Sony Mobile has finally started rolling Android 5.0.2 Lollipop update for the older Xperia “Z” series. Android 5.0.2 Lollipop update in the form of 10.6.A.0.454 firmware build is now confirmed rolling on Xperia Z via OTA. Android 5.0.2 Lollipop 10.6.A.0.454 firmware is not rolling via PC Companion or XperiFirm tool for the time being. 10.6.A.0.454 firmware...
A good news for Xperia Z, ZL, ZR and Tablet Z users that Android 5.0.2 Lollipop 10.6.A.0.454 firmware has finally been certified on PTCRB today. A few days back we saw an alleged screenshot running Lollipop on Xperia Z showing a build starting from 10.6 firmware. 10.6.A.0.454 firmware has been certified for all the variants of Xperia Z, Xperia ZL, Xperia ZR and Xperia...
Sony Mobile is right now busy in rolling Android 5.0.2 Lollipop in Xperia “Z” series as promised by them. Android Lollipop 5.0.2 update is left so far on Xperia Z, ZL, ZR and Tablet Z from the list of devices getting Android Lollipop. Telstra support says that Android 5.1 Lollipop update might be coming for Xperia “Z” series in August this...
Sony Philippines twitter team recently tweeted saying that Android 5.0.2 Lollipop update for Xperia Z will start rolling out by next week. It seems Xperia Z, Xperia ZL, Xperia ZR and Xperia Tablet Z will get the Lollipop update at the same time. Sony has already rolled Android 5.0.2 Lollipop update for Xperia Z2 & Xperia Z3 series, Xperia Z1, Xperia Z1 Compact,...
Sony Mobile in a tweet made today, confirmed that Xperia Z3 Dual, Xperia Z1, Xperia Z1 Compact & Xperia Z Ultra will be getting Android 5.0.2 Lollipop update next week and Xperia T2 Ultra and Xperia C3 will be next to get update. Earlier today Sony confirmed the global rollout for Xperia Z2 Tablet and Xperia Z2 and now many regions like Vietnam, Singapore, Ukraine,...
Earlier today Sony posted a pic on their official Google+ page showing Android Lollipop running on Xperia Z, the very first device of Xperia “Z” generation with the caption “Coming Soon…“. Coming Soon might not sound different to Xperia “Z” series users as we have heard the same phrase from Sony many times regarding Android...
Xperia Z, Xperia ZL, Xperia ZR and Xperia Tablet Z has got a new bug fixing android 4.4.4 10.5.1.A.0.292 firmware update. 10.5.1.A.0.292 firmware update brings no major noticeable changes rather new kernel date with some minor bug fixes under the hood. 10.5.1.A.0.292 firmware update is confirmed rolling in Nordic regions on all devices mentioned above. Update is...
A few days back we posted Xperia Breaking Bad Theme and now from the same XDA dev Xperia Breaking Bad boot animation has come for Xperia devices. You need a rooted Xperia handset for installing and it works perfectly on XXHDPI devices. Xperia Breaking Bad boot animation features Xperia Z logo in one installation file and in another no logo is there, so choose the...
Sony will be rolling android 5.0 Lollipop update on whole Xperia “Z” series in early Jan 2015 but if you want to taste android 5.0 Lollipop now you can do that on a few Xperia devices. Xperia Z2, Xperia Z1, Xperia Z and Xperia L gets android 5.0 Lollipop ROM support now at XDA, initial unstable builds have already been released for them. At present all...
New 10.5.1.A.0.292 firmware has been certified for Xperia Z, ZL, ZR and Z Tablet on PTCRB today, probably bug fixing update over 10.5.A.0.233 firmware ( Android 4.4.4 update ). As 10.5.1.A.0.292 firmware is certified for all variants of Xperia Z, ZL, ZR, Z Tablet on PTCRB, we are expecting that it will be rolling soon. Sony has already promised to bring Android 5.0...
Sony recently rolled android 4.4.4 firmware update on Xperia Z, Xperia ZL, Xperia ZR, Tablet Z and now android 4.4 KitKat update has also been confirmed on NTT DoCoMo Xperia Z SO2-02E variant in form of 10.5.B.0.410 firmware. Android 4.4 update over NTT DoCoMo Xperia Z is available as an OTA update, size 584.8 MB. Android 4.4 10.5.B.0.410 firmware update brings updated...
Android 4.4.4 KitKat is now officially rolling on Xperia Z and Xperia ZL as mentioned by Sony today on Twitter. Sony first rolled Android 4.4.4 update on Xperia Z1 and Xperia Z Ultra and now the older Xperia “Z” series handsets Xperia Z, ZL, ZR and Tablet Z have joined the list. Amazingly Xperia Z2 and Xperia Z2 Tablet have not been updated on Android...
Recently certified 10.5.1.A.0.283 firmware for Xperia Z, ZL, ZR and Tablet Z has been confirmed as Android 4.4.4 update as 10.5.1.A.0.283 firmware screenshot has been leaked running on Xperia Z C6603. Sony has already updated Xperia Z1 and Xperia Z Ultra on android 4.4.4 version. Same 10.5.1.A.0.283 firmware will come on Xperia Z, ZL, ZR and Tablet Z hopefully very...
10.5.1.A.0.283 firmware has been certified at PTCRB for Xperia Z, ZL, ZR and Tablet which is a higher build over previous 10.5.A.0.233 firmware update. Sony has already updated Xperia Z1 and Xperia Z Ultra on android 4.4.4 KitKat version while other Xperia “Z” series handsets are still on android 4.4.2. 10.5.1.A.0.283 firmware is believed to bring android...
Are you bored of your old stock navigation keys on your Xperia device, well if yes then here is something you can try i.e. customized SuperUser navigation bar softkeys courtesy of XDA user androidfreak70. SuperUser is an app used to main app admin rights permission on rooted devices. If you are not using some modded Xperia themes this SuperUser navigation bar softkeys are pretty cool. It works great on rooted, deodexed Xperia Z ROM but it should also work on stock KitKat ROM. Back up your systemUI.apk first before using this mod. You...
Much awaited Android 4.4.2 KitKat build was released for Xperia Z, ZL, ZR and Tablet Z by Sony recently in form of 10.5.A.0.230 firmware update but unfortunately along with many cool features of KitKat it brought a very problematic battery drain bug with it. Xperia Z KitKat users on 10.5.A.0.230 firmware are reporting a battery drain issue due to Google Play Services...
Sony has finally rolled Android 4.3 update for Xperia Z T-Mobile US variant in form of 10.4.C.0.814 firmware update which many users have started receiving as OTA on their handsets. Sony has officially rolled android 4.4.2 KitKat update for whole Xperia “Z” series carrier independent handsets but Xperia Z T-Mobile US was still on android 4.2.2 and Xperia...
Today we saw KitKat 10.5.A.0.227 firmware getting certified for Xperia Z, ZL, ZR and Tablet Z on PTCRB and a few days back we saw same firmware getting leaked online also and now the news is coming that a new higher android 4.4.2 KitKat build 10.5.A.0.230 firmware have struck Xperia Z in Malaysia and Denmark region as reported by many users in Sony Xperia Malaysia...
Sony rolled Android 4.4.2 KitKat on Xperia Z1, Z Ultra and Z1 Compact a month back and made promise that soon it will roll for Xperia Z, ZL, ZR and Tablet Z in mid May 2014 hopefully. For all Xperia Z users who are waiting for official Sony KitKat update, leaked Xperia Z KitKat 4.4.2 10.5.A.0.227 firmware ROM is now available to install on Xperia Z unlocked bootloader...
A few days back we shared Xperia Z2 Live Wallpaper which was only installing on rooted Xperia smartphones but now Xperia Z2 Live Wallpaper 1.0.A.0.9 version port has come up which can be installed on every Xperia device hopefully. We have tested Xperia Z2 Live Wallpaper 1.0.A.0.9 version on our non rooted Xperia Z1 and SP, it works fine. XDA dev ra3al has come...
Process of porting apps from Xperia Z2 has already begun and it started with Xperia Z2 Smart call handling feature getting ported for Xperia Z1 and Xperia Z1 Compact. A moment ago we saw Xperia Z2 Camera apps Addons port – Creative Effects, AR Effect 2.0.4 , Background Defocus 1.1.7 on various rooted Xperia smartphones. TimeShift Video and 4K Camera app port...
Xperia Z2 has been announced officially and just a few days after its launch we saw Xperia Z2 System Dump from 17.1.A.0.289 firmware Android 4.4.2 KitKat getting leaked and at the very same moment developers started porting apps from Xperia Z2 System Dump to other Xperia smartphones. We have already seen Xperia Z2 Smart call handling feature getting ported on Xperia...
A new 10.4.C.0.797 firmware build has been certified for Xperia Z C6606 and C6616 variants on PTCRB following the previous certification of 10.4.C.0.793 firmware which was not rolled. 10.4.C.0.797 firmware seems to be a particular carrier specific firmware update for T-Mobile Xperia Z or any other Xperia Z carrier variant model. 10.4.1.B.0.101 firmware released...
Just a day after we saw 10.4.1.B.0.101 firmware rolling on Xperia Z, ZL, ZR and Tablet Z globally now, yet another 10.4.C.0.793 firmware has been certified for Xperia Z C6606 and C6616 on PTCRB. 10.4.C.0.793 firmware seems a minor update over previous 10.4.B.0.569 firmware seen on T-Mobile Xperia Z variant. 10.4.C.0.793 firmware is only certified for Xperia...
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