[Q] Deodexed Lollipop - Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I am on rooted stock Lollipop. I want to know how I can deodex my firmware or is there a pre-deodexed Lollipop firmware available for download?

What about using the search function BEFORE opening up a new thread?
There are deodexed roms:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/xperia-z/development/rom-purex-l-v1-t3125165

St.Jimmy90 said:
What about using the search function BEFORE opening up a new thread?
There are deodexed roms:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/xperia-z/development/rom-purex-l-v1-t3125165
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I need stock deodexed?

PrithviChibber said:
I need stock deodexed?
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It is a stock based rom, which means it does not need an unlocked bootloader.
Anyways here is what you want:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/xpe...rooteddeodexedsuperuserrecoverystock-t3156109
Next time use the search function

St.Jimmy90 said:
It is a stock based rom, which means it does not need an unlocked bootloader.
Anyways here is what you want:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/xpe...rooteddeodexedsuperuserrecoverystock-t3156109
Next time use the search function
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I'm looking for a tool too

You can install all custom roms with locked bootloader too
assuming that Rom uses a stock kernel. (No CM based ROMS)

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Battery Percentage mod on stock root?

Hey bros, been out of the android game for a year so I just got back in with the One yesterday. I'm rooted but haven't installed a custom rom yet. Is there a way to flash a battery percent mod without having to flash a custom rom and set everything back up again? Thanks for your help.
retnuh730 said:
Hey bros, been out of the android game for a year so I just got back in with the One yesterday. I'm rooted but haven't installed a custom rom yet. Is there a way to flash a battery percent mod without having to flash a custom rom and set everything back up again? Thanks for your help.
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use OMJ's mod pac...http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2240669
hooover said:
use OMJ's mod pac...http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2240669
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Before I flash this... will this for sure work with my Stock rooted rom? I'm not sure if it's deodexed or not.
retnuh730 said:
Before I flash this... will this for sure work with my Stock rooted rom? I'm not sure if it's deodexed or not.
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It will not work, stock rooted is not deodex. I'm assuming that all you did was unlocked bootloader, flashed recovery, and flashed super su correct? Your other option might be to try modaco mod which runs on xposed app settings. I would recommend to just use a custom rom or flash the stock deodex rom though since most future mods will require you to be on a deodex rom.
im0rtalz said:
It will not work, stock rooted is not deodex. I'm assuming that all you did was unlocked bootloader, flashed recovery, and flashed super su correct? Your other option might be to try modaco mod which runs on xposed app settings. I would recommend to just use a custom rom or flash the stock deodex rom though since most future mods will require you to be on a deodex rom.
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That's what I'm ending up doing. OMJ's rom offers too many benefits that makes setting up again worth it.

[Q] Pushed update to 4.3 while on custom GP rom

Hey all,
Im on bigxie's Stock Android 4.2.2 Google Play Ed rom and I got the notification this morning for System Update Downloaded for 4.3.
I assume this will not work anyway but would this run the risk of bricking my phone? Also is there any way to get rid of the notification so I dont accidentally pocket install it or something?
Cheers
boroie said:
Hey all,
Im on bigxie's Stock Android 4.2.2 Google Play Ed rom and I got the notification this morning for System Update Downloaded for 4.3.
I assume this will not work anyway but would this run the risk of bricking my phone? Also is there any way to get rid of the notification so I dont accidentally pocket install it or something?
Cheers
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Are you running the odexed version? Using the stock kernel? Stock recovery?
If you have these things you will be good to go.
Aerys said:
Are you running the odexed version? Using the stock kernel? Stock recovery?
If you have these things you will be good to go.
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I flashed bigxie's odexed stock but also tbalden's kernel with TWRP
boroie said:
I flashed bigxie's odexed stock but also tbalden's kernel with TWRP
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Reflash bixie's rom to return to stock kernel, flash stock recovery and you'll should be good to go
Thanks guys

[Q] Is it possible to downgrade this device from 4.3 to 4.2?

:crying:
It would be my only way to get rooted..
Why??? Flash a custom recovery and use it to root. Or - even better - flash sbdags modified and rooted stock rom, or - still better - flash CROMi-X 6.0.1
super0dd said:
:crying:
It would be my only way to get rooted..
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Er... no... wait... what?
You can currently only root on an unlocked device. You can root on 4.2 or 4.3 it makes no difference. I made a flashable zip in the dev section But if you are going to do that go for CROMi-X 6.0.1 as berndblb says....
You can downgrade if you want btw but why?

[Q] Bootloader

Hello,
so do you guys have a thread about bootloader unlocking? Didn't find it.
And do i need to unlock it? Just root and install recovery? Like in this rom thread forum.xda-developers.com/xperia-z/development/rom-existenz-v5-0-0-ultra-edition-10-4-t2349656 (i can't post clickable links yet)
And scroll down to how to install the rom and there it just is - install some firmware with flashtool, root and install recovery. Where is the bootloader stuff? Or it depends from the rom? help.
developer.Sony
Laurisss said:
Hello,
so do you guys have a thread about bootloader unlocking? Didn't find it.
And do i need to unlock it? Just root and install recovery? Like in this rom thread forum.xda-developers.com/xperia-z/development/rom-existenz-v5-0-0-ultra-edition-10-4-t2349656 (i can't post clickable links yet)
And scroll down to how to install the rom and there it just is - install some firmware with flashtool, root and install recovery. Where is the bootloader stuff? Or it depends from the rom? help.
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u can find it at Sony developer site
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slogger001 said:
u can find it at Sony developer site
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y
So bootloader unlocking is a must? as in the first post the link to the rom i gave was how to install but only firmware flash root and install cwm than install rom. ??
Laurisss said:
y
So bootloader unlocking is a must? as in the first post the link to the rom i gave was how to install but only firmware flash root and install cwm than install rom. ??
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You only need an unlocked bootloader for non-stock based roms, such as Cyanogenmod, Paranoid Android, AOSP etc and those based off them, as they need a custom kernel.
Stock based custom roms do not require an unlocked bootloader, as long as they use an unmodified stock kernel. The rom thread will specify if you need an unlocked bootloader in most cases.
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kingvortex said:
You only need an unlocked bootloader for non-stock based roms, such as Cyanogenmod, Paranoid Android, AOSP etc and those based off them, as they need a custom kernel.
Stock based custom roms do not require an unlocked bootloader, as long as they use an unmodified stock kernel. The rom thread will specify if you need an unlocked bootloader in most cases.
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Ok, thanks for your help
Did anyone use the eXistenZ rom ? forum.xda-developers.com/xperia-z/development/rom-existenz-v5-0-0-ultra-edition-10-4-t2349656
Can i change the red theme like showed in the screenshots? Is there some settings or a theme engine? Thanks!

Flashing ROM with Locked Bootloader?

Hi there,
At the moment I'm running Android 4.4.2 Stock ROM, but I want to switch to MIUI V5. I would like to know if it's possible to do this while having a locked Bootloader.
P.S.: First I used the towelroot-method to get root acces, then I installed SuperSU and CWM Recovery. So that's already done.
It should be possible. Take a look at this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/xpe...-miu-z-4-2-2-multilang-v2-5-10-3-1-2-t2467408
Just follow the steps for locked bootloaders.
gripfly said:
It should be possible. Take a look at this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/xpe...-miu-z-4-2-2-multilang-v2-5-10-3-1-2-t2467408
Just follow the steps for locked bootloaders.
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Thank you for the fast reply! I'll try it. By the way are there any bugs in the ROM I've mentioned? I can't read any Chinese and Google Translation doesn't translate that well.
Isn't MIUI based on AOSP/CM? If it is, then you cannot flash it on a locked bootloader.
Edit - It seems the rom that gripfly linked to can be flashed on locked bootloaders. Disregard my post. ?
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kingvortex said:
Isn't MIUI based on AOSP/CM? If it is, then you cannot flash it on a locked bootloader.
Edit - It seems the rom that gripfly linked to can be flashed on locked bootloaders. Disregard my post. ?
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Too bad it's an outdated ROM. I would love to see the newest MIUI ROM running on this beauty, but I'm too scared to try it out and mess it up, and then risking to lose the DRM key.
Edit: Are there any good ROMS with nice GUI apart from Sony's UI for the Xperia Z? The MIUI ROM V5 is based on Android 4.2.2, which is more a downgrade than an upgrade...
tally114 said:
Too bad it's an outdated ROM. I would love to see the newest MIUI ROM running on this beauty, but I'm too scared to try it out and mess it up, and then risking to lose the DRM key.
Edit: Are there any good ROMS with nice GUI apart from Sony's UI for the Xperia Z? The MIUI ROM V5 is based on Android 4.2.2, which is more a downgrade than an upgrade...
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There are many good ROMs on the forum.
Actually, UI varies from person to person so it's very difficult to say which one is better, you can search in the forum and find a suitable one.
As for me, I highly recommend PA which include many good features.
Locked bootloader means stock based ROMs only.
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