I DID NOT CREATE THIS ROM OR THE RECOVERIES OR FLASH TOOLS LINKED, I ONLY MODIFIED THE SYSTEM UI AND SETTINGS AND BUILD PROP ZIPS BELOW.
I am not responsible for any damage (if any) to your device, data, life, job or anything else you'd care to think of.
ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE ASK IN THE THREAD AS EVERYONE BENEFITS, PM'S WILL MOSTLY BE IGNORED.
IF YOU DON'T HAVE AN UNLOCKED BOOTLOADER YOU MUST FIRST UNLOCK IT.
Download all files you want/need to your PC/External SD before starting...just saying.
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Flash stock firmware for your device that the rom is based off. Readily available from Xperifirm (attached to flashtool - Bonus!), or XDA. Flash via Flashtool or Newflasher. Again, there's plenty of guides on using flashtool and newflasher, i'm not covering that here.
Once flashing has completed, turn the device on and allow it to fully boot. Complete the setup process, and log in to your google account. Move the ROM file you already (hopefully) downloaded to internal storage (IMPORTANT STEP: I had symlink errors flashing the ROM from the External SD Card). I normally disable auto-updates in the Play Store/Whats New apps and then let it rest for 5 minutes.
Step Three
Turn your device off, boot into FASTBOOT MODE, and flash TWRP (fastboot flash recovery TWRP/ATWRP.img). If you don't know how to fastboot, see above re: XDA/Google. Unplug your device, wait 10 seconds, then boot into recovery (Hold power and volume down together, release both at at the vibration). Tick the checkbox then swipe right, and the first thing you SHOULD do is go to settings and turn the damn vibration off. :laugh:
DON'T WIPE ANYTHING!!! You are installing on top of an already clean installation, its pointless. Press Install, select the XPERIA_PIE_XZP_1.0.zip file you downloaded earlier, and swipe right to install that sucker. Don't freak out when it takes 5 to 8 minutes for the recovery screen to change, its doing its thing, trust me. Once you get the all clear and the button down the bottom says reboot, that's pretty much all that's left to do.
Step Five
Once the phone reboots, let it settle again for a while, and deny all the requests the Chinese apps throw at you. After a few minutes, go into the root explorer app, allow root permissions when it requests it, then go to system/priv-app and delete any app starting with TG. Unless you really like Chinese bloat, in that case, proceed to set up your phone as usual.
The ROM is pretty basic at the moment but given time and based off the Oreo series, more System UI mods will become available with later versions.
CREDITS: @machao44 @uditrawat @Myself5 @Androxyde @munjeni @Ticklefish @Pandemic
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I am not responsible for any damage (if any) to your device, data, life, job or anything else you'd care to think of.
ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE ASK IN THE THREAD AS EVERYONE BENEFITS, PM'S WILL MOSTLY BE IGNORED.
IF YOU DON'T HAVE AN UNLOCKED BOOTLOADER YOU MUST FIRST UNLOCK IT.
Download all files you want/need to your PC/External SD before starting...just saying.
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Step One
Flash stock firmware for your device that the rom is based off. Readily available from Xperifirm (attached to flashtool - Bonus!), or XDA. Flash via Flashtool or Newflasher. Again, there's plenty of guides on using flashtool and newflasher, i'm not covering that here.
Step Two
Once flashing has completed, turn the device on and allow it to fully boot. Complete the setup process, and log in to your google account. Move the ROM file you already (hopefully) downloaded to internal storage (IMPORTANT STEP: I had symlink errors flashing the ROM from the External SD Card). I normally disable auto-updates in the Play Store/Whats New apps and then let it rest for 5 minutes.
Step Three
Turn your device off, boot into FASTBOOT MODE, and flash TWRP (fastboot flash recovery TWRP/ATWRP.img). If you don't know how to fastboot, see above re: XDA/Google. Unplug your device, wait 10 seconds, then boot into recovery (Hold power and volume down together, release both at at the vibration). Tick the checkbox then swipe right, and the first thing you SHOULD do is go to settings and turn the damn vibration off. :laugh:
Step Four
DON'T WIPE ANYTHING!!! You are installing on top of an already clean installation, its pointless. Press Install, select the XPERIA_PIE_XZP_1.0.zip file you downloaded earlier, and swipe right to install that sucker. Don't freak out when it takes 5 to 8 minutes for the recovery screen to change, its doing its thing, trust me. Once you get the all clear and the button down the bottom says reboot, that's pretty much all that's left to do.
Step Five
Once the phone reboots, let it settle again for a while, and deny all the requests the Chinese apps throw at you. After a few minutes, go into the root explorer app, allow root permissions when it requests it, then go to system/priv-app and delete any app starting with TG. Unless you really like Chinese bloat, in that case, proceed to set up your phone as usual.
The ROM is pretty basic at the moment but given time and based off the Oreo series, more System UI mods will become available with later versions.
CREDITS: @machao44 @uditrawat @Myself5 @Androxyde @munjeni @Ticklefish @Pandemic
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