Wake me up on SU - Sony Xperia Z Ultra

After realizing how much confusion there is about root and customizations for our precious Z Ultra. I decided to remain on stock ROM unrooted. Itś annoying for sure not having root permissions of my own device but I rather stay on square stock than scary shady root/rom. Just hoping to see some exploit that will give me a FULLY TRANSAPARENT root.

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magnusaaa said:
After realizing how much confusion there is about root and customizations for our precious Z Ultra. I decided to remain on stock ROM unrooted. Itś annoying for sure not having root permissions of my own device but I rather stay on square stock than scary shady root/rom. Just hoping to see some exploit that will give me a FULLY TRANSAPARENT root.
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I wouldn't get your hopes up. Finding an exploit is usually the first port of call for a new device. However every dev on here and the Z1 forum has already rooted and installed recovery. So there is no need for them to work out another method of rooting.
Even though tools like 'vRoot' are possibly suspect, 90% of people have used this method, and if its bad, then we can not do anything about it.
-For those that don't want to use that tool, and never have... then you may never have root access..
-For those that have used the vRoot tool or a similar app, and now have 'unrooted' to try and be safe... ... well there is no real point in that. Once rooted, if they have your info... then they have it. Can't be taken away.
What I think... is that they have not stored our information.... that it was only read.
There is no real reason to store IMEI numbers. Nothing can be gained unless they want to release fake Sony Xperia Z Ultras, with our IMEI numbers. and considering the Ultra and Z1 its a specific device for a specific purpose... it doesn't make sense.
For a Samsung S4... i could understand..

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magnusaaa said:
After realizing how much confusion there is about root and customizations for our precious Z Ultra. I decided to remain on stock ROM unrooted. Itś annoying for sure not having root permissions of my own device but I rather stay on square stock than scary shady root/rom. Just hoping to see some exploit that will give me a FULLY TRANSAPARENT root.
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You can root without vroot or kingoapp.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2490613
I did it and it works.

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magnusaaa said:
After realizing how much confusion there is about root and customizations for our precious Z Ultra. I decided to remain on stock ROM unrooted. Itś annoying for sure not having root permissions of my own device but I rather stay on square stock than scary shady root/rom. Just hoping to see some exploit that will give me a FULLY TRANSAPARENT root.
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Backup TA then unlock bootloader and flash a trusted superuser app from custom recovery. Job Done.

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Leechoonhwee said:
You can root without vroot or kingoapp.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2490613
I did it and it works.
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But you will lose your TA partition and your DRM keys if you unlock your bootloader before rooting

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blueether said:
But you will lose your TA partition and your DRM keys if you unlock your bootloader before rooting
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Yep... and if I had of done that... my device would have been a nice brick to start an expensive house.... ouch!

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hamdogg said:
Yep... and if I had of done that... my device would have been a nice brick to start an expensive house.... ouch!
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Have you gotten your ZU back now?

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LordManhattan said:
Have you gotten your ZU back now?
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No mate... average service!
They have had it just over two weeks. I sent an email and they said they will hurry the service center up.
FYI: www.buybuybox.com
Obviously wont be buying from them again.

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hamdogg said:
No mate... average service!
They have had it just over two weeks. I sent an email and they said they will hurry the service center up.
FYI: www.buybuybox.com
Obviously wont be buying from them again.
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Take your helicopter (i know you have one behind some bushes) and kick some ass!

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LordManhattan said:
Take your helicopter (i know you have one behind some bushes) and kick some ass!
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I wonder if the airforce would mine if i used their latest and greatest??

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hamdogg said:
I wonder if the airforce would mine if i used their latest and greatest??
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What, we have an airforce again?

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blueether said:
What, we have an airforce again?
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yeah we have the NH90s... but only a few. They are a nice kit... but still made in 1979 so... yeah there's that