yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Xperia Z General] wawyed:
FLASH AT YOUR OWN RISK !!!

Version 5 released :)

- Information:

Latest Stock ROM (15/05/2013): 10.1.1.A.1.253

Jellybean 4.1.2

Kernel 3.4

Extracted from ftf file:FTF original file uploaded by: [MENTION=2492212]Jozinek[/MENTION]

md5 ftf file: 5eabe1105f02e13979571bd9061db40e

Link:

Version 5: Download link (Google Drive)

Mirror: Mirror link (mega)

md5 v5:b10cfa8865ac069cf1fc31197b9dc125

Version 4: Download link (mega)

md5 v4:b8d8d9c41d05d984ab2a422730489b39

Version 3 Pre-rooted: Download link (mega)

md5 v3:92F944BA18F46D6BF152837714B68942

Version 2: Download link (mega)

md5 v2: 0a778d93fbcc02a1992a9938d65c9a45

- Installation

1. Download version 5.

2. Copy zip to sd card.

3. Enter recovery and install zip (optionally make a factory reset).

4. Reboot, you should have all your data saved and root retained.

5. Turn off the phone.

6. Download the ftf from op or one with latest version 1.253.

7. Open flashtool, select flasmode.

8. Select the right options, BE CAREFUL. You want to flash ONLY kernel, baseband and fota. You DON'T want to WIPE anything. It should look like in the wipe part nothing is selected and in the exclude part everything is excluded but Kernel, Baseband and fota.

9. Click ok and follow the instructions.

10. After that you should have the latest kernel, baseband, rom with all your data and root retained.

11. Enjoy :)

- Reported changes by users:

- Added White balance settings.

- Improved Camera pictures quality.

- Black navigation keys background

- Added new keyboard skin

- Notifications light on/off setting.

- Fixed Led not working is stamina mode.

- New mini apps icons

- Redesign of some widgets.

- Launcher smoothness improved.

- New baseband and NFC firmware.

Hope it works :)

You can press the thanks button if it helped :P.
[Xperia Z General] Michealtbh:
Thanks, I've been waiting for someone to upload this
[Xperia Z General] zlays:
is this one same as one from Singapore?

thanks!
[Xperia Z General] fer2503:
it's possible to upload a flashable deoxeded and pre-rooted version?
[Xperia Z General] Moody:
Deodexed is possible, pre-rooted only if your bootloader is unlocked.
[Xperia Z General] G1_enthusiast:
new baseband? uh what band is that? that might cause some people phone not to work with their carrier
[Xperia Z General] wawyed:
Link added, enjoy and report if it works :)
[Xperia Z General] fer2503:
pre-rooted rom it's only for unlocked bootloader or only this firmware at the moment isn't rootable for locked?
[Xperia Z General] wawyed:
It's not rooted and I think the root exploit doesn't work yet with this version?
[Xperia Z General] Michealtbh:
Damnit, why doesn't Mega allow downloading from Android?
[Xperia Z General] wawyed:
It's fine for me, you need to change to Desktop version. :)
[Xperia Z General] wawyed:
If I'm not mistaken is Global LTE, checking the build.prop.
[Xperia Z General] Michealtbh:
Downloading now from Chrome
[Xperia Z General] G1_enthusiast:
meh, so flashing this on 6602 is no go?
[Xperia Z General] BR4DOKYBrazil:
Same doubt!
[Xperia Z General] wawyed:
ro.semc.product.model=C6603

ro.semc.ms_type_id=PM-0270-BV

ro.semc.version.fs=GLOBAL-LTE

ro.semc.product.name=Xperia Z

ro.semc.product.device=C66

ro.product.model=C6603

Yes, it is.
[Xperia Z General] Miustone:
Can't flash the .zip and the ftf! Flashtool works with other files,recovery to...

Flashtool say simlock.ta error i have exlude it but no chance to flash:confused:
[Xperia Z General] wawyed:
It's a flashable zip, you need to install it via recovery, cwm or twrp and most likely it will only work on unlocked bootloaders.
[Xperia Z General] Miustone:
i know... i'm on unlocked bootloader and i use Dooms Dual Recovery :rolleyes: have you testet the files? is it working for you?

BR:cowboy:
[Xperia Z General] wawyed:
No, I haven't. What does CMW say?
[Xperia Z General] wawyed:
Can someone with my install that has reboots, run this in terminal emulator

/system/bin/stop ric

and report me back if it fixed the issue
[Xperia Z General] RoberM:
I already mentioned it when i related the procedure i did, i got the NFC update perfectly after flashing the zip and without wiping anything, so there is no need to wipe data.

If you wipe data/factory reset, you loose CWM, if you do it through Adb, it is a pain, and it might be an unneccesary step.

I think it is better not to wipe data, then reboot, if NFC does not update or there are other problems, then ok wipe it, but as i have said, i didn't need to, NFC updated just fine without touching anything in data partition, and i kept all my data which makes a HUGE difference.
[Xperia Z General] drsoran2:
Help! I've put the v3 unbranded zip on my external sd card, booted into CWM recovery (I'm on rooted, locked bootlader and .434 stock firmware, CWM v6.0.2.8 for locked bootloader) and selected the zip to update. It now says: "Installing... Finding update package...Opening update package...Installing update...---Format system"

Then the progress bar went ahead a bit and now sits at about 1/3 of the way to the end (it's at the "0" of the CWM version number which is below the progress bar) and it just sits there for over 5 minutes now!!

How long does it take to finish?!

Will it ever finish at all?

What can I do? reboot and try to flash again?! Please help asap.

SOmething like this never happened to me before when I was happily flashing CM 10.1. Galaxy S2 nightlies from recovery.
[Xperia Z General] Carceri:
It seems we have different experiences. I only got NFC working after wiping data, and I didn't loose recovery by doing a wipe data / factory reset.
[Xperia Z General] wawyed:
Hmm, it takes a bit. Meanwhile check the md5 of the file to see if it matches with the original bb16024801c8ded5d5ca610007643fd2
[Xperia Z General] RoberM:
I really don't know if you loose CWM or not, i just assumed this is what happens, as somebidy said it was the case some posts ago ;) i surely know you loose recovery if you wipe cache, maybe this person also wiped it and did not tell us :mad:
[Xperia Z General] drsoran2:
okay, I've downloaded the "C6603_Unbranded_10.1.1.A.1.253_v3.zip" from the first post of your thread here, now I've installed a program on my laptop "MD5 Checksum verifier" and it shows me a completly different md5 from the one in your previous post.

How is that possible? I've downloaded from mega.

The update is still stuck at the same stage like it was 10 minutes ago. No visible progress at all.
[Xperia Z General] wawyed:
Recovery is kept in /system folder
[Xperia Z General] wawyed:
Post your md5.
[Xperia Z General] drsoran2:
D:\C6603_Unbranded_10.1.1.A.1.253_v3.zip 92f944ba18f46d6bf152837714b68942
[Xperia Z General] wawyed:
Can you redownload it again and check the md5 once again? seems corrupted zip to me.
[Xperia Z General] RoberM:
CWM recovery for locked bootloaders relies in some modifications in cache partition, if you wipe it, you loose recovery. Try for yourself ;)

There is only one version for locked bootloaders thay does not relies on cache partition to work, because it has been redirected to sdcard1, and is this: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2261606
[Xperia Z General] drsoran2:
ok, I'll try that, but in the meantime, how should I proceed with my stuck update zip in recovery? just force reboot or turn the phone off? I'm afraid it might things even worse if I interrupt the process. On the other hand, if it does not continue, I have no other choice? Do I?
[Xperia Z General] wawyed:
exactly, what's done is done. Your /system is wiped probably so restart and go back to recovery. Wait until the download finishes and check the md5.
[Xperia Z General] wawyed:
It makes sense, since a locked bootloader can't modify the recovery partition.
[Xperia Z General] Carceri:
The cache partition is only used for some log files which are recreated if missing. I have wiped cache several times without loosing CWM.
[Xperia Z General] drsoran2:
oh no! for some reason, the process finished after more than 30 minutes. But then stupid me went ahead to reboot and now it only shows the Sony logo. Is this a good sign or bad? SHould I wait or try to reboot to recovery?
[Xperia Z General] bharat4ever:
Ok with so many ideas flying around I'm lost. I have rooted 253 (Unlocked bootloader) using the following process.

1. Flash .434

2. Flash doomlord's kernel with CWM.

3. reboot into CWM and flash superuser

4. Flash the v3 253 rom.

5. using flashtool with the 253 ftf flah kernel, basaeband, and fota

I seem to have lost CWM after this. How can flash it again?
[Xperia Z General] wawyed:
Yes, your file was alright I messed up calculating the md5.

it should be 92F944BA18F46D6BF152837714B68942 which is the same as yours. Just reboot to recovery again and flash again the zip.
[Xperia Z General] wawyed:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2167381

With unlocked bootloader is quite more easy to regain root and recovery.
[Xperia Z General] drsoran2:
The first zip I had and which was stuck completled finally after endless minutes, I rebooted but now it seems I can't get into recovery. Am I pressing the wrong buttons? Only Sony logo shows.
[Xperia Z General] RoberM:
Please, read http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2261606

Specially the "Known issues" and "Future plans"

The standard CWM installed by most rooting scripts for previous .434 fw relied on cache partition, but there are newer recoveries which have solved this, TWRP does not need it for example.

I myself had troubles in the past after wiping cache because of this. As there are many users still with standard CWM, it is better to be safe and warn them about this.

---------- Post added at 12:13 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:11 PM ----------

Flash

system only

from .434 firmware FTF using Flashtool, root again, and start all over. Don't panic, your data is still there.
[Xperia Z General] bharat4ever:
sigh, I knew it will come to this. v6 isn't getting downloaded at all from dev-host. Will it be fine if you share it with me?
[Xperia Z General] Carceri:
I don't use the dual recovery, but this: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2187363 and don't loose it when wiping data and/or cache.
[Xperia Z General] drsoran2:
It seems I can't get into recovery. Is it the wrong timing, buttons or both? The phone vibrates once when I turn it on via power button, then the Sony logo appears and nothing happens.

Could I use flashtool to flash .253 firmware without wipe? So that at least the system is running again?!
[Xperia Z General] Aresmar:
It is getting confusing for me :)

What to do to upgrade my locked bootloader rooted fw to latest one :D

Which one I should try this evening ;)
[Xperia Z General] drsoran2:
[MENTION=4293754]RoberM[/MENTION] can you please give me a quick but fool proof manual on how to do this? What files do I need and what settings in flashtool? WHich file to download? Currently I have C6603 unbranded and my phone was bought in Germany. Can I use the Greek one from the forum here?
[Xperia Z General] meister00:
the update works, thanks

does anyone is able to get into cwm?

my phone just restart when i enter cwm
[Xperia Z General] 3c:
I use my app to reboot into recovery but it failed to go in recovery on this device, and I found this to work (which I now integrated for next update):

Just create that file before reboot (create the directory if it's missing):

/cache/recovery/boot

PS: Found this on a thread somewhere, so it's not from me, but can't find the link anymore, sorry.
[Xperia Z General] wawyed:
Just flash a ftf from .434 and select to exclude everything but system. DON'T select any WIPE options. You should be able to boot. Download this http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1886460, option 3, follow the insctructions. Then flash this http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2261606 to get cwm. And try again.
[Xperia Z General] wawyed:
Turn of the phone off, then on again when the led is green push the volume up or down key and you will enter recovery.
[Xperia Z General] RoberM:
Ok, there are lots of flashtool manuals over here, buy i will try to name only the steps you need.

Download any FTF file of .434 firmware, it doesn't matter if it is Greek, chinese or whatever, after all you will end up using 1.253 fw. put in insude the "firmware" folder of Flashtool

Open flashtool, click on the "Thunder" icon, select flashmode.

chose the downloaded fw from the list and where it says "Wipe"

UNMARK

"data" "cache" and "appslog"

Below, where it says "Exclude",

MARK

everything except "System"

Click FLASH.

Turn off your phone, wait 10 seconds, press volume down and at the same time connect the usb cable, it will start flashing.

If it does not start flashing probably you need to install the drivers inside "drivers" folder of flashtool
[Xperia Z General] meister00:
do u mean to create a file named "boot" in the directory /cache/recovery?
[Xperia Z General] wawyed:
Isn't it this one? http://d-h.st/1P2

Edit: nvm doesn't work for me either :/
[Xperia Z General] 3c:
Yes, in terminal:

mkdir /cache/recovery

touch /cache/recovery/boot

That's it, reboot, and it goes in recovery! Surprising, no?
[Xperia Z General] meister00:
nope

i press the button and the green light turns to pink

then it is a black screen and the phone reboots
[Xperia Z General] 3c:
Isn't it hard to do? Cause if you press while turning it on, it either goes into flashmode or fastboot, right? Sorry I'm still new to Xperia devices. It took me quite a while to get into flashmode properly ;)
[Xperia Z General] wawyed:
Not really, you just have to wait until the light is green and then press volume up or down.
[Xperia Z General] drsoran2:
Now here is the next problem: I can't seem to power off my phone. I've tried pressing power button - nothing. I've tried volume up + power button. The screen turns dark and off, but within seconds the phone vibrates once and turns itself on again and shows the sony logo (red led on, now the led is off again). I'm confused because if I can't power off the phone and wait for a few seconds, then I can't access flashmode and flash it?!

What am I doing wrong?

MY Phone won't turn off and stay off until I want it to turn on again!!
[Xperia Z General] 3c:
I really enjoy your replies, makes everything easy. And your avatar really gives me that feeling too :D Oh well, got a shortcut on my launcher now so, I'll give it a try later.
[Xperia Z General] fer2503:
so there is no final method to get 253 root and recovery?
[Xperia Z General] drsoran2:
I can't turn my phone off and make it stay off until I want to turn it on again! What am I doing wrong? If the phone doesn't turn off complelty, how can I acess flashmode?
[Xperia Z General] wawyed:
You have to press the power buttom + volume up until it vibrates 3 times, then it will be completely off. You will feel it vibrate once when it restarts but don't release yet, wait until the 3 vibrations.
[Xperia Z General] wawyed:
Not yet, I'm trying to fix the last issue with it, but I need someone who has installed my v3 to test something.
[Xperia Z General] RoberM:
Do what wawyed said, or, directly puth the phone in flashmode, to do it you have to be very quick, be ready with the usb cable and when you feel the phone reboots, just press vol-down and stick in usb cable quickly.

Tip, have the usb cable connected to phone and connect/disconnect the PC side, it is easier. it may take a couple of tries, this procedure needs some precise timing.
[Xperia Z General] fer2503:
when i have installed the v3 with your method i lost the recovery cwm and get an error on the nfc update
[Xperia Z General] lethalfriend:
I must say that this was the perfect method for me. Everything is working as intended so far :). Once again thank you so much everyone for your great contribution. Keep up the good work ;)
[Xperia Z General] wawyed:
You lost recovery when you flashed my zip or when you flashed tft kernel 1.253?
[Xperia Z General] Nfahajan:
hey I am following your method i have started downloading it btw will i have any turnoffs when working with system apps??And following all your steps then will it have any problem??
[Xperia Z General] meister00:
still not working

anyway, thanks for the help

(actually i just want to flash the docomo status bar...:p)
[Xperia Z General] drsoran2:
[MENTION=4293754]RoberM[/MENTION] and wawyed

thanks for all the help! I got my phone working again with .434. It's rooted again with CWM recovery. Best of all: all my apps and data was retained!! Thanks a lot, I was really afraid earlier today that I might have a 500€ piece of plastic. Understandibly, I'm going to refrain from trying your method again. A working phone with older firmware is still better than a non working one.

I don't know why it didn't work. I guess I'll have to wait for an official OTA or another, better, more tested method before I try again.
[Xperia Z General] wawyed:
Well, if you are not really experiences about those things you should be careful when trying things untested hehe. I deleted my whole internal sd-card and lost all my pictures while messing with this :(
[Xperia Z General] Aresmar:
So wawyedwe dont have a way to get this right yet? I wanna try tonight. :)

BTW synching your photos with dropbox is an easy and cool way ;)
[Xperia Z General] wawyed:
I think I know how to create a v4 with the fix on it, but I can't test it until I'm home.
[Xperia Z General] Aresmar:
I will be looking for it. ;)
[Xperia Z General] RoberM:
[MENTION=4219380]Aresmar[/MENTION]Suppossedly this method is already working for some people, wiping data is not neccessary, and i think the process cannot be made much more simple than it already is.
[Xperia Z General] pietrucci:
I just followed the instructions in the OP and root and CWM working perfectly (locked bootloader).

Only problem is NFC doesn't work and update keeps failing.
[Xperia Z General] wawyed:
I'm glad, version 4 hopefully will have all the remaining bugs fixed :). NFC should be working, strange.
[Xperia Z General] nick2crete:
Iam stuck with flashtool 9.01 goes until 13% and thats it ,error 31 ,but before when flashed the zip all seemed fine nfc also ..

any idea withe ftf ?
[Xperia Z General] RoberM:
Flashtool 9.01 does not work on the Xperia Z, somebody should remove its thread from the Xperia Z forums

You need flashtool-0.9.10.2beta6-windows
[Xperia Z General] EmeraldTimer:
Can i recive OTA with this?
[Xperia Z General] nick2crete:
Thank you my friend ,its fine now with the OP first page method used only xzr recovery ,nfc is fine too
[Xperia Z General] Aresmar:
AlthoughI have used the files and steps of [NUT] on another post, Entering this command fixed it I managed to mod the wi-fi mod for wi-fi performance for example and after the reboot it worked.

So how can we make this permanent?
[Xperia Z General] pietrucci:
Because my NFC didn't work I did a whipe data/factory reset. I kept my CWM and root, but my SuperSu was replacec by Superuser.

And I had reboots when playing around in /system with root explorer.

But after running this script my reboots seem to be gone.

Now everything's Ok: CWM, root, NFC and no reboots (I'm on locked BL)!
[Xperia Z General] wawyed:
I'm going to upload version 4 in a bit. Pre-rooted, busybox, init.d support, cwm included. Hopefully all the remaining bugs will be fixed.
[Xperia Z General] EmeraldTimer:
I dont have superuser and cant open play store cause it crash
[Xperia Z General] Aresmar:
Can we get a fix zip to flash our current system i dont want to install again. İf it is possible ofc.
[Xperia Z General] wawyed:
What do you mean, you will be able to flash v4 on top of your current instalation.
[Xperia Z General] wawyed:
Uploading v4 ^^. ETA 40 min :)
[Xperia Z General] Aresmar:
I mean if it is possible to make a patch to fix the reboot issue only without flashing whole system.
[Xperia Z General] florelui001p:
I completed the procedure originally with v3. Now that v4 is out, what do you recommend us to do? Can we just flash it or do we have to start from scratch?
[Xperia Z General] wawyed:
Just flashing it on top of v3 and you should be fine :)
[Xperia Z General] mmamedov:
Is it uploading for 3 hours? can't wait :)
[Xperia Z General] wawyed:
I said that I was going to upload in a bit haha, anyway 10 min left if it doesn't fail ^^.
[Xperia Z General] wawyed:
OP Updated v4 released.
[Xperia Z General] mmamedov:
Yaay! is it deodexed?
[Xperia Z General] wawyed:
Nope.
[Xperia Z General] Wahad:
Can I somehow **** up my phone?

Also, what about mods i've installed on .434? (white balance for example since it exist in 253)
[Xperia Z General] wawyed:
System will be wiped, so anything modification to system will be erased. Make a nandroid backup just in case.
[Xperia Z General] JPWOA:
How can I remove CWM to use TWRP?

I think it's more simple and easy to use...
[Xperia Z General] alexchris:
For those who experience problems with NFC, here is the solution:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=39030221#post39030221
[Xperia Z General] Wahad:
One more question if I may

My phone is branded to my carrier, so will it stay branded or does it change anything regarding this update?
[Xperia Z General] mmamedov:
I deodexed this rom. If someone wants it i can share
[Xperia Z General] tommybrrr:
I would be interested.
[Xperia Z General] Tamirwig:
If it's also Zipaligned in addition to Deodexed, most definitely!
[Xperia Z General] mmamedov:
I don't know what is this mean, not good in English :rolleyes: .

I just deodexed it, so I think I didn't "Zipaligned" it..
[Xperia Z General] Tamirwig:
Hehe it's alright, I didn't know as well until last week. It's a process that makes apps more RAM efficient and thus speedier.

http://developer.android.com/tools/help/zipalign.html

If you're interested in reading more.

Anyhow, I'd be interested in your Deodexed rom, thank you very much. :cool:

Based on Version 4, right?
[Xperia Z General] lethalfriend:
Hi Everyone,

I am facing one small issue on my Xperia Z. I am not getting any sound while in call on loudspeaker. Is it due to the call recording feature?
[Xperia Z General] wawyed:
Is everything working for you guys ? :)
[Xperia Z General] nick2crete:
Is the v4 based on Singapore rom again ?

After flashing the v4 zip over the v3 should be flasehd also the basebabd kernel fota as well ?
[Xperia Z General] wawyed:
Yes it is. If you flashed the baseband before you don't need to do it again.
[Xperia Z General] nick2crete:
Would be nice if we had a European version as well ,would be that possible ?

thanks
[Xperia Z General] adamtan:
which flash tool should i be using? I tried EMMA but it doesnt work for LB.

I tried flashtool from here

http://androxyde.github.io/

keeps hanging and I can't select any options at the right side. its all greyed out.
[Xperia Z General] pietrucci:
Oeps... flashed v4 over v3, whiped dalvik cache and fixed permissions.

Started root explorer, went to system/app, mounted r/w and scolled down, clicked on an apk -> spontanious reboot.

Yesterday on v3 executed the stop script and problems were gone.

Will try this script again and see what is does.

I'll report back.

(on locked BL)

EDIT: Repeated the above steps three times, everytime I get spontaniously reboot.

BUT... after running script from http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=41516651&postcount=181 no more reboots!

Sadly after a reboot the problem is back untill I run the script again.

wawyed can this script be automated or can we stop ric permanently?
[Xperia Z General] drsoran2:
I've managed to upgrade to .253 firmware by using the v4 zip from op and then flashing kernel, baseband and fota with flashtool. All my apps and data is retained, also root and CWM+TWRP dual recovery is working.

Only thing not working is mounting system as r/w. I've tried with es file explorer but there is a spontaneous reboot.

I remember that when I used binary's root method v30 on the .434 firmware, my reboot issues were gone. But I assume I can't use this again to reroot this .253 firmware and maybe then my reboot problems will dissappear?

What do you guys think? Is it worth a try or could it mess up my root or something?

Edit: I've tried putting the command from the above post into terminal emulator and hit enter, but after trying to mount system as r/w, there was still a reboot. So this didn't fix it temporaliy, at least for me.