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Hey guys,
I can't seem to get back root after a softbrick, also i had my bootloader unlocked but the unlock seems to be gone?
Okay how it all started was when I tried to flash the 4.2.2 leak in CWM. I flashed it and everything seemed normal then when I left CWM for a reboot, nothing happened. the screen was black and the phone would vibrate when pressing the power button.
Being the newbie that I am I panicked and found a stock .253 ftf file which i flashed. the phone is now working again.
Now seeing as I don't give up that easily I figured i'd try to install 4.2.2 again but something has changed now seeing as I seem to have:
No recovery A proper recovery has been installed.
No root Root has been reclaimed
No unlocked BL? Bootloader is unlocked again
I can't root using flashtool as it wont get past - Waiting for uevent_helper rw
I've looked at alot of places on the forum but I don't know where to start really and I'm scared of a hardbrick now.
Can anyone help me out? :angel:
So it has been solved turns out it was indeed pretty simple.
the way I did it was:
Bootloader:
open flashtool, unlock bootloader again. (the code will appear)
Root
(as I was on .253 I had to flash .307 kernel & system via fastboot first)
I then followed the "easy rooting toolkit by doomlord" mentioned in this topic
CWM
I then flashed doomkernel v8 to regain CWM. (fastboot the boot.img)
Thanks for the help michealtbh :victory:
Unlock your bootloader again
Michealtbh said:
Unlock your bootloader again
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Bootloader is unlocked again, still no root via the service menu display option though.
Use fastboot to flash doomkernel, then boot into recovery and flash a superuser.zip
Or try this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2327472
HELP!
eniux said:
Hey guys,
I can't seem to get back root after a softbrick, also i had my bootloader unlocked but the unlock seems to be gone?
Okay how it all started was when I tried to flash the 4.2.2 leak in CWM. I flashed it and everything seemed normal then when I left CWM for a reboot, nothing happened. the screen was black and the phone would vibrate when pressing the power button.
Being the newbie that I am I panicked and found a stock .253 ftf file which i flashed. the phone is now working again.
Now seeing as I don't give up that easily I figured i'd try to install 4.2.2 again but something has changed now seeing as I seem to have:
No recovery
No root
No unlocked BL? Bootloader is unlocked again
I can't root using flashtool as it wont get past - Waiting for uevent_helper rw
I've looked at alot of places on the forum but I don't know where to start really and I'm scared of a hardbrick now.
Can anyone help me out? :angel:
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Um, I have the same same problem as well, but as you said you found a stock .253 ftf file, what is that? i am even neewbier than you, please help! My Xperia Z is now stuck in the SONY starting screen for more than few days. Please help!
jonathanmusicdude said:
i am even neewbier than you, please help!
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Then read the stickys and stop being one. - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2275632
Before i unlocked the bootloader and rooted the phone without problem, when the update 4.3 was arriving i decided to relock the bootloader and flash a jelly bean firmware for update it by pc companion. Now i decided to unlock again to install omnirom, i flashed 4.1.2 firmware and then i tried to unlock bootlader but when the process is finished and i turned on the phone it doesn't boot, the animation is blocked and the phone will restart. So i flashed again 4.1.2 firmware, it turned on and in the service info --> configuration the phone said that the bootlader is unlocked, at this point i tried to root but i received lines of "impossible" on the terminal, i was be able to do all this one month ago but now i can't understand where is the problem. Someone have any idea??
Thanks in advance and sorry for my english
Bootloader unlocked allowed: yes
Or it says
Bootloader unlocked?
nlooooo said:
Bootloader unlocked allowed: yes
Or it says
Bootloader unlocked?
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Now it says bootloader unlocked allowed: yes because when i saw that the root didn't work i relocked the bootlader and flashed a 4.3 ftf file, it's the first time that the phone does this thing
xxfraxx said:
Before i unlocked the bootloader and rooted the phone without problem, when the update 4.3 was arriving i decided to relock the bootloader and flash a jelly bean firmware for update it by pc companion. Now i decided to unlock again to install omnirom, i flashed 4.1.2 firmware and then i tried to unlock bootlader but when the process is finished and i turned on the phone it doesn't boot, the animation is blocked and the phone will restart. So i flashed again 4.1.2 firmware, it turned on and in the service info --> configuration the phone said that the bootlader is unlocked, at this point i tried to root but i received lines of "impossible" on the terminal, i was be able to do all this one month ago but now i can't understand where is the problem. Someone have any idea??
Thanks in advance and sorry for my english
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Do factory reset and then flash your favorite custom rom. :laugh:
Krishanshu said:
Do factory reset and then flash your favorite custom rom. :laugh:
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No, first he has to unlock his bootloader again, otherwise his phone will be hard bricked!!
Krishanshu said:
Do factory reset and then flash your favorite custom rom. :laugh:
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St.Jimmy90 said:
No, first he has to unlock his bootloader again, otherwise his phone will be hard bricked!!
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But when i flash a ftf file with flashtool it doesn't do already a factory reset?? And why before i didn't have any kind of problem but i have these problems only now??
xxfraxx said:
But when i flash a ftf file with flashtool it doesn't do already a factory reset?? And why before i didn't have any kind of problem but i have these problems only now??
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You have to check on flashtool to wipe everything for a factory reset. In your case I would flash a stock rom, unlock the bootloader via flashtool and then install a custom rom
St.Jimmy90 said:
You have to check on flashtool to wipe everything for a factory reset. In your case I would flash a stock rom, unlock the bootloader via flashtool and then install a custom rom
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And this is what i did, i flashed a jelly bean stock rom then i unlocked the bootlader but when i turned on the phone it didn't boot, so i flashed again a stock rom and it said that the bootloader is unlocked so i proceeded with the root but i had error messages
xxfraxx said:
And this is what i did, i flashed a jelly bean stock rom then i unlocked the bootlader but when i turned on the phone it didn't boot, so i flashed again a stock rom and it said that the bootloader is unlocked so i proceeded with the root but i had error messages
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How do you try to root? Do you want to install a custom rom? If you want to install a custom rom do the following:
1. flash the kernel from the custom rom
2. boot into that kernel and flash the custom rom zip file
3. wipe cache and dalvik
4. flash supersu zip file
If you want to stay stock but with root and are on 4.3:
1. flash the kernel of a custom rom
2. boot into that kernel and flash supersu zip file
3.reflash the stock kernel (excule everything else)
St.Jimmy90 said:
How do you try to root? Do you want to install a custom rom? If you want to install a custom rom do the following:
1. flash the kernel from the custom rom
2. boot into that kernel and flash the custom rom zip file
3. wipe cache and dalvik
4. flash supersu zip file
If you want to stay stock but with root and are on 4.3:
1. flash the kernel of a custom rom
2. boot into that kernel and flash supersu zip file
3.reflash the stock kernel (excule everything else)
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Yes i want to install a custom rom, i tried to root the phone using doomlord easy rooting toolkit to intall later the cwm, i know that if i do like you say i can install custom rom more fast, in less passages, but before i did this passages for root the phone and it worked but now after i unlock bootloader the phone doesn't start and i must flash again a stock rom with flashtool to make it work again, i know that then if i see in the phone i have the same the bootloader unlock but this isn't normal and after this new problem also the root doesnt' work
I hope that you can understand what i mean also if my english is bad
Yes maybe i can stay on 4.3 stock rom but to flash a custom kernel i must unlock the bootloader and we arrive at the same point of before, i'm not sure that the unlock works well
xxfraxx said:
Yes i want to install a custom rom, i tried to root the phone using doomlord easy rooting toolkit to intall later the cwm, i know that if i do like you say i can install custom rom more fast, in less passages, but before i did this passages for root the phone and it worked but now after i unlock bootloader the phone doesn't start and i must flash again a stock rom with flashtool to make it work again, i know that then if i see in the phone i have the same the bootloader unlock but this isn't normal and after this new problem also the root doesnt' work
I hope that you can understand what i mean also if my english is bad
Yes maybe i can stay on 4.3 stock rom but to flash a custom kernel i must unlock the bootloader and we arrive at the same point of before, i'm not sure that the unlock works well
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So on 4.1.2 easy rooting doesn't work? Umm, are you sure you're following it step by step? (If I remember correctly there are 2 ways, one for locked and one for unlocked bootloader, you have to use the one for unlocked bootloader)
St.Jimmy90 said:
So on 4.1.2 easy rooting doesn't work? Umm, are you sure you're following it step by step? (If I remember correctly there are 2 ways, one for locked and one for unlocked bootloader, you have to use the one for unlocked bootloader)
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No there is only one method for both and yes i followed the instructions step by step infact before relocking the bootlader and flash the stock rom i had the omnirom on the phone. It's not normal that when i unlock the bootloader the phone doesn't boot or i'm wrong?? Infact from when i have this problem i also have problem with root
xxfraxx said:
No there is only one method for both and yes i followed the instructions step by step infact before relocking the bootlader and flash the stock rom i had the omnirom on the phone. It's not normal that when i unlock the bootloader the phone doesn't boot or i'm wrong?? Infact from when i have this problem i also have problem with root
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Dude that's a weird thing going on with your phone... Sorry but I can't help you on that
St.Jimmy90 said:
Dude that's a weird thing going on with your phone... Sorry but I can't help you on that
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The problem is that it does it only now, thanks the same mate
xxfraxx said:
The problem is that it does it only now, thanks the same mate
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You're welcome
St.Jimmy90 said:
No, first he has to unlock his bootloader again, otherwise his phone will be hard bricked!!
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Ok. My mistake. Sorry.
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xxfraxx said:
But when i flash a ftf file with flashtool it doesn't do already a factory reset?? And why before i didn't have any kind of problem but i have these problems only now??
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Nope, You've to check it manually.
Krishanshu said:
Ok. My mistake. Sorry.
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Nope, You've to check it manually.
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In flashtool before flashing i had already checked all the wipe
xxfraxx said:
In flashtool before flashing i had already checked all the wipe
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Come back on stock rom.
Krishanshu said:
Come back on stock rom.
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I'm already on stock rom, but now i want to flash omnirom but i have this problem whith the booloader and the root
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xxfraxx said:
I'm already on stock rom, but now i want to flash omnirom but i have this problem whith the booloader and the root
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Ok.
If I find any solution I'll let you know.
Can please someone confirm this will work?
1. Downgrade to JB 4.2.2 14.1.G.1.534
2. Install locked dualrecovery 2.7.97 BETA
3. Flash KK 4.4.0 14.3.A.0.681
4. Flash with CWM superSU
I am asking because I read somewhere the following method:
1. Flash KK 4.4.0
2. Unlock bootloader
3. Install CWM thru a very complicated procedure that requires fastboot
4. Flash with CWM supeSU
Now, my question is: since I could install dualrecovery for unlocked bootloader, to avoid ulocking bootloader, why not downgrade, flash dualrecovery, upgrade and flash su?
Can please someone confirm this will work?
1. Downgrade to JB 4.2.2 14.1.G.1.534 (and root it)
1.2 (Backup TA Partition !Important, for the future)
2. Install locked dualrecovery 2.7.97 BETA
3. Flash KK 4.4.0 14.3.A.0.681 (via recovery)
4. Flash with CWM superSU
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this is OK,
Killer2k8 said:
Can please someone confirm this will work?
1. Downgrade to JB 4.2.2 14.1.G.1.534 (and root it)
1.2 (Backup TA Partition !Important, for the future)
2. Install locked dualrecovery 2.7.97 BETA
3. Flash KK 4.4.0 14.3.A.0.681 (via recovery)
4. Flash with CWM superSU
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this is OK,
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cool thanks...
wht point 1.2? Is this necessary for what? I am not going to unlock bootloader
thegios said:
cool thanks...
wht point 1.2? Is this necessary for what? I am not going to unlock bootloader
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If you're not going to unlock your bootloader then do not do it. you can also backit up when you're running kitkat with root.
But what's the harm? )
Killer2k8 said:
If you're not going to unlock your bootloader then do not do it. you can also backit up when you're running kitkat with root.
But what's the harm? )
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ok hold on a sec, I did not read carefulyy...
you are saying I need to downgrade and root, then flash dual recovery, upgrade and flash su
I thought I could avoid rooting after downgrading, cos I cannot download from anywhere any tool to root 14.1.G.1.534
thegios said:
ok hold on a sec, I did not read carefulyy...
you are saying I need to downgrade and root, then flash dual recovery, upgrade and flash su
I thought I could avoid rooting after downgrading, cos I cannot download from anywhere any tool to root 14.1.G.1.534
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1.downgrade to .534 via flashtool
2.root it using this guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2439328 (vroot / root360)
3.install recovery, reboot to recovery wipe everything
4.flash kk zip file via recovery and then the stripped ftf file via flashtool
5. you have a rooted kitkat
more info here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2687443
Killer2k8 said:
1.downgrade to .534 via flashtool
2.root it using this guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2439328 (vroot / root360)
3.install recovery, reboot to recovery wipe everything
4.flash kk zip file via recovery and then the stripped ftf file via flashtool
5. you have a rooted kitkat
more info here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2687443
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I cannot download vroot and root360, websites are not working
thegios said:
I cannot download vroot and root360, websites are not working
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Use Bin4ry method, it's more safe.
eclyptos said:
Use Bin4ry method, it's more safe.
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I was hoping it would be less complicated...
I still do not understand why I have to root after downgrading...
After all, all I need is a custom recovery to flash superSU, and according to the guide all I need to install a dual recovery is. 534, no need to root it or to unlock it, according to the guide.
So if I do not want to unlock device and I do not care backing up TA, the following should suffice
1. Downgrade to. 534 with flashtool
2. Install dual recovery for unlocked phones
3. Upgrade to kitkat with flashtool using an official ftf
4. Flash superSU with cwm
thegios said:
I was hoping it would be less complicated...
I still do not understand why I have to root after downgrading...
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Because you need root to install recovery
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=51318613
The post here is what I did straight from Kitkat. No downgrade necessary.
After doomlord kernel install, just install su.zip using recovery
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silverfox013 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=51318613
The post here is what I did straight from Kitkat. No downgrade necessary.
After doomlord kernel install, just install su.zip using recovery
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I understand this requires an unlocked bootloader
thegios said:
I understand this requires an unlocked bootloader
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the problem is that I do not want to unlock bootloader...
it seems it is an endless loop: either you unlock the bootloader if you do not want to downgrade, or you downgrade first if you do not want to unlock
thegios said:
the problem is that I do not want to unlock bootloader...
it seems it is an endless loop: either you unlock the bootloader if you do not want to downgrade, or you downgrade first if you do not want to unlock
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the easiest way imo is to just unlock the bootloader.
flash the kitkat ftf via flashtool as linked below
unlock the bootloader via sonys website http://unlockbootloader.sonymobile.com/
flash doomlords kernel + recovery http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2632808
via flashtool http://www.flashtool.net/download.php
FLASH SUPERSU via cwm http://download.chainfire.eu/supersu
done simple no need for screwing around downgrading ect ect
thegios said:
the problem is that I do not want to unlock bootloader...
it seems it is an endless loop: either you unlock the bootloader if you do not want to downgrade, or you downgrade first if you do not want to unlock
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Just try it, you seem to be wanting extremely specific instructions and questioning everything you are told. Please try following them them asking for help as you go along, you never know, it might just work for you....
There is no need to unlock the bootloader if you downgrade, root, install recovery and flash a pre rooted rom. Please tell me which step of these instructions say "unlock the boot loader"
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gregbradley said:
Just try it, you seem to be wanting extremely specific instructions and questioning everything you are told. Please try following them them asking for help as you go along, you never know, it might just work for you....
There is no need to unlock the bootloader if you downgrade, root, install recovery and flash a pre rooted rom. Please tell me which step of these instructions say "unlock the boot loader"
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didnt say u mentioned to u lock... I simply said that I wanted to avoid it, but it seems there is no way out
Yes there is, you do not need to unlock the bootloader to root...
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MON5TER said:
the easiest way imo is to just unlock the bootloader.
flash the kitkat ftf via flashtool as linked below
unlock the bootloader via sonys website http://unlockbootloader.sonymobile.com/
flash doomlords kernel + recovery http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2632808
via flashtool http://www.flashtool.net/download.php
FLASH SUPERSU via cwm http://download.chainfire.eu/supersu
done simple no need for screwing around downgrading ect ect
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I guess u r rite.. so I am gonna unlock: do I loose any sony feature? (audio plus, x reality, ...)
Also, since I do not have a custom recovery, I guess I will have to flash the kernel via fastboot, whi h will give me the ustom recovery, then flash superSU with the recovery
What do I need flashtool for?
gregbradley said:
Yes there is, you do not need to unlock the bootloader to root...
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I know I know... all I wanted to say is: eithef I stay on KK and unlo k the bootloader to root, or I do not unlock but have to downgrade etc.
Unlocking at this point seems easier, safer and faster, as I will keep my current rom which works fine
I will do a backup with sony toll and restore afterwards
But once you downgrade, root and install recovery you just flash a pre rooted 4.4 rom... The one from NUT is made from a stock ftf file with the relevant root files added to it. I don't see the issue.
As for unlocking, read the information on the sony website about it. You have to unlock using that site anyway. You will lose warranty and drm keys. However, to be able to lock again you need to back up your TA partition otherwise you lose the drm keys forever. Now to do that you must have root, so you are going to have to downgrade and root anyway
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So I got my Z1 yesterday, was on 4.4.2 stock unrooted. I unlocked the bootloader using Sony's official website and fastboot, then I went on destroying the phone by flashing Philz touch recovery.img through fastboot.
And since then the phone has been bricked, I can only enter Fastboot through the blue led, while Flash mode doesn't show up any LED light and my PC sees the phone when on flashmode as n "S1 device with a parameter error".
I've tried all drivers, none worked, and the flashtool keeps suggesting I should update my drivers when connecting the phone on flash mode:
02/042/2014 22:42:11 - INFO - Device connected in flash mode
02/042/2014 22:42:30 - ERROR - Drivers need to be installed for connected device.
02/042/2014 22:42:30 - ERROR - You can find them in the drivers folder of Flashtool.
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Is there any way I can recover from this through fastboot instead of the flashtool? I can still flash system.img and recovery.img through fastboot. I'd really appreciate any help right now.
Abu-7abash said:
So I got my Z1 yesterday, was on 4.4.2 stock unrooted. I unlocked the bootloader using Sony's official website and fastboot, then I went on destroying the phone by flashing Philz touch recovery.img through fastboot.
And since then the phone has been bricked, I can only enter Fastboot through the blue led, while Flash mode doesn't show up any LED light and my PC sees the phone when on flashmode as n "S1 device with a parameter error".
I've tried all drivers, none worked, and the flashtool keeps suggesting I should update my drivers when connecting the phone on flash mode:
Is there any way I can recover from this through fastboot instead of the flashtool? I can still flash system.img and recovery.img through fastboot. I'd really appreciate any help right now.
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Xperia phones do not have a recovery partition to flash recovery to via fastboot.
If you can enter fastboot, then flash a stock kernel.elf with flashtool (In fastboot mode).
Then you can use flashtool to relock your boot (I imagine you have not even taken a TA backup and you are new to xperia devices, your post suggests so)
then you should be able to use pccompanion to repair, or flashtool to flash a FTF
However, by flashing a recovery image you may have bricked the phone. try what I have said, if it does not work get back in touch. (Do you have access to jtag and setool?)
gregbradley said:
Xperia phones do not have a recovery partition to flash recovery to via fastboot.
If you can enter fastboot, then flash a stock kernel.elf with flashtool (In fastboot mode).
Then you can use flashtool to relock your boot (I imagine you have not even taken a TA backup and you are new to xperia devices, your post suggests so)
then you should be able to use pccompanion to repair, or flashtool to flash a FTF
However, by flashing a recovery image you may have bricked the phone. try what I have said, if it does not work get back in touch. (Do you have access to jtag and setool?)
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Can you link me to the files you suggested I try? There seems to be a truckload of them laying around the forum.
Also, yes, I am new to xperia phones. Didnt think they were this complicated to flash but I shouldnt have played with fastboot anyway. And no, sadly I dont have a jtag. Never needed one before.
Thanks for the help btw, I greatly appreciate this.
i dont think you have 100% installed the drivers, on windows 7 upwards you need to disable driver signature to allow any unsigned drivers to be installed
Look in the mega collection thread in the general section for a 442 ftf file. The kernel.elf will be in it
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gregbradley said:
Look in the mega collection thread in the general section for a 442 ftf file. The kernel.elf will be in it
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Alright, but how do I extract it from the TFT file?
gregbradley said:
Look in the mega collection thread in the general section for a 442 ftf file. The kernel.elf will be in it
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C6903_14.3.A.0.757_Global 1277-2880.ftf
Is this 4.4.2?
Ok here is an update; after messing with fastboot for so long and a couple of kernel flashes, I managed to boot the phone But now its stuck on the Sony logo.
A sign of hope though lies with the fact that I managed to enter recovery mode and found CWM hanging there. So now Im probably going to try ADB push a rom file to the SD and try to flash it through recovery instead.
@gregbradley
Sounds good. The reason forth hang at the sony logo will be that you have wiped the system partition. Flashing a rom based on the kernel you have will enable the phone to boot
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gregbradley said:
Sounds good. The reason forth hang at the sony logo will be that you have wiped the system partition. Flashing a rom based on the kernel you have will enable the phone to boot
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Would flashing a custom rom zip from the CWM recovery, fix the bootloop? Or could it also be a baseband/firmware issue too?
Im not really familiar with Sony's bootloader unlock process, does it allow kernel flash from recovery or only through fastboot ala Htc style?
Abu-7abash said:
Would flashing a custom rom zip from the CWM recovery, fix the bootloop? Or could it also be a baseband/firmware issue too?
Im not really familiar with Sony's bootloader unlock process, does it allow kernel flash from recovery or only through fastboot ala Htc style?
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first flash original stock rom, than root your phone and install dualrecovery... and if u relock your bootloader unlock it again... don't try custom rom before this steps
Abu-7abash said:
Would flashing a custom rom zip from the CWM recovery, fix the bootloop? Or could it also be a baseband/firmware issue too?
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Yes, as long as the .zip contains a kernel, or id based on the same kernel you have installed now
Im not really familiar with Sony's bootloader unlock process, does it allow kernel flash from recovery or only through fastboot ala Htc style?
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Yes, if you have an unlocked bootloader
gregbradley said:
Yes, as long as the .zip contains a kernel, or id based on the same kernel you have installed nowYes, if you have an unlocked bootloader
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Alright thanks, gonna give it a go once im home. And yes, I already unlocked the bootloader through Sony's website and fastboot before this happened.
Vuja1 said:
first flash original stock rom, than root your phone and install dualrecovery... and if u relock your bootloader unlock it again... don't try custom rom before this steps
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It already has the dual recovery on it but for some reason its stuck in a bootloop.
Abu-7abash said:
It already has the dual recovery on it but for some reason its stuck in a bootloop.
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do u have any rom on it or u just have bootloop? i u can't access to rom, u need with flashtool to flash stock rom, when u do that u loose your root and lose your dualrecovery... u need to root it again and install dualrecovery
second is
if u can access to rom instal ndr utility and reboot in clockwork mod recovery...
third option si to install via fastboot advanced doomloader kernel which has clockwork mod and has root... after that to flash custom rom but stock version of custom rom
Any of you guys know of a Stock rooted 4.4.4 rom that comes with the stock kernel in a flashable zip? I have looked everywhere for one but I cant find any.
@gregbradley @Vuja1
Abu-7abash said:
Any of you guys know of a Stock rooted 4.4.4 rom that comes with the stock kernel in a flashable zip? I have looked everywhere for one but I cant find any.
@gregbradley @Vuja1
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2761614
try this one
Vuja1 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2761614
try this one
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Already did, not really what Im looking for. I want the stock rom but only rooted and in a flashable zip, can't believe there aint any around.
Abu-7abash said:
Already did, not really what Im looking for. I want the stock rom but only rooted and in a flashable zip, can't believe there aint any around.
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I can think of at least 3 in the development section off the top of my head...
gregbradley said:
I can think of at least 3 in the development section off the top of my head...
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You can? Link me Greg..link me
hi guys, today i got notified that there is a new update for my c6602 which is 10.5.a.0.233)
tried to update it via sony pc companion but i got an error because of using modified software (bootloader unlocked)
i tried relocking it via flashtool BLU button but the phone wouldn't boot so i had to unlock it again
is there a working method for relocking it?
thanks
LP.Bullets said:
hi guys, today i got notified that there is a new update for my c6602 which is 10.5.a.0.233)
tried to update it via sony pc companion but i got an error because of using modified software (bootloader unlocked)
i tried relocking it via flashtool BLU button but the phone wouldn't boot so i had to unlock it again
is there a working method for relocking it?
thanks
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See steps 4 and 5: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=50513337&postcount=1
Kariharri said:
See steps 4 and 5: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=50513337&postcount=1
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thanks
it worked by using the flash tool to relock the bootloader using the BLU button (but after this the device won't boot)
then i flashed the new FTF file, i got the new firmware and the bootloader locked
LP.Bullets said:
thanks
it worked by using the flash tool to relock the bootloader using the BLU button (but after this the device won't boot)
then i flashed the new FTF file, i got the new firmware and the bootloader locked
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The bootloader is not relocked when you flash stock FTF.
You will loose custom recovery and root.
Flash recovery and root again.