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[ROM][LINK] Sailfish OS Droid 4 maserati

I DID NOT MAKE THIS ROM!!!!!! - A developer by the name of TheKit made this rom, so do not give me any credit for this rom, give it all to them.
I am simply linking it because I love this phone, I love Sailfish OS on it, and I think a lot of people would enjoy Sailfish OS on it as well and just don't know it is available.
Q: "What is Sailfish OS and why should I use it?"
A: Sailfish OS is a great OS for many reasons. Having used multiple android roms I can attest to the fact that:
1. It has MUCH better battery life (however it has a weird battery read bug, see issues below)
2. It is MUCH faster and generally more stable when it comes to the things that work (your calls won't drop, your system won't lock up due to lack of ram, etc.)
3. It has a great gesture driven UI that is a joy to use and very gorgeous to look at. No more of this all white bull**** Google has been forcing down our throats since 2014
Q: "How good is the battery life?
A: After a day of playing cave story at work and reading discord and listening to music, I am at about 30-40% end of day (I start at 8:30AM, stop at 4:00PM)
Okay now that the Q/A segment is over, lets get to the real meat
ISSUES
1. Battery Read is wonky, it only goes in 10% increments until it reaches 20%, then it starts going in 5% increments
2. If you use the 2.1.3.7 build keyboard backlight is broken, but it works fine on the 2.1.0.11 build
3. Bluetooth is wonky, I was able to play audio through speakers in the 2.1.3.7 build...
4. FM Radio is broken too
5. As the maemo-talk thread says, CDMA is untested, and like on Photon Q, most likely does not work. GSM works great though! :good:
6. The old 2.1.0.11 build has a slew of issues compared to the new 2.1.3.7 build. These include data not working out of box, wifi requiring a reboot to work, and auto rotation not working in a majority of apps by default. Consult this thread and the maemo talk thread for more help, and if you want rotation anywhere, install patchmanager 2.0 and auto rotate anywhere from warehouse for sailfish os.
Alien Dalvik install tutorial
I did not make this and do not know who did. the developer claims someone threw a brick at them with an sd card attached. The sdcard contained links to these files in the form of a text file names "monkeyAIDS.txt"
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mS6di1jYfVeDoFBjcANS6SmfkhGyEKoa/view - AD Jolla C (different from the Turing phone rpm, this is built for 3.1.x kernels)
http://sfos.scanf.su/maserati/alien-patched.tar.gz
So extract both files to your ~/ (home) directory and type in the following:
devel-su
[insert root password you set in settings]
zypper in [alien dalvik rpm]
rsync -a /home/nemo/alien/ /opt/alien/
ln -s /vendor /opt/alien/system/vendor
reboot
OPTIONAL: fix for the default 320PPI value
devel-su
[insert root password]
vim /opt/alien/system/build.prop
change ro.sf.lcd.density to the value of your choosing (Droid 4 is 256)
Keyboard Backlight Fix, works on 2.1.0.11, don't know about 2.1.3.7 -- Thank you @moodroid for this legendary patch!
On <2.1.3.7, I got the keyboard backlight to work by creating an /etc/mce/20backlight.ini with:
[KeyPad]
BrightnessDirectory=/sys/class/leds/keyboard-backlight
Then do 'pkcon install mce' and 'systemctl restart mce'.
Download Links
Here is the thread with the Download Link to the 2.1.0.11 build
https://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=99031&page=9
If you don't mind a lack of keyboard backlight and want a more up to date build, grab the new and fabulous leaked 2.1.3.7 Build:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1k3MOCrMvbFb114Omf0MzSvnQ7wBkTiWH/view?usp=sharing
Basically if you are fed up with how ****ty the latest Lineage OS builds are and just want to try something new, give this a try. Why not? What have you got to lose. All in all great work by TheKit and I am very happy with the port as it is and I think you will be too.

Hi,
On <2.1.3.7, I got the keyboard backlight to work by creating an /etc/mce/20backlight.ini with:
[KeyPad]
BrightnessDirectory=/sys/class/leds/keyboard-backlight
Then doing 'pkcon install mce' and 'systemctl restart mce'.
Hope you get the OK to share your AD success!
Thanks

moodroid said:
Hi,
On 2.1.3.7, I got the keyboard backlight to work by creating an /etc/mce/20backlight.ini with:
[KeyPad]
BrightnessDirectory=/sys/class/leds/keyboard-backlight
Then doing 'pkcon install mce' and 'systemctl restart mce'.
Hope you get the OK to share your AD success!
Thanks
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dude you are a legend!
I would add that to the OP but you are first comment so anyone viewing the op will see this. I will definitely tell TheKit about this (then again, he gave you the 2.1.3.7 build so you can just tell them yourself)

Greetings,
I've been playing around with SailfishOS on my Droid 4 in the past few days, and I have a few questions about the whole thing. TheKit publicly shared a 2.1.3.7 build for the Droid 4 on his thread at Maemo, is that the one you are talking about or is it a different build? As someone mentioned this specific build seems to have issues with wifi, and I have the same problem. I can't post links, but the download link to the build I mentioned is on page 12.
The 2.1.0.11 build seems to work fairly well, however I wasn't able to install Alien Dalvik. After the installation the "Android Support" button does show up in the settings app, however nothing happens when I click the start button. I also attempted installing an apk both via the GUI (by clicking on it in the downloads) and via the command line by using "apkd-install", but it doesn't seem to work. Full log of the installation process attached.

I talked with TheKit, and the 2.1.3.7 build I mentioned (the one at page 12) is indeed outdated. He just updated the OP at Maemo and added the latest 2.1.3.7 build, which I just flashed and it's working great. Also installed Alien Dalvik following the instructions in the OP and it seems to be working fine as well! However I wasn't successful with the backlight fix method yet.
For anyone wondering how I flashed the latest build I went CM11 --> SailfishOS 2.1.0.11 --> SailfishOS 2.1.3.7 (rel2).

NIKKOS said:
I talked with TheKit, and the 2.1.3.7 build I mentioned (the one at page 12) is indeed outdated. He just updated the OP at Maemo and added the latest 2.1.3.7 build, which I just flashed and it's working great. Also installed Alien Dalvik following the instructions in the OP and it seems to be working fine as well! However I wasn't successful with the backlight fix method yet.
For anyone wondering how I flashed the latest build I went CM11 --> SailfishOS 2.1.0.11 --> SailfishOS 2.1.3.7 (rel2).
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Hi Nikkos,
Sorry - that was me that posted the backlight fix, and I agree that it doesn't work on 2.1.3.7-rel2. It'd worked on every other version I tried, and I've now edited my post above. Glad everything is working.
Sorry again

moodroid said:
Hi Nikkos,
Sorry - that was me that posted the backlight fix, and I agree that it doesn't work on 2.1.3.7-rel2. It'd worked on every other version I tried, and I've now edited my post above. Glad everything is working.
Sorry again
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No worries.
If anyone is wondering how to change the SailfishOS UI scale (I find the default one to be way too big) here's how I did it via the terminal:
Code:
devel-su
rm /etc/dconf/db/vendor.d/locks/silica-configs.txt
dconf write /desktop/sailfish/silica/theme_pixel_ratio value
I believe the default value should be around 1.1; you can also reset the value to stock with:
Code:
dconf reset /desktop/sailfish/silica/theme_pixel_ratio
or read the value with:
Code:
dconf read /desktop/sailfish/silica/theme_pixel_ratio
Not exactly droid 4 related, but thought I'd share.

Okay, I got the backlight to turn on!
Type the following in the terminal:
Code:
devel-su
echo 255 >/sys/class/leds/keyboard-backlight/brightness
It seems to properly react to some triggers like standby after being turned on but not to others like sliding the keyboard in and out (which means it will always stay on if the screen is on, regardless if it's been slided in or out). My assumption is that the keyboard sliding trigger got broken in some way, as I believe that's the way the backlight is being turned on. The events which trigger the backlight seem to be stored in the file /sys/class/leds/keyboard-backlight/trigger, so I assume that would be a good starting point to attempt fixing this.
The keyboard backlight intensity can also be changed, just change the 255 to a different value (it goes from 0 to 255).
Note: this change is not permanent, it will need to be applied again at reboot. Writing a script which executes the above commands at boot should be trivial though, and I will include instructions when I get it done myself.
EDIT:
Here's how to make the change permanent. Following these instructions you will create a Systemd service which will turn the backlight on when active and off when inactive; it will automatically run at boot and it can also be controlled like any other Systemd service (i.e. using systemctl via the terminal)
Type the following commands through the terminal:
Code:
devel-su
cd /etc/systemd/system
touch keyboard-backlight.service
chmod 744 keyboard-backlight.service
You will now need to edit the keyboard-backlight.service file with a text editor (either vim or nano will do, vim comes preinstalled, nano does not). Depending on your preferred text editor, type the following:
Code:
vim keyboard-backlight.service
or
Code:
nano keyboard-backlight.service
Now write the following to the file and save it:
Code:
[Unit]
Description=XT894 keyboard backlight service
[Service]
Type=oneshot
ExecStart=/bin/sh -c "echo 255 >/sys/class/leds/keyboard-backlight/brightness"
ExecStop=/bin/sh -c "echo 0 >/sys/class/leds/keyboard-backlight/brightness"
RemainAfterExit=yes
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
Now type the following to enable the service:
Code:
systemctl enable keyboard-backlight.service
That's it. You can now control the service by using the following:
Code:
systemctl start keyboard-backlight //This will turn the backlight on
systemctl stop keyboard-backlight //This will turn the backlight off
systemctl status keyboard-backlight //This will display the service status

Can anyone share the google drive file from the first post? Is there an alternative link available? Or could you PM me a google drive link? Thanks!

Can anyone suggest the best/correct ROM-slot size for TWRP?
Is it still like for CM/LOS:
800MB for system
10MB for cache
and rest for data as one likes?

[ROM][Pie] Unofficial LineageOS 16.0

This is an unofficial build of LineageOS 16.0 for the Motorola razr I, (XT890/SMI).
Lots of thanks to Hazou. This rom is based on his los-14 rom and I got help from him with los-16.
This rom has full hardware support and should run stable. It has been tested by me in daily use. I'm using the rom without google apps, but with microg. Installing google apps requires some apps to move to data partition because of limited system size. See install description for more info.
Special Features
-All features of Hazous 14.1 rom
-MicroG signature spoofing patch is included.
-Adaptive icons can be disabled in homescreen settings.
I can include more features if requested
Known Bugs
-The camera preview image sometimes shakes at random
Download
https://mega.nz/#F!5fBWlIAQ!Jlq9Bj789iJ0iIIptK00tg
Update
If you already run an earlier version of this rom, just boot to twrp and install the latest flashable zip file
Install
1. Backup everything you don't want to loose.
2. Download and install TWRP 3.2.3 (download in attachments. Can be flashed with fastboot or with another recovery)
3. If you come from another rom do a full wipe with twrp
4. Download and install the rom flashable zip (download from mega.nz link is in section download)
5. If you want to install opengapps or need system partition space for other things. Install the move_to_data.zip file from the attachments. This will move the Webview and the LatinIME app to data partition.
6. Choose one of the following options:
-either install google apps (download form https://opengapps.org/. Choose x86 9.0 nano or pico)
-or install MicroG (can be installed with the unofficial installer https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/development/microg-unofficial-installer-t3432360) this is lighter in ram and cpu usage but you will get problems with google chrome and other apps
7. If you want root access install the addonsu-16.0-x86.zip (download in the attachments)
8. Reboot the phone. First reboot will take some time
Changelog
Code:
20191018:
fixed problem with sms receiving
20191012:
mobile network connection works now after boot
Fixed problems with network switching
Show taps option is working now
intel art extension enabled
Call recording enabled
text relocation warnings disbaled
(untested) encryption. Needs special configuration (see below)
20190819:
SELinux is now enforcing
Notification access feature enabled
solved crashes with houdini emulated apps
20190713:
usb configuration works properly
battery light works now
July security patches
20190704:
first stable release of this rom
DATA Encryption
If you want to enable data encryption this would break the pds partition backup. To prevent this, the cache partition can be used as backup location:
-edit /system/bin/pdsbackup.sh
-change PDS_FILE=/data/misc/pds/pdsdata.img to PDS_FILE=/cache/misc/pds/pdsdata.img
-resize data partition in TWRP:
Code:
umount /data
umount /sdcard
e2fsck -f /dev/block/mmcblk0p17
resize2fs /dev/block/mmcblk0p17 1367079
-reboot the phone
XDA:DevDB Information
unonfficial LineageOS 16.0, ROM for the Motorola RAZR i
Contributors
julianwi, Hazou
Source Code: https://github.com/julianwi/android_device_motorola_smi/tree/lineage-16.0
ROM OS Version: 9.x Pie
ROM Kernel: Linux 3.0.x
Based On: LineageOS
Version Information
Status: Stable
Stable Release Date: 2019-08-19
Created 2019-07-04
Last Updated 2019-08-19

This if I did not expect it, I'll try to see how it goes. Thank you.

Download links and install description are up now. Download from mega.nz because xda download section is broken at the moment. I'm waiting for your test reports

It's really great works, thank you!!
I quickly tried and found several points.
- USB connection with PC
All USB connection option including File Transfer, USB tethering, PTP are grayed out.
Disabling/Enabling android debug in setting didn't work.
- Wifi with storage encryption
When you enable storage encryption, WiFi always become disabled, not be able to enable.
Just FYI, it required deleting /system/bin/pdsbackup.sh AND reducing partition size of 'data' (/dev/block/mmcblk0p17).
- SElinux
Although it is designated as permissive in device.mk, it's actually worked as "disabled".
I'm not sure it's related or not, however, when building "user build", it's failed with "ERROR: permissive domains not allowed in user builds".
I know "user build" is not officially supported in Lineage release, however, it's really helpful if we can do it for AFW usage.
Previously I could use Lineage 14.1 smi build for AFW and safetynet app with user build.
BTW, performance is really great, seems to be almost same as Lineage 11.

dumkm said:
It's really great works, thank you!!
I quickly tried and found several points.
- USB connection with PC
All USB connection option including File Transfer, USB tethering, PTP are grayed out.
Disabling/Enabling android debug in setting didn't work.
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I also noticed that. Will see how this can be fixed. It is just a problem with the option dialog. Usb connection works fine. As a workaround you can set a default USB configuration in developer options
dumkm said:
- Wifi with storage encryption
When you enable storage encryption, WiFi always become disabled, not be able to enable.
Just FYI, it required deleting /system/bin/pdsbackup.sh AND reducing partition size of 'data' (/dev/block/mmcblk0p17).
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I have not tested storage encryption yet. Will have a look at it later
dumkm said:
- SElinux
Although it is designated as permissive in device.mk, it's actually worked as "disabled".
I'm not sure it's related or not, however, when building "user build", it's failed with "ERROR: permissive domains not allowed in user builds".
I know "user build" is not officially supported in Lineage release, however, it's really helpful if we can do it for AFW usage.
Previously I could use Lineage 14.1 smi build for AFW and safetynet app with user build.
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I think lineage trust doesn't differentiate between permissive and disabled. Selinux support is planned for future releases

Thank you for quick check.
Regarding USB connection, I also confirmed that Ubuntu can recognize as external storage with above option, besides Windows still does not recognize. Maybe depending on my environment.
Also I noticed that Chrome, Chrome Beta and Chrome Canary (therefore another Chrome based apps such as Maps Go) always crash. This is also maybe my environment only, though. BTW, I could install MicroG, besides couldn't install OpenGapps 9.0 pico due to partition size limit.
Additionally, I couldn't find any LED settings, currently LED is always off during charge or any notification.

dumkm said:
Thank you for quick check.
Regarding USB connection, I also confirmed that Ubuntu can recognize as external storage with above option, besides Windows still does not recognize. Maybe depending on my environment.
Also I noticed that Chrome, Chrome Beta and Chrome Canary (therefore another Chrome based apps such as Maps Go) always crash. This is also maybe my environment only, though. BTW, I could install MicroG, besides couldn't install OpenGapps 9.0 pico due to partition size limit.
Additionally, I couldn't find any LED settings, currently LED is always off during charge or any notification.
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Notification Led should work. Can be configured under settings->apps and notifications->notifications->notification light. I don't know what happened with the battery light. It will hopefully come back if I upgrade the driver to hidl.
Google Chrome is a known problem with MicroG. It requires official gapps. I will check if some of the unprivileged lineage apps can be moved to data partition to make place for google apps

Newbie question
Hi all, I know someone who's selling her old RAZR i XT890 and I'm interested (for experimental reasons but also the oddity that it's Intel powered). I've never owned a RAZR i so I've got some questions:
-The phone is from 2012 so quite old and has 1GB RAM, does it work well with this Lineage 16? Because usually newer software would perform bad on older SoC (I used to have iOS 7 on iPhone 4 back in the day and it was painfully slow compared to 6).
-On Lineage 16, can it run any Android app as a standard new Android Pie phone? I ask because this is an Intel x86 CPU, so can it still run Android apps as normal or are most of them only designed for ARM and therefore unusable?
If I get the good news, I may buy the phone and try this Lineage OS custom ROM.

Regarding LED, maybe it became working after modifying some option of notification light. Battery connection light is still always off.
Regarding opengapps, I moved webview and LatinIME from app directory to external SD in TWRP, then installed as normal app after system boot. Webview worked fine besides LatinIME always crash. I'm using different IME, so it's no problem. With this environment, opengapps nano can be installed, then Chrome, Maps and other google apps worked.

dumkm said:
Regarding LED, maybe it became working after modifying some option of notification light. Battery connection light is still always off.
Regarding opengapps, I moved webview and LatinIME from app directory to external SD in TWRP, then installed as normal app after system boot. Webview worked fine besides LatinIME always crash. I'm using different IME, so it's no problem. With this environment, opengapps nano can be installed, then Chrome, Maps and other google apps worked.
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That's good. Than we can make a flashable zip to automatically move and symlink them to data partition.
I will provide a new build till end of the week with improved usb and notification LED implementation. I already got it working in my local setup
flameseewa said:
Hi all, I know someone who's selling her old RAZR i XT890 and I'm interested (for experimental reasons but also the oddity that it's Intel powered). I've never owned a RAZR i so I've got some questions:
-The phone is from 2012 so quite old and has 1GB RAM, does it work well with this Lineage 16? Because usually newer software would perform bad on older SoC (I used to have iOS 7 on iPhone 4 back in the day and it was painfully slow compared to 6).
-On Lineage 16, can it run any Android app as a standard new Android Pie phone? I ask because this is an Intel x86 CPU, so can it still run Android apps as normal or are most of them only designed for ARM and therefore unusable?
If I get the good news, I may buy the phone and try this Lineage OS custom ROM.
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Newer android versions have been designed while keeping low ram devices in mind. Ram hungry special features like the picture in picture mode are excluded from builds for older device. So the situation is much better then on iOS. But a newer phone would run better thought.
Most android apps are available for x86. But some are still arm only and get automatically emulated. The intel houdini emulator integrates these apps natively into the system but they are a bit slower then x86 apps. These are for example Skype and a few unity based games

julianwi said:
Newer android versions have been designed while keeping low ram devices in mind. Ram hungry special features like the picture in picture mode are excluded from builds for older device. So the situation is much better then on iOS. But a newer phone would run better thought.
Most android apps are available for x86. But some are still arm only and get automatically emulated. The intel houdini emulator integrates these apps natively into the system but they are a bit slower then x86 apps. These are for example Skype and a few unity based games
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Thanks for the response. So I should be alright with it then, hopefully. I just hope it won't lag on that old SoC. I'd love if you could upload a quick video of it in action.

TWRP error 70
julianwi said:
This is an unofficial build of LineageOS 16.0 for the Motorola razr I, (XT890/SMI).
Lots of thanks to Hazou. This rom is based on his los-14 rom and I got help from him with los-16.
This rom has full hardware support and should run stable. It has been tested by me in daily use. I'm using the rom without google apps, but with microg. I don't know how smooth it runs with official gapps.
Special Features
-All features of Hazous 14.1 rom
-MicroG signature spoofing patch is included.
-Adaptive icons can be disabled in homescreen settings.
I can include more features if requested
Known Bugs
-Mobile cell connection doesn't connect after boot. You have to turn airplane mode on and off to let it work.
-selinux is set to permissive for now (reduced security)
Please report more bugs if you test this rom
Install
1. Backup everything you don't want to loose.
2. Download and install TWRP 3.2.3 (download in attachments. Can be flashed with fastboot or with another recovery)
3. If you come from another rom do a full wipe with twrp
4. Download and install the rom flashable zip (download from mega.nz https://mega.nz/#!ICwXRC6D!VZqe3o5zeWbmMiZvka_BtUTW5T_V7_OdMS57Oe9CbMk)
5. Choose one of the following options:
-either install MicroG (can be installed with the unofficial installer https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/development/microg-unofficial-installer-t3432360)
-or install google apps (download form https://opengapps.org/. Choose x86 9.0 pico)
6. If you want root access install the addonsu-16.0-x86.zip (download in the attachments)
7. Reboot the phone. First reboot will take some time
XDA:DevDB Information
unonfficial LineageOS 16.0, ROM for the Motorola RAZR i
Contributors
julianwi, Hazou
Source Code: https://github.com/julianwi/android_device_motorola_smi/tree/lineage-16.0
ROM OS Version: 9.x Pie
ROM Kernel: Linux 3.0.x
Based On: LineageOS
Version Information
Status: Stable
Stable Release Date: 2019-07-04
Created 2019-07-04
Last Updated 2019-07-05
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I've installed the OS without problems, but when i try to get GApps Pico or any other version TWRP prompt error 70. How should i proceed? There is any additional configuration needed?

Kazvko said:
I've installed the OS without problems, but when i try to get GApps Pico or any other version TWRP prompt error 70. How should i proceed? There is any additional configuration needed?
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Yes, system partition size is limited on this phone. To install GApps some files need to be moved to data partition.
I created a flashable zip to automate this process. Take a look at the modified install description in the first post

New build is up now.
flameseewa said:
Thanks for the response. So I should be alright with it then, hopefully. I just hope it won't lag on that old SoC. I'd love if you could upload a quick video of it in action.
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Sorry don't have enough time to make a video in the near future. Maybe someone else can record a video of it

I could confirm that notification LED and USB storage works fine with lineage-16.0-20190713-UNOFFICIAL-smi. Thanks.
Still WiFi with storage encryption does not work.

julianwi said:
New build is up now.
Sorry don't have enough time to make a video in the near future. Maybe someone else can record a video of it
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Alright, thanks. I bought my friend's RAZR i and I am planning to use it as a daily driver with this ROM (I'm a light user anyway), I can't thank you enough for making this LineageOS for such an old device. I wonder if such a recent Lineage has been developed for the 2011 Atrix, haven't seen one.
I have questions though, firstly I've never used a custom ROM before, can I simply follow the instructions on this thread to get it working, or is there anything that has to be done beforehand like rooting? Secondly, are any other OSs successfully booting on this x86 phone, as I can't find it on XDA? (it surprisingly hasn't gotten much attention as a hackable device like HTC HD2 or Nokia N900 got).

dumkm said:
I could confirm that notification LED and USB storage works fine with lineage-16.0-20190713-UNOFFICIAL-smi. Thanks.
Still WiFi with storage encryption does not work.
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I know, haven't looked at the storage encryption for now. It will maybe be in the next update next month
flameseewa said:
Alright, thanks. I bought my friend's RAZR i and I am planning to use it as a daily driver with this ROM (I'm a light user anyway), I can't thank you enough for making this LineageOS for such an old device. I wonder if such a recent Lineage has been developed for the 2011 Atrix, haven't seen one.
I have questions though, firstly I've never used a custom ROM before, can I simply follow the instructions on this thread to get it working, or is there anything that has to be done beforehand like rooting? Secondly, are any other OSs successfully booting on this x86 phone, as I can't find it on XDA? (it surprisingly hasn't gotten much attention as a hackable device like HTC HD2 or Nokia N900 got).
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If the phone never had a custom rom yet, you have to unlock the bootloader first. Description is in this thread: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1928551

julianwi said:
If the phone never had a custom rom yet, you have to unlock the bootloader first. Description is in this thread: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1928551
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That's an old guide, will everything still work?

flameseewa said:
That's an old guide, will everything still work?
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Yes, it should still work the same. If some links are outdated you can google them yourself

Thank you for bringing my old RAZR i back to life! I really appreciate the time and effort you spent for this obselete phone. Looking forward for more updates and for a bug free ROM. Using it now
dumkm said:
- Wifi with storage encryption
When you enable storage encryption, WiFi always become disabled, not be able to enable.
Just FYI, it required deleting /system/bin/pdsbackup.sh AND reducing partition size of 'data' (/dev/block/mmcblk0p17).
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I'm not sure if I misunderstood but when you said "it required deleting....." and "reducing partition size of data", did you mean you can get WiFi to work if you do those things? I'm no expert at these but I can atleast apply the "fix" (if it really is) given that you guide me, if it's okay with you. Thanks!

[ROM][UNOFFICIAL][10][Q]LineageOS 17.1 for z5c (suzuran)

Hi all:
Here is a LineageOS 17.1 ROM for Z5 compact (suzuran).
Download 2022-09-11
This is a 7z archive with the zip'ed rom and the md5 file in it. Please unpack this archive, copy the included two files somewhere to your device, reboot into TWRP and flash this zip file. Enable md5sum checking. The zip file itself is not signed, so you have to disable zip verification.
Kernel sources
Tree sources
Features:
OS Version: 10.0 (Q)
Kernel: Linux 3.10
Kernel 3.10.108
New: Android security patch level: 5 September 2022
Using sony blob's from stock version 32.4.A.1.54
Memory issues finally fixed!
Battery consumption significantly reduced! For further reduction, please follow these instructions.
Google Pay does not give an error when starting the app. This does not mean, that payment is working. I can't test it, because I don't use this feature at all. Please report if it's working or not.
Updated aptX encoder blobs.
P2P-Crashes fixed.
Important informations:
You should be familiar with general installation of custom ROMs.
Required for installation: TWRP 3.2.1 (pick the version from 2018-02-23!!!) There is a version 3.2.3 out there, but with that version I had problems to restore my backups. 3.2.1 is just working perfect for me!
OR use my self built TWRP-version 3.6.2!
This ROM needs a clean install, old /data may cause problems!
This ROM is NOT pre-rooted.
It is highly recommended that your device is running (or HAS RUN in the past!) the latest stock ROM from Sony (32.4.A.1.54) before flashing this ROM.
Otherwise the baseband files may not match.
Working:
Bluetooth
Camera; both built-in camera (Snap) and 3-rd party camera apps.
Snap may be a little bit laggy, please use 3-rd party camera app instead; for example OpenCamera. If you're running into errors, please report.
Enforced SELinux support (see attached screenshot)
Fingerprint
FM-Radio
GApps (pick this version: ARM64, 10.0, pico [tested])
German app AusweisApp2 working (see this post)
GPS
Headset
LiveDisplay (see attached screenshots)
Location services
Notification LED
Offline charging
Phone calls (see attached screenshot)
SafetyNet test passed successfully
Signed build
SMS
Torch
WiFi
These things are NOT (or badly) working:
Camera focus at low distances.
Encryption
Payment
Streaming (mirroring)
VoLTE
Maybe some more things are not working.
If you have problems with GApps:
Sometimes the SetupWizard of GApps crashes on and on. Then you have to boot into TWRP, mount system, and go into terminal, where you have to delete SetupWizard (see screenshots):
Code:
cd /system/system/priv-app
rm -rf SetupWizard
Reboot.
Use this rom at your own risk! It comes without any warranty! I'm not responsible for any damage! If you don't agree with that, don't try to flash this rom in any way.
Benefits:
Added F-Droid and UnifiedNLP! If you don't want this, simply de-install it.
I've set maximum speaker volume to a higher value.
I've increased microphone gain.
I've changed the microfone gain to avoid echo in phone calls.
Changelog
Troubleshooting:
If you're running into an error, please search in this thread if this error is already posted, before you post it again!
If not, I need a LOG to see what went wrong. Without a LOG I can't help you!
A LOG can be fetched by connecting the device with an USB cable to your PC and then by typing these commands line by line:
Code:
adb root
adb shell logcat -b all -d > logcat
Send my this LOG file via PM.
If you think this could be a SELinux related issue, please try to set the device to permissive mode first.
If the issue is gone, I need the policy file too (plus LOG). Fetch it by typing this line in a terminal:
Code:
adb pull /sys/fs/selinux/policy
If you stuck in a bootloop you can fetch a LOG with this trick:
Press the power button and the volume up button together until the device shuts down.
HOLD the power button.
Release the volume up button and press the volume down button immediately after releasing the volmue up button.
The device should start into TWRP recovery.
Tap on "Advanced", then on "Terminal" and enter these commands line by line:
Code:
cd sys/fs/pstore
cp * /sdcard
Send me the copied file(s), if any, via PM.

Hi Bernie,
First things first : Thank you so much for your amazing work on this device.:highfive:
So hard to find a good, compact and up to date smartphone.
So i tried your Los17.1 and i just noticed another issue : ram usage.
Without nor the gapps neither other apps installed, the system is using 1.6go ram (even the keyboard can take time to appear once you launch an app)
On your Los14.1 (i tried with the last one you created, a few days ago) : it would be something like 0.8go ram (so everything run smoother) still without gapps and other apps / settings.
Maybe, now our days, 3go ram is mandatory for android + gapps + 3rd party ...

Ryu--X said:
So i tried your Los17.1 and i just noticed another issue : ram usage.
Without nor the gapps neither other apps installed, the system is using 1.6go ram (even the keyboard can take time to appear once you launch an app)
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I know about that. I've tried with gapps and I can confirm that ram is running out of free space. Sometimes the system is not responding any more (screen is flickering and it seems that nothing happens) and I have to restart it (press power button quite a long time until power menu appears).
It is indeed far away from being a daily driver... :angel:
Another issue: It seems that location services (gps) are not working.
Does anybody confirm that?

Although Bernard warmed us that this ROM is not precisely ready yet, I tried to give it a go, Twice, already. At each time, some variations: with and without gapps (Pico and Nano), via the recommended TWRP and the 3.3.1 one. The result is always the same: after the language selection, my phone reboots on the 'Just a sec', endlessly. I have to restore a nandroid backup, on order to have a working phone again.
Sent from my Xperia Z5 Compact using XDA Labs

Berni-0815 said:
It is indeed far away from being a daily driver... :angel:
Another issue: It seems that location services (gps) are not working.
Does anybody confirm that?
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I can confirm that unfortunately GPS isn't working.
By the way, i saw many other good roms on many devices ... that had an alpha rom far worse than this one
casouzaj said:
Although Bernard warmed us that this ROM is not precisely ready yet, I tried to give it a go, Twice, already. At each time, some variations: with and without gapps (Pico and Nano), via the recommended TWRP and the 3.3.1 one. The result is always the same: after the language selection, my phone reboots on the 'Just a sec', endlessly. I have to restore a nandroid backup, on order to have a working phone again.
Sent from my Xperia Z5 Compact using XDA Labs
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i didn't have this behavior on my tests, but i usually let the system start and wait for few minutes before using it (especially on 1st boot).
Also, i always reboot once after the 1st boot.
Hope it will help

casouzaj said:
after the language selection, my phone reboots on the 'Just a sec', endlessly.
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Clean install?
That should not happen...

Ryu--X said:
I can confirm that unfortunately GPS isn't working.
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You have to enable google's location service in location settings. With that, maps is working with correct location; but I don't know if the location comes from gps, wlan or network. It's raining since many days and I don't want to stand outside in the rain and wait for gps connection... :angel:
I've tried to install f-droid and their location services; no better results...
By the way, i saw many other good roms on many devices ... that had an alpha rom far worse than this one
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Yes, I know. The problems are always the closed-source binaries from qualcom and sony that are not properly working on LineageOS versions > 14.1
We're working on it but I'm not able to say if we can fix these issues.

BTW: Is anyone able to make an outgoing call successfully?

Berni-0815 said:
Clean install?
That should not happen...
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Yup,, every single time!
Sent from my Xperia Z5 Compact using XDA Labs

As I said, that should not happen...

Berni-0815 said:
BTW: Is anyone able to make an outgoing call successfully?
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i tried both calling and receiving a call without issue.
Just a pop up saying mobile network is unavailable ,at the end ,when i hang up (but it's wrong, network is still available)

Ryu--X said:
i tried both calling and receiving a call without issue.
Just a pop up saying mobile network is unavailable ,at the end ,when i hang up (but it's wrong, network is still available)
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Weird! At my device this popup comes in the moment when trying to make an outgoing call. And this call is not started! The other end does not ring!
Could you please tell us, which preferred network type is set in *#*#info#*#* "Phone info" and in "Mobile network settings" (see screenshots)?

I'm not on any aspect a Dev but I give you all my energy on continuing the developpment of this ROM.
Any other support available ?

Berni-0815 said:
Weird! At my device this popup comes in the moment when trying to make an outgoing call. And this call is not started! The other end does not ring!
Could you please tell us, which preferred network type is set in *#*#info#*#* "Phone info" and in "Mobile network settings" (see screenshots)?
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Here it is !

And you can make an outgoing call sucessfully? The other end rings and you can make a call?

Berni-0815 said:
And you can make an outgoing call sucessfully? The other end rings and you can make a call?
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Yes exactly , both ways are ok (incoming and outgoing).

Ryu--X said:
Yes exactly , both ways are ok (incoming and outgoing).
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Hmmm. Then is must be a problem with my german providers (with their apn I think); I've tested two: T-Mobile and O2. With both I can't make outgoing calls...

New version out; see 1st post

Berni-0815 said:
Hmmm. Then is must be a problem with my german providers (with their apn I think); I've tested two: T-Mobile and O2. With both I can't make outgoing calls...
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Pretty strange, indeed.
The phone i tested with is on another provider than my z5c.
I got to say that i checked the apn before making my tests, and they were good.
I will retry with the new version tonight .
Thanks

The APN shouldn't matter for regular calls unless you're using Wifi calling or VoLTE, maybe disable both and see if it works.

[Rom] Ubuntu touch [halium 9] with waydroid [11] support

This is an update to the Ubuntu Touch build that I shared a while back.which was based on halium 7. Now we are moving to halium 9. Even with quite a few unsolved issues ,these builds are marginal improvement over the previous ones.
This port had been no means easy, in reality, the initial builds was even more buggy compared to previous gen ,but most of them were much easier to fix, as I got lots of help from the porting community.I was able to get it to a booting state in about 3 months time as compared to more than a year with halium 7 , to be fair the delay was also due to the fact that I was not exactly an android developer or a developer for that matter, and had to read a lot at first .
anyways I share it here as I have reached a point where further bug fixing is beyond my capability . or in other words, Googling error codes and testing all possible methods /solutions don't seem to yield any meaningful full result, I do really wish someone better than me would look into it and make it even better ;- )
In the meantime let me add more Verbose ;-P
What is ubuntu touch
ubuntu touch is different from other oses as it is fork of Linux as compared to all our favorite mobile oses being forks of android. in other words, it is a fully functional Linux os optimized to run on arm64 device in a touch environment.The original idea was conceived by canonical and later they stoped their work and open-sourced the project and transferred the assets to the ubports community, the community is actively improving it, and trying to bring it to feature parity with Android .
whats working on this port
calls,data ,wifi
sound, vibration
auto rotation
auto, manual brightness
Offline charging
GPS
and other misc things
whats partially working
camera (preview and take video works clicking picture not working)
fingerprint (fingerprint wakes the device but cant enroll fingerprints)
Bluetooth (everything works except file transfer)
what does not work
adb,mtp
one of the feature improvements amongst other things is the support for waydroid
Waydroid
waydroid is a containerised approach to get an android environment running in a Linux system with the added advantage of full hardware access.so we can android apps and games natively. more details can be found here. to install way droid open terminal and paste the following
sudo -s
mount -o rw,remount / && apt update && apt install waydroid && waydroid init
It also need a fix as waydroid is intended for treble devices which can be found in this post. Thank you @erfanoabdi for enabling support for non treble devices.
Installation
- flash the halium-boot and the following zip file
- clean flash recommended
- reboot after the initial setup is done
Halium-boot .img
ubuntu_touch_installer_Kenzo_halium9_v7.zip
Please Donate
Every rupee ,euro ,doller counts. It would feel wounderful to be gifted something no matter how small.
If you like to do more, please consider buying me a coffee or may be even another Kenzo.
if you are in India please use this upi id -- > [email protected]
else do pm me.
default user password is " a "
For the History book
ubuntu_touch_installer_Kenzo_halium9_v6.zip
ubuntu_touch_installer_Kenzo_halium9_v5.zip
ubuntu_touch_installer_Kenzo_halium9_v4.zip
ubuntu_touch_installer_Kenzo_halium9_v2.zip
The sources
[https://github.com/mathew-dennis
[https://github.com/LineageOS
[https://github.com/Halium
[https://github.com/ubports
Thankyou
ubports community --> TheKit ,FlowHack, kn8rider divin, ari and everyone else
Redmi note 3 community --> thanks to all Dev's for keeping the device alive for the community .
This port would have never reached anywhere without their efforts..
And the truth is my efforts are very little as compared theirs...thank you ...
changelog
"Why not make something new from old code!" (Also because my pc can't handle A10+ builds)
v7
- updated to latest rootfs (ota-24)
V6
- updated to latest rootfs (ota-22)
- rebuild android image
- auto-brightness
V5. 1 (this is a patch for v5)
- bluetooth (everything else except file transfer )
- offline charging
- gps ( for real this time ) ( as ut dont have A-GPS support 1st fix might take 5+ min ,then it should work as normal)
v5
- gps is working now ( it's broken again)
-changed audio hal to a late start service
-enabled wireless display option (should work on miracast devices ) (not tested )
-fixes from ubports --> magnetometer and notification led is working and other fixes from ota 18 to ota 20
v4
- fixed issue with initial setup --thankyou Kn8Ryder
-audio should come up more often during boot than before
Telegram
If you are interested in bug fixing and contributing to this project , report a bug , click here to reach Telegram group

#Screenshots

what is default user password...

KrutosVIP said:
what is default user password...
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"123" if u flashed old rom first, else "a"

mathew..denniss said:
"123" if u flashed old rom first, else "a"
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ok, will try

Touch not working! after initial setup

mathew..denniss said:
"123" if u flashed old rom first, else "a"
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Working for me, thanks for porting this amazing system.

BraveAmbush said:
Touch not working! after initial setup
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For me the fix was to firstly install old ubuntu touch, load it and configure. After that,flash bootimage of new Ubuntu Touch with Halium9, then flash .zip with new Ubuntu Touch. It will give error, it is normal - go to /data/ and delete dir "ubports", then try again.
After that - just reboot, system will start with configured profile "Ubuntu"
The password is just "a"

Also, for me sound not working.

KrutosVIP said:
For me the fix was to firstly install old ubuntu touch, load it and configure. After that,flash bootimage of new Ubuntu Touch with Halium9, then flash .zip with new Ubuntu Touch. It will give error, it is normal - go to /data/ and delete dir "ubports", then try again.
After that - just reboot, system will start with configured profile "Ubuntu"
The password is just "a"
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both flash may end with flash error that not a problem its a busybox compatibility thing.(not relevant )

KrutosVIP said:
Also, for me sound not working.
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try a hard reboot(long press power button) .it should work afterwards

BraveAmbush said:
Touch not working! after initial setup
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mathew..denniss said:
both flash may end with flash error that not a problem its a busybox compatibility thing.(not relevant )
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For me deleting ubports helps to end without error-
When i don`t delete and get error, the system just don`t want to boot.
No animation, just black screen and when reboot

um that for me sound dont work too..
if not delete ubports in recovery and install, it 'll show a short black screen with a small mouse and reboot.
Also there are strange permission issues in the system dirty flashed from halium 7

Can I ask for some clarification? I managed to install the alpha version from your previous post, but how do you flash these update zips? I tried flashing them via TWRP on the device but I keep getting "recovery busybox setup failed" error.

jeangjenq said:
Can I ask for some clarification? I managed to install the alpha version from your previous post, but how do you flash these update zips? I tried flashing them via TWRP on the device but I keep getting "recovery busybox setup failed" error.
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An update on this, after two more tries of reinstalling old ubuntu touch > flashing halium-boot through fastboot > Flashing zip through TWRP. It flash without issue and booted. Initially the sound isn't working, but after several weird restarts (select poweroff but it restarted, select poweroff but it froze on boot logo, etc etc), sound is working. This is a fun project

updated the flashable zip .. thankyou for the fix @Kn8Ryder

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jeangjenq said:
Can I ask for some clarification? I managed to install the alpha version from your previous post, but how do you flash these update zips? I tried flashing them via TWRP on the device but I keep getting "recovery busybox setup failed" errotry v4
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jeangjenq said:
Can I ask for some clarification? I managed to install the alpha version from your previous post, but how do you flash these update zips? I tried flashing them via TWRP on the device but I keep getting "recovery busybox setup failed" error.
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try v4 ,it has some more fixess.busybox things are gone now

how many minutes does waydroid open to you ?

I did clean install
boot halium + v4 update
then install waydroid thru terminal
loading screen boot logo waydroid? is this alright?
im waiting to it

[ROM][UNOFFICIAL][12][S]LineageOS 19.0 for z5c (suzuran)[ALPHA]

Hi all:
Here is a LineageOS 19.0 ALPHA ROM for Z5 compact (suzuran).
Download 2022-03-12
This is a 7z archive with the zip'ed ROM and the md5 file in it. Please unpack this archive, copy the included two files somewhere to your device, reboot into TWRP and flash this zip file. Enable md5sum checking.
Kernel sources
Tree sources
Features:
OS Version: 12 (S)
Kernel: Linux 3.10
Kernel 3.10.108
New: Android security patch level: 5 February 2022
Using Sony blob's from stock version 32.4.A.1.54
Important informations:
You should be familiar with general installation of custom ROMs.
Required for installation: TWRP 3.2.1 (pick the version from 2018-02-23!!!)
OR use my self built TWRP-version 3.6.0!
This ROM needs a clean install, old /data may cause problems!
This ROM is NOT pre-rooted. For rooting you can use Magisk.
Working:
Audio
Bluetooth
Fingerprint
FM-Radio (maybe it needs a few restarts before it's working)
German App AusweisApp2 (needs extended length NFC data; default in LineageOS 19.0)
LiveDisplay
Location services (see screenshot)
NFC
Notifications
Notification LED
Offline charging
Phone calls
Reboot into recovery and bootloader
Sensors
SMS
Sounds
WiFi
Please tell me...
Please keep in mind: This is an early ALPHA version and in permanent development status.
These things are NOT working (or badly working):
Camera
Encryption
Payment
Streaming (mirroring)
Maybe some more things are not working.
Use this ROM at your own risk! It comes without any warranty! I'm not responsible for any damage! If you don't agree with that, don't try to flash this ROM in any way.
Benefits:
Added F-Droid and UnifiedNLP! If you don't want this, simply de-install it.
I've set maximum speaker volume to a higher value.
I've increased microphone gain.
I've changed the microfone gain to avoid echo in phone calls.
Changelog
Troubleshooting:
If you're running into an error, please search in this thread if this error is already posted, before you post it again!
If not, I need a LOG to see what went wrong. Without a LOG I can't help you!
A LOG can be fetched by connecting the device with an USB cable to your PC and then by typing these commands line by line:
Code:
adb root
adb shell logcat -b all -d > logcat
Send my this LOG file via PM.
If you think this could be a SELinux related issue, please try to set the device to permissive mode first.
If the issue is gone, I need the policy file too (plus LOG). Fetch it by typing this line in a terminal:
Code:
adb pull /sys/fs/selinux/policy
If you stuck in a bootloop you can fetch a LOG with this trick:
Press the power button and the volume up button together until the device shuts down.
HOLD the power button.
Release the volume up button and press the volume down button immediately after releasing the volmue up button.
The device should start into TWRP recovery.
Tap on "Advanced", then on "Terminal" and enter these commands line by line:
Code:
cd sys/fs/pstore
cp * /sdcard
Send me the copied file(s), if any, via PM.
One last request:
Please, do not ask about problems for which my ROM is not responsible.
From now on I will only react to problems that I can reproduce and that are caused by my ROM.
I'm sorry for that, but I'm developing this ROM in my spare time and I still have a normal life.

The SIM card recognition works now; please stay tuned.

Currently I'm fighting with a crash loop while trying to enter SIM PIN.
Seems this is going to be a longer fight...

Berni-0815 said:
Currently I'm fighting with a crash loop while trying to enter SIM PIN.
Seems this is going to be a longer fight...
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Hello Berni
For a short time, I tried rom with a spare device.
I also installed NikGapps.
First, it doesn't recognize the sim.
I tried rebooting several times, but it doesn't recognize it.
Also, I can't move the app icon.
The safety net was fine with Magisk.
Please do its best.　

I haven't uploaded my latest changes because they are too unstable!

norabitox said:
I can't move the app icon
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That's not a bug, that's a feature!
Long-press on an empty part of the screen and tab on "Home settings" and switch the first switch ("Lock layout") to the "on" position.
The logic behind this feature is reverse, so don't wonder.

Berni-0815 said:
That's not a bug, that's a feature!
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Is that so
Thank you

New version out; see 1st post.
Now working:
Phone calls
SMS
WiFi
FM-Radio (maybe it needs a few restarts before it's working)
LiveDisplay
Offline charging
Notification LED

I could flash your android 12 version. recovery is changed to stock recovery, I reflashed twrp.
Welcome Screen was flickered, after 2 reboots I could create my profile on my z5 compact.
I had a lot of crashed on homescreen.
Call and sms are working.

Weird! I don't have any crashes! Could you please grab and send LOGs?

good work, does gapps work?

Thanks will try out this rom after awhile

Please don't forget: This is a very early ALPHA version! Don't expect any miracle!
And if possible, grab LOGs and search them for fatal errors (" F " <- a blank, a capital letter F and a blank) and for messages like "dlopen failed: cannot locate symbol".
I'm using "grep" for that:
Git:
grep " F " logcat > logcat.fatal
grep "dlopen failed: cannot locate symbol" logcat > logcat.symbol
...or like that...

Hi! Could you port this rom on sony Z5 premium?

I'm only building for suzuran (Z5 compact E5803, E5823)!
Please ask @Joel16 for further assistance.
He's the maintainer for Z5 premium.

Berni-0815 said:
I'm only building for suzuran (Z5 compact E5803, E5823)!
Please ask @Joel16 for further assistance.
He's the maintainer for Z5 premium.
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Ok THX!

arpias said:
Ok THX!
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Just an FYI until it gets into more of a 'beta' phase I won't be building android 19 for Z5P.

Joel16 said:
Just an FYI until it gets into more of a 'beta' phase I won't be building android 19 for Z5P.
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Ok Joel, i'll wait for it, THX in advance!

New version out; see 1st post.
Android security patch level: 5 January 2022
Stability improvements: Removed IMS and VoLTE stuff due to too much weird errors.

New version out; see 1st post.
Sensors now working