[Sony Xperia 1 II ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Othe] Thaodan:
Sailfish OS 4.5.0.24 for Sony Xperia 1 II and 5 II​

These release notes cover Sailfish OS 4.5.0.24 for the following devices:

Sony Xperia 1 II (XQ-AT51, XQ-AT52)

Sony Xperia 5 II (XQ-AS52)

Intro​

This is the first public release of this port. The port existed before it's public release for quite long, it was developed along the Xperia 10 III port.

I'm using it ever since then. However the testing, polishing and subsequent release took quite some time because of my personal situation and the work on other items such as the the update discovery service Cosu.

The highlights of this release are:

No notable highlights here exceptthat the device works fully except the known issues

noted below and the issues where community ports don't have

the access VoLTE packages used by Jolla's Sony adaptations.

Functionality​

The devices have the same functionality level as the Xperia 10 III port made by Jolla, except in areas such as VoLTE where public packages are missing or in relation to Sailfish X features which are (currently) unavailable.

Some features such as camera support might be different as for the nature of the difference in platform between the basis of

the two ports (also called boards).

Known issues​

- sonyxperiadev/bug_tracker#756

When trying to record a video the the camera app freezes and has to be forcefully closed.

The bug is caused by an issue inside the camera server used by the port or the adaptation camera configuration.

*No workarounds for this issue except to avoid recording videos :/*.

- sonyxperiadev/bug_tracker#771

The recording quality when not using the speakerphone or when calling with the phone to the ear is

bad that it is hard to hear the user of the device.

When using the speakerphone the quality of the microphone is slightly better but can

cause echos.

A workaround is a wired or wireless headset.

Project​

The Github project that contains this port and all other ports from this project can be found here:

Sailfish OS Community ports for Sony Xperia devices

Sailfish OS comunity ports for Sony Xperia devices - Sailfish OS Community ports for Sony Xperia devices

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Project Updates​

As explained above there's now a separate changelog for project wide updates which can be found down below:

Release Project Update 02-12-2022 · SailfishOS-SonyXperia/bugs

Intro The changelog describes all the project wide changes, such as for example documentation updates or build infrastructure changes. In case an adaptation issue arose from wrong build configurati...

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The changelog file about the project updates can be found down below:

- project_changelog.md

About​

The goal of this project is to port additional Sony devices on top of Jolla's existing adaptations while staying as close as possible to the existing ports and contributing back to the upstream where possible.

Most of the changes from Jolla ports are adopted in both directions since the issues that one port has usually apply to the sister device of the same generation (e.g. Xperia 10 III -> Xperia 1/5 II).

This is the reason why changes from Jolla’s port end up in the changelog for these port,

in many cases because they also affect the specific port but not always.

Where possible changes that were done for this port go back to the Mer-Hybris repositories such as the kernel or droid repositories.

The project is open for anyone that wishes to port additional Sony devices to Sailfish OS. Feel free to suggest new features, provide bug reports or to contribute.

Sources​

Any sources specific to this port can be found inside the project linked above. The device repositories are named after the devices board name for example in this case kumano.

All our sources are included inside the project linked above.

All other sources are taken unpatched from upstream which is either Sony-AOSP or SailfishOS/mer-hybris.

If changes are needed inside upstream repositories these are submitted to the upstream repositories.

This GPL includes components such as the kernel or libhybris.

On pressure of XDA I add the direct link to the kernel repository, however the exact ref used during build

can be found inside the droid-hal repository, which in the case of the Xperia 1 for example, droid-hal-kumano.

Sources for this board​

https://github.com/mer-hybris/android_kernel_sony_msm/tree/hybris-sony-aosp/LA.UM.9.12.r1

https://github.com/SailfishOS-SonyXperia/droid-hal-sony-edo

Report bugs​

Bugs can be opened in the bug repository linked below:

GitHub - SailfishOS-SonyXperia/bugs: Empty repository that is used as a bugtracker

Empty repository that is used as a bugtracker. Contribute to SailfishOS-SonyXperia/bugs development by creating an account on GitHub.

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Download​

Release 4.5.0.24+git1 · SailfishOS-SonyXperia/droid-hal-version-sony-edo

Sailfish OS 4.5.0.24 for Sony Xperia 1 II and 5 II These release notes cover Sailfish OS 4.5.0.24 for the following devices: Xperia 1 II (XQ-AT51, XQ-AT52) Xperia 5 II (XQ-AS52) Intro This is the...

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Flashing​

To install Sailfish OS on your device please follow the install instructs in the _flashing-readme.txt_ file included in the archive or read the offical flashing instructions for either the Xperia 10 II or Xperia 10 III:

- https://jolla.com/sailfishxinstall/

Just make sure to download the software binaries for your device instead of the ones mentioned in the instructions:

- https://developer.sony.com/file/download/software-binaries-for-aosp-android-11-0-kernel-4-19-edo

Updating your device​

To update your device please follow the update instructions in INSTALL.org:

INSTALL.org/Updating your device

Changelog​

+ Changelog.md

# Release notes of previous releases:

The release notes of previous releases can be found in this folder:

bugs/doc/release_notes at master · SailfishOS-SonyXperia/bugs

Empty repository that is used as a bugtracker. Contribute to SailfishOS-SonyXperia/bugs development by creating an account on GitHub.

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