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 the builds are in early stage and many important features are not working. Do not flash them if you are looking for a daily usage ROM. You need to unlock the bootloader of your device to flash ROMs.
Xperia Z2 Android 5.0 Lollipop AOSP ROM
ROM is still in WIP ( work in progress stage ), screen/touch, Wi-Fi, vibrator working. Visit the original XDA thread ( dev – m0rph3us ) for detailed info.
Xperia Z1 Android 5.0 Lollipop AOSP ROM
In this ROM Bluetooth, Calling, Texting, Sound, Vibration, Screen/Touch is working while Mobile Data, Camera and many more features are not working. Visit the original XDA thread ( dev – krabappel2548 ) for detailed info.
Xperia Z Android 5.0 Lollipop AOSP ROM
In this ROM ( pretty stable one ) Wi-Fi, Screen/Touch, Vibrator, Audio, Camera, RIL, NFC, Bluetooth, Sensors, GPS is working great. Visit the original XDA thread ( dev – thomas1991_12 ) for detailed info.
Xperia L Android 5.0 Lollipop AOSP ROM
In this ROM ( pretty stable one ) Display, touchscreen, Hardware Acceleration, System Audio, Hardware Media Decoding, All sensors, vibrators, Camera, GPU rendering, External & Internal Storage, LED is working while Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, RIL and GPS not working. Visit the original XDA thread ( dev – varun.chitre15 ) for detailed info.
We will keep you updated once more Xperia devices get android 5.0 Lollipop AOSP ROM support. If you have tried any of android 5.0 ROMs on your Xperia device, let us know how was the experience. Drop your comments below.
Thanks for the tip, Akrosh28!