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Got the 4.4.2 update!!!!! Help!!!

Hello!!!!!
I finally got the OTA update in my country so what do you think guys? I got some questions here:
1- I update my device or wait for the next version?
2- im now rooted with dual recovery. I know i will lose the dual recovery but if i checked the survival mode in superSU app do i keep the root after the update?
Now i running existenZ 6.6.0 based on stock Rom with stock kernel (maybe?) and locked bootloader!
3- do i brick my device if updated now if im running this rom?
Please answer fast bcz i cant wait!!!!!!!!!!!!!:silly:
Thanks
All the best!

The OTA will fail, because it checks that /system isn't modified before updating. That check will fail because you're using a custom rom.
Sent from my C6603 using Tapatalk

androidfreak70 said:
Hello!!!!!
I finally got the OTA update in my country so what do you think guys? I got some questions here:
1- I update my device or wait for the next version?
2- im now rooted with dual recovery. I know i will lose the dual recovery but if i checked the survival mode in superSU app do i keep the root after the update?
Now i running existenZ 6.6.0 based on stock Rom with stock kernel (maybe?) and locked bootloader!
3- do i brick my device if updated now if im running this rom?
Please answer fast bcz i cant wait!!!!!!!!!!!!!:silly:
Thanks
All the best!
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As @kingvortex said the update will fail as the system has been modified.
you will have to manually flash the ftf

kingvortex said:
The OTA will fail, because it checks that /system isn't modified before updating. That check will fail because you're using a custom rom.
Sent from my C6603 using Tapatalk
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androidtweaker1 said:
As @kingvortex said the update will fail as the system has been modified.
you will have to manually flash the ftf
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Thats sad the only thing is left is better wait for the next version
Thanks to you all!

androidfreak70 said:
Thats sad the only thing is left is better wait for the next version
Thanks to you all!
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Z wont get the next iteration as it will be out of update cycle of 18 months

androidtweaker1 said:
Z wont get the next iteration as it will be out of update cycle of 18 months
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But there is thread saying Z will get another 4.4.2 with some bug fix soon look HERE
What you advice me ? Update now or wait bit more?

androidfreak70 said:
But there is thread saying Z will get another 4.4.2 with some bug fix soon look HERE
What you advice me ? Update now or wait bit more?
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It can be a carrier specific release also, we will have to wait and watch

androidtweaker1 said:
It can be a carrier specific release also, we will have to wait and watch
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:good::good:

Xperia™ Z with tapatalk and MoonWalker SuperB V2

androidfreak70 said:
Xperia™ Z with tapatalk and MoonWalker SuperB V2
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checked rom, looks promising :highfive:

androidtweaker1 said:
checked rom, looks promising :highfive:
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LOL! i just posted this to test tapatalk signture how it is if i put a link!!! i thought no one will notice it
about the rom actually its better than eXistenZ ultimate... its much more faster and dont have ANY bugs or FCs :good:
and the best thing is when i backed up my data using TWRP and when i restored them on that rom i didnt got bootloop!! just all is work ok!!!
Xperia™ Z (C6602) with tapatalk

androidfreak70 said:
LOL! i just posted this to test tapatalk signture how it is if i put a link!!! i thought no one will notice it
about the rom actually its better than eXistenZ ultimate... its much more faster and dont have ANY bugs or FCs :good:
and the best thing is when i backed up my data using TWRP and when i restored them on that rom i didnt got bootloop!! just all is work ok!!!
Xperia™ Z (C6602) with tapatalk
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Just a suggestion, the signature is too big now :silly: mind trimming it

androidtweaker1 said:
Just a suggestion, the signature is too big now :silly: mind trimming it
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you suggest to make it smaller?
ok i'll see what i can do!
Xperia™ Z (C6602) with tapatalk

androidfreak70 said:
you suggest to make it smaller?
ok i'll see what i can do!
Xperia™ Z (C6602) with tapatalk
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Yup

androidtweaker1 said:
Yup
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How about now?

androidfreak70 said:
How about now?
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:good::highfive:

androidtweaker1 said:
:good::highfive:
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:good:
Xperia™ Z (C6602) with tapatalk

My Xperia Z wont boot

After a failed update the phone shows a sony sign then goes off, and displays the samething when i charge the phone can anyone help me on what to do because i have done some many things as directed from different site but none worked i need someone who can put me through on what to do

troyg1 said:
After a failed update the phone shows a sony sign then goes off, and displays the samething when i charge the phone can anyone help me on what to do because i have done some many things as directed from different site but none worked i need someone who can put me through on what to do
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You tried to flash ftf with flashtool?

androidfreak70 said:
You tried to flash ftf with flashtool?
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Yes i tried

troyg1 said:
Yes i tried
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hmm you tried another ftf and latest flashtool? or tried SUS?
if all of them not worked so try that:
in flashtool when flashtool start flashing the ftf DISCONNECT your phone!!!!!
this may change the soft brick type...
Then try to flash the ftf again
Xperia™ Z (C6602) with tapatalk

androidfreak70 said:
hmm you tried another ftf and latest flashtool? or tried SUS?
if all of them not worked so try that:
in flashtool when flashtool start flashing the ftf DISCONNECT your phone!!!!!
this may change the soft brick type...
Then try to flash the ftf again
Xperia™ Z (C6602) with tapatalk
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You guys have been extremely wonderful i tried that too it didnt work and then i ran X10 V BLRelock before flashing and it all went through i so glad because this is the first thing i did on Monday and it went successful i am so so happy

troyg1 said:
You guys have been extremely wonderful i tried that too it didnt work and then i ran X10 V BLRelock before flashing and it all went through i so glad because this is the first thing i did on Monday and it went successful i am so so happy
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its xda bro!! we all should help each other
Xperia™ Z (C6602) with tapatalk

androidfreak70 said:
in flashtool when flashtool start flashing the ftf DISCONNECT your phone!!!!!
this may change the soft brick type...
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I'm sorry, but that is a really irresponsible thing to suggest.
To anybody reading this thread and thinking of trying that : NEVER do this. You can possibly hard brick your device if you disconnect it when Flashtool is writing to it.
Sent from my C6603 using Tapatalk

kingvortex said:
I'm sorry, but that is a really irresponsible thing to suggest.
To anybody reading this thread and thinking of trying that : NEVER do this. You can possibly hard brick your device if you disconnect it when Flashtool is writing to it.
Sent from my C6603 using Tapatalk
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Kingvortex is right, you should NEVER EVER do this because of hard brick. :good:

androidfreak70 said:
hmm you tried another ftf and latest flashtool? or tried SUS?
if all of them not worked so try that:
in flashtool when flashtool start flashing the ftf DISCONNECT your phone!!!!!
this may change the soft brick type...
Then try to flash the ftf again
Xperia™ Z (C6602) with tapatalk
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Disconnecting during flash might possibly render the phone useless!

for me also same problem but i flashed tft and removed my memory card, then its okay.
My phone Xperia Z C6602 10.5.A.0.230 rooted.

androidtweaker1 said:
Disconnecting during flash might possibly render the phone useless!
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but i did that any my phone just stuck at bootloop
but yeah its may be danger to do that its may cause more than bootloop (stuntman)
Xperia™ Z (C6602) with tapatalk

androidfreak70 said:
but i did that any my phone just stuck at bootloop
but yeah its may be danger to do that its may cause more than bootloop (stuntman)
Xperia™ Z (C6602) with tapatalk
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If you knew that, then you should have warned them before suggesting it.
If they had bricked their phone, who would pay for a new one? You?
People come here and ask questions because they trust the people here to give proper advice, not guess work and dangerous procedures.
Sent from my C6603 using Tapatalk

kingvortex said:
If you knew that, then you should have warned them before suggesting it.
If they had bricked their phone, who would pay for a new one? You?
People come here and ask questions because they trust the people here to give proper advice, not guess work and dangerous procedures.
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he's phone is already bricked
i suggest few things and didnt worked so what to do??
Xperia™ Z (C6602) with tapatalk

androidfreak70 said:
he's phone is already bricked
i suggest few things and didnt worked so what to do??
Xperia™ Z (C6602) with tapatalk
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A soft brick is recoverable most of the time and not a huge problem. The worst that usually happens is that you have to wipe the phone and lose your data.
A hard brick means the end and an expensive repair or a new device. If that had happened, then what? You would say sorry and move on while they would be left with a dead phone.
Just be careful what you advise people to do, that's all I'm saying. People ask here because they don't know about these things and the risks involved.
Sent from my C6603 using Tapatalk

kingvortex said:
A soft brick is recoverable most of the time and not a huge problem. The worst that usually happens is that you have to wipe the phone and lose your data.
A hard brick means the end and an expensive repair or a new device. If that had happened, then what? You would say sorry and move on while they would be left with a dead phone.
Just be careful what you advise people to do, that's all I'm saying. People ask here because they don't know about these things and the risks involved.
Sent from my C6603 using Tapatalk
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Calm down I'm sure he has realized his mistake.
Peace :fingers-crossed:

kingvortex said:
A soft brick is recoverable most of the time and not a huge problem. The worst that usually happens is that you have to wipe the phone and lose your data.
A hard brick means the end and an expensive repair or a new device. If that had happened, then what? You would say sorry and move on while they would be left with a dead phone.
Just be careful what you advise people to do, that's all I'm saying. People ask here because they don't know about these things and the risks involved.
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ok ok ok!! cool down!!
androidtweaker1 said:
Calm down I'm sure he has realized his mistake.
Peace :fingers-crossed:
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thanks bro
Xperia™ Z (C6602) with tapatalk

troyg1 said:
You guys have been extremely wonderful i tried that too it didnt work and then i ran X10 V BLRelock before flashing and it all went through i so glad because this is the first thing i did on Monday and it went successful i am so so happy
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x10 and XZ are different models don't experiment.
Download your phone models firmware and flash
Please use SUS/Emma if flashtool does not resolve your issue
suggest you to take it to a service center instead of hard bricking the phone if all methods fail

I'm perfectly calm. Just responding to him trying to justify what was a dangerous piece of advice.
Sent from my C6603 using Tapatalk

androidfreak70 said:
ok ok ok!! cool down!!
thanks bro
Xperia™ Z (C6602) with tapatalk
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Please read up before suggesting as @kingvortex said, loosing a phone is a monetary loss too
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kingvortex said:
I'm perfectly calm. Just responding to him trying to justify what was a dangerous piece of advice.
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agreed!:good:

kingvortex said:
I'm sorry, but that is a really irresponsible thing to suggest.
To anybody reading this thread and thinking of trying that : NEVER do this. You can possibly hard brick your device if you disconnect it when Flashtool is writing to it.
Sent from my C6603 using Tapatalk
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i actually did that
i was trying to downgrade in i did that for a reason in the past and the phone was stuck it sony logo and then i just flashed an ftf and its work again
Xperia™ Z (C6602) with tapatalk
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androidtweaker1 said:
Please read up before suggesting as @kingvortex said, loosing a phone is a monetary loss too
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i know that
no one got the phone for free
Xperia™ Z (C6602) with tapatalk

strange software update

My phone is on android 4.4.2 .230 firmware and locked bootloader and today i got update notification of the same .230 firmware even if i already have it. when i connect my phone to pc even sus says that there is new software avaialable. why is it showing the same software update?

R4GE199 said:
My phone is on android 4.4.2 .230 firmware and locked bootloader and today i got update notification of the same .230 firmware even if i already have it. when i connect my phone to pc even sus says that there is new software avaialable. why is it showing the same software update?
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maybe it's a revision. I believe it has to do with the numbers after the firmware number .230 R1A, R2D, etc.

Incanity said:
maybe it's a revision. I believe it has to do with the numbers after the firmware number .230 R1A, R2D, etc.
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yup it just changed from R1D to R2D

I don't have any number after. 230...

R2D2 XD

I too got the same notification yesterday. Will update today and check,

I hope it does not take away the root.

Even I got a 2 mb update with description as .230

Same here even I got the update. It seems better scrolling between multiple apps seems good.
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Please write SI number

Could someone confirm what is the effect on root after applying this update

Doku said:
Could someone confirm what is the effect on root after applying this update
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Yes you will loose the root after the OTA update...
Xperia™ Z (C6602) with Tapatalk

androidfreak70 said:
Yes you will loose the root after the OTA update...
Xperia™ Z (C6602) with Tapatalk
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Normally you would but not with this update. I took the chance and I still have root.

Doku said:
Normally you would but not with this update. I took the chance and I still have root.
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Hmm thats strange...
Xperia™ Z (C6602) with Tapatalk

androidfreak70 said:
Hmm thats strange...
Xperia™ Z (C6602) with Tapatalk
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This is just a 2 mb update i think. So by theory u will not lost root because this ota update do nothing in the file system.

Can somebody post ftf of that version because i dont get any update, I always must manually update it

androidfreak70 said:
Yes you will loose the root after the OTA update...
Xperia™ Z (C6602) with Tapatalk
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Why do people keep saying this?
I have updated ota many times and never lost root.

Does somebody have list of updated files?

Xperia z - rootcloak

Hi guys, just wondering if anyone has tried the rootcloak app on this devices and if so how well it works? I'm after it to use for now TV app
Thanks

Thedfg33 said:
Hi guys, just wondering if anyone has tried the rootcloak app on this devices and if so how well it works? I'm after it to use for now TV app
Thanks
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I've used it several times and it works flawlessly!

eawert said:
I've used it several times and it works flawlessly!
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I have rooted using towelroot though, will that make any difference?

Thedfg33 said:
I have rooted using towelroot though, will that make any difference?
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The ROOTING have NO difference on ANY ROOTING method that people use
If ROOTING your device with towelroot is fine so don't try anything else to ROOT again because you may get bad things you don't want to see
Xperia™ Z (C6602) with Tapatalk.

androidfreak70 said:
The ROOTING have NO difference on ANY ROOTING method that people use
If ROOTING your device with towelroot is fine so don't try anything else to ROOT again because you may get bad things you don't want to see
Xperia™ Z (C6602) with Tapatalk.
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So nowtv should work using rootcloak then?

Just try it yourself already!
The Xposed framework works without issue on our device, so just install it and the rootcloak module and you'll find out if it works for the app you're having trouble with.

Thedfg33 said:
So nowtv should work using rootcloak then?
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If you don't have any problems with ROOT access so it's should work fine
Xperia™ Z (C6602) with Tapatalk.

Brilliant cheers guys

androidfreak70 said:
If you don't have any problems with ROOT access so it's should work fine
Xperia™ Z (C6602) with Tapatalk.
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I have tried it but to no avail :'(

Thedfg33 said:
I have tried it but to no avail :'(
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Is the other ROOT apps work fine?
Xperia™ Z (C6602) with Tapatalk.

androidfreak70 said:
Is the other ROOT apps work fine?
Xperia™ Z (C6602) with Tapatalk.
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There was only that one app that won't work with root, all my others work with root so couldn't check it

Weird question

So, month or so ago, I got Xperia Z from my brother. At that time it was on 4.2.2, so I flashed Generic 4.4.2 ftf on it right away. What I noticed is that "about" says that phone model is C6603, which is LTE model, but as I remember it was C6602, which is regular model. Also on the lower part of the phone there is printer that its C6602 and today I also checked Imei, which again says it's C6602. So what happened? Which model it really is? Did flashing wrong rom did anything or is it dangerous for phone in any way?
P.S. There is no LTE in my country so I can't test it.

asakurato said:
So, month or so ago, I got Xperia Z from my brother. At that time it was on 4.2.2, so I flashed Generic 4.4.2 ftf on it right away. What I noticed is that "about" says that phone model is C6603, which is LTE model, but as I remember it was C6602, which is regular model. Also on the lower part of the phone there is printer that its C6602 and today I also checked Imei, which again says it's C6602. So what happened? Which model it really is? Did flashing wrong rom did anything or is it dangerous for phone in any way?
P.S. There is no LTE in my country so I can't test it.
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well,it's a C6602 in my opinion,once i had a x8 and i flashed some rom,and he was allways recognized in PCcompanion as a x10
I dont think it's dangerous,but let's see what Kingvortex and androidfreak70 will say
Wanna bet!!!

boanoite said:
well,it's a C6602 in my opinion,once i had a x8 and i flashed some rom,and he was allways recognized in PCcompanion as a x10
I dont think it's dangerous,but let's see what Kingvortex and androidfreak70 will say
Wanna bet!!!
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Yes, I guessed there is nothing dangerous, but still, my phone shouldn't have LTE, but software says NO

asakurato said:
Yes, I guessed there is nothing dangerous, but still, my phone shouldn't have LTE, but software says NO
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Don't worry its not an issue

boanoite said:
well,it's a C6602 in my opinion,once i had a x8 and i flashed some rom,and he was allways recognized in PCcompanion as a x10
I dont think it's dangerous,but let's see what Kingvortex and androidfreak70 will say
Wanna bet!!!
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Yeah I'm saying :laugh:
It's C6602
TapaTalked from my MultiROM Xperia™ Z (C660²) running Dirty Unicorns OR PAC MAN ROM!

androidfreak70 said:
Yeah I'm saying :laugh:
It's C6602
TapaTalked from my MultiROM Xperia™ Z (C660²) running Dirty Unicorns OR PAC MAN ROM!
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Iknew it,btw MultiRom,does the device gets slower?Or any problem?

boanoite said:
Iknew it,btw MultiRom,does the device gets slower?Or any problem?
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You are hijacking this thread
Anyway. No problem except low storage because the data of all ROMs will stored in the internal SD..
TapaTalked from my MultiROM Xperia™ Z (C660²) running Dirty Unicorns OR PAC MAN ROM!