If you own a Sony Z3 Compact, the official Sony updates are limited to Android 6.0.1 - alternative ROMs such as CarbonROM provide a remedy.
Before CarbonROM can be installed, a custom recovery system must be installed: TWRP is a common system for this. The latest version of CarbonROM is available on the project's website at get.carbonrom.org
After the flashing, whereby all data is lostthe new ROM is available. After the first version was still a bit "bumpy" (the camera didn't work at first go), most of the problems are solved with the current version. Advantage of the weekly updates: the security fixes are also always up to date.
CarbonROM 7.1.2 in everyday life
The other advantages of the Z3 Compact (water and dust protection, small display and good battery life) are of course retained, but with the latest Android. Used devices are available on Ebay for about 130,- Euroand in some cases even cheaper.
Update: CarbonROM 8.1
The changes are still very subtle, basically it corresponds to Stock-Android. What works better than in the previous version is the camera button on the Z3 Compact, which can now actually be used to release the camera and focus.
Apart from that, there are still weekly updates that can be installed as a partial update - but this still seems to be a bit shaky, at least on my device the update hung up once. Another problem is that not always the device name seems to be set correctly. This can only be solved by unpacking the ROM-ZIP and adapting the corresponding files, but after that the installation is problem-free.
The Z3 Compact from Sony thus gets another significant lifetime extension, after the Snapdragon 821 is still quite competitive (and faster than for example the Snapdragon 625 in the Xiami Mi A1).
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That's right, I have to update - meanwhile I use it with the new CarbonROM version, which is based on Android 8.1 "Oreo".
Hi. Is the Z3C with the current carbon ROM VoLTE capable?
Greeting
Andre
currently I have the problem that the Android "keys" don't work - not even in Recovery, maybe the touchscreen in that area has a hit away. Therefore I can't try it at the moment if VoLTE works.