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[Sony Cross-Device General] bigshowjh:
I have a xperia zl, on lollipop. I still got a bootloop when installing through installer in windows. It would enter twrp but couldn't boot phone. Anyone got 2.8.20 on lollipop on a zl?
[Sony Cross-Device General] [NUT]:
XZDualRecovery is meant for locked bootloader devices, until 2.8.20 it replaced the chargemon binary to hijack the boot process.

The XZDR Kernel version is meant to and is capable of replacing the CM recovery in the boot partition.

Problems on the LB version on CM are unsupported. If it's working, then you're just in luck.
[Sony Cross-Device General] [NUT]:
logs, mods, things you changed?

Loads of ZL owners have no such problems...
[Sony Cross-Device General] djg269:
Hi, i have a question... Im using NUT 2.8.15 and i saw that there is an update for Busybox, is it safe to run the update or do i have to flash NUT again?
[Sony Cross-Device General] [NUT]:
I didn't know I existed in more then one version :silly:

Well, its better not to update busybox, at all.
[Sony Cross-Device General] djg269:
Hahaha it was easier writing, Thnx for your answer.
[Sony Cross-Device General] XxDeveloperxX:
Doubt

This functions in lollipop?, I have a Xperia ZL an I have tried a lot of times installing a recovery and I have being always on boot loops.
[Sony Cross-Device General] casouzaj:
Version 2.8.20 works just fine in my ZQ (same as ZL) C6503, running Lollipop. No bootloops, whatsoever.!
[Sony Cross-Device General] XxDeveloperxX:
Other Problem

I am on the third step of the installer, and it does not send me the message to grant access for USB debugging, I am using SuperSu. please help me.
[Sony Cross-Device General] McBane87:
1. Check your Settings in SuperSU APP. Maybe you accidentially denied shell before and the APP remembers it.

2. Sometimes SuperSu Question for permissions is first displayed after pressing ENTER in Step3. In this case you have to be quick.
[Sony Cross-Device General] anshumangoyal:
Where Can i find Zip File to Flash for updating TWRP in my Xperia ZL. I don't want dual recovery and currently i am on 2.5.0.0 TWRP version. I guess 2.7.0.0 is out but how to update is a question now.
[Sony Cross-Device General] McBane87:
If you don't want to use XZDR, then I think this is the wrong thread for you :P

If you want to get TWRP, you can just use the RAMDISK provided by XZDR: "recovery.twrp.cpio.lzma".

But you should know how to implement this in your ROM by yourself.
[Sony Cross-Device General] shoey63:
Dual Recovery is meant for stock roms, but you can try your luck on a custom rom, (some users have had success). Not officially supported though.
[Sony Cross-Device General] McBane87:
So the Loop happens while you are already loading Lollipop (blue, moving waves logo)?
[Sony Cross-Device General] futuretom:
Hi, I have Z1C with 14.2.a.1.114 wiht TWRP 2.7 and supersu Supersu2.46, rootet, locked BL

I downloaded the Dualrec. from nuts 2.8 flashable and want to update my recovery, is that save for this version, because i read something that i need kitkat for this recovery? Do I loose any data?

Additionaly, I want to update to lollipop via prerooted stockrom, shall i update first via OAT to .157? Do I loose data?

Thank you very much for your help
[Sony Cross-Device General] McBane87:
So you already using an older Version of XZDR? If yes which Version?

By updating via OTA you will loose everything which is installed to System-Partition, like XZDR, Root, Xposed, or whatever you are using else.....

Better use PreRooted ROMs created with PRF. Normally they include already Root and XZDR. Other things like Xposed or something else you will have to reinstall with this method, too.

About the loosing Data-Thing:

Well, you can try to update without wiping Data-Partition, but there is no guarantee this is working.
[Sony Cross-Device General] futuretom:
I am using TWRP 2.7, that is NOT XZDR, or do i miss something?

I have also Philz Touch 6.29.8

That is weird, i just used NDR Utils to change my primary recovery from TWRP to Philz, just to check i bootet into philz, which is running, after booting again to system and startet NDR again, it says, "unable to read XZDR.prop, NUTS XZDxxx is requiered for this feature" and i cant change to a different recovery.

What has happend here?

By the way, BEFORE that i did a backup of System/bin/chartmon to sdcard. Does that help?

Update: by booting Vol Down it stratet in TWRP

THX a lot for your help
[Sony Cross-Device General] McBane87:
Sorry, but you are confusing me a bit with your explanations.

You are saying you don't use XZDR, but then you start explaining that you have PHILZ,TWRP and NDR-Utils on your device, which are all included in XZDR-Package.
[Sony Cross-Device General] futuretom:
Ahhh, I didn´t know that! OK, back to question one, can i just install the Z1C dualrec. 2.8. on my device with android 14.2.A.1.114 ??
[Sony Cross-Device General] McBane87:
In theory I would say yes.

But, as we now figuered out, you are using already an older Version of XZDR, which Version do you have? You can see that in your "XZDR.prop". If it is something like 2.8.xx, I think updating shouldn't be a Problem.
[Sony Cross-Device General] futuretom:
Sorry, i googled, but where do i find the version of XZDR?

Sorry, I am a neewbie in case of recovery management.
[Sony Cross-Device General] McBane87:
/storage/sdcard1/XZDualRecovery/XZDR.prop
/cache/XZDualRecovery/XZDR.prop (if the previous exists, this one will not!)

EDIT:

Sorry, it is not there. Just wait one second. Will find where :)
[Sony Cross-Device General] futuretom:
Thx, found that before, but there is no version number in there.

just

#updated by xzdrxxxxxx.app

#Fr Jul 10 16:12:46 MESZ 2015
[Sony Cross-Device General] McBane87:
Yeah, weird thing. On my Z1c there is no Version-Number inside XZDR.prop.

But on my Tablet Z there such line:

dr.xzdr.version=2.8.20

Maybe this wasn't printed there on older Versions.
[Sony Cross-Device General] Pandemic:
Bro [MENTION=4904057][NUT][/MENTION] or [MENTION=4712883]McBane87[/MENTION]

I maked an OTA of my rom MW Provolution for Xperia Z3 with new tweaks but none of them will causing the bootloop but when i or my happy users flash/install the latest XZDR 2.8.20 and update the binaries, they will end in a bootloop, so what causing or howto avoid that bootloop, we need in someway to update the binaries and get no bootloop.

So please some help will appriciate it ^^
[Sony Cross-Device General] bigshowjh:
It happens just after the sony logo. The sony logo comes up, is on for a few seconds Then the screen goes black stays black for a few seconds and then reboots.
[Sony Cross-Device General] McBane87:
Are you able to provide any Logs?

Maybe it's our friend "byeselinux.ko". Did you tried to insmod this module manually (do modulecrc before)?

---------- Post added at 09:48 AM ---------- Previous post was at 09:45 AM ----------

Hmm...We need Logs to find the Problem.

Please look into OP for Paths and then copy the Logs to your external_sd by using TWRP for example.
[Sony Cross-Device General] Pandemic:
No sorry buddy [MENTION=4712883]McBane87[/MENTION] and what you mean with byeselinux.ko and no i didn't tried that, how we can do it ? A small explanation is enough :)

I run noow on 2.8.15 btw and all good.
[Sony Cross-Device General] saulbrother:
i flashed the official nightly cm12.1 kernel for z1 compact, modified by you tool in "http://nut.xperia-files.com/?a=xzdr"

i now have the green light and the phone vibrates when booting, but i cannot enter any recovey

not even with NDRutils or with CM options to reboot into recovery

need help. what am i doing wrong?
[Sony Cross-Device General] [NUT]:
It's actually a bug in the kernel builder, I hope to fix that sometime this week.
[Sony Cross-Device General] saulbrother:
ok. nice to ear that :)

i like that method, because i don't want to use the adb method (dont like to boot a ROM without GAPPS flashed - because CM recovery cannot flash the GAPPS package that i use)

there are that 3rd method (with the flashable ZIP) but when i tried that, a month ago, i got bootloop :( was that a bug too? or was just me?
[Sony Cross-Device General] RyTekk:
So just stay at .15, I'm even using 2.8.3 (only update TWRP to 2.8.7.0) without any issues on Lollipop :D
[Sony Cross-Device General] McBane87:
Byeselinux is a Kernel Moduel which is needed to disable SeLinux on boot (only necessary for Lollipop-ROMs).

If SELinux is not disabled the recoveries will not get loaded. But this Module was also the Problem for the first Z-Series with Lollipop, because they crashed after the Module was loaded, which looks like a bootloop. This was resolved by modifying the Module in Versions bigger than 2.8.15.

So to be sure the Module is not the Problem please try this:

Inside the Recovery (Installer or Flashable) there should be a Binary called "modulecrcpatch".

Also in the Recovery (Installer or Flashable) there should be a Module called "byeselinux.ko"

(Make sure System Partition is writable now)

Copy the binary to your device into "/system/xbin/".

Copy the Module to your device into "/system/lib/modules/".

Then correct the permissions with:

chmod 755 /system/xbin/modulecrcpatch
chmod 644 /system/lib/modules/byeselinux.ko

After that do this:

for module in /system/lib/modules/*.ko; do modulecrcpatch $module /system/lib/modules/byeselinux.ko; done

insmod /system/lib/modules/byeselinux.ko
dmesg | grep byeselinux
[Sony Cross-Device General] Pandemic:
Oke i see [MENTION=4712883]McBane87[/MENTION]

and then flash the XZDR 2.8.20 after replacing the files:

and howto do this ?

After that do this:

for module in /system/lib/modules/*.ko; do modulecrcpatch $module /system/lib/modules/byeselinux.ko; done

insmod /system/lib/modules/byeselinux.ko
dmesg | grep byeselinux

sorry to ask that :P
[Sony Cross-Device General] McBane87:
No, don't flash anything at this point. It's just for testing. Want to see the output of this.

If you are already on older Version of XZDR. Please put the newer byeselinux.ko somewhere else and modify the paths above. Because if you overwrite your working byeselinux.ko in /system/lib/modules and reboot, this can cause bootloop.

EDIT:

Use "adb shell" for the commands above
[Sony Cross-Device General] chalofito:
first of all thank you. for their hard work, I have a question; Does the recovery TWRP 8.7.0 is compatible themes TWRP V2.8.7X version? THANX NUT

:fingers-crossed::highfive:
[Sony Cross-Device General] [NUT]:
XZDualRecovery 2.8.21 Released!

RELEASE Change log:

Version 2.8.21:

[MENTION=4712883]McBane87[/MENTION] reported a bug caused by his busybox, fixed that by skipping the one thing which is most likely to still cause bootloops in the previous version.

Updated the TWRP busy-bar animation images, thanks to [MENTION=2091378]_SIL_[/MENTION] for the images.

Updated the fstab.qcom to restore usb-otg functionality on the ZL as suggested by [MENTION=2091378]_SIL_[/MENTION].

Updated the custom kernel functionality, this version should work fine on CyanogenMod rom's at least, thanks go to [MENTION=4819888]oshmoun[/MENTION] who debugged it until it worked OK :highfive:

This is it folks, apart from the kernel builder version, nothing will change on 2.8 unless

we

see a reason to update it, caused by a ROM update which breaks XZDR 2.8 completely.

Have fun, enjoy, have a nice summer :highfive:
[Sony Cross-Device General] theduke7:
Flashed with TWRP... Everything seems to work just fine.

Thanks :)
[Sony Cross-Device General] PVL_93_RU:
Hello [MENTION=4904057][NUT][/MENTION]

Right now I have an AOSP Custom Rom installed, which, upon flashing, overwrote the Dual Recovery I had prior. It's based on Android 5.1.1. I suppose there's no way to reflash XZDR right now to get TWRP back?
[Sony Cross-Device General] [NUT]:
grab the boot.img from the ROM you're using. Upload it to the kernel builder: http://nut.xperia-files.com/?a=xzdr and repack it. It SHOULD result in a flashable package which replaces your current boot image with a version including all the recoveries currently in XZDR. Flash that in the existing recovery or fastboot flash it. You can find my boot.img inside the zip in tmp/
[Sony Cross-Device General] Jackos:
Do you plan to integrate backuping of other partitions into TWRP? Like for example modem, FOTAKernel etc.?
[Sony Cross-Device General] Alex_rac:
[MENTION=4904057][NUT][/MENTION]

xperia lollipop 5.1.1 is coming soon

what will you do? you will work on v2.9 or you will adapt the v2.8? (obviously i mean if the current version doesnt work on 5.1.1)
[Sony Cross-Device General] Rootk1t:
Kernel Builder is broken again with: "Something went wrong uploading the file, please start over and try again." error.
[Sony Cross-Device General] PVL_93_RU:
Couldn't do this operation. Tried adding a custom firmware version - entered the name, clicked on "add firmware", and nothing happened
[Sony Cross-Device General] [NUT]:
That will be possible, yes (it's possible to do that even now too), though I wonder why?

It all depends on how 5.1.1 breaks 2.8, maybe we will fix it if needed, it also depends on how far 2.9 has come along. Remember how long Sony took to release LP, I don't see 5.1.1 coming really soon.

I wonder why that directory keeps vanishing... :eek: I restored the temporary storage location, uploading and repacking now works ok again.
[Sony Cross-Device General] juanpirulo:
working fine on xperia z1 .270. thanks for the hard work. Looking forward to the next major versión. Take your time and have a nice summer.
[Sony Cross-Device General] Rootk1t:
Already certified (23.4.A.0.546) for Xperia Z2 and Z3 series.
[Sony Cross-Device General] [NUT]:
I'm guessing the firmware name was too short, this should trigger an error and not allow you to continue, but it seems it does... The ROM version needs to be at least 5 chars long.

Thanks, this solved a mystery for me which kept producing kernel packages without a rom version :D
[Sony Cross-Device General] PVL_93_RU:
Well it works now, so I guess you fixed it! Uploaded the kernel, we'll see how it goes....
[Sony Cross-Device General] [NUT]:
How long did it take for the Z2 LP release to come after certifying it? months... and it wasn't even the version which had been certified at first...

But we will wait and see.
[Sony Cross-Device General] Jackos:
It's useful for people that like to mess with other partitions as well ;) also, quite useful for ppl that change between different platforms without PC - for example between LP/KK.

Id be thankful if you'd integrate this by default. If someone doesn't use it - it won't bother at all.
[Sony Cross-Device General] PVL_93_RU:
For Xperia Z2 and Z3 line - the lollipop update started about a month after the certification. But that was from 4.4.4 to 5.0 though. I suppose we should see the Android 5.1.1 update in the following weeks since the official Xperia blog has an announcement that the rollout should start this month
[Sony Cross-Device General] [NUT]:
I now really fixed it, finally fixing that nuisance... hallelujah! Thanks for the report, without it I would never have spotted this.

Well, it's easier then you might think, you can use the project kitchen to patch up a new TWRP ramdisk after changing this file to include the other partitions:

https://github.com/xNUTx/XZDualRecovery/blob/2.8-RELEASE/patches/all/twrp/etc/twrp.fstab

:)
[Sony Cross-Device General] [NUT]:
Like I already said, I'm putting 2.8 to bed, unless there is a really serious reason to fix it.
[Sony Cross-Device General] PVL_93_RU:
So Version 2.9 will work only and only on Android 5.1.x platform? It will not be backwards compatible with previous releases?

By the way - thanks for poiting out the kernel builder, I successfully extracted the boot.img from crDroid ROM, uploaded it to your website, downloaded the XZDR zip, extracted the boot.img from there, flashed it via fastboot and bam - I have a working Dual Recovery on an AOSP 5.1.1 ROM. Hooray!
[Sony Cross-Device General] Jackos:
Thanks for the detailed info. I already know how this works, just would like to have that integrated into the XZDR by default :)
[Sony Cross-Device General] Tennic:
[MENTION=4904057][NUT][/MENTION]

I Use XZDualRecovery from version 2.8.15 on my Xperia Z3C.

With different version, it occurred 3 times (once every 10 days) the same problemthe phone loses the recovery. For no reason, the recovery disappears.

I use the phone with stock rom (5.0.2) + root. I turn off the phone regularly and when I turn on in the next day the recovery is gone (no indication of the multi-color LED power on).

So I have to redo the procedure to install the recovery, by installer.

The last time it happened four days ago with version 2.8.20.

What could be the problem?

Thanks :)
[Sony Cross-Device General] PVL_93_RU:
Have you manually installed Busybox from the Play Store? I know when I had it installed instead of the one bundled with the XZDR I had the recovery disappear on my device as well
[Sony Cross-Device General] [NUT]:
If possible I want to keep backwards compatibility, though I won't promise that.

It is why I created the kernel builder in the first place :)

Well, with 2.9 that will become the choice of the community recovery maintainer, because, as I said, the recoveries will be detached from the core package files.

We plan to do a repackage kitchen though, to make it easier to patch up new releases for the maintainers much like I do it right now.
[Sony Cross-Device General] Tennic:
Yes, I have manually installed busybox from Google Play, but the recovery will not disappear when I installed busybox.

Busybox is there for two months, never updated, and recovery every few days (every 10 days) disappears, and I do not understand why, because its disappearance is not bound by any my operation. :(
[Sony Cross-Device General] BS86:
4.4 to 5.0 was quite a huge step - and Sony even fixed the memory leak bug in their 5.0

5.0 to 5.1 is not such a big step, therefore I guess it will not take as long as 5.0 did ;) First announcements said 5.1 OTA will come in July, still some days to come
[Sony Cross-Device General] Farsiris:
If i install the dualrecovery for lockedbootloader do i need to flash ftf after that? Will i lose my stock firmware after installing the dualrecovery? And will i lose those features of Sony like xreality, will i be able to install ota updates? Please help
[Sony Cross-Device General] Rootk1t:
no.
[Sony Cross-Device General] Farsiris:
Will i be able to do nandroid backup? Cuz im planning to flash xposed framework, im afraid to get stuck in bootloop.
[Sony Cross-Device General] McBane87:
No. To be more explicite: If you flash FTF after installing XZDR, you will loose XZDR and any other modifications made to your System again.

No, it's just an Addition to your System.

If you not unlocked your bootloader, which isn't necessary for XZDR, then all of the Sony features should still work after installing XZDR.

(OTA-Updates = System-Updates via WLAN)

Well XZDR will not prevent the System from updating but Root-Permission maybe will do that.

But installing OTA-Updates

can

remove your modification to System the same way as FTF does.
[Sony Cross-Device General] Rootk1t:
I can't agree with you here, because with root there is a great chance that OTA will be installed, but with root+recovery installed, OTA fails very often. It reboots device to install it, fails somewhere in the middle of the process and reboots to system again.

Also by flashing .ftf or using pc-companion we overwrite /system/ completely, that's why all modifications are gone, but with OTA only selective patching of files is done, so some mods may of course be removed, but more often it just won't install.
[Sony Cross-Device General] Farsiris:
Thank you for the answers! Well, i will need to.wait for the Ota 5.1 release of sony this month before i flash recovery, just to be sure. Hehe

Thank you all
[Sony Cross-Device General] McBane87:
Possibly you are right here. I have to admit I usally don't do any OTA updates, because chances that root is gone after is very high.

Thats why I underlined the "can". It can remove modification but maybe it will not. Depends on the OTA Update.

And if the OTA is big. Chance is high that Sony decided to wipe system partition completly and write new system partition after that.
[Sony Cross-Device General] HamidZaeri:
Is there a way to have a recovery without access to android system (bootloop)?
[Sony Cross-Device General] Guihardrock:
You can overwrite the chargemon executable in /system/bin/ from this MOD with your backup... But where is the Back up? And how to do it well?

Edit: i saw it now i didnt see the chargemon.stock ahahah
[Sony Cross-Device General] LaurynasVP:
What do you mean by saying access system without bootloop? You face bootloop if your system is messed-up somehow, if it isn't - then you won't face any bootloop.
[Sony Cross-Device General] HamidZaeri:
without access to system = bootloop

Yes, messed-up.

Any way to have a custom recovery?
[Sony Cross-Device General] Pandemic:
Bad idea to install busy box from the playstore, the OP is clear enough that people dont need todo that to avoid problems ;)
[Sony Cross-Device General] Tennic:
Okay, but I do not understand why the recovery is installed, busybox is installed, it works fine for 10 days, and the recovery suddenly disappears without anyone having touched her, or no one has touched busybox :D
[Sony Cross-Device General] v7:
Maybe some other apps updated the busybox without your knowledge?

There are apps that need busybox to work.

Tapped from my furious dogo ;)
[Sony Cross-Device General] Tennic:
The only app that needs busybox is trickster mod, but I do not ever use (it is alway killed by greenify free)... And trickstermod don't update busybox :)

I can try to uninstall busybox, I don't use app that need busybox :)
[Sony Cross-Device General] v7:
Do you see any led blinking at the Sony logo?

Tapped from my furious dogo ;)
[Sony Cross-Device General] Tennic:
I realize I have lost recovery when at restart the LED does not blink and phone does not vibrate.

And also, it becomes impossible to charge the phone when it is turned off, when I connet it to charge, it power on immediately.

These symptoms tell me that the recovery is gone :)
[Sony Cross-Device General] v7:
Tried reinstalling using Installer?

Tapped from my furious dogo ;)
[Sony Cross-Device General] Tennic:
Yes, when recovery gone, I reinstal using installer :)

Yesterday I installed v2.8.21 :)
[Sony Cross-Device General] nscxp2005:
Hi all,

I would like to change the splash screen of TWRP of the Recovery but don't know how to due to it having a triple recovery.

I hope somebody can help.

Thanks
[Sony Cross-Device General] jianwei87:
Possible flash CM ROM with locked bootloader?
[Sony Cross-Device General] Bartekreaper:
No [emoji23] [emoji13] How you want to do this. Its possible but Then soft brick :v

Wysłane z mojej Z1 compact przy użyciu Tapatalk
[Sony Cross-Device General] HamidZaeri:
any way to have a recovery without access to android system (=bootloop)?

and do not wipe my data
[Sony Cross-Device General] theduke7:
you can, read THIS THREAD

---------- Post added at 12:07 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:06 PM ----------

No, recovery will be flashed to android system,(at least on XZ) , but current version has no Bootloop issue, so don't worry.
[Sony Cross-Device General] Cr33D OrB:
Haha hey duke ;)
[Sony Cross-Device General] nscxp2005:
theduke7,

Where do I get the twrp recovery from for the z3 to apply the splash screen to?
[Sony Cross-Device General] juanpirulo:
Get me by pm the splah screen you want (curtain.jpg) and i will make the changes for you. Cheers
[Sony Cross-Device General] Hamidreza2010:
[MENTION=4904057][NUT][/MENTION] dear where can i find flashble DualRecovery for sony xperia m2 aqua ( d2403 )?

thanks
[Sony Cross-Device General] Bartekreaper:
They arent dualrecovery for M2 :/ Maybe soon when 2.9 come ;) ? Like [MENTION=4904057][NUT][/MENTION] wrote there>>>
[Sony Cross-Device General] Hamidreza2010:
Ok thanks

[MENTION=4904057][NUT][/MENTION] please support Sony xperia m2 aqua in next version

ThANKS
[Sony Cross-Device General] rob420p:
I have a Sony z1s and a broken PC I have root access and am wondering if I download xdr to my phones can I just install or flash without a PC on my locked boot.