Recently I bought a Sony Xperia Z1 that came with Kitkat. It is worth to upgrade to the Lollipop 14.5.A.0.270 or it is better to stay with Kitkat?
LuciIT said:
Recently I bought a Sony Xperia Z1 that came with Kitkat. It is worth to upgrade to the Lollipop 14.5.A.0.270 or it is better to stay with Kitkat?
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In my opinion its better to unlock the bootloader and install a custom rom
As long as you don't want to unlock your bootloader you could safely upgrade to .270 and root your phone using kingoroot( then remove it using some scripts and install supersu)
Or just stay at .270...
You can also downgrade it back to KK using Flashtool if you don't like lollipop..
Lollipop has some issues (depends sometimes .... ) but for me its better than KK..
Also we are currently waiting the new official 5.1 rom which will fix most of the issues (I hope so)
Stay with KK
IMO It is better to use KitKat with this phone. You can tweak the hell out of it and play with multiple roms. The stock rom for Lollipop on this phone is a joke. You could quite easily use the same software running on z3 roms on this phone.
But for now I have one recommendation. This is my fave rom for Kitkat.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/son...evelopment/rom-d550314-4-0-108latest-t2862578
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I don't have the phone and I am considering buying one and I have some questions
is there going to be an official kitkat for xperia SP?
I have seen custom kitkat roms, how stable are they? do they work as well as the official JB rom? (I mean ex. for htc desire, there are a lot of kitkat roms but none are as stable as the official rom (camera does not work well (videocam doesn't work at all), phone call issues, crashes, etc..)
yeahman45 said:
I don't have the phone and I am considering buying one and I have some questions
is there going to be an official kitkat for xperia SP?
I have seen custom kitkat roms, how stable are they? do they work as well as the official JB rom? (I mean ex. for htc desire, there are a lot of kitkat roms but none are as stable as the official rom (camera does not work well (videocam doesn't work at all), phone call issues, crashes, etc..)
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The only bug with 4.4.4 ROMs for locked boot loader is that the rear microphone doesn't work
Sent from my Xperia SP using XDA Free mobile app
ok thx. is it a deal breaker? there's a front mic right? should be enough isn't it?
are there 2 models of xperia sp? one with locked bootloader and one with unlocked one?
yeahman45 said:
ok thx. is it a deal breaker? there's a front mic right? should be enough isn't it?
are there 2 models of xperia sp? one with locked bootloader and one with unlocked one?
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Actually, I would put it this way, it's the same device, with just a little bit different software inside. The one with LB has a software limitation that does not let you install original android roms. Now, on most devices bootloader can be unlocked, and if your stuck with the one one that cannot, here I may be wrong, there are some versions of original android that can still be installed on such phones. However, customized stock roms work fine so you're not loosing much.
i have an old Xperia E1 but i want a lollipop ROM or at least want to have it rooted to install lollipop themes and make the phone faster, does anyone have any ROMS or know where i can get one?
Cheers
grom96 said:
i have an old Xperia E1 but i want a lollipop ROM or at least want to have it rooted to install lollipop themes and make the phone faster, does anyone have any ROMS or know where i can get one?
Cheers
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There is no lollipop ROM for xperia e1.
There is only Falcon ROM for xperia e1 dual.
U can check all developments for xperia e1 here :- https://forum.xda-developers.com/xperia-e1/development
There is no 5.0 for E1 yet
Any prevision on when it will come out?
Probably never. Sony does not sell this phone in the USA
And It does not have AOSP support. Vendor files are not communicating with other Android ROMs, so we are stuck.
Hello I have Xperia SP C5303 2.05 actually with a rom 4.4.2 CM11 (Actually i can unlock the bootloader but i have problems doing it)
Well i wanted to know what's the best rom to xperia sp c5303 .205 in performance, battery, quality
first I installed Lollipop 5.0.2 (CM 12) the battery worked good 1 day duration, playing, on internet, apps but so the performance was so slow and bad, but i think Xperia SP wasn't made to Lollipop I don't recommend you Lollipop if you want to install it on your Xperia SP and that's the reason so I back to Kit kat 4.4.2 (CM11) but i have a little problem with performance so the touch something isn't normally responding in way to I need to press strong the dispay to type in the keyboard or the UI stops sometimes, all else works nice.
The generic rom gives me wifi problems because disconnects alone or doesn't go far, (also it's obsolet)
so I wanted to install the master rom v5 and that all goes well except say it gives wifi problems because disconnects, just doesn't work or get error when connecting. I've read that in comments
(is that true?)
Also I saw PureXperience 5.0 (4.3.1) it's a custom rom I think so because it looks like sony z3 with lollipop but I read something about it the people saying drains battery fast and the phone is hot the mostly time (I had that problem in 5.0.2 cm 12) so I want to install a good rom but I don't know which one so can you tell me which one is the best rom or recommend me some and the why
Thanks!
Hi
I installed many roms on my Xperia SP
Cm 12 was awful but when i installed cm 12.1, my mind changed about lollipop
Cm 12.1 was really great, i didn't have the problems that i had in cm 12
But for Cm 12.1 you should unlock your bootloader
I suggest that you wait for Z5ExperienceSP 5.1.1
That works on LBL
Z5ExperienceSP 5.1.1 [LBL]
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.
Hello everyonw, I've got a problem with my Xperia Z3 Compact:
Recently, my device, which is running Android 6.0 MM has too slow internet speed. I tried to flash it back to Stock Android 5.1, then 5.0, even Cook rom based on these version, but no changes. Finnally, I flash it back to KK then the problem is fixed.
However, I don't want to stay at Android 4.4. Anyone can tell me what is this problem and how to fix it? Thank you very much.
(Sorry for my bad English).
You can change rom device into japan version, it has good connection
Goyangkekanan said:
You can change rom device into japan version, it has good connection
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What is the Android version of that Rom? I hope that's not 4.4