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[Xperia SP Original Android Development] scruffy1:
in the case above, log files would probably not expose my ignorance of a crucial step any better than my own research and eventual eureka moment, which i believed might benefit other fast readers who like me are sometimes impatient and miss important, albeit minimally flagged, stuff

the aim was to illustrate that not only uber-nerds flash their devices, and i have probably close to zero programming talent

i do however do quite a bit of flashing of stuff, as in my other incarnation i am a radio control flyer using a taranis, and recently a little bit intrigued by micro quadcopters (which can quite successfully be flashed to acro mode - thus turning $10 "toys" into mini sophisticated aerobatic drones)

so much so i comment on a forum for that :

can't code, won't code

.... will probably end up learning to code

flashing stuff is like reading a recipe - all it takes is enough chutzpah to do it, and be prepared to repeat it if required - not every meal is a masterpiece, and sometimes you make a sh.. sandwich

i have had lots of opportunity to "try that again", but i haven't yet bricked a single item

anyway, apologies for thread derail, and now to return to our regular programming... :D

ps. (to gorillanobka) points taken, and i will certainly try to provide logs if the problem is a glitch rather than my stupidity

i again take my hat off to the devs for their most amazing work, which i sincerely appreciate - as a greenie at heart, the chance to extend the life of capable hardware through upcycling is a practical way to help preserve our planet

seasons greeting to each and every one of you, and thanks yet again
[Xperia SP Original Android Development] biswatmak:
Merry Christmas to you too

And well how to put it, English is not my native language !!!!! :)
[Xperia SP Original Android Development] Leon Lambra:
Can't get this ROM to work, don't know where I messed up :/

First of all, I wish everyone here merry Christmas and hopefully a happy and the most important thing, healthy new year.

I don't really know where I messed up here, I had Lineage OS 14.1 running before and wanted to switch to Oreo, I installed the boot.img from the aosp-8.1.0-20171208-huashan-adriandc.zip file via fastboot flash boot boot.img and rebooted the device into the recovery via the power button and spamming the volume - button.

First I tried to wipe the data which gave me an error (something like it doesn't exist or something else, can't really remember), then I tried to wipe the cache which was successful.

The next step I did was to install the aosp-8.1.0-20171208-huashan-adriandc.zip file from my SD card but I got the next error, the SD card was unable to be mounted. I tried to sideload the aosp-8.1.0-20171208-huashan-adriandc.zip file via adb sideload aosp-8.1.0-20171208-huashan-adriandc.zip which was successful.

After that, I get a to boot the device with an android logo coming up, after a while I get another error which I made a picture from. It tells me to do a factory reset resulting into Fehler (which means Error in german). The device reboots and the same scenario happens over and over and over and over again.

Does anyone here know where I messed up? I installed Lineage OS 14.1 like half a year ago and all the steps are the same aren't they? So I really don't know what went wrong here.
[Xperia SP Original Android Development] nhicko95:
Read OP and understand it
[Xperia SP Original Android Development] Leon Lambra:
And now what? I did everything how it's mentioned in the OP but it's nowhere written down on how to fix my problem. Maybe I am just dumb.
[Xperia SP Original Android Development] AsadXperia:
I think what he meant to say is you need to FLASH TWRP 3.X.X from TWRP website for huashan. Just flash it using Flashtool on fastboot mode. Then with that u can install this rom. The method you are doing has stock recovery which doesn't even has proper access to storage or system. I hope it solves your problem
[Xperia SP Original Android Development] Leon Lambra:
Thanks for your help, but it still doesn't work for me, it fails to mount /system as you can see in the screenshot below. It feels like I have heavily messed up somewhere and now my phone is completely broken (?). I can't even tick it to mount.
[Xperia SP Original Android Development] AsadXperia:
Do you know how to use Sony Flashtool Emma? Please contact me in message after installing it i may be able to help you with your phone.
[Xperia SP Original Android Development] DahakePL:
Why Emma though?

It's outdated
[Xperia SP Original Android Development] AsadXperia:
outdated? what do you mean? i am not familiar with other software than emma or flashtool
[Xperia SP Original Android Development] ssjoker:
Hi all , merry Christmas to you :o:o:o

My friend you need wipe => system partition & cache & data

Then flash oreo's boot with TWRP

After that flash lastest ROM 8.1.0.zip & gapps 8.1.zip

Good luck

:svetius:
[Xperia SP Original Android Development] Leon Lambra:
Thanks to everyone who helped me, I reverted back to stock .207 with the emma flashtool (everything was automated) and then I was able to install this Oreo rom.
[Xperia SP Original Android Development] DahakePL:
emma doesn't even work with SP afaik, only use flashtool
[Xperia SP Original Android Development] Leon Lambra:
it worked with my SP though.
[Xperia SP Original Android Development] nhicko95:
Flash stock rom then twrp recovery wipe everything then flash rom. Let see if it works
[Xperia SP Original Android Development] AsadXperia:
works with mine too
[Xperia SP Original Android Development] gorillanobka:
Call me an old fart but i still believe that "Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year" is the way to go.

All this PC bull that forces us to use "seasons greeting" has gone overboard.

At least here in UK is seen as painfully politically correct.

I always wondered, why anyone has to change their language just in case it might not be 'diverse' enough or fit in with somebody else political ideology?

These holidays are known as Christmas and the New Year to pretty much everyone on the planet and all irrespective of faith, so the wishes should correctly be a "Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year".

But you know what's really weird and painful?

Not sure about other English speaking countries but here in UK you have to use the correct names for other holidays. ie : Eid Mubarak for the (Muslim) holiday of Eid ,"Ramadan Mubarak" ,"Ramadan Kareem", and Happy Diwali for the (Hindu) festival of Diwali, and not any "season's greetings".

You try to do that and guaranteed you will have riots in the street , flags burned , you know,the whole nine :)

Anyways...

Gents, have a lovely wonderful time and oh yeah: "season's greetings" :p!!
[Xperia SP Original Android Development] scruffy1:
hahahaha

as a nominal buddhist who knows that the christians stole the date of the winter solstice from the romans, to make a memorable spot in the calendar to celebrate the birth of jesus, i find the whole concept pretty bizarre

so season's greetings is actually a nod to the middle of winter, which is even funnier as it's mid summer here

as for political correctness, you assume a lot about my motivation, and you have it completely misconstrued; and to add to my motivation, parroting "merry christmas" to someone as a reply is clumsy to my appreciation of language, and so i choose to say essentially the same back in a different way - please don't use it as a launching point about PC - you're preaching to the choir (except buddhists don't as a rule have a choir)

happy boxing day, to all those who enjoy pugilism, or have a packaging fetish

and happy new year, unless perhaps you're chinese
[Xperia SP Original Android Development] gorillanobka:
Heheh.

Nice one mate.
[Xperia SP Original Android Development] Leon Lambra:
I am surprised that we kind of are able to discuss things about christmas and happy new year stuff without fighting and bi**** about that like youtube and other communitys.

But back to the topic, running this rom since yesterday without gapps and so far everything is smooth and good. Wow, a device from 2013 running Oreo, thats incredible, I mean, even my Honor 8 is still on Nougat with no Oreo in sight.
[Xperia SP Original Android Development] scruffy1:
8.1 with gapps 8.1 mini , and i'm very pleased with the results

merci beaucoup, adrian !
[Xperia SP Original Android Development] Leon Lambra:
Adrian I have a question, are you going to port Android GO to the Xperia SP. I just read about that it's for devices with 1GB RAM or less and could be probably perfect for our device here.
[Xperia SP Original Android Development] ales-r:
I agree with Android GO would be the best for our Xperia SP. What do you think of Adrian DC?

Thank you very much Adrian DC, for the work he's doing for us.

Aleš
[Xperia SP Original Android Development] AdrianDC:
You might want to look at my changes log to know what will be in the next release.
[Xperia SP Original Android Development] Leon Lambra:
Oh boys, that sounds great. Can't wait for this Update to drop :) not only because of Oreo Go but because of all the other improvements.
[Xperia SP Original Android Development] machobymb:
I use Oreo 8.1-171208 and I rooted with Magick 15.0 in TWRP 3.2.1. TWRP wrote, that my device is flashed. I installed MagickManager 5.5.1 on my Xperia SP, but MagickManager not responding, and my device are not rooted. Why?
[Xperia SP Original Android Development] DahakePL:
How do you make it run smooth???

I can't get it to work fast and smooth no matter what.

It's laggy, choppy and not usable
[Xperia SP Original Android Development] Siyaset:
Hi everyone. Good evening. And merry Christmas.

8.1 isn't good but 8.0 last version (2 December 2017) is wonderful. And working very well.

Adrian DC thanks for everything. You are big. ?
[Xperia SP Original Android Development] Leon Lambra:
The next 8.1.0 Update will be great since we will get Android Oreo Go Support which is for devices with 1 GB RAM or less and have a weaker processor.
[Xperia SP Original Android Development] scruffy1:
just a quick comment that battery drain seems more heavy using 8.1 than 8.0 but i have no testing to prove it, just day to day observation

although my half an hour on the phone yesterday may well have caused a greater drop in storage, although the device told me it only used 2% for that
[Xperia SP Original Android Development] james397:
Yes battery is draining really fast.
[Xperia SP Original Android Development] Torontus:
Cant wait to try it ! ?
[Xperia SP Original Android Development] hussein1:
AdrianDC

happy new year bro:angel:
[Xperia SP Original Android Development] Gshrestha:
Happy New Year Adrian !! ☺ Damn excited about the new update !! Hope we get the update today !! ?
[Xperia SP Original Android Development] Leon Lambra:
Happy new year Adrian :)
[Xperia SP Original Android Development] vinaysulanki85:
Happy New Year everyone :)
[Xperia SP Original Android Development] ongkhel:
where i can find a compatible pico gapps for the latest version? seems the link provided on the first page was for 8.0 only.
[Xperia SP Original Android Development] Leon Lambra:
I am guessing there were problems with the ??/12 : Update stable release on Android 8.1.0_r1 December update?
[Xperia SP Original Android Development] Vic19911992:
No problems, just the update is not ready for the moment, Wait and See :)
[Xperia SP Original Android Development] Onawt:
For once Adrian decided to take a break during Christmas and New Year. A very memorable moment in history if I say so myself.

Pls just be patient. It's not the end of the world when Adrian isn't active on the forums for a few more days than usual.
[Xperia SP Original Android Development] Jadimo:
I also had these problems with every oreo build after 10.20, but today i gave it another try and flashed the recent update with TWRP 3.2.1-0.

It runs now pretty smooth, idk why :D

I've flashed only the rom zip without gapps wiping system,data and cache before.

So thanks and Happy New Year !
[Xperia SP Original Android Development] Tossox:
i can't find update on MEGA folder.
[Xperia SP Original Android Development] kimikim0:
new build 8.1 is up, can't wait to test it :fingers-crossed:

update : holly balls my SP is flying , thank you Adrian ly
[Xperia SP Original Android Development] Leon Lambra:
Oh a new Update, thanks for that though, does the open gapps 8.0 works with it?
[Xperia SP Original Android Development] rbertoche:
Leon, It does work but only after you do this:

Maybe that post should be fixed, Adrian? I always strive to find it
[Xperia SP Original Android Development] rafigh89:
thanks [MENTION=2233641]AdrianDC[/MENTION]

new build is very fast and smooth(without gapps).
[Xperia SP Original Android Development] ze7zez:
Try out the GZR-GaPPs-arm32REv1-Zero-8.1-20171219.zip (55MB) made by the team Ground Zero Rom's.

It is ultra-light and works great on my Nexus 4 with AOSP Oreo 8.1 made by [MENTION=2633638]Ziyan[/MENTION].
[Xperia SP Original Android Development] ralfbergs:
Thanks a lot, [MENTION=2233641]AdrianDC[/MENTION]

Did you change your mind? I thought i read somewhere that you would build in "Go" configuration for Huashan?
[Xperia SP Original Android Development] Leon Lambra:
Do we have to enable something or is oreo go enabled by default when flashing this rom?

[MENTION=986209]rafl[/MENTION]bergs

04/01 : Upgrade stable release on Android 8.1.0_r4 January

>>> Android Go configurations enabled on Sony Huashan

>>> Oreo 8.1 system_server preoptimization improving performance

>>> Lockscreen swipe responsiveness highly improved (#198421)

>>> Thermal nodes are made readable by third-party applications like AIDA64

>>> Network kernel change potentially improving deep-sleeps

>>> Unfinished work in progress on codecs and camcorder recordings
[Xperia SP Original Android Development] vantam_132:
Thanks [MENTION=2233641]AdrianDC[/MENTION]

New build very smooth with gapp pico.

I think Android Go configurations enabled buy defaut. I dont see any setting to enable.
[Xperia SP Original Android Development] kimikim0:
just flash and enjoy the profit :good:
[Xperia SP Original Android Development] Gshrestha:
i flashed this gapps , and it got flashed within few secs..But when I tried logging into the playstore , it gave error message as unable to connect to the google servers. :confused::confused:
[Xperia SP Original Android Development] avi.singh9993:
How's the battery drain now?
[Xperia SP Original Android Development] :
Less than before.
[Xperia SP Original Android Development] ze7zez:
The ROM installation and GZR-GaPPs installation must be done one after the other, without reboot.

After starting the skip system everything is possible.

Do not worry about messages. Once the system has stabilized, after a while connect WiFi to the router and log in to your Google account.

It works well for me.
[Xperia SP Original Android Development] ralfbergs:
Thanks.
[Xperia SP Original Android Development] Gshrestha:
I did the same ...flashed it once without the reboot..Firstly flashed the rom , then gapps and finally Magisk . I guess I should give it one more try !! :o

UPDATE :After a few minutes of patience and finally few reboots , I got the gapps working , but still google play services FCs and then the play store FCs too !!
[Xperia SP Original Android Development] DahakePL:
Lots of things crash in the beginning ;/

Clean Flash with only the gapps you provided
[Xperia SP Original Android Development] ze7zez:
We all have problems.

We as users, developers who are building Android 8.1 and OpenGapps Team, which is trying to build gapps for android 8.1.
[Xperia SP Original Android Development] DahakePL:
Well, after all these crashes the system started working surprisingly fast :silly:

Patience is the key I suppose
[Xperia SP Original Android Development] Shoyaibpatel786:
Hi,

I've tried to install Android 8.0 to my handset, but my phone is stuck in boot animation.

In short, it says ANDROID and then it automatically reboots itself into TWRP. I have wiped Delvik caches, Flashed the AOSP ROM and GAPPS and rebooted. But still got nowhere???
[Xperia SP Original Android Development] ze7zez:
By the way, 'short'.

Please shorten your post and delete the quoted post, which takes several screens on the PC.
[Xperia SP Original Android Development] ozgurkinaci:
Hi,

Dirty flashed Jan 04 version on top of previous 8.1 (Dec 08). OpenGApps gave an error, so had to skip updating, but my phone has GApps from December.

Runs smoothly and battery drain on previous build is gone.

Thanks a lot [MENTION=2233641]AdrianDC[/MENTION] !
[Xperia SP Original Android Development] Gshrestha:
Battery Drain Over The Night

I had 79% while I slept , and when I woke up this morning , I had charge of 54% ! I turned on my wifi , opened messenger , it lagged , and then I restarted my phone , and guess what , I had charge of 24% :confused::confused:

.

Anybody had the same problem , or did I do sth wrongg:confused::(
[Xperia SP Original Android Development] ze7zez:
It is not normal.

Have you added gapps?

Do you have GPS enabled?

Install GSAM Battery Monitor and analyze what consumes the battery.

If you do not use root, increase GSam functionality by activating this:

adb shell pm grant com.gsamlabs.bbm android.permission.BATTERY_STATS
[Xperia SP Original Android Development] X7SHaDe:
It's not a deepsleep issue or anything. Just the battery readings being inaccurate. And as you guys might have thought, the battery percent decrease happened immediately as soon as the phone was restarted, so again, not a deepsleep issue or anything else. Nothing will solve the problem, and nothing is wrong in the first place.
[Xperia SP Original Android Development] Lubakabra:
Lol

About that gapps....

It's working for me flawlessly, without FC's or any other issue.

Only thing I've done is that firstly I flashed newest ROM(wiped system, dalvik and cache), reboot, then flashed gapps(didn't wipe anything), reboot and boom.

Much better than open gapps.
[Xperia SP Original Android Development] knightazura:
May you share what gapps do you used? ?
[Xperia SP Original Android Development] Lubakabra:
Ofc

https://androidfilehost.com/?fid=889964283620773346"]GZR-GaPPs-arm32REv1-Zero-8.1-20171219.zip
[Xperia SP Original Android Development] ssjoker:
this gapps work fine

https://cloud.kenzoroms.club/?dir=opengapps/20180106/arm

last update is very smooth and stable for daily use :o:o:o:o:o

thank u AdrianDC (most unique developer:good::highfive:)
[Xperia SP Original Android Development] vinaysulanki85:
Is it advisable to flash this gapps over the existing opengapps, or needs a clean installation of rom followed by the mentioned gapps?
[Xperia SP Original Android Development] ssjoker:
No need to clean install, you can update your gapps with this
[Xperia SP Original Android Development] Cyrus.xda:
Super Fast With Android Go No More Disable Apps For Saving Ram That's Superb Awesome Job Mr.Adrian You're Phenomenal Men You Make This Phone Alive Again I know this is still in beta and Could Be Faster And Save More Ram...Best Gift For Christmas God Bless You...All Hail To The King Of Kings....The Master Of All Developers [Adrian DC]
[Xperia SP Original Android Development] vinaysulanki85:
Updated successfully. Thanks a lot [MENTION=4781836]ssjoker[/MENTION] :)
[Xperia SP Original Android Development] witt1:
Tried it with the last AOSP version (20180104, thank you a lot Adrian!!!).

Awsome!

Fast and Smooth.

And up to 5,5 hours of "Screen usage since full charge"......

(The AOSP rom was patched -to support signature spoofing- by flashing ´nanomod-patcher´)

Thx!
[Xperia SP Original Android Development] Gshrestha:
.

Update : There was sth wrong , I don't k ow what :confused:

.

But now the ROM is pretty smooth , fast , superb , let's say no lags ?? and battery backup is the BEST ?? .

.

Thaaaaaaaaaaaaaank You Adrian ?????
[Xperia SP Original Android Development] kharshal21:
The mobile data is always on 2g even if i set the preferred network type on 4g and 3g. The icon shows E with a cross "x" next to it on the side of network bars.
[Xperia SP Original Android Development] vinaysulanki85:
Seems to be network coverage issue, try moving around to get better network.
[Xperia SP Original Android Development] globe79:
Network search error

Great piece of work AdrianDC and not far from perfect!

Running aosp-8.1.0-20180104-huashan-adriandc, I noticed serious problem with manual mobile network search - it always ends up in an error.

No matter data is on or off. I can never list or choose mobile networks. Hopping from 2G to 3G to 4G works, roaming works, but cannot select one desired network.

I'll send you a link to an image in a PM.
[Xperia SP Original Android Development] Tossox:
Adrian thanks a lot for giving us very smooth and fast Android 8.1 (GO). This rom is very good but i miss one option. Can you add power button torch in settings (maybe in gestures page) on next release? This is the most useful option for me. Thanks great again. If I order a new disk I will start porting custom roms.
[Xperia SP Original Android Development] WaLmeN:
Battery life is better on 14.1 or this ?
[Xperia SP Original Android Development] zer0zen_:
I really like your rom, but i have a little problem with it. My mobile payment apps detect my phone has been rooted, but I have never rooted my phone before. is there any way to resolve it?

I never experienced this when using official lineage rom or aosp extended
[Xperia SP Original Android Development] gorillanobka:
Before going ahead and bothering people with logs and all that:

Can anyone confirm the following small bugs?

Screen recorder ---The length of screen recorder seem to be capped at 0100 minutes.

Just to make sure it's the recorder's fault I have downloaded DU screen recorder after a very long time and i was able to record a 3 minutes screen cast with it then i stopped it.

Initial setup : There's no setup required anymore during the first boot part. (Not sure if it is a bug or just a new feature)

High battery drainage in the initial phase after the first boot.

see below

Right after the setup phase when trying to install a new apk. (it was whatsapp downloaded from their own website)

Using Files is impossible to install a downloaded apk by double tapping it.

Long press on it only selects the app with no option to install the file selected. The Install unknown apps option was turned on in the settings before attempting the install. No joy.

All these on a bare-bone install as per usual. I do not do gapps.

No gapps no , Xposed framework, nothing else but the pure operating system.

The camera does not seem able to record videos and save it for some reason. Nor the open camera .Open camera actually freezes on trying to record and save a video.

Oreo's camera gets an error when trying to save a video. Please see below:

Other than that it's an amazing work of art.
[Xperia SP Original Android Development] Tossox:
Read FEATURES AND ISSUES (what works) in first post. You can see - Camcorder : Work in progress. We have to wait for Adrian to finish working on the codecs.
[Xperia SP Original Android Development] :
To use the camcorder, install Footej Camera.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.footej.camera
[Xperia SP Original Android Development] gorillanobka:
Yeah ,thanks.

I think i will stick with the opencamera i have .Not much incentive to use google play AND a app who offers in-app purchases when i have an amazing open source camera who is add free, never calls home and all that.

https://f-droid.org/en/packages/net.sourceforge.opencamera/
[Xperia SP Original Android Development] gorillanobka:
Thank you for your extremely helpful input. Your help was much appreciated.

I was merely curious to see if ANYBODY CAN REPLICATE the issues i had before uploading logs and stuff.
[Xperia SP Original Android Development] globe79:
Can anyone confirm?

1) Can anyone confirm reproducibility of Network Search Error?

2) I also noticed that location icon sometimes stays lit even, when you totally disable location. Only reboot helps.

3) I can observe faster battery drain - comparing to 7.1.2, but will take a closer look to CPU states...
[Xperia SP Original Android Development] gorillanobka:
It's kinda hard to miss it.