Hello,
I just bought Xperia Arc two days ago and rooted it by myself with you guys' help.
Thank you very much.
I upgraded my build number via PC Companion and I had to downgrade it to be able to root.
I got 4.0.1.A.0.283 right now. Downgraded from 0.60
Phone is prompting me to upgrade to 0.42 now. Should I upgrade it?
Will I lose the root after I upgrade the build number? how does it affect on the system? Thank you.
Edit: I did it anyways. I downloaded 0.42 from my phone and installed it. Phone rebooted and went to flashmode for like 20 mins now... -.-"
Is it normal?
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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 guys,
I have an Arc S that Sony has not deemed worthy of the 4.04 update yet. I had a friend over and upgraded his phone, also an Arc S (ironically bought 6 months after mine) through SEUS. His was on original GB firmware.
Then I saved the update files on my computer.
Can I use those files through flashtool to upgrade my own Arc S without bricking anything and without losing data?
Also would the phone be eligible through Sony for upcoming OTA's
xenios said:
Hi guys,
I have an Arc S that Sony has not deemed worthy of the 4.04 update yet. I had a friend over and upgraded his phone, also an Arc S (ironically bought 6 months after mine) through SEUS. His was on original GB firmware.
Then I saved the update files on my computer.
Can I use those files through flashtool to upgrade my own Arc S without bricking anything and without losing data?
Also would the phone be eligible through Sony for upcoming OTA's
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Check this link http://mytechencounters.wordpress.c...eate-an-ftf-file-of-your-xperia-ics-firmware/
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Check this link http://mytechencounters.wordpress.c...eate-an-ftf-file-of-your-xperia-ics-firmware/
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I have already read that and I have all the tools primed and waiting, I just wanted a clarification since my phone is on 4.0.3. My friends phone was on 2.3. It's not a case of saving my own update files but files from another phone with a different SI and base to upgrade.
Just use a ftf from here.
xenios said:
I have already read that and I have all the tools primed and waiting, I just wanted a clarification since my phone is on 4.0.3. My friends phone was on 2.3. It's not a case of saving my own update files but files from another phone with a different SI and base to upgrade.
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I don't know if this will be usefull for you but i'd restore a cwm backup of my arc over my wife's one without any problem, and on my daughter's too.
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...
Sent from my phone using xda premium
: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
Hello guys and girls,
Been sick and tired of waiting for O2 to get off their lazy asses and give me the update for my Xperia S (6.2.B.1.96), PCC and SUS still constantly tell me I have the latest update (even though a friend of mine who is on O2 UK also and has the Xperia S (rooted pre update) got given the update 2-3 weeks ago!) so that I decided to root my phone this morning using Doomlords V17 easy root kit.
How do I get SUS or PCC to give me the update so I can keep all my data etc? Do I have to modify something?
Any help would be much appreciated.
Alex
A few weeks back I purchased the R800at model of the Xperia Play planning to root and overclock. I found out that it's very hard to root the phone with the firmware it was running, so I unlocked the bootloader and flashed a firmware for the R800i. Not ten minutes later I realized that the firmware I just flashed onto my device is also near impossible to be rooted. The build number for what I'm currently running is 4.0.2.A.0.62, and I can't find the previous firmware versions for the r800i anywhere. It almost seems that they've all been removed from the internet by Sony. If someone could please help me that would make my day.
TechAddiction said:
A few weeks back I purchased the R800at model of the Xperia Play planning to root and overclock. I found out that it's very hard to root the phone with the firmware it was running, so I unlocked the bootloader and flashed a firmware for the R800i. Not ten minutes later I realized that the firmware I just flashed onto my device is also near impossible to be rooted. The build number for what I'm currently running is 4.0.2.A.0.62, and I can't find the previous firmware versions for the r800i anywhere. It almost seems that they've all been removed from the internet by Sony. If someone could please help me that would make my day.
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Use eRoot to root .62+ firmwares.
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Thank you so much that did the trick, I thought I had explored all the options for rooting!