Sony Xperia Z2 phones can now be manually upgraded to Android 5.1.1 Lollipop using the Max Fury custom ROM. The custom build features wallpapers and animations from Xperia Z5 Premium.
Max Fury is latest custom ROM to support Sony Xperia Z2 phones for Android 5.1.1 Lollipop. It brings the wallpapers and animations of Xperia Z5 Premium, which no other stable and fast ROM can offer. According to Team Android, the sound quality of device is perfect courtesy of Max Fury.
Before proceeding with the installation of Android 5.1.1 Max Fury, here a few reminders to consider:
- Use only Sony Xperia Z2 as prescribed. Using other phones or models may cause irreparable damage on the phone.
- Make sure phone is rooted.
- Custom update requires custom recovery to flash ROM zip file on the phone.
- After installing Max Fury, Sony PC Companion can no longer detect phone.
- Unlock bootloader first.
- Install a USB driver here.
- Back up all data.
- Installing any custom ROM induces risk of damage on the device. Neither this site nor developers of the Max Fury will be held responsible for such damage.
Here is a step-by-step guide to download and install Android 5.1.1 Max Fury on Sony Xperia Z2:
1. Download Max Fury ROM on PC and extract boot.img from the zip file separately.
2. Connect device to PC using a USB cable.
3. Copy downloaded file from PC then paste to phone's SD card root.
4. Copy boot.img file then paste to android-sdk-windowsplatform-tools directory.
5. Switch off device.
6. Go to the Bootloader Mode by press holding volume up button while connecting it again to PC using a USB cable. The device's LED shall turn blue as it gets into Bootloader Mode.
7. When in the Fastboot Mode on the phone, go to android-sdk-windowsplatform-tools directory on PC and open Command Prompt by doing shift + right click + open command prompt.
8. Type fastboot flash boot boot.img then press Enter.
9. Type fastboot reboot then press Enter.
10. Go to Recovery Mode. Turn on device by pressing volume up and down buttons a few times until LED light turns into a different color.
11. When in ClockWorkMod (CWM) Recovery, press "wipe data/factory reset" using the power button to navigate.
12. Press "wipe cache partition."
13. From CWM Recovery, go to "advanced" then press "wipe dalvik cache."
14. Go back to main recovery screen and press "install zip from SD card."
15. Press "choose zip from SD card." Use the volume keys to navigate to Max Fury then press the power button to choose it.
16. Confirm installation and wait until it is completed.
17. Once completed, go to +++++Go Back+++++ and choose "reboot system now."
Check software version now.
