Until Sony decides to adorn your Xperia Z3 with the beautiful Android 5.1.1 Lollipopin July, here is how to do it manually. The very popular Carbon ROM is now updated to Android 5.1.1 and enjoy the very latest features of Lollipop. Follow this guide to flashAndroid 5.1.1 for Xperia Z3.

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CarbonROM Android 5.1.1 features:

Audio

AudioFX Equalizer

AOSP & CM Audio features

Slim Extra features like:

Camera Shutter sound,

Screenshot Sound,

Safe Headset Volume,

Less frequent notification sounds, etc.

Volume steps,

Audio charge notification

Display Options

Adaptive Brightness

Daydream

Ambient Display

Wake Up on Charge

Double Tap to Sleep

Omni Screen Recorder

Color Calibration

Expanded desktop

CM Notification manager

Slim Heads Up Notifications and its features

LockScreen:

CM shortcuts

Slim shortcuts

Weather with custom style

“CarbonFibers” features Menu:

Status Bar

Slim Clock & Date Options

Weather

Battery Options

(Portrait, Landscape, Circle, Dotted Circle Text or Hidden)

Mobile & Wifi Network activity icon options

Network traffic monitor

Brightness control

notification count

notification ticker

Custom carrier label options

CM custom Navigation Bar tweaked (size/color and other)

Custom Navigation ring

Interface:

Toast animations,

Listview animations,

System animations,

Gesture Anywhere,

App Circle Side Bar

Recents:

Clear All Button Tweaks

Hideable Google search bar

Slim PIE

Notification Drawer

Tile Options (Fully customizable)

SlimActions Tile

Quick Setting Options

Quick & Smart Pulldown

Colorized Tiles

Power Menu:

Advanced reboot

Screenshot

Screen Record

Profile Switcher

Airplane Mode

User Switcher

Settings

Device Lockdown

Sound Panel

Buttons

Fully CM customization for hard buttons (tweaked)

Omni Wake lock blocker

SuperSU

Prerequisites to flash Android 5.1.1 for Xperia Z3:

Backup any important datafrom your Sony Xperia Z3 as a complete wipe will be required during the flashing process.Make sure ADB and Fastboot is configured on your PC.Sony Xperia Z3 must berooted with unlocked bootloader and installed with a recovery tool.Your device must be charged to at least 60% of power.

How to flash Android 5.1.1 for Xperia Z3:

Required files: downloadCarbonROMAndroid 5.1.1 Lollipop custom firmware for Xperia Z3 fromhereand save it on your computer. Extract boot.imgfile separately.

Connect your Xperia Z3 to your computer using a USB cable and copy the zip file to your phone memory's root folder.Copy the boot.imgfile toandroid-sdk-windows\platform-tools directory.Switch off your Xperia Z3 and enter Bootloader mode: press and hold theVolume Upbutton while connecting the phone with USB cable. Phone LED will turn blue indicating the Bootloader mode.Once in the Fastboot mode, on your PC navigate toandroid-sdk-windows\platform-toolsdirectory and open Command Prompt with Shift + Right-click > Open Command Prompt.Typethe following command and press Enter:fastboot flash boot boot.imgType the command and press Enter:fastboot rebootEnter in the Recovery Mode: switch onthe phone while pressing the Volume Upbutton a few times.Wipe data task: from CWM recovery menu, selectwipe data / factory resetand confirm the process.Also clean cache fromwipecache partition.From recovery menu, selectinstall zip from sdcardfollowed bychoose zip from sdcard.Locate the Carbon ROMAndroid 5.1.1 Lollipopcustom firmware and confirm the flashing process.Once done, return back to main recovery menu and reboot yourinto the new custom ROM.First boot takes a good 5 minutes so please be patient.

Enjoy the latest version oflollipop on your Xperia Z3.