yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Xperia Z General] must.sayim:
1-Download the two parts in the Belgium link that is provided by [MENTION=5164470]Apollo89[/MENTION]

2-just unzip the first one and they must be in the same folder so the second one can be automatically unzipped

3-Ftf file will be ready for flashing. ( if you have the c6603 I stronglying recommend you to flash the Belgium ftf)

4- flash it with the latest flash tool with will be the beta 6
[Xperia Z General] [NUT]:
For anyone experiencing reboots when using a rooted 307 and trying to remount /system writable:

[Locked Bootloader] The definitive root Remount-Reboot fix!

Should work for any ROM version though.
[Xperia Z General] serpicoUK:
Thank you.

Will do it tomorrow night when next at home and on a pc.
[Xperia Z General] Apollo89:
Most customizations haven't received the 10.1.1.A.1.307 update yet, so it's quite useless to post comments like that ;)

See [INFO] Latest firmware version per customization (region/branding)
[Xperia Z General] darkone2k4:
Hi.

Can I use this on unbranded C66002 phone buyed in USA?

This is the info in my phone:

Model number C6602

Software: GLOBAL_HSPA_10.1.1.A.1.434

Customization: 1271-0119_R7A

LTA@ e_label-c6602-row.html
[Xperia Z General] beni8978:
Yes.

◇C6603
[Xperia Z General] Apollo89:
Yes, but you may lose some of the included apps, for example 'Video Unlimited' (which is not available in Taiwan).

Also, I recommend to create an FTF of your 'Generic US' firmware first, in case you would like to switch back later.

Follow part B and C of this guide to do so:

[GUIDE] Download ANY firmware customization with SUS and create an FTF with Flashtool
[Xperia Z General] darkone2k4:
Tanks...
[Xperia Z General] [NUT]:
.. they are coming ... duck! :silly:
[Xperia Z General] piurso:
Is there a way of upgrading from rooted .253 to .307 keeping root without loosing data, only from recovery?
[Xperia Z General] serpicoUK:
Whats the battery like on this update? My battery is so much better than I have ever had and I am using the wrong flash.
[Xperia Z General] scorpi786:
I already have video unlimited on my .434 if I flash this over without deleting anything will it remove my video unlimited?
[Xperia Z General] Apollo89:
When I changed from 'Generic BE' to 'Generic DE' without wiping data/cache, the extra apps from 'Generic BE' remained on my phone, so I think you can keep Video Unlimited if you don't wipe data/cache.
[Xperia Z General] dvd777:
Everything stays if you untick DATA and CACHE before flashing procedure in Flashtool. I tried several roms and none of my apps or userdata got messed up or missing.
[Xperia Z General] wyterabitt:
I am not actually sure, but if it is a system app I would have thought it would be removed as it is user apps that are kept.
[Xperia Z General] ILoveXperia:
care to elaborate more on this? for example if i install an apk from playstore, will it be lost/incompatible if i flash latest/older firmware having tick off the data/cache before flashing? and do this apply to preinstall apks that comes in the firmware? im confuse.. sorry for my noob question. just to clarified things here.. because i want to flash the new firmware without having to lose all of my data.. currently on .253 generic SG.
[Xperia Z General] scorpi786:
Just to confirm I flashed 307 over 434 and I kept all my previous apps including video unlimited and they all work fine.
[Xperia Z General] Apollo89:
Yes, but at the first boot you get a 'Installing apps' screen or something like that, and I think that's when they get copied from the system partition to the data partition. How else would you explain that they remain after changing your customization, even if they are not on the system partition anymore?

Which .307 customization did you flash? The only thing is: if they are not included in that customization, they probably won't get updated anymore when you install future updates for that customization. If 'Video Unlimited' is important to you, I recommend changing to the 'Generic ES' customization, which is available as .307 and should include 'Video Unlimited' (since it's available in Spain).
[Xperia Z General] simbawimba:
I have uk unbranded C6603, which would be the best customization to switch to so I get the OTA dates soonest. Does root remain after flashing the customization?
[Xperia Z General] scorpi786:
funny thing as soon as I logged in to video unlimited it installed a new update.
[Xperia Z General] Apollo89:
Check this list: [INFO] Latest firmware version per customization (region/branding)

Root does not remain after flashing the firmware.

Good to know, so apparently this app updates itself. You did not answer my question: I suppose you are using the 'Generic BE' customization?
[Xperia Z General] scorpi786:
yes generic BE. so far so good(touch wood).
[Xperia Z General] shoey63:
[MENTION=5164470]Apollo89[/MENTION] has anyone got. 307 OTA yet?
[Xperia Z General] xchasa:
Just updated from Australia 253 to BE 307.

Downloaded Be 253, flashed with flashtool making sure I unchecked DATA AND CACHE, disconnected, rebooted, and let optimization of apps happen.

Started PC Companion, plugged in phone, updated to 307 then unplugged, rebooted, optimization of apps.

Now running 307 with absolutely no changes or lost data. Could not even tell I updated so it's safe to do this method.

So far so good.

Night shots are better too.
[Xperia Z General] Apollo89:
Not sure, but if you put the correct cdfVer in the update check URL, then there is only a delta update to 10.1.1.A.1.253, not to 10.1.1.A.1.307, so I suppose not.

Edit: this is the XML for 'Generic BE'.

Edit 2: just checked for 'Generic HK', 'Generic ES' and 'Vodafone UK', same result: only delta updates to 10.1.1.A.1.253. 'TMT PT' no delta update at all.

You could just have downloaded 'Generic BE' version 10.1.1.A.1.307 immediately instead of first downloading and flashing version 10.1.1.A.1.253 and then updating with PC Companion:

[STOCK ROM][FTF] Xperia Z (C6603) 10.1.1.A.1.307 Generic BE (Unbranded/Belgium)
[Xperia Z General] xchasa:
Yeah. Was going to but thought the official update from a flashed 253 would have less chance changing anything.

Just posted method to alleviate any doubts about lost information.

Thanks for all your work mate.

I actually used your 253 thread :thumbup:
[Xperia Z General] Apollo89:
No, because updating with Sony PC Companion or Sony Update Service is the same as flashing with Flashtool without wiping data/cache.

Restoring with Sony PC Companion or Sony Update Service is the same as flashing with Flashtool and wiping everything.

As long as you don't change your customization anymore, PC Companion will keep installing updates for the 'Generic BE' customization from now on.

You're welcome ;)
[Xperia Z General] :
You can but this service called "EMMA3 Service Tool" And require you to have a valid login name / password + a USB dongle (its a hardware key) And sony not giving that out just to anyone.
[Xperia Z General] Apollo89:
If you have an unlocked bootloader, you can use Sony Emma without login, see 'How to download and install the flash tool'.

Would it be possible that the guy from www.sonyericsson-world.com also uses Sony Emma to get all this customization data?

List of firmware customization for Sony Xperia Z C6603
[Xperia Z General] :
Yes. but you cannot use certain features like repair function, where you basically just send the bootloader than SPL + Kernel fotakernel more importantly all of this (without an unlocked bootloader) not to mention empty board flashing and branding or debranding without root. And don't forget PC Companion not allow you to downgrade only upgrade... SUS only allow downgrade once you have Unlocked Booltoader.

At work we using EMMA3 for official repair
[Xperia Z General] Apollo89:
Can you also use EMMA3 to get a full list of all possible customizations, like this?
[Xperia Z General] :
I'll poke around tomorrow, if i got any xperia device to repair. To be honesty never tried... I've seen firmware list but i believe that, it was always attached device specific.
[Xperia Z General] Apollo89:
Thanks! I really would like to know how that guy gets all that information. He has to get it from Sony by some way. They also seem to have access to special service tools, because they're offering SIM unlocks and other services (for a fee).
[Xperia Z General] :
I not sure emma3 do unlock but it can damn lock it for sure i seen it...
[Xperia Z General] Apollo89:
In the Emma User Guide, they mention the following:

'Activation - Unlocks the phone (Simlock). Online service only. Note: USB Activation dongle is required to run this service type.'

However, on this webpage, nothing is said about Emma v.3.

The latest listed release is '2013-06-04 07:40 GMT - Maintenance Release 2.13.6.201306031541'.
[Xperia Z General] :
Is unfortunate i cannot get you a screenshot from my workstation computer... Don't really want to risk a warning.
[Xperia Z General] Ambroos:
EMMA is only useful if you have a username with the proper authorization and the USB authorization dongle. I have access to EMMA but without the USB dongle and can only do a limited set of things.

I can also download updates and firmware for all phones/customizations I have connected before, without needing physical access to the phone. So I can just download and create firmware archives for Xperia Z Generic NL and Xperia S Generic NL without needing to connect the phones. Pretty convenient.

EMMA can also flash multiple phones at a time.

With the right username, password and dongle you can just get a list of all firmwares for a certain model, usually even all versions. You can then download those archives too and export them to a Firmware Archive File (which is much like an FTF but directly from Sony, not just the blobs). It's what the guys on some sites and from Wotanserver used to do to get their updates.
[Xperia Z General] Apollo89:
Looks like the guys from sonyericsson-world.com have special access to Emma (and all the different customizations then).

In this list, the 'Sales Item' description is exactly the same as on your screenshot, it's even cut off at them same point ('Bla', 'Whi', 'Pur'). Perhaps they wrote a script to get these details directly from the Emma server (if that's possible) and generate such a list in text format, or they get it from one of the database files that were created by Emma.
[Xperia Z General] Ambroos:
It's not even needed to write a script. With the right permissions you can just let EMMA list up the entire firmware list for a single phone model.

Unfortunately I don't have the search permission and can't use this tool. It just errors out for me.
[Xperia Z General] Ereckson:
Ok so this was many pages back... The firmware is from Taiwan right?.. Also anyone know if it's bloated with Chinese apps?
[Xperia Z General] Memoland_:
When come for Turkey anyone knows?

C6603 cihazımdan Tapatalk 2 ile gönderildi
[Xperia Z General] dvd777:
I just flashed unbranded global FTF. No .307 available yet. Not via OTA, not via PCC.
[Xperia Z General] magikmichael:
Maybe a stupid question but: is it possible to flash new baseband from this new firmware on .253? Because i'm now on XistenZ rom with 253 as base. And it will take Niaboc some time to make a new vversion of his rom.
[Xperia Z General] Ereckson:
I own an Optimus Black, the snooper was great. Since this phone is new, a link snooper would be nice. At least some guys wont have to rely on PC companion to know they're last in line for an update. :highfive::laugh::highfive::cool: I wonder if Sony will play the same roll out strategy for 4.2.. :angel::angel:

Anyway, no update as yet in India. Hey, OP, any noticeable improvements in the software?
[Xperia Z General] shysparrow:
Yup, I noticed that, mine shows -23, would that be a problem?
[Xperia Z General] gm007:
yes you can flash the baseband with flashtool.

no no problem but i was just mentioning that they didn't change anything to the kernel,only baseband and the system.
[Xperia Z General] magikmichael:
Thanks. Hope battery drain will be resolved with this firmware.
[Xperia Z General] rezzsha:
thats because LG is SLow as hell when releasing softwares, and when they do its usually buggy. LG is the bad luck brian meme of the mobile world

but yeah would come in handy for getting "beta" firmwares quicker
[Xperia Z General] shysparrow:
Is this TRUE? :eek:
[Xperia Z General] Stephen1985:
SI number 1269-5309

For the guys asking for a rip from the firmware, I'm afraid I can't help you.
[Xperia Z General] shysparrow:
I got d same software ver.

Ok now worries! Thanks anyway.. :highfive:

---------- Post added at 01:35 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:33 PM ----------

o ok .. thank u :good:
[Xperia Z General] gm007:
is that for 3 UK ?
[Xperia Z General] Stephen1985:
Nope, Unbranded Belgium,

According to the software info, its a generic worldwide version
[Xperia Z General] rezzsha:
whats more important the firmware of the phone or the country you chose when installing sony companion, or are both taken into account ?? could that be it?? just throwing out ideas
[Xperia Z General] shysparrow:
Not the Country, But Region YES!
[Xperia Z General] zippy01:
That isn't the customization number that is the app version which will be the same for all ;)

There is the "APP" and the "FSP" it is the fsp that is for the customisation/regions etc etc

Also you cannot change your SI number it is on the IMEI sticker
[Xperia Z General] smardu:
I've changed my SI correctly but PC Companion is telling me that im running the latest ver...253
[Xperia Z General] dvd777:
Global and CE .253 are up to date - says OTA and PCC. No worries, we will get it in next few days, be patient. After all, we all bought Sony, so we must be patient by default :victory:
[Xperia Z General] whitefang3456:
Great, looking forward for ur update feedback :D

Whitefang
[Xperia Z General] buciupetru:
anyone knows what is the changelog for .307?
[Xperia Z General] DoubleYouPee:
+1

And is root retained?
[Xperia Z General] lzyllp:
U can make a FTF or upload the blobs？
[Xperia Z General] Stephen1985:
I have no Idea how so I'm afraid No
[Xperia Z General] nhoc_huhu:
Is Your Xz C6602 or C6603?? :p...
[Xperia Z General] rezzsha:
could you try to root the phone and then maybe make bakup??atleast we could see if it still has root status ,and we would have system files??
[Xperia Z General] lzyllp:
It very simple.

U use PCC？

Just pickup all files in C:\ProgramData\Sony Ericsson\Update Engine\db\********\blob_fs\

and upload it I will make the FTF
[Xperia Z General] gm007:
Yes Sony :D
[Xperia Z General] shoey63:
Aww man!!! Now I have to jump off CM10.1, flash stock, restore TA partition and check this out! (And loving it) ;)
[Xperia Z General] must.sayim:
[MENTION=5149109]Stephen1985[/MENTION] how is the camera compared to the 253 update is it much better in the indoor images or not?
[Xperia Z General] DoubleYouPee:
Sony site still says .253

http://www.sonymobile.com/global-en/software/phones/xperia-z/
[Xperia Z General] Tome22:
Still nothing of .307 in Croatia, checked PC Companion, waiting :o
[Xperia Z General] buciupetru:
:)) allmost everyone is online waiting for news or anyone to upload the new rom :D
[Xperia Z General] changkho1908:
fake or true ????????????
[Xperia Z General] must.sayim:
true
[Xperia Z General] Stephen1985:
I used Sony update Service for the update, a long time back I had a problem with PCC during a update and now I always use SUS.

About the Camera, I haven't made pictures yet but in my eyes it does start up faster from lock screen than before.
[Xperia Z General] must.sayim:
Can you test the camera indoors please with low light and high lighting and backlight
[Xperia Z General] dvd777:
Tried the SUS like You said, but nothing yet. OK, now I know one more FW upgrade procedure. Thanks.
[Xperia Z General] bigbamboo5:
Is it possible to go straight to 307 for those of us who are UK and unrooted, or do we have to go via 253?
[Xperia Z General] must.sayim:
straight to the 307.
[Xperia Z General] iDroid8:
I haven't even got .257 for my unbranded UK C6603 yet.
[Xperia Z General] bigbamboo5:
Great - well, maybe we're going to be able to do that on UK and unrooted - or will we have to wait until all the carriers have released it, as before?
[Xperia Z General] z260483823:
307 is available in HK
[Xperia Z General] must.sayim:
actually it depends on sony itself...

French was the first to get the 253, Germany was the last one to get the 253, Uk never saw it

Belgium is the first to get the 307 ,

So we have to wait and see
[Xperia Z General] iDroid8:
I'm fairly sure some carriers like O2 and 3 got 253 OTA, just not unbranded.
[Xperia Z General] Ambroos:
If you install this FTF with Flashtool (just without data wipe) you'll be able to update to .307 using Update Service right away:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2310390
[Xperia Z General] Smartphoner:
Yahoooo!!

Yesss!!!!

Update now available for generic Hong Kong C6603

Updating now through Sony bridge for mac!!!
[Xperia Z General] must.sayim:
Are this files blobs? or the ftf itself?
[Xperia Z General] soldiers33:
please check if root works. Dont want to lose root no matter how much faster the camera will load.
[Xperia Z General] Mr.Krypton:
Global LTE, Same SI - no update yet :crying:
[Xperia Z General] jjwrongjj:
C6603_10.1.1.A.1.307_HK.ftf

Thank castielyh
[Xperia Z General] shoey63:
Just did OTA update from rooted stock .434 (Australian) It upgraded to . 253 but no sign of .307 :( Good news is - No loss of Root :beer:
[Xperia Z General] RalphLauren:
md5 ???? if possible ////
[Xperia Z General] [NUT]:
Downloading now.... it's slow from china to europe :p
[Xperia Z General] rezzsha:
i think its quicker to flash the belgium one and download it from devhost, and then update , thats what im doing :P, ive got both going and HK will be done in an hour or so lol
[Xperia Z General] FrAN_oC:
Me too... 140Kbytes/s... :(

But I will wait until a root method becomes available as my Xperia has locked BL (no possibility to unlock it... Orange Spain branded Z... :( )
[Xperia Z General] amfirbek92:
Nothing for C6602?
[Xperia Z General] BR4DOKYBrazil:
Waiting GLOBAL FTF!
[Xperia Z General] ItalDiamond2008:
Well, I'm in Italy and from China it's downloading fast! :) 7 minutes and it's done! ;)
[Xperia Z General] G1_enthusiast:
you can flash 6603 ftf...it wont hurt your phone...I done it plenty of time.
[Xperia Z General] DoubleYouPee:
Hello, anyone?

Anyone has OTA yet?

Did you lose root?

What does it say in the changelog?
[Xperia Z General] [NUT]:
Euh... did i miss the NL/BE link?
[Xperia Z General] amfirbek92:
i know..but i dont like..since i will see missing options form my phone hardware ;)
[Xperia Z General] G1_enthusiast:
.....what option is that? you know they are the same phone right? 6603 just have an extra Package in their files for LTE otherwise its the same thing.
[Xperia Z General] amfirbek92:
and that's it exactly :p
[Xperia Z General] Ambroos:
Yes: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2310390
[Xperia Z General] :
good news

but i like to see app to sd card function again on my android phone

like samsung that bring back app2sd function on S IV

PLEASE SONY i want it too ;)

:good:
[Xperia Z General] Haldi4803:
Set computer to Location Belgium, language Belgium, no restart. Installed PC Companion, location belgium!

"No new software found" so i now tried "repair" and downloaded the blobbs...

06/048/2013 16:48:22 - INFO - Adding elabel-c6603-row_201302281243_10.1.1.A.1.253.sin to the bundle

(the strange thing is i'm on .434 with doomkernel v7!)
[Xperia Z General] G1_enthusiast:
uh....are you asking or are you telling me?
[Xperia Z General] stewartk:
here for uk vodafone
[Xperia Z General] [NUT]:
Erh, I was actually referring to the .307 release... That's the .253 release... :rolleyes:
[Xperia Z General] iRimas:
So you got the update
[Xperia Z General] triple_9:
What is wrong with Hong Kong FTF file? My flashtool won't even show it :\
[Xperia Z General] HSOC:
307 has enabled speedial and nfc icon on bar
[Xperia Z General] EmeraldTimer:
Speedial?
[Xperia Z General] Lemagex:
Downloading the HK FTF 405KB/s :) love being in australia

Also, I'll post my findings on what's changed, if root was retained and how to retain it otherwise.
[Xperia Z General] :
even if u set vpn to belgium u won't get it

cause roll out of update is according to ur phone serial number and baseband and etc

it means u won't get update even if travel to Belgium :P
[Xperia Z General] jjwrongjj:
C6602_10.1.1.A.1.307_TW.ftf

(Password: d8gs )

Thank ntao0227

:D
[Xperia Z General] Lemagex:
Good job on posting the FTF files guys this is possibly the fastest I've seen. I love the Xperia Z community. :D
[Xperia Z General] OsiBasi:
Nope on Sweden Global LTE
[Xperia Z General] dvd777:
Guys, why you cannot wait day or two? :) how will you manage to wait 4.2 for few months or 4.3 for 1 year :) ?
[Xperia Z General] mlamlam:
So this one work for Hong Kong and can retain ROOT from 253?

Thanks
[Xperia Z General] Lemagex:
I'm booting it up right now ill tell you in a second

EDIT: Root was removed, going to try another way.

EDIT2: No real noticeable differences, the camera starts up quicker and looks a bit better in dark photos though.

FINALEDIT: Photos taken in the dark the cats is with flash on the other is without flash, and yes im watching charmed dont judge me.

Final, FINAL edit: Wifi range is improved, also higher reception for 4G.

Triple Final Edit; I just retained XZRecovery and flashed "Superuser" zip by [NUT] and i have root back.
[Xperia Z General] stewartk:
Installed here in uk not noticed anything different
[Xperia Z General] graffus:
:D :D :D :D
[Xperia Z General] Lemagex:
Well long story short; Improved camera load speed, camera takes better pictures in lower exposures, HDR now works a lot better, wifi range is improved, as is reception in general. That's all i've noticed so far. What's this "Speed dial" people are talking about
[Xperia Z General] :
useless update just release 4.2 sony and stop draging us with dumb updates like this one
[Xperia Z General] Lemagex:
Well, until tested, this can't be confirmed but im hoping this update fixes battery drain. But yeah, still, where's the 4.2 we were promised "soon after release" D;<
[Xperia Z General] long2905:
say the guy who hasnt even been able to get the update, jealous much?
[Xperia Z General] sfkaudi:
Easy easy, be patient lady's. It comes when it comes:D:p
[Xperia Z General] Mr.Krypton:
type 2 and call, it should dial a number that's what we call as speed dial :good:
[Xperia Z General] nick2crete:
Could you give some more details about it ,link as well
[Xperia Z General] smardu:
It's corrupted, that's why. Same problem in here..after 1h of waiting to download.
[Xperia Z General] Lemagex:
I'm using the hongkong one right now it's fine...
[Xperia Z General] magikmichael:
Trying to flash only baseband from HK version. But no luck. It is flashed but in settings i still have old baseband.
[Xperia Z General] Lemagex:
Sure. Posted both in attachments. That recovery allows you to install a recovery on a stock kernel while rooted, eg: on 253. and that superuser.zip roots 307.
[Xperia Z General] SE_iCEQB:
What I don't get here is, you actually need root in the first place to install a recovery ... there's a plothole in your story I guess :D
[Xperia Z General] Haldi4803:
so that was the Problem? Wait.... if you want to reset the phon via SEUS shouldn't it take the newest version regardless of my phone ?

BTW: we now have a Taiwan and Honkong tft....

The Baseband is the same ? Even for Europe? Or do we have a special own baseband for our frequencies ?

And about 4.2! There are rumours about a Sony XZ with Stock android! coming in June/juli
[Xperia Z General] krabappel2548:
Is it made with latest flashtool? Because with 434 update there also were problems because some people posted FTF files made with older flashtool versions :rolleyes:
[Xperia Z General] Dsteppa:
Until the 4.2 updates contains many bugs and huge battery drain, then you'll complain that Sony didn't do their job.

We'll get it when it's finished.

P.S. PEOPLE WHO POST A .FTF PLEASE INCLUDE AN MD5!
[Xperia Z General] hhlong89:
I don't understand what you do? How to go to recovery if you have flashed .307? You have wiped data or not?