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This script returns to unrooted, factory state android 4.0.4.
1. Download this zip - Quicker download here:
http://www.mediafire.com/?pzrzrt3583rgbmf
2. Backup your phone (everything! sd, apps, games etc).
3. Plug in your phone, turn on USB debugging.
4. Unzip the downloaded files.
5. Open run.bat
6. Type in Y then press enter.
7. It does the rest.
Had to do this since i'm sending off my phone to samsung, basically used this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1167819&highlight=unroot
and updated the images for 4.0.4 and for i9020t/23 (this won't work for nexus 4g or i9020a). It worked well for me so I thought someone else might find it useful.
If you're having problems it's probably because you haven't installed the windows drivers correctly, I can't really help you there (google it or something!)
If you want to thank anyone, go to the other thread and thank michaelpeerman. All credit goes to him.
Edit: By request, someone wanted the same thing but for 2.3.6, so here is the link for that
Edit: Someone else took over for jelly bean, found HERE: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1807861&highlight=one+click
HosainH said:
This script returns to unrooted, factory state.
1. Download this zip
2. Backup your phone (everything! sd, apps, games etc).
3. Plug in your phone, turn on USB debugging.
4. Unzip the downloaded files.
5. Open run.bat
6. Type in Y then press enter.
7. It does the rest.
Had to do this since i'm sending off my phone to samsung, basically used this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1167819&highlight=unroot
and updated the images for 4.0.4 and for i9020t/23 (this won't work for nexus 4g or i9020a). It worked well for me so I thought someone else might find it useful.
If you're having problems it's probably because you haven't installed the windows drivers correctly, I can't really help you there (google it or something!)
If you want to thank anyone, go to the other thread and thank michaelpeerman. All credit goes to him.
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So what does this do exactly, flash a stock 4.04 rom and lock the bootloader?
bringonblink said:
So what does this do exactly, flash a stock 4.04 rom and lock the bootloader?
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Yep, and also unroots.
gonna dl this even tho i dont need it yet... but good feeling to have it just incase...
Used this tonight. Works on my 9023 no probs.
Thanks.
just tried it. It does exactly what it should do!
very good work
Downloading it now!!
I just need it cox of selling my phone!
Mirror pls? =(
alahkel said:
Mirror pls? =(
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Anything wrong with sendspace? And any preferred hosting site?
Glad you guys found it useful btw!
Adding a mediafire link since that's probably more convinient.
http://www.mediafire.com/?pzrzrt3583rgbmf
Hi there!
Is the One CLick 2.3.6 edition compatible with 9023?
I have a i9020T stock 4.0.4 never rooted. If I run the 2.3.6 script,will it go back to stock 2.3.6 without problems?
Dadi68 said:
Hi there!
Is the One CLick 2.3.6 edition compatible with 9023?
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Yep.
onasri15 said:
I have a i9020T stock 4.0.4 never rooted. If I run the 2.3.6 script,will it go back to stock 2.3.6 without problems?
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My understanding is that you require root to flash any ROM, this would be no exception. It wouldn't be that hard to root and then run the tool though.
But there'll be no problem rolling back to 2.3.6 from stock (rooted) 4.0.4?
onasri15 said:
But there'll be no problem rolling back to 2.3.6 from stock (rooted) 4.0.4?
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Of course not.
Hi,
I got a really f******g problem with my NS. The power button is out of service. Thus my only aim is to get back to the unroot locked bootloader rom in order to send it to samsung.
I tried to do that manually with cmd.
I tried via Odin
I tried via your one click zip
I used my computer (the one i used to root it for the first time, guessing the drivers didn't change). Everytime, the command got stuck at 'waiting for device'. I thought it was a driver problem, tried to reinstall sdk, reinstall drivers. I'm still blocked at waiting for device.
I tried with another 'virgin' computer. I installed PDAnet to get drivers and make sure they work. (tried CMD or with your one click zip..) I'm still still stucked at waiting for device. However, my device do is recognised by both computers..4
Any idea?
Is my ****ing power button messing around?
Two days i'm drudging on this.. I'm thinking about suicide by now..
zapskull said:
Hi,
I got a really f******g problem with my NS. The power button is out of service. Thus my only aim is to get back to the unroot locked bootloader rom in order to send it to samsung.
I tried to do that manually with cmd.
I tried via Odin
I tried via your one click zip
I used my computer (the one i used to root it for the first time, guessing the drivers didn't change). Everytime, the command got stuck at 'waiting for device'. I thought it was a driver problem, tried to reinstall sdk, reinstall drivers. I'm still blocked at waiting for device.
I tried with another 'virgin' computer. I installed PDAnet to get drivers and make sure they work. (tried CMD or with your one click zip..) I'm still still stucked at waiting for device. However, my device do is recognised by both computers..4
Any idea?
Is my ****ing power button messing around?
Two days i'm drudging on this.. I'm thinking about suicide by now..
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Sorry mate I really have no idea, maybe you could try calling up samsung and ask them if they would repair it even if you rooted? It is a developer phone and so they must understand that most people with a Nexus S root it..
I'm looking to sell my NS so wanted to get it back to stock and this script worked perfectly. Thanks so much!
one click stock JB
i took the liberty of replacing the images in the script with the ones in the JB factory image . the script works with JB . i will upload a link for stock JB . if that is an inconvenience for the thread starter... please tell me and i'll remove it . enjoy .
oh and thank you HosainH and michaelpeerman
and here it is :
https://docs.google.com/open?id=0BxOITIU5B1JYbkJWZ2R3Rk5BWjA
raducux said:
i took the liberty of replacing the images in the script with the ones in the JB factory image . the script works with JB . i will upload a link for stock JB . if that is an inconvenience for the thread starter... please tell me and i'll remove it . enjoy .
oh and thank you HosainH and michaelpeerman
and here it is :
https://docs.google.com/open?id=0BxOITIU5B1JYbkJWZ2R3Rk5BWjA
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Saved me the trouble of doing it myself
Thanks!
Mod Edit: OP requested closure
reas0n said:
Last time i did a factory reset before flashing v10h kdz in default recovery and my phone had bricked so hard i didn't repair it by myself (kdz updater, lg flashtool, lg update tool). I saw it happens also on another lg phones sometimes.
So, do a factory reset in default recovery only when u really have to do it.
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@reas0n... what are you smoking? I want some too... looks good stuff!
Tell me how is that possible.
Off course that if we mess with the stock firmware or apps (some of them), we don't have other solution than
re-flash it but, in normal conditions a stock firmware should be unbrickable by Factory Reset... like that, the cure kill the patient...
Dexter said to me that partitions would be ruined, or somethin'. And nope i'm not smokin'
So how Would You explain boot freeze on first LG logo? Nothing helped in it
reas0n said:
Dexter said to me that partitions would be ruined, or somethin'. And nope i'm not smokin'
So how Would You explain boot freeze on first LG logo? Nothing helped in it
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Like I said before... if the FW is stock, the flash was a clean one, and if no files are deleted, looks kind of impossible.
Of course the flash can be "unclean". Its enough to change country version, a little of bad luck, and we'll have a contaminated install
Dexter is right but, partitions don't get ruined without any app install or without something move the files or modify them... unless there is some hardware issue but, thats different, and it's never fault of Factory Reset.
Factory reset just reinstall the firmware from a "safe" location. If that location is damaged or corrupted is because something there happend.
If I do a factory reset now, Chrome, World Clock and some others won't be installed, cause I delete the install files. The same can happens with other files, and make the re-install impossible.
What you had was faulty install.
Weird, cause factory reset only deletes the userdata partition... it doesn't touch the system partition or boot, or bootloader...
Marcb said:
Weird, cause factory reset only deletes the userdata partition... it doesn't touch the system partition or boot, or bootloader...
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The problem here was not what it delete but, what it read or where it written.
ARS performs the factory reset based in previously installed firmware. That firmware needed to be installed, and how it was installed or if something happend to those files, may result in a faulty install.
Unless, like I said before, there is a hardware problem that makes impossible read/write install files.
RuedasLocas said:
The problem here was not what it delete but, what it read or where it written.
ARS performs the factory reset based in previously installed firmware. That firmware needed to be installed, and how it was installed or if something happend to those files, may result in a faulty install.
Unless, like I said before, there is a hardware problem that makes impossible read/write install files.
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Actually, the recovery dictates where the phone should be formatted (the partition)... so that's even more weird 'cause we can't touch the recovery...
Probably a hardware issue...
Marcb said:
Actually, the recovery dictates where the phone should be formatted (the partition)... so that's even more weird 'cause we can't touch the recovery...
Probably a hardware issue...
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Dictates where but, need something to dictate right? If those files are missing or corrupted?
RuedasLocas said:
Dictates where but, need something to dictate right? If those files are missing or corrupted?
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Right, but then again, "those files" are protected files... so that's why it's stange...
Marcb said:
Right, but then again, "those files" are protected files... so that's why it's stange...
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Protected, of course... but before they existe they need to be placed there. Thats why a clean install is important when we flash a FW version.
RuedasLocas said:
Protected, of course... but before they existe they need to be placed there. Thats why a clean install is important when we flash a FW version.
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And how can you be sure that you did a "clean install" of the KDZ?
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And how can you be sure that you did a "clean install" of the KDZ?
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100% sure its hard... my crystal ball runned out of batteries
What I use to do is, downgrade to the earliest version (V10A), factory reset to clean files from previous version, upgrade via B2Capp (I think it format somehow the internal storage before install the new firmware, I think that because I always loose root and all the apps that I have installed, with kdz upgrade the apps remain and most part of the time root also remains).
After that, root and factory reset again (to delete install files from the root process).
RuedasLocas said:
100% sure its hard... my crystal ball runned out of batteries
What I use to do is, downgrade to the earliest version (V10A), factory reset to clean files from previous version, upgrade via B2Capp (I think it format somehow the internal storage before install the new firmware, I think that because I always loose root and all the apps that I have installed, with kdz upgrade the apps remain and most part of the time root also remains).
After that, root and factory reset again (to delete install files from the root process).
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I see...
Maybe we need some new method to install those KDZs...
Like Odin with Samsung phones... it's way better than what we have...
what is hard reset code for lg 4xhd?
issak said:
what is hard reset code for lg 4xhd?
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In stock ROM, and stock dialer type 3845#*880# and select factory reset...factory reset.
Hmm, after LG's service gave my phone back, i saw they changed the motherboard to new.. So i don't what was the problem, the motherboard or factory reset i did in the recovery. Huh.
reas0n said:
Hmm, after LG's service gave my phone back, i saw they changed the motherboard to new.. So i don't what was the problem, the motherboard or factory reset i did in the recovery. Huh.
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Well what happened? You couldn't turn the phone at all? Couldn't enter APX or recovery mode? Or what?
Sent from my LG-P880 using xda app-developers app
the phone was stuck on first bootlogo, nothing helped.
AW: Factory Reset can brick ur phone!
Sorry to bump but when I'm not rooted is it now afoul dangerous doing a factory reset? Or can I do it just like that. Because that all scared me...
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Mmjk3 said:
Sorry to bump but when I'm not rooted is it now afoul dangerous doing a factory reset? Or can I do it just like that. Because that all scared me...
Sent from my LG-P880 using xda app-developers app
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I think i just got a bad luck. but better do factory reset after flashing the firmware
Hi,
is it possible to use Sus or any other SW to download the original branded Fw of the phone without actually flashing it? For example by disconnecting the phone while Sus downloads? Does Sus do anything to the phone before the DL is finished?
Tom
tomri said:
Hi,
is it possible to use Sus or any other SW to download the original branded Fw of the phone without actually flashing it? For example by disconnecting the phone while Sus downloads? Does Sus do anything to the phone before the DL is finished?
Tom
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that's a high risk to disconnect the phone while updating...
ALTHOUGH I HAVE DONE IT, AND NOTHING BAD HAPPENED TO MY PHONE, it's not recommended...
one way, as you suggest, is to start the update process using Sony Update Service, then when it's done, you can create a FTF file from your pure stock firmware which you have downloaded by flashtools, you just have to head over bundle creation in flashtools
what's wrong with updating the phone just once to have all the files you need? is there anything wrong with it?!!
ebi4321 said:
that's a high risk to disconnect the phone while updating...
ALTHOUGH I HAVE DONE IT, AND NOTHING BAD HAPPENED TO MY PHONE, it's not recommended...
one way, as you suggest, is to start the update process using Sony Update Service, then when it's done, you can create a FTF file from your pure stock firmware which you have downloaded by flashtools, you just have to head over bundle creation in flashtools
what's wrong with updating the phone just once to have all the files you need? is there anything wrong with it?!!
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As far as I know, flashing with Sus causes a factory reset of the phone. I can make backups with adb, actually did that and restord them. It is still quite some work to restore everything. Some settings have to be restored manually and also some bloatware will reappear. Plus, flashing is always a risk. But as you pointed out, disconnecting may be an even bigger risk.
tnx
tom
tomri said:
As far as I know, flashing with Sus causes a factory reset of the phone. I can make backups with adb, actually did that and restord them. It is still quite some work to restore everything. Some settings have to be restored manually and also some bloatware will reappear. Plus, flashing is always a risk. But as you pointed out, disconnecting may be an even bigger risk.
tnx
tom
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Nope, update using SUS won't cause factory reset, at the final step of confirmation, before starting the update process, you are given 2 choices by Sony:
1)update and keep data
2)update and factory reset (clean update)
so, you can easily choose the first one
but if you are not provided with those options, then yes, it will cause factory reset
anyway, wish you luck, let us know if anything is needed
i wanted to root my xperia T but unfortunately DooMLoRD's guide doesn't work for me http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2327472, i tried it out but it didn't do anything after getting daemon started.
i got the phone with JB 4.3 already so i thought that might be the reason, the build is 9.2.A.0.295 so i want to ask how to root it
TowelRoot has been confirmed to work for the T on 4.3 firmware, see topic in the General section
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Mad Marty said:
TowelRoot has been confirmed to work for the T on 4.3 firmware, see topic in the General section
Sent from my LT30p using XDA Free mobile app
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thank you, i'll do that immediately
unexpected problem
the root really worked and i was excited for about half a day but now i noticed that i can't connect to google play, nor my account sync works, what should i do?
you could flash a recovery and then flash gapps?
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you could flash a recovery and then flash gapps?
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i don't know, with i guide i should be able to but i've never done that, i only rooted the device i didn't flash any rom
i read somewhere on the forums that i can solve it by deleting etc/hosts but it tells me i don't have enough permissions to do so
dakuhonoo said:
i don't know, with i guide i should be able to but i've never done that, i only rooted the device i didn't flash any rom
i read somewhere on the forums that i can solve it by deleting etc/hosts but it tells me i don't have enough permissions to do so
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have a look at this for a recovery: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2657190
being on stock is fine,
then GApps have a look here: http://www.androidfilehost.com/?w=files&flid=14705
matt4321 said:
have a look at this for a recovery: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2657190
being on stock is fine,
then GApps have a look here: http://www.androidfilehost.com/?w=files&flid=14705
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i'm going to have to do that, i managed to delete the hosts file with root browser but it should have made a new one and it didn't, it also didn't solve the problem .. i'm trying this recovery now
ok i flashed it, probably, now what?
dakuhonoo said:
i'm going to have to do that, i managed to delete the hosts file with root browser but it should have made a new one and it didn't, it also didn't solve the problem .. i'm trying this recovery now
ok i flashed it, probably, now what?
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You need to reboot into the recovery and flash the GApps (Google Apps) which should have all the sync and play store files to work
matt4321 said:
You need to reboot into the recovery and flash the GApps (Google Apps) which should have all the sync and play store files to work
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i booted into recovery with quickboot and installed google core apps from sd card and wanted to reboot but it's telling me that "ROM may flash stock recovery on boot" choices : No | Yes - Disable recovery flash | No
what should i do?
dakuhonoo said:
i booted into recovery with quickboot and installed google core apps from sd card and wanted to reboot but it's telling me that "ROM may flash stock recovery on boot" choices : No | Yes - Disable recovery flash | No
what should i do?
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'disable recovery flash'
Though it shouldn't change anything since this is a LB recovery and done in a completely different way
matt4321 said:
'disable recovery flash'
Though it shouldn't change anything since this is a LB recovery and done in a completely different way
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funny, i'm so stressed out i messed up and chose No instead of Yes, thank you for you support so far
and it booted up and i'm still getting "Server error" on play store
do you think flashing the stock android over the mess i made would help? or factory reset?
dakuhonoo said:
funny, i'm so stressed out i messed up and chose No instead of Yes, thank you for you support so far
and it booted up and i'm still getting "Server error" on play store
do you think flashing the stock android over the mess i made would help? or factory reset?
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hmm, I think I'd start from scratch, not sure where you went wrong or if my idea would have worked.
Flash stock android (an FTF) and re-root this will definitely fix things up
EDIT: try clearing play store data in settings>apps>google play
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hmm, I think I'd start from scratch, not sure where you went wrong or if my idea would have worked.
Flash stock android (an FTF) and re-root this will definitely fix things up
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ok and could you be so kind to help me find a guide to do that as well? i don't feel too confident right now, i feel i would just mess up again
is this the right guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2648320 ?
perhaps it didn't work because i actually deleted the hosts file in etc
dakuhonoo said:
ok and could you be so kind to help me find a guide to do that as well? i don't feel too confident right now, i feel i would just mess up again
is this the right guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2648320 ?
perhaps it didn't work because i actually deleted the hosts file in etc
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ahh I must have missed that, deleting them was probably a bad idea
Yeah, that guide will be perfect
No worries, hope you get it sorted
matt4321 said:
ahh I must have missed that, deleting them was probably a bad idea
Yeah, that guide will be perfect
No worries, hope you get it sorted
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that guide doesn't mention wiping data and i vaguely recall people do that when flashing roms, should i do something like that?
dakuhonoo said:
that guide doesn't mention wiping data and i vaguely recall people do that when flashing roms, should i do something like that?
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It will wipe by default when using flashtool
Sent from my Nexus 7 2013 using Tapatalk
matt4321 said:
It will wipe by default when using flashtool
Sent from my Nexus 7 2013 using Tapatalk
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ok, i'm going a little crazy in here, i managed to flash the stock firmware but i still can't get into play store .. so should i now do the recovery thing?
one little thing, this damned xperia doesn't have any file manager so now i can't install the things from my sd card ... what on earth am i supposed to do? i'm almost crying, how incompetent i am
dakuhonoo said:
that guide doesn't mention wiping data and i vaguely recall people do that when flashing roms, should i do something like that?
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Many times developers don't specifically state that you must wipe data, but the fact that not doing so generally gives rise to so many errors, that I'm surprised people still "dirty flash" and complain about errors.
On the other hand, if clearing data for the play store/google framework/etc. didn't work as @matt4321 suggested, and you are still can't access the play store after flashing an FTF (and having wiped /data, obviously), then it's most likely a problem with the GAPPS that come with your FTF/ROM that you flashed (unlikely), or a problem with your internet connection.
If you have any .apk file you wish to install, and you have ADB installed on your computer, just enable USB debugging in developer settings, connect USB cable, connect to your phone through ADB (adb -d shell) and type:
Code:
cd /storage/sdcard0 (or sdcard1, or wherever your .apk file is located)
pm install name-of-your-apk.apk
Something which can also be done with a terminal emulator, which I doubt you have since you don't have access to the Play Store.
Unbelievable
i did all those things, lost all the data, everything i did with that phone so far and now i solved it by simply setting time manually and forgetting and reconnecting to my wifi, i want to sincerely thank you all for you help, namely matt4321, for keeping my hopes up, i'll try towelroot again
i mean, would you believe it? something as simple as reconnecting my own wifi
I'm currently on rooted:
XQ-AT51_Customized UK_1321-7192_58.0.A.0.1040_R8A
Looking to update to:
XQ-AT51_Customized UK_1321-7192_58.0.A.3.31_R8A
What's the best way to do this?
Research seems to suggest delete all .TA files aswell as the userdata file and if that works, to flash an extracted/pactched boot.img that I've already prepped. Though some users mention that they then get a decryption error resulting in the need to fully wipe.
I'd be grateful to hear from anyone who has successfully updated their Xperia 1 ii (with Flashtool or newflasher?).
Many thanks
Bump - anyone successfully updated their rooted firmware yet?
I assumed by flashing to Customized UK we would still get updates pushed to the phone? I flashed my new device last week to 58.0.A.3.39 and assumed if I wanted to update it'd ask me through my settings. Do I have to manually do this now?
Montane said:
I assumed by flashing to Customized UK we would still get updates pushed to the phone? I flashed my new device last week to 58.0.A.3.39 and assumed if I wanted to update it'd ask me through my settings. Do I have to manually do this now?
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Hmm I thought that by being rooted/bootloader unlocked it's messed with the system updates. See attached, as Xperia Assist says there's an update available yet then clicking via Software Update it says I'm up to date.
I'm on 58.0.A.0.1040 customized UK and yet there's 58.0.A.3.39 available via Xperifirm
I updated my AT52 from 3.31 to 3.39 with newflasher. Worked fine. Haven't tried to remove the userdata file to not lose all my stuff though, gonna try that for the next update.
Basically I downloaded with xperifirm and just ran newflasher and went through the prompts, didn't remove any files because I wanted to flash all partitions. Then patched the boot.img from that firmware and flashed through fastboot.
Winrahr said:
I updated my AT52 from 3.31 to 3.39 with newflasher. Worked fine. Haven't tried to remove the userdata file to not lose all my stuff though, gonna try that for the next update.
Basically I downloaded with xperifirm and just ran newflasher and went through the prompts, didn't remove any files because I wanted to flash all partitions. Then patched the boot.img from that firmware and flashed through fastboot.
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Cheers. I'm curious if there's a way to update without wiping data, but I guess a good clean flash is not a bad thing, albeit timely
cd993 said:
Cheers. I'm curious if there's a way to update without wiping data, but I guess a good clean flash is not a bad thing, albeit timely
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Removing userdata_X-FLASH-CUST-2389.sin from the directory before running newsflasher should be equivalent to a dirty flash. But I've never tried it since this is my first Sony device since the Z1.
cd993 said:
Cheers. I'm curious if there's a way to update without wiping data, but I guess a good clean flash is not a bad thing, albeit timely
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I guess it's a whole new flash then. Backup and go again. Like you said. Timely
Winrahr said:
Removing userdata_X-FLASH-CUST-2389.sin from the directory before running newsflasher should be equivalent to a dirty flash. But I've never tried it since this is my first Sony device since the Z1.
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Thanks yeah I may try that, or just stick to clean flashes
Montane said:
I guess it's a whole new flash then. Backup and go again. Like you said. Timely
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Yup, though a thought is to perhaps get a sd card and use that for most data. Least that way when internal storage gets wiped, the sd card would be untouched. Not been able to do that for a while!
cd993 said:
Thanks yeah I may try that, or just stick to clean flashes
Yup, though a thought is to perhaps get a sd card and use that for most data. Least that way when internal storage gets wiped, the sd card would be untouched. Not been able to do that for a while!
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Feels good to have an sd card to put all your backups on again doesn't it haha. I will not miss having to back up the internal storage slowly through USB2.0 just in case I have to wipe the entire storage.
I'm going to try a dirty flash on the next firmware update and hopefully I don't soft brick it again. Not having TWRP is new and scary to me.
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With an updated firmware slowly rolling out (the one adding the RAW support and July security update) patch) etc, anyone managed to update when bootloader unlocked and rooted, avoiding losing data?
If I have to do a clean flash it wouldn't be the end of the world but I would love to avoid the hassle of (even with the usage of Swift Backup etc) and little things like not losing my autobrightness settings which have been learning my usage etc
As others have said, delete the userdata file to make sure that partition isn't erased. I don't think dirty flashing is as a big of a deal as people are making it out to be nowadays.
Just make sure you extract and pre-patch the new boot image with Magisk before you flash.
YandereSan said:
As others have said, delete the userdata file to make sure that partition isn't erased. I don't think dirty flashing is as a big of a deal as people are making it out to be nowadays.
Just make sure you extract and pre-patch the new boot image with Magisk before you flash.
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Thanks for the response.
When the time comes I'll certainly give that a go, though will indeed br sure to make a full backup in case.
I'm still hoping for someone to comment confirming this method works as I've read that some users get a decryption error, but I'll give it a go soon and post back ?
Newflasher guy gets mad when you talk about anything other than flashing every file so I'll post my update here.
Removed persist.sin and userdata.sin from the 3.88 update and ran through newflasher v33. Booted right back up and lost no data. YMMV.
I'm no pro to all this but I rooted for WiFi calling when I first got the phone. The other day I saw the update for Raw on my phone and updated just fine!?
Montane said:
I'm no pro to all this but I rooted for WiFi calling when I first got the phone. The other day I saw the update for Raw on my phone and updated just fine!?
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By "rooting" for WiFi calling did you just flash another customization or did you unlock the bootloader? AFAIK there's no reason to root for getting WiFi calling as flashing another firmware is the easiest way.
Montane said:
I'm no pro to all this but I rooted for WiFi calling when I first got the phone. The other day I saw the update for Raw on my phone and updated just fine!?
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Do you mean to say you received at OTA update notification via the system update option when rooted? Or you did a manual flash via newflasher?
I'll shutup. I flashed my stock Xp1 ii from O2 XQ_AT51 to enable wificalling for Vodafone etc.
Montane said:
I'll shutup. I flashed my stock Xp1 ii from O2 XQ_AT51 to enable wificalling for Vodafone etc.
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If you unlocked your bootloader then you will not be able to take OTAs. You do not need to have bootloader unlocked to flash another stock firmware (ie through flashtool or newflasher). You do need to have bootloader unlocked to obtain root privileges.
cd993 said:
Thanks for the response.
When the time comes I'll certainly give that a go, though will indeed br sure to make a full backup in case.
I'm still hoping for someone to comment confirming this method works as I've read that some users get a decryption error, but I'll give it a go soon and post back ?
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I unlocked my Xperia 1 II, downloaded the latest raw update from XperiFirm, deleted the userdata file, put the phone into download mode (vol. down + power), flashed via NewFlasher v33.
Phone booted up perfectly fine. Running the latest update and have raw option for all 3 cameras.
The only time your device will wipe is when you first unlock the bootloader. Otherwise, you shouldn't have any issues updating it.