Before we begin you need to download and install the following.download the Flashtool and install it –
Download it Here: Rooting Flash toolsYou need to install Sony drivers, get the Sony PC Companion:
Download it Here.
Understanding & Using the Flashtool:After you’ve downloaded and installed the
Flashtool, you’ll get a folder named”
Flashtool” in your C: drive, or the drive which you selected while installation.
Here you can see the folders like Custom, Devices,
Firmwares, Drivers.
The devices folder contains the supported devices, firmwares is the folder where you will place the .ftf file to be flashed in your phone, while the drivers folders has theFlashtool-drivers for all Xperia devices, you may install drivers through Flashtool in case you face any difficulty at the time of flashing.
Access the
Flashtool-drivers and install Fastboot & Flashmode drivers as well first.
After the drivers have been installed, you’re good to go with Flashtool now. The first thing you need to do is, you need to download your desired file, that you are going to flash. It may be a firmware, a kernel or a root file, but it should be in .ftf format. Download the file and place it in ‘‘Firmwares” folder that is is in Flashtool folder.
Run the Flashtool.exe now, access it from the installed programs or from the same folder under drive C:.
In Flashtool, hit the lightening button on the top left, select whether you want to runFlashmode or Fastboot mode. Flashmode is the one you’ll need most probably while you’re trying to install an ftf file, select it and press Ok.
Select the firmware or the file that you want to flash here, and make the other selections accordingly, below is an image showing the procedure for a firmware’s ftffile. After you’ve settled it up, hit the Flash button at the bottom now, it will start loading the ftf file and show you logs.
As soon as the file is loaded, you should see a pop up, prompting you to connect your device to the PC in Flashmode.
Now, turn off your device, and connect to your PC using the original data cable while keeping the Volume down key pressed. You should see the Green LED on your device. This is for flashmode, in case you want to connect your device infastboot mode, you need to connect it while keeping the Volume Up key pressed and you should see the Blue LED now. For older Xperia devices, the back key will work forFlashmode while the menu key will work for fastboot mode.
After you’ve connected your device successfully, the Flashing will start, wait and sit back while the flashing gets completed. You should see the logs now, as soon as it is done the ”flashing done” will appear at the bottom.
That’s All! We hope that the tutorial was easy for you to understand. Any difficulties or queries you got? Feel free to leave us a comment, We will try our best to help you out.
Source : techbeasts