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Sony Ericsson plans to open the bootloader across the new range of Xperia Android smartphones. Whilst we wait for Sony Ericsson to provide the official details on how to do this, we thought we’d provide a quick guide on how to find out if your handset has the capability to have its bootloader unlocked.
http://www.xperiablog.net/2011/04/10/find-out-if-your-bootloader-can-be-unlocked-guide/
"Find out if your bootloader can be unlocked [Guide]
by XB on APRIL 10, 2011
in ANDROID,FIRMWARE,TIPS & TRICKS,XPERIA ARC,XPERIA NEO,XPERIA PLAY,XPERIA PRO"
..................as can be seen,this is not applicable to any of the older models like our minis for instance,however sad it might be!
perhaps we just need one people to use the opened bootloader, then all developer will use is as reference.
Hope so
Today, new firmware has been certified for the Sony Xperia handsets running on the NovaThor U8500 chipset. Firmware version 6.1.1.B.1.10 has appeared on the PTCRB website for the Xperia P, Xperia U, Xperia go and Xperia sola. This could end up being the Android 4.0.4 Ice Cream Sandwich update due to land on these handsets very soon (bar the Xperia P which already has ICS). We’ll keep you posted when it starts to roll out.
PLUS JellyBean is out for Xperia Acro S
go here and click specifications you will see Google OS 4.1
Operating System : Google Android 4.1
Other Preloaded Applications : eCompass™; Google Mail™; Google Talk™ application*; Facebook™ application*; Xperia™ Timescape™; Twitter™ (Timescape™integration)*; YouTube™
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DavidMKD said:
Today, new firmware has been certified for the Sony Xperia handsets running on the NovaThor U8500 chipset. Firmware version 6.1.1.B.1.10 has appeared on the PTCRB website for the Xperia P, Xperia U, Xperia go and Xperia sola. This could end up being the Android 4.0.4 Ice Cream Sandwich update due to land on these handsets very soon (bar the Xperia P which already has ICS). We’ll keep you posted when it starts to roll out.
PLUS JellyBean is out for Xperia Acro S
go here and click specifications you will see Google OS 4.1
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Si it's confirmed that 6.1.1 is JB?
felipevsw said:
Si it's confirmed that 6.1.1 is JB?
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its rumored that its still ICS, but JB for acro s its confirmed
DavidMKD said:
Today, new firmware has been certified for the Sony Xperia handsets running on the NovaThor U8500 chipset. Firmware version 6.1.1.B.1.10 has appeared on the PTCRB website for the Xperia P, Xperia U, Xperia go and Xperia sola. This could end up being the Android 4.0.4 Ice Cream Sandwich update due to land on these handsets very soon (bar the Xperia P which already has ICS). We’ll keep you posted when it starts to roll out.
PLUS JellyBean is out for Xperia Acro S
go here and click specifications you will see Google OS 4.1
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Ill believe it when I see an Acro S in the wild with Jelly Bean. Its hard for me to believe the Acro S would get it before the Xperia S does.
DavidMKD said:
its rumored that its still ICS, but JB for acro s its confirmed
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It can not be ICS, with that version number.
Going from 6.1.B.0.544 that was certified a month ago to 6.1.1.B.1.10 that was added a few days ago.
x.1.x.x.x is ICS (has been like this for all the ICS releases that Sony has released)
x.1.1.x.x.x needs to be jellybean (it is not stated as a major update, why they have most likely added an extra digit, for the subversion).
But even though it has been certified, is there no guarantee that it is getting released.
And remember that even though it has been tested by PTCRB, do they only test the radio. There is no guarantee that it is a completely working release (could for example miss the camera and other components that is not related to the radio).
hnl_dk said:
It can not be ICS, with that version number.
Going from 6.1.B.0.544 that was certified a month ago to 6.1.1.B.1.10 that was added a few days ago.
x.1.x.x.x is ICS (has been like this for all the ICS releases that Sony has released)
x.1.1.x.x.x needs to be jellybean (it is not stated as a major update, why they have most likely added an extra digit, for the subversion).
But even though it has been certified, is there no guarantee that it is getting released.
And remember that even though it has been tested by PTCRB, do they only test the radio. There is no guarantee that it is a completely working release (could for example miss the camera and other components that is not related to the radio).
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The other NXT devices (P, U and Sola) will have it in more then a month from now, probably November, if I recall the people saying about it (K900 and someone else). S and Acro S will get it next month.
"I got my values. So you can keep yours, OK?"
I'm sure jelly bean builds are going to be marked as 6.2.x?
fareeed said:
I'm sure jelly bean builds are going to be marked as 6.2.x?
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why?
it is only a "minor" version.
hnl_dk said:
why?
it is only a "minor" version.
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But a new one. From what I read, Sony increases that number at each new Android version.
Felimenta97 said:
But a new one. From what I read, Sony increases that number at each new Android version.
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we will have to see what happens when Sony Mobile decides to release their first jellybean build. Anything that anyone says about this is so far just guesswork. It is at least the first time that I have seen them add an extra digit to their version number, so only Sony Mobile knows for sure what the idea is with this new version number.
Change the title the FW isn't available yet.
Tapatalked !!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1904783
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The other NXT devices (P, U and Sola) will have it in more then a month from now, probably November, if I recall the people saying about it (K900 and someone else). S and Acro S will get it next month.
"I got my values. So you can keep yours, OK?"
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Do you mean that ICS will arrive for these phones shortly, as expected, but this new firmware, whether 4.0/4.1 will then be released in November?
SharpnShiny said:
Do you mean that ICS will arrive for these phones shortly, as expected, but this new firmware, whether 4.0/4.1 will then be released in November?
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A Sony member has posted (on twitter if I remember correctly) that there will first be released an ICS build, followed up by an update short time after.
My own guess will be that the ICS build, that will be released, will guess that it will be 6.1.B.0.552 or something similar, now when the radio of 6.1.B.0.544 has been certified for for example the Sola, a little more than a month ago: http://www.ptcrb.com/vendor/complete/view_complete_request_guest.cfm?modelid=21035
and that then will surprise us with Jelly Bean a month or two later, with the version number 6.1.1.B.1.18 or something similar, now when the radio of 6.1.1.B.1.10 has been certified two days ago: http://www.ptcrb.com/vendor/complete/view_complete_request_guest.cfm?modelid=21035
But again it is just a guess.
It is probably ICS with updated apps
If I have to guess I would say that it is a new ICS version to fix some bugs and to bring the new apps from Xperia T that Sony promised to release to all the 2012 lineup. I do believe that firmware version will change to 6.2.x.x.x when JB is released and in my opinion Xperia S and T will receive JB before P, U and Sola. But just guessing.
Then in regards to the certification, Sony only certified final version of a firmware as they don't need to certify Beta releases, so if it is certified it will be launch any time sooner or later unless a very nasty bug is found on the firmware before release.
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Then in regards to the certification, Sony only certified final version of a firmware as they don't need to certify Beta releases, so if it is certified it will be launch any time sooner or later unless a very nasty bug is found on the firmware before release.
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Then why is there always a big list of certified versions, that have never been released, for all their different phones.
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Then why is there always a big list of certified versions, that have never been released, for all their different phones.
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for my old phone, Xperia neo, all the firmwares certified were released. Then depending on the model there are more firmwares as they need to certify carrier branded versions.
sdato001 said:
for my old phone, Xperia neo, all the firmwares certified were released. Then depending on the model there are more firmwares as they need to certify carrier branded versions.
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I do not know about the Neo, but for the X10 mini pro, the mini pro and now my Sola, do they not release all the versions that have been certified.
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I do not know about the Neo, but for the X10 mini pro, the mini pro and now my Sola, do they not release all the versions that have been certified.
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Android 4.0 ics 2012 Q3 http://www.sonymobile.com/global-en/products/phones/xperia-sola/specifications/
2-3 days though propably tommorow
Now that we know that the Xperia Z2 isnt recieving Nougat, I wanted it to know everyones decision on whether to stay with their Z2 on marshmallow or to upgrade. Im personally thinking of upgrading to Z5P at some point as i cannot unlock my bootloader eventhough the sim has been unlocked.
So im wondering if everyone else was thinking of doing the same thing or just to stick with marshmallow. Is the Z2 still worth keeping or is it time for an upgrade?
Nougat Xperia List: http://www.xda-developers.com/android-nougat-coming-to-a-ton-of-sony-devices/
I'm seriously thinking about a Note 7. Damn phone has a range of very cool accessories. Sony is stuck.
The most likely reason the Z2 and Z3 series won't get an official update to 7.0 is that to receive a Google certification so OEMs can bundle Google apps with their updates, the phone needs to support Vulkan OR OpenGL 3.1.
Sitic on Reddit explains it well.
So we can build from AOSP, but Sony can't officially update the Z2 and Z3. That's why the Nexus 5 didn't get an official update from Google. That does mean we will likely never get a stable AOSP build with cameras and RIL working properly, like the case with 6.0 AOSP.
I will leave Android, and I will wait for iPhone 7
I love SONY and I dont see a point to move to another device, as there are plenty of custom roms for our device and xposed modules concerning Android N like N-ify is there to port Android N features to older devices. I think I wont move on to another Xperia device until my Z2 has hardware failure.
They should let us unlock our bootloaders now. I can't (****ty carrier locked phone) so I'm stuck with sony roms
coc014 said:
They should let us unlock our bootloaders now. I can't (****ty carrier locked phone) so I'm stuck with sony roms
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Why dont you just flash the international version .ftf for Z2 so as to escape from your carrier barrier ?
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iSaidyiu said:
Why dont you just flash the international version .ftf for Z2 so as to escape from your carrier barrier ?
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Oh i've already done that. But I can't flash cyanogenmod, nor N preview.
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Oh i've already done that. But I can't flash cyanogenmod, nor N preview.
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No! Not custom roms! FTF imply OFFICIAL FIRMWARE FOR SONY DEVICES, ehich can be downloaded via flashtool by androxyde.
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iSaidyiu said:
No! Not custom roms! FTF imply OFFICIAL FIRMWARE FOR SONY DEVICES, ehich can be downloaded via flashtool by androxyde.
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Like I said i've already done that. I've no branding, flashed a stock french ftf a while back. But that's not my issue. My bootloader is still locked, the carrier it was sold on stop people from unlocking bootloaders, they set the flag" bootloader unlock allowed" as "no". So I can't flash roms.
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Like I said i've already done that. I've no branding, flashed a stock french ftf a while back. But that's not my issue. My bootloader is still locked, the carrier it was sold on stop people from unlocking bootloaders, they set the flag" bootloader unlock allowed" as "no". So I can't flash roms.
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I'm in the same boat, my z2 has the bootloader permanently locked by my operator. No more updates from sony and no custom rom support so i'll probably change to another device before the end of the year.
Unfortunately i don't like any of the latest sony devices so i'll probably get the next nexus or a zte axon 7.
I've learned my lesson, i'll never buy a device from a carrier or with an unlockable bootloader again.
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I'm in the same boat, my z2 has the bootloader permanently locked by my operator. No more updates from sony and no custom rom support so i'll probably change to another device before the end of the year.
Unfortunately i don't like any of the latest sony devices so i'll probably get the next nexus or a zte axon 7.
I've learned my lesson, i'll never buy a device from a carrier or with an unlockable bootloader again.
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I know how it feels it was the same for my Xperia play which had that damn bootloader unlock no its stupid in my opinion it shouldnt exist its rather damn anoying leaving me to upgrade to Xperia z as my play wasnt recieving ics at the time. I think ill keep my z2 and wait till theres a new Xperia. My z also had the same issue but when I "accidentally" got it damaged by water it was replace as Sony made it worse when running water tests on it as i presume further and luckily allowing me to unlock the bootloader. Im also wondering if Sony can do some magic with the bootload unlock no. I read that they can but its an unauthorised unlock so they wont do it.
i buy Z2 in 2014.
Start with 4.4.2 os, build 314,
Update to 4.4.4 os.
Update to 5.0 os.
Update to 5.1 os.
Update to 6.0 beta build 570 - 575.
Update to 6.0 os final build 291.
We had 5 os updated.
Every update, we don't have many error.
nhuduy said:
i buy Z2 in 2014.
Start with 4.4.2 os, build 314,
Update to 4.4.4 os.
Update to 5.0 os.
Update to 5.1 os.
Update to 6.0 beta build 570 - 575.
Update to 6.0 os final build 291.
We had 5 os updated.
Every update, we don't have many error.
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Although Z2 has been going through lots of major updates, but it is still not the King of Updates from Sony.
The King is the original Z series, which is from init. Android 4.1 to 4.2, 4.3, 4.4.2, 4.4.4, 5.0 and final 5.1.1. I have always been proud of having one of the original Z series device in my life:victory:
Well its true, Z2 went through a lot of software updates and its has exceeded the usual 2 year update period.
In my opinion this device was legendary when it came out, the feature set and specs are still top notch.
Ive been using it for almost 2 years and i think im going to switch to a LG G5 by the end of september,
because it offers a lot of upgrades over this phone and has the most reasonable price tag between the flagships.
iSaidyiu said:
Although Z2 has been going through lots of major updates, but it is still not the King of Updates from Sony.
The King is the original Z series, which is from init. Android 4.1 to 4.2, 4.3, 4.4.2, 4.4.4, 5.0 and final 5.1.1. I have always been proud of having one of the original Z series device in my life:victory:
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Because Qualcomm.
Qualcomm stop update graphic drivers for snapdragon 800/ 801
Sony Xperia Z1, Sony Xperia Z2 ,Sony Xperia Z3, HTC One M8, Nexus 5, Galaxy S5, LG G4 : snapdragon 800 and snapdragon 801
nhuduy said:
Because Qualcomm.
Qualcomm stop update graphic drivers for snapdragon 800/ 801
Sony Xperia Z1, Sony Xperia Z2 ,Sony Xperia Z3, HTC One M8, Nexus 5, Galaxy S5, LG G4 : snapdragon 800 and snapdragon 801
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Well speaking of officialness, we can still build AOSP-based rom or porting the later devices' Sony official ROM to our device.
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iSaidyiu said:
Well speaking of officialness, we can still build AOSP-based rom or porting the later devices' Sony official ROM to our device.
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Yes!
I hope AOSP to will update os with our.
I only update os with Xperifirm for Z2, never update with AOSP.
When we unlock bootloader,
can you send to me some link to help me how can i flash AOSP rom?
nhuduy said:
Yes!
I hope AOSP to will update os with our.
I only update os with Xperifirm for Z2, never update with AOSP.
When we unlock bootloader,
can you send to me some link to help me how can i flash AOSP rom?
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You need a custom kernel with recovery ( in .img ), and the AOSP rom ( in .zip or .img ).
If rom is in .zip format…
1. Load the zip onto your phone storage ( internal or external ).
2. Flash the custom kernel ( aka. boot image )( usually achieved by extracting from rom.zip ) in flashtool via fastboot mode.
3. Boot into recovery and flah zip.
4. Done.
If rom is in .img fornat…
1. Flash boot.img and system.img ACCORDINGLY in fastboot mode.
2. Done.
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nhuduy said:
i buy Z2 in 2014.
Start with 4.4.2 os, build 314,
Update to 4.4.4 os.
Update to 5.0 os.
Update to 5.1 os.
Update to 6.0 beta build 570 - 575.
Update to 6.0 os final build 291.
We had 5 os updated.
Every update, we don't have many error.
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iXaidyiu said:
Although Z2 has been going through lots of major updates, but it is still not the King of Updates from Sony.
The King is the original Z series, which is from init. Android 4.1 to 4.2, 4.3, 4.4.2, 4.4.4, 5.0 and final 5.1.1. I have always been proud of having one of the original Z series device in my life:victory:
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Compared with Samsungs support and update strategy Sony is the worlds no.1, i own a XPlay ( active ), Arc S, Z ( active ), Z1, Z2 ( active ), Z3, and my next phone will be the X. For daily use the Z ( C6603 ) has more than enough power, after 4 years. All my Sonys running Lollipop ( Stock/CM ), and i suggest to stay with your Z2 with a modified/cleaned stock Lollipop fw.
Offtopic: Samsungs S3 came together with the Z, Samsung stopped support with JB 4.3, terrible.
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I have just acquired SE Xperia Mini Pro u20i. It was sealed, new in it's box and so had never been turned on, never received any firmware updates, nothing.
It is running Android 1.6!! There is no support for the phone anymore and there is no support for this version of Android. Therefore nothing works on the phone - I can't install apps, I can't use anything other than the stock internet browser, nothing.
I had grand plans to root and update the OS but I cannot find a single sensible place to start.
Please can someone help me? I have minimal rooting experience so links with a couple of instructions would be much appreciated. Once I'm rooted I feel like I can manage on my own, it's just getting to that stage seems impossible, is it???
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I have just acquired SE Xperia Mini Pro u20i. It was sealed, new in it's box and so had never been turned on, never received any firmware updates, nothing.
It is running Android 1.6!! There is no support for the phone anymore and there is no support for this version of Android. Therefore nothing works on the phone - I can't install apps, I can't use anything other than the stock internet browser, nothing.
I had grand plans to root and update the OS but I cannot find a single sensible place to start.
Please can someone help me? I have minimal rooting experience so links with a couple of instructions would be much appreciated. Once I'm rooted I feel like I can manage on my own, it's just getting to that stage seems impossible, is it???
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I would like to help you!
You can search for applications for android 1.6!
If you do not have a file manager or app installer then install the applications via flashtool!!!
The Xperia X10 Mini Pro U20i has a 600 MHz clocked single core ARMv6 CPU and 256 MB RAM. There is no way to make it work with versions of Android above ~4.4.4 Kit Kat as there is no enough RAM and CPU power.
Also the U20i is older than smartphones of this XDA forum category (Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini Pro SK17i, Ray ST18i, etc.) so there is no way to make the U20i work with ROMs dedicated to any of these models. And as far as I know there is no forum category dedicated to U20i. There seems to be an Android 2.1 based custom ROM for this device (link) but flashing it would not help with browsing and lack of compatibility with most of the nowadays applications as it still is a very old version of Android.
Free Applications for Android 1.6 can be found at this site: http://www.mobyware.org
Hi, just wanted to know if we can flash those .OEM files from Sony Xperia XZ2 to Sony Xperia 1 iii XQ-BC72 model. Bootloader is locked and updated up Android 12.
Here in my country, Volte is supported on Sony Xperia XZ2 model for two major carriers.
Was hoping to flash the OEM files to enable volte on Sony Xperia 1 iii phone.
Can anyone confirm if this would work?. Newflasher might throw some signature issue or device mismatch. How can we handle this error?
Would you kindly advise where to get those .oem files? I would attempt this using my Xperia Z Premium; that had been provisioned by my network for VoLTE too.
Sony seems to put some apps, apks here:
You searched for Sony - APKMirror
You searched for Sony - APKMirror Free and safe Android APK downloads
www.apkmirror.com
I got the camera apks, that come as system apps. There installed as a update. Kinda cool, Thanks Sony.