CyanogenMod 10.2 (JellyBean 4.3) For LG P500

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQDo4wYHSsy81KkraVdoUNLrc5UqDSjcXzVjmG0Sa58SxZ2eWWY_Rkn8UWgSmkrwQUyBHaD2Cvdyl6uPPSkwAT2Lm4ZdkgikhABJ7V7zwSnTIMSfs3pc-cZVP_-ycVd3pw-t9aDI4Y3LQ/s1600/beff3768d7cb06f37126dee371e5bf0a.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQDo4wYHSsy81KkraVdoUNLrc5UqDSjcXzVjmG0Sa58SxZ2eWWY_Rkn8UWgSmkrwQUyBHaD2Cvdyl6uPPSkwAT2Lm4ZdkgikhABJ7V7zwSnTIMSfs3pc-cZVP_-ycVd3pw-t9aDI4Y3LQ/s1600/beff3768d7cb06f37126dee371e5bf0a.png" /></a></div> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br />CyanogenMod 10.2 (Jellybean 4.3) is rolling out at a tremendous speed to various low-end legacy devices and this is possible due to Androidarmv6 team. LG P500 is also a legacy device and it has got this update recently by <a href="http://forum.xda-developers.com/member.php?u=4662457"><b>Rashed97</b></a>,</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> a Recognized Developer on xda. It has almost all the things fixed. So hurry up and give it a try and enjoy the taste of latest Jellybean 4.3 on your devices..</span><br /> <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span> <a href="http://i.imgur.com/juKVPhi.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://i.imgur.com/juKVPhi.png" width="211" /></a><a href="http://i.imgur.com/GmS2ptJ.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://i.imgur.com/GmS2ptJ.png" width="211" /></a><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <h3 style="text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Whats working:</span></h3> <br /> <ul style="text-align: left;"> <li><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Camera</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Video recording</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Panorama</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Video playback (LQ and HQ)</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">WiFi</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Bluetooth</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">3G</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Hardware lights</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Display</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">All accelometers</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Google Apps</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Most Project Butter related enhancements</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">All native apps</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">All audio</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Airplane Mode</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Screen off and on animations</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Lockscreen animations</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Most CM10.2 features</span></li> </ul> <h3> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Installation Process:</span></h3> <div> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"></span><br /> <ul><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> <li>Download the ROM zip from <a href="http://jenkins.androidarmv6.org/job/android" style="font-weight: bold;">here</a>(Go to this link and download your device zip)</li> </span></ul> <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Optional:Download any supplemental 3rd-party applications packages for the device you wish to use like Gapps from <b><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?qr63rvykcn5fqfm">here</a></b></span><br /> <ul><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> <li>Place the rom .zip file on the root of the SD card.</li> </span></ul> <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Optional: Place any supplemental packages (eg </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Google Apps</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> or kernel) .zip file(s) on the root of the SD card.</span><br /> <ul><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> <li>Boot a o recovery mode on the device by holding Hold Volume Up & the Power button. Hold all Buttons until the Screen flashes, then release the Power button..</li> <li>Once the device boots into the ClockworkMod Recovery, use the physical volume buttons to move up and down. On most devices, the power button is used to confirm your selection, although for some devices the power button is used as a "back" button to go up one level, in which case the home button is used to confirm the selection.</li> </span></ul> <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Optional/Recommended: Select </span><b style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">backup and restore</b><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> to create a backup of the current installation on the device.</span><br /> <ul><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> <li>Select the option to <b>wipe data/factory reset</b>.</li> <li>Select the option <b>Wipe dalvik-cache in advanced</b>.</li> <li>Select <b>install zip from sdcard</b>.</li> <li>Select choose zip from sdcard.</li> <li>Select the <b>zip</b> file you placed on the sdcard. You will then need to then confirm that you do wish to flash this file.</li> </span></ul> <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Optional: Install any additional packages you wish using the same method.</span><br /> <ul><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> <li>Once the installation has finished, return back to the main menu, and select the reboot system now option.</li> <li>Enjoy!!</li> </span></ul> </div> </div>

CyanogenMod 10.2 (JellyBean 4.3) For LG P500

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How To Unlock Bootloader of Xperia Z Ultra Tab (Togari)

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <h2 style="text-align: center;"> <b><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">How To Unlock Bootloader Of Xperia Z Ultra Tab</span></b></h2> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://www.phonebunch.com/news-images/2013/06/Sony_Xperia_Z_Ultra.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://www.phonebunch.com/news-images/2013/06/Sony_Xperia_Z_Ultra.jpg" width="316" /></a></div> <div> <b><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></b></div> <div> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>WARNING:</b></span> The SD card of your device will be formatted and you will lose all content (for example photos, music, videos) when you unlock the boot loader</span></div> <div> <ol> <li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">First, you should confirm that it is possible to unlock the boot loader of your phone by checking the service menu. In your phone, open the dialler and enter *#*#7378423#*#* to access the service menu.</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">In your phone, tap Service info > Configuration > Rooting Status. If Bootloader unlock allowed says Yes, then you can continue with the next step. If it says No, or if the status is missing, your device cannot be unlocked.</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">GO <a href="http://unlockbootloader.sonymobile.com/unlock/step1">Here</a> and click Yes, I am Sure.</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Read through and accept the legal terms. Click I Accept.</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Enter your name, a valid email adress and the first 14 digits of your phone’s IMEI or MEID number (remove the last digit if necessary). Click Submit. You can view the IMEI or MEID number by entering *#06# on your phone.</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The unlock boot boot loader key will be sent to your email. Save it for later use.</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Download and install the latest Android SDK from <a href="http://developer.android.com/">developer.android.com</a>.</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Download and unzip <a href="http://developer.sonymobile.com/downloads/drivers/fastboot-driver/">this</a> file. This is the standard android_winusb.inf-file, with a few lines of code added to enable Fastboot to support Sony and Sony Ericsson devices. Make sure you are running Google USB Driver package revision 4 or higher in your Android SDK. You can see current Google USB Driver package revision in the SDK Manager.</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Place the unzipped file in the usb_driver folder, located in the Android SDK > extras > google folder on your computer. Accept to replace the old android_winusb.inf-file with the new file. If you can't find the usb_driver folder, please install the Google USB Driver Packager using the Android SDK manager.</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Turn off your phone.</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">On your phone, push and hold the Volume up(+) button at the same time as you connect the phone to the computer with a USB-cable.</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">On your computer, you will be asked for drivers. Point to the usb_driver folder where you placed the android_winusb.inf-file, and select the Android Boot loader Interface-file.</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Go to the tools folder within the Android SDK folder and Open a command window(press shift button and right click on the window and select Open Command Window here).</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Enter fastboot.exe -i 0x0fce getvar version, and verify that you get a response back (for example "0.3"). This means your phone is connected properly.</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Warning! If you perform this step, you will unlock the boot loader. This may void your warranty and/or any warranty from your operator. If you still want to unlock the boot loader of your phone, enter fastboot.exe -i 0x0fce oem unlock 0xKEY, where KEY is the unlock boot loader key you got in the beginning of this instruction. The boot loader should now be successfully unlocked.</span></li> </ol> </div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Now you can flash any custom ROMs/Kernel and you also dont need to worry if the new firmware can be rooted or not as with unlocked bootloader you can always ROOT your device</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Sony gives sneak-peaks/preview builds of latest OS which requires unlocked bootloaders, as they did with Xperia 2011/2012 line, so who knows may be Sony may give early builds of next android OS..</span></div> </div> </div>

How To Unlock Bootloader of Xperia Z Ultra Tab (Togari)

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PAC ROM [Paranoid Android | AOKP | CyanogenMod] (Jellybean 4.3) For Xperia Z (yuga)

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://pac-rom.com/new/images/logo.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="160" src="http://pac-rom.com/new/images/logo.png" width="640" /></a></div> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Sick of Changing ROM to enjoy features of different Roms, then PAC Rom is a solution to it. Its a unique Rom. It is packed with the best features from CyanogenMod , AOKP and PA. With it you can get the best experience you deserve. <a href="http://forum.xda-developers.com/member.php?u=2446348">jeroenqui</a>, a Senior Member in Xda have developed this Rom For our beloved Xperia Z.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <h3> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">REQUIREMENTS:</span></h3> <div> <ul> <li><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Bootloader Unlocked. If you have not unlocked it, then Follow this Guide <a href="http://techxtras.blogspot.in/2013/03/how-to-root-and-unlock-bootloader-of.html">by me</a> or <a href="https://sites.google.com/site/projectfreexperia/download/bootloader-unlock">FXP</a>.</span></li> </ul> <h3> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Installation Process:</span></h3> <h3> <ul><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> <li><span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">Download the ROM zip from <a href="http://d-h.st/rrS">here</a></span></li> </span></ul> <ul><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: small;"> <li style="font-weight: normal;">Downlaod Gapps from <a href="http://d-h.st/01u">here</a></li> </span></ul> <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">Optional: Download any supplemental 3rd-party applications packages for the device you wish to use. (You have to install a 3rd-party app to get the Google apps, like Gmail, Play Store, and Youtube.)</span><br /><ul style="font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> <li>Extract the boot.img from the zip, you will need this file for fastboot.</li> <li>Put the phone into fastboot mode:</li> <li>Open a terminal on the PC and enter the following:</li> </span></ul> <div style="font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;"> <b><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">fastboot -i 0xfce flash boot boot.img</span></b></div> <ul style="font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;"></ul> <div style="font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;"> <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>fastboot -i 0xfce reboot</b></span></div> <ul style="font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> <li>While the device reboots, press the <b>Volume rockers</b> a few times to load recovery.</li> <li>Once the device boots into the ClockworkMod Recovery, use the physical volume buttons to move up and down. On most devices, the <b>power button</b> is used to confirm your selection, although for some devices the power button is used as a "back" button to go up one level, in which case the <b>home</b> button is used to confirm the selection.</li> </span></ul> <div style="font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;"> <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Optional/Recommended: Select </span><b style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">backup and restore</b><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> to create a backup of the current installation on the Xperia Z.</span></div> <ul style="font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> <li>Select the option to <b>wipe data/factory reset</b>.</li> <li>Select <b>Install zip from sdcard</b>.</li> <li>Select <b>Choose zip from sdcard</b>.</li> <li>Select the CyanogenMod file you placed on the sdcard. You will then need to then confirm that you do wish to flash this file.</li> </span></ul> <div style="font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;"> <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Optional: Install any additional packages you wish using the same method.</span></div> <ul style="font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> <li>Once the installation has finished, return back to the main menu, and select the <b>reboot system now</b> option. The Xperia Z should now boot into PAC Rom.</li> </span></ul> </h3> </div> </div>

PAC ROM [Paranoid Android | AOKP | CyanogenMod] (Jellybean 4.3) For Xperia Z (yuga)

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Carbon Rom (Jellybean 4.3) For Xperia Z (yuga)

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">CarbonRom is an AOSP based rom, which is always compiled with the latest linaro toolchain. The kernel also is compiled with -O3 optimizations for better performance. It also gives you a great option of customization. </span><br /> <div style="text-align: center;"> <img height="216" src="http://cdn.teamandroid.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/4dCp6c8l-600x324.jpg" width="400" /></div> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Reasons to go for CarbonRom are:</span><br /> <br /> <ul style="text-align: left;"> <li><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Compiled with Linaro, this will make your phone ultrafast and ultrasmooth</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">AOSP based, s no bloatware or other stuff</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Great Customization options</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Nice look</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">HALO</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">TWRP Recovery</span></li> </ul> <div> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Although its in alpha stage but you can give it a try and enjoy its awesome features, and encourage the developer, <a href="http://forum.xda-developers.com/member.php?u=4340984">krabappel2548</a></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> to do more work on it to make it stable..</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://carbon.thesmallprint.org/screens/screen7s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://carbon.thesmallprint.org/screens/screen7s.jpg" width="192" /></a><a href="http://carbon.thesmallprint.org/screens/screen1s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://carbon.thesmallprint.org/screens/screen1s.jpg" width="179" /></a></div> <br /> <div> <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <br /> <h3> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></h3> <h3> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></h3> <h3> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></h3> <h3> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></h3> <h3> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></h3> <h3> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></h3> <h3> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></h3> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://carbon.thesmallprint.org/screens/screen6s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://carbon.thesmallprint.org/screens/screen6s.jpg" width="192" /></a></div> <h3> <a href="http://carbon.thesmallprint.org/screens/screen3s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://carbon.thesmallprint.org/screens/screen3s.jpg" width="192" /></a><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></h3> <h3> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></h3> <h3> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></h3> <h3> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></h3> <h3> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></h3> <h3> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></h3> <h3> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></h3> <h3> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></h3> <h3> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">REQUIREMENTS:</span></h3> <div> <ul> <li><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Bootloader Unlocked. If you have not unlocked it, then Follow this Guide <a href="http://techxtras.blogspot.in/2013/03/how-to-root-and-unlock-bootloader-of.html">by me</a> or <a href="https://sites.google.com/site/projectfreexperia/download/bootloader-unlock">FXP</a>.</span></li> </ul> <h3> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Installation Process:</span></h3> <h3> <ul><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> <li><span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">Download the ROM zip from <a href="http://bit.ly/16bWztn">here</a></span></li> </span></ul> <ul><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: small;"> <li style="font-weight: normal;">Downlaod Gapps from <a href="http://puu.sh/3OHtv.zip">here</a> or <a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?c7751m5kz8ukvd6">here</a></li> </span></ul> <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">Optional: Download any supplemental 3rd-party applications packages for the device you wish to use. (You have to install a 3rd-party app to get the Google apps, like Gmail, Play Store, and Youtube.)</span><br /> <ul style="font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> <li>Extract the boot.img from the zip, you will need this file for fastboot.</li> <li>Put the phone into fastboot mode:</li> <li>Open a terminal on the PC and enter the following:</li> </span></ul> <div style="font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;"> <b><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">fastboot -i 0xfce flash boot boot.img</span></b></div> <ul style="font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;"></ul> <div style="font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;"> <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>fastboot -i 0xfce reboot</b></span></div> <ul style="font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> <li>While the device reboots, press the <b>Volume rockers</b> a few times to load recovery.</li> <li>Once the device boots into the ClockworkMod Recovery, use the physical volume buttons to move up and down. On most devices, the <b>power button</b> is used to confirm your selection, although for some devices the power button is used as a "back" button to go up one level, in which case the <b>home</b> button is used to confirm the selection.</li> </span></ul> <div style="font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;"> <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Optional/Recommended: Select </span><b style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">backup and restore</b><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> to create a backup of the current installation on the Xperia Z.</span></div> <ul style="font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> <li>Select the option to <b>wipe data/factory reset</b>.</li> <li>Select <b>Install zip from sdcard</b>.</li> <li>Select <b>Choose zip from sdcard</b>.</li> <li>Select the CyanogenMod file you placed on the sdcard. You will then need to then confirm that you do wish to flash this file.</li> </span></ul> <div style="font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;"> <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Optional: Install any additional packages you wish using the same method.</span></div> <ul style="font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> <li>Once the installation has finished, return back to the main menu, and select the <b>reboot system now</b> option. The Xperia Z should now boot into CarbonRom.</li> </span></ul> </h3> </div> </div>

Carbon Rom (Jellybean 4.3) For Xperia Z (yuga)

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CyanogenMod 10.2 (JellyBean 4.3) For Xperia ZL(odin) and Xperia Z(yuga)

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: center;"> <a href="http://rootzwiki.com/uploads/beff3768d7cb06f37126dee371e5bf0a.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="223" src="http://rootzwiki.com/uploads/beff3768d7cb06f37126dee371e5bf0a.png" width="400" /></a></div> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Many high-end devices had got CyanogenMod 10.2 Update either officially or unofficially so which the two most beloved devices should stay behind. <span style="color: #0000ee;"><u><a href="http://forum.xda-developers.com/member.php?u=4922752">mithun46</a></u></span> and <a href="http://forum.xda-developers.com/member.php?u=2178960">pulsar_g2</a> , the two Recognized Developer in Xda have taken the responsibility to bring CM10.2 to these devices. And the ROM is almost stable with few FCs..</span><br /> <a href="http://i.imgur.com/GmS2ptJ.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; font-size: 19px; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://i.imgur.com/GmS2ptJ.png" width="212" /></a><a href="http://i.imgur.com/juKVPhi.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://i.imgur.com/juKVPhi.png" width="212" /></a> <br /> <h3> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></h3> <h3> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></h3> <h3> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></h3> <h3> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></h3> <h3> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></h3> <h3> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></h3> <h3> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></h3> <h3> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></h3> <h3> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">REQUIREMENTS:</span></h3> <ul> <li><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Bootloader Unlocked. If you have not unlocked it, then Follow this Guide <a href="http://techxtras.blogspot.in/2013/03/how-to-root-and-unlock-bootloader-of.html">by me</a> or <a href="https://sites.google.com/site/projectfreexperia/download/bootloader-unlock">FXP</a>.</span></li> </ul> <br /> <h3> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Installation Process:</span></h3> <h3> <div style="font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"></span></div> <div> <ul><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> <li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">For Xperia ZL- Download the ROM zip from </span></span><a href="http://goo.im/devs/mithun46/CM4.3" style="font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;">here</a><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">For Xperia Z- Download the zip from <a href="http://goo.im/devs/pulser/XperiaZ/CM10.2/cm-10.2-20130807-UNOFFICIAL-yuga.zip">here</a></span></li> </span></ul> <ul style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: small;"> <li style="font-weight: normal;">Downlaod Gapps from <a href="http://puu.sh/3OHtv.zip">here</a> or <a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?c7751m5kz8ukvd6">here</a></li> </span></ul> <br /> <div style="font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;"> <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Optional: Download any supplemental 3rd-party applications packages for the device you wish to use. (You have to install a 3rd-party app to get the Google apps, like Gmail, Play Store, and Youtube.)</span></div> <ul style="font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> <li>Extract the boot.img from the zip, you will need this file for fastboot.</li> <li>Put the phone into fastboot mode:</li> <li>Open a terminal on the PC and enter the following:</li> </span></ul> <div style="font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;"> <b><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">fastboot -i 0xfce flash boot boot.img</span></b></div> <ul style="font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;"></ul> <div style="font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;"> <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>fastboot -i 0xfce reboot</b></span></div> <ul style="font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> <li>While the device reboots, press the <b>Volume rockers</b> a few times to load recovery.</li> <li>Once the device boots into the ClockworkMod Recovery, use the physical volume buttons to move up and down. On most devices, the <b>power button</b> is used to confirm your selection, although for some devices the power button is used as a "back" button to go up one level, in which case the <b>home</b> button is used to confirm the selection.</li> </span></ul> <div style="font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;"> <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Optional/Recommended: Select </span><b style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">backup and restore</b><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> to create a backup of the current installation on the Xperia Z.</span></div> <ul style="font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> <li>Select the option to <b>wipe data/factory reset</b>.</li> <li>Select <b>Install zip from sdcard</b>.</li> <li>Select <b>Choose zip from sdcard</b>.</li> <li>Select the CyanogenMod file you placed on the sdcard. You will then need to then confirm that you do wish to flash this file.</li> </span></ul> <div style="font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;"> <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Optional: Install any additional packages you wish using the same method.</span></div> <ul style="font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> <li>Once the installation has finished, return back to the main menu, and select the <b>reboot system now</b> option. The Xperia Z should now boot into CyanogenMod.</li> </span></ul> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: small;">NOTE<span style="font-weight: normal;">: </span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Go to Developer options --> Root Access an</span></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">d change to "Apps and ADB" to fix root</span></div> </h3> </div>

CyanogenMod 10.2 (JellyBean 4.3) For Xperia ZL(odin) and Xperia Z(yuga)

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SlimBean 4.3 For Nexus 7 (2013)

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">SlimBean is a notable Custom ROM with important features, apps and capabilities that cannot be found in CyanogenMod or any other Rom. Its been a week since release of this device and almost all the famous and top list custom Roms has been developed for this Google's beast. It has been developed by one of the member on Xda, <a href="http://forum.xda-developers.com/member.php?u=4527723">gmillz</a>. So what are you waiting for, give it a try by following the instructions carefully.</span><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://slimroms.net/images/OPTemplate/SlimBeanOP2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="308" src="http://slimroms.net/images/OPTemplate/SlimBeanOP2.png" width="400" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://slimroms.net/images/galleries/features/trds/trds1.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://slimroms.net/images/galleries/features/trds/trds1.png" width="192" /></a></div> <a href="http://slimroms.net/images/galleries/features/notification/notification1.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://slimroms.net/images/galleries/features/notification/notification1.png" width="180" /></a><br /> <br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://slimroms.net/images/galleries/features/quick/quick2.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://slimroms.net/images/galleries/features/quick/quick2.png" width="180" /></a></div> <a href="http://slimroms.net/images/galleries/features/pie/other_colors_or_icons_no_problem.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://slimroms.net/images/galleries/features/pie/other_colors_or_icons_no_problem.png" width="180" /></a><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <h3> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Installation Process:</span></h3> <div> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"></span><br /> <ul><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> <li>Download the ROM zip from <b><a href="http://darkspadez.com/downloads/flo/Slim-flo-4.3.build.alpha.3-UNOFFICIAL-20130805-0007.zip">here</a></b></li> </span></ul> <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Optional: Download any supplemental 3rd-party applications packages for the device you wish to use like Gapps from <a href="http://goo.im/devs/gmillz/gapps/Slim_Gapps.4.3.alpha2.1.zip">here</a></span><br /> <ul><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> <li>Place the rom .zip file on the root of the SD card.</li> </span></ul> <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Optional: Place any supplemental packages (eg </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Google Apps</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> or kernel) .zip file(s) on the root of the SD card.</span><br /> <ul><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> <li>Boot to recovery mode on the device by holding Hold Volume Up & the Power button. Hold all Buttons until the Screen flashes, then release the Power button..</li> <li>Once the device boots into the ClockworkMod Recovery, use the physical volume buttons to move up and down. On most devices, the power button is used to confirm your selection, although for some devices the power button is used as a "back" button to go up one level, in which case the home button is used to confirm the selection.</li> </span></ul> <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Optional/Recommended: Select </span><b style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">backup and restore</b><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> to create a backup of the current installation on the device.</span><br /> <ul><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> <li>Select the option to <b>wipe data/factory reset</b>.</li> <li>Select the option <b>Wipe dalvik-cache in advanced</b>.</li> <li>Select <b>install zip from sdcard</b>.</li> <li>Select choose zip from sdcard.</li> <li>Select the <b>zip</b> file you placed on the sdcard. You will then need to then confirm that you do wish to flash this file.</li> </span></ul> <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Optional: Install any additional packages you wish using the same method.</span><br /> <ul><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> <li>Once the installation has finished, return back to the main menu, and select the reboot system now option.</li> <li>Enjoy!!</li> </span></ul> <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">You can try Some of the Addons from </span><a href="http://slimroms.net/index.php/new-addons-menu" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">here</a></div> </div>

SlimBean 4.3 For Nexus 7 (2013)

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Carbon ROM 4.3 For Nexus 7 (2013)

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Just a few weeks ago, this fabulous tablet has been launched by Google and It has already got some famous ROMs developed by it and more will be coming soon. This is Carbon ROM which is developed by one of the Senior Member on Xda, <a href="http://forum.xda-developers.com/member.php?u=5197177">CarbonDev</a> and it gives us a lot of customization feature and this is also ultra smoth which is fully AOSP based and moreover it also has awesome looks.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://cdn.teamandroid.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/4dCp6c8l-600x324.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="215" src="http://cdn.teamandroid.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/4dCp6c8l-600x324.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <h3 style="text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">About:</span></h3> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">CarbonRom is an aftermarket firmware based on the Android Open Source Project. We are dedicated to fast, stable, and feature-filled roms, honesty and communication with our users, and openness with our code. We like frequent builds, with the very latest and greatest hardware support and fixes. We strive to not only provide you with the best rom we can build, but also to give back to the Android community and our fellow developers. For us, this is about creating something we can be proud of and hope you will enjoy.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://carbon.thesmallprint.org/screens/screen1s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://carbon.thesmallprint.org/screens/screen1s.jpg" width="179" /></a></div> <a href="http://carbon.thesmallprint.org/screens/screen7s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://carbon.thesmallprint.org/screens/screen7s.jpg" width="192" /></a><br /> <br /> <a href="http://carbon.thesmallprint.org/screens/screen6s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://carbon.thesmallprint.org/screens/screen6s.jpg" width="192" /></a><br /> <a href="http://carbon.thesmallprint.org/screens/screen1s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="http://carbon.thesmallprint.org/screens/screen3s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://carbon.thesmallprint.org/screens/screen3s.jpg" width="192" /></a><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <h3> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Installation Process:</span></h3> <div> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"></span><br /> <ul><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> <li>Download the ROM zip from <b><a href="https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B56PlNCXH0HrOHJRUHdhakNLTnM/edit">here</a></b></li> </span></ul> <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Optional: Download any supplemental 3rd-party applications packages for the device you wish to use like Gapps from <a href="http://goo.im/devs/gmillz/gapps/Slim_Gapps.4.3.alpha2.1.zip">here</a></span><br /> <ul><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> <li>Place the rom .zip file on the root of the SD card.</li> </span></ul> <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Optional: Place any supplemental packages (eg </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Google Apps</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> or kernel) .zip file(s) on the root of the SD card.</span><br /> <ul><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> <li>Boot to recovery mode on the device by holding Hold Volume Up & the Power button. Hold all Buttons until the Screen flashes, then release the Power button..</li> <li>Once the device boots into the ClockworkMod Recovery, use the physical volume buttons to move up and down. On most devices, the power button is used to confirm your selection, although for some devices the power button is used as a "back" button to go up one level, in which case the home button is used to confirm the selection.</li> </span></ul> <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Optional/Recommended: Select </span><b style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">backup and restore</b><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> to create a backup of the current installation on the device.</span><br /> <ul><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> <li>Select the option to <b>wipe data/factory reset</b>.</li> <li>Select the option <b>Wipe dalvik-cache in advanced</b>.</li> <li>Select <b>install zip from sdcard</b>.</li> <li>Select choose zip from sdcard.</li> <li>Select the <b>zip</b> file you placed on the sdcard. You will then need to then confirm that you do wish to flash this file.</li> </span></ul> <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Optional: Install any additional packages you wish using the same method.</span><br /> <ul><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> <li>Once the installation has finished, return back to the main menu, and select the reboot system now option.</li> <li>Enjoy!!</li> </span></ul> </div> </div>

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CyanogenMod 10.2 (Jellybean 4.3) For LG Optimus L5

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://rootzwiki.com/uploads/beff3768d7cb06f37126dee371e5bf0a.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="223" src="http://rootzwiki.com/uploads/beff3768d7cb06f37126dee371e5bf0a.png" width="400" /></a></div> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Google has recently unveiled Jellybean 4.3 For Nexus Devices and CyanogenMod started merging the changes in Google source code and then the updates started rolling over to several other unsupported devices. LG Optimus L5 is such a device. XDA Recognized Developer, <b><a href="http://forum.xda-developers.com/member.php?u=4343949">PecanCM</a> </b>has started the CM 10.2 development work on this device. Currently the ROM is in pre-Alpha stage but almost all the basic features are working. So have a taste of it..</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://i.imgur.com/juKVPhi.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://i.imgur.com/juKVPhi.png" width="212" /></a></div> <a href="http://i.imgur.com/ZonFN3k.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://i.imgur.com/ZonFN3k.png" width="212" /></a><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /> <h3 style="text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></h3> <h3 style="text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></h3> <h3 style="text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></h3> <h3 style="text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></h3> <h3 style="text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></h3> <h3 style="text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></h3> <h3 style="text-align: left;"> <a href="http://i.imgur.com/XRMa7xn.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://i.imgur.com/XRMa7xn.png" width="212" /></a><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></h3> <h3 style="text-align: left;"> <a href="http://i.imgur.com/GmS2ptJ.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://i.imgur.com/GmS2ptJ.png" width="212" /></a><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></h3> <h3 style="text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></h3> <h3 style="text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></h3> <h3 style="text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></h3> <h3 style="text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></h3> <h3 style="text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></h3> <h3 style="text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></h3> <h3 style="text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></h3> <h3 style="text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">What's working:</span></h3> <br /> <ul style="text-align: left;"> <li><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">GSM</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Receiving and making calls</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Display</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Audio playback</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Audio recording</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Video playback</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Touch</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">WiFi</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Wifi tethering</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">OpenGL rendering</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Hardware video decoding & encoding</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">USB-tethering</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Mtp/ptp</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Sd card</span></li> </ul> <br /> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <br /> <h3 style="text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Not working:</span></h3> <br /> <ul style="text-align: left;"> <li><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Camera (photos, camcorder & panorama)</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Video recording</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Bluetooth</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Bluetooth tethering</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">and other things</span></li> </ul> <br /> <div> <h3> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Not Tested:</span></h3> </div> <div> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"></span><br /> <div> <ul style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> <li>GPS</li> <li>NFC </li> </span></ul> </div> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> </span></div> <h3> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Installation Process:</span></h3> <div> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: red;">Note :</span></b> CM-10.2 is only for jellybean (v20) baseband. If you are on ics (v10) baseband flash v20 baseband from <a href="http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2275969">this thread</a></span></div> <div> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"></span><br /> <ul><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> <li>Download the ROM zip from <b><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/download/60jovx5w3h3hr1j/cm-10.2-20130730-UNOFFICIAL-e610.zip">here</a></b></li> </span></ul> <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Optional: Download any supplemental 3rd-party applications packages for the device you wish to use like Gapps From <a href="http://d-h.st/XPy"><b>Here</b></a></span><br /> <ul><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> <li>Place the rom .zip file on the root of the SD card.</li> </span></ul> <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Optional: Place any supplemental packages (eg </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Google Apps</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> or kernel) .zip file(s) on the root of the SD card.</span><br /> <ul><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> <li>Boot to recovery mode on the device by holding Hold Volume Up & the Power button. Hold all Buttons until the Screen flashes, then release the Power button..</li> <li>Once the device boots into the ClockworkMod Recovery, use the physical volume buttons to move up and down. On most devices, the power button is used to confirm your selection, although for some devices the power button is used as a "back" button to go up one level, in which case the home button is used to confirm the selection.</li> </span></ul> <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Optional/Recommended: Select </span><b style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">backup and restore</b><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> to create a backup of the current installation on the device.</span><br /> <ul><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> <li>Select the option to <b>wipe data/factory reset</b>.</li> <li>Select the option <b>Wipe dalvik-cache in advanced</b>.</li> <li>Select <b>install zip from sdcard</b>.</li> <li>Select choose zip from sdcard.</li> <li>Select the <b>zip</b> file you placed on the sdcard. You will then need to then confirm that you do wish to flash this file.</li> </span></ul> <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Optional: Install any additional packages you wish using the same method.</span><br /> <ul><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> <li>Once the installation has finished, return back to the main menu, and select the reboot system now option.</li> <li>Enjoy!!</li> </span></ul> </div> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"></span><br /> <div> <br /></div> </div>

CyanogenMod 10.2 (Jellybean 4.3) For LG Optimus L5

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SlimBean 3.1 For Xperia Miro and Tipo

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://slimroms.net/templates/jm-0013//images/banner.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="98" src="http://slimroms.net/templates/jm-0013//images/banner.png" width="640" /></a></div> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">SlimBean is a notable Custom ROM with important features, apps and capabilities that cannot be found in CyanogenMod or any other Rom. After release of many modded Roms and Great Roms like MIUI for Miro and Tipo, now this awesome Rom is also available for these devices. <a href="http://forum.xda-developers.com/member.php?u=5019603">ShivangDave</a> and <a href="http://forum.xda-developers.com/member.php?u=4963954">zoldyck</a>, Members in Xda-Developers ported it to Miro and Tipo respectively. Its very slim(only 84 Mb) and fast. So what are you waiting for, Just Flash it and enjoy..</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://sphotos-b.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/1003965_10200175100327303_1426742742_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://sphotos-b.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/1003965_10200175100327303_1426742742_n.jpg" width="213" /></a><a href="http://sphotos-d.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-prn2/1044605_10200175100207300_2061627595_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://sphotos-d.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-prn2/1044605_10200175100207300_2061627595_n.jpg" width="213" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://sphotos-e.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/1003441_10200175099967294_304005310_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://sphotos-e.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/1003441_10200175099967294_304005310_n.jpg" width="213" /></a><a href="http://sphotos-f.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/1044061_10200175100247301_1677432811_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://sphotos-f.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/1044061_10200175100247301_1677432811_n.jpg" width="213" /></a></div> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <h3 style="text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></h3> <h3 style="text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></h3> <h3 style="text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></h3> <h3 style="text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></h3> <h3 style="text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></h3> <h3 style="text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></h3> <h3 style="text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></h3> <h3 style="text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Requirements:</span></h3> <br /> <ul style="text-align: left;"> <li><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Bootloader Unlocked.</b> If you haven't unlocked it, then you can unlock it by following the instructions <a href="http://techxtras.blogspot.in/2012/12/how-to-root-and-unlock-bootloader-of.html">here</a> for Miro and <a href="http://techxtras.blogspot.in/2013/01/how-to-root-and-unlock-bootloader-of.html">here</a> for Tipo</span></li> </ul> <br /> <h3 style="text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Installation Process:</span></h3> <div> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"></span><br /> <div> <ul><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> <li>Download the ROM zip from <a href="http://d-h.st/cgq">here</a> For Miro and <a href="http://d-h.st/VIg">here</a> For Tipo</li> </span></ul> <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Optional: Download any supplemental 3rd-party applications packages for the device you wish to use. (You have to install a 3rd-party app to get the Google apps, like Gmail, Play Store, and Youtube.) Download Gapps <a href="http://goo.gl/zcGw0">Here..</a></span><br /> <ul><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> <li>Extract the boot.img from the zip, you will need this file for fastboot.</li> <li>Put the phone into fastboot mode(Hold vol+ Button and plug usb to boot into fastboot (blue led))</li> <li>Open a terminal on the PC and enter the following:</li> </span></ul> <b><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">fastboot flash boot boot.img</span></b><br /> <ul></ul> <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>fastboot reboot</b></span><br /> <ul><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> <li>While the device reboots, press the <b>Volume rockers</b> a few times to load recovery.</li> <li>Once the device boots into the ClockworkMod Recovery, use the physical volume buttons to move up and down. On most devices, the <b>power button</b> is used to confirm your selection, although for some devices the power button is used as a "back" button to go up one level, in which case the <b>home</b> button is used to confirm the selection.</li> </span></ul> <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Optional/Recommended: Select </span><b style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">backup and restore</b><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> to create a backup of the current installation on your device.</span><br /> <ul><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> <li>Select the option to <b>wipe data/factory reset</b>.</li> <li>Select <b>Install zip from sdcard</b>.</li> <li>Select <b>Choose zip from sdcard</b>.</li> <li>Select the zip file you placed on the sdcard. You will then need to then confirm that you do wish to flash this file.</li> </span></ul> <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Optional: Install any additional packages you wish using the same method.</span><br /> <ul><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> <li>Once the installation has finished, return back to the main menu, and select the <b>reboot system now</b> option. The device should now boot into SlimBean.</li> </span></ul> </div> </div> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>

SlimBean 3.1 For Xperia Miro and Tipo

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JellyBeer v4.31 For HTC Explorer/Pico

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/44387235/OPMain800.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="330" src="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/44387235/OPMain800.png" width="640" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Lots of source-built Roms are coming For HTC Explorer and now heres one more. It is JellyBeer Rom which has paved its way into this device through <b><a href="http://forum.xda-developers.com/member.php?u=4832023">omerjerk</a>,</b> a Member in Xda-Developers. It has Great customization Features. It is based on CM10.1, and has PA's Hybrid menu along with Pie Launcher. It also has AOKP navigation bar along with some other Great features. Everything Works except native CM10.1 Bugs like video recording but for that you can use <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.androidillusion.videocamillusion&hl=en">Videocam illusion</a> app from the play store.</span><div> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">So without wasting much time, try it on your own.</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOWOpbllwYtEiQpfMDeG5LjOOOupeD7bHGJSsovwvqNXEFKv1TwfYeu93ROf98qrS2roL1P7rV6y986AHR8wdxn9ATsAz5auM5GhS0MB_BoMBNGiukflHDXWFiedlYVwjb4lPUIC4vwFrV/s1600/b8z7.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOWOpbllwYtEiQpfMDeG5LjOOOupeD7bHGJSsovwvqNXEFKv1TwfYeu93ROf98qrS2roL1P7rV6y986AHR8wdxn9ATsAz5auM5GhS0MB_BoMBNGiukflHDXWFiedlYVwjb4lPUIC4vwFrV/s320/b8z7.png" width="213" /></a></div> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9qeckD7KB5LHWyZtmrY_ETU2-w7nnpv7cpJ-3hDQfF7CSfsZUPP3HWk8hdywnKcehycqK_hJs_XwT57AQjBtcu7COd85DTLeuU6gb_BUfncCvSlwZm3hjrYYr3ppoCembK1AI9Sd975iZ/s1600/a9l.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; 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On most devices, the power button is used to confirm your selection, although for some devices the power button is used as a "back" button to go up one level, in which case the home button is used to confirm the selection.</li> </span></ul> <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Optional/Recommended: Select </span><b style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">backup and restore</b><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> to create a backup of the current installation on the device.</span><br /> <ul><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> <li>Select the option to <b>wipe data/factory reset</b>.</li> <li>Select the option <b>Wipe dalvik-cache in advanced</b>.</li> <li>Select <b>install zip from sdcard</b>.</li> <li>Select choose zip from sdcard.</li> <li>Select the <b>zip</b> file you placed on the sdcard. You will then need to then confirm that you do wish to flash this file.</li> </span></ul> <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Optional: Install any additional packages you wish using the same method.</span><br /> <ul><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> <li>Once the installation has finished, return back to the main menu, and select the reboot system now option.</li> <li>Enjoy!!</li> </span></ul> </div> </div> </div>

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CyanogenMod 10 For Xperia E Dual (GSM Working!!)

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: left;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7vLunTYNx_WUyHvhhnuY-OjGXW6nC7FG0VHaVEHe61cLXy39LJO9C_QewFCRI5I62sTu8MTlJ3_QQYe2SaEAOgq8dXJJFSJgI_vrT5n3XnzQVtNYpJbBBDccamJ9x2vzbz-Y9BQJQZSND/s1600/sony-xperia-e-dual.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7vLunTYNx_WUyHvhhnuY-OjGXW6nC7FG0VHaVEHe61cLXy39LJO9C_QewFCRI5I62sTu8MTlJ3_QQYe2SaEAOgq8dXJJFSJgI_vrT5n3XnzQVtNYpJbBBDccamJ9x2vzbz-Y9BQJQZSND/s200/sony-xperia-e-dual.jpg" width="187" /></a></div> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Xperia E Dual</b> users were waiting For The Release of Jellybean with GSM working For their devices since a long time but now <b><a href="http://forum.xda-developers.com/member.php?u=1680178">jjm34</a></b></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">, a New Member on XDA have started working on it. And now they got an Alpha Release by them. It can be used as a daily driver. You know that CM10 is freaking awesome.., so Flash it and see the Results.</span></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <h3 style="text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">CHANGELOG:</span></h3> <ul style="text-align: left;"> <li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Initial Build</span></li> </ul> <h3 style="text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">BUGS:</span></h3> <div> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"></span><br /> <div> <ul style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> <li>Video recording doesn't work</li> <li>Video playback uses software decoders, not hardware</li> <li>Magnetometer doesn't seem to be working</li> <li>USB mass storage speed is slow</li> <li>FM radio not included (hardware and driver work, and tuning works as well, but it's going to require quite a few changes to the audio subsystem to actually get sound out of it)</li> <li>Turning off screen in recovery doesn't work (screen timeout disabled by default)</li> <li>Inserting an unmountable SD card (unformatted, or unknown file system) will trigger a notification offering to format it. However, doing so will format the internal SD card</li> <li>CM's SMS tester to simulate incoming SMS (dev tools) doesn't work</li> </span></ul> </div> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> </span></div> <h3 style="text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">REQUIREMENTS:</span></h3> <ul style="text-align: left;"> <li><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Bootloader Unlocked</b>. If you have not unlocked it, then Follow this Guide by </span><a href="http://unlockbootloader.sonymobile.com/" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Sony</b></a><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> or </span><a href="https://sites.google.com/site/projectfreexperia/download/bootloader-unlock" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>FXP</b></a><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">.</span></li> </ul> <h3 style="text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">BEFORE WE BEGIN MAKE SURE TO DO THIS:</span></h3> <div style="text-align: left;"> <ul style="text-align: left;"> <li><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">If you don't have stock JB installed (11.3.A.2.1), you need to flash that first because this ROM only works with the baseband firmware that gets flashed with the stock JB ROM. GSM will be unavailable if you're coming from ICS. If you don't know about this, then find it <b><a href="http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2326830">Here</a></b>.</span></li> </ul> </div> <h3 style="text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS:</span></h3> <div> <ul style="text-align: left;"> <li><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Download The ROM From</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span><b style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><a href="http://d-h.st/Tw4">Here</a> </b><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">and Gapps From <b><a href="http://goo.im/gapps/gapps-jb-20121011-signed.zip">Here</a></b></span></li> </ul> <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Optional: Download any supplemental 3rd-party applications packages for the device you wish to use. (You have to install a 3rd-party app to get the Google apps, like Gmail, Play Store, and Youtube.)</span><br /> <ul><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> <li>Extract the boot.img from the zip, you will need this file for fastboot.</li> <li>Put the phone into fastboot mode(Hold vol+ Button and plug usb to boot into fastboot (blue led):</li> <li>Open a terminal on the PC and enter the following:</li> </span></ul> <b><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">fastboot -i 0xfce flash boot boot.img</span></b><br /> <ul></ul> <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>fastboot -i 0xfce reboot</b></span><br /> <ul><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> <li>While the device reboots, press the <b>Volume rockers</b> a few times to load recovery.</li> <li>Once the device boots into the ClockworkMod Recovery, use the physical volume buttons to move up and down. On most devices, the <b>power button</b> is used to confirm your selection, although for some devices the power button is used as a "back" button to go up one level, in which case the <b>home</b> button is used to confirm the selection.</li> </span></ul> <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Optional/Recommended: Select </span><b style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">backup and restore</b><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> to create a backup of the current installation on the Xperia E.</span><br /> <ul><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> <li>Select the option to <b>wipe data/factory reset</b>.</li> <li>Select <b>Install zip from sdcard</b>.</li> <li>Select <b>Choose zip from sdcard</b>.</li> <li>Select the CyanogenMod file you placed on the sdcard. You will then need to then confirm that you do wish to flash this file.</li> </span></ul> <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Optional: Install any additional packages you wish using the same method.</span><br /> <ul><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> <li>Once the installation has finished, return back to the main menu, and select the <b>reboot system now</b> option. The Xperia E should now boot into CyanogenMod.</li> </span></ul> </div> <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span> <br /> <h3 style="text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Multi-SIM operation:</span></h3> <div style="text-align: left;"> </div> <ul style="text-align: left;"> <li><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Enable/disable SIM cards in Settings / Multi-SIM.</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Only one SIM card can have 3G enabled, but it's not toggled automatically. To enable 3G on one SIM you have to make sure the other one is set to 2G-only mode first.</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Some of the dual-SIM features in Sony's ROM, such as auto-toggling SIM cards based on time, different ringtones, or data usage tracking aren't included.</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">SMS are currently always sent from whatever subscription is set as the SMS send subscription. This includes sending an SMS reply from the "incoming call" screen or the "missed call" notification.</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Note that battery life is shorter when two SIM cards are enabled. The reason for this is that the modem has to keep switching between two networks to remain registered and be able to receive network events, causing higher power consumption, higher latency, and lower throughput. This also causes the data connection to become slower when two SIMs are enabled. This isn't something that can be "fixed" because it's not software-related. Having only one SIM card enabled will improve battery life and data connection speed.</span></li> </ul> <br /> <h3 style="text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">USB mass storage mode:</span></h3> <div> <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">He has enabled the USB mass storage driver to support mounting two storage devices simultaneously, so you can share both the "internal" and "external" SD cards as UMS.</span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"></span><br /> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> </span> <br /> <div> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Recovery will always mount both storage devices, but the Android GUI for USB mass storage will share the external SD card only, because the internal SD card is intended to remain available to the OS. However, you can manually mount the internal SD card from the shell:</span></div> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> </span> <div> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> <div> <b>Unmount storage from the OS:</b></div> <blockquote class="tr_bq"> vdc volume unmount sdcard</blockquote> <div> <br /></div> <div> <b>To unmount forcibly:</b></div> <blockquote class="tr_bq"> vdc volume unmount sdcard force</blockquote> <div> <br /></div> <div> <b>Share to USB:</b></div> <blockquote class="tr_bq"> vdc volume share sdcard ums</blockquote> <div> <br /></div> <div> <b>To disconnect from USB and re-mount storage to the OS:</b></div> <blockquote class="tr_bq"> vdc volume unshare sdcard ums<br /> vdc volume mount sdcard</blockquote> </span></div> <ul style="text-align: left;"></ul> </div>

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How To Root and Unlock Bootloader of Xperia SP (HuaShan)

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkIF5U8jiQdvPI6lv3GAfy1m5VtDDi2uf3HsmQSf6lkjF0DBRtGBg1uXPYBu070bBie0RZGE1hUwLbv6E2vW7SfnSyr1jYTz9suMWjTuErAYKz9sPSrBQkQDA6vzDzLnkY-wrOK-To_FW2/s1600/sony_xperia_sp.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="283" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkIF5U8jiQdvPI6lv3GAfy1m5VtDDi2uf3HsmQSf6lkjF0DBRtGBg1uXPYBu070bBie0RZGE1hUwLbv6E2vW7SfnSyr1jYTz9suMWjTuErAYKz9sPSrBQkQDA6vzDzLnkY-wrOK-To_FW2/s400/sony_xperia_sp.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> <h2 style="text-align: center;"> <b><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">HOW TO UNLOCK BOOTLOADER OF XPERIA SP</span></b></h2> <div> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>WARNING:</b></span> The SD card of your device will be formatted and you will lose all content (for example photos, music, videos) when you unlock the boot loader</span></div> <div> <ol> <li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">First, you should confirm that it is possible to unlock the boot loader of your phone by checking the service menu. In your phone, open the dialler and enter *#*#7378423#*#* to access the service menu.</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">In your phone, tap Service info > Configuration > Rooting Status. If Bootloader unlock allowed says Yes, then you can continue with the next step. If it says No, or if the status is missing, your device cannot be unlocked.</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">GO <a href="http://unlockbootloader.sonymobile.com/unlock/step1">Here</a> and click Yes, I am Sure.</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Read through and accept the legal terms. Click I Accept.</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Enter your name, a valid email adress and the first 14 digits of your phone’s IMEI or MEID number (remove the last digit if necessary). Click Submit. You can view the IMEI or MEID number by entering *#06# on your phone.</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The unlock boot boot loader key will be sent to your email. Save it for later use.</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Download and install the latest Android SDK from <a href="http://developer.android.com/">developer.android.com</a>.</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Download and unzip <a href="http://developer.sonymobile.com/downloads/drivers/fastboot-driver/">this</a> file. This is the standard android_winusb.inf-file, with a few lines of code added to enable Fastboot to support Sony and Sony Ericsson devices. Make sure you are running Google USB Driver package revision 4 or higher in your Android SDK. You can see current Google USB Driver package revision in the SDK Manager.</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Place the unzipped file in the usb_driver folder, located in the Android SDK > extras > google folder on your computer. Accept to replace the old android_winusb.inf-file with the new file. If you can't find the usb_driver folder, please install the Google USB Driver Packager using the Android SDK manager.</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Turn off your phone.</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">On your phone, push and hold the Volume up(+) button at the same time as you connect the phone to the computer with a USB-cable.</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">On your computer, you will be asked for drivers. Point to the usb_driver folder where you placed the android_winusb.inf-file, and select the Android Boot loader Interface-file.</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Go to the tools folder within the Android SDK folder and Open a command window(press shift button and right click on the window and select Open Command Window here).</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Enter fastboot.exe -i 0x0fce getvar version, and verify that you get a response back (for example "0.3"). This means your phone is connected properly.</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Warning! If you perform this step, you will unlock the boot loader. This may void your warranty and/or any warranty from your operator. If you still want to unlock the boot loader of your phone, enter fastboot.exe -i 0x0fce oem unlock 0xKEY, where KEY is the unlock boot loader key you got in the beginning of this instruction. The boot loader should now be successfully unlocked.</span></li> </ol> </div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Now you can flash any custom ROMs/Kernel and you also dont need to worry if the new firmware can be rooted or not as with unlocked bootloader you can always ROOT your device</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Sony gives sneak-peaks/preview builds of latest OS which requires unlocked bootloaders, as they did with Xperia 2011/2012 line, so who knows may be Sony may give early builds of next android OS..</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"> <br /></div> <div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"> <h2> <b><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">HOW TO ROOT XPERIA Z?</span></b></h2> <div> <b><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></b></div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Once the bootloader is unlocked its generally very easy to root but there are numerous issues where rooting isn't working even using insecure kernel, so <a href="http://forum.xda-developers.com/member.php?u=2784807">DooMLoRD</a>, a Recognized Developer on XDA a new exploit for our Xperia devices which is working for sure!</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This will work on both Locked & Unlocked Bootloader Devices!</span></div> <h3 style="text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">REQUIREMENTS:</span></h3> </div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <ul style="text-align: left;"> <li><b style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Firmware Version:</b><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">12.0.A.1.284</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Compatible with C5302/3/6</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">fastboot files </span><a href="http://developer.sonymobile.com/downloads/drivers/xperia-z-driver/" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">here</a><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> or </span><a href="http://j.mp/xps_fastboot_pkg" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">here</a></li> </ul> <h3 style="text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">DOWNLOADS:</span></h3> <div> <ul style="text-align: left;"> <li><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Download it </span><b style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><a href="http://bit.ly/ert_13" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">HERE!!</a></b></li> </ul> <h3 style="text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">BEFORE WE BEGIN, MAKE SURE TO DO THE FOLLOWING:</span></h3> <div> <div> <ul style="text-align: left;"> <li><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Make sure u have installed adb drivers for your device</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Enable "USB DEBUGGING" from (Menu\Settings\Applications\Development)</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Enable "UNKNOWN SOURCES" from (Menu\Settings\Applications)</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">[OPTIONAL] Increase screen timeout to 10 minutes</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">connect USB cable to PHONE and then connect to PC</span></li> </ul> </div> </div> <h3 style="text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">INSTALLATION PROCEDURE:</span></h3> </div> <div> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"></span><br /> <ul style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> <li>Just download the file, extract it completely using winzip/winrar</li> <li>Go to the folder where its extracted and execute "RUNME.bat"</li> <li>Read and follow the instructions on the screen!</li> <li>REBOOT THE DEVICE AFTER THE SCRIPT HAS FINISHED EXECUTION!</li> </span></ul> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> </span></div> </div> </div> <div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"> </div> </div> </div>

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<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <b style="color: #333333; font-size: x-large; line-height: 23.99305534362793px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Another Xperia coming:Xperia M</span></b><br /> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 24px;"><br /></span></span> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 24px;">Sony's just announced a new handset will be joining its Xperia line-up this year: the Xperia M. Much like the </span><a href="http://techxtras.blogspot.in/2013/03/sony-xperia-l-coming-soon.html" style="background-color: white; color: #1e82ad; line-height: 24px;">Xperia L</a><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 24px;">, it's aimed at the lower end of the Android spectrum, with far from benchmark-busting specs. It's got a 4-inch TFT FWVGA (854 x 480) display seated behind a panel of </span></span><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="line-height: 23.99305534362793px;">scratch</span></span><span style="color: #333333; font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 24px;"> resistant glass, and </span></span></span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus chipset featuring a 1GHz dual-core Krait processor, Adreno 305 graphics and 1GB of RAM.</span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 24px;"> There's only 4GB of </span><span style="line-height: 23.99305534362793px;">onboard</span><span style="line-height: 24px;"> storage, but a microSD slot supporting up to 64GB cards will allow you to boost that. The rear camera has a 5-megapixel </span></span></span>Exmor RS sensor<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 24px;"> and companion flash </span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">capable of 720p video recording,</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 24px;"> while </span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">0.3MP front camera snapper for video chats.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 24px;"> </span></span><br /> <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 24px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></span> <span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>The Sony Xperia M connectivity package includes</b> </span></span><br /> <span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></span> <br /> <ul> <li><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Dual-band Wi-Fi</span></span></li> <li><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">3G with HSPA</span></span></li> <li><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Bluetooth 4.0</span></span></li> <li><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">NFC </span></span></li> <li><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">FM radio</span></span></li> </ul> <br /> <span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></span> <span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"> Sony is advertising the Xperia M as a phone with "magical one-touch functions"</span></span><br /> <span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></span> <br /> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; line-height: 18px; padding: 0px 0px 1em; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Sony Xperia M runs on Android 4.1 Jelly Bean with Sony's proprietary skin on top of it.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; line-height: 18px; padding: 0px 0px 1em; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Colour versions </b></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; line-height: 18px; padding: 0px 0px 1em; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> <ul> <li><span style="line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Black</span></span></li> <li><span style="line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">White</span></span></li> <li><span style="line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Purple</span></span></li> <li><span style="line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Lime</span></span></li> </ul> <br /> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; line-height: 18px; padding: 0px 0px 1em; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">A dual-SIM version of Xperia M is also going to be available. 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<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Many ROMs are not being developed for Xperia J but the Roms which are developed for it are awesome. Recently a new Rom named Shendu OS has been ported by <a href="http://forum.xda-developers.com/member.php?u=5067035">lozohcum</a>, a Senior Member in xda. It is a good alternative to MIUI. All of the J users must try it. It is also a battery friendly Rom, so anybody who wants to keep his mobile's battery saved for a long time should give a try to this Rom.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://imageshack.us/a/img29/1198/screenshot2013052600110.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://imageshack.us/a/img59/1617/screenshot2013052600115.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://imageshack.us/a/img59/1617/screenshot2013052600115.png" width="179" /></a></div> <br /> <a href="http://imageshack.us/a/img839/8096/screenshot2013052600121.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://imageshack.us/a/img839/8096/screenshot2013052600121.png" width="179" /></a><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://imageshack.us/a/img29/1198/screenshot2013052600110.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://imageshack.us/a/img29/1198/screenshot2013052600110.png" width="179" /></a><a href="http://imageshack.us/a/img401/79/screenshot2013052600112.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://imageshack.us/a/img401/79/screenshot2013052600112.png" width="179" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <h3> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Installation Process:</span></h3> <div> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"></span><br /> <div> <ul><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> <li>Download the ROM zip from <a href="http://www.mediafire.com/download/jxptb23j3xe6sq7/ShenduOS.zip">here</a></li> </span></ul> <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Optional: Download any supplemental 3rd-party applications packages for the device you wish to use. (You have to install a 3rd-party app to get the Google apps, like Gmail, Play Store, and Youtube.)</span><br /> <ul><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> <li>Extract the boot.img from the zip, you will need this file for fastboot.</li> <li>Put the phone into fastboot mode:</li> <li>Open a terminal on the PC and enter the following:</li> </span></ul> <b><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">fastboot -i 0xfce flash boot boot.img</span></b><br /> <ul></ul> <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>fastboot -i 0xfce reboot</b></span><br /> <ul><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> <li>While the device reboots, press the <b>Volume rockers</b> a few times to load recovery.</li> <li>Once the device boots into the ClockworkMod Recovery, use the physical volume buttons to move up and down. On most devices, the <b>power button</b> is used to confirm your selection, although for some devices the power button is used as a "back" button to go up one level, in which case the <b>home</b> button is used to confirm the selection.</li> </span></ul> <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Optional/Recommended: Select </span><b style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">backup and restore</b><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> to create a backup of the current installation on the Xperia J.</span><br /> <ul><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> <li>Select the option to <b>wipe data/factory reset</b>.</li> <li>Select <b>Install zip from sdcard</b>.</li> <li>Select <b>Choose zip from sdcard</b>.</li> <li>Select the CyanogenMod file you placed on the sdcard. You will then need to then confirm that you do wish to flash this file.</li> </span></ul> <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Optional: Install any additional packages you wish using the same method.</span><br /> <ul><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> <li>Once the installation has finished, return back to the main menu, and select the <b>reboot system now</b> option. The Xperia J should now boot into Shendu OS.</li> <li>Enjoy the new UI!!</li> </span></ul> <span style="color: red; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>NOTE:</b></span></div> </div> <div> <ul style="text-align: left;"> <li><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">DISABLE PIN PASSWORD BEFORE INSTALL THIS ROM, OTHERWISE IT WON'T WORK!</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">BE SURE TO HAVE BOOTLOADER UNLOCKED!!</span></li> </ul> </div> </div>

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