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[XPERIA X1 Android Development] duckly:
Hi Needo, nothing to be sorry about. You have helped test the kernels and I would not like to release anything without testing first. I believe I have had send you kernels that could not even boot the android system :) I do not have the time to test new kernels myself and would hate to release something that would break someones phone.

But as Needo mentioned, the kernel is opensource and not my property and nothing secret is added, just reusing what others have allready coded and making a few small modificatoins, everyone is welcome to use them.

I recommend that you only use the kernels that the ROM developers include with their builds or later recommend to use togheter with their ROMs. Personally I only try out the kernel with the ROM I currently have installed on my X1.

And last, running android on our X1 is kind of experimental and I guess it is part of the fun to try out new things and see what works the best :D
[XPERIA X1 Android Development] needo:
Thanks for these kind words duckly .. & also for this nice explanation ..

all of us have one target to make a fully functional android build for our X1 so we should help each other .. & at the same time we should respect the time and effort that some developers waste in this work .. as you & XDA development team do .. I want to say that i appreciate your great work man ..

hope we all have great moments using android for entertainment or any other reason .. & the time to thinking in nand build become closer now ..
[XPERIA X1 Android Development] needo:
HoneyComp Themed Froyo

The Build & Info added to the first post ... :)
[XPERIA X1 Android Development] Benquick:
is it possible to remove/change the theme?

& THANK YOU FOR NEW BUILD. I LIKE THE WORKING CAMERA .:)
[XPERIA X1 Android Development] whycry:
HoneyComb Froyo

Im testing new build and so far im very impressed,

edit my test results were not processed correctly. new ones can be found later in this thread

Default kernel

+ blazing speed, very fast animations, very good responsivness, much better than in windows mobile now

+ wifi and gprs connection doesn't slow down a device

- 100% battery dropped to 71% in an hour of installing android, setting up the phone

- android.process.media is occasionally turning off, i dont know what does it mean, but its worth mentioning, it happens to me when i try to download apps from market, so basically i cannot download anything, while synchronization works, so its market dependend? or just my fresh installation suks? :)

Switched to 3th march kernel to use camera

+ camera working

- could not save the photo due to sd card not being writable, tried fastburst, camerapro, camera360, none of em took a photo :), anyway autofocus doesn't work so quality is like on 0.3 mpix camera:)

- seems that both kernels have android.process.media problem, at least with my installation :)

Needo, consider adding some screenshot taking app (i would upload some screenshots), i just tried to install one, but none of updates and app downloads work in this build for me, tried wifi and gprs. that's a pitty because this build is so freaking well done.
[XPERIA X1 Android Development] duckly:
Interesting, I have had a similar problem with other ROMS, which comes and goes regarding the readonly sdcard. Do the following to make it read write able, that will solve the problem with marked download and probably also the media process error.

1 Open terminal

$ su - (change to superuser)

# mount -o remount -o rw /sdcard (remount sdcard as read write)

You can check by running "mount" if it is "ro" or "rw"

Last time I had this, the card stopped being read only after I performed the manual remount even after several reboots and reinstallations.
[XPERIA X1 Android Development] milaq:
:(

nice tattletaling.

the kernel builds by ygge are accessible via the link needo posted.

so i guess they are available to everyone.

however, I removed the link earlier this day so that everyone is cool with it.

this is no disrespect from my side. the kernels were openly accessible and i knew nothing about ANY restrictions.

so please, refrain from such accusations.

cheers
[XPERIA X1 Android Development] whycry:
If you mean Dev Tools>Terminal emulator, then it doesnt work either (com.android.term error).

What else can i do? Fresh installation ?

edit anyway whats the difference between camera kernel and the new one? i can hardly notice any difference

edit2 ok i will try to totally reformat my sdcard and try again whole process
[XPERIA X1 Android Development] whycry:
HoneyComb Froyo Quick Review

Steps:

1. Fresh installation with fully formatted card. (its my third installation - using default kernel from 5th march)

2. First boot, installing OperaMini, HandCent sms, Fancy Widgets, Screenshot, Swype

3. Synchronizing google account, enabling Battery Indicator

4. Changing languague, enabling swype.

5. Changing welcome screen to my settings (FancyWidget clock, power management bar etc.)

6. Second boot, installing: PicasaToolPro, Gmail, updating apps.

7. Being happy

[WIFI] Working very well and stable, had no problems. Only issue is quite slow speed.

[GPRS] Working perfectly, downloads and synchronization works without problems, gprs connection doesn't slow down the device.

[USB] Working, connected with DroidExplorer and extracted files correctly.

[MARKET] Working perfectly

[SPEED] Very fast, good animations and best responsiveness ever (much faster than in Windows Mobile)

[STABILITY] None errors so far, waking up the device is very fast and there are no problems with unlocking the device

[BATTERY] New build consumes up to 2-3% of battery per hour during standby mode. Charging works (but not by usb connection pc->device).

[CAMERA] Working, although i did not see autofocus working, that is not important for me now.

[HARDWARE BUTTONS] Edit, one hardware freeze.. keyboard non-responsive, landscape mode doesn't work then too.

[NEOCORE] 18.4fps without sound

[THOUGHTS] SmartTaskbar is a bad application, i prefer it being out of next builds, as i have to uninstall it manually. Device slows down only during installation of apps. Its due to slow speed of sdcard i guess, it will occur till we use sdcard as a default drive for android. Waiting for nand port :) Will add more thoughts during further tests.

To sum up, best ever android build. Very good job.

EDIT: Is setCPU required ?
[XPERIA X1 Android Development] codexc:
can any one tell me , HoneyComp bulid included CM 6.1 or NOT ?
[XPERIA X1 Android Development] wallaceff:
HoneyComb Froyo Quick Review

I did a restore, all my apps seem to work so far, battery indicator seems wrong though though when I use batter indictater PRO program.. seems to be 10% or so differnce between the Android battery indicator and the app?

Camera also no autofocus, but its a start!

Hoping for stability, no button freezes and battery life.. will have to wait and see.

EDIT: had button freeze x1 already after 3 hours or so. Using camera fix rom. Only ever seems to happen after waking device up.
[XPERIA X1 Android Development] duckly:
I have the same error with the terminal emulator in dev tools, was going to recommend to download one from marked but remembered it was not working either.

Main difference beside camera support is amount af avilable memory. The camera driver reserve 16MB memory, kernel without camera have more available memory.
[XPERIA X1 Android Development] XangoAbada:
HoneyComp is working very good, but frozing keys are the main problem making this build impossible for daily use. Is it possible to release the key fix kernel ?

The battery indicator isn't accurate, but better than in any other kernel.

I didn't had any other problems and i think that with key fix kernel that would be the best build so far.

My thanks for your hard work.
[XPERIA X1 Android Development] duckly:
Those of you that experience frozen keys, can you write which kernel you are using? Does it happen after wakeup from standby or while phone is active?
[XPERIA X1 Android Development] whycry:
It occured to me with newest kernel 5th march when i woke up the phone. Actually the only key i'm missing then is 'back button' :) So i have to restart whole device which takes about 3 minutes to enter android.
[XPERIA X1 Android Development] bruno_123:
key froze after i've entered system app remover till then wokred just fine except for the battery reader witch seem wierd to have 100% after charging but after restart it is downto 96% but that is okay and one more system powered down(showing 100%,just after being unplugged from ac) all the sudden, booted back up and around 40% battery left in winmo ,started android and shows the same ,since then woking just fine and i'm using honeycomb froyo with camera kernel :)
[XPERIA X1 Android Development] XangoAbada:
I'm using kernel without camera support and keys are freezing after waking from standby.

The other thing is that battery drains too fast, I went to work with battery charged to full and didn't used phone much, only a few text messages, GPS and Wifi were turned of. I had to restart phone 2 times because of frozen keys. After 6 hours android restarted to windows with 30% battery left. So 6 hours of not using the phone isn't too much.
[XPERIA X1 Android Development] needo:
For All who have button freezing issue .. you can back to earlier kernal ..

Till ygge can fix it .. hope he can do ..

Also i'm working now to port a very fast build i'll post it with stock theme .. For me it is the fastest build i've ever used .. seems to be finished ,but fixing some issues ..

No CM6.1 isn't included ..

Thanks too much whycry for this great detailed report & The screen shoot ..

no i think there is no need for it now .. as cpu is doing self scaling now .. , but you can only use it to change the sampling rate which may improve cpu responsiveness ...
[XPERIA X1 Android Development] saobang3886:
Test honeycomb froyo with camera kernel :

- Key free some time

- wifi to slow

- baterry down fast when use phone maybe because overclock cpu to much 652 mhz, but ok in sleep mode 1,2% a hour.

- camera can use, not forcuse, but fuzzy.

- recive call mic can't use, need active speaker to talk

- other thing is ok !
[XPERIA X1 Android Development] bruno_123:
left it on a charger overnight(8 h and 25 min aprox.) it said charged unplugged it and used it for about 10 min and it just powered off booted back up in winmo and it showed 20% battery left and had a few keyboard freezes , i'm using honyecomb with camera kernel
[XPERIA X1 Android Development] codexc:
Can you include CM 6.1 because its included an solution to support Arabic chart (read, write)

please its too important for Arabian users

thanks for hard work

NOTE : i used the CM Modded but this build not stable with browser app and social app
[XPERIA X1 Android Development] jyxrix:
HoneyComb Froyo not work for me.. one minut and freez at all, i'm use reset buton to start again.. im try disable data conection, cpu clock, and same.. and try to kernels!! :(
[XPERIA X1 Android Development] frybend:
same here :(
[XPERIA X1 Android Development] duckly:
I have had this happen to myself as well but not with this ROM. The problem is most likely that your operator and its apns are not included in the apn xml file in the ROM.

It normally solves the freezing if you disable data connection right after you boot up, it will likely freeze again. Then boot up again and wait a few minuttes and your phone should no longer freeze even when you reenable the data connection. Your problem could also come from other sources, just my own experiences with ROMs that freeze my phone a minutter after boot.
[XPERIA X1 Android Development] duckly:
Hi saobang thanks for your feedback, see reply below:

- Key free some time

This is sadly a very difficult bug to get rid of. Some ROM/kernel combinations are worse than others. There are a keyboard fix solution that only works with a few kernels.

- wifi to slow

This is not a driver issue but a combination of how the wireless adaptor are configured on runtime in android and how your wireless router is configured. You should get some more speed by lowering beacon interval on your router. It looks like a long beacon interval makes the wifi driver in android fall asleep to save power. I am investigating what parameters we could change to improve performance on longer beacon intervals. Try to reduce it to 50 or 20ms on your router. My own was very bad at 100ms and speedy at 20ms.

- baterry down fast when use phone maybe because overclock cpu to much 652 mhz, but ok in sleep mode 1,2% a hour.

Yep, wireless, 3g, lcd screen vs led screen, overclocked cpu and older hw does consume allot of power. I think 1,2% a hour on standby is very good. Our disadvantage is also that we are running from the sd card, it would be dificult to let the sd card power down also.

- camera can use, not forcuse, but fuzzy.

Yep, camera support is work in progress, a quick and dirty solution could be to try and fix the focus 2-3 meters ahead of the phone instead of 2 centimeters from the camera lens.

- recive call mic can't use, need active speaker to talk

Have only experieced this once but heard others report this bug as well, should only happen rarely.

- other thing is ok
[XPERIA X1 Android Development] danistuta:
Honey Comb version...how activate camera? From Gallery I've got an error, please help me. Thanks.
[XPERIA X1 Android Development] needo:
however i haven't get your question exactly ... :D

but overclocking the cpu increase its performance by increasing no. of responses ber second .. so make cpu handle process and computing it much faster so finally you'll get a faster response and faster android ...
[XPERIA X1 Android Development] whycry:
he wasn't asking what is overclocking, but what happens when he sets too high frequency. What happens it phone gets stuck, so you have to remove battery. I doubt overclocking could harm your phone.
[XPERIA X1 Android Development] needo:
ummm sorry i was confused ... btw i'm using android and overclocking it mostly for about more than 3 months ... & before i was overclocking it in WinMo ...

i think it isn't harmful for our devices .. but some times it causes the devices to get over heated ....
[XPERIA X1 Android Development] electrified:
yes i did the partitioning, i'm going to install it again now

i'll reply (edit this post) in ca. 15-20min

edit: is there any problem if i have linux swap & ext2 bigger then the one in the tutorial videos?
[XPERIA X1 Android Development] needo:
ummmm really i can't reply this question as i haven't tried it .... but i think it's recomended to do it as is ... & i'll see it later ...

there are some persons reported that their devices can't boot with overclock more than 650000 .. so if it doesn't work change the cpu to 652000 ...
[XPERIA X1 Android Development] whycry:
No there is no problem, however most of data wont be even used. I have 1GB for ext2 (750MB free), 128MB for linux swap, which is way too much. But actually i dont care ;)

This modification:

This is a perfect build. Very stable. However, when i download apps from market, wifi resets randomly.

When you make data transfer working, and add camera drivers, i would actually use it daily. WinMo stays way behind..
[XPERIA X1 Android Development] electrified:
installed your new fixed version now, everything works till now, no errors :)
[XPERIA X1 Android Development] whycry:
I have made a screenshot, added operamini, gmail, chompsms, changed clock color to similar to whole template. This is how it looks.
[XPERIA X1 Android Development] needo:
Firstly thanks for giving feedback ... & for your support ...

i'll work on camera drivers soon .. after finishing Sense Build ...

please try to use data and till me it it works or the device reboots ...

as there are 2 persons told me that it has no problem !!!

Acually you may face some problems with market at first time ..

what about it after reboot ?!
[XPERIA X1 Android Development] needo:
It's great to hear that :)

hope everything going well ...
[XPERIA X1 Android Development] needo:
it's really great to see the time in the status bar ...

i thought it'll need some java work to make it like that ..

could you till me the way you did that .. ?!

I think GoSMS is better than chompsms ;)
[XPERIA X1 Android Development] polcomp:
nearly perfect

Hi,

i've installed this android, and it works verry good:D i can play angry birds nicely and run it at frequancy 650000;)

i've only problems with the sound buttons, up and down won't work.

when i started android for the first time, the setup crashed, so i skipped that, but everything works verry nice.

if the sound buttons and camera will work and the time in the top is visable, then is android perfect for the X1. but for me, only the sound buttons are my priority, so if someone has an solution for this, it will be great.

great thnx for this android.;);)

grtz polcomp

(srry for my english, im dutch, thats maybe why the setup crashed because i used dutch language...)
[XPERIA X1 Android Development] whycry:
I will try GoSMS right away, im actually new to Android so i googled best aplications for starters.

To change clock color:

Go to: Settings -> CyanogenMod settings -> User interface -> Status bar -> Clock color
[XPERIA X1 Android Development] Ronniebiggs:
Me, also being dutch, also had a crash on the initial setup screen.

How is the battery life in this one? Will it last a day on standby?
[XPERIA X1 Android Development] danijel_m:
Hi there to all

First I must thank to needo for this very good build..

Installation on 700 MHz did not work, but on 650 MHz is stable and without any crashes (so far)..

I've noticed something strange, maybe it's xperia malfunction, but from xperias loudspeaker I can hear continuous beep sound and sometimes a sound that is just like when you place a mobile phone near larger speakers (e.g. PC speakers) and recive call or search for network..

Has anyone noticed similar?.. Is there solution for this problem or it is time to change mobile (just kidding)..

Excuses for my very bad English,
[XPERIA X1 Android Development] ferlanero:
Not just your phone... It´s a bug of this build so wait for needo post a fix for that.
[XPERIA X1 Android Development] danijel_m:
I almost forgot, battery meter is reseting to 100% after every restart, although WinMo is showing around 50%..
[XPERIA X1 Android Development] needo:
ummm i thought it was an application or something like that ...

btw thanks too much .. i'll update thread with this steps ...
[XPERIA X1 Android Development] ferlanero:
Extrange.. I never have seen this error on any Android build for Xperia. I think your instalation is not correct, so try to reinstall it and see if your problems go out :)
[XPERIA X1 Android Development] needo:
i hadn't noticed that problem polcomp when i was running it ..

i'll see it again soon ..

also about setup wizard i hadn't tried it in any different language .. only English ..

the time problem can be solved like whycry wrote ..

btw i'll put it in the first post ...

Android camera libraries and drivers for our xperia haven't come to light till now .. but i'll give it a try ...

Thanks for Feedback ..
[XPERIA X1 Android Development] whycry:
Quick thought for those with freezing problems, why not just boot your android without simcard and then disable data connection? Then just put it back. Simple as it is:)

I'm currenty using Android daily. I only swap to winmo when i need a camera.

What is worth mentioning i had a problem with charging at night. I left my phone plugged in to charge with 40% of battery, so when i woke up to see it only charged to 59% during whole night. Not to mention that sometimes charging doesn't work at all.

Only if those leds wouldn't blink after charging in windows and then booting android (they just stay active).

Basically reset it solution to all problems now. Charging, keyfreeze, leds-staying-active.

For developers I made my top To Do list:

- fix keys freezing

- fix bluetooth

- enable camera autofocus

- port android to internal storage, instead of scdard

Thank you Needo and Duckly for your professional work, you are really making our devices revive from death.

PS Any Changelog for march 7th kernel? EDIT OH it's a crap kernel ;)
[XPERIA X1 Android Development] dead.-logic:
Glad to know if there any mediafire mirror you guys can share. Been phail downloading it bunch of times within 3 days. sigh, my internet connection gone so bad.

Thanks in advance and thumbs up for needo.

edited: I can go with sharingmatrix though.
[XPERIA X1 Android Development] the banished:
The best words of this thread.
[XPERIA X1 Android Development] milaq:
well, with ducklys march kernel charging works flawlessly for me. btw: u dont need to have the ac plugged in WHILE booting droid. just attach the charger for 5 seconds or so in winmo, detach it again and THEN run haret. after booting droid u can charge as usual. this way ur avoiding the led problem. of course after a reboot u have to repeat the attach/detach procedure
[XPERIA X1 Android Development] duckly:
Thanks for your appreciation of our work. I am just glad my work with the kernel is usefull.

About the charging leds, you can just disable illumination in winmo and no more flashing leds while charging :)

Hehe, I was not too lucky with the last alfa kernels, I would not even call them beta as I had only tried a previous kernel with a few of the additional funcitons. I will hold back posting kernels until some basic testing has been completed, removing the keyboard driver was a last minutte update. Now that I have tried it myself it do seem fishy, I will try something alternative for the keyboard
[XPERIA X1 Android Development] wallaceff:
Your work is truely appreciated!!!!

If you're looking for some alpha/beta testers, I have some spare microSD cards at home that I (and probably others) are willing to help out with!

Further question, just wondering what speed microSD cards people here are using and if you've noticed if it makes a difference? Mine are class 2 and seem ok, though I did have a card rated as class 2 that on my anectotal testing, seemed more a class 1 and was really really slow and popped up frequent app crashes, so I've since stopped using it. Anyone tried anythign faster? Noticed a difference?
[XPERIA X1 Android Development] smackcode:
I'm currently using the PureFroyo build, great rom, wifi is ok, market is finally running great. However there is a no service notification for the phone, making calls and SMS impossible (however it worked fine yesterday). Currently using better keyboard 8 (virtual keyboard). I still get random reboots but not that frequent. Also I cannot manually add contacts
[XPERIA X1 Android Development] dead.-logic:
Im thinking using this one for daily usage too! How i love this HoneyComb Froyo build. All seems running smoothly on myself. Just finished booting (without sim/disable data con - thanx whycry and duckly) and on the 1st boot - open all the app ( it's indicated on the 1st post by needo) and restart it. Everything's like wow'ed! Gonna feedback asap if there any issue!

All in all great works, and kudos to needo.
[XPERIA X1 Android Development] ethanliew92:
still got button freeze?

I'm still expreriencing button freze probpems.. has it been solved yet?
[XPERIA X1 Android Development] ahmadin:
awesome

its working... nice... even some time its little bit slow.. but nice n smooth....;)
[XPERIA X1 Android Development] Virtualxp:
Hmm i just get kernel panic when i try to install the Honeycomb modded build. Any ideas whats wrong? tried switching kernel but no luck =/

//Virtualxp
[XPERIA X1 Android Development] milaq:
partitions correctly formatted?

install via install.exe in npkinstall folder?
[XPERIA X1 Android Development] Virtualxp:
Dont know what was wrong, just reformated and then it worked :)

The only thing is that the keys did freeze when i deactivated gps.

Remember when i first tried android long ago, never had that problem with those builds =/

Now when i start android keys freeze on startup, sad but true the build looks nice

//Virtual
[XPERIA X1 Android Development] whycry:
Is there any update coming? New build or so :)
[XPERIA X1 Android Development] needo:
yes HoneyComb v.2 today ;)