since the official 4.3 FW is now released I will be closing this thread!
cheers and enjoy the official release!
regards,
DooMLoRD
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[ info ]
Hello friends,
so after the sneak peak, i present to you leaked Sony 4.3 JellyBean Firmware 12.1.A.0.256 for the Xperia SP (C5302/C5303)...
this firmware was ment for developer (brown) devices but i was able to get it to boot on production devices...
huge thanks to Sony devs for such a polished and fast firmware! by the looks of things official roll out is near!
hope you guys are happy that you donated the phone to me! i can work on such stuff as i have the device in hand
THIS IS FOR UNLOCKED BOOTLOADERS ONLY!
[ NOTICE ]
since this is an internal testing firmware, do not expect to see the same features on the official final release... some things could be added while others removed...
[ screenshots ]
[ WARNING ]
PLEASE DO NOT CROSSFLASH THIS ROM+KERNEL... this is ment only for C5302/C5303 (Xperia SP)... please do not flash it on other variants....
- THIS IS AN LEAKED ROM
- FEW THINGS ARE EXPECTED NOT TO WORK
- THIS IS POSTED JUST SO THAT USERS CAN ENJOY THE UPCOMING FEATURES AND OTHER DEVS CAN HELP IN FIXING THE ISSUES
- MORE THINGS WILL FOLLOW AS AND WHEN I/OTHERS CAN GET THEM TO WORK
- DO NOT ASK FOR FURTHER UPDATES/ETA OF OFFICIAL RELEASE
please backup all data, including internal SDCARD data before flashing this ROM
[ why has this been posted? ]
many devs can use the libs to improve existing/work-in-progress ROMs...
many themers can start porting to ROMs/devices...
many users will get a feel of whats in store for the JB update...
[ features ]
- Easy to flash update.zip via recovery
- Prerooted and busybox installed
(buggy, easy fix, will be published later)[FIX] recovery is NOT included (for now)[FIX]- new kernel with recovery available! check here AFTER flashing ROM
[ whats not working? ]
you tell me!
please report other things as and when you find them
[ requirements ]
- unlocked bootloader
- previously on stock .253/.254 JB ROM or roms based on that [since some components of THIS rom contain files from those firmwares]
- supplied ROM
- any existing kernel with recovery
[ how to install ]
- download the ROM and save it on SDCARD
- reboot device into recovery
- flash the ROMs update.zip (this will take some time)
- No need to wipe data in recovery!
- thats it now reboot device
- first boot will take time
- power down device
- enter fastboot mode
- flash advanced stock kernel posted here to get working recovery & to fix root!
- enjoy!
[ donations ]
if u feel that this work has helped u OR u think that the work i put into making this is worthy of donations, then click on the following link for buying me some coffee/beer/etc
PAYPAL DONATION LINK
OR
you can buy one of my awesome apps from Play Store!
[ download link ]
kindly DO NOT MIRROR MY FILES!!!
SP-4.3_leak_256-DooMLoRD.zip (MIRROR1)
MD5HASH: 3fcfadd6764ed6b74e517c1e0f2799bd { 705 MB (73,95,27,194 bytes) }
Dont forget to download the advanced stock kernel posted here! this is to be flashed AFTER flashing the ROM!
i understand that everyone is really happy about this but please dont flood this thread with "thank you" posts... there is a "Thanks" button, use that... and there is always an option to donate or buy one of my awesome apps from Play Store! :angel:
READ THE FULL THREAD BEFORE ASKING ANY QUERIES OR REPORTING ANY BUGS/ISSUES
ENJOY!!!
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