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[Xperia Arc Android Development] jerpelea:
CM7 PROGRESS

FIXED

GSM - voice and data

SENSORS - from source

WIFI - from source

FM - from source (not working for now)

LIGHTS - from source

VIDEO - from source

AUDIO - from source

GPS - from source

Gralloc - from source

HOTSPOT - from source

BT - precompiled

Live View - UGLY but SMART Accesory

Live Watch - usefull, nice, smart

RECOVERY - almost ready

3D - precompiled

CAMERA - precompiled

ANT+ - precompiled and source

WORK IN PROGRESS

HDMI - work in progress (for suported devices)

FM - work in progress

BUGTRAKER

http://code.google.com/p/freexperia/
[Xperia Arc Android Development] jerpelea:
HOWTO

to flash cm7 rom you have to take 3 steps (after unpacking the 7z archive)

step 1 - copy update.zip and GAPPS ADDON to sdcard

step 2 - flash new kernel (always use the kernel provided in CM7 / it is incompatible with stock ROM)

ON PC - run fastboot flash boot boot.img (an black window will open and will stay open untill kernel is flashed)

ON PHONE - put phone in fastboot mode (power off then press lower right key and plug usb cable) and phone LED will light BLUE

step 3

- when phone is booting (FreeXperia Logo) press volume down key several times to enter recovery

- choose apply update from sdcard and select rom

- choose apply update from sdcard and select GAPPS

- wipe device

- reboot

DOWNLOAD

Look in my signature !

please don't mirror (we want to have download conunt)

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[Xperia Arc Android Development] majik8ball:
J,

You're such a tease... I've been a fan of your work every since you, max, binary, and z rooted the x10 and made that community what it is today!! So yes please develop for the arc

thanks and I'm looking forward to your new stuff (keeping my fingers crossed for arc)
[Xperia Arc Android Development] ashman84:
Yes J please include the Arc in your efforts. It's quite disappointing to see that even though the phone is unlocked and has root, there are no ROMs out yet for the phone. I thought devs would've flocked to the Arc. Guess they all went the SGS2 forums. lol. Dont regret the Arc though. Fantastic phone and makes the SGS2 look like an ogre!
[Xperia Arc Android Development] Nimche:
I am all in to see some developments. I can even donate to get an arc for you to start porting things in and I am sure other arc owners would like to chip in to make this happen.
[Xperia Arc Android Development] DooMLoRD:
YES

yes u guys should include Arc/Neo/Play in FreeXperia project...

btw i have an Arc ready for any testing :)

and yes u will need those post reserved ;)
[Xperia Arc Android Development] jerpelea:
we will include ARC in Freexperia ASAP even if we dont have an device to test

hy all who can find an arc i will pay for it

please find an cheaper one :d

please pm me if you find an cheap one
[Xperia Arc Android Development] Nimche:
Make sure you get the one (unbranded) so you can have the bootloader unlocked when you need it.

Thank you Jerpelea, I really appreciate you considering this.
[Xperia Arc Android Development] quinstar:
I've been a fan since J started working on the X1... Which has been replaced by the ARC now... Yes, please, give your magic a go on it :)
[Xperia Arc Android Development] elpapo:
Happy news! Welcome Jerpeala!

Arc is a fine device out of the box, but cust ROMs is always more fun. :)
[Xperia Arc Android Development] kistigun:
Great news! Loved your work on the x10!
[Xperia Arc Android Development] shvyue:
Welcome J!

having been using your work on x10 for a long while, thanks for coming to the ARC section.
[Xperia Arc Android Development] jerpelea:
seems that we have found an arc from user Mano1982 bootloader unlocked

we are waiting his answer

in the meantime we are preparing arc integration in freexperia and we have created device folder

first untested rom will arrive in 2-3 days
[Xperia Arc Android Development] Mooozer:
greatest news since unlocked bootloader xD
[Xperia Arc Android Development] festa20:
This is amazing news
[Xperia Arc Android Development] Mano1982:
Yes Jerpelea, i can send unlocked Arc tomorrow whereever you want me to send it :) It's btw silver, no simlock, bootloader unlocked.. Having rooted UK Generic .145 :)
[Xperia Arc Android Development] rustynuts34:
This is good news exciting times once again :-)

Sent via noahs ark
[Xperia Arc Android Development] kiz1983:
Hmm dont u think we need to hav recovery first b4 proceed with customrom?
[Xperia Arc Android Development] Rycon33:
i'm still quite a new forumer here, seems to me that jerpelea is a very popular and amazing dev.

so even in this early stage, i'd like to thank you in advance for whatever development effort you're going to put into our arc.

really such a good news for us arc users

am very excited and will be eagerly awaiting for development progress
[Xperia Arc Android Development] abhisheak.bansal:
and how to roll back to stock kernal?
[Xperia Arc Android Development] DooMLoRD:
"MiUI built from source"... hmm very few ppl actually build from sources...

those who do are absolutely brilliant minds (e.g.: jerpelea, zdzihu, Bin4ry, Blagus many others i know from x10/x10mini/x10minipro/x8 sub-forums)

it will be great to see more devs actually build from sources...

i think we can have this discussion some place else...

lets not spam this thread ;)
[Xperia Arc Android Development] Meister_Li:
I would love to have CM on my play as well as a recovery built into the table like on the Galaxy S. Those things where very awesome! :D Donated a little to your cause. Keep up the good work! :D
[Xperia Arc Android Development] jerpelea:
uploaded unbricker package !

with this you can restore generic rooted se firmware even if your phone is not starting (softbrick only)
[Xperia Arc Android Development] Nimche:
As promised. 10 Euro Donation

Confirmation number: 1G708583AW530712X

Thanks Jerpelea for considering ARC as one of your projects.

More donation will follow...
[Xperia Arc Android Development] kazuni:
time to install livedmesg and watch the blob of dmesg on boot :D!

Thanks J!!! really appreciate it, once i get my paycheck this month I'll definitely donate =)
[Xperia Arc Android Development] kazuni:
the kernel seems to be working okay.

however the cpu is set to 1024, and running 1024 all the time, even with setcpu set to conservative or powersave.
[Xperia Arc Android Development] jerpelea:
cm7 progress

unstable and broken but booting
[Xperia Arc Android Development] Nimche:
at least does one of the three. Is it easier to have stock android first like X10 and move to CM7 after?
[Xperia Arc Android Development] Vintiem:
Jerpelea, Thanks for the unbricker package.

You understand the needs from different type of users!! Really great

If I understand right there will be no kernel with working WiFi and camera for Stock SE ROM?(cause you say further updates will not be availible for stock SE rom)

Kind regards,

Vintiem
[Xperia Arc Android Development] DooMLoRD:
for all queries on how to test custom kernels/roms and then getting back to stock i have prepared a separate thread so that this ROM/Kernel thread remains clean:

[How-To] Safely test custom kernels / custom ROMs and get back to stock SE 2.3 ROM
[Xperia Arc Android Development] jerpelea:
prepared kernel k003 with OC
[Xperia Arc Android Development] DooMLoRD:
damn u jerpelea... u are such a machine!!!!

;)

sadly i dont have my Arc right now :(

will surely test it this weekend when i get it back :D

BTW OC + UV or just OC???

max OC freq??? 1.4/1.5 Ghz???

btw Arc already has 128Mhz unlocked right? so no UC required ;)
[Xperia Arc Android Development] jerpelea:
seems that for cm we have to w8 a litle longer

se modified prelink map and touse se ;ibs we will need to recreate original map from se dump

audio and libgralloc are also not standard

after we have this prelink map we can use 1 kernel for se and cm7 (if we succed)

uploading now preview of cm7.1 for you to play

but there are many things not working
[Xperia Arc Android Development] 279Paddy:
are you gonna upload the overclockable kernel or is it merely a proof of concept?

great effort so far, keep it up
[Xperia Arc Android Development] PollPixx:
Even though I understand about 40% of this technical topic, I do follow the progress with pleasure. Good to see you have an arc too now and thanks for all the hard work you put into this...

Sent from my arc or optimus 2x
[Xperia Arc Android Development] jerpelea:
cm7 preview uploaded
[Xperia Arc Android Development] kazuni:
I see the awesome boot screen! can't wait to break this thing =)
[Xperia Arc Android Development] kazuni:
oh, running it now.

Buggy screens - the screen doesn't update properly, sometimes when u hit menu, and select one of the menu options, and then click 'back', you can see a refresh. but it's usually stuck. =)
[Xperia Arc Android Development] Meister_Li:
Awesome man, you guys are on fire! :D If you ever need one to test it on the play, I'm your man. ;)
[Xperia Arc Android Development] taaviu:
Probably yes it works, but if not then flash original kernel.

Sent from my MT15i
[Xperia Arc Android Development] TheShamsMan:
Hey! Thanks for the reply!

Just to confirm. I download the 7z file from OP, and flash the boot.img that is in there? I'm assuming the zip file located in the 7z file is the actual ROM file?

What about the apps in the APP folder? Do I run those once the ROM has been flashed?

Thanks again!
[Xperia Arc Android Development] taaviu:
Yes your right.

1.unzip

2. Flash kernel. boot.img

3. Install flashable zip rom

4. Addons apps right after rom install flash too.

Reboot and enjoy ;)

Sent from my MT15i
[Xperia Arc Android Development] TheShamsMan:
Awesome! Thanks!

So.. it looks like that I get stuck at "Installing updates" part of the flash. Twice. I'm assuming this Kernel is no go?

EDIT

I flashed the provided boot.img, and then flashed zip. As per instructions. I did however, forget to wipe. It looks like I'm in bootloop. Or does initial startup take a really, really long time?

Thanks!
[Xperia Arc Android Development] taaviu:
If you get stucked "installing updates" then you had some another problem there....corrupt downloaded data, not wiped device, baseband problems.

I do thatway always.

1. Flashtool and flash 2.3.4 latest

2. Copy and checking md5 always..because this causes sometime errors. TESTED!

3. fastboot flash boot boot.img. (cm7 provided or fxp kernel)

4. Reboot recovery pushing vol -

5. Full wipe

6. Flash updates (cm7, fxp)

7. After that addons flash

8. Reboot and always working and personaly about 7-8 times tryed.

Problems I get when not right kernel, old baseband, wrong kernel, not wiped..

Wrong Kernel causes bootloop!

Sent from my MT15i
[Xperia Arc Android Development] TheShamsMan:
Hey. Sorry about all the questions.

So I got FlashTool. Does this software include the 2.3.4 files? Do I need to get those separate? It is recognizing the device, but it's telling me Debugging if off. Is that okay? Since I can't get past bootloop, I don't know how to change it.

Can I use this same FlashTool to flash the Kernel as well? I see there is an option here?

Also, which "full wipe" should I be doing? Wouldn't that wipe the ROM zip files?

Thanks!
[Xperia Arc Android Development] taaviu:
Nope...latest firmware you found development stickies.

If this step sucsess then you may flash new rom and kernel.

Flashtool restores you device back to stock.

Is your phone bootloader is unlocked?

Weird question, but right now we have option to flash roms without unlocking bootloader.

But unfortunately we cant flash kernel with locked bootloader.

Sent from my MT15i
[Xperia Arc Android Development] TheShamsMan:
Hey! I'm positive my Bootloaders are unlocked. Had to pay some dude to do it, but I can get into FastBoot mode easily, etc.

I just downloaded this http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1269910 Hopefully it's what I'm looking for. I'll give it a try now.

Do I need to be in a specific mode to work with FlashTool?

EDIT

Okay. It's flashing stock now. I'm not sure I understand "copy and checking md5"?

EDIT 2

CM booted up, but at the beginning, I get this pink graphical corruption. I can't get past setting it up. I'm using the Doom Kernel. Could that be it? Can I flash a Kernel over another? Or do I need to start from scratch?

EDIT 3

It was the Kernel I guess. I Fastboot flashed the IMG provided, wiped, flashed CM, and now it seems to be working fine! So far so good!

Thanks again for all the help!!
[Xperia Arc Android Development] kossie12:
How can i record videos with camera?
[Xperia Arc Android Development] taaviu:
Press video record button :)

Sent from my MT15i
[Xperia Arc Android Development] kossie12:
If i do that it crashes
[Xperia Arc Android Development] taaviu:
Known bug.

Sent from my MT15i
[Xperia Arc Android Development] kossie12:
So i cant record video?
[Xperia Arc Android Development] taaviu:
Try another 3rd part apps.

But yes in cm7 video recording is buggy. Reported already.

Sent from my MT15i
[Xperia Arc Android Development] dvfk:
Video recording solution

Try igCamera - it works! - At last I can use CM7.2 without limitations :)

I'm om Arc S and igCamera records (and captures photos) nicely. Here are my settings:

video: 1270x720 MPEG4 h.264 @ 30fps 8Mbit

audio: 32khz in 128kbps AAC mono

I'm buying it RIGHT away :)
[Xperia Arc Android Development] Mmastercrafter:
CM7.2 - Sony Arc - Kernel 2.6.32.9-FXP

- Having issues with screen auto rotation. Sometimes fails to rotate. Randomly works again after some usage.

- Screen keyboard is somewhat unresponsive in lower left/right corners when in landscape mode. Requires quite a few taps for input to be read. Tried swiftkeyx trial, seems to help a little.
[Xperia Arc Android Development] lawgone:
Is 3G suppose to work in CM7.2.0? It's not working with mine. :(
[Xperia Arc Android Development] Nimche:
Yes it works. Make sure you are on correct base band, refer to third post on this thread. Did you put it on FXP046? or fresh?
[Xperia Arc Android Development] hadramos:
FXP048 is now...

[ALL]

- reverted 2 way in call recording (for now)

- reverted changed accelerometer module (MBA150) / please compare battery and response

- fixed video recorder (except X10)

FreeXperia Project
[Xperia Arc Android Development] Alejandrissimo:
well thats look like NOT update just fix until CM9 :)

---------- Post added at 04:52 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:51 PM ----------

That is knowed bug un touchscreen, hope it will fixed on CM9 since is a bit annoying to fast writers
[Xperia Arc Android Development] DreamHazard:
still haven't managed to get this running, I just end up seeing the lockscreen and then the device reboots. I've tried 044 through 047 with the same results. Any ideas?
[Xperia Arc Android Development] Nimche:
Make sure in fastboot you do it right, I had the same problem just running wrongly flash boot.img which give you same result.
[Xperia Arc Android Development] DreamHazard:
Does this not work with DoomKernel? I was under the impression that it would.
[Xperia Arc Android Development] Nimche:
Personally, I have not tried it but people reported that it works fine. Did you wipe?

There is not much to it, if you follow the steps on the first post, unless there is something weird going on.
[Xperia Arc Android Development] DreamHazard:
I did wipe, I've just tried with the Freexperia boot flashed, and it's doing the exact same thing.

EDIT: Got it working, downloaded a fresh zip and it works fine now. Thanks Nimche!
[Xperia Arc Android Development] lawgone:
CM7.2.0 - FXP047 is the first custom rom I flashed. Did I miss something? My 3G isn't working.
[Xperia Arc Android Development] Nimche:
I know that 3G didn't work (I am not sure why)on some phone before and then it got fixed.

If you have followed the procedure exactly as its described on the third post on page one and still have issue, maybe try and put the apn manually and see if it holds it.
[Xperia Arc Android Development] jerpelea:
FXP049 released
[Xperia Arc Android Development] kistigun:
phone wont boot on fxp049
[Xperia Arc Android Development] aj700:
its trying to dump during bootup. Couldn't get to recovery menu either.

rolled back to fxp47.

/Aj
[Xperia Arc Android Development] cezarL:
Ummm... working fine here.

I flashed it over fxp047, after wiping cache.
[Xperia Arc Android Development] hadramos:
Yes just Fix :)

FXP048 or FXP049 ??? because is marked FXP048 in FreeXperia Project :)
[Xperia Arc Android Development] blade828:
After flashing 049 kernel, the phone doesn't boot. Flashed back to 047 and it boots.
[Xperia Arc Android Development] pawo99:
the same issue with NEO...

but FXP047 kernel on FXP049 ROM freezes my phone from time to time :(
[Xperia Arc Android Development] doomed151:
I can verify the issue with the kernel. After power on, the screen stays black with backlight at full brightness.

EDIT: I also have two questions.

1) How's the progress with HDMI?

2) Why is video playback laggy? It looks like software-decoded. I can upload a sample video if required.

Those are the two reasons on why I kept going back to the stock ROM.
[Xperia Arc Android Development] Mano1982:
Just flashed it with DoomKernel.. Working great :)
[Xperia Arc Android Development] Nimche:
any improvements in battery?
[Xperia Arc Android Development] DreamHazard:
Having problems with doomkernel, no buttons, menu options or notifications appear. Sounds like a problem I had when I first installed CM7 on my Hero, I basically just had to wait for an update, but other people seem to be getting doomkernel to work just fine.
[Xperia Arc Android Development] Vintiem:
camcorder still freezes (FXP049). More discovered this?

kind regards,

Vintiem
[Xperia Arc Android Development] cezarL:
not really.. 047 was giving me slightly better battery life, in fact: 2% drain in standby, now I have 3% with 049 (as I had on the previous builds, 042 - 045)

this is on Arc S, with .42 fw and .58 baseband.
[Xperia Arc Android Development] Mano1982:
Not really :) It's same as like 047 for me :)
[Xperia Arc Android Development] Guimenez:
Please i need your help :(

I've Xperia ARC S recent unlock the bootloader

I've follow this 3 steps:

step 1 - copy update.zip and GAPPS ADDON to sdcard

step 2 - flash new kernel (always use the kernel provided in CM7 / it is incompatible with stock ROM)

ON PC - run fastboot flash boot boot.img (an black window will open and will stay open untill kernel is flashed)

It flashed and then reboot.

After reboot, i'm stock in black screen and doesn't enter in Boot menu or recovery.

Please help me :(

many thanks
[Xperia Arc Android Development] taaviu:
After restart press VOLUME - until recovery appears.

Sent from my MT15i
[Xperia Arc Android Development] skuffle:
I had the same problem, having flashed 4 other FXP versions without any problem. I wonder if there is a problem with the boot.img in this version? I flashed back the previous version and it worked fine.

Boot.img flashes okay, but on restart you just get a (semi-lit) black screen. Holding down the volume keys doesn't enter Recovery mode, power button causes a brief vibrate but the black screen persists.

Have re-downloaded to be sure, but same results. Have others got this working from the Hotfile download? Can you clarify the steps you took?
[Xperia Arc Android Development] soldiers33:
Can someone please help me. Before ive flashed this and was fully working ive now decided to give it a try again but it just wont boot into recovery. I have 4.0.2.A.0.42 firmware. I flashed the boot.img as in the instructions. But the phone never boots into recovery just stays connected with the led on. What am I doing wrong? And yes my bootloader is unlocked.

---------- Post added at 07:02 PM ---------- Previous post was at 06:52 PM ----------

could someone please post the old boot.img here?
[Xperia Arc Android Development] pawo99:
Does anybody know how to disable backlight of hardware keys in FXP049? :confused:

Method with editing hwconfig.sh (echo 1 > $dev/button-backlight/max_current) that worked in older releases not working on FXP049.:(
[Xperia Arc Android Development] MrKingLouie:
FXP049 is working great with DoomKernel V03 and bb.58
[Xperia Arc Android Development] Guimenez:
please can you explain how to flash with doomkernel

and give links for all we need?

many thanks
[Xperia Arc Android Development] DreamHazard:
Perhaps a little off topic, but how have you got your LT18i to register the correct model number? is it just registered in XDA app? I find it quite annoying that it uses the LT15i model number.

Back on topic, FXP049 is working with DoomKernel v03 on my S now :D

It's all explained over on the DoomKernel thread, all the links are there as well.
[Xperia Arc Android Development] samueltlc:
No, touchscreen problem doesn't fix in FXP049.
[Xperia Arc Android Development] cezarL:
Edit /system/build.prop and replace all occurrences of LT15i with LT18i, that should take care of it.

You'll get the correct device name in Settings - About phone, XDA app / Tapatalk, web (desktop) version of Android Market will show LT18i as well.. I haven't checked other apps that use the phone name, but they'll likely be fine, as well.
[Xperia Arc Android Development] kocurmatus:
FXP049 not working properly for me on .42 even on .58 baseband. Used boot.img from .zip and DooMKernel v15.

Shows only a statusbar and no lockscreen, icons neither background.

FXP047 keeped restarting on bootanimation while wired headset was connected. Happends everytime i restarded Xperia with headset connected.
[Xperia Arc Android Development] Guimenez:
Please, how can i flash ClockWorkMod?

Is the boot.img inside the package?

If so, doesn't boot only see black screen :(

thanks
[Xperia Arc Android Development] kocurmatus:
Try search first before ask, u will save lot of posts here: http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/wiki/Sony_Ericsson_Xperia_Arc:_Full_Update_Guide

The black screen must be an issue of kernel or FXP049 package. It starts with 049 release.

Yes boot.img is in FXP049_update-cm-7.2.0-RC0-XperiaArc-LT15i-KANG-signed.7z package.

U can also try DoomKernel http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1172885 but for 049 is not working too.
[Xperia Arc Android Development] samueltlc:
I think you guys are using the wrong version of DoomKernel. For CM7, must use this one http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1303635

I am currently running FXP049 with DoomKernel Rev.03. My steps were install FXP047 first, then apply DoomKernel Rev.03 and apply FXP049 using recovery. I also wipe my cache.
[Xperia Arc Android Development] MrKingLouie:
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[Xperia Arc Android Development] DooMLoRD:
always use kernel provided by FXP for installing ROM...

also u guys seem to be using kernel for stock ROM...

U NEED TO USE CM7 version of my kernel for this to work
[Xperia Arc Android Development] DreamHazard:
cezarL, you beautiful person! This has been niggling away at me like a bit of food stuck in a back tooth, and you come along and give me the answer, just like that! :D Thank you!
[Xperia Arc Android Development] NeoCream:
I still can't install 3rd Party camera-software (like vignette or camera360) ... they do not work properly... the viewfinder of camera360 stays black (although I can take pictures..) and vignette just shows me half of the viewfinder... really strange... hope you can this issue (if possible).
[Xperia Arc Android Development] taaviu:
Change vignette settings.

Sent from my MT15i
[Xperia Arc Android Development] NeoCream:
Did try several settings (like 8MP) but with no success.... are there any other 3rd party camera-apps that work 100% with this CM7 version?
[Xperia Arc Android Development] Mano1982:
Paper Camera works fine :$
[Xperia Arc Android Development] dmbardal:
Downloaded the latest version for my LT18i.

Flashed with the kernel that were attached. No boot. No boot logo. Nothing.

Flashed with different kernel. Bootlogo but no bootup.
[Xperia Arc Android Development] shatteredlike:
Miui camera v17 also doesn't work. It previously worked on fxp47.
[Xperia Arc Android Development] DreamHazard:
Did you flash the boot image to your phone? If that doesn't work try flashing doomkernel, use the CM7 version along with the module pack.