[Q] ROMs for locked Bootloaders - Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Everytime I look for a ROM for my phone, which has the bootloader locked and impossible for unlocking , I find no one! I wonder if anyone could give me any link please. Thanks.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2478019
There you go, ExistenZ ROM can be installed on both locked and unlocked bootloaders, just make sure to follow the installation described there for locked bootloader
Hope this can help you
Cheers
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Thank you very much, hope the number of ROMs starts to grow up!

You can install on Locked Bootloader every rom which is based on Stock firmware. So search ROMs which are "made on" stock firmware.
Just found Honami Flavoured Stock ROM in Original Android Development section.

smogf said:
You can install on Locked Bootloader every rom which is based on Stock firmware. So search ROMs which are "made on" stock firmware.
Just found Honami Flavoured Stock ROM in Original Android Development section.
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So that means there are only custom ROMs with Android 4.1.2?

Guillemp97 said:
So that means there are only custom ROMs with Android 4.1.2?
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yep

Guillemp97 said:
So that means there are only custom ROMs with Android 4.1.2?
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Till time SONY will release official 4.3 - unfortunately... yes.

i checked out the existenz rom and how do i install a custom recovery? sorry this is my first time rooting

Search the threads for CWM, it's a custom recovery

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[ROM] Official Sony ICS 4.1.A.0.562 NCB Generic + ROOT [Update: 15.04.2012]

FTF file for easy flashing of official Sony ICS Rom.
Download here:
http://eddy.uni-duisburg.de/bin4ry/LT18_4.1.A.0.562_NCB.ftf
c1ae2eef1677a7aa72db7430e516ea4c LT18_4.1.A.0.562_NCB.ftf
For flashing please update Flashtool to 0.7, see this post for informations:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=24874433&postcount=270
If you want to root you can use this script, it's based on the root ideas of Dan Rosenberg (www.vulnfactory.org):
http://eddy.uni-duisburg.de/bin4ry/Root_Exploit_OneClick.zip
Regards
Waiting for it!
Any change in partitions?
Looking forward to this..... Thanks for upping
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Is it the proper official release ?
Is it pre rooted ?
EDIT : just looked on sony blog its official woohoo
Is this final version ?
timroth said:
Is this final version ?
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Yess!
Yes its the official. Sorry my uploadspeed is slow, taking approx. 50minutes from now!
Regards
Bin4ry said:
Yes its the official. Sorry my uploadspeed is slow, taking approx. 50minutes from now!
Regards
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The timer starts now.....lol
I am assuming that non Nordic countries can use via flashtools.
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as in most cases arc can flash arc s.....no change here? thanks
Is it possible to flash this one to an original Arc??
I have an unrooted locked BL arc s with french generic soft. Can i just download flashtools and select ftf file and tell it to flash or do i need to be rooted?
mrloltime said:
as in most cases arc can flash arc s.....no change here? thanks
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yes it should work....
Yes you can flash,nothing to lose anyway with locked bl and no root.
can we flash the rom but a custom kernel after ? I assume they will work as they work with the beta
can u tell me its possible to flash for arc
Always Hits Thanks <++++++>
Thanks for the upload waiting early
K1ngLouie said:
Is it possible to flash this one to an original Arc??
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Im gonna try it as soon as I get home.
As long -> as soon XD I went craaazy
Just wondering if there is going to be a difference between this and the leaked ROM, given that both are .562
do you know if we can root with any known method ¿?
PD: Loocked Bootloader
pradeepvizz said:
Just wondering if there is going to be a difference between this and the leaked ROM, given that both are .562
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What he said.

[Stock Rom] 81.5.31002 Retail Great Britain

[Stock Rom] 81.5.31002 Retail Great Britain
Now that we have a clockworkmod recovery, thanks to turl1 I created and tested a completely stock, un-modified flashable rom of 81.5.31002.XT890.Retail.en.GB. I will be using this as a starting place for other stock-based roms soon.
Features
Stock 81.5.31002 System
Stock 81.5.31002 Kernel
Rooted
Instructions
Flash this in turl1's CWM Recovery
Wipe Data if you bootloop
Download:
Batakang
MD5: 3CD014FA35015CE4B78AB5BE61677CA5 || Filesize: 450 MB (472,683,578 bytes)
Enjoy! Hit Thanks if I helped you :highfive:
Very good news and work! thanks!
Is there any problem to play with your rom knowing that I have 81.5.39002.Retail.en.EU installed? so an EU edition?
ZeuBug said:
Very good news and work! thanks!
Is there any problem to play with your rom knowing that I have 81.5.39002.Retail.en.EU installed? so an EU edition?
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Should be no issues at all to flash this over my home-made fastboot of 81.5.39002. You won't even have to wipe your data at all
simlock
mattlgroff said:
Should be no issues at all to flash this over my home-made fastboot of 81.5.39002. You won't even have to wipe your data at all
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Hi guys thanks for sharing. just wanted to ask if i flash this rom is it gonna remove my simlock?? trying to unlock my phone but every tries filed so far. any known way to sim unlock phone?? cheers
highflights said:
Hi guys thanks for sharing. just wanted to ask if i flash this rom is it gonna remove my simlock?? trying to unlock my phone but every tries filed so far. any known way to sim unlock phone?? cheers
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No, SIM lock has nothing to do with what Rom the phone is running. Please ask in Q/A about SIM locks.
Can you upload a untouched not rooted version?
Would be great thanks.
n1kon said:
Can you upload a untouched not rooted version?
Would be great thanks.
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You can just remove the root files from the zip
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mattlgroff said:
You can just remove the root files from the zip
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Did that just wasn't sure if anything else was done. I wanted to de brand the phone to get otas quicker without waiting for network to update.
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Does this rom have a "new" Radio/Baseband Firmware included ?
How good is this version?? I mean... quadrant or antutu score, I have the latest retail brazil firmware and is an excellent one, the only problem is that I can't get root.
matt
as it seems that my phone is not elligible to be rooted according to the motorola website does this mean that if I use this "routine" it will unlock my phone and root it so I can remove waste apps etc
excuse the ignorance but I want to be sure
thanks
whats the news for that rom?
Matt, any comments about flashing this over .3900 gb retail to try and work around the current inability to upgrade to 4.1.2?
How would it effect a currently unlocked / rooted version? We wouldnt be digging a deeper hole would we?
SpookyAwol said:
Matt, any comments about flashing this over .3900 gb retail to try and work around the current inability to upgrade to 4.1.2?
How would it effect a currently unlocked / rooted version? We wouldnt be digging a deeper hole would we?
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For upgrading and downgrading you should be using the Homemade fastboots.
Hi, when I flashed this I got bootloop - so for me at least, DO wipe data. Also, root seems to appear, but every app on my phone complains that there is no root. I'm trying to find what root we used for ICS ...
UPDATE: Ok I uninstalled all superuser material and tried the ICS mototofail (locked bootloader, I didn't realise the BL would be relocked after downgrading) and some apps are accepting root status -some still say no root-. That is progress.
Hai, Anyone can upload Stock 81.5.31002 GB ICS say in homemade fastboot or CWM? Thanks.
is that stock kernel have a "2way callrecording patch" inside ?
Needs reup, unless you can point me someone else that doesn't 404
Thanks
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same here...
ERROR 404 - PAGE NOT FOUND
Oops! Looks like the page you're looking for was moved or never existed.
Make sure you typed the correct URL or followed a valid link.
I've tried Droidrzr website, they have exactly the same 404 link -_-
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[Q] How to root Sony Xperia Z latest 4.3 update?

Hey guys, so I updated my phone here and I'm trying to root the phone. I have search the web for question but none. So, I decided to do the old method way. Can I use the 4.2.2 (2.67).tft flash it to the phone and root it. And then flash back to the 4.3 (.569).tft. Thanks. Also please provide me with some links for the root.
+1
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Please use the search guys, this has been discussed in many threads all over here and the general section ever since 4.3 was released.
Currently, the only way to root after you have already flashed 4.3 is to unlock your bootloader and flash DooMLoRD's advanced stock kernel.
That's it, until somebody finds a way to root with a locked bootloader and that doesn't mean you have to post asking for it. Once someone has a breakthrough, they will publish their work here for certain.
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If your bootloader is unlocked you can try this. It worked for me.
http://techglen.com/2013/12/27/root-xperia-z-c6602c6603-4-3-10-4-b-0-569-official-firmware/
xukaiteo said:
If your bootloader is unlocked you can try this. It worked for me.
http://techglen.com/2013/12/27/root-xperia-z-c6602c6603-4-3-10-4-b-0-569-official-firmware/
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So, basically exactly what I already said. Flash DooMLoRD's advanced stock kernel and flash a superuser zip.
No need to give page views to yet another website that just reproduces guides/work of XDA members.
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http://techglen.com/2014/02/28/inst...6603-4-3-10-4-1-b-0-101-101-firmware-how-to/2
I'm not sure why you revived this thread that is several months old to post that.
Firstly, it's just a reproduction of information from a couple of DooMLoRD's threads from here and here on XDA.
Secondly, it directly links to his files, which is a no no.
Thirdly, there are also direct links in that article to unofficially hosted versions of Androxyde's Flashtool, which is also not polite.
Please don't push page views to places that do things like that. Thanks.
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Unlocking bootloader
kingvortex said:
Please use the search guys, this has been discussed in many threads all over here and the general section ever since 4.3 was released.
Currently, the only way to root after you have already flashed 4.3 is to unlock your bootloader and flash DooMLoRD's advanced stock kernel.
That's it, until somebody finds a way to root with a locked bootloader and that doesn't mean you have to post asking for it. Once someone has a breakthrough, they will publish their work here for certain.
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How does one unlock the bootloader ?
GayathriJeyaram said:
How does one unlock the bootloader ?
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Bootloader unlocking tutorial.
However, if you just want to root, then the information supplied in this thread is out of date now. You can use towelroot to directly root your phone without unlocking the bootloader.
kingvortex said:
Bootloader unlocking tutorial.
However, if you just want to root, then the information supplied in this thread is out of date now. You can use towelroot to directly root your phone without unlocking the bootloader.
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Will this method work for xperia zr with 4.3v android ?
GayathriJeyaram said:
Will this method work for xperia zr with 4.3v android ?
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Yes, it should.

[Q] Firmware upgrade encountered an issue.

Hi all. I am using SGSA Jellybean 4.1.2 official. As the jelly bean lags i wanted to downgrade to gingerbeard. I tried to do the so by odin and during the process something happened and Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in kies & try again is the display. No samsung logo is showing. please help to upgrade to jellybean official. I tried to recover the same via Kies but "GT-I9070 doesnot support initialization" is the error msg. Kindly help guys.
Thanks
Can you enter in Download Mode?
If YES, then try to reflash again stock jelly Bean firmware.
R_a_z_v_a_n said:
Can you enter in Download Mode?
If YES, then try to reflash again stock jelly Bean firmware.
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I got this " Warning - A custom OS can cause critical problems in phone and installed applications. If you want to download a custom OS, press the volume up key. Otherwise, press the volume down key to cancel.
Then press vol up key, connect phone with pc and flash jelly bean using odin.
R_a_z_v_a_n said:
Can you enter in Download Mode?
If YES, then try to reflash again stock jelly Bean firmware.
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Hi, how to reflash again stock jelly Bean firmware?
Sanish_advance said:
Hi, how to reflash again stock jelly Bean firmware?
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Follow this tutorial:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2198341
R_a_z_v_a_n said:
Follow this tutorial:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2198341
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Thank you for your reply. I want to install official jellybean. I have not rooted my device yet and i am unaware of rooting and installing custom rom/firmware.
R_a_z_v_a_n said:
Follow this tutorial:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2198341
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Hi the link which you have provided for stock jb firmware is now removed. kindly give me another good link. thank you
Sure.
Download stock Jelly Bean and follow that tutorial to flash with Odin.
No need to root, just flash stock firmware
Powered by CM10.1
Sanish_advance said:
Hi the link which you have provided for stock jb firmware is now removed. kindly give me another good link. thank you
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Search on sammobile or samsung updates
Here http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/ or here http://samsung-updates.com/
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Search on sammobile or samsung updates
Here http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/ or here http://samsung-updates.com/
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Hi, thank you for your valuable posts. i recovered to my old configuration and settings. Thanks a lot. By the way, unrooted official JB lags. Is there any option to speedup without rooting and installing custom roms?
Sanish_advance said:
Hi, thank you for your valuable posts. i recovered to my old configuration and settings. Thanks a lot. By the way, unrooted official JB lags. Is there any option to speedup without rooting and installing custom roms?
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Search on sammobile or samsung updates
Here http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/ or here http://samsung-updates.com/
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Hi, thanks lot. I just restored to my old jellybean configuration and settings. Just wanted to know that can i speed up my SGSA without rooting / installing custom roms?
Sanish_advance said:
Hi, thanks lot. I just restored to my old jellybean configuration and settings. Just wanted to know that can i speed up my SGSA without rooting / installing custom roms?
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There isn't any possible way. Rather you should try harshjelly 5.0 with cocore 9.0 .you would love it.
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AltamashAN said:
There isn't any possible way. Rather you should try harshjelly 5.0 with cocore 9.0 .you would love it.
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Please let me know how to install harshjelly 5.0 and cocore 9.0. where can i get to download.
Sanish_advance said:
Please let me know how to install harshjelly 5.0 and cocore 9.0. where can i get to download.
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Go here and download the ROM. Full instructions are available on op read it fully and follow it. For any question on that use that thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2342314
For cocore v 9.0 follow this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2140597
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R_a_z_v_a_n said:
Search on sammobile or samsung updates
Here http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/ or here http://samsung-updates.com/
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hi, i am trying to install jetmod rom 3.0. But while installing it got stuck to 20%. so i rebooted and stucked in samsung logo again i rebooted and went to twrp. but it also got stucked . pls guide what to do
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hi, i am trying to install jetmod rom 3.0. But while installing it got stuck to 20%. so i rebooted and stucked in samsung logo again i rebooted and went to twrp. but it also got stucked . pls guide what to do
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i overcame the twrp stuck problem.
i installed cyanogen mod 11 maclawstudio............ not able to find out google play or market place. also no option to add gmail acc. pls help
You need gapps package flashed right after cm. Otherwise there is no play store or any other google apps (clean cm)
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How do I update rooted butterfly S to Android 4.3

Hello ,
I currently have a rooted HTC Butterfly S with Android 4.2 and the Maximus HD custom ROM installed. I want to update my phone to Android 4.3 to install some of the newer custom roms. I have no idea how to go about doing this and I don't wanna brick my phone .
I found a link (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2422783 ) to download the stock ROM with 4.3 Android , will flashing it automatically update it?
Your help is greatly appreciated.
Thank you
mngeow said:
Hello ,
I currently have a rooted HTC Butterfly S with Android 4.2 and the Maximus HD custom ROM installed. I want to update my phone to Android 4.3 to install some of the newer custom roms. I have no idea how to go about doing this and I don't wanna brick my phone .
I found a link (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2422783 ) to download the stock ROM with 4.3 Android , will flashing it automatically update it?
Your help is greatly appreciated.
Thank you
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I dentify your phone first
Are u s off?
Are u rooted?
Are u super cid?
What is your cid?
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I'm not S-off and do not have supercid , but my phone is rooted.
daorderdillon said:
I dentify your phone first
Are u s off?
Are u rooted?
Are u super cid?
What is your cid?
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I'm not S-off and do not have supercid , but my phone is rooted.
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Well u should start
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mngeow said:
Hello ,
I currently have a rooted HTC Butterfly S with Android 4.2 and the Maximus HD custom ROM installed. I want to update my phone to Android 4.3 to install some of the newer custom roms. I have no idea how to go about doing this and I don't wanna brick my phone .
I found a link (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2422783 ) to download the stock ROM with 4.3 Android , will flashing it automatically update it?
Your help is greatly appreciated.
Thank you
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The stock 4.3 ROM won't update your firmware (hboot, radio and all the other stuff). You can update that manually even without S-OFF, I've written the instructions multiple times in this forum.
If you install the 4.3 stock ROM and then some other 4.3 ROM, you will accomplish exactly the same thing as if you simply installed the other 4.3 ROM straight away. In other words, installing the 4.3 stock ROM doesn't make any difference at all if you intend to install something else anyway.
ahh I get it. I can't seem to be able to find those instructions that you've posted , tried checking your profile but couldn't find anything.
would also like to clarify , I want to install this custom rom on my butterfly s ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2557441) however I saw that it says Android 4.3 ,will I be able to install it on my phone which is running on android 4.2.2?
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The stock 4.3 ROM won't update your firmware (hboot, radio and all the other stuff). You can update that manually even without S-OFF, I've written the instructions multiple times in this forum.http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php? you install the 4.3 stock ROM and then some other 4.3 ROM, you will accomplish exactly the same thing as if you simply installed the other 4.3 ROM straight away. In other words, installing the 4.3 stock ROM doesn't make any difference at all if you intend to install something else anyway.
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ahh I get it. I can't seem to be able to find those instructions that you've posted , tried checking your profile but couldn't find anything.
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For example, see the following post, items 5, 6 and 7 are relevant to you: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=49240059&postcount=5
mngeow said:
would also like to clarify , I want to install this custom rom on my butterfly s ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2557441) however I saw that it says Android 4.3 ,will I be able to install it on my phone which is running on android 4.2.2?
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I don't see any reason why it shouldn't, but just to be on the safe side, always take a nandroid backup before installing anything. If it does not run, try to install the latest firmware as explained in the post linked above and try again.

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