Flashing Firmware with Odin

Flashing Firmware with Odin - The L1’s pricing makes for a great part of its appeal. Now available in the UK, you can easily pick one up from most retailers at an original price of £169.John Lewis currently carries the black and white models and you can find the pink version at Argos. Some seem to offer even cheaper prices, like Alza or CSMobiles. In the UK, the L1 is available with 2GB RAM and 16GB of internal storage. Sony unveiled a raft of new, well we have collected a lot of data from the field directly and from many other blogs so very complete his discussion here about Flashing Firmware with Odin, on this blog we also have to provide the latest automotive information from all the brands associated with the automobile. ok please continue reading:

1. Just download the firmware version you want from the second or third posts and extract the .tar or .tar.md5 file in the archive and save it somewhere

2. Reboot your phone to download mode.

To get download mode shut down the device. After it shuts off completely simultaneously press theDown volume key+ Home button + press the power button .



You should see a warning asking you to press volume up if you want to continue or volume down to cancel, press volume up. You are now in download mode!

3. Start Odin




4. If your ROM is a single .tar.md5 package click on the PDA button and browse to the .tar or .tar.md5 file that you extracted in step 1 and select it. This should like like the image below




If the package has more than one .tar archive then they will be labelled with PDA/Code, Phone/Modem and CSC. Just put them in the corresponding section of Odin like below




5. DO NOT PUT .PIT FILE AND DO NOT, I REPEAT, DO NOT TICK REPARTITION.



Regardless of firmware version it's still the same methodology


6. Connect the USB cable and wait for any required drivers to install and the ID:COM section to turn blue like below




7. Click start to flash. If Odin hangs at setting up connection just unplug the USB cable and re-attach it, Odin should now resume

8. Do not disconnect the cable or turn off the device once the flash has started, it will reboot when it finishes.



If the firmware is from this thread it will not wipe your phone if you flash as recommended UNLESS I state that the firmware is a "WIPE" version.