I just upgraded my Sony Xperia SP (C5306) with Sony's horrible tool from 4.1.2 to 4.3 (build 12.1.A.0.XXX to build 12.1.A.1.207), but my phone now runs worse, and I don't like the changes at all! Unfortunately, it seems there is no legal/official way to revert. I am not computer illiterate, but have no experience with rooting and such, and everything I read warns about possible bricking and whatnot, so I am a bit weary of jumping into something and breaking my phone. Is there something I can do that is safe to return to the old OS? I'm so bummed as I seem stuck with this OS and I've deleted all my stuff when I tried doing a factory reset. :( Thanks for any help!!!

currently i have xperia SP c5303 which is i know an outdated device but cannot change to a new phone at the moment... so the problem here is internal memory is too small and i need to move them to sd card... i've installed appMgr III and it says that the device doesn't enable users moving apps to the sd card. do note that i already root my device... the apps also tells that the manufacture had removed the function of moving apps to sd card... can I overcome this problem and change the manufacture settings? help me please because i've searched the available method but had not found one yet...

I am unable to share my mobile internet connection via Wifi hotspot or USB tethering to a laptop. When enabling the Wifi hotspot, the laptop connects to the Wifi just fine, but whenever I try to access a website on the laptop it ends in an error; on the phone it works fine. Same issue with USB tethering: The laptop connects just fine, but internet itself isn't shared. Now I've isolated the issue as coming from the phone itself: * internet works fine on the Sony Xperia SP * same SIM card on a different phone: sharing internet connection works fine (the type from the phone company was adamant they can't block this from their side) * connecting phone to home Wifi and sharing that internet connection via USB tethering to a laptop works fine * using a different SIM card on the Xperia SP and I still can't share the mobile internet connection The only thing that comes out of it is that for some reason the Xperia SP somehow is incorrectly configured and doesn't share mobile internet access via Wifi/USB. Which settings should I check on the Xperia SP to ensure that sharing mobile internet connection works?

I am running CM13 Android 6.0 on Xperia SP(codename huashan). After upgrading to CM13, I am unable to capture images using the camera. When I open up the camera app and click an image it gets stuck and no further operations are not possible. Also the captured image never gets saved even if the save location is SD card or device memory. Is there any way to fix this or is this a known bug with CM13 for my device. I have tried other camera apps as well but that did not solve the issue

I don't know how I can unlock my Xperia SP phone, because the model is not listed in the site http://developer.sonymobile.com/unlockbootloader so I couldn't continue. My logic says there might be some model that is similar to this model (Xperia SP), but I don't know what model. Do you know? Any suggestions **APPRECIATED :)**

I have an Xperia SP, and it's stuck in a boot loop after some faulty manipulation. I only see Sony's logo, and plugging the phone to my laptop sets it to flash mode automatically for around 20 seconds, before restarting to connect again straight into flash mode. How can I fix my phone?

Recently, I rooted my Xperia SP (running on Stock Jellybean 4.3). Out of excitement, I uninstalled a few Google Apps (gapps) from my phone. But I think I require the Play Store. How can I **reinstall Gapps** on my phone? Let me clearly explain you my **current status →** for uninstalling those apps, I used ES File Manager (Root Explorer-->Uninstall System App). Though some apps like the play store, gmail, facebook etc. were uninstalled, I found that apps like google account manager, google backup transport cannot be completely uninstalled. So, now I have an incomplete set of Gapps. I compared this list of **essential** gapps with my file manager's system apps' list and found only SetupWizard.apk missing. So, I downloaded SetupWizard.apk from here and tried to install using ADB but I got this error: [INSTALL_PARSE_FAILED_NO_CERTIFICATES]. Another interesting thing is that when I try to install SetupWizard.apk using my file manager, I get these screens, out of which the **first screen suggests that Setup Wizard is already installed** in my phone. What the heck is all these, man??? Now, I am a total newbie to flashing and other super-geek things, so I am pretty scared to flash the gapps' zip using CWM. Please give me an alternative way, if possible.

I want to root my Xperia SP C502. I was wondering what if I bricked my device? Is there way to unbrick it? Can it be repaired? Is rooting worth its risk or I should forget the idea?

I just got notification from [Drippler](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.drippler.android.updates) app that open source archive is released for my device. This is the Xperia SP v12.1.A.0.266 link . I just want to know what is open source archive.

I have got a Xperia SP C5302 which began to show problems from yesterday. It is repeatedly getting restarted by itself whenever I am placing it on any kind of hard surface(ex: table) but works fine when I am holding it in hand or keeping it on top of mattress. **What I have tried -** 1. Did factory rest couple of times but nothing fruitful. 2. Did a software repair through Sony PC Companion but it didn't work. 3. Tried googling in and around but no good result as of now. Phone is running stock rom **12.1.A.1.205** **Android – 4.3 Jelly Bean** Let me know if any further information is required from my side.

Device: Sony Xperia SP C5303. I turned off the device, then hold volume up key, and plugged the USB cable. But I see no blue light. After a while it goes into charge mode. What could be the problem? Some additional information: I'm on Windows 7, 64 bit. I downloaded this driver http://developer.sonymobile.com/downloads/drivers/fastboot-driver/ and overwrote the one in c:\Users\MyUserName\AppData\Local\Android\android-sdk\extras\google\usb_driver\

I rooted my Xperia SP and managed to change all fonts to Roboto Condensed. Only issue I am having is with the clock widget. I am not sure which font is used by the stock clock widget. I managed to change the time font of the clock widget to Roboto Condensed. I changed Time font by replacing .SST-UltraLight.ttf with Roboto Condensed font. But can't change the font of Date and Alarm information. It uses some other font. Can anybody help me on this? Screenshots of the lock-screen (click images for larger variants)

Simply, how to root a Sony Xperia SP device?

I bought a Sony Xperia SP phone 3 days ago. Nice, fast, everything is seems to be all right, except for 2 things: Last night, I killed all the tasks, set the stamina mode, and charged it to 100%. I went to sleep at 23:00, my alarm woke me up at 7:30 (GMT+1 where I am). I checked my phone, and WTF? Battery is on 86%. No wifi, nfc, gps, bluetooth, anything was turned on, and as I mentioned, it was in stamina mode. I checked the task list, and there were a lot of tasks, that I did not start, I don't touch my phone while I sleep (obviously). I made a check again today. Killed all of the tasks except: - Advanced - Task Manager - Lookout - Clean Master - Messenger / Facebook. (I do not know why I did not kill this, because I am using stamina mode, but never mind). After I killed all of the tasks except those mentioned above, went to home screen, back to task manager, and guess what: Now running - YouTube - Google Play Newsstand (hungarian lang) - Google+ - Facebook - Google Play services - Chrome - Google search - FourSquare - McAfee Security - Intelligent Link - HRS Hotels etc... Why is it happening? (Who the fffffff asked to start HRS Hotels for example?) Ok, if Google search has reloaded itself, I say, ok, or some Google apps, but the others? How can I stop these apps starting automatically? The problem is, I check what uses the most of the battery power, and it says: Google Services 22%, Map, 19%. I checked Google services and here are the list of packages (I tried to translate from Hungarian): - Account manager - Google Play framework - Google Play services - Network location - Bookmark synch - Google contact sync Ok, I did enable these services, but this whole thing is strange for me. Please help me to improve to use my battery for longer use. Thx