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[Q] Android 5 for the T3

I visited the website (title: how to build AOSP Lollipop for unlocked Xperia devices) which gives explanation about how to install it, but I can't make an understandable story out of it.
I downloaded the things I need for upgrading to Android 5. (Sony seagull master (?) and the binaries for android 5.)
I also know there are tons of information about the AOSP for Xperia™ devices.
My question is, can someone tell me (in normal language, not developer language) how to install all these things to get Android 5?
Thanks in advance.

XperiaT3 said:
I visited the website (title: how to build AOSP Lollipop for unlocked Xperia devices) which gives explanation about how to install it, but I can't make an understandable story out of it.
I downloaded the things I need for upgrading to Android 5. (Sony seagull master (?) and the binaries for android 5.)
I also know there are tons of information about the AOSP for Xperia™ devices.
My question is, can someone tell me (in normal language, not developer language) how to install all these things to get Android 5?
Thanks in advance.
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first you need to compile/build a AOSP ROM & after that you need to flash.
or you can try AOSP Android 5.x.x
Note this builds are not fully working

Xenon1978 said:
first you need to compile/build a AOSP ROM & after that you need to flash.
or you can try AOSP Android 5.x.x
Note this builds are not fully working
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Does that mean it is better to keep it on android 4.4?

cm 12 no boot
XperiaT3 said:
Does that mean it is better to keep it on android 4.4?
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cm 12 no boot in xperia t3 d5103 ;//

Xperia M5 Nougat?

'We will make Android 7.0, Nougat available for: Xperia Z3+, Xperia Z4 Tablet, Xperia Z5, Xperia Z5 Compact, Xperia Z5 Premium, Xperia X, Xperia XA, Xperia XA Ultra and Xperia X Performance*.
We’ve been working hard to bring this major update to as many of our devices as possible, as quickly as we can. We’re really excited about the new Sony features & functionality and the improvements we’ve made to the user experience – and we’ll be sharing more soon… so stay tuned to the blog and @SonyMobileNews for all the latest news on timings and features.'
Hopefully this means that the M5 will get it a few months after they release these
If anyone has any news post here to keep us updated

ih8redsn0w said:
'We will make Android 7.0, Nougat available for: Xperia Z3+, Xperia Z4 Tablet, Xperia Z5, Xperia Z5 Compact, Xperia Z5 Premium, Xperia X, Xperia XA, Xperia XA Ultra and Xperia X Performance*.
Weâ??ve been working hard to bring this major update to as many of our devices as possible, as quickly as we can. Weâ??re really excited about the new Sony features & functionality and the improvements weâ??ve made to the user experience â?? and weâ??ll be sharing more soonâ?¦ so stay tuned to the blog and @SonyMobileNews for all the latest news on timings and features.'
Hopefully this means that the M5 will get it a few months after they release these
If anyone has any news post here to keep us updated
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Doubtful due to dm-verity security which all the xperia devices confirmed as getting Android N all use. The m5 unfortunately doesn't use dm-verity security pretty sure it was the last Xperia device to not use this feature. It may be lucky like the non z device's and lollipop but I doubt it.
Sent from my Xperia XA using XDA Labs

aidy.lucas said:
Doubtful due to dm-verity security which all the xperia devices confirmed as getting Android N all use. The m5 unfortunately doesn't use dm-verity security pretty sure it was the last Xperia device to not use this feature. It may be lucky like the non z device's and lollipop but I doubt it.
Sent from my Xperia XA using XDA Labs
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Can't dm-verity be added via software updates? In fact, I recall reading that they added it on android 6.0 (don't quote me on it though).
I think it will receive the update... can anyone still on Lollipop check if the M5 has OpenGL ES 3.1? I'm almost sure it supported 3.1 but now on Marshmallow It's using 3.0 (for me, at least) Maybe it was buggy or something (or my system is buggy)?

aidy.lucas said:
Doubtful due to dm-verity security which all the xperia devices confirmed as getting Android N all use. The m5 unfortunately doesn't use dm-verity security pretty sure it was the last Xperia device to not use this feature.
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Wrong. The firmwares based on Lollipop didn't use dm-verity but the Marshmallow update does use dm-verity, just like other Xperia devices (and that's also why we still don't have root on Marshmallow update yet).
And about Nougat update, if we don't receive it officially it's probably due Mediatek not releasing source code for Sony (to date, the kernel source of the Marshmallow firmware -- 30.2.x.0.100 -- still hadn't appeared at Sony Developer World, only the old one based on Lollipop 5.0 is there). I'm saying that because Xperia M5 meets all requirements, it have an ARMv8 SoC, enough RAM (3GB) and Imagination Technologies already announced Vulkan drivers for the PowerVR G6200 GPU which is used on our M5.

mbc07 said:
Wrong. The firmwares based on Lollipop didn't use dm-verity but the Marshmallow update does use dm-verity, just like other Xperia devices (and that's also why we still don't have root on Marshmallow update yet).
And about Nougat update, if we don't receive it officially it's probably due Mediatek not releasing source code for Sony (to date, the kernel source of the Marshmallow firmware -- 30.2.x.0.100 -- still hadn't appeared at Sony Developer World, only the old one based on Lollipop 5.0 is there). I'm saying that because Xperia M5 meets all requirements, it have an ARMv8 SoC, enough RAM (3GB) and Imagination Technologies already announced Vulkan drivers for the PowerVR G6200 GPU which is used on our M5.
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I never mentioned lollipop I know lollipop doesn't use dm-verity security, also doubtful it's due to mediatek not releasing sources as the xa is a mediatek powered device it's getting N and the kernel sources are released as that is how root was achieved on the xa kernel built from source. I stand by my comment about all the xperia devices confirmed as getting Android N all use dm-verity hence they get the update, the m5 doesnt just like the z3 just because it might meet the requirements of N it certainly doesn't mean it'll get the update.
Sent from my Xperia XA using XDA Labs

aidy.lucas said:
...also doubtful it's due to mediatek not releasing sources as the xa is a mediatek powered device it's getting N and the kernel sources are released as that is how root was achieved on the xa kernel built from source.
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Xperia XA released recently, it have a newer SoC, it's obvious Mediatek is providing more support to it (but only until they release a newer SoC). Also, the published source is from the initial firmware which shipped with the phone, there's no guarantees they'll publish the source of the upcoming update (and the same occurred with M5, kernel source of the initial firmware is available but not from the updates that followed). I just know for a fact that Mediatek is reeeeeeeally bad at publishing the source code of their SoCs and you can Google that yourself, there's a ton of criticism towards Mediatek regarting their source code.
aidy.lucas said:
I stand by my comment about all the xperia devices confirmed as getting Android N all use dm-verity hence they get the update, the m5 doesnt just like the z3 just because it might meet the requirements of N it certainly doesn't mean it'll get the update.
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And you're wrong again. Different from Imgtek (which is responsible for the GPU used on Helio X10) Qualcomm won't provide Vulkan drivers for the Adreno 3xx line used in Snapdragon 800/801 and also pulled all msm8974 related source code from Android Nougat tree, that's the reason phones based on that SoC aren't getting Nougat (Xperia Z3, Moto X 2014, Nexus 5, and the list goes on) and that's also why some of the affected devices received Nougat preview builds (Z3, Nexus 5) but were ultimately dropped on the final release. The presence of dm-verity or not is completely irrelevant regarding whether a device will be getting an official Nougat update or not.

ih8redsn0w said:
'We will make Android 7.0, Nougat available for: Xperia Z3+, Xperia Z4 Tablet, Xperia Z5, Xperia Z5 Compact, Xperia Z5 Premium, Xperia X, Xperia XA, Xperia XA Ultra and Xperia X Performance*.
We’ve been working hard to bring this major update to as many of our devices as possible, as quickly as we can. We’re really excited about the new Sony features & functionality and the improvements we’ve made to the user experience – and we’ll be sharing more soon… so stay tuned to the blog and @SonyMobileNews for all the latest news on timings and features.'
Hopefully this means that the M5 will get it a few months after they release these
If anyone has any news post here to keep us updated
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ıf you upload xperia m5 marsmallow system folder ı ported nougat.

This is "quite" an old thread but nevertheless....
TRXTeam did a Nougat ROM Porting for the Xperia M5, variants are unknown until now since the thread has been closed
Here is the original thread https://forum.xda-developers.com/xp...-xperia-m5-t3459600/post68636059#post68636059
Someone also managed to salvage the ROM file in MEGA https://mega.nz/#!Bx8w3bQB!jtEDPsQ0-oSpeOYnrfi4LtW-YsyWU7daK9R7cd_ygTk
No one seems to test this ROM apparently

Aircatcher said:
This is "quite" an old thread but nevertheless....
TRXTeam did a Nougat ROM Porting for the Xperia M5
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It only for 1 sim device. If will be for 2 - i'll test it

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Please!! port it!!!

gramolitero said:
Please!! port it!!!
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@mbc07?

ByBlaCk said:
@mbc07?
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Don't count on me. I've never done this before and honestly don't think I would be able to maintain a custom ROM alone. And since we're on this subject, I don't like the nature of ported ROMs at all, you're basically throwing something made for another device with similar hardware specs then working around bugs and incompatibilities hoping it'll work eventually (that's essentially all that TRX Team have done for the M5 with the ROMs published on the development subforum -- to be clear, I'm not attacking them or similar, I just don't think it's the way to go regarding custom ROMs development for our device).
Compiling a kernel from the sources published by Sony then incorporating this code in the source of an AOSP based ROM (e.g. LineageOS) and working from there is harder (especially since we're dealing with a Mediatek SoC) but would eventually result in a more stable ROM with way less bugs than a ported ROM.

@D1kiy ?

Nougat fot the xperia m4 and m5
I have a xperia m4 and it seems very bad that sony do not give him androis nougat when he is still able to move it, like other devices like the xperia m4, c5, c4, I think we should manifest our displeasure on your twitter asking for us to provide one last update

csar9804 said:
I have a xperia m4 and it seems very bad that sony do not give him androis nougat when he is still able to move it, like other devices like the xperia m4, c5, c4, I think we should manifest our displeasure on your twitter asking for us to provide one last update
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AOSP is in development by Cubbins for Xperia M4, go check its forum. But M5 is in a really bad position. Few developers, MediaTek SoC, **** Sony support.

any xperia developer alive??

posted a request the days ago but haven't received any response..
is someone still interested in xperia or all have migrated to redmi or other os:crying:

Development? It just isn't going to happen unfortunately :'(
vjluvanee said:
posted a request the days ago but haven't received any response..
is someone still interested in xperia or all have migrated to redmi or other os:crying:
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Due to the MediaTek processor, that's closed source, developers can't really develop for this device without breaking the law. MediaTek have always ensured that their source code isn't released making it difficult for a developer to actually make a custom rom. It's just unfortunately not going to happen for this device.
The Sony XA2 has a Snapdragon 630 processor so it's likely it will receive some more development than XA1. If you want to root you Sony XA1 device you can use on of links below.
XA1 Plus: https://forum.xda-developers.com/xa1/development/xperia-xa1-plus-stock-kernel-advanced-t3729856
XA1 & Ultra: https://forum.xda-developers.com/xa1-ultra/development/g3221-built-sources-t3622886
Best of luck!

There is no breaking the law or anything. And Sony has uploaded kernel sources long back.
Here is the one for .162 FW
https://developer.sonymobile.com/do...rchives/open-source-archive-for-40-0-a-6-162/
The stock ROM is pretty awesome and there is little reason to unlock BL and make/install custom ROM.

DebugJammer said:
Due to the MediaTek processor, that's closed source, developers can't really develop for this device without breaking the law. MediaTek have always ensured that their source code isn't released making it difficult for a developer to actually make a custom rom. It's just unfortunately not going to happen for this device.
The Sony XA2 has a Snapdragon 630 processor so it's likely it will receive some more development than XA1. If you want to root you Sony XA1 device you can use on of links below.
XA1 Plus: https://forum.xda-developers.com/xa1/development/xperia-xa1-plus-stock-kernel-advanced-t3729856
XA1 & Ultra: https://forum.xda-developers.com/xa1-ultra/development/g3221-built-sources-t3622886
Best of luck!
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hey i just want to confirm, i m using xa1 plus G3412 UAE, it does not have VoLTE option, i want to flash Indian firmware is it possible??
only a developer can tell this.. i searched every where but didn't get any information

vjluvanee said:
hey i just want to confirm, i m using xa1 plus G3412 UAE, it does not have VoLTE option, i want to flash Indian firmware is it possible??
only a developer can tell this.. i searched every where but didn't get any information
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Possible. yes.
But there is a chance of a brick.
Different firmwares may have different partition setups.
And if you brick the one with IMEI or Bootloader ,the phone is a brick.
The only way to confirm is a developer having a rooted UAE phone and a rooted Indian phone and mapping the partition tables.
or perhaps , peek into ftfs and then predict the partition setup. :victory:

karandpr said:
Possible. yes.
But there is a chance of a brick.
Different firmwares may have different partition setups.
And if you brick the one with IMEI or Bootloader ,the phone is a brick.
The only way to confirm is a developer having a rooted UAE phone and a rooted Indian phone and mapping the partition tables.
or perhaps , peek into ftfs and then predict the partition setup. :victory:
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is there anyone who can guide me...??
i don't want to buy a new device,:laugh:

The main issue i found is a lack of device tree from Sony, one would need to be built to even consider doing custom roms, LineageOS etc etc, i recently got this phone and i am rather disapointed with the lack of roms for it, ROM's could be ported to the phone no doubt, i know how to build roms and port, but doing a device tree is beyond me

xperia xa2 ultra and xa2 android P

The Sony xperia xa2 and ultra should get Android 9.0 P or will it skip it and go to Android 10? What do you think and what would you guys want?

colbymonster said:
The Sony xperia xa2 and ultra should get Android 9.0 P or will it skip it and go to Android 10? What do you think and what would you guys want?
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Android 8.1 at best.
Sent from my LEX727 using xda premium

mchlbenner said:
Android 8.1 at best.
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Sony won't waste there time on 8.1

I hope the XA2 gets root/twrp. Then hopefully devs will compile some rooms. I'm personally hoping LineageOS, then...v8.1, 9.0, 10... Is possible.

robjbw said:
I hope the XA2 gets root/twrp. Then hopefully devs will compile some rooms. I'm personally hoping LineageOS, then...v8.1, 9.0, 10... Is possible.
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The XA2 is not even 3 months old yet give the dev time it is almost guaranteed that it will get Android 9.0 by then Twrp will be developed and then we can get the newest version of Android

robjbw said:
I hope the XA2 gets root/twrp. Then hopefully devs will compile some rooms. I'm personally hoping LineageOS, then...v8.1, 9.0, 10... Is possible.
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TWRP for XA2 is available.

ANDROID Q

Are there chances that z2plus will receive android q as a custom ROM ?

Bravin Joshua said:
Are there chances that z2plus will receive android q as a custom ROM ?
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Their is already some GSI roms and some aosp ports r available for our device as the Android Q itslef in beta stage so bugs will be more....
If ur looking to try Android Q rom search for LZY roms in our device forum.... He ported many interesting roms to our device... ???

LAKSHMI SAINATH said:
Their is already some GSI roms and some aosp ports r available for our device as the Android Q itslef in beta stage so bugs will be more....
If ur looking to try Android Q rom search for LZY roms in our device forum.... He ported many interesting roms to our device... ???
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Yup
Q will be released when pixel gets final beta or early stable builds

i presume our belove zuk z2 will stop its legend on Q .

locolyric said:
i presume our belove zuk z2 will stop its legend on Q .
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I don't think so. With latest hardware and Treble we will go a long way probably till U or V

GopalKaul said:
I don't think so. With latest hardware and Treble we will go a long way probably till U or V
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problem is our kernel stops at 4.4 and this can be a problem (might be?)

locolyric said:
problem is our kernel stops at 4.4 and this can be a problem (might be?)
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Nope.
4.9 is in the making by the great devs and kernel version doesn't matter exactly in ROMs

From now on it's 10 and above

Android 10 is being released for Pixel devices on Tuesday 3rd September.