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[Sony Cross-Device General] NoXion1:
Hi NUT,

First thanks for all your hard work and time, it is much appreciated.

Hopefully you or anyone knowledgeable can help me out of this pickle.

First things first - I screwed up. I installed the Stephen (Stericson) busybox from the Play Store due to an app (I think TB) asking for an "updated" ver. I have now lost ability to access recovery and Lollipop cannot mount sdcard1 in settings - storage, nor can I move any app to sd.

*I can access my sdcard1 via any app (Poweramp, TB, ES File Explorer), but Lollipop is oblivious to it's existence. :(

I cannot access recovery via NDR Utils nor by pressing vol up/down on boot and I get a long(ish) red led burn before Lollipop starts up.

If you or anyone could help with this, I'd be immensely relieved. :good:
[Sony Cross-Device General] [NUT]:
I can say the problems you encountered are caused by the bug found by [MENTION=4688377]russel5[/MENTION], the next release should take care of that. Apologies for the inconvenience, glad to see you got it fixed :good:
[Sony Cross-Device General] [NUT]:
I can only hope you are able to recover from this situation by using the installer version to reinstall XZDR. If not... well, the long way down and up again is your only fix...
[Sony Cross-Device General] [NUT]:
[MENTION=5970477]pvnsai73[/MENTION], [MENTION=6389135]Renmazuo[/MENTION]

I have found what the cause of your problem is, fixing this will mean waiting a bit for [MENTION=3975929]zxz0O0[/MENTION] to have some time to patch his byeselinux kernel module.

Please keep an eye on this topic for his requests to test or help once he does.

Thanks for all the info and testing, without it I would never have found the cause :highfive:
[Sony Cross-Device General] [NUT]:
Heh, maybe it's better to include how you fixed it to help those people who run in to the same issues... how did you fix it?
[Sony Cross-Device General] Pandemic:
By flashing zip by zip with stock Xperia Home and settings etc, i had it on my phone.
[Sony Cross-Device General] pvnsai73:
Thanx and hoping the recovery bug will be fixed soon ? waitn frm a week

And Thanx Bro fr working [MENTION=4904057][NUT][/MENTION]
[Sony Cross-Device General] NoXion1:
Play Store Busybox install resulting in lost access to recovery resolved!

I downloaded the install version of recovery, extracted the zip, put my phone into USB Debug mode, plugged into PC, ran install.bat and followed the instructions and all went off without a hitch. I now have recovery and external sd card access again. Thanks :)
[Sony Cross-Device General] [NUT]:
Well, just did some work on it, the kernel builder can now repack the CM12.1 kernel you provided. I'm unsure if the device will boot with the repacked kernel, so give it a shot and let me know :)
[Sony Cross-Device General] devilmaycry2020:
hi all

I'm on JB 4.3 rooted with XZDualRecovery 2.8.14 installed but i can't choose primary recovery, error

It says that "Unable to read XZDR.prop".

Please help. thank you
[Sony Cross-Device General] :
Could that change situation with recovery? New bootloader from Sony announced
[Sony Cross-Device General] ondrejvaroscak:
wow. I am wondering if it's not 1st of April ?
[Sony Cross-Device General] norti:
It could :) (And I also thought it was April 1st :D)
[Sony Cross-Device General] spider623:
Finally
[Sony Cross-Device General] gitzz:
Does this new bootloader thing means, Sony phone will now have recovery pre-installed?? Can someone explain in easy language plz!!

Sent from XDA not so Premium App

Gitzz's Xperia™ ZR [Stock 4.4.4, Rooted, Odexed, Xposed, LB]
[Sony Cross-Device General] Traxx67:
Hello,

i have flash the new recovery, but now i have 2 recovery, the 2.5 and the 2.6.

The 2.5 is coming when i press volume button and the led is purple, and the 2.6 is coming when the led is green...

Why????

Thank you
[Sony Cross-Device General] [NUT]:
That's because you run DooMKernel? Is this your first Xperia phone?

See the quote in http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=43739956
[Sony Cross-Device General] Hen Ry:
I have edited the DoomKernel v9, may I offer it here upload
[Sony Cross-Device General] [NUT]:
Please do that through PM as DooMLoRD does not like it when people mirror his work... even though you might not release it to the public in a thread, I'd just not piss him off :p
[Sony Cross-Device General] :
Anyone have a problem entering CWM?

I have green light than vol-up makes it purple then a few sec it has no led notification at all,and my phone stuck on black screen.... have to reboot power + vol up for 10 sec....

TWRP works fine. I have locked BL and have no intention to unlock it....

Thanks
[Sony Cross-Device General] guhvanoh:
Yes, but only on my tablet. My fone is fine.

FYI, TWRP is still in landscape mode for tablets and not fixed yet.
[Sony Cross-Device General] :
It did not make any logs at all so no way to find why.
[Sony Cross-Device General] [NUT]:
Hmm, you mean CWM or even XZDualRecovery didn't?

I can boot to CWM no problem though, and so can most people who i asked to check... Maybe you can try to reinstall it, maybe your cwm ramdisk got corrupted...
[Sony Cross-Device General] [NUT]:
Thats correct, i never updated the TabZ thread because of that. There really is no worthy change there. I'm working on a solution to that by having a multi device package to keep the installation equal and simple and have XZDualRecovery make the choices what to use.

It's a feature destined to get introduced in version 3 of XZDualRecovery.
[Sony Cross-Device General] SiRIus[X]:
thx for the info [NUT]
[Sony Cross-Device General] mervluk:
Stupid newbie here.

All dandy on original (rooted but locked bootloader) stock 350. Foolishly after needing to reflash to stock 423 (rooted again but still with locked bootloader) after a defective install, I decided to have a go again at reinstall. All OK until mkdir fails for sd card1 (external card). Phone starts rebooting as indicated by the install log but is now dead - for over 1 hour. Can't access the logs. There does seem to be something wrong with the SD card as the PC too says "read only" despite the phone being able to write to it, well sometimes at least. SuperSU installed, and right .bat used, permission granted, and USB debugging on.

Is my only recourse now another SUS reflash, and start over?

Update: disconnect, hard switch off holding start/volume keys, starts reboot then tried entering CWM by holding volume up key, purple light then again . . . nothing. So I guess its a defective install . . .

Update 2: managed a normal reboot. Only logs are - nothing in cache -

/tmp/XZDualRecovery: stops at starting stage 2

/storage/sdcard1/XZDualRecovery load of gibberish with load of white question marks inside black triangles.That has a date of 31.12.79, but another file log.old is legible with today's date/install time and finishes with:

Executing recover init, have fun!

Tried creating the donotrun file but root explorer just crashes. A dodgy SD card?

If I'm minded to have another go (which I'm not yet, twice bitten) presumably I should remove the external card first???? Will that work and solve the problem if it'll write to internal memory instead?
[Sony Cross-Device General] [NUT]:
[MENTION=5097918]mervluk[/MENTION]

Maybe it's better to make a backup of your sdcard1 content and then reformatting it using your pc. It sounds to me it might have some corruption...
[Sony Cross-Device General] mervluk:
Think it's defective then, as already re-formatted. Looks as though I can move songs/pictures to it OK, but for anything else trying to write to it - it's hopeless. But would removing it before trying to install solve it - would XZDualRecovery then write/work off the internal SD? It'd be lost on an upgrade presumably, but that's the lesser problem.
[Sony Cross-Device General] [NUT]:
Actually, it tries to use your sdcard every boot, so that would only help if you remove it every single time...

What filesystem are you using on the sdcard?
[Sony Cross-Device General] mervluk:
FAT32, rather than ex-FAT32 according to the PC. The PC can't do anything with the card, saying it's write protected.

So after re-installing, presumably, without the SD card; I'd just need to remove the SD card before each reboot, and re-insert it afterwards? Each time, or only when I want to boot into recovery - as after a delay it seems to reboot normally at the moment? (Only problem may be when the phone occasionally reboots of its own accord).

I'll replace the SD card eventually with a better quality version (obviously), but not yet due to financial constraints.
[Sony Cross-Device General] YudiA1:
Work good here :)

Thank you so much for geat job 「NUT」 :thumbup:
[Sony Cross-Device General] [NUT]:
The best option you have is to create a backup of the sdcard and reformat it using the phone. My guess is that it does hold a partial exfat and it might be confusing your pc and XZDualRecovery, as it probably mounts it as exfat loading the modules as it does the preparation before starting the stage 2 file.
[Sony Cross-Device General] godjak:
Xperia Z is not booting in CWM!?

Hi everybody,

i've just installed the DualRecovery on my Xperia Z (locked,unbranded,.253 4.1.2,rooted with DoomLoard ERT),i followed the instructions for installation,Debbugging is ON i have installed SuperSU ,so i chosed supersu.bat for installation.Everything works just fine until the reboot.By the guide it seems that after the reboot the phone must enter automaticaly in CWM recovery,than i must reboot to system so the installation can complete.

But after the reboot the XZ stays with turned on black/blank screen and is not doing anything,the CMD stays on the line waiting the phone to reconnect to finish the process.I wait and i wait and after a while still connected i rebooted the phone.It booted normaly,everything seems to be ok ,and the CMD process said that installation is completed successfully.I tried several times to enter the CWM mode but i'm always getting this blank screen,but in fact i can enter in TWRP and i execute reboot to system from within.

So my question is ,what did i do wrong or how should i proceed from now to get this dual recovery working as it should.

Please give me some advices or guidelines.

10x in advance

Regards

godjak
[Sony Cross-Device General] ulakala:
non enter recovery mode

sorry for my bad English ....

I can not get into recovery mode

I have stock fw 4.2.2

use SUPERSU

when I turn on xperia z does not turn on the green LED (only RED LED) does not go into recovery mode.

the first time it worked fine then nothing

What can I do?
[Sony Cross-Device General] YudiA1:
I ever got that before. Check your busybox. My problem solved when im installing supercharger with busybox 1.19.4.

hope can solve your problem too..
[Sony Cross-Device General] Pandemic:
[MENTION=5539928]gitzz[/MENTION]

Yes then we have recovery, just check that link buddy ;)
[Sony Cross-Device General] mgh1982:
Can anyone confirm that this can have double tap to wake???:confused:
[Sony Cross-Device General] gitzz:
I read that, but could not grasp the full meaning of the story that's why I ask, but since u agree that Sony will give pre-installed recovery I don't need any further clarification!! Next phone again Sony!!

Sent from XDA not so Premium App

Gitzz's Xperia™ ZR [Stock 4.4.4, Rooted, Odexed, Xposed, LB]
[Sony Cross-Device General] spider623:
Normally the kernel, the radio, the bootloader and the recovery have all there own partition, Sony doesn't, but it's not all good news since we may lose the ability to have recovery on locked bootloaders
[Sony Cross-Device General] gitzz:
Means Sony would give recovery for unlocked bootloader not unlocked? So much technical ?

Sent from XDA not so Premium App

Gitzz's Xperia™ ZR [Stock 4.4.4, Rooted, Odexed, Xposed, LB]
[Sony Cross-Device General] norti:
Not exactly, instead of a custom recovery (e.g. XZDualRecovery) we'll get official recovery (CWM or TWRP?) on locked bootloader too (over time with new fw updates of course). A fully working recovery maybe on the FOTA partition/kernel that is used only for OTA updates for now.
[Sony Cross-Device General] boardlord:
I'd think that this will only work with unlocked BL, and the post on FXP's blog also implies that :(
[Sony Cross-Device General] [NUT]:
To be honest, I think Sony will never abandon their FOTA kernel solution, it's their replacement kernel for performing OTA updates, which is kinda crucial for their update process. But who knows, I might be wrong ;)

It's cool though, it just proves to show, Sony really is supportive of their open (unlocked) device users and the developers on them.
[Sony Cross-Device General] shoey63:
Well, if/when implemented, their recovery won't be twrp or CWM. (probably a Nexus style one). We will still be able to use XZDR on unlockable bootloaders regardless of what they do;)
[Sony Cross-Device General] ondrejvaroscak:
I love speculations ;)
[Sony Cross-Device General] tiencuong:
Sony Xperia C3

recovery for C3, please :)
[Sony Cross-Device General] [NUT]:
I'm assuming your device did boot to recovery?

If so, thanks for the notice, that confirms I made the check a little too sensitive on the Linux and Mac install script...
[Sony Cross-Device General] draexo:
Yes. It appears to be working. But it asked me to post.

Sent from my D6503
[Sony Cross-Device General] thunder141:
I had this bevore, too. Installed New busybox by busybox pro. Recovery does Not work Anymore. Fortunally had an Backup of Former busybox in tb. Restored it and Recovery working again
[Sony Cross-Device General] v7:
Use busybox mentioned in the FAQ.

Tapped from my furious ZR ;)
[Sony Cross-Device General] pvnsai73:
Sir [MENTION=4904057][NUT][/MENTION] any progress in our phne sir?? Waiting!! Thanks in advance
[Sony Cross-Device General] draexo:
I had busy box pro also and lost recovery, so I did it again.

Sent from my D6503
[Sony Cross-Device General] Pandemic:
Dont update busybox by playstore or anything, just keep it how it is otherwise you get problems like recovery aint work anymore, learn to read people and dont follow your own head and get problems, bro [MENTION=4904057][NUT][/MENTION] aint responsible for ya'll mistakes or blowing devices/dead recoveries !!
[Sony Cross-Device General] ondrejvaroscak:
for this post you should SLAP YOURSELF in the face. So lack of respect is really hard to see.
[Sony Cross-Device General] pvnsai73:
Sry bro I forgot that thnks fr remember me nd iam also little bit poor in English
[Sony Cross-Device General] vicadin777:
Haha.. So much lulz :D :highfive:
[Sony Cross-Device General] Kunal_6020:
how to install recovery in xperia z c6602 running kitkat 4.4.4 build v 10.5.1.A.0.283

Hello sir i want your help i am a newbie

i want to install lollipop ROM Z/YUGA/C6603 CYANOGENMOD 12.0 UNOFFICIAL NIGHTLY BUILDS

But i need recovery CWM/TWRP to install this rom

i don't know how to install recovery please give me the recovery link guide and instruction step by step installation in detail thanks :)

---------- Post added at 09:42 AM ---------- Previous post was at 09:39 AM ----------

Hello sir i want your help i am a newbie

i am using xperia z c6602 running kitkat 4.4.4 build v 10.5.1.A.0.283

i want to install lollipop ROM Z/YUGA/C6603 CYANOGENMOD 12.0 UNOFFICIAL NIGHTLY BUILDS

But i need recovery CWM/TWRP to install this rom

i don't know how to install recovery please give me the recovery link guide and instruction step by step installation in detail thanks
[Sony Cross-Device General] Theliakos:
heyy nut ! sooo i flashed the ready kernel and it seems to boot !! hurrayyy ! but ! no recovery included at all ! :/
[Sony Cross-Device General] [NUT]:
Wait, wut :eek:

*sigh*

I guess something else might have broken there...

Did the XZDualRecovery folder get created on the /cache or /sdcard1 partitions? If so, can you send me the logs inside?

Before you do, remove the folder, reboot your phone and then pack and attach the logs (if any).

Please let me know whatever happens, because it's all a clue about what went wrong.
[Sony Cross-Device General] Theliakos:
okk but this is going to take me some time as i just flashed my phone with stock rom and to go back to cm 12.1 i must go back to ****y f2fs system soooo boring and use less erasing my internal storage evry time :P
[Sony Cross-Device General] draexo:
I am using M5 kernel for the Z2 with a custom CM-based rom. I can install XZ dual recovery and get into PhilZ's recovery on my first boot. Subsequent boots into recovery force me into CM's recovery.

How do I rectify this? kernel builder does not support the M5 kernal. Is there a work around?
[Sony Cross-Device General] [NUT]:
Add the cm version with the kernel name to the firmware list, then repack your kernel.
[Sony Cross-Device General] draexo:
I've no idea how..... But the M5 author has images for each of the recoveries and the M5 kernel, so I flashed the M5/PhilZ.

Sent from my Xperia Z2
[Sony Cross-Device General] [NUT]:
If you can read you will notice the link to the add firmware function on the kernel builder.
[Sony Cross-Device General] deboopi2:
Update on non-stock kernel

Am I correct that this dual recovery can now be upgraded when you do not have a stock kernel installed?

I've seen a message where the initial installation seems to work when doomkernel is installed.

Anyway I want to upgrade to Lollipop but beforehand I wanted to upgrade this dual recovery to the latest version.

Will the installed doomkernel be an obstacle when installing lollipop?
[Sony Cross-Device General] shoey63:
Z1 has official Lollipop right? Use the kernel builder to make a boot.img (if not done already). Fastboot it, and flash ftf without kernel. Should be able to restore data from previous Doom backups after that.
[Sony Cross-Device General] devilmaycry2020:
nobody know how to fix it ?
[Sony Cross-Device General] [NUT]:
Apply a sdcard permission fix and it should spring back in to life.
[Sony Cross-Device General] pvnsai73:
Bro may I know is there any progress in our phne t2ultra dual...nd do u remember me(t2 ultra dual byselinux patching problem)
[Sony Cross-Device General] devilmaycry2020:
where can i find it ?
[Sony Cross-Device General] pvnsai73:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nextapp.sdfix
[Sony Cross-Device General] westernmg:
Hey, I have no Idea if this is the right place to post it, but i have a problem with the Kernelbuilder (http://nut.xperia-files.com/).

I'm trying to create a stock kernel with recovery for the latest 23.1.A.1.28 Sony LP ROM for Xperia Z2 6503.

Everytime i upload the kernel*.sin i get the following messages:

Uploading finished!
Received a 10.78MiB file called kernel_S1-SW-LIVE-9C84-PID1-0006-MMC.sin succesfully, continueing!

Feast your eyes, you're whitnessing magic!
Unpacking the uploaded kernel...

SIN v3 file, decrypting now...
Extracting ELF parts from SIN kernel image...
Saving kernel to kernel_S1-SW-LIVE-9C84-PID1-0006-MMC.zImage
Saving ramdisk to kernel_S1-SW-LIVE-9C84-PID1-0006-MMC.ramdisk.cpio.gz
Saving QCDT to kernel_S1-SW-LIVE-9C84-PID1-0006-MMC.qcdt.img

Seems like everything was ok, but there is no link to download the created Kernel.:confused:
[Sony Cross-Device General] devilmaycry2020:
Won't work, this app for KK 4.4 fixing sdcard,my phone was using JB4.3

Still unable to read XZDR.prop
[Sony Cross-Device General] joseangel.alv:
From 'terminal' or 'adb shell', run those commands:

su
mount -o remount,rw /system
busybox sed -i -e "/WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE/,/<\/permission>/ s#^\(.*</permission>\)#\\t<group gid=\"media_rw\" />\\n\\1#" /system/etc/permissions/platform.xml

and then reboot the device to apply...
[Sony Cross-Device General] [NUT]:
This is definitely the right place.

Hmm... Very odd. I'll have a look at it soon, I know it might be caused by a patch I did for the CyanogenMod kernel for the xperia sp...
[Sony Cross-Device General] [NUT]:
Stop asking, please. I never forget these things, just be patient.

It seems I was right, it was a bug because of a fix to cure a bug... nice :eek:

Fixed it, it's now working again.
[Sony Cross-Device General] joseangel.alv:
I'm sorry!

I edited the code of my previous post (there was an error).

Right now, it's corrected... I've tested it, just to be sure!
[Sony Cross-Device General] devilmaycry2020:
i've tried but it didn't work. Still Unable to read XZDR.prop file in XZDualRecovery on Sdcard1

Here is the platform.xml after applied your command
[Sony Cross-Device General] [NUT]:
Did you update to the latest on play?

[MENTION=5321428]AngelBob[/MENTION], maybe you can help this guy? Remember it's android 4.3...
[Sony Cross-Device General] devilmaycry2020:
Yeah. latest 2.8.14,i think this problem occurred after i Resize sdcard0 and internal storage to maximize space for apps by @bsined
[Sony Cross-Device General] Viveraa:
I tried a few searches but did not find a clue in this thread. Maybe I used the wrong keywords because it's unlikely that I am the only one that experiences this.

I installed the dualrecovery and it is working. I can enter twrp and create backups and.flash zips. The only problem I have is that I can only enter the recovery trough the NDR Utils app.

It's not possible to enter the recovery using the volume keys which will be a problem if my device gets stuck in a bootloop or something else.

When I turn my device on it will vibrate and the green led lights up but won't take volume up or volume down as a command to enter the recovery.

I got the Z3 D6603, running Android 5.0.2, build number 23.1.A.1.28.

It's rooted(SuperSU) and locked.

I tried Z3-lockeddualrecovery2.8.14-RELEASE.flashable.zip and Z3-lockeddualrecovery2.8.14-RELEASE.installer.zip. Reinstalling both ways does not fix my problem.

Any solution for this?

Edit: nevermind. Gave it a few more tries and it is working now. No idea what failed during the first attempts.
[Sony Cross-Device General] [NUT]:
I do, it will be fixed next release :)

To anyone running in to this issue with 2.8.14, add 'dr.gpiokeys.node=null' to the XZDR.prop file and reboot your phone.
[Sony Cross-Device General] [NUT]:
Hmm... I think you might be hitting a renaming issue there... something which is "not stock", where [MENTION=5321428]AngelBob[/MENTION] simply can't adjust for because it's a non-standard modification.

It might be wise to check if there is a XZDualRecovery folder inside /cache, if it is, remove the one on the SDCard1 and see if that works OK.
[Sony Cross-Device General] devilmaycry2020:
What's renaming issue? There is no XZDualRecovery folder in /cache but have one in sdcard1,if I delete it,it automatic recreated another one after reboot
[Sony Cross-Device General] [NUT]:
Hmm...

Well, then [MENTION=5321428]AngelBob[/MENTION] can take a look at the JB 4.3 support then :)
[Sony Cross-Device General] joseangel.alv:
It's OK.

You have applied it four times (or three extra times by using another method)...

The needed line it's there (repeated four times), so your problem it's caused by any other thing (being your partitions customization the most probable one, IMHO)
[Sony Cross-Device General] Olli.B:
hi there, just one question: is it possible that both recoveries TWRP and PhilzTouch do not support SD card with 64 GB, formated as exFAT? I have no issues with smaller cards and FAT32, but the larger size and exFAT shows no SD card. Not a big deal for me, but maybe a future improvement. Phone: Xperia z3c

On my former Galaxy S3 I had no issues with TWRP and the same card and format.
[Sony Cross-Device General] [NUT]:
No, the sony driver is a bit picky when it comes down to exfat.

Empty/backup the card and then format it on the phone, that will fix it.
[Sony Cross-Device General] caqo71:
I have 64Gb sd card formatted as exFat and I don't have issues, all works like a charm.
[Sony Cross-Device General] devilmaycry2020:
Why TWRP didn't see backuped folder it was saved in external storage
[Sony Cross-Device General] Pandemic:
Better back up with cwm recovery like i do always :)

Maybe it is a bug of TWRP ;)

But i see you have alot of struggles with XZDR 2.8.14.
[Sony Cross-Device General] devilmaycry2020:
Yeah,I don't know if it is my mistake or not but it seems I have a lot of problems with

XZDR 2.8.14. TWRP have compression while backup,CWM don't have that.