Sony Xperia X (suzu/F5121 & F5122)

Giampy · 18 Sept 2020, 10:09

@c4pp4 I read, Dalton must wait 30 minutes before taking the test. It almost seems that the smartphone behaves like a pc with ubuntu just installed, after a while it goes into suspension.

UniSuperBox · 18 Sept 2020, 15:40

I later found that it was not strictly required to wait that long to initiate the test. The device goes into suspend almost immediately on turning off the screen. The important questions are:

Does the device wake up for receipt of messages?
Does the device stay awake long enough for all user actions to complete after a message is received?

wvi · 21 Sept 2020, 06:33

@fredldotme I've wiped it one more time, manually and after that the installation did not fail. Thanks a lot for the help.

Giampy · 21 Sept 2020, 21:52

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c4pp4 · 11 Jan 2020, 20:29

@fredldotme said in Sony Xperia X (suzu/F5121 & F5122):

Status:

Working:

Calling

SMS

Some incoming calls and notifications are ignored (mainly when Wi-Fi is Off). Just info for newcomers.

bennypr0fane · 22 Oct 2020, 20:51

I have 1 failed attempt at installing Ubports on F5121, using the Ubports installer from a Linux desktop. I have already flashed OEM binaries and run the installer, the device already got to the boot screen (the one visible at 12:56 in this video: https://youtu.be/lA7l9rcuDiQ?t=776) after that. Now it's stuck at the SONY black-on-white splash screen when I try to charge it. I can press power+volume up until three vibrations, which makes it reboot and go to Sony splash screen again. The LED remains red (indicating it's charging, I guess) during the boot message " your device has been unlocked and can't be trusted. Your device will boot in 5 seconds." When the Sony splashscreen comes up, the LED goes out.
Is it supposed to try booting as soon as I plug in the charger?

kugiigi · 23 Oct 2020, 03:22

@bennypr0fane Try installing TWRP and wiping system, data and cache partitions. Then reinstall via the installer. I had to do this on mine as well.

bennypr0fane · 23 Oct 2020, 10:43

@kugiigi I'm worried the battery may be too empty, and that charging is failing because it can't boot. Can anyone confirm the battery isn't being charged unless the device manages to boot?

kugiigi · 23 Oct 2020, 10:47

@bennypr0fane It should boot into the battery charging screen. Not sure though if that still works when the OS isn't booting.

bennypr0fane · 23 Oct 2020, 11:55

It does not display the large red battery icon when I plug in the charger.
I've found now that when it's off and I connect it to the Pc, the green LED comes on.
(also green when pressing vol down at connect, blue when pressing vol up)

Is the battery charging when connected to the Pc like this (switched off)?
Would you say it's reasonably safe to try and install TWRP in this state (with battery maybe depleted)?
If 1. is a no, will the battery charge while TWRP is running?

Oh and also, adb devices is listing no devices

bennypr0fane · 23 Oct 2020, 13:13

UPDATE: I can now get to Ubports Recovery screen. From there it's a boot loop, so back to the state right after my first flashing attempt. Maybe it did charge even while not booting successfully. Will try to reflash TWRP.
Question: in which mode should I connect to PC to flash TWRP? It's kinda not mentioned anywhere.

fredldotme · 23 Oct 2020, 13:55

@bennypr0fane If your recovery reboots by itself without installing an update you still need to wipe the system partition using TWRP. Boot into fastboot, flash TWRP using fastboot flash recovery twrp-file-name.img and wipe the system partition from there.

bennypr0fane · 23 Oct 2020, 17:49

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bennypr0fane · 23 Oct 2020, 19:07

@fredldotme Okay, I managed to flash TWRP and wiped system partition, Dalvik, Cache and Data. Turns out the battery was actually full. After that I flashed OEM binaries. Then I used UBports installer 0.5.5-beta, and it reported successful install in the end.
I saw the Ubports robot on the device "installing updates". Then it rebooted - stuck on the Sony logo again.
I can, however, get to Ubports recovery. Anything useful I could do there?

bennypr0fane · 23 Oct 2020, 19:24

I can, however, get to Ubports recovery (not bootlooping, it's responsive this time) :full_moon_face: . Anything useful I could try from here?
Btw the battery turned out to be full actually.

fredldotme · 23 Oct 2020, 19:29

@bennypr0fane Do a factory reset/data wipe from within the recovery, connect the device, flash again using the installer but this time unselect the bootstrap option.

bennypr0fane · 7 Jan 2021, 20:54

@fredldotme Okay, the installer is stuck on "Rebooting" now, doing that since 5 mins. Should any button be pressed when connecting the device to the pc for the installer?

bennypr0fane · 23 Oct 2020, 20:05

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kugiigi · 24 Oct 2020, 03:15

@bennypr0fane Not really, only when you need to manually boot into bootloader/fastboot.

The things you can try are already mentioned - wipe system, cache, and data partitions, factory reset in recovery. Other than those, I can't think of other things I've done when I flashed mine.

bennypr0fane · 24 Oct 2020, 12:59

@kugiigi Is there any way to tell what exactly might be happening while Ubports installer is stuck on "Rebooting"? Any logs one might look into?
Also, 4 things have been mentioned to wipe from Recovery, but not everybdoy is mentioning the same ones:
data, system, Dalvik, cache
Last I tried wiping, I did all 4.
Was that correct?