I flashed the C6806 Stock ROM, specifically C6806_14.3.A.0.681_1276-1569_R3C.ftf to my Z Ultra GPE running 4.4.4 using FlashTool in Mac. The flash did complete on it, but there is no activity on the phone (does not take charge and is possibly bricked). Is there a way to recover it to last working state?
Any input will be highly appreciated.
Sam
samthekiller said:
I flashed the C6806 Stock ROM, specifically C6806_14.3.A.0.681_1276-1569_R3C.ftf to my Z Ultra GPE running 4.4.4 using FlashTool in Mac. The flash did complete on it, but there is no activity on the phone (does not take charge and is possibly bricked). Is there a way to recover it to last working state?
Any input will be highly appreciated.
Sam
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Bricked as far as I know
You may want to contact @the_laser as they seem to be the S1 boot guru, but don't hold you breath
[Guide] Your New GPe
SO, you have brought a GPe from the Google Play store. Here are a few things you need to know:
[Guide] Your New GPe
Warning:
Never flash a Sony FTF file to your GPe, it will hard brick it
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and [GUIDE] Getting Your Ultra Rooted And Ready For Flashing [UPDATED]
ROOTING GPe:
GPe OWNERS: DO NOT TRY TO FLASH FTFs OR OTHER "XPERIA" ROMs AND KERNELS.
YOU WILL BRICK YOUR DEVICE.
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blueether said:
Bricked as far as I know
You may want to contact @the_laser as they seem to be the S1 boot guru, but don't hold you breath
[Guide] Your New GPe
and [GUIDE] Getting Your Ultra Rooted And Ready For Flashing [UPDATED]
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Thanks a lot for your input. Device still in warranty, so thinking of asking Sony for a replacement. Hopefully it works out.
samthekiller said:
Thanks a lot for your input. Device still in warranty, so thinking of asking Sony for a replacement. Hopefully it works out.
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You will have to go through Google Play Store for warranty, not Sony
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I have uk Xperia Ultra and tried to install pa on her last night which failed and I ended up with a soft brick which I managed to recover back to stock firmwire, I have now rerooted my phone and have full root I now understand I need to unlock my bootloader but when I do that *# thing it says I cannot unlock bootloader and flashtool also says that ? So does that mean I can never install custom rom on my phone ?????
Sonic1981 said:
I have uk Xperia Ultra and tried to install pa on her last night which failed and I ended up with a soft brick which I managed to recover back to stock firmwire, I have now rerooted my phone and have full root I now understand I need to unlock my bootloader but when I do that *# thing it says I cannot unlock bootloader and flashtool also says that ? So does that mean I can never install custom rom on my phone ?????
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Ouch.. Yes, you're right as far as i know (but things might change?). I'm like 99% sure this is the case, but i'll let somebody else that are not completely new to Sony device (like me) to answer this.
LordManhattan said:
Ouch.. Yes, you're right as far as i know (but things might change?). I'm like 99% sure this is the case, but i'll let somebody else that are not completely new to Sony device (like me) to answer this.
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Yeah I'm the same mate I've been Samsung since 2008 this is the first Sony I've had and I proper bricked it last night lol managed to get her back using Sony of companion and stock firmware but I'm devastated I can't install.paranoid android as it always been my favourite I've posted similar question in the pa thread but still.no answer
Sonic1981 said:
Yeah I'm the same mate I've been Samsung since 2008 this is the first Sony I've had and I proper bricked it last night lol managed to get her back using Sony of companion and stock firmware but I'm devastated I can't install.paranoid android as it always been my favourite I've posted similar question in the pa thread but still.no answer
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I had the same issue yesterday. It happens due to missing drivers and the like.it was on a win8 PC.I moved to win7 and was able to unlock bloader and install pa
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Yeah I'm the same mate I've been Samsung since 2008 this is the first Sony I've had and I proper bricked it last night lol managed to get her back using Sony of companion and stock firmware but I'm devastated I can't install.paranoid android as it always been my favourite I've posted similar question in the pa thread but still.no answer
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Well that sucks. Did you purchase your Ultra from a carrier or something?
Sonic1981 said:
I have uk Xperia Ultra and tried to install pa on her last night which failed and I ended up with a soft brick which I managed to recover back to stock firmwire, I have now rerooted my phone and have full root I now understand I need to unlock my bootloader but when I do that *# thing it says I cannot unlock bootloader and flashtool also says that ? So does that mean I can never install custom rom on my phone ?????
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as far as i know, no one has discovered an exploit yet with the Z1 or Ultra... so you can't unlocked a bootloader (with a locked device)
I'm guessing its likely to happen, as with the two devices being basically internally identical, you'll have double the chance.
Hi guys I was wondering if it's possible to flash a stock sony os onto a google play edition? I've flashed back to stock on my old Z1, is it the same thing?
Thanks in advance guys/girls :laugh:
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Hi guys I was wondering if it's possible to flash a stock sony os onto a google play edition? I've flashed back to stock on my old Z1, is it the same thing?
Thanks in advance guys/girls :laugh:
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No you cant flash a stock Sony FTF to the GPe it will brick it, but ther is an older port to the GPe in the GPe dev section but I believe that it is unstable
blueether said:
No you cant flash a stock Sony FTF to the GPe it will brick it, but ther is an older port to the GPe in the GPe dev section but I believe that it is unstable
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Thankyou! I'm sure you just saved my device.
Do you know of any good light weight small icon'd roms that can be ran on the ultra Gpe?
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Thankyou! I'm sure you just saved my device.
Do you know of any good light weight small icon'd roms that can be ran on the ultra Gpe?
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you can always run Carbon or Candy at sub 320 dpi, for that matter even the stock GPe software will probably run fine at 280 dpi
Can i use togari gpe rom on togari STANDARD version, not gpe version ?
Both rom are usefull for both TOGARI ?
What? You're asking if you can use GPE ROMs on the Xperia version (i.e the "standard" model)? Or if you can flash the GPe port on the Xperia version? The answer for the first question is no. The answer for the second question is yes
There's is a 4.4.4 gpe rom ported for the xperia ultra, use that one.
How do you get the GPE rom on a regular (non GPE) ultra?
Hi, I was about to ask the very same thing!
I have a stock Sony Rom 4.4.4 on my ultra and I'm a complete android Newbie, just moved off iOS (and haven't looked back . Some basics here:
- Do I need to 'Root' my device to get the GPE rom on?
- How do I get it on at all?
- Where do you get a "bonafide" copy of the rom?
- Do you lose warranty if you do this?
- Do you receive OTA upgrades once you've installed the rom?
- Does Google support people doing this?
Sorry for being at such a basic knowledge level, I am a certified developer on other platforms however and intend to learn quick
Thanks in advance
Erwin
bushako said:
There's is a 4.4.4 gpe rom ported for the xperia ultra, use that one.
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Erriedieterrie said:
Hi, I was about to ask the very same thing!
I have a stock Sony Rom 4.4.4 on my ultra and I'm a complete android Newbie, just moved off iOS (and haven't looked back . Some basics here:
- Do I need to 'Root' my device to get the GPE rom on?
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No, but you have to unlock your bootloader.
Erriedieterrie said:
- How do I get it on at all?
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See instructions of the rom.
Erriedieterrie said:
- Where do you get a "bonafide" copy of the rom?
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Here ... http://forum.xda-developers.com/xperia-z-ultra/development/scrubber-t2961315
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- Do you lose warranty if you do this?
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Yup.
Erriedieterrie said:
- Do you receive OTA upgrades once you've installed the rom?
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Nope.
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- Does Google support people doing this?
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Dunno.
Erriedieterrie said:
Sorry for being at such a basic knowledge level, I am a certified developer on other platforms however and intend to learn quick
Thanks in advance
Erwin
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Start by reading the stickies. Then the rom install instruction themselves.
Erriedieterrie said:
Hi, I was about to ask the very same thing!
I have a stock Sony Rom 4.4.4 on my ultra and I'm a complete android Newbie, just moved off iOS (and haven't looked back . Some basics here:
- Do I need to 'Root' my device to get the GPE rom on?
- How do I get it on at all?
- Where do you get a "bonafide" copy of the rom?
- Do you lose warranty if you do this?
- Do you receive OTA upgrades once you've installed the rom?
- Does Google support people doing this?
Sorry for being at such a basic knowledge level, I am a certified developer on other platforms however and intend to learn quick
Thanks in advance
Erwin
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Scrubber's 4.4.4 GPe port can be used with locked bootloader.
both phones has shinano platform, so maybe it would work, but if not, will this hard brick my device?
I tried to flash Xperia SL, acro S and ion firmware on my Xperia S (all four phones has fuji platform) and it was working, so I think that it should work with Z2 and Z3 too. I also tried to flash Xperia T and Z firmware on my Xperia S and it wasn't working and just soft bricked my device. I tried to flash custom rom on locked bootloader Xperia S and it was just a bootloop. I have tried many stupid things on my XS and nothing has hard bricked it. I read that locked bootloader devices cannot be hard bricked just soft bricked, is it true? I can't hard brick a locked bootloader phone?
Its somewhat true, a Locked Bootloader is Harder to hardbrick that a unlocked Bootloader but the Z2 has a dedicated reset Key
Z3 firmware should run fine on Z2, just needs to be modified a tiny bit and compiled with the correct board config
Im not going to try it because i actualy need my phone
And why do you need to flash Z3 firmware when 167 update is a near direct port from the Z3
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Im not going to try it because i actualy need my phone
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I also need my phone. it can be unbricked if it wouldn't work, right?
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And why do you need to flash Z3 firmware when 167 update is a near direct port from the Z3
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I don't know why, I just want it. and maybe Z3's 5.0 update comes a bit sooner than Z2
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I also need my phone. it can be unbricked if it wouldn't work, right?
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Sure, you can get back your phone to work by flashing FTF File
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I don't know why, I just want it. and maybe Z3's 5.0 update comes a bit sooner than Z2
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Emm, don't think so. Sony said that both Z3 and Z2 will be first to receive 5.0 so I think we both should have a 5.0 on the same day.
Hi,
I've bought a used Xperia Z Ultra, that was rooted with dirty unicorn.
Found that the call function wasn;t working properly (screen went off when making/receiving calls)
Decided to flash the original official firmware, but not very sure what are the steps. And also having difficulties finding the US firmware.
Can someone please enlighten me?
Thanks a bunch in advance.
Research XPERIFIRM and FLASHTOOL.
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phen88 said:
Hi,
I've bought a used Xperia Z Ultra
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Decided to flash the original official firmware, but not very sure what are the steps. And also having difficulties finding the US firmware.
Can someone please enlighten me?
Thanks a bunch in advance.
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If you want the real original thing, you can use the Sony PC Companion instead. It has easy explanations before each of the few steps you'll walk before you get the original firmware. You can go to the official Sony Z Ultra support web page and download it. :good:
Actually Sony Companion will not work on any device with an umlocked bootloader.
The bootloader must be re-locked to use PC Companion.
I literally just did this on Monday.
TG2008 said:
Actually Sony Companion will not work on any device with an umlocked bootloader.
The bootloader must be re-locked to use PC Companion.
I literally just did this on Monday.
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How do you know that the OP has unlocked bootloader?
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How do you know that the OP has unlocked bootloader?
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I don't believe it is possible to flash custom firmware unless the bootloader is unlocked.
The OP stated "Decided to flash the original official firmware" which leads me to believe the Bootloader is unlocked and running a custom rom.