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[Sony Cross-Device General] ehsas1:
[MENTION=2807379]Androxyde[/MENTION]

1) I created the ftf file( XZ1 ) with Flashtool and I flashed in simulator mode.

What are the blue messages on the log?

I'm worried that it's a problem for my device

2) When flashing, it causes a script error And not flash.

what's the solution?
[Sony Cross-Device General] ch3mn3y:
[MENTION=5656399]ehsas1[/MENTION]

A1. TA files are scripts, unimportant for Flashtool. It's a WARN = warning, not an error.

A2. Latest version? Did it sync at launch? Than there should be .fsc script available.
[Sony Cross-Device General] ch3mn3y:
[MENTION=5678095]jeff9891[/MENTION]

The only problem I see is here:

09/023/2018 17:23:48 - WARN - userdata_X-FLASH-ALL-C93B.sin is excluded from bundle

But if You were flashing without wipe than it's OK.
[Sony Cross-Device General] jeff9891:
OK, thank you, so I can unplug the phone and try booting it even if flashing is not stated as completed ?
[Sony Cross-Device General] ch3mn3y:
I believe You can. It may end in bootloop as there are old data which may be incompatible - shouldn't, but there is always a chance.

And I don't know what happen in the part You cut, but rest looks OK.
[Sony Cross-Device General] jeff9891:
It works indeed so far, thanks for the support ! Latest version is finally flashed (Sony OTA upgrade kept me stuck with October 2017 security fixes...).

Do you know why the the program did not terminate the flashing process the usual way ? What does this error means ? For science's sake :)
[Sony Cross-Device General] ehsas1:
1) I'm sure there is no problem?

2) yes,Latest version and synced.Is this part correct?
[Sony Cross-Device General] ch3mn3y:
A1. I'm sure. If there will be any problem, just do a factory reset. It will wipe data, same thing flashing userdata would do.

A2. Same as mine, so I believe it's correct.
[Sony Cross-Device General] ehsas1:
tnx bro

You flashed xz1 with flashtool arrow?

Can you give me a log of Flashtool?
[Sony Cross-Device General] mbc07:
No error occurred. If you look at the latest lines of your log:

09/023/2018 17:23:49 - INFO - Sending Sync
09/026/2018 17:26:01 - INFO - Sync status : OKAY
09/026/2018 17:26:01 - INFO - Sending powerdown
09/026/2018 17:26:01 - INFO - powerdown status : OKAY
09/026/2018 17:26:05 - INFO - Device disconnected
09/026/2018 17:26:06 - INFO - Device connected in flash mode

Flash session ended, so FlashTool asked the device to power down. It successfully turned off, as you can see due the "Device disconnected" message. However, the USB cable remained attached, so the phone automatically powered up again in the last mode it had been: flash mode. That's normal in almost all recent Xperia devices and as far as I remember also happens when using Xperia Companion...
[Sony Cross-Device General] ch3mn3y:
[MENTION=5656399]ehsas1[/MENTION]

I did XZ1 Compact, not XZ1. Just that it wasn't mine, so I don't have log and cannot make one.

However if You want something to compare Your log, than there is option to simulate flashing. Log of it is same as after flash to real device.
[Sony Cross-Device General] ehsas1:
tnx and 2 questions:

1) Wipe is right? Tick it?

Do not tick simlock?(Default is disabled)

** Is this part entirely correct? (Likewise)

2) When it starts flashing, this message comes in. Yes or no?
[Sony Cross-Device General] ch3mn3y:
A1. When I'm creating the .ftf, I'm not including .ta files. It would be same as You would not tick any under Wipe Misc TA and all under Exclude Misc TA. They are not needed, but won't harm if flashed. But I was thought to keep away from them.

A2. That's OK. Persist seem to exist, but is not part of .fsc file, so it means that even Xperia Companion doesn't touch that file (not sure why they included it). Rest are Wipe Misc TA files You didn't tick. So You can safely click Yes and let the Flashtool flash the firmware.
[Sony Cross-Device General] caqo71:
I just wanna know if it's or it's not a bug when internal memory is formated even if I don't tick in the wipe section the option "SSD". Supposedly this is for formating internal memory, but I don't check that option and flashtool format my internal memory anyway.
[Sony Cross-Device General] ehsas1:
tnx

I got a bit confused :eek::D

Now, just like in the picture below, do I flashing?everything all right?
[Sony Cross-Device General] ch3mn3y:
You can flash it that way. Not sure why simlock is grayed out as I don;t include them and below Misc TA have empty space. I think it is coz flashing this .ta is available only when Pro mode is on. However there is no need to flash it, so You may start it.
[Sony Cross-Device General] mbc07:
The .ta files does no harm (except for simlock.ta, it generally messes with which SIM Cards the phone will accept -- that's also why it's always grayed out and can be only ticked in you are in FlashTool's Pro mode). Most (if not all) of them act as flags that tell the bootloader and/or stock firmware to do something on the next boot, for example, master-reset.ta will set a flag that will make the stock firmware format /data partition on the next boot, cust-reset.ta set a flag to force the stock firmware reload customization data on next boot (e.g. if you flashed a firmware of a different region or operator), reset-wipereason.ta will set the last factory reset info displayed in Service Menu to virgin, notimestamp, and so on.

Keep in mind that the firmwares downloaded from Sony servers also includes .ta files that are intended for use with EMMA's FlashTool (that's the case with reset-nonsecure-adb.ta -- from what I can tell, the stock kernel can enable adb quite early on the boot process if a specific flag is set in TA partition, this .ta file simply clears that flag). Since all the flash scripts in Androxyde's FlashTool come from USB Log Sessions done with Xperia Companion, these specific .ta files don't get flashed and thus don't appear in the resulting .fsc, which triggers the popup during the flash session. You can still flash them manually by going in Advanced => Trim Area => S1 => Flash TA file while in FlashTool's Pro Mode...

Internal Memory (the /data partition) is called USERDATA in the Wipe section. So, if you tick USERDATA, all data on the internal storage will be wiped. SSD correspond to a partition which hold some unknown data. In fact, all options appearing in the Wipe/Exclude TA sections refers to persistent data that are preserved when doing a firmware upgrade via OTA or through Xperia companion, some are pretty obvious (e.g. Qnovo on 2016 Xperias and newer -- that holds statistics about the battery health, used by the Qnovo IC and software, or apps_logs, which seems to hold the crash logs of apps that force closed or crashed -- that info is partially used in the Support app from the stock firmware), others not so much (e.g. SSD)...
[Sony Cross-Device General] ehsas1:
Flash was successful. Thank you all ?

This is also a log flash.Is everything ok??

one question

Does not need factory reset after flash?
[Sony Cross-Device General] ch3mn3y:
This part is OK. You don't need to do Factory Reset.
[Sony Cross-Device General] ehsas1:
tnx

1) Is the flash for the phone harmful?For example, 3 months to 3 months

2) Is there some time for that?For example, 6 months to 6 months or 3 months to 3 months
[Sony Cross-Device General] ch3mn3y:
A1. Yes and no. When flashing whole memory is used and any memory has a number of possible uses. However one time is a promile of the whole, so no. I flashed many devices and all mine (so ones I have with me) are working fine

A2. No. Memory chip on Your device may stop working tomorrow or in 10 years.
[Sony Cross-Device General] ch3mn3y:
I want ask for ETA, I'll wait for new version. However is there a chance that Flashtool will support PKG files? They are considered as Updates by XperiFirm.
[Sony Cross-Device General] mbc07:
The PKG files from XperiFirm are just the OTA updates the Software Updater app in the phone downloads to update from a previous build to a newer build. Since they're just a delta (e.g. contain only what changed between the previous firmware and the new firmware), I think it's impossible to flash them through flash mode, so FlashTool can't add support for them.
[Sony Cross-Device General] ch3mn3y:
[MENTION=5604590]mbc07[/MENTION]

Thought so, but still thought it's better to ask. (Not sure if :P) Thanks for confirmation.
[Sony Cross-Device General] artixerix:
Uh, I downloaded the latest version but it gets stuck at "Syncing devices from Github". Any way around that?
[Sony Cross-Device General] serajr:
Will the

Relock

BL function still work on the 2018 devices?
[Sony Cross-Device General] Jolly.B:
Can you please add model G3416 Xperia XA1 Plus dual in device list in future updates of flashtool.

I can't seem to find it, thereby finding it difficult to flash firmware for my device.:(
[Sony Cross-Device General] ch3mn3y:
[MENTION=9056361]Jolly.B[/MENTION]

Try with this: https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=76042642&postcount=33
[Sony Cross-Device General] Jolly.B:
That was fast :cowboy: Thanks man!
[Sony Cross-Device General] KyleSforza:
Thanks dude! Had same issue. lol
[Sony Cross-Device General] LowKrida:
Hello, I see the thread is alive so hopefully can help me out~

I have an x10a used to be locked to rogers, i was able to unlock it. but its running 1.6

I want to be able to upgrade it to the highest possible version of Android for this phone,

All the links and info everywhere are old or outdated, if someone can point me to the right direction

where to get a good ROM or FILE and the best way to flash it, I would be very thankful.

CHeers
[Sony Cross-Device General] iXaidyiu:
After referring to the xda sub-forum for your device, you can get up to 4.2.X support while officially 2.3.X. Please go to your device's sub-forum to have a more throughout look. Good luck!
[Sony Cross-Device General] hungvip2001:
Hello, guys.

I use xperfirm build-in flashtool to download firmware, after download and unpack successfully, it ask me to add tf... to something I don't understand, so i choose no then it begin to create ftf file. Is this normal?

I just need to flash a created 2.5gb ftf and done?
[Sony Cross-Device General] ch3mn3y:
[MENTION=7585095]hungvip2001[/MENTION]

It asks You if You want to add .fsc script. It is needed as without it Flashtool won't flash the firmware. Not sure why it asks it, when clicking "no" creates unusable firmware, but that's how it is...
[Sony Cross-Device General] hungvip2001:
So i need to redownload firmware then choose add that script?
[Sony Cross-Device General] ch3mn3y:
Yes.
[Sony Cross-Device General] gavster26:
Hi all. So i'm having a strange problem. I haven't used flashtool for quite a while. i tried updating to the latest version and its installing 64bit version when my system is 32bit. are 32bit systems not supported anymore.
[Sony Cross-Device General] spazo:
I plug phone in with usb debugging on but when i open the flashtool.exe it only shows i can click on flash i just want to root it for now as i am still a complete noob.The root button is greyed out.
[Sony Cross-Device General] Androxyde:
Looks like ADB drivers are not installed.

Go to the Help menu and check drivers ... then post the results
[Sony Cross-Device General] spazo:
I click check drivers and nothing happens.I can use the phone with the sony update software.
[Sony Cross-Device General] Androxyde:
Hmmm when you go to control panel -> system -> device manager, do you have a device with a yellow question mark ?
[Sony Cross-Device General] spazo:
With the phone plugged in all fine under usb devices.
[Sony Cross-Device General] Androxyde:
And it behaves this way on all usb port of your computer ? I mean the flashtool not seeing the phone ?
[Sony Cross-Device General] spazo:
Yes no matter what usb port i use.
[Sony Cross-Device General] Androxyde:
Try installing these drivers :

Sony Ericsson Drivers
[Sony Cross-Device General] spazo:
I downloaded them they are just inf files even when i try driver update,under sony seehcri contriol device no luck.
[Sony Cross-Device General] Androxyde:
No, in the device manager panel you must have a device with adb in the name or something like "Sony Ericsson sa0101"

If not, are you really sure USB debugging is turned on ?

In the inf of the drivers I told you about, here is the device description as it should be found in the device manager :

[Strings]

ProviderName = "Sony Ericsson"

CompositeAdbInterface = "Sony Ericsson sa0101 ADB Interface Driver"

WinUSB_SvcDesc = "Sony Ericsson USB Device sa0101 Driver"

DISK_NAME = "Sony Ericsson Device sa0101 Installation disk"

ClassName = "Sony Ericsson sa0101"
[Sony Cross-Device General] spazo:
Ok my bad i had turned usb debugging off,i did have a yellow ?mark updated it is ok now but still no root box option only flash.
[Sony Cross-Device General] spazo:
Its done i replugged it in thank you so much.
[Sony Cross-Device General] Androxyde:
plug the phone with usb debugging on

Exit and restart the flashtool ... wait a few seconds and it should be recognized
[Sony Cross-Device General] spazo:
Cool i have superuser now.Any tips on what i should install.Also if i install apps2sd will it now work on my 2.1?.
[Sony Cross-Device General] Androxyde:
There is a thread about apps2sd, search on the forum.
[Sony Cross-Device General] spazo:
Ok once again thanks for your help.
[Sony Cross-Device General] Blagus:
I can confirm that following works for X8: flashing, xRecovery, build.prop edit, rooting.
[Sony Cross-Device General] Androxyde:
:-) and JIT installation (optimize) ?
[Sony Cross-Device General] exad:
I just flashed the latest x10a generic FW on my rogers canada x10 and now I can't use data, I get no 3g/H symbol and no ability to use data at all. Says im not connected. Phone calls work though. Any ideas how to fix that?

nevermind. used apn settings:

Name: Rogers Internet

APN: rogers-core-appl1.apn

Proxy: Not Set

Port: Not Set

Username: Not Set

Password: Not Set

Server: Not Set

MMSC: http ://mms.gprs.rogers.com

MMS proxy: 10.128.1.69

MMS port: 80

MCC: 302

MNC: 720

APN Type: Not Set
[Sony Cross-Device General] Candy[MAN]:
Set your APN settings.
[Sony Cross-Device General] gavster26:
32bit isn't supported?
[Sony Cross-Device General] iXaidyiu:
Yes, as the framework has now been moved forward to Java v9, which doesn't support 32 bit devices.
[Sony Cross-Device General] gavster26:
Which version of flashtool will I need to download
[Sony Cross-Device General] iXaidyiu:
v0.9.23.X
[Sony Cross-Device General] stefauresi:
Hi,

XZ2 is not supported ?
[Sony Cross-Device General] ch3mn3y:
Not yet. Still waiting for support for XA2 and XZ2. For now You may use Newflasher.

SONY Xperia Z Ultra ✓ᵛᵉʳᶦᶠᶦᵉᵈ
[Sony Cross-Device General] stefauresi:
Thank you

I used Newflasher

Everything works perfectly
[Sony Cross-Device General] fsierpinski:
Can't locate FTF files

I have some ftf files in flashtool's folder but it doesn't show it to flash, I have made some ftf using it

and still doesn't show it

https://imgur.com/dspXeii

https://imgur.com/a/cov7XuV
[Sony Cross-Device General] iXaidyiu:
It has to be extracted and placed in a folder.
[Sony Cross-Device General] munjeni:
Thats a game without end, seems selinux deny root access, look into dmesg!
[Sony Cross-Device General] shoey63:
Running FlashTool as root can cause headaches. Just install udev rules and run normally. (Or try xflasher)
[Sony Cross-Device General] bigrammy:
Cheers I will try the udev rules first then I will give XFlasher a shot for sure. :good:

I have been trying to get a working TWRP on the Sony L1 but I think Sony screwed up the LK as Fastboot reports the fotakernel partition as ext4 which it is not according to all other checks (sgdisk etc)

I spent hours and hours before I noticed the error :crying: Flashed TWRP to the boot partition and bingo It worked first time. :rolleyes:

Nobody can boot to recovery (even stock) unlike the rest of the Sony MediaTek device (C4 C5 XA XA1 E5) so I want to update the firmware to see if it was fixed or If my refurb unit was flashed using some odd firmware.

Not sure if Sony has tried to come up with some new and funky way of booting to recovery but don't see why they would deviate from the Norm :eek:

Just wondered if you had encountered anything this odd before.
[Sony Cross-Device General] li0nh3art3d:
Just tried the new update to downgrade the firmware on my H3223. It worked beautifully. Thank you so much!!
[Sony Cross-Device General] ch3mn3y:
What about flashing 9.0 Developer Preview on XZ2 with 0.9.25.0?

51.1..fsc should be OK, however there have to be some changes, eg. all "_X-FLASH-ALL-B6B5" ("a_X-FLASH-CUST-B6B5" from userdata) have to be removed from .sin names and there are no elable, fsmetadata and oem in 9.0.

Can it work?
[Sony Cross-Device General] ch3mn3y:
Nope. It seems it doesn't work with DP firmware or Android 9.0 as a whole. Doesn't matter which XZ2 wariant's firmware I use (H8216, H8266 or H8296) or if I use 10100 or 10128, every time creating is stuck at boot\boot_delivery.xml...
[Sony Cross-Device General] najoor:
Sorry if this has already been asked but I couldn't find the answer by searching the forum.

I downloaded a bunch of Sony firmware with flashtool+xperifirm and, upon exiting xperifirm, flashtool automatically bundled them into ftf files.

However, I lost those ftf files because my hard disk crashed. But i just realized that the Sony firmware files are still in the download folder, where xperifirm had saved them.

So now my question is: is there a way to trigger flashtool to recreate those ftfs again, using the existing files in the download folder? I know it can be manually done with the bundle option in the flashtool menus but I want to have flashtool automatically do it exactly the same way it did when exiting xperifirm. That's a more elegant way and it makes it unnecessary to manually enter the firmware version and device information for bundle creation.

I hope my question makes sense, and thank you for your help in advance.
[Sony Cross-Device General] ch3mn3y:
[MENTION=5769394]najoor[/MENTION]

Yes, all Flashtool did automatically can be also done by You. Under Tools menu there is Bundles submenu where You have FILESET Decrypt and Create options to choose.

If Your firmware consist of FILE_xxx files than use FILESET Decrypt to unpack them to .sin files. If there are .sin and .ta files, than use Create as it's already unpacked. Either way You need to show which folder You want to use.

If You use FILESET than after unpacking Flashtool will launch same window as Create does - there You have to choose model and wariant of Your device, branding and firmware version - first and last is important for devices with .fsc script as its usage is dependent of model and firmware version.
[Sony Cross-Device General] najoor:
Thank you for your response. I was trying to avoid doing all of that manually.

I just found out that the trick to triggering flashtool to automatically generate the ftf is actually fairly simple: just delete a file named "bundled" in the firmware folder under C:\Users\user\.flashTool\firmwares\Downloads and then open and close xperifirm from within flashtool. The ftf generation will automatically start.

Thanks again for taking the time to answer my question.
[Sony Cross-Device General] ch3mn3y:
Glad to be partially helpful. Good to know there is a way like that, but still I'll use manual option as that way I can name it my way :)
[Sony Cross-Device General] danilo_scala:
try download in magnet or torrent, no download.
[Sony Cross-Device General] andybog:
Hi all, I plan on routing my Z5 Compact (using this guide https://xdaforums.com/z5-...using-t3549388). Just got some questions regarding flashtool.

1) When i use flashtool to try & compile a .ftf file the devices selection box is empty. Can i manually copy the files for my device from the github folder (https://github.com/Androxyde/devices/tree/master/E58XX) into the devices folder in .flashtool on my PC?

2) When i compile the .ftf file do i deselect any files? I've read that i need to deselect all .ta files?

Cheers in advance.
[Sony Cross-Device General] Purecut:
Hi,

please can someone tell me the right version of flashtool for the Z5C. I used the 0.9.18.6 version but this version do not create the tft file. This version stops at the first file with no message. So what version I have to take for the Z5C.

I downloaded flshtool 0.9.21.0 and the tft creation works, but I do not know if I can use this version for flashing a Z5C.

I'm right that I have to exclude all the .ta files from building? What about the boot_delivery.xml. Do I have to exclude the file also. I downloaded 32.4.A.1.54 and this file is included.
[Sony Cross-Device General] casouzaj:
Give the latest release, v0.9.25.0, a try.
[Sony Cross-Device General] Purecut:
Can that someone confirm and what about my other questions regarding the .ta and xml.

Thanks
[Sony Cross-Device General] chichino84:
Noob question maybe but I can't find anywhere a clear answer:

XZ1 Compact with 47.1.A.12.235 Customized IT, rooted, TWRP v14. Is it possible downgrade safely to 47.1.A.12.75 with the latest 0.9.25.0 Flashtool, starting from an unpacked Customized DE firmware?

What I should be aware of? (beside loosing data, of course)

Thx
[Sony Cross-Device General] chichino84:
Hi, I'm trying to downgrade an XZ1 Compact using Flashtool 0.9.25.0 from 47.1.A.12.235 fw to 47.1.A.12.75 and I'm facing your very same problem. Could you please in details your edit part where you seems to succeed please?
[Sony Cross-Device General] ch3mn3y:
Stop auto sync of the devices. Remove G84XX folder and make a copy of G83XX. Rename it to G84XX. Open it and rename G83XX.properties to G84XX.properties. The open the properties file and after = after "internalname" change "G83XX" to "G84XX", than in the lines with "recognition" and "variant" change "G8341,G8342" to "G8441" and add "Compact" after "Xperia XZ1".. Save it. Open Flashtool and try again.

At least that's what I did.
[Sony Cross-Device General] chichino84:
Worked like a charm, thank you very much!
[Sony Cross-Device General] ch3mn3y:
And nobody knows why. It's exactly same as the one removed :P
[Sony Cross-Device General] chichino84:
Weird indeed, a noob like me couldn't even imagine a solution like that.

Also noticed that in flashtool driver installer XZ1C (and others too) drivers are missing.

Is that something that could be resolved with next flashtool release?
[Sony Cross-Device General] zputnyq:
Help me, please guys

I've long been not updating this program after v 0.9.18.6

May I know which flashtool version after v0.9.18.6 that supports win xp & xperia m4 well ?

Thanks in advance
[Sony Cross-Device General] ch3mn3y:
You probalby have 32 bit XP (anybody uses 64 bit one?), so You may install up to JAVA 8, which means that nothing newer than 0.9.23.2 won;t work. An it supports M4.
[Sony Cross-Device General] zputnyq:
Yes I have 32 bit & I can't install java 8

So the version that still works for win xp 32 bit are 0.9.23.2 and under it ?

Sorry if I ask too much, my understanding on english sometime is bad
[Sony Cross-Device General] ch3mn3y:
You can install JAVA8, but not 8 or 10, as this two version already needs 64 bit (however there is 32 bit variant of 9.0.0, ut Flashtool doesn't have 32-bit executable).

An yes, 0.9.23.2 is latest version You can use on 32 bit OS. XP is not a problem here, just number of bits (have similar "problem" with Win10 x32 on my tablet).
[Sony Cross-Device General] PripyatSoldier:
I'm trying to revert my Z3C to stock ROM, already downloaded the ftf file - however, I can't get FlashTool 0.9.25.0 running. It's stuck at 'syncing devices from GitHub', I already manually downloaded the devices repo and unpacked it to C:\Users\<username>\.flashTool\devices - didn't change anything. I also tried disabling my network connection as this was supposed to help. It didn't...

Any tips how to resolve this? I would really appreciate them ;)
[Sony Cross-Device General] ecksdeeay:
Have you got the device connected? either way try it with or without it plugged in i.e. the opposite to what you are doing

I had this happen but can't remember what I did