[Xperia Z Android Development] DooMLoRD:
since the official firmware is now released i am closing this thread...

hope u guys enjoyed a preview of the things to come!

here is something for everyone, my rooting toolkit is now updated to support rooting 10.3.A.0.423

regards,

DooMLoRD

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[ info ]

Hello friends,

so after the sneak peak, i present to you leaked Sony 4.2.2 JellyBean Firmware

10.3.A.0.407

for the Xperia Z (C6602/C6603)...

this firmware was ment for developer (brown) devices but i was able to get it to boot on production devices...

THIS IS FOR UNLOCKED BOOTLOADERS ONLY!

[ NOTICE ]

since this is an internal testing firmware, do not expect to see the same features on the official final release... some things could be added while others removed...

[ screenshots ]

most screenshots are posted here
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[ WARNING ]

PLEASE DO NOT CROSSFLASH THIS ROM+KERNEL... this is ment

only for C6602/C6603 (Xperia Z)

... please do not flash it on ZL/Tablet Z/etc....

THIS IS AN LEAKED ROM

FEW THINGS ARE EXPECTED NOT TO WORK

THIS IS POSTED JUST SO THAT USERS CAN ENJOY THE UPCOMING FEATURES AND OTHER DEVS CAN HELP IN FIXING THE ISSUES

MORE THINGS WILL FOLLOW AS AND WHEN I/OTHERS CAN GET THEM TO WORK

DO NOT ASK FOR FURTHER UPDATES/ETA OF OFFICIAL RELEASE

please backup all data, including internal SDCARD data before flashing this ROM

[ why has this been posted? ]

[ features ]

Easy to flash update.zip via recovery

Prerooted and busybox installed

working CWM recovery is included in kernel

[ To enter recovery keep pressing VOLUME UP button AFTER u see the "PINK" LED at bootup (Sony logo) ]

insecure kernel

ro.secure=0

usb debugging enabled

/system & rootfs mounted as RW

[ whats not working? ]

you tell me!

please report other things as and when you find them

[ requirements ]

unlocked bootloader

previously on stock .253/.307 JB ROM or roms based on that [since some components of THIS rom contain files from those firmwares]

supplied ROM

any existing kernel with recovery

OR

just extract the boot.img (contains inbuilt recovery) from the ROM i have uploaded and flash it using fastboot

[ how to install ]

download the ROM and save it on SDCARD

reboot device into recovery

flash the ROMs update.zip (this will take some time)

I RECOMMEND THAT YOU WIPE DATA WHILE IN RECOVERY!

thats it now reboot device

at first boot device the NFC firmware will get updated wait for process to be completed

after a few reboots the ROM should stabilize!

enjoy!

[ donations ]

if u feel that this work has helped u OR u think that the work i put into making this is worthy of donations, then click on the following link for buying me some coffee/beer/etc ;)

PAYPAL DONATION LINK

[ download link ]

kindly

DO NOT MIRROR MY FILES

!!!

Z-DooMLoRD-4.2.2-leak_407.zip (MIRROR1) (MIRROR2)

MD5HASH: 6fbde2a32e99462e24abd13fdc00d162 { 742 MB / 77,87,47,695 bytes }

i understand that everyone is really happy about this but

please dont flood this thread with "thank you" posts

... there is a

"Thanks" button

, use that... and there is always an option to donate or buy one of my awesome apps from Google Play Store! :angel:

** NEW *** Xperia SDCARD Mounter App!

READ THE FULL THREAD BEFORE ASKING ANY QUERIES OR REPORTING ANY BUGS/ISSUES

ENJOY!!!