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[Xperia SP General] jeopardise:
I agree with the price can be cheaper online or at some places. For example in Malaysia, SP will be sold MYR1299 or USD421 at Sony authorized shops. From online or other retailers I could find SP offered as low as MYR1020 or USD330 , ~

Well, I feel it is ok to give extra credit to the developer for their time, expertise, patience and effort.
[Xperia SP General] jeopardise:
Thanks K Singfield!
[Xperia SP General] sanzNya:
[MENTION=4338115]jeopardise[/MENTION]. i put on 10.USD. :)
[Xperia SP General] DooMLoRD:
well online retailers have issue of locked bootloaders which is of no use to me... if i can buy it in my country then i have option of warranty claim :)
[Xperia SP General] jeopardise:
Sorry bro. The amount has been updated.

Thanks for the notification!
[Xperia SP General] pladoog:
i'm willing to donate please pm me how to transfer (not much..only 5-10 $)

i hope a modding can helpful on my C5302 (TH)
[Xperia SP General] ShaggyB90:
10 USD from me
[Xperia SP General] jeopardise:
thanks ShaggyB90
[Xperia SP General] kurodoll:
$20 for me.
[Xperia SP General] sanzNya:
Sent pm to [MENTION=4338115]jeopardise[/MENTION] to confirm...

best regards.

sanzNya
[Xperia SP General] anku90:
Count me in for 5$.. :D
[Xperia SP General] krabappel2548:
To everyone:

I'm not against donating to developers, soooo:

I'm also a dev with the same issue of not being able to support the device because I don't have it..

Explanation is 2 posts below this one, I won't need the total €399 to be able to support it :p

Thanks for reading this and maybe supporting me :)

Regards
[Xperia SP General] nixx-X1:
It's a bit a dilemma with developing on physical devices.

Buying all developers their own phone is not really an option (it's hard enough to get one a phone)

So have to start somewhere unless you have an other idea?

Or would you prefer nobody buys anybody a phone?

Perhaps an option that you guys work closely together?

India-belguim is not really a distance that enables to have a shared phone..

Doesn't Sony have some developer program where you can loan a phone for a period of time?

If so, that might be a better idea to donate for then to buy one for 1 dev.

--edit--

crap, it's only US/CAN > http://developer.sonymobile.com/services/borrow-a-phone/
[Xperia SP General] krabappel2548:
Yeah, the loan program isn't for Belgium :( anyway, I don't wanna be the bad guy :p

Just want to let you guys know I'm also interested in the Xperia SP :) but I don't want to empty everyone's pockets :D

But maybe I can have an SP and only need around €100 more, my mom wants to buy an L, which costs around €100 less then SP, I'm sure she would want the SP if I can find €100 somewhere :p I'll see what I can do to try get the device and bring you guys some nice things like carbon rom or something else like Pac or paranoidandroid :)
[Xperia SP General] DooMLoRD:
glad that you are interested in working on this device... its a great phone! i played with it the other day in the store and it was fluid! brilliant combination for performance & battery life...

i do hope more devs get interested in this device... but looking at the way Sony is releasing devices in the market (Xperia ZR, M, L, etc.) its going to split the developer community :(

sony doesnt have that program outside of the US...

Sony does send devices to devs but they send it only to CM & AOKP devs...
[Xperia SP General] nixx-X1:
I see no bad guys :) I've seen what you did for a XU last year, those were good roms.

Just wondering out loud on how to make this work.. with the risk of sounding stupid :P

Is it possible to give one Dev a device and have that person run things for the other Dev.

I have no idea how intense you'd need it and how much on can develop without testing it continuously on the phone.

The android emulation kits, would they be useful for the basic things and then have one run stuff for the other on the actual phone?

Or will this be too demanding and therefor a pain in the a** ?

Could you guys work on a porting/developing a ROM together? Or do both of you have completely different aims with this device.

I'd be happy to throw in a bigger chuck of donation if that helps 2 dev (if I'd earn more money i'd buy both of you one :) )

I don't know, I just am a simpleton when it comes to developing so don't know what the options are with 1 device being shared by 2 developers working together.

It would indeed be cool to have 2 seasoned dev's working on the SP
[Xperia SP General] DooMLoRD:
well the two of us do work together on other projects... so there is never an issue of that...

but then each person has a different point of view for development... i am more focused towards recoveries/kernels/etc... while [MENTION=4340984]krabappel2548[/MENTION] is working mostly on ROM side of things...

i am learning about building AOSP so thats something i am personally looking forward to... i dont work a lot on the ROM side of things but i know my way around stuff.. i posted the first ever pre-rooted ROM for devices like Xperia X10, T, S, etc.... oh and i keep getting internal testing firmwares from friends and i know how to get them working on retail devices, so i can keep testing them... and who knows may be if something interesting pops up, may be we can get a leak of a new firmware ;) you can check the links in my signature for proof of this...

the only problem is any kind of this testing requires a device in hand to keep checking immediately for changes/issues...
[Xperia SP General] dumraden:
Also, I would most certainly start "developing" as soon as we get a root on this device. If you two have any ways of even possibly rooting this device, feel free to send it to me via pm. I have no problem soft bricking it or having to re-flash back to everything every day. I just need to get rid of this goddamn bloatware and strip it down.
[Xperia SP General] krabappel2548:
I've sent one thing to someone, but it didn't work, I'll search again for something else to root.
[Xperia SP General] dumraden:
Yea you sent it to me :P I dont think that the ADB remount exploit works on the SP. I think I have tried almost every root exploit for the Z/ZL/S Motochopper, EasyRootingKit, Root Many Android etc... I think SUS has given up on me and my constant reflashes to complete stock hah
[Xperia SP General] krabappel2548:
Ok, I'm still in exams, I'll think about it later :p
[Xperia SP General] DooMLoRD:
no need to worry... i am testing out a new exploit... some of us are working on it... lets hope it works ;)
[Xperia SP General] jeopardise:
#op updated.
[Xperia SP General] krabappel2548:
ok, good work :) wish I had more time at the moment instead of exams :p

In my free time betwee studying I'm working on preparing everything for CarbonRom etc :)

- device_sony_huashan: Device configuration files for Xperia SP

- device_sony-viskan-common: Board configuration files for Xperia SP board

I'm still in exams at university, so I don't have time to start editing the kernel sources at the moment, hopefully cm will pus their sources soon so I can start and see if I made my files good :p

For people that also want to build a source based rom:

These sources are not usable without edited kernel sources for Xperia SP!!

Also consider that these sources may be incomplete or still have some errors, since I didn't had a lot of time for it yet
[Xperia SP General] DooMLoRD:
right, so as i was saying... i keep getting internal testing firmwares... here is a sneakpeak for the JB 4.2.2 update for the Xperia Z!
[Xperia SP General] dumraden:
Any ETA? Can we have a system Dump of this? How about the new features? Got any of the sources?

On the serious side now... The Lockscreen looks promising... maybe we will get several widgets to come with that aswell... ;)
[Xperia SP General] DooMLoRD:
like i said... here is the leaked firmware for Xperia Z :)
[Xperia SP General] jeopardise:
I saw many topic people discussed about rooting for locked boot loader, storage problem issue, battery problem, camera quality etc. If we could reply with the idea of supporting the developers through this channel (by donating), we could get a better result ya?
[Xperia SP General] DooMLoRD:
DooMLoRD Easy Rooting Toolkit v11 released!

now supports Xperia SP!!

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2329208

this was tested on a users device as i dont have device with me...

regards,

DooMLoRD
[Xperia SP General] Raffii:
Thanks a lot for the locked bootloader root. I will gladly donate 10€ to help you getting this device.

Getting a Doomloord Kernel and perhaps a good Custom Rom will add way more value to this device for everybody.
[Xperia SP General] jeopardise:
THanks!

I will add into the first post. 10 euro is equivalent to 13 USD ya :)
[Xperia SP General] DooMLoRD:
seems this has stalled.... no one else interested?
[Xperia SP General] zolaisugly:
Wouldn't say stalled just that device is new and most people that were wanting root have got it thanks to you and those that opened bootloader and installed kernel.

Plus not everybody thinks of time,energy and the frustration that goes into making this type of exploit work, also they see it in free open forum and it is easy to take for free.

Please don't loose heart or give up doomlord your skills are much needed and appreciated if not by all but certainly by the majority.
[Xperia SP General] tr0llica:
10euro (13 dollar), count me in
[Xperia SP General] shravanchoudhary9:
[MENTION=4338115]jeopardise[/MENTION]

please add more $10 USD from my side, just trying to get it closer fast so you guys can work on 4.2.2 rom. :)

thanks.
[Xperia SP General] Fealakwen:
Do you plan on working on a CM ROM?

I would add a contribution if thats a yes :)
[Xperia SP General] DooMLoRD:
i do things which i am good at... rooting (as already proven), recovery, kernels (ample proofs for these), internal ROM testing/manipulations (see the recent leaks i posted)...

i am learning to build AOSP/CM but at this moment i have no plans for CM/AOSP ROM releases...

so to answer your question in short: no plans at this moment....
[Xperia SP General] mrd7rs:
just recieved my SP today. count me in for $10. thanks.
[Xperia SP General] shravanchoudhary9:
[MENTION=2784807]DooMLoRD[/MENTION]

now i understand why did you said that there is still a long way to go. :)
[Xperia SP General] Honeytea:
Im a new sp owner and i want to support Doomlords sp-developing.

Please put 10€ / 13$ in, and send me a PM with details for donation.
[Xperia SP General] jeopardise:
Many thanks [MENTION=5252662]Honeytea[/MENTION]

Initially, we gather users with offers of contribution. We'll start transferring donation once the target amount reached (roughly USD400).

I think we'll use PayPal to sent donation. Other methods will be discussed.

I'll write your offer to the first post and will inform you when we'll start transferring money.
[Xperia SP General] Dimitris CH:
I haven't decided yet if I will get an Xperia SP or if I will decide to spend the extra money for an Asus Padfone.

If I get the Xperia, I will contribute. :)
[Xperia SP General] mrd7rs:
Get the SP, thats just my biased opinion.
[Xperia SP General] jeopardise:
Based on spec, XSP is better than Asus Padfone.

Krait 1.7GHz dual core vs Krait 1.5GHz dual core

Adreno 320 vs Adreno 225

720x1280 4.6 inch vs 540x960 4.3 inch screen
[Xperia SP General] akay56:
I was hoping that the Indonesian Xperia SP users would come in a reasonable way to contribute to the developer... but alas very little interest from them... (however they are managing to write on average 60 posts per day regarding this phone)

Rant over!

I will put up $10 for this..

Thanks

Ash
[Xperia SP General] DooMLoRD:
some interesting news... our Indian currency (INR) has recently depreciated with respect to the USD... so now the device which is costing 24000 INR will be worth ~405 USD...

of which as promised i will chip in the remaining 10% if the community can come up with 90% of the amount in donations...

i guess that reduces the target donation amount to 360 USD...

from what i see we already have pledges of around 300 USD... so just another 60 USD to go :)
[Xperia SP General] jeopardise:
Thanks for the info DooM.

[MENTION=3945789]akay56[/MENTION] has been added into the list. Thanks.

I remained 10% of the old cost to make this a success faster.
[Xperia SP General] DooMLoRD:
dude i didnt understand what you mean by that...

BTW the device costs 405USD in India :p of which i will put in the 40USD... so pleade/donation target is 360USD...
[Xperia SP General] jeopardise:
nevermind what I typed, its a typo from my mobile, I was saying even the new target is now lowered, I'll donate based on 10% from old cost (not cold).

USD 327 currently!!!!!!
[Xperia SP General] DooMLoRD:
ok guys good news... since the community has come up with 327 USD in pledges, i have decided to put in the entire remaining amount (~70 USD)!

so now i will start accepting donations for this device :)

i will keep updating THIS post with the donations i receive....

while sending donation please mention your XDA username along with "this is donation for the Xperia SP device"...

for sending donations to me via paypal check this:

for Indian users contact me via p.m. I will send u account details.

once again thank you for showing faith in me/my skills!

hope most of the pledges convert to donations and they all come through!!!

regards,

DooMLoRD
[Xperia SP General] DooMLoRD:
received from @srothe -

30 USD

thank you for your kind donation!
[Xperia SP General] z28tovette:
Good job Doomlord!!! I'll send the donation today.

sent by my NOTE 2 from a ROOTBOX
[Xperia SP General] DooMLoRD:
Received the following donations after the initial one..

[MENTION=1651197]Redeque[/MENTION]	5 EUR

[MENTION=5252662]Honeytea[/MENTION]	13 EUR

"undisclosed user"	33.33 USD

Brian	10 USD

[MENTION=1033006]KT28[/MENTION]	5 EUR

[MENTION=891320]c_c_c_66[/MENTION]	10 EUR

[MENTION=4341630]Cervcz[/MENTION]	10 USD

[MENTION=3099189]tr0llica[/MENTION]	11 EUR

thank you all for your kind donation!

that brings the total donations received to: ~

140 USD
[Xperia SP General] nixx-X1:
don't forget to add your own! :)
[Xperia SP General] DooMLoRD:
ya so i have my 70 USD ready to donate to DooMLoRD... just waiting for most of the pledges to follow through ;)
[Xperia SP General] K Singfield:
I just sent my donation, too.
[Xperia SP General] z28tovette:
Donation sent.

sent by my NOTE 2 from a ROOTBOX
[Xperia SP General] jeopardise:
Lovely! :good:

I will sent my donation soon DooM. Need to ask help from my brother because I do not have a PayPal account.

Another good news today: My stolen car was found after missing 14 days. A bit busy to handle stuffs.
[Xperia SP General] noob_user_:
Glad to hear that bro...
[Xperia SP General] hakatu:
Donated! Looking forward for your tinkering.
[Xperia SP General] DooMLoRD:
Confirmed... received

15 USD

!

Confirmed... received

10 USD

!

Confirmed... received

6.66 USD

!

Thank you for your kind donation!

total donation till now: ~

172 USD
[Xperia SP General] Raffii:
Sent. :D
[Xperia SP General] DooMLoRD:
Confirmed received donation of

10 EURO

thank you for your kind donation!

Total donations received so far:

~ 185 USD
[Xperia SP General] hasoon2000:
sent $5 as promised.
[Xperia SP General] DooMLoRD:
Confirmed received donation of

5 USD

thank you for your kind donation!

Total donations received so far:

~ 190 USD
[Xperia SP General] akay56:
$10 sent today.

hope great things come out of this project!

akay56
[Xperia SP General] kt82:
Will this be a c3502 or c3503?
[Xperia SP General] DooMLoRD:
confirmed received donation of

10 USD

!

confirmed received donation from jeopardise - 45 USD!

thank you for your kind donation!

total donation received so far:

245 USD

it will be the C5302 as in India we have strong HSDPA networks... LTE is a LONG way away for us..

in anycase it shouldnt matter... u can always flash C5302 firmwares on C5303 and vice versa...
[Xperia SP General] DooMLoRD:
so guys i have some good news...

today i just went to a local Sony Center to check the current price of the Xperia SP... it is retailing at 24500 INR (405 USD) there...

then i checked out the biggest e-retailer site in India (Flipkart.com)... there it was retailing at 24000 INR (398 USD)... just for fun i added it to basket/checkout cart and i was getting a 5% instant discount (~20 USD)! which gets down the price further to 22790 INR (376 USD)! and this e-retailer provides cash-on-delivery!

since the donations received so far were 245 USD plus the 70 USD i promised to pitch in, the amount was coming to 315 USD... so i ordered a Xperia SP (white) right away!

the device should be delivered in 3-4 days... so essentially what was available at 450 USD about a month back we could get it now at 376 USD... a good saving of 75 USD :)

hope the remaining pledges follows though!

will let you guys know when i get it!

regards,

DooMLoRD
[Xperia SP General] Dimitris CH:
I also sent 5 euros, though I haven't decided if I will buy the phone yet.

If you create some nice stuff, maybe this will convince me to buy it. :)
[Xperia SP General] DooMLoRD:
confirmed received the donation of 5 EURO!

Fealakwen - 5 USD

Dimitris CH - 5 EUR

thank you for your kind donations!

Donations received till now:

256 USD
[Xperia SP General] akay56:
it is a great phone mate, just a tad heavy and a dodgy camera which I hope one of you brilliant guys on xda can fix soon!

enjoy!
[Xperia SP General] reaper61616:
Send you 10 USD :P

Let start this development!!!!! :D
[Xperia SP General] jeopardise:
Haha already ordered?

:good::good::good::good::good::good::good:

And you ordered white! which is a very awesome color
[Xperia SP General] DooMLoRD:
confirmed received the donation!

thank you for your kind donation!

Total donations received so far:

266 USD

yup...

my Xperia Z is also white and it is also awesome :)

already begun :)

https://github.com/DooMLoRD/android_kernel_sony_msm8960t

regards,

DooMLoRD
[Xperia SP General] Raffii:
It would be awesome if you could enhance the Wifi Reception with some wifi modules for the kernel :D
[Xperia SP General] nixx-X1:
yeah.. i was already wondering about the wifi reception.. seems to be worse then my Xperia U.

is it a general problem?
[Xperia SP General] K Singfield:
Seems to be. My XSP doesn't even pick up the WIFI at home, which just kind of defeats the purpose of having WIFI at home in the first place. I hope something can be done about it, either by the developers here or by Sony.

-- Sent from my C5303 using Tapatalk 2
[Xperia SP General] jeopardise:
I've sold my Xperia SP just a few days after I created this thread hoping for development support for this nice phone. I had to sell it to cover some transportation cost since my car was stolen; and recently found again but with a lot of damage.

So unfortunate but I still have my Xperia Z which [MENTION=2784807]DooMLoRD[/MENTION] already contributed so much!

Have fun guys! Development never ends
[Xperia SP General] Fealakwen:
Aww, **** it. I feel you Jeopardise.

Thx to you Doomlord. Fix dat Wifi range! :D
[Xperia SP General] mrd7rs:
$20 sent! thanks doom........... paypal Transaction ID # 6XX23432CT8051045.
[Xperia SP General] DooMLoRD:
so guys good news!

got the device delivered today!

i was really busy the whole day just got time right now (2 AM) to check it out... will be really busy tomorrow too but will start work on this from Sunday....

so far only 266 USD have been sent via donations i request you guys to please send the remaining donations soon!

regards,

DooMLoRD
[Xperia SP General] DooMLoRD:
has anyone noticed that the touchscreen behaves erratically when connected to PC? things get automatically pressed, sometimes touch is not recognized...

am i the only one facing the issue?
[Xperia SP General] Fealakwen:
Had the same problem with My Sensation.

Problem, if I remember correctly, is that a metallic device connected to the earth will lose the capacitive screen.
[Xperia SP General] mrd7rs:
i occasionally have this issue when the usb is plugged in to a pc or charger. it must have something to do with static electricity.
[Xperia SP General] z28tovette:
Well hopefully everyone comes through with their promised donations.

sent from a CARBON fiber NOTE 2
[Xperia SP General] sanzNya:
How to sent? I dnt have paypal acount..:(

best regards.

sanzNya
[Xperia SP General] reaper61616:
Which model you choose?:)
[Xperia SP General] DooMLoRD:
contact me via pm we can discuss how we can go about this...

C5302 which is the only one available in India...

so someone at the FB Group page wanted a photo to verify that i got the device...

so here goes...

is you look closely you will see something interesting :D

regards,

DooMLoRD
[Xperia SP General] noob_user_:
Doomkernel already?

Can't wait.
[Xperia SP General] Redeque:
No need to look closely. Haha.

You just changed the kernel name to drive is insane? :eek:

Ps. Congratz with your phone!

(how many phones do you have? haha)
[Xperia SP General] DooMLoRD:
yup ;)

started work with device... adding some awesome patches to improve performance...

hehe.. i dont "just change the kernel name"... there is a level of quality associated with that kernel name... u can as the thousands of users across 17+ devices which have used/still use my DooMKernel...

well i use the Sony Xperia Z, SP, T, S, Arc, Play... other than these I have HTC One X, Samsung Galaxy S2, Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1, LG Optimus One... and previously had Samsung Galaxy SL, HTC Flyer, Sony Xperia X10...
[Xperia SP General] hakatu:
Problems with grounding perhaps? My C5303 works properly when connected to PC.
[Xperia SP General] DooMLoRD:
guys who pledged the remaining 60 USD please send the donations through!
[Xperia SP General] GTM_rhinox:
Guys I checked out the C5302 model XSP in Sony Showroom! It had the .211 firmware and no HDR video! Does the LTE version (ie C5303/C5306 models) support HDR video? Can HDR video be activated with software update or a new ROM?
[Xperia SP General] Fealakwen:
That was a bad idea to say that you bought the device :/

On the internet, people tend to be jerks. They won't pay if they know you already got the XSP, I believe.
[Xperia SP General] lpfc1975:
donated

donated 16€ (20USD)
[Xperia SP General] Rajeev:
So i hope we will get a CWM recovery for the Locked Bootloader soon...
[Xperia SP General] zolaisugly:
It is being worked on....pvyparts has agreed to help and I will be doing some testing and bug reports.... Pvyparts had got the files he needs but has other things he is doing but will def help in getting cwm for Sp.
[Xperia SP General] Rajeev:
Thats a good news...!!!! Cant wait.. Already rooted 284 firmware with Doomlord's rooting toolkit.. Now need a CWM for flashing deodexed 284 ... Mmm i will wait
[Xperia SP General] DooMLoRD:
well this is all based on some level of trust and having faith in the other person... i am sure the pledges will come though... just need to keep reminding people ;)

Thanks confirmed received the donation!

thank you for your kind donation!

Donations received so far:

286 USD

i will get it working soon... busy with my college stuff right now....
[Xperia SP General] SunnyChrono6:
It doesn't say that it's recording the video in HDR.
[Xperia SP General] puneethv:
Sent the donation...:)
[Xperia SP General] DooMLoRD:
thanks but i havent received yet... may be it will be credited on monday or so... will update this thread when i get confirmation...
[Xperia SP General] the_helix:
I haven't faced this problem when my Xperia SP is connected to PC. However, there is some issue when it is charging through the wall charger at my home, not very serious though. I believe it is due to grounding issues which must be causing problems to the static charges needed for the touchscreen to work.

Holy crap! So many! Be careful... someone may rob your house! ;)
[Xperia SP General] DooMLoRD:
other than the six xperia devices, the rest are used by my family ;)
[Xperia SP General] anku90:
Sent the Donation. ;)
[Xperia SP General] DooMLoRD:
Confirmed received donation of

INR 500 (~ 8 USD)

Confirmed received donation of

INR 300 (~ 5 USD)

thank you for your kind donation!

Total donations received till now:

300 USD