So, hello hello. For the past months I’ve been advertising op6(t) as a port to get once i fix kernel panic and well… here we are!
Little backstory:
9 years ago… around 2015-2016 I ported motorola moto g 2014 as my first port. Then I started to advertise it as port to get because back then getting anything with sfos was insanely difficult as the only option was unobtainium jolla phone, or the russian one, while g2 is cheap and has fully working sfos.
VerdandiTeam was created by me and @k31j0 as a brand to represent quality ports that are being supported for years. And with moto g2 i’ve surpassed jolla and every other port in existance.
While people are still getting g2 and having great time with it (im not dropping it any time soon), people want something more modern that’s basically the same as g2. Fully working, unlike official xperia ports, stable, and with support for years. And precisely that is what op6(t) is.
Now I’ve fixed last remaining bugs after updating it from 3.3 to 4.6 and I think its ready for prime time and ready for all the people waiting for me to fix the issues, to grab op6 and enjoy sfos.
The port is insanely smooth, as in the UI. Normally you might not notice it but I’ve never seen port with UI as smooth as original jolla phone, not even my g2, microstutters are ruining it, and well op6(t) is the exception. It’s butter smooth 60fps.
Other than that, no crashes, everything is working, no suspend issues, no ram issues, no oom issues, literally everything is working* and its insanely stable, stable as a rock.
As much as I hate it, some people want aliendalvik, and if thats something you require, obtaining aarch64 rpms i leave to you, but if you obtain the rpm’s, I might just need to make couple changes to kernel and it should be working flawlessly as well. Not that i endorse piracy wink wink nudge nudge.
So ye, for the foreseeable future, op6(t) will be the device and port i recommend to people who are done with garbage xperia phones and ports, as a phone to get and port to get. If that’s something that interests you, jump in!
As to how long i’ll be supporting it… i don’t see end in sight with 4.9 kernel and mainline in the future.
ad. 1. ok okay not everything is working, on 6t fingerprint doesn’t work cause its in screen (it works in 6) and status led doesn’t work but thats so minor, if you tell me its dealbreaker…