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[Q] Fix Android 4.4

Alright here is the situation:
-Xperia Z with STOCK 4.4.2 update
-Locked Bootloadder without the ability to unlocked it (says it's not allowed for some reason)
-Not rooted
-No custom recovery
I want to apply this patch - http://forum.xda-developers.com/xperia-z/general/fix-4-4-lags-xperia-z-t2767303
(Qualcomm dalvik patch)
both files are ZIP files so "flashtool" is no help.
How do I do that?
Thank you.

UnbredHalflingers said:
Alright here is the situation:
-Xperia Z with STOCK 4.4.2 update
-Locked Bootloadder without the ability to unlocked it (says it's not allowed for some reason)
-Not rooted
-No custom recovery
I want to apply this patch - http://forum.xda-developers.com/xperia-z/general/fix-4-4-lags-xperia-z-t2767303
(Qualcomm dalvik patch)
both files are ZIP files so "flashtool" is no help.
How do I do that?
Thank you.
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Downgrade to 4.2.2, root, install dualrecovery for locked bootloader, flash deodexed 4.4.2 - install super user mod, - flash the zip files

UnbredHalflingers said:
Alright here is the situation:
-Xperia Z with STOCK 4.4.2 update
-Locked Bootloadder without the ability to unlocked it (says it's not allowed for some reason)
-Not rooted
-No custom recovery
I want to apply this patch - http://forum.xda-developers.com/xperia-z/general/fix-4-4-lags-xperia-z-t2767303
(Qualcomm dalvik patch)
both files are ZIP files so "flashtool" is no help.
How do I do that?
Thank you.
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whats the model no?

St.Jimmy90 said:
Downgrade to 4.2.2, root, install dualrecovery for locked bootloader, flash deodexed 4.4.2 - install super user mod, - flash the zip files
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I think that's too much work to fix such a small lag
androidtweaker1 said:
whats the model no?
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C6603

If you're unable to unlock your bootloader, the only way to root and install the custom recovery required to flash those files is to downgrade, unfortunately.
If you don't want to do that, you will have to wait until someone discovers an exploit to root 4.4 directly (if that ever happens).
Sent from my C6603 using Tapatalk

[Q] Should I update to 5.0.2?

I just a replacement model to be able to unlock my bootloader, root, etc. I am currently on 4.4.2 and was wondering if there is a method to root 5.0.2? If so, what are the steps?

EvoTheBoy said:
I just a replacement model to be able to unlock my bootloader, root, etc. I am currently on 4.4.2 and was wondering if there is a method to root 5.0.2? If so, what are the steps?
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The same steps are required to root the phone on 5.0.2 as on any other version: Flash twrp recovery, flash the latest SU.

alray said:
The same steps are required to root the phone on 5.0.2 as on any other version: Flash twrp recovery, flash the latest SU.
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I flashed UPDATE-SuperSU-v1.94.zip in TWRP recovery and when I go to verify root it says I am not rooted. Am I doing something wrong?

EvoTheBoy said:
I flashed UPDATE-SuperSU-v1.94.zip in TWRP recovery and when I go to verify root it says I am not rooted. Am I doing something wrong?
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1.94 is pretty old is does not support lollipop.
Latest SU is 2.46 and will works fine on lollipop.

alray said:
1.94 is pretty old is does not support lollipop.
Latest SU is 2.46 and will works fine on lollipop.
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Hi sir, if I root my phone, and then install again stock recovery, will I be able to recieve OTA Updaates ?

Xhemal1325 said:
Hi sir, if I root my phone, and then install again stock recovery, will I be able to recieve OTA Updaates ?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=52894276&postcount=9

[Q] Questions about root and OTA

Hello everyone, I'm new here, my nexus 6 is on stock 5.0.1 and waiting for update to 5.1, here are my concerns.
1. How can I root my phone without unlock boot loader or flash a twrp recovery( I Know if I got a twrp recovery, I can not get OTA).
2. If I need unlock boot loader in order to root, could this affect ota?
3. If I rooted my phone, can I get ota in the future?
Thanks.

Dennypalace said:
Hello everyone, I'm new here, my nexus 6 is on stock 5.0.1 and waiting for update to 5.1, here are my concerns.
1. How can I root my phone without unlock boot loader or flash a twrp recovery( I Know if I got a twrp recovery, I can not get OTA).
2. If I need unlock boot loader in order to root, could this affect ota?
3. If I rooted my phone, can I get ota in the future?
Thanks.
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1. You can't 2. No can be unlocked and still do the ota 3. YES!

nms247 said:
1. You can't 2. No can be unlocked and still do the ota 3. YES!
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Thanks. So this means if I want to root my phone, I will have to unlock boot loader. And is there anything I can do if I want to update through OTA after I rooted and unlocked my phone?

Dennypalace said:
Thanks. So this means if I want to root my phone, I will have to unlock boot loader. And is there anything I can do if I want to update through OTA after I rooted and unlocked my phone?
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As long as you flash the stock recovery before an ota you'll be fine

Actually any system modification including root on Lollipop will prevent an OTA so in answer to question 3, no.

Basically need to flash stock system.img, recovery.img and stock boot (if you changed the kernel).
At least thats what I'm about to do.

y2whisper said:
Basically need to flash stock system.img, recovery.img and stock boot (if you changed the kernel).
At least thats what I'm about to do.
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Correct. That's exactly what I did, and it worked.

rootSU said:
Actually any system modification including root on Lollipop will prevent an OTA so in answer to question 3, no.
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Weird as I took the OTA while rooted.

Still working on it on my end. Drivers aren't installed for add sideboard trying to figure it out

How can i root stock lollipop ?

hi , i have updated my phone to 14.5.A.0.242 and i want to know how to root it ?
i tried easyroot 12 but failed

kareem19 said:
hi , i have updated my phone to 14.5.A.0.242 and i want to know how to root it ?
i tried easyroot 12 but failed
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You have to downgrade to 4.4.4 and root then flash a pre-rooted lollipop rom using recovery.

Can't we just flash a 4.4.4 kernel that recovery, flash SuperSU and then reflash the 5.0.2 kernel? Cause I'm seriously lazy to go back to.4.4.4

LeParkour012 said:
Can't we just flash a 4.4.4 kernel that recovery, flash SuperSU and then reflash the 5.0.2 kernel? Cause I'm seriously lazy to go back to.4.4.4
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if you have unlocked bootloader , u can flash 4.4.4 kernel with recovery flash SuperSU in recovery and reflash 5.0.2 kernel i have done its working fine

did some one try to flash C690X_14.4.A.0.108_KernelOnly then root, then flash C690X_14.5.0.2_KernelOnly

Waledac said:
if you have unlocked bootloader , u can flash 4.4.4 kernel with recovery flash SuperSU in recovery and reflash 5.0.2 kernel i have done its working fine
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Do not do this ****. Flashing an android 4.4 kernel on android 5.0.2 system is the BEST WAY to brick your phone.
Remember, always flash KEBB (Kernel, Elabel, Bootbundle and Baseband), never kernel alone : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2574764
I recommand :
- Downgrade to Android 4.4.4
- Root and install XZDualRecovery
- Flash a pre-rooted Android 5.0.2 firmware

So I did this. Flashed 4.4.4 kernel with recovery. Flash SuperSU. Flash back 5.0.2 kernel from the ftf. Root doesn't seem to work. But it's there. Then I proceeded to use NUT's lockeddualrecovery installer using option 1 (rooted with SuperSU). It rebooted with root working. So yeah. That's how I rooted mt device

lelinuxien52 said:
Do not do this ****. Flashing an android 4.4 kernel on android 5.0.2 system is the BEST WAY to brick your phone.
Remember, always flash KEBB (Kernel, Elabel, Bootbundle and Baseband), never kernel alone : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2574764
I recommand :
- Downgrade to Android 4.4.4
- Root and install XZDualRecovery
- Flash a pre-rooted Android 5.0.2 firmware
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there might have been issues with 4.2.2 , 4.3 , but I dont think there is any issue in KitKat and Lollipop for just flashing Kernel of the same build the phone is running

and what about phones that have bootloader locked ? how can lollipop be rooted ?

lelinuxien52 said:
Do not do this ****. Flashing an android 4.4 kernel on android 5.0.2 system is the BEST WAY to brick your phone.
Remember, always flash KEBB (Kernel, Elabel, Bootbundle and Baseband), never kernel alone : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2574764
I recommand :
- Downgrade to Android 4.4.4
- Root and install XZDualRecovery
- Flash a pre-rooted Android 5.0.2 firmware
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Will i lose IMEI if i downgrade to 4.4.4?

I still have SuperSU from 4.4.4 since its on system apps... same as anti thief but cannot update or modify... towelroot was awesome ! i hope same sort of thing comes again ! im not downgrading ill just wait !

Ahx18 said:
Will i lose IMEI if i downgrade to 4.4.4?
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No. Your imei still there

Ahx18 said:
Will i lose IMEI if i downgrade to 4.4.4?
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Maybe you mean DRM keys.
IMEI is impossible (or almost) to lose on a Z1...
And then, no, you won't lose your DRM keys unless you unlock the bootloader.

i have rooted my z1 with the help of custom kernel. flashed ihackers kernel with recovery and installed supersu 2.46 zip in twrp and reflashed stock lollipop kernel. root works fine using titanium backup without any problem.

Ahx18 said:
Will i lose IMEI if i downgrade to 4.4.4?
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jbosko071 said:
and what about phones that have bootloader locked ? how can lollipop be rooted ?
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If you both have flashed ftf and you do not have root then first install dual recovery by selecting option 3 which will install dual recovery. Then you can flash super su zip.oh and don't forget to enable USB debugging.
Cheers
Sent from my C6902

Waledac said:
if you have unlocked bootloader , u can flash 4.4.4 kernel with recovery flash SuperSU in recovery and reflash 5.0.2 kernel i have done its working fine
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So, does it works with this? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2476498 Flash 4.4.4 kernel, flash this mod and reflash 5.0.2 kernel?

Nepstadion said:
So, does it works with this? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2476498 Flash 4.4.4 kernel, flash this mod and reflash 5.0.2 kernel?
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do you not see ? we both said we have locked bootloaders...

jbosko071 said:
do you not see ? we both said we have locked bootloaders...
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See post no 15

gauravbhakuni90 said:
See post no 15
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option 3 from where, is there any explanation ?

CappyT said:
Maybe you mean DRM keys.
IMEI is impossible (or almost) to lose on a Z1...
And then, no, you won't lose your DRM keys unless you unlock the bootloader.
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Yes i meant DRM keys*
My bootloader is unlocked, but i didn't lose them anyway
I went back to 4.4.4 then flashed a pre-rooted zip, now i have root access.

Firmware update problems after rooting

Hey , im new to rooting and the forums so sorry if somethings are not properly explained.
I recently managed to root my uk variant m7 unlocked to any service with the latest twrp recovery.
I have recently found the venom rom which i would like to install to futher customize my rooted device, but i need to upgrade my android to 5.0.2 and i am currently on 4.2.2.
in the toolbar it says 'system update avaliable' and after installing it says 'system update ready' and im guessing this will bring me to 5.0.2 firmware. after clicking on it it reboots my phone and for some reason enters the recovery. from this point i do not know what to do.
so to summarise, i need to upgrade my m7 from 4.2.2 to 5.0.2 nut when i do it enters my twrp recovery and i do not know what to do
system details:
HTC One M7 UK variant unlocked to any service
rooted with SuperSU
Stock rom (4.2.2)
Stock kernel
Thanks

Julian1738 said:
im guessing this will bring me to 5.0.2 firmware.
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no, there are a lot of updates between 4.2.2 and 5.0.2
after clicking on it it reboots my phone and for some reason enters the recovery.
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Because the ota update is supposed to be flashed from stock recovery.
so to summarise, i need to upgrade my m7 from 4.2.2 to 5.0.2 nut when i do it enters my twrp recovery and i do not know what to do
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You can't update your phone in its current status. You need stock recovery installed, unmodified /system files and /data/preload which is deleted during the htcdev bootloader unlock process. You'll probably need to use a RUU or something else.
system details:
HTC One M7 UK variant unlocked to any service
rooted with SuperSU
Stock rom (4.2.2)
Stock kernel
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Unfortunately, this is not really relevant info, post the output of "fastboot getvar all" command, remove your IMEI # before posting.

so i have to unroot my phone
great this is going to take a while :/
if i factory reset my phone will it remove the bootloader and root?

Julian1738 said:
if i factory reset my phone will it remove the bootloader
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What? You might want to read about what a bootloader is
A device without a booloader is called a paperweight
and root?
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A factory reset only wipes user data. Root files are stored in /system partition which is not affected by a factory reset so short answer no, like I said you'll probably need a RUU or something else (stock odex rom/nandroid backup/guru reset rom) to reset your phone back to stock. Post the output of "fastboot getvar all"

alray said:
You can't update your phone in its current status. You need stock recovery installed, unmodified /system files and /data/preload which is deleted during the htcdev bootloader unlock process. You'll probably need to use a RUU or something else.
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Its possible to download the update elsewhere and install it through twrp recovery?
If yes, where i can find these updates in zip form?
If not, what's the simple option to install the update?
thanks

tkdfilipe said:
Its possible to download the update elsewhere and install it through twrp recovery?
If yes, where i can find these updates in zip form?
If not, what's the simple option to install the update?
thanks
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If your phone is S-off, you can download the Ota zip files and install them incrementally (can't skip a version) using stock recovery. That doesn't change the fact that all files in /system and /data/preload must be unmodified.
Imo, the simplest way to update if your phone isn't stock is with a RUU. If your phone is stock, reflash stock recovery and update with Ota, if it's stock and soff you can update with Ota zip files if you can find all the ones you need.
Sent from my HTC One using XDA Labs