[DEV] Discussion Thread [Developers-Only] - Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go

Hi guys,
I made this thread for all the developers to discuss about their new projects, errors while building, source building, help and support, CM bring-ups, patches and fixes, since we don't have a "Developers discussion" forum for our devices.
It's a nice place for newbies like me to learn a lot from the awesome devs here. :highfive:
This place is just for developers and people trying to build ROMs from source or kernels.
NOTE- THIS IS NOT A PLACE FOR BUG REPORTING
Though you can try to attach some log cats with errors and the people who may know about it can prepare a fix
Try to keep this thread clean.
Cheers,
AJ :fingers-crossed:

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@DroidModderXtreme and other people interested...
Here- https://github.com/Abhinav1997/android_device_sony_kumquat/tree/carbon4.4 is the device tree for kumquat with editing done for carbon. Anyone can try to build it
EDIT- Device tree also edited for ChameleonOS, see the respective branch
Cheers,
AJ

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Nice thread :thumbup: @Abhinav2
I probably also understood why you get all those bugs :
1. Is the tree uploaded on your git really the one you used ?
It's stranger . I can prepare a working and nice tree for nypon foked from LX's one
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EDIT :-
Code:
make: *** No rule to make target `system/media/bootanimation.zip', needed by `/home/gava97/out/target/product/kumquat/'. Stop.
My kumquat.mk is fine and bootanimation's directory is listed to "vendor/carbon/prebuilt/common/bootanimation/480.zip"

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DroidModderXtreme said:
Nice thread :thumbup: @Abhinav2
I probably also understood why you get all those bugs :
1. Is the tree uploaded on your git really the one you used ?
It's stranger . I can prepare a working and nice tree for nypon foked from LX's one
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EDIT :-
Code:
make: *** No rule to make target `system/media/bootanimation.zip', needed by `/home/gava97/out/target/product/kumquat/'. Stop.
My kumquat.mk is fine and bootanimation's directory is listed to "vendor/carbon/prebuilt/common/bootanimation/480.zip"
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Yep that's the tree I used. I'll try to fork the tree from LX2012 and create a new tree for nypon. But the link I gave above was the one for kumquat forked from XperiaNovathor, the one Gava97 uses
And as per the error is concerned I also got it. What I did was just copy the zip file to system/media and rename it to bootanimation.zip
Since you are using a server just type this in the command line when you will be in your source folder-
Code:
cp vendor/carbon/prebuilt/common/bootanimation/480.zip system/media
mv system/media/480.zip system/media/bootanimation.zip
Compile again and you should be good to go
BTW I'll recommend a clean re-build but rest is up to you
Cheers,
AJ

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Abhinav2 said:
Yep that's the tree I used. I'll try to fork the tree from LX2012 and create a new tree for nypon. But the link I gave above was the one for kumquat forked from XperiaNovathor, the one Gava97 uses
And as per the error is concerned I also got it. What I did was just copy the zip file to system/media and rename it to bootanimation.zip
Since you are using a server just type this in the command line when you will be in your source folder-
Code:
cp vendor/carbon/prebuilt/common/bootanimation/480.zip system/media
mv system/media/480.zip system/media/bootanimation.zip
Compile again and you should be good to go
BTW I'll recommend a clean re-build but rest is up to you
Cheers,
AJ
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Worked fine. Thx so much mate

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Sorry for double post.i'm not home. Abhinav can you share the bootable recovery u used?
As probably you had,i'm having tons of error related to bootable recovery. BUt everything is patched
Thamks

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DroidModderXtreme said:
Sorry for double post.i'm not home. Abhinav can you share the bootable recovery u used?
As probably you had,i'm having tons of error related to bootable recovery. BUt everything is patched
Thamks
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Have you used the bootable recovery patch of @95A31?
Check this thread
Sent from my Xperia U using xda app-developers app

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Garcia98 said:
Have you used the bootable recovery patch of @95A31?
Sent from my Xperia U using xda app-developers app
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Yep,and everything got patched fine without errors :/
Waiting for my friend @Abhinav2
Inviato dalla mia bellisima sQuola con tappa e ritappatalk 4 VIP edition

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DroidModderXtreme said:
Yep,and everything got patched fine without errors :/
Waiting for my friend @Abhinav2
Inviato dalla mia bellisima sQuola con tappa e ritappatalk 4 VIP edition
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Gimme about an hour mate....I'm fixing my PC...sorry
AJ

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Abhinav2 said:
Gimme about an hour mate....I'm fixing my PC...sorry
AJ
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No problem mate
Take your time

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DroidModderXtreme said:
No problem mate
Take your time
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My github unfortunately has some clashes with the public key so I zipped the recovery folder - https://www.dropbox.com/s/4iygaunqcalo7xq/recovery.zip Just unzip and place in bootable folder
Also I'll fork the recovery and manually update the stuff from the website if the problem isn't solved.
Best of luck mate :good:
Cheers,
AJ

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Abhinav2 said:
My github unfortunately has some clashes with the public key so I zipped the recovery folder - https://www.dropbox.com/s/4iygaunqcalo7xq/recovery.zip Just unzip and place in bootable folder
Also I'll fork the recovery and manually update the stuff from the website if the problem isn't solved.
Best of luck mate :good:
Cheers,
AJ
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Mate i mean in github. In server i cannot move folders lol,just git clone them

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DroidModderXtreme said:
Mate i mean in github. In server i cannot move folders lol,just git clone them
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Yep I thought so...but you can always wget and unzip then move? If you want I can prepare a command list since it may take a while to solve this prob
AJ

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Abhinav2 said:
Yep I thought so...but you can always wget and unzip then move? If you want I can prepare a command list since it may take a while to solve this prob
AJ
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Got it
Thanks:angel:

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DroidModderXtreme said:
Got it
Thanks:angel:
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Just in case you need- https://github.com/Abhinav1997/bootable_recovery/tree/master
Got git working and it has the commits
Hope the build will be soon
Cheers,
AJ

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Abhinav2 said:
Just in case you need- https://github.com/Abhinav1997/bootable_recovery/tree/master
Got git working and it has the commits
Hope the build will be soon
Cheers,
AJ
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Compiling
Fingers crossed

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DroidModderXtreme said:
Compiling
Fingers crossed
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So hows it coming buddy? Any more errors as of now?
Cheers,
AJ

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Another Error 1 compiling CM11
Hi guys,
I'm getting this error when I try to compile CM11, I have applied all patches.
It's obvious that something is going wrong with cm_strings.xml.orig, maybe deleting it will be fixed that error?
If I'm not wrong .orig files are just backups of diff tool, so I won't get any strange error if I delete it, will I?
Thank You

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Garcia98 said:
Hi guys,
I'm getting this error when I try to compile CM11, I have applied all patches.
It's obvious that something is going wrong with cm_strings.xml.orig, maybe deleting it will be fixed that error?
If I'm not wrong .orig files are just backups of diff tool, so I won't get any strange error if I delete it, will I?
Thank You
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One of your patches(most probably framework_base.patch) failed at one or the other point. Try manual patching
Or try replacing all your patches with these - https://github.com/95A31/android_hardware_semc/tree/cm-11.0/patches
Delete the following folders-
bionic, bootable, external, framework,hardware ,system, packages from your source, re-repo sync and then apply those new patches( thanks to @95A31) just to be on safer side and then try...
If there's any confusion, if you have ssh set on your box, I can help you via ssh remote control or team viewer whichever is good for you
Cheers,
AJ

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Guys you are able to compile CM11 git without have a bootloop after flash?