Downgrading to KitKat - Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooti

As the title says does anyone know how to revert back to KitKat on the Z3 Tablet Compact from the latest lollipop update? I have the 16gb WiFi version. KitKat seems so much smoother and nippier than lollipop. Lollipop a bit of a disappointment. I did a full reset to and am still not impressed. Thanks for your help.

I'm afraid there's no way back if you're not rooted. Like you, I also am very disappointed in the lollipop performance on this tablet. Did two factory resets to no avail. Frame drops all over the place, most noticeably in Nova and apex launcher.

heva you try flashing OEM ROM with flash tool I have been on lollipop twice but didn't like it so went back I has to point out that I was on prerooted lollipop do.

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Solved the lag by reinstalling lollipop through PC companion. It wiped everything but tablet is smoother than a baby's behind now,

Just reinstalled the firmware through pc as you said but the lags are still there. I would be grateful if someone could show me how to get back to KitKat, my version is 16gb wifi

I was able to go back to kitkat by using flashtool and flash 4.4 firmware, but you have check the box to wipe all data, and then it works. I was unrooted, but kitkat isn't any better to me as youtube has some intense lag, which isn't present in lollipop. So I'm going to try get CM12

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[Q] Cannot Install new ROM, Status 7 error

So the other day my S3 gave up the ghost, and developed the hard-brick "QHSUSB_DLOAD" error. I have insurance so I was overnighted a new phone, and am sending the old one away. I believe this was related to a long-term power button issue I was having, perhaps a virus, or something. I had not changed anything to the ROM I was using since about October, and the issue just happened now in May.
At any rate, the new S3 I received is an MJB version, Android 4.3, Knox and all that other good stuff. After several failed attempts, I found a method to root this phone and disable Knox. The Warranty Bit is already tripped, so clearly I'm not sending this phone back until it hard bricks as well. I am trying to install the StockMOD ROM that is very popular, however I am being plagued by problem after problem.
I was able to flash a version of CWM Recovery onto my phone, but it was too old and couldn't mount any of the folders. Using ROM Manager, I was able to flash an update to my Recovery, and now it mounts and views all folders properly. However, when I go to install the StockMOD ROM, I continuously get a Status 7 error, something about "expects 5 args, got 3." I wiped the data, cache, and Dalvik, but kept getting this error. So, I had to recover my backup of stock, which didn't go well either. Once my backup was installed, all of my apps kept crashing. Gapps, ROM Manager, everything kept giving me constant FC errors. I had to wipe my data, cache, and Dalvik again and go back to factory default, and reinitialize the phone. Luckily I haven't installed anything of importance on here yet.
A quick search through here states that I need to use TWRP as my Recovery. I've flashed TWRP several times, first using the 2.6... version and then the most recent 2.7.0.0 version, and neither of these will mount any of my folders. It just gives me a litany of errors trying to mount the various locations. I've done Fix Permissions and everything else, TWRP will just NOT mount anything. Other folks say I need the latest PhilZ Recovery. I've downloaded the latest PhilZ Touch 6 and flashed it via Odin. It is giving me the same errors as regular CWM, Status 7, "expecting 5 args, got 3."
I don't know what else to do. My S3 that ran Android 4.0 was so much easier. I had that thing rooted and running a TW based ROM with Nova launcher in about 30 minutes. This phone has been a disaster since I turned it on. I'm just trying to get a 4.3 TW based ROM. I like the Samsung Camera, Calendar, Clock, Messaging, and Contacts apps far better than AOSP versions. But I also want much more customization to my notification drawer toggles. Stock TW doesn't have the toggles I use frequently like the data toggle as well as the torch toggle.
I don't know what I'm doing wrong, because unlike a lot of folks out there, once I find a ROM I like, I stick with it. I'm not constantly updating, changing, or searching for the newest version of Android. There's nothing wrong with that, it just isn't my cup of tea. So does anyone know what I need to do? At this point, I'm about to just give up and use Nova over top of rooted stock TW and call it a day.
Thanks!
Have you tried to go back stock rom using Odin ? I think it might resolve your recovery problem
nosphor said:
Have you tried to go back stock rom using Odin ? I think it might resolve your recovery problem
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Everything is stock except the recovery. I'm using CWM 6.0.4.7 with PhilZ Touch 6. I'm still using the stock TW 4.3 ROM that shipped with the phone. The only exception is that I'm rooted now.
I suggest you to go back to a 4.1 official stock rom with odin to be sure to have no more issue.
This can help you : http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s3/general/restore-to-stock-rom-galaxy-s3-i9300-t2187081
Also, don't forget to backup your apps with titanium backup and all your sms :good:
nosphor said:
I suggest you to go back to a 4.1 official stock rom with odin to be sure to have no more issue.
This can help you : http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s3/general/restore-to-stock-rom-galaxy-s3-i9300-t2187081
Also, don't forget to backup your apps with titanium backup and all your sms :good:
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Unfortunately, I've heard that it is not possible to revert to anything prior to 4.3 once a phone comes factory installed with 4.3, due to all of the security enhancements and etc. My kernel, modem, and baseband are all factory stock 4.3 MJB. Everyone else on the boards, under various other topics, warn of immediate and sudden death to the phone if you attempt to install a baseband prior to 4.3 MJB.
I'm very surprised to hear that, because recently i've flash stock 4.3 rom and then go back to 4.1.2 to flash a 4.4 rom without any issue and i've got nothing for issues.
Maybe it depends on which country you are ( i'm from France ) ? For what i know , there is a VERY little chance that this downgrade cause dammage to your phone
nosphor said:
I'm very surprised to hear that, because recently i've flash stock 4.3 rom and then go back to 4.1.2 to flash a 4.4 rom without any issue and i've got nothing for issues.
Maybe it depends on which country you are ( i'm from France ) ? For what i know , there is a VERY little chance that this downgrade cause dammage to your phone
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I'm in the USA. The security features on the I747 US version are far different. I don't know how everyone else is succeeding. I am completely lost.
You are in the wrong forum, anything you try from here will hard brick your phone.
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Sorry to tell you that, but what you say is not completely true.
Yes, there is a lot of people that rush to give an answer to the question, but there is also people that really like to help people that are in trouble :good:
Please, don't take most of the case for a generality
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1756338
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Yes, i've read this, i know that, that's why i talk about the difference between country, different phone model
My apologies. Thought this was the 747 board. Go ahead and lock this, I'll repost in the correct forum.
Tried TWRP?

How to downgrade from 4.4.2 to 4.3 unlocked

I'm currently running SR Remix KitKat and I'm tired of the bugs so I want to go back to 4.3. I've tried simply doing a full wipe and factory reset then installing SR 4.3 v3.1 but it just loops the boot animation endlessly. I've tried using both TWRP and Philz Touch recovery. After restoring my 4.4.2 backup all is working but I'm back to square one. Before I set about using Odin to flash back to 4.1.2 I would like to make sure I'm not wasting my time
UPDATE:
So I decided to try odining back to 4.1.2 and after unlocking with casual everything was working until I tried updating to SR Remix 3.1. This doesn't make sense because that's where I was when first updating to SR Remix. I have one last thought. When first updating to MJ9 I started with the "Beans Official" release. Maybe I'll try that before giving up.
UPDATE 2:
Well that's very strange, I used the Beanstown official stock release then installed SR and got it working. I wonder what's missing from Sophisticated ROM that is keeping it from working.

Screen Issues with 4.4.4??

I NEVER had this on ANY firmware I`ve flashed all stock never rooted and never unlocked boot loader etc, But now excited about 4.4.4 .167 and every firmware I try that issue is there and is of cause of this firmware.
Its not the screen flashed back to 4.4.2 and its no longer like that but I cant run 4.4.4 due to this issue when scrolling up and its terrible!
Is everyone phones like this? Mostly seen in Chrome when Scrolling up and down, and Scrolling up and down in settings.

Was rooted, OTA installed, now dies very fast.

I have a friends S4 here that I rooted for them a while back and installed Xposes + Wanam to make their locked bootloader device a bit more useful. It worked perfectly for many months.
Recently they come back to me to tell me their phone dies very quickly when it is not in use and does get pretty warm. Battery panel shows that Android OS is using majority of percentage and not any more detailed. I realized that it was definitely OTA updated and that Xposed stated that modules were no longer installed nor did Superuser have root. I realized I made a mistake and forgot to disable OTA services.
What I have done so far: Re-rooted by flashing old kernel, flashed back to new kernel. Reinstalled Xposed modules and things SEEM to be perfectly fine. Two days later, the same thing is still happening. Android OS is definitely still hogging the CPU doing something in a loop.
I understand that a possible factory wipe from recovery MAY fix this issue unless System files are messed up and needing to use Odin to restore BUT I figure it'd be a great idea to come here and see if there's a quick fix that may be possible that could also help other readers that have run into the issue of accidentally receiving OTA while rooted.
Thanks for reading.
stevey500 said:
I have a friends S4 here that I rooted for them a while back and installed Xposes + Wanam to make their locked bootloader device a bit more useful. It worked perfectly for many months.
Recently they come back to me to tell me their phone dies very quickly when it is not in use and does get pretty warm. Battery panel shows that Android OS is using majority of percentage and not any more detailed. I realized that it was definitely OTA updated and that Xposed stated that modules were no longer installed nor did Superuser have root. I realized I made a mistake and forgot to disable OTA services.
What I have done so far: Re-rooted by flashing old kernel, flashed back to new kernel. Reinstalled Xposed modules and things SEEM to be perfectly fine. Two days later, the same thing is still happening. Android OS is definitely still hogging the CPU doing something in a loop.
I understand that a possible factory wipe from recovery MAY fix this issue unless System files are messed up and needing to use Odin to restore BUT I figure it'd be a great idea to come here and see if there's a quick fix that may be possible that could also help other readers that have run into the issue of accidentally receiving OTA while rooted.
Thanks for reading.
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You could downgrade back to nc5 by flashing the tar file. Nc5 tends to be more stable and battery life is decent. I tried running nk1 for awhile, running into the same issues. I went back to nc5 running echoerom v39.1

Help, 7.1.1 is painful

Hi all, I have a Z5C E8305, it just updated to 7.1.1 latest release xx.160.
Since then my battery lasts much less, everything is leggy, even whatsapp or camera, and for instance, switching out from chrome and going back again, lost the current page and caused a reload (before it didn't, for example for form completing).
I tried Sony companion for a repair, and it is actually much less leggy, but still slow, higher ram usage, battery drains and chrome cache resets and is slow on window switching (actually any window reloads when switching now) and slow icon loading when hiding all windows.
I read a lot through rooting but it is way too painful (unlocking bootloader, rooting, wrtp or clocked flash boot plus flash new room, too much for me and it didn't really work smoothly when I tried)
What is the next thing I can do? I wouldn't mind using either LineageOS if it is easy to install otherwise I'll be gold with 7.0 again
Thanks,
Jv
JeansenVaars said:
Hi all, I have a Z5C E8305, it just updated to 7.1.1 latest release xx.160.
Since then my battery lasts much less, everything is leggy, even whatsapp or camera, and for instance, switching out from chrome and going back again, lost the current page and caused a reload (before it didn't, for example for form completing).
I tried Sony companion for a repair, and it is actually much less leggy, but still slow, higher ram usage, battery drains and chrome cache resets and is slow on window switching (actually any window reloads when switching now) and slow icon loading when hiding all windows.
I read a lot through rooting but it is way too painful (unlocking bootloader, rooting, wrtp or clocked flash boot plus flash new room, too much for me and it didn't really work smoothly when I tried)
What is the next thing I can do? I wouldn't mind using either LineageOS if it is easy to install otherwise I'll be gold with 7.0 again
Thanks,
Jv
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LineageOS is definitely better right now for most things than the official 7.1.1. I actually just switched from LineageOS 7.1.1 to stock 7.1.1, hated it, and actually downgraded to stock 6.0.1 with Xposed. I feel like that gives me the most control, but I might switch back to LineageOS depending on if they start doing nightlies or anything interesting like that.
JeansenVaars said:
Hi all, I have a Z5C E8305, it just updated to 7.1.1 latest release xx.160.
Since then my battery lasts much less, everything is leggy, even whatsapp or camera, and for instance, switching out from chrome and going back again, lost the current page and caused a reload (before it didn't, for example for form completing).
I tried Sony companion for a repair, and it is actually much less leggy, but still slow, higher ram usage, battery drains and chrome cache resets and is slow on window switching (actually any window reloads when switching now) and slow icon loading when hiding all windows.
I read a lot through rooting but it is way too painful (unlocking bootloader, rooting, wrtp or clocked flash boot plus flash new room, too much for me and it didn't really work smoothly when I tried)
What is the next thing I can do? I wouldn't mind using either LineageOS if it is easy to install otherwise I'll be gold with 7.0 again
Thanks,
Jv
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camera not as good without stock roms (unless install&backup DRM\FIX ) which not so easy
BUT you can roll back with fashtool without unlock btloader (im staying witch stock 7.0) untill sony fix(if they'll fix), or warranty is over.. which will comes 1st
cyberwytch said:
LineageOS is definitely better right now for most things than the official 7.1.1. I actually just switched from LineageOS 7.1.1 to stock 7.1.1, hated it, and actually downgraded to stock 6.0.1 with Xposed. I feel like that gives me the most control, but I might switch back to LineageOS depending on if they start doing nightlies or anything interesting like that.
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I'd love to try it, but unlocking bootloader plus installing a new one (clockwork or the other one), plus the mix up between my non-standard edition E8305 and most current release not being any guides up-to date. Its daunting for a newcomer like me.
I saw on Sony's website forums that a factory reset helped with battery and memory usage. I am going to try that when I have a few days off as the lag is annoying me. But I also have audio stutters when listening to music and audio books now.
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I saw on Sony's website forums that a factory reset helped with battery and memory usage. I am going to try that when I have a few days off as the lag is annoying me. But I also have audio stutters when listening to music and audio books now.
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Clean install is your best bet in fixing most issues
Factory reset helped at first but after a week of using it it became slow again
No matter what I did, full wipe in FlashTool included, 7.1.1 never had any free ram and I could only background one, maybe two apps. Everything was slower than I've ever seen in a stock rom in any device I've owned!
Currently I've reverted to 6.0.1 and it provides a pleasing combination of speed, battery life, and tweakability with xposed.
Yesterday I took a gander at patching the one xposed feature I actually need into 7.0, but I gave up after a few hours. Maybe I'll try another weekend sometime, but writing/debugging smali is painful! I think I'll just stay on 6 for now and hope xposed makes it to 7 someday!
cyberwytch said:
No matter what I did, full wipe in FlashTool included, 7.1.1 never had any free ram and I could only background one, maybe two apps. Everything was slower than I've ever seen in a stock rom in any device I've owned!
Currently I've reverted to 6.0.1 and it provides a pleasing combination of speed, battery life, and tweakability with xposed.
Yesterday I took a gander at patching the one xposed feature I actually need into 7.0, but I gave up after a few hours. Maybe I'll try another weekend sometime, but writing/debugging smali is painful! I think I'll just stay on 6 for now and hope xposed makes it to 7 someday!
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Any chance you can help me revert to 6 or 7.0?
JeansenVaars said:
Any chance you can help me revert to 6 or 7.0?
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1. Just backup everything you need (backing up whole apps isnt recommended though when you switch android versions).
2. Download and install Flashtool.
3. Open XperiFirm from inside Flashtool, select and download the firmware you need. It will bundle it automatically in a flashable ftf file.
4. Once you are sure you backed up everything, flash away.
Wipe everything. If you have TWRP and dont want to lose it, dont wipe FOTAKernel.
Good luck :fingers-crossed:
try disable Movie Creator app
trax7 said:
1. Just backup everything you need (backing up whole apps isnt recommended though when you switch android versions).
2. Download and install Flashtool.
3. Open XperiFirm from inside Flashtool, select and download the firmware you need. It will bundle it automatically in a flashable ftf file.
4. Once you are sure you backed up everything, flash away.
Wipe everything. If you have TWRP and dont want to lose it, dont wipe FOTAKernel.
Good luck :fingers-crossed:
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Thanks. Im back to 5.1.1 and running smooth. Not sure how long to wait before giving Last version another shot
JeansenVaars said:
What is the next thing I can do? I wouldn't mind using either LineageOS if it is easy to install otherwise I'll be gold with 7.0 again
Thanks,
Jv
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I did this; copied from the sony forums:
"Android 7.1.1 is not the culprit, but the recently updated Movie Creator app!
1: Disable MOVIE CREATOR
2: Reboot in SAFE MODE
(while phone is on, press Power button, hold Reboot option for 1 second)
3: Reboot again to normal mode
4: Enjoy 2 days of standby time"
My phone seems much better now.
I also disabled the Sony music app as I was having audio troubles, but not sure if it was necessary.
mceyhan4 said:
try disable Movie Creator app
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sky.walker said:
I did this; copied from the sony forums:
"Android 7.1.1 is not the culprit, but the recently updated Movie Creator app!
1: Disable MOVIE CREATOR
2: Reboot in SAFE MODE
(while phone is on, press Power button, hold Reboot option for 1 second)
3: Reboot again to normal mode
4: Enjoy 2 days of standby time"
My phone seems much better now.
I also disabled the Sony music app as I was having audio troubles, but not sure if it was necessary.
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You guys think the guilty was the movie creator? My phone was barely usable. Full ram usage, battery drain and everything was laggy and hanging
what was firmware just prior to 32.4.A.0.160 (7.1.1) ???
Hello could you kind folks please guide me what was official (not rooted) Sony Z5C firmware prior to the above monster? I want to go back but don't know which one it was? Please link me to official version just before this latest ( 32.4.A.0.160 (7.1.1)) NASTY update! Many Thanks.
JeansenVaars said:
You guys think the guilty was the movie creator? My phone was barely usable. Full ram usage, battery drain and everything was laggy and hanging
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Yes, surprisingly.
I went from ~15MB of free memory (and the associated problems complained about: laggy transitions, program openings, home page icons, etc). back to ~250-300MB free and typical performance.
Actually usable performance is a little better given they have one of the cortex A57's more aggressively clocked.
I'd try. You can always restore if you desperately want Movie Creator and see no benefit.
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Yes, surprisingly.
I went from ~15MB of free memory (and the associated problems complained about: laggy transitions, program openings, home page icons, etc). back to ~250-300MB free and typical performance.
Actually usable performance is a little better given they have one of the cortex A57's more aggressively clocked.
I'd try. You can always restore if you desperately want Movie Creator and see no benefit.
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What about the issue with browser page reloading every time you switch to a different app and then back again to the browser? OP reported this issue, and I've been having it, too. Did that get resolved for you with the disabled Movie Creator crap?
trax7 said:
1. Just backup everything you need (backing up whole apps isnt recommended though when you switch android versions).
2. Download and install Flashtool.
3. Open XperiFirm from inside Flashtool, select and download the firmware you need. It will bundle it automatically in a flashable ftf file.
4. Once you are sure you backed up everything, flash away.
Wipe everything. If you have TWRP and dont want to lose it, dont wipe FOTAKernel.
Good luck :fingers-crossed:
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Wait. So can you actually downgrade with bootloader locked? I'm asking because I'd like to keep my ta partition untouched.
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Superrman said:
camera not as good without stock roms (unless install&backup DRM\FIX ) which not so easy
BUT you can roll back with fashtool without unlock btloader (im staying witch stock 7.0) untill sony fix(if they'll fix), or warranty is over.. which will comes 1st
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can you give link to the official flashtool and where to get ftf 7.0 android file for sony z5c?
Kiers said:
can you give link to the official flashtool and where to get ftf 7.0 android file for sony z5c?
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Google "Flashtool" - it's literally the first result there. Also, Flashtool has XperiFirm, which can download almost all firmwares for Xperias and pack them into ftf format automatically.
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Tomixxon said:
Wait. So can you actually downgrade with bootloader locked? I'm asking because I'd like to keep my ta partition untouched.
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Yes, just flash an older version with Flashtool, it's how we got TA backup to be possible

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