good day every1,
may i ask how can i flash cm11 (PACMAN ROM 4.4.4) to any available cm12 or cm12.1 directly without downgrading to stock rom .FTF? are there any thread that post the steps to upgrade to cm12 or cm12.1 for xperia z? if so how and can som1 please post or help please. much appreciated.
is it possible to install cm 12.1 in xperia z (lollipop) by following these steps without unlocking the bootloader?
1. rootng with kingrootv4.5
2. installng XZRecovery-1.0.apk and entering twrp 2.4.3
3. install cm from this
No it isn't possible.
To install a cm12.1 you need an unlocked BL.
if I were you, I would not try it. Many devices evolved into useless paperweights.
BUT
you can flash CUSTOM ROMs but they must have STOCK KERNEL
hello everyone. You know Xperia Z3 is chosen by Sony devs to test their concept firmware. And it looks pretty much great. And it have aokp look with it and that makes it more faster and better. Though official one is good too. and Xperia Z2 and z3 has almost the same hardware. So it will be great if we have that concept ROM for our Z2 also. Though it is marshmallows and Z2 don't have any official marshmallows kernel yet. But previously with Xperia sp there was developer who made lock bootloader cm12 for Xperia sp. So hope devs will work or it. And we will finally have that concept ROM on our lovely Z2. Hope devs will work on it and port it for our Z2
Download the concept marshmallows firmware of Z3 from here
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_d8uWGbkaetbVNCUGFQbXI4N1k/view
I don't have much knowledge about the kernel build and stuff. So hope kernel developers will work on it. and we will get the rom for lock bootloader. Thanks all.
Are you sure that the provided file is for Z2 as you say? In the title is D6603.
_heisenberg said:
Are you sure that the provided file is for Z2 as you say? In the title is D6603.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Maybe my words aren't clear enough. the firmware is for Xperia z3 AND IT'S ADDED FOR DEVS TO PORT THE ROM FOR Z2
I personally think that the effort of porting the "closed source" kernel to z2 is too high considering that in about one month official marshmellow gets released by Sony which will most likely work better than some hacky port
Regards,
mischa_martin
mischa_martin said:
I personally think that the effort of porting the "closed source" kernel to z2 is too high considering that in about one month official marshmellow gets released by Sony which will most likely work better than some hacky port
Regards,
mischa_martin
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I was thinking the same at first, but the official update will be the marshmallow version of the stock sony ui that we have now. The Marshmallow concept is a pure aosp like a nexus ui. Unless Sony's planning on ditching everything sony styled and making the aosp version the stock one? That'd be cool.
It seems be impossible, unless we have MM Z2 kernel, the touch won't work. Look at my video, if I didn't flash Z2 kernel, the touch wouldn't have worked on Z3's firmware, I had to flash Z2 kernel so I can use my phone with single touch only.
https://youtu.be/q0Y52kZRiPs
RyTekk said:
It seems be impossible, unless we have MM Z2 kernel, the touch won't work. Look at my video, if I didn't flash Z2 kernel, the touch wouldn't have worked on Z3's firmware, I had to flash Z2 kernel so I can use my phone with single touch only.
https://youtu.be/q0Y52kZRiPs
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
What happens if you flash AOSP MM kernel ?
Haldi4803 said:
What happens if you flash AOSP MM kernel ?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
It won't work, of course, it's basic knowledge you need to know.
someone have the newest concept build and can upload it?
RyTekk said:
It seems be impossible, unless we have MM Z2 kernel, the touch won't work. Look at my video, if I didn't flash Z2 kernel, the touch wouldn't have worked on Z3's firmware, I had to flash Z2 kernel so I can use my phone with single touch only.
https://youtu.be/q0Y52kZRiPs
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Mm z3's kernel is made for.Z3. And I don't know why battery life and things look better with z3 concept firmware. That made me think of it. We need kernel devs to create that kernel for us. It have to be for locked bootloader. then everything gonna be OK.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/xpe...-xperia-z3-t3266500/post64294732#post64294732
I have try flash 5.1 concept ftf, and Flashtool said cant flash the rpm.sin (kernel?) and install fail
And then I try to flash the ftf without kernel and flash the z2 .264 kernel, but the phone can not turn on, it stuck at SONY logo
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
I didnt try 6.0 concept or maybe it will work?
BUT I dont think you can boot with z2's stock kernel because now we only have 5.1 stock kernel
Toxizen said:
Mm z3's kernel is made for.Z3. And I don't know why battery life and things look better with z3 concept firmware. That made me think of it. We need kernel devs to create that kernel for us. It have to be for locked bootloader. then everything gonna be OK.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
There's no way that you use custom kernel on lock bootloader
TONYTONYAU said:
There's no way that you use custom kernel on lock bootloader
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Once it was. But now it's possible.
Take a look custom rom kernel cm11 on lock bootloader http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2735975
So it's possible. .
Toxizen said:
Once it was. But now it's possible.
Take a look custom rom kernel cm11 on lock bootloader http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2735975
So it's possible. .
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I think it applies to Xperia SP only. Not for the Z series.
TONYTONYAU said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/xpe...-xperia-z3-t3266500/post64294732#post64294732
I have try flash 5.1 concept ftf, and Flashtool said cant flash the rpm.sin (kernel?) and install fail
And then I try to flash the ftf without kernel and flash the z2 .264 kernel, but the phone can not turn on, it stuck at SONY logo
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
I didnt try 6.0 concept or maybe it will work?
BUT I dont think you can boot with z2's stock kernel because now we only have 5.1 stock kernel
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I have flashed 6.0 concept and Flashtool cant flash rpm.sin too. When I excluded it, Flashtool flashed successfully but the phone did not boot (the Sony logo and Xperia logo didnt appear). I flashed the .264 kernel and Z2 was stuck at bootloader too. What is rpm.sin?
Sorry for my bad English.
Toxizen said:
Once it was. But now it's possible.
Take a look custom rom kernel cm11 on lock bootloader http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2735975
So it's possible. .
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
NO
I used to own a xperia sp and i flashed that rom.
the reason of why XSP can use LBL kitkat is you can boot with XSP 4.3 stock kernel
you cant use custom on LBL device or you will brick your phone
-----------------------------------------
AlanDS said:
I think it applies to Xperia SP only. Not for the Z series.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
It's depend what device and kernel, sometime it work and sometime it dont
i am sure that you cant use z2 stock kernel on z3 concept so it mean no.
or maybe we can wait until sony release stock 6.0 and try 6.0 stock kernel on z3 concept
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
anno2070 said:
I have flashed 6.0 concept and Flashtool cant flash rpm.sin too. When I excluded it, Flashtool flashed successfully but the phone did not boot (the Sony logo and Xperia logo didnt appear). I flashed the .264 kernel and Z2 was stuck at bootloader too. What is rpm.sin?
Sorry for my bad English.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
rpm.sin is the kernel. we cant boot z3 concept rom with z2 5.1 stock kernel.
why we don't flash kernel AOSP 6.0 for Z2, link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/xpe.../aosp-6-0-marshmallow-sony-xperia-z2-t3235951
Sony stock is different than AOSP.
rpm.sin doesnt needed for custom rom, only boot.img and system.img.
nhuduy said:
why we don't flash kernel AOSP 6.0 for Z2, link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/xpe.../aosp-6-0-marshmallow-sony-xperia-z2-t3235951
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Because AOSP kernel cant use on LBL phone and we want port it to LBL phone
Since we now have an official sony kernel for MM and locked bootloader (from the z2 mm beta) would it be possible to boot the z3 concept rom with the z2 mm beta kernel?
Thanks
Hello folks!
I have a rooted Xperia Z that is stuck on 4.4.4 still and whenever I try to update from Sony's automatic system update, it would fail on me. So would there be an alternative to install to the latest Marshmallow version on a rooted Xperia Z(c6603)? Would I have to download the official stock Marshmallow and flash it from TWP? If so, where can I find the official stock rom?
Thanks in advance!
Unlock bootloader and flash any marshmallow based custom rom
Hi all. Now I bought a Xperia Z C6603, tired of my Galaxy S3 GT-i9300.
It's branded and customized by Orange operator, and it's currently running 4.4.4.
I want to debrand the debloat the phone, but I'm wondering about the benefits of upgrading to newer Android versions.
Do the phone get faster? Slower? Do the battery last longer? Or shorter?
I'd appreciate your comments.
Thanks all.
the latest official ROM of Z is Lollipop 5.1.1 .222 or .228 firmware version (in my country is .222) wich in my opinion is the fastest official ROM but not a battery friendly.
If you wanna go higher, just root, unlock your bootloader, install latest TWRP and flash LOS 7.1.2. This ROM is nice.
Don't forget to backup your TA partition before unlocking.