Xperia Z2’s many KitKat features and apps have been ported to other Xperia smartphones running android 4.3+ today viz. Xperia Z2 Smart call handling feature port, Xperia Z2 Camera apps Addons port – Creative Effects, AR Effect 2.0.4 , Background Defocus 1.1.7, TimeShift Video port and Xperia Z2 KitKat Media apps viz. Movies 6.1.A.0.4 and Walkman 8.1.A.0.4 app port on rooted Xperia smartphones and Xperia Z2 Phone Answering Machine port.
Now a few more Xperia Z2 KitKat apps like What’s New, Movie Creator 1.1.A.0.1 version, Sony Podcast 1.1.A.0.0 version, Simple Home 1.0 version have been ported to Xperia devices booth rooted as well as unrooted devices by XDA Dev Levered. Unrooted Xperia Smartphone users running android 4.3+ can now install atleast below mentioned 4 Xperia Z2 KitKat apps.
Download Xperia Z2 KitKat apps
Below mentioned 4 files work on both rooted as well as unrooted devices. Install like a normal apk.
Download Xperia Z2 What’s New app
Download SonyEntrance.apk
Access “What’s New” app from the app drawer like you launch Google Now.
Download Xperia Z2 Movie Creator app
Movie Creator 1.1.A.0.1 version
Download Movie Creator.apk
Go to Album app, select any movie and then you will see below an option to edit movies like you can trim them or slow any portion of it.
Download Xperia Z2 Simple Home Launcher
Simple Home 1.0 version
Download SimpleHome.apk
Now you can access to Xperia Home launcher, Simple Home is such a launcher.
Download Xperia Z2 Sony Podcast app
Sony Podcast 1.1.A.0.0 version
Download SomcPodcast.apk
You can access this app from new Movies 6.1.A.0.4 app only.
#For Rooted users
If any of above is not installing or giving FC, flash the below mentioned files.
Download Media Apps Lib v2.zip
As soon as more Xperia Z2 KitKat apps and features are ported we will post them here, stay tuned till then 🙂 They worked fine on non-rooted Xperia Z1, Xperia SP, Z, you can also try on Xperia ZR, ZL, Z Ultra, L, M, C etc. Great work by Levered once again 🙂
Do let us know if above apps worked on your handset especially nonrooted users. Drop your comments below.
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not working on my unrooted Z1 Compact 🙁 “App not installed.”
Sony Podcast may be for non-rooted phones but it requires the new movies apk which is only available to rooted phones so non root users cannot use it 🙁
What’s New cannot be installed. Z1 C6903 unrooted.
Please release z2 camera mod for Xperia c2305.
what’s new and movie creator not working on no-rooted handstets xperia sp. and please release 4k video and timeshift video ASAP . thank you
The what’s new app and creative effects are not installed on my z1 6903
hi Anurag,
apps SonyEntrance.apk (Xperia_Sirus_Live_Wallpaper.apk)
and SomcPodcast.apk not working on my device ZL 4.3+ Unrooted
beside podcast nothing worked on my xperia l, the movie creator imply do not install and link for whats new is dead please upload working link
Unable to download Download SonyEntrance.apk
What’s new app link broken 🙁
pls fix 🙂
Thank you