yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Sony Tablet S] dex9mm:
Sorry to say you flashed a firmware not for your tab you have bricked the tab

Should have read before you flashed

So far no recovery from this

Im pretty sure there is a big warning in the tool about it

Yea as you can see its divided in to three sections tab S / xperia tab S / tablet p

No where does it say the firmware 4.1.1 is for the 1st gen tab S

hit thanks if I helped

sent from rooted xts thanks djrbliss
[Sony Tablet S] mrlove6:
i found it in internet several links post it this one for example:

http://androidadvices.com/sony-tablet-steps-update-latest-jellybean-firmware-click/#.U1RnIfmSwro

and in flasher it does say for sony tablet s :( so now my tablet is just a piece of junk ???

Edit: I might have an idea to fix it ( maybe ) but i need flashable custome recovery to install it from the original recovery...any idea if there is like cwm or twrp ?
[Sony Tablet S] dex9mm:
Those articles are all totally talking bul****

There exactly what's wrong with the reviews no research done and an article written that's not been verified

It's never been a 4.1.1 firmware Sony viao made the first and second tab and locked them down pretty tight the Unbricker for the XPERIA Tab was only come by in a fluke when the service centre forgot to remove the sd card with the official tools and it was returned to the customer

also there is no recovery custom for the two tabs as there is no way to unlock the bootloader

And please read the flasher again there is no 4.1.1 in the Sony tab s section if there is please post a picture of proof

I really feel for you Bro your not the only one on this forum who has done this but as with all of xda you need to read all of the thread before you attempt anything

---------- Post added at 03:34 AM ---------- Previous post was at 03:16 AM ----------

Also the link you provided in the last comment

If you read the comments on the bottom it has a warning where someone has followed the article and bricked his device also where they say there is tons of roms for the Sony tablet s this is a blatant lie as there is not a single one for the tab s the tab p or the XPERIA Tab s
[Sony Tablet S] loubar22:
Hello guys, i've a big problem, so I have an Xperia tablet s and, i was on Jelly bean, but then i wanted to flash ics (do not ask me why :p ), when the flashing process ended i got a black screen, then i hard reset it, and now it's stuck on bootanimation, and when i plug in the cable the red led turns on, and my tablet is detected on the pc, So please tell me that there's a sollution because i really need my tablet for my studies... :'(
[Sony Tablet S] smgdev:
Try S.onyXT.S unbricker. That would recover your tablet.
[Sony Tablet S] eric1214:
i finish the root, but the device at last reboot same is stay sony logo there, and can't bootup, need use manual to power off that........:confused:
[Sony Tablet S] jcabad:
I have flashed my Tablet S (wifi only) with big success. I had version R1a and kernel 2.6.39.4 and now I have version R5a and same kernel. Apparently Most of the apps remain perfect. Only one I have lost is the remote controller application that has desappeared.

I was trying to do it yesterday with S.onyTablet.S v5.3 [ALLinONE] but I wasn't able to.

So CONDI, I'm your fan from now on. Thanks for your great job!.

By the way, I don't know how to get that IR Remote controller app from Sony. Does anyone know how to get it?
[Sony Tablet S] biablo:
This app should be on dataapp\vendor\vendor0 or vendor1 in app folder try to install it. Please test if in your case you can open walkman app. In walkman app equalizer, video app. If you havent any fc with that. or any from vendor folder.
[Sony Tablet S] jcabad:
Thanks biablo. I have installed both apps (I had lost walkman too) from the folder that you mention, but both crash when I open them. I have had to uninstall them.
[Sony Tablet S] dmahon:
Okay, so the more recent posts here would suggest that my attempt at flashing didn't go as expected. It did flash something, but I'm not sure what or where - it doesn't look like my kernel is updated (since I was already on R5) and my firmware release doesn't seem any different either. So I'm not sure what's up, and why the tablet isn't prompting me to update to R5a anymore... Weird all around - the process looked like it worked at every step.
[Sony Tablet S] biablo:
@dmahon with no offence. I cant see nothing weird here. In /system you have build.prop. view this and explore infos from there. It should be r5a us. sgpt113 fw. Confirmed with sgpt111,112 tabs working. I have 111.

To people who dont know what this tool do - This tool flashes custom(rooted) r5a USA system and hidden image. Also upgrades vendor app vith vendor zip which consist of s.onys apps eg walkman, video, reader, ps .Since now problem is after flashing process of that zip. Everything works perfect except this vendor app which are lost or fc. I suggest to WAIT tbc fix of this issue. Sorry maybe its my fault cause I was beta tester. After flash all data and apps were same as before. This mistakes me. After few hours realized that problem.. so sorry. Just dont using it now and wait for fix.

Btw This is very good tool. It can flash mine previous system and hidden images.and have 111 previous build.

Br biablo
[Sony Tablet S] dmahon:
No offense taken.

My build.prop shows only r5, just as system settings do.

I am aware of what the tool is supposed to do, my confusion is about what it DID do. It appeared to change or upgrade something, but everything is the same as before I ran it.
[Sony Tablet S] Cat McGowan:
I do not believe that is correct. Condi's FLASH tool downloads and installs a WiFi+3G version of 4.0.3r5a and to the best of my knowledge, no WiFi+3G version has been released for US region.

The vendor.prop in vendor.zip that Condi's tool downloads says

ro.sony.update.service_id=nbx03_016

ro.sony.sku.base=nbx03_016

ro.sony.build.id=TISU0163410

ro.sony.build.incremental=111104048

which indicates it is 4.0.3r5a WiFi+3G for Poland region.
[Sony Tablet S] CoolApps:
Condi, is there a way to stop Sony controlling our devices?

I have noticed that Sony has been stopping binary from getting executed after the day that binary was working on system run time.

I assume it is from a Sony server or something.

If we can track any Sony server during that time then we can grab that URL and if you are rooted, you can use the hosts file to block that URL.

It can be extremely dangerous when Sony gets hold of the su binary on the rooted device which is just bad.

ADB INFO: I have tryed the APX mode reboot, recovery, bootloader and reboot but allcthe commands do is reboot the device which means Sony is blocking ADB even on system run time (Android system was running).
[Sony Tablet S] Cat McGowan:
Condi,

What kind of trouble will I get myself into if I were to modify your FLASHER tool to use the system.img, hidden.img, and vendor.zip (vendor folder zipped) files from your custom_prerooted_doubleFLASH_R5A_nbx03_001-ota-121116036.zip file instead of using the files your FLASHER tool downloads?

What I want to achieve is to have 4.0.3r5a US WiFi Only installed on my tablet instead of 4.0.3r5a Poland WiFi+3G which your tool installs. I also want to have System Utility rev 10 (r1a's recovery) installed instead of rev 36.

BTW, while I was looking at the downloaded vendor.zip, I noticed that your Windows OS added a desktop.ini file to all of subfolders in vendor.zip. These desktop.ini files were installed on my tablet in the subfolders of /datapp/vendor/vendor0 and /datapp/vendor/vendor1. I deleted them.
[Sony Tablet S] eric1214:
Hi Cindi

I use this flash, but have some bug, my device after root,they when reboot , that must can't , just hold at Sony logo only, and some default app is lost , and I have just feel some different...

This flash tool will updare to 1.1 ?

Thanks

Sent from my Sony Tablet S
[Sony Tablet S] condi:
hi,

you cant do that, but you have to be careful... or just wait, im working on next version with correct vendor ;)

---edit

finishing v1.1...

---edit

test flashing...

---edit

perfect :D

---edit

flasher works now just great, with all oem apps such as remote controller etc.

im trying now to add next firmwares
[Sony Tablet S] traumakom:
hey Condi i have this problem :(

--2012-12-18 22:58:51-- https://dl.dropbox.com/s/oq98n89o6hlqn0v/system.img?dl=1
Resolving dl.dropbox.com... 107.20.133.28, 174.129.197.250, 107.20.174.220, ...
Connecting to dl.dropbox.com|107.20.133.28|:443... connected.
WARNING: cannot verify dl.dropbox.com's certificate, issued by `/C=US/O=Thawte, Inc./CN=Thawte SSL CA':
Unable to locally verify the issuer's authority.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 404 NOT FOUND
2012-12-18 22:58:53 ERROR 404: NOT FOUND.
[Sony Tablet S] condi:
yep :) dl new version :)

v1.1 up !
[Sony Tablet S] traumakom:
i love you :D
[Sony Tablet S] condi:
i've got wife lol :D

post results :)
[Sony Tablet S] traumakom:
Flashing COMPLETE,i guess how i can check it??? xD
[Sony Tablet S] condi:
system settings, info - release5a ? :)
[Sony Tablet S] rfreeman:
Condi I ran the flash v1.1, but I have the same version r5, I have a nbx03 region, do I have to change region to another one?

Thank you
[Sony Tablet S] loubar22:
Thanks but nevermind i found the sollution, i ve updated the tablet to JB another time, and wiped data/cache on recovery and it was okay ! :D
[Sony Tablet S] sanderbouw:
Vendor apps

Any news on correctly installing the vendor apps? I flashed jb, then wiped data and installed the apps manually and now neither the remote nor the walkmann are working. I've tried some other ways as well, but it results in the same thing.

Can anyone help me install them correctly? Maybe time for a step by step tutorial, since a lot of people seem to reach the same result?
[Sony Tablet S] MLRamos:
Did not work! = (

Open the .bat file and found that the files for download are no longer available ... gives?

Please, provide download the ROMs, not nenuma meeting in another location. Right here in the forum found files are all encrypted.

thank you
[Sony Tablet S] I.T.Buddy:
KingRoot v4.9.6 does it ALL!!! :D

Hey guys, i have managed to root my Sony Tablet S (sgpt111gb/s) with the KingRoot app which you can download from the link below. You download APK on your device and install it as you would do normally and just run it and watch the show! I have to say that latest version of KingRoot DID NOT WORK with ver. 4.0.3 r5a currently installed on my tablet s but i've downloaded ''kingroot_global'' (link below) and it worked like a charm! My Sony Table S is now rooted :D

P.S. THIS ALSO WORKS FOR ALL OTHER ANDROID TABLETS/PHONES!

Link: kingroot dot net download or look for version 4.9.6_C151_B299....;):good:
[Sony Tablet S] rpleite:
Não funciona ;(

Quando executo o ficheiro "BA"T ele tenta fazer o download mas indica que ou não está mais disponível ou então o Dropbox já passou os limites de download, poderiam colocar novamente on-line os ficheiros?

Obrigado!
[Sony Tablet S] vudinhnambr:
Update rom 4.1.2 error

dear all, can anybody can help me below issue.

look like link die from the server? the Admin please fix it.

My Sony Xperia Tablet S cannot connect Wifi anymore
[Sony Tablet S] Aviv:
[MENTION=422959]condi[/MENTION]

Thanks for all the great work. Can the links to the files be fixed? Flasher can't download them anymore.
[Sony Tablet S] kdsohn:
Still alive ?

I am a little late, but would like to update my Tables S. Rooting went fine, but the flasher does not find the images to download. Is there any chance, to get these files ?

Many thanks,

Klaus-Dieter
[Sony Tablet S] vudinhnambr:
Dear Admin,

Please fix the link, we can not download any more.

Thanks very much !
[Sony Tablet S] saf4xdadev:
What are you looking for exactly? I have a lot of Sony stuff on my computer that I used for this process back when it was current. I won't be able to look until tomorrow morning or so.....gmt -5.
[Sony Tablet S] kdsohn:
I want to update my Sony Tablet S WiFi Version 4.03 R5a (Option 2 in Flasher 3.0). The sugarsync links are totally invalid and the dropbox account seems to be banned forever. Any help is welcome. Thanks, Klaus-Dieter
[Sony Tablet S] saf4xdadev:
I'll check a little later I just woke up but that sounds very familiar. I think I updated to 4.1.1 though but I always keep everything. I have the sgpt12 Xperia tablet s, usa .......is that what you have? Anyway I'll check a little later and report back.
[Sony Tablet S] saf4xdadev:
OK I checked and I have all xperia tablet s firmwares on my computer....so NO tablet s firmwares at all......sorry. I did do a little searching around because I was curious how things were going on my xts tablet and it looks like the last time I checked I only got the jellybean update and root and completely missed the jb r2 and jb r3 updates. Amazing how things go by so fast......which reminds me, I better check on my xperia z2 tablet before I get way behind on that too.

Anyway, [MENTION=422959]condi[/MENTION] has another older tool for the older sony tablets called S.onyTablet.S [ALLinONE] http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1515720&p=22933221 and if you check that link on xda you see [MENTION=422959]condi[/MENTION] has a google drive mirror with a bunch of firmwares, prerooted and not, so maybe something in all that will help. I did see a custom_prerooted_doubleFLASH_R5A_nbx03_001-ota-121116036.zip file that was still downloadable but it looks like it only works as long as you're not on r5/r5a....so probably not much, but there are other files there to look though that might work for you.

Sorry couldn't help more.
[Sony Tablet S] Simonkjam:
Tnx saf, so i see:

- Sony Tablet S stops at 4.0.3

- Xperia Tablet S stops at 4.1.1 (o 4.1.2)

The question is: what happen if i flash XTS firmware in STS? Anyone have the answer? Thanks!
[Sony Tablet S] saf4xdadev:
I don't have an answer, sorry.......but that doesn't look like something that would work either.
[Sony Tablet S] MychStark:
Links?

My experience indicates this:

-Android 4.1.1 upgrade (release3)

Only applies to models Xperia: SGPT121, SGPT122, SGPT123

-Android 4.0.3 Release 5a

Applies to models 1st generation: SGPT111US/S, basically the entire first generation, will depend on you verifying your model.

You can check here your model and see if it is a candidate:

esupport*sony*com/US/p/select-system*pl? (replace * with .)

After choosing your model, go to the News & Alerts tab and look for the "Android ™ OS update now available" link in the General Information section.

[MENTION=422959]condi[/MENTION] hope you could support us with new links.
[Sony Tablet S] cclouseau:
Hi all,

All the links are dead in order to flash to Jelly Bean 4.1.1. (hidden.img etc...) Any idea where I can download the required files?
[Sony Tablet S] RST4SLB:
Hi, my Sony Tablet S suddenly stoped working, it charges but when I press the power button it doesn't do anything. When I press the Reset button with a clip, it blinks a reddish/orange light. Can you help me?

Enviado do meu ASUS_Z01BD através de Tapatalk
[Sony Tablet S] shikaru:
Hallo

I do not understand that I can use correct English. Because I am Japanese

this is an error message that I came here

「HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 403 Forbidden」
[Sony Tablet S] francyesco:
Any download mirror as is not attached to OP?
[Sony Tablet S] kn1000:
Hello, sorry for necroposting in this thread but I did not find any solutions elsewhere...

Do you still have this SGPT121 xperia tablet S firmware? I recently dug back my boot-looped tablet and want to try salvaging it. I can access recovery mode and it gives me the option to "Update system from SD card". However, I'm pretty new to this whole flashing business (and my device is never rooted) so I don't know where to start.
[Sony Tablet S] condi:
hi,

no region is not important any more. it writes directly to partitions.

have you made wipe?

br

condi
[Sony Tablet S] rfreeman:
No I didnt
[Sony Tablet S] condi:
got ready Xperia Tablet S R6B prerooted... :D

anyone here with lower fw with root wanna help/test? teamviewer session? ?
[Sony Tablet S] dmahon:
Is a wipe required after flashing to make the updates take?

I've tried both releases of the flasher with the same results - nothing is changed, nothing is updated. I didn't see any specific mention of needing to do a wipe, and while I'm totally willing to do a wipe, I'd rather not if I'm just going to wind up on the same version afterwards, just with a blank tablet and no apps or settings.

Did anyone whose version didn't change after the flash have any luck with a wipe?
[Sony Tablet S] tippo88:
Condi, sorry if this is a stupid question. I have a rooted UK wifi only tablet S with 4.03 r1a firmware. Am looking to update to r5a. Is my best option to use the V1.1 flasher or to use the AIO and flash R5A WiFi only! doubleFLASH ?

Using V1.1 Flasher looks most straightforward but the reason I ask is that using AIO there is WiFi only specific firmware whereas there is no mention of this in V1.1 Flasher.

Thanks for your help and really appreciate all your work on the Tablet S.
[Sony Tablet S] abcba123456:
Hello, can I use this flasher with Tablet P ? Thank you.
[Sony Tablet S] bg_man:
I can help but tomorrow. I'm on R3 rooted :).
[Sony Tablet S] mehdi.xterra:
hi dear condi, i have a question, in flasher v1.1 after choose 4.0.3 r5a flasher tool download firmware completely or no just download applications! because in downloading progress tool say download application.zip and size is 168 MB!! i dont know first flash with v1.0 and then flash with v1.1 or no flash directly with v1.1!!!
[Sony Tablet S] rfreeman:
I wiped and flash again without success, I am having this messages as I am flashing:

unzip: can't open /mnt/sdcard/aio_flash/system.zip, /mnt/sdcard/aio_flash/system

.zip.zip, /mnt/sdcard/aio_flash/system.zip.ZIP

rm failed for /mnt/sdcard/aio_flash/system.zip, No such file or directory

unzip: can't open /mnt/sdcard/aio_flash/datapp.zip, /mnt/sdcard/aio_flash/datapp

.zip.zip, /mnt/sdcard/aio_flash/datapp.zip.ZIP

rm failed for /mnt/sdcard/aio_flash/datapp.zip, No such file or directory

unzip: can't open /mnt/sdcard/aio_flash/hidden.zip, /mnt/sdcard/aio_flash/hidden

.zip.zip, /mnt/sdcard/aio_flash/hidden.zip.ZIP

rm failed for /mnt/sdcard/aio_flash/hidden.zip, No such file or directory

[*] Flashing datapp (~140s)...

[*] Finding out which system partition is currently used...

[*] Flashing /dev/block/mmcblk0p3 [2nd sys] (~140s)...

[*] Flashing /dev/block/mmcblk0p2 [current sys] (~140s)...

[*] Choose to:

1. FLASH hidden.img from this stock fw version,

2. FLASH R1A's hidden.img (last shell-enabled),

3. SKIP flashing hidden.img.

NOTE: If its R5+ fw - it will update recovery = disable adb shell.

There is no way to downgrade recovery for now.

(1-3): 1

[*] Flashing hidden.img...

[*] Finished!

[*] Cleaning up...

[*] Rebooting...

[*] Press any key to exit.
[Sony Tablet S] condi:
ok guys, something came to my mind - maybe writing to sd is not permited?

try this:

1) AiO,

2) tweaks & mods,

3) eable write permissions to SD.

post results, if it will not help - im gonna find out what is that 'detail'.
[Sony Tablet S] n3ub33:
Hey ive been following this and the AIO thread too.

I have an aus variant with 4.03 1a. I succesfully rooted the device some time back but nothing sticks from the aio or the flasher such as write permissions to sd etc or firmware flash.

When I get home ill do a detailed screen of each menu I have tried to run and the results, I cant remember what they were was in a hurry this morning

If you want me to try something let me know. More than happy to help with my limited knowlege.:)
[Sony Tablet S] rfreeman:
My problem was not enough free memory in sd... I am now in R5a and looks that everything is working good, I am testing and restoring my apps, with titanium, thank you very much.
[Sony Tablet S] mehdi.xterra:
dear condi, i do it and use flasher tool but nothing changed!!! my tab still r5!!! i dont konw why!!!
[Sony Tablet S] samkatta:
Dear condi,

Can the flasher tool be used with Tablet P? and is it possible to select a custom.zip locally from pc to flash it to the tablet or it's only limited to the ones pre-selected?

I'm trying to find a way to bypass my recovery problem, are you still looking into my Tablet P recovery problem or not?
[Sony Tablet S] n3ub33:
Fixed my my "nothing sticks"issue

So I got my Tab out again, ran a full factory reset (data and internal sd card, wiped everything) then

Ran the AIO tool root process again. (not sure if it was needed but I may have done the root not using condi AOI)

Ran the 1.1 flasher

And 4.0.3 release 5a - Kernel 2.6.39.4 integ-build@build5 #1 - Build number TISU0163410

So I guess wiping and correct root is the key unless someone wants to correct me.

THANKS CONDI your a genius
[Sony Tablet S] mehdi.xterra:
dear condi, flasher tool say cant open zip file, and i check downloaded files with 7zip tool and just hidden.zip open and in folder is hidden.img but system.zip and dataapp.zip cant open!!!
[Sony Tablet S] cezarL:
I tried updating from R5 to R5A, without prior wipe. No issues, but it was displaying 4.0.3 (release5) in the "About tablet" menu.

So I thought... OK, let's do a wipe and see what happens.

Well... what happened was that I ended up with a build without a working "home" button in the UI (it's still there, but touching it doesn't do anything, regardless of the screen / app I'm in), no lockscreen, stock Launcher, Browser, Sony Reader, Select App no longer working :(

Don't care that much about the apps, I mentioned them because it looks like some in /system/app don't work, but also some from /vendor/.

On the other hand, the non-functional home button is a big issue.

Oh, yeah, init.d scripts don't seem to work, either (although AIO says init.d support is enabled); I've got a "move dalvik to /cache" script, but dalvik remains on /data.

So, I would advise against factory resets after flashing R5A with the tool, at least if you're coming from R5.

LE - when the tool flashed hidden.img, it only took about 1sec, not sure if that's the normal behaviour?

and another LE - Damn, the situation is worse than I thought... Chrome no longer goes to URLs, when I use its widget to access a bookmark. Wonder what other apps will have problems? Don't really have time to play around with the tablet now, maybe tonight.
[Sony Tablet S] Cat McGowan:
By "next firmwares", do you mean US WiFi Only will be one of the next firmwares?
[Sony Tablet S] dmahon:
I also tried a wipe after an unsuccessful (no changes) flash, but I didn't get this result. Nor did I get success, however (as n3ub33 reported). I was still on R5, my home button and apps worked fine, though a few apps disappeared (mostly the "whatever unlimited" ones?).

I also had the tool tell me it flashed hidden.img in about a second?

Other than that, nothing seemed to happen. The tablet still tells me it's on R5, and says no OTA updates are available.
[Sony Tablet S] doomed151:
It's stuck at flashing datapp, any idea?

I think it's on r1 currently. I don't know much about it since it's my mom's tab.
[Sony Tablet S] Cat McGowan:
I suspect your mom will blister your butt for borking her tablet. :D
[Sony Tablet S] huuhungus:
@condi: Can this tool fix soft-bricked device ?

My tablet can't boot anymore, can go to recovery but can't mount anything.

I tried adb shell but it didn't regconize.

Do you know the way to fix that ?

Sony Service Center told to me that the problem is belong to mainboard.

But this happened because I tried to use restore to factory setting function in recovery.
[Sony Tablet S] stifilz:
Out of warranty I assume?? My was sticking on the the boot animation after messing with it. Could get recovery but after not thinking about it I did a factory reset and lost usb debugging, therefore lost the ability to adb push and adb shell. So the only way to fix it was SONY. :(

Stifilz