{"id":4125,"date":"2014-03-20T20:33:43","date_gmt":"2014-03-20T13:33:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jfdesignnet.com\/?p=4125"},"modified":"2016-04-26T10:00:31","modified_gmt":"2016-04-26T03:00:31","slug":"custom-rom-xperiav2-for-picophone4-gdx","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jfdesignnet.com\/?p=4125","title":{"rendered":"custom rom XperiaV2 for PICOphone4 GDX"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">There still many users likes this Xperia interface according from this blog stats, and I want to make it better. Based from user complaints from previous xperia custom rom, I try to fix the issues one by one and here is the revision version, i call it version 2. I&#8217;m using <a title=\"custom rom 4.2.2 Xperia V2 for PICOpad GDS\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jfdesignnet.com\/?p=3744\" target=\"_blank\">PureXperia base from GDS model<\/a> as a start including the performance tweak, the results is pretty good IMO for gaming and general use in this model. Lets begin,<\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jfdesignnet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/gdx-xperia.png\" rel=\"lightbox[4125]\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright wp-image-3601 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jfdesignnet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/gdx-xperia-263x300.png\" alt=\"gdx-xperia\" width=\"263\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>Features :<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Android 4.2.2 with 3.4.5 kernel<\/li>\n<li>Rooted, busybox, fully deodexed, zipaligned<\/li>\n<li>rooted boot.img<\/li>\n<li>init.d support + busybox run parts<\/li>\n<li>gps, bt, hsdpa tweak<\/li>\n<li>more languages<\/li>\n<li>Superuser by Clockworkmod (thanks to <a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/103583939320326217147\">Koush<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>entropy generator tweak (thanks to <a href=\"http:\/\/forum.xda-developers.com\/member.php?u=1107425\">lambgx02<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Xposed framework (thanks to <a href=\"http:\/\/forum.xda-developers.com\/member.php?u=4419114\" target=\"_blank\">rovo89 <\/a>and <a href=\"http:\/\/forum.xda-developers.com\/member.php?u=4322181\" target=\"_blank\">Tungstwenty<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>GravityBox customization module (thanks to <a href=\"http:\/\/forum.xda-developers.com\/member.php?s=a7f6656ab8197638da79501a22222606&amp;u=5008415\">C3C076<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>PureXperia rom base (thanks to <a title=\"bgos10\" href=\"http:\/\/forum.xda-developers.com\/member.php?u=5259260\" target=\"_blank\">bgos10<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>\u2026 something i forgot to list<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Known issues :<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">the sony xperia rom was designed to use the pc companion to communicate between mass storage with the desktop pc. I cannot try this since i\u2019m on linux, and i\u2019m experience difficulties mounting both the internal storage and the external sdcard at the same time, and this is annoying for me. However, there always a workaround for this issue by using ESExplorer file manager apps and transfer the files across network.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">WiFi and Network location menu is missing from the Location access settings menu for some reason. However, when i\u2019m logging in to my google accounts, then i enable Access Location option when maps asking to enable it, the feature seems working normally. maps can found my location abruptly even the gps icons still blinking try to find my precise location.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Here we go the custom rom :<\/p>\n<p>Download :\u00a0<a title=\"picophone4_gdx_xperia_signed_031814_111003.zip\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mediafire.com\/download\/1ggrss7yaxd9115\/picophone4_gdx_xperia_signed_031814_111003.zip\" target=\"_blank\">picophone4_gdx_xperia_signed_031814_111003.zip<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>MD5<\/em> : 7d10b0d883b3aaa3a3f29ff792b567f2<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>And here is the steps to flash this custom rom :<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Requirement and Preparation :<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Read this thoroughly :<br \/>\n<em><strong>Your warranty is now void<\/strong> !!!<\/em><br \/>\nI am not responsible if you brick your phone, get stuck in a bootloop, or if your phone grows arms and tries to kill you. Flash at your own risk!<br \/>\n<em> Please do some research if you have any concerns about risk of flashing a custom rom before continuing! YOU are choosing to make these modifications, and if you point the finger at me for messing up your device, I will laugh at you!!<\/em><br \/>\n<em> If you have any other objection, don\u2019t bother to comment, just close this page!<\/em><\/li>\n<li>This custom rom need a custom recovery to flashed into the device, if you haven\u2019t got it, get it here : <a title=\"cwm and twrp recovery for PICOphone4 GDX\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jfdesignnet.com\/?p=3185\" target=\"_blank\">cwm and twrp recovery for PICOphone4 GDX<\/a>. Both are working good for this device, get it whichever you like.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong><strong>Flashing Process :<\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The steps to flash this custom rom is pretty straight forward :<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Download the custom rom from link above and copy it to the root of your sdcard, you may check it first with your file manager to confirm it was there. There are two sdcard storage on this device, so you must know it\u2019s at the internal sdcard or external sdcard. I prefer you to put this on external sdcard to avoid any difficulties.<\/li>\n<li>Boot into recovery mode by turning off your phone, hold down Volume + button then press power button, hold them both until you see axioo logo on screen then release it. Wait a sec or two \u2026 then you\u2019ll be in recovery mode.<\/li>\n<li>BACKUP your stock rom and data using BACKUP feature, make sure you use external storage as destination because this backup is relatively big.<\/li>\n<li>Choose <strong><em>Wipe Data \/ Factory reset<\/em><\/strong> and execute it.<\/li>\n<li>Choose <strong><em>Wipe cache partition<\/em><\/strong> and execute it<\/li>\n<li>Choose <strong><em>Wipe Dalvik Cache<\/em><\/strong> and execute it<\/li>\n<li>Go back to main menu, and choose <strong><em>Install<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It will open a list of file on your sdcard, choose the custom rom zip file that you put on step 1 and flash it.<\/li>\n<li>After the installation completed, choose <em><strong>Reboot System<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Done<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Here is the result after flash :<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jfdesignnet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/gdx-xperiav2-workspace.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[4125]\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4128 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jfdesignnet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/gdx-xperiav2-workspace-169x300.jpg\" alt=\"gdx-xperiav2-workspace\" width=\"169\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jfdesignnet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/gdx-xperiav2-apps.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[4125]\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4129 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jfdesignnet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/gdx-xperiav2-apps-169x300.jpg\" alt=\"gdx-xperiav2-apps\" width=\"169\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jfdesignnet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/gdx-xperiav2-apps2.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[4125]\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4130 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jfdesignnet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/gdx-xperiav2-apps2-169x300.jpg\" alt=\"gdx-xperiav2-apps2\" width=\"169\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jfdesignnet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/gdx-xperiav2-theme.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[4125]\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4131 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jfdesignnet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/gdx-xperiav2-theme-169x300.jpg\" alt=\"gdx-xperiav2-theme\" width=\"169\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jfdesignnet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/gdx-xperiav2-music.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[4125]\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4132 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jfdesignnet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/gdx-xperiav2-music-169x300.jpg\" alt=\"gdx-xperiav2-music\" width=\"169\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jfdesignnet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/gdx-xperiav2-video.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[4125]\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4133 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jfdesignnet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/gdx-xperiav2-video-169x300.jpg\" alt=\"gdx-xperiav2-video\" width=\"169\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jfdesignnet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/gdx-xperiav2-settings.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[4125]\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4134 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jfdesignnet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/gdx-xperiav2-settings-169x300.jpg\" alt=\"gdx-xperiav2-settings\" width=\"169\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jfdesignnet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/gdx-xperiav2-about.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[4125]\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4135 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jfdesignnet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/gdx-xperiav2-about-169x300.jpg\" alt=\"gdx-xperiav2-about\" width=\"169\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<h4>Some other notes from me :<\/h4>\n<h3>How to use the Xposed Framework<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I create separate page to explain this, so i don\u2019t have to explain over and over again on each article, please Go <a title=\"How to use the Xposed Framework and Gravity box\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jfdesignnet.com\/?page_id=3397\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.\u00a0 For you who called customization junkies, this is a must have application.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Enjoy your PICOphone4 GDX<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There still many users likes this Xperia interface according from this blog stats, and I want to make it better. Based from user complaints from previous xperia custom rom, I try to fix the issues one by one and here is the revision version, i call it version 2. I&#8217;m using PureXperia base from GDS [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3601,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jfdesignnet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4125"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jfdesignnet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jfdesignnet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jfdesignnet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jfdesignnet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4125"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.jfdesignnet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4125\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4723,"href":"https:\/\/www.jfdesignnet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4125\/revisions\/4723"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jfdesignnet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3601"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jfdesignnet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jfdesignnet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jfdesignnet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}