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[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] KeiranFTW:
FreeKernel for the Sony Xperia U

Sources for this kernel are here: https://github.com/keiranFTW/android_kernel_sony_u8500

By flashing this you agree that you will not hold me responsible for anything bad that happens whether caused directly or indirectly as a result of flashing this.​

I don't yet have the device, so you are the testers, if you flash, please post your experience and issues while using this kernel.

Donations are greatly appreciated, but certainly not required. If you would like to thank me for my work and help contribute to the cost of the device then there is a "donate to me" button at the side of this post.

As always, thanks are also appreciated greatly.

See second post for changelog and download.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] KeiranFTW:
Installation

First of all, download the kernel.elf file below, which you will flash to your device.

Test version: here

Plug your device into the computer in fastboot mode.

Now, open a command prompt/terminal and execute the following command:

fastboot flash boot kernel.elf

Then:

fastboot reboot

If you flash it, please post your experience/issues on this thread :)
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] marce78:
Thx keiran, i'll try your kernel as soon as i get home tonight
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] dulemilosevski:
the phone boots and works well for now :D on KA02 Xperia SSpeed ROM
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] unreal3000:
il try it 2morrow...dont have much time rite now :P......

but i still want to see what the proccessor is capable of....maybe bump it to 1.5ghz just to see how it goes :P....
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Vaste92:
Just flashed, very good ;)
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] KeiranFTW:
I couldn't do that for a few reasons:

- the overclock threshold of the novathor u8500 (our "chip") isn't known

- 1.5GHz would most certainly cause your device to not even boot

- I don't yet have the device to test overclock and I don't want to damage anyone elses device by putting something in my kernel that isn't tested.

Hope you understand,

Keiran
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] unreal3000:
no i mean when we have sufficient info and experience to oc that much...and just to try...definitly not for daily use :P probably would need to overvolt too,,, also, our phone uses the mali400 gpu...sgs2 users have managed to overclock it...im guess we could do the same? probably would be easier to impliment... ours probably is only a single or dual core gpu, compared to the sgs2 quad core gpu. but looking at the some document and write ups on mali400, it still should be very similar... possible? :P tks fr your hardwork!
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] gengi:
I would like to test it but i can´t find the kernel. Some help? :D
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] KeiranFTW:
I haven't had a look at the Mali400 GPU driver yet, but it runs at 200MHz single core iirc, but I will have a look at it in more depth when I have the device :) at least then I would be able to debug.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] KeiranFTW:
refresh da page ;)
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] gengi:
I don´t have a unlocked bootloader. Can´t you make a version that can be flashed with flashtools ? I can donate for your time... ;)
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] KeiranFTW:
No, at the moment that is not possible unfortunately.

To flash a custom kernel, you need an unlocked bootloader :)

Keiran
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] gengi:
Nooooooooooooooo... i would be a happy if i could root the device... Not easy... :silly:
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] sobhan06:
is der a easy way to root our device U ???

Is der any chance tat u will develop an ICS for "Xperia U" along with ur kernal., then tat wud be nice :)
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] unreal3000:
well i was looking arround for gpu oc...

found this- https://github.com/chris41g/LoStKernel/commit/de45493b3fe2948581f2f554dfde6ab77979c83f

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1296348

found a commit for a kernel which adds gpu clock control to mali400 gpu....

sadly i am not experienced enough to do anything more :P

would u?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Vitophone:
It's a good kernel, but where's a log??? it's quite stable but nothing else...
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] KeiranFTW:
That's fair enough. This was only a test release and I will be sure to release a new kernel with more features soon.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Vitophone:
OK, it's a good beginnig; i tried all kernels for our device and your kernel has a little more lags than Krappabel's kernel v1
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] KeiranFTW:
That's expected, I still have a lot of work to do on this kernel :)
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] KeiranFTW:
Does anyone know where the boot partition is on the U, I know on the S it is at mmcblk0p3, but I want to know where it is on the U :)

Keiran
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] unreal3000:
View attachment 1173880

does this answer your question?? :P :D
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] kandros:
broken photo link or is just me?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] bonzaike:
here its a broken image to
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] unreal3000:
re-attached.... xda dosnt like pics of resolutions higher than 600x600 :P

its a terminal emulator with mount command.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] KeiranFTW:
Got some stuff to do then I'm working on recovery :)
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] marce78:
Great ... we trust in you.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] unreal3000:
C:\Program Files\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools>Adb shell cat /proc/partitio
ns
major minor #blocks name

7 0 10427 loop0
7 1 4190 loop1
7 2 4190 loop2
179 0 7757824 mmcblk0
179 1 1023 mmcblk0p1
179 2 512 mmcblk0p2
179 3 128 mmcblk0p3
179 4 1 mmcblk0p4
179 5 8192 mmcblk0p5
179 6 3072 mmcblk0p6
179 7 5120 mmcblk0p7
179 8 8192 mmcblk0p8
179 9 16384 mmcblk0p9
179 10 1048576 mmcblk0p10
179 11 2097152 mmcblk0p11
179 12 256000 mmcblk0p12
179 13 16384 mmcblk0p13
179 14 4173824 mmcblk0p14
254 0 10426 dm-0
254 1 4189 dm-1
254 2 4189 dm-2

C:\Program Files\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools>

partition table....for whoever wants...
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] shreyasdilip:
since its for the u8500, shouldnt it work for the sola and the P also?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] K900:
There's a bit of difference there, so don't try this at home.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] inorockers:
i think the download link is dead..

can anyone reupload the new link ? :o

thx..
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] :
Why you want to flash this kernel? It's only a test relase, ot doesn't work very fine....
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] inorockers:
i just wanna know this kernel work hehe.. :o
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] enigma77x:
mount sd-card not worked :(
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] GEKTHEBOSS:
New link please!
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] AlenKing:
?

its for GB right....? and in future please mark in name of thread for which version of android is in generall for all hehe :D it is better
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] GEKTHEBOSS:
Is from june!
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] rickkyez:
what is the special about this kernel?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] doctor_droid:
It supports oc and Its free :D
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] aca89:
So, could we maybe expect new version in future?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] doctor_droid:
Only keiranftw can tell that :D
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] guitarfreedom:
Can anyone post kernel.elf file please?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Jason Fernandes:
Still waiting for a Jelly Bean Kernel....
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] thebrainkafka:
Is there a new version?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] bharat_goku:
Na
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] espaciosalter20:
There is no such thing like "jelly bean kernel". All android versions can work without problem on 2.3.x and 3.x linux kernel with android patches.

Enviado desde mi MT27i usando Tapatalk 2
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] allgsmnetwork:
kernel ics witk overclock!

hello, please give me link a kernel with oc can not find it in the link thanks!
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] tzaq93:
Is there any kernel with overclock that can be installed on a locked bootloader (i can't unlock my bootloader because it is not unlockable :( )
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] doctor_droid:
Flashing a kernel requires unlocked bootloader
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] espaciosalter20:
There's some devices which can load custom kernels over locked bootloader. Check Motorola defy or milestone. I think we could take a look over 2nd-boot method that they used to load these custom kernels.

Enviado desde mi MT27i usando Tapatalk 2
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] guitarfreedom:
sorry ..nobody can post this kernel?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] allgsmnetwork:
il kernel è sparito ? :D ma poi che c'entra metterla nella folder di altri terminali?

the kernel is gone? but then that does put it in the folder of other terminals?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] KeiranFTW:
No more development from me on this unfortunately, however I will work on kernel for KXP (KangXperiaProject)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] philo_:
Just flashed a kernel and noticed something odd my saved wifi passwords disappeared. No big deal I just put the keys back in and they worked. Couldn't find any info on this. Is this normal when you update a kernel?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] KangKilla:
System settings sometimes erase when flashing roms or kernels. It depends on what's been implemented in the new version. But something hardcore like new kernels are almost always a mandatory wipe of settings
[HTC EVO 3D] Pauly_k:
GSM, S-on, H boot 1.49.0018, I used HTC dev to root it. Revolutionary CWM v4.0.1.4

I unlocked my GSM Evo3D bootloader using the HTCDev.com method.

I had the Cool Rom, Cool ICS v8 running fine. I would flash the boot image via fast boot “fastboot flash boot boot.img”

All was fine, the battery wasn’t lasting long enough and I decided to change ROM to see what else was on offer.

I did full wipe and deleted dalvik cache.

I flashed the mwakious3Drom ROM, from version 7? As stated to do, this booted up fine and I restarted this and used the phone for a few minutes.

I then tried to upgrade this to version 10 using the correct method and that’s when the problem started the phone was stuck on the splash screen when turned on

I tried again to flash the kernel, because searches for threads all say flash the kernel via fast boot and this has just had me stuck on the htc boot logo the phone restarts every time and this continues.

I tried another rom to see if this would fix it and I tried the King Cobra rom. everything seems to flash fine and then I get stuck on the Splash screen of the ROM.

In a last attempt I tried a shipped ROM (getting the rom from the exe when extracted etc) and I have had no luck, it will not flash (maybe for an obvious reason, I even tried the boot image, no luck)

I have had a desire, desire HD and incredible s before this windows mobile phones, I generally do not have problems but was stupid enough to not do a backup so there is nothing to restore! I hardly have had a problem so tried to save on the space (idiot).

I have a Desire HD and I can flash roms fine, I have clearly made a silly mistake somewhere but I cannot get anything at the minute to work as a fix.

If someone could advise that would be great and I would change the title to have an answer to help others in the future.

Thank you I appreciate your help.

*(Another thing I noticed if it's important. When booting into Rev CWM it says at the bottom,

E:Can't mount /cache/recovery/command

E:Can't mount /cache/recovery/log

E:Can't open /cache/recovery/log

etc. Probably because I don't have them?)
[HTC EVO 3D] KangKilla:
You just have to mount USB from CWM and then you can control your phones memory from your computer after the drivers have installed themselves after you plugged your phone into the computer

Just go into mounts and storage in cwm and you will see the option to mount USB.

It can't mount the drives because you deleted them but it should be okay if you just mount USB and drag drop the ROM onto your device.

I also suggest to call claims and let them know you want them to send you a sky rocket instead if they sent you the desire in place of the old captivate. The screen on the desire had issues. Do this asap if you don't want to be stranded without a working phone. It happened to me and I had to pull the battery a few times. I was pretty upset to be quite honest.
[HTC EVO 3D] coal686:
Which is why I suggest getting s-off. Most issues I see with bootloops etc come from s-on users. See the GSM stickies for the steps.

Sent from my ICS 3VO with Tapatalk 2
[HTC EVO 3D] Pauly_k:
Worked great when I tried a ROM with a 401 base. I didn't realise this caused issues.

I wasn't doing a great deal wrong then was I. The only thing is the king cobra ROM should have worked.

Thanks again for the quick reply.

:)

I will most likely go for s-off I'll have a go at the weekend .... But would I be right in thinking I could simply install 4ext touch recovery instead of CWM recovery and end up able to then flash any ROM with any base?
[HTC EVO 3D] coal686:
4ext does a great job of flashing any GB Rom including kernel with S-on, but s-on people flashing ICS with it still seem to have problems for some reason. That's why I always suggest s-off.

Sent from my ICS 3VO with Tapatalk 2
[HTC EVO 3D] deathspankd:
I normally use the anthrax hybrid kernel to flash ics and it works fine I was s-on til last night. I'm also on cdma so it may not apply but you should research before you flash any rom to make sure something extra isn't required
[Windows Phone 8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zaxcer:
Just wanted to know this, will there be bluetooth file transfer for windows phone 7.8 update? I've heard that there will be nfc, is that "it" ? :)
[Windows Phone 8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ZetaZynK:
NFC won't be in it, because no WP7 device has a NFC chip anyways. I'd doubt there will be Bluetooth file transfer to be honest. If DFT could implement BT file transfers without any source code access, and Microsoft already had an implementation from WM6.x available; it is leaving us to assume that the feature was deliberately left out, as is on iDevices. Probably for copy right reasons.

So, I wouldn't hold my breath for it - it's likely that neither WP8 nor WP 7.8 will have it.
[Windows Phone 8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] irfanindian:
That looks like it. Though it is one of the most voted feature on the Windows phone features request site, it doesn't look like it will see the light of the day.

It's because of the BT File Transfer and Native File browser that is turning off a lot of people from windows phone.
[Windows Phone 8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Grabbag:
Bluetooth file transfer on WP8

I think there will be a chance for bluetooth file transfer on WP8 devices, because they will have a removeable mirco SD card, so there musst be a file explorer to handle the Musik or Fotos,... on it. Also Microsoft says on it WP8 Preview, the shared core will have all/new bluetooth protokolls. Well everyon nows the shared core will work in all windows versions (Win 8pro, win8rt, win Phone 8).

Grabbag
[Windows Phone 8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Grabbag:
Looks good

I think it looks good for Bluetooth file transfer, maybe trough a 3rd party app :good:

www wmpoweruser com/leaked-windows-phone-8-sdk-confirms-peer-to-peer-bluetooth-functionality/
[Windows Phone 8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ludacris:
The Guy responsible for the Austrian Marketplace told me that there is going to be something new with Bluetooth soon :)
[Windows Phone 8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chaitanya91845:
I really hope they include bluetooth file transfer this time. It will help a lot in increasing WP sales in India.
[Windows Phone 8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] StevieBallz:
It seems Nokia will be adding Bluetooth File Transfer for some Media Files through an App (there was an article on WMPowerUser yesterday). That would be similar to how they enabled Contact Transfers through Bluetooth from their Symbian devices. Given that Nokia anounced that they would implement it I believe that this functionality won't be part of 7.8 itself and therefore won't arrive on Samsung/HTC/LG devices.

For WP8 I'm pretty confident that we will see the functionality - at least for Nokia it's a must as they will provide it for 7.8.
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] neko95:
INTRO:

DISCLAIMER
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] dhruv.always:
ROM PREVIEW

Features

▷New User Interface (MIUI theme like)

▷Fading screen light effect

▷Statusbar Navigation keys pre-enabled (softkeys)

▷Improved Messaging App

------With bubble style toggle

------Show/hide avatars

------Quick multiple contact sending

------Message Notification turns screen on

▷Themed eXdialer and eXcontact to suit theme

▷Dolphin Mini as default browser

▷Quickpic as default Gallery

▷MI File Explorer as default Filemanager

▷Wp7 gingerbread keyboard with advanced settings

▷Mixed LunarUI V3 icons and TW4 cosmetics

▷MI Themed Walkman player as default media player

▷Smooth Spinners

▷ICS windows animation and transitions

▷Great sound experience through Beats and Xloud sound mods

▷Extra crisp in images through Bravia Engine

▷Performance and stability tweaks

------Scheduler and I/O stats tweaks

------Remount tweaks

------Read ahead and throughput tweaks

------VM management tweaks

------Touch sensitivity tweaks for better scrolling

------Battery saving tweaks

------3g wifi and net speed tweaks

------Windows management tweaks

------Supercharged and kickass kernelized

------Drop cache system cleaner

------Smart zipaligned

------Auto set permissions on boot

▷Updated host ad-block support

▷Mixed L7, TW, ICS and stock GB UI ringtongs and notification sound

▷NightlyfourE custom splash screen and bootanimation

▷With boot sound support

▷With Touchwiz wallpaper chooser

▷Overall new looks and feel with great performance, smoothness and awesome battery life

▷Less battery usage through VM tweaks

▷Less RAM usage through LMK values and smart zipalign
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] neko95:
HOW TO FLASH ROM:

▷Download NFE from the link below

▷Copy to your sd card

▷Reboot to recovery

▷Wipe Data > System and Dalvik Cache

▷Flash the ROM

▷After 1st boot Re Apply the theme (BUG must be re applied to get white menu background)

▷Enjoy!

DOWNLOAD SECTION

◢NightlyFourE ReDefine V1.0 Here!

◢GAPPS FULL 05/29/12 Here!

◢GAPPS LITE Here!

CURRENT BUG AND ISSUES:
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] dhruv.always:
Credits to the FF:

> CynogenMod Team - for the ROM base

> thachtunganh - for the Code Aurora Forum kernel

> NutellaBanane - for the softkey tutorial

> lousou76 - for the Improved MMS app

> r3d X - for the lunar v3 icons

> Achep - for the primary theme

> Zeppelinrox - for the scripts

> pikachu01 - for the scripts

> quickpic team - for the application (quickpic)

> Team Dolphin - for the dolphin mini app

> eeee616 - for the NightlyFourE rom
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] Techgod:
U just never stop......so many Roms......So much less time.....Gr8 dat THIS rom is alive again...
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] john9:
Thanks for sharing! Hard!
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] wertzPH:
wow another great rom
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] pravin_pran:
Thanks neko, this rom looks awsuuuuum.......nice to see you dhruv_always
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] omidreza:
thanks neko for your great work in this forum...but maybe you'd better to solve the theme bug first then release this rom. because when people see that it has a bug they prefer to wait until the bug get fixed. so i am waiting for the next version to try. give it as soon as possible...thanks
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] bhaskar.:
Jeromeb4u started a thread for nfe reDIfined what about that? And what features of this rom set it apart from gsnap and gtr ?
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] Shadayy:
Neko, you're awesome love you bro :laugh:
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] neko95:
> this is more of a fun rom. for key features redirect to post #2
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] Free.rockstar:
seems to be a beautiful rom but i want to know about battery life..

with cm9 im getting 12 hours backup with normal usage.. can i get same with it??
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] thenenea:
This is basically a tweaked Ginger Snap with a different theme. I'm getting 23 hours with normal to heavy usage on GS so this one should be similar.
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] neko95:
> this had lots of tweaks unlike gsnap :p
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] Free.rockstar:
ohh that would be greattt :D thanks..
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] thenenea:
Hi Neko,

Any chance the RAZR theme pack from GS 1.1 will work on this one? Thanks.
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] Gurx:
Little question: New baseband, right ?
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] acax456:
What the... r u noob?
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] Gurx:
Noob ? Well, I think I am...

As all of you was, someday! All of you ask noob questions one day, but receive valid answers... Nothing like you do, now.
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] dokvader114:
nako which one of your roms is the best for gaming? i dont care about the look of the phone and i dont care about battery .. i only care about gaming . any recommendetion? (other to buy a new phone :D )
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] LynXT:
This very fluid :D
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] qluseq:
how to disable softkeys ?
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] Free.rockstar:
go to settings>cm settings>tablet tweaks> choose soft buttons and unmark all..
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] Free.rockstar:
Hey neko i can't access to settings/preference of superuser app??:confused:
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] neko95:
> are you getTing an error or fc?

Sent from my awsome LG P500 Running RAZRUI
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] shreyas.kukde:
First and the major thing: ITS BEAUTIFUL. rest was meant to be there. but u definitely know how to make it an eyecandy ;) Good work mates :good:
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] Free.rockstar:
force close..
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] DistantFather:
Transparent Status Bar?

does this have transparent status bar? how?
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] troullis2004:
This or gs 1.2 has better performance?
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] Ferdinoptimus:
Some fc's are there

WAITING FOR THE STABLE ROM:):D:D:D

I LOVE THIS....

PLEASE UPDATE SOON..

SUPER USER FC'S WHEN I CLICK PREFERENCES:eek::eek::eek:
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] neko95:
> found a solution.. delete it using root explorer, script manager etc.. then re download at the market:good:
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] Free.rockstar:
okk thanks :)

and one more problem sometimes after unlocking phone the phones locks up again itself and sometimes don't wake up.. ???

edit: it's the black screen bug i guess??

cuz phone isn't locking just screen is black and it is everytime i lock phone..

screen on and off both aanimations are off..
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] neko95:
> try unmounting ur sd card and mount it back.. also happens to me on any rom
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] Free.rockstar:
I'll do that if it'll happen again for now i overclocked it again to 710 from 600 :P

maybe thats the reason.. or maybe the conservative governor..

no problem so far..

btw love the keyboard :D thanks dude ;)
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] Ferdinoptimus:
THANKS

it worked...thanks for the quick reply...

Waiting for the new update
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] Free.rockstar:
hey getting that blackscreen bug again n again :(

but it goes when i set brightness to above than minimum/dim..
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] Ferdinoptimus:
oh i didnt get like that eh:crying::crying:

may be its cz of kernels....!!!