I want to do this due a mistake I made, but... I don't know any directions. I'm SO AFRAID of doing that and brick my phone once and for all. Also I'm scared of using ODIN, cuz it's so hard to work with... Is there an easy way or will I have to do it the hard way?
And please assure me I'm not doing the wrong thing and that IT IS SAFE to do so. I'll regret if I totally brick it if there's no way back...
Thanks.
PS: In addition.. Is there a website or community where I can find official (latest) firmwares released from manufacturers or will I have to wander around Google?
Hi,
First, Odin is for Samsung only. So won't work for a Sony. And if it tried to work, it would likely destroy your device.
Here is a tutorial on flashing firmware for your device... As well as links to firmware. You can ask for further help about this in the thread.... But please read it carefully first, then again.... And once more if needed, then ask for help if you're stuck. ?
> Legacy & Low Activity Devices > Sony Xperia M > Xperia M General > [TUTORIAL] Firmware Collection + Tutorial How to Flash It Manually
Good luck!
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HI All,
Recently got a replacement for my xperia Z, a Z1 ! I had KitKat on it which came with an annoying SD card problem (I guess you all know about this issue....) I flashed to 14.2.A.1.136 Jelly Bean and Rooted with TowelRoot. All good except that my SuperSU will not update its binaries....Access to SD read/write is all OK.
I would also like to be able to use a custom ROM, iHacker's look interesting and very useful but the process seems very long winded and I don't want to try it without SuperSU working properly.
I am not bothered with KITKAT so happy to stay with Jelly Bean if necessary.
Although I am able to Flash an FTF I am still a bit green with regard to android workings so simple directions would be muchly appreciated.
I hope anyone out there can help me
PS I found StorageCow but didnt know if any of the ftf files would help my problem, guess I need the last JB firmware....
Hi,
Me advice would be to read as much as you can and get a handle on everything, then follow the instructions to the letter. Also, here's a great guide for doing most things.... And you can ask questions here,
> Sony Xperia Z1 > Xperia Z1 General > Root, Backup TA, Unlock bootloader and more! The ultimate Xperia Z1 guide
Good luck!
Much appreciated KJ
Thank you. Thread closed.
I Know I aleady posted a thread like this, but it was closed before a found a solution, please dont close this one too!
I have an old smartphone (model specified above), which I have tried to find a root for it (like FOREVER), every single root I found wasn't able to do the job. Either the program alerted me that the phone is not supported , or tried to root and failed. I have looked into other threads with the same problem, and they either didn't have a solution, or simply directed me towards stickys with rooting programs that also didn't work.
I want to root it so I can uninstall some of the build-in apps that I dont use (such as facebook, youtube, and out-of-date & un-updateable operator apps.). They function poorly, take up space, and worst of all: they run in the backround (and on old phones such as this every megabyte of RAM counts.) Please help me.
Is there something I'm missing? A vital step a skip or something? Do i need to unlock the bootloader to root?
I probably have a custom ROM of the operator this phone was originally purchased from, does it make any difference?
If Anyone can explain to me step-by-step what and how to root, or point me to a usefull guide, i will be forever thankful.
The file attached is a example to one of many failed roots.
Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc S LT18a
Firmware version: 2.3.4
Build:4.0.2.D.0.5
Hi
Thanks for writing to us at XDA Assist. I think it's best for you to ask your question in the Arc q&a section here:
Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting
No response in two days, thread closed.
Hi, im a new member to this forum and im actually tryna find some help on how to root my xperia S (lt26i) phone. Im running the 4.1.2 version and although i found some guides, they are all made with different ways. I need some help on how can i root the phone because i have completely no idea about this stuff. I dont even know what means ice cream sandwitch, jellybean, kittkat, flashtool, Bootloader, kernel and all these terms i just wanna root this phone for better usage. Could someone show me a newbie way to do it? I havent done any change/configuration to my phone ever, i only typed a code on my dialpad and i found out that its "allowed" to root my phone. Thanks in advance for any help.
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Hi, im a new member to this forum and im actually tryna find some help on how to root my xperia S (lt26i) phone. Im running the 4.1.2 version and although i found some guides, they are all made with different ways. I need some help on how can i root the phone because i have completely no idea about this stuff. I dont even know what means ice cream sandwitch, jellybean, kittkat, flashtool, Bootloader, kernel and all these terms i just wanna root this phone for better usage. Could someone show me a newbie way to do it? I havent done any change/configuration to my phone ever, i only typed a code on my dialpad and i found out that its "allowed" to root my phone. Thanks in advance for any help.
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Greetings,
Thank you for using XDA Assist. Please ask your questions in your device's Q&A forum found here:
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Good luck!
Good evening, friends of mine , you know have a problem , my Sony Xperia E4G ( 2006), which had recently acquired crashed , I know, it is my fault .
I unlock the bootloader using Sony's official website, it was successful, then it using "Flashtool" I wanted to install the "CMW Recovery" from a command window (CMD), connecting in FlashBoot mode.
Something went wrong, because after that my phone did not pass the initial logo of Sony, you know that something is wrong, I'm not very experienced and know maybe I should not do it if I was not very knowledgeable, but also learn and I really can change firmware to other phones like the HTC Desire and the Sony Xperia 626s Z3 Compact.
I Download a rom by XperiFirm: "xxxxxxx-xxx.12x431x.ftf" and try to flash the phone but hangs.
And worst of all, had already tried Flashtool a newer version and flash did not help me. I hope you can help me and we can save this phone does not have much time being purchased.
PSD: I do not speak much English, I hope you can understand me and have not committed serious offenses writing.
Thank you very much my friends.
Juvigoxz said:
Good evening, friends of mine , you know have a problem , my Sony Xperia E4G ( 2006), which had recently acquired crashed , I know, it is my fault .
I unlock the bootloader using Sony's official website, it was successful, then it using "Flashtool" I wanted to install the "CMW Recovery" from a command window (CMD), connecting in FlashBoot mode.
Something went wrong, because after that my phone did not pass the initial logo of Sony, you know that something is wrong, I'm not very experienced and know maybe I should not do it if I was not very knowledgeable, but also learn and I really can change firmware to other phones like the HTC Desire and the Sony Xperia 626s Z3 Compact.
I Download a rom by XperiFirm: "xxxxxxx-xxx.12x431x.ftf" and try to flash the phone but hangs.
And worst of all, had already tried Flashtool a newer version and flash did not help me. I hope you can help me and we can save this phone does not have much time being purchased.
PSD: I do not speak much English, I hope you can understand me and have not committed serious offenses writing.
Thank you very much my friends.
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Hi
Thanks for using XDA Assist.
Try posting your query in > Sony Xperia E3 > Xperia E3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting. Experts there may be able to help you.
Good luck
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Hello gentleman, i finally decided to register at xda, i've been screwing with my phones ever since i had a smartphone, normally because some damn update turns it into a pice of ... any way, i ask for your help because i'm not a developer i'm actually a magician but following this forums i've managed to root, unbrick, customize roms and etc, on every device i ever had exept for this one
Xperia z2a D6563, i'm not getting you bored with the whole story, but i litteraly been trough hell with this one, it was recently updated to marshmallow, and it started to drain battery real badly, the data conection comes and goes and of course i've tried to use that companion thing as a first tool, but it turned out to get worse, so, i unlocked the bootloader, did all of the fast boot things,
i downloaded the xperia firm, the androxyde flashtool, and haven't been able to get a lollipop stock rom for my device or any other custom rom, but xperia firm has only 3 roms, 2 are trial versions for taiwan and the other one is a damn MM rom , i cant even root this thing!!!! and you have to belive me i've been looking for this roms like ****ing liam neeson! so, now i turn into this forum for help, the easy way is to get some other phone, but i really like this one, and i hate that sony just screwed it up and is not planning to fix... ever.
so please, can someone give me a hand or a hint on this one? thanks guys,
i apologyze for the ****ty grammar, this is not my native language.
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