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[Sony Xperia E1] mai77:
benchmarks ?

It is simply TCP header compression via "deflate" option in /system/etc/ppp

any performance benchmarks available ?
[Sony Xperia E1] Shakibamoradi:
can u tell me how?

I have E1 Dual (2105)

and this is my first sony phone

i dont know how to flash

where can i find the true firmware?

which flash tool should i use?

whats the instructions?
[Sony Xperia E1] mai77:
shaki, how about reading #1 OP post ? :laugh:
[Sony Xperia E1] Farzin-st:
Download this frimware.

about flashtool just use the last one

and for flashing just....search in google:D
[Sony Xperia E1] mai77:
I updated #1 post.

has anyone tried to follow this stuff ? --> http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=42135099&postcount=1 DIY - E1 - ROM building ?

FTF file format : http://xdaforums.com/crossdevice-dev/sony/tutorial-downloading-firmware-convert-t2837097

decrypt : http://fxpblog.co/accessories/extract-a-factory-image-with-flashtool-by-androxyde/

new E1 project : http://xdaforums.com/xperia-j-e/general/problem-aoa-accessory-sony-xperia-e1-t2885203

ftf guide http://www.xperiablog.net/2014/08/1...re-files-using-xperifirm-and-flashtool-guide/

http://fxpblog.co/qualcomm-cortex-a7-family/sony-xperia-e1/ E1 on freexperia

E1 dedicated Forum : http://www.xperiablog.net/forum/forums/Xperia-E1/
[Sony Xperia E1] mai77:
no fxp ...

http://fxpblog.co/cyanogenmod/

seems, our E1 "falcon" is supported in NO Cyanogenmod version yet.

or has s.o. installed a cyano on E1? http://af6.eu/CngLg

xperia Qualcomm Cortex-A7 Family :

Sony Xperia T2 Ultra D5303 Tianchi

Sony Xperia T3 D5103 Eagle

Sony Xperia C3 D2502

Sony Xperia M2 D2303 Seagull

Sony Xperia E1 D2005 Falcon
[Sony Xperia E1] Shakibamoradi:
I did what u said

but i can install e1 drivers

im on win8.1 64bit

please help me
[Sony Xperia E1] mai77:
drv

better than if you could NOT.

std problems pls go to Q/A section. ty
[Sony Xperia E1] luqman98:
Ok... what kind of performance benchmarks?

Sent from my Xperia E1 dual

1. Love doesn't need any reason.

2. Wanna speed up 3G (not 4G LTE)?

Here it is:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2586876

3. Press the thanks button if I really helped/assisted you.

---------- Post added at 04:40 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:38 PM ----------

Mine were fine on Windows 8.1 32-bit (with latest updates) .. perhaps the OS version.

Sent from my Xperia E1 dual

1. Love doesn't need any reason.

2. Wanna speed up 3G (not 4G LTE)?

Here it is:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2586876

3. Press the thanks button if I really helped/assisted you.
[Sony Xperia E1] mai77:
To compare with and without .deflate. Option. Whether its faster or not.
[Sony Xperia E1] luqman98:
As I said in the thread, this MAY work/not working because some carriers didn't impile TCP compression in their backend.

Benchmarks? I'm on plan that has only 300MB quota/week, so I couldn't test that.

Sent from my Xperia E1 dual

1. Love doesn't need any reason.

2. Wanna speed up 3G (not 4G LTE)?

Here it is:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2586876

3. Press the thanks button if I really helped/assisted you.
[Sony Xperia E1] mai77:
Guys, I'm looking into onandroid patch file for E1

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.h3r3t1c.onnandbup

https://github.com/ameer1234567890/OnlineNandroid/wiki/Partition-Layout-Files

I use 'M2' (same cpu) patch file but it gives me weird modem bak file 1,5 GB : can't be right.

Also gives you TA (trim area) BAK. easy to brick the E1 with it
[Sony Xperia E1] mai77:
working or no

oh OK. some stuff works, others dont.

I usually advertise stuff only, which I tested myself and know that it works... (no offense tho)
[Sony Xperia E1] Ninoh-FOX:
I make a compiler kerner for E1, i used msm8610-perf.preconfig and compiler with problems, but i has problems for create boot.img... I dont know the dates for offset files in boot.img, i tried late reference date from flashtool list it from decrypte a kernel.sin... (sorry for me english)

Enviado desde mi SK17i usando Tapatalk 2
[Sony Xperia E1] mai77:
does flashtool log give that info after you decoded stuff from XPERIfirm ? I believe so.

I get ramdisk files OK from Androxydes ft and can decode /system and /user as .ext4 file . its mountable with

sudo mount -o loop E1sys.ext4 /E1s/

from there one can remove bloatware like chinese keyboard, fecebook and such.
[Sony Xperia E1] mai77:
guys, in http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=52025449&postcount=5 #5 post I newly wrote how to strip down the firmware for modding.

putting it back together is still tricky I guess.
[Sony Xperia E1] camvar97:
I'm not trying to do that. in order for me to add the extract_elf_ramdisk I need to compile a new kernel. Extract_elf_ramdisk is used by the boot process to boot into recovery. We need this on our sony for the custom recovery. but i would need to know the offsets in order to compile it successfully.
[Sony Xperia E1] mai77:
does the sony dev site not address that issue ? i read a tutorial from there
[Sony Xperia E1] camvar97:
only for the other devices :( ours is not there.
[Sony Xperia E1] mai77:
hey gimme the script line where you need those 'OFFSETS'

I have no idea exactly what ure talkin bout
[Sony Xperia E1] camvar97:
found them i have the offsets now the boardconfig file for the device tree is complete. I'm now compiling the source and hopefully I can get a working recovery.
[Sony Xperia E1] mai77:
wow cool

gimme somethin' to flash my E1 with ...
[Sony Xperia E1] camvar97:
one problem is that im creating a custom kernel so we could potentially **** up the phone badly. the other problem is that if my phone gets bricked i have to stop development.
[Sony Xperia E1] mai77:
OK r u aware of those UNBRICKING procedures ?

I understand, E1 is pretty resistant to bricking...

that is ... once you have your stuff together ... ;)
[Sony Xperia E1] camvar97:
whoops just noticed that my bootloader is locked and cannot be unlocked :(

I'll try my best to see what I can do
[Sony Xperia E1] camvar97:
I'm having a compilation error:

make: *** No rule to make target `/home/cameron/android/system/out/target/product/falconss/obj/STATIC_LIBRARIES/libext2_blkid_intermediates/export_includes', needed by `/home/cameron/android/system/out/target/product/falconss/obj/RECOVERY_EXECUTABLES/minivold_intermediates/import_includes'. Stop.
[Sony Xperia E1] Ninoh-FOX:
YEAH!!! I finally managed to compile the kernel !!

the proof here:

I used the command is:

mkbootimg --base 0x00008000 --kernel zImage --ramdisk_offset 0x02000000 --tags_offset 0x01E00000 --pagesize 2048 --cmdline "androidboot.hardware=qcom user_debug=31 maxcpus=2 msm_rtb.filter=0x3F ehci-hcd.park=3 msm_rtb.enable=0 lpj=192598 dwc3.maximum_speed=high dwc3_msm.prop_chg_detect=Y" --ramdisk initrd.img --dt kernel.elf.3 --board ninoh-fox -o boot.img

Can anyone guide me now introduce a recovry?
[Sony Xperia E1] Farzin-st:
give us the kernel.
[Sony Xperia E1] camvar97:
ok so you managed to compile a kernel... can you tell me how becuase when I run

make recoveryimage

against the cyanogenmod code i get an error about the libext2_blkid_intermediate. can you send me your device tree? If you send me i can add the required code for the recovery.

---------- Post added at 11:34 AM ---------- Previous post was at 11:13 AM ----------

I'm now downloading the cm-10.2 to see if that fixes my issue hopefully it does.
[Sony Xperia E1] mai77:
hey ninoh excellent kernel.

too bad I failed hotbooting stock kernel ( .Image and .elf.3 and .elf) via fastboot:

whats wrong ?

sudo fastboot boot ./kernel_S1-SW-LIVE-B578-PID1-0005-MMC.elf ./kernel_S1-SW-LIVE-B578-PID1-0005-MMC.elf.ramdisk

creating boot image...

creating boot image - 11247616 bytes

downloading 'boot.img'...

OKAY [ 0.347s]

booting...

FAILED (status read failed (No such device))

finished. total time: 6.707s
[Sony Xperia E1] mai77:
hot

ninoh is ure kernel hotbootable via fastboot ?

I guess your "boot.img" file will be hotbootable via flashtool or commandline

pls test it. ty.
[Sony Xperia E1] mai77:
kern

well itz the stock kernel

u already have it lol
[Sony Xperia E1] mai77:
dd

hey anyone tried to "dd" partitions in and out ?

like dump / restore user partition ? we have no working nandroid on E1 sadly ! CWM missing !
[Sony Xperia E1] camvar97:
im working on that right now. I'm building a cwm recovery into the kernel with the extract_elf_ramdisk function.
[Sony Xperia E1] mai77:
this is also what "nandroid manager" reports back to dev to adapt specific phone model

the partn names are missing :(

root@D2005:/ # cat /proc/partitions

major minor #blocks name

253 0 196608 zram0

179 0 3817472 mmcblk0

179 1 2048 mmcblk0p1

179 2 1024 mmcblk0p2

179 3 128 mmcblk0p3

179 4 512 mmcblk0p4

179 5 512 mmcblk0p5

179 6 512 mmcblk0p6

179 7 1024 mmcblk0p7

179 8 128 mmcblk0p8

179 9 512 mmcblk0p9

179 10 512 mmcblk0p10

179 11 512 mmcblk0p11

179 12 1536 mmcblk0p12

179 13 1536 mmcblk0p13

179 14 1536 mmcblk0p14

179 15 20480 mmcblk0p15

179 16 16384 mmcblk0p16

179 17 16384 mmcblk0p17

179 18 8192 mmcblk0p18

179 19 1402880 mmcblk0p19

179 20 204800 mmcblk0p20

179 21 2125807 mmcblk0p21

179 32 512 mmcblk0rpmb ##### heck is this ?

32 GB SD card

179 64 30896128 mmcblk1

179 65 30892032 mmcblk1p1
[Sony Xperia E1] camvar97:
179 1 2048 mmcblk0p1 TA
179 2 1024 mmcblk0p2 sbl1
179 3 128 mmcblk0p3 dbi
179 4 512 mmcblk0p4 aboot
179 5 512 mmcblk0p5 rpm
179 6 512 mmcblk0p6 tz
179 7 1024 mmcblk0p7 alt_sbl1
179 8 128 mmcblk0p8 alt_dbi
179 9 512 mmcblk0p9 alt_aboot
179 10 512 mmcblk0p10 alt_rpm
179 11 512 mmcblk0p11 alt_tz
179 12 1536 mmcblk0p12 fsg
179 13 1536 mmcblk0p13 modemst1
179 14 1536 mmcblk0p14 modemst2
179 15 20480 mmcblk0p15 boot
179 16 16384 mmcblk0p16 FOTAKernel
179 17 16384 mmcblk0p17 LTALabel
179 18 8192 mmcblk0p18 apps_log
179 19 1402880 mmcblk0p19 system
179 20 204800 mmcblk0p20 cache
179 21 2125807 mmcblk0p21 userdata

Thats all i can provide as of right now.
[Sony Xperia E1] Ninoh-FOX:
zImage compiler from source, initrd.img or ramdisk.cpio.gz is mod from original kernel.sin and kernel.elf.3 is original from original kernel.sin>>kernel.elf

For flash only type:

sudo fastboot flash boot boot.img

Enviado desde mi SK17i usando Tapatalk 2
[Sony Xperia E1] camvar97:
so basically you just repacked the kernel...
[Sony Xperia E1] Ninoh-FOX:
I try mod kernel but i dont see changes, i think that FOTAKernel is the key for more mods

Enviado desde mi SK17i usando Tapatalk 2
[Sony Xperia E1] camvar97:
the only way for us to gain the access we need to the fotakernel is through the extract_elf_ramdisk in the actual kernel first. just check it out on the twrp site.
[Sony Xperia E1] Ninoh-FOX:
I have watched some codes missing me to successfully compile the image, I hope you find it helpful.

here you have the codes for kernel:

mkbootimg --base 0x00008000 --kernel zImage --ramdisk_offset 0x02000000 --tags_offset 0x01E00000 --pagesize 2048 --cmdline "androidboot.hardware=qcom user_debug=31 msm_rtb.filter=0x37" --ramdisk ramdisk.cpio.gz --dt kernel.elf.3 --board (nameofkernel) -o boot.img

regarding fotakernel I found this code within the same image:

S1_Root_b5780

hope you get something together for this phone.
[Sony Xperia E1] camvar97:
I'm already building the image with those codes... I just changed the name of the kernel. hopefully no fail this time.

---------- Post added at 04:42 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:00 PM ----------

The kernel is now building i finally fixed the code it turns out that i was compiling with the cm11 code rather than the cm10.2
[Sony Xperia E1] Ninoh-FOX:
My final goal is install more driver for bluetooth devices, overclock and recovery, but this is my first kernel and compiler is so dificult...

Enviado desde mi SK17i usando Tapatalk 2
[Sony Xperia E1] camvar97:
I'm done... here is the kernel, my bl can't be unlocked so i cannot test it. try pressing volume up when booting to see if it enters recovery. might be volume down...
[Sony Xperia E1] mai77:
CWM

recovery for nandroid restore would be the most useful. :good:
[Sony Xperia E1] mai77:
zip corrupted ?

sorry I cannot open the .zip

maybe the file was corrupted?

can I hotboot it via fastboot ?
[Sony Xperia E1] camvar97:
I have no problem opening it... the file name inside of boot.elf.zip is boot.elf

fastboot boot boot.elf

not sure if it can be hot booted
[Sony Xperia E1] Ninoh-FOX:
Great, tomorrow i test your kernel. Really de recovery it is very important, but i like devices with slider keyboard but now not make androids phone with slider keyboard, for this i bought a bluetooth slider keyboard for iphone 4S, in sk17i (xperia mini pro) work fine, but in E1 it vincule but dont conect (the keyboard dont respond), it for this that i try create a kernel with drives or modules for this device.

Enviado desde mi SK17i usando Tapatalk 2
[Sony Xperia E1] mai77:
hot

"fastboot boot ..." is indeed hotbooting. I think its not permanent.
[Sony Xperia E1] camvar97:
I meant that is what would be used but im not sure if that can be used to boot it

I tried to flash it to the boot partition with the dd command and now no boot at all...

I'm gonna post all my stuff to the github so that you all have access to it.
[Sony Xperia E1] mai77:
test report new kernel

here is what I did:

sudo fastboot boot boot.elf

creating boot image...

creating boot image - 9912320 bytes

downloading 'boot.img'...

OKAY [ 0.305s]

booting...

FAILED (status read failed (No such device))

finished. total time: 6.665s

##############################

just brief SONY logo and back to charger animation.

after that I could boot up normally - no permanent damages :victory::victory::angel::angel::o
[Sony Xperia E1] camvar97:
in that case I'm stuck i dont know where to go from here so ill just upload my stuff.
[Sony Xperia E1] mai77:
OK. I'm still not sure which format of file FASTBOOT demands for working properly
[Sony Xperia E1] Ninoh-FOX:
i flash you kernel boot sony logo is loopboot, i think that the problem is the file boot.elf.rpm.bin

edit: if remplace boot.elf.rpm.bin for kernel.elf.3 the phone not pass from sony screen...

this is my kernel, i hope help you

View attachment 2956388
[Sony Xperia E1] mai77:
kernel hotboot

which flash method ? fastboot or FT (flashmode?) And how did you modify his .elf file ?

but then, details are most important for success case.

I had no boot"loop" when hotbooting his kernel.
[Sony Xperia E1] mai77:
root@D2005:/ # ./parted /dev/block/mmcblk0

GNU Parted 1.8.8.1.179-aef3

Using /dev/block/mmcblk0

Welcome to GNU Parted! Type 'help' to view a list of commands.

(parted) print

print

Model: MMC N5XZMB (sd/mmc)

Disk /dev/block/mmcblk0: 3909MB

Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B

Partition Table: gpt

Number Start End Size File system Name Flags

1 131kB 2228kB 2097kB TA

2 2228kB 3277kB 1049kB sbl1

3 3277kB 3408kB 131kB dbi

4 3408kB 3932kB 524kB aboot

5 3932kB 4456kB 524kB rpm

6 4456kB 4981kB 524kB tz

7 4981kB 6029kB 1049kB alt_sbl1

8 6029kB 6160kB 131kB alt_dbi

9 6160kB 6685kB 524kB alt_aboot

10 6685kB 7209kB 524kB alt_rpm

11 7209kB 7733kB 524kB alt_tz

12 8389kB 9961kB 1573kB fsg

13 12.6MB 14.2MB 1573kB modemst1

14 16.8MB 18.4MB 1573kB modemst2

15 21.0MB 41.9MB 21.0MB boot

16 41.9MB 58.7MB 16.8MB FOTAKernel

17 58.7MB 75.5MB 16.8MB ext4 LTALabel

18 75.5MB 83.9MB 8389kB apps_log

19 83.9MB 1520MB 1437MB ext4 system

20 1523MB 1732MB 210MB ext4 cache

21 1732MB 3909MB 2177MB ext4 userdata

seems to be all there is:

root@D2005:/ # ls -al /dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name

lrwxrwxrwx root root 1970-01-01 10:13 FOTAKernel -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p16

lrwxrwxrwx root root 1970-01-01 10:13 LTALabel -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p17

lrwxrwxrwx root root 1970-01-01 10:13 TA -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p1

lrwxrwxrwx root root 1970-01-01 10:13 aboot -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p4

lrwxrwxrwx root root 1970-01-01 10:13 alt_aboot -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p9

lrwxrwxrwx root root 1970-01-01 10:13 alt_dbi -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p8

lrwxrwxrwx root root 1970-01-01 10:13 alt_rpm -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p10

lrwxrwxrwx root root 1970-01-01 10:13 alt_sbl1 -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p7

lrwxrwxrwx root root 1970-01-01 10:13 alt_tz -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p11

lrwxrwxrwx root root 1970-01-01 10:13 apps_log -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p18

lrwxrwxrwx root root 1970-01-01 10:13 boot -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p15

lrwxrwxrwx root root 1970-01-01 10:13 cache -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p20

lrwxrwxrwx root root 1970-01-01 10:13 dbi -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p3

lrwxrwxrwx root root 1970-01-01 10:13 fsg -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p12

lrwxrwxrwx root root 1970-01-01 10:13 modemst1 -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p13

lrwxrwxrwx root root 1970-01-01 10:13 modemst2 -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p14

lrwxrwxrwx root root 1970-01-01 10:13 rpm -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p5

lrwxrwxrwx root root 1970-01-01 10:13 sbl1 -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p2

lrwxrwxrwx root root 1970-01-01 10:13 system -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p19

lrwxrwxrwx root root 1970-01-01 10:13 tz -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p6

lrwxrwxrwx root root 1970-01-01 10:13 userdata -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p21
[Sony Xperia E1] mai77:
parted

showpost find parted there

(parted) print free

print free

Model: MMC N5XZMB (sd/mmc)

Disk /dev/block/mmcblk0: 3909MB

Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B

Partition Table: gpt

Number Start End Size File system Name Flags

17.4kB 131kB 114kB Free Space

1 131kB 2228kB 2097kB TA

2 2228kB 3277kB 1049kB sbl1

3 3277kB 3408kB 131kB dbi

4 3408kB 3932kB 524kB aboot

5 3932kB 4456kB 524kB rpm

6 4456kB 4981kB 524kB tz

7 4981kB 6029kB 1049kB alt_sbl1

8 6029kB 6160kB 131kB alt_dbi

9 6160kB 6685kB 524kB alt_aboot

10 6685kB 7209kB 524kB alt_rpm

11 7209kB 7733kB 524kB alt_tz

7733kB 8389kB 655kB Free Space

12 8389kB 9961kB 1573kB fsg

9961kB 12.6MB 2621kB Free Space

13 12.6MB 14.2MB 1573kB modemst1

14.2MB 16.8MB 2621kB Free Space

14 16.8MB 18.4MB 1573kB modemst2

18.4MB 21.0MB 2621kB Free Space

15 21.0MB 41.9MB 21.0MB boot

16 41.9MB 58.7MB 16.8MB FOTAKernel

17 58.7MB 75.5MB 16.8MB ext4 LTALabel

18 75.5MB 83.9MB 8389kB apps_log

19 83.9MB 1520MB 1437MB ext4 system

1520MB 1523MB 2097kB Free Space

20 1523MB 1732MB 210MB ext4 cache

21 1732MB 3909MB 2177MB ext4 userdata

(parted) print devices

print devices

/dev/block/mmcblk0 (3909MB)

(parted)
[Sony Xperia E1] mai77:
fastboot flash userdata data.img

fastboot flash system system.img

fastboot flash boot boot.img

was used by a guy who claims to have a clue.

I think fastboot will not work with .elf .zImage or .ext4 or .raw

must be .img file format which is defined in android. I wish documentation was better in droid world.
[Sony Xperia E1] mai77:
fastboot .img file format

was used by a guy who claims to have a clue.

I think fastboot will not work (that is to say: flash or boot = hotboot in ft lingo) with .elf .zImage .Image or .ext4 or .raw

must be .img file format which is defined in android. I wish documentation was better in droid world.
[Sony Xperia E1] camvar97:
our device does not use the .img to run the kernel our device uses the elf format therefore you cannot use boot.img you would need to use boot.elf or kernel.elf in order for it to work.

---------- Post added at 11:58 AM ---------- Previous post was at 11:05 AM ----------

OK here is the device tree https://github.com/Camvar97/android_device_sony_falconss use at your own risk lol
[Sony Xperia E1] Ninoh-FOX:
For flash me kernel use "fastboot flash boot boot.img"

Enviado desde mi SK17i usando Tapatalk 2

---------- Post added at 09:17 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:13 PM ----------

Me devide work fine with me kernel, and me kernel is BOOT.IMG

Enviado desde mi SK17i usando Tapatalk 2
[Sony Xperia E1] camvar97:
ok so i guess it really doesnt matter
[Sony Xperia E1] Farzin-st:
Hey guys.any news about cwm or kernel?Did you guys made it?
[Sony Xperia E1] camvar97:
no it wouldnt even boot just a reboot. i posted all my work on my github (camvar97).
[Sony Xperia E1] mai77:
[NUT] might help us !

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=55789510&postcount=253

hey guys,

I downed 5 GB of the [NUT] vm. it contains a tool to turn the stuff from /system into an UPDATE.ZIP so u can always "refresh" your E1 /system/

but it relies on CWM to be present, which is not the case on the E1.

now we we need a CM 11 repo for the E1 (see link above!)
[Sony Xperia E1] mai77:
CM11 device repo for the XPERIA E1 model

[NUT] the great dev :good:(ft and more stuff) may give us some clues there. we need a E1 CM11 device repo real quick. :good:
[Sony Xperia E1] mai77:
boot.img

btw: screenshots help to avoid misuderstandings since some folks' native tongue is not English and sometimes it's pretty unintelligible what they are trying to convey, to be perfectly honest with you here.

Appearantly my earlier statement is now confirmed about which file format is required by FASTBOOT.EXE
[Sony Xperia E1] Kizoky:
http://fxpblog.co/qualcomm-cortex-a7-family/

None of these phones has Cyanogenmod either.

However, someone confirmed booting Cyanogenmod on T2 Ultra. So our chances are still big.
[Sony Xperia E1] camvar97:
I have added my cm10 repo to the github just try and modify it for cm11. I wasn't able to get it to work with the cm11 source code.

https://github.com/Camvar97/android_device_sony_falconss

If you would like to be a contributor to this git just let me know and I'll add you. It's better then having multiple different device trees, in other words its better to have one that everyone can edit and keep up to date.
[Sony Xperia E1] Farzin-st:
http://androidforums.com/vital-all-...ers-making-cwm-recovery-roms-other-stuff.html
[Sony Xperia E1] Kizoky:
What is the problem anyways? It can't boot?

One thing I know, that JellyBean and KitKat's "boot" system is different.

Also, there's bunch of apps named "MSM" that is running in background. Maybe because of the chipset? If you didn't put these in it will never boot. I know this, because I deleted these apps and when I restarted my phone it always rebooted.
[Sony Xperia E1] mai77:
bootimg

guys,

latest mint linux contains lotsa Android stuff (fastboot, image file handling). just install all of it...

mint can be run from SD card or thumbdrive easily and use etx3 "casper-rw" hd-partition for speed.

use unetbootin for GUI install

I'll report about using fastboot for flashing the stock images for repair purposes.

##### readme from /usr/share/doc/abootimg

Android Boot Images

---------------------

It a special partition format defined by the Android Open Source Project.

See bootimg.h in the source tree for more information about the structure.

It's used by Android Bootloaders to boot the OS.

Boot images mainly convey:

- a kernel image

- a ramdisk image

- optionaly, a 2nd stage bootloader

- the cmdline passed to the kernel when booting.

The official tool used to create boot images is part of the Android Project,

available here:

http://android.git.kernel.org/?p=platform/system/core.git;a=tree;f=mkbootimg

abootimg can work directly on block devices, or, the safest way, on a file image.

File images can be read/written with dd:

$ dd if=/dev/mmcblk0p2 of=boot.img <------- does not apply on E1 , see partns list above post

$ dd if=boot.img of=/dev/mmcblk0p2

adb shell

su

dd if=/sdcard/boot.img of=/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/boot	kinda like this

You obviously need to have right access to the block device (using su, sudo, ...).
[Sony Xperia E1] camvar97:
funny thing you mention linux mint becuase that is what I use for coding. I might try again for the cm11, I'll let you all know later. we might need the kernel source for kitkat though otherwise it might be pointless. Let me know you think its the same.
[Sony Xperia E1] mai77:
mint ver. 17

mint cinnamon is very good. with casper-rw ext3-fs partition on disk it leaves nothing to be desired.

no need for hd boot install, just SD card portable Mint linux. very very handy.
[Sony Xperia E1] camvar97:
i just use a dual boot system, lol. I find it easier to use the dual boot with windows becuase i bring my laptop with me everywhere.
[Sony Xperia E1] camvar97:
Currently compiling a custom kernel for android 4.3 which I flashed back to.