How To Download Sony Xperia Official Firmware And Create FTF File
When it comes to software updates for Android smartphones, Sony is
going the best so far. In the past few months, Sony has been leaving all
other manufacturers far behind in terms of Android software updates for
its Xperia series. Sony has been rolling out updates, one after another
and sometimes the users just get confused which one is the latest
firmware and which one they should flash on their device, confusion with
the firmware region is another thing that might occur. Since the
firmware updates are rolled out through OTA or through Sony PC
Companion, they take much time to hit different regions. Some regions
receive the updates instantly while some receive the updates after long
delay and this is something
the Xperia
enthusiast who are always willing to get the latest and greatest
version of Android on their device, might not be able to tolerate. Users
can also receive an update by changing the CDA of their device, but
that can be done by going a little out of the way, and things should be
kept as simple as possible.
Updating your Xperia device manually is the best choice if the update
isn’t hitting your region and you are not seeing it coming your way
anytime soon. If you’re going to flash the Generic firmware on your
device, you don’t actually need to worry about the region as well as the
region specific firmware comes with some bloatware that you can
probably remove from your device, but you need to be careful with
flashing a carrier branded firmware on your device. Flashing the
firmwares
manually is possible through flashing a Flashtool Firmware File using
Sony Flashtool. Although there’s a number of people who post FTFs for
different Sony Xperia Devices on the XDA developers forum as soon as a
new update arrives, and there’s a number of some sites as well who post
the FTF files, but you might just fail sometimes locating an FTF file of
your choice for your
Xperia device. In this case what you can do is, you can download the
stock firmware from
Sony’s server,
create your very own FTF file and flash it on your device.
Before you start wondering how you can download the firmware from
Sony’s servers, you may not be aware of Xperifirm, a great little
application by XDA Senior Member
LaguCool. Xperifirm allows the Xperia
device users to check the updates in all the available regions, and
shows the build number as well. You can simply choose your desired
firmware and download the FILESETs and then
compile
the FTFs in order to flash. Downloadingthe firmware and compiling up
the FTF might seem a difficult job, but it won’t be difficult anymore
once you scroll down. In the succeeding guide we are going have a look
on a comprehensive method that will help you to
create the
FTFs files successfully once you have downloaded the
FILESETs for your desired firmware. Let’s start it now
How to Download Sony Xperia Official Firmware FILESETs using Xperifirm:
- First of all you need to know what’s the latest firmware for your
device. You can always check the latest build number on Sony’s official site.
- Download and extract XperiFirm.
- Run XperiFirm application file now, the one with the black favicon.
- Once XperiFirm opens up, you will see a list of devices.
- Click on your device’s, select the model number carefully.
- Once the device is selected, you will see the firmwares and their details in the next boxes.
- The tabs will be as
- CDA: Country Code
- Market: Region
- Operator: Firmware provider
- Latest Release: Build number
- Now see what build number matches the latest build number, and what region do you want to download it from.
- A firmware with the operator name like “Customized IN or Customized
US” is a generic firmware, that means this firmware has no carrier
limits of carrier boundaries. While other firmwares will be carrier branded.
- Make sure that you choose the firmware properly, do not download a
Customized firmware on a Carrier Branded device and do not download a
Carrier Branded firmware for an open device.
- Once you have selected your desired firmware, double click on it and
in the third column within the same window, you will find your
firmware’s build number. Click on and it will popup with the download option.
- Click on download button and select the path where you want to save the FILESETs and let it download.
- Once downloaded, head towards the next part where we will be compiling up the FTF file.
How To Create FTF Using Sony Flashtool:
- Download and install Sony Flashtool on your PC.
- Now open Sony Flashtool.
- Now in Flashtool, click on Tools > Bundles > FILESET Decrypt.
- A small window will open up. Now in the source, select the folder where you downloaded the FILESETs using XperiFrim.
- Once you select the source folder, the FILESETs will be listed in the “Available” box. These FILESETs should be 4 or 5.
- Now select all FILESETs and push them into the “Files To Convert” box.
- Now click on “Convert” and conversion will begin.
- It will take 5 – 10 minutes for the conversion to get completed.
- As soon as the FILESET Decryption ends, a new window “Bundler” will open up that will allow you to create the FTF file.
- If this doesn’t open up or you just close it accidentally, you can
still access it by going to Flashtool > Tools > Bundles > Create and select the source folder where you downloaded and decrypted FILESETs.
- Now select the click on the empty bar in front of device from the
device selector, enter firmware region / operator and enter firmware
build number.
- Push all the files to Firmware Content except .ta files.
- Click on Create now.
- Sit back and wait for the FTF creation to finish.
- Once done, you can find your FTF in the installation directory > Flashtool > Firmwares.
- You can flash the firmware using our Sony Flashtool guide.
- You will also get a torrent file for the FTF. You may share it with others over the web.
- That’s all!
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