Can I Flash Z5C SO-02H with E5823 Stock ROM? - Xperia Z5 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hey guys, first of all , sorry for my bad english.
I Have a Sony Z5 Compact Japanese version (SO-02H) with Nougat 7.0 operating system
I wonder if i could flash this version with the global E5823 firmware. Is it possible?
And if i could successfully flash the firmware, what will go wrong?
really need your help..
Thanks for your concern :angel: :angel: :angel: :angel:

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I haven't had much experience with the Z5 Compact, but in the past I've flashed the Japanese Z1 Compact (SO-02F) with firmwares from other regions and it worked just fine. I never got NFC working but I'm not sure if that was a firmware issues or just a problem with that phone in general.

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faridmalid said:
Hey guys, first of all , sorry for my bad english.
I Have a Sony Z5 Compact Japanese version (SO-02H) with Nougat 7.0 operating system
I wonder if i could flash this version with the global E5823 firmware. Is it possible?
And if i could successfully flash the firmware, what will go wrong?
really need your help..
Thanks for your concern :angel: :angel: :angel: :angel:
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I just bought the same phone as yours and now I'm also wondering the same thing. Have you tried it? Did it go well?

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I tried to flash e5823 firmware In sO-02h but it finished with error amsg.sin and I had to flash docomo firmware

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Yes you can ill give it a try and then will post proper instructions but can you guys let me know if we have a dedicated section for SO-02H ? where should I post tutorial

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WizWannabe said:
I just bought the same phone as yours and now I'm also wondering the same thing. Have you tried it? Did it go well?
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Me too, I bought it yesterday, because in Indonesia the price is so affordable (only Rp 750.000 = USD 51,85 ). I just update it to Nougat, but wondering if I can flash it to Global rom. I have checked several source in here, but most of 'em said error.

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crossmedia said:
Yes you can ill give it a try and then will post proper instructions but can you guys let me know if we have a dedicated section for SO-02H ? where should I post tutorial
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Thank you so much, bro! Not sure either if we have a dedicated section for SO-02H..

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SO-02H 7.1.1 firmware from E
Good day!
Pls answer how to flash it — SO-02H with global firmware...
Thank U!

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A_rchy said:
Good day!
Pls answer how to flash it — SO-02H with global firmware...
Thank U!
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Not possible, unfortunately. I just tried it and it always gets an error on some .sins
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leejunghen said:
Me too, I bought it yesterday, because in Indonesia the price is so affordable (only Rp 750.000 = USD 51,85 ). I just update it to Nougat, but wondering if I can flash it to Global rom. I have checked several source in here, but most of 'em said error.
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Yes I also tried flashing an E5823 UK Generic firmware but unfortunately, it always gets stuck on .sin errors. We'll just have to live with Japanese bloatwares I guess

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WizWannabe said:
Not possible, unfortunately. I just tried it and it always gets an error on some .sins
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Yes I also tried flashing an E5823 UK Generic firmware but unfortunately, it always gets stuck on .sin errors. We'll just have to live with Japanese bloatwares I guess
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Out of curiosity, what were the errors? Was it from newflasher at the beginning when checking that the device matched? Or was it actually during flashing one of the .sin files?
The former is possible to work around - I've seen the same thing when trying to flash E5823 <-> E5803 firmwares. The latter I'm not certain about...

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Hi guys,
i have a similiar question to this topic, in ftf.andro.plus, which SO-02H build version to use if i want to revert back to 6.0 (stock ROM)?
my current build is at 32.3.E.0.100, i cannot update higher than that, it says 'unable to connect network' in my update option.
thanks,

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nielchevo. said:
Hi guys,
i have a similiar question to this topic, in ftf.andro.plus, which SO-02H build version to use if i want to revert back to 6.0 (stock ROM)?
my current build is at 32.3.E.0.100, i cannot update higher than that, it says 'unable to connect network' in my update option.
thanks,
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for the current version 32.3.E.0.100 is the latest version and can't update to a higher version,I don't know why

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any 1 flash SO-02H global Rom ? plz Help me

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Anyone know how you can unlock the bootloader and root this SO-02H?
Can you help me please?
Thank you all

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I bought my Xperia Z5 Compact last year. It's one of those for which NFC cannot be turned on. It had come with an outdated E5823 firmware. After testing some custom ROMs, I ended up updating it to a stock E5823 Nougat ROM (obviously rooted through the stable Magisk v20.4). Nevertheless, after checking my Xperia account, I've found out that its IMEI number actually belongs to a SO-02H model. So, go figure!

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casouzaj said:
I bought my Xperia Z5 Compact last year. It's one of those for which NFC cannot be turned on. It had come with an outdated E5823 firmware. After testing some custom ROMs, I ended up updating it to a stock E5823 Nougat ROM (obviously rooted through the stable Magisk v20.4). Nevertheless, after checking my Xperia account, I've found out that its IMEI number actually belongs to a SO-02H model. So, go figure!
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so how do you root it from unlocked boot loader SO-02H 32.3.E.0.148 ?

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hakimarx said:
so how do you root it from unlocked boot loader SO-02H 32.3.E.0.148 ?
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If your bootloader is unlocked, download the stable Magisk v20.4 zip file and install it through a custom recovery (usually TWRP), either directly or via adb sideload.

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hakimarx said:
so how do you root it from unlocked boot loader SO-02H 32.3.E.0.148 ?
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Dial *#*#7378423#*#* and check under configuration if bootloader unlock allowed=yes. You can switch the firmware from Docomo to a 5823 (or 5803) variant. You need to edit an .xml file to do so prior to bundling the .ftf while xperifirm is still open after downloading it.

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Dial *#*#7378423#*#* and check under configuration if bootloader unlock allowed=yes. You can switch the firmware from Docomo to a 5823 (or 5803) variant. You need to edit an .xml file to do so prior to bundling the .ftf while xperifirm is still open after downloading it.
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If it say : NO like this picture, is it posible to switch to 5823? And what is the uniqeu character IMEI that belong to SO-02H and other type of z5 compact?
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@gayungan
Yes, you can still change your firmware with an official generic rom from other regions (ie 5823 or 5803). You may loose functionality of NFC, but that's about it; your IMEI will not be touched (nor will your radio bands) , it will also not change your bootloader lock status.