How to Install Android 4.4.4 KitKat based CM11 M11 ROM on Sony Xperia V

How to Install Android 4.4.4 KitKat based CM11 M11 ROM on Sony Xperia V - at this meeting will provide an android stray post Update Sony Xperia V is stable Android 4.4.4 CM11 KitKat with the help of the M11 custom firmware. If you've been updating the device to Android 4.4.4 KitKat, you can still try CM11 M11. With the requirement to install CM11 M11 build you will not lose your KitKat experience Android 4.4.4 Android 4.4.4 but along with the existing features of KitKat, CM11 custom ROM brings M11 has a variety of features that are sure to offer a better user experience. It is building a CM11 M11 is superior to the nightly build and you can consider building a stable. At the end of this article of course, we add the current changelog M11 build. If you are willing to flash CM11 M11 on your Sony Xperia V we have prepared some tutorial information please continue to read this article carefully. Flashing custom ROMs is very nudah work, all you have to do - install a custom recovery, download the ROM zip file and then flash through recovery.

Some Android 4.4.4 KitKat cool features that you will enjoy is Screen Recording, Tap to Pay (Google Wallet for everybody), NFC emulation for non-NFC devices, use 14% less memory, cloud printing from the Gallery, Google is the new Home Launcher , the core system processes Slaughtered, efficiently and responsive application across all devices, the memory usage of all the new 'tool procstats details', Immersive full-screen mode, seamless changes in resolution during media playback, phone dialer gets detection of local businesses, redesigned Quickoffice, security better, better battery life and more.

CM11 M11 Key Improvements:

• Fix signal strength showing ’2147483647′ on certain devices
• Frameworks & Core Apps: CAF and other upstream updates
• Lockscreen: Do not play sounds while a phone call is active & MSIM updates
• Frameworks: Add base & MSIM APIs for SEEK (Secure Element Evaluation Kit) support
• Frameworks: Fix volume button changing two ‘steps’ per click
• Frameworks: Add ‘Screen Off’ action for double-tap/long-press configuration options
• Show devices connected to your WiFi (tethering) Hotspot
• Fix bug related to ‘switch to last app’ action while in Recents view
• Fix Navigation Bar arrow keys in RTL locales
• Translations updates from CyanogenMod CrowdIn team
• Adjustments to ‘Glove Mode’ (High Touch Sensitivity)
• APN Updates for various regions
• Camera: Add support for all available Slow Shutter speeds (hardware dependent); Improve shutter button
• Dialer/InCallUI: Fix smartcover always showing answer fragment
• Various security updates
• General bug fixes

You can consider this Sanpshot build M11, the latest milestone build more stable than any nightly build and way less buggy.

Warning!

This tutorial is only for Sony Xperia V. Don’t try this guide on any other Android device. Also, we (Android stray Team) are not responsible for any damage caused due to the instruction given in this page. Try this at your own risk. However, it is very unlikely that your device will be damaged if you follow all the instructions as it is which are mentioned in procedure.

Pre Requisites:

1. Backup your device data. 

2. Make sure your device have at least 60% battery power. 

3. You already have USB Driver Installed for Sony Xperia V in your PC. [Download USB Drivers]

4. Make sure USB Debugging is enabled otherwise you won’t able to transfer file between PC and Sony Xperia V.

5. Your device have latest CWM version 6.0.4.4 and up or TWRP 2.6.3.0 and up installed. 

If you done everything that we mentioned above then you are ready to follow step-by-step guide on how to install Android 4.4.4 KitKat based CM11 M11 ROM on Sony Xperia V.

File Required(Download by clicking on it)

1. CM11 M11 For Sony Xperia V [Filename: cm-11-20141008-SNAPSHOT-M11-tsubasa.zip]
2. Google Apps [Filename: gapps-kk-20140606-signed.zip] or any other 4.4 KitKat GApps

How to Install Android 4.4.4 KitKat based CM11 M11 ROM on Sony Xperia V

1. Connect your device to PC using USB cable and then copy downloaded files to the SD card of your device. Important: Don’t extract any files.
2. Disconnect USB and then turn off your Sony Xperia V.
3. Now, boot into recovery mode. To do so, reboot phone and press Volume Up button few times while booting [in recovery use volume buttons to scroll and Power button to select]. 
4. Perform a Nandroid backup of your existing ROM that you can restore later if this new ROM not work or you want to go back into your previous ROM. To perform a backup, select Backup and Restore, then on the next screen, select Backup again. Go back to main recovery menu after backup is complete.
5. Now, perform data wiping task. To do so, select wipe data/factory reset, then select Yes on next screen to confirm your action. Wait few minutes till the data wipe is complete. Now come back to CWM recovery main menu. Select wipe cache partition and after wiping process done, select Wipe Dalvik Cache under advance option to perform Dalvik cache wiping.
6. Select install zip from sdcard, then select choose zip from sdcard (or /sdcard1 for external storage). Now, locate the CM11 M11 Zip file that you copied earlier in Step 1 and select it by pressing Power button. Confirm installation by selecting Yes – Install _____.zip on the next screen. The ROM installation will begin.
7. Once the ROM installation process end, repeat the step 6 but choose the gapps-kk-20140606-signed.zip file instead of ROM zip to install the Google apps package.
8. When installation is completed, go back to the main recovery menu and select reboot system now to reboot your Sony Xperia V and boot up into Android 4.4.4 KitKat ROM CM11 M11.
9. Returning to Previous ROM: To go back to your previous ROM, boot into recovery, select backup and restore then restore your previous ROM by selecting it from the list.

Tutorial For TWRP Recovery Users:

1. Connect your device to PC using USB cable and then copy downloaded files to the SD card of your device. Important: Don’t extract any files.
2. Disconnect USB and then turn off your Sony Xperia V.
3. Now, boot into recovery mode. To do so, reboot phone and press Volume Up button few times while booting. 
4. Create a Backup using TWRP Backup Option.
5. Perform a Factory Reset (this will delete all apps and their settings and game progress). To do this, Tap on Wipe, then at the bottom of the screen do a Swipe on the ‘Swipe to factory reset‘ option.
6. Now its time to add zip file for flashing. Tap on Install, then browse to the location where you saved the files and tap on the CM11 M11 Zip file. Then tap on Add More Zips, and add gapps-kk-20140606-signed.zip. Now at the bottom of the screen, do a swipe on the Swipe to confirm flash option to begin flashing.
7. When installation is completed, go back to the main recovery menu and tap on Reboot and then, tap on System to reboot your Sony Xperia V and boot up into Android 4.4.4 KitKat ROM CM11 M11.
8. Returning to Previous ROM: To go back to your previous ROM, boot into recovery, select Backup then through Restore option, restore your previous ROM by selecting it from the list.

Congrats! Android 4.4.4 KitKat firmware based custom ROM CM11 M11 is now installed and running on your Sony Xperia V. [Note: Root may turned off by default in CM ROM, To enable it, enable developer settings first (tap the build number 8 times under about device), then enable root under Developer Settings]