Does anyone have Oldest Firmware? - Xperia Tablet Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Does anyone have the oldest (The very first) firmware that came with xperia tablet z lte? Any working link? Ftf or zip.. Anything will work.. I tried some link here on some threads, but all the links have expired. I wanna go back to tablet z original version... I feel like that was better.

---

Also a rooting method if possible? Can't live without root

---

Alok Bajaj said:
Does anyone have the oldest (The very first) firmware that came with xperia tablet z lte? Any working link? Ftf or zip.. Anything will work.. I tried some link here on some threads, but all the links have expired. I wanna go back to tablet z original version... I feel like that was better.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
First, you write what model.
Sony Xperia Tablet Z LTE SO-03E for Japan
Sony Xperia Tablet Z LTE SGP321 for Europe
Sony Xperia Tablet Z LTE SGP351 for USA

---

ze7zez said:
First, you write what model.
Sony Xperia Tablet Z LTE SO-03E for Japan
Sony Xperia Tablet Z LTE SGP321 for Europe
Sony Xperia Tablet Z LTE SGP351 for USA
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
It's SGP321 I'm looking for very first ROM thatcame with Xperia Tablet Z. I guess it's Android 4.1.2. Thanks

---

Alok Bajaj said:
I guess it's Android 4.1.2.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I can't find [FTF] SGP321 10.1.1.A.1.307 anywhere on the net.Any help?

---

ze7zez said:
I can't find [FTF] SGP321 10.1.1.A.1.307 anywhere on the net.Any help?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thanks for the help )))

---

The first one was .253
It is so outdated now, and doesn't support latest features and technologies, so it is difficult to find reason for using it.

---

Rootk1t said:
The first one was .253
It is so outdated now, and doesn't support latest features and technologies, so it is difficult to find reason for using it.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thanks @Rootk1t BTW.. I only play games on my tablet and there's literally nothing else that I work with on this tablet.
I guess old firmware is good.. 5.1.1 is quite laggy.

---

Alok Bajaj said:
Thanks @Rootk1t BTW.. I only play games on my tablet and there's literally nothing else that I work with on this tablet.
I guess old firmware is good.. 5.1.1 is quite laggy.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
for games i recommend CM13/RR which are by far faster than any stock ROM.

---

Rootk1t said:
for games i recommend CM13/RR which are by far faster than any stock ROM.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
There are no GPU governors available when i use CM13/RR(Based on CM13) in Kernel Adiutor app. I keep GPU governor in Performance to avoid lag in games. I've to flash Black Kernel to set GPU governor, but Black kernel is not working with CM13/RR
I hope someone can make CM13 with Sony's PS3 controller support as in Stock ROM. :laugh:

---

Alok Bajaj said:
There are no GPU governors available when i use CM13/RR(Based on CM13) in Kernel Adiutor app. I keep GPU governor in Performance to avoid lag in games. I've to flash Black Kernel to set GPU governor, but Black kernel is not working with CM13/RR
I hope someone can make CM13 with Sony's PS3 controller support as in Stock ROM. :laugh:
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
It depends on builds you use.
RR 5.7.0 d/d 02.07.16 (pollux) works good with BK d/d 16.07.16. With newer BK d/d 04.08.16 it won't boot RR, at least on my device.
CM13 is not working with BK at least for several months now (probably from june).
And yes stock CM13 kernel doesn't have such great abilities to fine-tune, as BK has.
So it will be reasonable, to ask @BlackAfghan to update BK.

---

Rootk1t said:
It depends on builds you use.
RR 5.7.0 d/d 02.07.16 (pollux) works good with BK d/d 16.07.16. With newer BK d/d 04.08.16 it won't boot RR, at least on my device.
CM13 is not working with BK at least for several months now (probably from june).
And yes stock CM13 kernel doesn't have such great abilities to fine-tune, as BK has.
So it will be reasonable, to ask @BlackAfghan to update BK.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Lemme just try that. Thanks @Rootk1t

---

Rootk1t said:
It depends on builds you use.
RR 5.7.0 d/d 02.07.16 (pollux) works good with BK d/d 16.07.16. With newer BK d/d 04.08.16 it won't boot RR, at least on my device.
CM13 is not working with BK at least for several months now (probably from june).
And yes stock CM13 kernel doesn't have such great abilities to fine-tune, as BK has.
So it will be reasonable, to ask @BlackAfghan to update BK.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I tried the builds you recommended. But no luck with it! RR just doesn't work with Black Kernel. Not even the CM 12.1 work with Black Kernel. @BlackAfghan should fix that kernel. So now I'm using Tesla ROM with EvoMix Kernel.

---

Rootk1t said:
It depends on builds you use.
RR 5.7.0 d/d 02.07.16 (pollux) works good with BK d/d 16.07.16. With newer BK d/d 04.08.16 it won't boot RR, at least on my device.
CM13 is not working with BK at least for several months now (probably from june).
And yes stock CM13 kernel doesn't have such great abilities to fine-tune, as BK has.
So it will be reasonable, to ask @BlackAfghan to update BK.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Noted.. the reason that you can't select the governess is because of a bug in the GPU driver.. I fixed it in my kernel, but that is not working with recent versions..
The reason are the frequent CM updates and its current unstableness.. I'm sorry!
Alok Bajaj said:
I tried the builds you recommended. But no luck with it! RR just doesn't work with Black Kernel. Not even the CM 12.1 work with Black Kernel. @BlackAfghan should fix that kernel. So now I'm using Tesla ROM with EvoMix Kernel.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Stop demanding stuff.. maintaining the kernel and keeping it bug free is a lot of work! If I had known how much, I would have never done it..