This is a port of Ubuntu Touch for the Sony Xperia X (suzu/F5121 & F5122).

Sources:
Kernel:
https://github.com/fredldotme/device-kernel-loire

Device:
https://github.com/fredldotme/device-sony-common
https://github.com/fredldotme/device-sony-loire
https://github.com/fredldotme/device-sony-suzu

Halium:
https://github.com/Halium/halium-devices/blob/halium-7.1/manifests/sony_suzu.xml

Status:

Working:

• Audio
• Calling
• SMS
• Wifi (sometimes requires a reboot)
• Wifi hotspot
• Bluetooth (sometimes requires a reboot)
• GPS
• Vibration
• Orientation sensor
• LED
• USB/MTP
• USB/ADB
• Video decoding
• Photo camera
• MicroSD support
• Flash light
• Anbox
• Libertine

Missing:

• Video recording

Install:

• Make sure to upgrade your device to the latest stock Android 8.0 before continuing:

  • Windows: https://developer.sony.com/develop/open-devices/get-started/flash-tool/
  • Linux: http://www.flashtool.net/downloads_linux.php (run with GTK_IM_MODULE=ibus ./FlashTool) and https://xperifirm.com/tutorial/install-xperifirm-linux/

• OEM unlock your device: https://developer.sony.com/develop/open-devices/get-started/unlock-bootloader/

• Boot your device into fastboot mode by shutting it down and keeping the Volume Up button pressed while plugging in a USB cable between your phone and PC. The LED should be on and blue.

• In case of flashing issues please wipe system, data & cache partitions using TWRP

• Flash the OEM binaries from: https://developer.sony.com/file/download/software-binaries-for-aosp-nougat-android-7-1-kernel-4-4-loire/ using fastboot flash oem SW_binaries_for_Xperia_AOSP_N_MR1_5.7_r1_v08_loire.img

• Run the UBports Installer (0.4.5-beta or onwards): https://github.com/ubports/ubports-installer/releases/tag/0.4.5-beta

Now that the port has reached a certain state I'd like to present the status of this project to a wider audience,

Current status:

• Full AppArmor support
• Adequate Mir performance
• Full ofono/rild support
• Passing most hybris tests

Known issues:

• Unable to enumerate rotation status and updates
• Calling doesn't work
• Audio doesn't work
• Camera doesn't work
• Click package support incomplete

The full build instructions are available on the Halium project management issue page.

Halium port project management, HAL port specific issues:
https://github.com/Halium/projectmanagement/issues/98

Calling now works (with caveats). For the time being you need a test version of telepathy-ofono on your device to enable calling:

sudo ubports-qa install xenial_-_haliumfixup

EDIT April 3rd 2021: NFC support is now in the devel channel and will be released with OTA-17
Please use this thread as a place to exchange ideas regarding our NFC implementation.

Original post:

Hey! I have something new to play around with for people on Halium 9 builds of Ubuntu Touch: you can now test your device for NFC functionality!
The only prerequisite is that your device needs to be on the devel-based rootfs, not the edge one.

To install:

sudo ubports-qa install xenial_-_android9_-_nfcd
sudo mount -o remount,rw /
sudo apt install nfcd nfcd-tools nfcd-binder-plugin nfcd-repowerd-plugin

To get console output from nfcd:

sudo stop nfcd
sudo /usr/sbin/nfcd -p /usr/lib/nfcd/plugins -v

App developers can try the QtNFC integration module to develop apps based on this technology. This requires the following change to be made to the rootfs before it can be used by (currently only unconfined) apps:

sudo mount -o remount,rw /
sudo apt install qml-module-qtnfc

The API documentation is located here: https://doc-snapshots.qt.io/qt5-5.9/qtnfc-qmlmodule.html

Please use this thread to share your experience with NFC enablement and even ask for help.

Good news! Over the last few days we enabled initial support for SMS & MMS on the Pixel 3a & 3a XL on US carriers. A bunch of other fixes made it into the current release candidate to perfect it but this is the big one.

SMS work reliably on 4G now and MMS partially work (lacking proper Group MMS support right now). The phone doesn't trip off the carrier with its incomplete IMS support too.

If you want to make sure you can reliably receive MMS please make sure your APN settings are compatible, either by changing the settings or, if the system-settings GUI doesn't work, by editing the /var/lib/ofono/<number>/gprs file manually, or by disabling the Internet APN completely. Staying off WIFI is also reported to work reliably.

As we are approaching full support the build and flash instructions on https://github.com/Halium/projectmanagement/issues/98 have been updated.
This should get you a working image with audio support.

Remaining issues:

• Media player support (videos in Morph Browser work fine)
• Camera

@attah I'd be more than happy to work together and keep the name SeaPrint for sure. It needs some massive changes to building the thing and its dependencies though, so I thought at first that a hard-fork would be justified. Let's have a chat here in DMs if you want.

I've prepared a new image to test with working Audio.

Same installation instructions apply, you need halium-install to flash the current rootfs.

@chriswyatt Thanks for testing! I've noticed audio to be flaky as well and I assumed it had to do with not-yet-committed changes. Luckily that's not the case, so that's good for finding the bug.

Currently calling doesn't work for any Halium 7.1 based port using the default ofono shipped in Ubuntu Touch, so it might take some time until calling is fully fleshed out.

I've found a fix for the screen sometimes taking seconds to turn on, which is what I'll incorporate soon. In addition to sound I'll also take another look at the camera.

I've assembled an image for those who are interested in testing and contributing to Ubuntu Touch.

Downloads:
Current: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1a3JtU2TIFg7E53z2pHoveOtOj7LYxJyW
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1Pmp3sfOs3g5mAb4_W4780-pX4KPliy2F
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1ZmdXFDPDCDkYmVnHC1uf2dYZ8MH6bxwK
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1Ql84ucDlatauuXpqBU-k-jKzdqotYAaB
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1OJjTosp7jFaYhEYYkB9Mxf3lA0HPIXY6

Instructions (tested on Ubuntu 18.04):

• Linux PC with adb and fastboot properly set up
• Recent UBPorts rootfs image from the edge devel channel (tested with build #88):
  https://ci.ubports.com/job/xenial-rootfs-armhf/lastSuccessfulBuild/artifact/out/ubports-touch.rootfs-xenial-armhf.tar.gz
• TWRP Recovery (tested with version 3.2.3-0)
• Android 7.1 (Kernel 4.4) Loire OEM binaries
• Flash script: halium-install

After successfully flashing the recovery image the OEM binaries need to be flashed onto the oem partition:

unzip SW_binaries_for_Xperia_AOSP_N_MR1_5.7_r1_v08_loire.zip
fastboot flash oem SW_binaries_for_Xperia_AOSP_N_MR1_5.7_r1_v08_loire.img

System images:

./halium-install -p ut ubports-touch.rootfs-xenial-armhf.tar.gz system.img
adb reboot bootloader
fastboot flash boot halium-boot.img
fastboot reboot

Post-installation steps

Either make sure to properly set up the USB-Ethernet connection OR enter the commands in the Terminal app.

USB Ethernet:

SSH shell connection:

ssh phablet@10.15.19.82

Enable audio in calls

# Mount rootfs read-write
sudo mount -o remount,rw /

# Install updated packages
# When asked to override maintainer files just answer with Y
sudo ubports-qa install xenial_-_haliumfixup
sudo apt install pulseaudio-modules-droid-24 pulseaudio-modules-droid-glue-24

# Mount rootfs read-only and reboot
sync && sudo mount -o remount,ro / && sudo reboot

@lsitongia I hope you are aware that's 15% of ONE core

Two things:

• I found the reason for one particular A/V desync problem I could reproduce, and have proposed an MR: https://github.com/Halium/hybris-patches/pull/58

• I'm tweaking the job to clean up old GStreamer caches earlier now, which hopefully results in proper recordability and playback ability after reboots.

@emphrath you mean during playback on the device itself? Have you tried watching them on a PC yet?
Also, I would suggest against UT Media app, it doesn't support hardware acceleration.

@emphrath Okay I have pushed a potential fix now, tomorrow's devel update should include it. In the meantime, try to copy your beloved videos to your PC, try to open them, and attempt to fix them with ffmpeg if possible.

@emphrath If ffmpeg can handle them, then possibly. Other than that there is probably not much you can do. I know it sucks and probably hurts me the most (since I want to provide the features users care about) but yeah, don't know..

@emphrath Will take care of it real quick.

@uri Great. If it doesn't stay that way please let us know in a bug report, I can disable the offending piece of software permanently.

I've just tried to verify the issue, but I can't reproduce it. Have you attempted one more reboot after the upgrade? I had to change the video de- and encoding backend to account for wireless display support.

@peter-gamma You are aware that Aethercast, the Miracast compatible service on Ubuntu Touch, works now with some newer devices, including the Pixel 3a? There is no value whatsoever in supporting Chromecast other than refusing to buy a proper, open standard dongle.

The ability to stream the virtual display in desktop mode to a Chromecast receiver would first of all imply additional development resources and donations for me to consider it, and secondly probably some kind of NDA shenanigans to not open up the Chromecast implementation to the public (since none of the "blessed" implementations are open source).

Miracast is an open standard, Chromecast is not.