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#61
From Zeta's post here, it appears you can buy a device and download a ROM from the Sony site:
http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p...&postcount=127

With regards to the boot loader it appears that you can unlock any device listed (the Xperia Xs are all there as far as I can see):
https://developer.sonymobile.com/unl...urboot-loader/
 

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The Xperia X looks like it has pretty decent specs.

http://www.gsmarena.com/sony_xperia_x-7948.php

And so does the Xperia X Compact.

http://www.gsmarena.com/sony_xperia_x_compact-8292.php
 

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Originally Posted by mariusmssj View Post
Quite a few devices there actually
Got a Z3 just laying around, the only problem being it runs android. Hope it gets an improvement
 

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Originally Posted by ka9yhd View Post
The Xperia X looks like it has pretty decent specs.

http://www.gsmarena.com/sony_xperia_x-7948.php

And so does the Xperia X Compact.

http://www.gsmarena.com/sony_xperia_x_compact-8292.php
The power button on the normal x is actually a finger print sensor
 

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When Sony announced their work on mainline Linux a year ago I was cautiously optimistic. Now a year on and it's great to see them collaborating with Jolla but I found this page which details current functionality on their open devices and I see that there is no mention of mainline kernel support, just old Android kernels. What concerns me is that the Xperia X has two kernels listed: 3.10 which is 3 years old and 3.18 which is 2 years old. 3.10 seems to be feature complete whilst 3.18 has a lot of hardware listed as WIP. That doesn't really inspire me with a lot of confidence in their mainline kernel support. A handful of N900 kernel hackers have achieved more than this in their spare time. Wake me up when Sony have a device which has mainline kernel support close to that of the N900.
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DebiaN900 - Native Debian on the N900. Deprecated in favour of Maemo Leste.

Maemo Leste for N950 and N9 (currently broken).
Devuan for N950 and N9.

Mobile devices with mainline Linux support - Help needed with documentation.

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Originally Posted by wicket View Post
When Sony announced their work on mainline Linux a year ago I was cautiously optimistic. Now a year on and it's great to see them collaborating with Jolla but I found this page which details current functionality on their open devices and I see that there is no mention of mainline kernel support, just old Android kernels. What concerns me is that the Xperia X has two kernels listed: 3.10 which is 3 years old and 3.18 which is 2 years old. 3.10 seems to be feature complete whilst 3.18 has a lot of hardware listed as WIP. That doesn't really inspire me with a lot of confidence in their mainline kernel support. A handful of N900 kernel hackers have achieved more than this in their spare time. Wake me up when Sony have a device which has mainline kernel support close to that of the N900.
I agree that is an old kernel. How many patches have been made since the 3.10 kernel? Is this Sony or Android still using an older kernel?

I am currently using the 4.9.4 kernel on my desktop and laptop.
 

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Originally Posted by ka9yhd View Post
I agree that is an old kernel. How many patches have been made since the 3.10 kernel? Is this Sony or Android still using an older kernel?

I am currently using the 4.9.4 kernel on my desktop and laptop.
I think Android is at 3.18. Security patches get backported as and when necessary, though.
 

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Marshmallow is on 3.18. Nougat is on 4.4.
 

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Originally Posted by kinggo View Post
Marshmallow is on 3.18. Nougat is on 4.4.
That is a big difference, do any of Sony phones run nougat?
 

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quite a lot of them actually and some more will do. Have to say that SONY is one of the better OEMs in that regard.
Xperia X is one of them. All of the recent X's are. And some older Z's. Also, SONY wanted to update some other also but then google stopped that because of some BS requirements or something. It's not always OEM fault that device doesn't get the update. At the end of the day they all have to play by google rules or no google services.
 

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