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[Q] help please with firmware update

Hi there,
New to android phones was a sheep and had an iphone before. After reading how to get kies to work I have finally got the phone connect and kies is telling me that there is a firmware update available. However as soon as I click update and select the phone for it to upgrade it simply says that it can not complete the firmware update. Can anyone help me please or tell me of an easy way to get the update onto the phone.
cheers
Matt

You just got your phone connected to kies right and nothing else?

yeah it is only connected to kies but is still online as well do i need to put it in flight mode or such like

is wifi on if so disconnect wifi and unplug and replug the phone.

everything is off wifi and network still won't do it kies just says firmware update can not be completed have backed up everything off my phone and restored it to factory and then tried this and no joy

in kies there is a driver recovery option on the top left menu run that then unplug and plug in again

now getting a little further it starts to get into the downloading bit but then says msc.thunder.firmwareupdate has stopped working and closes. Any ideas how to sort this

i am also having this same message, anyone know the reason for this?

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=791334

Updated my phone, but update message is still pending?

I got notification about 10.31.A.2.67 and tried to update few times unsuccessfully. After that updated through Sony PC companion. The problem is phone still displaying notification that new update pending. How do I get rid of it?

meow2011 said:
I got notification about 10.31.A.2.67 and tried to update few times unsuccessfully. After that updated through Sony PC companion. The problem is phone still displaying notification that new update pending. How do I get rid of it?
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Try with factory reset your phone, can be something left behind since .244 that is causing your phone to be unsynced with Sonys FW update servers.

meow2011 said:
I got notification about 10.31.A.2.67 and tried to update few times unsuccessfully. After that updated through Sony PC companion. The problem is phone still displaying notification that new update pending. How do I get rid of it?
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Are you on full stock ROM and kernel??

coolrevi said:
Are you on full stock ROM and kernel??
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Yes all original.

I got this kind of problem. When I can't upgrade under OTA from .244 to .67, then I used Sony PC Companion. Finished upgrade and reboot also got .67 OTA upgrade notification. It can't be upgrade again. Then I tried rooted by DooMLord method and solved by flashed DooMLoRD XperiaZ_KernelOnly_.67.ftf. I guess that maybe I got kernel problem of my phone root under .244 before.

[Q] After installation of 2.257 GMS drop and loop boot problem

Hi there,
After I have updated my Xperia Z1 to 2.257 version. I ntoiced things have changed for better, no overheat etc. however my phone tend to lose GSM signals completely as well as go into a loop boot and then what I get is a lock screen and it does not ask me for SIMCARD password. Then the phone reboots itself again into the loop. I managed to get out of the situation last time by plug the USB cable into the laptop but it went ok. But now, it does not work anymore and I have done nothing to cause this issue as it does by all itself. Please advise if there is anything I can do to fix this issue or if it is a hardware problem. Thanks.
I have done the clean installation as suggested by Sony and now after two weeks, this loop booting issue is back again! I can not reinstall every 2 weeks! Can anyone help?:crying::crying::crying:

Try to flash clean 534 and use it for a day or two.
If you get same result - use your waranty and send phone back.
But if your phone work O.K on 534 firmware, try to update via OTA to 257.
Don't flash ftf, update via OTA without any wipe (of course)
If you are from Europe use Europe generic version of 534 and update via OTA to 257 but try first 534 and observe behavior.
Sent from my Z1

Random reboots

Hi. I hate this phone.
After three months since I got it, one day it turned off by itself and never turned on again. I sent it to customer care in the store where it came from, and they changed the battery. The moment I got home, the phone had the same problem. So I tried Sony PCC to repair it. It turned on, I installed some apps and suddendly it turned off again. I suspected it was because I deactivated bravia engine, but I'm not so sure that's the problem. Anyway, I decided to downgrade to Android 4.1 version .254 with root. Now the phone seems to be working. But sometimes it just reboots by itself. It happened once when I was scrolling Facebook, and twice when I was using Chrome. It just reboots and restars like nothing happened.
Is this a Ram problem? I can't put the latest firmware because the phone doesn't work AT ALL with it. What can I do?

Hi. Try to flash 254 fw with flashtool. It could help.

Flash the latest FTF via Flashtool

I have quite similar issue on my Xperia SP (random reboots). I have latest official rom installed via PCC.
Try switching off Stamina Mode and see if it keeps happening. It seems to work in my case.

[Q] Cannot update Xperia Z1 to Android 5.0 Lollipop

Hello,
I cannot update my Xperia Z1 (C6902) from Andoid 4.4.2 to Android 5.0. The update was available for me since day before yesterday. I have downloaded the OTA 3 times. When I try to install it, the phone restarts and I can see the Android logo and a loading bar. However, after 15 seconds or so, the installation fails and the mobile phone restarts to the Android 4.4.2. On restarts, it says that the update failed and please download again. I also tried updating my phone via PC (I am using Windows 7 64-bit) using Sony Companion. Still, no luck. Sony companion detects the phone, tells me that there is an update available. I selected the option to update my phone. It asked me to disconnect the phone. I dissconnected the phone. It connects to the Internet and downloads something, probably Sony Update Engine. However, if I remember correctly, when it downloads the update package, it shows the size and time remaining. It did not show the time or the size. That means that it did not download the update package. After downloading the Sony Update Engine, it says that it is preparing my PC for the update (there is no more download going on). After preparing the PC, the Update Application is terminated. How do I solve this problem?

saksham0 said:
Hello,
I cannot update my Xperia Z1 (C6902) from Andoid 4.4.2 to Android 5.0. The update was available for me since day before yesterday. I have downloaded the OTA 3 times. When I try to install it, the phone restarts and I can see the Android logo and a loading bar. However, after 15 seconds or so, the installation fails and the mobile phone restarts to the Android 4.4.2. On restarts, it says that the update failed and please download again. I also tried updating my phone via PC (I am using Windows 7 64-bit) using Sony Companion. Still, no luck. Sony companion detects the phone, tells me that there is an update available. I selected the option to update my phone. It asked me to disconnect the phone. I dissconnected the phone. It connects to the Internet and downloads something, probably Sony Update Engine. However, if I remember correctly, when it downloads the update package, it shows the size and time remaining. It did not show the time or the size. That means that it did not download the update package. After downloading the Sony Update Engine, it says that it is preparing my PC for the update (there is no more download going on). After preparing the PC, the Update Application is terminated. How do I solve this problem?
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Download ftf for your customization almost every version is available then flash via flash tool... DONE!! :fingers-crossed: