Anyone working on GPE - Sony Xperia Z Ultra

Just wondering if anyone is working on the GPE of the Sony z ultra if so what's being done for it. A fully stable recovery, ta partition back up, etc.
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There's already a fully working GPe ROM for the Ultra.
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LordManhattan said:
There's already a fully working GPe ROM for the Ultra.
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I thiink they meant the other way around???

blueether said:
I thiink they meant the other way around???
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Oooh, you're right
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ryuken11221 said:
Just wondering if anyone is working on the GPE of the Sony z ultra if so what's being done for it. A fully stable recovery, ta partition back up, etc.
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Excluding the TA backup, is there anything stopping you from just using the GPe ROM's recovery stuff?
I think trying for the TA is a lost cause; There's some decent debate as to whether or not it even does anything on the GPe.
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Oooh, you're right
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Eh, I though the same at first.

Shadow of Chaos said:
Excluding the TA backup, is there anything stopping you from just using the GPe ROM's recovery stuff?
I think trying for the TA is a lost cause; There's some decent debate as to whether or not it even does anything on the GPe.
Eh, I though the same at first.
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I don't think it's possible to use the recovery we're using since we aren't using the same bootloader, so he might end up hardbricking it if he flashes it. Don't quote me on this though, since I'm not 100% sure.
Philz recovery might work though, but again.. I don't know. OP, Do NOT flash anything until you're 101% sure.
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Well from what I read its not stable and its testing I don't like jumping into any flashing unless its a sure thing but that's really the only thing that's really stopping me from using it
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LordManhattan said:
I don't think it's possible to use the recovery we're using since we aren't using the same bootloader, so he might end up hardbricking it if he flashes it. Don't quote me on this though, since I'm not 100% sure.
Philz recovery might work though, but again.. I don't know. OP, Do NOT flash anything until you're 101% sure.
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That's is exactly why I'm hanging back and waiting it out if it doesn't come well then I guess its ment to be.....?
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Quick conversion question

If I do the conversion, can I use whatever Rom I want straight from the n4 threads so long as I flash the fixes?
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don't do it
Why would you even think of converting at this point? there's a 98% working AOSP rom for our phone now, and it's just going to get better...
nymica said:
Why would you even think of converting at this point? there's a 98% working AOSP rom for our phone now, and it's just going to get better...
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because nex4 has much more options and support? i'm converted and dont plan to go back. cm10.1 is worth it
pinkster said:
because nex4 has much more options and support? i'm converted and dont plan to go back. cm10.1 is worth it
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And more things are working on the conversion.
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Dr0!dFreek said:
And more things are working on the conversion.
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This, not to mention the future proofing aspect.
So is that a yes???
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abraxo said:
So is that a yes???
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Lol yeah you can run any N4 rom after the conversion, some work better than others though.

Mobile Odin back to stock

Can you use mobile Odin to go back to stock? I did it this way in my gs3 just curious if you could on note 2.
Thanks!
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Did you even look in the mobile Odin thread? It says right in the op our device is supported if you have an unlocked boot loader.
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kintwofan said:
Did you even look in the mobile Odin thread? It says right in the op our device is supported if you have an unlocked boot loader.
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Yes I did and thanks. I know it is supported but wondering if anyone has tried it.
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If I had to guess I would say it wouldn't work for going back to stock or if it does you may have issues. May work for the alternate restore but not sure.
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bond32 said:
If I had to guess I would say it wouldn't work for going back to stock or if it does you may have issues. May work for the alternate restore but not sure.
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Flashing a rom with mobile odin isnt the most advisable thing to do. Just an FYI
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dmonger11b said:
Flashing a rom with mobile odin isnt the most advisable thing to do. Just an FYI
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How come?
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fbm111 said:
Yes I did and thanks. I know it is supported but wondering if anyone has tried it.
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Okay your question didn't sound like that. You coukd have just asked if anyone had used it. I used to use it myself
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fbm111 said:
How come?
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Trips your flash counter! Also a higher risk of bricks if the ROM builder goofed up.
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nosympathy said:
Trips your flash counter! Also a higher risk of bricks if the ROM builder goofed up.
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Understand that. But is stock rom, ie back to factory then won trip counter and no chance of bricks right? Or am I thinking wrong?
Thanks!
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fbm111 said:
Understand that. But is stock rom, ie back to factory then won trip counter and no chance of bricks right? Or am I thinking wrong?
Thanks!
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Long as it is a completely stock image it won't. I don't think the route 66 version does either
Won't brick your device long as it is a .tar.md5 file or you make sure MD5 matches. Should be a tar.md5 file though.
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[Q] DNA 2.04.605.2 question

I'm not an Android expert by an means. Can someone please tell me if the pop-up I'm getting on my HTC Droid DNA telling me to update to: HTC6435LVW_2.06.605.1-2.04.605.2
Is Not something there is a fix for...or it IS something there is a fix for?
My phone is rooted, S-OFF, and running teamwin recovery.
So do I need to watch this stupid Verizon pop-up or can I upgrade somehow? I see threads talking about a bounty for a crack but I'm not sure if that means there is a fix for just upgrading or not?
Thanks.
Do not upgrade. You'll lose root and soff...
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If you're rooted and S-OFF then why don't you just flash a new rom with the updated base? I know there's a couple of stock rooted 2.06 roms in the Android Dev section.
commandlinekid said:
I'm not an Android expert by an means. Can someone please tell me if the pop-up I'm getting on my HTC Droid DNA telling me to update to: HTC6435LVW_2.06.605.1-2.04.605.2
Is Not something there is a fix for...or it IS something there is a fix for?
My phone is rooted, S-OFF, and running teamwin recovery.
So do I need to watch this stupid Verizon pop-up or can I upgrade somehow? I see threads talking about a bounty for a crack but I'm not sure if that means there is a fix for just upgrading or not?
Thanks.
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If you are s-off why the hell are you still on stock? Go flash viper or something
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Do not upgrade. You'll lose root and soff...
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The OTA will not make you lose s off. The only thing it will do is make you lose root.
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Do not upgrade. You'll lose root and soff...
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Lol, no you won't. You'll still be unlocked and s off, and that's even if you could update with a custom recovery, which you can't.
But @op, just freeze htcdm,
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Bigandrewgold said:
Lol, no you won't. You'll still be unlocked and s off, and that's even if you could update with a custom recovery, which you can't.
But @op, just freeze htcdm,
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Then why did people who update lose it?
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Dri94 said:
Then why did people who update lose it?
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They didnt and if they did they probably relocked like a stupid. Once you have s-off you have no restrictions.
Most of them relocated thinking that they could just unlock again and that the exploit wasn't patched.
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Most of them relocated thinking that they could just unlock again and that the exploit wasn't patched.
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Even then, if they are s off it really doesn't matter and if they were s on then they could use their old unlock code.bin to re unlock their device.
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Warning

I have been reading thorough the returning to stock post in lg general Dev. A lot of people are softbricking or bootlooping by flashing OTA an edited recovery.
Before you flash any OTA you must return to stock.
Just a word of warning. If I'm misinformed someone please correct me but that's what I got from reading.
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I'm sure anyone that would be looking in the development threads would be looking for development so they might pass over this thread. In turn they will end up 'softbricking' their device because they didn't return to stock before hand.
You should have posted this is the correct place.
Now everyone's phones are going to be messed up.
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It was mostly just so people see it here if they aren't surfing other threads
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stuck on recovery
I just stuck on recovery after OTA, now I guess I have to unroot?, what that OTA does anyway? I was looking for more information but there is nothing out yet
Go look at the returning to stock post in general section. There is more instruction there.
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Demonlinx said:
Go look at the returning to stock post in general section. There is more instruction there.
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if you can get in recovery, you are fine. Just have to clear some files and it will boot fine. It's "soft bricked" because it keeps trying to apply the OTA.
Sprint has an OTA?
raulberry said:
I just stuck on recovery after OTA, now I guess I have to unroot?, what that OTA does anyway? I was looking for more information but there is nothing out yet
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If you have a nandroid backup, you should restore it. As soon as you restore it, you should flash back to stock. Then after your phone is clean, take the OTA and then root.
riggsandroid said:
if you can get in recovery, you are fine. Just have to clear some files and it will boot fine. It's "soft bricked" because it keeps trying to apply the OTA.
Sprint has an OTA?
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I'm not sure I've just seen lg in general has had updates being pushed.
However if we are on stock rooted ROM, shouldn't we be able to push the OTA? I'm not that versed in this.
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Demonlinx said:
I'm not sure I've just seen lg in general has had updates being pushed.
However if we are on stock rooted ROM, shouldn't we be able to push the OTA? I'm not that versed in this.
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Safe thing to do is to always flash back to stock to avoid any issues.
EDIT: Don't quote me on this but according to a Sprint G2 user in the thread below that if you have the stock recovery and didn't flash TWRP, you should be able to take the OTA without having to flash back to stock.
http://s4gru.com/index.php?/topic/4886-lg-g2-users-thread/?p=249338
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Safe thing to do is to always flash back to stock to avoid any issues.
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Sounds good.
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Yeah anyone that's going to be modding phones should get used to not accepting ota updates, luckily it doesn't take long until roms are updated
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kc3 said:
Yeah anyone that's going to be modding phones should get used to not accepting ota updates, luckily it doesn't take long until roms are updated
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So will updated Roms include ota data?
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Lol I imagine that depends on the rom developer, if not than a rom will eventual get released with the newest software, always a matter of time
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So if I'm rooted and on the stock ROM I just accept the OTA and install? Then just re-root?
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o0adam0o said:
So if I'm rooted and on the stock ROM I just accept the OTA and install? Then just re-root?
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Yes, assuming you have stock recovery and not TWRP.
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Yes, assuming you have stock recovery and not TWRP.
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Thanks!
Yup on stock recovery right now . Gonna hold off tho because I've been reading that someone is making an update we can flash over top with TWRP. I'll just figure out what I want to do once everything is clear and settled. I'd love some better/stronger signal.
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o0adam0o said:
Thanks!
Yup on stock recovery right now . Gonna hold off tho because I've been reading that someone is making an update we can flash over top with TWRP. I'll just figure out what I want to do once everything is clear and settled. I'd love some better/stronger signal.
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If you find the update to flash with twrp please post link here for us. Thanks. I've heard about it but cannot find anything else out
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Good Info
Thanks for the post. I myself was applying the software downloads for my D800 At&t Variant. I am currently stuck right now and your explanation helps make a little sense of what is happening to my phone. I was stuck at the cm boot animation and tried to do a wipe and restore and a bunch of other stuff and nothing was working. Decided to flash back using the software from that thread, however the flash was listed as successful, but upon getting to the main screen of the os, keyboard doesn't come up, no signal or wifi, then after a minute or two the phone will just reboot. My thoughts are either that I have the OTA software missing key components from the original stock, or my efs is shot, in which case I am concerned. Just got this phone and would love to fix it. I will hunt for original software.
I had done a full lg stock backup through CWM and then exported that to my computer. Would that contain my efs info?
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[Q] Rom installation Question

My BL is locked so im using SafeStrap. I really dont want to brick my phone so I was wondering if this will work for my MK2: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2343355
Im a big noob when it comes to this stuff.
Thanks!!!!
Did you read the last 2 posts of that thread ? Lol
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High_Rez said:
My BL is locked so im using SafeStrap. I really dont want to brick my phone so I was wondering if this will work for my MK2: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2343355
Im a big noob when it comes to this stuff.
Thanks!!!!
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For what it's worth, I would not, and I haven't read anything beyond the first post. It's not made for your phone. You become a test pilot, although I suspect some have had success with it.
douger1957 said:
For what it's worth, I would not, and I haven't read anything beyond the first post. It's not made for your phone. You become a test pilot, although I suspect some have had success with it.
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No one could have success with it it's based on a different kernel
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Josh... You left us? On a One Max now?
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Mistertac said:
Josh... You left us? On a One Max now?
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Not sure yet lol bought this off a friend who needed the money. It's pretty cool but there's no development for it. I might keep the s4 for roms.
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joshm.1219 said:
Not sure yet lol bought this off a friend who needed the money. It's pretty cool but there's no development for it. I might keep the s4 for roms.
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Was going to ask you how Dev was for that phone. Well. always cool to have a new toy anyways. Like that phone myself just correct me if I'm wrong... No removable battery?! No deal then lol
Hey we could go on forever with comparisons lol I was jw.
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Mistertac said:
Was going to ask you how Dev was for that phone. Well. always cool to have a new toy anyways. Like that phone myself just correct me if I'm wrong... No removable battery?! No deal then lol
Hey we could go on forever with comparisons lol I was jw.
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That's what scares me lol. It has a 3300mah stock battery and it has pogo pins on the back so you can connect a flip case they sell that has a 1200mah battery built in. So 4500mah is pretty good but it doesn't beat the piece of mind of having a few charged batteries ready to go.
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