[ROM][official] AICP 13.1 - o8.1 - castor/_windy

[SpiritCroc]

AICP
Android Ice Cold Project

AICP is known by everyone as the "Ice Cold Project" that started on a Desire HD years ago (2012) and since then has evolved into a mature ROM with the BEST community that you can find!!!

Until Lollipop, the Rom has always been based on AOKP. Unfortunately, since AOKP stopped development (but made a comeback later), we changed our base to CM.
With the re-brand of CM to LineageOS (LAOS) we are now LAOS based with some tweaks from AOSP.

If there are any bugs, either we will sort them out or the LAOS team will if it concerns their code base. This rom isn't LAOS supported, so no need to report errors/bugs to them!!

#include <std_disclaimer.h>

/*
 * Your warranty is now void.
 *
 * We are not responsible for bricked devices, dead SD cards,
 * thermonuclear war or you getting fired because the alarm app failed. Please
 * do some research if you have any concerns about features included in this ROM
 * before flashing it! YOU are choosing to make these modifications, and if
 * you point the finger at us for messing up your device, we will laugh at you. Hard & a lot.
 *
 */

Feature list (rough Overview)

In the beginning we would like to thank:

LineageOS & CM (R.I.P.) team
@Maxwen and the rest of the OmniRom team
DU team
SlimRoms team
Resurrection Remix team
Community
...

@LorD ClockaN
@zipsnet
@eyosen
@semdoc
@Drgravy
@Hashbang173
@SpiritCroc
@wartomato
@eboye
plus the rest of the crazy bunch that we call "team"
...

We are paying for servers that build nightlies/weeklies and everything that comes with it, so EVERY DONATION will really be appreciated and be used to cover those expenses.
Thank you!!

Latest Stable Release Version 13.1

Download link: https://dwnld.aicp-rom.com

Official builds will be deleted from our servers every month due to maintenance services. We advise everyone to keep at least the latest or best working build on their device as a backup. Maybe copy it to a cloud service or USB too.

Test version downloads Version 13.1

Download link castor_windy: https://basketbuild.com/devs/SpiritCroc/castor_windy/AICP-o8.1
Download link castor: https://basketbuild.com/devs/SpiritCroc/castor/AICP-o8.1

Google Apps
http://opengapps.org/?download=false&arch=arm&api=8.1&variant=pico

Full Changelog link: https://dwnld.aicp-rom.com

You tell...

The ROM should contain everything you need to enjoy Android Oreo. You don't need to install any Add-on's, simply download the latest ROM, GApps, flash it and go!
If you want the device to run the ROM "rooted", you can flash a root solution of your choice after the ROM Zipfile.

It is STRONGLY recommended to fully wipe your device before flashing and please avoid restoring system apps and system data with Titanium Backup as this can cause stability issues that are very hard to debug.
If you believe you know what you're doing - then fine, go ahead, but please don't complain if you experience any strange behavior.
How to flash:
(Again: Don't do it if you don't know it!)

1. Download the ROM and GApps and transfer them to your device.
2. Boot to recovery (TWRP recommended).
3. Wipe the System, Cache, Data and ART/Dalvik cache.
4. Flash the ROM Zipfile.
5. Flash the GApps (optional, needed for e.g. Google Playstore to work).
6. Flash the root solution of your choice (optional).
7. Reboot your device.

The ROM has GApps persistence in between dirty flashes, so you only have to flash them once!
The root solution should be flashed together with every OTA update (= ROM Update)


Currently Supported Root Solutions:

Magisk stable
Magisk versions higher than 14.0 doesn't require flash on every dirty flash depending on the deivce, some devices need you to flash it every time, unless your maintainer says otherwise it should be fine

PREREQUISITE FOR OTA:
To be able to flash using the built-in OTA app, TWRP recovery is needed.
You can still use the LAOS recovery and OTA app, but you will need to download the zip file and flash it manually from within your recovery. The Zipfile gets saved in the "aicp_ota" folder on your internal storage.
Please be sure that you are on the latest TWRP recovery. Keep in mind that this could also be an unofficial version!​

If you want to contribute to the AICP or want see what is being worked on/merged, feel free to visit our Gerrit code review system. (Link is at the bottom!!!)

Kernel source: https://github.com/AICP/kernel_sony_msm8974/tree/o8.1

ROM & Additional links:
AICP Gerrit Code Review
AICP on Github

AICP G+ community

Contributors:
rcstar6696
AdrianDC
All the other contributors to sony msm8974 platform

You want to see a "normal" night at the "DEV office", click here!!

XDA:DevDB Information
Android Ice Cold Project (AICP) 13.1 castor/_windy, ROM for the Sony Xperia Z2 Tablet

Contributors
SpiritCroc
Source Code: https://github.com/AICP

ROM OS Version: 8.x Oreo
ROM Kernel: Linux 3.4.x
ROM Firmware Required: Unlocked bootloader

Version Information
Status: No Longer Updated

Created 2018-05-10
Last Updated 2020-10-18

 

[_Sherrif]

Nice to see AICP again. Downloading now.

 

[_Sherrif]

Well, i have been test driving this ROM for almost 2 full days. Must say very snappy and smooth so far. Have not had time to test everything but i am making my way through it. So far NO major issues which i have found. Camera, sensors, wifi, bt, all working as they should. Battery seems decent so far with continued use and reboots. No FC's on anything. All AICP extras are working as they should. Will be trying for another day then make the move to my DD.

AND YES EVERYONE.....QC IS WORKING. I AM GETTING AROUND 2400mA DURING CHARGING. NICE TO SEE>>>>>

Nice job SpiritCroc. :good::good:

 

[smoschi]

Well, i have been test driving this ROM for almost 2 full days. Must say very snappy and smooth so far. Have not had time to test everything but i am making my way through it. So far NO major issues which i have found. Camera, sensors, wifi, bt, all working as they should. Battery seems decent so far with continued use and reboots. No FC's on anything. All AICP extras are working as they should. Will be trying for another day then make the move to my DD.

AND YES EVERYONE.....QC IS WORKING. I AM GETTING AROUND 2400mA DURING CHARGING. NICE TO SEE>>>>>

Nice job SpiritCroc. :good::good:

hey _Sherrif, you reviews are the best & big thanks

is auto-rotate working? i got problems with LOS based 8.1 ;(
___________________________________
thank you SpiritCroc for your hard work!
_____________________________________

 

[_Sherrif]

@smoschi,
yes auto-rotate is working fine for me. I have to say this is the smoothest working ROM i have tried in a while...tablet or phone. Very smooth and battery is great for me and i play alot of heavy graphics gaming on my tab i.e War Robots & Asphalt 8.

It is my daily driver for mt CW Tablet. It is well worth trying......

 

[set110]

hey _Sherrif, you reviews are the best & big thanks

is auto-rotate working? i got problems with LOS based 8.1 ;(
___________________________________
thank you SpiritCroc for your hard work!
_____________________________________

I had this problem on LOS 8.1, this solution sorted this problem for me.
Move this file (vendor/etc/sensor_def_qcomdev.conf) to system/etc and test Sensors again after a reboot.

 

[romeo_coi]

@smoschi,
yes auto-rotate is working fine for me. I have to say this is the smoothest working ROM i have tried in a while...tablet or phone. Very smooth and battery is great for me and i play alot of heavy graphics gaming on my tab i.e War Robots & Asphalt 8.

It is my daily driver for mt CW Tablet. It is well worth trying......

D**n, I finally find out an Oreo ROM with working QC but my windy just "dead". I let it drain almost 2 days, the good news is when plugged, the LED is now blinking red again, I hope after totally drained out, it will able to recharge and power on.
Thank for your quickly reviews and confirmation on QC, @_Sherrif
Btw, do you have any problems with the annoying system notifications (external sd card....)?

Edit: my bad, many thank @SpiritCroc for all of your hard work to keep supporting castor/windy

 

[_Sherrif]

Btw, do you have any problems with the annoying system notifications (external sd card....)?

Did you tap the SDCARD in the notification? It should allow you to set up as portable, name of storage may be wrong, but the top selection, then after selecting it should accept your card.

NOW, when my ex-sdcard was formatted as "EXT4", sometimes i would have problems getting the new ROM to accept my sdcard. The only way to get the new ROM to accept would be a full format of the exsdard. I was not going to do this for every new ROM install just like most of us.

Since i have re-formatted my ex-sdcard to "vfat" or fat32. Now i never have any problems regardless of the ROM i choose. If you decide to re-format of course be sure to back it up first, but that should be a gime. FYI - I have no issues running my exsd as VFAT formatted, actually it is smoother IMHO.

Hope this helps...

 

[romeo_coi]

Did you tap the SDCARD in the notification? It should allow you to set up as portable, name of storage may be wrong, but the top selection, then after selecting it should accept your card.

NOW, when my ex-sdcard was formatted as "EXT4", sometimes i would have problems getting the new ROM to accept my sdcard. The only way to get the new ROM to accept would be a full format of the exsdard. I was not going to do this for every new ROM install just like most of us.

Since i have re-formatted my ex-sdcard to "vfat" or fat32. Now i never have any problems regardless of the ROM i choose. If you decide to re-format of course be sure to back it up first, but that should be a gime. FYI - I have no issues running my exsd as VFAT formatted, actually it is smoother IMHO.

Hope this helps...

Thanks for your reply.
In my cases, I haven't tried to format external sd card to other format yet. The problem I meant is: after the first time I config my ext sd card (after finished set up new ROM), there's a system notification about a new card, and it'll be there no matter what I do.
My windy still blinking red when plugged in, may be tomorrow it will drain out to zero, then I will recharge it and try to re-format my card with this ROM and see what happens.

 

[_Sherrif]

SDCARD issue & My windy still blinking red when plugged in

Are u able to use and access your ex-sdcard? IF not, the system is not recognizing it for what ever reason. Maybe someone more versed can help with this issue. If you do decide to format the sdcard try vfat. I have been very happy with it so far and have been using for 7-8 months now. No storage issues or nandroid backup issues with the vfat format. Transfer rates seem a bit slower but i can live with that.

For the battery. Search the XDA forums and find the info to calibrate / re-calibrate your battery. Can't remember exactly what to do, but i did it with my HTC phone and it fixed my battery problem with not showing levels correctly. Maybe this will help with your battery issue as well.
From what i can remember you need to remove a file from a system folder, do a full charge with the tab off, etc. It may or may not help, but worth a try for sure.

I know it is not the answer you needed but it may help your battery situation. I

 

[romeo_coi]

Are u able to use and access your ex-sdcard? IF not, the system is not recognizing it for what ever reason. Maybe someone more versed can help with this issue. If you do decide to format the sdcard try vfat. I have been very happy with it so far and have been using for 7-8 months now. No storage issues or nandroid backup issues with the vfat format. Transfer rates seem a bit slower but i can live with that.

For the battery. Search the XDA forums and find the info to calibrate / re-calibrate your battery. Can't remember exactly what to do, but i did it with my HTC phone and it fixed my battery problem with not showing levels correctly. Maybe this will help with your battery issue as well.
From what i can remember you need to remove a file from a system folder, do a full charge with the tab off, etc. It may or may not help, but worth a try for sure.

I know it is not the answer you needed but it may help your battery situation. I

Thanks for your kindness, @_Sherrif
I did some research and realized a lot of other users had the same symthomp, so I think the problem isn't caused by battery but the tablet itself.
My windy finally drained out, after 1h recharged, I managed to boot into recovery and make a clean flash of AICP.
At first glance, everything such as bluetooth, wifi, gps, audio, touchscreen... are as smooth as you reviewed. The annoying notification doesn't exist in this ROM.
I was tested the QC but I only get 1200mA with a 3rd party QC3.0 charger, the original Sony charger is not at my office, I'll check it whe I'm home.

 

[smoschi]

i luv this rom best ever i got! big thanks
@SpiritCroc: is this your right paypal-donation-account?
Donate to
AICP-ROM

only problems with playstore, want install apps (hanging in downloading loop ........ ) ;(
deleted cache & data from google services & playstore. maybee wrong latest opengapps 8.1 (arm)?
maybee my external sd card buggy?
@_Sherrif: how you format your ex-sd-card from ext4 to vfat? in twrp? thx

thx guys

 

[SpiritCroc]

AND YES EVERYONE.....QC IS WORKING. I AM GETTING AROUND 2400mA DURING CHARGING. NICE TO SEE

I finally find out an Oreo ROM with working QC

Actually Carbon ROM should have working QC as well, since I'm following their device tree and have QC from them

i luv this rom best ever i got! big thanks
@SpiritCroc: is this your right paypal-donation-account?
Donate to
AICP-ROM

I personally don't accept donations right now (makes me feel more free to not fix bugs/implement user requests when I'm busy otherwise), but I'm happy about donations to AICP, since this helps my team to cover server costs / pay less out of their own pockets. Great to hear you like AICP!

 

[_Sherrif]

i
only problems with playstore, want install apps (hanging in downloading loop ........ ) ;(
deleted cache & data from google services & playstore. maybee wrong latest opengapps 8.1 (arm)?
maybee my external sd card buggy?

@_Sherrif: how you format your ex-sd-card from ext4 to vfat? in twrp? thx

thx guys

I am having no issues with PlayStore downloading. I use GZR-Gapps ZERO and never have any issues. Very small Gapps package with just the bare bones of Google stuff. Like 60mb or so. If you want to try do a search on AFH for "GZR-Gapps" then select the flavor of your choice, but not arm64, for our device.

I do not format in TWRP, my exsd anyway. I use a partition manager, Mini-Partition Tool to format my sdcard cards and thumb drives and Hard Disks. Google for it. Very nice program. to use vfat format the card as fat32.

NOTE* You do not need Mini-Tool to do this, a quick format in windows with fat32 should work fine. Be sure to remove the sdcard from the device and place in either the s slot or a reader. Copy all of your data to a safe location, takes a while, format...reload the info to the newly formatted card and re-insert.

IMHO, I don't think the sdcard format will solve the Play problem though, but it may.

Hope this helps....

 

[romeo_coi]

Actually Carbon ROM should have working QC as well, since I'm following their device tree and have QC from them



...!

I can confirm QC is not working with Carbon ROM, both official and rcstar's test builds . I'm working in a cellphone accessory chain stores so I tested it with several QC certified chargers: Anker, Aukey, Promate, Belkin.... and none of them worked. In my last test, QC in your build is working with a Promate QC3.0 charger @5V/~2.8A (FYI I came to your build directly from latest Carbon test build). Battery life seems to be better than Carbon with same scenario (I got about 8h onscreen).
The only problem I've got is sometimes SystemUI crashed but I think it caused by myself. Everything else is working flawlessly.:good:

 

[Mrxyzl]

Just pop in herevto say that everything is working well. Good job here

 

[jeryll]

seriously QC is working

Finally, custom ROM with working quickcharge! Trust me, I tried them all, QC not working for me anywhere except original SONY ROM (I have original SONY QC charger)! So this is my new daily driver, and so far everything working as expected. Good job, thanx...

 

[redoracle]

Hi, good work with the ROM... I am using the test ROM since I have an SGP521 (Xperia tablet Z2 LTE).
Few things I notice:
1) Netflix cannot be installed properly
2) There is no support for IR port
3) There are not the sony mini apps anymore, expecially the IR remote app which I find very useful
4) Magisk get stopped time to time

When do you plan a stable release for the SGP521?

Regards
Michael

 

[SpiritCroc]

Hi, good work with the ROM... I am using the test ROM since I have an SGP521 (Xperia tablet Z2 LTE).
Few things I notice:
1) Netflix cannot be installed properly
2) There is no support for IR port
3) There are not the sony mini apps anymore, expecially the IR remote app which I find very useful
4) Magisk get stopped time to time

When do you plan a stable release for the SGP521?

Regards
Michael

1) Netflix might have problems because of custom ROMs or root I think
2) Sony's IR solution on z2 tablet is proprietary and not so easy to get to work on custom ROMs unfortunately
3) Yeah it's not stock ROM
4) Probably Magisk related and not ROM related

I'm planning on starting official builds for castor (LTE) soon, just waiting for some confirmation that everything (especially mobile network related, due to differences castor/castor_windy) is working fine

 

[redoracle]

Many thanks for your reply... Looking forward to..