources

for more info visit my ARC kernel thread


[ sources ]

https://github.com/DooMLoRD/Xperia-2011-Kernel-2.6.32.9/tree/ics


[ download links ]

< NEW >



v05 modCWM v04 TouchEdition: (changelog and details here)
[ARC/ARC S] DooMKernel ICS ALPHA v05 modCWM v04 TouchEdition [1.6Ghz version only]
MD5HASH: 564cefa01843bf20784750a3f975407f

wifi modules are same as v04...


< OLD >


v05:(changelog and details here)
[ARC/ARC S] DooMKernel ICS ALPHA v05 [1.6Ghz version only]
MD5HASH: 3de7b243ae5afd0956cc03a435947a08

wifi modules are same as v04...



v04: (changelog and details here)
[ARC/ARC S] DooMKernel ICS ALPHA v04 [1.6Ghz version only]
MD5HASH: d525c7b30cf96d0354de94f36a9c4e5a

Wifi Modules for v04 kernel
MD5HASH: b8e955721380ac39a574031642aa5df8

Wifi Modules for v02/stock kernel
MD5HASH: 50c9479e9b9acc905acdde506690d67f



v03: (changelog/known issues)

[ARC/ARC S] DooMKernel ICS ALPHA v03 [ 2.0GHz version ] (will showup as #1)
MD5HASH: c517e460ac237a9f6ff2a8c0ad072e2c

[ARC/ARC S] DooMKernel ICS ALPHA v03 [ 1.6GHz version ] (alternate version [will show up as #1001] to be used if th 2.0GHz kernel doesnt boot)
MD5HASH: c56f6c1fe57365013f22fce5a5ddde9e

v02:

[ARC/ARC S] DooMKernel ICS ALPHA v02
MD5HASH: e943cfe1475fd9466817782ca4679116

v01:

[ARC/ARC S] DooMKernel ICS ALPHA v01
MD5HASH: 3d73c4edd6c5717545b06f89dbf442c6

 

[DooMLoRD]

FIXES

FIXES

WiFi FIX (prerequisite is "Wifi + BT + GSM enabler!!!" from here) [ info ] <already included in update pack v01-to-v02>

 

[DooMLoRD]

OLD FILES

reserved for posting old files

 

[DooMLoRD]

Info on new TouchEdition Recovery

CWM5.0.2.7 TouchEdition Recovery


so guys we (Team UtterChaos) present to u TouchBased CWM Recovery!!

my team mate (Napstar) has been working hard to get this fully functional...


basically we have created on-screen navigation buttons for CWM recovery...

just trying to make life easy

 

[Chewitt]

You my friend are a Legend.

 

[lukesjeans]

per say we have a locked arc with clockwork installed.....what would happen if we flash? Thanks for all the work you do doom!

 

[ff7fan4eva]

u cant... we dont have splboot (bootloader bypass) like x10


just unlock bootloader dude!



anyways ROM is released!


happy play!

You gonna do a play release?

 

[adiktz]

Waiting for the download to complete...!!!
Sent from my LT15i using xda premium

 

[lukesjeans]

Alright thanks for the confirmation man! Congrats

Sent from my LT15i using Tapatalk

 

[--Rob--]

Anyone has a bugtracker what's not working? Is data working (GSM/Wifi)?
If it's just small bugs, I will survive it....

 

[DerEineDa]

Is the camera working? Maybe FreeXperia-team could extract the libs for their CM9-version.

 

[tomatos]

Just a minute. I flashed yet. Now booting my arc with ICS.

UPDATE Information about ICS alpha:

- GSM, Wifi, GSM Data not working
- Kamera working but just make a picture, but video recorder not (working but lagging)
- SE Home launcher working
- SMS write working but don't send because GSM not working
- Browser tab's is the best
- Settings menu ordering very good Wifi&Bluetooth is the first in the menu

 

[Azev]

7. now flash THIS kernel using: THIS Kernel < Link is broken.

 

[Azev]

Opera seems not see this link. Ok with IE

 

[DooMLoRD]

guys we have a BIG suprise coming thanks to Bin4ry

Bin4ry my friend u are awesome!!!!

 

[IE-coRe]

You are the best doomord. Would love to see something like this on the play =)

Sent from my R800i using xda premium

 

[DooMLoRD]

You are the best doomord. Would love to see something like this on the play =)

Sent from my R800i using xda premium

yes i am just eating (a very late) dinner ... will start off with Xperia Play after that

 

[sahibunlimited]

yes i am just eating (a very late) dinner ... will start off with Xperia Play after that

OMG 1:30 already

Just following these 2 ICS threads and being jelly