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[FTF][ST26i] Xperia J 11.0.A.7.5 INTL-GENERIC

Made an FTF out of the firmware for Xperia J yesterday first thing after receiving the phone.
download here
(tested works, does not relock an unlocked bootloader)
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P.S. Expect unicorn soon

no update to 7.8?
and how can you be sure its' generic international version?

Zuczeq said:
no update to 7.8?
and how can you be sure its' generic international version?
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because that's what the branding of my device is

championswimmer said:
because that's what the branding of my device is
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how does that differ from lets say central european one?

can u please upload it to host support for IDM ?
thank you

New link?

Factory reset fails after update to Lollipop

Ok, so I was on B317 Beta and downgraded to B148 using downgrade rom B300 but before upgrading to B324 I factory reset. That would give me a cust fail error. So I decided to then downgrade to B137sp03 as I saw most were having the best success upgrading from there. This time I didn't do factory reset before, I did it after and it also fails which then leaves me with B324 with NO 5x5 icon setting and pretty much lacking all around. Icons won't change, themes won't change. What the heck is going on here? By the way I have the MT7-L09.
Any help will be appreciated!

A lot of features are missing. Anyway, you can try downgrading to B120SP04. That was my previous version, but on MT7-TL10. Only thing that doesn't work here is the smart screenshot. But everything you mentioned that is missing or is not working works on mine.
Sent from my HUAWEI MT7-TL10 using Tapatalk

Ok... another thing I want to know... How do I find out what region my phone is originally from? I bought mine unlocked in the U.S. and I'm using it here in Miami.
Thanks!

Bonnie1977 said:
Ok, so I was on B317 Beta and downgraded to B148 using downgrade rom B300 but before upgrading to B324 I factory reset. That would give me a cust fail error. So I decided to then downgrade to B137sp03 as I saw most were having the best success upgrading from there. This time I didn't do factory reset before, I did it after and it also fails which then leaves me with B324 with NO 5x5 icon setting and pretty much lacking all around. Icons won't change, themes won't change. What the heck is going on here? By the way I have the MT7-L09.
Any help will be appreciated!
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Bump!
So is anyone else having this problem with factory reset failing after upgrading to B324?

Bonnie1977 said:
Ok... another thing I want to know... How do I find out what region my phone is originally from? I bought mine unlocked in the U.S. and I'm using it here in Miami.
Thanks!
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I don't know how to check where phone is from. Been installing ROMs from Malaysia, Indonesia, Italy, and European ones and they work.
Don't take my word for it though.
I'm currently using TL10, somehow B120SP04 and B125SP02 work, But B125 is more stable.

markchong89 said:
I don't know how to check where phone is from. Been installing ROMs from Malaysia, Indonesia, Italy, and European ones and they work.
Don't take my word for it though.
I'm currently using TL10, somehow B120SP04 and B125SP02 work, But B125 is more stable.
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Have you factory reset AFTER doing the upgrade to B324? I have tried installing from many different ROMs. I am about to try from B127 now to see if I have any luck. And this time around I may enter recovery so that I can clear cache before upgrading. Hoping that will help.

I did when I upgraded from B120. But from B125 I didnt since going B120 to B125 already wiped my data.
Sent from my HUAWEI MT7-TL10 using Tapatalk

Bonnie1977 said:
Bump!
So is anyone else having this problem with factory reset failing after upgrading to B324?
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I met the same situation as you described after upgrading to b324. What will you do? the only thing I cant bear for this version is 4×5 icons layout. factory reset failed as well.[emoji26]

i am having the exact problem
same problem here! i am freaking out. like nothing works now. no themes, no icon change, it just sucks!! please tell what did you end up doing and did you find a fix?? i did a factory reset to fix another problem, a huge problem with my sd card unmounting and mounting constantly. that's fixed, but now this!! I have the L09 too and B24. Thanks!

Bonnie1977 said:
Ok... another thing I want to know... How do I find out what region my phone is originally from? I bought mine unlocked in the U.S. and I'm using it here in Miami.
Thanks!
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If you from U.S try install b327
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angm1979 said:
same problem here! i am freaking out. like nothing works now. no themes, no icon change, it just sucks!! please tell what did you end up doing and did you find a fix?? i did a factory reset to fix another problem, a huge problem with my sd card unmounting and mounting constantly. that's fixed, but now this!! I have the L09 too and B24. Thanks!
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You flash Rom for not your country. I have that same when I try flash b327 and I have 99% and cust fail. I lost everything that same like you. What Rom you have when you buy your mt7
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chudy_85 said:
You flash Rom for not your country. I have that same when I try flash b327 and I have 99% and cust fail. I lost everything that same like you. What Rom you have when you buy your mt7
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I am from the US and I bought an unlocked L09, but I don't know what ROM I have when I bought it. What can I do to fix it?

Check what region you have in system menu *#*#2846579#*#* then push 3 and next 4 and see what it's there
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I ended up downgrading to B300. I stayed at that for almost three months, I was afraid to do anything. I realize B300 is meant to be transitional, but it worked perfectly. I just upgraded to B331 and it's working great. Hopefully this will help someone who went through what I did. Talk about panic! Lol (^_-)

The solution is flash the cust archive for your mate https://www.dropbox.com/sh/0ujlg0k07nr7wja/AACBJn4wW7jgB7wBD9FcIVvXa?dl=0 (l09) and flash b300, after flash your favorite rom
Enviado desde mi HUAWEI MT7-L09 mediante Tapatalk

Thanks, in my case that was the very solution!
I'm from Peru, my phone is Huawei Ascend Mate 7 TL-09 from Bitel . While I was trying upgrading my firmware (KK), I didnt know anything about importance of CUSTOM.BIN. So without any kind a backup I just installed new firmware over the original one, many many times... but... without attaching appropiate custom bin, and so went erasing totally my own CUST file.
You have shared with us the HW - EU (Europe) custom bin and that's nice, it works 100000%
Thank you so much!! :good::good::good::good::good:
Greetings
Juan

Reset Fails when doing factory reset/downgrade from B331
Hi everyone,
I was wondering if you could help, I see a lot of experts on this phone and I'm new to XDA-Developers. I upgraded my Mate 7 to B331, some of the features I had are not working and I'm trying to go back to original form factor (KitKat 4.4) but I get install failed when trying to roll back with the transition update.app
Would like to hear your recommendations.
Thanks,
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I'm from Peru, my phone is Huawei Ascend Mate 7 TL-09 from Bitel . While I was trying upgrading my firmware (KK), I didnt know anything about importance of CUSTOM.BIN. So without any kind a backup I just installed new firmware over the original one, many many times... but... without attaching appropiate custom bin, and so went erasing totally my own CUST file.
You have shared with us the HW - EU (Europe) custom bin and that's nice, it works 100000%
Thank you so much!! :good::good::good::good::good:
Greetings
Juan
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Newbie - debranding Z5

Hi everyone
I have just purchased my first Sony phone, the Z5.
It is on Vodafone UK but has been officially unlocked. I wish to debrand and put on stock Sony android software so remove the network branding. Can someone pleas ehlpe as I have never done this before. I have just downloaded flashtool.
My second question - If I use flashtool to change to stock software, will I still receive OTA updates for future software updates rather than having to use flashtool all the time?
Thanks in advance.

Yes, with official firmware everything will be fine.

sovanyio said:
Yes, with official firmware everything will be fine.
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Thank you for reply.
Is there a link where i can download official firmware please, I have searched here but cannot seem to find it?
Thank you

Check this guide:
http://www.xperiablog.net/2015/03/1...peria-lollipop-using-xperifirm-and-flashtool/

Uk ftf - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=63649148
Sent from my E6653 using Tapatalk

Hi to all, sorry if I port afloat this old thread.
I have a Z5 with a MM branded firmware (TIM Italy). I already know how to debrand it flashing another compatible firmware.
My question is: is it necessary wipe all data, also if I flash another MM firmware?
By what I read, I understood that if I stay on the same major update (in this case MM) I shouldn't meet any kind of problem also if I didn't wipe all. Is it right?
Thanks to all

Downgrade E6653 from MM to LP?

Hello everyone! Seems we're going to get root soon on locked bootloader in lollipop, so we can backup the TA partition before unlocking. The question is, can we downgrade from MM to LP without unlocking the bootloader?

You know how google, do you? You can, download the Firmware and flash it via Flashtool.

ali112 said:
You know how google, do you? You can, download the Firmware and flash it via Flashtool.
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Yes, I did google. Saw a couple of post about the Z5P, but I'm comming from motorola and they are a little bit special when it comes to downgrade, because of the bootloader. So I want to be sure because I have almost zero exprecience with sony.
Anyway, no need to be rude. Thanks!

You can downgrade with no problems bootloader locked or not as the above poster said flashtool and xperifirm is your friend. I don't have access to links atm
Sent from my Xperia™ Z5 using Tapatalk

zippy01 said:
You can downgrade with no problems bootloader locked or not as the above poster said flashtool and xperifirm is your friend. I don't have access to links atm
Sent from my Xperia™ Z5 using Tapatalk
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No problem, thanks, I got that tools.. alredy used them to flash marshmallow :good:

lionelbac said:
No problem, thanks, I got that tools.. alredy used them to flash marshmallow :good:
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Glad you're sorted enjoy ??
Sent from my Sony Xperia Z5 using XDA Labs

I'm new to this forum so please forgive me. When I bought my Z5 from Vodafone UK, it was running Lollipop 5.1.1 and ran all the apps I wanted flawlessly. Since the update to Marshmallow, ACR and NetVu ObserVer now do not, the developer of ACR cannot work around this so I need to back date the firmware. I have downloaded XperiFirm and Flashtool but can only find 32.0.A.6.200 for EE. I would have preferred the stock Vodafone firmware, but will the EE one do?

any firmware will do as long as those apps work. some branded firmwares have differnt splash screens. thats pretty much the only difference

Thanks for your reply, I'm not bothered about any splash screen but something I noticed is a file named simlock. As EE lock their phones to their network only I take it this file needs omitting?
Regards, John.

Updating to 23.5.A.1.291 for Xperia Z3 D6653 (1288-4394)

Hey there,
I own a Sony Xperia Z3 D6653 (1288-4394 variant), and it looks like Sony forgot to release the 23.5.A.1.291 firmware update for this variant, which is kind of a bummer since they don't answer my emails.
My phone isn't rooted, and I was wondering if there's a way I can update my firmware without wiping my phone clean.
Thanks!

I own a D6605 with that firmware through OTA update.
Have you searched/selected the correct model at the Sony Support site?
I would recommend to look for it, and maybe specify my model number, and download it yourself.
At the supportsite theres also a tool which has to option to install this update (flash) without wiping your phone. Search this forum for details, as i'm writing this down from memory. They used this method on Z(1) and Z2 before.

desheh said:
Hey there,
I own a Sony Xperia Z3 D6653 (1288-4394 variant), and it looks like Sony forgot to release the 23.5.A.1.291 firmware update for this variant, which is kind of a bummer since they don't answer my emails.
My phone isn't rooted, and I was wondering if there's a way I can update my firmware without wiping my phone clean.
Thanks!
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What's so special about that TW build? Bands?
Any of the other .291 don't match: https://xpericheck.com/device/D6653 ?