How can I flash a stock rom on a locked bootloader? - Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Kinda of screwed it up a little. Deleted some apps in Titanium backup and even made backups but couldn't get the latestr firmware. So I factory restore, Still missing the apps and I need to reflash stock rom. Where can I find the stock rom and how to flash it?

mas5acre said:
Kinda of screwed it up a little. Deleted some apps in Titanium backup and even made backups but couldn't get the latestr firmware. So I factory restore, Still missing the apps and I need to reflash stock rom. Where can I find the stock rom and how to flash it?
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Restore the backup you made.
Or flash the stock FTF you should have made
Or just use PCCompanion to repair your phone.

gregbradley said:
Restore the backup you made.
Or flash the stock FTF you should have made
Or just use PCCompanion to repair your phone.
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Didn't make a backup but I flashed the new 534 firmware with flashtool, all is good.

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[Q] Can I Backup Stock Branded Rom?

Hi all,
I've spent most of my lunchbreak searching for the answer to this question but can't find much.
I've just had my phone back from repair where I had to flash O2 branded 2.2 before I sent it back and I had a lot of trouble finding the correct Rom. My returned phone now has branded 2.3.3 on it and I want to back it up myself in case it ever needs to go back again. Is this possible?
Thanks,
sixshot84 said:
Hi all,
I've spent most of my lunchbreak searching for the answer to this question but can't find much.
I've just had my phone back from repair where I had to flash O2 branded 2.2 before I sent it back and I had a lot of trouble finding the correct Rom. My returned phone now has branded 2.3.3 on it and I want to back it up myself in case it ever needs to go back again. Is this possible?
Thanks,
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Yes it is possible, but you will need to root, instal cwm recovery and then make a nandroid backup
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slaphead20 said:
Yes it is possible, but you will need to root, instal cwm recovery and then make a nandroid backup
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Thanks for the info. Will the Nandroid backup be completely stock then? Won't the backup have CWM and be rooted?
sixshot84 said:
Thanks for the info. Will the Nandroid backup be completely stock then? Won't the backup have CWM and be rooted?
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If you root, and install CWM ...CWM and root will remains after you install your nandroid backup. If you rooted flashing a kernel, you may unroot flashing a stock kernel..but it may fail..it may depends on the kernel, not 100% sure. And you need to have the stock kernel to flah any way.
I think you better look for a leeked copy of your stock firmaware today, before having any problem, and store it in a safe place.
Kthulhu_ESP said:
If you root, and install CWM ...CWM and root will remains after you install your nandroid backup. If you rooted flashing a kernel, you may unroot flashing a stock kernel..but it may fail..it may depends on the kernel, not 100% sure. And you need to have the stock kernel to flah any way.
I think you better look for a leeked copy of your stock firmaware today, before having any problem, and store it in a safe place.
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I thought so, thanks. I've got my branded 2.2 firmware so I'll just use that in future if I need to send it back again and update through Kies.

[Q] updating firmware without losing all settings

hello my phone is on firmware 2.3.4, baseband i9000xxjvs, kernel 2.6.35.7-i9000xxjvr and build gingerbread.xxjvr.
i want to update to 2.3.5 completely but is this possible without losing all settings?
when the update is done through kies you don't lose anything so is this also possible with odin or is there another way of doing it?
Tw1n said:
hello my phone is on firmware 2.3.4, baseband i9000xxjvs, kernel 2.6.35.7-i9000xxjvr and build gingerbread.xxjvr.
i want to update to 2.3.5 completely but is this possible without losing all settings?
when the update is done through kies you don't lose anything so is this also possible with odin or is there another way of doing it?
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No as far as i know, you could flash a no-wipe version of the rom via cwm, but i would not recommend it.
The other solution is to backup and restore with Titanium backup.
backup and restore with titanium backup is the best thing..
but as 2.3.4 and 2.3.5 differs not really you can search for a CWM-Version of 2.3.5 without wipe, than youre settings will stay. Via odin afaik its not possible to flash a non-wipe ROM..
sphinx02 said:
Via odin afaik its not possible to flash a non-wipe ROM..
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I have done this without repartition JVQ->JVR, via Odin, and it worked.
Of course, it was: stock to stock, odexed to odexed, another combi may not work.
And, although I agree with you that titanium is the best, for some apps I experienced fc after restore, so I had to restore, uninstall, install and then make backup.

Pre-rooted GB with CWM no wipe?

Is the pre-rooted sgn_xx_oxa_kj1_factoryfs.zip mentioned in the rooting guide a no wipe rom? I found several pre-rooted no wipe GB roms without CWM, but it can be easily flashed too. I'm asking because i would like to do a backup right after rooting. At that time my data shouldn't be wiped already.
anloid said:
Is the pre-rooted sgn_xx_oxa_kj1_factoryfs.zip mentioned in the rooting guide a no wipe rom? I found several pre-rooted no wipe GB roms without CWM, but it can be easily flashed too. I'm asking because i would like to do a backup right after rooting. At that time my data shouldn't be wiped already.
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You can back up a rom if u have clockwork mod recovery.
I think this pre-rooted GB rom from dr. Ketan thread have cwm pre-installed. If u want u can take a nandroid back up as its having cwm.
And this GB roms are safe to wipe too. Actually i dont understand what u want. Can u explain.
if u want root+cwm in ur N7000, on ics or JB just flash Philz Kernel in stock recovery
anoopva said:
Actually i dont understand what u want. Can u explain.
if u want root+cwm in ur N7000, on ics or JB just flash Philz Kernel in stock recovery
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I don't want to lose any data while rooting. That's why i want to know if the mentioned pre-rooted rom is no-wipe. I wouldn't be too happy about a backup of a wiped phone.
My GB is not directly rootable nor exynos exploitable.
When checking for updates i just get ICS offered. I never updated to that because of brickbug, no tethering and overall bad reviews. Also nobody could say for sure if that update wipes data or not. I don't know if once updated, i would be able to update to JB OTA, but won't go that way anyway.
I guess flashing a kernel wouldn't require any wipes. In that case i might would like to flash an exynos exploitable kernel and root it.
Look the ROM you mentioned should not be a root with wipe. And secondly, if you update to the ICS, there won't be any data wipe that's for sure. So if u want to root your phone on GB then do according to dr.Ketan's thread or else update to ICS and the root procedure is very easy and won't wipe any data for sure.
I just rooted my phone by flashing the pre-rooted rom and didn't lose any data.
As my phone rebooted already a few times while browsing the play store, i want to flash jellybean soon. I already did a (nandroid?) backup in CWM. Can i use that to restore my stuff on a freshly flash 'n wiped JB custom rom or do i need titanium for that?
Yes you can restore a nandroid backup which will restore your phone as it was when u backed it up. Titanium can be used to restore the apps from the backup too. Don't panic, you can try some custom ROMs too, check them out under the Android development forum for the note. You sure wanna give it a try!
I'm on ultimate JB now. Used a titanium backup to restore apps, data and my previous android ID. As my contacts haven't been restored, i used BackUpYourMobile which brought them back.
On GB my external sd was accessible via 'external_sd\', now it's not anymore, but via 'storage\extSdCard\'. I wonder if i can delete that folder now. Also some paths changed due that. Is there a tool to detect and fix those old paths?

Quick way to flash stock rom and root it?

I keep keep switching between roms and having the stock rom seems to be the mid point. So was wondering if there is a way to flash stock rom (latest) and root it. Like in samsung i use to flash the stock rom via Mobile odin and that app had the ability to root while flashing..do we have any similar way to do it?
ravi_buz said:
..do we have any similar way to do it?
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No. ..and do not even bother your self to ask more question about it, there is no way around, the only way is the one which you already know, like in my signature.
keep a backup on your sdcard and just restore it, no need to flash stock, downgrade, install recovery, install pre rooted rom.
Once you have root and recovery, just restore backups....

manually upgrade from 4.4.4 (.157) to 5.1.1 (.368) with flashtool without losing data

Hi, I'm currently in stock rooted .157 firmware with some mods installed (xposed)
i want to upgrade to .368 firmware without formating losing data on my phone and keep apps installed
maybe i'll need to re-root the phone and upgrade some modules to the lp version
any way to do this ? i really don't want to formate /data and reinstall all from the begining
any advice is welcomed
EDIT:
i want to upgrade with a stock rooted ftf file
most xposed mods for 157, which is kitkat, will not work after upgrading to lollipop, because framework is different. so, basically, you have no co chance for most of them. but for other android apps, you can use titanium back up
Ehm I'm pretty sure that there are no rooted ftf files
The rooted ones are zips and those are installed in recovery
Flashtool and ftf are used for flashing stock, therefore not rooted files
Unless your bootloader is unlocked. If it is you can flash custom kernel with recovery
zevzek said:
Ehm I'm pretty sure that there are no rooted ftf files
The rooted ones are zips and those are installed in recovery
Flashtool and ftf are used for flashing stock, therefore not rooted files
Unless your bootloader is unlocked. If it is you can flash custom kernel with recovery
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I'm not talking about custom kernels. I just asked if it is possible to upgrade without loosing any data and settings
Just tha same apps and sertings but the firmware changes
Thanks
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specter16 said:
I'm not talking about custom kernels. I just asked if it is possible to upgrade without loosing any data and settings
Just tha same apps and sertings but the firmware changes
Thanks
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No not possible a huge change from Dalvik to ART...............
I insist you to do a clean install otherwise you may encounter many bugs and errors.You can save your data through TiBu.
gauravbhakuni90 said:
No not possible a huge change from Dalvik to ART...............
I insist you to do a clean install otherwise you may encounter many bugs and errors.You can save your data through TiBu.
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Okay so i'll just do a full recovery backup then try
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