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hi
clearly this wasn't as simple as the unrevoked method for my last phone,
I ran the script 'root many phone' and it cracked on whilst moaning about permissions and by the time it had finished the phone restarted a bit broken.
It had not play store, none of the previous apps on, wasn't actually rooted at all.
I managed to get play back on there but installing via adb.exe from the command line, and its almost like when I install something, that was on there before, it still has all the settings, so not quite sure what has gone on.
can anyone offer some advice, is it simplest to somehow get myself back to stock and start agin.
maybe I didnt run the root script from the right place. - phone was on and plugged in , usb debugging enabled.
any help much appreicated
I don't know of starting fresh is the 'best' option, but if you haven't done anything that you can't miss our can't do again it's never a wrong try.
Some people also reported that you need allow test locations on. And allow installation of external apps must also be set.
You can always try re rooting without reinstalling.
If you want to reinstall you're best of using Sony update service. Googling is fastest way to find it (not Sony pc companion)
Good luck,
And don't forget to mark your thread solved if it is solved
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1914673
have you tried this method? I used it no problem last night.
welshkid said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1914673
have you tried this method? I used it no problem last night.
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That's the root many android script he already used according to his post
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hi
yes that was what I tried
do I need anything more than that script? (eg those ftf files i keep reading about?)
does the phone need to be on, or in the volume down on boot state
it appears I need 'test locations' and 'external apps' set
anything else I need?
i will try again today at some point
thanks
sure I am being a spanner, but I cant even find the test locations or external apps setting anywhere?
where might that be?
unless test locations is 'mock locations' (guess so)
stilll not finding the external apps option, thought it would be in apps setting somewhere..?
ok found that too in security > unknown sources.
ignore me
That root script didn't work for me either; it kept asking me to connect my device with USB-debugging enabled even though I had already done that.
I would suggest getting back to stock and trying again, BUT use FlashTool instead. It worked perfectly for me in mere seconds.
yesyesimanoob said:
That root script didn't work for me either; it kept asking me to connect my device with USB-debugging enabled even though I had already done that.
I would suggest getting back to stock and trying again, BUT use FlashTool instead. It worked perfectly for me in mere seconds.
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I downloaded version 0.9.0.0 version, but no XperiaT in the list when I plug it in..
which phone did you pick?
presume the steps are
1. download flashtool
2. Install it on your PC
3. Run the Flashtool and connect your phone (enable USB debugging first)
4. Hit the Root button (second in row)
5. When you see "waiting for restore to finish" open your phone and run Backup&Restore app and restore RootMe.tar file.
6. Wait until Flashtool do the rest of work
thanks
xda-nat said:
I downloaded version 0.9.0.0 version, but no XperiaT in the list when I plug it in..
which phone did you pick?
presume the steps are
1. download flashtool
2. Install it on your PC
3. Run the Flashtool and connect your phone (enable USB debugging first)
4. Hit the Root button (second in row)
5. When you see "waiting for restore to finish" open your phone and run Backup&Restore app and restore RootMe.tar file.
6. Wait until Flashtool do the rest of work
thanks
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If you mean in the adb drivers list, select Xperia TX. That was the only time I had to select a device.
OK finally success
although using the initial method.
maybe the problem was created by reading the 'root many phones' thread and where it says there is a special case for Xperia T/S etc I took that to mean when running the tool, to pick option '2) special case Xperia S tablet etc' - which didn't work
ran it again picked option '1) Normal' which did work
thanks for all your help
nat
Not necessarily relevant to the OP's problem but I thought I'd share in case it helps anyone else out...
When I tried rooting using Bin4ry's method I kept getting a adb server out of date error and the root failed.
I eventually traced this to having DROID explorer installed which was forcing an old version of adb to be running and stopped the newer version from starting up.
Once I uninstalled the old version I was able to runMe and root the phone.
Hello all,
I am very new to the community of rooting and am completely lost. A friend of mine gave me this dell streak 7 because someone gave it to him and he was never able to get it to work. I am stuck at "Starting Fastboot USB download protocol" If someone would possibly explain how I might go about fixing this and using it with it's maximum potential I would appreciate it very much. Now although I am very tech savvy I don't have the slightest clue about rooting or loading custom roms so I will have to be talked to like a child until I get comfortable. As of now I have connected the streak to my computer but have yet to have it recognized. That's pretty much as far as I have gotten. I do have a 32gb SD card as well if it needs to be used in the process somehow.
Thanks for all everyone's time and help
Incase the thumbnail does't work here is a link for dropbox
dropbox.com/s/yqc8s4ndybqrwnr/2013-02-25%2009.08.52.jpg
Your not stuck, it's just waiting for you to use the Fastboot command from your PC. Open the little side door, insert a small paperclip into the small hole to reboot normally if it will.
Read this also: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1395964
YAY !
wptski said:
Your not stuck, it's just waiting for you to use the Fastboot command from your PC. Open the little side door, insert a small paperclip into the small hole to reboot normally if it will.
Read this also: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1395964
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ok so, while waiting for a response from someone on here I was playing around with it and realized that the first step i was missing was getting the computer to recognize the tablet. I never had the correct drivers installed and I was having a hard time getting windows to recognize the drivers.
Anyway I am finally able to get the drivers into windows and now I am able to control the device from the command prompt on the computer.
What is my next step? how do i load the rom into the device ? and which one is the best to use for this one ?
I'm thinking the last person who had this device messed it up very badly and now all it wants to do is go into fasboot mode nothing else, i thought I had installed the (Clockwork mod recovery.img) S7-6.0.1.2.img into the recovery using this guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1334487,
After i do that I says done. but nothing happens on the device after is says "Flashing StorMgr partition recovery"
sending 'recovery' (4742 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.525s]
writing 'recovery'...
OKAY [ 0.010s]
finished. total time: 0.543s
ddg5060 said:
ok so, while waiting for a response from someone on here I was playing around with it and realized that the first step i was missing was getting the computer to recognize the tablet. I never had the correct drivers installed and I was having a hard time getting windows to recognize the drivers.
Anyway I am finally able to get the drivers into windows and now I am able to control the device from the command prompt on the computer.
What is my next step? how do i load the rom into the device ? and which one is the best to use for this one ?
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You have your choice. You can use HoneyStreak ROM's by DJ_Steve, which are completed (Honeycomb Android 3.2)
You can run my CM10.1 (Android 4.2.1)
Where to now ?
giveen said:
You have your choice. You can use HoneyStreak ROM's by DJ_Steve, which are completed (Honeycomb Android 3.2)
You can run my CM10.1 (Android 4.2.1)
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Yes but exactly how do I do that? I can't seem to figure out where to start the flashing process. All I am able to do with my device is get into fasboot mode, where do I go from there ? I want to use CM10.1
I tried holding vol (+) and power - nothing
I tried holding vol (-) and power - nothing
Thanks again for all your help
Search is your greatest ally. This has been answered a good 50-100 times.
Yes i know
giveen said:
Search is your greatest ally. This has been answered a good 50-100 times.
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Yes I realize this but as I am extremely new to the scene and there is sooooo much info, it's hard to know where to begin. I don't even know what to look for really because I don't know what tools do what. It's like having all the pieces to the puzzle but unable to put them in the correct order.
ddg5060 said:
Yes I realize this but as I am extremely new to the scene and there is sooooo much info, it's hard to know where to begin. I don't even know what to look for really because I don't know what tools do what. It's like having all the pieces to the puzzle but unable to put them in the correct order.
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Basics of flashing: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLB99FAE280F618B12
Please help?!?!
wptski said:
Basics of flashing:
Thank you. I will look at these and hopefully it will clear some things up. The problem is that my situation is unique I think. I don't know if maybe i have a broken button or the person who gave it to me really messed it up but all it does is boot into fastboot automatically, although I can get it into NVFLASH mode i don't know what these modes do. Are they both able to flash the system so I can use the device? If so do some files work in one that don't work in the other?
I tried putting the device in NVFlash mode caus I want to put the CM10.1 FW on it, am I headed in the right direction ? The only things that I can launch are "Install JB_Alpha_E.bat" and "NVFLASH.exe" running the Install_JB one opens the command prompt and it looks like it is doing something which is how it looks in the video but then suddenly after it processes some files the command prompt window just closes, am I doing something wrong ?
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You are doing it wrong. Go read my first post in that thread very very very very very very very carefullly.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2130081
I'll give you a hint, the line you want to pay attention to is stated right above the download links.
Failed executing command 12 NvError 0x12002
So because the cmd prompt closes so fast I cannot see the error, so I took a video and paused i played it until it froze right where the message came up.
Here is what it says if failes right after creating partitions blah blah blah
Failed executing command 12 NvError 0x12002
command failure: create failed (Bad data)
bootloader status: fatal failure to read / write to mass storage (code:9) message: nverror:0x8 (0x19000008) flags: 0
What does that even mean ? is the device broken somehow ?
Sorry
giveen said:
You are doing it wrong. Go read my first post in that thread very very very very very very very carefullly.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2130081
I'll give you a hint, the line you want to pay attention to is stated right above the download links.
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Sorry I seem so dense when it comes to this stuff, I really don't know android stuff that well.
I looked back and maybe I'm missing what you are saying but I already have the device in NV mode and have the drivers installed if that is what you were talking about.
Now it's just the crashing problem that i'm having. Any ideas? or am I still doing it wrong?
ddg5060 said:
Sorry I seem so dense when it comes to this stuff, I really don't know android stuff that well.
I looked back and maybe I'm missing what you are saying but I already have the device in NV mode and have the drivers installed if that is what you were talking about.
Now it's just the crashing problem that i'm having. Any ideas? or am I still doing it wrong?
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Sorry, at the time I had posted that you were still working with fastboot.
Do you have the drivers installed and in device manager it states that it sees "nvidia recovery" ?
Hard reset with a push pin, go back into NVFLASH mode again, and run the batch file again. If it fails, you hvae to do this step every time.
giveen said:
Sorry, at the time I had posted that you were still working with fastboot.
Do you have the drivers installed and in device manager it states that it sees "nvidia recovery" ?
Hard reset with a push pin, go back into NVFLASH mode again, and run the batch file again. If it fails, you hvae to do this step every time.
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Yes I am in NVflash mode, I have done the pin press and retried several times each time it the cmd closes and i assume it is getting that error.
i can post a picture of the freeze frame that i was able to pause it on if that helps.
ddg5060 said:
Yes I am in NVflash mode, I have done the pin press and retried several times each time it the cmd closes and i assume it is getting that error.
i can post a picture of the freeze frame that i was able to pause it on if that helps.
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I forgot to mention that I did also install the drivers using the nvidia package like the tutorials stated. That all went fine.
Ps. Ignore the play button the the picture, it's just a screen cap of my phone paused on the frame.
ddg5060 said:
I forgot to mention that I did also install the drivers using the nvidia package like the tutorials stated. That all went fine.
Ps. Ignore the play button the the picture, it's just a screen cap of my phone paused on the frame.
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Your SOL.
Notice it says FAIL TO READ/WRITE
You are in read-only mode.
giveen said:
Your SOL.
Notice it says FAIL TO READ/WRITE
You are in read-only mode.
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Ok, i did notice that, other than the obvious what does that mean, is it possible to get it out of read only mode?
ddg5060 said:
Ok, i did notice that, other than the obvious what does that mean, is it possible to get it out of read only mode?
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Only one user has claimed to have gotten out it without returning it to Dell.
wptski said:
Only one user has claimed to have gotten out it without returning it to Dell.
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Damn, let me guess, he won't tell anyone how to do it either or show pictures of claimed revived device.
As far as dell goes, is it something that they will fix or do they consider the warranty void because of whatever was done to it to make it like that?
So sad and here I thought I was actually progressing in fixing it. Question though, how does something like that happen? Did the person flash it wrong? Or interrupt it while writing some critical process?
Actually he did tell us how to do it, it was just 1 in a million chance it works.
Hi,
I'm new here, and I've just got the new Xperia Z, I do have some experience rooting android, flashing custom roms etc, I've been using the rooting tools to try and get root followed them step by step but no avail.
Now I have checked if I can unlock my bootloader sadly this is a no for me , I've installed the sony drivers (flashtools & fastboot), ran the runme.bat from bin4ry's root with restore pack and still nothing the white screen does come up but I get this error:
"Warning: Activity not started, its current task has been brought to the front
/data/local/tmp/onload.sh ..."
And it just stays on the white screen for ages and does nothing has anyone else had this problem, or is there any help regarding my problem.
Thanks in advance.
[THIS HAS BEEN SOLVED IT WAS JUST WINDOWS BEING A NUISANCE]
deadrising said:
Hi,
I'm new here, and I've just got the new Xperia Z, I do have some experience rooting android, flashing custom roms etc, I've been using the rooting tools to try and get root followed them step by step but no avail.
Now I have checked if I can unlock my bootloader sadly this is a no for me , I've installed the sony drivers (flashtools & fastboot), ran the runme.bat from bin4ry's root with restore pack and still nothing the white screen does come up but I get this error:
"Warning: Activity not started, its current task has been brought to the front
/data/local/tmp/onload.sh ..."
And it just stays on the white screen for ages and does nothing has anyone else had this problem, or is there any help regarding my problem.
Thanks in advance.
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I guess it would be better if you posted it in the appropriate topic itself
Have you enabled development options and ticked the usb debugging option in that section?
Yes
Lol sorry thought that this might be the place :/ well I've installed the drivers on Windows, the SDK, enabled USB debugging I've done everything that your supposed to but still no luck just seems to get to running .sh and just sticks there ...
deadrising said:
Hi,
I'm new here, and I've just got the new Xperia Z, I do have some experience rooting android, flashing custom roms etc, I've been using the rooting tools to try and get root followed them step by step but no avail.
Now I have checked if I can unlock my bootloader sadly this is a no for me , I've installed the sony drivers (flashtools & fastboot), ran the runme.bat from bin4ry's root with restore pack and still nothing the white screen does come up but I get this error:
"Warning: Activity not started, its current task has been brought to the front
/data/local/tmp/onload.sh ..."
And it just stays on the white screen for ages and does nothing has anyone else had this problem, or is there any help regarding my problem.
Thanks in advance.
[THIS HAS BEEN SOLVED IT WAS JUST WINDOWS BEING A NUISANCE]
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The same reply I posted in other thread:
Try doing the process again! But before that, open Task Manager kill adb.exe and retry rooting! You can also disconnect the phone, kill the services option in device then connect!
gire.prasad said:
The same reply I posted in other thread:
Try doing the process again! But before that, open Task Manager kill adb.exe and retry rooting! You can also disconnect the phone, kill the services option in device then connect!
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P.S. adb.exe in Windows, don't try to find it on your phone
I unlocked/rooted/installed the stock Android ROM via the All-in-one tool yesterday. Everything went well, except I was getting some errors in Android with the stock ROM, specifically with the phone and media applications. They were both crashing. I read in the ROM thread that you have to flash the radio to get rid of the phone error. Well, I didn't read that before I loaded everything so that .zip wasn't on the phone itself.
Now the phone doesn't show up in Windows, or if it does, it shows up as a CD-ROM drive that I cannot access. I tried flashing it with ADB, but I'm having issues with that as well. When I plug in the phone, I can do "adb devices", and it shows up fine. Reboot into the bootloader/fastboot, everything is fine. Then as soon as I try to do anything, flash the radio, push the .zip to the phone, I get "error: device not found", and I can no longer run any commands on the phone until I reboot the phone and end adb.exe via task manager. Then the cycle continues.
I'm normally pretty good with these things, but I'm stumped here. I've used Android devices in the past, but was an iPhone user for a long time and now I'm coming back and it looks like a lot of this stuff has changed.
Any help is appreciated, at this point my phone is pretty much useless
Thanks!
EDIT: I should also note that I can sometimes get the radio flash to go through, but then I get a "FAILED (remote: signature verify fail).
smaug8821 said:
I unlocked/rooted/installed the stock Android ROM via the All-in-one tool yesterday. Everything went well, except I was getting some errors in Android with the stock ROM, specifically with the phone and media applications. They were both crashing. I read in the ROM thread that you have to flash the radio to get rid of the phone error. Well, I didn't read that before I loaded everything so that .zip wasn't on the phone itself.
Now the phone doesn't show up in Windows, or if it does, it shows up as a CD-ROM drive that I cannot access. I tried flashing it with ADB, but I'm having issues with that as well. When I plug in the phone, I can do "adb devices", and it shows up fine. Reboot into the bootloader/fastboot, everything is fine. Then as soon as I try to do anything, flash the radio, push the .zip to the phone, I get "error: device not found", and I can no longer run any commands on the phone until I reboot the phone and end adb.exe via task manager. Then the cycle continues.
I'm normally pretty good with these things, but I'm stumped here. I've used Android devices in the past, but was an iPhone user for a long time and now I'm coming back and it looks like a lot of this stuff has changed.
Any help is appreciated, at this point my phone is pretty much useless
Thanks!
EDIT: I should also note that I can sometimes get the radio flash to go through, but then I get a "FAILED (remote: signature verify fail).
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Hey, want me to take a look on TeamViewer?
Matt said:
Hey, want me to take a look on TeamViewer?
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Sure, let me set it up on that machine. I have it on a computer at work right now.
You use any IM programs? I basically use them all.
smaug8821 said:
Sure, let me set it up on that machine. I have it on a computer at work right now.
You use any IM programs? I basically use them all.
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Hangouts really
Hello,
this is my first thread/post on this forum, if I did anything wrong please don't be super harsh and inform me to what to do better, thanks.
So why am I asking for help anyways you may ask, well I had my old Xperia Z1 laying around here for quite a while now and wondered if I could do anything productive with it.
So I came up with the idea to install a CFW like Lineage OS or something else.
This is not my first rooted and cfw phone but the first one what gives me nightmares and a headache.
So after reading all of the nice guides how to root it and how to unlock it, nothing of them is working for me, most of the threads have missing files which I cannot find on google or other just simply won't work for me.
First of all, I have rooted my phone via KingRoot in the meantime since the other methods where not working either.
I have turned on usb-debugging and also allowed installation from unknown sources.
And there we start with the first problem, downloaded the google SDK and installed all adb things I needed, did not work, then I tried it from the official sony website, downloaded the usb-driver folder and tried to install it manually, won't work either, because the device manager always gave me error code 10 "device cannot be started", I tried different sources and even die google studio thing and everything ended up with the same result.
Same error code even when I tried to activate fastboot on my phone by pressing down the volume up button, pluging the usb cable in, and yet again the same error message for this device too.
I am using windows 10 and never had such problems before with sony devices.
I hope someone of you can help me out to find a solution, if you need any further information, just let me know.
Did you solve this?
I have the same problem
snailer said:
Did you solve this?
I have the same problem
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This may sound stupid or ridiculous, but yes I managed to work it out and was able to install the CWF on my phone which is working perfectly fine.
Since nobody was willing to help me I just skipped the part where I wanted to post my solution but yeah, this may help you too.
So what did I do? Simply I stopped using Windows 10 for this project, I just used one of my older PC's which still had Windows 7 Ultimate on it.
I just rooted the phone via KingRoot, since it was the only solution what kinda worked out for me, then I was able to install all needed SDK, fastboot and ADB files on my PC and was able to use the ones from the Sony site itself this time and after plugin in the phone to the PC, it installed everything else what was needed for the device manager.
After that was done with no error I was finally able to unlock the phone via the command which you can find also on the Sony website.
If you find this helpful or need any extra information just let me know, maybe I can help you then. Oh and if you found out a solution for you what worked, would be nice to hear that too.
Greetz