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[Q] Any possibility of porting CyanogenMod?

Currently, using Jboogie's Rom. I haven't used the new roms based on UK versions yet. Anyway, just came across CM7 RC has just released.
forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=956196
I know its not possible to replace the kernel in Defy. Yet, is it possible that the rom itself can be ported on top of the current available ROMS? Not just the themes, but some functions as well.
I love my defy, but the locked bootlader is taking a huge toll in defy development.

I'd recommend you to check their forums. There are some people that are already talking about this.
But as far as I got it, until the signing key problem is not solved (there are some rumors that Motorola might release it), nobody is going to come up with an CyanogenMod for the Defy.

an official one is not likely unless moto unlocks the bootloader. bcs the bootloader restricts moto-signed kernels and cyanogenmod makes edits to the kernels.
that being said, milestone has got cyanogenmod, they grabbed a cyanogenmod-compatible kernel from a certain brazilian rom and so...
could someone please make a reference post sticky to discourage people from asking this again and again and again

[Q] Why not Darkyrom ??

Why devs not started working on porting darky rom or any other roms on arc other then cm7
Well of course i m not a developer in porting roms.

not enough users, probably. We waited about 6 months at least for x10 rom development, you'll just have to wait...
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Another reason is that most branded xperia arc cannot unlock bootloader unless you pay for it. So i guess we have to wait, but still it is pretty nice phone even without custom rom.

Xperia Play - ROMs and locked bootloader and ICS! :-)

Sorry for the long title. Had quite a few questions, was hoping some of you nice people could help
1 - Is it possible to install a custom GingerBread ROM with a locked bootrom? I know you can't do ICS due to the kernel changes, but was wondering if a gingerbread ROM was possible?
2 - Where is the best place to buy an unlock for a locked bootloader? (o2, can't do it myself)
3 - If I purchase an unlock (network/bootrom?) will it be permanent, or if I flash back to stock will it break it?
4 - Is anyone using any ICS Roms with Xperia Play? Is it worth doing, or were Sony justified in saying it wrecks the gaming? Considering getting an ICS ROM, but would like to know if it's worth doing.
Thanks to anyone who can answer any of these! :-D

I love ics to death. Why? Because I love how much easier it is to use. I run AOKPLAY and it is so smooth. I think Sony is just being lazy in not releasing ICS for us.
Sent from my R800x using Tapatalk 2

Eambo said:
Sorry for the long title. Had quite a few questions, was hoping some of you nice people could help
1 - Is it possible to install a custom GingerBread ROM with a locked bootrom? I know you can't do ICS due to the kernel changes, but was wondering if a gingerbread ROM was possible?
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[ROM] [GSM] [2.3.7] TrueAncestor v1.5/b + New Minimizer Released
[ROM][PLAY][GSM][2.3.7] Xperia NXT v1.2 [LOCKED/UNLOCKED BOOTLOADER]
[ROM + THEME] [GSM] [2.3.4] Gin2Ics [v1.7.7] |Fast|Smooth|Stable|Eye Candy|
for locked/unlocked bootloader

Thank you for the responses And how about ICS ROMs if I get unlocked, anyone got advice on them?

if you want best gaming experience use GB ROM

1. Many options
2. No clue
3. Permenant
4. I'm using Aokplay- great ics experience, smootha and stable enough. However many games don't work. Personally, I think my gaming experience can handle the hit ICS roms bring, because ICS is VERY polished

Eambo said:
Sorry for the long title. Had quite a few questions, was hoping some of you nice people could help
1 - Is it possible to install a custom GingerBread ROM with a locked bootrom? I know you can't do ICS due to the kernel changes, but was wondering if a gingerbread ROM was possible?
2 - Where is the best place to buy an unlock for a locked bootloader? (o2, can't do it myself)
3 - If I purchase an unlock (network/bootrom?) will it be permanent, or if I flash back to stock will it break it?
4 - Is anyone using any ICS Roms with Xperia Play? Is it worth doing, or were Sony justified in saying it wrecks the gaming? Considering getting an ICS ROM, but would like to know if it's worth doing.
Thanks to anyone who can answer any of these! :-D
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1. Any ROM that does not require a change in kernels can be flashed on a locked bootloader.
2. http://unlock-bootloader.com
3. It will be permanent.
4. I use FXP125 as my daily driver. It has very few errors compared to when ICS first hit the Play. Gaming is spotty, as it depends on the game. Most Gameloft games do not work for me.

MonY960 said:
[ROM] [GSM] [2.3.7] TrueAncestor v1.5/b + New Minimizer Released
[ROM][PLAY][GSM][2.3.7] Xperia NXT v1.2 [LOCKED/UNLOCKED BOOTLOADER]
[ROM + THEME] [GSM] [2.3.4] Gin2Ics [v1.7.7] |Fast|Smooth|Stable|Eye Candy|
for locked/unlocked bootloader
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they look like same thing

[Q] r800i best ROM / ROM comparison or reviews etc?

Hi XDA devs and lurkers!
I'm new to both the XDA forums and flashing Android although I've been a 'regular' Linux user since '96. I've owned Zaurii etc so I'm not scared of the terminal, compilation etc but I don't know much about Android and its various spin-off ROM/distros. I own a UK, unlocked Xperia Play r800i thats still running stock .42 which I had to factory reset over xmas as it was misbehaving and now its time to get it updated or switch ROM but I don't know if I'm best sticking with the latest stock or going with an alternate ROM?
I'm not really a gamer and the xperia pad is really just a novelty to me that I use to show off to gamers with although I think it'd be a shame if I could no longer use the pad and sneak the odd N64, PSX or MAME game in so I'd prefer that to work. What I do definitely need to work are the standard phone functions, the camera and GPS/sat nav. Apart from that I want stability, decent battery life and speed like everyone else. I was planning on sticking with GB and stock or maybe a custom stock unless there are real gains in stability or battery life to be had from updating to ICS or JB.
I've wasted a few days now trying to use SE's update service and PC companion under XP, 7 and OSX on different machines and with different USB chipsets and with different cables and it didn't work under any config! This is why I said I'd never buy another SONY product is it? Actually it was when they stole Linux from the PS3 users who took advantage of that feature, maybe even bought it especially for that but thats another story! Anyway, because of this I have not been able to download the latest stock ROM which my phone says is now up to .79 but I've read .84 is out now too?
Does anyone have a working link for a .79 (or .84) FTF file? I have only been able to find .42 and .62 stock FTFs after spending most of the day yesterday looking. Otherwise, maybe I'd be better off with a custom ROM? If so, which one and why? There are lists of r800 compat roms in both a couple of sticky threads in these XDA Xperia Play forums and on the XDA r800 wiki page but none of these lists include any notes or recommendations.
I'm hoping some kind soul will take pity on my Android n00b ass and spare me days or weeks of flashing roms and trawling these forums by answering as many of my questions as they can?
Thanks for your help!
Dan

pfmdan said:
Hi XDA devs and lurkers!
I'm new to both the XDA forums and flashing Android although I've been a 'regular' Linux user since '96. I've owned Zaurii etc so I'm not scared of the terminal, compilation etc but I don't know much about Android and its various spin-off ROM/distros. I own a UK, unlocked Xperia Play r800i thats still running stock .42 which I had to factory reset over xmas as it was misbehaving and now its time to get it updated or switch ROM but I don't know if I'm best sticking with the latest stock or going with an alternate ROM?
I'm not really a gamer and the xperia pad is really just a novelty to me that I use to show off to gamers with although I think it'd be a shame if I could no longer use the pad and sneak the odd N64, PSX or MAME game in so I'd prefer that to work. What I do definitely need to work are the standard phone functions, the camera and GPS/sat nav. Apart from that I want stability, decent battery life and speed like everyone else. I was planning on sticking with GB and stock or maybe a custom stock unless there are real gains in stability or battery life to be had from updating to ICS or JB.
I've wasted a few days now trying to use SE's update service and PC companion under XP, 7 and OSX on different machines and with different USB chipsets and with different cables and it didn't work under any config! This is why I said I'd never buy another SONY product is it? Actually it was when they stole Linux from the PS3 users who took advantage of that feature, maybe even bought it especially for that but thats another story! Anyway, because of this I have not been able to download the latest stock ROM which my phone says is now up to .79 but I've read .84 is out now too?
Does anyone have a working link for a .79 (or .84) FTF file? I have only been able to find .42 and .62 stock FTFs after spending most of the day yesterday looking. Otherwise, maybe I'd be better off with a custom ROM? If so, which one and why? There are lists of r800 compat roms in both a couple of sticky threads in these XDA Xperia Play forums and on the XDA r800 wiki page but none of these lists include any notes or recommendations.
I'm hoping some kind soul will take pity on my Android n00b ass and spare me days or weeks of flashing roms and trawling these forums by answering as many of my questions as they can?
Thanks for your help!
Dan
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I dont have the ftf's but in your choice with ROMs, seen as u want something fast but still able to play emulators id recommend JB. ICS was ok probably CM9 & AOKP where the 2 ROMs I used. But you will need to flash farenheits touchpad fix.
Theres about 6 ROMs at the moment for JB. I use my own obviously which is PACman (mix of cm9, aokp,paranoid android and miui) but with the choice of multibooting I also have cm9 & AOKP in different slots which are accesible to boot through recovery at anytime. Also I added farenheiths touchoad fix into PACman source so no need to flash anything to fix it.
Choice is yours at the end of the day, but I find JB alot faster / smoother then ICS.
Sent from my GT-I9300 On Official JB

I use this one: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1854682
Is the best ICS ROM that I ever try. But yes, JB is faster than ICS.

Thanks wedgess and nikiticos for your suggestions!
Last time I was looking into roms for my xperia the consensus seemed to be to avoid ICS or JB if you wanted a stable and fully working phone but it sounds like times have changed and its good to hear that my joypad should work under JB!
I like the sound of your rom wedgess so I hope to try that soon. I don't see any real reason to try any ICS roms but I'd still like some links to the latest stock ftfs and it'd be good to know what the best stock based rom is too as thats another thing I'd like to try. From these two responses though its sounding like there isn't much interest in GB roms any more?

pfmdan said:
Thanks wedgess and nikiticos for your suggestions!
Last time I was looking into roms for my xperia the consensus seemed to be to avoid ICS or JB if you wanted a stable and fully working phone but it sounds like times have changed and its good to hear that my joypad should work under JB!
I like the sound of your rom wedgess so I hope to try that soon. I don't see any real reason to try any ICS roms but I'd still like some links to the latest stock ftfs and it'd be good to know what the best stock based rom is too as thats another thing I'd like to try. From these two responses though its sounding like there isn't much interest in GB roms any more?
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Ye JB was very unstable back when it first came out. But I got camera working,CosmicDan got proximity sensors fixed and Farenheits touchpad fix so it all became better. Personally I stay away from ICS due to the fact of it been a RAM hogger. JB seems to deal with it alot better.
For both my own JB kernel and CosmicDans JB kernel you will need to flash the ftf in our kernel threads OP. Reason being they both use custom partitions which give 610mb in internal storage. In this ftf vendor partitions are unlocked. In other ftfs partitions are locked beside the r800x.
Id say try them out. Maybe take advantage of the multiboot feature which will alow u to boot between JB and ICS (cm9 based roms only). I havent used it personally but if I was to go back to ICS it would be either Sechkos port of ICS pureness or CosmicDans MIUI australia.
Sent from my GT-I9300 On Official JB

wedgess said:
Ye JB was very unstable back when it first came out. But I got camera working,CosmicDan got proximity sensors fixed and Farenheits touchpad fix so it all became better. Personally I stay away from ICS due to the fact of it been a RAM hogger. JB seems to deal with it alot better.
For both my own JB kernel and CosmicDans JB kernel you will need to flash the ftf in our kernel threads OP. Reason being they both use custom partitions which give 610mb in internal storage. In this ftf vendor partitions are unlocked. In other ftfs partitions are locked beside the r800x.
Id say try them out. Maybe take advantage of the multiboot feature which will alow u to boot between JB and ICS (cm9 based roms only). I havent used it personally but if I was to go back to ICS it would be either Sechkos port of ICS pureness or CosmicDans MIUI australia.
Sent from my GT-I9300 On Official JB
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Is for the stability that im not using JB. The Stock based ROM that I mention later is the best that you can get with ICS. I'm using it with Lupus Kernel and overclocked to 1.2 (min 460) and also I erase many stuff with Link2SD because there are many garbage you really don't need. And I've got a great experience with this ROM. Give a try if you want, I recommend it.

DL?
Hi wedgess!
I'd like to have my first go at using flashtool tonight to flash your ROM but where do I download it?
This thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1628197
Doesn't even list JB roms such as yours.

You can find any of my work by clicking on my profile -> statistics -> Find all threads started by wedgess
But to make it easier for you
- PACman ROM v5 thread here
You will need to flash this stock ftf first to use the kernels as they have vendor unlocked partitions
Theres also a link in PAC thread to LuPuS-v7 kernel, if you want to read up a bit on multiboot(recommended) or there is this great guide by fma
Put the PAC-v5.zip onto sdcard. LuPuS-v7 is inside the PAC ROM's .zip just extract the kernel.img from the PAC-v5.zip and flash the kernel.img in flashtool via fastboot mode.

Possibility of Custom ROMs

Discuss about the possibility of this phone having custom ROMs!
What I think is that it should be possible for custom kernels, custom ROMs requires Mediatek frameworks and hardware which requires Mediatek's source code.
I've emailed in to Sony and Mediatek regarding this issue (I'm pretty sure they might just ignore, but yea without trying it will never happen)

any news about custom roms ?

Any hope for custom roms? :/

A lot of stuff has released on Z5 that I have a hinch some might be compatible but we have no recovery to try.
I guess not any/enough devs have an M5 unfortunately
So no good news for the nearcoming future.

It was like this with Xperia Arc it was Qualcomm processor and still passed more than a half year till the recovery came and then later the roms.It will come out but we need to wait with mediatek smartphones it's harder but it doesn't mean it's not going to happen. Even if it doesn't happen it's still good as it is.we have root xposed what do we need more.I understand that a lot of people like customizing i do to but hey it's not the end of the world.
Sent from my E5603 using Tapatalk

It's not the end of the world but we still haven't got android marshmallow and i bet we won't get android nougut. Nougut looks so awesome

DarkAlvy said:
Any hope for custom roms? :/
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Unfortunately the m5 isn't that popular I doubt there'll be anything other than modified stock and that's only if Someone has one to release recovery+mods for. The m2 was and still is a popular device but custom roms barley exist for it there isn't even a fully working mm rom for it m5 will be sonys next t3 I think

Sony released kernel sources for m5?

M5 was re called in the UK replaced with the Z5