yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Sony Cross-Device General] [NUT]:
:eek:

Hmm... Then i'm afraid it will not work at all... Updates to NDRutils have been seized as well...
[Sony Cross-Device General] palaboy:
ok thanks boss :)
[Sony Cross-Device General] testman86:
even after 4hours of google and searching I was not able to get an answer. Why not using the introduced Recovery Partition 3 months ago? http://developer.sonymobile.com/201...for-a-range-of-unlocked-xperia-devices-video/ why still struggeling with flashing recovery again and again after flashing ROM?

I want to use latest CM and somehow, since a few days, a seperate recovery image is available http://download.cyanogenmod.org/?device=amami sry for posting here, but all threads lead to your recovery and that the image should be flashed even if the bootloader is unlocked even you are warning on your homepage that this might cause problems.

So in the end, I am totally confused, there is no "clean" installation method, even the CM wiki tells me to flash boot.im with recovery included while sony annoueced seperate recovery partition 3 months ago, and I am not able to find a recovery.im do flash... Is it not working well or why still the old way is used?

I want to go to latest Stock, then unlock bootloader (without saving TA-partition), and then I wanted to use the seperate recovery partiiton I am used to work with on my other Android devices.

So please any hint or thrad or anything which might help me :) I am really lost, but this recovery seems to be the most used one, so I am asking here.
[Sony Cross-Device General] ondrejvaroscak:
You shoul really get it off this thread. But by my understanding you shoul unlock your device and THEN flash generic stock firmware using Sony (not Androxyde) Flashtool and then flash the Opendevices recovery (read Sony development Web). Then you will be able to flash custom recovery and custom firmware like CM.
[Sony Cross-Device General] Android4Lyfeee:
Will the .bat files work on Mac? Reply asap
[Sony Cross-Device General] M1P:
No.

Sent from my D5803
[Sony Cross-Device General] Android4Lyfeee:
OK. I'll just use my Windows Laptop, then..
[Sony Cross-Device General] [NUT]:
The bat file won't, but the. Sh file will, as long as you execute it in a terminal on Mac OS.
[Sony Cross-Device General] Android4Lyfeee:
OK. Thanks!
[Sony Cross-Device General] [NUT]:
First of all, I'd flash the kernel version (which I did for myself) so I can wipe the rom and still have recovery.

Second:

The recovery partition is only for unlocked devices. It (especially on older devices) requires an extra step to aquire, like ondrej already said, using the sony flash tool to flash the latest Sony stock rom, which will then replace the fota partition with the opendevices recovery.

This is valid and accurate for SOME unlocked bootloader devices only.

There is a multitude of recovery solutions being developed in the past and I am trying to keep it simple when it comes down to xzdr. For 2.8 I am avoiding the recovery partition altogether. In 2.9 I will try to make some kind of good use of it.

Just to name a few recovery systems on sony devices:

- system integrated recovery (like xzdr)

- Custom kernel (with integrated recovery, like the xzdr kernel);

- Custom kernel with Fota kernel partition recovery (requires a patched init process to trigger it);

- custom kernel and true recovery partition (which requires a bootloader update!)

I have to keep my work as simple as possible to slim down the chance of creating bugs. So i stuck with the 2 versions I already have.

But the xzdr package choice is simple, really:

The locked bootloader packages are system integrated, meant for LOCKED BOOTLOADER devices, using the sony STOCK FIRMWARE. Cm, omni and aosp are unsupported in that package. If you can use it, it's pure luck. If it doesn't, no support and a 'gentle' push towards the kernel version...

If you want xzdr on an UNLOCKED BOOTLOADER, you should be using the KERNEL VERSION and that can be done for any kind of rom: stock, cm, aosp, omni, you name it, the kernel version will work it's magic for you.
[Sony Cross-Device General] Android4Lyfeee:
Could I still install this Dual Recovery without root? And if it can, does it affect OTA in any way?
[Sony Cross-Device General] [NUT]:
You can only install xzdr on an unrooted kitkat which can be rooted by EasyRoot.

Xzdr will interfere with the OTA updates, as it changes some key files which cause the update to fail most of the times.
[Sony Cross-Device General] Android4Lyfeee:
Okay.. But can I receive them from Bridge for Mac? (which is the Mac version of Sony's PC Companion) and will this work on 5.0.2 Lollipop?
[Sony Cross-Device General] [NUT]:
You can, but that will cause you to lose recovery and root again.

Best option is to use prfcreator to create update packages to flash using recovery.
[Sony Cross-Device General] Android4Lyfeee:
So it DOES work on Lollipop? Oh, and sorry for all the questions, I just don't wanna brick this phone and stuff [emoji28]. So I have to root in order to install this Dual Recovery in Lollipop??
[Sony Cross-Device General] [NUT]:
It works on all rom versions sony released to date.

If option 3 fails, you need to obtain root before you can install it, yes.
[Sony Cross-Device General] Android4Lyfeee:
Thanks! I'll definitely try this out
[Sony Cross-Device General] [NUT]:
Yes, unzip the entire file in to a folder, then execute the install.sh.
[Sony Cross-Device General] Android4Lyfeee:
I did it, but it still shows the error message. No file or directory found :(( any help??
[Sony Cross-Device General] [NUT]:
:confused:

Then we will need another Mac OS user to confirm it's not working anymore...

Sorry :(
[Sony Cross-Device General] Android4Lyfeee:
It's okay. Thanks for trying to help me anyway ?
[Sony Cross-Device General] amodeos:
material design

Hi...first I want to thank you for this, it just awesome ?

Next..I saw a material twrp design out there, can you do that please in your next update. Thanks again
[Sony Cross-Device General] [NUT]:
You can put the theme zip in the TWRP folder, inside a folder named 'theme', TWRP should apply that with the next boot to twrp.
[Sony Cross-Device General] Android4Lyfeee:
I found my Windows Laptop and downloaded the Zr locked bootloader dual recovery installer, and I have dual recovery now! amazing work, man. [emoji1]
[Sony Cross-Device General] [NUT]:
Nice :)

It's too bad my installer patch fixed that failed message for linux, but it clearly didn't for MacOS ... but thank you for confirming it still works :)
[Sony Cross-Device General] :
No problem! :highfive:
[Sony Cross-Device General] WhySoSeriousJoKer:
I don't get it to work with my Z Ultra on Lollipop

I don't get it to work with my Z Ultra on Lollipop :( my rom is rooted with SuperSU.

Here my log:
[Sony Cross-Device General] gegu2:
It seems that installation script couldn't find files which should be transfered to your mobile. Make sure that you have unpacked whole xzdr installation package and you are trying to run installation script from unpacked installation package folder (which contains installation script and the rest of xzdr files).
[Sony Cross-Device General] kee86:
Will this recovery work on e4
[Sony Cross-Device General] Farsiris:
no
[Sony Cross-Device General] WhySoSeriousJoKer:
Launch the install.bat file without administrator was the trick and it works great now :)
[Sony Cross-Device General] Android4Lyfeee:
I tried this on another Xperia phone. It just showed nothing but it was just searching for my phone when I got the phone connected to the laptop. Any fix?
[Sony Cross-Device General] [NUT]:
Well, you leave out some crucial info on that request for help:

What type of Xperia? Is it rooted? are the developer options enabled and did you set USB Debugging ON?
[Sony Cross-Device General] Android4Lyfeee:
It's my Xperia ZR C5502. I use it to text and stuff. And USB Debugging is On.
[Sony Cross-Device General] drumcodex:
why cant i install this.. no changes at all after installing or flash.. still only twrp
[Sony Cross-Device General] chris.82:
I've a Xperia Z1 rooted with Kingroot... Can I have the Dual recovery with this root system? Which option (1,2,3 or 4) should i choose into the "installer" with Windows?

Thank you very very much

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[Sony Cross-Device General] rob420p:
No u have to change kimgroot to super su ku dosn't give u the.permissions u need
[Sony Cross-Device General] gitzz:
I rooted with Kingroot 4.1 on ZR!! And tried installing recovery and Kingroot did gave the option to install it and it got installed. Although after that I flashed a pre-rooted zip with supersu and xposed!!

Sent from XDA not so Premium App

Gitzz's Xperia™ ZR [Stock 5.0.2, SuperSu, Xposed, XZDR, LB]
[Sony Cross-Device General] chris.82:
How can i change Kingroot into superSu? I have to unroot and doing a new root?

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[Sony Cross-Device General] Android4Lyfeee:
Search in YouTube. I've seen a video for that in YouTube. It's called like... How to change from Kinguser to SuperSU or something like that :)
[Sony Cross-Device General] chris.82:
Ok. But when the installer ask you the number of the operation (1,2,3 or 4) what you had selected?

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[Sony Cross-Device General] gitzz:
I selected Super Su option I guess it was 1

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Gitzz's Xperia™ ZR [Stock 5.0.2, SuperSu, Xposed, XZDR, LB]
[Sony Cross-Device General] [NUT]:
You are leaving out quite a lot of information I need to help you...

Use your brain and you will know what I want to know... if not, put yourself in MY position and imagine me asking you the same question...
[Sony Cross-Device General] jing000l:
i have a problem with 21 version on ZR,after flash i cant access to internal memory (internal SD)

can some body do a favor and upload 20 version flashable for ZR asap,cause i cant find it on nut webpage,tnx
[Sony Cross-Device General] [NUT]:
From rom or recovery? What recovery are you using? Do they all not allow you access to the internal memory?
[Sony Cross-Device General] chris.82:
I made the change from Kingroot to SuperSU and seems all right.

Now I tried to install the DualRecovery, but I have a problem: when I select “1” for the rooted ROM with SuperSU the program asks me to connect the phone. Basically it is as if he detects USB debugging. Why? *The problem there is before the charging from KR to SU too.

I tried to do the procedure suggested by [MENTION=4904057][NUT][/MENTION] : **“If you have USB debugging turned on, and your mobile disconnected from your PC, just make sure you 'revoke all authorizations for USB debugging' in the developer options menu. Then reboot your phone and before doing anything else, make sure you're looking at the home screen on your device, then hook up your USB cable. Your mobile should then ask if the connected PC is authorized or not. Once answered you can start the installer.” *...but it don’t work….

What can i do?! *Thank You!

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[Sony Cross-Device General] jing000l:
Sir,i was on a 2.8.20 working dual recovery,on 5.0.2 lp,stock

Update to 2.8.21 and in recovery i can access to sdcard 0 but when boot to android,just can see sd card1,and my internal memory sdcard0 looks empty,but it take some value of my 4 gig internal(like befor,about 2 gig is filled)

Just want previous version to downgrade (2.8.20) but cant find,please pm me a link

I'm out of city and haven't that file on my phon,also need it now

Thank you
[Sony Cross-Device General] gitzz:
I m selling my Xperia Zr and I want to make it all stock without XZDR and SuperSu. So Can I flash ftf via Flashtool? Or do I have to follow something different?

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Gitzz's Xperia™ ZR [Stock 5.0.2, SuperSu, Xposed, XZDR, LB]
[Sony Cross-Device General] Android4Lyfeee:
Open the PC Companion and repair xperia device. It will remove root and turn everything stock.
[Sony Cross-Device General] cezer kiran:
Hi nut will it work on xperia c3 dual running on lollipop 5.0.2?? I have rooted my phone with king root but i dont have recovery yet
[Sony Cross-Device General] Android4Lyfeee:
No. Check the compatibility list. Sorry!
[Sony Cross-Device General] [NUT]:
If you see an ERROR in the installer output, you should never consider it a success. Anyway, towelroot clearly does not work on that ROM version.
[Sony Cross-Device General] [NUT]:
Can you use adb shell on that device while booted to the ROM at all?
[Sony Cross-Device General] Android4Lyfeee:
Yeah. Well, the solution was root.
[Sony Cross-Device General] heywheelie:
I am currently using a pre-rooted 5.1.1 firmware on my Sony Z3 with the latest xzdualRecovery 2.8.21. My problem is that I want to downgrade back to kitkat but can't find a suitable stock firmware to make my own pre-rooted firmware but have found one in the forums however that package has an old version of xzdualrecovery (2.8.1).

Will I be able to do a complete wipe then flash the kitkat firmware with old xzdualrecovery and then flash the latest 2.8.21 xzdualrecovery straight over it?

Will that be safe to do? Is there anything else I should do or any problems I might encounter?

cheers
[Sony Cross-Device General] [NUT]:
That shouldn't be any problem.
[Sony Cross-Device General] chris.82:
Oh god.... I don't know... How can I verify it?

Thank you very much Nut for your assistance!

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[Sony Cross-Device General] [NUT]:
Make sure you have USB debugging enabled and connect the device to the PC using USB. Then use the flashtool driver kit to install the appropriate ADB driver.

Then download and install adb: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2588979

Open a CMD window and then type adb shell

If you can enter the ADB shell, there should be no issue with the installer, if you can't, try to make adb shell work first before you try the installer again.
[Sony Cross-Device General] chris.82:
Incredibile.... YOU ARE GOD! all working fine!

Dual recovery is on my phone now! ?

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[Sony Cross-Device General] Farsiris:
That "GOD" is so inappropriate !
[Sony Cross-Device General] [NUT]:
Let's not go there, shall we?

If someone is shouting his or her gratitude in an abundance of enthusiasm, they will use the words which spring to mind.

That should be enough to say about that, let's not make this a religious discussion.
[Sony Cross-Device General] Farsiris:
I m not against this person who commented or You NUT ,But using "GOD" that purtains to almighty or savior is inappropriate .You should ve known the meaning of all Capital "GOD" and "god" .

He shoud ve used "god" not GOD .
[Sony Cross-Device General] kt-Froggy:
<offtopic>

Am I the only one thinking it's just a simple typo, and it was supposed to be "good"? :)

</offtopic>
[Sony Cross-Device General] Farsiris:
No . its not typo error ,look at his sentence " YOU ARE GOD " .
[Sony Cross-Device General] [NUT]:
Or he has no masters degree in English and meant to say "you are A god" ... which I think he meant.

Either way, lets stop this discussion here please.
[Sony Cross-Device General] chris.82:
(OT) ? I'm sorry if my compliment to NUT has offended anyone. My English isn't soo good but i just wanted to intended the word that i wrote. Obviously not with a religious significance or for offended someone, but as the greatest expression of a compliment.

Don't worry... I want to respect all the people!

A great hug to everyone! (end OT)

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[Sony Cross-Device General] Syndikats:
Do you expect to recovery Sony Z3 + (Z4), what can be done that would assist this ?
[Sony Cross-Device General] [NUT]:
With 2.9, yes.
[Sony Cross-Device General] Syndikats:
Excuse me , but where it is expected to yield ? And sorry for the English, I'm from Russia and translate through google translate
[Sony Cross-Device General] [NUT]:
No ETA, but it will be as soon as possible.
[Sony Cross-Device General] Kfdjrk:
I really think he meant "YOU ARE GOOD" he just missed a letter.

Or maybe he really think that Nut is God.

Ether way, WAAAY of topic... Ops, I missed a letter. WAAAAY.

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[Sony Cross-Device General] [NUT]:
*sigh*

:p
[Sony Cross-Device General] makes2068@gmail.com:
Where to place the ui.zip-file for theming the twrp part?

Is this possible?

Looks like as that the files are in the *.tar-file included... So theming not possible ;-(
[Sony Cross-Device General] Bartekreaper:
http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=56224204&postcount=2

How to...

...install the theme:

The theme zips are not flashable. First installation has to be done manually:

1 Download the theme of your choice and rename it to "ui.zip".

2 On SD card (if device has internal and external storage, use the internal) open TWRP folder and create a folder called "theme", without capital letters.

3 Copy ui.zip to theme folder.

4 Restart to recovery.
[Sony Cross-Device General] makes2068@gmail.com:
Read this, but its not working!

Dualrecovery work in another way ;-(

TWRP folder only on sd-card. Createtd theme-folder there and placed the ui.zip-file.

Nothing happened after booting recovery. Ui-Theme.xml is placed in the xzrecovery.tar-file.
[Sony Cross-Device General] [NUT]:
It is actually working, but for some reason TWRP 2.8.7.0 seems to prefer the theme to be inside the TWRP folder on sdcard0.

Create /sdcard/TWRP/theme and put the iu.zip inside that folder.
[Sony Cross-Device General] makes2068@gmail.com:
It isn´t that easy.

Tested this, too = not working!

Strange: Not possible to create a folder named TWRP on internal storage. Any other name o.k., but not this!!?? Roor rights available... Hmmm
[Sony Cross-Device General] Bartekreaper:
Must work, for me on fota TWRP 2.8.7.0 work :P Im not trying dualrecovery 2.8.21 yet so i dont know if themes work but i think they MUST WORK :V
[Sony Cross-Device General] [NUT]:
That is most likely because that folder already exists but is 'hidden'. Use a root explorer to check, or check using adb shell and do "cd /sdcard/"", "su" and then "ls TWRP". (of course not including quotes!)

It could also be that TWRP is getting confused over some older but still existing storage locations if you kept updating to newer versions of the firmware without a factory reset (physical folder locations differ between JB, KK and LP).

If you want to cure that situation (if it applies to you), this is what you need to do:

Create a backup with TWRP, then copy the contents from internal storage to the external sdcard or to your PC/Mac and do a factory reset on the device. Recovery and root are stored in system, so that will remain after the reset.
[Sony Cross-Device General] [NUT]:
It's working fine, I tried it myself and because of that discovered the preference the XZDR TWRP has for the internal storage when it comes down to themes...
[Sony Cross-Device General] makes2068@gmail.com:
Factory reset is never a solution! Took hours to re-configure my phone, sorry.

Installed on a new Z3 Lollipop 5.1.1. device. No updates since then or other things!

No hidden folder but a weired twrp file with no attributes. Not possible to delete anyway. Only visible on the device itself, not with Windows. Very strange.

Not possible to open the file with text editor: cp can´t stat permissions denied.
[Sony Cross-Device General] Bartekreaper:
Factory reset /wipe is ALWAYS solution [emoji14] just do backup in Titanium backup and go :D And not took hour's, for me 100 apps to restore and 1 hour Max.

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[Sony Cross-Device General] [NUT]:
Then try to remove it using the file manager in twrp itself.
[Sony Cross-Device General] makes2068@gmail.com:
Only for theming TWRP? No thanks ;)

---------- Post added at 12:32 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:26 PM ----------

Will try this, thank you.

Not working. Every boot in recovery (or on startup...) will create that strange folder with a .twrp-file in it.

Got it: created folder twrp/theme with file in and booted... waiting for result...

Not working. ui.zip in dualrecovery seems to be in a hidden folder called: twres

But what to if i want to change the settings there?

EDIT: forgot to rename ;-( waiting for boot... NOT WORKING. Solution should be the twres-folder... This folder is not visible, only with file explorer in recovery!

Giving up. Not that easy as i expected... Or as on single recovery. Thanx a lot.
[Sony Cross-Device General] [NUT]:
Can you attach the latest TWRP recovery.log? I want to see what it says...
[Sony Cross-Device General] makes2068@gmail.com:
sure, but where to find?

Only got twrp folder on sd-card with the backup in it. nowhere else any twrp-folder...
[Sony Cross-Device General] McBane87:
Should be here:

/cache/recovery/last_log
[Sony Cross-Device General] makes2068@gmail.com:
Can´t attache file... Also not possible via PN

I´am at work and so i can not reach any Online-Cloud-Services to place the file...
[Sony Cross-Device General] McBane87:
Try to rename it to "last_log.txt" and then upload
[Sony Cross-Device General] makes2068@gmail.com:
I think the problem is the part, not possible to create a TWRP/them-Folder because of the system restrictions...
[Sony Cross-Device General] cezer kiran:
I assure that the lattest t2u installer works fine with xperia c3 dual d2502 till now no issues with the recovery so c3 dual friends can it without any hesitation thank u so much nut
[Sony Cross-Device General] [NUT]:
It's loading the zip just fine, are you sure you have a modified theme zip which is meant for the Z3 device resolution, TWRP 2.8.7.0 compatible AND is actually different from the original theme?
[Sony Cross-Device General] makes2068:
Hip hip hooray Working!!

Solution? Zip-File corrupt, loaded another file (same resolution) an finally it works.

Sorry for all...
[Sony Cross-Device General] [NUT]:
Heh, sometimes it's really that simple. Thanks for the heads-up on that :)
[Sony Cross-Device General] Farsiris:
If I install this to my Z1 ,after installation will I get Boot loop ?And will I be able to get OTA updates and install it ?
[Sony Cross-Device General] Yenkazu:
No
[Sony Cross-Device General] Rebel2k:
You will be able to install updates with PC Companion though, if I'm not wrong... (please correct me if that's the case!)
[Sony Cross-Device General] Farsiris:
Can anyone confirm this one ?
[Sony Cross-Device General] [NUT]:
No, pc companion will wipe the system partition and with that will remove root and XZDR.

OTA will sometimes work, but I wouldn't count on it.

Use Flashtool+XperiFirm+PRFCreator to create rooted update packages.
[Sony Cross-Device General] Farsiris:
THANK YOU!
[Sony Cross-Device General] trimalchio1:
It looks like there is an issue with the 'kernel builder' tool. Ive tried multiple times uploading boot.img for CM-12.1-20150906-NIGHTLY-Z3C and I get "Something went wrong uploading the file, please start over and try again."
[Sony Cross-Device General] [NUT]:
Thanks, will check it soon and will let you know when it's fixed.
[Sony Cross-Device General] Sebi673:
TWRP won't mount system partition on the 5.1 update for xperia Z. Still I remembered having the same issue when 5.0 appeared and [MENTION=4712883]McBane87[/MENTION] worked out a nice workaround to mount twrp system partition.

You'll have to go in recovery (TWRP) and pop these lines into the Terminal Emulator. (below) System Partition should be mounted (and working).

mount -o ro /system

mount -o rw,remount /system

umount /system

mount /system
[Sony Cross-Device General] ibis69:
+1, Same issue on my Tablet Z with 5.1.1, mount -rw /system in terminal as workaround
[Sony Cross-Device General] McBane87:
But remember that this was causing other problems with corrupted system partition if you installed a hole image. Better find out why system partition isn't able to mount rw.