i m using 2.3.3 generic_german... without root.
i heard with OTA update from 2.3.2 my arc keeps the gingerbreak root.
so it tryed it, but OTA said my phone is up to date.
OTA is only working for generic_world an uk? is this right?
i think i'll try it with generic_world again... but what s the difference between world and german?
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Hi there,
have docomo's japanese Xperia Arc and get a notification that a software update is available. I can download it fine and it tries to install, but then always says failed.
I rooted the phone with Gingerbreak, could that be the reason?
Will it work if I try with SEUS instead of over the air?
Thanks
It is unrelated to "root".
Yes, use SEUS instead.
http://www.sonyericsson.co.jp/product/docomo/so-01c/update/
http://www.sonyericsson.co.jp/support/software/pcc/2.3/
Thanks for the reply and that link. Looks like a good update. Will need to install windows on a virtual machine unfortunately to use SEUS.
@vladuz976, after rooting, did you remove some of the bloatware? If so, OTA update will not work for you and you'll have to use SEUS. Else you'll have to flash 2.3.2 again with FlashTool and then update OTA (if your bootloader is locked).
Yeah deleted bloatware. That explains it. Thanks
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Like in my question. Is there OTA update for UK generic or I'll just have to wait till it's released? My 2.3.3 phone is rooted and I don't want to lose it when updating via SEUS.
I'm on UK generic and no ota update for me yet
I flashed back to 2.3.2 and only get the first update not the 4.0 fw
Only a matter of time though I guess
Got it in Canada yesterday
Just got it for UK generic. Downloading it as I type.
Me too, patiently waits for the OTA update here, good thing they already released it yesterday.. I'm using UK generic too. TS, the availability of the OTA update depends on your place.
can someone confirm OTA update is available for the uk ?, i updated via pc companion and lost root but so I am waiting for OTA to become available
cheers
does root work if you OTA from 2.3.2 to the 2.3.3 (xloud frimware) ?
lstreet said:
can someone confirm OTA update is available for the uk ?, i updated via pc companion and lost root but so I am waiting for OTA to become available
cheers
does root work if you OTA from 2.3.2 to the 2.3.3 (xloud frimware) ?
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Yes i received the xloud update (4.0.a) last night over ota and root is still kept. Uk r800i.
If you flash 2.3.2 again then root and ota it will update you to the xloud firmware with root.
1 question do i have to unfreeze all bloatware before i can perform OTA for the new firmware 4.0?
Thanks
Yes you do or else the update will think you have uninstalled them. Just make a list of what you have frozen. Unfreeze > ota to 4.0.a then refreeze whats on your list plus a few other new things.
I just received the upgrade via OTA i guess is to 4.0 since i already have 2.3.3 and the size is 78 mb. I downloaded it correctly, it try to update but after 3 reboots (normal reboots the phone does it itself) it says that could not update, does anyone nows why? I have a rooted Xperia Play and it isnt unlocked.
PD. Everything seems okay it didnt mess up anything, just didnt update correctly.
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I just received the upgrade via OTA i guess is to 4.0 since i already have 2.3.3 and the size is 78 mb. I downloaded it correctly, it try to update but after 3 reboots (normal reboots the phone does it itself) it says that could not update, does anyone nows why? I have a rooted Xperia Play and it isnt unlocked.
PD. Everything seems okay it didnt mess up anything, just didnt update correctly.
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Same here on my GF Play, I just removed bloatware. Any help?
I got my new Xperia Arc today, ive rooted it and unlocked the bootloader but now whenever i try and update it bricks the phone.
Im on 2.3.2 and the irst thing I did was unlock the bootloader via fastboot, then used gingerbreak to root the phone, i then tried an ota update which bricked the phone.
I used Flashtool FOTAUnbrick, this got the phone working again, so I tried again, I flashed the generic UK 2.3.2 which worked fine, re-rooted and tried an OTA Update again and rebricked do used the FOTAUnlock again, working again, tried the PC Companion which said there was modified software and that it couldn't update.
So its not possible for me to use the phone companion and its not possible or me to use the OTA how do I get my phone onto 2.3.3 as the 2 official ways i've tried are bricking my phone
Any idea
Well there is a topic about this problem in the development forum:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1126358
The idea is that when you unlock the bootloader you can't use OTA updates or pc companion updates to update your phone because you will brick it. In fact it should not even be possible to get the OTA update but this is bug at SE.
If you want to get the update there is 2 possibilities. First is to relock the bootloader and update either through OTA or through PC companion. Second is to just flash generic or rooted official image using fastboot. Here is the latest official firmware for the second method:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1202441
So even though the thread says its for the neo this is actually for arc, right well ill give it a flash now see what the end damage is
Sorry this is for Neo. I gave a link for Neo by mistake because i have Neo. You should use one for Arc.
Hi.
I just received my Xperia play and it seems that I got an unbranded European version (r800i) since it just says Xperia Play on the box and the box has french, dutch and other european languages. I'm currently located in the Philippines and the OTA does not work at all. I just get unable to connect even if I am able to browse using the browser through WIFI (no sim is installed).
Can anyone link me to the 2.3.3 firmware + flashtool version to use? I've just rooted my phone with gingerbreak only. I've checked the other tutorials and they all say OTA, which totally does not work for me.
Thanks!
Edit:
Ok, I've installed the application that sort of gets installed and I'm updating to 4.0.A.2.368. I think this is 2.3.3.
PC Companion or flash 2.3.3, I have an unbranded r800i but ota update works for me, Did have problems with it saying No Network found a few weeks back, but a few battery pulls fixed that for me.
greetings ,
i have an Xperia s phone with the firmware 6.1.A.2.50 rooted with root many droids (bin4ry)
software update in my phone showed that there is new update available...
i downloaded the new update...but it always fails to update..
is it cuz it's rooted??
should I unroot my device so that i can update...???
im a bit confused :silly:
You can flash stock 6.1.A.2.50 again and then try to update, it should work then. Rooting actually doesn't affect update via PCC or SUS, as far as i know.
But yes if the bootloader is unlocked then you won't be able to update as well. So your device bootloader unlocked or locked?
One more thing you should remember the new update 0.55 is not easily rootable. The method which worked for 0.50 and 0.45 won't work on 0.55
Lastly the new update 0.55 doesn't bring anything special. I tried and then went back to 0.50 again. Still it's your call.
Sv: [Q] xperia s new firmware official update .55 problem
Funny thoug, that Sony claim to be open for external development and for eg. XDA, and at the same time Sony make an effort to secure that you can't root every time they release new firmware...
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:good: thanks guys,im a newbie here..i dunno the answer your question...
i bought the new device and all i did is rooted via Root_with_Restore_by_Bin4ry_v18...i dunno if it unlocks the bootlloader...
i rooted my device though it wasn't useful to me rather than before rooting cuz i dunno how to use the maximum before rooting..
i heard that the firmware is better for the RAM and i have a wireless problem (it freezes n dysfunction)..
thanks a lot again auni
anyway i fixed it ma self....just used the stupid pc companion and it worked though it took some time to download the update..
thanx XDA