There is no news on when Sony Xperia Z users could update their phone to the latest version of Google's operating system, Android 4.4 KitKat. At the end of this month of November Android 4.3 Jelly Bean would begin to arrive, so it does not seem that it will be something immediate. However, the most impatient can choose to install a custom ROM of the platform that was introduced last week.
A ROM is, to put it simply, a package of functions that are added to an operating system. Thus, installing the Android 4.4 ROM to a compatible Android mobile would add to it the utilities and resources of the aforementioned version, replacing those that were typical of the native edition. In practice, it is a manual update.
Seen like this, we can say that the Sony Xperia Z is the mobile that from today can be done with Android 4.4 KitKat in this way. The Japanese firm has not intervened in the development of this update package, and in fact it cannot be done through official channels, so users who are interested in giving their Sony Xperia Z the flavor of the new system, They would have to download the necessary files and follow the step-by-step instructions throughout the process. However, we warn you: this task is completely subject to the responsibility of the user, who by the way, should make a backup copy of the content of his Sony Xperia Z before starting this.
According to reports from XDA Developers, where it has published the ROM of Android 4.4, running it on the Sony Xperia Z it is quite stable, and has just recorded a few minor issues with the latest version of this package unofficially improvements. For example, they warn that when we manually select the operator network that we are going to use, a waiting message appears that remains even after the connection has been made. This, however, seems to be fixed by just pressing the start button.
On the other hand, until we have rebooted the phone a couple of times after successfully installing the Android 4.4 ROM, the calendar may suffer from synchronization problems. In spite of everything, they indicate, once we have restarted the Sony Xperia Z two or three times, the Google calendar will begin to work normally.
With the publication of this unofficial package of improvements, the Sony Xperia Z becomes the third terminal that can be seen with the appearance and functions of Android 4.4 KitKat. The other two teams that can already use custom ROMs from the latest from Google are the LG Optimus G and, surprise, the Galaxy Nexus. And it is that the Californian multinational has left out of the itinerary of official Android updates to the flagship of two years ago, reopening the debate of the so-called programmed obsolescence, according to which the manufacturers voluntarily detract from the attractiveness of the devices when they are interested that the user has to renew them.
