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Sony Xperia XA Ultra (sony-ukulele)

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Sony Xperia XA Ultra
Sony Xperia XA Ultra
Sony Xperia XA Ultra
Manufacturer Sony
Name Xperia XA Ultra
Codename sony-ukulele
Released 2016
Type handset
Hardware
Chipset MediaTek Helio P10 (MT6755)
CPU Octa-core (4x2.0 GHz Cortex-A53 & 4x1.0 GHz Cortex-A53)
GPU Mali-T860MP2
Display 720 x 1280 IPS
Storage 16GB
Memory 3 GB
Architecture aarch64
Software
Original software Android
Original version 7.0
postmarketOS
Category testing
Pre-built images no
postmarketOS kernel 3.18.35
Features
Flashing
Works
USB Networking
Works
Internal storage
No data
SD card
No data
Battery
No data
Screen
Works
Touchscreen
Works
Multimedia
3D Acceleration
No data
Audio
No data
Camera
No data
Camera Flash
No data
Connectivity
WiFi
No data
Bluetooth
No data
GPS
No data
NFC
No data
Modem
Calls
No data
SMS
No data
Mobile data
No data
Miscellaneous
FDE
No data
USB OTG
No data
HDMI/DP
No data
Sensors
Accelerometer
No data
Magnetometer
No data
Ambient Light
No data
Proximity
No data
Hall Effect
No data
Haptics
No data
Barometer
No data


Contributors

Maintainer(s)

Users owning this device


How to enter flash mode

  1. Power off: Power+Vol+ until device vibrates three times
  2. Connect usb cable to computer
  3. Press and hold Vol+
  4. Connect usb cable to phone
  5. Hold Vol+ until led turns blue
  6. Fastboot mode is now active

Installation

  1. pmbootstrap init, select sony-ukulele, answer questions
  2. pmbootstrap install
  3. pmbootstrap flash_rootfs
  4. pmbootstrap flash_kernel

Kernel

Touchscreen

Touchscreen is apparently some ELAN model. The driver is included in the vendor kernel at drivers/input/touchscreen/mediatek/ektf3249_VY36. It seems to work correctly with postmarketOS userspace.

Display

Without including msm-fb-refresher package, weston gui booted successfully and the desktop environment and postmarketOS demos menu were shows correctly. However, the screen was not updating at all, resulting in apparent nonresposiveness to touch and frozen datetime. Adding msm-fb-refresher solved the issue.

See also