Don’t want to spend your allowance on Sony’s latest
Xperia XZ? While we can’t get you hardware upgrades, we can certainly help you
get some of the latest UI changes right to your Sony Xperia Z3. Based on
Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow, the ROM brings Xperia XZ icons for the launcher.
Follow this guide to flash Xperia XZ custom ROM on your Sony Xperia Z3.
LinuXRoM features include
- Superuser mode (services.Jar patched)
- SystemUI from Xperia X
- Settings and smart cleaner from Xperia X
- Knowledge notification disable
- Sound enhancement modded
- Sounds from Xperia X
- Black Bootanimation from Xperia X
- Xperia X icon percent
- SystemUI Xperia X and Xperia X issues
- Assertive display Xperia XZ
- Call recording via sea jr
- Interactive-tunable_vm-optimized_battery-perf (Battery optimization)
- Eliminated some applications (debloat)
- Digicam 2 API is active now
- Curb The Noise Of v7 photograph
- Xperia X Hdr & Stabilizer
- New Flat Icon
Prerequisites to flash Xperia XZ custom ROM on Z3
- Backup
any important data from your Sony Xperia Z3 as a complete wipe will
be required during the flashing process.
- Make
sure ADB and Fastboot is configured on your PC.
- Sony
Xperia Z3 must be rooted with unlocked bootloader and installed
with a recovery tool.
- Your
device must be charged to at least 60% of power.
How to flash LinuXRoM on Sony Xperia Z3
Required files: download LinuXRoM Android 6.0.1 custom
firmware for Xperia Z3 and save it on your computer. Extract boot.img file
separately.
- Connect
your Xperia Z3 to your computer using a USB cable and copy the zip file to
your phone memory’s root folder.
- Copy
the boot.img file to android-sdk-windows\platform-tools directory.
- Switch
off your Xperia Z3 and enter Bootloader mode: press and hold the Volume
Up button while connecting the phone with a USB cable. Phone LED
will turn blue indicating the Bootloader mode.
- Once
in the Fastboot mode, on your PC, navigate to android-sdk-windows\platform-tools directory
and open Command Prompt with Shift + Right-click > Open
Command Prompt.
- Run the
following commands:
- fastboot
flash boot boot.img – press Enter.
- fastboot
reboot – press Enter.
- Enter
in the Recovery Mode: switch on the phone while pressing the Volume
Up button a few times.
- Wipe
data task: from the CWM recovery menu, select wipe data / factory
reset and confirm the process.
- Also
clean cache from wipe cache partition.
- From
recovery menu, select install zip from sdcard followed by choose
zip from sdcard. Locate the LinuXRoM Android 6.0.1 Xperia XZ custom
ROM and confirm the flashing process.
- Once
done, return back to main recovery menu and reboot your Xperia Z3
into the new custom ROM.
- First
boot takes a good 5 minutes so please be patient.
Don’t forget to let us know what you think of this custom
firmware.
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