Hi guys, I pre-ordered an xperia z1 on the Sony official store.
I think it is no brand phone, so isn't normal that the update to 4.3 is not arrived on my phone (the update roll out since 16 December).
I wrote because when I bought the phone I Immediately had some problems (freezing, anomal reboots) and the device didn't received any system update (from 4.1 to 4.2).. So I did a Factory reset and immediately I saw the update and many problems were solved.
I don't want to do a Factory rest every time there is an update! Can anyone help me? For Italian guys, did you receive the update?
First of all, Z1 NEVER got 4.1
Second, you don't have to factory reset, I have the global firmware and I still haven't received the update yet.
Regards,
~J2C
next time you should try the Sony Companion application, but if the problem persists I can't help you
That is strange.
I flashed my bell Canada z1 to an unbranded version of 4.2 and I was then able to get an ota update of 4.3.
What revision of os do u currently have?
Hey Guys,
So my brother recently received his Sony Xperia Z1 on a two year plan. When he received it, it was running stock firmware (android 4.2) and it was working completely fine. He then, using Sony PC companion, updated his phone to the latest official firmware (kitkat). But afterwards, his phone's microphone didn't work. He then called both Sony and his carrier asking what to do to fix the issue and they told him to restore the device, which he did, but that did nothing as his phone was still on kitkat and still glitchy.
So now the only option for him is to send it in for repairs, but that will take at least a month, and he needs the phone in the meantime. So brilliant people at xda, is there any way for him to restore his firmware to android 4.2 or another official firmware in order to fix the problem without rooting or unlocking the bootloader. If he unlocked the bootloader it would mean that he would never be able to send it in for repairs, which is vital in case it is not a software problem and a coincidence that the microphone broke at around the same time.
After the problem is fixed, I'll probably install cyanogenmod on it for him but he would not like to do that until we know we wont need to send it in for repair.
Thanks!
This is a guide to root the phone, it includes downgrading the phone... So you could just go ahead and do that step only. Good luck.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=45464115&postcount=2
My P9 was on an older Nougat version already, I can't remember which one.
Then i got a message there was a new version (L09C432B378) available.
Because my P9 was unlocked and rooted, OTA would not work, so i Googled a bit and found out that B386 was already available so i downloaded that version from here, unlocked with SRK tool and then my phone went into an eUpdate boot loop.
I put the downloaded firmware on an SD-card and installed it by pushing all buttons.
I was very happy the update went pretty well. Up untill the moment I wanted to pair my P9 with my headphones.
No go. I can't turn on Bluetooth on my P9.
When i tap the bluetooth switch, it looks like it is getting started, but after a a few seconds it is greyed out again.
Anybody here familiar with this problem? And is there a way to fix this?
Hello everyone,
Yesterday I flashed my moto g5s plus with flashable android oreo update. Later I found out that the network drops frequently. So I tried to downgrade to Nougat 7.1 and was successful doing so. Then I was amazed to get the official OTA of oreo 8.1 but due to unlocked bootloader I couldnt install that as it eventually gave me an error. So I tried to relock bootloader but failed to do so due to the clear warning of bootloader downgrade(that was because I updated to oreo and downgraded to Nougat). Later I tried locking the bootloader using the oreo files i.e. the extracted files from oreo firmware, althought I was on Nougat but was successful. But the network started to drop frequently and was unable to use the network services. So I rushed to moto service centre where I was first said there could be a problem with the motherboard lol. But I told them to just flash the firmware as I thought it was a s/w issue. The firmware flashing resolved the problem of network droping but the new issue arrised, which was, when I place a call the receiver gets the call but cannot hear anything same goes to my device. Even i couldnt hear anything. The service centre advices to replace an IC, which they say is damaged and he added that my device is showing "fake network".
Can anyone please help me with this?
Thank you!
Give the phone to SC and ask them to do the necessary things as they suggested.
Hi everyone,
Need some serious help please,
I have a xqat52, bought in January 21.
In the UK, on three the handset would not go into 5G.
After reading up, I decided to flash xq-at51 successfully to the UK rom. Everything was working lovely...
Received OTA updates and never had issues with updates or Google.
Device was certified and google pay and bank apps work fine.
2 weeks ago I received ota update and since then my device is no longer certified.
1 week ago received another ota now build 58.1.A.5.507 and device is still not certified.
I tried experia companion full repair with no luck, still same issue.
I sent the handset to Sony Uk for repair, and they factory reseted it back to stock XQat 52, but the device still shows as not certified and bank app and google pay no longer works,
at this point I am thinking in rooting my device and use magisk....
my bootloader is locked, never unlocked (i checked and so did Sony) but I am able to unlock it...
what do you guys think I should do, I want it to be a XQat51 for Uk and have it certified or rooted hidden.
any advise will be really appreciated, and this will bring back memories of rooting android when i had my HTC and where it all started
Thanks in advance
Update.
Went the rooted way. Not looking back.
Not so simple, but we'll worth it
Plenty of google search.
Android Kitchen which I didn't use before
Didn't really have a choice to get my 1ii working properly again.
All repairs / flash stock did not help no matter what I flashed UK / eu dual Sim / single Sim
Back to full stock from Sony HK version still didn't help
My android is now how I want it.
Shame on Sony for not helping and still waiting for a response.
Google store device now certified again.
Google pay working again.
All banks working
Fingerprint working
Netflix l3 not l1 but I don't use anyway.
Cinema Pro and photo Pro working
4k creator mode and Sony dynamic vibration working
Full root permission and able to customise like I use to when I 1st started with kitkat
Android is going down the apple way unfortunately, not so open anymore...
Good luck to anyone doing the same,
xdamanu1000 said:
Update.
Went the rooted way. Not looking back.
Not so simple, but we'll worth it
Plenty of google search.
Android Kitchen which I didn't use before
Didn't really have a choice to get my 1ii working properly again.
All repairs / flash stock did not help no matter what I flashed UK / eu dual Sim / single Sim
Back to full stock from Sony HK version still didn't help
My android is now how I want it.
Shame on Sony for not helping and still waiting for a response.
Google store device now certified again.
Google pay working again.
All banks working
Fingerprint working
Netflix l3 not l1 but I don't use anyway.
Cinema Pro and photo Pro working
4k creator mode and Sony dynamic vibration working
Full root permission and able to customise like I use to when I 1st started with kitkat
Android is going down the apple way unfortunately, not so open anymore...
Good luck to anyone doing the same,
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I'm glad for you.
I just bought a second hand XQ-AT51, and didn't noticed when I bought it that the Wi-fi and Bluetooth are not working.
And also that the bootloader is unlocked, and it seems that fast charging is not working.
Everything works fine as far as I see (camera, features).
I don't know what the previous owner did.
I didn't find anybody saying about Wi-fi and Bluetooth not working after Bootloader unlock/root Xperia 1 ii.
I tried locking bootloader and Xperia Companion software repair, same version 58.1.A.5.507 (as I see the latest) before repair and after.
Nothing changed.
Then I unlocked the bootloader, flashed twrp as recovery (probably not necessary in my case) and flashed the stock software with Flashtool, latest (the same as before) from xperifirm. But I got some messages some things didn't flashed (didn't save the message).
Still the same.
Do you have any idea about DRM keys needed (as I know older Xperias pretty much lost the camera without backup and restore to some files)
Or do you have any "spare" backup files that I might need and work for different devices?
Thanks!
n8f said:
I'm glad for you.
I just bought a second hand XQ-AT51, and didn't noticed when I bought it that the Wi-fi and Bluetooth are not working.
And also that the bootloader is unlocked, and it seems that fast charging is not working.
Everything works fine as far as I see (camera, features).
I don't know what the previous owner did.
I didn't find anybody saying about Wi-fi and Bluetooth not working after Bootloader unlock/root Xperia 1 ii.
I tried locking bootloader and Xperia Companion software repair, same version 58.1.A.5.507 (as I see the latest) before repair and after.
Nothing changed.
Then I unlocked the bootloader, flashed twrp as recovery (probably not necessary in my case) and flashed the stock software with Flashtool, latest (the same as before) from xperifirm. But I got some messages some things didn't flashed (didn't save the message).
Still the same.
Do you have any idea about DRM keys needed (as I know older Xperias pretty much lost the camera without backup and restore to some files)
Or do you have any "spare" backup files that I might need and work for different devices?
Thanks!
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I flashed xq-at51 from Xperia with flasher.
I don't think drm will affect Bluetooth or WiFi?
Mine are lost anyway, once bootloader unlocked its gone! I was prepare to loose them.
Connectivity issues you mention I
Never had that problem despite locking unlocking bootloader and flashing various rom xqat52 HK or Asian and xq-at51 UK and EU.
Might be something else you are experiencing on the phone directly , run a sony test through the app "support" it has a connectivity section. Might give you a better idea before flashing anything else.
I think you can also do it via phone codes *#.......
Google it, it will enter service menu, you can test your handset this way too.
Thanks for the suggestions, I didn't think of trying Support.
But forgot to say, in the Settings at About it says MAC address unavailable for both Wi-fi and BT.
With code *#*#4636#*#* it says Wi-fi Mac address 02:00:00:00.....
As I found some older forums for other devices with about the same issue and being from flashing not proper firmware, I honestly don't know what's going on, since I flashed the stock firmware again, maybe some files are not flashed again because I'm flashing over the same firmware.
Hopefully, I will find a solution.
n8f said:
Thanks for the suggestions, I didn't think of trying Support.
But forgot to say, in the Settings at About it says MAC address unavailable for both Wi-fi and BT.
With code *#*#4636#*#* it says Wi-fi Mac address 02:00:00:00.....
As I found some older forums for other devices with about the same issue and being from flashing not proper firmware, I honestly don't know what's going on, since I flashed the stock firmware again, maybe some files are not flashed again because I'm flashing over the same firmware.
Hopefully, I will find a solution.
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Latest ver of flasher ? V52
With flasher, if I remember correctly
I chose command a android reboot
N to dump (did once the 1st time as a backup)
I did choose partition persist
No to everything else.
Maybe try and repair with companion make sure it gets back to factory stock rom with correct variant.
Do a factory reset within the phone
(I know I did several, after each flash)
Then reflash with flasher, also might be worth redownloading a clean rom and put in a new folder, so it's clean and not changed.
Add flasher (latest) to that folder and do another clean install.
The rapair tool from Sony failed few times on me, not sure why, but sony software somehow still knew my Xperia 1ii was originally a xq-at52 and would not repair / so I had to flash using flasher xq-at52 stock rom, then repair then flash back using flasher to xq-at51.
Sony repair if successful is your best bet... Once repaired properly you can do it again and again.
I just realised you mention flash tool, use flasher. Exe no issues...
Download from Xperia firm your rom. (always the same or higher)
Downloader flasher (latest)
Few files to copy straight into the same folder as the extracted Xperia firm folder.
Run the flasher. Exe
Follow instructions
Should flash everything correctly.
I bootloop mine and bricked few times...
Flasher rebooted it every time.
xdamanu1000 said:
I just realised you mention flash tool, use flasher. Exe no issues...
Download from Xperia firm your rom. (always the same or higher)
Downloader flasher (latest)
Few files to copy straight into the same folder as the extracted Xperia firm folder.
Run the flasher. Exe
Follow instructions
Should flash everything correctly.
I bootloop mine and bricked few times...
Flasher rebooted it every time.
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Thanks, I didn't knew about newflasher.
But I see that it's skipping persist (flashtool was also skipping persist)
Skipping persist_X-FLASH-ALL-2389.sin
And also
Skipping partition-image-LUN0_124936192_X-FLASH-ALL-2389.sin
And I read somewhere that it's skipping .sin that are not matching.
But maybe if I flash them I will solve my issue.
As I see older versions have the options to write or skip. Did you write it? If I write it I will lose attest keys? Because at mine it says Android Attest Key Provisioned after relocking the bootloader, but was Not Provisioned before.
I guess I have to backup persist.sin if I want to flash it and for that I need to root.
Do you think that flashing persist might solve my issues? Or it will give me more issues