[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kenardy:
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So I tried to flash to D6653_23.0.A.2.93 and I am in a boot loop :(

I installed the drivers correctly and I am running Flasher version 0.9.19.8 - it ends the flash session without any error that I can see.

Am I missing something? I may try and load D6653_Telstra AU_1288-6090_23.0.A.2.108_R9B.ftf to see if I can get it out of Bootloop without having to wipe all of my data.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

UPDATE:

I flashed the other ftf file. At first it looked ok and loaded further into the boot up, then it started the boot loop again :( Is there anything further I can try or do I have to restore it through PCC?

All I want to do is obtain a successful root.

Below is the log files from the flasher-

26/004/2015 15:04:48 - INFO - Selected Bundle for Sony Xperia Z3 (D6653). FW release : 23.0.A.2.108. Customization : TELSTRA AU

26/004/2015 15:04:48 - INFO - Preparing files for flashing

26/004/2015 15:04:53 - INFO - Device connected in flash mode

26/005/2015 15:05:23 - INFO - Please connect your device into flashmode.

26/005/2015 15:05:23 - INFO - Opening device for R/W

26/005/2015 15:05:23 - INFO - Reading device information

26/005/2015 15:05:23 - INFO - Phone ready for flashmode operations.

26/005/2015 15:05:23 - INFO - Opening TA partition 2

26/005/2015 15:05:23 - INFO - Current device : D6653 - BH90BHE21E - 1288-8717_R12B - 1282-2729_23.0.A.2.93 - APAC-LTE_23.0.A.2.93

26/005/2015 15:05:23 - INFO - Closing TA partition

26/005/2015 15:05:23 - INFO - Start Flashing

26/005/2015 15:05:23 - INFO - Processing loader.sin

26/005/2015 15:05:23 - INFO - Checking header

26/005/2015 15:05:23 - INFO - Flashing data

26/005/2015 15:05:24 - INFO - Loader : S1_Root_9c84 - Version : MSM8974AB_22 / Boot version : S1_Boot_MSM8974AC_LA3.0_52-2 / Bootloader status : ROOTABLE

26/005/2015 15:05:24 - INFO - Max packet size set to 512K

26/005/2015 15:05:26 - INFO - Making a TA backup

26/005/2015 15:05:26 - INFO - Opening TA partition 1

26/005/2015 15:05:26 - INFO - Start Dumping TA partition 1

26/005/2015 15:05:26 - INFO - Finished Dumping TA partition 1

26/005/2015 15:05:26 - INFO - TA partition 1 saved to Z:\Phone\home\registeredDevices\BH90BHE21E\s1ta\2015-09-25_03-05-26\1.ta

26/005/2015 15:05:26 - INFO - Closing TA partition

26/005/2015 15:05:26 - INFO - Opening TA partition 2

26/005/2015 15:05:26 - INFO - Start Dumping TA partition 2

26/005/2015 15:05:27 - INFO - Finished Dumping TA partition 2

26/005/2015 15:05:27 - INFO - TA partition 2 saved to Z:\Phone\home\registeredDevices\BH90BHE21E\s1ta\2015-09-25_03-05-26\2.ta

26/005/2015 15:05:27 - INFO - Closing TA partition

26/005/2015 15:05:27 - INFO - Parsing boot delivery

26/005/2015 15:05:31 - INFO - Found a template session. Using it : Z:\Phone\home\devices\D66XX\default.fsc

26/005/2015 15:05:31 - INFO - Opening TA partition 2

26/005/2015 15:05:31 - INFO - Writing TA unit 00002774. Value : [01]

26/005/2015 15:05:31 - INFO - Closing TA partition

26/005/2015 15:05:31 - INFO - Processing partition-image.sin

26/005/2015 15:05:31 - INFO - Checking header

26/005/2015 15:05:31 - INFO - Flashing data

26/005/2015 15:05:31 - INFO - Opening TA partition 2

26/005/2015 15:05:31 - INFO - Processing dbi_S1_Boot_MSM8974AC_LA3_0_52-2_AID_4_PLATFORM-MSM8974AC-LIVE-HWID007B40E1-SWID12-OEM1-AID4-DEBUG00_S1-BOOT-LIVE-9C84-0004-MMC.sin

26/005/2015 15:05:31 - INFO - Checking header

26/005/2015 15:05:31 - INFO - Flashing data

26/005/2015 15:05:31 - INFO - Processing emmc_appsboot_S1_Boot_MSM8974AC_LA3_0_52-2_AID_4_PLATFORM-MSM8974AC-LIVE-HWID007B40E1-SWID09-OEM1-AID4-DEBUG00_S1-BOOT-LIVE-9C84-0004-MMC.sin

26/005/2015 15:05:31 - INFO - Checking header

26/005/2015 15:05:31 - INFO - Flashing data

26/005/2015 15:05:31 - INFO - Closing TA partition

26/005/2015 15:05:31 - INFO - Opening TA partition 2

26/005/2015 15:05:31 - INFO - Writing TA unit 0000084f. Value : [1A, CE, 1D, 00, 01, 00, 04, 05, 00, 02, 02, 08, 00, 10, 03, 00, 02, 04, 02, 05, 00, 01, 03, 02, 00, 10, 05, 00, 03, 03, 05, 00, 10, 0A, 00, 02, 00, A9, 09, BE, BA, A9, 09, 00, 00, 04, 00, 03, 00, 02, 00, 04, 00, 04, 00, B0, 04, 0E, 00, 06, 00, B8, 0B, 01, 4B, 00, 00, 00, 03, 96, 00, 2C, 01, 03, 00, 09, 00, 01]

26/005/2015 15:05:31 - INFO - Writing TA unit 000008fd. Value : [00]

26/005/2015 15:05:31 - INFO - Closing TA partition

26/005/2015 15:05:31 - INFO - Opening TA partition 2

26/005/2015 15:05:31 - INFO - Processing rpm_S1_Boot_MSM8974AC_LA3_0_52-2_AID_4_PLATFORM-MSM8974AC-LIVE-HWID007B40E1-SWID0A-OEM1-AID4-DEBUG00_S1-BOOT-LIVE-9C84-0004-MMC.sin

26/005/2015 15:05:31 - INFO - Checking header

26/005/2015 15:05:31 - INFO - Flashing data

26/005/2015 15:05:31 - INFO - Processing s1sbl_S1_Boot_MSM8974AC_LA3_0_52-2_AID_4_PLATFORM-MSM8974AC-LIVE-HWID007B40E1-SWID65-OEM1-AID4-DEBUG00_S1-BOOT-LIVE-9C84-0004-MMC.sin

26/005/2015 15:05:31 - INFO - Checking header

26/005/2015 15:05:31 - INFO - Flashing data

26/005/2015 15:05:32 - INFO - Processing sbl1_S1_Boot_MSM8974AC_LA3_0_52-2_AID_4_PLATFORM-MSM8974AC-LIVE-HWID007B40E1-SWID00-OEM1-AID4-DEBUG00_S1-BOOT-LIVE-9C84-0004-MMC.sin

26/005/2015 15:05:32 - INFO - Checking header

26/005/2015 15:05:32 - INFO - Flashing data

26/005/2015 15:05:32 - INFO - Processing tz_S1_Boot_MSM8974AC_LA3_0_52-2_AID_4_PLATFORM-MSM8974AC-LIVE-HWID007B40E1-SWID07-OEM1-AID4-DEBUG00_S1-BOOT-LIVE-9C84-0004-MMC.sin

26/005/2015 15:05:32 - INFO - Checking header

26/005/2015 15:05:32 - INFO - Flashing data

26/005/2015 15:05:32 - INFO - Closing TA partition

26/005/2015 15:05:32 - INFO - Opening TA partition 2

26/005/2015 15:05:32 - INFO - Processing cache.sin

26/005/2015 15:05:32 - INFO - Checking header

26/005/2015 15:05:32 - INFO - Flashing data

26/005/2015 15:05:33 - WARN - apps_log is excluded from bundle

26/005/2015 15:05:33 - INFO - Processing kernel.sin

26/005/2015 15:05:33 - INFO - Checking header

26/005/2015 15:05:33 - INFO - Flashing data

26/005/2015 15:05:35 - INFO - Processing fotakernel.sin

26/005/2015 15:05:35 - INFO - Checking header

26/005/2015 15:05:35 - INFO - Flashing data

26/005/2015 15:05:36 - INFO - Closing TA partition

26/005/2015 15:05:36 - INFO - Opening TA partition 2

26/005/2015 15:05:36 - WARN - userdata is excluded from bundle

26/005/2015 15:05:37 - INFO - Processing system.sin

26/005/2015 15:05:37 - INFO - Checking header

26/005/2015 15:05:37 - INFO - Flashing data

26/010/2015 15:10:00 - INFO - Processing amss_fs_1.sin

26/010/2015 15:10:00 - INFO - Checking header

26/010/2015 15:10:00 - INFO - Flashing data

26/010/2015 15:10:00 - INFO - Processing amss_fs_2.sin

26/010/2015 15:10:00 - INFO - Checking header

26/010/2015 15:10:00 - INFO - Flashing data

26/010/2015 15:10:00 - INFO - Processing amss_fsg.sin

26/010/2015 15:10:00 - INFO - Checking header

26/010/2015 15:10:00 - INFO - Flashing data

26/010/2015 15:10:00 - INFO - Closing TA partition

26/010/2015 15:10:00 - INFO - Opening TA partition 2

26/010/2015 15:10:00 - WARN - Unit 2212 not found in bundle

26/010/2015 15:10:00 - INFO - Closing TA partition

26/010/2015 15:10:00 - INFO - Opening TA partition 2

26/010/2015 15:10:00 - INFO - Closing TA partition

26/010/2015 15:10:00 - INFO - Opening TA partition 2

26/010/2015 15:10:00 - WARN - Unit 2404 not found in bundle

26/010/2015 15:10:00 - INFO - Closing TA partition

26/010/2015 15:10:00 - INFO - Opening TA partition 2

26/010/2015 15:10:00 - INFO - Closing TA partition

26/010/2015 15:10:00 - INFO - Opening TA partition 2

26/010/2015 15:10:00 - INFO - Processing elabel-D6653-oceania_201409181129.1_23.0.A.2.108.sin

26/010/2015 15:10:00 - INFO - Checking header

26/010/2015 15:10:00 - INFO - Flashing data

26/010/2015 15:10:03 - INFO - Closing TA partition

26/010/2015 15:10:03 - INFO - Opening TA partition 2

26/010/2015 15:10:03 - INFO - Writing TA unit 00002725. Value : [32, 30, 31, 35, 2D, 30, 39, 2D, 32, 36, 20, 31, 35, 3A, 31, 30, 3A, 30, 33, 00]

26/010/2015 15:10:03 - INFO - Writing TA unit 00002774. Value : [00]

26/010/2015 15:10:03 - INFO - Closing TA partition

26/010/2015 15:10:03 - INFO - Ending flash session

26/010/2015 15:10:03 - INFO - Flashing finished.

26/010/2015 15:10:03 - INFO - Please unplug and start your phone

26/010/2015 15:10:03 - INFO - For flashtool, Unknown Sources and Debugging must be checked in phone settings

ANOTHER UPDATE

Only just figured out that you have to delete APPS_LOG and USERDATA when going back in software from 5.x.x to 4.x.x...

Silly me. Anyways, I have successfully loaded the rootable version and will continue to get root.

Cheers