Is this the end of the road for Sony’s involvement with open source? ![]()
Even worse, it appears the ability to download firmware updates with the “Emma” tool has also been removed:
Is this the end of the road for Sony’s involvement with open source? ![]()
Even worse, it appears the ability to download firmware updates with the “Emma” tool has also been removed:
I’ve just checked and both the Sony Developer portal (including Sony binaries downloads) and the Xperia Flash tool work OK for me.
I haven’t checked the EMMA Tool, but visiting AOSP on Xperia Open Devices | Developer World also gives me a warning:
Probably it’s just an internal reorganization.
Last month Sony has released the AOSP device configurations for Xperia 10 VII and 1 VII.
Oh good. It would be a shame if they were pulling out as few manufacturers show that level of interest for open source. When I looked on their site the latest AOSP seemed to be from 2024, but I didn’t know about the github repository. ![]()