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[Sony Tablet S] saf4xdadev:
OK- I just used the Flasher tool v2.5 and It seemed like it worked ok, but.......

Initial Device: Xperia Tablet S, SGPT123US/S, 4.0.3 r3 rooted. see signature

At first junction I chose 1a: Sony Xperia Tablet S, 4.0.3 R6B wifi only

Next, the Flasher ran fine and downloaded 3 files, system.zip, hidden.zip, and datapp.zip

Next, inflated, pushed, etc....

At next junction I chose 1: to install the hidden.img

After that my tablet went into an 'optimizing app'??? routine and I think there were approximately 203 apps

Then the tablet went into a 'starting applications'??? routine that I let go for about an hour before I thought something ain't right

So I forced shutdown by holding power for about 10 seconds and then I rebooted the tablet.

My system tools indicates 4.0.3 release6b but I still get notification that 6b update is available.

I am also missing some stock apps although I haven't fully identified them yet....

One thing for sure is new, I now have access to the sdcard2 from my pc, so whoot whoot whoot.....thank you!!

Thanks condi........superb

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Update:

I am missing all preinstalled apps according to my titanium backup....most I didn't want anyway.

What's best way to get them back? At least the ones I want? Do I just use my titanium backups?
[Sony Tablet S] saf4xdadev:
One problem solved....disabled 'update notification' problem using condi's AiO, S.onyTablet.S__ALLinONE__v5.3 tool. Not sure what it did exactly but it did the trick. I searched for an appropriate app or service on the tablet and couldn't find anything so I just used the tool. This may be simple problem for more experienced user, but for me I couldn't figure it out on my own...just glad it worked.

Another thanks......
[Sony Tablet S] saf4xdadev:
Well, I spent some time trying to figure out how to get the preinstalled vendor apps that came stock on my xperia tablet s back....and no luck. I read this thread about 100 times and found about half dozen or so folks with the same problem, but all on various devices and only a couple on the xperia tablet s, and not totally sure they have the US model SGPT123US/S like mine or not.

I tried to use my titanium back ups for a couple of apps (Walkman was one of them) and no luck didnt work. At least with the backup I can see exactly what apps are missing.

I searched every folder on the tablet and the .apk's can be found in several different places on the internal sdcard and not sure which are relevant or not?

I read a couple of folks did a wipe/reset of the tablet and then everything came back....I assume that's the pick in settings 'Backup & reset' and then 'Factory data reset'. I would try that but not sure if I would lose Root??? Anyone know???

One other thing I've noticed today since I've used the Flasher tool is every time I restart the tablet as it's just finishing the boot animation (purple-blue wave thingy) a brown dialog box appears that's titled 'Android is Upgrading...' and inside has a dynamic circle and reads 'Starting Applications'. I dont know if that is something new since Flashing with the tool to R6B or it's always done that.

One thing more I remember is at end of Flashing was the choice to install hidden.zip which I did, yes. It happened at a blink of an eye and then my tablet basically rebooted itself (even though the Flash tool said to reboot) and then got stuck at that same brown dialog box which I aborted after about an hour thinking it was hosed.....did I hose something at that point or was it really hosed?

Thanks again...I apologize for the ramble.
[Sony Tablet S] renyiandhan:
I got it rooted! Now I'm in 3.2.1 rooted. Many Thx:good:

but there's no any regions of Chinese to change:(

still a question, I don't know if I should choose these regions without 3G, mine tab P is att 3G? And can I upgrade to 3G version rom in future if I change to a region without 3G (jp or us)?
[Sony Tablet S] renyiandhan:
your scrn shot is familiar to mine:p

did you disable the sony tab P in the windows device manager, or just take out the SD card from your tab before rooting? if not, just try
[Sony Tablet S] saf4xdadev:
OK- Another update....

I didnt get any replies on what to do abut the vendor apps missing after using this Flasher tool on my Xperia Tablet S, SGPT123US/S. So I went and did the 'Factory Data Reset' from the Settings menu. I read here and elsewhere that was the method but wasn't 100% convinced I wouldn't lose root.

It worked....almost!

Besides losing everything I had personally done to the tablet, besides root and R6B update, all vendor apps, desktop, and probably anything Sony originally shipped with the tablet was restored and seems to be working properly......

All except for the 'Walkman' App. I think by me trying to restore the Walkman app from my Titanium backup I hosed it up real good. Walkman would have probably worked if I would have just did the Factory Data Reset after I used the Flasher tool. Maybe I missed that in the instructions? Damn

So, root is still in place, release6b, tablet restored to original state and all user stuff gone (luckily I have backups), all vendor apps restored and seem to be working, Walkman App broken!!!!

Still need help.....Thanks for any I get.
[Sony Tablet S] saf4xdadev:
FIXED!!!! Not exactly sure exactly why it worked because I'm pretty sure I did this before....and even before I did a Factory Reset??

Well, I snooped around and after comparing ro.sony.build.id numbers I tried to reinstall the Walkman App from the vendor1 folder, only because it looked like the id numbers matched up, and that didnt work. So I tried to install it from the vendor0 folder and lo and behold it now works and has survived a shut down and restart so I think I'm good to go.....

As for why the vendor0 over the vendor1 folder location, I sure dont know, as that would be an answer someone above my pay grade would maybe know.

I think if anyone has missing apps after using Flasher tool, go to the vendor0 folder and install them from that location. If that doesn't work do a factory reset and dont worry because you dont lose root.

I think in my case I hosed things up by trying to restore using titanium backup....

Anyway, problem solved....thanks for all your help.

EDIT--20130402

In my case the walkman app still kept crashing and I kept reinstalling from vendor0 to fix it so obviously there is something more wrong than simply installing from that folder. So since I don't know that much about the file structure of this tablet and android I had a lot of catching up. First, I found that I had two different walkman apps installed or at least it appeared that way in dalvik cache so I deleted those two files and rebooted but walkman still crashed. So being a beginner I looked at all the places the SemcMusic.apk were found and noticed I had two different versions and that looked like the reason the app kept crashing after a reboot. I read somewhere on this site that the system folder version was possibly the one hosing things up...at least it looked like the older version, so I tried to delete the app from a root file manager with no luck. I tried two different file managers that both had superuser and root permission but the file couldn't be deleted. Then I tried deleting with titanium backup, uninstall, and it worked. After a reboot I checked all file locations and the dalvik and there was now only one version in each location. I now can assume the problem is truly solved. This time for sure.

I think the problem happened when I originally used my titanium backup of the walkman app to try to restore and then when that didn't work I did a factory reset. At that point I think is when I got the two versions of the app...one in the system folder and one in the vendor folder and also one in the vendor0 and vendor1 folders but the dalvik was associated with the system and vendor and they seemed to be two different versions so I think they conflicted.

Just trying to make sure this is documented in case someone else has this problem. Also if someone has some better insite to all this please explain. Thanks...
[Sony Tablet S] Mahaco:
whoopszz

Hey Konrad

Not so important but in your changelog:

[10.01.2012] v2.5: must be 2013 :cyclops:
[Sony Tablet S] xyancompgeek:
Please note: This flasher does not work on Windows XP. Provides an error:

Missing Operand.

(set was unexpected at this time.

Got past this issue on Win 8 though. Cheers, condi! Great app! Starting the flash procedure.....Hope all goes well.
[Sony Tablet S] xperia_pro:
Re: S.onyTablet.S v2.5 [FLASHER] - Tab S/P/Xperia fws! new: X Tab 3G fw!, vendor app

:good: in your case i never know what to do haha
[Sony Tablet S] dairolozano:
Please !! Help with my bricked Sony Tablet P.. !!

Dear sirs, I followed the procedure in order to upgrade my Sony Tablet P SGPT211US/S. My tablet was already rooted via All In One so I tried to upgrade it to ICS using Flasher option 1b downloaded from this link:

http://xdaforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1632694&d=1357807056

After a while, my tablet's screen went black and didn't respond. Several hours later I tried unpluging and rebooting it but after doing the Sony logo all I get is thousand of pixels and nothing happens. I tried booting recovery but It always has the same behavior. Coomand "ADB devices "can detect the tablet but I don't know what to do to recover it.

Please tell me what can I do. I need it working, ICS or not I need It.

Thanks in advance. I us my tablet for my job. I really urge to fix it.

Best regards,

Dairo L.
[Sony Tablet S] condi:
v3.0 up !! Xperia Tab prerooted JB! very very fresh - TESTED NOW :) here info! of course blabla on your own risk.

in next few days 3-4 i could have not much time to reply here,

please be patient and understanding - saturday getting married (in church this time :D )

br

condi
[Sony Tablet S] NerdiX:
Condi, pls add 3g too, 1e option maybe.

10x in advance ;)
[Sony Tablet S] condi:
I will :) in next week I think! br and good night!
[Sony Tablet S] stifilz:
nice work!!!! Now go and keep the mrs happy!!! :d
[Sony Tablet S] WalterCool:
It works?
[Sony Tablet S] stifilz:
Be the first to try ;). Condi does not have XTS to test with. But it is the same flasher as before only with JB now
[Sony Tablet S] WalterCool:
Ok, works fine, was black screen after final step, when asked me to reboot, but hard reset fixed it. 2 apps crashed on update process, but I just wait for it.

Post reboot, a message said problem with the update, but was working fine. Root still working and seems faster for animations. Was a bit slow at first, but was just loading. Now bottom toolbar send with a different font and kinda pixelated, it's Xperia typical font.

Thank you again condi

Pd: I know, posting from my nexus 4 makes me a traitor :P
[Sony Tablet S] dex9mm:
got black screen after flasher third times a charm

full reset does not get past sony logo

stumped can flash r6 and root but will not take the jb updateso gong around in circles a little region is canada

any ideas where im going wrong
[Sony Tablet S] chrisrudolf:
A little noob question now. I understand right that when i have the 4.0.3. release5a kernel 2.6.39.4 integ-build@build9#1 i can not use this tool to root the tablet s?

Sent from my Sony Tablet S
[Sony Tablet S] saf4xdadev:
Has anyone tested this on Xperia Tablet S, SGPT123US/S, yet....or will I be the first?

Thanks
[Sony Tablet S] dex9mm:
ok

ive run this flasher three time so far not getting past the sony logo screen

i flash back to release 6 root and run the flasher again no joy as of yet

adb is installed and linked to the tab do i need to flash 6b release before i flash straight to jb

head wrecked at this stage this will be my fourth attemped at upgrading to jb any ideas where i might be going wrong
[Sony Tablet S] condi:
do you have enough of free space on internal storage? more than ~2gb?

im happy that can successfully get back to working state (lowered incremental values are working :D )

i will make 3g fw in next week, maybe it will work for you ;)

btw have you flashed hidden also? (its required - includes jb kernel etc.)

1st check the free storage!
[Sony Tablet S] dex9mm:
yes did a factory reset ten giggs there for me to play with yea tried with hidden image and no hidden results are the same seems like fouth time back to working state

yea on wifi only 16gig model is it a region specific update im in Canada atm

also the fact we lose google apps is the gapps getting written properly to system just doesnt make sense

would like to here if anyone has used it chenkys

so finally on jb with the flasher

sd card i think was the problem the 32g i had formatted to exfat changed the card for a two gig fat32 and hey presto also a hard reset when the blank screen at the end apperrars sorted ha ha thanks condi sorry about the eariler questions
[Sony Tablet S] WalterCool:
I just installed using the hidden IMG from pre rooted 4.0.3 from condi and my only problems were described before. Oh, post installing, had one loop and entered to the Android maintaining image, you must wait to end this image to continue
[Sony Tablet S] dex9mm:
hey quick question did you run rootchecker i seem to have lost root in the process su is there but no root enabled ??????

bit stumped might flasher back to r6 and root again if condi or stifilz has an idea but im not sure if its safe to flash the zip now that im on jb any thoughts would be nice

so flashed the wrong zip flashed the jb update offical from sony but super user is still there but no root acess am i about to brick this tablet
[Sony Tablet S] nickfee:
After flashing the rom, i did a hard reset, but this didn't fix anything. Now when booting, my xperia tab s is freezing on sony logo's. I tried to make full reset, wipe data, cache etc. through recovery but nothing happened. Now i'd like to know how to downgrade to 4.0.3 .

any ideas?

Nick.
[Sony Tablet S] dex9mm:
I got the same issues get offical r6 put on root of external sd boot in to recovery and install update from sd then reroot
[Sony Tablet S] nickfee:
I've downloaded this old prerooted rom for my 16gb only wifi tab.

NEW R5A WiFi only! doubleFLASH!: (will update both /system0&1 partitions)

custom_prerooted_doubleFLASH_R5A_nbx03_001-ota-121116036.zip

but when i try to flash it using recovery i get this error:

"Desklunvr update package...

E:Can't desklunvr /sdcard/customs_prerooted_"........".zip

Installation aborted"

any ideas?

is it a rom error? if positive, do you know which rom i should flash? can you send me the link? I'm searching on xda other roms, but by now the only one that i've found is le old R5A stock that doesn't work.

--- UPDATE ---

I've downloaded the stock fws from here http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=26882762&postcount=3 both ICS and JB .

I've flashed ICS by recovery (flash operation works correctly) but after reboot it switched directly trought JB without root. ?!??!? Why??? I don't know.

by now i can't log in into recovery console.

finger crossed.
[Sony Tablet S] saf4xdadev:
hey nick- are you on an xperia tablet s, us version or canadian? what were your starting parameters? were you coming from version 2.5 of this flasher or did you root and update using anothre method? I was just getting ready to try version 3.0 when I saw your troubles and want to make sure i dont end up in the same situation. thanks for the info. I will try and help if can.
[Sony Tablet S] nickfee:
My tab is US version and I came from 4.0.3 R6B prerooted rom installed by Sony tablet flasher 2.5, the previous version of this one i suppose.

So after flashing with new flash tool option 1d the prerooted 4.1.1 rom i got black screen. After hard reset, i got my tab freezed on sony's logo.

By now i don't think there's a method to root my dev. or downgrade it.

Rec. is still not working.

With the old fw, I was unable to read the Build Number under the Info Menu. Now it say : TJS2016610 (US)

Kernel : 3.1.10 integ-build@build5 #1 SMP PREEMPT ...
[Sony Tablet S] saf4xdadev:
damn that doesnt sound good. you appear to have the same xperia tablet s as I do and I am at the 4.0.3 6b point using same sony tablet flasher 2.5 so if I try and flash I might probably end up as you. I started the op and selected 1d and downloaded the three zip files and disconnected because I was reading this board and saw your problem just in time. I not sure why this wouldnt work this time as it is just using different files for flash. Did you select to flash hidden.img last time and this time....I pretty sure you needed to flash hidden.

there is a brick thread here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2242683 you might be interested in.....it seems this flasher tool might not be ready for prime time....thanks for saving me trouble and if I find any help for you I will pass it on.
[Sony Tablet S] nickfee:
mhhh, I think this version is not fully working on all devices. so this is the price that we must pay for testing new fw and rom.

Is time to waiting for updates.

fingers crossed.
[Sony Tablet S] saf4xdadev:
......but wait a minute, how can you see the info menu...about tablet.....if cant get tablet to boot?
[Sony Tablet S] nickfee:
i think you have lost my update on the previous post...

I've downloaded stock fws from here http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=26882762&postcount=3 both ICS and JB .

I've flashed ICS by recovery (flash operation works correctly) but after reboot it switched directly trought JB without root. ?!??!? Why??? I don't know.

So now i can't log in into recovery console.

I think that i've done a big mistake flashing it but i think that it was the right thing to do for not using my tab as a coaster for the future.
[Sony Tablet S] saf4xdadev:
ok.....got it
[Sony Tablet S] rohit choudhary:
Hey condi I just got a Sony tablet s and it's running ICS 4.0.3 and R5A . is there any method through which it can be rooted
[Sony Tablet S] jappaj:
condi, you should add warning to the front page. There seems there is already few bricked devices with the same symptoms. Can't be user error anymore, there is something which causes flashing to fail on certain situations.
[Sony Tablet S] stifilz:
1st post..

Everything you do at your own risk,

and DO NOT interrupt flashing!

?????

Or you mean with JB in general??

condi will be back soon to remedy.

Having some R&R at the moment :D

Stifilz
[Sony Tablet S] jappaj:
I mean JB. It seems flasher has not caused any troubles for ICS, but for JB we have more than one bricked device without any user error. I meant that there is some factor we do not understand which causes bricked devices unlike with ICS. People need to consider this when they decide whether to flash or not: ICS -> flashing will succeed unless you fail, JB -> flashing may fail even if you do everything right.
[Sony Tablet S] saf4xdadev:
Has anyone successflly used flasher v3.0 with JB on the xperia tablet s in the US....I think it's choice 1d in program?

please let us know, thanks
[Sony Tablet S] Bojanglez:
Hi I am wondering if anyone can help.

In the past I have flashed my UK Wifi only Tablet S with the USA 3G+Wifi rooted firmware, as it was the only one with the latest update at the time). I'm currently on 4.0.3 (release5a) Kernel 2.6.39.4 integ-build@build9 #1.

Basically I want to restore my tablet back to factory condition with the latest stock UK firmware as I plan to sell when I buy the new Xperia Z tablet. Could someone let me know the best/safest pathway to achieving this please?
[Sony Tablet S] dkitty:
Hi, sorry for a noob question, if I have the rooted 4.1, can I still use the flasher to flash to the custom 4.1 Rom?
[Sony Tablet S] dex9mm:
I would flash back to the latest rootable stock firmware then sell as if root is possible better selling point in some cases but if you flash back to stock with a official ota youll find them in stifliz faq in tge general section use the all in one tool to remove root if you want to keep it on the latest firmware

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Also check the amazing post by stifliz with all the fw updates l

Devices

Wildfire from the High Tech Co.

Xperia tablet s rooted stock j.b 4.1.1

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Hey just curious as to why you want to flash the other up date also the flasher is bricking devices in some cases also if your looking to tweak use the all in one tool

Also check out the xda uni its a good start and if nothing else informative but yea i think the main focus should kernels for both devices as the xtz seems to be just blowing out over there with the phone and tablet pretty much the same across the range but i I've found if you do enough searches and read a lot a few gems can be found case in point neither the xts or xtz have fourms there for its a bit of a limbo between the tab s and ths phone z fourms

Saw the xpeira t skyfall edition in a pawn shop today does anyone have this and how good is it

dex9mm gamertag xbox live

xperia tablet s rooted stock 4.1.1

wildfire unofficial cm 10.1 oc 748
[Sony Tablet S] dkitty:
Well, I bought my tab in China not knowing stupid thing doesn't come packed with google services and ps store, now it's finally rooted I am trying to add those goodies, flasher seems to be the one stop shop
[Sony Tablet S] jappaj:
!!! DO NOT USE FLASHER TO FLASH JB !!!!

There is no need to since we have exploit for JB and flasher causes bricked devices on certain conditions. Decided to add this warning when I replied to guy who just bricked his device while there were no need to since we do have exploit for JB!

If you want JB, un-root, use OTA update to upgrade to JB and re-root! If OTA update fails, tell it to us in some other thread and we try to sort it out. Most likely in these cases flasher will not just fail, it will brick your device!

!!! DO NOT USE FLASHER TO FLASH JB !!!!
[Sony Tablet S] bg_man:
Why don't you use ota 4.1.1 and root it after that?

Or just push gapps to system.
[Sony Tablet S] dkitty:
I am on rooted stock Chinese 4.1, just frustrated how Sony China removed so much stuff from the system, all the lib files were missing, took me a while to find all the files I needed, at least all gapps are working.
[Sony Tablet S] SWFlyerUK:
Here is my experience with condi's flasher so far.

I was having an issue with my XTS after I had accidentally changed the build.prop - I had boot loop protection, but it wouldn't let me install any JellyBean zips so I gave the flasher a go.

I first flashed JellyBean, but this time, It would boot up but force close on the Home screen. It seemed like only half of android was present on the device so I gave ICS a try.

Flashed ICS, but the device was stuck on the boot animation. After a few reboots and a factory reset, the device finally booted, but it was a very laggy ICS with vendor apps missing, quite a bit of screen flicker and WIFI was also missing. Couldn't turn it on.

Have tried updating to JB again through recovery, but either the installation aborts or I get an error about vendor directory missing.

I tried pushing a vendor directory onto the device and setting the correct permissions, but recover says: "read_mod_link: failed to readlink "/system0/vendor": Invalid Argument

Whatever that means.
[Sony Tablet S] dex9mm:
When you say it wasnt letting you install any jb zips were they the over the air offical ones No mods or root strange that it wont take the zip with a different incemntal

Wondering then will it be best to go back to ics then up then root again

the problem you seem to be having was the same as me the first time around I think the flashing is getting stopped in mid flash ather flashing offical zip from sony

there for the system is not written properly

rooted lighting wildfire on unoffical j.b from benni

and sony XTS rooted stock j.b thanks djrbliss