Future of Android 4.4 KitKat firmware update on Xperia 2011 devices is totally dark officially and even on 2012 Xperia devices, it is in shadow so far. In the meantime developer community has been a lot friendly as recently we saw unofficial CyanogenMod 11 coming up for various devices viz. Xperia Z1, Z, ZL, ZR, Z Ultra, T, V, Go, P, Sola, U, SP, Tablet Z; many builds from which coming from FreeXperiaTeam.
For Xperia 2011 devices viz. Xperia Arc/Arc S, Neo, Neo V, Pro, Mini Pro, Active, Mini, Ray, Live with Walkman; LegacyXperia Project Team has come up with unofficial CyanogenMod 11 now. As tested by many users, ROMs are pretty much stable only a few things are not working.
If you want to try Android 4.4 KitKat CyanogenMod build on your above mentioned device then you should know that installing such ROMs require you to unlock the bootloader of phone. Keep in mind to have a backup of the DRM keys before unlocking the bootloader for safety.
Click on below links to visit the ROMs development page from “LegacyXperia Project Team”.
Detailed instructions for installing the ROM and bugs tracking are mentioned on below development pages.
Check below screenshots from the ROM.
Check below screenshots from the ROM.
- Unofficial CyanogenMod 11 KitKat 4.4 ROM for Xperia Neo V
- Unofficial CyanogenMod 11 KitKat 4.4 ROM for Neo
Check screenshots from ROM.
- Unofficial CyanogenMod 11 KitKat 4.4 ROM for Pro
- Unofficial CyanogenMod 11 KitKat 4.4 ROM for Mini Pro
- Unofficial CyanogenMod 11 KitKat 4.4 ROM for Active
- Unofficial CyanogenMod 11 KitKat 4.4 ROM for Mini
- Unofficial CyanogenMod 11 KitKat 4.4 ROM for Ray
Check screenshots below.
As many of the ROMs are still in alpha stage but are working stable so you can try them, do read the development thread completely before flashing the ROM.
Let us know if you have tried any of above, drop your comments below.