[Xperia Z4/Z3+ Android Development] dl12345:
zROM+ 28.0.A.8.251 Android 5.0.2 - V1.1​

Sony Xperia Z3+ E6553​

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ROM Features

Based on Sony firmware 28.0.A.8.251 Generic Hong Kong

Aroma installer

Deodexed and zipaligned

Rooted with SuperSU preinstalled

Dual boot/ TWRP recovery environment

Custom kernel with runtime control of SELinux enforcing status and RIC disabled

Google apps updated and with customizable graphical installer for Gapps

Writeable external SD card

Xposed framework functional (in SELinux permissive mode)

Bloatware removed

The following apps and bloatware have been removed and can be installed directly from the Play store if desired. The first two are installable by selecting the appropriate option in the ROM installer

What's New

Xperia lounge

AVG Antivirus

AAStocks

Anonymous Data Collection

Facebook

Lifelog

Mobisystems File Commander

Mobisystems Office

MyXperia

Playstation App

Playstation Network Portal

Privilege Movies

Sketch

Socialife

Sony Movie Creator

Spotify

Trackid

Please hit the Thanks button if you use this ROM. Many downloads but few thanks....

Installation instructions

The first boot is painfully slow. It takes about 10 minutes, so just be patient. It will stay in the blue booting screen for a long time. This is normal. Do not reboot your phone. Just wait and it will eventually boot up. You can always rerun the installer to flash additional Google Apps. If you do so, be sure to deselect the install ROM option and do not do a factory reset.

Notes

This ROM has a kernel that supports runtime SELinux mode changes. The mode change is accomplished through a script /system/su.d/permissive.sh, which sets SELinux to permissive mode at boot time. If you wish to run Xposed, you must run SELinux in permissive mode. Failure to do so results in multiple system applications force closing at startup and a device that is locked up.

If you don't run Xposed I recommend that you keep SELinux in enforcing mode. To do so, go to Settings-->About and click multiple times on the Build number until it tells you that Developer mode is activated. When developer mode is activated, back out and select the Developer option and enable USB debugging. Now run an adb shell and remove the permissive mode script. Grant permission for USB debugging when the prompt comes up

c:>adb shell
shell@E6553:/ $ su

Wait for the SuperSU prompt and grant permission to adb

root@E6553:/ # mount -o rw,remount /system
root@E6553:/ # rm -f /system/su.d/permissive.sh
root@E6553:/ # reboot

If you choose not to install any of the Google apps, a minimum core Google framework will be installed anyway. This includes Google framework, GmsCore, Google Play, Google Login Services, Google Contacts and Backup Sync, SteupWizard and OneTimeInitializer that runs after first boot. Apart from the Play store app and the first time setup apps, the rest of these apps are not visible in your app drawer.

While I have made every effort to test this ROM in a variety of different install scenarios, it is a beta ROM and you may experience some bugs. I make no warranty as to its fitness for purpose or its performance and you use it at your own risk.

PLEASE SEE NOTE BBELOW IN POST TWO ON USING XPOSED FRAMEWORK

This ROM now supports booting directly into TWRP recovery mode. To access recovery mode, power on the phone and when you see the yellow LED illuminate press the down volume button once or twice.

Downloads

TWRP v2.8.7.0 for Z3+

zROM+ v1.1 for Z3+ (md5: 999452b5ac29f92473b964af819a3cd6)

zROM+ v1.1 for Z3+ MD5

for GPL purposes, the kernel and associated dowloads

Changelog

Current changelog: -- 01 October 2015

01 October - Release v1.1

Add dual boot/recovery environment

Remove Android Pay due to Google restrictions on root

Update Google apps

19 September - Release v1 beta

Thanks To/Credits

amarullz for the Aroma graphical installer

The OpenGapps team at www.opengapps.org for the Gapps binaries for aarch64

osm0sis for some of the functions used in the installer script

XDA:DevDB Information

zROM+, ROM for the Sony Xperia Z4

Contributors

dl12345

ROM OS Version: 5.0.x Lollipop

Based On: 28.0.A.8.251

Version Information

Status: Beta

Current Beta Version: v1.1 beta

Beta Release Date: 2015-10-01

Created 2015-09-20

Last Updated 2015-09-19