I was rooted on 4.1.2, but lost root when upgrading to 4.2.2. Is there anyway of getting it rooted yet?
If I would like to flash a custom rom do I need to be rooted or is an unlocked bootloader enough?
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all the info is here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2393444&page=2
Showbiz1 said:
I was rooted on 4.1.2, but lost root when upgrading to 4.2.2. Is there anyway of getting it rooted yet?
If I would like to flash a custom rom do I need to be rooted or is an unlocked bootloader enough?
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This worked for me with bootloader unlocked but you can do it with your own risk
well this is another way i successfully rooted my on stock 4.2.2 (model 321 build number 244), firstly flash 244 FTF using flashtool-0.9.10.2beta6, after that download doomlords advance kernel and save it somewhere on your desktop download the SU.zip and save it on your tablet, then open flashtool and select fastboot mode, boot your tablet to fastboot, then select kernel to flash by doomlord, then find the advance doomlord image file that you downloaded and click open, now reboot into CWM recovery, flash SU.zip. then reboot again into Flash mode, now in flash tool click flash to select the 244 FTF file but this time untick everything and only include the kernel from 244 FTF then flash, after this reboot your device. now you should have root installed and working on 4.2.2 stock firmware hope this helped
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Hi, just received a 4.1 SGP312 today, rooted with DooMLoRD_Easy-Rooting-Toolkit then updated too 4.2 via OTA after moving supersu to /system --> root is still there.
Now i would like to install a custom recovery and after reading all the treads concerning recovery i'm lost : is there any recovery woking atm for a 4.2 rom on locked bootloader for a SGP312 ?
ibis69 said:
Hi, just received a 4.1 SGP312 today, rooted with DooMLoRD_Easy-Rooting-Toolkit then updated too 4.2 via OTA after moving supersu to /system --> root is still there.
Now i would like to install a custom recovery and after reading all the treads concerning recovery i'm lost : is there any recovery woking atm for a 4.2 rom on locked bootloader for a SGP312 ?
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Maybe someone will correct me on this, but I thought recovery required a non-stock kernel, and insralling a non-stock kernel requires the boot loader to be unlocked. So, you can't have recovery on a locked bootloader with stock ROM.
ibis69 said:
Hi, just received a 4.1 SGP312 today, rooted with DooMLoRD_Easy-Rooting-Toolkit then updated too 4.2 via OTA after moving supersu to /system --> root is still there.
Now i would like to install a custom recovery and after reading all the treads concerning recovery i'm lost : is there any recovery woking atm for a 4.2 rom on locked bootloader for a SGP312 ?
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Nope, if you want a custom recovery you'll need to unlock your bootloader. In case you wan't to keep your DRM keys nad relock bootloader afterwards, backup you TA partition, unlock your boot loader, flash 4.2.2 kernel with custom recovery ('https://mega.co.nz/#!vV8QHKaI!Zpxtii1zictYur7sVOVRVVk0lR8tdIDOSmaDQkL8QDk'), flash root from recovery and finally reflash your TA partition which also relocks your bootloader.
Hi gusy, yesterday i received my vodafone Z2, 6503, DE. I succeeded in taking an backup of that TA partitions, unlocked my bootloader and had root afterwards on firmware .323.
In Detail:
->stock D6503_17.1.2.A.0.323_Vodafone DE
->root by Easy Root Kit
->TA Backup
->unlocked bootloader
->TA Recovery
->Installed Z2-lockeddualrecovery2.7.XXX-BETA.installer.zip from here :
So far so good. Stock rom with root (checked with root checker) and able to enter the recovery using quickboot
-> copied newest CM11 nightly + gapps
-> entered TWRP Recovery
-> Factory Reset (ink wipe)
-> flashed CM11
and now... not even a SONY Logo, only vibrating. Ideas? Thanks a lot!
Edit: I was able to restore the 323 FW with the flashtool and stock image. The question is... how to get CM11 now without bricking the device
Krautmaster said:
Hi gusy, yesterday i received my vodafone Z2, 6503, DE. I succeeded in taking an backup of that TA partitions, unlocked my bootloader and had root afterwards on firmware .323.
In Detail:
->stock D6503_17.1.2.A.0.323_Vodafone DE
->root by Easy Root Kit
->TA Backup
->unlocked bootloader
->TA Recovery
->Installed Z2-lockeddualrecovery2.7.XXX-BETA.installer.zip from here :
So far so good. Stock rom with root (checked with root checker) and able to enter the recovery using quickboot
-> copied newest CM11 nightly + gapps
-> entered TWRP Recovery
-> Factory Reset (ink wipe)
-> flashed CM11
and now... not even a SONY Logo, only vibrating. Ideas? Thanks a lot!
Edit: I was able to restore the 323 FW with the flashtool and stock image. The question is... how to get CM11 now without bricking the device
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You can use flashtool, but you needed before a ftf rom.
Find a guide how to flash a rom with flashtool
giancaleone said:
You can use flashtool, but you needed before a ftf rom.
Find a guide how to flash a rom with flashtool
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thx, I already found out and its good to know that reverting to stock is that easy ^^ ill keep the stock with root for now. thx a lot
Krautmaster said:
Hi gusy, yesterday i received my vodafone Z2, 6503, DE. I succeeded in taking an backup of that TA partitions, unlocked my bootloader and had root afterwards on firmware .323.
In Detail:
->stock D6503_17.1.2.A.0.323_Vodafone DE
->root by Easy Root Kit
->TA Backup
->unlocked bootloader
->TA Recovery
->Installed Z2-lockeddualrecovery2.7.XXX-BETA.installer.zip from here :
So far so good. Stock rom with root (checked with root checker) and able to enter the recovery using quickboot
-> copied newest CM11 nightly + gapps
-> entered TWRP Recovery
-> Factory Reset (ink wipe)
-> flashed CM11
and now... not even a SONY Logo, only vibrating. Ideas? Thanks a lot!
Edit: I was able to restore the 323 FW with the flashtool and stock image. The question is... how to get CM11 now without bricking the device
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->TA Backup
->unlocked bootloader
->TA Recovery
Recovering yout TA locks your bootloader again... and you can't use CM11 on locked bl keep your BL unlocked for CM, restore TA only if you need to go to stock or send phone to warranty.
Hi!
Somebody in a different forum suggested that it might be possible to root the latest firmware (23.0.1.A.0.167) by downgrading the kernel (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=56590546&postcount=1224).
Can anybody confirm this method to work?
I purchased my Z2 tablet yesterday and was foolish enough to believe that I can upgrade to the latest firmware and still root my device (with a locked bootloader).
Greetings
MJFox
MJFox78 said:
Hi!
Somebody in a different forum suggested that it might be possible to root the latest firmware (23.0.1.A.0.167) by downgrading the kernel (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=56590546&postcount=1224).
Can anybody confirm this method to work?
I purchased my Z2 tablet yesterday and was foolish enough to believe that I can upgrade to the latest firmware and still root my device (with a locked bootloader).
Greetings
MJFox
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It doesn't work. You end up to bootloop. However you can flash prerooted firmware in custom recovery and have fully rooted device.
kulvertti said:
It doesn't work. You end up to bootloop. However you can flash prerooted firmware in custom recovery and have fully rooted device.
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In order to do so I have to unlock my bootloader and with that I'm going to lose my drm keys, right?
MJFox78 said:
In order to do so I have to unlock my bootloader and with that I'm going to lose my drm keys, right?
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No. If you easy root and install the dual recovery beforehand you flash from that.
But easy root doesn't seem to work with the latest firmware, they closed the vulnerability that easy root is using
MJFox78 said:
But easy root doesn't seem to work with the latest firmware, they closed the vulnerability that easy root is using
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Easy Root Tool works just fine with .314 firmware. So if you are now on latest .167 firmware, downgrade to .314, root it, install custom recovery and flash prerooted flashable.zip in custom recovery. Done.
kulvertti said:
Easy Root Tool works just fine with .314 firmware. So if you are now on latest .167 firmware, downgrade to .314, root it, install custom recovery and flash prerooted flashable.zip in custom recovery. Done.
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Ah, I didn't know it's possible to downgrade the firmware
So I need the firmware flash tool and a ftf file of the 167 firmware, right?
And it can be done without root and a locked bootloader?
Sorry for all the newbie questions, I'm coming from HTC devices and it's a little different there
Greetings
MJFox
MJFox78 said:
Ah, I didn't know it's possible to downgrade the firmware
So I need the firmware flash tool and a ftf file of the 167 firmware, right?
And it can be done without root and a locked bootloader?
Sorry for all the newbie questions, I'm coming from HTC devices and it's a little different there
Greetings
MJFox
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You need:
- latest Flashtool with drivers installed correctly for your device
- some working custom recovery
- Easy root tool
- ftf file you need is 314 firmware of you device where you have to downgrade to easily root it
- prerooted zip file included you device 167 firmware, SuperSu install files and latest dualrecovery install files.
You don´t need unlocked bootloader for this. Point of downgrading is to achieve root easily that you can have root with 167 firmware? Or do you mean that can you achieve root on 314 firmware without having it before? If so, yes you can with Easy root tool.
kulvertti said:
You need:
- latest Flashtool with drivers installed correctly for your device
- some working custom recovery
- Easy root tool
- ftf file you need is 314 firmware of you device where you have to downgrade to easily root it
- prerooted zip file included you device 167 firmware, SuperSu install files and latest dualrecovery install files.
You don´t need unlocked bootloader for this. Point of downgrading is to achieve root easily that you can have root with 167 firmware? Or do you mean that can you achieve root on 314 firmware without having it before? If so, yes you can with Easy root tool.
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thanks for your efforts!
in the meantime I managed to downgrade the firmware to 314, successfully root and backup TA
I installed superSU from the play store and it is telling me that I need to update the binaries and I can choose between "normal" (which doesn't work) or through "twrp/cwm"
I didn't install any custom recovery yet, so I'm not sure how to move on from now
should I install dual recovery (from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2785598), after flash the latest supersu from recovery and finally flash prerooted zip file?
do I need custom recovery to flash the prerooted 167 firmware?
or should I just run the OTA to get 167 firmware (will the device still be rooted after the update)?
please advice
MJFox
MJFox78 said:
thanks for your efforts!
in the meantime I managed to downgrade the firmware to 314, successfully root and backup TA
superSU is telling me that I need to update the binaries and I can choose between "normal" (which doesn't work) or through "twrp/cwm"
I didn't install any custom recovery yet, so I'm not sure how to move on from now
should I install dual recovery (from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2785598), after flash the latest supersu from recovery and finally flash prerooted zip file?
or should I just run the OTA to get 167?
please advice
MJFox
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Good to here you achievment. If you can´t update SuperSu binaries by "normal" way easiest might be to flash SuperSu latest update from custom recovery. I recommend dual recovery from your link and when installed use TWRP.
So install dualrecovery, flash latest SuperSu and then prerooted zip. If you end up without write permissions to system here might be solution for that.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=56616135&postcount=52
kulvertti said:
Good to here you achievment. If you can´t update SuperSu binaries by "normal" way easiest might be to flash SuperSu latest update from custom recovery. I recommend dual recovery from your link and when installed use TWRP.
So install dualrecovery, flash latest SuperSu and then prerooted zip. If you end up without write permissions to system here might be solution for that.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=56616135&postcount=52
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I installed dual recovery and flashed your prerooted zip from the other thread - everything works perfect, thanks a lot for your efforts! :good:
greetings
MJFox
Ok so im by no means new to rooting and roms and the like since ive rooted every phone ive had over the last 5 years but for the life of me i can not seems to figure out these sony devices. So i downloaded and flashed the new 5.1.1 ftf thru flashtool last night and everything is working fine. I have google and searched thru xda about ways to root and i thought the first step would be to install XZdual recovery but i downloaded nuts installer and ran it which seems to have worked but it still does nothing whether trying to manually enter recovery or doing it thru adb. Ok guys what am i doing wrong? Any help would be great!
Must downgrade to 4.4.2, the XZDR will root and install a recovery, then you install a pre rooted package or modified but stock-based 5.1.1 ROM, you won't loose root or recovery; but you wont be able to update via "official" methods like OTA or PC Companion because you have modified the phone's software.
Step # 1 is downgrade to 4.4.2 (314 build number works like a charm)
Damn what a pain but thank you for the reply at least thats a start since there are lots of guides for rooting 4.4.2 lol. Thanks
You don't have to downgrade to kitkat, You can downgrade to lollipop 5.0.2 (by flashing a new ftf via flashtool) and root via king root and install recovery via xzrecovery app (after getting root access) and then follow these steps:
1.Download a pre-rooted firmware 5.1.1 (flashable zip)
2.Boot into Recovery (TWRP Recommend)
3.Install - Choose ROM direction - flash the ROM zip and wipe cache\dalvik cache
(don't worry this won't wipe your data)
# I highly recommend you to do a factory reset after flashing because if you didn't the phone will be laggy and battery will drain extremely fast
*And If you have xposed installed don't forget to remove it because it may causes problems
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AK2H said:
You don't have to downgrade to kitkat, You can downgrade to lollipop 5.0.2 (by flashing a new ftf via flashtool) and root via king root
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If your going to downgrade to an older version of Android, why not go to a version of Android that can be rooted by an app that that doesn't require internet access or all the permissions of kingroot?
Kingroot requires a lot of permissions on your phone to complete something fairly basic.
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hi ..
i m on official unrooted MM..i want rooted MM ..
if i flash a pre rooted tft in flashtool directly without downgrading,will it work for me or give me bootloop etc?
help plz
You must downgrade. It is fast and easy. Also, you CANNOT flash a modified .ftf firmware.
cachanilla86 said:
You must downgrade. It is fast and easy. Also, you CANNOT flash a modified .ftf firmware.
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downgrading only to lollipop will work or i have to must downgrade to kitkat?
saayil said:
downgrading only to lollipop will work or i have to must downgrade to kitkat?
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It is easier on kit kat build 314, because the old XZDR (Z2-lockeddualrecovery2.8.21-RELEASE.installer) roots and installs the recovery in one step. When the phone reboots you can install a Marshmallow ROM and that's it.
cachanilla86 said:
It is easier on kit kat build 314, because the old XZDR (Z2-lockeddualrecovery2.8.21-RELEASE.installer) roots and installs the recovery in one step. When the phone reboots you can install a Marshmallow ROM and that's it.
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i have downgraded to ,314 but now unable to download Z2-lockeddualrecovery2.8.21 from nut website,,,plz give me some other link
Required Bootloader Unlocked! This process deletes the DRM
download kernel, supersu and DRM
kernel: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bwn7bAJ-USZjZzg0Q2I2RWlWa1U/view
supersu: https://download.chainfire.eu/932/SuperSU/BETA-SuperSU-v2.71-20160331103524.zip
DRM: http://forum.xda-developers.com/crossdevice-dev/sony/xperia-z1-z2-z3-series-devices-drm-t2930672
first install kernel
*unpack and flash boot.img via fastboot
*run cmd
cmd Code:
fastboot flash boot boot.img
after flash supersu and drm keys
start recovery and flash zip files