can someone suggest me a custom rom?

can someone suggest me a custom rom which will work with a locked bootloader on xperia U?

also can someone tell me / provide me a step by step guide on how to flash custom from, from the part where i have rooted the phone? also tell me how to flash a custom kernel(?) if necessary? thanks

Some find

Update Sony Xperia U with SGS3 based 4.1 Jelly Bean Dynamic Custom ROM

How to Update SONY Xperia U with Galaxy S3 Styled Dynamic Custom ROM Firmware - Android Advices

I didn't find any in xda, but it is a quick search. If you do detailed search, you may find some.

i did a detailed search, but since i have never rooted an android phone. my head is splitting . i cant seem to understand how the system works?

once i root my phone what am i supposed to do?

What is Rooting on Android? The Advantages and Disadvantages | Droid Lessons

Rooting will open the phone to endless possibilities of Android world. Read it from above link.

BTW, In post #2, first link, download the custom ROM, place it in your external sd card and follow the instructions. It's very simple. The reason why i am telling simple. because i installed custom ROM like 100 times. But on negative side, it MAY brick your phone. But the chances are so negligible.

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[ROM][ICS] King's ROM [X-Clean] [Locked and Unlocked BL] - xda-developers

i am using unlocked version.very good ROM..

i am unable to ROOT the phone. Some help here please

^^ What is the issue? Post he steps you followed and where you stuck....

after a lot of confusion i finally managed to root my phone. thanks sam, furious and duke123 and anyone else i might have missed. Can someone please now suggest me how i should try and install custom rom? because CWM is not officially supported for xperia U so its kinda difficult on how to proceed?

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i think you have to unlock the bootloader first for installing custom rom...

@OP

Instructions | Sony Xperia

Try the above and unlock bootloader first. Then download the ROM and install it. If CWM officially supports your phone, it is good to go.

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unlocking the bootloader devoid sony official warranty

*www.xperiablog.net/2012/07/25/sony-refusing-hardware-repairs-on-handsets-with-unlocked-bootloaders/

@ op the above official method did not work for me perfectly...for getting the drivers to work on windows instal flashtool instead of android SDK..