Stuck on Bootanimation - Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I unlocked my Bootloader, rooted and installed latest RR-Nougat. Now i want to go back to stock. At this point i have tried almost everything hence im asking for help. I have already searched the forum and internet. I have tried flashing pre rooted stock firmware from recovery but it didnt boot(Stuck at boot animation). Then i tried flashing Stock MM ftf file using flashtool, the flash went fine but i got the same problem again.Waiting for around 20 min then flashed recovery using fastboot and now i am back to RR.

bolt890 said:
I unlocked my Bootloader, rooted and installed latest RR-Nougat. Now i want to go back to stock. At this point i have tried almost everything hence im asking for help. I have already searched the forum and internet. I have tried flashing pre rooted stock firmware from recovery but it didnt boot(Stuck at boot animation). Then i tried flashing Stock MM ftf file using flashtool, the flash went fine but i got the same problem again.Waiting for around 20 min then flashed recovery using fastboot and now i am back to RR.
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Just check all boxes of wipe section when you want to flash the FTF file(i mean ''userdata'' and ''apps_log'')

raminta said:
Just check all boxes of wipe section when you want to flash the FTF file(i mean ''userdata'' and ''apps_log'')
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Trying this as i type, flash went fine, now waiting for boot. Success ! You are a life saver bro.

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[Q]URGENT No Booting at all !!!

First I had XXLPQ then I flashed siyah kernel v3.2.8 through CMW, I used it for like a day then everything started crashing so I just rebooted and then I got a bootloop.
I flashed XWLP7 it got stuck at the bootlogo(before animation screen) so I went into recovery mode and then it said "successful csc install (KOR)" something like that then I flashed siyah kernel v3.3.1 though ODIN, now I tried to change the CSC though the menu by using *#272*IMEI No# then it just never booted it just stays at the "Samsung Galaxy S II" the one before the animation screen.
I tried searching i found nothing similar...
I think its a boot loader problem, How do i flash a boot loader ?
pleease help
EDIT: I finally got it into download mode, now can someone please tell me whats the issue ?
bootloaders are roughly half way down 1st post http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1075278
edit: if youve got it into download mode just flash a stock rom for now so you have a working device again
skimminstones said:
bootloaders are roughly half way down 1st post http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1075278
edit: if youve got it into download mode just flash a stock rom for now so you have a working device again
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Thanks yes as I said I flashed a new stock rom and kernel but no use anyway am gona flash a bootloader which I finally found here
I think there was an issue with the bootloader and kernel, i flashed the bootloader but it didnt work so I flashed a CF-root kernel and it finally worked .
Ba7rani123 said:
I think there was an issue with the bootloader and kernel, i flashed the bootloader but it didnt work so I flashed a CF-root kernel and it finally worked .
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So now it boots past the Galaxy S2 screen? I have experienced that for 2-3 times now, same thing where everything started crashing and rebooting the phone will end up stuck at the bootscreen. What I had to do is to wipe data, dalvik, and cache then only it would work again.
It could be due to the particular ROM used as I have not experienced it after using the newer XWLPD for a few weeks now.
nanoronline said:
So now it boots past the Galaxy S2 screen? I have experienced that for 2-3 times now, same thing where everything started crashing and rebooting the phone will end up stuck at the bootscreen. What I had to do is to wipe data, dalvik, and cache then only it would work again.
It could be due to the particular ROM used as I have not experienced it after using the newer XWLPD for a few weeks now.
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its a siyah kernel v2.3.8 issue where some files get corrupt, so even after flash v3.3.1 some files maybe corrupt also. So a full wipe is advised after backup.
Hoesntly I dont know but I think that its linked to the rom :/.
Ba7rani123 said:
its a siyah kernel v2.3.8 issue where some files get corrupt, so even after flash v3.3.1 some files maybe corrupt also. So a full wipe is advised after backup.
Hoesntly I dont know but I think that its linked to the rom :/.
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No back then I was still using the stock kernel. Just rooted with ChainFire's method and that's all.
nanoronline said:
No back then I was still using the stock kernel. Just rooted with ChainFire's method and that's all.
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Maybe a bootloader issue, see this thread it explains alot
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1457458
If u can boot to recovery then its fine but if u can only boot into download mode then u have corupption
Ba7rani123 said:
Maybe a bootloader issue, see this thread it explains alot
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1457458
If u can boot to recovery then its fine but if u can only boot into download mode then u have corupption
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No I could boot into both recovery and download modes. Back then I tried flashing the same firmware and newer firmware but both still ended stuck at the boot screen. Only after I booted into recovery to wipe data, Dalvik cache and cache then it booted past the bootscreen and working again.
nanoronline said:
No I could boot into both recovery and download modes. Back then I tried flashing the same firmware and newer firmware but both still ended stuck at the boot screen. Only after I booted into recovery to wipe data, Dalvik cache and cache then it booted past the bootscreen and working again.
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maybe some of the data was corrupt *-)

CM-9 Stuck at Boot Screen

My friend followed the steps given in the following link to install CM-9 on his phone.
Cyanogenmod 9 on Xperia S
Once he did a data wipe, he rebooted the phone and left it for a couple of minutes. It remained stuck at the bootloader for around 15 minutes. He then proceeded to try to try the whole thing again. While the fastboot flashing was successful, while trying to install the cm9-nozomi zip file, he got the following error:
assert failed: getprop("ro.product.device")=="LT26i"||getprop("ro.build.product")=="LT26i"||(getprop("ro.product.device")=="LT26a"||getprop("ro.build.product")=="LT26a"||getprop("ro.product.device")=="nozomi"||getprop("ro.build.product")=="nozomi"
Status 7
He's also tried mounting the system partition via mounts and storages and it shows mount failed. The same is the result for data, cache, etc.
He's now stuck at boot, but is able to access fastboot and recovery mode. The problem is that clockworkmod doesn't support USB OTG Mount and that even if I can modify the update script to not check for the script, I have no way of sending it into the phone.
Any suggestions, solutions or the like would be highly appreciated
I posted a question in your other post. Have you unlocked your bootloader?
Sorry about that.
Yes.
That was the first thing I made was done.
karthik_hp_1992 said:
Sorry about that.
Yes.
That was the first thing I made was done.
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Try flashing back to stock to minimize the issues. Then flash via fastboot a rooted Kernel. Enter into CWM wipe Dalvik Cache first, then flash CM9. If bootloop still occurs try flashing Krab's kernel for CM9 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1808831. By the way what Kernel are you using?
rhogz said:
Try flashing back to stock to minimize the issues. Then flash via fastboot a rooted Kernel. Enter into CWM wipe Dalvik Cache first, then flash CM9. If bootloop still occurs try flashing Krab's kernel for CM9 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1808831. By the way what Kernel are you using?
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The phone is currently running everything stock except the unlocked bootloader.
How would I flash back to stock if I'm unable to access the sd-card?
karthik_hp_1992 said:
The phone is currently running everything stock except the unlocked bootloader.
How would I flash back to stock if I'm unable to access the sd-card?
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Try flashinf ftf files restore it install boot loader then it will return to stock
try cm9 if still not working then use pure ics kernel 1.1;
It did work for me....Intall it directly after installing cm9Don not Reboot Device After Installing cm9....try it
karthik_hp_1992 said:
The phone is currently running everything stock except the unlocked bootloader.
How would I flash back to stock if I'm unable to access the sd-card?
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Ok so no need to flash back to stock, as you've mentioned you're on stock right now. You can flash via fastboot Advanced Stock Kernel by Arakmar or any Kernel that has CWM. Then you wipe Dalvik Cache and now you can install CM9. I stated on my earlier post that you can try flashing Krab's kernel for CM9 http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1808831.
rhogz said:
Try flashing back to stock to minimize the issues. Then flash via fastboot a rooted Kernel. Enter into CWM wipe Dalvik Cache first, then flash CM9. If bootloop still occurs try flashing Krab's kernel for CM9 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1808831. By the way what Kernel are you using?
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I flashed recovery-nozomi.img , then flashed cm9. It worked. Thanks for all the help!
karthik_hp_1992 said:
I flashed recovery-nozomi.img , then flashed cm9. It worked. Thanks for all the help!
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You can hit thanks if we have helped you :good:
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You can hit thanks if we have helped you :good:
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I was willing to try out CM 9.1 ROM I unlocked the bootloader as per steps everything went well. When I reboot it shows FXP logo and then it is stuck at Xperia logo. Since its battery is not removable I have to wait until it all drains out and charge again and get it into working mode. I could go into recovery and flash CM 9.1 but even from there when I reboot it now stuck up at CM logo same as Stock Xperia logo.
I have emma, flashtool and SUS but I cannot get my phone into flashboot or flashmode as nothing happens with volume key combination. When I connect using USB cable it shows RED LED light and once charged up I can get it into recovery mode...
I gave phone to sony repair somehow they are able to get into flashmode... however they say they might not be able to repair it as using Emma it doesn't flash stock ROM.
I am quite sure sony is going to return me handset without repair, any help would really save my brand new Xperia S from going into vain, Thanks a lot in advance!!!
Edit: nvm I didn't see previous posts
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[Q] bricked phone? please help

Hi guys,
I decided to flash my kernel and rom etc even though I know not much about it all. Nevermind, I root my phone, unlock bootloader, install cwm, try 2 different kernels but they only boot and then nothing, just black screen. So I flash stock kernel and phone worked normally. After that I saw a couple .img files I downloaded, i tried to put them into phone somehow through flashtool, nothing waqs working so I renamed those kernels images to system.img and put it into phone with flashtool in fastboot mode, and then button Select system to flash. And now my phone is stucked at booting. Theres only sony logo until i pull the battery out. How can i flash back to stock system and where can I get those IMG files. And I cannot get to recovery mode. I did a backup but i cannot use it without getting to recovery mode.
Is there anyone who could help me?
Thank you very much and sorry for my english.
Hi guys,
I decided to flash my kernel and rom etc even though I know not much about it all. Nevermind, I root my phone, unlock bootloader, install cwm, try 2 different kernels but they only boot and then nothing, just black screen. So I flash stock kernel and phone worked normally. After that I saw a couple .img files I downloaded, i tried to put them into phone somehow through flashtool, nothing waqs working so I renamed those kernels images to system.img and put it into phone with flashtool in fastboot mode, and then button Select system to flash. And now my phone is stucked at booting. Theres only sony logo until i pull the battery out. How can i flash back to stock system and where can I get those IMG files. And I cannot get to recovery mode. I did a backup but i cannot use it without getting to recovery mode.
Is there anyone who could help me?
Thank you very much and sorry for my english.
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You seem to be flashing kernels... May I know where you got those .img files from..
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Attitude.SSJ said:
You seem to be flashing kernels... May I know where you got those .img files from..
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Thanks for rreply.
I used
marckernel0.3.img
and then
boot_ICS_plus_v5.img
and I got them from this forum.
I renamed them to system.img and then by using flashtool, phone in fastboot mode, I used Select system to flash so it might be the problem. Using kernel img and used them wrong way. And as I said I can't get to recovery mode. So for repairing I can only use fastboot or flash mode. I tried to repair it with SEUS. It said I have wrong system data so it cannot proceed.
Did you try flashing stock ftf through flashtool?
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Attitude.SSJ said:
Did you try flashing stock ftf through flashtool?
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Yes, whole story is.... I rooted phone, then unlocked BL, then install cwm, then I flashed 2 kernels, after each flash, phone booted and then it got stuck on black screen. Right after that I flashed stock kernel and phone booted and loaded normally. And then I used img files mentioned before the way I said. So I think I don't need to do anything with kernel but with system data.
You have unlocked bootloader,so flash custom kernel which have CWM in built...
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megatpanji said:
You have unlocked bootloader,so flash custom kernel which have CWM in built...
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Can you give me a link to any custom kernel? And then should I use fastboot or flash mode? I feel like I'm completely lost now.
So I used MT11i_4.1.B.0.431_kernel.ftf to flash current kernel. After it I managed to get into recovery, run latest backup. After it phone booted and loaded normally. I guess it(s the end of me trying to do something like this with my phone.
Thank you guys for your help
palix1702 said:
So I used MT11i_4.1.B.0.431_kernel.ftf to flash current kernel. After it I managed to get into recovery, run latest backup. After it phone booted and loaded normally. I guess it(s the end of me trying to do something like this with my phone.
Thank you guys for your help
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So rename ur thread like this [ SOLVED]................ So members will know that you've solved the problem

[Q] (Q) mid way boot

hey guys please please help i had the custom rom pac nightly now here is where the sh*t went down, i tried to put on carbon and flashed the kernel with that and since then im unable to get back root i have locked the bootloader and tried unlocked the bootloader, the screen comes up to the point where the rom loads and the lil vibrate happens, and then pufff it just goes back to the boot up and then again and again !!! how can i fix this please help
Flash a boot.img with recovery and reflash.
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LordManhattan said:
Flash a boot.img with recovery and reflash.
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thanks buddy for the response but tried it and wont work !!!
Is your bootloader unlocked at the moment?
It should work as lordmanhattan said.
Flash boot.img from carbon
Flash carbon from recovery.
You could start over and flash new ftf then do the above instructions...
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blueether said:
Is your bootloader unlocked at the moment?
It should work as lordmanhattan said.
Flash boot.img from carbon
Flash carbon from recovery.
You could start over and flash new ftf then do the above instructions...
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yes bootloader is unlocked
sorry i know im being tedious but just to re check ...
1. flash ftf (my zu is from HK so the latest is .681 ftf)
2. then fash the boot.img from carbon
3. then flash carbon onto my phone
in this order you reckon it would fix my problem?
(going ahead and giving it a try anyways in the above order lets see if it pans out)
ashankanand said:
yes bootloader is unlocked
sorry i know im being tedious but just to re check ...
1. flash ftf (my zu is from HK so the latest is .681 ftf)
2. then fash the boot.img from carbon
3. then flash carbon onto my phone
in this order you reckon it would fix my problem?
(going ahead and giving it a try anyways in the above order lets see if it pans out)
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As you seem to be having issues I would go back to stock and satrt again, and the steps above should do just that for you. I would boot up after the first step just to check that everything is upto speed on the phone.
I wouldn't worry about getting a HK firmware, just use any of the unbranded/generic US/EU 757 FTFs
I cant see why it didn't work straight from PAC , hell the kernel in Carbon boots the latest PAC just fine
blueether said:
As you seem to be having issues I would go back to stock and satrt again, and the steps above should do just that for you. I would boot up after the first step just to check that everything is upto speed on the phone.
I wouldn't worry about getting a HK firmware, just use any of the unbranded/generic US/EU 757 FTFs
I cant see why it didn't work straight from PAC , hell the kernel in Carbon boots the latest PAC just fine
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ok bud tired it now the problem is the dam phone keeps going into recovery boots and gets stuck on sony and then reboots and goes into recovery any advice!!!
Flash a stock tft with flashtool in flashmode and it should work again.
Anyways flashing the kernel with the boot.img in fastboot mode should work.
Have tried that flashed the latest ftf. Then used the root guide didn't work used the boot.img from carbon from pac rom. Still just reboots , my issue is I want a custom rom cos I'm happier with a custom rom, so I get root on the stock. But I can't seem to load a custom rom, first it was midway boot now it's recovery reboots , I want a custom rom any advice .
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ashankanand said:
Have tried that flashed the latest ftf. Then used the root guide didn't work used the boot.img from carbon from pac rom. Still just reboots , my issue is I want a custom rom cos I'm happier with a custom rom, so I get root on the stock. But I can't seem to load a custom rom, first it was midway boot now it's recovery reboots , I want a custom rom any advice .
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Do it like this:
- flash boot.img (flashtool: fastboot mode)
- wipe cache/dalvik cache (CWM Recovery)
- flash the ROM[.zip] (CWM Recovery)
- flash the GAPPS[.zip] (CWM Recovery)
- reboot
That should work.
I mean flashed ftf , fastbooted boot.img from carbon, had recovery reboots (meaning the phone would boot up stuck on Sony logo and then reboot into recovery ) then tried pac rom boot.img no help, infact flashed ftf cleard cache and data and then flashed boot.img flashed rom , had same recovery issue, then tried a full wipe, (ofcourse flashed ftf again) I mean went into mount storage and formated cache data system etc etc, now I'm really baffeld I have tried everything I find myself getting everything to work except putting the custom rom someone help
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ashankanand said:
I mean flashed ftf , fastbooted boot.img from carbon, had recovery reboots (meaning the phone would boot up stuck on Sony logo and then reboot into recovery ) then tried pac rom boot.img no help, infact flashed ftf cleard cache and data and then flashed boot.img flashed rom , had same recovery issue, then tried a full wipe, (ofcourse flashed ftf again) I mean went into mount storage and formated cache data system etc etc, now I'm really baffeld I have tried everything I find myself getting everything to work except putting the custom rom someone help
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You forgot to flash the rom itself. Just flashing the kernel (boot.img) doesn't to anything instead of flashing
the kernel. You need to flash the ROM to have working Operation System. That's why just the logo shows
up and goes into recovery. Put the ROM (the .zip file of the rom) on your SD Card and go into recovery
and go to "install .zip" and choose your file. After that the ROM should be loading after Boot Logo. Don't forget
to flash the GAPPS after flashing rom.
Pacman Rom: www.blownco.com/index.php/doc_download/13688-pac-togari-4-3-build-1-20131214-044914
Pacman Gapps: www.blownco.com/index.php/doc_download/13604-gapps-jb-20130813-signed
here is an example for installing the rom and gapps:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0In32vjxIg&feature=player_embedded
Just do the same with your files.
Flashed the rom buddy , every time ofcourse I thought I didn't need to mention that hehe ,
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ashankanand said:
Flashed the rom buddy , every time ofcourse I thought I didn't need to mention that hehe ,
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I was wondering man. Can you provide us with a link of the rom you want to use.
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I was wondering man. Can you provide us with a link of the rom you want to use.
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carbon rom : http://forum.xda-developers.com/devdb/project/dl/?id=5119
Pac-rom : http://pacman.basketbuild.com/download.php?file=main/togari/nightly/pac_togari-nightly-20140505.zip
How to reproduce your error step by step ?
tr0teK said:
How to reproduce your error step by step ?
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ok not so clear on what you are asking but here goes
had a c6802 cracked the screen (using carbon rom on it loved it) bought a c6833 wanted to try pac rom put it on realized my batt consumption is way too high so tried to switch back to carbon now, while doing so i flashed carbon rom Double tap to wake and carbon kernel, here started the spiral, first few hours couldn get any thing to work read up looked up a few of the forum, and ftf fashed the generic hk rom things got ok, but then root was the issue so found out the root method, fastboot .img and flash cmw supersu.zip, all fine and dandy didnt mess with it in anyway
since then as i have explained im gettin a recovery loop even when i flash the stock rom (cmw flash not ftf) so now i have the latest stock rom with root but i have sony's stock i want a rock in which i can add a menu button and change the dip and everything doesnt crash if you know what i mean....
ashankanand said:
ok not so clear on what you are asking but here goes
had a c6802 cracked the screen (using carbon rom on it loved it) bought a c6833 wanted to try pac rom put it on realized my batt consumption is way too high so tried to switch back to carbon now, while doing so i flashed carbon rom Double tap to wake and carbon kernel, here started the spiral, first few hours couldn get any thing to work read up looked up a few of the forum, and ftf fashed the generic hk rom things got ok, but then root was the issue so found out the root method, fastboot .img and flash cmw supersu.zip, all fine and dandy didnt mess with it in anyway
since then as i have explained im gettin a recovery loop even when i flash the stock rom (cmw flash not ftf) so now i have the latest stock rom with root but i have sony's stock i want a rock in which i can add a menu button and change the dip and everything doesnt crash if you know what i mean....
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maybe the solution for you would be too install xposed framework which gives you the features you want. It allows your to "modify" your stock rom like the advanced power button menu, editing the navigation and status bar and stuff like that.
http://repo.xposed.info/module/de.robv.android.xposed.installer
you obviously need ROOT for this.
tr0teK said:
maybe the solution for you would be too install xposed framework which gives you the features you want. It allows your to "modify" your stock rom like the advanced power button menu, editing the navigation and status bar and stuff like that.
http://repo.xposed.info/module/de.robv.android.xposed.installer
you obviously need ROOT for this.
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so yeah not to be a buzz killl buddy i know i am here asking for help and i really appreciate it but i tried that and gives me system ui errors cos i would have been ok with xposed but its not working great especially the special xposed for xperia cos the generic xposed is not workin anyway
ashankanand said:
so yeah not to be a buzz killl buddy i know i am here asking for help and i really appreciate it but i tried that and gives me system ui errors cos i would have been ok with xposed but its not working great especially the special xposed for xperia cos the generic xposed is not workin anyway
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Which ROM do you have installed exactly ? In which country do you live ?

CM11, recovery and flashtool issues

Right, I have a set of issues which all seem vaguely connected but I can't figure out how to resolve.
I've unlocked my bootloader and I've been messing about with recoveries and CM11 etc.
The situation however is that I installed doomkernel, got into CWM and installed CM11, all good.. went to go back into the recovery and it's gone, it just hangs if I try, no worries I thought I'll just reflash doomkernel, then the ROM doesn't boot so I have to reflash boot.img from the CM11 zip.
That kills the recovery again... rinse and repeat basically, it looks like I can't have CM11 and CWM which is a PITA.
Plenty of people in the CM11 thread seem to be having no issues with either retaining the recovery or using cyandelta, neither of which work for me and whilst CM11 is still in nightly I really need to be able to upgrade frequently.
Also, using flashtool to unlock the bootloader was fine but I can't flash a recovery from there as the option is greyed out on both CM11 and the stock ROM..
I'm lost, I've tried several combinations but I've also gone dangerously close to bricking the phone so I've backed off..
Can anyone give me any pointers?
The only thing I haven't done is download the ROM from the frexperia site as I can't make sense of which ROM I need, I can't see Z2 or Sirius mentioned anywhere and I've learned the painful way in the past not to flash the wrong ROM.
So now I'm back to the stock rooted ROM but there's a bunch of issues with it such as it loving switching the wifi on and off, proximity sensors thinking my face is my fingers, the useless lock screen etc etc.
HALP! Thanks all
Try this:
1 - install recovery.
2 - reboot into recovery.
3 - flash CM11, don't reboot.
4 - flash gapps, don't reboot.
5 - flash recovery & reboot.
Does this leave you with a recovery? There is an option to upgrade recovery in CM11 settings -> developer options -> update CM recovery. Try this and see what happens.
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I haven't been flashing the recovery from within CWM, in fact I'm not even sure you can with it being a kernel image as thats how Sony's work? If I flash the doomkernel again I know CM11 won't boot and sort of vice versa..
EDIT - Sorry I didn't see you had a Z2.. have you managed to pull this off? Any tips on a recovery flashable kernel?
mrmatt100 said:
I haven't been flashing the recovery from within CWM, in fact I'm not even sure you can with it being a kernel image as thats how Sony's work? If I flash the doomkernel again I know CM11 won't boot and sort of vice versa..
EDIT - Sorry I didn't see you had a Z2.. have you managed to pull this off? Any tips on a recovery flashable kernel?
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Reintall stock. Skip Doom Kernel, directly fastboot CM boot.img. Flash CM in your now working recovery.
Thats what worked for me
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Sorry what do you mean by skin the kernel? I'm not a n00b but I've never heard that before?
but thanks for the help!
Myself5 said:
Reintall stock. Skin Doom Kernel, directly fastboot CM boot.img. Flash CM in your now working recovery.
Thats what worked for me
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Still stuck on this, I do know I've got stock with doom kernel and I've fastboot flashed the CM boot.img from the CM11 nightly, that basically results in a phone that won't boot OR go into recovery.
Literally the only way I can get into CWM is by using doom kernel and the stock ROM (obviously rooted and using xposed etc if that makes a difference) and the moment I flash anything from within CWM it obviously overwrites the boot.img meaning I can boot normally but not with a working recovery.
I can't escape the feeling that I ought to be flashing a specific version perhaps from freexperia rather than the cyanogenmod website or I need a different kernel to kick the process off rather than doom kernel.
Very confusing and a real shame doom kernel only works with stock ROMs
Sorry the skin part was a spelling misstake. Should have been SKIP. I issued the same as you, my problem was somehow related to DoomKernel. So just Flash Stock now (using a ftf in flashtool) and then straight the boot.img from the CM zip. Now boot in the recovery (press vol down when the Amber led lights up at the boot process) and flash the CM zip in this recovery (wipe data/Factory reset and format /system before ofc (least that what I would recommend)). Flash Gapps if you whish. Reboot to your now working CM install.
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Sorry the skin part was a spelling misstake. Should have been SKIP. I issued the same as you, my problem was somehow related to DoomKernel. So just Flash Stock now (using a ftf in flashtool) and then straight the boot.img from the CM zip. Now boot in the recovery (press vol down when the Amber led lights up at the boot process) and flash the CM zip in this recovery (wipe data/Factory reset and format /system before ofc (least that what I would recommend)). Flash Gapps if you whish. Reboot to your now working CM install.
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Absolutely 100% spot on, I'm so happy! Thanks
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Absolutely 100% spot on, I'm so happy! Thanks
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hello i'm having this exact same issue and i will be trying this taday when home from work. the only thing i'm not sure about is the ftf in flashtool.
don't know what ftf stands for, but i presume flashtool is the official sony flash tool?
http://developer.sonymobile.com/services/flash-tool/
thanks for the answer.
skuko said:
hello i'm having this exact same issue and i will be trying this taday when home from work. the only thing i'm not sure about is the ftf in flashtool.
don't know what ftf stands for, but i presume flashtool is the official sony flash tool?
http://developer.sonymobile.com/services/flash-tool/
thanks for the answer.
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I think there's the official and an unofficial tool, I used the one from here http://www.flashtool.net/index.php
And a .ftf file is an official sony ROM, bit like how you end up with .zip files for non official ROMs, HTCs have .RUUs and iPhones have .ISPW files.
There's a list of .ftf files on here somewhere, grab the latest from there.
For what it's worth, I went CM11, got fed up with the camera quality so went to xistenz and romaur, both slightly unstable so I went back and back again to a stock .ftf, rooted it and I'm just using a bunch of xposed tweaks now and it looks pretty much the same as AOSP now. You only see the difference when you're in settings.
skuko said:
hello i'm having this exact same issue and i will be trying this taday when home from work. the only thing i'm not sure about is the ftf in flashtool.
don't know what ftf stands for, but i presume flashtool is the official sony flash tool?
http://developer.sonymobile.com/services/flash-tool/
thanks for the answer.
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I meanwhile found a even easier way to solve this problem. Just go into faatboot mode (turn off phone press Vol+ and attach USB) and do "fastboot erase recovery" this will boot the kernels default recovery (CWM) again. This all is caused by some missing tools in the kernel which is not loading TWRP. However even with the tool provided by @Dees_Troy it does not load TWRP, now instead of hanging at the black screen with no recovery it still loads CWM after flashing TWRP to the recovery partition.
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Myself5 said:
I meanwhile found a even easier way to solve this problem. Just go into faatboot mode (turn off phone press Vol+ and attach USB) and do "fastboot erase recovery" this will boot the kernels default recovery (CWM) again. This all is caused by some missing tools in the kernel which is not loading TWRP. However even with the tool provided by @Dees_Troy it does not load TWRP, now instead of hanging at the black screen with no recovery it still loads CWM after flashing TWRP to the recovery partition.
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so if i want to get rid of the doomkernel, i still need to reflash the stock ftf, correct?
skuko said:
so if i want to get rid of the doomkernel, i still need to reflash the stock ftf, correct?
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In case you want back to stock, yes. In case you want from Doom to CM just erase the recovery partition and fastboot flash the CM boot.img
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seems to have worked, my kernel in "about phone" now says:
3.4.0cyanogenmod-g449fd42
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Mon Aug 18 09:30:35 BST 2014
i used the boot.img from your carbon rom nightly.

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