I've got a FTF file and Flashtool installed on my Mac. When I go to flashmode and select the directory with the FTF file, all i get it a message telling me to "press the back button" on my Z1C and plug in the USB cable.
I guess it means hold DOWN? But that just loads up CWM
Can you even use Flashtool when you have CWM installed cos all the guides tell you to hold down which puts it into Sony stock recovery mode. I have CWM and want to flash back to stock, but I don't know how to flash FLFs with CWM, and I can't get Flashtool to work.
Any ideas guys.. i'm stuck..
You need to turn off you device firstly and run flashtool and wait to this moment when appear window with info to hold back button next step is to hold vol down and after that while holding this you must plug your USB cable to your pc and should will start flashing
And this mode is called flashmode vol up is fastboot mode
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mosespl said:
You need to turn off you device firstly and run flashtool and wait to this moment when appear window with info to hold back button next step is to hold vol down and after that while holding this you must plug your USB cable to your pc and should will start flashing
And this mode is called flashmode vol up is fastboot mode
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Thanks for the reply. The process you described it what I am doing. I set up Flashtool and wait for the popup message, then I turn the phone off, power it on with DOWN held down. This boots the phone into CWM, and the popup message never goes away
Does Flashtool work when you have CWM installed? Or can I flash FTF files with CWM?
Mate you can't power on your phone by vol down you need to push only vol down button without power button.
And you must hold it while connecting to pc
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Wait until flashtool tells you to connect.
Thanks guys, I was powering on the phone, then holding volume down, then inserting the USB. I must have misread the instructions or something, I didn't know the phone had to be off first...
It took a couple of tries but I got it right... you have to hold volume down then put the USB cable in quickly otherwise the LED just stays red, rather than turning green.
Flashtool is now doing its thing.... Thanks again :good:
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I was surfing my fb suddenly it hangs about 2 min so i decided to force restart after restart the phone hangs in the sony logo and wont run for about 10 min or longer i can t do nothing even log in to CWM
i installed FreeXperia Cyanagen Mod 10.1 FXP238 android 4.2.2
anyone got solutions?
attempt to do a hard reset
hold power + volume up + volume down
for approximately >30 seconds
if that fails then use flashtool to reflash the correct firmware for you phone
(flashtool works on Locked nd unlocked bootloader)
424aca said:
attempt to do a hard reset
hold power + volume up + volume down
for approximately >30 seconds
if that fails then use flashtool to reflash the correct firmware for you phone
(flashtool works on Locked nd unlocked bootloader)
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i ve tried using flashtool to flash back original ROM but flashtool cant detecy my device even my pc
Impossible
loong4455 said:
i ve tried using flashtool to flash back original ROM but flashtool cant detecy my device even my pc
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That is not possible
Reason: The fact that the phone still turns on with the sony logo means that flashtool will recognize it it FLASH MODE
How to obtain flashmode?
1) charge phone for a little bit
2) Force shutdown using the method i stated above
3)Open flashtool
a. select the thunderbolt icon
b. select the correct ftf for phone
c. when told to enter flashmode on the diagram that flashtool will display
4) with phone OFF (via method above)
a. insert the mini usb into phone WHILE holding down the Volume-Down button.
5) Flashing will start after that
loong4455 said:
I was surfing my fb suddenly it hangs about 2 min so i decided to force restart after restart the phone hangs in the sony logo and wont run for about 10 min or longer i can t do nothing even log in to CWM
i installed FreeXperia Cyanagen Mod 10.1 FXP238 android 4.2.2
anyone got solutions?
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Press power + vol up until it vibrates three times then use flashtool.
424aca said:
That is not possible
Reason: The fact that the phone still turns on with the sony logo means that flashtool will recognize it it FLASH MODE
How to obtain flashmode?
1) charge phone for a little bit
2) Force shutdown using the method i stated above
3)Open flashtool
a. select the thunderbolt icon
b. select the correct ftf for phone
c. when told to enter flashmode on the diagram that flashtool will display
4) with phone OFF (via method above)
a. insert the mini usb into phone WHILE holding down the Volume-Down button.
5) Flashing will start after that
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i have the same problem and i've installed a new ftf for my phone with this method but stil the same problem
Hey,
Taking advantage of the latest release I want to ask for help with flashmode. When I try to put my z1c into flashmode the led blinks red and green for a fraction of second and nothing more happens. Have you ever encountered something like this before?
I'm running w8.1, could this be the problem?
If this is of any matter, fastboot works fine and my phone is unlocked, rooted and whatsoever.
It's normal.
What do you mean? Nothing more happens, flashtools does nothing. The pop-up prompt stays open
It's normal for the led not to stay on so use flashmode as normal, if it's failing you're doing it wrong.
You need to instal flashtool drivers and your z1c drivers. After entering first time flashmode in your phone your drivers should be installed firstly after pluging your phone
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can't get it working. I have reinstalled flashtool, these drivers http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2635830 (flashmode, fastmode, rhino and z1c) and nothing happens
birnee said:
can't get it working. I have reinstalled flashtool, these drivers http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2635830 (flashmode, fastmode, rhino and z1c) and nothing happens
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I used the drivers from the Flashtool/drivers folder, installed fastboot, and all Z1 compact drivers. Got no issues, except that the phone was exiting flashmode and rebooting to system, before the flashtool could prepare the whole ROM package I was attempting to flash. This is easily resolved - you just wait for the "prepare files" process to finish, and then the flash tool prompt you to connect the phone in flashmode. Do it and the flashing begins immediately after that.
Thanks for answer, I'll check it out later on
EDIT: Still nothing. I am not getting any sound while connecting my z1c in flashmode to the PC. simply, nothing happens.
Hello. I got problem with my "new-used" Z1Compact. I get it 2 days ago.
Phone is not starting, only bootlooping with sony and battery logo when charger is plugged.
There is no reaction for power button.
When i turned phone ON(plugged to power) i can "make a move" but i can only restart it, with power+vol, im getting 3 vibrations, and phone is restarted. (after restart when im trying vol+ or vol- i dont get nothing)
At first i thought it was matter of crashed ROM when somone updated, so i get STOCK for EU, and i plug phone to USB( same screen with sony + battery logo) with flashtool, he detects phone in flashboot and flash mode, so ive flashed my phone with D5503_14.4.A.0.108_Central Europe (1280-7864), but with no efect(i wasnt abble to WIPE in flashtool..).
Pc companion does not detects him, there is a Windows pip, but program dont recognize Z1C, but if i turn phone in flash mode( with vol-down) he is abble to detect device, like a Sony/Sony Ericsson.
For Windows i'm SONY ADB Interface Device.(ive installed Flashtool Drivers for all Z phones).
So i dont know what i can do to fix my sony. Any advise?
I'm not a pro in tel-service. Can someone can tell me do why system is not loading ?
No bootloader? Something wrong with flashing ? No drivers in PC ? When ive briked my sony Z1, i was in same situation, but phone was reacting for power, and i was ablle repir him with PC Companion.
Chillout man if you are able to flash rom try other stock sony rom try to download 157 fw and firstly open flashtool and in flashtool you have option to wipe data cache etc and secondly when window appear to connect phone do while handling vol- and flashtool should start flashing new firmware after that your phone should be able to turn on normally
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Thanks for fast answer! I will try another rom, but i cant wipe data from my phone.. Dont have that option avaible in flashtool Any advice?
Jakis pomysł dlaczego tak jest? Albo jakiś inny pomysł jak mogę zrobic wipe ?
Pw
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help please!!
Hi there,
tonight i tried to flash a custom ROM (Lollipop amari or so) via TWRP.
There i got an error, im not sure but i think it was because of the MD5 checksum.
After that i tried to wipe everything, except external storage where the .zip files are saved. But i think this was my fault, i wiped the internal storage.
Unfortunatelly i had no other ROM zip on the SD card, so i had no possibility to flash another one. So i tried to take the SD card out of the phone, copy another ROM on it, and put it back into the phone.
This didnt work, TWRP was not able to read the SD card anymore. So i had to try a reboot, with the result of just coming to the SONY logo and not further. Ive tried many times, also to get into recovery (which was erased when i wiped the internal storage?), but no chance.
So i tried flashtool, but it didnt recognize that my z1c was plugged via USB. I here a possibility to find it?
Before this attempt i had 4.4.4. with root, im not sure if the bootloader is/was locked or not. Any way to find this out?
I could only find in the service menu that its possible to unlock the bootloader, but not if it is locked or unlocked.
Now the situation is that i cant enter TWRP, cant boot the phone, cant see the phone via USB... SO PLEASE, CAN ANYONE HELP ???
On my (win7) laptop i have installed PC Companion, flashtool, adb drivers.
ffattonyy said:
Hi there,
tonight i tried to flash a custom ROM (Lollipop amari or so) via TWRP.
There i got an error, im not sure but i think it was because of the MD5 checksum.
After that i tried to wipe everything, except external storage where the .zip files are saved. But i think this was my fault, i wiped the internal storage.
Unfortunatelly i had no other ROM zip on the SD card, so i had no possibility to flash another one. So i tried to take the SD card out of the phone, copy another ROM on it, and put it back into the phone.
This didnt work, TWRP was not able to read the SD card anymore. So i had to try a reboot, with the result of just coming to the SONY logo and not further. Ive tried many times, also to get into recovery (which was erased when i wiped the internal storage?), but no chance.
So i tried flashtool, but it didnt recognize that my z1c was plugged via USB. I here a possibility to find it?
Before this attempt i had 4.4.4. with root, im not sure if the bootloader is/was locked or not. Any way to find this out?
I could only find in the service menu that its possible to unlock the bootloader, but not if it is locked or unlocked.
Now the situation is that i cant enter TWRP, cant boot the phone, cant see the phone via USB... SO PLEASE, CAN ANYONE HELP ???
On my (win7) laptop i have installed PC Companion, flashtool, adb drivers.
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Do you have all flashtool drivers, fastboot drivers and phone drivers installed on your pc? Try if you can boot phone I flashmode: hold vol down and plug your phone to pc or try to boot in fastboot mode: hold vol up and plug to your pc. Flashtool should works in flashtool mode but you need tft file with rom
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Hi there,
i have a new Z1C with 14.4.A.0.157 Kernel. I installed Flashtool, Flashtooldrivers, set UAC to off, i am admin on my PC, also tried the orig. sony drivers from pc-companion and verified that the pc will recognize the phone in all possible modes (device manager recognizes all devices from phone i.e. normal plugin, fastboot plugin and flashboot plugin [it shows then SOEMS Flash Device]).
i plug the phone with volume down to the pc, and all i get is half a second a red light, immediatly a green light for half a second and than no light anymore. so it won't show the green light long a enough for a successful flash, although the flashtool starts the flash progress (just a kernel should be flashed to .108 to get root), but with no success - still kernel 157 on the phone.
i also tried factory reset.
anyone with an idea?
thx.
Zetup-EXE
Try to firstly run flashtool send click flash button it should appear info to plug your phone after that turn off phone and hold vol down and plug your phone. In flashmode your phone will has black screen and no led only for 1s should appear red light for a second but that's all and flashtool should starts working
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Hi,
I die it like you Said.
1 Turn phone off
2 hold Volume down
3 Plug in The phone
4 ref Led and immediatly After the Green led comes up but only for a half of a Second, ten it goes off and nö Led is showing.
5 Flashtool recognize it as Flashmode, Starts flächig but.....
...When i Boot up the phone no rootable Kernel is flashed. Still Kernel 157.
Further idea?
Thx.
this is the second time , phone stucks whithout any sign while using , no buttions and touch screen works , needs to wait till battery drains compleatly and charge from bigining ////////// using twrp recovery and carbon rom (this problem exists in cyanogenmod 12 also)
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Press vol + and power it will hard reset the device
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drummer1839 said:
Press vol + and power it will hard reset the device
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thanx for the reply but i tried everything volume down + power button , volume up + power button , power button alone everything but no respond phone only respond after draining all battery
If you know how to use adb connect phone to pc and type adb reboot
When connected to PC phone is not recognised