Sony has confirmed that the Xperia L won’t be getting the Android 5.0 Lollipop update. The announcement left many Xperia L users gutted but on the other hand, it opened the doors to new possibilities.
For starters, independent developers have created a custom ROM for the Xperia L and it is capable of updating the smartphone to the latest Android 5.0 Lollipop. The AOSP build of the Android 5.0 was developed by varun.chitre15 and it comes with some bugs that are pending to get fixed.
On the other hand, it doesn’t sound all that bad as the only bugs discovered are with the Wi-Fi function, Bluetooth connectivity, RIL and GPS. Aside from that, everything is working perfectly fine.
If you are an Xperia L user and wish to update your device to the latest Android 5.0 Lollipop, do make sure you meet the following requirements prior to the updating process.
Pre-requisite
• Before following the installation guide, ensure that you have backed up all important data of the phone. This procedure will completely wipe out the internal storage of the device.
• The bootloader of Xperia L should be unlocked.
• The phone should have above 80% charge.
• Check the model number of Xperia L and install custom firmware accordingly. Flashing this in an incorrect variant might brick the device.
Flashing instruction
1) Extract c2105_alpha1_android-5.0.0_r2_fastboot.zip in a folder on your PC to get the following files: boot.img, system.img and userdat.img.
2) Extract adb_and_fastboot_files.zip in a separate folder on the PC
3) Copy the files which you have got in step-1 to the ADB and Fastboot folder
4) Switch off the Xperia L> Press the Volume Up button> Connect the phone to the computer using USB cable while holding the Volume Up button. Xperia L should now be in the Fastboot Mode and the LED light of the phone should turn to blue.
5) Open the folder where all the files are extracted. Open a command window inside the folder. For this press Shift+Right Click in an empty space inside the folder and select Open command window here for the menu
6) Type in the following commands in an orderly manner to install Android 5.0 on Xperia L: fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot flash system system.img
fastboot flash userdata userdata.img
7) When the installation is completed, reboot the Xperia L by executing fastboot reboot.
When the rebooting is completed, Xperia L should be running new AOSP ROM based on Android 5.0 Lollipop.
