Further building a good name for itself amongst the Android community, Sony has released an archive of code and the tools necessary for its Xperia S smartphone. The Android-based phone runs on the Qualcomm Snapdragon S3 platform.
"We’re releasing the open source archive for the Xperia S, which contains files you can use when building a kernel. This is the first time we publish source code for a product built on the Qualcomm Snapdragon S3 platform, and to flash this software, you need do some additional steps and run a script that we also release today," the company announced in a blog post. 
Since this is the first time the company is publishing the code "for a product built on the Qualcomm Snapdragon S3 platform", custom ROM developers can make use of it while working on handsets featuring the same chipsets, such as the HTC Evo 3D.
Besides the source code and tools required to build ROM images, the open source archive for the Xperia S also includes a binary firmware blob and a script. "This script is used specifically for Xperia S and replaces mkbootimg, which you would normally use. The script creates a flashable image needed to flash your ROM onto Xperia S. If you don’t do this, you won’t be able to flash the software on your Xperia S," the blog post added.
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