Sailfish OS for Sony Xperia 1 and 5

Sailfish OS 4.5.0.28 for Sony Xperia 1 and 5

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

  • Sony Xperia 1 (J8110, J9110)
  • Sony Xperia 5 (J8210, J9210)

Intro

This port has been updated last to the latest release of Sailfish OS 4.5.0.24 in addition to that the adaptation to include various security updates and other bug fixes that affect all Sony adaptations taken from Jolla.

Also several documentation updates or buildinfrastructure changes have been made. Most of these updates were fixes to the branching script and
new scripts for release aggregation for update discovery.

The delay between the last release was mostly caused by the development for the update discovery service Cosu and
my personal situation in my private live which had a turn for the worse last year. The Xperia 1/5 II port also took some time of course.

Updates to these project components are now tracking in the main bug tracking repository SailfishOS-SonyXperia/bugs/releases.

The highlights in this release are:

  • [ui] Update submodule to pull in the right icon package for Xperia 1. SailfishOS-SonyXperia/bugs#37
    The launcher and other icons now should have the right solution
    appropriate to the resolution of the device.
  • [Cosu] Implement service to search for device updates. SailfishOS-SonyXperia/bugs#89
    The port now includes working update discovery, updates can be found, downloaded
    and installed through the update ui.
  • [doc] Document device upgrades before cosupdateservice #71
    Document the process of installing the update discovery service for existing installation
    of ports before updating through the normal process
  • [kernel] Enable CONFIG_EXT4_FS_POSIX_ACL in config. Contributes to JB#59542
  • [kernel] free task immediately to prevent slab task_struct memory leak. JB#60580
  • [kernel] input: sec_ts: Remove spam from event buffer is empty. Fixes JB#58343
  • [kernel] Update to Linux 4.14.264. Fixes JB#59877

Note the (Jolla) bug numbers have nothing to do with the port directly and are only here for reference

Thanks to all who have provided testing, reported bugs or have contributed otherwise.

Functionality

The devices have the same functionality level as the Xperia 10 II 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.

Known issues

  • SailfishOS-SonyXperia/bugs#58
    • When the phone is unlocked, sometimes there is a bright flash of the screen for a split second (subjectively: for a short split of a second, the screen floods the white background with maximum brightness).
      The issue is triggered rarely and does not cause problems besides a short flash.
  • SailfishOS-SonyXperia/bugs#74
    • The vibration is very short on an incoming call at the very beginning. Then, when there is an incoming call, there is no vibration.
      No workarounds but it shouldn’t cause any major impact besides the vibration being to weak notice in many situations.

Project

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

Project Updates

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

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

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 II → Xperia 1/5).
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.

Report bugs

Bugs can be opened in the bug repository linked below:

Download

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:

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

Changelog

Release notes of previous releases:

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

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If can install android extend lib?

I updated the release archives today:

  • Package ngfd as `CUSTOM_’ FFMemless vibration effects require newer version than packaged in SailfishOS 4.4.0.
  • Fix issue in ssu-vendor-data package that made the address of the adaptation repository invalid. [BUG] address of adaptation repo is invalid #49
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After installing firmware on Xperia 5 J9210, Wi-Fi and SIM are missing.

Which stock version did you had installed before?

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Android 11 lowered it to 10 (55.1.A.3.49), everything worked.

Ah that’s good to hear. I have 55.0.A.11.25 flashed everything works.

Next time please open an issue on Github.

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I’m really sorry if this is a dumb question but I’m new to installing Sailfish OS although I’ve been interested in it for a long time. If I install this port on my Xperia 1, will I be able to install Android app support and Android apps or no? Thanks!

Sorry but so far there’s no Android App support for Community ports.

Porting AAS to this device shouldn’t be as hard thou since it shares much with Jolla ports.

The Sailfish OS port for the Sony Xperia 1 and 5 has been updated last to the latest release of Sailfish OS 4.4.0.72 in addition to that several adaptation bugs discovered in the testing of the first release have been fixed.

Also several documentation updates or buildinfrastructure changes have been made.

Updates to these project components are now tracking in the main bug tracking repository SailfishOS-SonyXperia/bugs/releases.

The highlights in this release are:

You can find the full changelog of this release in the release notes or at the end of this post:

Thanks to all who have provided testing, reported bugs or have contributed otherwise.

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The issue is that Android App support isn’t sold for ports, any other issues from the side of my port either don’t exist or have been fixed.

Please keep the questions up regarding Android App Support for ports, I think we all want it but if more keep asking the pressure to work in it will be higher.

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Updated to 4.5.0.18 at your own risk.
Used this instruction: GitHub - sailfishos-sony-tama/main: Documentation, releases, and issues
Everything is working.

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I have the Xperia 10 II and wanted to ask how the photos compare… I would like to switch

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Thanks for this port…very cool…

How are performance? Xperia 1 has a powerful CPU

in contrast to my Xperia 10 II it is much faster and smoother …

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Snapdragon 855 vs 6xx clear winner here

Should AndroidAppSupport be a something one could buy on its own for ports; I’d defenitely switch
EDIT: I forgot about VoLTE too…

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I use Waydroid and I find it better in itself… only the battery consumption bothers me a little but you get through the day

Really?! Do tell. For me, I primarily look at Contact and File System sharing, but its been a while since I seriously used Waydroid.