Paranoid Android 6.0.1 - AOSPA - Z3 Compact

[tomgus1]

AOSPA 6.0.1 for the Xperia Z3 Compact!

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Instructions

If installing fresh and/or coming from another ROM (including previous PA versions)

1. Reboot into Recovery (Please use the latest TWRP) and MAKE A BACKUP!
2. Wipe System, Data, Cache, and Dalvik Cache
3. Flash Latest OFFICIAL STOCK ROM - This will ensure a clean system and all bootloader etc updated to latest.
4. Wipe System, Data, Cache, and Dalvik Cache
5. Flash the ROM
6. Flash GApps
7. Flash SuperSU (if you want to have root, that is)
8. Wipe Caches and Reboot
9. Profit!

Download Links

• ROM: http://get.aospa.co/official/aries

AOSPA Links

• Google+: https://plus.google.com/communities/112514149478109338346
• Gerrit: http://gerrit.aospa.co/
• GitHub: https://github.com/AOSPA

#StayParanoid

XDA:DevDB Information
Paranoid Android 6.0.x, ROM for the Sony Xperia Z3 Compact

Contributors
tomgus1, sonyxperiadev, PA Team
Source Code: https://github.com/AOSPA/

ROM OS Version: 6.0.x Marshmallow
ROM Kernel: Linux 3.10.x
Based On: AOSPA

Version Information
Status: Stable

Created 2016-08-08
Last Updated 2016-08-11

 

[tomgus1]

Reserved

 

[juliopw]

Except for the camera bugs, seems to be stable. I've read somewhere about Sony releasing new sources for camera. Are these new sources used in this ROM?

 

[tomgus1]

Except for the camera bugs, seems to be stable. I've read somewhere about Sony releasing new sources for camera. Are these new sources used in this ROM?

You are correct in that Sony will be releasing new binaries for camera and this is indeed what we are using for PA on Sony. However this work will take time, but we will in the end have Nexus like support for Sony devices.

 

[Cirra92]

You are correct in that Sony will be releasing new binaries for camera and this is indeed what we are using for PA on Sony. However this work will take time, but we will in the end have Nexus like support for Sony devices.

That's what we are waiting for, Nexus like support :highfive:
However due to that nasty reversed fish-eye people just gave up, since Sony didn't release proper binaries and blobs. Lets see if that gets fixed with those releases.

 

[juliopw]

Yeah. Making the camera work properly seems to be the biggest difficulty in developing for the Z3C. I will test every build and give feedback. Thanks!

 

[snaky90]

@tomgus1 thanks for the rom !!
@juliopw source about new camera blobs ? Thanks !

 

[juliopw]

@snaky90 Can't remember where I saw it. Only found this old post. Sorry. I will look into it again.

 

[optic-XPERIA]

I have a lot of problems with this rom! Sometimes I have lag and my phone has randoms reboots. The camera worked at the first time with a very bad quality. Now I can not acces to the camera because I got a error code.
Please fix this problems

 

[mcgi5sr2]

@TomGus 1 hi I can't find your sources on the official PA repository. Are you using the sony open devices repos for device tree etc?

 

[tomgus1]

I have a lot of problems with this rom! Sometimes I have lag and my phone has randoms reboots. The camera worked at the first time with a very bad quality. Now I can not acces to the camera because I got a error code.
Please fix this problems

@TomGus 1 hi I can't find your sources on the official PA repository. Are you using the sony open devices repos for device tree etc?

Hi, for the reboots etc this is a kernel issue. Currently we are using the 1.2.2 branch from sonyxperiadev which has an issue with vidc/iommu. This is fixed in the 1.3.3 branch but currently Camera is not yet supported. Once support is added we will move over. I can confirm that it is fixed as I am currently running from that branch at the sacrifice of no camera.

For your current camera issue please try a reboot or going into recovery and wiping dalvik/cache and trying again. Had this happen once and a reboot fixed it.

We are using Sony Open Devices repositories for all Sony Devices as seen in our dependency files.

 

[mcgi5sr2]

Hi, for the reboots etc this is a kernel issue. Currently we are using the 1.2.2 branch from sonyxperiadev which has an issue with vidc/iommu. This is fixed in the 1.3.3 branch but currently Camera is not yet supported. Once support is added we will move over. I can confirm that it is fixed as I am currently running from that branch at the sacrifice of no camera.

For your current camera issue please try a reboot or going into recovery and wiping dalvik/cache and trying again. Had this happen once and a reboot fixed it.

We are using Sony Open Devices repositories for all Sony Devices as seen in our dependency files.

Thanks for the reply, that is an almighty dependency list

 

[tomgus1]

Thanks for the reply, that is an almighty dependency list

More than I'd like but Sony has some cross-overs with Nexus which causes incompatibility.

 

[STiAT]

As reported on G+ here a short sum-up after a week of usage PA on z3c.

Installation broken
Installation expects the getprop("ro.product.device") to be "aries", but mine was z3c, therefore failing. Had to edit the META-INF/com/google/android/updater-script to get it working (exchange "aries" with "z3c").
Tim: Fixed for next release.

Voice Calling volume not changable (very loud)
https://plus.google.com/u/0/+GeorgGrabler/posts/FY9xZZuHMde
Tim: No fix yet.

Voice calling crashes most of the time (beeping or no sound at all), rebooting / locking up the phone (huge issue, makes the ROM unusable for me now)
https://plus.google.com/u/0/+GeorgGrabler/posts/GF2Eac9xtcn
Tim: Fixed next release.

NFC broken
https://plus.google.com/u/0/+GeorgGrabler/posts/iejmnYxSDkh
Tim: Can't reproduce.
=> Got a log of me because he can't reproduce it. Maybe that will help (does not happen if you have a USB attached).
Log at: http://pastebin.com/brZiHsky

Fast Charge not working
https://plus.google.com/+GeorgGrabler/posts/7kKjXJDKQB7
Tim: Will never work, not part of Sony AOSP.
=> Sad, but ok .

Camera issues
Well known, we'll have to see how the open drivers get along over time. They got better in the past, but still there are issues.

I sometimes even get "could not connect to camera" after making a picture.

Can't use the rom for production until the calling issue is solved.

 

[optic-XPERIA]

I have a lot of problems with this rom! Sometimes I have lag and my phone has randoms reboots. The camera worked at the first time with a very bad quality. Now I can not acces to the camera because I got a error code.
Please fix this problems



Hi, for the reboots etc this is a kernel issue. Currently we are using the 1.2.2 branch from sonyxperiadev which has an issue with vidc/iommu. This is fixed in the 1.3.3 branch but currently Camera is not yet supported. Once support is added we will move over. I can confirm that it is fixed as I am currently running from that branch at the sacrifice of no camera.

For your current camera issue please try a reboot or going into recovery and wiping dalvik/cache and trying again. Had this happen once and a reboot fixed it.

We are using Sony Open Devices repositories for all Sony Devices as seen in our dependency files.

bad news: My recovery was deleted by aospa

 

[STiAT]

recovery isn't touched by aospa. You can't use the standard adb commands to get to recovery though, you have to use the "hardware method".

If your recovery is really gone, just re-flash it, that's not a big issue.

---------- Post added at 12:42 AM ---------- Previous post was at 12:41 AM ----------

Just wanted to add: AOSPA team and Tim - great work there. It looks like we could get a really usable rom some time soon (though, the volume highness will still be an annoyance if it can't be fixed ).

---------- Post added at 01:19 AM ---------- Previous post was at 12:42 AM ----------

Last but not least, thanks PA team for all the work and effort. I may not be able to use the ROM yet, even though, I'd love to. You have been and are doing great work, and I hope you'll manage to bring us a good AOSP(A) image some day (rather sooner than later if you ask me ).

Don't take my reports and disappointment as a grain of salt but constructive feedback.

 

[filou76]

As reported on G+ here a short sum-up after a week of usage PA on z3c.

Voice Calling volume not changable (very loud)
https://plus.google.com/u/0/+GeorgGr...ts/FY9xZZuHMde
Tim: No fix yet.

Can't use the rom for production until the calling issue is solved.

@tomgus1 : Calling volume sound had already been a problem in CM12.1 sometime in 2015. Was solved then. Maybe you can find some useful infos over CM JIRA:
https://jira.cyanogenmod.org/browse/NIGHTLIES-930?jql=status = Closed AND text ~ "z3"

regards, phil

 

[STiAT]

Boils down to this two commits.
https://github.com/CyanogenMod/andr...mmit/fe714b9501b58a63daef424d90cae62dc9743517
https://github.com/CyanogenMod/andr...mmit/899b01eea912bae4d31ae9d0181018de41990f61

 

[diegosantos367]

the new version 6.0.3 is already working with the camera?

I found a little time on the site and the AOSP rom has a new version 6.0.3, someone already tested the camera is working?
http://get.aospa.co/official/aries

 

[STiAT]

Camera is working, but still the same bad quality. We have to wait for the opensource drivers to get better. Sony is working on this, but it's still a long road ahead as it seems.

Lock-Ups have been fixed, the voice issue (speakers / loud uncontrollable voice level during calls) isn't (yet).