wraggster
April 24th, 2013, 11:24
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2013/04/sony-xperia-z-aosp-1366728229_620x340.jpgSony is quickly developing a reputation as the tinkerer's phone maker of choice: it took on responsibility for maintaining AOSP on the Xperia S (http://www.engadget.com/2012/11/09/sony-xperia-s-android-open-source-project/) even when Google couldn't. Today, it's proving that commitment to open software by releasing an Android 4.2.2 (http://www.engadget.com/2013/03/01/android-4-2-2-jelly-bean-binaries-download/)-based AOSP build for one of its 2013 flagships, the Xperia Z (http://www.engadget.com/2013/02/20/sony-xperia-z-review/). The initial public version is rough and has to go without proprietary camera and cellular drivers, although it does support Bluetooth, GPS, SD storage, WiFi and a host of sensors. Developers and other experimenters can grab the necessary code on GitHub; the rest of us can stick to marginally safer CyanogenMod nightlies (http://www.engadget.com/2013/04/16/cyanogenmod-10-1-nightlies-reach-sony-xperia-z-and-zl/).
http://www.engadget.com/2013/04/23/sony-posts-its-first-aosp-build-for-the-xperia-z/
http://www.engadget.com/2013/04/23/sony-posts-its-first-aosp-build-for-the-xperia-z/