What I have:
Sony Xperia XA Ultra
Model F3213
Android Version: 7.0 (Nougat)
Baseband: MOLY.LR11.W1603.MD.TC9.SP.V31.T1, 2017/05/10 18:31
Kernel: 3.18.35+
Build Number: 36.1.A.0.182
Problem/Questions
Too often, the phone is locking up completely where it will not respond to anything and I have to hold down Power and Vol UP + Down to force it to reboot. I find it odd as I've never had an unrooted phone do that to me before.
In anycase, I always try to root my android phones and I have plenty of experience doing it so don't believe you'll consider me a noob...
I was reading through [F32xx][Guide][N] How to root your Xperia XA Ultra (as noob friendly as possible) and it mentions that in order to do whatever a Universal (Dirtycow-based) TA Backup v2 is before I root the phone. but in order to do it, I have to downgrade to Marshmallow (ver 6.0).
Ok so I couldn't find a guide on how to do that let alone finding the firmware files for my phone in my region that is my variant.
Questions:
1) Is there a US Region version of Marshmallow for model 3215 that is downloadable somewhere? If not, I found other regions of the same phone model number (3215) than the US. (i.e. Latin America)---Could I use that without any issues?
2) Is there something specific that I can do for anyone else here with my particular phone version that may benefit you or the development of this phone before I "ruin it" with a root?
3) What is a TA Backup and why would I care to save it?
Thanks,
DrkImagination
Their are guides for rooting 32xx ultra.
If your phone branded you will not be able to unlock bootloader.
I got sick of Sony flash tool I made stock root flash able zips.
I have never an rooted phone.
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mchlbenner said:
Their are guides for rooting 32xx ultra.
If your phone branded you will not be able to unlock bootloader.
I got sick of Sony flash tool I made stock root flash able zips.
I have never an rooted phone.
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Well, if you saw the links I posted, I linked the very guide you speak of.
Thanks,
DrkImagination
Okay their is no usa 6.0 version for 3215.
Not sure about other 2 things.
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drkimagination said:
What I have:
Sony Xperia XA Ultra
Model F3213
Android Version: 7.0 (Nougat)
Baseband: MOLY.LR11.W1603.MD.TC9.SP.V31.T1, 2017/05/10 18:31
Kernel: 3.18.35+
Build Number: 36.1.A.0.182
Problem/Questions
Too often, the phone is locking up completely where it will not respond to anything and I have to hold down Power and Vol UP + Down to force it to reboot. I find it odd as I've never had an unrooted phone do that to me before.
In anycase, I always try to root my android phones and I have plenty of experience doing it so don't believe you'll consider me a noob...
I was reading through [F32xx][Guide][N] How to root your Xperia XA Ultra (as noob friendly as possible) and it mentions that in order to do whatever a Universal (Dirtycow-based) TA Backup v2 is before I root the phone. but in order to do it, I have to downgrade to Marshmallow (ver 6.0).
Ok so I couldn't find a guide on how to do that let alone finding the firmware files for my phone in my region that is my variant.
Questions:
1) Is there a US Region version of Marshmallow for model 3215 that is downloadable somewhere? If not, I found other regions of the same phone model number (3215) than the US. (i.e. Latin America)---Could I use that without any issues?
2) Is there something specific that I can do for anyone else here with my particular phone version that may benefit you or the development of this phone before I "ruin it" with a root?
3) What is a TA Backup and why would I care to save it?
Thanks,
DrkImagination
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Hello XDA Community
I seek a small bit of help if you could please help
I have a Sony Xperia Z Ultra o2
Model number C6833
Build number 14.1.B.1.510
I read here and noticed other user have managed to flash there devices to stock unbranded aka no bloatware which my phone is full of sadly
can anyone confirm if this will work as in if i were to flash this will this be the unbranded rom file i am looking for?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2446525
I am very confused as i am used to Google Nexus and Samsung Galaxy devices...Sony is like new territory for me lol
guess what i am after is flashing my phone with the international unbranded rom if thats available anywhere and how do i flash it with which program etc etc
i know samsung devices used to use odin and stuff like that but thats a different ball game i guess
look forward to receiving your help
i've spend the last couple of hours trying to unlock the bootloader, root using vroot and i cant get anything working
i used vroot and got to the step of installing super su but it wouldn't update the binaries and even after reboot still wouldn't...i tried countless of times using this chinese tool but its useless unless theres a youtube video to follow
please can someone help me out i really wanna get my phone rooted and flash it with unbranded carrier free international rom
i dont think flashing unbranded firmware needs root. correct me if i wrong.
Grab the tool here
HTML:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2428319
and the firmware here
HTML:
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0Bzddg8fRvBuQekFJTG9LOF8xbVE
just follow the instructions on the first link. i dont think u will encounter any problem. i tried the firmware on my c6802 with no problem.
NeOCzx said:
i dont think flashing unbranded firmware needs root. correct me if i wrong.
Grab the tool here
HTML:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2428319
and the firmware here
HTML:
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0Bzddg8fRvBuQekFJTG9LOF8xbVE
just follow the instructions on the first link. i dont think u will encounter any problem. i tried the firmware on my c6802 with no problem.
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Sorry mate did you say you flashed the 4g lte 6833 software on to the 6802 device
Does anyone know if it is possible to downgrade the firmware on a sony Z2? my phone was replaced at the sony centre and i have been given one with a newer firmware to the one supported by root (non bootloader unlock).
If it is possible, how do i do so?
A|ex said:
Does anyone know if it is possible to downgrade the firmware on a sony Z2? my phone was replaced at the sony centre and i have been given one with a newer firmware to the one supported by root (non bootloader unlock).
If it is possible, how do i do so?
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Yes. Just download the appropriate firmware (make sure the model number e.g. D6503 is the same as your phone) and use Flashtool. Search the forums on how to use Flashtool to flash firmwares (plenty of guides).
Thanks for the reply, i was trying to look for the sticky with this information in rather than jumping around looking firstly trying to find a location for the flashtool and second the firmware repo to download from.
I did a search but there is all sorts on here
Hello, here is a TWRP-flashable pre-rooted original Sony's Lollipop firmware for Xperia Z Ultra. It was made with the aid of Flashtool, Xperifirm and PRFCreator. I thank the authors of these wonderful tools. I encourage you to make your own pre-rooted firmware yourself, but if you are just not interested in such things and your Xperia Z Ultra is C6833, you can just grab it here.
There is just a couple of requirements to get this flashed: any recent version of TWRP already installed to your phone and a microSD memory card. So yes, you need to find a way to install TWRP on your Ultra somehow. Note: ClockworkMod may seem to install this fine also, but in my case the system actually was not properly installed and numerous errors did emerge, so I do not recommend use it for installation.
Here is some technical info regarding this firmware:
Phone: Sony Xperia Z Ultra (codename: Togari)
Phone Version: C6833
Origin: Stock (original by Sony, nothing removed)
Branding: No Brand
CDA: 1276-7737
Market: Russia
Operator: Customized RU
Firmware release: 14.5.A.0.270 / R2D
Here what have been integrated in the firmware by PRFCreator:
SuperSU: v2.46
LockedDualRecovery: v2.8.15
And finally here is the link to the firmware itself on Mega.
Fragmentation said:
Hello, here is a TWRP-flashable pre-rooted original Sony's Lollipop firmware for Xperia Z Ultra. It was made with the aid of Flashtool, Xperifirm and PRFCreator. I thank the authors of these wonderful tools. I encourage you to make your own pre-rooted firmware yourself, but if you are just not interested in such things and your Xperia Z Ultra is C6833, you can just grab it here.
There are just couple of requirements to get this installed: any recent version of TWRP and a microSD memory card. So yes, you need to find a way to install TWRP on your Ultra somehow.
Here is some technical info regarding this firmware:
Phone: Sony Xperia Z Ultra (codename: Togari)
Phone Version: C6833
Origin: Stock (original by Sony, nothing removed)
Branding: No Brand
CDA: 1276-7737
Market: Russia
Operator: Customized RU
Firmware release: 14.5.A.0.270 / R2D
Here what have been integrated in the firmware by PRFCreator:
SuperSU: v2.46
LockedDualRecovery: v2.8.15
And finally here is the link to the firmware itself on Mega.
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Thanks I've been using xslim version but been wanting to try small apps! And all the little tricks it has under its sleeve!
How to install this?
xaoup said:
How to install this?
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You should first install TWRP on your Ultra and then install this firmware with it.
Thanks! Working flawlessly I've been away from stock sony that nearly forget how cool it was!
huertae1985 said:
Thanks! Working flawlessly I've been away from stock sony that nearly forget how cool it was!
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You're welcome. I will share stock pre-rooted ROMs once Sony will release them. I think we may expect at least an upcoming update to 5.1.
Hi,
I am in CrDroid CM12.1 based ROM with TWRP recovery, and would like to flash this ROM. My bootloader is already unlocked, but you have mentioned that you have integrated "LockedDualRecovery", does this mean my bootloader will be again locked ? Do I need to unlock bootloader again to flash CM based ROM, if I would like to do in future ?
Thanks
gurung_vishwas1 said:
Hi,
I am in CrDroid CM12.1 based ROM with TWRP recovery, and would like to flash this ROM. My bootloader is already unlocked, but you have mentioned that you have integrated "LockedDualRecovery", does this mean my bootloader will be again locked ? Do I need to unlock bootloader again to flash CM based ROM, if I would like to do in future ?
Thanks
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Hello. No, your bootloader will stay as it is. LockedDualRecovery is just a piece of recovery software.
Hello and thank you greatly for taking the time to read my thread, your help and wisdom is greatly appreciated.
I will provide a short and long summary of the events that unfolded with my US GENERIC/UNBRANDED [Amazon.com] SONY Xperia C5 Ultra [E5506]
Short:
I need to update from 5.0 to 5.1 but can't seem to via OTA/Sony PCC despite being able to previously. Is there a way to do this, and preferably, not lose my data [as when I updated from 5.0 to 5.1 before with Sony PCC]
Long:
Initially I had no problems updating my phone using Sony PC Companion to 5.1.1, but I also had no root access at the time and didn't know of any exploits/etc to gain root that were available.
I ended up on 5.1.1 and after some time used KINGROOT to root followed by SUPER-SUME Pro to try and switch root management software from the sketchy KINGROOT to SuperSU by chainfire.
SUPER-SUME Pro failed on step 2 of 2, and afterwards I had severe problems with my SD card applications and random phone restarts and "Optimizing apps... 1 of 246" Before this however 5.1.1 was working great.
I tried to factory reset but I didn't know about Xperia's anti theft protection and it had an error on 5.1.1 where upon trying to un-lock the phone from the Xperia website or device itself would fail.
On the device it would display "Xperia Care has crashed." when trying to authenticate the user.
I read that this was a common issue with C4/C5 devices running 5.1.1 and that many foreign users were having to ship their phone to USA Texas repair centers.
Instead of this I read and followed a guide on using XperiFirm+FlashTool to flash the original 5.0 back to the device. After this the phone was still in Xperia LOCKDOWN mode, but Xperia Care didn't crash and I was able to update my phone using my google account login.
The firmware I flashed was
Code:
Device: Xperia C5 Ultra (E5506)
CDA: 1299-5697
Market: USA
Operator: Customized US
Network: GENERIC
Release: 29.0.A.1.55 / R1A
Size: 1.31 GB
The problem I'm now having is that neither my phone via OTA, Sony PC Companion, or XperiFirm seem to have an R1A US update available from 29.0.A.1.55 / R1A [Android 5.0] to 29.1.A.0.87 / R1A [Android 5.1.1]
They all report that my 5.0 install is the latest version, and via the XperiFirm tool there is no other firmware listed other than the 29.0.A.1.55 / R1A [Android 5.0]
At this point I don't care about root so much as just being able to get back to 5.1.1 from 5.0.
Is there any assistance that anyone can provide? I have tried to find a 5.1.1 firmware to flash but all are other regions. Is there anyway to get Sony PCC to update or find the update OTA? I'm confused as to why the update seems to be missing for the US region when my phone is a US model and had the update before.
I was also hoping there was a way if I do find the firmware that I could flash it w/o losing application/user data, as I already extensively set everything up again.
Thanks again so much for reading and I greatly appreciate any wisdom the XDA-Dev forum has for me.
[I had screenshots of XperiFirm/Phone Info/PCC but I can't have outside links in my post as I'm a new forum member]
I flashed the Canadian WIND CA 29.1.A.0.87 R3A firmware (as I figured this was the closest thing to a US region firmware if there was differences) via FlashTool and didn't wipe Data and everything seems to be working great so far, back to the improved speed and lower system memory footprint that Lollipop 5.1 offered.
Hello again,
Does anyone have a copy of the Android 5.1 US Generic CDA 1299-5697 29.1.A.0.87 firmware? I can't find it on xperifirm, and ended up having to flash the WIND CA Canadian branded 5.1 when re-flashing 5.1 on my phone because the xperifirm 5.0 stated no updates available despite my US Generic branded C5 Ultra having previously updated fine through Sony PCC. :/
Having trouble finding it and now it despites my data plan is HSPA+/4G instead of LTE. Any ideas?
Wind in Canada is a 3G only carrier, and they don't enable LTE in their firmware.
How would I go about flashing a firmware that has LTE enabled if I can't find the US Generic firmware on xperifirm? Is there another 5.1 fw that would be safe?
Darkshades said:
How would I go about flashing a firmware that has LTE enabled if I can't find the US Generic firmware on xperifirm? Is there another 5.1 fw that would be safe?
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In a rush so this will be short.
1. Flash back to stock US 5.0 full .tft
2. Next flash any 5.1 tft using only system.sin and boot.sin re-read/see my #1 post in the Flashtool thread for instruction. :good:
NOTE to ALL:
STOP FLASHING THE ENTIRE .TFT's THERE IS NO NEED UNLESS YOU HAVE A BRICK :laugh:
Thank you so much for your quick response;
I did this [Flashed US stock 5.0, then just the system/boot from 5.1] and instead of displaying "4G" at the top when connected to data it now displays "H+"; is this AT&T LTE? I tried googling a bunch of information but got a lot of different answers.
I feel like when I was originally on the US 5.0>5.1 that Sony PCC installed [before the root incident/flash back to 5.0>Wind 5.1] that it said LTE at the top but maybe I just imagined it? Thanks again so much for taking time out of your day to help me, it's greatly appreciated. _(._.)_
EDIT: Just downloaded LTE On Off from the google play store and set the preferred network to LTE and it's showing LTE connection now, I did a speed test using speedof.me/m/, is 10 Mbps down / 2.7 Mbps up sound accurate for LTE?
Darkshades said:
Thank you so much for your quick response;
I did this [Flashed US stock 5.0, then just the system/boot from 5.1] and instead of displaying "4G" at the top when connected to data it now displays "H+"; is this AT&T LTE? I tried googling a bunch of information but got a lot of different answers.
I feel like when I was originally on the US 5.0>5.1 that Sony PCC installed [before the root incident/flash back to 5.0>Wind 5.1] that it said LTE at the top but maybe I just imagined it? Thanks again so much for taking time out of your day to help me, it's greatly appreciated. _(._.)_
EDIT: Just downloaded LTE On Off from the google play store and set the preferred network to LTE and it's showing LTE connection now, I did a speed test using speedof.me/m/, is 10 Mbps down / 2.7 Mbps up sound accurate for LTE?
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I am not too sure about the US "LTE" or what all the bands mean in the US as they are very confusing
From my memory I seem to recall someone explaining about how at&t use a combo two 2/3G bands and call it LTE (4G) band ???? and 1700 I think
Sorry I can't be more helpful but you may get some better info from a US user. :fingers-crossed:
US version 5.1 is available now.
mingkee said:
US version 5.1 is available now.
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need link for any 5.1 firmware, no matter if US, canada or LA, since I need to downgrade one to try removing XTP.
thanks
As I understand it, I don't need to unlock the bootloader in order to flash different official firmware versions to my phone. I'm leaving the bootloader locked until I really have a need to unlock it, because of the long-shot hope for a root exploit that will let me preserve my TA partition. As part of that, I really don't want to be stuck on a recent firmware version with all the old security holes patched. Therefore I want to get ahold of my current firmware or earlier before I flash anything. Somebody stop me here if I've misunderstood and anything I've said so far is impossible.
I have the dual-sim variant, G8342, running firmware 47.1.A.2.324.
Question 1: Is there a source somewhere of archived XZ1 firmware versions that includes 47.1.A.324 or earlier? I have searched the forum and google, but most xperia firmware backup sites have little or no files for the XZ1, and the couple of sources I've found are ancient with broken links. The post on these forums with stock firmware downloads only includes much newer versions.
Question 2: Is there a way I can extract a copy of my current firmware from my phone, without unlocking the bootloader? I find tutorials that work for "any xperia", but they're all quite old and talk about Sony PC Companion instead of Xperia Companion, and they all involve clicking "Your software is up to date"--and my software is not up to date, and updating it before backing it up would defeat the entire purpose of backing it up.
I'd greatly appreciate it if someone could clarify this for me so I can flash new firmware without losing the ability to go back.
Hi there, sorry i can't help you with your questions. I have one more question actually. are you sure i don't have to unlock bootloader if i flash official stock firmware??
Opposite to you, i'm stuck with a really old build from 2017. my phone is xz1 and its build version is 47.1.A.2.374. android security patch is from october 2017 and i desperately want to update the newest firmware yet i'm always told that my firmware is lastest.
sooo, am i able to flash it with the flashtool or newflasher?/
thank you
xperia_sony_best said:
Hi there, sorry i can't help you with your questions. I have one more question actually. are you sure i don't have to unlock bootloader if i flash official stock firmware??
Opposite to you, i'm stuck with a really old build from 2017. my phone is xz1 and its build version is 47.1.A.2.374. android security patch is from october 2017 and i desperately want to update the newest firmware yet i'm always told that my firmware is lastest.
sooo, am i able to flash it with the flashtool or newflasher?/
thank you
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Seems highly unlikely that you haven't received an update since 2017 but then stranger things have happen.. New phone, carrier branded hmm..
Have you tried to update with Sony Companion, use the software update on the phone its self..
Oh and yes you can use the other methods you have mentioned..
lilbrat said:
Seems highly unlikely that you haven't received an update since 2017 but then stranger things have happen.. New phone, carrier branded hmm..
Have you tried to update with Sony Companion, use the software update on the phone its self..
Oh and yes you can use the other methods you have mentioned..
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thanks god i found a solution for this.
Repair my phone using xperia companion.
it's basically like flashing my phone and update my firmware to the latest firmware which is 47.1.A.16.20
Thanks God (or curious me )
either way, i found a way to update my phone without using flashtool. hope this will help someone in the future
Check here:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Yu3WP7yiO3TJuEiQvhEQ-zq53LcPdYIU
Thanks a ton, lionelbac! For anyone else who comes across this thread, there's now also a download of 47.1.A.2.281_CE1 available in j4nn's magnificent TA partition backup thread, since that firmware is necessary for his exploit to work: https://forum.xda-developers.com/xperia-xz1-compact/development/devonly-exploits-temp-root-to-backup-t3795510
lionelbac said:
Check here:
Where to find old firmware for xz1 g8341 customized CH?
thank!
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willynguyen said:
lionelbac said:
Check here:
Where to find old firmware for xz1 g8341 customized CH?
thank!
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No idea, I found that site googling.. Somewhere in the web could be another repository for your version. Good luck!
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