[Xperia Z1 Compact General] levone1:
1. AOSP, by [MENTION=6270042]freexperia[/MENTION] -

https://www.androidfilehost.com/?a=show&w=files&flid=17562

Tested 2/27 AOSP build. Seems smooth and stable overall. Only browser is some kind of experimental one that doesn't work too well, or at least you need to spend more time getting used to it than I was willing to. Camera works, but is as good as any other N camera at this point, (bad).

2. AOSP and Lineage, (CM), 14, micro-g patched, by [MENTION=7929484]MSe1969[/MENTION] - https://www.androidfilehost.com/?a=show&w=files&flid=155737 - haven't tried yet. I mistakenly linked it to fxp until I just now noticed it. Will try soon...

3. AICP - https://xdaforums.com/sony-xperia-z1-compact/development/rom-aicp-11-0-mm-6-0-1-amami-t3428288

Excellent rom, regular updates, and lots of customization. Some people have posted about dropped calls in recent builds, but haven't heard of other issues. Magisk integrated. If someone can figure out how to get a good camera, you could hardly ask for more.

4. AOSP by [MENTION=4942277]CLINTZ9[/MENTION] - https://xdaforums.com/sony-xperia-z1-compact/orig-development/aosp-t3317511

I haven't been able to get it to boot, (error in twrp). OP says to ignore error and flash, but it won't flash anything for me. I think others have, though, so maybe just something I'm missing. Let me know.

5. LOS by micha-btz - https://www.androidfilehost.com/?w=files&flid=153937

Just stumbled across it, and my BL is currently re-locked, so plan on trying soon...

Update - tried today and works well, everything seemed to function. Bad camera as usual, and I couldn't get back into recovery for some reason. I had to flash a different kernel first...

6. CM14/LOS builds by [MENTION=4063475]derf elot[/MENTION] https://www.androidfilehost.com/?w=files&flid=41716

7. AOSP builds by SonyAOSP team, (@davidteri91) - https://www.androidfilehost.com/?a=show&w=files&flid=187966

8. LOS 14 by [MENTION=4479363]Hazou[/MENTION] - https://xdaforums.com/sony-xperia-z1-compact/development/rom-unofficial-lineageos-14-1-t3636822

Haven't tried yet. Let us know...

9. LOS 14 by munjeni - https://xdaforums.com/sony-xperia-z1-compact/development/rom-t3657384 Probably the best yet. Excellent camera. Some have had random reboots on latest build, but maybe fixed with this - http://munjeni.myiphost.com/system.rar

10. Sudamod by [MENTION=6927050]maz-1[/MENTION] - https://xdaforums.com/sony-xperia-z1-compact/development/rom-sudamod-3-1-t3666092

Testing now, LOS-based with some custom tweaks. Fast and smooth, fully working. Op says camera is good, even though 3.1 kernel, pictures look OK so far, going to test more in the light. Very nice ROM.

11. M-ROM port by [MENTION=8267490]dmgZero[/MENTION] - https://xdaforums.com/sony-xperia-z1-compact/development/m-rom-v2-4-0-t3711381

Stock Nougat style and apps on custom (Carbon) rom. Very nice. Original dev seems to have abandoned xda, but rom has been popular on several devices up to v2.3.1 (I use it on Z3c [https://xdaforums.com/z3-compact/development/rom-los-xperia-ui-z3c-t3654894]). 2.4 was never posted on xda, AFAIK, but posted on a Chinese site called 0z4l, or something, but not possible to download without registration, and I couldn't get successful registration. dmgZero has modded it, apparently. I haven't tried it, since I'm using Z3c at the moment...

BTW - seems to be some degree of controversy around the security of latest version. Check device threads and judge for yourself.

12. Flyme OS by [MENTION=8267490]dmgZero[/MENTION] - https://xdaforums.com/sony-xperia-z1-compact/development/m-rom-z1cflyme6-8-1-22r-t3742581 I'm mainly on Xc now, so check thread for reports...