I am new to posting so please bear with me, I recently purchased a sony xperia play r800x from ntelos ( a regional carrier serving western VA) The phone was giving me issues with sluggish performance and randomlyfreezing and rebooting ntelos warranty would not exchange the phone because they said it was a "known issue" so ithought maybe it was a memory issue the phone has a lot of preloaded games you cannot remove, so i rooted the phone and attempted to remove a game using titanium backup which case my phone powered off and was stuck at the "sony ericsson" screen i attempted to reload a firmware using wotan client but now my phone has averizon firmware and i cannot get any service is there anyway to get my ntelos firmware back on my phone? i have looked everywhere and i am at my wits end please help
Help:
1. Install Android SDK and ADB drivers on your PC
2. Install SE (Sony Ericsson) FlashTool.
3. Download r800x ftf original rom file and put it in firmware file in flashtool
4. put your phone in USB Debugging, and use flashtool (click the lightning bolt and follow the directions)
fin.
There's threads all over the place that could help, just wanted to make it easy. When you flash the ftf, you will have to reactivate your phone, and the rom will be un-rooted. You can re-root using zergrush on flashtool.
Best of luck
Hello. My xperia m2 says that there are no updates and the phone is up to date but it's with android 4.4.2. Theres 1 secound delay in the sound when I play games or use downloaded apps like youtube also the audio doesn't sound very good. To fix that I need to update the android version but I cant. I connected the phone to my computer and updated it with sony PC companion but the version is still 4.4.2. What should I do? I don't want to use flashtools or anything. I think it's the phone's fault for that and I should give it back to the place where I bought it so they can fix that. The phone is brand new and they already changed my camera because it wasn't working. So what should I do?
I suppose it has to do with the Country of your phone and/or if it is branded. IF after using PC Companion it's still with 4.4.2 I'm afraid your best (and only) option is to use Flashtool. Not sure how it works if it is branded though, you may need to to something to be able to de-brand it.
Well, actually try first to check if 4.4.4 is available in this way:
- Dial *#*#7378423#*#* (*#*#service#*#*)
- Check the number in Service Info/SW Info/Customization version. You just need the xxxx-yyyy part
- Downdload and install Flashtool (it's small. You just need it for checking)
- Run Flashtool
- Go to Devices/Check Updates
- Select your phone double clicking on the id xxxx-yyyy you have got before.
- If the version is 18.3.C (like the one for 3 UK) there is no 4.4.4. the latest ROM is 4.4.2. It must be 18.3.1.C for 4.4.4
My is branded from T-mobile, and i flashed CE ftf to debrande, everything is good except i don't have extra apps that T-mobile puts in. As i know your safe flashing ftf cos it's official Sony's software, just using Flashtool instead of PC Companion and you won't lose warranty, as long as you don't unlock bootloader.
Good Luck.
Xperia M2 D2303 on K.K. 4.4.4
Do I install the flashtool on my computer or on my phone?
foxymount said:
Do I install the flashtool on my computer or on my phone?
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Obviously on the computer. It's needed to flash the phones from it. Just google it, you find it immediately. Then if you decide to flash a generic 4.4.4 FTF just search around. There are dozens of guides in the Internet.
Alright thanks for your support guys
Hey guys,
I have a Z3 dual for almost 1 year, great device, only sad thing about the device is the ****ty 16gb internal storage allthough it costed me a fortune.
Everyday it is ennoying me telling I have reached 75% of it's storage capacity.
So here is the plan :
I am not interested in unlocking the bootloader , nor rooting the device, i only want to go from 5.1.1 to 6.0.1 so i can use a 128gb micro sd as internal storage.
I made a backup of my files with Xperia Companion.
I downloaded Flashtool and with Xperifirm the Russion 6.0.1 update (D6633_Customized RU_1288-7362_23.5.A.0.575_R3D).
With these files I am stuck, I need to create the FTF file, but do I have to include the TA-files that are in this 6.0.1 update ? I don't want to loose my DRM keys so will the update with flashtool make me loose them or is this only possible by unlocking the bootloader ?
Can someone help me with the correct procedure to do this upgrade ?
Thank you in advance,
Regards,
Acryllium
A bad news; Sony has disabled Adoptable Storage on their ROMs, so you cannot use microSD card as internal storage even if you upgraded to 6.0.1.
I know, but Sony didn't disable it, they just left it out of there ROM.
With some adjustments in ADB it would be possible.
More about this matter , you can find here :
https://www.reddit.com/r/SonyXperia/comments/4h4kfz/cant_format_sd_card_as_internal_storage/
Grtz...
Acryllium
Haa, I didn't know that we could enable it through ADB.
Well, in that case, you can just update your firmware with Xperia Companion and do a factory data reset. I think this is probably the safest and easiest way to get a clean firmware.
Or if you prefer Flashtool, just use Xperifirm from within Flashtool to download firmware, and it will automatically make FTF file for you when you closed Xperifirm.
I had tried to follow some guides that told me to manually make FTF which exclude .TA files, but whenever I did that, I ended up with corrupted FTFs and bootloop.
Nowadays, I just use FTF that Flashtool automatically makes for me, and I don't have any problem, my DRM keys are still present and active (just did a security test in Service menu (*#*#7378423#*#*) and it showed no error).
After you have an FTF file in .flashTool\firmwares folder, just flash using Flashmode, choose firmware you want (I assume 23.5.A.0.575 ?), then tick to wipe APPS_LOG and USERDATA and click Flash. Follow some on-screen instructions and you'll have a clean 6.0.1 firmware in about ~10 minutes.
Hey Rc,
Thank you for your help, but my version of Flashtool doesn't seem to generate the FTF file automaticly.
It's version 0.9.22.3, can you tell me what could be wrong ?
Thanks
Acryllium
Hello fellow Xperia users/developers,
I am trying to flash my Xperia z5 (E6653) which had its motherboard replaced yesterday. It is still in lollipop so I decided to update it to nougat. However, PC companion identifies my phone updated while its not. So I decided to flash it manually instead. I downloaded the FTF file from Xperifirm with the build no. 32.4.A.0.160 / R1E. The problem it the 0.9.23.2 version does not identify FTF files even I checked its file location properly. I searched in this forum that old versions works. I tried downloading the 0.9.18 (I think) and it really identified the FTF. However I received an error message regarding the TA thing to find out that this error might be due to only 0.9.23 versions supports nougat FTF.
So my concern is, how can I have my FTF file identified by 0.9.23? Because I can't use my phone right now. I hope someone might help me. Or give me an alternative to flashtool if there's any.
Thank you.
Redownload file ftf again with a stable connection..
Hello, what if I still dont see the ftf after redownloading?
Is there anybody out there that successfully downgraded their device without having it rooted?
Need a step by step guide please.
its not possible anymore....i tried from A10 back to A9 at my Xperia 1 and no success at all
so stop wasting your time on it
Question of downgrade Android 12 to Android 11
Hello anyone, I am the new comer of the XDA. Nice to meet you here. Let move on to my questions. I have a HK version Xperia 1 III(XQ-BC72), and I love the device. However after I received and upgraded to Android 12(61.1.A.1.149), the nightmare...
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I managed to find a single mirror of an android 11 firmware file for Xperia 5 III by googling "XQ-BQ62 61.0.A.15.45 customized us ftf". This is the ONLY android 11 firmware I could find.
Extract contents into a directory mirroring the structure you'd see if downloading firmware from exafirm. You should have a standalone boot folder and all .sin files extracted into this directory (including unzipped partition .sin files). Delete ALL .ta files. Execute with newflasher.
I don't have time to walk thru every step but I can confirm I was able to downgrade from Android 12 to 11 using 61.0.A.15.45 ftf and newflasher without root. My bootloader is unlocked but honestly shouldn't need to be if using newflasher.
BIG THANKS to the kind soul who uploaded this ftf!!
This doesn't seem to work on XQ-BQ72 (Xperia 5 III) Android 12. Unless your steps had something specific while flashing via newflasher.
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I managed to find a single mirror of an android 11 firmware file for Xperia 5 III by googling "XQ-BQ62 61.0.A.15.45 customized us ftf". This is the ONLY android 11 firmware I could find.
Extract contents into a directory mirroring the structure you'd see if downloading firmware from exafirm. You should have a standalone boot folder and all .sin files extracted into this directory (including unzipped partition .sin files). Delete ALL .ta files. Execute with newflasher.
I don't have time to walk thru every step but I can confirm I was able to downgrade from Android 12 to 11 using 61.0.A.15.45 ftf and newflasher without root. My bootloader is unlocked but honestly shouldn't need to be if using newflasher.
BIG THANKS to the kind soul who uploaded this ftf!!
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This doesn't seem to work on XQ-BQ72 (Xperia 5 III) Android 12. Unless your steps had something specific while flashing via newflasher.
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I have xq-bq62. I can only confirm this works for this model.
I am sure your unlocked bootloader helped in this case but I can't confirm as i tried the BQ72 firmwares also from that androidfilehost's user link but neither worked (mine is a locked bootloader, fyi). So I am assuming there is some tiny/unknown setting that worked in your favor.
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I am sure your unlocked bootloader helped in this case but I can't confirm as i tried the BQ72 firmwares also from that androidfilehost's user link but neither worked (mine is a locked bootloader, fyi). So I am assuming there is some tiny/unknown setting that worked in your favor.
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Were the firwmares .ftf? How you set up your working directory for newflasher is very important (based on my limited experience with sony devices...this is my first).
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Were the firwmares .ftf? How you set up your working directory for newflasher is very important (based on my limited experience with sony devices...this is my first).
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BQ72, from what I can tell, is the same as BQ62 except for what i'm guessing are a few changes in enabled network bands.
Also, newflasher shouldn't require a bootloader unlock. Only the offical sony flash tool would require that. Someone correct me if i'm wrong because like I said this is my first xperia device.
Yes, the firmwares were .ftf and I followed all the steps you mentioned in your post. Upon trying to flash with newflasher, it would return an error while flashing the partition blocks and would return FAIL FAIL in newflasher. None of the BQ72 Android 11 .ftf worked from the same user's file that you used for your BQ62.
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Yes, the firmwares were .ftf and I followed all the steps you mentioned in your post. Upon trying to flash with newflasher, it would return an error while flashing the partition blocks and would return FAIL FAIL in newflasher. None of the BQ72 Android 11 .ftf worked from the same user's file that you used for your BQ62.
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Try flashing the xq-bq72 android 11 firmware which is MUCH easier to find than my US variant (xq-bq62).
Newflasher again.
Exafirm - XQ-BQ72 61.0.A.15.45 (Android 11)
bhow11 said:
I managed to find a single mirror of an android 11 firmware file for Xperia 5 III by googling "XQ-BQ62 61.0.A.15.45 customized us ftf". This is the ONLY android 11 firmware I could find.
Extract contents into a directory mirroring the structure you'd see if downloading firmware from exafirm. You should have a standalone boot folder and all .sin files extracted into this directory (including unzipped partition .sin files). Delete ALL .ta files. Execute with newflasher.
I don't have time to walk thru every step but I can confirm I was able to downgrade from Android 12 to 11 using 61.0.A.15.45 ftf and newflasher without root. My bootloader is unlocked but honestly shouldn't need to be if using newflasher.
BIG THANKS to the kind soul who uploaded this ftf!!
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After some technical difficulties, I've managed to copy these instructions pretty well. Newflasher seemed to have completed the process, yet my phone's firmware was still corrupt on a bootloop.
I had my bootloader unlocked as well. I've since locked it and restored back to Android 12 through Xperia Companion. I'm not sure what could have caused a problem.
Some points of interest:
1. I've kept all .sin files from the boot folder in that folder
2. All .sin files from the partition folder were moved to the parent folder where everything else should be (ex. Newflasher files)
3. Partition_delivery.xml was kept in the partition folder
4. The .ftf for Android 11 was also moved to the parent folder
I grabbed the most recent Android 12 files from XperiFirm (specifically 61.1.A.9.219). Is there a difference in those files that would make this rollback impossible?
Also running an XQ-BQ62.
raptor178 said:
After some technical difficulties, I've managed to copy these instructions pretty well. Newflasher seemed to have completed the process, yet my phone's firmware was still corrupt on a bootloop.
I had my bootloader unlocked as well. I've since locked it and restored back to Android 12 through Xperia Companion. I'm not sure what could have caused a problem.
Some points of interest:
1. I've kept all .sin files from the boot folder in that folder
2. All .sin files from the partition folder were moved to the parent folder where everything else should be (ex. Newflasher files)
3. Partition_delivery.xml was kept in the partition folder
4. The .ftf for Android 11 was also moved to the parent folder
I grabbed the most recent Android 12 files from XperiFirm (specifically 61.1.A.9.219). Is there a difference in those files that would make this rollback impossible?
Also running an XQ-BQ62.
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I was running in to the same issues myself, the only available .ftf I could find for the XQ-BQ62 didn't work without modification (For reference, I was running the same 61.1.A.9.219 firmware) I attached my update.xml in case it differs from yours. What may have ended up making it work was zipping the contents of the partition folder to match bhow11's screenshot, I added the partition_delivery.xml to it as well. I'm unsure what exactly made this all work, but it does now.
I recently purchased the Sony Xperia 5 III and the first thing I had in mind was to unlock it since my 2012 HTC was probably the last phone I rooted, and my Xperia XZ3 wasn't as root-friendly with irreversible DRM loss and all.
When I got to the part about flashing the Xperifirm boot with Magisk, I wondered how my old 61.0x firmware would work with a new 61.1 boot. Nobody had asked this. I don't know if I was wrong but I also assumed there would be no way to backup my old firmware if the bootloader is locked. I didn't even know about A11/A12 (XZ3 had Android 9). So fearing a boot-loop I flashed the latest full firmware first. I fully regret it.
It's crazy how mad Android 12 makes me. All the love of Android is sucked out. I'm really sad too that this is a current trend. A12 kinda looks like early 2010s Windows Phone now.
Since my firmware is the Europe EEA will I never regain Android 11 except for a GSI or buying a brand new phone?
in my opinion downgrad never worked since Android 10 on my Xperia's
i tried many many hours at my Xperia 1 to go back to Android 9 but no succes
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I recently purchased the Sony Xperia 5 III and the first thing I had in mind was to unlock it since my 2012 HTC was probably the last phone I rooted, and my Xperia XZ3 wasn't as root-friendly with irreversible DRM loss and all.
When I got to the part about flashing the Xperifirm boot with Magisk, I wondered how my old 61.0x firmware would work with a new 61.1 boot. Nobody had asked this. I don't know if I was wrong but I also assumed there would be no way to backup my old firmware if the bootloader is locked. I didn't even know about A11/A12 (XZ3 had Android 9). So fearing a boot-loop I flashed the latest full firmware first. I fully regret it.
It's crazy how mad Android 12 makes me. All the love of Android is sucked out. I'm really sad too that this is a current trend. A12 kinda looks like early 2010s Windows Phone now.
Since my firmware is the Europe EEA will I never regain Android 11 except for a GSI or buying a brand new phone?
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I tried from A13 to A11, but not succeeded. Also think about buying a brand new phone, damn
than the question....why u try downgrade.?
DanielMode said:
than the question....why u try downgrade.?
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Due to ugly design, which starts from 40% bigger and not transparent security pattern screen.
u kidding me.....are u.!
u'll buy a new one just due the ugly OS design.
did u never try to get information about a new system before updating your system.?
DanielMode said:
u kidding me.....are u.!
u'll buy a new one just due the ugly OS design.
did u never try to get information about a new system before updating your system.?
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I bought used phone. I'm scratching them a lot, so don't want to be upset of it. I haven't even asked which version they had, because I haven't knew that piece of **** loaded there!