yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Xperia Z1 General] cocchiararo:
some "magic bytes" that allow your phone to use the propietary stuff it has (x-reality, bionz, etc)

You want to have them :P
[Xperia Z1 General] gregbradley:
Many thanks for quoting the whole OP for your 4 word post. I really needed to read it again. :p
[Xperia Z1 General] jconradb:
Does anybody have an idea where I can find a list of firmwares for the C6902 for Russia and.Ukraine. I need pre 257 so I can root. My Z1 came with the latest firmware new. Need original firmware not TW, CN etc. Thanks in advance
[Xperia Z1 General] gregbradley:
Look in the mega collection in the general section
[Xperia Z1 General] rOnnyjustrOn:
Hi guys. Just finish update mine to 257. Is it a good practice to factory reset after update? Of only for major update.
[Xperia Z1 General] gregbradley:
If you updated via official means there is no need to factory reset
[Xperia Z1 General] guybrush2099:
I always flash stock ROM without wipes BUT remember to uninstall correctly all the apps they use root before to flash
[Xperia Z1 General] jconradb:
Yes I did look there nothing for Russia and Ukraine need that specific firmware have looked all over the net, thanks for your reply
[Xperia Z1 General] gregbradley:
You don't need it if you are just going to root and install something else.

Just install an old FW, root and upgrade following the instructions to keep root (i.e flashing a prerooted rom)
[Xperia Z1 General] z_harris:
Hi there,

i try to update my Z1 6903 ver. 354 to 254. The device is rooted and on my pc w7 i have flashtool installed. The problem is that when i connect the phone while pressing volume down - nothing is happening. Flashtool show that the device is conected, preparing to instal update and after while shows massage - device disconnected. Where is the mistake?
[Xperia Z1 General] gregbradley:
Don't connect in flashmode until you are prompted to do so by flashtool.
[Xperia Z1 General] QualQuek:
Thanks! Works great with Vroot but that install weird asian app so i removed it.
[Xperia Z1 General] topak01:
The vroot has unroot feature, I already use it once, but since I'm updating my device into .257 neither I can root or unroot it.. Just connect ur phone with debugging USB option is ticked on. And then connect it to ur pc, and then open the vroot application, and when it detects ur phone, there should be green button on right and below of the edge of the application,

And about strange language of app that has been installed on ur device, I think that's working like super user, which allow or won't allow special application that need root authorization..
[Xperia Z1 General] rage77:
I'm confused by these last messages, vroot works for 257 now?
[Xperia Z1 General] gregbradley:
You might need that....
[Xperia Z1 General] cocchiararo:
How long did it take during older releases to get root?

Did one release normally fix the root exploit of the previous one ?

I am new to the phone and deciding what to do ::P
[Xperia Z1 General] rOnnyjustrOn:
How to uninstall correctly. You mean go and search everything related and delete it manually?
[Xperia Z1 General] topak01:
Hey, can anyone tell me what is the different between odexed and the deodexed one? Why we have to install the deodexed one?
[Xperia Z1 General] Kyrius:
It didn't work for me.

Any other options?
[Xperia Z1 General] guybrush2099:
Yes from app management, uninstalling them. I also remove permissions from supersu before to uninstall
[Xperia Z1 General] Kyrius:
By the way: root 360 can be installed using AppLocale from Microsoft (free program). But i still can't run it. Some kind of error always pops up.
[Xperia Z1 General] juanpirulo:
woaaaaaau. You are good with the copy-paste tool. :D
[Xperia Z1 General] cocchiararo:
Odexed one is not mod friendly, but might be marginally faster and if you clear dalvik cache, does not need to rebuild it for system apps.

There is no odexed custom roms i am aware of, or odexed stock roms for installing from recovery either.

The hard way, posted before (going back to an older release, rooting, installing dualboot recovery, installing the latest one, deodexed, installing busybox, flashing kernel and baseband)

which wont help rooting the latest release ?
[Xperia Z1 General] gagg3:
Guys, just a thing:

I just updated OTA to the new firmware, I kept root seeing how my old firmware was rooted.

Wierd or what?
[Xperia Z1 General] cocchiararo:
what was your old firmware (region and all)

Might be a nice thig to install that one, root, and OTA upgrade to the latest XD
[Xperia Z1 General] rage77:
Most likely the Swedish 534. I'm thinking about trying this now, then it's confirmed.
[Xperia Z1 General] shem2409:
Root .257 firmware on Xperia Z1

For anyone who wishes to get root on the newest .257 firmware here is a step by step video

[YOUTUBE]boIq09H026k[/YOUTUBE]
[Xperia Z1 General] gregbradley:
hmm..Is this just a method to install a prerooted rom or a true method to root the FW?

If the latter, please describe the video correctly
[Xperia Z1 General] rage77:
It's a video for installing a prerooted Rom. Or more precise, go from 354 rooted to 257 without loosing root.
[Xperia Z1 General] shem2409:
I have updated the video title. It is a method to get root on .257 firmware by dongrading and installing the prerooted version. Sorry for confusion
[Xperia Z1 General] topak01:
So you still can root it by downgrade it? But I haven't unlocked my bootloader yet? Is it still possible?
[Xperia Z1 General] rage77:
I can not verify OTA update keeping root. My update fails every time.
[Xperia Z1 General] Blizz1982:
Maybe updating is possible only via PC like one update in Xperia Arc :(
[Xperia Z1 General] shem2409:
Yes you can root it with a locked bootloader. My bootloader is locled as well so just follow the video.
[Xperia Z1 General] topak01:
Does it make any different 6902 or 6903 device? I mean the flashable file that available now are include 6902?

Anyway, where can I get the video? I want to try to downgrade my device.. I really need root access.. :D
[Xperia Z1 General] jagdesh:
Hey which firmware version and region are were you in?? how come your root remained even after update to .257 while others are reported loss of root.

Would love to get a detailed guide with links on how you managed to keep root with OTA update to .257

---------- Post added at 08:12 AM ---------- Previous post was at 08:12 AM ----------

Any luck on updating through OTA to .257 and still keeping root?
[Xperia Z1 General] cocchiararo:
kingoroot was updated and now supports windows 8.1 x64, but still fails to rood .257
[Xperia Z1 General] 301stSpartan:
You can do it with either. If the pre-rooted firmware is for a different model then yours, you should be able to flash the baseband from an ftf of your model after everything else is done. The baseband (modem) is the only difference between the two models.

As to where to get the video, you should try actually reading this forum before messing around with your expensive device. Like read the whole thread. The video is only like 9 posts above yours so you should see it easily if you actually read....
[Xperia Z1 General] cocchiararo:
360Root was updated today (i guess, it was a 4.5mb file, now says 3.9mb on it´s homepage).

Has anyone tried to root .257 with it ? im [MENTION=408485]work[/MENTION] and can't right now :(

ps: i alsa have the "non chinese OS issue" that i read somewhere how to fix, but lost that
[Xperia Z1 General] cocchiararo:
i failed to find a way to install 360root in a non chinese OS. I googled, i searched xda :(
[Xperia Z1 General] jagdesh:
can anyone confirm if 360 root can root the latest .257 firmware since its last update?
[Xperia Z1 General] Kyrius:
have you tried applocale?
[Xperia Z1 General] cocchiararo:
that was it i think XD

Lets see..

ps: i just tried extracting it, and running 360root.exe from the bin directory. It loads, and it loads an app in the phone even before pressing the button, but then the button does nothing, but show a chinese popup i can't understand.

Previous version loads no app on the phone, but shows a popup too

maybe the popup is telling me to install it correctly, or that my rom is not compatible :P
[Xperia Z1 General] kiumoneoh:
Hi I have successfully installed 360root with applocale, but in order to run it, you will need to change your system locale language to Simplified Chinese in order to display unicodes properly (will not work with applocale)

Run it, connected my phone and it says my phone is not support.

: as of now, 360root is NOT able to root .257 firmware

---------- Post added at 04:33 AM ---------- Previous post was at 04:31 AM ----------

Haha it means "sorry, current phone model is not support"
[Xperia Z1 General] topak01:
Nice review.. But I really need to root my device..

If flash my device using flashtool, do I need root or unlocked bootloader?
[Xperia Z1 General] cocchiararo:
Too bad i spent an hour i could have used sleeping doing this XD

After installing 360root with applocale, i can run is with applocale too :P

Weird that i would get that "app" in my phone if i ran it by decompressing it.
[Xperia Z1 General] kiumoneoh:
i think you should sleep now lol.

I tried installing with applocale but couldnt run it with applocale :/

I did notice 360root showing up in my recent/running apps when i was connected to the computer. But it just wouldn't root. i was so desperate that i even wrote to them pleading them to come up with a workable root update for us lol
[Xperia Z1 General] 301stSpartan:
You guys know that you can root 257 right? You just have to go back to rooted 534 and flash the pre rooted 257. It isn't too hard if you follow instructions carefully.
[Xperia Z1 General] mynameisjon:
For those who didn't want to downgrade to 534 for root because they'd have to wipe, I can confirm (on my end at least C6903) that you can flash 534 and deslect the data wipe option in flash tool and rooting will still work. No special steps necessary.

If you do that, however, make sure you upgrade to 257 because your camera will not work until you complete the upgrade steps.

Now if someone could just pull the update center app and post it here, that's all I'm missing.
[Xperia Z1 General] gregbradley:
No, you can use flashtool like pccompanion on a completely stock phone
[Xperia Z1 General] sunetta:
Do i loss warranty with that flashtool?

Does someone know if vroot will be updated for .257 firmware?
[Xperia Z1 General] 301stSpartan:
1) No

2) don't know. Unless a vRoot dev is following this forum, which I doubt, I wouldn't plan on getting an answer on this. For now just root using the known method of flashing the pre-rooted 257 firmware
[Xperia Z1 General] digitall1982:
if i root my .534 stock firmware,

will i be able to unroot? does it matter?

will it have influence in any part of normal working?

will i get normal ota updates later?

it will be rooted when i update to .257 as is come?

p.s. i don't need bootloader unlocking etc

tnx
[Xperia Z1 General] crimsonm:
2) vroot not working for 257 firmware.
[Xperia Z1 General] 301stSpartan:
1) yes

2) not in a negative way. It will allow you to do more things but won't impede what you already can do

3) yes

4) not if you update through OTA or PC Companion. Only way to have root on 257 is to flash a pre-rooted version of 257

---------- Post added at 09:35 AM ---------- Previous post was at 09:34 AM ----------

The question was will it in the future with an update. Not whether it does or doesn't currently ;)
[Xperia Z1 General] sunetta:
Thank's for da answer.. btw i'll w8 to get root.. dont wanna risk to brick my phone.. hope that someone update that tool..
[Xperia Z1 General] 301stSpartan:
This phone is hard to brick, and especially if you haven't unlocked the bootloader it's very hard to hard brick the device. Kingo root is confirmed by many to work, as is vRoot (though you'll get a Chinese superuser app). If you're planning to stick with 534, there really isn't any harm in rooting using these apps. If you want root on 257, then it's a bit more complicated but still safe as long as you follow instructions and have an idea what you're doing.
[Xperia Z1 General] sunetta:
Prefer to wait one / two weeks with 100% stock and if nth hapen root following that guide. Thank's again for consult :P
[Xperia Z1 General] rage77:
Been rooting and flashing a couple of years now and just flashed the deodexed 257. Man that ****ed things up. Bluetooth and NFC is glitchy at best. Baseband seems to have trouble as well with connections, jumps around like crazy to different data connections. Apps just lose resources, lux finds no ambient light at all, other apps just plain crashes. And recovery was lost as well in the process!? WTH!

This was a ****ed up upgrade and flash. I'll need to go back to 534 again ASAP.
[Xperia Z1 General] AhhEff:
The support of KingoRootApp anderes yesterday that their engineers are already working on the .257 root issue.

Gesendet von meinem C6903 mit Tapatalk
[Xperia Z1 General] 301stSpartan:
Just out of curiosity, was the 257 you flashed for the same model as your phone? If not, then did you flash the 257 baseband for your device? Different modes have stuff different modems so while you can flash across models, you need to flash your own baseband after.
[Xperia Z1 General] rage77:
Thanks for the advice but yeah, I checked those things as well. It's probably just a bad flash, happens occasionally. Could probably have been more diligent with clearing caches and data beforehand and starting from a fresh 534 install with root.

Oh well, there goes my productivity at work today...
[Xperia Z1 General] z_harris:
Just of curiosity if you want to go back from 257 to 345 which FW do you have to install?
[Xperia Z1 General] 301stSpartan:
Any one from that version that matches your device's model number (ex: 6902). Branded or unbranded is up to you if you want the bloatware that may come with branded (also will get different update timings likely, unbranded should be the fastest)
[Xperia Z1 General] OmanGhost:
I had a root before, then I installed font to change the original font of phone, but My sony xperia z1 doesn't wont to boot again. I solved with Sony Updater software and get the last FW and lose the root.

I will wait for Devs to find new way to root it
[Xperia Z1 General] gregbradley:
?

Just root it again
[Xperia Z1 General] 301stSpartan:
If I'm interpreting right, when he repaired and restored, it updated him to 257 which you can't directly root. Sounds like he would rather wait for a hopeful exploit for 257 rather than go through the effort to go back to 534 and root and do all that.
[Xperia Z1 General] nxkr:
How to root newest version of firmware .257 same method to downgrade kernel with flashtool??
[Xperia Z1 General] LordManhattan:
Why does it seem like no one is trying to find an exploit to root the Z1 and Ultra? Are we satisfied with the current situation? It's like we're all waiting for an update to vRoot, and it's not even guaranteed that it'll get a working update.
[Xperia Z1 General] 301stSpartan:
Go for it man. I'm not a dev. Maybe the devs are working on it. Or maybe they're busy with their lives. If you aren't satisfied then get on finding an exploit!
[Xperia Z1 General] LordManhattan:
I'm fully aware that my previous post can be seen as whining, but I kind of find it depressing that this is the state of rooting on our devices. We are actively waiting for some mystery men behind Vroot to do this for us when we're at XDA where all the magic usually happens. I'm not a dev, so I can't really say much about this, but I expected something else I guess.
[Xperia Z1 General] rage77:
You can help speed up the progress even if you're not a developer yourself, you do it by using your wallet. [NUT] for example is one of our superb geniuses here at the forum contributing to the progress of this phone despite him not actually owning one(!).

He has a donations-account so you can pitch in and help him get one, I'd wager that would speed up some development considerably.

krabappel2548 and DooMLoRD are two others that always helps out greatly in this forum and for these devices. You can help them out financially as well in different ways (buy their apps for example).

Me and many others who don't know jack about coding for Android help out in the way we can, financially. Time is money, that goes for our dear developers as well.
[Xperia Z1 General] nvphuong:
Here are all things I do to get root on my full stock

1. Download your region C6903 14.1.G.2.257 FTF file or you can make FTF file from sony update service

2. Open your FTF file with winrar and extract system.sin file

3. use sin editor of flashtool to extract data system.sin file, You will get an system.ext4 file.

4. We have to extract the files which are in the system.ext4 file - for this I used the DiskInternal Linux Reader

5. After extracting the files you have to put all the files in a folder named "system" (low letters)

6. Create a folder named for example "Firmware" or any name which you want

7. Put the "system" folder in the "Firmware" folder

8.Download the Attached META-INF File - extract it and copy the META-INF Folder in the "Firmware" folder

9. Now you have in your "Firmware" folder two sub-folders

"system" and "META-INF"

Now you only have to zip the both folders for example with 7zip or WinRar

Important: You have to set the compression to "Store"

10. Copy the zip File to your SD-Card

11. flash you Z1 back to 534 using flashtool and root with kingo root

12. install dual recovery from here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2455959

13. Reboot into recovery, do a factory reset

14. install your rom.

15, install supersu1.65.zip from here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1538053, after that do not reboot

16. go to advanced and chose power off

17. open flashtooth, chose your 257 rom and tick only system in exclude field

18. reboot and your have your region full stock rom with root

use with my META-INF File, other may not work :D

Sorry for my bad english
[Xperia Z1 General] LordManhattan:
Why don't you just downgrade to the previous build that's rootable, root it, install OTA Root Keeper and flash the newest build through OTA (you may have to change the CDA)?

Edit: Why am I in a Z1 thread? What year is this?!
[Xperia Z1 General] andrehetzl:
Talked to Cameron from KingoApp Root. They are working since the release of .257 on a fix to root Z1 with latest Sony Firmware!
[Xperia Z1 General] kgiann:
I am sure they will succeed soon - good luck to them!

I have used 'KINGO Android' to root the previous firmware in a matter of seconds without ANY problem. Not working for .257 today (last KINGO update 23 October). I am sure they will crack it soon, so I choose to stay unrooted for the time being.

If they manage to provide us with such a service, I don't see why they should not be rewarded. Many small donations will make their efforts worhwhile. Thank you KINGO.
[Xperia Z1 General] shem2409:
If I were you I would just use the dongrade/upgrade method. It is not as difficult as it sounds. I remember that for the Xperia Z its been ages before they found a root exploit for the 3rd of 4th firmware upgrade. To get a rooted updated firmware you had to go through the downgrade/upgrade process and [NUT] would always just provide pre-rooted firmware versions. Taking into account that firmware upgrades provide crucial fixes and greatly improve performance I personally would not wait, and also I am one of those users that can't live without root.

I have recorded a video on how to get the root as well so check it out if you do decide to upgrade and get a working root.

[YOUTUBE]boIq09H026k[/YOUTUBE]
[Xperia Z1 General] andrehetzl:
It takes too much time! For example I already configured my phone the way I want it to have, made all settings the way I want them to be and all apps are installed and configured the way I want them. To make a good safe I need Titanium Backup which needs also ROOT access. And I really don't wanna loose a day again configuring my phone! I would really wait for the .257 Kingoapp Root. Root my phone and install only dual recovery and the PureXAudio mod. I really like the retail rom. And maybe we will skip .257 root and wait till the rom which brings us Android 4.4 (Rumors point at the 7th of November) with a nice and flawless root method! :D
[Xperia Z1 General] shem2409:
Although it is highly recommended to do a full wipe before flashing the rom I can tell you that I didn't and it works perfectly fine. Of course to be safe you can perform a nandroid backup in recovery and then even if something goes wrong you can easily restore. When it comes to Android 4.4 rumours I would take them with a pinch of salt. Sony still hasn't polished this software version completely.
[Xperia Z1 General] hush66:
Anyone else can verify that this will work? :confused:
[Xperia Z1 General] nvphuong:
me. I test for my device and some my friends device also and it really work.
[Xperia Z1 General] Safar_Ibrahim:
yes, it works for me.

stock rom - rooted
[Xperia Z1 General] gesko:
Run rooting tools in a VM?

I´m on a Mac. So is it possible to run the rooting tools in a VM like VirtualBox or Parallels?
[Xperia Z1 General] juanpirulo:
It s new vroot updated but it doesnt work with the z1.
[Xperia Z1 General] dayofdoom:
1.7.1 works fine

what makes 1.7.2?
[Xperia Z1 General] hush66:
Created the zip card using the instructions but it just won't flash in either CWM or TWRP. No error message.

Anyways, I flashed the DK 534 firmware (without wiping data), rooted using Kingo, and updated to 257 via OTA (with root maintained). Only issue was with the Camera app which was laggy, but that was fixed with clearing data of the Camera app. :good::D

Edit: oh and I noticed on the DK firmware, that there is no NFC notification icon (which can be easily fixed by editing the build.prop file and it's a "4G" icon instead of the "LTE" icon (not sure how to fix this).
[Xperia Z1 General] nvphuong:
you may have somethings wrong. what is your region? I can make zip for you.
[Xperia Z1 General] hush66:
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It's ok, since I've already updated to 257 DK firmware.
[Xperia Z1 General] Safar_Ibrahim:
the method you shared can work for any ROM, and you can remove unnecessary app before you flash created zip file.
[Xperia Z1 General] fareeed:
http://www.xperiablog.net/2013/09/14/unlocking-xperia-z1-bootloader-breaks-camera-functionality/
[Xperia Z1 General] jlevy73:
When you get a chance can you upload the XZ1 device folder? The link you posted doesn't seem to be working. Thanks.
[Xperia Z1 General] panda62:
Rooting should leave the camera still functioning yes? Unless its unlocking bootloader. =/ i'm getting a "360 root only supports chinese OS"
[Xperia Z1 General] auchengyu:
I read often that people with 360ROOT have problems with their camera,not the whole but parts, like INFO-eye etc...

its not stable enough as they say. The 360 Chinese website have not Z1 serial as supported device yet also.....

Do you know about this [MENTION=4340984]krabappel2548[/MENTION] ?

All of them on Chinese forums saying now 360 is unstable and that we should wait for Doomlord's or other developer's new good ROOT without unlockng BL!
[Xperia Z1 General] Rekoil:
[MENTION=4340984]krabappel2548[/MENTION],

Any chance you could include my TA partition guide as an alternative to non-Windows users in post 2?
[Xperia Z1 General] inffy:
seems the 360root requires a chinese OS? Is there any way to skip this "check"

EDIT: nevermind. vroot worked with a english windows.
[Xperia Z1 General] raimondomartire:
Yes I can confirm root with vroot on Z1. I have root from 2 day
[Xperia Z1 General] fer2503:
can you tell me how i can do to root with Vroot?

i connected phone with debug mode on, installed pc companion, but when i open vroot and click on green button, annything appear
[Xperia Z1 General] raimondomartire:
I wrote you on italian forum look my signature so you understand my italian name :) Saluti da Raimondo
[Xperia Z1 General] fer2503:
oh sorry raimondo. i send your another message on italian forum because i don't understand very well
[Xperia Z1 General] Androxyde:
Does root work on .518 firmware ?
[Xperia Z1 General] raimondomartire:
Yes I've used vroot without problem