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[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] blackmatrix64:
I'm afraid FXP228 doesn't use full brightness of Xperia S. I have two xperias S, one in stock and one in Fxp, when I max the brightness full, the stock is much brighter. Can anyone confirm this?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] mirhl:
you need to disable autobrightness (that is not working)

openSEMC app should make the trick
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] schickel:
I've tested it and no signal. Also no sim card found.

Wait wait wait for any reaction from FXP....

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[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] x.marX:
I had flashed the official CM9.1 but it just couldn't go beyond the blue matrix animation. Now I downgraded to stock 6.1.A.2.45 with baseband 314010-22.

So, can I flash the fxp229?

It's icecreamsandwich right?

one thing I don't understand if that's the case, why flash the kernel from cm10 ?

Can't I flash the boot.img in the fxp229.zip?

Btw, all this I'm doing is to increase the battery backup. So which is the best kernel for that purpose?

Thanks for reading.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] someone755:
You can flash whatever you'd like, as long as your bootloader is unlocked.

This is CM10, so no. This is Jelly Bean. CM9 is ICS.

Though most people recommend flashing 228.

Why would you flash a kernel separately? The boot.img is in the zip already...

The best kernel for that purpose? Use the one that comes with the ROM. NOVA is outdated, buggy and laggy. There are no others, so: stock :P
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] x.marX:
I couldn't install CWM. So, I installed TWRP but now, I can't "reboot" to "system", when I selects it, it goes blank and displays the "Freexperia" splashscreen and goes back to TWRP.

There is no way back :(

Can I flash the CM9.1 zip I have in my pc after copying it to the storage ?

Or, should I download FXP229 and flash it instead ?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] G-FACE:
Just flash the boot.img (kernel) from FXP package and you will have a working CWM pre-installed in the kernel. So, no need to install CMW separately.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] x.marX:
I thought that I could "mount the sdcard " in the pc but, its not detected in windows :(

So, copying FXP229 is not possible at the moment.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] mirhl:
adb push rom.zip /sdcard/rom.zip

this should help you
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] x.marX:
"Device not found"
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] frikakwa:
Install your drivers.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] x.marX:
I did already !

I have downloaded the latest android drivers from Google's & Sony's dev sites and installed it correctly. RecoverX never reported any problems while trying to install CWM, nor did Flashtool.

Its just that at the TWRP menu, even after "mounting" the SD card, its not detected. And ADB is now saying "device not found".

I'll try again when I'm back home (I using my work pc).
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] someone755:
If you have TWRP as you said, and have working adb drivers, go to Advanced>Sideload

Then do

adb sideload [path to CM10 zip file]

Or, if you already have TWRP installed and have the CM10 zip file on the phone, you could just flash it like that from the recovery.

Or, if you have working Fastboot drivers installed, flash the boot.img from the CM10 zip via fastboot.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] x.marX:
didn't saw your post and I flashed the A.45 firmware with flash tool :p

Now, after rooting and installing busy box, what should be my next step?

RecoverX won't work and I'm a bit scared to install twrp again. So, can I flash the fxp229 in the fastboot mode ?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] someone755:
Unlocked bootloader = no root or busybox needed to flash things.

I say, go to the twrp site, download the kernel for Nozomi, fastboot flash it, then sideload the fxp zip.

Or, you can send it to the phone while in Android and simply flash it from recovery.

And you can't flash zips through fastboot...

And, you can't send files to or from the device with twrp. You can use adb sideload, but AFAIK, adb doesn't work in the recovery.

Also, twrp is the best recovery around for the Nozomi. Nothing cwm-based can beat it.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] x.marX:
I have unlocked the bootloader earlier on my original firmware, A.2.55 and now in the service menu>config> it says my bootloader is unlocked.

I have done the above steps on my current firmware resulting in the inability to boot the system, it always went back to twrp recovery. That meant I could use my phone, it just got stuck at twrp.

The current firmware I have is A.2.45 android 4.0.4

if you say, I can do the whole thing again.

EDIT:

The kernel they have with twrp is for A.0.452

teamw.in/project/twrp2/144
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] x.marX:
I guess I wan't really clear regarding my reply :p

What I'm asking is...can I flash the kernal for A.0.452 firmware on my A.2.45 ?

Or should I "extract" the kernal from A.2.45 and do the "stuff" they ask to do (ramdisk and things like that :silly::silly:) instead !
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] master_boy_dn:
so someone please tell me what is the most stable version of FXP for my SL, i installed FXP 232 last week and it can not detect my sim card :(

//sorry for my bad English
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] stavca:
FXP228 ;)
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] master_boy_dn:
thanks, i'll try :D
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] zekozeko:
News from fxp page

1. FXP 233 released http://uploaded.net/file/ypwmh3d1/from/wxwax6

2. Fuji devices (nozomi included) are now legacy devices :( Only 2012 xperias that are now supported are t, tx and v.

supported list: https://sites.google.com/site/projectfreexperia/known-bugs/supported-device

legacy list: https://sites.google.com/site/projectfreexperia/known-bugs/legacy-devices
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] schickel:
Why are so many people (SONY included) hating our device? Is this so exotic? :confused:
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] omarmakki:
Awesome... They didn't even bother and post about it here. Thank you FXP for proving I was right in my previous post. Now we should learn to appreciate our devs who actually care about our community (ie RaymanFX).
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] frikakwa:
But here Nozomi is still supported: https://sites.google.com/site/projectfreexperia/home/supported-devices

And on this page, it's mentioned " LT26i - S - nozomi - CM9 done / CM10 work in progress"

Weird... :confused:

Would be great to get news from Freexperia Team. :angel:
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] schickel:
It would be very important to get news about the SIM-card issue and the open bug which is without any comment and owner from FXP...
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] avindal:
Since that bug is a show-stopper, there is no real use in releasing new builds before that bug is fixed.

As far as I can see on the changelog for FXP https://sites.google.com/site/projectfreexperia/download/progress - the last build (233) only contains CM updates. It seems unlikely that the SMS bug would go unnoticed if anyone bothered to test the build, therefore it seems unlikely that someone actually manually tested the build and decided that it should be released... so the question is - is anyone testing them at all or is FXP abandoned?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] someone755:
Okay, Marx, you can flash any kernel with any rom. It's just not guaranteed it'll boot... And it doesn't have to boot.

As said, flash a kernel with twrp recovery and flash the fxp zip. If you don't already have a the zip on the phone, send it there before flashing or do adb sideload.

Nobody in the history of ever would go and repack the ramdisk to be able to flash a rom xD
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] x.marX:
:D

Can you mention some "decent" kernals to flash ?

Also, I can't download the FXP rom coz both websites are blocked by our administrator. Is there any other website with support of resuming downloads ?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] someone755:
Unless somebody dowloads the zip and uploads it to Dropbox or something else, I don't know of any other mirrors...

Decent kernels, for what ROM? CM10? The one included in the zip is the best one you can get.

If you mean TWRP-enabled ones, this one should do it http://techerrata.com/file/twrp2/nozomi/stock-6.1.A.0.452-twrp-2.4.0.0.elf
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] brown_89:
Does FXP233 have sim issue???
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] De@n:
Yep.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] deniz2694:
I don't know but it probably has it, since there is nothing written in the changelog.

By the way, i recommend opensemc too.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] MclarensARC:
FXP for xperia S is dead...
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] FireMax_:
Much time developing for the Xperia U. ..
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] x.marX:
Can anyone upload the 229 to dropbox :o

I have installed it and its working normally. Not getting stuck at TWRP menu anymore.:)
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] letama:
I took a look at the sim problem, here is a kernel that fixes the issue. Just flash it after installing FXP 233.

The issue is ueventd.semc.rc missing this:

/dev/pmem_tzcom 0660 system audio
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] someone755:
Lol and after all that, a magical [MENTION=834547]letama[/MENTION] appeared and fixed the issue xD
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] schickel:
How long you need to find the issue?

You are a "god" ;)
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] letama:
:) It was quick, like half an hour, but because I've been there before with my aosp roms... Sorry for the long delay before looking into this, but I was very busy these days.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] schickel:
Time to spend you a beer (Look in your Mail) cheers :)

Greetings from Munich beside from the Oktoberfest
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] :
Sorry? Lol, FXP couldn't fix it in half of a month :P
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] letama:
Thanks a lot schickel! Very much appreciated!

Well, I'm sure they have been busy working on other devices... I can't imagine the work it takes to support so many phones.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] MrGezz:
fix for ion ??
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] letama:
codename aoba, right ?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] MrGezz:
Yes ..
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] panel1:
Thank you, one beer on me ;)
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Aeron sagar:
yes for aoba ( ion ) we are waiting legend;)
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] letama:
Thanks a lot panel1!

Sent you a link to a test kernel for ion, let me know...
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Ski-lleR:
Work fine, thanks a lot letama ;)

:victory:
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Arabaldo:
I can't download from the kernelfixlink on my phone... Can someone be so kind and share it...?

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[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] schickel:
See PM
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] siuming720:
can you send me the link please? my phone was just bricked(unstable paranoid). so now i want to try 233.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] -Johannes-:
Letama should join fxp Team :P

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[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] siuming720:
tested the fixed kernel for ion. It works :D

Thank you, letama
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Aeron sagar:
really great working on xperia ion May god blesses with you:)

Any idea network fix for Xperia ion 4.2.2 ?:)
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] letama:
Thanks for the confirmation guys! As it works, I added a post to ion thread with the link.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] zekozeko:
Now that we have working cm10 with 3.4 kernel, can anyone compare it's performance with cm10.1 rc2 by RaymanFX?

I was on cm10, and than switched to rc2 and now letama fixed new kernel for CM10 so I'm in dilemma and don't have time for flashing just for testing purposes so any experiences are welcome.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Arabaldo:
Thx!!
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] BalcanGSM:
Thanks Very Much.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] schnuff*1:
Sorry for wrong thread: but is it possible to make the fix also for Acro S?

Thx!
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] mirhl:
-deleted-
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] schnuff*1:
No, the ext-sd-card is there no functional - Ithink?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] someone755:
As I understand, anyone who wants to fix the issue by themselves, this is how you do it.

On any Linux distro, clone into the FXP kernel sources.

Find a file named ueventd.semc.rc and open it with a text editor.

Add the following line:

/dev/pmem_tzcom 0660 system audio

Then compile.

Am I correct here?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] beup:
I'm in the same case, waiting for some feedbacck
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] brown_89:
LOL i did the same!
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] letama:
Not exactly... Issue is in initramfs, not kernel.

You have two ways to do this:

1) retrieve cm10 repo and build full rom, file is probably located in repo root/device/sony/*

It's takes time, a good internet connection and lots of hard drive space.

2) retrieve build, unpack elf, unpack initramfs, repack. That's what I did for nozomi and aoba. You need to know how to unpack/repack elf and initramfs.

Or wait for FXP to add the fix and their next build :)
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] someone755:
So, the issue is in the ROM rather than in the kernel...

That means that if I compile the kernel and use your script (or flash the kernel on a fixed FXP build some time later on) and flash the kernel, the sim error will still be gone?

Been looking into hei's sources lately... Building an updated NOVA kernel sounds tempting... ;)
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] LucidSomnia:
So, to get this right, sim card problem is fixed with letama's kernel?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] serqeftin:
yes, lets try and see.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] WildBit:
Yes, it' working now with Letama's fix :good:
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Ski-lleR:
I dont know if it's a new behavior in last cm10, but on 233 (coming from 228), when I turn on camera light, immediately after the screen turn off, the camera light turn off too. With native torch app.

On 228 the camera light stay active until I close torch app.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] letama:
Well, yes and no. As kernel and rom means all and everything in our forum so let me try to detail:

We flash on kernel partition (mmcblk0p3) an elf, that is often called "flashing a kernel". In detail, elf is rpm.bin+zImage (this is the "true" kernel)+initramfs

At boot, kernel (zImage) unpack initramfs, put its content at / then execute /init. Init mounts /system /data /cache partitions and launch Android.

In our case, the file that has to be modified is /ueventd.semc.rc, so inside initramfs. Initramfs is produced by Android build system, and at the end of the build system, there is a mkelf.pl of zImage, initramfs, rpm.bin to get the final elf.

To avoid doing a full build, I did a shortcut: I extracted zImage and initramfs from FXP elf, then unpack initramfs, edit file, repack initramfs then mkelf.py into the new fixed elf. The zip basically flash the elf to kernel partition (p3), the same way a fastboot flash boot image.elf.

Hopes it clarifies (it's a bit late, I'm not sure it's so clear :)).
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] someone755:
Ah, so the initramfs is the ramdisk...?

I've been learning a lot about kernels lately... And AFAIK, our kernel has the zimage, the ramdisk and the rpm...

I understand, master magician! :D Good night to France! :3
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] thedung:
with letama's kerner problem vulome +
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Ski-lleR:
On 233 my phone also take 2 seconds to wake up, on 228 its immediate. OpenSEMC seem to have the same bug.

Most app are now lag free.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] letama:
That's right.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] schickel:
Nitification light on FXP233

After recieving a SMS or WhatsApp my notification light is always on.

Someone else have this also? Any solution for this?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Ski-lleR:
Yes i have this too, even for battery alert, on 228 notification light pulse red, and stay on when charging. Now it's always on for low battery and charging.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] letama:
Known issue with blinking in Sony 3.4 kernel. If FXP or someone want to fix it here is the patch I used in mine:

diff --git a/drivers/leds/ledtrig-timer.c b/drivers/leds/ledtrig-timer.c
index 328c64c..f5ef160 100644
--- a/drivers/leds/ledtrig-timer.c
+++ b/drivers/leds/ledtrig-timer.c
@@ -77,8 +77,8 @@ static ssize_t led_delay_off_store(struct device *dev,
return ret;
}

-static DEVICE_ATTR(delay_on, 0644, led_delay_on_show, led_delay_on_store);
-static DEVICE_ATTR(delay_off, 0644, led_delay_off_show, led_delay_off_store);
+static DEVICE_ATTR(delay_on, 0666, led_delay_on_show, led_delay_on_store);
+static DEVICE_ATTR(delay_off, 0666, led_delay_off_show, led_delay_off_store);

static void timer_trig_activate(struct led_classdev *led_cdev)
{

This is a dirty fix, but this is how Sony did it in 3.0 kernel...
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] panel1:
Will 233 fixed 3.4 kernel works with 228 rom ?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] someone755:
If the 228 release uses a 3.0 kernel, then no, it won't.

If the 228 release uses a 3.4 kernel, then yes, it will.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] frikakwa:
FXP228 was the last working release using v3.0... after that release, none of them was working good before Letama's fix (SIM issue).
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Szatyor:
No, it won't work. I tested it yesterday, and the ROM cannot start to load.

Yes, the last good build is the 228 with the kernel 3.0. The latest ROMs has got some bugs/issues. For example the SIM card issue (But this is already fixed by Letama), the buggy flashlight which turn off while the screen is off, and the notification LED, which cannot blink (this one is already fixed too).

Sorry for my English.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] jlmcr87:
What´s that? Xperia S legacy device? Since when [MENTION=359497]FXP[/MENTION] abandon phones earlier than Sony? I can´t recognize you.................

2012 Flagship abandoned............and where is CM 10.1?, you create the post a month ago...............
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] someone755:
This is gonna be like get.cm from now on, I guess. They'll only update their ROM for CM source updates... Everything else, we'll have to fix by ourselves...

I'm not promising anything, but I just happen to know something about these things :P
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] avindal:
If this is the case - and if it is, that's OK - everyone is doing it on a volunteer basis so I completely understand, however some communication / information about it from the FXP team would be much appreciated...
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Igorsep:
Guys, I know it's been asked a thousand times, but just to be sure: I'm willing to go from 224 to 228,do I need to do a full wipe?

I'm having constant interface crashes and a few apps too...

Thanks a lot!

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[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] ElvenSteel:
advisable since you're having issues
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Ski-lleR:
Thanks for the help for building, and i confirm this dirty fix work ;)

Remaining bug (compared to 228) is now flashlight who not stay on when screen off (and a strange flickering of the light), then the lag when phone wake up. Maybe its time for some logcat ^^
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] someone755:
I'd say it's more of a kernel than a ROM issue...

So with that, I'd say dmesg will serve you better. ;)
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] robertomarconi1:
Guys, someone tried to install a new (or old) baseband to the latest version?

I imagine that this SIM problem can be related to the baseband, not the kernel.

I installed the official CM10 and had the same problem.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] someone755:
It's a ramdisk issue. If one of the best developers who ever lived (besides Rayman, of course... and some others :P) is wrong here, I might as well go and turn into a pie. (Mmmm, apples...)

Besides, his fix works, so that proves us he's right. :P
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Igorsep:
Anyone else noticed that brightness is way lower on fxp228? I was using 224 and a 100% brightness is not even close to what I was getting on 224...

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[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] someone755:
Use the OpenSEMC app, go to ALS settings and check 'force maximum ALS curve'.

That way, you get higher brightness.

Why do you people even bother with this ROM? It's obsolete, not maintained anymore and downright abandoned! If it weren't for [MENTION=834547]letama[/MENTION], we wouldn't even have a working CM10 build with a 3.4 kernel!
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] schickel:
ack, unfortunately true
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Redstarr1:
True, FXP 228+ (with letama's fix) still has almost the same deficiencies as OpenSEMC (except for FM Radio), so no point in sticking with this ROM. But some people want "official" CM, maybe OpenSEMC might appear too bleeding edge (but the situation is really the opposite, at least OpenSEMC gets tested before release).
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Kali-:
instead of complain and spoke stupid thing, why do not contribute?

it's not so hard ...
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Kali-:
thank's

i didnt noticed node was changed
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] letama:
Hi Kali!

You're welcome.

While you're at it, you may want to take a look at this one too, Sony missed this patch when they went to 3.4, it breaks leds blinking.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] schickel:
Kali, you've got a beer from me ;)

Happy to hear from you here.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Kali-:
this was one of our patch in 3.0
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Kali-:
merged bot fix, next FXP for S, Acro S and ION will have SIM and led fixed

thank's again letama
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] mirhl:
could i also humbly suggest another fix?

https://github.com/OpenSEMC/android...mmit/ae383b631dbf0a42ed7f7011a0663e9d44cf6671

for a working recovery?

thank you sir
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Kali-:
this is the main problem

support a bunch of device across 3/4 android version is a pain

bro, next time push fix on gerrit or drop me a private message on IRC, i was looking the SIM bug on spear time in last 2 days :)
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] letama:
:) I wouldn't be able to do what you do, I suffer enough with one.

Sorry for not pushing to gerrit, I don't have a repo with cm... I always forget about IRC, will do next time!
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] ZyrByt:
Working ANT+ is THE reason for me (and probably will be for a long time as there is no drivers for 4.2+)
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] jerpelea:
FXP234 released
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Igorsep:
Waiting for the testers to test it! :D
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] r0bot:
Is it even maintained anymore?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] gbil:
SIM is working, LED is working, everything is fine.

Cheers for the release
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] panel1:
Thank you for update. I'm developer too (not in android) and I really appreciate your work. I know how hard is to make support and updates. Thank you so much.

There are lot of people using this ROM, for example as MIUI port. I'm using it too as my daily rom and I'm realy satisfied.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] kin912:
Just fix the single which [MENTION=834547]letama[/MENTION] point out.No need to download again only the kernel.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Arabaldo:
ANT+ is the main reason for me to stay with this rom and not go to those other excellent 4.22/4.3 roms...

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[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] someone755:
It's funny how everything changes once things are fixed. See the effect in this example:

Before fix: 'OMFG DIES ROM SUXX, FXP DA WOST EVAH!'

After fix: 'OMFFG CM10 RULZZ, FXP DA BESST!!'

Why this happens is beyond me.

[MENTION=279964]kali[/MENTION], I barely have enough knowledge to compile a kernel and assemble it into .elf format, what even to fix errors in the ramdisk. With that, I don't mean I don't want to help, I just have insufficient knowledge.

If you think you can't handle all these devices, drop support for them, we can't blame you for doing that. Anyways, an announcement that you're dropping support is better than no announcement at all...