The CarbonROM Nougat Nightlies are now available for the Sony Xperia Z3 Compact devices and if you want to learn how to install these builds on your Z3 Compact device check.
You will see that CarbonROM developers have packed all the stock Android Nougat features, as well as some extra customization features that will increase your Android experience. If you’re an advanced user curious to see how the new Android 7.1.1 OS is working with your Sony Xperia Z3 Compact then you should try the files from this post. And if you want to read more about the CarbonROM developing team and their releases go to their official website on this link.
Before beginning the installation process you must check the following guidelines:
- This guide is for advanced users accustomed with this kind of technical procedures, we cannot be held responsible in case you brick your phone or lose important data files in the installation process.
- Read the entire post first and make sure that you do not skip any step.
- This is only for the unlocked version of the Sony Xperia Z3 Compact devices, the “aries” model. Please do not try the files from this post to update any other devices.
- CarbonROM 7.1.1 Nougat can be successfully flashed only on a rooted phone that has the latest TWRP custom Recovery installed.
- In this tutorial, you will also find two extra preparation steps for NANDROID Backup and Factory Reset your phone. The NANDROID Backup process produces a full restore for your device that you can use in case the new CarbonROM 7.1.1 Nougat custom ROM doesn’t boot or it isn’t flashed successfully.
- Factory Resetting the device will wipe clean the system partition and removes the old custom ROM, it also allows the CarbonROM 7.1.1 Nougat to successfully boot. The process won’t delete any data from the internal or external storage of the phone.
- If you want to save data from installed apps you can download and use the Helium app from Google Play.
- Before starting the flashing of CarbonROM Nougat Nightly, sync all other data files with your Google account.
- Charge the Xperia Z3 Compact battery and make sure that there is more than 50% charged before it powers off completely.
How to Update Sony Xperia Z3 Compact to Android 7.1.1 with CarbonROM Nougat Nightlies:
1. Download from here the CarbonROM 7.1.1 Nightly zip file.
2. Download from here the Gapps for Android 7.1 ROMs.
3. When the two downloads are complete move both files to the phone’s internal storage but don’t extract the zipped contents.
4. Power off the Xperia Z3 Compact device and boot it in Custom TWRP Recovery Mode.
5. Select the “backup” option to create the NANDROID Backup for the installed ROM, then select the system files you want to save and confirm process.
6. Factory Reset your smartphone by selecting “wipe data/ factory reset” and confirm.
7. On TWRP Recovery, open the INSTALL menu to start the CarbonROM 7.1.1 flashing process.
8. Find and load the CarbonROM 7.1.1 Nougat zip file and confirm the installation. Do not press any button until the process is done.
9. When the custom ROM is done installing, find and load the Gapps zip and confirm the flash of the Gapps zip file.
10. When all the files are done installing, reboot your Xperia Z3 Compact device in normal mode.
11. Use the built-in OTA Updater to continue updating the installed CarbonROM Nightlies in the future.