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Is there a way to root my officialy updated to ICS, Xperia Mini(ST15i) without unlocking bootloader?(in order to downgrade etc...) I just want to root my xperia mini without messing up with the warranty....Any way to root it with locked bootloader? (4.1.B.0.431)
Thanks in advance
You have to downgrade to Gingerbread, root it and then upgrade to ICS using THIS tutorial.
There could be a different way: you should flash the 4.0.3 kernel (for example the Arc one), but I can't find the tutorial. Use the search button and see if you can find it
Feanor88 said:
You have to downgrade to Gingerbread, root it and then upgrade to ICS using THIS tutorial.
There could be a different way: you should flash the 4.0.3 kernel (for example the Arc one), but I can't find the tutorial. Use the search button and see if you can find it
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downgrading needs unlocked bootloader... :/ i had bricked my mini some time ago because i tried to downgrade with locked... (( any other way?
Thanks
EDIT: flashing xperia arc's or Neo V's for example would brick my phone....wouldn't it? (and it also needs bootloader unlock...so i don't think i would do that... BUT thanks for your help mate
No, flashing a .ftf does NOT need an unlocked bootloader. You need to unlock it only if you want to flash a custom kernel, but for custom ROMs you can use flashtool.
Same for the 4.0.3 kernel. It's a stock kernel, so you can flash it via flashtool
It WILL end in bootloop, though. The tutorial says you can use DoomLord's root kit anyway, root the phone and then flash again the 4.0.4 kernel. But find it and read it carefully, cause I didn't try it and I can't assure you it will work.
I tried the first one I suggested, though, and my bootloader is locked!
Feanor88 said:
No, flashing a .ftf does NOT need an unlocked bootloader. You need to unlock it only if you want to flash a custom kernel, but for custom ROMs you can use flashtool.
Same for the 4.0.3 kernel. It's a stock kernel, so you can flash it via flashtool
It WILL end in bootloop, though. The tutorial says you can use DoomLord's root kit anyway, root the phone and then flash again the 4.0.4 kernel. But find it and read it carefully, cause I didn't try it and I can't assure you it will work.
I tried the first one I suggested, though, and my bootloader is locked!
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man i have a problem...when i place my phone into flashmode (down key) it disconnects on its own...and that's why i bricked my phone long time ago....now i am afraid to do that i have installed the flashtool drivers from Flashtool/drivers.... but they mustn't work for my mini....any solution please give me the drivers you use for your Mini and work with it if you can i would really appreciate that!
What do you mean, it disconnects? How much time does it take for it to disconnect? Mine does the same. If I plug it and wait for a minute or so doing nothing, it disconnects. But if I start flashing a ROM it doesn't.
The drivers I installed are in \Flashtool\drivers.
Feanor88 said:
What do you mean, it disconnects? How much time does it take for it to disconnect? Mine does the same. If I plug it and wait for a minute or so doing nothing, it disconnects. But if I start flashing a ROM it doesn't.
The drivers I installed are in \Flashtool\drivers.
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it takes about 1-2 minutes to disconnect.But, what if it disconnects while on downgrading?
It doesn't. At least, mine doesn't! And I flashed firmware twice a day in the last week
Anyway, both ways need the use of flashtool... so if you don't want to try it, you can't root ICS
Feanor88 said:
It doesn't. At least, mine doesn't! And I flashed firmware twice a day in the last week
Anyway, both ways need the use of flashtool... so if you don't want to try it, you can't root ICS
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Pfff i'm a bit scared.....there is no hope that there will be somewhen another way to root...?
No, I'm sorry. Anyway, just follow this steps:
1) DON'T plug your phone.
2) Open flashtool
3) Click the lightning icon and select flashmode
4) Select the .ftf you want to flash: if you want to downgrade, select wipe data. If you want to flash the 4.0.3 kernel, unckeck wipe data and check "exclude" for everything apart from kernel. Which means you'll only flash the kernel
5) Start: you'll be asked to plug your phone. Plug it now in flashmode. This way you'll avoid it being unplugged.
Flashing will start, and your phone won't be unplugged. I suppose it's unplugged automatically when you're not doing anything, it's the same for me, but I repeat, whenever I flash something (kernel, whole ROM, whatever) everything just goes fine
Feanor88 said:
No, I'm sorry. Anyway, just follow this steps:
1) DON'T plug your phone.
2) Open flashtool
3) Click the lightning icon and select flashmode
4) Select the .ftf you want to flash: if you want to downgrade, select wipe data. If you want to flash the 4.0.3 kernel, unckeck wipe data and check "exclude" for everything apart from kernel. Which means you'll only flash the kernel
5) Start: you'll be asked to plug your phone. Plug it now in flashmode. This way you'll avoid it being unplugged.
Flashing will start, and your phone won't be unplugged. I suppose it's unplugged automatically when you're not doing anything, it's the same for me, but I repeat, whenever I flash something (kernel, whole ROM, whatever) everything just goes fine
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i maybe try it later... thanks for your replies man DD i appreciate that
kwstas 13 said:
i maybe try it later... thanks for your replies man DD i appreciate that
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Let me know if you need more help!
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Let me know if you need more help!
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A friend of mine told me that if i try with locked bootloader is a simple suicide!!! :/ Now i am confused again :S
kwstas 13 said:
A friend of mine told me that if i try with locked bootloader is a simple suicide!!! :/ Now i am confused again :S
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Who is that friend of you? He is trolling. Stay away from him. And learn this. Feanor here is a better friend for you than him, when it comes to rooting your phone.
Just do as in the tutorial Fenor had shared in his first post. Everything will be fine.
And you say you bricked your phone. May we know how your repaired it?
Thanks,
Rick
Sent from my SK17i using XDA
DragonClawsAreSharp said:
Feanor here is a better friend for you than him, when it comes to rooting your phone.
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Blushing
But don't forget I'm a noob after all... I'll just keep pointing other people's tutorials, like for example yours, Rick
DragonClawsAreSharp said:
Who is that friend of you? He is trolling. Stay away from him. And learn this. Feanor here is a better friend for you than him, when it comes to rooting your phone.
Just do as in the tutorial Fenor had shared in his first post. Everything will be fine.
And you say you bricked your phone. May we know how your repaired it?
Thanks,
Rick
Sent from my SK17i using XDA
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while i was downgrading with locked bootloader the procces stopped on its own at 43%....and my phone wouldn't turn on and didn't even worked with flashtool....i sent it to a service centre and they fixed it ( i think i hadn't installed the proper drivers....am i right?)
kwstas 13 said:
while i was downgrading with locked bootloader the procces stopped on its own at 43%....and my phone wouldn't turn on and didn't even worked with flashtool....i sent it to a service centre and they fixed it ( i think i hadn't installed the proper drivers....am i right?)
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That's strange. Anyway, if you installed PC Companion you have adb drivers. Install flashmode drivers from Flashtool installazion folder, you find the executable in \Flashtool\drivers. If Windows prompts you that the drivers are dangerous, just install them anyway.
What I can say is that you DON'T need to unlock your bootloader to use flashmode in Flashtool. Otherwise, my phone would have exploded long ago
Now let me tell you this: if you are SURE you did everything the right way, and still your phone got bricked, then maybe you shouldn't try. you never know.
If you tried to to something you didn't know how to do, you probably made a mistake, and that's why the phone got bricked.In this case, I'd give it a try.
But we're not able to see your phone and test it, so whatever you do, unfortunately, you always do it on your own risk.
I couldn't be more sincere.
kwstas 13 said:
while i was downgrading with locked bootloader the procces stopped on its own at 43%....and my phone wouldn't turn on and didn't even worked with flashtool....i sent it to a service centre and they fixed it ( i think i hadn't installed the proper drivers....am i right?)
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On all probability you are correct.
They (The service centre people) flashed a firmware using Flashtool. That's what they must have did. See. I will explain things a bit.
Your phone has some memory in it (this corresponds to what was known as phone memory in older phones). This memory is of Read Only type. That is ROM. Now, of all the types of ROMs, androids have EEPROM. That stands for Electronically Erasable Programmable ROM. So you can electronically erase the data stored in the ROM and write new data on it (even though it is called Read Only). This process of writing new data on the ROM is called flashing.
For flashing, the tool that is available to us as an open source, is Flashtool. Using it we can flash ROMs into our phones, erasing the earlier ones.
Now, Sony will not want us to flash Cyanogen Mod to our phones. So they have made up the concept of locking the bootloaders. With locked bootloaders custom ROMs can not be flashed to your phone. This is because most custom ROMs are designed for a specific Kernel (the intermediate between the OS and the hardware), and flashing a custom kernel requires unlocked bootloaders.
If you want, you can flash firmwares (ROMs + Kernels released by Sony) even if you are on locked bootloader, as long as the firmware files are signed by Sony.
This restriction however is against the OpenSource spirit of Android, and thus Sony gives us the scope to unlock bootloader at the cost of loosing the warranty, and the DRM keys (search google for that).
Now coming to your problem of unability to flash properly, make sure that you have installed all the drivers. For that open up /drivers folder in /flashtool and install the .exe there. Also install the adb drivers of your device. For that have PC Companion installed on your PC. Flashing will happen properly then.
Thanks,
Rick
Sent from my SK17i using XDA
DragonClawsAreSharp said:
On all probability you are correct.
They (The service centre people) flashed a firmware using Flashtool. That's what they must have did. See. I will explain things a bit.
Your phone has some memory in it (this corresponds to what was known as phone memory in older phones). This memory is of Read Only type. That is ROM. Now, of all the types of ROMs, androids have EEPROM. That stands for Electronically Erasable Programmable ROM. So you can electronically erase the data stored in the ROM and write new data on it (even though it is called Read Only). This process of writing new data on the ROM is called flashing.
For flashing, the tool that is available to us as an open source, is Flashtool. Using it we can flash ROMs into our phones, erasing the earlier ones.
Now, Sony will not want us to flash Cyanogen Mod to our phones. So they have made up the concept of locking the bootloaders. With locked bootloaders custom ROMs can not be flashed to your phone. This is because most custom ROMs are designed for a specific Kernel (the intermediate between the OS and the hardware), and flashing a custom kernel requires unlocked bootloaders.
If you want, you can flash firmwares (ROMs + Kernels released by Sony) even if you are on locked bootloader, as long as the firmware files are signed by Sony.
This restriction however is against the OpenSource spirit of Android, and thus Sony gives us the scope to unlock bootloader at the cost of loosing the warranty, and the DRM keys (search google for that).
Now coming to your problem of unability to flash properly, make sure that you have installed all the drivers. For that open up /drivers folder in /flashtool and install the .exe there. Also install the adb drivers of your device. For that have PC Companion installed on your PC. Flashing will happen properly then.
Thanks,
Rick
Sent from my SK17i using XDA
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You, and all developers/people here, are simply awesome!.... But this sh*t with unlocking bootloader and loosing warranty is so....stupid....I think i will give it a try and i am gonna sure thank you.... Somethink else....my phone has also a problem on the screen while scrolling....do you know if that is a hardware or a firmware problem?
What do i mean when i say scroll problem:
1st example: While browsing the Internet and scroll with fast moves, links are pressed on its own and new tabs are opened,as links are pressed.
2nd example: While i scroll the app drawer,fast s make apps open without my will....
3nd exapmle and the most representative: While playing fruit ninja and do fast moves to cut the fruits, the touchscreen doesn't even fell that i touch the screen!!! I do fast moves to cut the fruits and nothing happens!! As a result i always lose! (just joking....)
My phone is fast and really smooth only when my moves are slow....any thoughts about that? :/
Thanks once again for your BRAVE help!
You have a Mini, right? That's a hardware problem. Very common, even if not everyone realizes it. Check THIS thread for a (possible?) solution.
Hi guys,
I'm running a different boot.img that was flashed from command line to get CWM, which I used to install Paranoid Android and rom-hop to things like CM11. It's been great having a familiar interface when going between AOSP ROMs, but I'd like to return to stock.
So far, it looks like the main method is to use FlashTool and the various FTFs for Sony ROMs. How does FlashTool behave on devices like mine (unlocked bootloader, custom recovery, AOSP ROM)? Is it safe to use in this situation? What will become of my boot.img if FlashTool is successful?
Any insight would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
ricebun said:
Hi guys,
I'm running a different boot.img that was flashed from command line to get CWM, which I used to install Paranoid Android and rom-hop to things like CM11. It's been great having a familiar interface when going between AOSP ROMs, but I'd like to return to stock.
So far, it looks like the main method is to use FlashTool and the various FTFs for Sony ROMs. How does FlashTool behave on devices like mine (unlocked bootloader, custom recovery, AOSP ROM)? Is it safe to use in this situation? What will become of my boot.img if FlashTool is successful?
Any insight would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
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This seems like a fairly basic questions. Have you read about flashtool in their thread? Or searched?
How does it behave? Quite well. Flashtool has nice manners(not sure what your expecting here)
Is it safe? Yes
What happens to boot image? This is a bit complicated. I'd you check the box that says exclude kernel then nothing but if you don't check the box it does it flashes a stock boot.img
Why don't you just flash a stock zip in recovery? It's a lot easer, no need for computer.
Thanks for the response. I was mostly asking this because no matter where I look, stock firmware seems to only come in FTF and I'm not familiar with handling that particular file type. Seems impossible to find an up-to-date site that carries them in ZIP, and I'd been meaning to give FlashTool a try at some point anyway, was just wondering if there were any dangers involved with it when flashing back to stock.
ricebun said:
Thanks for the response. I was mostly asking this because no matter where I look, stock firmware seems to only come in FTF and I'm not familiar with handling that particular file type. Seems impossible to find an up-to-date site that carries them in ZIP, and I'd been meaning to give FlashTool a try at some point anyway, was just wondering if there were any dangers involved with it when flashing back to stock.
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If I wanted just to get back to stock sony, I'd just flash something like this in recovery ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2929402)
If i wanted to get back to 100% stock to debug an issue, if flash the ftf file.
After whole day trying, i can't flash MarshMallow and now system is keep reboot after show the logo,
perhaps i should had chose a Nexus 9.
I tried to restore with TWRP but it keep failing with 'Can't mount /system as read-write' like error message, I DO choose 'Swipe to Allow Modifications', seems i have to flash stock ROM.
Is there anywhere to download the stock ROM to reset it to default? or any other way to restore it?
Wei Xu said:
After whole day trying, i can't flash MarshMallow and now system is keep reboot after show the logo,
perhaps i should had chose a Nexus 9.
I tried to restore with TWRP but it keep failing with 'Can't mount /system as read-write' like error message, I DO choose 'Swipe to Allow Modifications', seems i have to flash stock ROM.
Is there anywhere to download the stock ROM to reset it to default? or any other way to restore it?
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Hi
Download flashtool http://www.flashtool.net/downloads.php. and xperifirm http://forum.xda-developers.com/cro...xperifirm-xperia-firmware-downloader-t2834142 . Search with xperifirm the correct Rom version. And correct location for your tablet.
Create a ftf file and flash it with flashtool. Search in this forum to find how to create a ftf file.
Reinstall androplus kernel v10, twrp and SuperSu
If you made a backup of the user data partition with twrp you can restore it (the restoration of the system partition does not work).
killdozer56 said:
Hi
Download flashtool http://www.flashtool.net/downloads.php. and xperifirm http://forum.xda-developers.com/cro...xperifirm-xperia-firmware-downloader-t2834142 . Search with xperifirm the correct Rom version. And correct location for your tablet.
Create a ftf file and flash it with flashtool. Search in this forum to find how to create a ftf file.
Reinstall androplus kernel v10, twrp and SuperSu
If you made a backup of the user data partition with twrp you can restore it (the restoration of the system partition does not work).
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Thanks, since what i have flashed is just boot.img, recovery.img, system.img and userdata.img, is it possible to just flash these image back, i checked both linux and windows out to package a ftp, but looks it's a little complicated to make it.
I found a UK 'ftf' on xperiablog, can i use this for my HK version?
Wei Xu said:
I found a UK 'ftf' on xperiablog, can i use this for my HK version?
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Create a FTF file is not complicated. With flashtool(Tools ->bundle->fileset decrypt)
I assume you have a SGP712.(wifi only) Because there is a Cutomized HK version 28.0.A.8.260 for the sgp771 with xperifirm
Am i correct ?
If you have the SGP712 you can try to flash the uk ftf you found via flashtool.
If you have the lte SGP771 i'm not sure your uk ftf file is compatible (because of the lte baseband) but you can try it
killdozer56 said:
Create a FTF file is not complicated. With flashtool(Tools ->bundle->fileset decrypt)
I assume you have a SGP712.(wifi only) Because there is a Cutomized HK version 28.0.A.8.260 for the sgp771 with xperifirm
Am i correct ?
If you have the SGP712 you can try to flash the uk ftf you found via flashtool.
If you have the lte SGP771 i'm not sure your uk ftf file is compatible (because of the lte baseband) but you can try it
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Thank you bro! You saved my day (and my wallet too)! I had the same problem and this procedure worked like a clarm!
cchristofis said:
Thank you bro! You saved my day (and my wallet too)! I had the same problem and this procedure worked like a clarm!
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Hi,
I'm happy for you :good:
Will flashing unlock phone?
Hi all members of XDA-Dev
This is my first post. I hope Im posting in the right section and thread, if not sorry in advance and please point me in the right direction.
Im too wondering about a rom flash for my Sony Xperia Z4 Tablet (SGP771)
My situation is that the SIM function is locked to a certain telco and Im wondering if I flash this device using the factory rom that comes from Sony if it will "unlock" it.
Since Im new to this Im wondering it may not necessarily be "stock rom" ie stock android from Google, but the modified android rom that comes from Sony as, at this stage, I still want to explore all the offering Sony has that comes with this device. Or am I wrong to assume that after flashing stock android rom, installing the complete "stock" apps that comes factory with this device is a process that is without much fuss (my emphasis)?
I know I can pay a good sum to get this unlocked by the telco but Im also hoping that I can somehow find tools on this forum and do it myself of course with the generous help of fellow memebers.
My primary objective is to unlock this tablet so I can use it with another telco and if by flashing I can get it done or by some other means then please share your knowledge with this noob
Thanks
signwav said:
Hi all members of XDA-Dev
This is my first post. I hope Im posting in the right section and thread, if not sorry in advance and please point me in the right direction.
Im too wondering about a rom flash for my Sony Xperia Z4 Tablet (SGP771)
My situation is that the SIM function is locked to a certain telco and Im wondering if I flash this device using the factory rom that comes from Sony if it will "unlock" it.
Since Im new to this Im wondering it may not necessarily be "stock rom" ie stock android from Google, but the modified android rom that comes from Sony as, at this stage, I still want to explore all the offering Sony has that comes with this device. Or am I wrong to assume that after flashing stock android rom, installing the complete "stock" apps that comes factory with this device is a process that is without much fuss (my emphasis)?
I know I can pay a good sum to get this unlocked by the telco but Im also hoping that I can somehow find tools on this forum and do it myself of course with the generous help of fellow memebers.
My primary objective is to unlock this tablet so I can use it with another telco and if by flashing I can get it done or by some other means then please share your knowledge with this noob
Thanks
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Hi,
I think you can unlock your tablet to use another provider with flashtool and xperifirm and flash a sony stock rom, you can give it a try
Thanks killdozer56 for your advice.
I wonder if any other network locked devices have been able to be unlocked by flashing?
Im really wanting to do this but Im a bit reluctant to test it if their arnt any confirmed circumstances where this works cos Im a noob and Im chicken.
And since Im really new and their arnt any confirmed successful attempts, I dont really want to be placed in a situation where if the experiment goes bad I have myself to blame because I bricked it at worst or at least cant restore it to factory default to try again or at least put the device in a state where the telco can unlock it for me. Am I being defeatist? So Glum.
Maybe I should do more hunting on this forum to get my SGP771 network unlocked.
Again thanks for your help.
Full credit to redditor qrtippadfhjlzcbmm for the instructions, I'm just reposting here. Link to reddit post at end.
I successfully rooted my Zenfone 3. It seemed worth posting since there weren't really any posts I could find verifying a recovery image. [for clarification that was from the post, not me magicmanfk]
1. Unlock the boot loader with the instructions / app from Asus
2. Download TWRP. Specifically twrp-3.1.0-0-Z01H-20170408.img ** [edit: also rename to twrp.img once downloaded]
3. Download SuperSU.
4. Reboot to fastboot by rebooting the phone, and pressing the down arrow during the unlock screen.
5. Flash the recovery image `fastboot flash recovery twrp.img`
6. I had to power cycle the phone completely to get TWRP running.
7. Reboot to recovery. If TWRP ever asks you something about not making the system read only don't swipe! Say not now.
8. Install SuperSU with steps 7 - 10 from the SuperSU site
** I'm generally wary about downloading recovery images from random places, but I found a link posted by shakalaca on the Asus forums (translated), so it seemed worth trying out.
Original post:
https://www.reddit.com/r/zenfone/comments/6gqha5/zenfone_3_ze553kl_z01hd_root/
Have you attempted to flash the newest ROM yet since being bootloader unlocked? Not sure if we can do it in TWRP or need stock recovery to do it.
Any roms available for the zenfone 3 xoom ? I would love some stock roms lol
DriveEuro said:
Have you attempted to flash the newest ROM yet since being bootloader unlocked? Not sure if we can do it in TWRP or need stock recovery to do it.
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I have not personally done this because of exactly what you are asking. I believe you need stock recovery to do it, but this is from scouring what other people have done and I don't have a link. I'm waiting for the nougat update before doing it.
Justingaribay7 said:
Any roms available for the zenfone 3 xoom ? I would love some stock roms lol
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Not yet! I'm hoping there will be soon though. It may help if there was a forum for the device, so if you haven't yet please make a post in the Device forum request page for it!
magicmanfk said:
I have not personally done this because of exactly what you are asking. I believe you need stock recovery to do it, but this is from scouring what other people have done and I don't have a link. I'm waiting for the nougat update before doing it.
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You should be able to extract the stock recovery out of previous ROMs and flash it.
I'm with you though, waiting for Nougat update. Not bothering with this last ROM from late May that added pretty much nothing.
Hi. I'm the person from reddit.
I'm sure it's (some how) possible to apply an update after running this process. I realize now I should have done this, and then applied the May update, but I didn't. I will try to make it a point to post some instructions on how to do it when it comes out because I'm struggling with out Nougat.
Does anyone know how to get rid of the garbage Asus notification bar, and get the default Android one?
Do you know if you can relock the bootloader? Just curious
Dstrogee said:
Do you know if you can relock the bootloader? Just curious
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Pretty sure you can't.
Also does anyone have the stock recovery img files?
DriveEuro said:
Pretty sure you can't.
Also does anyone have the stock recovery img files?
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did you get any stock recovery.img?
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Do you know if you can relock the bootloader? Just curious
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chardie said:
did you get any stock recovery.img?
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No. Ended up returning Bootloader unlocked phone for a new phone. Waiting until I see others successfully unlock BL and flash stock ROMs.
DriveEuro said:
No. Ended up returning Bootloader unlocked phone for a new phone. Waiting until I see others successfully unlock BL and flash stock ROMs.
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You can get the stock recovery from the converting cm to ww thread. The image there contains the recovery.IMG file.
Hi, I can not run the root, because by using the official unlock software, something is unsuccessful ... By running the software comes out a "unlocked" message without there being any wipe or restart of the smartphone. .. Does anyone have the same problem? I also tried to make a "factory reset" from recovery but the problem remains ...
steps how to relock bootloader in ZE553KL
Hi, i have rooted my asus zoom ZE553kl when i bought, i follow steps how to root asus ZE553KL in this thread and i succed
i delete so many rubbish preinstalled application that i dont need them, but now i want to relock bootloader again.
could you sir give me any tips how to relock ze553kl bootloader?
Thanks
I can't see the twrp file when device is ready to recovery. Some good soul may post a detailed step-by-step with screen shots, please? Yeah, I'm a noob.
Is this still working to root my Zenfone 3 Zoom w/ latest update?
Nougat
Does this work on android nougat in zenfone zoom s, sir?
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8. Install SuperSU with steps 7 - 10 from the SuperSU site
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Currently the link does not work, but I managed to find it in the Internet Archive: steps 7 - 10 from the SuperSU site
Can I do the same procedure on the Nougat ?
rinampa said:
Can I do the same procedure on the Nougat ?
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Yes, but I'd use the latest TWRP version and magisk instead of SuperSU (It gets the job done).
Also, update to the latest firmware so you can get the latest security patches.
Hi, i bought this phone.
Also you have a light halo in bottom of screen?
Thanks
Hey Guys,
what do you think is the best costum rom (stable) for the Mate 10 pro?
Is it possible to flash it with Pie 9.0.161?
Thanks for Help :victory:
Just wait for the ota update to pie.
that's definitely a worse rom. i'm on it right now.
wooley4766 said:
Just wait for the ota update to pie.
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I already have the Pie Update via Firmware Finder.
But i want to flash to a stable Pie Rom :fingers-crossed:
Pie Update
HauAbDuLauch said:
I already have the Pie Update via Firmware Finder.
But i want to flash to a stable Pie Rom :fingers-crossed:
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If you have the Pie update from firmware finder it's an approved ROM unless you have a modified recovery it checks and you wouldn't be able to install it if it wasn't approved so you probably have the latest approved ROM
revjamescarver said:
If you have the Pie update from firmware finder it's an approved ROM unless you have a modified recovery it checks and you wouldn't be able to install it if it wasn't approved so you probably have the latest approved ROM
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but no custom
Hi! Quick question. My BLA-L09 is on build number 8.0.0.131(c782). I'm rooted with Magisk via Pretoriano's TWRP using the all in one tool. I can't receive firmware updates because of this (they fail to install).
If I update to Pie, will I be able to root again with Magisk? How can make this update? I suppose I would need stock recovery back and don't know where to get it from it how to flash it. It was my first time doing this on a Huawei, I'm used to Samsung devices. Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks!
93starletgt said:
Hi! Quick question. My BLA-L09 is on build number 8.0.0.131(c782). I'm rooted with Magisk via Pretoriano's TWRP using the all in one tool. I can't receive firmware updates because of this (they fail to install).
If I update to Pie, will I be able to root again with Magisk? How can make this update? I suppose I would need stock recovery back and don't know where to get it from it how to flash it. It was my first time doing this on a Huawei, I'm used to Samsung devices. Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks!
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Nope, you won't. Any version from 8.0.0.146 and above will contain the new bootloader which won't let you unlock it or install twrp, magisk or whatever, most probably you will brick your phone like I did.
You'll be a lot safer to stay on what you're on. Huawei did a nifty development to make life miserable to anyone which likes to customize their phone. Maybe they should be called Huapple from now on...
I was in a similar situation as you, 141 if I remember correctly. Installed Xposed via magisk, got a bootloop, did a system restore via erecovery, got it working again and lost magisk/root so thought it would be the time to do the ota, didn't know about the bootloader change so found I was on emui 9, tried to install twrp but that bricked the phone. So I tried to do the system restore via erecovery again, but that didn't work.
After that tried every possible way (inc. paying funkyhw etc.) to recovery the phone, no way. If you try to downgrade it to a version before 146 it will hardbrick leaving you with a paperweigth.
So if I were you, I wouldn't touch a thing. I gave up and am waiting for my Oneplus 6, much better phone for this stuff.
mirandam said:
Nope, you won't. Any version from 8.0.0.146 and above will contain the new bootloader which won't let you unlock it or install twrp, magisk or whatever, most probably you will brick your phone like I did.
You'll be a lot safer to stay on what you're on. Huawei did a nifty development to make life miserable to anyone which likes to customize their phone. Maybe they should be called Huapple from now on...
I was in a similar situation as you, 141 if I remember correctly. Installed Xposed via magisk, got a bootloop, did a system restore via erecovery, got it working again and lost magisk/root so thought it would be the time to do the ota, didn't know about the bootloader change so found I was on emui 9, tried to install twrp but that bricked the phone. So I tried to do the system restore via erecovery again, but that didn't work.
After that tried every possible way (inc. paying funkyhw etc.) to recovery the phone, no way. If you try to downgrade it to a version before 146 it will hardbrick leaving you with a paperweigth.
So if I were you, I wouldn't touch a thing. I gave up and am waiting for my Oneplus 6, much better phone for this stuff.
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Thank you for the info! And what about staying on my current bootloader and flash a custom ROM on my already installed TWRP?
93starletgt said:
Thank you for the info! And what about staying on my current bootloader and flash a custom ROM on my already installed TWRP?
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There is a ResurectionRemix rom that can be used for that. Just search for RR-O-v6.0.0-20180402-bkl-OpenKirin.zip it should work as this one's flashable by twrp. I haven't tried it so can't tell if it does. I have the file but I don't know if it's complete as it only contains system.img which seems strange as normally there would also be a boot.img or at least a kernel.img
mirandam said:
There is a ResurectionRemix rom that can be used for that. Just search for RR-O-v6.0.0-20180402-bkl-OpenKirin.zip it should work as this one's flashable by twrp. I haven't tried it so can't tell if it does. I have the file but I don't know if it's complete as it only contains system.img which seems strange as normally there would also be a boot.img or at least a kernel.img
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Thanks! Last question. If I would like to go back to stock using the All In One Tool, how can I flash stock recovery? And where can I find it? Many thanks for your help.
are there custom roms for the huawei mate 10 pro??
cause cant find it on xda.
mine is stock it works but the no status bar pull down on lockscreen is anoying ;( sometimes and that only the stock sms app show on the always screen on...