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[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] JimmyRay:
A quick update:

I raised the topic that 154-san had appeared to have given up on further SX development in the current 2channel thread, while suggesting that another developer on XDA (e.g. DoomLoRD) may be able to provide assistance.

154-san responded shortly after to explain that the situation in a little more detail. In summary:

- He wasn't the person who posted "I have given up on bringing CM to the SX", but someone posting with his handle.

- The problem is that the 9.2.A.1.215 kernel used by the GX/TX does not include the [SX's?] panel driver.

- The /mipi_sharp_ls038k3sx01.c source exists, and can probably be converted to a kernel module, however 154-san is not confident about his knowledge of C, and does not have a great deal of free time to study, so SX development has stopped.

- 154-san is aware of this thread, the existence of brown rom SXs, and the SX's popularity outside of Japan.

- He believe DooMLoRD could probably help, but does not know what kind of assistance would be possible without access to an SX.

- 154-san does not have an XDA account, however if someone else conveyed the situation to an experienced developer, they would understand quickly.

- If kernel module source for the panel driver could be written/converted, 154-san would be happy to continue and adapt CM for the SX.

I believe this is quite a positive post from 154-san, so intend to message some of the developers with 'blue' platform experience to ask if they would be willing to assist. I would be happy to donate an SX device if it would allow development that ultimately led to CM12.1 becoming available.

Thanks!
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] george0825:
Im very happy if cm12.1 will port to our phone.. I still keeping my sx.. Hope that day will come true.. Keep the faith to our xda developer..
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] cajhin:
Hi JimmyRay, thank you for all the info - much of the development for SX/GX is Japanese-only, which I don't understand.

So many questions...

Did you get any feedback from other developers about the display driver?

If not, does 154-san speak English? (I might know a dev who can give advice)

What is the feedback for the GX rom, is it stable?

What is the going rate for a used SX in Japan? (I used kyoex, good service, but €430 / 60k Yen is too rich for me to donate to a dev)

I really still like the SX, it is the last of its kind. Small, sexy, high quality... it would be good to keep it alive.

LegacyXperia does awesome things with the Ray (I still test and play), but for a daily driver, the SX is considerably more powerful.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] schlunk:
is there somewhere a guide here how to debloat with a stock rom?

or some news how to update to 4.4? i found something on the internet that one could do this, but i dont know if its trustworthy.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] kkoff:
I would be also interested for guide how to debloat stock rom. If you find any instructions please inform it also in here? Is your phone on Jellybean, I got my SX yesterday and it is updated to Android 4.1.2 and it also includes somekind of root (Kingoroot).
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] schlunk:
ok, my sx is with the 4.0.4 android and there is a kingouser installed, but i dont think there is a root installed. and i cant get rid of it.

so i thought to directly use the rom from pakman.

am i getting this right? >

i have to download and install android tools, (400mb!)

which only works with javatime, (over 100mb!) which i have to install,

in order to get the ADB command.!

then i have to install the official usb drivers from sony.

then i have to run the rootkit.

then i have to install cwm.

then i have to make a backup to my sd.

then i have to download and install the 154 mod, reboot into cwm and install the 2 other zips.

and in case something goes wrong i have to install the over 100mb flashtool and download somewhere (where?) a stock firmware

wtf??

isnt there an easier way? i really dont want to spam my lite windows 7 by installing some 400mb android package and 100mb javatime just to debloat my phone.

another question, i am offered to download and install the 4.1.2 via update.

would this be recommended before i do all the stuff above?

there is a problem with kingo stuff it seems, how do i get rid of it?

i cannot uninstall kingouser and it constantly nags to update it, but when i update it from googleplay it still nags.

when i try to uninstall a system app, it directly reboots the phone.

should i just root it with the other kit from here: http://cubeundcube.blogspot.de/2013/04/xperia.html ?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] sortitus:
My phone came to me with 4.1.2 and KingoUser. After trying to get it to work for 30 minutes (first boot had error messages every 10-30 seconds, of the "update me" and "process has stopped" variety), I just uninstalled updates and disabled the app. I installed KingRoot via the PC installer since the Android-based one didn't work for Kingo. I assume Kingo could also be installed this way since it looks like a King clone of sorts, but I wasn't interested in keeping it after the amount of junk I saw in the app. I'd recommend disabling it in Settings since even a working root program just triggers a reboot when it tries to fully delete Kingo.

You can disable the background processes from all of the tools needed to use a ROM. Or are you worried about program sizes due to a small disk? Either way, I think it's worth looking into if you're set on using his ROM. The update to 4.1.2 doesn't matter if you're changing ROMs, since everything will be overwritten.

I've gotten my phone down to about 350MB average available memory by uninstalling and disabling bloat with the Settings menu alone. Now that it's in a good state, I've backed up and I'm going to try for 450+ with Titanium Backup's freeze feature.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] chgr:
Sim locked after PC Companion repair

Hi there,

I have this phone which was working on my non-docomo network.

But after I did a repair / re-install of the phone with Sony PC Companion, the phone has "forgotten" the sim unlock code and is back to a Docomo only sim status, asking me for the code to unlock at each boot.

Do any of you know a solution to put it back to unlocked mode ?

Thanks,
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] schuberth777:
Looks like a lot of us got the SX recently from the same source ;)

Anyway I have the same problem as chgr - my phone is SIM locked. Out of box it had the latest ROM but was rooted with Kingo Root and had Kingo User installed, which I couldn't remove. It was probably unlocked but I wasn't going to stick my SIM into that environment. So I flashed it right away with the latest stock ROM using PC Companion and now it's SIM locked :(

I'm in communication with the seller, I hope that he can provide me with an unlock code.

Anyway, back to business. I was hunting high and low to get the best package for the phone and I think I got it.

WARNING! reboot the phone after every flash/zip

WARNING! make sure that the phone isn't overheated while flashing. It caused me some problems back then.

1. Flash stock ROM using Sony software

- root (rootkitXperia_20140719.zip)

- install recovery (CWM6-cDM_v2.5_vfix2.zip)

2. Install zip from external sdcard: SO-05D_9.1.C.1.103_154ROM.zip

3. (optional if you want the tweaks, most apps get overwritten) Install zip from external sdcard: GXModv5a.zip

4. Install zip from external sdcard: 154_Mod_Rom_Lite.zip

5. Install zip from external sdcard: Flash Next.zip

6. Install zip from external sdcard: XperiaC3CameraJB.zip

- if you have camre trouble you might also need XperiaC3CameraLib.zip and/or XperiaC3ArEffect.zip

What do you get? No docomo fluff, no FB, home screen and some apps updated from Xperia Z Ultra and a camera app from Xperia C3.

Hope it works for you!

EDIT: added warnings
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] sortitus:
If the seller doesn't give a PIN, you might want to either return it or consider going straight to Docomo for it. If we're talking about the same source, it's still a steal with a $30 manufacturer unlock code. I've considered returning mine and going with a Z3 Compact despite the size being more normal, but I'd like to stick with the last truly compact phone it seems any decent manufacturer will make for a while. I jumped in a bit too early, so I suspect mine already cost $30 more than yours ;)

I'll have to try that cleaning process. The Docomo stuff (especially account and phone book) take up quite a bit of memory and I disabled with Titanium Backup, but it could be worthwhile to jump on with a clean ROM to make life easier.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] chgr:
Thanks for your input. I already called Docomo and they checked:

phone is not unlocked in their database, so I think it was never unlocked with a code, but probably some chinese simlock bypass mechanism installed.

phone cannot be unlocked over the phone. IE they won't give me a code because no way to purchase it by phone.

phone can be unlocked by going to docomo shop, but that would be a bit expensive to travel there !

Also, checking on the seller user feedback, it definitely looks like many buyers have the same issue.

I don't expect any code from them after reading what other buyers said.

So I ordered a code from Internet, I will see in about a week if they manage to get it.

I will keep you informed if you wish.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] sortitus:
I'd definitely be interested to hear the result. I really like the phone, but the software and lock issues are a pain. Thankfully have my old phone to work with while I get the issues with this one worked out.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] schuberth777:
I also did some digging on the net. Looks like newer versions of SigmaKey can unlock the SX. But that requires physical access to the phone.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] chgr:
Yes, its looks like this is the way our phones were unlocked in the first place: with this system the unlock gets lost every time you flash the phone.

Quote from Sigmakey web site:

In any case this requires a big Investment: SigmaKey + Sigma Pack 2 Activation = 234 $

So it looks like there is no affordable solution because my other solution didn't work. I got the following reply regarding unlocking with Internet service:

As a result I will probably forget about this phone and loose a few bucks and time ... And go back to my Xperia Ray or Z1 Compact (kind of).
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] kc1:
Not for me - I just get a boot loop after installing the 154 Mod Rom Lite.zip
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] SX1642:
http://cwm-twrp-android.biz/download/sony-xperia-sx-so-05d.html

Hello,

At cwm-twrp-android.biz (above) they say SX can be upgraded to Android 6.0 Marshmallow. Have anyone here tried it? How will this affect performance? Can this actually work?

Thx.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] kc1:
It actually says

, ...which, coupled with the fact that 5 download links you need to click all also require subscriptions to ad server feeds, is sadly probably good indication that its fake...
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Redroth:
This is all bull****, there is no way to upgrade to another android version that needs a bootloader upgrade before previously unlock it... And AFAIK there is no way to unlock this device... So the only thing we can do is to unbloat or customized stock rom or flash another "stock based" custom rom that dosen't need a bootloader or kernel modification.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] SX1642:
Thanks!

I should have tried the links myself before asking...
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] JimmyRay:
Hi cajhin,

Sorry for this really slow response - I thought I was subscribed to this thread, but only noticed there was some activity a few moments ago.

To answer your queries:

No, not really, unfortunately. I did receive some information from a dev, that I hoped may have been useful, but this was already well known by 154-san.

I communicated with him in Japanese initially, but was pleasant surprised when he replied in very fluent English.

Therefore I don't believe language will be a barrier to working with other devs - it's perhaps more a case of time, and knowledge about/accessibility to a phone that was only ever marketed in Japan.

While we may appreciate the SX and remain hopeful of some day flashing a modern rom onto it, there's probably only a handful of folks like us out there - most Android users interested in a compact phone will either already have the gorgeous Ray, or will have simply bitten the bullet and upgraded to the chubby Z3C.

I haven't followed the 2ch threads for a few months, but when I was reading them back in the summer, the feedback from GX users was very positive.

It's also been a while since I contacted 154-san (a reply I intended to send, was not delivered...), so I'm not even sure if he's still developing for this device, but I'll contact him again and we'll see.

It obviously depends largely on the condition and colour of the phone. Some stores in Tokyo and Osaka sell second-hand and occasionally even unused devices, however I bidded on Yahoo Auctions (Japan) and scored a black SX in great condition for around 13,000 yen. The device was locked to Docomo, and even though I'm currently a Docomo user, I was considering switching to another network, so decided to have it unlocked at a Docomo store for a further 5000 yen or so. Since then, I flashed the phone using the 'latest' debloated ICS rom from 154-san. I also purchased a new screen protector and leather pouch from Amazon JP. Generally speaking, the phone works very well, and feels nice and snappy. However, despite my love for the SX, I still a Ray (running LX CM12.1) as my daily driver, simply because I prefer Lollipop!

Totally agree!

It would be incredible to use AOSP Lollipop or CM12.1 on the SX.

Incidentally, I updated my Ray to the latest LX CM12.1 a couple of days ago (I hadn't flashed the rom since summer, so was running an older build), and I'm still impressed at how well everything works!

Cheers,

James

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[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] JimmyRay:
cavv, thank you for your reply.

While the Ray is still my 'daily driver', I recently took my SX on holiday to use as a camera.

I'm also using a modified 4.1.2 rom by 154-san, which removes all of the original Docomo bloatware. After this, I took the added step of uninstalling various other system apps in a similar manner as you describe. Generally speaking, the phone feels pretty fast and performs well. However, somehow, I still prefer my little Ray running CM12.1.

Incidentally, 154 now has a blog at the URL below, where he discusses his current Xperia efforts:

http://redstar154.blogspot.jp/

There are no updates on the SX, however I still remain hopeful that he or another developer will be able to unlock the bootloader and prepare the necessary kernal drivers for the display to allow CM12.1/CM13 to run on this great little device.

Cheers,

James

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[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Stevethegreat:
The problem with Ray is that it has only 512MB of RAM memory, which lets it have problems with certain apps (too slow to boot them). I think 1GB is minimum for function without any serious issues.

Having said that I found a cheap Xperia SX, but unfortunately it was locked to Docomo. Is there any (relatively cheap) way to unlock it for overseas use? Thanks :)

Also JellyBean 4.1.2 is a good rom if you can install Xposed modules. Xposed adds much of the function of more modern roms, like the ability to run 4.4+ apps, "Doze" (that's only available on Marshmallow), screen mirroring, serious theming.

If however xposed is incompatible with this phone, then indeed a more modern Rom whould had been better...
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Boxhorn:
[MENTION=4314331]Steve[/MENTION]

Exactly, that's why I just ordered a SX from japan awaiting it to arrive in about a week or so to replace my ray (great but not usable for me anymore due to 512mb of ram).

Tasks to do:

- sim lock removal, service menu says: [x] network unlimited

- root

- cwm or similar

- Jelly Bean 4.1.2

So, what to do first?

Is there any cheap(!) sim lock removal???

How to get the latest stock rom preserving root?

Cheers,

Jens
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] sirxazor:
Hey guys,

I currently have a Rooted SO-05D, is it possible to upgrade the android from 4.1.2 to 4.4? I really need to upgrade it since I cannot afford a new phone at this moment.

I been searching all over the week but I cannot find any answers :(
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] wwwong:
No, sorry. We cannot play Pokemon GO (requires 4.4) on this phone :'(

Stable release is 4.1.2 There was some news about modding and upgrading... but sadly there's not been any activity for over a year now :(

I still won't give up this phone though :D
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] sirxazor:
Some people have unlocked the version 0.29.2 of pokemon go to allow older androids (4.1+) to work.

If you look on youtube for:

"Pokemon Go 0.29.2 APK for Android Jelly Bean 4.1 +higher! [UPDATES!] [NO ROOT] [Loading screen FIX]" without the quotes, you will find a video tutorial showing you what to do, you could also do another one:

"Como JUGAR a POKEMON GO en 4.1, 4.2, 4.3 | Inferior a 4.4 | 100% FIABLE" < spanish but easy to follow...

Both work, the first one you need to do extra step with APK editor, second one already comes edited I think. I am able to play fine in my SO-05D... however, you can only play with a pokemon club account, as google sign in crashes the Pokemon Go. The reason I want to upgrade my phone is because I have already been playing under a google account =/
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] JimmyRay:
Perhaps the only way is to try to convince a dev who is experienced with these 'Blue' platform devices (SX/TX/GX/T/TL etc.) to work on getting the LCD panel working with the more up-to-date TX/GX codebase. I have tried corresponding with a handful of different devs in the past, however due to the rarity of the SX, and the presumed amount of work required to achieve a working LCD panel, there just not enough interest in the project, unfortunately.

As much as I love the SX, I have since moved on to another device - the Samsung S4 Mini. It's considerably larger than the SX, but is more compact than most other phones, has reasonably good specs, and excellent rom development on XDA.

Cheers!
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] sirxazor:
that looks like a nice phone, will it be possible to upgrade it to android higher than 4.4?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] JimmyRay:
Yes, absolutely. I gather the I9190 and I9195 variants of the S4 Mini have had official CM11 (KitKat) and CM12 (Lollipop) builds. I am currently using a nightly CM13 (Marshmellow) build and update once a week or so. It's very smooth and stable.

There are also a number of unofficial roms and AOSP builds, and some custom kernels, however I am more than happy with the official builds.

Please note that there are a number of variants of this phone: I9190 (3G), I9192 (dual-sim), I9195 (LTE), and the I9195I (LTE).

The first three are dual-core devices, the latter I9195I is a newer phone with a quad-core CPU, and up until recently has been limited to 4.4. A considerable amount of work has happened in the past month or so, porting CM11, and is now progressing with CM12, although it's not quite up to the level of polish and stability of the official CM builds for the I9190/I9195.

Generally speaking, I am incredibly satisfied with my S4 Mini. I would still love to see a modern CM port for the SX (as a true replacement for my beloved Xperia Ray), but accept that this is unlikely to happen. For a while I considered an Xperia Z3 Compact, but decided to try the smaller S4 Mini, and am very happy with the decision.

Cheers!
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] vokez:
Please tell me where to buy Full Housing for Sony Xperia SX SO-05D? During the three years of use in poor appearance of the phone.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] roytam1:
maybe check IMEI in docomo first? http://nw-restriction.nttdocomo.co.jp/search.php

If it shows a Circle in result, you may just need to update TA entry to get rid of Network lock.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] roytam1:
Not working for me as well -- No boot loop, but Screen off right after SONY logo after flashing 154 Mod Rom Lite.zip.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] schuberth777:
It's been a while since I visited XDA but it's good to see people are still interested in the SX. I'm testing X Compact currently, probably going to switch to it. As for your problem, I'm afraid that I didn't have much chance to test the steps, as flashing the official ROM always restored the sim-lock (I'm guessing the soft-unlock is stored in TA, but that's just speculation - I could only us "the guy" to unlock the phone couple of times).

Did you reboot the phone after every flash/zip install? I remember doing that but I see that I haven't explicitly written it in the instructions.

Also, there's a Xposed mod "ReGXM Ex" that could replace some of the zips. The description isn't too clear but it should be able to work without the 154mod rom. It can enable the brightness bar in the notification area, which is great!
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] ambad4u:
Greetings to all,

I never thought that this phone existed..., I was actually trying to find a very small and compact phone and found this very lovely cute small phone!

Got the pink variant of the phone as 2nd hand with a bad back cover but still usable :)

Anyways,

I know a little bit of programming but I don't have resource to compile for now. Also, if the source for the display panel "mipi_sharp_ls038k3sx01.c" exist and I can get a computer and hopefully I can do something. It wont be right away but we will see...
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Pakman123:
Hi could please upload your si number i wanna see if i can install the update without docomo software
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] td101:
sure. it's 1267-2266

does anybody know for which market this phone has been produced?

---------- Post added at 10:43 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:33 PM ----------

i live in a tier-3-city with 5m. people. i went to the local IT-mall where i had to order the phone. took like 3 days or so.

But in Beijing you should get it easier.

Just check here and call one of the shops:

http://detail.zol.com.cn/325/324522/price.shtml
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] daede86:
thanks a lot!! :)
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Pakman123:
just like to share my systemui.apk asop icons n blue buttons

and benchmark score
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] ChipJapan:
The SX forum on Xperia freaks has gone really quiet which probably means they're doing it all on 2ch, which is really bad news because I can't make sense of that site.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] spectrun00:
i think , sony will release international market on january next year 2013

imitating sony gx for japanese and sony tx for international:highfive:
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] tinyXperia:
Is there anything known about unlocking the bootloader?

I feel like being in a restaurant with delicious food, whilst feeling sick.

What I want:

Nothing comes close to my needs. The Xperia SX was my last hope, but I'm afraid the bootloader can't be unlocked. Without updates, the phone will be outdated within a year.

It's like they

want

you to buy an iPhone.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] daede86:
i'm not really sure about the link because i'm using goolge translate, i've no idea about japanese :) ehehe

but it looks like they have already unlocked the bootloader!! it would be awesome!!

http://xperia-freaks.org/2012/05/31/lt15ics/
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] ChipJapan:
That post is for the Xperia arc. :(

I did read somewhere on one of the forums that the bootloader doesn't need to be unlocked which makes no sense to me.

---------- Post added at 06:51 AM ---------- Previous post was at 06:43 AM ----------

I have been looking every now and then for anything on the bootloader but not being native it takes me a while and haven't turned anything up yet.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] daede86:
eheheh sorry i saw "xperia sx" at the beginning of the article and i though it was for xperia arc, but also compatible with sx :)

thanks!
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] FernandoMiguel:
anyone even able to add it to cart?

all i get is HTTP Error 500