[ROM] [Unofficial] [V9.2]Dirty Unicorns 5.0.2 {Honami} [UPDATE] [APR 8 2015]

[Saatvik Shukla]

About Us:

Dirty Unicorns is a project that started out with no name. It was a project that was first created based off AOKP back in the early days of Jelly Bean because of curiosity. In the early days, it was just a one man show on one device (EVO 3D). However, many others have joined the project since and it has grown a lot. We have seen a wide variety of talent contribute to this project of ours and many of our contributors have gone on to help other projects, and that is ultimately why we do what we do.

Once Jelly Bean was over, we decided in Kitkat to move to a new base, which was OmniROM. While AOKP was fun, OmniROM proved to be even more exciting because it challenged us to see what we could with something different.

With Lollipop, we have moved to an AOSP base with a lot of patches from CAF to make our older devices function as they should. With that said, it has been an awesome learning experience and it's still not over! We are still learning every day and continue to move forward.

Few more things we will say is that we don't accept nor ask for donations. We don't believe in that. Everything that is necessary to keep this project going is out of our own pocket. Gerrit, Jenkins, Websites, Devices, etc.....

All we do ask is that you search, read and try to enjoy the process with us!!​

Kernel Source:
https://github.com/cyanogenmod/android_kernel_sony_msm8974


Flashing Instructions:

- Flash any other kernel which has recovery built in

- Perform a FULL WIPE as described below if coming from another ROM
(A full wipe is when you wipe system/data/cache/internal and/or sdcard)

- Flash the latest version of this ROM

- Flash recommended GAPPS linked below

- Reboot and ENJOY!!

**If you fail to follow these instructions, don't bother reporting any bugs**

**If coming from a previous lollipop version, wipe system and cache**

Change Log:

[B]Version 9.0 [/B]- Initial Release of Lollipop
For detailed change log, check [URL="http://gerrit.dirtyunicorns.com/#/q/status:merged,n,z"]http://gerrit.dirtyunicorns.com/#/q/status:merged,n,z[/URL]

Credit and Thanks:

We would like to give thanks to everyone that contributes to the Android community, small or big because every bit counts. Although we can't list each and every contributor within the Android community, we would like to highlight some of the teams and individuals that have made it possible NOT only with just this version of DU but throughout the years because we don't ever want to forget where we came from.

That said, on behalf of the DU team we say THANKS to....

JMZ Software
Baby Jesus
Code Aurora Forum
Omni ROM
Android Open Kang Project (AOKP)
Android Ice Cold Project (AICP)
XDA-Developers
SlimROMs
Preludedrew
Max Weninger
Team Black Out
CyanogenMod

*If we have left someone or some team out, please accept our apologies*

Download Links:

Version 9.0 - https://www.androidfilehost.com/?w=files&flid=25354 --- My AndroidFileHost DU folder
Recommended GAPPS - DU TBO Gapps || Banks Gapps || 64-bit Gapps


Other Links:

G+ community - https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/109738128866939227235
ROM Source - https://github.com/DirtyUnicorns
Gerrit - http://gerrit.dirtyunicorns.com
Crowdin (translations) - https://crowdin.net/project/dirtyunicorns
Jira (Bug Report / Feature Request) - http://jira.dirtyunicorns.com/



XDA:DevDB Information
Dirty Unicorns, ROM for the Sony Xperia Z1

Contributors
Saatvik Shukla
ROM OS Version: 5.0.x Lollipop
ROM Kernel: Linux 3.4.x

Version Information
Status: Testing

Created 2015-01-28
Last Updated 2015-04-07

 

[Saatvik Shukla]

Reserved

Screenshots http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=58482662&postcount=2

 

[Saatvik Shukla]

Reserved

 

[m0d]

Kernel Source:
https://github.com/cyanogenmod/android_kernel_sony_msm8974

The kernel source above is different to the one in your github: https://github.com/saatvik2012/android_kernel_sony_msm8974
which is forked from crdroidandroid

I ask because I was able to compile DU for z3-compact using the CM12 kernel you mentioned but it does not get past the sony logo. I was told that others had the same problem.
Did you come across that problem? Does crdroidandroid kernel fix the issue?

Thank you in advance

 

[Saatvik Shukla]

The kernel source above is different to the one in your github: https://github.com/saatvik2012/android_kernel_sony_msm8974
which is forked from crdroidandroid

I ask because I was able to compile DU for z3-compact using the CM12 kernel you mentioned but it does not get past the sony logo. I was told that others had the same problem.
Did you come across that problem? Does crdroidandroid kernel fix the issue?

Thank you in advance

As what i feel, its because of the Toolchain. I experienced similar thing with the LiquidSmooth build.

Haven't got time to look into the matter yet, but thats what i suspect is.

br
s

 

[abbychauhan]

Thanks man

 

[pin70]

Any known bugs in this ROM?

 

[LeeTL]

on this rom for close to a day. so far everything works. extremely snappy.

 

[pblupedro]

Camera working??

Câmera is working???

 

[LeeTL]

everything works afaik. haven't found any bugs YET. much better than the other lollipopo roms i've tried thus far

 

[pin70]

Can you flash this rom with locked bootloader without any worries?

 

[ploopower79]

Can you flash this rom with locked bootloader without any worries?

Nooooooo unlocked bootloader ONLY sorry man

 

[pin70]

Nooooooo unlocked bootloader ONLY sorry man

Hmmm, if i unlock the bootloader, will i be able to easily lock it again so i can install the official lollipop when it comes out?

 

[ploopower79]

Hmmm, if i unlock the bootloader, will i be able to easily lock it again so i can install the official lollipop when it comes out?

The process itself is not hard to lock and unlock but the danger is making sure you back up your "TA partition" so when you choose to relock it, you'll retain all the benefits and not lose them forever. But in the end its your call and your phone read, read again, read a third time and just before you unlock your bootloader read it again lol

 

[pin70]

The process itself is not hard to lock and unlock but the danger is making sure you back up your "TA partition" so when you choose to relock it, you'll retain all the benefits and not lose them forever. But in the end its your call and your phone read, read again, read a third time and just before you unlock your bootloader read it again lol

ok, did a TA backup and downloading android SDK as we speak to perform the unlocking of the bootloader c:
looking forward to trying out this ROM

 

[pin70]

ok, did a TA backup and downloading android SDK as we speak to perform the unlocking of the bootloader c:
looking forward to trying out this ROM

So, i went into recovery, installed the ROM and all the GAPPS, my z1 automatically restarted in infinite loop as expected, because i still haven't found what kernel i should be using, it says in the post to use the crandroid kernel? however all i could find was a 277mb .rar, and afaik a kernel should only be a 16mb~ .img file to flash in flashtool?

could you send a link to the correct kernel that i should flash?

EDIT; Nvm the .img file was inside that .rar file, booting in the ROM now c: eager to test it out
tks for all the support <3

 

[pin70]

Bug reports, first of all i'd like to mention that this ROM is awesome, i get 1gb free of ram when using it, however, i am struggling to do simple tasks with it, i've noticed some very constant crashes while trying to play music using Google's music app, or soundcloud, or youtube, everything will freeze or simply crash, in some cases causing the cellphone to reboot, i've noticed that a few snapchat videos recorded in portrait are playedback in landscape with everything stretched, also noticed a very low volume on the mic, at least while using whatsapp.

Update, it is crashing after a while with pretty much any app. i`ll try reinstalling everything
Reinstalled, problem persists, apps will freeze from time to time forcing me to close them, snapchat, play store, youtube, etc.

Am i the only one having theses bugs?

thanks! keep up the awesome work

 

[tofclaire]

for me too, tried and a lot of fc in apps (apps updated)....

 

[pin70]

ok, did a TA backup and downloading android SDK as we speak to perform the unlocking of the bootloader c:
looking forward to trying out this ROM

for me too, tried and a lot of fc in apps (apps updated)....

At least i'm not the only one hmm, hope this gets fixed asap.

 

[SyedSyafiqqqq]

So, i went into recovery, installed the ROM and all the GAPPS, my z1 automatically restarted in infinite loop as expected, because i still haven't found what kernel i should be using, it says in the post to use the crandroid kernel? however all i could find was a 277mb .rar, and afaik a kernel should only be a 16mb~ .img file to flash in flashtool?

could you send a link to the correct kernel that i should flash?

EDIT; Nvm the .img file was inside that .rar file, booting in the ROM now c: eager to test it out
tks for all the support <3

could you sent me the boot img cause i didn't manage to find it inside the zip file