[Rom]RevolutionRom, Pure AOSP kitkat project for Xperia [Android 4.4][11/11]

[krabappel2548]

For Xperia Z Ultra only!

*** Disclamer
This is an AOSP kitkat rom for Xperia Z Ultra only!
[B][COLOR="Red"]I am not responsible if you brick your device[/COLOR][/B], but I will try to help you if things go wrong.

Introduction

This is a new rom I created, the main cause of RevolutionRom is to have a vendor tree, hardware repos and AOSP repos with some small changes for Xperia devices. This will make it a lot easier in the future to provide and update AOSP roms on Xperia devices.

You can find my sources on github: RevolutionDev github

Features

- Packed with RevolutionKernel: RevolutionKernel thread
-Android 4.4

Images

- For more images check the screenshots tab of this devdb project

Installation instructions

Warning! The recovery in the Ubuntu Touch device image doesn't recognise external sd (Micro SD)
- Reboot into fastboot
- Flash boot.img and system.img:

- fastboot flash boot boot.img
- fastboot flash system system.img​

- Reboot into recovery
- Do a factory reset
- Flash gapps and supersu zip
- Reboot into system and anjoy the power of RevolutionRom android kitkat!

Download

- RevolutionRom Boot.img
- RevolutionRom System.img
- 4.4 ART-runtime compatible gapps
- Supersu

Project status

Working

- ADB
- Display
- Touchscreen
- Wifi
- Camera
- Sensors
- External Micro-SD
- GPS
- Audio playback
- Ril: Cell reception, calling, messaging
- Audio

Not woking

- Bluetooth
- Video Playback (HW decoder) [B][COLOR="Blue"]You can use MXPlayer to play almost every video with sw decoding for now[/COLOR][/B]
- Mobile Data

Changelog

== 13/11/2013 ==
- Migrated to almost complete AOSP
- Camera should be fully functional
- Some minor bug fixes
- Small improvements on ril

== 11/11/2013 ==
- Initial release

Thanks to:

- Google for the amzingly optimized Android kitkat :)
- CM team for 4.3 base (device tree)

XDA:DevDB Information
[Rom]RevolutionRom, Pure AOSP kitkat project for Xperia [Android 4.4][11/11], a ROM for the Sony Xperia Z Ultra

Contributors
krabappel2548

Version Information
Status: Beta
Beta Release Date: 2013-11-11

Created 2013-11-11
Last Updated 2013-11-29

 

[Reb0rn]

odexed gapps works best. for the time being its not a daily.

But its amazingly fast. Not so stable thou but it will get there im sure

Your the man krabappel2548

ps. DONT activate ART as its a bit to early to goof around with that...

 

[stiggy2012]

Thanks very much for this. Are you in need of logcat output to diagnose any issues?

Also, I've been wondering: As we share the same soc as the N5, is it possible to use the binaries from that device to get HW accelerated video? I know this is a dumb question, but you've got to learn somehow!

Thanks,

 

[LordManhattan]

Sweet! Would be nice to have calling fully working, so i think i'll wait

 

[baileyjr]

Is it OK to test and then restore 4.3 from a nandroid?

 

[LordManhattan]

Is it OK to test and then restore 4.3 from a nandroid?

I guess? Or?

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[baileyjr]

I guess? Or?

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Well I restored from an nandroid. Didn't work first time but was ok when I formatted data/system/ manually.

Only issue is that the play store now won't update my google apps, maps for example, now i'm back on 4.2. "Application requires newer SDK version". I think that may be temporary mind as google play still seems to think I'm on 4.4

I'll try updating them again later.

 

[jingko100200]

look forward for update version!

 

[warfareonly]

Thank god this isn't good enough to be a daily driver!
I just sent in my ZU for a replacement and would've been heartbroken to have to wait

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[GuestK00336]

Gave it a go!

.
On first boot I get com.android.phone crash. Which makes sense.
Every touch makes a red square around the edge of the display and it reboots.
Couldn't unlock the screen and no wizard for first clean install (to setup accounts, etc)

That is the furthest I was able to get.

ps. Followed installation method.

 

[T33H00]

Thanks for pushing 4.4 to XZU.

Sent from my Xperia Z Ultra using XDA Premium 4 mobile app

 

[djind]

Anxiously waiting for this!

 

[Reb0rn]

.
On first boot I get com.android.phone crash. Which makes sense.
Every touch makes a red square around the edge of the display and it reboots.
Couldn't unlock the screen and no wizard for first clean install (to setup accounts, etc)

That is the furthest I was able to get.

ps. Followed installation method.

Yeah I got that with normal gapps. It's more stable with pa-gapps-ODEXED

Sent from my Xperia Z Ultra using Tapatalk 4

 

[GuestK00336]

Yeah I got that with normal gapps. It's more stable with pa-gapps-ODEXED

Sent from my Xperia Z Ultra using Tapatalk 4

I used the gapps from the op which I understood to be odexed gapps. Unless I'm missing something?

 

[baileyjr]

I used the gapps from the op which I understood to be odexed gapps. Unless I'm missing something?

Works for me... I'd start over mate.

Heres a dropbox link you the odexed gapps, but they "should" be the same as the ones you have...

https://www.dropbox.com/s/dxl7pcpfkxy7xqx/pa_gapps-ODEX.zip

 

[krabappel2548]

Working on ril issues (phone crash, mobile data and calling)

Sent from my Xperia Z1 using xda app-developers app

 

[LordManhattan]

Working on ril issues (phone crash, mobile data and calling)

Sent from my Xperia Z1 using xda app-developers app

Awesome. Can't wait.

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---------- Post added at 01:02 AM ---------- Previous post was at 12:59 AM ----------

One stupid question: I haven't flashed any ROMs on the Ultra yet, but why do we have to flash boot.img and system.img before we flash in recovery? Why can't we just flash them in recovery and be done with it?

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[pedal2themedal]

I'll be all over this once the issues are fixed, lol. Great work tho!!

Sent From My Bada$$ XZU

 

[fbfree]

For Xperia Z Ultra only!

*** Disclamer
This is an AOSP kitkat rom for Xperia Z Ultra only!
[B][COLOR="Red"]I am not responsible if you brick your device[/COLOR][/B], but I will try to help you if things go wrong.

Introduction


Images


Installation instructions


Download


Changelog


Thanks to:

- Google for the amzingly optimized Android kitkat :)
- CM team for 4.3 base (device tree)

XDA:DevDB Information
[Rom]RevolutionRom, Pure AOSP kitkat project for Xperia [Android 4.4][11/11], a ROM for the Sony Xperia Z Ultra

Contributors
krabappel2548

Version Information
Status: Beta
Beta Release Date: 2013-11-11
Created 2013-11-11
Last Updated 2013-11-11

Thanks a lot,though there is something wrong with the system,causing it reboot.We are looking forward to the next update.Thanks for your work again.

 

[warfareonly]

Awesome. Can't wait.

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---------- Post added at 01:02 AM ---------- Previous post was at 12:59 AM ----------

One stupid question: I haven't flashed any ROMs on the Ultra yet, but why do we have to flash boot.img and system.img before we flash in recovery? Why can't we just flash them in recovery and be done with it?

Sent from my C6833 using Tapatalk

The boot image (boot.img) is composed of both the kernel and the initial root file system (initramfs). It's related to some sort of 'insecure boot' which is requisite for root and other stuff. Hence it is advised to flash it before flashing the ROM. Also, each rom had a different one, just because the boot.img of one rom works with the other,it doesn't mean it fully 'compatible'.
I dunno about the system image. That's the first time I've seen it being flashed from fastboot.

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