Hey guys, I just ordered a cheap Japanese version of the X Compact, with model number SO-02J. Will I be able to use F5321 ROMs with it? It seems like I should be able to since they appear to be the exact same phone...but I'm not sure. If not, is it possible to root the Japanese version?
Thanks.
I seem to remember that the Japanese version of the phone required different firmware, that firmware versions produced for F5321 were not compatible. It's an entirely separate listing in XperiFirm.
But once I had a z3 compact so-02g. And I installed a global firmware on it successfully. What was missing in it the NFC driver which was causing a rapid ? drain. Otherwise worked well and I was thinking the same will happen again in xperia x compact case. Because you're trying to download rom from xperifirm but I'll download global rom from www.xperiablog.net and will select xperia x compact f5321 range.
The main reason for asking the question was that you can't download x compact SO-02j's oreo and nougat roms because you only can implement them by OTA. You only can download marshmallow and to upgrade the phone through OTA to nougat or oreo you'll required a nikimisi japan wifi NETWORK. Which won't be available in our region and in the result you may brick your device or restricted to 6.0.1 mm Japan rom.
I thought if someone already did the trick and I could take advantage from that experience.
I'm thinking to do this by myself and I'll let you know about my experience...
For a long long time I haven't bricked any of my device let's see what happens now...
Good luck; you seem to know what you're doing. I've never flashed individual components or "mixed and matched" myself, so I admire your bravery!
Can i convert or clone my current running stock rom (factory installed) to .ftf rom?
Thanks for the info...will get the phone tomorrow and see if what works and doesn't work....will report back here.
Do you have a Japanese X compact yourself?
Yes I got a Japanese SO-02J X compact.
But planning to flash it with global version rom.
Downloaded both roms a Russian generic of f5321 and so-02j nougat. Just in case if f5321's doesn't work will revert back it to so-02j stock nougat.
Will goto home for this experiment, still outside.
PioneerSeeker said:
Yes I got a Japanese SO-02J X compact.
But planning to flash it with global version rom.
Downloaded both roms a Russian generic of f5321 and so-02j nougat. Just in case if f5321's doesn't work will revert back it to so-02j stock nougat.
Will goto home for this experiment, still outside.
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Well, looks like mine is "unlock bootloader allowed: no" so I won't be able to do any modding with this device. Oh well, it's still pretty cool. Has anyone managed to get oreo on this thing outside of Japan? I think the OTA update can only be downloaded in Japan....
PioneerSeeker said:
Yes I got a Japanese SO-02J X compact.
But planning to flash it with global version rom.
Downloaded both roms a Russian generic of f5321 and so-02j nougat. Just in case if f5321's doesn't work will revert back it to so-02j stock nougat.
Will goto home for this experiment, still outside.
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Hey, how did your experiment go. Were you able to flash global firmware on SO-02J X compact.
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Hey, how did your experiment go. Were you able to flash global firmware on SO-02J X compact.
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No i didn't try that because i sold the phone... I was in search of a "boot loader unlock allowed: yes" phone and now happy with Sony Z3 D6603.
Unlocked it's boot loader and flashed it with carbon cr8 (android Q) an excellent and perfect ROM. Enjoying my phone...
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Hi, I assume someone much smarter than me will be able to point me to a Sony Xperia standard/stock ROM which I can flash with TWRP.
I had loaded TWRP and manages to accidentally wipe out the system with no backup (it's a new phone anyway). I found some ROMS from European telcos, etc. but would like to install the "standard" Sony Xperia ROM for XC.
Thanks in advance to anyone who can help.
PS. I think it would be easiest for me to able to install it through TWRP.... but obviously, anyway to recover my phone would be great.
PPS. Still can access device with adb and Flashtool, but not from Fastboot or Sony PC Companion.
PPS. I have installed OmniROM in the meantime... but don't want to spend too much time on it if I am going to wipe it out anyway.
PPS. I am in the US.
Update:
I found XperiaFirmware. It's downloading F5321_34.1.A.3.49_CE.ftf. Per the download website, will take about 18 hours on average, but it is progressing better than that.
I also found XperiFirm tool which downloads much faster, but I don't know which version. My understanding is that US customized is for CDA version of the phone. I also ran across the post about enabling the fingerprint reader by downloading the UK customized version... But based on latest attempts to do this, since UK version has been upgraded to Nougat, this approach is not working anymore...? But anyway, I could give it a shot to try a European version which is still on MM,
Update: *Whew*
I used XperiFirm to select a ROM. I didn't know which ROM, but I was intrigued to enable the fingerprint scanner. Due to some recent posts that the original method of using the Customized UK (or as they would say "Customised UK") version no longer works as the posted firmware was for Nougat. As a workaround, some people downloaded CE version, but CE version has also been recently updated to Nougat. I noticed a CE5 version which still seemed to be the MM version.
However, I also wasn't sure what differences I may see in the European version as some posters were complaining about some cosmetic differences, so I downloaded Customized US even though I thought I read somewhere it was for CDMA network. I also decided to download one called "Commercial and Journalists" which was the same MM version.
I decided to install it first as I was anxious about trying to get my phone back. I was able to load OmniROM but since there were some known issues, my preference was to use authentic Sony firmware. In addition, I took some low light pictures with the OmniROM version, and they turned out really bad. Not sure if it was the ROM or what, but it was very disappointing. Also, I couldn't get root access to it. Also, even though OmniROM seemed to support the fingerprint scanner, I couldn't get it to register my fingerprint well.
I downloaded the Commercial and Journalists version from XperiFirm, let it unpack it, and then used FlashTool to create the bundle, not including fwinfo.xml or the .ta files.
It started up Android ok, but I noticed I seemed to have lost my TWRP. Anyway, while starting up Android, guess what? The fingerprint enabled software was there... and it works like a champ!
Since I seemed to have lost TWRP, I started from instructions again from http://www.stupdroid.com/2016/10/root-sony-xperia-x-compact.html and was able to get it back.
Then, I tried to get root, but following the instructions, I got the error ""There is no su binary installed" when opening SuperSU.
I then flashed UPDATE-SuperSU-v2.46.zip from https://download.chainfire.eu/696/supersu/
And now I have root access!
Whew! I don't know what damage I've done overall... and since I don't have a nano SIM card yet, the worst case scenario is that what I have now doesn't work as a phone (but I doubt it). After what I went through (accidentally deleting the system from my Android phone), I now have a rooted Xperia X Compact with the fingerprint sensor enabled. Sometimes it's better to be lucky than good?
And, when I took some low light pics, they turned out better!
Hi Bro,
i need a help can you please give me the web link to download UK customized ftf or CE customized ftf. please its almost a month with xperia x compact but no fingerprint working. im unable to download it with my system its very old configuration. i badly want fingerprint working on my phone. can you please upload somewhere so that i can download and flash it directly, please....
Sorry for my bad english. Thanks in advance..
Nauju said:
i need a help can you please give me the web link to download UK customized ftf or CE customized ftf.
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http://www.xperiablog.net/forum/resources/categories/xperia-x-compact.108/
Thanks a lot!!
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http://www.xperiablog.net/forum/resources/categories/xperia-x-compact.108/
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If i download and flash the CE.ftf will i get a working fingerprint??
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If i download and flash the CE.ftf will i get a working fingerprint??
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Yep!
Central Europe firmware does enables Fingerprint scanner.
After flashing you will get four ota updates in a row.
A security patch for 6.0 and nougat afterwards.
Help plz..
Ftf file not showing on flashtool..
What will be the possible issues??
Nauju said:
If i download and flash the CE.ftf will i get a working fingerprint??
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Nauju said:
Ftf file not showing on flashtool..
What will be the possible issues??
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Update flashtool!
That will fix issues.
Before buying the unlocked Moto Z Play make sure it is not the Chinese version. (Model XT1635-03)
I bought this model (64gb, dual sim) and haven't received a single update yet. (Still on July patch)
I contacted Motorola support and they told me the device had been rooted!! I never rooted or unlocked the bootloader on this phone, and bought it brand new and sealed.
Another user on XDA is reporting a similar problem. https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=70856113&postcount=12
Rooting shouldn't stop you from getting OTA notifications, granted you might not be able to install it but you should get the notifications.
i read that XDA user's post. He says his Chinese Moto Z Play has an unlocked bootloader out of the box. Maybe that's why you don't get official OTA updates, but you may be able to flash new updates using ADB. That has been my experience with phones having unlocked bootloaders out of the box (like a developer edition Moto X).
Not sure where you bought it, but all phones in China are without google apps(google exit China in 2010), so if you received this phone with google app, I guess it is unlocked and could also been rooted.
And believe me you don't want a moto z without google apps, for me it'll be useless...
But at least you should able to flash firmware from other software channels e.g. reteu from the zip file.
The software of Chinese version is absolutely different and you must notice that at the first sight. It's not stock android UI but one from Lenovo and with no google apps in it.
If you don't like the software, you can easily flash it into retEU or Asia or any version you like just by the official RSD Lite. It will get OTA if you don't make any change to the system like root and xposed.
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The software of Chinese version is absolutely different and you must notice that at the first sight. It's not stock android UI but one from Lenovo and with no google apps in it.
If you don't like the software, you can easily flash it into retEU or Asia or any version you like just by the official RSD Lite. It will get OTA if you don't make any change to the system like root and xposed.
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Hi. How is it possible to flash Chinese Moto Z into EU version? Any instructions? Will it certainly get OTAs?
There isn't a lot of problems with that, besides the unlocked bootloader, idk if that is relevant anyway, i buy a lot retail phones from hk and most of them came with unlocked bootloader and also rooted some of them, a Nexus 6, my new MZP, a Moto Droid Turbo, you should flash a retail version and that's all, and you can relock bootloader, but idk why would you do that, if you have any questions, just pm
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Hi. How is it possible to flash Chinese Moto Z into EU version? Any instructions? Will it certainly get OTAs?
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Just unlock the bootloader and flash the official image with RSD lite or fastboot commands in the regular way, you can look for any instructions on RSD Lite for motorola phones. Then it will work as any version you flash on it, with dual SIM working as well, and the same Chinese LTE bands as before(US LTE bands not included). You'd better not flash fsg.mbn, it's something about signal. (or flash Chinese fsg back is OK).
You can get OTA only if you flash the full image and don't modify the system files. But flashing factory image is more recommended than OTA for its lower risk.
Thank you all. I just was concerned if Chinese Moto Z Play doesn't get OTAs like some guys supposed here and on other forums. It does, so no need to flash into EU version. I have just updated to Nougat on my brand new Chinese Moto Z Play. No worries about mods either.
Hi,
I recently unlocked my XC to flash Sailfish. I just would like to know what's the best path to get back to the official Android? Or is it locked to AOSP definitely?
I guess flashing AOSP and then install Xperia specific apps (if present on the Play Store) should be doable, but I wonder if there is a more direct way.
Thanks.
Just found Emma. I was able to flash the factory image...except the TA partition of course, but it's not a big deal.
romut said:
Hi,
I recently unlocked my XC to flash Sailfish. I just would like to know what's the best path to get back to the official Android? Or is it locked to AOSP definitely?
I guess flashing AOSP and then install Xperia specific apps (if present on the Play Store) should be doable, but I wonder if there is a more direct way.
Thanks.
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I think flashing via flashtool wiping everything should bring you back to the original form (except from Bootloader remaining unlocked). Then you have to gain back root, though (if I got your point).
Sorry for this later answer. @eresac it worked...almost.
Indeed it's pretty strange. I didn't notice first, Emma didn't offer to flash Android 8 but 6 instead ! Problem is now the XC never gets the notification to upgrade. Any idea how to change this?
romut said:
Sorry for this later answer. @eresac it worked...almost.
Indeed it's pretty strange. I didn't notice first, Emma didn't offer to flash Android 8 but 6 instead ! Problem is now the XC never gets the notification to upgrade. Any idea how to change this?
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I think Emma might offered you a firmware for non-retail device (ex. Demo unit in store, Review unit, Exchange unit at service center) which has no update and shouldn't be use as daily driver.
Try reflashing it with different firmware. If there isn't any different firmware to select in Emma, use Androxyde's flashtool instead.
Emma offers only one firmware. And this is 6.0.1.
Ok to flash a newer firmware with another tool, but where can I get a factory image?
You can download it from flashtool (via XperiFirm plugin) following this guide. The title said Marshmallow but this method is compatible with newer firmware too.
http://www.xperiablog.net/2016/03/12/install-xperia-marshmallow-using-flashtool-and-xperifirm-guide/
Also, make sure that the firmware you download has version number starting with 34.4 if you want Android 8.0
My F5321 from Malaysia isn't receiving any of the new updates. Last one was 34.4.A.2.32.
Could anyone explain why?
You can check xpericheck.com if there's a newer version,but there's a good chance there isn't one. I'm stuck on 34.4.A.2.50 on the Central Europe version for example, the newest one is .85
Matej101 said:
You can check xpericheck.com if there's a newer version,but there's a good chance there isn't one. I'm stuck on 34.4.A.2.50 on the Central Europe version for example, the newest one is .85
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Customised MY isn't even listed. :/
What now? Unlocking bootloader if you want latest security patches?
Is there another firmware variant that would be suitable for your location? There may be less difference between the variants than you might expect.
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Is there another firmware variant that would be suitable for your location? There may be less difference between the variants than you might expect.
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Can you just flash the firmware straight from xperifirm, or do you need an unlocked bootloader or sth?
Bro do not update it to 8.0 oreo is wery bad I swear im back to stock Nougat again
Qendra said:
Bro do not update it to 8.0 oreo is wery bad I swear im back to stock Nougat again
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Matej101 said:
You can check xpericheck.com if there's a newer version,but there's a good chance there isn't one. I'm stuck on 34.4.A.2.50 on the Central Europe version for example, the newest one is .85
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me too.. central europe and stuck on 34.4.A.2.50, I don't understand why
andy356 said:
My F5321 from Malaysia isn't receiving any of the new updates. Last one was 34.4.A.2.32.
Could anyone explain why?
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According to xpericheck, singapore region firmware is also stuck in March. I guess both MY and SG are using the sme FW. I think you cn flsh other region FW without unlocking Bootloader.
Is there a way to flash security updates only, without upgrading to oreo?
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According to xpericheck, singapore region firmware is also stuck in March. I guess both MY and SG are using the sme FW. I think you cn flsh other region FW without unlocking Bootloader.
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Can anyone please confirm this? I'll unlock the bootloader if I have to, but it would be great if it is not needed.
andy356 said:
Can anyone please confirm this? I'll unlock the bootloader if I have to, but it would be great if it is not needed.
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I'm in USA, and I've flashed f'd from at least 10 different countries and never seen any affect on the phone operation.
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Can anyone please confirm this? I'll unlock the bootloader if I have to, but it would be great if it is not needed.
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If you want to retain the fingerprint sensor operation, don't flash to US. People here have in the past recommended either DE or UK, as they tend to be updated promptly. No unlocking of bootloader needed.
Okay guys. I'm ready to flash a new firmware, probably Customised UK. Is the guide on xperiablog up to date and accurate? Also, there is a flashtool by Androxyde on flashtool dot net, but there is also a flashtool on Sony Developer World. Which one should I use?
There is only one xperifirm so that's unambiguous, at least.
Edit: also, it doesn't affect user data or the OS in general, does it?
I can only speak from personal experience with the Androxyde flashtool. I've never tried (nor even known about) the Sony flash tool. In my experience, if you don't make any changes to the default settings, the existing user data is carried over into the newly installed firmware. I'm assuming here that you're flashing from one variant of Android 8.0 to another, not from Android 7 to 8, etc.
BTW, I would always advise backing up your data first, of course. If, for some reason, you are dissatisfied with the result, you can normally get a factory installation of your currently-installed firmware by using software restore from SONY (as part of Xperia Companion).
@pseudonym58 Thanks. Is the guide on Xperia blog the one to follow or is there a better one out there?
I don't recall which guide I used. It basically runs like this:
Run Xperiafirm from within flashtool; it will refresh available software. Choose particular phone model and download desired firmware. Back in flashtool proper, connect phone in flash mode. Select downloaded firmware, which is unpacked and prepared for flashing. As I mentioned above, you should not need to make any configuration changes to the default. Flashing can now begin (it might seem to pause temporarily from time to time but don't cancel process).
Don't worry about warnings of missing elements; I have never had a flashing procedure fail as a result of a claimed missing component.
This is just a general procedure; perhaps someone else can recommend the best full tutorial.
Ok so CE1 got the newest (.107) update right now so it can probably be used too.
Can I install x compact f5321 global stock rom 34.4.A.2.118 on Xperia x compact docomo so-02j
If yes then what will be disadvantage of flashing a global rom on so-02j...
And will I be able to revert back to so-02j's stock 34.4.B.1.129
As I mentioned above, I don't think you can do that. It seems to be an entirely different listing in XperiFirm. I once had the same phone and had to sell it on, I think for that very reason. But it's been a while.