[Xperia SP Android Development] DooMLoRD:
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[ info ]

Hello friends,

so after the sneak peak, i present to you leaked Sony 4.3 JellyBean Firmware

12.1.A.0.256

for the Xperia SP (C5302/C5303)...

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

huge thanks to Sony devs for such a polished and fast firmware! by the looks of things official roll out is near!

hope you guys are happy that you donated the phone to me! i can work on such stuff as i have the device in hand :)

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 C5302/C5303 (Xperia SP)

... please do not flash it on other variants....

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 (buggy, easy fix, will be published later) [FIX]

recovery is NOT included (for now) [FIX]

new kernel with recovery available! check here AFTER flashing ROM

[ whats not working? ]

you tell me!

please report other things as and when you find them

[ requirements ]

unlocked bootloader

previously on stock .253/.254 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

[ 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)

No need to wipe data in recovery!

thats it now reboot device

first boot will take time

power down device

enter fastboot mode

flash advanced stock kernel posted here to get working recovery & to fix root!

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

OR

you can buy one of my awesome apps from Play Store!

[ download link ]

kindly

DO NOT MIRROR MY FILES

!!!

SP-4.3_leak_256-DooMLoRD.zip (MIRROR1)

MD5HASH: 3fcfadd6764ed6b74e517c1e0f2799bd { 705 MB (73,95,27,194 bytes) }

Dont forget to download the advanced stock kernel posted here! this is to be flashed AFTER flashing the ROM!

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 Play Store! :angel:

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

ENJOY!!!