Hi Guys,
just got c6806. rooted and bootloader unlocked. what are the steps to convert it to gpe? can i just fastboot system/boot/FOTA from DooMLoRD'4.4.4 thread? or must flash a ported rom?
thanks
Also wondering.
i tried fastboot all three imgs and my phone went into bootloop......just fastflashed sony stock rom to save my phone:silly:
anesthetic said:
i tried fastboot all three imgs and my phone went into bootloop......just fastflashed sony stock rom to save my phone:silly:
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Just use the ported ROM, a lot safer.
The GPe has a very different partition layout, different bootloader etc so it's not a matter of just flashing the .img files
blueether said:
Just use the ported ROM, a lot safer.
The GPe has a very different partition layout, different bootloader etc so it's not a matter of just flashing the .img files
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ported rom works like a charm thanks a lot
btw can i use those gpe kernel listed in GPe forum?
Yesyiu can use the GPe DooMLoRD kernel on the GPe port
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Yesyiu can use the GPe DooMLoRD kernel on the GPe port
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I have a question related to this topic. Will I be able to run the official Lolipop which was released to day as a FOTA for Xperia Z Ultra GPE through this method?
Or, in other words does this make my 6833 into a stock GPE version update-able to lolipop?
jenxrj said:
I have a question related to this topic. Will I be able to run the official Lolipop which was released to day as a FOTA for Xperia Z Ultra GPE through this method?
Or, in other words does this make my 6833 into a stock GPE version update-able to lolipop?
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No you will need to wait for the 5.0 port.
Did someone who converted his Z Ultra non-GPe to have a dedicated recovery partition tried to flash the GPe native image yet?
I mean after getting the dedicated recovery partition, ZU and ZU GPe should almost be the same or not?
I'm on Scrubber's GPe port right now, but getting the updates without the need to port them would be great.
Thanks
Sorry OP, but this is not development. Moved to Q&A.
As blueether said, use the ported rom. Despite being the same and looking the same, the Non-GPe and the gpe variants do have differences under the hood.
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I want a kernel in format zip
for the latest firmware 4.4.4
Stock Sony ROM or GPe ROM?
thaks
LordManhattan said:
Stock Sony ROM or GPe ROM?
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stock rom
4.4.4
zu 6833
I believe people are busy updating the kernels to support 4.4.4, so just wait a day or two until Doomkernel has been updated.
What happen if I accidentally flash a togari_gpe ROM into togari,will it hard brick or it installed with no LTE support just like flashing LTE version to non-LTE?
8-incher_note_n5100 said:
What happen if I accidentally flash a togari_gpe ROM into togari,will it hard brick or it installed with no LTE support just like flashing LTE version to non-LTE?
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More than likely it will brick your phone because the GPE Z Ultra has a completely different partition layout than the standard Z Ultra.
Its best just to flash Scrubbers GPE port ROM to your regular Z Ultra because it's an complete port. Your going to have the exact same experience as would if you had a GPE Z Ultra.
Huh?
I think he just wants to flash a gpe rom on his Sony Xperia z ultra in that case make sure you're rooted, bootloader is unlocked and you're on 4.4.4 firmware update
8-incher_note_n5100 said:
What happen if I accidentally flash a togari_gpe ROM into togari,will it hard brick or it installed with no LTE support just like flashing LTE version to non-LTE?
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Download the Scrubber Port GPE, full GPE Experience on a non GPE Device, but I like more Cyanogenmod, it is very smooth and fast
Xperia Z Ultra:
Self Made Lollipop 5.0.2 ROM
Cyanogenmod 12 5.0.2
Stock 4.4.4
8-incher_note_n5100 said:
What happen if I accidentally flash a togari_gpe ROM into togari,will it hard brick or it installed with no LTE support just like flashing LTE version to non-LTE?
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Nothing will happen. You will only lose Baseband and will have no Cell Signal.
I made that mistake lol. I thought I bought a gpe togari and rooted, unlocked bootloader and flashed Candy5 for GPe....I reset the phone and had no Baseband.
In reality I bought a reg togari... Nothing happened just ftf stick and for everything back. Now in on Resurrection ROM. [emoji2]
onto the NEXT one
Now what if I accidentally flash an .ftf of an LTE/GPe official firmware to non-LTE mode, will it brick the device?
8-incher_note_n5100 said:
Now what if I accidentally flash an .ftf of an LTE/GPe official firmware to non-LTE mode, will it brick the device?
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I think no but i am not sure, but You lost your Radio and Mobile Data because Two different Antennas with other drivers and Baseband
BUT DO NOT FLASH GPE FIRMARE ON A NON GPE DEVICE
THAT HARD BRICK YOUR DEVICE
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Now what if I accidentally flash an .ftf of an LTE/GPe official firmware to non-LTE mode, will it brick the device?
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There isn't a GPe ftf.
adfurgerson said:
There isn't a GPe ftf.
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Oh yea, I totally forgot about that
thought i'd ask here instead of adding clutter to that thread.
i'm on 4.4.2 (GPe) at the moment.
would i need to flash a newer FTF first or just flash the boot.img from the rom and then wipe/flash?
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thought i'd ask here instead of adding clutter to that thread.
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i'm on 4.4.2 (GPe) at the moment.
would i need to flash a newer FTF first or just flash the boot.img from the rom and then wipe/flash?
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Has your phone ever been on the .108 firmware version of stock 4.4.4? If not I would say you would need to flash that FTF.
never really tried kit kat, i do have
C6833_14.4.A.0.118_VodaFon UK.ftf
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ready to flash for when i was planning on flashing 444 aaaaages ago now but deffo not what's i'm running currently - that would do i assume? newer i think
hmm, so i'll have to flash that, then flash dual recovery again i guess. is it still this version i throw on
ZU-lockeddualrecovery2.7.92-BETA.installer
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tommo123 said:
never really tried kit kat, i do have ready to flash for when i was planning on flashing 444 aaaaages ago now but deffo not what's i'm running currently - that would do i assume? newer i think
hmm, so i'll have to flash that, then flash dual recovery again i guess. is it still this version i throw on ?
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That FTF should work, it is a carrier release numbered 118 everyone else got 108 but I think thy are about equal.
For the dual recovery newest is 2.8.3 from here.
http://nut.xperia-files.com/
This guide should work.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/xpe...de-root-android-4-4-4-ver-14-4-0-108-t2801587
thanks
So I've managed to recover root privileges but dual recovery is lost, I've read in dual recovery Q&A that there's some files I have to erase when you don't want it anymore, so I thought just erase and then flash dual recovery again, but since this happened a lot of factory resets ago there are some concerns about this being the right way, do I just flash it without erasing those files? Also is it realy necessary to flash the latest DR or will my old version do?
I'm on stock KitKat 4.4.4 build 14.4.A.0.118 on a c6833 with LB.
I would also love it if you could recommend the most stable Nougat or MM 6.0.1 rom, I know there's AOSP Nougat, DU and maybe RR for 6.0.1? What would you flash for a daily driver, I don't care about the camera much, but if Wi-Fi and phone radio are working normally, that should do it for me, thanks in advance to anyone that can give me a hand with this.
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i can help!
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i can help!
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Awesome, just when I thought no one was gonna answer, so what do u think I should do to get DR back? Do I erase those files and reinstall or just reinstall? My OS is so unstable I'm afraid anything will brick my XZU. Do you need me to provide extra info?
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i can help!
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may of missed this part but is your CM based????
No, It's Stock KitKat 4.4.4 build 14.4.A.0.118 with LB. I plan to unlock the bootloader if I get recovery back.
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9crack said:
No, It's Stock KitKat 4.4.4 build 14.4.A.0.118 with LB. I plan to unlock the bootloader if I get recovery back.
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Have you tried to Unlock the bootloader, flash the recovery and root and relock it?
By any chance have you been on official 5.1.1?
No I've never been on any stock LP be it 5.0.2 or 5.1.1, so does it matter if I erase the files in the following howto before reinstalling DR?
How to remove DR:
Delete the following files:
/system/bin/recovery.twrp.cpio.lzma (or .tar)
/system/bin/recovery.cwm.cpio.lzma (or .tar)
/system/bin/recovery.philz.cpio.lzma
/system/bin/charger
/system/bin/dualrecovery.sh
/system/bin/mr
Also is it better to unlock the bootloader first? I don't want relock it afterwards since I want to flash DU or AOSP Nougat, or RR M and have a recovery.
I read a lot of the forums all the time but I'm still pretty much a noob at this, up until now rooted Kitkat is all I've needed, sorry if I'm asking too much.
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OK so I've been reading, are you suggesting that I unlock the bootloader so when I install DR it stores the recovery on the FOTA kernel partition, instead of /system, so i won't lose DR next time?
I guess that's what I've been looking for if so, last question, is DR compatible with Android M or N roms?
I'm sorry if it's a dumb question, I'm still a noob, hehe.
9crack said:
OK so I've been reading, are you suggesting that I unlock the bootloader so when I install DR it stores the recovery on the FOTA kernel partition, instead of /system, so i won't lose DR next time?
I guess that's what I've been looking for if so, last question, is DR compatible with Android M or N roms?
I'm sorry if it's a dumb question, I'm still a noob, hehe.
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I could be wrong but it sounds like you wanna be on a cm or asap rom with DR.
If you plan to use any of those roms, yes unlock the bootloader. From this point you should be able to install DR on top of the current recovery, as long as you've had any type of recovery you can flash with an app. Rashr, twrp manager etc.
I've UB now, do I need the new bootloader? Do I get it if I go directly from my Stock KK to RR Lollipop rom? Can I go directly from stock KK to RR Lollipop without bricking it?
Sorry if I'm asking to much but I'm just trying to make sure I don't end up with a bricked phone.
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Can anyone help please?
So I've managed to get DR working again flashed RR Lollipop but now my phone doesn't see my external SDcard, what should I do?, I've read the whole RR L thread down to the last message but the only solution I've found which is to correctly uninstall Nut's DR doesn't work for me since there's no such files in /system/bin
9crack said:
I've UB now, do I need the new bootloader? Do I get it if I go directly from my Stock KK to RR Lollipop rom? Can I go directly from stock KK to RR Lollipop without bricking it?
Sorry if I'm asking to much but I'm just trying to make sure I don't end up with a bricked phone.
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I believe no. I I'm not to familiar on the new bootloader. Prob have to ask one of the rom devs, but im pretty sure you just need twrp 3.0
Thanks RealityFails, you've been of such help, I did learn from your posts, I flashed DR then RR LL rom then with twrp app and flasher I got my recovery for non-stock since I read somewhere that Nut's DR doesn't work with custom roms.
I'm now trying to learn how to read android's logs to see what's up with this ROM not reading my external SDcard, when I go to storage unmount it then mount again, it reads for a few seconds then it's gone, whatever man! he he crazy rom, otherwise is awesome, and everything else works. If I'm not able to fix the SDcard access do you recommend any other LL rom similar to RR?
Anyhow many thanks for helping this Z Ultra stay unbricked, updated and with a decent recovery.
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Hello, fellas,
I wanted to install TWRP, to have a custom rom in my Z Ultra. I followed the guide showed in https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2647492 but unfortunatelly, i downloaded the first package, which it seems it was meant for T2 Ultra, and excecuted the .bat file. That file makes me enter in TWRP but as if it was T2, tianchi, so didnt allow me to flash a togari rom. I realized of the mistake, so i downloaded the one meant to Z Ultra, but still the computer recognized it as T2 Ultra.
After that I've tried to flash other images for TWRP, tried adb erase recovery, flash another TWRP.IMG (even 3.0.1 for togari) and still, while recovery, computer says i have a T2 Ultra, the version of TWRP is 2.8, and cant flash any custom rom, so nothing changes. Plus, i cant get into recovery by using the buttons, just via ADB, and still the same happens over and over again. Thanks in advance for any possible help
Yes we are back at the topic of the messy forum.
This thread is over two years old. It don't work on recent firmwares.
To start off.
Is your bootloader unlocked?
Have you ever flashed the last and most recent stock rom? 14.6.A.1.236 is the last firmware when support was ended.
SUPERUSER said:
Yes we are back at the topic of the messy forum.
This thread is over two years old. It don't work on recent firmwares.
To start off.
Is your bootloader unlocked?
Have you ever flashed the last and most recent stock rom? 14.6.A.1.236 is the last firmware when support was ended.
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Yes, my bootloader is unlocked. I'm trying to see if I can do that flashing u mention, as it's a new thing for me
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SUPERUSER said:
Yes we are back at the topic of the messy forum.
This thread is over two years old. It don't work on recent firmwares.
To start off.
Is your bootloader unlocked?
Have you ever flashed the last and most recent stock rom? 14.6.A.1.236 is the last firmware when support was ended.
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Anyways it seems that by doing that flashing, my os will downgrade to KitKat...
Download flashtool here
http://www.flashtool.net/downloads.php
With this you will flash the latest firmware.
Learn how to use flashtool here: http://www.xperiablog.net/2016/03/12/install-xperia-marshmallow-using-flashtool-and-xperifirm-guide/
But in the link above instead in xperiafirm choose "togari" and your model C68xx and the most recent corrensponding to your location or carrier.
Download it and flash it. It will erase everything so backup your storage to a computer.
SUPERUSER said:
Download flashtool here
http://www.flashtool.net/downloads.php
With this you will flash the latest firmware.
Learn how to use flashtool here: http://www.xperiablog.net/2016/03/12/install-xperia-marshmallow-using-flashtool-and-xperifirm-guide/
But in the link above instead in xperiafirm choose "togari" and your model C68xx and the most recent corrensponding to your location or carrier.
Download it and flash it. It will erase everything so backup your storage to a computer.
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Thanks, I could already do the stock firmware flashing but now there is a situation : bootloader is unlocked, but when trying to root with flashtool, it says "illegal key size or default parameters" I've been searching but not clear info about that...
And about what you just replied...will try it! Thanks a lot
I did it, succesfully...but still lollipop. I guess im back to the same start...
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I did it, succesfully...but still lollipop. I guess im back to the same start...
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Good. Lollipop is the last android version supported for togari.
Why you flashed the stock rom is because there has been changes to bootloader and recovery.
So you need to at least once flash the latest firmware to flash the roms here based on 5.1.1 or later.
Now flash twrp. https://forum.xda-developers.com/xp...ent/twrp-recovery-2-8-7-0-2016-02-03-t3307043
Now remember; starting with twrp 3.0> booting to recovery is done by powering off the device.
And then holding power and volume down until it vibrates. Let go and the phone will soon boot to twrp.
Now you can connect the phone to the computer and transfer any rom you would like to run.
When the cable is connected, in twrp go to mount, and press disable mtp button twice.
And the phone should now be detected on your computer.
Remember. There is no fully stable marshmallow or nougat rom.
These roms here on the forum are for testing purposes not for a daily driver with good battery and working camera for example.
The last remaining active rom is this one: https://forum.xda-developers.com/xp...t/rom-cyanogenmod-12-1-builds-t3066895/page20
Its lollipop based too but with the recent security patches.
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Good. Lollipop is the last android version supported for togari.
Why you flashed the stock rom is because there has been changes to bootloader and recovery.
So you need to at least once flash the latest firmware to flash the roms here based on 5.1.1 or later.
Now flash twrp. https://forum.xda-developers.com/xp...ent/twrp-recovery-2-8-7-0-2016-02-03-t3307043
Now remember; starting with twrp 3.0> booting to recovery is done by powering off the device.
And then holding power and volume down until it vibrates. Let go and the phone will soon boot to twrp.
Now you can connect the phone to the computer and transfer any rom you would like to run.
When the cable is connected, in twrp go to mount, and press disable mtp button twice.
And the phone should now be detected on your computer.
Remember. There is no fully stable marshmallow or nougat rom.
These roms here on the forum are for testing purposes not for a daily driver with good battery and working camera for example.
The last remaining active rom is this one: https://forum.xda-developers.com/xp...t/rom-cyanogenmod-12-1-builds-t3066895/page20
Its lollipop based too but with the recent security patches.
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Thanks again for dedicating time to help me the thing is that when this phone was given to me, already had lollipop. So, what I wanted is as always, to try to upgrade it. I know that there are no stable customs roms... But what about porting? Do you recommend me to take some time to study it?
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Thanks again for dedicating time to help me the thing is that when this phone was given to me, already had lollipop. So, what I wanted is as always, to try to upgrade it. I know that there are no stable customs roms... But what about porting? Do you recommend me to take some time to study it?
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If you have the knowledge to port carbon rom or lineage os nougat it would be very welcome.
I own a Honami that has these roms. Honami and togari are very similar to each other and most off the roms here are actually ported from it or the Z1 compact, Z3 or Z5 to Z3 and then to togari.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/xperia-z1/development/rom-carbonrom-weeklies-t3660737
https://forum.xda-developers.com/xperia-z1/development/rom-lineageos-14-1-unofficial-t3628209
It is 100% possible to get a fully stable rom. It is being done on the honami because of larger interest in this phone.
It was mentioned here on the togari forum but no one actually did compile any rom like this.
What you do essentially to get a stable nougat is to keep using the old kernel 3.4 and add the modules and blobs needed and the togari specific drivers.
What you need is basically a powerful linux machine with lots of hard drive space and ram and time to let it compile.
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If you have the knowledge to port carbon rom or lineage os nougat it would be very welcome.
I own a Honami that has these roms. Honami and togari are very similar to each other and most off the roms here are actually ported from it or the Z1 compact, Z3 or Z5 to Z3 and then to togari.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/xperia-z1/development/rom-carbonrom-weeklies-t3660737
https://forum.xda-developers.com/xperia-z1/development/rom-lineageos-14-1-unofficial-t3628209
It is 100% possible to get a fully stable rom. It is being done on the honami because of larger interest in this phone.
It was mentioned here on the togari forum but no one actually did compile any rom like this.
What you do essentially to get a stable nougat is to keep using the old kernel 3.4 and add the modules and blobs needed and the togari specific drivers.
What you need is basically a powerful linux machine with lots of hard drive space and ram and time to let it compile.
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I dared to flash a MM resurrection ROM, a real shame that works wonderfully except for the camera... Porting sounds like an interesting field for me. Unfortunately I can't count with such powerful machine right now. But I will keep searching, and thanks for your guidance any progression I have I will try to give feed in this thread