{"id":1749,"date":"2016-04-24T23:58:29","date_gmt":"2016-04-24T18:28:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stechguide.com\/?p=1749"},"modified":"2016-04-25T00:06:51","modified_gmt":"2016-04-24T18:36:51","slug":"android-n-ftf-file-for-xperia-z3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stechguide.com\/android-n-ftf-file-for-xperia-z3\/","title":{"rendered":"Download Android N FTF File for Xperia Z3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Recently, Sony released the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stechguide.com\/download-android-n-preview-nexus-devices\/\">Android N Developer Preview<\/a> for two versions of Sony Xperia Z3 (D6603 and D6653) and become the\u00a0first non-Nexus device to receive the Update. Now the\u00a0<em><strong>FTF files<\/strong><\/em> of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stechguide.com\/install-android-n-developer-preview-on-xperia-z3\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em><strong>Android N Developer Preview<\/strong><\/em> for the Xperia Z3 <\/a>are also available. If you own a Sony Xperia Z3, you can manually update it to Android N. Once you <em><strong>Install Android N Developer Preview on Xperia Z3<\/strong><\/em>, you will continue receive the further Android N OTA updates directly from Sony. You can download\u00a0Android N FTF File for Xperia Z3 from below and update it manually.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stechguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Download-Xperia-Z3-Android-N-FTF-firmware-file.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1727\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1727 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stechguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Download-Xperia-Z3-Android-N-FTF-firmware-file.jpg\" alt=\"Android N FTF File for Xperia Z3\" width=\"720\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stechguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Download-Xperia-Z3-Android-N-FTF-firmware-file.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.stechguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Download-Xperia-Z3-Android-N-FTF-firmware-file-300x167.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The update will bring all <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stechguide.com\/android-n-preview-features-release-date\/\" target=\"_blank\">Android N Features<\/a><\/em> like multi-window support, bundled Notification, direct reply notifications, improved emoji, improved Doze mode, and lots more. Also Android N for Xperia Z3 will come with April month security patch. Now you can Download\u00a0Android N FTF File for Xperia Z3 and flash it via Flashtool. Read the below note and download proper Android N FTF File for Xperia Z3.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Note:-<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>The Xperia Z3 FTF file is only is only for two variants of Xperia Z3 D6603 and D6653.<\/li>\n<li>Follow the steps correctly otherwise you may brick your device. We are not responsible for any damage to your phone.<\/li>\n<li>Take\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.stechguide.com\/how-to-backup-your-android-phone-without-root\/\">complete backup of your phone<\/a>\u00a0for safer side and then proceed.<\/li>\n<li>Ensure that your phone has at least 50-60% charged to prevent the accidental shutdown in-between the process.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Download Flash Tool and Android N FTF File for Xperia Z3\u00a0&#8211;<\/h2>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>Download <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/0B8cCnBv81XJ0a0sxTi1OcFp6Mjg\/view?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Xperia Z3 FTF File<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Download <a href=\"http:\/\/developer.sonymobile.com\/downloads\/tool\/flash-tool-for-xperia-devices\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Sony Flash Tool<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">How to Flash\u00a0Android N FTF File on Xperia Z3 &#8211;<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">1)\u00a0First enable USB debugging from setting&gt;developer option&gt;. To enable Developer Options, go to About phone and tap the Build Number 7 times.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">2) Now download FlashTool from above and install Flashtool drivers. Go to\u00a0Flashtool&gt;Drivers&gt;Flashtool-drivers.exe\u00a0and install the\u00a0Flashtool, Fastboot\u00a0&amp;\u00a0Xperia Z3 drivers.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">3) Now\u00a0Download Android N FTF File for Xperia Z3 from above and save it on\u00a0Flashtool&gt;Firmwares\u00a0folder.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">4) Now\u00a0Open the Flashtool.exe<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">5) Now click on\u00a0click on <em>Flash device-&gt;Flashmode\u00a0<\/em>and Select the\u00a0FTF\u00a0firmware\u00a0file\u00a0that you placed in the\u00a0Firmware\u00a0folder.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">6)\u00a0Check <em>Wipe cache, data, APPS_LOG<\/em> and\u00a0<em>USERDATA<\/em> if you want to perform a clean install<em>.\u00a0<\/em>If you are just looking forward to upgrade, then do not check any options.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">7) Now click on OK, and it will start preparing the\u00a0firmware file for flashing. This may take a little while to load.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">8)\u00a0As soon as the\u00a0firmware\u00a0is loaded, connect your phone via data cable it will prompt you to attach the phone by turn off the phone and\u00a0keep <strong>Volume Down key\u00a0<\/strong>pressed\u00a0and plug in the data cable.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">9)As soon as the phone is detected in\u00a0Flashmode,\u00a0the\u00a0firmware\u00a0will start flashing, Do not leave the\u00a0Volume Down key\u00a0until the process is complete.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">10)\u00a0Once installation completes, leave the Volume Down key and boot your phone normally. You should now be on the latest Android N firmware\u00a0<strong>NPC91K.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Thats the you successfully install Android N FTF File for Xperia Z3.\u00a0Let us know your thoughts about Xperia Z3 Android N update in the comments below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recently, Sony released the Android N Developer Preview for two versions of Sony Xperia Z3 (D6603 and D6653) and become the\u00a0first non-Nexus device to receive the Update. Now the\u00a0FTF files of the Android N Developer Preview for the Xperia Z3 are also available. If you own a Sony Xperia Z3, you can manually update it <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1727,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[375],"tags":[932,930,933,934,936,935,931],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Download Android N FTF File for Xperia Z3<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"You can download Android N FTF File for Xperia Z3 from below and update it manually. 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