Install Android kitkat 4.4.4 for Xperia L

[sal_neo]

I was blady tired of the stupid bugs and incompetancy on Sony part to release a decent update or fix the bugs. Therefore I went ahead and installed CyanogenMod 11.

CyanogenMod is a free, community built distribution of Android 4.4 (KitKat) which greatly extends the capabilities of your phone.

Here is the link to the forum and a video to help you, however do note that it requires initermediate technical knowledge and lot of research.

Note: You must Root your phone, unlock bootloader and install this ROM. This will void your warranty.

I am not responsible for bricked devices, dead SD cards.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/xperia-l/orig-development/ldevelopment-cm11-android-4-4-t2735551

http://forum.xda-developers.com/xperia-l/help/rom-q-cyanogenmod-11-t2735696/post53582739#post5358273...

https://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Install_CM_for_taoshan

Note: instead of installing the  Android SDK you can use Flash tool

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EoyUIwc5vho

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVx9i4zBcTo

Note: Do not use the files on the link for ROM, boot.img or Gapps. Use the official link below.

Basic steps.

Root your phone then  unlock bootloader
- Flash stock 4.2.2 rom. (The official Sony ROM, you will get it from Sony or use this  http://xperiafirmware.com/8-firmware/36-sony-xperia-l-c2105 )
- power off the phone:
- hold vol+ and plug usb to boot into fastboot (blu led)
- fastboot flash boot boot.img (from cm11 zip)
- fastboot reboot
- enter recovery, on boot press volume up 2 times
- wipe data/factory reset
- flash rom zip
- flash gapps zip
- wipe data/factory reset
- wipe cache
- wipe dalvik cache
- reboot

[ekmalki]

Hi! I wanted to know if it works for c2104 and the pros and cons of this update...

[jacob71]

It made me worry when I understood update Xperia L to kitkat 4 was cancelled. I never buy Xperia mobile phones, anymore 😞
I had Xperia tipo dual, L and... .
I absolutely will buy somsung mobile phone, they are better.

[Dane08]

To Mr. sal_neo.
Can you please send me an email on steps/procedure that you've done to install kitkat 4.4 on your xperia L to my email account : 
Thanks in advance.

[sal_neo]

Hi

It’s not easy but you will need to do some research but believe me the effort is worth it.
You will need to download a few tools namely flashtool the rom from cyanogenmod and also take a backup of the sony stock rom.

1. You will need to first root your device using Vroot
2. Then unlock the bootloader by following the instructions below. (The fourth link)
   1. http://xperiafirmware.com/8-firmware/36-sony-xperia-l-c2105
3. Once you unlock the bootloader the phone will be stuck in a bootloop, so you will need to flash the rom i mean the phone is stock rom, follow the link below to know how to do so.
   1. http://xperiafirmware.com/8-firmware/36-sony-xperia-l-c2105
4. Then you need to flash the cyanogenmod rom and the google apps.
   1. http://download.cyanogenmod.org/?device=taoshan&type=
   2. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2397942

The links below have the video descriptions and link to the XDA Forum.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EoyUIwc5vho 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVx9i4zBcTo

http://forum.xda-developers.com/xperia-l/orig-development/ldevelopment-cm11-android-4-4-t2735551

https://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Install_CM_for_taoshan

General Instructions.

- power off the phone:
- hold vol+ and plug usb to boot into fastboot (blu led)
- fastboot flash boot boot.img (from cm11 zip)
- fastboot reboot
- enter recovery, on boot press volume up 2 times
- flash rom zip
- flash gapps zip
- wipe
- reboot

[paddy92]

I installed CM 11 after following the instructions of the XDA web site. I could not get CM12.1 to run without it constantly bringing up a "email has stopped working" box. CM11 works fine for most things except my work google account.

I can sign into my personal google account fine, but my corperate google account with my diary, contacts etc requires the sign-in to redirect me to a web page at the university to complete the sign in, this doesn't happen, it just re-starts the account set-up.

I think this in the end will kill CM for me as I need to have my work diary running on this phone.

If you do not have this requirement, to  login twice for a corperate google account, I would recommend CM11. It is stable, much faster than the Jellybean and has some nice mods and widgets. I'm sure there is some way to hack the android files to set this up manually, but I'll need to dig around to find it and currently I've not got the time.

I installed the unoffical taoshan but I'm going to try the kitkat at XDA via fxp