My situation is that after rooting, my front camera just stopped focusing, and i also noticed that the app crashes when it need to adjust the exposure (if i bring the phone to a more bright enviroment), so i believed that using the Xperia companion "repair software" option would unroot my phone and lock the bootloader again, but surprise! I just recently saw on a sony support page that Xperia companion doesn´t works with modified devices, so i don´t know what to do in order to restore my XA ultra to verify if the root was the cause of the front camera stopped working
Model F3213
Sorry for my bad english, greetings from México!
I got same issue as you (mine f3216)..don't worry, you just need to reflash stock firmware by latest flashtool..make sure you exclude all .ta file before flash stock firmware.
I found this issue and make an experiment and i believe this problem exist after flash boot.img...we need help from rrvuhpg to compile boot.img from latest firmware..
Btw, now my f3216 hard bricked when i downgrade fw..i sent to sony..waiting my dead f3216 live..huhu
So if I exclude all the.ta files before flashing my XA won't hard brick? I don't want to take the risk of going into a hard brick, the Sony team here on Mexico is a mess
Madroid24 said:
So if I exclude all the.ta files before flashing my XA won't hard brick? I don't want to take the risk of going into a hard brick, the Sony team here on Mexico is a mess
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This is what I included when I flashed my xa F3111
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Hi first of all sorry for my poor english!
i have unlocked my xperia ray bootloader using the tutorial on the official sony ericson website losing my DRM data, and flashed using flash tool the official
ST18_4.0.A.2.368_GENERIC_(1248-9545).ftf file and all worked fine until i done the Firmware upgrade over the air and there my pone stopped working..
i have flashed another firmware but nothing
i cannot go even in the fast boot mode, only flash mode.
can anybody help me? pls
I dont think there is anything you can do. I read somewhere that happens when you unlock bootloader on official website and update it over the air. A hard brick i think its called.
Hope im wrong.
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Restore bootloader using s1 tool then repair with pc companion.
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Try this tool
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1126358
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katsukatsu said:
Try this tool
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1126358
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This works guaranteed
thanks a lot all fixed i was sure u guis can help me,
another question is there any way for me to turn back to official updates and using track id?
Did you even take the time to read the disclamer that Sony Ericsson has on their Developer site?
Known issues
It is currently not possible to unlock the boot loader for CDMA phones.
Some customers with unlocked boot loaders have experienced problems when they are accepting over the air upgrades (FOTA - Firmware upgrade Over The Air). For customers that have unlocked the boot loader, please do not accept any over the air upgrades. For additional information, check out the hints and tips from the community on the XDA forum.
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That answers the reason you bricked your phone.
And as it has been answered a gazillion times. NO NO NO NO. You CANNOT restore DRM or Track-ID. There are other third party apps that do the same thing.
Please note that you may void the warranty of your phone and/or any warranty from your operator if you unlock the boot loader. Sony Ericsson can then no longer guarantee the full functionality of your phone, and will not be responsible for any unsigned custom software being flashed to the phone after the boot loader is unlocked. Certain functions in your phone might cease to work, and performance might not be ideal. You might also damage your phone permanently. In the worst case, unlocking the boot loader will cause physical injuries or material damage, for example, due to the phone overheating.
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That includes but is not limited to: Official updates(especially ICS), DRM, Track-ID.
I'd recommend you did some research before unlocking your bootloader. It will save you a lot of time and stress.
no i readed all the disclaimer, fully knowing what i was doing. and the reason i have done the fota upgrade was only a stupid mistake i have pressed ok on the notification of update, becouse is similar with the market notification of updates, and i was only wandering if some genius in here was able to make the inverse process of the drm data thanks a lot for evrything.
katsukatsu said:
Try this tool
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1126358
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That worked great with my Ray.
Thank you very much.
dumraden said:
Did you even take the time to read the disclamer that Sony Ericsson has on their Developer site?
That answers the reason you bricked your phone.
And as it has been answered a gazillion times. NO NO NO NO. You CANNOT restore DRM or Track-ID. There are other third party apps that do the same thing.
That includes but is not limited to: Official updates(especially ICS), DRM, Track-ID.
I'd recommend you did some research before unlocking your bootloader. It will save you a lot of time and stress.
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Hi, I was always wondering then in such case you only shouldn't use OTA updates or does update through PC Companion would brick the phone as well? Do somebody might know the answer?
no the pc companion wont let you update, but if it dose (wich is impossible i think) it wil do same thing.. so update your phone with <flashtool only
Do you try to reflash with the stock rom??
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both phones has shinano platform, so maybe it would work, but if not, will this hard brick my device?
I tried to flash Xperia SL, acro S and ion firmware on my Xperia S (all four phones has fuji platform) and it was working, so I think that it should work with Z2 and Z3 too. I also tried to flash Xperia T and Z firmware on my Xperia S and it wasn't working and just soft bricked my device. I tried to flash custom rom on locked bootloader Xperia S and it was just a bootloop. I have tried many stupid things on my XS and nothing has hard bricked it. I read that locked bootloader devices cannot be hard bricked just soft bricked, is it true? I can't hard brick a locked bootloader phone?
Its somewhat true, a Locked Bootloader is Harder to hardbrick that a unlocked Bootloader but the Z2 has a dedicated reset Key
Z3 firmware should run fine on Z2, just needs to be modified a tiny bit and compiled with the correct board config
Im not going to try it because i actualy need my phone
And why do you need to flash Z3 firmware when 167 update is a near direct port from the Z3
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Im not going to try it because i actualy need my phone
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I also need my phone. it can be unbricked if it wouldn't work, right?
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And why do you need to flash Z3 firmware when 167 update is a near direct port from the Z3
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I don't know why, I just want it. and maybe Z3's 5.0 update comes a bit sooner than Z2
maddboss said:
I also need my phone. it can be unbricked if it wouldn't work, right?
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Sure, you can get back your phone to work by flashing FTF File
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I don't know why, I just want it. and maybe Z3's 5.0 update comes a bit sooner than Z2
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Emm, don't think so. Sony said that both Z3 and Z2 will be first to receive 5.0 so I think we both should have a 5.0 on the same day.
Hi,
I've bought a used Xperia Z Ultra, that was rooted with dirty unicorn.
Found that the call function wasn;t working properly (screen went off when making/receiving calls)
Decided to flash the original official firmware, but not very sure what are the steps. And also having difficulties finding the US firmware.
Can someone please enlighten me?
Thanks a bunch in advance.
Research XPERIFIRM and FLASHTOOL.
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phen88 said:
Hi,
I've bought a used Xperia Z Ultra
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Decided to flash the original official firmware, but not very sure what are the steps. And also having difficulties finding the US firmware.
Can someone please enlighten me?
Thanks a bunch in advance.
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If you want the real original thing, you can use the Sony PC Companion instead. It has easy explanations before each of the few steps you'll walk before you get the original firmware. You can go to the official Sony Z Ultra support web page and download it. :good:
Actually Sony Companion will not work on any device with an umlocked bootloader.
The bootloader must be re-locked to use PC Companion.
I literally just did this on Monday.
TG2008 said:
Actually Sony Companion will not work on any device with an umlocked bootloader.
The bootloader must be re-locked to use PC Companion.
I literally just did this on Monday.
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How do you know that the OP has unlocked bootloader?
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How do you know that the OP has unlocked bootloader?
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I don't believe it is possible to flash custom firmware unless the bootloader is unlocked.
The OP stated "Decided to flash the original official firmware" which leads me to believe the Bootloader is unlocked and running a custom rom.
Is it okay to flash XA Ultra Dual or Single Firmwares with Flashtool (0.9.22.3)? Share your experience here. Thanks.
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Is it okay to flash XA Ultra Dual or Single Firmwares with Flashtool (0.9.22.3)? Share your experience here. Thanks.
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Wrong place, technically the same but they run different firmware no's so no good for the normal xa and multiple repeat questions in different threads/forums is called spamming and a also against xda rules I do believe I've answered your question already
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It is not the same, dude. I got three devices, X, XA and XA ultra. I am asking for all devices for safety because my friend bricked his XA ultra by flashing with flashtool.
Sithu Htun said:
It is not the same, dude. I got three devices, X, XA and XA ultra. I am asking for all devices for safety because my friend bricked his XA ultra by flashing with flashtool.
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Flashing a device is never fully safe, not only on phones. You will always see warnings about that. Read https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brick_(electronics)
I know the term. There are two types, soft brick and hard brick. I have flashed over hundred xperia devices with flashtool and got never hard bricked. I just want to know the experience of flashing new Xperia X series cuz XA and XAU are MTK devices.
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I know the term. There are two types, soft brick and hard brick. I have flashed over hundred xperia devices with flashtool and got never hard bricked. I just want to know the experience of flashing new Xperia X series cuz XA and XAU are MTK devices.
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Flashed mine a week ago, got a Hardbrick :crying:
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Flashed mine a week ago, got a Hardbrick :crying:
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A messages for bricked phones with void warranty, did you tried to open the device and remove the battery for flashing? You can see around the Web that's a solution to unbrick some MTK devices.
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A messages for bricked phones with void warranty, did you tried to open the device and remove the battery for flashing? You can see around the Web that's a solution to unbrick some MTK devices.
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No, I didn't open it, just send it inmediated to service, and they give me a new one in less an hour
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Flashed mine a week ago, got a Hardbrick :crying:
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How to Xperia XA Ultra Dual F3216 on fw install
Win Paing Soe said:
How to Xperia XA Ultra Dual F3216 on fw install
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See other post, there is a way to do it using script
I have a doubt about flashtool and this device and my doubt arises when I try to load software in the compilation .100 at the end of the process try to turn it on but I realize that it has suffered a hardbrick my question is because this is because the model It's recent oh why this happens :crying:
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I have a doubt about flashtool and this device and my doubt arises when I try to load software in the compilation .100 at the end of the process try to turn it on but I realize that it has suffered a hardbrick my question is because this is because the model It's recent oh why this happens :crying:
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I've used the latest version of flashtool on my own xa F3111 several times no problems at all.
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My xperia xa ultra for second occasion flashtool has given me hardbrick for the day of today fulfills a 1 day in guarantee I will waive that they will deliver it to me again
Same with me, Flashtool hard brick my F3213
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I've used the latest version of flashtool on my own xa F3111 several times no problems at all.
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What version is safe to use?
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What version is safe to use?
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I used the latest version of flashtool several times on my xa F3111 no problem at all, only use it in simple mode and the only thing I left out was the simlock.ta part of the ftf i included everything else and as long as the boxes checked match the ones in the attached image you should have no problems...
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aidy.lucas said:
I used the latest version of flashtool several times on my xa F3111 no problem at all, only use it in simple mode and the only thing I left out was the simlock.ta part of the ftf i included everything else and as long as the boxes checked match the ones in the attached image you should have no problems...
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I think that there is a dangerous problem with Flashtool and XA Ultra. I flashed many times my XA without problems (upgrade and downgrade) too. As you can see I opened 2 threads to centralize bricked devices to confirm that. I hope that unlucky users will reply on them to help us understanding the origin of the problem.
Anyone asked the author of Flashtool?