[General Questions and Answers] mstrnemo:
Thank you

xunholyx

HyperDimensional

for ur quik reply

I eventuelly found what i was looking for and then following happend.

i have a sony xperia m2 d2303 android 5.1.1 kernel 3.4.o-gc82e70f

build 18.6.A.0.182

this is my first time doing this so i tried to unlock the bootloader witch as i understand is the first step when wanting to flash a rom unlockbootloader,root,flashrom.

i read that there are 2 ways to do this with a sony

1 the sony site

2 using flashtool

as stuborn as i am i went with number 1 because it is a little more work and i really wanted to learn it so might as well start here . got all the way to the command screen wich was scary for me it wouldnt work

It has been a couple days now and i am pulling my hairs out here when i finnally gave up i said fine i will do it option number 2 wich is easier or so i thought.

also here i spent hours and hours reading and following diffrent howtos dowloaded the flashtool followed the steps and when it was time to connect flashmode it wont detect it ? but i just cant get it to work boy do i feel stupid.

turn of the device before that activated usb debugging/developermode then while holding the volume down for a couple seconds then connect the cable

something happens now have to take kabel out and use other special mode volume up and connect kabel now nothing happens.

this is what it showed last time

06/002/2021 01:02:30 - INFO - Flashtool 0.9.33.0

06/002/2021 01:02:30 - INFO - Searching for a web proxy

06/002/2021 01:02:30 - INFO - No proxy found, using direct connection

06/002/2021 01:02:31 - INFO - Syncing devices from github

06/002/2021 01:02:31 - INFO - Opening devices repository.

06/002/2021 01:02:31 - INFO - Scanning devices folder for changes.

06/002/2021 01:02:40 - INFO - Pulling changes from github.

06/002/2021 01:02:41 - INFO - Devices sync finished.

06/002/2021 01:02:44 - INFO - Loading devices database

06/002/2021 01:02:44 - INFO - Loaded 131 devices

06/002/2021 01:02:44 - INFO - Starting phone detection

06/002/2021 01:02:47 - INFO - Device disconnected

06/002/2021 01:02:51 - INFO - Please connect your device into flashmode.

06/003/2021 01:03:58 - INFO - Using Gordon gate drivers version 3.1.0.0

06/003/2021 01:03:59 - INFO - Opening device for R/W

06/003/2021 01:03:59 - INFO - Device ready for R/W.

06/003/2021 01:03:59 - INFO - Reading device information

06/003/2021 01:03:59 - INFO - Phone ready for flashmode operations.

06/003/2021 01:03:59 - INFO - Opening TA partition 2

06/003/2021 01:03:59 - INFO - Current device : D2303 - ZH80045SUN - 1281-3865_R4C - 1278-3081_18.6.A.0.182 - GLOBAL-LTE_18.6.A.0.182

06/003/2021 01:03:59 - INFO - Closing TA partition

06/003/2021 01:03:59 - INFO - No loader in the bundle. Searching for one

06/003/2021 01:03:59 - INFO - Processing loader.sin

06/003/2021 01:03:59 - INFO - Checking header

06/003/2021 01:03:59 - INFO - Flashing data

06/004/2021 01:04:00 - INFO - Loader : S1_Root_f82d - Version : LOADER_RELEASE_MSM8X26_28_AID_4 / Boot version : S1_Boot_MSM8x26_LA1.0_39 / Bootloader status : ROOTABLE

06/004/2021 01:04:00 - INFO - Max packet size set to 512K

06/004/2021 01:04:00 - INFO - Opening TA partition 2

06/004/2021 01:04:00 - INFO - Start Reading unit 00 00 08 B2

06/004/2021 01:04:00 - WARN - ERR_SEVERITY="MINOR";ERR_CODE="0025";ERR_DYNAMIC="00000000";

after a while tried it again and now get this

06/046/2021 01:46:10 - ERROR - Drivers need to be installed for connected device.

06/046/2021 01:46:10 - ERROR - You can find them in the drivers folder of Flashtool.

06/046/2021 01:46:10 - INFO - Please connect your device into flashmode.

06/046/2021 01:46:32 - INFO - Bootloader unlock canceled

06/046/2021 01:46:34 - ERROR - Drivers need to be installed for connected device.

06/046/2021 01:46:34 - ERROR - You can find them in the drivers folder of Flashtool.

i go to the folder and open the driver file start the program then i have to slect and i select them all after that another screen comes on with only the option to remove i select that and then it says.shows several of the driver installation have failed. then i continue and it installs te rest of them i think and then i try again nothing so theres something with the drivers what the heck am i missing?

so frustrated right now gonna get some sleep.