Sony Mobile has already started selling Xperia XZs (Sony G8232) in US but as you all know fingerprint scanner is disabled on the US variant of the device. Xperia XZs Dual Unlocked is available in USA for $619 from Amazon – compatible with GSM/LTE carriers. If you are looking to enable fingerprint scanner on Xperia XZs US variant i.e. Sony G8232 then you just have to flash any global/customized...
Sony Xperia “X” series sports some new features in terms of UI as compared to present Marshmallow Xperia UI. Well a great news that official Xperia X System UI & lockscreen has now been ported on other Xperia devices. It is working on official Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow running on Xperia Z2, Z3, and Z5 series (not working on concept or beta ROM). It...
LDAC & AHC, new audio technology from Sony, featured in Sony Xperia X, is now available for other Xperia devices also as it has been ported for other handsets. LDAC allows highly quality wireless audio via Bluetooth with enhanced wireless experience. For the time being, it only works with Marshmallow running Xperia devices (also supports Android N Developer Preview...
Yesterday Sony announced Android N Developer Preview for selected variants of Xperia Z3 (D6603 and D6653) which becomes the first non-Nexus range to get Android N Developer Preview. Android N Developer Preview NPC91K (April/02 Security Patch) firmware ftf file is now available for flashing on Xperia Z3 devices exclusively. Install Android N Developer Preview NPC91K on Xperia Z3 Download Android N...
Very unexpectedly Sony Mobile has released Android M developer preview for 12 Xperia devices as a part of Sony’s open device program. Earlier Google released Android M developer preview images for a few selected Nexus devices. Sony has released Android M developer preview (AOSP Images) for these 12 Xperia devices for the time being viz. Xperia Z3, Z3 Compact,...
A good news has come for developers working on building custom ROMs and recoveries for Sony Xperia devices, it is expected that Sony Mobile is about to release bootloaders allowing booting from the recovery partition. Earlier there was an issue with the Xperia devices that could not be booted from recovery. As reported by FXP team, Sony Xperia devices with cortex-A7...
Android 5.1 has finally marked its appearance a few days back and it is live on Nexus devices now. Sony is yet to roll Android 5.0.2 Lollipop update on its Xperia “Z” series handsets and meanwhile they have released AOSP Android 5.1 Lollipop binaries under their AOSP for Xperia project. Sony has released Android 5.1 Lollipop binaries for following Xperia...
Sony promised to release Android 5.0 Lollipop update for Xperia “Z3” and “Z2” series in February 2015 at CES 2015 event and then whole Xperia “Z” series will be updated. Meanwhile CyanogenMod Team officially released Android 5.0 Lollipop CyanogenMod 12 ( CM 12 ) nightly builds for Xperia Z2, Z1, Z Ultra, Z1 Compact and Z2 Tablet...
Recently Sony released a video showing AOSP Android 5.0 Lollipop ROM running on Xpeia Z3, Z2, Z1 and later AOSP was made available for Xperia E3, M2, T2 Ultra and T3. FreeXperia Project Team has made an announcement that they will be releasing AOSP 5.0 Lollipop ROM from today. Devices present in FXP AOSP 5.0 Lollipop ROM list are Xperia Z Ultra, Z1, Z1 Compact,...
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...
Sony has come up with a video where android 5.0 Lollipop AOSP ROM is shown running on Xperia Z3, Xperia Z2 and Xperia Z1. As Google has already released the source code for android 5.0 Lollipop so Sony will be rolling the same on their all Xperia “Z” series devices from early January 2015. Sony will soon be providing the necessary android 5.0 Lollipop binary files so that developers can start making android 5.0 ROM for unlocked Xperia devices. AOSP device configuration is already available for Xperia Z1 and Xperia Z2, coming...
Sony recently revamped their bootloader unlocking service and if you own Sony Xperia Z3 and want to root it along with unlocking bootloader then today we are sharing a video tutorial on how to root your Xperia Z3 bootloader, install custom recovery and root it. Keep in mind unlocking bootloader voids the warranty of your device and loss of your DRM keys if not backed...
Sony has put a new option “Record Screen” in Xperia Z3 and Xperia Z3 Compact power menu which allows you to record whatever you are doing in your phone and sharing that video online. Record Screen feature captures video in FHD, HD and VGA format in landscape as well as in portrait mode. Check out the hands on video of Xperia Z3 Screen Recorder app in...
Sony Xperia Z3 is now officially available in many regions of the world and before it’s official release in the market we saw many Xperia Z3 system apps ports. Today we are sharing Xperia Z3 Backup & restore App port which has all new UI of Sony’s backup and & restore app as compared to present version of the app. Xperia Z3 Backup & restore...
After seeing so many Xperia Z3 system app ports finally Xperia Z3 System UI has been ported to Xperia devices running KitKat. As soon as we saw Xperia Z3 system dump getting leaked everything which can be installed on rooted Xperia handset is out now. Xperia Z3 System UI brings new animations, new flash light quick settings option, drag and drop to edit quick settings...
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...
Do you remember Mozilla Firefox OS, Sony demoed Firefox OS on Xperia E last year for developers which unfortunately never came to users. Sony also submitted a gadget functionality to Firefox OS but things then didn’t work out. Adam Farden from FreeXperia Project team has ported Firefox on Xperia SP now exclusively. Dalvik virtual machine is replaced with Mozilla’s...
A very good news for 2011 HDPI Sony devices Xperia Arc, Xperia Neo V, Xperia Pro, Xperia Ray, Xperia Arc S, Xperia Neo i.e. an android 4.4.2 based Xperia Overlay firmware is now available to install on unlocked bootloader handsets from XDA user Achotjan ( Xperia Overlay Team ). Xperia Overlay is based on Sony android 4.4.2 firmware update with features like higher clocked CPU for blazing fast speed, improved battery life with Battery STAMINA Mode, Clear Audio+ sound and it is PlayStation certified. If you an Xperia 2011 user then you...
Sony has officially updated Xperia Z1 to android 4.4.4 update 14.4.A.0.108 firmware and for users who love to try custom features on their device we brought today Superuser Mod. Superuser Mod will help you to install and run various custom mods like 4K Cam and TimeShift Video in Xperia Z1. You must be on android 4.4.4 14.4.A.0.108 firmware, if not get the ftf from...
We hope all Xperia Z1 users have already updated to android 4.4.4 14.4.A.0.108 firmware update already if you haven’t do it. If you are waiting for PC Companion update notification, well then you can flash the 14.4.A.0.108 firmware ftf on your device. It doesn’t require rooting. Download 14.4.A.0.108 firmware ftf for Xperia Z1 from here. Flashing firmware...
A few days back CyanogenMod team rolled Android 4.4.3 CM11 build for Xperia SP officially and now Xperia Z2 has joined the list. Xperia Z2 Android 4.4.3 CyanogenMod 11 Nightlies build have been uploaded on the CM official website. This is the very first build from CyanogenMod for Xperia Z2 and as expected it has many bugs so if you are looking for a stable build,...
Sony has officially released Xperia Z2 Tablet in market and many users have now got it in their hands already, just like we saw Xperia Z2 getting root a few days back before it was officially released in market, Xperia Z2 Tablet has now also got root and CWM recovery can be installed. Latest firmware for Xperia Z2 and Xperia Z2 Tablet is 17.1.A.2.55 firmware which...
Sony rolled a bug fixing update in form of 16.0.B.2.13 firmware on Xperia C recently which solved the so annoying abnormal battery decrease bug. The major issue on Xperia C is that its bootloader which can’t be unlocked so it restricts the advantage of using custom ROMs which are not based on Sony’s stock kernel framework. For all those users who want...
Sony has officially launched Xperia T2 Ultra Dual in many regions and the first 19.0.D.0.253 firmware update has also hit it a few days back. Being a new device development for Xperia T2 Ultra Dual has just been started and before getting launch at global level, Xperia T2 Ultra has been rooted on the latest 19.0.D.0.253 firmware and ClockworkMod recovery ( CWM based...
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