java.io.IOException: Unable to open SPI device in bus port SPI0.0

java.io.IOException: Unable to open SPI device in bus port SPI0.0
01-01 00:01:05.685 1576-1576/com.app.lightsdemo W/System.err:     at com.xrigau.driver.ws2801.Ws2801.create(Ws2801.java:79)
01-01 00:01:05.686 1576-1576/com.app.lightsdemo W/System.err:     at com.app.lightsdemo.MainActivity.onCreate(MainActivity.java:46)
01-01 00:01:05.687 1576-1576/com.app.lightsdemo W/System.err:     at android.app.Activity.performCreate(Activity.java:6975)
01-01 00:01:05.688 1576-1576/com.app.lightsdemo W/System.err:     at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1213)
01-01 00:01:05.689 1576-1576/com.app.lightsdemo W/System.err:     at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2770)
01-01 00:01:05.689 1576-1576/com.app.lightsdemo W/System.err:     at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2892)
01-01 00:01:05.690 1576-1576/com.app.lightsdemo W/System.err:     at android.app.ActivityThread.-wrap11(Unknown Source:0)
01-01 00:01:05.691 1576-1576/com.app.lightsdemo W/System.err:     at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1593)
01-01 00:01:05.691 1576-1576/com.app.lightsdemo W/System.err:     at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:105)
01-01 00:01:05.692 1576-1576/com.app.lightsdemo W/System.err:     at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:164)
01-01 00:01:05.693 1576-1576/com.app.lightsdemo W/System.err:     at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:6541)
01-01 00:01:05.693 1576-1576/com.app.lightsdemo W/System.err:     at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
01-01 00:01:05.694 1576-1576/com.app.lightsdemo W/System.err:     at com.android.internal.os.Zygote$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(Zygote.java:240)
01-01 00:01:05.694 1576-1576/com.app.lightsdemo W/System.err:     at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:767)
01-01 00:01:05.696 1576-1576/com.app.lightsdemo W/System.err: Caused by: com.google.android.things.pio.PioException: android.os.ServiceSpecificException: SPI0.0 driver failure (code 5)
01-01 00:01:05.698 1576-1576/com.app.lightsdemo W/System.err:     at com.google.android.things.pio.SpiDeviceImpl.<init>(SpiDeviceImpl.java:41)
01-01 00:01:05.699 1576-1576/com.app.lightsdemo W/System.err:     at com.google.android.things.pio.PeripheralManagerService.openSpiDevice(PeripheralManagerService.java:216)
01-01 00:01:05.700 1576-1576/com.app.lightsdemo W/System.err:     at com.xrigau.driver.ws2801.Ws2801.create(Ws2801.java:77)
01-01 00:01:05.700 1576-1576/com.app.lightsdemo W/System.err:   ... 13 more
01-01 00:01:05.702 1576-1576/com.app.lightsdemo W/System.err: Caused by: android.os.ServiceSpecificException: SPI0.0 driver failure (code 5)
01-01 00:01:05.703 1576-1576/com.app.lightsdemo W/System.err:     at android.os.Parcel.readException(Parcel.java:1956)
01-01 00:01:05.704 1576-1576/com.app.lightsdemo W/System.err:     at android.os.Parcel.readException(Parcel.java:1888)
01-01 00:01:05.705 1576-1576/com.app.lightsdemo W/System.err:     at com.google.android.things.pio.IPeripheralManagerClient$Stub$Proxy.OpenSpiDevice(IPeripheralManagerClient.java:1220)
01-01 00:01:05.706 1576-1576/com.app.lightsdemo W/System.err:     at com.google.android.things.pio.SpiDeviceImpl.<init>(SpiDeviceImpl.java:39)

I am using https://www.adafruit.com/product/738, I have reversed the direction since they denote opposite direction. (Tried it with normal direction also.) I have not connected external power, so may be that is the issue? I am running the latest dev preview, 5.1.

Edit: I updated to 0.4.1 and do not see the error anymore, however the lights still do not light up as I have configured them.

int[] colorArr = new int[5];
Arrays.fill(colorArr, Color.RED);
try{
mLedstrip = Ws2801.create(BoardDefaults.getSPIPort(), Ws2801.Mode.RGB, Ws2801.Direction.REVERSED);
mLedstrip.write(colorArr);
Log.d(TAG, "Think it works");
        }
        catch (IOException e){
            e.printStackTrace();
            Log.e("Error: ", e.toString());
        }

Can it be due to the limited power which the LED gets from the Board directly? I have another set of lights similar to these https://www.amazon.com/Addressable-Waterproof-Connectors-Included-Attached/dp/B008KEO540/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8&qid=1509684148&sr=8-9&keywords=ws2801, and they work just fine.

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