Need a little help with rooting - Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

So i just bought an xperia sp last night and i tried to root it less than an hour ago by doomlords method.
I have the following firmware version(12.0.A.2.254).
So i flashed the older kernel (with the exploit) with flashtool and did everything else but when i turn on the phone after running v18 of the doomlord rootkit then nothing happens.The phone boots normally like it always does but there is no supersu app in the app drawer.I also used the root checker but it says device is not rooted.I have carefullly followed all the steps.I have all the drivers installed and I have tried to root atleast three times now.
The following image shows whats happening in the prompt.
Someone's feedback would be really appreciated.
P.S
If a thread such as this already exists then please give me the link as I failed to find a solution to my problem in any other thread.
Thanks
EDIT:IT WORKED!!!
I HAD TO DELETE MCAFFEE ANTIVIRUS.
(Please delete this thread because my problem is solved or let it stay as it might help others)

Good that u get it working. I know MCafee is pain in the ass in PC but seems like it brings nothing but troubles on Android too.

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[Q] Please help me root my Sony!

[First, I apologize for the double post, but I was getting no answers on the first and thought a different title might help. Also goes toward my first 10 posts which is frustrating, as I want to comment this question directly on the thread I posted a link to below. I suppose this is to prevent spammers, but I really need an answer to this. Also if this is the wrong section, I apologize... seems there is no z1s category.]
Though I am used to androids, this is my first device I am attempting to root. I own a Sony Xperia Z1s running 4.4.4. Kitkat. I've been following these posts http://forum.xda-developers.com/xper...4-4-4-t2839990 and http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=2784900 and thought it sounded plenty easy enough. One issue has popped up though, and I'm fairly certain it has a simple answer that you guys might provide. Here's what I got: my Sony has usb debugging enabled, I downloaded all necessary files (drivers,easy root tool), unknown sources are enabled (as always), and extracted the files so I could run install.bat. It keeps saying tr.apk not found, trying to download from towelroot. Next, as it kept failing, I decided to manually install towelroot (call me crazy here, but I swear every time I plug my phone in, my internet drops off. I'm using a usb wifi bridge thing [whatever you call those], and the blasted thing won't stay. Probably why install.bat can't help me with towelroot)... anyhoo, I opted to direct download the apk on my phone rather than this crappy PC. So, I began again, now with Towelroot. I ran install.bat and got the waiting for device, connect now message. Stuff started happening, libzxploit.so created, doing the magic, etc, and done. It checked if my device was rooted, and came back with error: device not found. error: device not rooted.
Well GREAT. Let's do it AGAIN.
Ran install.bat again. It keeps stopping on creating vm <loljavasucks>. Is it because of my crap signal, or is there something else I am missing? This seems so easy and straightforward, absolutely frustrated i'm having so many issues. Can someone help walk me through? Is it because it's newer firmware? But then why is that XDA thread specifically targeting the Xperia Z1s on 4.4.4. as mine is, and all the comments seem to be "Great, it worked!" and "Rooted my device!"? Am I just unlucky here? Ffs, I just want this damn thing rooted so I don't have to muck through KitKat anymore! Now what am I to do?
Lollipop can't get here fast enough....
Wireless usb?!?!
You are having the same issue I had when I brought my Z1. KitKat have some issues when you try to root it, specially if you are on KK .157 (LATEST)
Follow this link to download the correct FTF for your device: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2311211
Also, you can try this to root your device (doesn't work with updates AFTER .108 build) http://forum.xda-developers.com/xperia-z1/development/newroot-z1-t2807092
This is 99% of success.
TurokHunter47 said:
Wireless usb?!?!
You are having the same issue I had when I brought my Z1. KitKat have some issues when you try to root it, specially if you are on KK .157 (LATEST)
Follow this link to download the correct FTF for your device: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2311211
Also, you can try this to root your device (doesn't work with updates AFTER .108 build) http://forum.xda-developers.com/xperia-z1/development/newroot-z1-t2807092
This is 99% of success.
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Hey, thanks for the reply! This is why I loathe KitKat (among other reasons). Love the phone, hate the build.
I'll give this a shot and report back my results!
I should've mentioned this, I forgot. I'm on 14.4.B.0.56
This is what happened when I ran the newroot.exe. It sent the log to my desktop and reported back this:
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NEWROOT v1.7 FOR XPERIA Z1 COMPACT and Z1
BY MUNJENI @ 2014
This might work on most Xperias
credits to libexploit by Towelroot
credits to wp mod by MohammadAG
Thank you guys!
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ro.build.product=C6916
ro.build.id=14.4.B.0.56
kernel version=3.4.0-perf-gf96f13d-00907-gaee6e5a
Your device: C6916 is not D5503, C6902, C6903, C6906 or C6943 so you will need to replace recovery.munjeni.gz in /system/bin when you finish root since only listed models is supported with my recovery!
Your kernel: 3.4.0-perf-gf96f13d-00907-gaee6e5a is not supported!
And unless I'm mistaken, the first link you sent me requires that your phone already be rooted, which it sadly is not.
Hi! Did you root your phone already?
If not, check out this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/xperia-z1/development/guide-root-sony-xperia-z1s-t-mobile-t2829848
EDIT: The first link is to download the correct FTF for your device.
Follow the PART B AND C ONLY. Do this before clicking the link up here. [emoji106] [emoji106]

[Q] [HELP]Can't Root anymore (GT P1000L)

So, I acquired my GT P1000L quite recently (like, 4 days ago), and I started to look for methods on how to upgrade it from 2.3.6 to kitkat 4.4.4. And after hundreds of forums and threads, I finally found one that worked for me. Managed to install CwM recovery, CF root (A big problem that I'll explain later), and proceeded to install everything.
After a lot of cold sweat, since it was my first time doing this kind of upgrade, finally the Cyanogemod logo showed up, took 2 minutes to load everything, and it asked me to choose the language...And my sadness started when I discovered my touch screen stopped working.
So, after crying on the corner like a little kid, I found a tutorial on how to go "restock", I guess that's what is called, rolling all the way back to 2.3.6, Which didn't take that long, everything good and dandy, when I discovered 2 major reasons why it didn't work for me.
1: The CF Root that I used, only works with P1000, not P1000L (at least is what some people in the cf thread said), and CF was the reason why my touch screen stopped working.
So I decided to go back and see if I missed something, and saw a small warning saying that I should at least have CM 10.2 before upgrading to CW 11 (the one for kitkat 4.4.4). And that led me to my second problem, find a ROOT and instal CWM mod and go to 10.2.
So I searched, and found demonlord V4 (I think that's it), root, and tried it...And boom. The Root failed, and I was like WTF?
And when I decided to check the root's log, it said that some folders were protected, read only files (Something that never happened before). So I decided to try another root, Kingo root, and to my surprise, ROOT Failed again.
Tried ADB, Qatbd, none of them seem to work.
How can I root my device again? Or at least remove the read only protection?
The same happened to me! I still working to make my root work again! Anybody that can help us?????!!!!!!!
Take kingo root app on ur pc and root ur phones
Sent from my SM-J500F using XDA Forums
Ummmmm,,,
I think that i can help u...
i am now rooting gt-p1000l with kingo root and i think it's working...
better try with that though
p.s. it is computer version. i already tried with apk and it didn't work

Installing rooted ROM on a phone that's not rooted

Hello guys! I have Xperia T 9.2.A.0.295.
I've tried a couple of methods of rooting my phone and all failed:
- rooting via flashtool, when "make it ra1n" appears, phone just restarts
- rooting via first method listed in this subforum, when running .bat file it gets stuck @ *daemon started successfully*
- rootin via towelroot, when I try to install it, it simply says "App not installed".
My idea was following, but I'm afraid to execute it without you guys having my back or I know it will be broken (back or phone or both hehe)
I wanted to try to push CWM via fastboot (already got drivers installed and all options defined correctly, unknown sources, debugging etc.)
I wanted to follow this tutorial with this CWM: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1918966
1. So, if I install rooted ROM, is my phone going to be rooted or not? Or is installation going to fail? (some people were mentioning it's very likely phone is gonna end up bricked...)
2. If I install this CWM (since it's from 2012) am I going to have problems installing ROMs developed in 2015 (eg. 4.4.4 or 5.x?)
3. Is there a way I could back my current software up just in case something goes wrong so I could restore it in case of a fail?
Thanks guys!
If anyone has FB and maybe would like to add me just so I could contact him if things go south, feel free to send it to my PM, I'll add you
OK, I found older firmware on XperiFirm (9.2.A.1.199) from the vendor I bought the phone from. Later the phone was unlocked, I sure hope it doesn't lock again or something.....Since I moved to another vendor.
I'm downloading now, but I'm thinking about sleeping through the night 'till someone answers because I'm having a feeling I'm gonna wreck something...
Did you tried THIS ?
It works for me
Sorry for replying so late, didn't work for me, but I'm working on it with Olivier, he helped me

No way to get my XZ3 into recovery mode--- because of some spyware?

Good evening and sorry if post a thread of which I see two similar oness
However, I could not find a solution in the other ones and have questions which go a little further and really hit my privacy.
I have two XZ3 and both could go into recovery node when I bought them and after a while could not.
I used the reset to factory seting fo wiping cache etc. quite regularly as I had/have reasons to belive that I was/am spied on.
Sice the recovery mode possibility is gone I feel totally unsafe with both phones.
I tried all possibilities I can find of this website or any other in internet, and all were without success.
As described by others, after pushing the power button, there is no led light and it boots suoer-quicklyto the blue stripe view in which we wait till the boot is complete.
Till two days ago I thought ok, the phone just needs a flash, wipe everything away once and all would be resolved.
Well, two days ago I flashed my phone the first time from lollipop to kitkat, which worked without problems and then rooted it with gifroot and then put back lollipop.
Everything ran smoothly and after the whole process I had a rooted lollipop version with a working recovery. I tried the apps which confirm if the root works abd everything was great.
Tthe morning after, however the recovery possibility was gone. The phone was still rooted for everything, but for recvery mode.
I tried several apps, which I gave superuser access with SuperSu, but even from the apps the boot goes always just the NORMAL way without recovery.
To give it another try today I flashed that xz3 again, then rooted it with Kingo root, which in Kitkat firmware worked lalso super easy, the checked with other apps whihchconfirmed that the root works, but still no recovery possibility, no matter with which app..
I really need a specialist who can explain that to me, as I am going mad to think that someone else has total control over my phones.
How realistic is that some spyware does not allow the recovery as of course it knows that it would be eliminated then.
Please give me your thuoghts or knowledge. Everything helps. And if you know a method with which I can be sure that nothing is keft on the phone, I would appreciate.
Thanks and Regards
iFran72 said:
Good evening and sorry if post a thread of which I see two similar oness
However, I could not find a solution in the other ones and have questions which go a little further and really hit my privacy.
I have two XZ3 and both could go into recovery node when I bought them and after a while could not.
I used the reset to factory seting fo wiping cache etc. quite regularly as I had/have reasons to belive that I was/am spied on.
Sice the recovery mode possibility is gone I feel totally unsafe with both phones.
I tried all possibilities I can find of this website or any other in internet, and all were without success.
As described by others, after pushing the power button, there is no led light and it boots suoer-quicklyto the blue stripe view in which we wait till the boot is complete.
Till two days ago I thought ok, the phone just needs a flash, wipe everything away once and all would be resolved.
Well, two days ago I flashed my phone the first time from lollipop to kitkat, which worked without problems and then rooted it with gifroot and then put back lollipop.
Everything ran smoothly and after the whole process I had a rooted lollipop version with a working recovery. I tried the apps which confirm if the root works abd everything was great.
Tthe morning after, however the recovery possibility was gone. The phone was still rooted for everything, but for recvery mode.
I tried several apps, which I gave superuser access with SuperSu, but even from the apps the boot goes always just the NORMAL way without recovery.
To give it another try today I flashed that xz3 again, then rooted it with Kingo root, which in Kitkat firmware worked lalso super easy, the checked with other apps whihchconfirmed that the root works, but still no recovery possibility, no matter with which app..
I really need a specialist who can explain that to me, as I am going mad to think that someone else has total control over my phones.
How realistic is that some spyware does not allow the recovery as of course it knows that it would be eliminated then.
Please give me your thuoghts or knowledge. Everything helps. And if you know a method with which I can be sure that nothing is keft on the phone, I would appreciate.
Thanks and Regards
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Spyware cannot affect Recovery unless it is granted root permissions and is embedded on system.
Also do not use KingoRoot, a thread in the SG note 3 forums reported Spyware installed after using it, source. For now steer clear of that application until all claims have been proven false
At any rate, ( assuming you have Unlocked Bootloader ) just flash another kernel with recovery, do a full wipe including formating the system partition and restore your system via flashing a rom
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Revontheus said:
Spyware cannot affect Recovery unless it is granted root permissions and is embedded on system.
Also do not use KingoRoot, a thread in the SG note 3 forums reported Spyware installed after using it, source. For now steer clear of that application until all claims have been proven false
At any rate, ( assuming you have Unlocked Bootloader ) just flash another kernel with recovery, do a full wipe including formating the system partition and restore your system via flashing a rom
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i got that problem i cant hard reset my phone i forgott my posswords and the key combo dosent work and i have never rooted before, can you give me a step by step for dummie (me)
petterssonjohan said:
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i got that problem i cant hard reset my phone i forgott my posswords and the key combo dosent work and i have never rooted before, can you give me a step by step for dummie (me)
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If you can enter flash mode, flash the latest firmware and software for your device using flash tool.
What is flash mode? I can get the phone in a mode where the indicator lamp turns blue is it that?
get Flashtool @ https://xperiafirmware.com/flashtool/
it includes Xperiafirm so you can download a stock ROM for your device and build an .ftf file
when you have the ftf file, drag it into the main Flashtool window
follow prompts

z1 un-rooting possibility

hi guys, please forgive me for this newb post, ive used this site in the past for many years and never struggled enough to ask a question....I used a thread on here a few months ago to unroot my phone with three apps one of which was super su, I have the sony z1 c6903. using the guide on here had no problems rooting the device to do the things I needed to do....I now want to remove the root and revert to stock so my wife can use the phone and do all the updates naturally. ive been rading this forum for two days now and keep coming back to nothing, ive managed to use flashtool by androxyde, downloaded the latest firmware as I gave up trying to unroot it, did this and now have the latest software update all working and showing no need for an update anywhere...only now my camera has stopped working and ive hit a wall again lol.
is there anyway to just wipe the phone to standard and unroot it so its like its just out of the box?????
many thanks
stainlessniel
p.s
I used super su option to unroot and it said it did it and checked with root checker, it syas the device is not rooted properly
Stainlessniel said:
hi guys, please forgive me for this newb post, ive used this site in the past for many years and never struggled enough to ask a question....I used a thread on here a few months ago to unroot my phone with three apps one of which was super su, I have the sony z1 c6903. using the guide on here had no problems rooting the device to do the things I needed to do....I now want to remove the root and revert to stock so my wife can use the phone and do all the updates naturally. ive been rading this forum for two days now and keep coming back to nothing, ive managed to use flashtool by androxyde, downloaded the latest firmware as I gave up trying to unroot it, did this and now have the latest software update all working and showing no need for an update anywhere...only now my camera has stopped working and ive hit a wall again lol.
is there anyway to just wipe the phone to standard and unroot it so its like its just out of the box?????
many thanks
stainlessniel
p.s
I used super su option to unroot and it said it did it and checked with root checker, it syas the device is not rooted properly
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You can try to reset the camera by deleting camera data.
Next you can try the reset phone option.
if you are on stock with just root you can try using pc companion and use the option repair your mob...
ps:-not responsible for any bricked mobs...do some more research on this option.(i had done it on my xperia neo)

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