[Sony Xperia E3] ShanePunk123:
Hello everyone... this thread is basically about changing your stock 4.4.4 firmware to look like the Sony official lollipop UI. There are various steps involved in this and I have tried my best to put together the tweaks and customization and share them with the people who like the original xperia UI and can't wait for lollipop. Please thank people who have made all these apps, modules and different things, I just put them together and I'm not even seeking for credits... :) Thanks.

Prerequisites -

1. Xperia E3 (Any variant) or maybe even work on any xperia with kitkat installed.

2. FULL ROOT ACCESS (Really Important).

3. Internet (Just to download stuff)

4. A little knowledge about flashing (In case something goes wrong).

5. Patience...

So here we go...

Things Used -

1. Xposed modules used - APM+, blurred system ui, screen off animation, Eggster, Flat Style Colored Bars, GEM Xperia Xposed, Heads Up Notification, Monster UI, Unicon, Xperia Xposed (KK), Xstana. (Install them all and activate them in xposed framework.

2. More apps used - Xperia Material sh theme, Digital Clock Xperia (Widget), Lollipop Land (Eggster Game), Theme Xperia (Icon Pack), Numix Calculator, google messenger, google calendar.

3. Wallpapers (Link will be given)

Method -

1. Install the latest firmware for your phone (4.4.4) (Flash ftf with flashtool)

2. Rooting method - http://xdaforums.com/xperia-e3/development/twrp-twrp-recovery-sony-xperia-e3-t3071382 This is the kernel by [MENTION=5494317]vinay[/MENTION] which has inbuilt init.d support... after flashing this kernel just boot into TWRP recovery and flash superuser.zip (Search google for it)

3. After that, download the package from this given thread...this will help you to change your UI....

http://xdaforums.com/xperia-e3/themes-apps/variants-xperia-z3-theme-xperia-e3-t3065588

After downloading the package, extract it in a new folder and copy the folder with files you just extracted to your SD card in your phone... After that replace all these files in the folder with files in root/system/apps (leave out the skin-core.apk) Set permissions of recently replaced files to 644 (rw-r--r---) and reboot your phone... Now you should have a different kind of UI. (Credit goes to [MENTION=5913162]kevinhecox99[/MENTION])

4. Now let's install the xposed modules...

First of all install the main module ------> http://repo.xposed.info/module/com.serajr.xperia.xposed.kk

Settings for the module -

*System - Enable customizations, super user mode ticked.

*System UI - Enable customiztions, Main pull down - Notifications, Right Pull down - Quick Settings, Two finger pull down - Slider Controls, Center clock ticked, Fully Translucent Tabs ticked, Quick Settings - enable extra buttons ticked.

*Power Menu - Disabled

*Xperia Home - Enable customizations, Icon size - 48, High resolution icons ticked, Widgets - make all widgets resizeable ticked, display searchbar ticked, App drawer button style - style 4, Pagination markers at bottom ticked, App drawer - Hide apps in drawer ticked.

*media - disabled

*lockscreen - disabled

Second Module - http://repo.xposed.info/module/com.gem.xperiaxposed

Settings -

*Launcher Settings - Experimental - enable experimental features.

*General - Condensed font ticked, all widgets resizable ticked.

*Desktop - Nothing to do

*Dock - Nothing to do

*Folders and Drawer - Nothing to do

*Lockscreen - Nothing to do.

*System UI settings - Nothing to do.

Third Module - http://repo.xposed.info/module/com.serajr.blurred.system.ui

Settings -

*Panels - Status Bar expanded enabled, recent applications enabled.

*Adjustments - Blur Fade In/Out ticked.

Next Module - http://repo.xposed.info/module/areeb.xposed.eggster

Settings -

*Lollipop - On

*Settings -Lollipop - Lollipop Color Randomness ticked.

Next Module - http://repo.xposed.info/module/com.bocharov.xposed.fscb

Settings -

*Status Bar - Overlay Style - Android L, Default color - opacity - 2%

*Navigation Bar - Overlay Style - None

Next Module - http://repo.xposed.info/module/com.mohammadag.headsupenabler

Settings -

*Ongoing notifications ticked.

Next Module - http://repo.xposed.info/module/com.kuaq.monsterui

Settings -

* Choose your material color - Your own choice.

*Secondary color - Your own choice.

*Theming - Framework - Tick everything in more options.

*System UI - theming - enable Theme SystemUI, tick everything except for Notification header layout, Notification theming - Use white colored theme.

Next Module - http://repo.xposed.info/module/lfprodev.xposed.xstana

Settings -

*Statusbar - Default

*Navigation Bar - Zipop theme (search through the list)

Other steps -

5. Now that you've setup all the modules, its time to install some apps...

First App - http://xdaforums.com/crossdevice-dev/sony-themes-apps/theme-materialsh-t3093683

This is a theme which you normally need to install and apply and reboot... Done.

Second App - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sonyericsson.digitalclockwidget2&hl=en

This is the widget for clock which is used in lollipop...

Settings -

*General - time format - 12 hour, show date,

*Font Settings - Time font - normal, bold hours ticked. Choose the widget normally from your home screen by pinching with fingers.... Choose a 2x2 widget.

Next App - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jrummyapps.lollipopland&hl=en

This is the lollipop land game which comes when you press and hold the lollipop eggster in about phone.... Just install it and nothing else...

Next App - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=vr.xperia

These are lollipop icons for xperia... Just install it and don't do anything with it yet...

Next App - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.numix.calculator&hl=en

This is just a calculator app with material design... (Optional)

Next App - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.messaging&hl=en

This is the messenger app with material design.... Like lollipop uses...

Next App - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.calendar&hl=en

Google material calendar app...

6. Now to change icons, open up the module Unicon ------> https://www.dropbox.com/s/0pixwwcjjpt3xv3/Unicon_v1.6.6.apk

Settings -

Just open up the app and it'll automatically detect the icon pack which we installed earlier... Just apply the theme restart launcher....

7. Unzip the wallpapers package and copy them to your SD card in your phone... Then copy those wallpapers to root/etc/customization/content/com/sonyericsson/wallpaperpicker/wallpapers and change permission to 644 (rw-r--r---). Reboot and you'll see the wallpapers in the homescreen pinch option. Apply any of the new wallpapers ( I use the blue one)

8. Download the smart lockscreen app --------> http://xdaforums.com/android/apps-games/app-smartlockscreen-android-enjoy-t2919989 and install it... Set it up by yourself it's very easy.... and you're done... Everything is setup up and should be looking like the thing you see in my screenshots....