I have a Xperia Neo V - which is now spare and decided it would be good to use as a running phone - with a running tracker app on and music app.
However Android is really old on it (2.3.4). OTA updates say it is the most up to date version.
I've started to read into a lot of what I need to do and so far I have...
unlocked the bootloader - using the wire trick.
rooted the phone
I installed CWM from the playstore but from what I can tell it isn't the best way due to being on the system partition?
What I'm not sure about is how to actually upgrade the firmware. Most of the latest versions state that they need the partitions moving around to work. Also is it worth going for Lollipop or would it be better with kitkat?
I'm just after something that will be familiar compared to the other devices in the house and will be maybe a bit quicker and stable.
If anyone can give me a bit of a dummies guide to doing the next part it would be really appreciated.
Thanks
Related
Hi guys,
Long story short had a gs2 around 2 years back loved it rooted unlocked and custom romed it etc great, ended up selling and now got a nexus 4 which to me is growing on me slowly!!.
Anyways bought a new gs2 for my wife in white as she fancied it, arrived today its branded to orange and its the i9100p version.
Now I cant remember how I went about doing all mine, and before I get hammered I have done some searching and reading but can't find much to do with the p version?, I don't know how significant that is.
I basically want to:
1. Root - Easiest method
2. Free Unlock - hopefully unlock on play will work but any suggestions welcome
3. Install latest recovery, don't know if CWM or TWRP is best
4. Finally install best battery/performance kernel and rom
I've already downloaded Doomlord's script version 4 for rooting but don't know if a it will work or b if it will mess up the phone as its P version.
I've also downloaded RR_JB V3.1.3 rom as that seems very customisable, installs with aroma which I like and also seems v popular, again don't know if this compatible, I may be making a big deal of the p version issue and everything may work but would like some help from the more experienced guys before I get to work BTW its also running 4.0.4 ICS.
Any help or pointing in the right direction would be great.
Thanks
Mav
1 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2050297
2 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1846451
3 once rooted u can install any ICS custom kernel through mobile odin eg siyah (just make sure its the right version)
and i guess i dont need to since u have been using an S2 but il mention it anyways DONT WIPE UR PHONE 4.0.4 kernels have a major bug which may brick ur device and i mean unrecoverable brickhttp://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1756242
hope i helped and good luck
My xperia X10a has slowed down tremendously and giving lots of trouble for the last few months and I wish to re-install the android 2.3.
I had rooted the phone myself after reading threads here. I have also read here that the stock version isn't really that good so I was thinking of re-installing the sony version.
1. Would Sony allow re-installing android on a rooted phone?
2. If Yes, would I have to root the phone again after installation to remove the Sony crapware? (That would be a max pain as it took hrs the first time to figure out and I didn't make any notes)
Yes and yes.
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Hello folks,
Here's what I'm trying to achieve. My two Us are Middle East devices with the SI numbers 1261-8745 (white) and 1261-8746 (black.) As some of you may well know, there was (and still isn't) no "official" ICS upgrade for Mideast-sold U's, so I had to flash ICS manually. I tried several versions of ICS, including Generic_World, but all I got was lag, lag and more lag! Sometimes the problem was so severe that the devices were almost unusable, what with having to reboot several times a day. I mean, heck, my old Xperia Rays, with their inferior hardware, perform much better with their "officially" obtained ICS upgrades - so much so that sometimes I find myself picking them up in the morning and leaving my U's at home!
So, I realized I was much better off with the stock GB that originally was on the devices. Now, I don't have the exact original FTF/kernel that came out of the box, but I'm figuring I should be fine with Generic_World or something similar. Problem is, each time I flash GB (2.3.7), it tells me that an update to ICS is available - which it never did when my phone was still on its original GB, not even through PC Companion. So, what I want is exactly this: to reflash GB and NOT to be notified of the ICS upgrade.
Now, I might have got this all wrong, but from what I've gathered so far, I figured that after flashing the GB rom, I can achieve this by editing the build.prop file and changing the SI numbers to the ones I mentioned above - which should prevent GB from notifying me of the ICS upgrade. Am I correct? Or am I missing something? Please let me know.
Best regards,
Shady
What you can do is that, root your Xperia with the GB f/w and then download an application that is capable of freezing system apps.. Freeze the 'update centre' app and it will not show any notification regarding the update..
Or download any root explorer and delete the same app!
Sent from my Xperia P running CM 10.1
iamdchosen1 said:
What you can do is that, root your Xperia with the GB f/w and then download an application that is capable of freezing system apps.. Freeze the 'update centre' app and it will not show any notification regarding the update..
Or download any root explorer and delete the same app!
Sent from my Xperia P running CM 10.1
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Thanks, but what if I want to do it the hard way? Is there a way to get the phones back to the exact same stock GB that came on them out of the box (i.e. the one for the Middle East) without knowing what that exact version was? Is there a way to "modify" a Generic_World rom to turn it into that?
I also have two other brand new, unmolested U's that are still in lying in their boxes. Is there a way for me to "port" their stock roms into the older ones?
Shady
Hi all, I am about to become the proud owner of a SXZ Ultra, and I was hoping someone might be kind enough to provide me with some links to the the most important info to help learn my way around this device. I have experience with Android but have no idea what to expect from the Sony UI nor the rooting procedure etc., so I would be grateful for some pointers to help minimize the learning curve and get the most out of the device as soon as possible. A quick search on the subject of rooting left me somewhat bemused...I am used to the SGA (Samsung Galaxy Ace), which was a totally different type of device with an entirely different procedure for flashing ROMs and rooting.
I have a specific question aside from that - I see that there is an IM750 MHL to HDMI adaptor available from Sony, but I would like to know if this is really necessary - has anyone had success with Miracast or Wifi Direct/DLNA connection with a smart TV so as to be able to send what I want to watch on the TV from the SXZU? I would prefer this to having to connect via HDMI because I have found that mini/micro HDMI connectors on tablets seem to be rather fragile to say the least, and it would also make far more sense for presentations. Thanks for your help.
MHL works well. Some people seem to have no issues with mirrorcast etc but others do...
For rooting read LordManhattan's guide and my downgrade guide both at the top of the general section.
The steps are more or less;
downgrade
Root
Backup TA
Unlock bootloader
Flash rom...
For stock sony firmware you can get the updates via PC companion [PCC] or use flashtool and flash FTF's
Sent from my Xperia Z Ultra using Tapatalk
Thank you. The thing is that if possible I would like to avoid having to unlock the bootloader, but I need Root in order to use Titanium Backup and be able to flash an alternative recovery so I can use Online recovery tools. Forgive my ignorance, but is this possible? Ideally I would like to upgrade to KitKat then obtain Root and flash the TWRP/CWM twin recovery without unlocking the bootloader - it seems to me that there are several advantages to using the stock ROMs, particularly being able to recieve Sony upgrades, at least until they stop supporting the device.
blueether said:
MHL works well. Some people seem to have no issues with mirrorcast etc but others do...
For rooting read LordManhattan's guide and my downgrade guide both at the top of the general section.
The steps are more or less;
downgrade
Root
Backup TA
Unlock bootloader
Flash rom...
For stock sony firmware you can get the updates via PC companion [PCC] or use flashtool and flash FTF's
Sent from my Xperia Z Ultra using Tapatalk
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Yes you can get away with not unlocking the BL, if you go that route you don't need to back up the TA either. You will still need to downgrade yo route though. There are several ROMs based on sony firmware, and to be honest will probably be better that pure stock. Some of the upgrades have worked on rooted phones others haven't
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Thank you. Are any of those custom ROMs available with the latest Kit Kat release? I see that the SXZU is listed by Sony to receive this update, which is primarily why I didn't want to flash a custom ROM right away = and I would like to try Sony's stock configuration first. I have tried CM10, PAC ROM and others in my SGA and frankly I was underwhelmed for the most part, although with such a totally different device I might be pleasantly surprised...
Which ROM would you personally ally recommend?
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truth57 said:
Thank you. Are any of those custom ROMs available with the latest Kit Kat release? I see that the SXZU is listed by Sony to receive this update, which is primarily why I didn't want to flash a custom ROM right away = and I would like to try Sony's stock configuration first. I have tried CM10, PAC ROM and others in my SGA and frankly I was underwhelmed for the most part, although with such a totally different device I might be pleasantly surprised...
Which ROM would you personally ally recommend?
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Yes Sony has a 4.4.2 firmware out for the whole range. There is a rooted rom based on this that is very close to pure stock Sony I believe, and then there is Monix's ROM based on Sony's 4.4.2 release that gets good reviews - it is quite customised.
On the custom ROM front there are:
SlimKat - this is my preferred ROM but I'm having trouble building it for this device consistently
Carbon - this is my daily at the moment, I'm doing the unofficial builds of this for now
LiquidSmooth - this seems to get good reviews but doesn't look like it's been updated in about a month
PAC - I was using this for some time and was good
PA - as above
CM11 - Has it's fans and most of the other ROMs use at least some parts of it and it's device tree
AOSP - Don't know what that is up to, not used it
AOKP - as above
PAC - I was using this for some time and was good
PA - as above
Then there is the GPe port that many seen to love
First off, let me apologize for asking. I have searched here to find out how, but I've found a few hints on how to do it for the GPE version of the Z Ultra. I was barely able to install CM12 on my Z Ultra out of curiosity. I found that it was nice to run the newest Android platform, but I found myself missing the tweaks that Sony has done (mini apps being one of them). I am now finding that I cannot root my phone anymore (going to CM12 seems to have broken that) which seems to be the first step into getting back to stock.
Any help would be much appreciated. It looks like I've got my work cut out for me as I need to get root and then also find a stock ROM. If anyone can help with this, I greatly appreciate it.
If you don't mind the internal memory (photos, songs etc.) you can download the latest flashtool and using it, download the firmware you would like to come back to, you don't have to root CM.
Regards
I don't mind everything getting removed at all--good as fresh.
Thanks for your help.