There is very little left for updates to Android 12 start to break free because Google have already published the source code of its next version of the most used mobile operating system on the planet. And of course, there are manufacturers that have not taken too long to start adapting it to their phones and Sony has placed itself in the top positions on its own merits.
The Japanese firm has already published the build instructions for Android 12 in its AOSP version, which means that users of the Xperia Open Devices program, mostly developers, can now start compiling and installing Android 12 on their test terminals.
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What Sony has done is to publish both the binaries and the device trees and the kernel for users of the Xperia Open Devices program. All these files are accompanied by the compilation instructions, a step-by-step guide for more experienced developers and users They can create their AOSP version of Android 12 compatible with their devices.
The build instructions for this Android 12 AOSP for Xperia phones indicate that the ideal would be to have a Linux PC (Sony recommends Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, in fact) although the compilation process can also be carried out on Winows 10. Sony indicates that the compilation environment must be configured, a suitable version of the Java SDK must be installed and the repo tool to be able to work with multiple repositories.
Once we have all this in order, Sony indicates that you can download all the Android 12 source code and follow the step-by-step instructions to do away with an Android 12 AOSP ROM installable on Xperia phones of the Open Devices program. You have to unlock the phone’s bootloader before updating, by the way, so it is recommended that this process be carried out only by users who know how to handle themselves in these environments so as not to end up with the phone turned into a paperweight.
Via | XDA Developers
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