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How to flash Sony Xperia 5 IV?


Why reinstall the firmware?

Errors begin to appear in the Android operating system.

Some installed applications stop opening.

Some programs from the Play Market do not start.

The phone restarts or shuts down randomly.

The phone slows down a lot during operation.

You are not satisfied with the functionality of the stock firmware.





Where can I find the firmware?

On the official website of the phone manufacturer.

On sites where third-party developers and phone manufacturers post custom or official OS.


What should be done before installing the firmware?

Create a backup copy of user data, contacts and photos and transfer it to your computer.

Insert your SD card into your phone. It must have enough memory to fit the firmware.

Find out the exact model of your smartphone.

Fully charge your phone. If the battery runs out during boot, the device will no longer turn on.

Find and download the archive with Firmware. Place it on the SD card.





Installing TWRP Recovery

Download and install the Official TWRP App from the Play Market.

At the first start, you need to give consent to future manipulations, as well as consent to granting the Superuser rights to the application. Check the checkboxes and press the 'OK' button.

On the next screen, select 'TWRP FLASH' and give the application root rights.

TWRP

On the main screen of the application, the 'Select Device' drop-down list is available, in which you need to find and select the device model for installing the recovery.

After selecting a device, the program redirects the user to a web page to download the corresponding image file of the modified recovery environment. Download the suggested *.img file.

After downloading the image file, go to the main screen of the Official TWRP App and press the 'Select a file to flash' button. Then we tell the program the path where the file loaded in the previous step is located.

Press the 'FLASH TO RECOVERY' button and confirm your choice, press 'OK'.

The recording process is very fast, and upon completion, the message 'Flash Completed Succsessfuly!' appears. Click 'OK'. The TWRP installation procedure can be considered complete.

Copy the firmware and other necessary files to the SD card.

Insert a memory card into your phone.

To reboot in recovery, it is convenient to use a special item in the Official TWRP App menu, accessible by pressing the button with three stripes in the upper left corner of the main screen of the application. We open the menu, select the 'Reboot' item, and then tap on the 'REBOOT RECOVERY' button. The phone will reboot into the recovery environment automatically.





Firmware via TWRP

TWRP

Before flashing, you need to clear the 'Cache' and 'Data' sections, press 'WIPE' on the main screen. This will delete all user data from the device, but avoid a wide range of software errors and other problems.

Everything is ready to start flashing. Press the 'Install' button.


TWRP

The file selection screen appears. At the very top is the 'Storage' button, select the location where the firmware file is located.

Select the location where the files were copied. Press the OK button.



TWRP

Find the file we need and click on it. A screen opens with a warning about possible negative consequences, you need to check the item 'Zip signature verification', which will avoid using corrupted files when writing to the phone's memory sections.

The procedure for writing files to the device's memory will begin, accompanied by the appearance of inscriptions in the log field and the completion of the progress bar.

The completion of the installation procedure is indicated by the inscription 'Successful'.





Summary: OS: Android 12; Chipset: Qualcomm SM8450 Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 (4 nm); CPU: Octa-core (1x3.00 GHz Cortex-X2 & 3x2.50 GHz Cortex-A710 & 4x1.80 GHz Cortex-A510); GPU: Adreno 730; Type: OLED, 1B colors, 120Hz, HDR BT.2020; Screen Size: 6.1 inches, 86.9 cm 2 (~83.2% screen-to-body ratio); Resolution: 1080 x 2520 pixels, 21:9 ratio (~449 ppi density); Protection: Corning Gorilla Glass Victus; Card slot: microSDXC; Internal: 128GB 8GB RAM, 256GB 8GB RAM; Triple camera: 12 MP, f/1.7, 24mm (wide), 1/1.7", 1.8Вµm, Dual Pixel PDAF, OIS 12 MP, f/2.4, 60mm (telephoto), 1/3.5", Dual Pixel PDAF, OIS 12 MP, f/2.2, 124Лљ, 16mm (ultrawide), 1/2.5", Dual Pixel PDAF; Features: Zeiss optics, Zeiss T* lens coating ...

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