Alright! Well, the first build of AOSP using the SODP on the XA2 Ultra are out! For those who are caught in acronym paralysis, that is the Android Open Source Project built using the Sony Open Devices Project. I used the SODP material to build my first AOSP ROM with it. And, I like it.
There are, however, a few issues. So far, the camera sometimes turns green when displaying the preview, but the pictures come out normal. Also, MTP/PTP (connecting to your computer to transfer files) causes the phone to crash at times. This is a bit of a problem. The FM radio does not work, and the gallery app can’t play back videos.
Originally, I thought the videos were not recording properly, but I found installing any other app to view/playback videos worked just fine. Just the built in app doesn’t have the ability to play back videos.
Well, that is very interesting, no I need to figure out how to fix this. On the plus side, I did use the newer 4.9 kernel, as opposed to the original 4.4 kernel, so that is an exciting step in the right direction! You can check out my builds on XDA if you’d like.
Linux – keep it simple.