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[Sony Xperia X Compact Guides, News, & Discussion] JenItols:
I did this process but used the Central Europe 1 version and I cannot uninstall the extra apps. Does the UK version of the software allow uninstallation of the "Extra Apps" (Facebook, Spotify, etc.)?
[Sony Xperia X Compact Guides, News, & Discussion] sman789:
I could only disable Facebook :(.
[Sony Xperia X Compact Guides, News, & Discussion] JenItols:
Did you use Customized UK? or Customized Central Europe 1?
[Sony Xperia X Compact Guides, News, & Discussion] sman789:
The Custom UK one,
[Sony Xperia X Compact Guides, News, & Discussion] sman789:
I have a question for those that have flashed the UK custom software. Can you simultaneously use voice and data while just on LTE? I was on a phone call and couldn't browse on Chrome until I turned on wifi and connected to my house's router. I'm still new to this phone and haven't really noticed that since I've been using AT&T branded/carrier phones for the past few months.
[Sony Xperia X Compact Guides, News, & Discussion] mirterra:
Will I lose warranty by doing this? Where can I find the Brazilian firmware? thanks!
[Sony Xperia X Compact Guides, News, & Discussion] dah328:
I've been running with the Central European firmware flashed for about a week and I think I'm experiencing degraded signal reception on T-Mobile relative to what my wife gets on her phone. I'll have to flash back to stock to check for sure, but post #39 in this thread mentioned something similar. I hope a way can be found to retain the US firmware but enable the fingerprint sensor. After using the one on the Nexus 5X for a year, it's a hard feature to give up.
[Sony Xperia X Compact Guides, News, & Discussion] sman789:
Are you using the signal bars up top or an actual signal strength app?

I've noticed no difference between the two when using an app (Network Cell Info) but the signal bars visually look weaker on the UK firmware.

I also tested the X Compact on the UK firmware vs a stock AT&T V10, the X Compact got a better signal.
[Sony Xperia X Compact Guides, News, & Discussion] dah328:
Yes, I'm using the LTE Discovery app and seeing between -100dB and -110dB LTE signals in many locations. I don't have before-flash and after-flash numbers for every location, but compared to my wife's Z3 Compact and my former Nexus 5X, the LTE signals are noticeably worse.
[Sony Xperia X Compact Guides, News, & Discussion] jopergt:
this work with the xperia X Model F5121?
[Sony Xperia X Compact Guides, News, & Discussion] hbk.777:
I followed the steps but I did not work. if i want to do the last step it says No loader in the bundle. Searching for one

can anyone help me?
[Sony Xperia X Compact Guides, News, & Discussion] grodius:
Just wanted to chime in and say I did a speedtest before and after flash and got the same speed, around 40 mbps. Can confirm that the ui only says 4g now, not LTE.

Love this phone hope we see some rooting and Roms coming, the future is compact.
[Sony Xperia X Compact Guides, News, & Discussion] 21q:
Great question, as I have the same one. I do know that when on calls wireless Internet drops down to 3g instead of 4g/lte.

Do you Happen to know how to make your phone use the 3g band by chance? As then you can see if you can even connect to 3g at all.
[Sony Xperia X Compact Guides, News, & Discussion] sman789:
Ah, you know what? I took a drive through the country and could only get H+ signal (HSPA/3g?) and I couldn't get data through it. I had a very strong signal but only text/phone worked. This is very sad if you can't have the fingerprint software and 3g data in the USA.
[Sony Xperia X Compact Guides, News, & Discussion] 21q:
Try using the Canadian fw. Someone in this thread said it worked with fingerprint for them.

I was using a moto X 2013 with a Rogers Canada firmware and could call/Internet at the same time on att.

Could be you need to add apn settings as well for all of att's networks protocals
[Sony Xperia X Compact Guides, News, & Discussion] grodius:
I am able to use 4g (LTE) and voice simultaneously with custom UK firmware. I'm in southern California using apn attnxtgenphone
[Sony Xperia X Compact Guides, News, & Discussion] JenItols:
I can also confirm Custom UK firmware can use data and phone at same time. Also on ATT Nextgenphone APN.

*To download ATT's APN's go Settings -> More -> "Internet Settings"
[Sony Xperia X Compact Guides, News, & Discussion] marknarkap:
Step 4 Help

When I get to Step 4, I get stuck.

The problem is the device field is greyed out. When I double click it, the "device selector" comes up, however, the Id column and the Name column are blank. When I click the ^ above the Id column, the devices column remains blank.

If I continue through the process and hit create, I get an error message "Device, Versio, Branding : all fields must be set"

Can someone help me resolve this?
[Sony Xperia X Compact Guides, News, & Discussion] tlxxxsracer:
Just got my x compact yesterday, first thing I did before turning it on was follow this guide. Fp scanner working great! Is sooo fast
[Sony Xperia X Compact Guides, News, & Discussion] guest1234567899999:
Nice, works great! Thanks!

This was pretty simple, but I did run into a couple minor problems. Here are some tips for those with similar issues:

1) Running an executable on mac - If you're on a mac and you go the long route to download XperiFirm separately, you'll need to download an additional framework to help you run "XperiFirm.exe". This youtube video will help: /watch?v=gKKRznRWWso

2) Downloading the firmware - Once in the XperiFirm app, another way to download the firmware is by highlighting your choice and then clicking the new button that appears under the PayPal button. For some reason, double clicking wasn't working for me.
[Sony Xperia X Compact Guides, News, & Discussion] delvirtud:
I am using the UK customized firmware. I am on T-Mobile US (Nashville, TN) and when I make/receive phone calls my data switches to 3G/HSPA+ during the call instead of utilizing 4G/LTE for both. Does anyone know of a workaround for TMOB? maybe an APN setting or additional APN? Anyone else using the phone with UK customized and T-Mobile?

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Never mind. I think I figured it out. Supposedly the phone supports VoLTE, HOWEVER T-Mobile has to certify it to utilize VoLTE on it s network. When making phone calls, it has to switch to 3G/HSPA+ to make the calls. /sad
[Sony Xperia X Compact Guides, News, & Discussion] tlxxxsracer:
Ive noticed in some areas my data switches to H+. Is there confirmation that all the proper bands are still being used/enabled after flashing the firmware? I notice my LTE speeds is at most about 20mbps
[Sony Xperia X Compact Guides, News, & Discussion] delvirtud:
Some say they have confirmed that Band 12 works however according to the site below, band 12 is not accessible if VoLTE is not functional.

http://www.spectrumgateway.com/compatible-phones
[Sony Xperia X Compact Guides, News, & Discussion] svet-am:
I just ordered this phone and expect it to arrive in the post tomorrow. If I flash the Customized UK to enable fingerprint reader will that still allow Android Pay to work via NFC?

Also -- to the fellow TMO-US user above (delvirtud) make sure you have the cellular settings to allow data and voice over LTE. I've run into this in the past.
[Sony Xperia X Compact Guides, News, & Discussion] Halftrack:
Sony is working to get VoLTE on all the major carriers. However it is a two way street. Sony has their end in place but now they have to wait for tmo, att, etc to do it on theirs.

Source: http://www.xperiablog.net/2016/11/30/sony-to-add-volte-support-to-xperia-x-concept-shortly/
[Sony Xperia X Compact Guides, News, & Discussion] tlxxxsracer:
No root needed. download appropriate program and let it download the firmware. boot phone into fastboot and let it flash. Super easy
[Sony Xperia X Compact Guides, News, & Discussion] delvirtud:
I don't. It is not available yet.
[Sony Xperia X Compact Guides, News, & Discussion] delvirtud:
Has anyone tried the EE UK firmware? Supposedly, it already has the VoLTE enabled. Still not sure whether it would work on T-MOB USA.
[Sony Xperia X Compact Guides, News, & Discussion] conghang:
I flash my XZ, everything goes fine. Unless the last moment. My phone require password to start. but I don't have one before. How should I fix it?
[Sony Xperia X Compact Guides, News, & Discussion] kuadry:
It works!

Mexico city user here, flashed Central Europe 1 firmware just hours after recieving my phone and not being able to find the fingerprint sensor option. AT&T carrier working LTE signal and fingerprint working perfectly fine. The only but would be that signal bars are considerably low, around 1 or 2 bars when I usually have 4 or 5 at home, either way call quality is great. Also the process did not wipe the apps I installed just a few hours before flashing :)
[Sony Xperia X Compact Guides, News, & Discussion] tlxxxsracer:
Can confirm band 12 works after flashing. On tmobile in florida
[Sony Xperia X Compact Guides, News, & Discussion] nicoleivo:
Hey guys, im trying to flash my XZ but i receive this message everytime and now i cant use my phone, anyone knows whats happening?

WARN - No loader found or set manually. Skipping loader
[Sony Xperia X Compact Guides, News, & Discussion] delvirtud:
Interesting.

Are you using the Customized UK firmware or Customized US?
[Sony Xperia X Compact Guides, News, & Discussion] tlxxxsracer:
UK customized.
[Sony Xperia X Compact Guides, News, & Discussion] energydidi:
Flashed Central Europe firmware and voLTE is not working (the phone will go to H+ when making a call). I'm on AT&T. Does anyone know if even the US firmware support it?
[Sony Xperia X Compact Guides, News, & Discussion] nicholasflamel:
Do Not Try this if your Phone has moved to Android N

Guys, Dont try this if your phone has moved to Android N

Flashtool doesnt support the sin file for Android N yet. Results in partial flash (happened with me!)

So I had to go back to MM and a different region FTF file (French instead of my US version)

The Bands dont work the same and the call quality is bad.

Also, Anybody has the stock image for XZ from US or UK region (unbranded)?

Would really be helpful!:)

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Guys, Dont try this if your phone has moved to Android N

Flashtool doesnt support the sin file for Android N yet. Results in partial flash (happened with me!)

So I had to go back to MM and a different region FTF file (French instead of my US version)

The Bands dont work the same and the call quality is bad.

Also, Anybody has the stock image for XZ from US or UK region (unbranded)?

Would really be helpful!
[Sony Xperia X Compact Guides, News, & Discussion] energydidi:
can't find the MM UK firmware anyware. So I just tried Central Europe one, which works fine except the voLTE function. I think the customized UK one will also have the same issue.
[Sony Xperia X Compact Guides, News, & Discussion] nicholasflamel:
I dont even know if AT&T supported it with my US firmware earlier.

But with the french firmware, i could immediately network dropping from 4G to HSPA+ to 3G !

You reckon the Centrol EU one wont have that issue?
[Sony Xperia X Compact Guides, News, & Discussion] Halftrack:
VoLte doesn't work on any of them yet. Mainly because part of it has to be done on the carriers end. Sony is trying though, see article below.

http://www.xperiablog.net/2016/11/30/sony-to-add-volte-support-to-xperia-x-concept-shortly/
[Sony Xperia X Compact Guides, News, & Discussion] energydidi:
But people above claim they could make phone call while stay on LTE
[Sony Xperia X Compact Guides, News, & Discussion] nicholasflamel:
I checked few phones. Att network. Indeed switches to hspa while in call. :laugh:
[Sony Xperia X Compact Guides, News, & Discussion] energydidi:
Which firmware?
[Sony Xperia X Compact Guides, News, & Discussion] slayer214:
Anyone know which marshmallow firmware I can flash that will receive the nougat update?
[Sony Xperia X Compact Guides, News, & Discussion] Halftrack:
The article is a month old so I could be wrong. It could be up now for the Xperia X Compact though I don't think that it is. People have stated it works but only on other phones. VoLte has to be activated software wise on a phone by phone basis. So while the networks do have VoLte (Tmo/ATT) chances are it's only up and running on phones that they sell in their stores (and perhaps pixel/nexus). But maybe it's up somewhere for the X Compact and I just haven't seen it yet. Or maybe we get really lucky and it starts working with the 7.0 update. Anyway good luck on the firmware hunt but as of now I haven't seen any versions support it yet.
[Sony Xperia X Compact Guides, News, & Discussion] Gluesuf:
In case anyone's still reading this, I soft bricked my phone trying to do this. Pretty sure it's because I didn't update my phone prior to flashing. Currently repairing, will update. ):

EDIT: OKAY! NOT BRICKED WOO!
[Sony Xperia X Compact Guides, News, & Discussion] badmana:
Yeah, I just received my 2 XZs and tried to flash one with customized UK (327 / R4C) and it gave me a warning popup and some WARN messages while flashing.

Couldn't turn on the phone, said I had to repair the software. 30 minutes later with Xperia Companion I got it working again and tried my second XZ this time with debug mode on, USB unknown sources on and it failed again.

Anyone got any advice? I'm going to try central europe (R2C) in a moment.
[Sony Xperia X Compact Guides, News, & Discussion] badmana:
Figured it out.

For anyone trying this: nougat firmware doesn't flash with flashtool.

I found an original central europe firmware (6.0.1) and it flashed flawlessly. I then updated OTA. Both phones work, both fingerprint scanners work.

We'll have to wait for flashtool to get updated for nougat or you'll have to find old firmware of the region you want and flash that first.
[Sony Xperia X Compact Guides, News, & Discussion] JenItols:
Nougat is not yet available for the CE1 firmware. How did you OTA update?
[Sony Xperia X Compact Guides, News, & Discussion] ameyu03:
What About Indian Firmware

What if I flash a Indian Firmware on the phone. Would I be able to use the micro sd slot as the second sim slot?

Please let me know ASAP my brother is about to order the phone.
[Sony Xperia X Compact Guides, News, & Discussion] badmana:
The built in xperifirm found .327 CE1 firmware which is what I tried to use and failed.

I used .30 CE1 firmware (6.0.1) and then OTA updated to android 7.0.
[Sony Xperia X Compact Guides, News, & Discussion] ria4life:
There doesn't seem to be a UK version for F8332 Dual Sim.

WIll be using on T-Mobile

Anyone had any luck...know which one to flash?
[Sony Xperia X Compact Guides, News, & Discussion] nicholasflamel:
Can you please not do that?

Firmware will not change sd card interface to SIM card interface.

You should really use Google!
[Sony Xperia X Compact Guides, News, & Discussion] JenItols:
Oh, these xperia forums are sometimes confusing when someone from XZ (F8331) comes to the XC (F5321) forum. I thought that CE1 received Nougat already and I have some defect. Once you said the versions I was able to determine you are talking about the XZ not the XC. :)
[Sony Xperia X Compact Guides, News, & Discussion] ameyu03:
What if the hardware in the US Variant is the samd like the Indian Variant?

Even for the fingerprint they did such a bad thing.
[Sony Xperia X Compact Guides, News, & Discussion] MechaBouncer:
Thanks for that tip. I just got my XC yesterday, but haven't had time to do this yet. Since I haven't started using the phone yet, would you recommend installing 6.0.1 with Flashtool and then updating the firmware to 7.0 first before I attempt to transfer my data over to it and start installing my apps?
[Sony Xperia X Compact Guides, News, & Discussion] badmana:
Yeah, firmware changes are best done with a wipe (you could save your data but why risk errors when you are doing a fresh install anyways?) When I used flashtool I selected all the wipe options in the upper-left panel and all the exclude TA files in the lower right panel.

I'd start with getting the good firmware and just flash it first. Then let the update happen (it will detect the new update during setup).
[Sony Xperia X Compact Guides, News, & Discussion] dsalgado87:
I am trying to flash my Xperia XZ and I get this message:

INFO-No loader in the bundle. Searching for one

INFO-No matching loader found

WARN-NO loader found or set manually. Skipping loader

INFO-Ending flashing session

ERROR-Null

ERROR-Error flashing. Aborted

I'm sure I'm missing something or doing something wrong. Could anyone help me out with this? Thanks in advance.
[Sony Xperia X Compact Guides, News, & Discussion] Hyp3rdr1v3:
So just to be clear here: If I flashed the UK custom MM firmware to enable the fingerprint scanner. I can simply wait for the UK Nougat OTA and update that way?
[Sony Xperia X Compact Guides, News, & Discussion] badmana:
Yup. I did exactly that but I picked central Europe fiemware just to keep my LTE icon instead of the 4G one.

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Nougat can't be flashed right now with flashtool.
[Sony Xperia X Compact Guides, News, & Discussion] dsalgado87:
It's actually still running on 6.0 Marshmallow. Also, Flashtool was updated to support Nougat.
[Sony Xperia X Compact Guides, News, & Discussion] delvirtud:
Never mind. Found answers.
[Sony Xperia X Compact Guides, News, & Discussion] nicholasflamel:
In case Anyone's interested,

http://www.flashtool.net/changelog.php

Will try it out over the weekend!
[Sony Xperia X Compact Guides, News, & Discussion] nicholasflamel:
Update: flash tool works with nougat ftf.
[Sony Xperia X Compact Guides, News, & Discussion] JenItols:
Did you use the FSC script. My flashtool is complaining that the flash script is mandatory.
[Sony Xperia X Compact Guides, News, & Discussion] nicholasflamel:
I did not do anything the tool didn't ask me to.

Yes I used the fsc when the tool prompted
[Sony Xperia X Compact Guides, News, & Discussion] JenItols:
I suppose I never really had any reason to exclude it before except that it was part of the OP for flashing new firmware. Eh, I ran FSC script and things seem okay so far...

Does anyone know what the FSC does?
[Sony Xperia X Compact Guides, News, & Discussion] nicholasflamel:
http://www.flashtool.net/fsccreate.php
[Sony Xperia X Compact Guides, News, & Discussion] delvirtud:
Nougat for CE1

Flashed Customized CE1 over Customized UK to get the "LTE" back. I know it is only cosmetic, but meh... Didn't have to reset anything. All settings apps were intact. About 11 PM Central time, Nougat was posted for CE1. OTA flash (took 30 minutes) and so far everything seems OK.
[Sony Xperia X Compact Guides, News, & Discussion] ameyu03:
not able to flash customized UK over Customized US. Gives Error enable unknown sources etc etc.

any solution?

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can you share the fsc script maybe?
[Sony Xperia X Compact Guides, News, & Discussion] nicoradzi:
Hi, did you solve this problem?

Im trying to flash my new Xperia X and put the UK firmware (because of the fingerprint sensor) and I have the same problem.
[Sony Xperia X Compact Guides, News, & Discussion] nicholasflamel:
Enable unknown sources in usb debugging option of your phone.

It's not a tool issue
[Sony Xperia X Compact Guides, News, & Discussion] dsalgado87:
No I haven't. I even tried doing it from another computer and it doesn't work. Can anyone help us with this???
[Sony Xperia X Compact Guides, News, & Discussion] rodrigocp:
Hi, i tried flashing the UK nougat, but ended up getting error during flash of system.sin, and phone got stuck, tried Nordic ftf and US ftf, both getting the same error, ended up restoring thru xperia companion. Do anyone knows what's wrong?
[Sony Xperia X Compact Guides, News, & Discussion] nicholasflamel:
Are you using the latest flash tool?

Previous version didn't support android 7
[Sony Xperia X Compact Guides, News, & Discussion] rodrigocp:
Yes with the last version of flashtool and defaul.fsc (because dint work whitout it), since i didn't found any other.

I did try the US (with is not 7.0 yet) with a older version of flashtool, but then got a loader not found error
[Sony Xperia X Compact Guides, News, & Discussion] AABBEE567:
Hello!

I selected "no" to the default.fsc while flashing Custom UK and encountered the "Flash script is mandatory" problem as well. I tried flashing the custom UK again but this time I selected "yes" to the default.fsc. This time I encountered the system.sin error. My phone would not startup. When I would plug it into the computer the notification LED would be green. If I tried plugging into the wall charger the LED notification would be red. Also while plugged into the wall charger, the phone would try starting up but it would give a message that the update failed. It would continuously try starting up and go into the error message.

I downloaded Customized CE1 34.2.A.0.266_R2C and tried flashing that, without using repair on Xperia Companion to fix the loop. Again I selected "yes" to the default.fsc. My phone successfully flashed the CE1 and I now have the fingerprint scanner.

I used Flashtool 0.9.23.0 for all attempts. I had Android 6.0.1 and after the flash I have Android 7.0.

My thanks to drrobo and all the others.
[Sony Xperia X Compact Guides, News, & Discussion] oscar.z:
great, thank you

Following these 7 steps (maybe a few clicks more than described) now i have the fingerprint enabled on my XC.
[Sony Xperia X Compact Guides, News, & Discussion] drrobo:
In case anyone is unsure or if this hasn't been addressed in previous posts, I started with a US X compact, flashed the UK customized, and as a t mobile user in the US just last week got the OTA update to nougat. Good stuff!
[Sony Xperia X Compact Guides, News, & Discussion] dannyfritz:
I bought a US model. Flashed the latest UK Nougat last night with FlashTool and everything is working great.

I had to download Xperifirm separately because i couldn't get it to work through FlashTool. I also clicked yes to using the default fsc. Clicking no results in a harmless error.
[Sony Xperia X Compact Guides, News, & Discussion] j919828:
I am trying to flash a new Xperia XZ (US version) to the Customized UK version. I get this error:

11/009/2017 18:09:48 - INFO - Start Flashing

11/009/2017 18:09:48 - INFO - No loader in the bundle. Searching for one

11/009/2017 18:09:53 - INFO - No matching loader found

11/009/2017 18:09:53 - WARN - No loader found or set manually. Skipping loader

11/009/2017 18:09:53 - INFO - Ending flash session

11/009/2017 18:09:53 - ERROR - null

11/009/2017 18:09:53 - ERROR - Error flashing. Aborted

11/009/2017 18:09:53 - INFO - Device connected in flash mode

I tried installing the XZ driver from Sony's developer page, and combining the tft manually.

Thanks for the help.
[Sony Xperia X Compact Guides, News, & Discussion] rodrigocp:
I got that error during my try, end up getting pass it by installing all the drivers from flashtool (as there is not a specific one for xperia x)

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Exactly the steps I have to do, only didn't use the c1, will try again the UK and download the c1 in case of a error. And also be sure to have batery, as recovery got a error due to low batery and charge during the bootloop got really hot