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[Sony Cross-Device General] shiro321:
I have one small little issue. In NDR Utilz, I selected TWRP as primary recovery, then I tapped on reboot to recovery, but it rebooted into CWM instead. Same thing goes to Philz. But if I turn off my phone, boot it up and spam volume down button, it'll head into TWRP. I'm using DoomKernel btw.

Edit: After powering off, then powering it on and spamming volume up key, it goes into CWM, not Philz, so it's like I don't have Philz recovery here. Help?
[Sony Cross-Device General] John98Zakaria:
Bug reporting in the DevDB is not working

1-PhilzTouchrecovery Can't backup and create Nandroid of /system just stuck at that creating screen with the android person

2-TWRP when you restore your nandroid it locks up /data/sdext2 (Used for the 2nd partition for link2sd) and it becomes ro not rw

Xperia ZR 4.4.4

ZR-lockeddualrecovery2.7.154

Sorry this log only contains bug no 1 cause 2 is hard to fix again (Reflash FTF and root again ;( )
[Sony Cross-Device General] adielee:
2.6.3 installer request

Can someone please upload 2.6.3 XZDualRecovery (PC Installer).

I can't find it anywhere.

It seems to be the only one that works for me. All the others seem to give me a symlink error when installing a rom.

Thanks.
[Sony Cross-Device General] [NUT]:
Next update (which will be the final RC before RELEASE) will be including the latest 'stable' versions of TWRP and PhilZ.

Doom kernel has it's own recoveries built in, it does not know the XZDR.prop file for setting what recovery to boot so it boots to it's default.

I hope the PhilZ issue will be fixed next version... I will have a testing round with sdext partitions in the coming weeks... I hope I will be able to fix that soon.

I took it offline as 2.7 is gearing up to be it's replacement. Why not provide me logs of the issues you are experiencing?
[Sony Cross-Device General] AndreIrawan97:
Can i use it on custom rom? Will it work on unlocked bootloader?
[Sony Cross-Device General] [NUT]:
Custom STOCK based rom's, yes, Custom CM/AOSP/GPe based ROM's, no.

It will work on unlocked bootloader, some devices can use the XZDRKernel version, however I still need to update the kernels to the latest ROM versions, also a task for a future version.
[Sony Cross-Device General] RyTekk:
I can't find "dr.insecure.ramdisk" in XZDR.prop, so I have to write it manual?
[Sony Cross-Device General] adielee:
[I took it offline as 2.7 is gearing up to be it's replacement. Why not provide me logs of the issues you are experiencing?[/QUOTE]

Appreciate the response.

Sorted it out. It's actually my fault :eek:, I was formatting everything including system, data, internal sd before trying to install a rom.

It must have erased some necessary files from recovery so it didn't work.

Your recovery utility is absolutely fine.

Cheers.
[Sony Cross-Device General] Jhon998:
Can't i get it for my own and make a lzma out of img?
[Sony Cross-Device General] Ditarius:
Is there any chance for porting recoveries to T3?
[Sony Cross-Device General] makisgk:
Hello to all friends.

I installed a rom goes without recovery. I try many times I install and root. But he could not enter recovery to nothing.

The only solution is to re finally flashes the official firmware with flashtool?

Can someone help me; Thanks

I'm with .314 firmware and LB.
[Sony Cross-Device General] nidhish91:
Site is down. Any help?
[Sony Cross-Device General] [NUT]:
Fixed, updating packages at the moment, hoping to prevent it in the future :)
[Sony Cross-Device General] RHBH:
Sometimes when my devices boots up something "different" happens:

1: Sony Logo

2: Black screen with green LED (the moment that the user should press the volume button to enter in one of the recoveries).

3: Xperia Logo and OS Load.

Is this black screen normal? This is happening on my Z2 (D6543), with my Xperia Z1 (C6943) the green LED appears with the Sony logo, it's not a big issue but I feel that this behavior is increasing the boot time for some seconds.
[Sony Cross-Device General] Tiu Fiu:
Hey [MENTION=4904057][NUT][/MENTION], just want to drop by and show you a little weird thing I've just noticed when running TWRP to perform a little dalvik cache wipe for the first time on my Z2 Tablet (SGP551 model).

I've attached a zip file with a photo taken from the screen and the log file. Let me know if it is normal or if you need anything else. Cache and dalvik cache wipe were successfull, just like doing a nandroid backup was (haven't tried a nandroid restore, though).

Best regards

Enviado do meu Xperia Z2 Tablet usando Tapatalk
[Sony Cross-Device General] Rootk1t:
still doesn't work:(
[Sony Cross-Device General] russel5:
+1, not working at all
[Sony Cross-Device General] [NUT]:
It's something I need to fix but it's nothing to worry about. Thanks for the notification.

Something fishy is going on on the hosting server ... I'm working on it.
[Sony Cross-Device General] shiro321:
Does anyone have the latest xzdualrecovery file for Z Ultra? I really need it now, much appreciated!

EDIT:

Nevermind, I got the file from another page, very luckily
[Sony Cross-Device General] anagramgenius:
Hey [MENTION=4904057][NUT][/MENTION] , I updated my ZL to 4.4.4. Philz and TWRP time is 13 mins slow. If I set time to Qualcom Time Daemon in Philz, it shows correct time. RTC Time Offset doesn't work correctly with 4.4.4 I guess.
[Sony Cross-Device General] [NUT]:
I'd like to know what other page, because I explicitly forbid the hosting on alternate locations.
[Sony Cross-Device General] [NUT]:
TWRP and PhilZ will need a reset of the settings to work properly, then reconfigure it.
[Sony Cross-Device General] kulvertti:
Try installation option 3. It seems to me that you don't have proper read/write access.
[Sony Cross-Device General] f3nix82:
Hi,

my Tablet Z (SGP321) does not vibrate after update to .154 from .123. Any idea what is wrong?

Cheers,

Mateusz

Wysłane z mojego SGP321 przy użyciu Tapatalka
[Sony Cross-Device General] [NUT]:
Does it even have a vibration device :? My personal SGP521 doesn't vibrate _EVER_ :confused:
[Sony Cross-Device General] adelattre:
thanks. I was reluctant to do that since I've rooted the device. No reason to be concerned?
[Sony Cross-Device General] kulvertti:
Nope. [emoji6]
[Sony Cross-Device General] [NUT]:
[MENTION=1478155]adelattre[/MENTION] grab a file browser and delete /data/local/tmp/recovery and try again.
[Sony Cross-Device General] f3nix82:
Hi.

I feel so dumb right now... You are right. I don't know why I thoutgh that it did that before.

Thanks,

Mateusz

Wysłane z mojego SGP321 przy użyciu Tapatalka
[Sony Cross-Device General] BlackSoulxxx:
Hey @[NUT], do you mind to update the recovery to latest version? TWRP is 2.8.0.0 now, CWM is 6.0.5.1 and Philz is 6.57.9 too

Tks....
[Sony Cross-Device General] anagramgenius:
I did. But still the time lags by 13 mins.
[Sony Cross-Device General] topzias:
I hav a problem when restoring backup it stops in restoring data error. Hope u could help me fix this.
[Sony Cross-Device General] ra9na:
Sorry I'm new to this, but is it possible to receive official FW updates from Sony after installing this recovery?
[Sony Cross-Device General] RHBH:
Yes, just keep your bootloader locked and PC Companion will stay working.
[Sony Cross-Device General] ra9na:
Thanks! But are OTA FW updates still possible?
[Sony Cross-Device General] Rootk1t:
possible, but there is a great chance you'll get error or enter recovery instead of performing update.
[Sony Cross-Device General] topzias:
up for my probs.:confused:
[Sony Cross-Device General] shoey63:
Boot into a recovery and wipe /data + /data/media and try to restore again.
[Sony Cross-Device General] the fez:
my installation stops here

at this step the installation stops and the phone didn't reboot

stock 283 firmware, locked bootloader, no root

i choose option 3 ... (installation on urooted rom using the towelroot method)

i've pre-root my device and then install the recovery. all works. if you want delete!
[Sony Cross-Device General] topzias:
If i try this method and not successful in restoring, will my phone boot?
[Sony Cross-Device General] shoey63:
vv
[Sony Cross-Device General] topzias:
But when i restore my backup will all datas restored again? I already hit thanks for you for catering my questions.
[Sony Cross-Device General] topzias:
Im sure my backup is not corrupted bec. it says backup completed. How will i know that i hav a corrupt /data partition?
[Sony Cross-Device General] topzias:
Can you help me fix corrupt data/partition?
[Sony Cross-Device General] shoey63:
Corrupt partition can only be fixed by formatting, which is why I mentioned it in the first place. Open a thread in q&a if you want further assistance. This dev thread is bordering on being spammed by your issue.
[Sony Cross-Device General] topzias:
Sorry for posting my questions on this thread. Anyway you can delete all i've asked if it is spammed by my issue.
[Sony Cross-Device General] shoey63:
No problem. You could also try restoring with md5 check disabled.
[Sony Cross-Device General] topzias:
Already tried md5 disabled but still no luck. always stopped in restoring data error.:(
[Sony Cross-Device General] DarkGonz:
Already installed in Android 4.4.4 (.283), rooted Xperia ZL C6502, worked great !!! Thx !
[Sony Cross-Device General] Malk4ever:
didn't work :(
[Sony Cross-Device General] anagramgenius:
Check the time in both recoveries. Are they showing correct time?
[Sony Cross-Device General] DarkGonz:
Didn't notice....

Well I did my work, these are the results:

PhilZ Touch: 3 more hours

TWRP: 2 less hours

That's all.
[Sony Cross-Device General] Malk4ever:
Got ptotocol failure. SI 280-4661 (14W37 -> guess 37th week 2014)
[Sony Cross-Device General] jhustinel:
I tried using the backup function of ClockWorkMod, at first the backup process is going well then i've got error finishing the backup. Any solution for that?

and how to delete the failed backup data in my internal memory?

and after i reboot my CWM to system. I've got a prompt to fix the SU(can't cancel the process), I pick yes and when i reboot, some of my system apps dont working anymore.
[Sony Cross-Device General] casouzaj:
You should never answered yes to that question. You might get into bootloops if you have apps like Link2SD or FolderMount active.
[Sony Cross-Device General] jhustinel:
So what should I do? Will doing factory reset change nothing? I've got no backup because the process won't continue. Any suggestion is highly appreciated. Thanks in advance. :(
[Sony Cross-Device General] casouzaj:
Simply select 'no'. System will reboot as usual.
[Sony Cross-Device General] nnila:
Hi,

I'm looking at the downloads url (http://nut.xperia-files.com/) and I cant tell which one is for the original Sony Xperia Z.

Can anyone please tell me which file is the correct one for just the original Xperia Z (C6603).

Thanks
[Sony Cross-Device General] kingvortex:
Installer (if you don't already have a recovery) - XZ-lockeddualrecovery2.7.154-BETA.installer.zip (24.13MB)

Flashable zip (for upgrading etc) - XZ-lockeddualrecovery2.7.154-BETA.flashable.zip (7.91MB)
[Sony Cross-Device General] alfa_156:
Salve on Xperia z1 firmware cm11 kitkat does not work hangs on the screen Sony.

I apologize for my bad English.
[Sony Cross-Device General] Danthemanz:
Hi guys,

I cannot get my Z2 tablet to boot to recovery. Well actually i did once, but i may have broken it.

Z2 tablet LTE (SGP521) Build 17.1.A.0.474 - Locked bootloader, successfully rooted with Towel root.

Here is what happened:

Successfully ran recovery install, rebooted and pressed down and entered TWRP recovery. Instead of doing a backup like a smart person, i decided to reboot and update Busybox (i thought i had read to do it after my Root but i think i read the wrong thing).

I installed Busybox on rails (what i used on my Z3 phone) and performed the install.

Now i cannot boot into recovery at all. Ive tried ADB and also NDRutils but it just boots normally as if i never asked to goto recovery.

I then performed a cleanup in Busybox on rails and uninstalled it.

Ive since tried reflashing the recovery 10 times (successful every time, can confirm the ADB commands running as root too) but recovery is simply not there or unable to be booted.

Im not sure if the Busybox thing was related, from what ive read it could be. But either way it appears i have no recovery, stock or otherwise as well as having no backup of my /System or anything else.

Am i in trouble? Can anyone point me in the right direction in trying to resolve this?

Im very familiar with android but ive only been playing with Sony devices for a week.

Am i able to do a fastboot flash recovery or something? Do i need to do some sort of factory image flash? If so how does this work on Sony and is it safe given what ive already done to the device?

Please can someone help me get my recovery back, im so keen to start hacking up the /System but for now im even sure i can perform a factory reset of all things.

Thanks in advance for your help
[Sony Cross-Device General] [NUT]:
Why don't you try to install it again? :confused:

Replacing busybox should normally not have this impact, but it still can. A busybox replacement NEEDS to have support for lzma compression. If it doesn't, you can't use it combined with XZDR.
[Sony Cross-Device General] [NUT]:
I have to apologize for my absence here, RL took over and is quite busy. :eek:

I did not forget you or any project I was working on, in time I will resume the work on them. Just be patient. :angel:
[Sony Cross-Device General] Danthemanz:
Thanks for your response NUT. As above, i have reinstalled it many times.

My understanding is that the required busybox files are copied during the install, which makes me think it may not even be related.

I will look into the compression stuff, have a play installing different versions and give it a go.

On the assumption that Busybox is ok, or that something has been changed permanently, what would you recommend?

Being new to Sony im a little unsure, am i able to flash a factory image in its current state? Will that revert the recovery image etc too? Can older builds (with root exploit) be flashed too?

I understand you are very busy NUT so perhaps the last questions are better suited to someone else.

I really appreciate your work.

Thanks again!
[Sony Cross-Device General] [NUT]:
:silly: I totally missed that ... :p

Reinstalling should actually reinstall a correct working busybox, so I'm not sure why it stopped working. I'm assuming you never see any color LED while booting? It should be green if it works ok, if something is missing the LED will show red for 2 seconds. It will hint at whats wrong but specifically with the RED led the logs will tell you what's wrong.

Welcome to the Sony side of things :good:

When flashing just a system partition it should work as 'stock' again, since JB android does not suffer from version changes as much as it did between GB and ICS, this of course will change as soon as ANT is going to replace Dalvik, but as Sony has chosen not to give us any opportunity to test it, there is no need to worry as of yet. Using flashtool you can deselect everything except system to only flash that. This will leave your data alone. The only thing is that you will also un-root your phone and remove any modifications done to it (e.g. installing XZDR as it is stored in system) in this process.
[Sony Cross-Device General] Danthemanz:
Thank you sir!

Im getting the red LED...:eek:

Ive got no issue wiping everything, havent even started building the tablet yet. Im just trying to get root and recovery up and running first before i start de-bloating and restoring using Titanium backup :good:

Thanks again for your help, ill let you know how i go.
[Sony Cross-Device General] [NUT]:
Then check the OP and the subsequent posts to see where the logs can be found :)
[Sony Cross-Device General] Danthemanz:
Hey mate,

Here are my logs. If you do have a sec it would be great if you could give me some insight. No problem if you dont, i will look at flashing a new /system.

Thanks.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/xldvwz0qav8qhwu/logs.zip?dl=0
[Sony Cross-Device General] [NUT]:
18:55:25: cp /system/bin/recovery.twrp.cpio.lzma /sbin/
18:55:25: RET=0
18:55:26: lzma -d /sbin/recovery.twrp.cpio.lzma
18:55:26: RET=127
18:55:26: mount -o remount,ro rootfs /
18:55:26: RET=0
18:55:26: The recovery file does not exist, exitting with a visual warning!

Well, that told me a lot :)

Can you check /system/bin and tell me which *.cpio.lzma files are there?
[Sony Cross-Device General] Danthemanz:
Recovery.cwm.cpio.lzma

recovery.philz.cpio.lzma

recovery.twrp.cpio.lzma

Just realised Flashtool needs an unlocked bootloader. Technically this device isnt mine (though 95% ill be keeping it) so i was hoping not to at this stage.

Even if i unlocked it to flash a new system, doesnt the unlock process boot to recovery and wipe /data? That could be a problem no?

Is there any way of flashing a whole stock rom over the top without breaking anything?
[Sony Cross-Device General] [NUT]:
Hmm... can you throw away any and all install packages you have for the Tab Z2 and visit my website, then disable your virus protection for a few minutes to download the package again. Try to install it while the virus protection still is off.

It seems the recovery archives are either from the wrong owner (which should be very weird, as root can access anything) or mangled in some way...

No, you only need an unlocked bootloader when trying to flash a custom kernel.

In a way, Flashtool can be viewed as the community version of Emma/Sony Update Service. It can and will only work with sony signed images, repackaged in a FTF file for portability. You can not decrypt the image files and then encrypt them again, this is why only stock images are available for Flashtool.
[Sony Cross-Device General] Danthemanz:
Disabled Defender, redownloaded package, uninstalled sony programs and tried again.

Same, red LED.

Are there some files i should delete before trying again?

Files i can try changing permissions on?
[Sony Cross-Device General] Danthemanz:
Ok, starting going down the path of trying to reflash, hit walls regarding SUS etc. Started getting frustrated so i confirmed that i never have to give the tablet back and therefore can unlock the bootloader.

So i simply ran the Sony Companion and updated. Im going to unlock the bootloader now and start again.
[Sony Cross-Device General] kingvortex:
You do not need to unlock your bootloader.

Use Flashtool to flash a stock rom. www.flashtool.net

There will be stock roms in ftf format in your device specific forum.
[Sony Cross-Device General] Danthemanz:
I was aware it was possible, though i had incorrectly assumed once the bootloader was unlocked there would be some simple ways around being stock on specific firmwares etc, turns out there isnt.

I thought id lose the root exploit after the update but i didnt.

All updated, re-rooted and I now have fully functional recovery and still have a locked bootloader.

I will not be touching busybox again!

NUT:

Thanks for all your help last night, this community couldnt work without guys like you.

Can i buy you a beer? Send me your paypal details!
[Sony Cross-Device General] [NUT]:
No problem, glad you got it fixed :)

You can use the 'Donate to me' button if you like, it's the easiest route to my paypal I guess ;) And thanks in advance :good:
[Sony Cross-Device General] Danthemanz:
Lol, there i was going through all the posts for a link...

Done.

dank je wel
[Sony Cross-Device General] kenpachizero:
Remove XZDR for twrp

Hello guys, i just want to double check something before i remove ZXDR from my Xperia Z, according to the removal process i delete the files listed but i don't have all the files it lists (ric\charger) are missing so i am going to assume i don't have to worry about that since it was not there in the first place; Then follow the twrp website and run(dd if=/sdcard/fotakernel.img of=/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/FOTAKernel) to install twrp?
[Sony Cross-Device General] anagramgenius:
flash this to remove XZDR

http://nut.xperia-files.com/download.php?dlid=WFpEUi1yZW1vdmFsdG9vbC56aXA=
[Sony Cross-Device General] kenpachizero:
Thank you very much
[Sony Cross-Device General] hussein1:
Please port is now in recovery Lock bootloader for Xperia M2

NUT] Please port is now in recovery Lock bootloader for Xperia M2:D:good::laugh:
[Sony Cross-Device General] mike2803:
Hi please help me. after i unroot my xperia z2 with supersu full unroot. there are still ndr utills after factory reset. how do i remove it?thank you.
[Sony Cross-Device General] [NUT]:
read a few posts above yours ... download the removal package, boot to recovery, flash it and XZDR will be gone.
[Sony Cross-Device General] xasbo:
Is there is a more up-to-date change log for the betas somewhere? Post #3 stops at .7.101 and I see .7.154 on the download page.
[Sony Cross-Device General] atamig:
CM11

Can I use the recovery with the CM11? I have a Tablet Z2 SGP512
[Sony Cross-Device General] kingvortex:
No.
[Sony Cross-Device General] russel5:
[MENTION=4904057][NUT][/MENTION]

Please fix your custom ramdisk options. This thing not work, i try on locked bootloader on unlocked and allways stuck on boot logo

Try load stock ramdisk, but nothing happend, stuck on boot logo

Thanks
[Sony Cross-Device General] [NUT]:
It's a feature which will be removed to be re-added after the final release: it doesn't work as intended and it needs an extensive how-to to make it work...
[Sony Cross-Device General] sindre2104:
Im having an issue where when tring to load either recoveries, i just get to a dark/darker sony logo with haptic feedback.

This happens with XDR utils and when booting and using volume keys at green light.

I have searched around and not found any solution.

Im currently using clockworkmod recovery 6.05
[Sony Cross-Device General] zach_95:
Unable to read XZDR.prop

I managed to flash the zip using Philz Touch 6.0.4.7 (i dont know if that's supposed to be possible. Is it?)

But when I tried to use the NDR Utils, it says that it can't read the XZDR.prop?

ANy idea? I'm sorry if this question is stupid. :(
[Sony Cross-Device General] glehel:
I installed the latest version of cm11 and when I press the volume down Default and CWM comes in . slimkat ruin it before I used it immediately came to twrp. now need to press the volume down button and hit the twrp long .

at first I thought it was lost in the recovery .

what is this ?
[Sony Cross-Device General] anagramgenius:
XZDualRecovery is for stock sony roms. and not for aosp roms.
[Sony Cross-Device General] hunting_:
Flash done but when enter in recovery twrp its too slow n when i wip got this error unable system mount error in red color any help plz ?
[Sony Cross-Device General] kingvortex:
[NUT] has asked that direct links aren't shared.

You need -

Installer (if you don't already have a recovery) - XZ-lockeddualrecovery2.7.154-BETA.installer.zip (24.13MB)

Flashable zip (for upgrading etc) - XZ-lockeddualrecovery2.7.154-BETA.flashable.zip (7.91MB)

Also, please edit your post and remove the quote of the first post as it makes it difficult to read through the thread when people do that. ;)

Sent from my C6603
[Sony Cross-Device General] Simpandirr:
Hello!

When i run the install.bat some files say they cant write because its Read only, but i get no errors. But when i try to boot into recovery a Sony logo appears and the phone just boots normally.. I am on stock locked bootloader with SuperSU installed.
[Sony Cross-Device General] veepee78:
hmm, why do you say so? Opening post says "when installing custom roms ..."

I have little trouble with recoveries, in my case, my castor_windy is being recognized as castor and it won't install cm11.
[Sony Cross-Device General] anagramgenius:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=53686097
[Sony Cross-Device General] nedooo:
Great, it should be able to mount sd and external sd in recovery, and that is great :)
[Sony Cross-Device General] [NUT]:
It actually already can: internal-, external- as well as USB flash storage using an USB OTG cable... The latest TWRP brings other improvements.
[Sony Cross-Device General] nedooo:
Mine Xperia Ultra with TWRP 2.7...can't