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LineageOS 15.1 now available for the Honor 5X and 8 Sony Xperia devices

Adam Conway December 28, 2018

LineageOS is the go-to custom ROM when it comes to modifying your smartphone. It's based on AOSP and has everything you could ever want by the way of features. If you want to see all of the features you can get from LineageOS 15.1 you can, but it's a very long list. Some highlights are custom accent...

Sony Loses Class Action Lawsuit in Waterproof Claims for Original Xperia Z Line

egzthunder1 August 21, 2017

Arguably, one of the pioneers in the consumer sector for more "rugged" devices (or at the very least IP certification) has to be Sony. Back in 2012, they introduced the Xperia Z line of the devices, which marked a turning point for Sony in most of its philosophy as well as its design language. They completely overhauled...

Source Built Lollipop for Nexus 4, 5, 7, 10, Xperia Z

Tomek Kondrat November 5, 2014

Update: Thank you to commenter Amith KK for letting us know about the Source-Built Lollipop port for the Nexus 7 (2012) by XDA Senior Member MidnightNinja. ___ The source code for Android 5.0 Lollipop was only fully released yesterday, but developers on XDA work extremely quickly. In less than one day, some developers have managed to create...

Sony Extends its AOSP Program to the Xperia Z1 and Z2

Tomek Kondrat October 16, 2014

Some device OEMs are definitely more developer friendly than others and actively work to support the third party development community. Among the top-tier vendors, only Sony cares about providing the necessary resources to make the Android a better operating system. Not too long ago, we talked about how Sony launched the new Remote Device Lab, which...

MultiROM Available for the Sony Xperia Z and OnePlus One

Tomek Kondrat September 11, 2014

Android is a beautiful platform, full of surprising and interesting ideas. Without a doubt, one of the coolest projects that has been introduced to the community in recent memory is MultiROM by XDA Recognized Developer Tassadar. This project allows you to boot many various ROMs and even operating systems from the SD Card of your...

[FTF] Sony Rolls Out Android 4.4.4 for Xperia Z, ZL, ZR and Tablet Z

Tomek Kondrat September 10, 2014

While Sony is still struggling to provide KitKat for some of their mid-end phones from 2013 (still pending investigation), owners of flagship devices from this Japanese OEM should feel happy right about now. Sony has started to roll out an update to the Xperia Z, Xperia ZR, Xperia ZL and Xperia Tablet Z bringing the latest Android...

[OTA Captured] Sony Xperia Z, ZL, ZR, and Tablet Z Now Receiving Official Android 4.4 KitKat

Will Verduzco May 21, 2014

Despite being one of the most developer-friendly OEMs, Sony isn't quite known for its timely Android firmware updates. But despite this, Sony has already managed to update its 2013 flagship devices to the latest version of Android.You may recall that a little over a month ago, Sony "indirectly confirmed" their plans to officially update the Xperia Z, Xperia ZL, Xperia...

Sony Xperia Z, ZL, ZR, and Tablet Z to Receive Official KitKat Update in May

Will Verduzco April 18, 2014

It's no secret that although Sony is one of the most developer-friendly OEMs, they aren't exactly the most expedient in delivering firmware updates to their Xperia devices. But despite the delays, Sony has already updated its 2013 flagship devices to Google's latest tasty treat. When Sony issued its last round of KitKat updates, the OEM also laid...

KitKat Finally Rolling Out to the Xperia Z Ultra, Z1, and Z1 Compact; Xperia Z, ZL, ZR, and Tablet Z in Mid-Q2!

Will Verduzco March 19, 2014

Compared to Motorola, Samsung, and even HTC, it's not inaccurate to state that Sony's been a tad bit slow in officially updating its devices to Android 4.4 KitKat. Motorola first updated the Moto X back in November, Samsung followed suit not too long after in January, and even HTC got its feet wet in November and...

Tap2Wake Function Available on the Sony Xperia Z, ZR, and ZL

Tomek Kondrat February 20, 2014

In recent years, Sony has become a Good Guy Greg for developers and users by allowing them to unlock their bootloaders and by releasing kernel source code in a timely fashion. Many of their devices and Android modifications are quite unique. Some devices, like the Xperia Tablet Z have an interesting baked-in feature that uses screen...

Customize the Navigation Bar on Your Sony Xperia Z

jman2131 January 18, 2014

We've all pretty much gotten used to the standard Android navigation bar setup, which is normally any permutation of a back, home, and recent apps buttons. This generally features the home button right in the middle between the other two. But what about the power and menu buttons? Surely, they're just as commonly accessed to...

Easily Customize Your Sony Xperia Z’s Launcher and Lock Screen with Xposed

jman2131 January 18, 2014

Up until now, customizing an Xperia launcher and lock screen has been quite the hassle, usually consisting of decompiling an APK, making your edits, and recompiling it. So if you wanted an extra row or column of icons on your home screen, you had to flash this, if you wanted fading home screen indicators, you...