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subscriber lock

hello.. my xperia x8 was originally subscriber locked and was unlocked by a technician (i ddnt know how and what he did) while being retained on stock and unrooted.
now the question is, will the unlock remain once i flash a custom rom such as ginger dx?
if not, how can i disable the subscriber lock?
thanks in advance for your replies..

Not at all....your bootloder remains unlocked always if it is done properly.
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thank you for replying.. i hav more questns tho..
youre saying that the subscriber lock is with the bootloader?
would you consider using x8 toolbox in rooting the phone as proper?

silenth2o said:
thank you for replying.. i hav more questns tho..
youre saying that the subscriber lock is with the bootloader?
would you consider using x8 toolbox in rooting the phone as proper?
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Yes....you probably have unlocked bootloader.....would you minfd to look under the battery for a date number?
turn off phone
take out battery
look at the BACK SIDE of PHONE(not battery)
find something like 11W30 or 10W30 or 12W30...
Write down the number
Why would you want to use toolbox??
PRESS THANKS if someone helped,don't just say thanks

its 11w35. good thing the techncian ddnt brick it.
i want to install a custom rom and root this thats why i might need the toolbox, am i right?

silenth2o said:
its 11w35. good thing the techncian ddnt brick it.
i want to install a custom rom and root this thats why i might need the toolbox, am i right?
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Didn't brick during unlock progress? Sooo lucky!!!
-you can install flash-tools app (latest may not support x8) & download a custom kernel then flash kernel ... (read guides)
Then flash roms from recovery
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# always wear your seat belt as it saved my life...:beer:
# sorry for English

silenth2o said:
its 11w35. good thing the techncian ddnt brick it.
i want to install a custom rom and root this thats why i might need the toolbox, am i right?
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can you ask your technician what method did he used to unlock it?
Don't install toolbox,download Flashtool
With Flashtool you can:
Root
Flash
Install apps
Clean
Install kernel
Install recovery
And for installing custom rom :
Root via flashtool
install recovery via flashtool
Put custom ROM .ZIP file on sd card
Flash custom kernel
go in recovery via phone(by pressing BACK button)
flash rom
tadaaa...you're done

what i remember is that the techncian used "credits" in unlocking but i'll ask him..
ok. flashtool it is.. im just concerned on losing the subscriber unlock and bricking the phone when installing custom kernels and roms..

silenth2o said:
what i remember is that the techncian used "credits" in unlocking but i'll ask him..
ok. flashtool it is.. im just concerned on losing the subscriber unlock and bricking the phone when installing custom kernels and roms..
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Don't be....everything is easy now when you have your bootlaoder unlocked,just follow instructions carefully and everything should go fine

could't hit the thanks button more than enough..
hello custom world!

[Q Help] Flash ROM's on Z1?

Hey to all XDA Users, I hope you are in good spirit today!
I am back again!
When I was flashing my HTC HD2 everyday I was close to a Professor now I upgraded to Xperia Z1 and I am stupid again as F...!
The Z1 I think is an awesome device but I am really disappointed for many reasons.
I can't select Governors and Frequences for low consumption of energy.
I can't put data folders on External microSD and use the internal Storage for Apps ONLY. (I am already out of storage).
I can't use many app because the OS is not rooted.
I don't have many Option in Settings to improve the Phone.
It's slow.
Drain Battery.
...ecx....
So like any Android Phone the best way to make it fly is to flash some good ROM.
How?
I was reading in the forum about some tricks to put the phone in some condition to flash the available roms but I really will be glad if someone can explain to me all the process to How flash the Rom.
I know is a stupid question but flash the Z1 is not even close to what I was doing with my old friend HD2 and I want to be sure to do all well.
Thanx in advance.

You should post this in the QA section, anyway, root your device first - install recoveries - download preferred rom - push to SD card - Reboot to recoveries - wipe system, cache and dalvik cache - Flash ROM. You should be fine
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Thraxzzz said:
You should post this in the QA section
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Right. Sorry. It can be moved.
Thraxzzz said:
anyway,root your device first - install recoveries - download preferred rom - push to SD card - Reboot to recoveries - wipe system, cache and dalvik cache - Flash ROM
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before that I heard about UNLOCK BOOTLOADER, I heard also this trick have some issues like the camera will stop working. If after that I flash some rom the camera will working again?
Can you help me and send me the right links for:
Unlock Bootloader,
Root the device on Z1,
Recovery for Xperia Z1
I got many threads with recoveries, what it means recovery for 518 & 526. Where I have to look on my device to know the right recovery?
bootloader link?

Er no, you do not have to unlock the boot loader to root Xperia devices.
Please just read the several threads that are in the general section and the one in this section to find out how to get root on the latest firmware version
Sent from my C6903 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app

gregbradley said:
Er no, you do not have to unlock the boot loader to root Xperia devices.
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I know, if I want just to root my Xperia, but root my device will not improve much my device so I want to flash a ROM and few ROM's have to have the Bootloader Unlocked.
gregbradley said:
Please just read the several threads that are in the general section and the one in this section to find out how to get root on the latest firmware version
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I do but in this way I will be able to flash any ROM?

eclyptos said:
Right. Sorry. It can be moved.
before that I heard about UNLOCK BOOTLOADER, I heard also this trick have some issues like the camera will stop working. If after that I flash some rom the camera will working again?
Can you help me and send me the right links for:
Unlock Bootloader,
Root the device on Z1,
Recovery for Xperia Z1
I got many threads with recoveries, what it means recovery for 518 & 526. Where I have to look on my device to know the right recovery?
bootloader link?
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eclyptos said:
I know, if I want just to root my Xperia, but root my device will not improve much my device so I want to flash a ROM and few ROM's have to have the Bootloader Unlocked.
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In the above post of your you did not mention flashing roms, just rooting and installing recovery.
ALl stock based roms do not require an unlocked bootloader, and with those there is a lot you can do
I do but in this way I will be able to flash any ROM?
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If you unlock the bootloader you can flash any rom

Download and install Flashtool from here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=45495831&postcount=3
(Drivers are also in this package in folder drivers)
Download the rootable ROM from here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=46158848&postcount=1
For rooting read this post:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=46979098&postcount=1
Download recovery from here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=45149758&postcount=1
And install it like describe in thread.
But, the most imortant thread for you as a new XPERIA user is doomlords thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2440565
The best kernels you ca use are from doomlord. But so far I can see he did not make a kernel for the latest firmware version. In the past (on my xperia S) you where able to chage Governors and Frequences. But wait for this a while. Unlocking bootloader is needed only if you use non stock based ROMs like CM, AOSP and so on. It's your choice what you want. There is no generelly answer for any ROM and situation, it depends only to your own needs.

gregbradley said:
In the above post of your you did not mention flashing roms, just rooting and installing recovery.
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Sorry, I was answering to the method posted by Thraxzzz, that metod is good for Stock Roms?
gregbradley said:
ALL stock based roms do not require an unlocked bootloader, and with those there is a lot you can do
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I saw many Modified Stock Roms in Xperia Z1 Original Android Development section, can I flash them without unlock bootloader?
gregbradley said:
If you unlock the bootloader you can flash any rom
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I think I will wait until the problem with the camera will be solved. Lose 20mpx for fun is not a good idea.

schickel said:
The best kernels you ca use are from doomlord. But so far I can see he did not make a kernel for the latest firmware version. In the past (on my xperia S) you where able to chage Governors and Frequences. But wait for this a while. Unlocking bootloader is needed only if you use non stock based ROMs like CM, AOSP and so on. It's your choice what you want. There is no generelly answer for any ROM and situation, it depends only to your own needs.
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Awesome, Thanx Man for send me in the right direction, now I can start from something.
You Right, I was looking to flash some nice CM, AOSP Rom but I have to unlock the bootloader and I heard about camera issue, like I told to gregbradley I probably will wait until the problem will be solved and for now I will try some rooted stock rom.
:good:

[Q] Question about ROMs and warranty

Hello developers and xda members!
Some months/weeks ago I asked about rooting and warranty.I got some answers that if I unroot it or use SEUS I will not loose warranty.
This time is about roms and locked bootloaders.
If I install a CWM Recovery then flash a ROM do I void warranty?If yes is there anyway that I can make it so it's like I never flashed anything so the warranty will still last?
If yes what is the best rom I can install for LOCKED bootloader(I don't want to unlock it)?
I want a rom with good battery life + camera (I don't care if it's not 100% perfect but at least better than the stock one!)
Any answer would be helpful!
Thanks

UltraWelfare said:
Hello developers and xda members!
Some months/weeks ago I asked about rooting and warranty.I got some answers that if I unroot it or use SEUS I will not loose warranty.
This time is about roms and locked bootloaders.
If I install a CWM Recovery then flash a ROM do I void warranty?If yes is there anyway that I can make it so it's like I never flashed anything so the warranty will still last?
If yes what is the best rom I can install for LOCKED bootloader(I don't want to unlock it)?
I want a rom with good battery life + camera (I don't care if it's not 100% perfect but at least better than the stock one!)
Any answer would be helpful!
Thanks
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Search the forum. Many other topics just like yours.

Nanostray said:
Search the forum. Many other topics just like yours.
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Already searched but I can't find exact answer.I really don't want to loose my warranty!
Also I care for the exact model (Xperia SP) and not for others

UltraWelfare said:
Already searched but I can't find exact answer.I really don't want to loose my warranty!
Also I care for the exact model (Xperia SP) and not for others
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Even if you unlock your bootlader you wont loose your warranty (if that is the reason you are not doing it).Just make a backup of your DRM keys and the unlock code and keep it safe.

BlAckXpeRia said:
Even if you unlock your bootlader you wont loose your warranty (if that is the reason you are not doing it).Just make a backup of your DRM keys and the unlock code and keep it safe.
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I don't generally want to unlock bootloader.
Even if I don't unlock it and just install a rom(e.x Existenz) would I need to backup DRM keys?
Also can you give me a SAFE tutorial about backing them up?
I also asked about a good rom that has a good battery life and camera than the stock one.
What's your opinion about roms?What is the best based on your opinion?

UltraWelfare said:
I don't generally want to unlock bootloader.
Even if I don't unlock it and just install a rom(e.x Existenz) would I need to backup DRM keys?
Also can you give me a SAFE tutorial about backing them up?
I also asked about a good rom that has a good battery life and camera than the stock one.
What's your opinion about roms?What is the best based on your opinion?
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If you wont be unlocking the bootlooder, you dont need the backup.Here is the thread with anything needed to get started with your phone: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1701644
I've never used the stock or other based on it (I use 4.3+ ROMs ), but other forum members say that Existenz is the best one out there.Currently, I am using the leaked 4.3,but it is for unlocked bootloaders.

BlAckXpeRia said:
If you wont be unlocking the bootlooder, you dont need the backup.Here is the thread with anything needed to get started with your phone: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1701644
I've never used the stock or other based on it (I use 4.3+ ROMs ), but other forum members say that Existenz is the best one out there.Currently, I am using the leaked 4.3,but it is for unlocked bootloaders.
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Why would I need the list of things to scan with a NFC enabled phone?
Anyway so I will not void my warranty if i flash a custom rom and then "format" it with SEUS?
That's my point

UltraWelfare said:
Why would I need the list of things to scan with a NFC enabled phone?
Anyway so I will not void my warranty if i flash a custom rom and then "format" it with SEUS?
That's my point
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nope, SUS will just repair the phone, leaving no evidence of root or ROM

Nanostray said:
nope, SUS will just repair the phone, leaving no evidence of root or ROM
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OK Thanks nanostray (again because you also gave me answers for rooting my phone).
I will proceed installing Xperia ExistenZ rom and I hope I will not brick my phone!:fingers-crossed:
Thanks for any answer

UltraWelfare said:
Why would I need the list of things to scan with a NFC enabled phone?
Anyway so I will not void my warranty if i flash a custom rom and then "format" it with SEUS?
That's my point
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Oops..wrong link!Here s the right one : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2354704
P.S. Im not sure but I think you will still have your warranty.Back in the days, when i had my xperia x8 and it got hardbricked, I lied to my operator that it got fully discharged and it never turned on again.The trick worked and it went to Sony with a custom ROM inside of it .Anyways..today i had to revert to stock, because the tutorial for the leaked 4.3 said so, but i encountered a problem - SUS said that my phone has modified software and it didn't complete the operation.I had to flash an .ftf image file with flashtool.But after all, It was successfull.

Ehm I got a question.At the install instructions of Existenz it says
Flash the rom.
Flash NUT reboot fix: http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=2317432
Flash 12.0.A.2.254 kernel only with flashtool (see FAQ).
As I see NUT reboot fix is for Xperia Z...Do I need to install this?Do I also need to install .254 kernel only again?At the FAQ it says about How to flash 6.2.B.1.96 Kernel with flashtool <- but this kernel is for Z...What happens?
Should I flash the rom then reboot my phone and OK?
Should I flash the rom then reboot my phone and existenz rom opens and then flash the NUT reboot fix?
Should I flash the rom then instantly install the NUT reboot fix?
Should I also install the kernel (12.0.A.254)?
I am kinda confused :/

UltraWelfare said:
OK Thanks nanostray (again because you also gave me answers for rooting my phone).
I will proceed installing Xperia ExistenZ rom and I hope I will not brick my phone!:fingers-crossed:
Thanks for any answer
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Always glad to help but remember, in case of unlocked BL, SUS will not work.
Aye, you got a thank button for that, mate
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UltraWelfare said:
Ehm I got a question.At the install instructions of Existenz it says
Flash the rom.
Flash NUT reboot fix: http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=2317432
Flash 12.0.A.2.254 kernel only with flashtool (see FAQ).
As I see NUT reboot fix is for Xperia Z...Do I need to install this?Do I also need to install .254 kernel only again?At the FAQ it says about How to flash 6.2.B.1.96 Kernel with flashtool <- but this kernel is for Z...What happens?
Should I flash the rom then reboot my phone and OK?
Should I flash the rom then reboot my phone and existenz rom opens and then flash the NUT reboot fix?
Should I flash the rom then instantly install the NUT reboot fix?
Should I also install the kernel (12.0.A.254)?
I am kinda confused :/
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1. Flash ROM
1.b Reboot phone
2. Use .bat from NUT (I used it after OTArootkeeper failed and I couldn't mount /system r/w)
3. Flash the kernel with Flashtool
Step 1b and 2 depend on what you prefer, flashing the fix or rebooting and let the computer do the fix: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2317432
You can use NUT for the SP. About the kernel I'm not sure. I am on LB atm.
Hope this helps (except for the kernel of course)

Nanostray said:
Always glad to help but remember, in case of unlocked BL, SUS will not work.
Aye, you got a thank button for that, mate
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1. Flash ROM
1.b Reboot phone
2. Use .bat from NUT (I used it after OTArootkeeper failed and I couldn't mount /system r/w)
3. Flash the kernel with Flashtool
Step 1b and 2 depend on what you prefer, flashing the fix or rebooting and let the computer do the fix: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2317432
You can use NUT for the SP. About the kernel I'm not sure. I am on LB atm.
Hope this helps (except for the kernel of course)
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Everything went fine without using NUT.If problems appear then I will use it!!
Thanks again

UltraWelfare said:
Everything went fine without using NUT.If problems appear then I will use it!!
Thanks again
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haha not every problem can be solved with NUT

Nanostray said:
haha not every problem can be solved with NUT
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Haha I know but there it might if it's related...You never know .
Thanks again the new rom made my phone smoother + faster and a lot better.
Now we wait for 4.3 .

UltraWelfare said:
Haha I know but there it might if it's related...You never know .
Thanks again the new rom made my phone smoother + faster and a lot better.
Now we wait for 4.3 .
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Well, I've no idea how much longer.. Should have been here in December..

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My friend made it here => http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2765062
XDA:DevDB Information
Removed ..., ROM for the Sony Xperia ZR
Contributors
sijav
ROM OS Version: 4.4.x KitKat
ROM Kernel: Linux 3.4.x
ROM Firmware Required: any 4.1 or 4.2 ftf
Based On: STOCK
Version Information
Status: Stable
Current Stable Version: 1.0.0.0
Stable Release Date: 2014-05-30
Created 2014-05-30
Last Updated 2014-06-02

And so it begins... *thumbup*
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Hi, Sijav sir,
I used your prerooted C5503 4.3 version on my C5502. Worked well. Really thanks for your hard work.
You are simply great that you made it for 4.4 also.
I have few questions. Pl answer.
1. There is one more prerooted 4.4 available in forum. But install procedure is different. I am confused now. Pl clear my doubt.
2. Is there any problem to install C5503 on C5502. (I am now on C5503 4.4 already. No problem). But fear in mind.
3. Somewhere on Google, I read anyone can enable LTE by change in build.prop. Is it true? LTE is software base or hardware base?. (In India, presently no 4G, but in near future it will be available)
Advance Thanks for your patience for my questions.
Sent from my C5503 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app

swasha123 said:
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Hi, Sijav sir,
I used your prerooted C5503 4.3 version on my C5502. Worked well. Really thanks for your hard work.
You are simply great that you made it for 4.4 also.
I have few questions. Pl answer.
1. There is one more prerooted 4.4 available in forum. But install procedure is different. I am confused now. Pl clear my doubt.
2. Is there any problem to install C5503 on C5502. (I am now on C5503 4.4 already. No problem). But fear in mind.
3. Somewhere on Google, I read anyone can enable LTE by change in build.prop. Is it true? LTE is software base or hardware base?. (In India, presently no 4G, but in near future it will be available)
Advance Thanks for your patience for my questions.
Sent from my C5503 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
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1. about the procedures: all procedure is the same it's just my rom is some kind of backup of the current state of my own system folder compressed on tar which saves the permission on every file on itself, which will flash on your phone, as I didn't had any meta-info and somehow I couldn't get one by code and I'm too lazy to build it I did this just to be sure that all permission in your system folder are set to right amount, however using an old meta-info (which currently most dev do) is somehow workable and rom will boot but some problems and malfunctioning may occur later. So I just played it safe.
2. Network vendors (BT and WIFI) are different in C5502 and C5503, I have saw many C5502 broken BT and WiFi, they had also flashed C5503 on C5502!
Flashing another phones rom on yours will result malfunctioning or bricking your phone! So I suggest under any circumstances please Flash a ROM specifically build for your phone just to be safe! (better safe than sorry right? )
3. LTE is hardware base! you can disable it in build.prop, you can enable it too. but if your hardware does not supported then it's nonsense!

OOUPS I flashed the the ROM with PHILZ TOUCH 6 - I did not know that it PHILZ until I saw it on screen at the end....what is the risk and the consequences?

By vanilla recovery...
sijav said:
Hello, here is 4.4 pre-rooted stock firmware
5. Run NDR Utils app and select vanilla recovery (IMPORTANT)
5. Flash my rooted rom zip file and wifi_mac_fix.zip with recoery (DO NOT FLASH THIS WITH PHILZ TOUCH RECOVERY!!)
You mean CWM Recovery, yes?
(And for anyone who can't boot into CWM, go install ROM Manager from Play Store and click Reboot into Recovery once you've set up CWM in the app)
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P.A.M said:
OOUPS I flashed the the ROM with PHILZ TOUCH 6 - I did not know that it PHILZ until I saw it on screen at the end....what is the risk and the consequences?
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No consequences,
nothing will flashed or else if flashed without problems then you're good to go. it's either capable of flash it or not!

YourFriendlyNig said:
You mean CWM Recovery, yes?
(And for anyone who can't boot into CWM, go install ROM Manager from Play Store and click Reboot into Recovery once you've set up CWM in the app)
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yes CWM recovery, or even TWRP if you have it.
when you install dual recovery you can even change the philz name to cwm and vice versa. or use NDRUtil to go to cwm.
it's easy

sijav said:
yes CWM recovery, or even TWRP if you have it.
when you install dual recovery you can even change the philz name to cwm and vice versa. or use NDRUtil to go to cwm.
it's easy
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Thank for info.
I rooted and installed dual recovery from desktop.
But now I can not boot into recovery by hardware key or NDRUtil also.
I have installed Xperia Xposed module and then I can boot into recovery (But in Philz. by default)
But is it safe?? I have to install prerooted rom.
In case any problem, how to boot into recovery without hardware key.

swasha123 said:
Thank for info.
I rooted and installed dual recovery from desktop.
But now I can not boot into recovery by hardware key or NDRUtil also.
I have installed Xperia Xposed module and then I can boot into recovery (But in Philz. by default)
But is it safe?? I have to install prerooted rom.
In case any problem, how to boot into recovery without hardware key.
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Strange, if you have installed adb by pressing up you will go to philz touch or pressing down button you will go to twrp.
you might not installed it correctly!
anyways if you have adb you can pass this command > adb reboot recovery, this will let you to go to recovery but ONLY to philz touch.

sijav said:
No consequences,
nothing will flashed or else if flashed without problems then you're good to go. it's either capable of flash it or not!
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I my case all flashed properly. :good:

P.A.M said:
I my case all flashed properly. :good:
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it worked with philz?
strange, it shouldn't, at least mine didn't work O,o

OK. Finally I flashed prerooted rom by Thibou.
I boot into recovery through Xperia Xposed only. No other option was working.
It was safe or not, I dont know.
Anyway working perfect as of now. Future dont know.
I dare to do this, because you devs are there for any big problem.
Thanks to you and Thibou for hard work & such a fantastic prerooted rom.

sijav said:
it worked with philz?
strange, it shouldn't, at least mine didn't work O,o
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I flashed from Your 4.3 Rooted Firmware.

swasha123 said:
OK. Finally I flashed prerooted rom by Thibou.
I boot into recovery through Xperia Xposed only. No other option was working.
It was safe or not, I dont know.
Anyway working perfect as of now. Future dont know.
I dare to do this, because you devs are there for any big problem.
Thanks to you and Thibou for hard work & such a fantastic prerooted rom.
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that was safe! if it flashed you're done alright!
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I flashed from Your 4.3 Rooted Firmware.
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yeah that old philz recovery might works but the newer by NUT have lots and lots of bugs in flashing anything with metadata and some other binary including the CM! which won't flash at all!!

Mate. Can you guide me?
I'm currently on CM11 and I want to flash and see if stock ROM works better for me than CM11, for testing sake and also 'cuz I miss the camera terribly.
Should I follow the instructions in the OP, or is there another long method? I don't want to brick my phone so a li'l guidance could do me.
Thanks en avance.

nbrian2012 said:
Mate. Can you guide me?
I'm currently on CM11 and I want to flash and see if stock ROM works better for me than CM11, for testing sake and also 'cuz I miss the camera terribly.
Should I follow the instructions in the OP, or is there another long method? I don't want to brick my phone so a li'l guidance could do me.
Thanks en avance.
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Yeah sure go ahead and flash this!
no need to do anything else

CWM Recovery problem

Hi, I followed the guide to install CWM and it seemed to go fine, but when I power on the phone and tap the vol-down key nothing happens, I do get the vibrations as I'm doing it though. Is CWM really necessary to install a custom rom? Cos I might just skip it.

You can't flash a custom rom without cwm recovery.
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karthikys1 said:
You can't flash a custom rom without cwm recovery.
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O lol, I guess I need to solve this then. I thought I just used FlashTool to flash the rom and viola, rom is on.
Does anyone have any ideas what I might be able to try to figure out why CWM isn't working? Any way to see if CWM is actually on my phone? (Maybe it's just not there, rather then not working).
Edit: Rom Manager seems to think I have CWM installed, also I did a Nandroid Backup which seemed to be configured to use CWM so I don't know if it's there or not, or working or not

Which guide did you follow? And how did you make a Nandroid Backup?

I followed this guide.
I downloaded Nandroid Backup Root, it created the backup without rebooting the phone, so it never needed to boot into CWM.

Astralogic said:
I followed this guide.
I downloaded Nandroid Backup Root, it created the backup without rebooting the phone, so it never needed to boot into CWM.
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That's what I thought. The fact that it can create a backup doesn't mean it has a recovery installed, it doesn't use a recovery to create it. If the LED is lighting up at boot, and it is vibrating, and it doesn't get back in, I don't know what the problem would be. I'd try reinstalling CWM, and FYI, you should use V8; V9 has issues.
At the very least, if it really is installed, you should have a "recovery.tar" and "chargemon" file in /system/bin/.

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That's what I thought. The fact that it can create a backup doesn't mean it has a recovery installed, it doesn't use a recovery to create it. If the LED is lighting up at boot, and it is vibrating, and it doesn't get back in, I don't know what the problem would be. I'd try reinstalling CWM, and FYI, you should use V8; V9 has issues.
At the very least, if it really is installed, you should have a "recovery.tar" and "chargemon" file in /system/bin/.
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I don't have those files so CWM is not installed. I can't find v8 of CWM for Xperia T but I found this file "CWM4XperiaT_v8i_JB.zip", is that it?

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I don't have those files so CWM is not installed. I can't find v8 of CWM for Xperia T but I found this file "CWM4XperiaT_v8i_JB.zip", is that it?
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It clearly says "Xperia T" in the name of that file... yes, that's it. Now I'm wondering what you installed, if you didn't install that one, or V9.

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It clearly says "Xperia T" in the name of that file... yes, that's it. Now I'm wondering what you installed, if you didn't install that one, or V9.
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V8 works perfectly, it's installed fine.
I am going to follow this guide to install cyanogenmod, do I need to obtain a bootloader unlock code? Or should I just skip right to installing the ROM?
Edit: Oops forgot the link: http://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Install_CM_for_mint

Astralogic said:
V8 works perfectly, it's installed fine.
I am going to follow this guide to install cyanogenmod, do I need to obtain a bootloader unlock code? Or should I just skip right to installing the ROM?
Edit: Oops forgot the link: http://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Install_CM_for_mint
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First of all, yes, you need an unlocked bootloader. You can't flash custom kernels on a locked bootloader. Secondly, I've never tried that tutorial (I have a TX), but I'm assuming it should work fine, but, personally I'd either go with FXP, or one of the OMNI builds here in XDA, since, as far as I know, developers here have more fixes than what I've seen on FXP and/or CM.
Also, there are a easier ways to flash your ROM, since you already have a custom ROM. I don't think it's necessary to have to fastboot the kernel first.
Edit: The Carbon ROM I'm on also has a T version. The reason I'm on this ROM (and previously OMNI) was because FXP/CM roms have/had a battery drain that was never fixed, something that was fixed here on XDA.

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First of all, yes, you need an unlocked bootloader. You can't flash custom kernels on a locked bootloader. Secondly, I've never tried that tutorial (I have a TX), but I'm assuming it should work fine, but, personally I'd either go with FXP, or one of the OMNI builds here in XDA, since, as far as I know, developers here have more fixes than what I've seen on FXP and/or CM.
Also, there are a easier ways to flash your ROM, since you already have a custom ROM. I don't think it's necessary to have to fastboot the kernel first.
Edit: The Carbon ROM I'm on also has a T version. The reason I'm on this ROM (and previously OMNI) was because FXP/CM roms have/had a battery drain that was never fixed, something that was fixed here on XDA.
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There's a problem My bootloader is not unlockable... does this mean I've been wasting my time?
Edit: There is this guide, it makes no mention of unlocking the bootloader so it might work?

Astralogic said:
There's a problem My bootloader is not unlockable... does this mean I've been wasting my time?
Edit: There is this guide, it makes no mention of unlocking the bootloader so it might work?
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No, that tutorial won't work. Never follow a guide for flashing ROMs that wasn't meant for your phone. Your phone didn't even exist yet when that guide was written.
If you can't unlock your bootloader then there is no way you'll ever be able to flash a custom ROM, because, like I mentioned earlier, custom ROMs have custom kernels, and custom kernels need an unlocked bootloader.
I wouldn't consider it a waste, it's always useful to have a recovery installed; with it you can at the very least backup and restore, flash deodexed/zipaligned stock ROMs, such as this one, flash files, and even have access to ADB if your phone doesn't boot up, which can save you from having to wipe everything, etc., so not a complete waste of time.

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No, that tutorial won't work. Never follow a guide for flashing ROMs that wasn't meant for your phone. Your phone didn't even exist yet when that guide was written.
If you can't unlock your bootloader then there is no way you'll ever be able to flash a custom ROM, because, like I mentioned earlier, custom ROMs have custom kernels, and custom kernels need an unlocked bootloader.
I wouldn't consider it a waste, it's always useful to have a recovery installed; with it you can at the very least backup and restore, flash deodexed/zipaligned stock ROMs, such as this one, flash files, and even have access to ADB if your phone doesn't boot up, which can save you from having to wipe everything, etc., so not a complete waste of time.
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Ok, well, I learned a bit in the process, and I still have an Xperia SP bootloader to unlock, then flash cyanogenmod, so I'm in a better position to handle that now, thanks for all the help guys.