Android 4.4 for SONY Xperia Z)

Curren Status

Working in 3.x

• Wifi
• Audio
• Camera + Movie recording
• Telephone calls / SMS
• GSM Data
• GPS
• NFC
• Encrypted /data
• OMX video (HW accelerated playback)
• Automatic display brightness
• No screen on delay
• A Video of the 4.4 Port can be seen above (thanks to mestanr)

Known issues

• Selecting a Mobile network manually will cause the 'Please wait...' dialog to stay even after the phone registered to the network. Just hit the 'home' button to make the dialog vanish.
• Syncing the Calendar with google may not work on a fresh 4.4 installation. Reboot your phone 2 times and it should be fine. (Seems to be a gapps issue, there is nothing i can do about it 

Notes

• The two famous CM-Bugs (2 second screen on delay / Loudspeaker issue) are (so far) not present
• Do not spam the thread with 'bug reports' et al: Send me a patch! The sources are at: https://github.com/adrian-bl-yuga?tab=repositories

Download Android 4.4 for Yuga

NOTE: DEVELOPMENT ON XDA STOPPED - FOR UP-TO-DATE BUILDS PLEASE GO TOhttp://www.blinkenlights.ch/ccms/android/yuga.html

Version 3.2 from 5. Nov. 2013 (download)

• Again - New gapps package: http://android.eqmx.net/android/xper..._44_yuga_3.tgz. (Place it on /sdcard/ before flashing the update)
• Nexus5-Style lockscreen
• Include Launcher3 (AOSP Version of the new KitKat launcher)
• Fixed fused location provider (for google-now and other stuff. Note that this will only work after google maps has been installed)

Version 3.1 from 3. Nov. 2013 (download)

• New gapps package: http://android.eqmx.net/android/xper..._44_yuga_2.tgz. (Place it on /sdcard/ before flashing the update)
• Fixed sensors (Orientation, Proximity, etc)
• Stock gallery can now set the Wallpaper (Cropping is still broken, blame google)
• Upgraded Kernel to 3.4.67, also includes fix for CVE-2013-2597
• Support for USB-Mass storage / USB-OTG

Version 3.0 from 2. Nov. 2013 (download)

• First release based on Android 4.4 - note that you must wipe your phone (eg: flashing userdata.img) before upgrading!
• All Hardware (camera, audio, etc) seems to work OK, but there are still a few quirks (eg: shaky gapps package, sdcard issus). You should wait for 3.1 (and stay with 2.7) if you need a stable phone

Download Android 4.3 for Yuga

Version 2.7 from 12. Oct. 2013 (download)

• Kernel upgraded to Version 3.4.65
• Upgraded to Android 4.3.1 (JLS36I)
• Grant write permission to external sd-card to applications

Changelog for older releases: 

  

Version 2.6 from 21. Sept. 2013 (download)

• Kernel upgraded to Version 3.4.62
• Upgraded to Android 4.3_r3.1 (JLS36G)

Version 2.5 from 30. Aug. 2013 (download)

• Kernel upgraded to Version 3.4.59
• Fixed 'H-Icon-Missing' bug
• Updated builtin APN list
• Increased the max tab count in the stock browser to 64 (from 16)

Version 2.4 from 24. Aug. 2013 (download)

• Upgraded to Android 4.3_r2.2 (JSS15Q)
• New 'auto install' gapps package
• Use pool.ntp.org by default
• Keep screen off during USB Unplug

Version 2.3 from 7. Aug. 2013 (download)

• Enabled 4G/LTE by default
• Fixed compass and gyro sensor
• Backported PR_{SET,GET}_NO_NEW_PRIVS feature to Linux 3.4

Version 2.2 from 1. Aug. 2013 (download)

• Enabled additional scene modes + exposure in stock camera
• Fixed AOSP Voice dialer
• Enabled SE-Linux in kernel config
• Builtin CWM recovery (press a volume button while the white LED is fading out)

Version 2.1 from 27. Jul. 2013 (download)

• Enabled Bluetooth tethering
• Added Nexus boot animation
• Enabled UINPUT in kernel config (support for bt keyboards/mice)

Version 2.0 from 26. Jul. 2013 (download)

• First build based on Android 4.3. Everything seems to work OK so far, but you should probably stick with 1.5 (4.2.2) for now if you really depend on your phone (the release only had a few hours of testing so far)
• You are STRONGLY advised to do a full wipe if you are coming from 4.2.2 (fastboot flash userdata userdata.img)
• You also need to update your gapps package to 'gapps.yuga43_shaky.tgz'. This gapps build is still based on 4.2.2 but was patched to not crash on 4.3

Version 1.5 from 18. Jul. 2013 (download)

• This is the last (and most stable) release based on 4.2.2
• Security: Fixed the 2 'master key' bugs
• Option to finetune the screen brightness in Settings -> Xperia Z Settings

Installation / Upgrade

• Extract the archive (unzip pabx_aosp_yuga*.zip)
• adb reboot-bootloader
• fastboot flash boot boot.img ; fastboot flash system system.img
• If this is an initial installation, also run: fastboot flash userdata userdata.img # NOTE: THIS WILL WIPE YOUR /data - only do this on first-install
• fastboot reboot

Please note that the system.img file does NOT include gapps - you can either install them manually or use my handy .tgz file to do it automatically:

• Download my gapps package for Android 4.3 from http://android.eqmx.net/android/xper..._43_yuga_1.tgz
• Download my gapps package for Android 4.4 from http://android.eqmx.net/android/xper..._44_yuga_3.tgz
• Run 'adb push gapps_4?_yuga_1.tgz /sdcard/'
• adb reboot

Your phone will now reboot twice: 1x to install gapps and 1x to finish the installation.
The gapps package is based on the 20130813 release from goo.im. And no: There is no need to upgrade the .tgz after a new gapps release as all included applications will update themselfes via google play.

Building from source

Everything you need is on github at: https://github.com/adrian-bl-yuga/device-sony-c6603
[Source Guide]

Code:

$ repo init -u https://android.googlesource.com/platform/manifest -b android-4.3_r2.x
# copy-n-paste the local-manifest from: https://github.com/adrian-bl-yuga/device-sony-c6603
$ repo sync
# Download the v3 blobs from sony and extract them
$ ( cd kernel/sony/k253 && ./_build.sh )
$ lunch full_c6603-userdebug
$ make -j 8

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