Hello, hello.
I have an Xperia J ST26i, stock JB firmware (11.2.A.0.31), rooted and with unlocked bootloader. A while ago, after I finally rooted it, I tried to install CWM Recovery - but I had problems entering it. After several attempts of reinstalation, it occured a soft brick (I think). (After the Sony logo - the red LED appeared and the phone turned off instantly.) Anyway, the only way I managed to start the ROM was flashing a new firmware, downloaded, unbranded, via Flashtool. I aborted any CWM Recovery instalation since then.
SO: here's my dilema. I want to get my J look like Z/ZU. I installed Xperia Z Home and Lockscreen (manually, since CWM is...dead or whatever). I also replaced the Walkman and Album apps (Walkman has now the pink icon - but no visualiser and the Album app is from ZU)
I really-really wanted the Z Conversation/Phone/Phonebook look (white). I have now installed Conversation, but Phone(book) and Dialer - I can't.
I read all the threads about porting these apps, and none work: some were for ICS only, or for deodexed ROMs only. How can I have those white apps on my odexed stock JB ROM?
Do I really need to deodex my ROM? How can I do that? I know that odexed ROMs are faster because of the /system .odex files (which carry information for some .apk). Does a deodexed stock ROM might seem slower than normal? Are there other riscs?
I saw some links with deodexed ROM for Xperia J. I know that I must flash it with Flashtool. I assume this process will delete all my data (apps, contacts, messages). Is there a way to restore all the apps and mods made before?
Please give me any advice. I recently wondered: why isn't there a Xperia T/V port for J - since it also has JB? Even the X10 had the well-known X10S, which is a GB ROM fully ported from Xperia S.
Thanks! :cyclops:
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Hi everyone,
First of all I would like to mention that I really searched and obviously I did not find anything, so please do not spank me for not trying (I used search box and google).
Here's my question, I already have on my beloved Xperia J a version of Cyanogen Mod 10, but I would like to know if in case of update I have to repeat the same process (flashing the boot.img using flashtool etc.), or maybe even downgrading back to ICS, or do I have to only download the Cyanogen Mod 10 and press the update button in recovery menu? I am wondering about that because previously I had HTC Wildfire and back then everything was much much easier.
brovgard said:
Hi everyone,
First of all I would like to mention that I really searched and obviously I did not find anything, so please do not spank me for not trying (I used search box and google).
Here's my question, I already have on my beloved Xperia J a version of Cyanogen Mod 10, but I would like to know if in case of update I have to repeat the same process (flashing the boot.img using flashtool etc.), or maybe even downgrading back to ICS, or do I have to only download the Cyanogen Mod 10 and press the update button in recovery menu? I am wondering about that because previously I had HTC Wildfire and back then everything was much much easier.
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You just download new fxp cm10 version and flash it through cwm recovery.. without wipe data partition...without flashing ics...
What about installed apps and data? Is everything there after update?
Hello fellas,
My girlfriend have a Xperia E Dual on stock JB and everything is slow, laggy and freeze sometimes. I tried disabling some apps, removing them from RAM, managing start up applications and nothing seems to be very effective.
I have a Galaxy Tab 2 and also had some lag on stock ROM and thanks to the xda community which offers plenty of ROM's for this device, I'm running a perfectly stable version of CM of Android 4.2.2 and have no lags since.Then, I came to the Xperia E forums to find a ROM to give a better performance to the phone. But for my surprise there's not an official version of CM and neither much stable options for this phone, and also I'm kinda lost in this forums due to amount of phones in the same sub forum.
My first question is, which is the most stable and will give me a better performance for the Xperia E Dual?
How is the easiest and complete method for installing? In my tablet I had to root it, install CWM from Play Store, put the .zips in the SD card and flash through CWM. But I have seen that for this phone the process is quite harder, something related with Fastboot and some cmd commands
Can someone provide me some links and fool-proof information to flash a new ROM?
Thanks in advance and greetings from Brazil!
First, Consider Rooting your phone through here http://unlockroot.com
After that unlock your bootloader here http://unlockbootloader.sonymobile.com
When doing the rooting I'm sure you already know that Enabling USB debugging and Unknown Sources is a must
Then install CWM and install CM, And of course CM 10 is unofficial build but still works fine and there is a slight error about the Signal carrier labeling "Unknown"
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Hello!
I'm new in this forum and a noob in smartphones... But I don't like my Xperia arc s android, 4.0.4, and I want to put 4.3 jelly bean on it. So i google how to do it and found this tread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2397236.
I downloaded the newest cm 10.2 anzu and put it on my phone. Then I root my phone and tried to do what it says in there, to use flashtool and rom the boot.img file. I did that and it didn't do anything. I also tried do iniciate my phone in recovery mode and was also unnable to do so.
I want you to teach how to do this if you have the time and patience to do so
Hi, a few months ago I decided to install a custom ROM on my Sony Xperia Z1. In order to do that I first followed [1] to install a custom recovery (I think I followed the tutorial pointed by the link, but I did that a few months ago so I might be wrong). This way or another I installed a custom recovery - now when entering recovery it says: PhilZ Touch 6.59.0, ClockworkMod v6.0.5.1. Unfortunately I didn't have time to play with it and finally I didn't even install any custom ROM. So my Z1 is now on 14.5.A.0.270.
Now I'd like to use the standard OTA upgrade to move to Android 5.1 (14.6.A.1.236) and my Z1 offers me that. But once downloaded the upgrade cannot be installed for some reason (I suspect it's the custom recovery). When the upgrade procedure starts it asks me to reboot the phone, after a while the Android guys and a progress bar shows up, but it stops after like 10% of the progress bar. Once booted back to normal operation the phone says there was an error upgrading software.
So I'm trying to figure out how to bring back the stock recovery hoping that it would solve my problem. I thought about using Xperia Flash Tool (aka Emma) to flash a generic ROM for my Z1 which would hopefully also contain a stock / generic recovery but the tool requires an unlocked bootloader. Unlocking the bootloader would force me to loose my DRM keys and so on. I don't want to follow this path. Is there a way to restore my phone back to its original state before installing custom recovery so that it was able to use OTA upgrades? I'd simply like to use all stock firmware to avoid further complication.
I know it's probably strange to ask on instructions on going back to pure stock software on such forum but you're my last resort.
[1] http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2261606
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Hi, a few months ago I decided to install a custom ROM on my Sony Xperia Z1. In order to do that I first followed [1] to install a custom recovery (I think I followed the tutorial pointed by the link, but I did that a few months ago so I might be wrong). This way or another I installed a custom recovery - now when entering recovery it says: PhilZ Touch 6.59.0, ClockworkMod v6.0.5.1. Unfortunately I didn't have time to play with it and finally I didn't even install any custom ROM. So my Z1 is now on 14.5.A.0.270.
Now I'd like to use the standard OTA upgrade to move to Android 5.1 (14.6.A.1.236) and my Z1 offers me that. But once downloaded the upgrade cannot be installed for some reason (I suspect it's the custom recovery). When the upgrade procedure starts it asks me to reboot the phone, after a while the Android guys and a progress bar shows up, but it stops after like 10% of the progress bar. Once booted back to normal operation the phone says there was an error upgrading software.
So I'm trying to figure out how to bring back the stock recovery hoping that it would solve my problem. I thought about using Xperia Flash Tool (aka Emma) to flash a generic ROM for my Z1 which would hopefully also contain a stock / generic recovery but the tool requires an unlocked bootloader. Unlocking the bootloader would force me to loose my DRM keys and so on. I don't want to follow this path. Is there a way to restore my phone back to its original state before installing custom recovery so that it was able to use OTA upgrades? I'd simply like to use all stock firmware to avoid further complication.
I know it's probably strange to ask on instructions on going back to pure stock software on such forum but you're my last resort.
[1] http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2261606
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Hello, and welcome to XDA!
Wow, this recovery's install is pretty much a toolkit! What I don't get is why it doesn't offer to back up the original recovery. Oh, 'cos Sony does not have a stock recovery.
This post should help. Or this post (for navigation purposes).
Any questions, you can post in the following thread (once you have an XDA account):
> Sony Xperia Z1 > Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting > I can't enter Recovery mode what should I do
Or..
> Sony Xperia Z1 > Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting > Sony Xperia Z1 Ask Away help thread.
Hope this helps, and good luck!
I tried systemless root and after that my phone was only showing sony logo for sec. I tried to install this rom:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/m4...aosp-7-1-1-sony-xperia-m4-aqua-ss-ds-t3558111
it kind of woks but not for daily use. After that i tried CyanogenMod 13.0 but I need original system and with it my phone only loops with sony logo. If anyone knows hot to flash/install original android version or rom that could be used daily it would be huge help.
thank you for your help.
endrom said:
I tried systemless root and after that my phone was only showing sony logo for sec. I tried to install this rom:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/m4...aosp-7-1-1-sony-xperia-m4-aqua-ss-ds-t3558111
it kind of woks but not for daily use. After that i tried CyanogenMod 13.0 but I need original system and with it my phone only loops with sony logo. If anyone knows hot to flash/install original android version or rom that could be used daily it would be huge help.
thank you for your help.
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There are a few stock roms in your devices Android Development section in the forum you could try. Here's a random one I spotted that seems like a good option:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/m4-aqua/development/rom-6-0-1-xperia-m4-aqua-t3423264
The key is to go with a stock, or stock-based, rom for the best stability.
Or you could reflash the actual, official, stock rom from Sony themselves. They have a tool called Xperia Companion that can reflash the latest rom on any Xperia device with a locked bootloader: http://support.sonymobile.com/gb/tools/xperia-companion/
If your bootloader's unlocked, you might be able to use "Emma" instead: https://developer.sonymobile.com/open-devices/flash-tool/use-the-flash-tool-for-xperia-devices/
Hope this helps!