Hi guys,
I am new to android coming from apple. I am looking to update my xperia zl 4.1.2 build number 10.1.a.1.395 to android 4.2. I have never flashed the phone before but i do however rooted my phone using i believe doomlords mod. I have also an issue with the in ear peice when calling i notice the volume is extremely low when i am making calls. If someone would let me know the steps to fix this issue and the update that would be great. As far as i know i need flashtools and the 4.2 android update? Just want to know which update i would need. My phone is originally a rogers xperia zl but its been unlocked to use any carrier. The bootloader is also locked on this phone.
Thank!
Update your phone over the air. (settings, about phone, software update) and use doomlords tool to root again.
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Trying to get the update from OTA wont work in your case since you have never flashed the phone and are probably on the stock Roger's firmware meaning you wont see an update available until Rogers pushes their 4.2.2 update with their own bloatware which may take a while.
Just flash the latest FTF firmware C6506_10.3.A.0.423_Unbranded.ftf (stock Sony firmware) found on here on XDA and flash it with Flashtool. Then use doomlord's method to gain root. Very easy stuff... Dont wait for Rogers to update unless you want to wait forever... Carriers are usually slow to update their stuff.
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Hi,
I am using Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc S with Android 4.0.3 and my device is rooted and I have installed CWM.
Now I got an update (4.0.4) to my phone.
I am just wondering if I would be able to update my phone even though its rooted!!
Also, I would like to know that currently i have some mods like systemUI.apk and some other changes.
If I am able to update my phone, will these be replaced and get a default one as per the update of 4.0.4 or will my current mods be retained.
Kindly need your advice
Thanks
If it's only rooted then yes. If your bootloader's unlocked then no. And it will be a new install so you'll lose any mods(including root).
You can update. You will lose root and all the modifications that you made thus far.
yes you can
but if you has unlock your phone and you update it from pcc or seus it will brick
This will probably be really easy to answer:
I've just downgraded my friend's Arc from .62 to .42 standard ROM, and rooted it.
I read that I could then OTA upgrade back to .62 and keep root. OTA upgrade with sim card inserted tells me I have the latest software.
PC Companion is offering me 4.1.B.0.431, which is ICS - correct?
Is there any way I can upgrade this phone back to .62 GB, whilst keeping root? Can I flash a .62 ROM with Flashtools, or will that lose my root?
Any other suggestions?
If this isn't possible, then can someone tell me the positives and negatives of going to ICS on this phone, vs .42?
It's not mine, and I don't want to give back a phone with any (worse!) bugs than it already has. Also I don't want to unlock the bootloader. The reason for the root in the first place is purely because the owner wants rid of the camera sounds. The ROM it had before did not have the option to turn off the shutter sound.
Ah, don't worry - the phone has offered me 4.0.2.A.0.62 OTA now, problem solved!
Incidentally, I just want to get my facts straight - if I now delete some bloatware, that means that if this phone (rooted, but locked bootloader) ever needs to be updated again (to ICS), then it will have to be done by flashing a clean .ftf rather updating OTA/via PC Companion. Is this correct?
If my friend inadvertently tried to update it herself then the update would just fail - it wouldn't brick, since it still has a locked bootloader - correct?
btw its not .62 ROM its a firmware on GB... flashing .62 on flashtool will make you lose your root so you have to do an OTA update on your phone to .62
.62 and .42 are practically the same, on the other hand upgrading to ICS is not any better... scrolling is laggy, the OS itself is not smooth (ICS) unless you wanna use MooDeD 90.5 on your phone
which is fast and not laggy and this ROM doesnt require a unlocked bootloader because its based on stock ICS
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Well if you have a locked bootloader and no custom ROM flashed on your phone, you can use PCC to upgrade to ICS but i always flash through flashtool
Once you have got root suggest you install cwm and do. A complete backup before removing any bloatware.
This way if something goes wrong you have a clean system to go Back to.
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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
Hi all,
I own an LT18a which appears to be an LT18i equivalent? It's an Xperia Arc S, Central American GSM version.
It is SIM unlocked however it's made after 12W11 so I cannot unlock the bootloader. In the root status it says Bootloader Unlock is not allowed.
It is trapped on Android 2.3.4 which is horrible. No OTA available.
I am wondering what my options are, I have searched but seem to hit dead ends. Is there any alternate way to unlock the bootloader, I tried a few paid services but they said after 12W11 there is no support.
Can I install leaked 4.1 official firmwares like the UK one posted here via flash tool or can I not install anything except what is OTA (nothing at the moment).
Thanks in Advance
You can install via flashtool a ftf file
Also sony have given us a update to ICS 4.0.4
U may get it from PC companion Or a ftf file
I dont think there is a leaked 4.1 update
U may also root ur phone and then install Custom GB roms for locked bootloaders
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sombra84 said:
It is trapped on Android 2.3.4 which is horrible. No OTA available.
I am wondering what my options are, I have searched but seem to hit dead ends. Is there any alternate way to unlock the bootloader, I tried a few paid services but they said after 12W11 there is no support.
Can I install leaked 4.1 official firmwares like the UK one posted here via flash tool or can I not install anything except what is OTA (nothing at the moment).
Thanks in Advance
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You can update to Ice Cream Sandwich, Android 4.0.4, via PC Companion.
At the moment, there is no way for you to unlock the bootloader.
There are no 4.1 official firmwares for our phones, only the ones is xda-developers.
Thanks and thanks! 4.0.4 beats 2.3.4. I will upgrade, thanks everyone!
ICS 4.0.4 might be newer but I'd say that 2.3.4/2.3.7 GB is running much smoother on our devices, so I would not upgrade your phone, but it is your choice
I was on 4.2.2 rooted 6506 and tried to do the rogers 4.3 upgrade through ota and it downloaded the file rebooted and began to install and then failed. Any others having this problem. If so did u resolve and how? I want to use the ota method because supposedly it preserves root.
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I was on 4.2.2 rooted 6506 and tried to do the rogers 4.3 upgrade through ota and it downloaded the file rebooted and began to install and then failed. Any others having this problem. If so did u resolve and how? I want to use the ota method because supposedly it preserves root.
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Are you kidding me, are you saying that Rogers released through OTA their modified C6506 4.3 firmware before Sony even pushed out the generic 4.3 via PC Companion for the C6506 model.
THIS REALLY BLOWS MY MIND....having a little trouble believing it
Crash338 said:
Are you kidding me, are you saying that Rogers released through OTA their modified C6506 4.3 firmware before Sony even pushed out the generic 4.3 via PC Companion for the C6506 model.
THIS REALLY BLOWS MY MIND....having a little trouble believing it
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Not sure about companion because I want the ota update this time, but at 730 est I downloaded it, the update failed. Ten redownloaded it it failed again. It was firmware version 569.
bigshowjh said:
Not sure about companion because I want the ota update this time, but at 730 est I downloaded it, the update failed. Ten redownloaded it it failed again. It was firmware version 569.
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Wow, impressive. Carriers are usually slow to release updates. I'm still going to wait for the generic 4.3 update from Sony. I really don't like the bloat-ware Rogers installs. I believe root will be able to be obtained with Nut's DualRecovery method just like the tablet Xperia Z.
Your way to preserve root is a 50/50 chance. It worked on previous firmwares but since your system files have been modified, it may be the reason why the update gets interrupted.
To root the tablet Xperia Z from 4.1.2 to 4.2.2 was via OTA just like you are trying to do (survival mode) but I don't think it works anymore on 4.3
Good Luck!!
Survival mode in SuperSU worked for me when going to 4.4.2 from 4.4 stock on my N7.
Not sure about 4.3.
I am now on a rooted generic US rom and on a Rogers ZL and I'm still waiting. Hard to believe Rogers released anything at all...
Lets see pics!
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Lets see pics!
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Here is the screenshot, tried again no luck stops install after download. I download the file, the phone reboots, I see the green android with a file status bar for about 20 second and it reboots and tells me upgrade was unsuccessful
ren2008 said:
Survival mode in SuperSU worked for me when going to 4.4.2 from 4.4 stock on my N7.
Not sure about 4.3.
I am now on a rooted generic US rom and on a Rogers ZL and I'm still waiting. Hard to believe Rogers released anything at all...
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Didn't know about survival mode for super su, How is this done?
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Didn't know about survival mode for super su, How is this done?
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There is an option if you unlock superSU pro (you can unlock the app from the playstore for free). You tick it and system tries to preserve root after an OTA update. Didn't worked for everyone but oh well, Nexus 7 is so easy to root anyway! ?
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Sony Canada just posted up on FB that they have 4.3 on PCC.
I tried it with my ZL c6505 but no update popped up.
I just checked on PCC and it is still telling me I have the latest firmware. I'll keep checking throughout the day.
Fingers crossed!
I got my 4.3 last night and it came through the air without PCC
Wow shocking for rogers. They usually suck I'm in rogers and I hate them but good to see updates.coming.fast for once
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Has anyone been able to update a Rogers ZL to 4.3 and either keep root, or get root
(with the NOT-unlockable boot loader).
I have been seeing the OTA alert for a week now, but I don't want ot risk loosing Titanium and Xpose Framwork.
Thanks,
C
How can I get back on Stock Rogers 4.2.2? where could I find this FTF I want to get off this generic 4.3 and update it the proper route