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[Q] Open Xperia X8 ROM

Hi,I want to port Xperia X8 ROM to my LG P500. So,I downloaded Russian 2.1 ROM (.ftf file),but how can I open it?

FTF is zip file. Unzip it. You'll find system.sin. Google for sin2img and use it on system.sin file. You'll get system.img which you can unyaffs.

Extracted but didn't found any boot.img. So what? Also files needs to be extracted from .sin file as root,so it creates a root folder,which nor zip tools or kitchen can handle.

[Noob-Tutorial] How to create a CWM flashable zip file from FTF Firmware

Hi @all,
I´m using the Flashtool and other provided tools here in the Forum for a long time (thanks to all people who are involved in the developing)
Now I want to give something back.
I´m not a developer but I understand (hopefully) basic things.
I have also some phones which does not support the flashmode so I am reliant to the fastboot mode and CWM.
At this point my goal was to flash the stock ROM to the Xperia Z.
I found a tuturial how to make a flashable zip file for CWM but it was for old devices with yaffs2 filesystem and the new ones have ext4.
After some search I found everything what is needed and I want to share it with you.
The Tutorial covers basic things but maybe it will help some people who will try it.
Step 1
Download the Stock-FW you want (FTF-File)
Step 2
Rename the .ftf File to .zip
Step 3
Extract the system.sin (with 7zip or WinRar for example)
Step 4
Open Flashtool go to "Tools" -> "Sin Editor" -> Choose the extracted system.sin and push "extract" Data
Step 5
You will get an system.ext4 file
Step 6
We have to extract the files which are in the system.ext4 file - for this I used the DiskInternal Linux Reader
Step 7
After extracting the files you have to put all the files in a folder named "system" (low letters)
Step 8
Create a folder named for example "Firmware"
Step 9
Put the "system" folder in the "Firmware" folder
Step 10
Download the Attached META-INF File - extract it and copy the META-INF Folder in the "Firmware" folder
Step 11
Now you have in your "Firmware" folder two sub-folders
"system" and "META-INF"
Now you only have to zip the both folders for example with 7zip or WinRar
Important: You have to set the compression to "Store"
Step 12
Copy the zip File to your SD-Card and flash it with CWM
If you want you can now add files to the system folder - like busy box - and or modify things and flash it over CWM.
Special thanks to Bin4ry
Best regards
UserX10

Learned ! Thank you.

Nice tutorial!
EDIT: The flashable zip is huge (990MB), did this have anything to do with the compression being set to 'store'?

xL3thalTuRdZz said:
Nice tutorial!
EDIT: The flashable zip is huge (990MB), did this have anything to do with the compression being set to 'store'?
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If you don't set it to store it wont work at all, no rom/flashable zip have anything other than store compression the same goes for bootanimations
Edit: OP/Mod you might just want to change TFT file to FTF in step 1
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Edit2: It seems like this only goes for bootanimations, sorry my bad.

Great.....learning it now

Thanks for the positive feedback.
Changed also the typo on Step 1

I've tried setting compression to 'Normal' and all seems to be going fine...
Sent from my C6603 using xda app-developers app

Can this be applicable to nxt devices like mine?thanks for the tutorial...
Sent from my LT22i using Tapatalk 2

how to extract from ext4
can you explain with details :fingers-crossed:
im getting ext4 file again after extracting !

ShivangDave said:
can you explain with details :fingers-crossed:
im getting ext4 file again after extracting !
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You have to selected the .ext4 file open with LinuxReader. (like you .doc file with Word)
LinuxReader will "mounted" it in his own window, open your "new" disk (2Go) then select the "Save" option above...

tempofestival said:
You have to selected the .ext4 file open with LinuxReader. (like you .doc file with Word)
LinuxReader will "mounted" it in his own window, open your "new" disk (2Go) then select the "Save" option above...
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did it via linux ! thanks any way !

When I tried to extract Xperia S's stock rom from the ftf using DiskReaderInternals, then the rom would boot but USB would never work. Even the guy above me (ShivangDave) tried extracting using DiskReaderInternals for Miro but the rom failed to boot and got stuck at the Sony logo. That's why it is better to use linux to extract the system.ext4 image.

i want to make a flashable zip to install aps

UserX10 said:
Important: You have to set the compression to "Store"
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How do I set the compression to "Store"?
Thanks a lot for your guide!

MinnesotaVikings1961 said:
How do I set the compression to "Store"?
Thanks a lot for your guide!
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whenever you add file in archive it will show a box first ! 'NORMAL' is default ! change it to 'Store' !

Please!
Does this tutoriral can be applied to other models as Neo V.
Thank you and best regards!

fer14 said:
Please!
Does this tutoriral can be applied to other models as Neo V.
Thank you and best regards!
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This Tutorial should also work with the Neo V. Only one thing could be different.
But depending on your Android Version (when I remember well) it could be possible that you have instead of an ext4 file a yaffs2 file. In this case you can search the forum for an how to for this extension.

TheHawk002 said:
If you don't set it to store it wont work at all, no rom/flashable zip have anything other than store compression the same goes for bootanimations
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I use a template for flashing various things and I just drop stuff in it using Normal compression and it flashes ok, might be more important for full ROMs or zips to be run on the Phone like a boot animation, but for flashing the odd apk or other file I don't think it matters.
UserX10 said:
This Tutorial should also work with the Neo V. Only one thing could be different.
But depending on your Android Version (when I remember well) it could be possible that you have instead of an ext4 file a yaffs2 file. In this case you can search the forum for an how to for this extension.
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XperienceD said:
[GUIDE] How to make your regional firmware an .FTF file
[Guide] How make a FTF of stock firmware from SUS files
[GUIDE]How to make a rooted flashable rom from ftf file[FOR ALL XPERIA PHONES]
[tutorial] | how to extract system.sin
[tutorial] step by step method to extract ftf file from ics [ics]
[Tool] Yaffey - Utility for reading, editing and writing YAFFS2 images
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UserX10 said:
Hi @all,
I´m using the Flashtool and other provided tools here in the Forum for a long time (thanks to all people who are involved in the developing)
Now I want to give something back.
I´m not a developer but I understand (hopefully) basic things.
I have also some phones which does not support the flashmode so I am reliant to the fastboot mode and CWM.
At this point my goal was to flash the stock ROM to the Xperia Z.
I found a tuturial how to make a flashable zip file for CWM but it was for old devices with yaffs2 filesystem and the new ones have ext4.
After some search I found everything what is needed and I want to share it with you.
The Tutorial covers basic things but maybe it will help some people who will try it.
Step 1
Download the Stock-FW you want (FTF-File)
Step 2
Rename the .ftf File to .zip
Step 3
Extract the system.sin (with 7zip or WinRar for example)
Step 4
Open Flashtool go to "Tools" -> "Sin Editor" -> Choose the extracted system.sin and push "extract" Data
Step 5
You will get an system.ext4 file
Step 6
We have to extract the files which are in the system.ext4 file - for this I used the DiskInternal Linux Reader
Step 7
After extracting the files you have to put all the files in a folder named "system" (low letters)
Step 8
Create a folder named for example "Firmware"
Step 9
Put the "system" folder in the "Firmware" folder
Step 10
Download the Attached META-INF File - extract it and copy the META-INF Folder in the "Firmware" folder
Step 11
Now you have in your "Firmware" folder two sub-folders
"system" and "META-INF"
Now you only have to zip the both folders for example with 7zip or WinRar
Important: You have to set the compression to "Store"
Step 12
Copy the zip File to your SD-Card and flash it with CWM
If you want you can now add files to the system folder - like busy box - and or modify things and flash it over CWM.
Special thanks to Bin4ry
Best regards
UserX10
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I tried this on Xperia SP but the installation is aborted, does this supports Xperia SP? If not, how can I make another one for Xperia SP? Thanks

tdth said:
I tried this on Xperia SP but the installation is aborted, does this supports Xperia SP? If not, how can I make another one for Xperia SP? Thanks
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which error ?
---------- Post added at 08:52 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:50 PM ----------
tdth said:
I tried this on Xperia SP but the installation is aborted, does this supports Xperia SP? If not, how can I make another one for Xperia SP? Thanks
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this works... make sure you have correct update-binary file and also script !

[STOCK ROM] [FTF] (C6602) v4.2.2 10.3.A.0.423 Generic US (Unbranded USA)

Hello!
I just downloaded this latest firmware using the Sony PC Companion, decrypted and used Flashtool beta to repackage it to FTF. Tried it on my own Sony Xperia Z and everything works great!
Please use the Tutorial on how to flash the Stock FTF ROM using Flashtool
Download the two files from Dev-Host and use WinRAR to join them together. Just unzip both files in the same folder and let WinRAR do its thing.
File #1: http://d-h.st/F2n (WinRAR Archive 237 MB)
File #2: http://d-h.st/Ebf (WinRAR Archive 512 MB)
Some things to note;
- You do not have to be rooted to flash this with Flashtool
- You can flash this with either a locked or unlocked bootloader
- Your Xperia Z's bootloader stays unlocked thus keeping the Bravia Engine
- Customization code for this firmware is 1271-0119_R5B
Hope this helps out people who are looking for the Generic US ROM to flash on their Xperia Z.
I would appreciate a Thanks if this post was useful to you.
Enjoy!

Cannot unzip file... please update on how to unzip? keep on getting error..
Cannot unzip... please update on how to unzip?
why is the file size this small? 237 mb only? when its supposed to be 700+ mb

HoOnZ said:
Hello!
I just downloaded this latest firmware using the Sony PC Companion, decrypted and used Flashtool beta to repackage it to FTF. Tried it on my own Sony Xperia Z and everything works great!
Please use the Tutorial on how to flash the Stock FTF ROM using Flashtool
Download from Dev-Host
http://d-h.st/F2n
Hope this helps out people who are looking for the Generic US ROM to flash on their Xperia Z.
I would appreciate a Thanks if this post was useful to you.
Enjoy!
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TOO small ! isn't it????

@HoOnZ: only 236.66 MB? You must have done something wrong. Please download the latest version of Flashtool from here: http://androxyde.github.io/. Flashtool beta is now deprecated. Follow this guide to create the FTF: [GUIDE] Download ANY firmware customization from Sony & create an FTF with Flashtool
@salmankhawar and @x102x96x: remove the full quote from your post. This is ridiculous.

salmankhawar said:
Cannot unzip... please update on how to unzip?
why is the file size this small? 237 mb only? when its supposed to be 700+ mb
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Big oops! I apologize for not putting the second file. I fell asleep just after I posted this last night.
Unzip both files to the same folder and use WinRAR to join them together and make the FTF file.
Thanks!
John

HoOnZ said:
Big oops! I apologize for not putting the second file. I fell asleep just after I posted this last night.
Unzip both files to the same folder and use WinRAR to join them together and make the FTF file.
Thanks!
John
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isn't thr anything wrong more ?!?! cause u were sleepy

Apollo89 said:
@HoOnZ: only 236.66 MB? You must have done something wrong. Please download the latest version of Flashtool from here: http://androxyde.github.io/. Flashtool beta is now deprecated. Follow this guide to create the FTF: [GUIDE] Download ANY firmware customization from Sony & create an FTF with Flashtool
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yup, got it! Thanks! Just forgot the second link!

I also have the US ftf available through my signature.
Sent from my Sony Xperia™ Z

Spectre51 said:
I also have the US ftf available through my signature.
Sent from my Sony Xperia™ Z
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the .zip in ur sign is flashable .zip !??!

x102x96x said:
the .zip in ur sign is flashable .zip !??!
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He said FTF, so no, it's not a flashable ZIP... Stock firmware comes in FTF files, custom ROMs in flashable ZIP. Just flash the FTF with Flashtool.
Sent from my Xperia Z using Tapatalk

HoOnZ said:
Download the two files from Dev-Host and use WinRAR to join them together. Just unzip both files in the same folder and let WinRAR do its thing.
File #1: http://d-h.st/F2n (WinRAR Archive 237 MB)
File #2: http://d-h.st/Ebf (WinRAR Archive 512 MB)
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Still these files unable to extract......
WinRAR > Unknown format or Damage
7-zip > cannot open file as archive

x102x96x said:
Still these files unable to extract......
WinRAR > Unknown format or Damage
7-zip > cannot open file as archive
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7-Zip does not support spanned ZIP files (.zip, .z01, .z02, ...), but WinRAR should work fine. Perhaps you have a corrupted download? Check if the file sizes (in bytes) and/or MD5 sums match:
Xperia_Z_C6602_10.3.A.0.423_Generic US.z01
536870912 bytes
MD5: 1dcf1a767c9f92993143746b82f84e4f
Xperia_Z_C6602_10.3.A.0.423_Generic US.zip
248159508 bytes
MD5: 1ec9c46bf23dad5545f43f752986a682

Apollo89 said:
7-Zip does not support spanned ZIP files (.zip, .z01, .z02, ...), but WinRAR should work fine. Perhaps you have a corrupted download? Check if the file sizes (in bytes) and/or MD5 sums match:
Xperia_Z_C6602_10.3.A.0.423_Generic US.z01
536870912 bytes
MD5: 1dcf1a767c9f92993143746b82f84e4f
Xperia_Z_C6602_10.3.A.0.423_Generic US.zip
248159508 bytes
MD5: 1ec9c46bf23dad5545f43f752986a682
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both size & Md5 is correct
what should i do?
did u test check these 2 files?

x102x96x said:
both size & Md5 is correct
what should i do?
did u test check these 2 files?
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Yes, I checked them last night. I even tried it here on my work computer and everything went through. Make sure both the Xperia_Z_C6602_10.3.A.0.423_Generic US.zip and the Xperia_Z_C6602_10.3.A.0.423_Generic US.z01 files are on the same folder. Have WinRAR open the Zip file and extract! WinRAR should be able to know what to do. Try it out again!

Apollo89 said:
7-Zip does not support spanned ZIP files (.zip, .z01, .z02, ...), but WinRAR should work fine. Perhaps you have a corrupted download? Check if the file sizes (in bytes) and/or MD5 sums match:
Xperia_Z_C6602_10.3.A.0.423_Generic US.z01
536870912 bytes
MD5: 1dcf1a767c9f92993143746b82f84e4f
Xperia_Z_C6602_10.3.A.0.423_Generic US.zip
248159508 bytes
MD5: 1ec9c46bf23dad5545f43f752986a682
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I download "Xperia_Z_C6602_10.3.A.0.423_Generic US.z01" via IDM when it start to download .z01 file change format to .zip
i don't it s converting or just find compatible software and show
problem is here >
when i try to extract smaller part it asks for .z01 part and winRAR cannot find another file !!!
and when i select that converted (.zip of bigger file) > Error; file corrupted !
maybe i should uninstall WinRAR and all app that support .zip and ... and then download it

x102x96x said:
I download "Xperia_Z_C6602_10.3.A.0.423_Generic US.z01" via IDM when it start to download .z01 file change format to .zip
i don't it s converting or just find compatible software and show
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IDM does not convert anything, it just changes the filename extension to .zip because it recognizes a ZIP file. To extract this archive successfully, the filename extensions may not be changed, so disable IDM or change it back to .z01 after downloading.

Apollo89 said:
IDM does not convert anything, it just changes the filename extension to .zip because it recognizes a ZIP file. To extract this archive successfully, the filename extensions may not be changed, so disable IDM or change it back to .z01 after downloading.
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yup i see that idm doesn't convert files
and i change appearance of folder on win7 and change .zip to .z01 and it finally works

x102x96x said:
yup i see that idm doesn't convert files
and i change appearance of folder on win7 and change .zip to .z01 and it finally works
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Awesome!

Someone noticed lag in this version?

BR4DOKYBrazil said:
Someone noticed lag in this version?
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I've noticed it's much quicker and more responsive than previously on my Z

6.0 Concept Rom MRA58K.Z1.2099 official ftf file

Official Sony Z3 Compact Concept marshmallow 6.0 edition build 2099 ftf file
Fix file link
https://mega.nz/#!v9gFDSrY!ZoJJDPDgU0dLIP7qrhF9yDm4x3CiWMRVye-XHe_jw0o
http://www.mediafire.com/download/qtk1z6t8cks3q9o/6.0_concept_Z3compact_2099_fix.ftf
Thanks @Jozinek for first release

Is this for the Compact?
Edit: I've just seen the file name

doesn't show under Flashtool

Seems to have been packaged or compressed incorrectly. I have extracted the FTF, which appears to be an ordinary zip, and am making a bundle with the files from the zip with FlashTool, which I'll then try to flash on top of 2085...

LadFromWales85 said:
Seems to have been packaged or compressed incorrectly. I have extracted the FTF, which appears to be an ordinary zip, and am making a bundle with the files from the zip with FlashTool, which I'll then try to flash on top of 2085...
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file 6.0_concept_Z3compact_2099.ftf
6.0_concept_Z3compact_2099.ftf: Zip archive data, at least v2.0 to extract
right you are

missing meta-inf/manifest.mf file that's why flashtool won't recognize as ftf

Thanks, i can make a zip flashable prerooted whit prf creator?

I'm repackaging same as @LadFromWales85. Let's see how it goes

Yes i upload wrong file sorry
Open ftf files with 7zip file manager
Open attached meta-inf.zip, extraxt meta-inf folder and copy to ftf files on 7zip.

Flashed now, without your META-INF, though I need to factory reset as I haven't done it since Lollipop and Google Play Services randomly force closes, as does Album.
I really don't want to though, as without USB mass storage access to the internal memory I can't correct the file modify time for pictures and they get sorted wrong in galleries. That and I'll have a Z5p soon so don't want to invest too much time fiddling with this!

miguelel3men2 said:
Thanks, i can make a zip flashable prerooted whit prf creator?
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No we dont have recovery for locked bootloader yet.

master' said:
No we dont have recovery for locked bootloader yet.
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Ok ?

Can I install this ftf in a Z3 Compact with a locked bootlader?
Thanks!

yes you can.

i put the ftf file in the firmwear folder but the flash program wont recognize it
nvm i figured it out

Any available mirror op? just download the file via mega and it got stuck on 99%

After adding the missing Meta-File everything worked like a charm THANK You.

Fix file uploading mega and mirror, when done i will add first post.

how to add the meta-file. I opened in 7zip the ftf file and extracted the meta.zip file but i don't get any option to paste file inside the opened 7zip program

Still waiting for the Ota to arrive. Don't understand why it takes so long...

need 32.0.A.5.32 ftf file

Hello, I need 32.0.A.5.32 ftf file if anyone has it ?

Try downloading it from here, you'll need to register first though: http://www.xperiablog.net/forum/res...823_32-0-a-5-32_central-europe-1_generic.473/