[Q] Rollback to KitKat - Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hello, I have a C6902 under stock updated LP (.236) and I want to get it back under KK.
I never unlocked its bootloader and I want to know if there's any risk of hardbrick when downgrading from LP to KK.
Also, can you give me the latest KitKat FTF and the full method how to proceed... Many thanks :laugh:

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[Q] It's a good idea updating to official lollipop firmware coming from CM12.1?

Hi! I've d405n with CM12.1 installed. i'm from italy and i see that v20a (lollipop) KDZ for my device is avilable.
Now i'd like to know from everyone tried it, if it's a good idea to flash that firmware or is better stay on that custom ROM, ignoring Official Firmwares, (because i don't want to annoiyng me to rollback to kitkat, rooting, unlock bootloader, flash twrp and rom)
Please comment with bugs, issue or missing features of official firmware
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Sony Xperia Z1 Lollipop 14.5.A.0.270

Recently I bought a Sony Xperia Z1 that came with Kitkat. It is worth to upgrade to the Lollipop 14.5.A.0.270 or it is better to stay with Kitkat?
LuciIT said:
Recently I bought a Sony Xperia Z1 that came with Kitkat. It is worth to upgrade to the Lollipop 14.5.A.0.270 or it is better to stay with Kitkat?
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In my opinion its better to unlock the bootloader and install a custom rom
As long as you don't want to unlock your bootloader you could safely upgrade to .270 and root your phone using kingoroot( then remove it using some scripts and install supersu)
Or just stay at .270...
You can also downgrade it back to KK using Flashtool if you don't like lollipop..
Lollipop has some issues (depends sometimes .... ) but for me its better than KK..
Also we are currently waiting the new official 5.1 rom which will fix most of the issues (I hope so)
Stay with KK
IMO It is better to use KitKat with this phone. You can tweak the hell out of it and play with multiple roms. The stock rom for Lollipop on this phone is a joke. You could quite easily use the same software running on z3 roms on this phone.
But for now I have one recommendation. This is my fave rom for Kitkat.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/son...evelopment/rom-d550314-4-0-108latest-t2862578

[Q] How to update with rooted Xperia Z

Hello folks!
I have a rooted Xperia Z that is stuck on 4.4.4 still and whenever I try to update from Sony's automatic system update, it would fail on me. So would there be an alternative to install to the latest Marshmallow version on a rooted Xperia Z(c6603)? Would I have to download the official stock Marshmallow and flash it from TWP? If so, where can I find the official stock rom?
Thanks in advance!
Unlock bootloader and flash any marshmallow based custom rom

Kitkat based rom ?

I am on n910t 5.1.1 stock firmware Dok2 bootloader/baseband and i want to go back to kitkat but i know its almost impossible since tmobile locked bootloader after upgrade to lollipop but is it possible to flash any kitkat rom while i am on lollipop because i miss kitkat and its speed and awesome battery life.please help me if its possible to flash kitkat rom on lollipop bootloader/baseband.

how to downgrade my z1 from Lollipop 5.1.1 to Kitkat 4.4.4

In my Z1 default android was v4.2 Jelly Bean and now i would like to use MIUI 7 which needs kitkat 4.4. I would like to know that it is safe to downgrade to kitkat 4.4.4 from Lollipop 5.1.1?
And how i can find correct version of kitkat firmware for my Z1? Although i have "C6902_14.4.A.0.108_Generic IN.ftf" . Is this correct firmware for my Z1 ?
Please suggest..

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