Where is the source?

[hurz]

I want to try to build for the sony xperia 5 IV because it has a broken fingerprint reader and runs in an endless loop restarting the fingerprint service.

I read How to Build the /e/OS ROM? but I before step 5 there must be something missing: where do I get the source code from?

Thanks

[aibd]

Hi @hurz welcome to the /e/ user forum.

You pull the source with Step 6.

In fact you can omit Step 5 (I gather you are building for a supported device). This is due to the dockerfile having the capability to pull vendor blobs too. (Keyword Muppets)

It is however a common error for a PC which never did this job before to get stuck with a “cannot find vendor” sort of error which occurs when repo sync did not actually finish.

[hurz]

Thanks, that means 6 comes before 5?

Next: instead of the correct device “pdx224” (I guess) I get “XQ-CQ72” from $ adb shell getprop ro.product.device (it’s a XQ-CQ54 btw.)

I would also prefer not to download and build as root, but to set up my own subdir on a large enough filesystem …

- I have to wait for 1 hour to reply here? “An error occurred: You’re replying a bit too quickly. Please wait 16 minutes before trying again” - Seriously?

[piero]

@hurz

Seriously?

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@hurz

I read How to Build the /e/OS ROM?

@hurz

I would also prefer not to download and build as root,

Howto: Unofficial Builds using repo style for supported lineageOS devices that are not (yet) supported by /e/OS

And here is the beginner how-to for unofficial builds using repo style for supported lineageOS devices that are not (yet) supported by /e/OS. Please have a look and comment or provide suggestions to improve or correct the instructions listed To prepare everything you need please have a look here how to install platform-tools and repo and everything else you need to build yourself the Repo Sync way. https://wiki.lineageos.org/devices/Spacewar/build Please read carefully and ens…

[hurz]

That’s the procedure I would have expected, after I have done it for Lineage (which then failed on getting the vendor files from my /e/OS phone).

The download with docker finished now, it’s almost twice the size of the Lineage one. The build failed.

$ sudo docker run -v /srv/e/src:/srv/src -v /srv/e/zips:/srv/zips -v /srv/e/logs:/srv/logs -v /srv/e/ccache:/srv/ccache -e BRANCH_NAME=v1-t -e DEVICE_LIST=pdx224 -e REPO=https://gitlab.e.foundation/e/os/releases.git registry.gitlab.e.foundation:5000/e/os/docker-lineage-cicd:community
>> [Wed May 27 21:21:18 UTC 2026] Setting up ccache config
Original data:           0 bytes
Old compressed data:     0 bytes (100.0% of original size)
  Compression ratio: 0.000 x     (0.0% space savings)
New compressed data:     0 bytes (100.0% of original size)
  Compression ratio: 0.000 x     (0.0% space savings)
Size change:             0 bytes
Statistics zeroed
>> [Wed May 27 21:21:18 UTC 2026] Branch:  v1-t
>> [Wed May 27 21:21:18 UTC 2026] Devices: pdx224,
>> [Wed May 27 21:21:18 UTC 2026] (Re)initializing branch repository
>> [Wed May 27 21:21:19 UTC 2026] Running: yes | repo init -u "https://gitlab.e.foundation/e/os/releases.git" -b "v1-t"
>> [Wed May 27 21:21:20 UTC 2026] Copying '/srv/local_manifests/*.xml' to '.repo/local_manifests/'
>> [Wed May 27 21:21:21 UTC 2026] Syncing branch repository
>> [Wed May 27 21:22:49 UTC 2026] Setting "UNOFFICIAL" as release type
>> [Wed May 27 21:22:49 UTC 2026] Adding OTA URL overlay (for custom URL )
>> [Wed May 27 21:22:49 UTC 2026] Preparing build environment
>> [Wed May 27 21:22:49 UTC 2026] Starting build for pdx224, v1-t branch
>> [Wed May 27 21:22:49 UTC 2026] ANDROID_JACK_VM_ARGS=-Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 -XX:+TieredCompilation -Xmx4G
>> [Wed May 27 21:22:59 UTC 2026] Failed build for pdx224
>> [Wed May 27 21:22:59 UTC 2026] Finishing build for pdx224
>> [Wed May 27 21:22:59 UTC 2026] Cleaning source dir for device pdx224

log:

Device pdx224 not found. Attempting to retrieve device repository from LineageOS Github ( LineageOS · GitHub ).
Found repository: android_device_sony_pdx224
Default revision: lineage-20.0

why? Where is it being set?

Checking branch info
Default revision lineage-20.0 not found in android_device_sony_pdx224. Bailing.
Branches found:
lineage-23.0
lineage-23.2

“List of tags to use for BRANCH_NAME is available at https://gitlab.e.foundation/e/os/releases/-/tags.” - I see no v1-t there. How would I set lineage-23.2?

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@hurz

How would I set lineage-23.2?

-e "BRANCH_NAME=a16" \

or you may have to run

repo init -u https://gitlab.e.foundation/e/os/android.git -b a16 --git-lfs
then
repo sync

e / os / android · GitLab

@hurz

which then failed on getting the vendor files from my /e/OS phone

-e "INCLUDE_PROPRIETARY=true" \

or you may need to add this

<project name="TheMuppets/proprietary_vendor_sony_pdx224" path="vendor/sony/pdx224" groups="muppets,muppets_pdx224" clone-depth="1" />

to your personnal /e/android/a16/.repo/local_manifests/roomservice.xml
then
repo sync

GitHub - TheMuppets/proprietary_vendor_sony_pdx224 · GitHub

[aibd]

@hurz

Default revision lineage-20.0

@hurz

BRANCH_NAME=v1-t

e/OS + Android OS version names and numbers? - #3 by aibd

@hurz

I see no v1-t there.

Currently it was updated 1 day ago.