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[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] danilos2k:
We need a script asap, my ZU is landing tomorrow :)

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[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] DevShaft:
Anyone care trying to backup their TA and report back, so I can add the ultra to the compatible list? http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=41763438
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] Drakosha:
DevShaft, this tool requires root, and root on ZU is not yet available without bootloader unlock, so there's no sense in backing up an already damaged TA... BTW, some further research tells me that sin files do have some kind of signature check, so it may be impossible to flash the modified one after all, even in flashmode. :(
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] DevShaft:
I thought to have read it could be done without unlocking the bootloader, must have misread. Thanks for the response.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] E90 Commie:
I decided to give this method a try. I am going to restart into Windows and get one of the light Linux distros and see how everything will be. I am extremely eager to get root on my Ultra so I can enable tablet mode and I think the guide is well written. It will be very interesting to see how it works out, after I have root on it, I can wait for newer methods and then custom ROMs.

Xposed Framework App Settings and Titanium Backup etc is what I want to get up and running ASAP.

I will report back how it went and if I succeeded.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] Drakosha:
E90 Commie, would you please try to root the phone without unlocking bootloader first? By the way, an update appeared today - 14.1.b.0.475
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] E90 Commie:
My bootloader is already unlocked. It was unlocked when DoomLord attempted to root the device.

Edit: I am downloading Ubuntu now through Wubi but it says that it will take 3 hours. Very slow.;)

For the new update, I need the FTF in order to be able to flash it. If someone can provide a working FTF with it, perhaps I could try the root steps on it rather than go ahead on the .471.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] ShALLaX:
Thank you for being the first person to try this out (despite people asking for the guide!) I'm pretty sure that you will find some issues with this guide, but would greatly appreciate it if you could post corrections.

I do remember your name, and it's all your fault that I bought my Xperia and began on this adventure ;)
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] yeeson:
http://pan.baidu.com/share/link?shareid=2365518147&uk=288670244

471--Integrated su system.img

fastboot flash：

fastboot flash system system.img

fastboot reboot

Enjoy
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] E90 Commie:
It takes an insane time to download Ubuntu here. I don't know why, it says 4 hours and 29 minutes.

I will download the .475 FTF that I saw now and if I don't see a system.img prerooted for the 475, I will follow the guide on that version. Lets see how it looks when I have Ubuntu up and running.

Nice that I managed to help Sony sell some Xperia Z Ultras. :D

I am extremely pleased with mine. Easily the most exciting device I have in my collection on this side of the Nokia E90 et al. The Ultra is something that really stands out from the crowd.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] LordManhattan:
How's your bandwidth? It downloads from Canonical's servers (Ubuntu HQ), so it shouldn't be slow.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] kkkok8051:
Thanks Bro
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] ShALLaX:
Well, there you go. It's over. Root for all (all who unlock their boot loader) :)
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] E90 Commie:
My bandwidth should be OK, other downloads is quick. Now it says 5 hours and 16 minutes. I will download the 475 FTF now. Browsing etc is quick so I just don't know what is causing this slow download of Ubuntu.

Edit: Downloading the 475 FTF now from Google Drive, the speed is around 400-600 KB/s so it is pretty OK.

Edit 2: I tried to restart the Ubuntu download through Wubi and it still insist on 5 hours so I am pretty close to cancel because that is way too long time, especially since it has been sitting here downloading for around 2 hours already.

The FTF download is fine, 475 KB/s right now and other downloads including torrents etc goes down fine. Sometimes with over 1 MB/s so it seems to be a problem at Canonicals end.

Edit 4: I cancelled the Ubuntu installation. It suddenly said 9 hours to download and install. Way too long time and it has just become slower and slower all the time (it said 2 hours initially).
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] avsquare:
New to Sony, did some reading online but still a little confused. The above fastboot flash method requires bootloader unlock? :confused:
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] kkkok8051:
Bro can make the new FW 475 ROOT happen. HEHEHEHEHE:fingers-crossed::fingers-crossed::fingers-crossed::fingers-crossed::fingers-crossed::fingers-crossed::fingers-crossed::fingers-crossed: Counting on you.:good::good::good::good::good::good:
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] ShALLaX:
Any idea what's new in this version?
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] Drakosha:
ShALLaX, at least the oversensitive touchscreen is fixed for good. Interaction with the screen has become much better, no more random touches during scrolling etc.

I'll wait for the root method that doesn't require bootloader unlock.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] E90 Commie:
I try to download Ubuntu over Torrent, Canonicals server where really overloaded, even with separate download, it gave me 11 KB/s and 11 hours to complete.

I have the 475 downloaded so my first step will be to follow the guide on it and hope that I can create a rooted version. If I fail, I will download the rooted 471 image.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] avsquare:
Flashed the system.img file provided but unable to delete system apps. After deleting them they return after a reboot.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] LordManhattan:
- Delete apps (with an app or manual from system/app)

- Navigate to system/data/app. They should still be here. Delete them.

- Reboot

It's the same thing with TouchWiz, so i've done this a hundred times :p
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] E90 Commie:
I got Ubuntu up and running but ran out of disk space on the virtual machine so it failed to mount the system properly. I also tried to download the prerooted .471 but that Chinese file host is a complete disaster and can't do it properly with either Seamonkey or Chrome. It takes a long time to load and then fail to initialize the download when I click on the correct button. I had similar problems with one .471 download from pan.baidu.com before I found a working one on another host.

My decision right now is therefore to update to .475 and then wait for a root solution there.

I would ask everyone that is going to upload system images to avoid pan.baidu.com sharing to rather use other services. I would recommend upload to Dropbox or something for "re-share" - i.e. that a member download it and then upload on another service in those cases there's blocks against Rapidshare, Google Drive et al.

My impression is that the root guide works pretty well so far - the commands entered fine but my problem is that Ubuntu failed to recognize my WiFi card in the MacBook Pro and that is an annoyance since it makes it harder to expand the virtual disk (even if I could reboot into Windows, download the script to my USB flash drive and reboot into Ubuntu).

Because of the out of disk space and the fact that I have been fiddling with it for around 7 hours (including the slow downloads of Ubuntu before I got it installed), I feel that it takes a bit too much effort right now and I would need a more permanent Linux installation.

The failure of the pan.baidu.com to either load properly or download the system.img makes me very tired too. It's not better when it tries to install toolbars in Chrome.:(
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] Akemdwr:
Unfortunately the root is not complete, the root explorer in the folder "system" can not get rights r/w :(
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] avsquare:
Looks like I'm not the only one who can't haha.

I tried with TI and manual delete from system/app but failed.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] E90 Commie:
Is it possible to edit build.prop with the present root? If it is impossible to give R/W permissions to RootExplorer, I feel skeptical about that. Is ROM Toolbox working?

To me, a build.prop DPI edit is a must and is one of the first steps I usually taken after rooting.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] XXXLDA:
me too,maybe this is not a perfect root
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] sev7en:
Hi,

I have not flashed my yet but if the root has been achieved, you can simply edit the file according to your needs because we haven't tested if the store apps are compatible. By the way if you give me your specs I can edit then send back you the optimized file (I have also many settings for that "default" Sony's setup)...

When done replace via Root Explorer or via ADB the file than restart the phone.

I will take care of rooting next week for sure.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] maquan:
I wonder if the Z Ultra have table mode UI if change to some specific DPI. Tablet UI on this big screen is quite interesting I guess
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] ShALLaX:
Hi guys,

I've re-run through the guide with a 475 ROM (and updated the guide accordingly). Everything worked without a hitch, so I'm pretty confident that if anyone else puts in the effort, they'll get a properly rooted device.

Cheers.

P.S. I was able to conduct the upgrade to 475 without needing to wipe user data, cache or apps log (i.e. no data loss whatsoever).
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] Johnnynho:
Hi ShALLaX,

So, you mean no data loss and Root(SU) still left after upgrading the Rooted 471 to 475?

I haven't root yet, but just want to know in advance.

Thanks in advance.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] Akemdwr:
All actions concerning with access to "system" folder are impossible, so the build.prop also is not editable :(
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] ShALLaX:
Hi,

No. Since I have unlocked my boot loader, I don't have the luxury of being able to perform upgrades in the official manner anymore. Instead, I'll have to obtain an up-to-date FTF from somewhere and re-run through the rooting procedure that I have posted. However, I have discovered that I can do it all without having to erase all of the user, cache and app data, which is a bit of a bonus!

I won't be able to tell you if root survives a standard upgrade since it's now impossible for me to conduct such an upgrade.

Flashing a new FTF without first going through the steps in the guide would certainly cause root to be lost as the stock system.sin would not contain the su binary. Sony also mounts the sdcard0 and sdcard1 devices with "noexec," so it's not possible to simply put the su binary here as it would not be executable. All other viable partitions are mounted with "nosuid". This means that even if we could preserve a copy of "su" on other partitions, executing it would be useless since the suid bit would be ignored and therefore it wouldn't run as root.

Hope this helps.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] mcteague:
Hey guys, shoot me down if you want, as im a noob when it comes to understanding computer code but i have rooted my N4, Note1 and galaxy note tab 10.1 before, Android Advices recon Oneclickroot works on the ZU. According to them your phone will be rooted. I did search this thread but didnt find any reference to it. Those that have more knowledge could you confirm.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] bluesn0w:
Not lose app&data?
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] ShALLaX:
Doesn't work. Check other threads.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] mcteague:
Cheers thought something was amiss as it wasn't announced first on XDA.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] Akemdwr:
Mirror to download the 471 firmware with incomplete (alas!) root —

https://mega.co.nz/#!lYIEgSZT!HjbIA10DFHdJTQ4fKKrdZBmQ-qJW4uisL1wntRWbnKQ
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] ERICTHK:
Thanks for the mirror link Akemdwr

I downloaded the same .471 img from the original source on last night, but probably not going to use it anymore because of 2 reasons:

1) Based on others & your reports, the .471 root is not complete, can't really alter/modify the contains inside the system folder.

2) the latest .475 build is a much better version, it solved several screen & power button issues from the previous builds.

IMO, the .475 build is a good starting point for anyone to try & come out with a proper root. It's a much stable version & manage to solve several nagging issues for the Z Ultra since its release.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] E90 Commie:
My plan is to use the same configuration as I have on my Z with PAC and that is phablet mode together with tablet mode in apps. I am not sure how the Sony customizations (especially the toggles) will act in phablet mode though so my plan is to change the DPI to 240 with build.prop edit (320 is default on the Ultra) and then activate tablet mode in apps with Xposed Framework App Settings.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] Akemdwr:
Yes, and I pray that someone finally managed to root 475! Without root simply unbearable!
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] ERICTHK:
I'm pretty sure it will come, sooner or later ;)

My phone already updated to the latest .475 build & I haven't notice any issue so far. But no root yet of course...
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] ShALLaX:
Point 1) sounds like nonsense to me. If you can attain permissions to be root (UID of 0). You can delete whatever you like. I certainly can delete (and have done so) anything I wish from /system. I do, however, need to remount /system as read-write (mount -o remount,rw /system).

Point 2) I've not had any of the issues people describe, so upgrading to this seemed like a bit of a waste of time for me.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] ShALLaX:
I briefly tried setting 240 DPI and everything looked very bad. The launcher didn't expand to fit the entire screen, the app tray icons didn't align properly (the app launch icon overlapped the tray icons). I'm pretty new to this, so maybe there's a trick I'm not aware of.

Setting 160 DPI (by manually editing build.prop) definitely did not enable a decent tablet mode (it did make certain UI changes, such as the back/ home/ multitask buttons changing, but they were centrally aligned and the screen looked awful). Using "LCD Density Modder" to attempt this change meant that I had to reflash the system partition.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] beenoliu:
Did you clear the home launcher cache after you changed the DPI and reboot the phone?

I've heard someone say Android 4.2 or above are haven't tablet mode in launcher, is it wrong?

Sorry of my bad grammar.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] danilos2k:
I suggest to you to change the launcher if you want use [MENTION=353015]240[/MENTION] or other DPI, nova is a good one

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[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] ShALLaX:
I didn't, and I'm a bit fed up of messing around for now.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] E90 Commie:
I know that the Sony launcher fails to redraw with 240 DPI but I never use it (I always use Nova Launcher). On the Xperia Z, Album, Walkman and Movies works great with different DPIs (I am using them with 280-320 DPI).

What I usually do is the following:

1. Change the DPI to 240 (Ultra, Note II) in build.prop or 320 DPI (Xperia Z).

2. With Xposed Framework App Settings, I edit the DPI and mode for Settings, Gmail, Google Calendar, QuickPic, YouTube etc. My settings for the Xperia Z is those:

Accuweather 240, 1280

Browser 240, 1280

Calendar 240, 1280

Camera FV-5 280, default

CamScanner 240, 1280

Earth 240, 1280

File Manager HD 240, 1280

Gmail 240, 1000 x 1600

Play Music 213, 800 x 1280

Play Store 240, 1280

Mizuu 240, 1280

Netflix 240, 1280

QuickPic 240, 1280

QuickOffice 240, 1280

Settings 0, 1280

SoundHound 240, 1280

Tablified Market 240, 1280

YouTube 213, 1280

This enables tablet mode in those apps and it works great. Stock apps that fails to redraw properly can be fixed by setting their DPI back to their standard value.

When I got root, I will put those values on my Ultra.

One interesting thing is that I got a mail today stating that DoomLord had tweeted that he had managed to gain root on the Ultra and that he is building a root solution but I can't see that on his official Twitter channel, though.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] danilos2k:
But the better result I think are with stock DPI and use Xposed and App setting to custom each app

Inviato dal mio Google Nexus 7 usando Tapatalk 4
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] Akemdwr:
How can this be? If you all get, why not get me? What am I doing wrong? What have you done, that you have a full root at 471?
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] ShALLaX:
If you want full root in any of the currently released Xperia Z Ultra ROMs, follow the instructions that I wrote in this thread.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] ERICTHK:
Hi ShALLax, is it possible can you upload your rooted .471 image? I know you said that you won't upload it but maybe re-consider it?

Honestly, I do found the touch screen a bit sensitive when I'm on .461 & .471 build. Other than that, I put my phone just beside my work desk, sometimes the screen will auto turn on by itself randomly without me touching it at all ( No button pressed)

Once updated to .475 build, I find the touch screen is less sensitive & the phone screen hasn't auto turn on by itself so far.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] rockky:
Is there a step-by-step somewhere now to root.

If I'm looking over the blatantly obvious, sorry bout that!

Thanks
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] brosenz:
Check this thread
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] maquan:
I also noticed this issue on 471. Especially when the screen got some drop of water or dirty, it's automatic touched on the middle of the screen. I need to turn the screen off and than on to get it back to normal
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] adx_x:
when root 475 the 11) is the same as 471? --" To create the extension part of the filesystem, run: dd if=/dev/zero of=/tmp/moreZeroes bs=4096 count=5118"
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] ShALLaX:
Yes, the file system size hasn't changed between the ROM versions.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] adx_x:
Thanks,root 475 perfect following your 58 steps,also can del system/app
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] Drakosha:
adx_x, can you please share your 475 rooted system.img ?
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] freemenV:
Please !!!
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] m3dd0g:
Here is my rooted .475 system.img. CLICK Please test and report back because i have no time atm.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] Drakosha:
Well, at least now we can confirm that "fastboot flash system system.img" does NOT work with locked bootloader. Now to try bin2sin conversion & flashmode...

BTW, anyone can help obtaining correct parameters for bin2sin.exe? Particularly, [partition info, 32 digits] [type] [block size] for this system.img.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] Safar_Ibrahim:
How do i flash this, im new to Android & Sony mobile

Thanks
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] Akemdwr:
Has anyone tried?
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] pvillasuso:
I can try , but Im having troubles with windows 8 64bits fastboot drivers to unlock my bootoader [ i dont care and mind unlocking it ]

Have tried like 5 o 6 drivers , still no luck

any tips ?
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] E90 Commie:
I have it downloaded but don't have time to try it right now since I am going out for a few hours but my plan is to Fastboot flash it today.

My bootloader is unlocked so fastboot flash system system.img should work. The MD5 checked out fine and the download went well.

Big thanks for this system.img and two thumbs up for uploading to a great host.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] corrado85:
can't wait for a one-click-root solution for all the non-savy AOL users :cowboy:
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] brosenz:
What tool do you use to check MD5?
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] yeeson:
Enter Fastboot，The input：fastboot flash system system.img，flash devices

Enjoy
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] Safar_Ibrahim:
my next question, how do i enter fastboot ?
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] E90 Commie:
I use MD5 for Mac OS X usually. There is a lot of MD5 checkers available so finding one is easy.

A question: is a full wipe necessary for this system.img? My initial plan is to flash it without wipe.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] ShALLaX:
A wipe shouldn't be required. Just make sure you're upgraded to stock 475 first.

The partition info for bin2sin is stored in the original SIN. However, its whereabouts in the header is still unknown to me as it seems to have changed between SINv1 and SINv3. I've not really put any effort into finding as my boot loader is unlocked.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] ShALLaX:
To enter fastboot, read the original procedure. I think it's around step 38.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] yeeson:
1.unlocked device

2.power off

3.hold the volume up，Connect the data cable

4.device appear blue light
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] E90 Commie:
Great, I am using the 475 already. Will flash when I return home and then I expect to end this day with tablet mode enabled.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] brosenz:
How are you going to enable Tablet Mode?
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] LordManhattan:
By manually lowering the DPI in the build.prop and using Xposed Framework.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] Akemdwr:
How can we make a full wipe without cwm?
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] E90 Commie:
I would like to enable phablet mode in System UI and will make an attempt, my only question is if the Sony toggles will work with it (I use phablet mode in AOSP/CM ROMs usually). So my plan is this:

1. Change the System UI to phablet mode (240 DPI, Layout 600).

2. Change the apps to tablet mode (240 DPI, Layout 720).

I will change everything to 240 DPI with the build.prop tweak and then do the rest with Xposed Framework App Settings (phablet and tablet mode etc).

It is the same procedure I did on the Xperia Z even if I used 240-320 DPI on it depending on app when I had stock based ROMs there. With PAC, I am using 280 DPI and phablet mode for System UI and tablet mode for all apps.

Since the Ultra use 320 DPI, 240 DPI is where I am heading. The good thing is that 240 is a standard value and the compatibility is kept (Play Store can be troublesome with non-standard DPI values).

Edit: The reason I like the phablet mode is that the notification drawer is divided: swipe left for notification, swipe on the right side to get the toggles. I prefer that style since I think it is great to have a separate pull down toggle menu.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] avsquare:
Just to check,

how do we wipe cache and dalvik cache like for samsung devices on Sony?

I tried fastboot erase cache but it says FAILED: <remote: Command not allowed>

---------- Post added at 11:08 PM ---------- Previous post was at 11:02 PM ----------

Anyways I flashed via fast boot and it gave me a boot loop.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] ShALLaX:
Details in the tutorial. Use Flashtool, flash the stock ROM but exclude everything. Leave the wipe check boxes checked.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] avsquare:
Ah flash tool. Got it, I was using CMD earlier.

Flashing back stock 475 and try to reflash the rooted to see if it's still in boot loop.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] ERICTHK:
Yes, finally a root on .475 :good:

Going to flash it later & see the results
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] avsquare:
root seems good. correct access to system/apps, time to DEBLOAT!

Thanks to [MENTION=4169381]m3dd0g[/MENTION] for the system.img file :good:
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] Safar_Ibrahim:
How do i unlock my device ? will it void warranty ? any option to lock it later ?
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] m3dd0g:
Good to hear that it works :good:
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] Safar_Ibrahim:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_-gFPX7UoY

just watch the video , mine say Yes
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] yeeson:
will it void warranty！
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] m3dd0g:
I can also confirm that my system.img .475 firmware is full rooted.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] Safar_Ibrahim:
i downloaded the firmware, but how do i flash it ?

i can enter fast boot mode , notice the blue light is on, then what is next ?
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] fbfree:
Please,where can I download it?Thanks

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May I have your 475system.img?I am eager to root my device,and thanks for your help.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] m3dd0g:
Here is my link Stock .475 rooted

Maybe ShALLaX can post the link in OP.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] Safar_Ibrahim:
I have downloaded this file, but how do i flash it ?
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] m3dd0g:
fastboot flash system system.img but first you must unlock your bootloader

Here is a great tutorial by ShALLaX. You can start at point 38 with my system.img.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] brosenz:
Root on .475 is working fine, many thanks :D:D:D:D:D