I recently bought a z ultra gpe with the intention of flashing Paranoid Android onto it. I followed all the instructions to the letter, this isn't my first time flashing, and my phone is now stuck on the ROM's boot animation.
So, I suppose first off knowing whether or not this is even possible would answer my questions and I'll happily go back to the stock rom if it's not, but if I can flash any kind of z ultra rom onto the GPe then what is my issue with trying to get PA on mine?
cooljohn743 said:
I recently bought a z ultra gpe with the intention of flashing Paranoid Android onto it. I followed all the instructions to the letter, this isn't my first time flashing, and my phone is now stuck on the ROM's boot animation.
So, I suppose first off knowing whether or not this is even possible would answer my questions and I'll happily go back to the stock rom if it's not, but if I can flash any kind of z ultra rom onto the GPe then what is my issue with trying to get PA on mine?
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No it wont work, you could try the CM or liquid roms in the GPe dev section... (looks looks CM11 has vanished)
Alright that make sense even though they appear to be the same device. How would I find and flash the stock kernel, recovery and rom for my phone then? Because I can't seem to find any of this anywhere.
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So can it be done?
Flash the Google play edition ROM in the normal Z ultra?
And if it were fine would we receive updates from Google like the GPe?
I know the the ROM has already been ported the Xperia Z.
Sent from my GT-P6800 using xda app-developers app
They've ported it to the Z1, its just a matter of time
same here
even i m thinking about this since i heard the news about GPe version of ZU coming out.
i m so waiting for this to be reality soon.
im new to this community, can someone plz help me do this from scratch???
Ultra Z
I'm hoping, as someone who ineptly didn't backup the .img and .zip on a GPe device, that I can back to where I was prior to unbootlocking.
Thread here to give some love of the GPe to more than (the admittedly larger installed base) Z1.
Is there any hardware difference between the the Sony and GPE? As someone without any in-depth knowledge in rom building, one would say just extract and install on an unlocked Z Ultra? I am wrong, but why?
I think the problem is that the gpe uses different boot/recovery/bootloader configuration, there has already been one hard bricked zu from flashing gpe img.
The other problem is that if an gpe ota update flashes anything to the boot loader when running on a zu it will hard brick it.
Hi there,
I'm sorry if this has been covered before in another thread but after searching with limited success I have been unable to find a detailed answer, perhaps I'm just a little bit dim & have missed something however.
QUESTION:
After installing CyanogenMod 11.0 [KitKat][4.4.2] by "Gava97" I have found that it is simply not for me. I would very much like to install Destro316's "Proformance" ROM [4.0.4] http://forum.xda-developers.com/xpe...m-4-0-4-proformance-rom-long-battery-t2547481 as it seems much more stable having been based on a stock Sony ROM.
Do I just flash the new ROM over the previous one? Do I return to a stock setup & redo the rooting process? If so, how?
Being extremely new at this android thing, I'm a little stumped as to how to proceed. All instructions seem too vague for me to confidently follow without bricking something. As I said, it may just be that I'm a missing something.
Phone was originally running [2.3.7] when I bought it, though I soon flashed to stock Sony ICS [4.0.4] Firmware version 6.1.1.B.1.100.
I unlocked my bootloader, rooted & installed Clockwordmod Recovery via this tutorial: www(dot)youtube(dot)com/watch?v=V232-3tZddE
I would be very grateful if anyone could fill me in with a step-by-step guide on removing all traces of CyanogenMod & installing this new ROM. Any suggestions for different ROM's are welcome as well, of course.
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Bootloader unlocked: Yes
Root: Yes
Clockworkmod Recovery: Yes
Kernel version: Transcendence v 1.1.6
Flashtool Version: 0.9.14.0
PC: Windows 7
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I really am sorry if I missed something in my search, I'm very new at this.
I appreciate anyone taking the time to read this & help me out.
Cheers,
Miles
OnslaughtNZ said:
Hi there,
I'm sorry if this has been covered before in another thread but after searching with limited success I have been unable to find a detailed answer, perhaps I'm just a little bit dim & have missed something however.
QUESTION:
After installing CyanogenMod 11.0 [KitKat][4.4.2] by "Gava97" I have found that it is simply not for me. I would very much like to install Destro316's "Proformance" ROM [4.0.4] http://forum.xda-developers.com/xpe...m-4-0-4-proformance-rom-long-battery-t2547481 as it seems much more stable having been based on a stock Sony ROM.
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Just follow the instructions on the ROM threat, this is erasing your CM 11, then install your ROM through CWM.
Good luck!
U could Just follow the instructions that included at the ROM u want, that will eras your CM 11, then install the ROM U want through CWM.
Clean Install is required
Woops
Hi everyone!
Sorry for the late update.
So I attempted to follow the instructions outlined in the new rom I was attempting to install and it did nothing. Absolutely nothing. Phone continued to boot into Cyanogenmod 11 kitkat as if nothing had happened.
Now obviously I messed something up, but I needed a properly functioning phone for work asap so I bought an Xperia Z1 Compact just to be done with it. Over the hassle.
However it's been bothering me that I still have a basically pristine Xperia U minus it's software tantrum.
So, how do I go about restoring this phone to the factory Gingerbread and removing Cyanogenmod?
Baby steps please.
OnslaughtNZ said:
Hi everyone!
Sorry for the late update.
So I attempted to follow the instructions outlined in the new rom I was attempting to install and it did nothing. Absolutely nothing. Phone continued to boot into Cyanogenmod 11 kitkat as if nothing had happened.
Now obviously I messed something up, but I needed a properly functioning phone for work asap so I bought an Xperia Z1 Compact just to be done with it. Over the hassle.
However it's been bothering me that I still have a basically pristine Xperia U minus it's software tantrum.
So, how do I go about restoring this phone to the factory Gingerbread and removing Cyanogenmod?
Baby steps please.
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I'm by no means an expert.
I follow the guidelines here to flash my Xperia Sola from ICS to a Kitkat rom.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/xperia-u/issues/getting-startedrooting-bootloader-t2100529
I'm not entirely sure but downgrading should be similar? Fastboot (via flashtool) and flash boot.img. Then in recovery mode, flash the stock Gingerbread rom?
I've done some searching but since my gpe is mixed with Sony's version of z ultra on xda, I can't find a straight answer. so I'm pretty sure its no. I wanna root and add a custom recovery to a z ultra gpe that's already on 5.0. I bought it this way.
ivesdotkom said:
I've done some searching but since my gpe is mixed with Sony's version of z ultra on xda, I can't find a straight answer. so I'm pretty sure its no. I wanna root and add a custom recovery to a z ultra gpe that's already on 5.0. I bought it this way.
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The issue that I see is that the only safe way to unlock bootloader is to root first and back up TA partition prior to unlocking. As far as I know there is not an exploit to root 5.0 yet. @DooMLoRD posted some rooted images but never got around to posting instructions how to use them. I unlocked my bootloader on 4.4.3 GPe and everything was fine till 4.4.4 update which broke camera and only fix was to revert to 4.4.3 and not allow it to update.
Hi, this will probably be a silly question but I can't find a straightway answer for it.
I've just bought an used Sony Xperia Z2. Coming from a Nexus 4 I would like to be able to get an Android stock ROM in my Z2. Not the stock ROM with Sony add ons, but something as close as I would get in a Nexus device.
Is that possible? And after I do it, will it update automatically to new versions of Android?
jbssm said:
Hi, this will probably be a silly question but I can't find a straightway answer for it.
I've just bought an used Sony Xperia Z2. Coming from a Nexus 4 I would like to be able to get an Android stock ROM in my Z2. Not the stock ROM with Sony add ons, but something as close as I would get in a Nexus device.
Is that possible? And after I do it, will it update automatically to new versions of Android?
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root your phone,install a recovery and flash a cm12 or cm11 rom... if there is an update just flash it and you will be updated... i have made a tutorial on how to do it so if you want,check it out https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cE... have the 4k feature neither the xreality one
jbssm said:
Hi, this will probably be a silly question but I can't find a straightway answer for it.
I've just bought an used Sony Xperia Z2. Coming from a Nexus 4 I would like to be able to get an Android stock ROM in my Z2. Not the stock ROM with Sony add ons, but something as close as I would get in a Nexus device.
Is that possible? And after I do it, will it update automatically to new versions of Android?
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You want Vanilla android or Pure Android. The Sony add on Android is actually the lightest skin from an OEM (HTC, Samsung, LG, Huawei) so I don't really get the incentive to change it. But if you must all you need to do is:
- turn on developer mode on the phone
-unlock the bootloader on said phone
-flash custom recovery, then use recovery to make Nandroid Backup of stock system
-at this point you can either root your phone or just flash your choice of ROM (CM, Paranoid Android, Aurora are good vanilla options).
Once you flash a custom rom you will no longer automatic OTA updates. You will have to manually flash any updated ROM.
YouTube for more details.
You could do little tweaks to make your Z2 appear like Pure Android without flashing a rom. U can do things like: installing Google launcher or Nova launcher, Google keyboard, Google calender, etc
Ok, thank you.
So my only option is installing something like Cyanogenmod I see. I was getting confused by the AOSP build from Sony and what it was abut but now I see it's not really usable for normal phone operations.
Hi Guys
We have a Sony Xperia Tablet Z2 (SGP521), currently installed with a nightly build of CyanogenMod12 Lollipop ROM.
Some functionality is not working well, so we would like to revert back to Sony Stock ROM, can someone guide us on the steps required?
We understand that the steps is similar to flashing the ROM into the device, but would be great if someone can confirm the steps, including where we might find stock Sony ROM. We've looked through some of the forum posts but some are quite old posts so just wondering if anything might have changed.
Thanks in advance for any help!
Will this work?
[Prerooted][flashable]zip[23.1.A.1.28][SGP521][Customized NCB]&[VMo RU-UA-KZ]
http://forum.xda-developers.com/xpe...ooted-zipcustomized-ncb-t3100783#post60542294
Just do a full wipe and flash the prerooted zip linked above in recovery.