14 DAY TRIAL // Are you one of the owners of the thinnest waterproof tablet in the world, the Sony Xperia Z2 Tablet? If this is the case, you might be interested to know the folks at Cyanogen have announced they are rolling out the first nightly builds for the Xperia Z2 slate.
So if you’re not shy when it comes to custom ROMs, you can now install the nightly on your device. Apart from being the usual CyanogenMod baggage into the picture, the custom ROM will offer a near stock Android 4.4.4 experience.
The tablet arrives with Android 4,4 out of the box, but Sony has pre-bundled the device with a bunch of its own proprietary software, which might not appeal to everybody. Hence, throwing a custom ROM in, such as CyanogenMod might be quite appealing for those looking for the near stock experience.
Before hurrying to install the new build, take into consideration that nightly builds are usually unstable releases, which means you might stumble into quite a few bugs. If you’re not worried about this aspect, you should know that you can download the ROM directly from the Cyanogen website.
The castor version represents the Wi-Fi only variant, while the castor_windy is the unlocked GSM variant. Sadly, those who have picked up the Verizon LTE variant are going to be left out in the cold.
The carrier’s anti-custom ROM stance is pretty well known, so unless somebody comes up with a method to unlock the bootloader, you’re stuck in no ROM land.
For the time being, the tablet is sold as a Verizon exclusive in the US, but at some point in the past, a variant of the slate with AT&T in tow paid a visit to the FCC.
Anyway, for those who don’t remember, the Sony Xperia Z2 Tablet is the company’s flagship tablet, which has been touted as the world’s slimmest waterproof tablet.
The device arrives with a 10.1-inch Triluminous display that takes advantage of Sony’s new Live color LED technology and boasts full HD resolution (1920 x 1080 pixels).
Under the bonnet, it hides a quad-core Snapdragon 801 processor in combination with 3GB of RAM. The device takes advantage of two cameras (8.1MP front snapper with Superior Auto mode and 2.2MP on the back) and a pretty decent 6,000 mAh battery.
The tablet sounds good on paper, but adopters of the device have already encountered a bunch of issues like audio delay, creaking and bending of the display or the fact that the Wi-Fi connections drops out when you least expect it.