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[Q] how to change ROM

I have read through this entire forum, just to find out that it seems nearly impossible to change ROM on our SG3. So could someone please give a detailed step by step explanation how to change ROM on the SG3?

Chickendude said:
I have read through this entire forum, just to find out that it seems nearly impossible to change ROM on our SG3. So could someone please give a detailed step by step explanation how to change ROM on the SG3?
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Depends on which ROM you want to flash!

Chickendude said:
I have read through this entire forum, just to find out that it seems nearly impossible to change ROM on our SG3. So could someone please give a detailed step by step explanation how to change ROM on the SG3?
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Its not impossible. . Before flashing, make a backup of the efs partition. For that you need to be rooted. Rooting guide here.
Then backup efs partition. It contains your IMEI. Guide here.
Then the basics of flashing. Flashing guide here.
Apart from these, you also have to follow some other instructions that ROM developers provide for their ROMs.

Thanks, but most of the ROMs I have are .zip files, instead of .tar, so how can I convert those?
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Chickendude said:
Thanks, but most of the ROMs I have are .zip files, instead of .tar, so how can I convert those?
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Which ROM do you have. Do mention the version number also.

Chickendude said:
Thanks, but most of the ROMs I have are .zip files, instead of .tar, so how can I convert those?
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Are you talking about an "update.zip"? Thats just a Package to update the ROM you already have. To do this :
1) Paste the update.zip in your sdcard
2) Reboot into Recovery (Press and Hold Volume Up + Volume Down + Menu Key + Power Button )
3) Select "Apply sdcard:update.zip"
4) Reboot
For doing this, you need to have the whole ROM already installed in your phone. And that will come in a tar package (.tar file).
Flash it using Odin as One Package. And then apply update.zip.

Chickendude said:
Thanks, but most of the ROMs I have are .zip files, instead of .tar, so how can I convert those?
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Silly question but....did you try to UNZIP the roms after you downloaded them?
Peace...
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Yes, I tried, so most likely the ROM is corrupt, but is it also possible to change ROM without using Odin, because Odin doesn't recognise the .ops file?

dhirend_6d said:
Which ROM do you have. Do mention the version number also.
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So far, I have still got the standard ROM, but I am trying to get Kyrrilos on my phone.

Chickendude said:
Yes, I tried, so most likely the ROM is corrupt, but is it also possible to change ROM without using Odin, because Odin doesn't recognise the .ops file?
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No. You have to use ODIN to flash. And the .ops(apollo_0531.ops) you have to select it says "SELECT OPS".

Chickendude said:
So far, I have still got the standard ROM, but I am trying to get Kyrrilos on my phone.
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Oh Kyrillos' ROM!!
For that first you have to download v5.5. There are 2 parts. Download them both in one folder. Then extract only 1st part. Second part will get extracted automatically. You ll then have a .tar file. Then remove SIM and SD. ollow Kyrillos' instructions. Flash and done.

Or perhaps miuiwiz
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[GUIDE] How to port ROMS

I know that there are actually LOTS of "How to port ROMS" in this forum now.. but I would like to share a certain source I found that is actually fool proof
Here it goes!
find a ROM that is designed for the same CPU type and the same phone manufacturer. Any stock Gingerbread, ICS, or CyanogenMod 7/9 ROM should work, but you’ll have to make sure your phone can handle the ROM – no ICS for an HTC Hero, for example. Also, your Port ROM's original Phone should have the same RESOLUTION with that of your phone's.
You will need:
**Notepad++
**a compression program (WinZip or 7zip and etc)
**the ROM you want to port to your phone (let’s call it the "Port ROM")
**a ROM designed for your phone (let’s call it"Base ROM")
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This guide may mention some files or directories that aren’t present in your particular ROM; don’t worry, just carry on.
On your PC, extract the .ZIP files containing the two ROMs, and navigate to /system/app in your extracted Port ROM and copy stk.apk, vpnservices.apk, camera.apk, and bluetooth.apk into a temporary directory somewhere else on your PC.
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Now, delete the following folders from your Port ROM and replace them with the ones from your Base ROM: /data, /system/app, /system/framework, /system/fonts and /system/media.
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From your Base ROM, copy /system/lib/libandroid_runtime.so to the system/lib/ directory of your Port ROM, overwriting the file.
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Next up, move the .APKs you copied earlier back into the /system/app directory of your Port ROM.
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Open up /system/lib in your Port ROM and copy all the files and folders. Paste them into the Base’s /system/lib directory, replacing all. Then go back to the Port ROM and delete the /system/lib folder, and replace it with the /system/lib folder from the Base ROM.
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Next, navigate to the /system/etc/init.d folder in the Port ROM and do the same copy-from-Port, paste-to-Base, delete-from-Port, copy-from-Base, paste-to-Port shuffle as before.
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Navigate to /system/etc/permissions and do that same copy-paste dance one more time.
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open system/build.prop from both the port and the base ROM in Notepad++. Update the Base build.prop to match the values for “ro.build.description=” and “ro.build.fingerprint=” from your Port. Now save the Base build.prop, exit Notepad++, and copy the Base build.prop into the Port ROM, overwriting the Port build.prop.
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In Notepad++, open \META-INF\com\google\android\updater-script from both your base and port ROMs. Edit the Port’s script to be like the Base’s updater-script: specifically, change, edit, or add the sections for permissions, ui_prints, asserts, run_programs, and installing the kernel. Don’t change any of the symlinks. In the Port script, make sure that the ‘format’ values are appropriate for your device (compare them to the Base script).
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Finally, make sure that your kernel is specifically for your device.
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Now, if you desire, you can update any apps you require, or add any tools like BusyBox or SuperSU.
And that’s it! Your base ROM is now ready to be zipped and installed on your device via Clockwork Mod!
SOURCE: http://apcmag.com/port-roms-to-your-android-device.htm
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
CUSTOM ROM FOLDERS EXPLAINED
List of Resolution for Smartphones
How to change Kernel of ROM Before installation in its zip file.
[GUIDE][How to Make CWM Recovery Flashable Zip file without Computer]

copy - paste, easy made. nice guide, thanks

30adi said:
copy - paste, easy made. nice guide, thanks
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Yes but i found the source highly confusing i just "cleaned it up"
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Very good job, thank you.

ADDED:
[GUIDE][How to Make CWM Recovery Flashable Zip file without Computer]

I port a ROM but I am getting unknown baseband no imei please tell me how to fix

khan_frd2002 said:
I port a ROM but I am getting unknown baseband no imei please tell me how to fix
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go to build.prop in /system and edit rild.libpath=
rild.libargs=
to match your device and that should fix it

your guide was just copied by a person from One V forums without giving proper credits.
see here: here

1ceb0x said:
your guide was just copied by a person from One V forums without giving proper credits.
see here: here
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I see.. he should've given proper credits to the website
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changing lib path in buildprob
not work

erm hello, can you put the other guides in your OP? some are in your other posts and it would not be easy for others to see..
nice guide and gonna try this when i got time
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kemaro30 said:
erm hello, can you put the other guides in your OP? some are in your other posts and it would not be easy for others to see..
nice guide and gonna try this when i got time
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What "other" guides do you mean?
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Hello I Wanted to port Cm7 On a New cpu named as - MediaTek 6573 ! it is an armv6 one ... any suggestions from where to start ....etc ?

I will definitely give this a try.

Great guide. Subscribed!!

ChummyDays said:
Okay, question: what is the point of porting a ROM made for a device with the same CPU and same manufacturer?? there is VERY few phones that are made by the same company and the same cpu!
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Well that is to ensure "safety" when porting a ROM.. the guide i posted was a beginner's guide on how to port.. as you can see, almost 80% of the procedure is just basically copy&paste..
however, if you have a good background now in codes and porting things, i believe you may not follow step-by-step the procedures i stated above.
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mandeep1 said:
Hello I Wanted to port Cm7 On a New cpu named as - MediaTek 6573 ! it is an armv6 one ... any suggestions from where to start ....etc ?
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Search for other phones with similar cpu
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What about dual Sim ph?

Does anyone have any idea what would cause a "Modem Crashed Forced Upload Mode" on a port for SGS3?
I can't seem to pinpoint what causes that (I think it's a kernel panic but I could be wrong)

Looks like this would work on International Note 2 and Tmobile Note 2. They have the exact same hardware and everything. I was wondering about the last statement about kernel. Can't I just copy the boot.img from tmobile note 2 to international note 2 ? would that work ? I am not familiar with kernels and stuff. Need advice.
Thanks

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Hi, could you check the download link, its not working anymore, Thanks in advance .

Download Link is not working.!

ps_minky16 said:
Download Link is not working.!
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It's on my Github some where, I'm currently at work so I can't link you

take this http://www.mediafire.com/download/of8lb0f1j662v1j/HTC+Mobile+Flashing+Software.zip

I updated the download link

please mention flash files website for HTC mobiles

Thanks dude..
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Wrong software
wasim9283 said:
take this http://www.mediafire.com/download/of8lb0f1j662v1j/HTC+Mobile+Flashing+Software.zip
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The link is for Samsung ( Odin ).

wasim9283 said:
take this http://www.mediafire.com/download/of8lb0f1j662v1j/HTC+Mobile+Flashing+Software.zip
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ODIN???? Are you serious? this is a software for samsung phones.

[FTF][STOCKFIRMWARE][Xperia Z1][C6903]VodafoneUK 14.1.G.1.534

Stock FTF Vodafone UK 14.1.G.1.534.
C6903_14.1.G.1.534_Vodafone UK.ftf - 824.16 MB
Code:
This was the first version, it doesn't work, I left here so the next posts made sense
[URL=http://d-h.st/04g]C6903_14.1.G.1.518_Vodafone UK.ftf - 519.41 MB[/URL]
I will create a custom ROM based on this firmware soon, I just need to get my kitchen sorted out again on my new laptop.

gregbradley said:
C6903_14.1.G.1.518_Vodafone UK.ftf - 519.41 MB
I will create a custom ROM based on this firmware soon, I just need to get my kitchen sorted out again on my new laptop.
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Tried to flash this FTF 3 times and keeps failing
29/026/2013 10:26:54 - ERROR - ERR_SEVERITY="MINOR";ERR_CODE="0017";ERR_DYNAMIC="0x80060011 ";
The FTF is about 300MB lighter than all the others

ianford10 said:
Tried to flash this FTF 3 times and keeps failing
29/026/2013 10:26:54 - ERROR - ERR_SEVERITY="MINOR";ERR_CODE="0017";ERR_DYNAMIC="0x80060011 ";
The FTF is about 300MB lighter than all the others
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I am looking into it now...not sure what the issue is. Maybe just a bad upload

gregbradley said:
I am looking into it now...not sure what the issue is. Maybe just a bad upload
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I'm wondering, why don't you use the 534 unbranded as a base for your custom rom?
Sent from my Xperia Z1

gregbradley said:
I am looking into it now...not sure what the issue is. Maybe just a bad upload
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Cool
Want to flash this laters today
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B1nny said:
I'm wondering, why don't you use the 534 unbranded as a base for your custom rom?
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Because I only ever make roms for myself (And share it in case anyone else wants to use it), and this is the latest firmware for my phone.

gregbradley said:
Because I only ever make roms for myself (And share it in case anyone else wants to use it), and this is the latest firmware for my phone.
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I see, thanks!

ianford10 said:
Cool
Want to flash this laters today
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I created it again and it is the same size, 519MB.
Not sure whats going.

gregbradley said:
C6903_14.1.G.1.518_Vodafone UK.ftf - 519.41 MB
I will create a custom ROM based on this firmware soon, I just need to get my kitchen sorted out again on my new laptop.
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Did you make any mistake... there is no way you can achieve rom in that size... three rom is 831 mb...all roms so far is 800+

jos_031 said:
Did you make any mistake... there is no way you can achieve rom in that size... three rom is 831 mb...all roms so far is 800+
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Something is wrong for sure.
I just downloaded the files again from PCCompanion and made the FTF file twice. Both times it was 519MB.

gregbradley said:
Something is wrong for sure.
I just downloaded the files again from PCCompanion and made the FTF file twice. Both times it was 519MB.
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Are you creating it directly from the blobs folder? Should be around 4 files in total.
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ianford10 said:
Are you creating it directly from the blobs folder? Should be around 4 files in total.
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Yes, I am doing it the exact same way I have done 100's of times before..
And there ware about half a dozen files. I will do it again and this time just take the 4 biggest...

OK, this is embarrassing. I cannot make this FTF correctly. It is always around 500MB and wont flash. It gives the error
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ERROR - ERR_SEVERITY="MINOR";ERR_CODE="0017";ERR_DYNAMIC=" 0x80060011 ";
I am doing it the exact same way I have done hundreds if not thousands of times before on the Xperia T, Neo and X10. I am using the same laptop as before (Lenovo think pad running win 7). the only thing that is different is that I am using the latest flashtool (0.9.11.0)
I get no errors when flashtool makes the FTF and I get no errors when PCCmpanion uses the files to "repair" my phone.
Here is what I am doing.
1) Running pccompanion and choosing software repair
2) Letting it complete
3) Running flashtool and clicking on tools/seus decrypt/
4) Browsing to where the files are downloaded in the blobs folder
5) Clicking on all the files that it finds to convert them, moving to them to the right pane and clicking convert
6) Letting it complete and then using all those files in the bundle creation.
Like I say, flashtool gives no errors.
If I am missing something basic, please let me know and you have my permission to laugh at me and add to a faceplam thread.
Its really bugging me now though.
Thanks

I got the Z1 today on Vodafone and received a notification of an update to 534 about 30mins ago

Aidey68 said:
I got the Z1 today on Vodafone and received a notification of an update to 534 about 30mins ago
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Thanks updating now

gregbradley said:
OK, this is embarrassing. I cannot make this FTF correctly. It is always around 500MB and wont flash. It gives the error
Code:
ERROR - ERR_SEVERITY="MINOR";ERR_CODE="0017";ERR_DYNAMIC=" 0x80060011 ";
I am doing it the exact same way I have done hundreds if not thousands of times before on the Xperia T, Neo and X10. I am using the same laptop as before (Lenovo think pad running win 7). the only thing that is different is that I am using the latest flashtool (0.9.11.0)
I get no errors when flashtool makes the FTF and I get no errors when PCCmpanion uses the files to "repair" my phone.
Here is what I am doing.
1) Running pccompanion and choosing software repair
2) Letting it complete
3) Running flashtool and clicking on tools/seus decrypt/
4) Browsing to where the files are downloaded in the blobs folder
5) Clicking on all the files that it finds to convert them, moving to them to the right pane and clicking convert
6) Letting it complete and then using all those files in the bundle creation.
Like I say, flashtool gives no errors.
If I am missing something basic, please let me know and you have my permission to laugh at me and add to a faceplam thread.
Its really bugging me now though.
Thanks
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All the same as I do except I delete the blobs folder first before updating and unplug the device whilst PCCompanion is downloading the updates. I'm using the same version of flashtool as you with the Z1 device package.
Should all work as you have said, puzzled am I.
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ianford10 said:
All the same as I do except I delete the blobs folder first before updating and unplug the device whilst PCCompanion is downloading the updates. I'm using the same version of flashtool as you with the Z1 device package.
Should all work as you have said, puzzled am I.
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Well I am downloading the .534 update now, hopefully all will be good with this one...

That's better.
An 843MB FTF file.
I will upload it and update the OP in the morning..
I really have no idea what was happening with the old one.

OP Updated

Flashtool OTG - The new way to return to stock

|>> FlashTool On-The-Go
Welcome to FlashTool On-The-Go! FlashTool OTG is the new way to get back to the stock rom for your Xperia Device. Originally made by MrSteve555 for the Xperia SP, the utility/tool has been made for the Xperia Z3. The FlashTool OTG Package is a flashable .zip file that you can use to flash the Stock ROM's to your device using Recoveries.
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|>> How to flash?
>> Download the Package (.zip file) to your device [Preferably the SD Card so you can save it for further use]
>>> Reboot Into Recovery (CWM [The only recovery available to the Z3 at the moment])
>>>> Factory Reset, Clear Cache Partition and Clear Dalvik Cache
>>>>> Navigate to the .zip file downloaded
>>>>>> Flash the .zip file
>>>>>>> Reboot and Enjoy
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|>> Downloads:
Generic Singapore (D6653)(23.0.A.2.93_R6B) [1.03GB] | MEGA | <<<< ONLINE >>>>
Need a specific FlashTool OTG Package? List em' down below
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If you have found anything to be faulty, please contact me immediately so I can fix it ASAP
|>> D-I-Y Guide:
So here's I will give you a brief information about converting stuff to be directly flashable:
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Requirements:
Flashtool
A working brain
Stock firmware you want to convert
This META-INF to create the package: https://mega.co.nz/#!ucIAlCZR!TsA8I4...p://d-h.st/RQJ
1. Download your desired stock ROM you want to convert.
2. Extract these files from your firmware:
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system.sin
kernel.sin
fotakernel.sin
elabel-C530x-xxx_xxxxxxxxxxxx.x_xxxxxxxxxxxxx.sin
apps_log.sin
amss_fsg.sin
amss_fs_1.sin
amss_fs_2.sin
3. Open Flashtool > Tools > Sin Editor > choose the first file you extracted> Extract data
Do the same with all the files I mentioned in point 2.
4. Rename
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1. system.ext4 to system.img
2. kernel.elf to boot.img
3. fotakernel.elf to fotakernel.img
4. elabel-C530x-xxxxxxx.ext4 to elabel.img
5. apps_log.ext4 to appslog.img
6. amss_fsg.unknown to fsg.img
7. amss_fs_1.unknown to modemst1.img
8. amss_fs_2.unknown to modemst2.img
5. Add these renamed files to archive(.zip format, compression set to normal) and then add(drag and drop) the META-INF zip mentioned in requirements.
6.DONE!
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Credits are to also go to XDA Senior Member @MrSteve555 for all his tutorials and help with this and also many other things
Credits can also be given to XperiFirm and Flashtool for their tools used to create the stock .ftf's
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XDA:DevDB Information
Flashtool On-The-Go, Tool/Utility for the Sony Xperia Z3
Contributors
Furrydaus, MrSteve555
Version Information
Status: Stable
Created 2014-10-06
Last Updated 2014-10-06

i have twrp on mine (from monx), will this work the same way?

vidge1111 said:
i have twrp on mine (from monx), will this work the same way?
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Yeap. sorry about not updating the page
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Thanks for posting this.
I see that you specified the D6653 (I think that is the T-mobile version). I have the D6603, do you know if it will work on my Xperia Z3?

pbsteebs said:
Thanks for posting this.
I see that you specified the D6653 (I think that is the T-mobile version). I have the D6603, do you know if it will work on my Xperia Z3?
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The D6616 is T-Mobile version. D6653 and D6603 are international unlocked versions.

pbsteebs said:
Thanks for posting this.
I see that you specified the D6653 (I think that is the T-mobile version). I have the D6603, do you know if it will work on my Xperia Z3?
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Should work by theory but if you want, I could try creating one

Furrydaus said:
Should work by theory but if you want, I could try creating one
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Thanks, Furrydaus, I would definitely appreciate it :good: