What's new in Sony Mobile Flasher 0.9.33.0
Oct 10, 2021
- Fixed a regression with partition auto-choose
- Updated jbbp and picocli libraries
New in Sony Mobile Flasher 0.9.32.0 (Dec 29, 2020)
- Added support to Xperia 5 II
- Fixed a little bug with USB log parser and Xperia 5 II
- Fixed a little bug with partition auto-choose when UFSInfos is retrieved from phone
- Updated eclipse SWT libraries to 2020-12 release
- Updated OpenJDK to release 15.0.1
New in Sony Mobile Flasher 0.9.31.0 (Sep 26, 2020)
- Updated eclipse SWT libraries to 2020-09 release
- Updated OpenJDK to release 15
- Updated commons-IO library to release 2.8
New in Sony Mobile Flasher 0.9.28.0 (Sep 7, 2020)
- Updated JDK to 13.0.1
- Updated libusb to 1.0.23 for Linux and MacOS
- Updated usblogparser to be more accurate
- Compatibility with Xperia 5
New in Sony Mobile Flasher 0.9.27.0 (Sep 7, 2020)
- Updated internal libraries
New in Sony Mobile Flasher 0.9.26.0 (Oct 10, 2019)
- Support for XZ3 and X1
- Updated JDK to JDK 13 and switched to OpenJDK on all platforms
- Updated to latest Eclipse platform
New in Sony Mobile Flasher 0.9.25.0 (Jun 18, 2018)
- Update for XZ2 and XA2 series. For XA2 or XZ2 flashing
- You will have to recreate the FTF with the release 0.9.25.0 of Flashtool if you already had a FTF
- Updated all libraries to latest version
- Updated Java to 10.0.1
New in Sony Mobile Flasher 0.9.24.4 (May 7, 2018)
- Fixed an issue with debug mode that was hanging the UI
- Linux : updated adb and fastboot. Fixed an issue with fastboot mode detection
New in Sony Mobile Flasher 0.9.23.1 (Jan 19, 2017)
New in Sony Mobile Flasher 0.9.23.0 (Jan 19, 2017)
- Fix for Nougat sin files parsing. FT should now be able to flash Nougat FTF
- TA raw backup for all devices exposed to dirtycow exploit (thanks rayman for his work) TA backup using dirtycow by rayman
- More accurate USB log parser for creating fsc scripts
- In advanced mode, some new TA features (Viewer and custom TA file generator or flashing)
- Added a new device property to tell if fsc is mandatory or not. Check of this property is done before flashing
New in Sony Mobile Flasher 0.9.22.3 (Jun 7, 2016)
- Due to many bad simlock flashing, simlock is disabled from FTF selector wipe / exclude list. It is only enabled in Pro mode. A warning is shown when flashing while in pro mode.
New in Sony Mobile Flasher 0.9.22.2 (May 29, 2016)
- New FTF Selector UI
- Fixed issue with BL unlock in the case it was relocked (TA unit was not written to phone correctly)
- New TA Restore UI and a new Advanced feature : single TA file flashing (See Advanced -> Trim Area -> S1 -> flash TA file
New in Sony Mobile Flasher 0.9.22.1 (May 18, 2016)
- Bad compute of maxpackesize (hangs on some sin files)
New in Sony Mobile Flasher 0.9.22.0 (May 18, 2016)
- This release is compatible with Xperia X. But you must create the FTF bundle with this release otherwise it will not work properly
- Large update of SWT related libraries. Should work better with HDPI screens
- FTF selector has changed a little. Table replaced with a TreeViewer. USB transfer buffer is set to 512K instead of max packet size fetched from phone
- This release is now fully working with devices prior to Z serie. It was broken since 0.9.19
- Sin V2 and V1 extraction is now working fine too
- USB log parser was broken with M5 devices. Working fine now
- Updated flashmode drivers to 3.1.0.0. Those drivers are mandatory for Z5 and up
- When creating FTF, fsc script can be included. In such situation, it will be used without any prompts when flashing
New in Sony Mobile Flasher 0.9.19.10 (Feb 11, 2016)
- Fixed bug in FTF selector. Screen not refreshed when changing source folder
New in Sony Mobile Flasher 0.9.19.9 (Oct 3, 2015)
- Fixed boot delivery missing if autobundling from xperifirm when you do not unpack FILES from xperifirm
- Fixed a null pointer exception when checking about FSC presence.
- Fixed a possible null pointer exception on boot delivery parsing.
New in Sony Mobile Flasher 0.9.19.8 (Oct 3, 2015)
- Simulate mode was broken by TA autobackup when flashing
New in Sony Mobile Flasher 0.9.19.7 (Oct 3, 2015)
- When xperifim does not extract FILES, do it in Flashtool and autocreate bundle
- Select first element and show content as well as exclude/include when applying/clearing a filter in the FTF selector
- SinV3 parser issue with some files (rpm.sin) some garbage removed
New in Sony Mobile Flasher 0.9.19.6 (Sep 21, 2015)
- Fixed a bug where in some cases userdata.sin was not extracted correctly
- Doing a TA backup just before flashing a FTF
- When bundling FTF from Xperifim downlaods (automatic) simlock.ta is not included in FTF bundle
New in Sony Mobile Flasher 0.9.19.5 (Sep 21, 2015)
- FTF with simlock.ta included : simlock.ta will be excluded by default. Including it in the selector screen will show a warning.
- If simlock.ta (more generally TA unit 07DA is selected for flashing, a YES/NO box will show up before flashing, asking if you are sure
- Regarding the two warnings above, simlock.ta can now be added to a bundle. More generally a TA file containing 07DA unit
New in Sony Mobile Flasher 0.9.19.4 (Sep 18, 2015)
- loader.sin was not added when creating a bundle
New in Sony Mobile Flasher 0.9.19.3 (Sep 14, 2015)
- Firmware selector screen : new options : Device filter and USB buffer length setting
- Widnows launchers now search only for bundled JRE
- FlashtoolConsole script in sync with Flashtool script modifications
- Removing Xperifirm.config at runtime as it is not necessary anymore
- Bug : Fixed bug in bootloader relock feature
New in Sony Mobile Flasher 0.9.19.2 (Sep 14, 2015)
- Separated sin and Ta, moved disable final verification to the bottom
- Bug with JRE under windows (bad bundle)
- Bug with big sin files not flashing correctly
- New linux and macos launcher. Bundled java will always be used
New in Sony Mobile Flasher 0.9.19.1 (Sep 14, 2015)
- This release is now compatible with every devices. If no FSC is found, the old 0.9.18 method is used
- Java updated to 1.8.0u60
- libusb updated to 1.0.20 for mac and linux
New in Sony Mobile Flasher 0.9.19.0 (Sep 14, 2015)
- This release is compatible with new devices (E4,E4g,Z3+,Z4,M4,Z4 Tablet)
- A bug under mac and linux is resoled. Sin extraction was not working (missing library)
- New 64bits devices kernels can now be split with the Elf extractor
- Added a new feature : USB log parser. Files produced by Simple USB Logger can be parsed to generate a template script
- FTF now cannot be flashed without template script.
- When flashing FTF, a simulate mode can be checked. Even without any phone connected, correct processing of files can be tested.
- Java updated to 1.8u51
New in Sony Mobile Flasher 0.9.18.6 (Jun 2, 2015)
- Added xperifirm integration
- All user files in a Flashtool home folder. Ability to choose this user home folder
- New more exhaustive TA backup using S1 protocol (still not usable to backup DRM. Device must be rooted for that
New in Sony Mobile Flasher 0.9.18.4 (Dec 6, 2014)
- ProgressBar is back (it was broken)
- FILE decryption/extraction is more accurate (some files were skipped accidentally on some FW)
- GIT sync can be done manually. autosync on start can be disabled / enabled too (Devices -> Device Sync)
New in Sony Mobile Flasher 0.9.18.3 (Oct 22, 2014)
- Updated java to 1.8u25
- Added IaguCool to credits in the About pages
New in Sony Mobile Flasher 0.9.18.2 (Oct 22, 2014)
- Towelroot exploit now works for latest Z2 firmwares.
- Updated Supersu to 2.05 and updated supersu install scripts
New in Sony Mobile Flasher 0.9.18.1 (Aug 28, 2014)
- Updated Java8 to u20
- Update checker can now download the checked version (Devices -> Updates ... choose the device ... then double click on a table row to get the latest version. Double click again to download. FTF bundler will open upon download)
- Towelroot hack implemented.
New in Sony Mobile Flasher 0.9.16.1 (Jun 19, 2014)
- Fully switched to java8 (even in script checks)
- Embed Java8 jre for MacOS (64bits)
- Flashtool bundled with devices already sync from github (no more long wait on first run ... faster sync too)
New in Sony Mobile Flasher 0.9.16.0 (Jun 12, 2014)
- Devices are now synced directly from github devices repository. As soon as a new device is added to the repository, all 0.9.16 users will have it locally.
- Switched to Java8
- In Devices menu->Manage : You can now add updateurl and edit CDFID to check for each device where updateurl exists.
- Advanced -> Trim Area menu reworked to be more clear (S1 Dump not intended to be restored)
- In the device specific menu, added an entry to run service menu on phone
New in Sony Mobile Flasher 0.9.11.0 (Jan 8, 2014)
- This version is a big split with every previous ones. And not fully featured as previous can be. Changed the UI framework from Swing to SWT because of a better integration with Mac UI.
- Here is what is missing from previous releases :
- No multilingual UI
- No recovery installer
- No kernel installer (for 2010 devices)
- No ROM cleaner.
- Cannot Add/Edit/Remove devices.
- No TA hex editor (in pro mode)
- Version fully compatible with all 2013 devices (Z/ZL/Tablet Z etc etc)
- Unified Bootloader unlock feature with the new BLU icon. No more unlock plugin.
- As for flashing, BLU is available even without any connected device, even with
- unrecognized devices.
- Updated SuperSU package. Added servicemnu root hack (works with Z/ZL for all FW up to .434) Known working for Xperia T/V too
- Added TA partition backup/restore. Using this feature, you can backup TA before unlock. Restore TA will relock the devicee and get DRM back as well as BE2 (full complete relock). You cannot count on this feature if ever your device is already unlocked. Missuse of this feature can brick the device.