Nowadays, sections are filled with a substantial number of ROMs considering that everyone is compiling their own and distributing it to the public. So, if someone has just entered the Android custom-made world then he or she is definitely going to get perplexed with the number of ROMs available out there. So to aid you and to follow our old ritual of releasing the best custom-made ROMs series for various devices, we are going to do the same and today is the turn for the best custom-made ROMs for Xperia Z C660/C6602/C6603. This list here will ease up the process of finding the best suitable custom-made ROM for yourself. We’re going to handpick only certain ROMs on the basis of few aspects viz Stability, features, performance and battery life.
The exceptional SONY flagship ‘Xperia Z’ was released in January 2013 featuring Qualcomm MDM9215M Quad-Core 1.5 GHz Krait processor, a 13.1 MP primary camera, a 5 inches 1080p full-HD screen with shatterproof and scratch-resistant glass, and SONY Mobile Bravia Engine 2. having such a marvelous hardware, yet the device is not performing at its full potential. To unlock the same, you will have to install one of these custom-made ROMs.
Before you read further, here are a few things that you’ll require to do. The first and the foremost is to root and then install a custom-made recovery like TWRP (recommended). Both of these could be done easily by our guides, just click on the links below and follow.
How to root Xperia Z (C660, C6602 and C6603) on Firmware version 10.3.1.A.0.244/2.67
How to install TWRP on Xperia Z with Locked Bootloader
1. CM11 FXP ROM for Xperia Z
Developer: FXP
About the ROM
CyanogenMod is a very popular and stable ROM and not only this, it is also one of the very few custom-made ROMs that are available considering that the beginning of Android (Thanks to Steve Kondik, and his team). FXP or ‘FreeXperia Project’ was first initiated back in the Gingerbread era to reach out SONY’s unsupported devices (In terms of updates) and also to port the popular CM ROM to the same devices. The main idea was to stay updated with the new versions of Android by means of CyanogenMod. In this long run, FXP began with low-end devices like X8, X10 etc and now supports nearly every high-end device like the Xperia Z series.
The most current ROM that FXP supports is the CyanogenMod 11 based on KitKat 4.4.2. According to the users, CM11 by FXP team is highly recommended for those who seek limited but beneficial features and like minimalism in terms of ROM content. To be short, “plain and simple”.
Read a lot more at CyanogenMod web site for its features. check out the FXP web site for a lot more information on ROM, changelogs and news. also , isit the XDA thread for interacting with other users.
How to Install
Download ROM and GApps
Connect the device to the PC and transfer the zip files to a suitable location.
Disconnect the device
Power off the device (Skip steps 5 to 7 if you have TWRP installed)
Hold volume up button and plug in the USB device to boot into fastboot mode (Blue LED will flash)
Extract boot.img from the downloaded ROM zip file.
Open a CMD window in the folder where the boot.img is extracted and type in the following commands one after the other
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot reboot
While boot the LED will flash violet 3 times, during this press the volume up crucial to boot into recovery mode.
Flash the ROM zip file followed by GApps.
Wipe data and cache paritions.
Reboot the device.
2. AOKP ROM for Xperia Z
Developer: championswimmer
About the ROM
Another very well-known ROM for its special features. AOKP stands for Android open Kang project and was built first during the release of Android Ice cream Sandwich. The team and the ROM has always displayed a full sync to its users, which according to me is a very responsible thing to do. For now, the ROM is following Nightly releases until a completely stable state is obtained to be treated as a milestone. The ROM is popular for its smooth UI, stability and features like custom-made QS Toggles, Vibration Patterns, AOKP Ribbons, Navigation Rings, LED Controls etc.
Any user, who wants some real features accompanied by stability must choose this ROM.
Visit AOKP web site for feature details, news, changelogs and social channels. also check out the XDA thread.
How to Install
Copy ROM and GApps to the SDcard or internal Storage
Make sure to have TWRP or any other Kernel installed which has a recovery
Reboot device, press volume up to boot into recovery mode and the LED will be pink.
If coming from a previous version like JB 4.2 or 4.3, make sure to wipe data and cache partitions or factory reset
Flash ROM zip
Flash GApps zip
Reboot the device
3. ParanoidAndroid ROM for Xperia Z
Developer: SuperHanss
About the ROM
The a lot of anticipated ROM for an Android device. the ROM that actually changed how we define the word innnull