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[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] golfinggino:
Anyone running this ROM on the bell version c6806 ? I have the c6802 and thinking of getting the LTE version but I thought I read somewhere the bell version does not have an unlockable bootloader ? So wondering if anyone can help me answer this thanks
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] pedal2themedal:
If you get it from sony it will work. That's what I have and it works great.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] golfinggino:
Yes I know that my question is the version from bell can you flash ROMs on it is. Unlock the boot loader ?
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] REAVER117:
The Bell Xperia Z Ultra has a locked bootloader.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] golfinggino:
thanks for the reply was going to buy one on kijiji for very good price but will pass - thanks
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] techpal:
Somehow I lost my recovery. I want to flash this ROM and I am currently rooted,unlocked bootloader so want to know whether boot.img of this Omnirom or any rom like PAC have recovery in it? So no need to flash recovery separately?
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] warfareonly:
Yes, they do. Use another boot.img
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] pedal2themedal:
Just buy one from Sony. They can all be unlocked.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] krabappel2548:
Like I said I was going to my gf this weekend so I'm there now, very maybe I can do a build here, but probably I'll release the update tomorrow when I'm back home :)
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] pedal2themedal:
Priorities man, Lol. Too bad tho, I'm off all day today to test and play with a new build.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] ChillyChan:
Have fun man. Gf first, builds later :D
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] AVriANCE:
Also having problems mounting SD card. Seeing others got it to work, what SC cards are you guys using? Mine is Sandisk Ultra SDXC (64GB)
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] abuihsan:
I use Transcend Ultimate 32GB SDHC Class10 and had no problem on this omni.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] sabre31:
I have this exact card no issues just make sure it is formated as fat32. By default they are formatted as exfat which are unreadable by stock android.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] pedal2themedal:
You can run any card u want. It's all about the format. Mine is Ntfs, but I had to run a script to get it to read it. Still can't get it to mount r/w tho.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] LordManhattan:
SanDisk. It's FAT format thought, so it works as it should. You'll only have issues if it's NTFS, like pedal2themedal says.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] velvetmxo:
That's why I'll wait till there's a script or something to enable exfat cards to work

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Ext4 doesn't work or exfat. I also have that sd card
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] shingers5:
this should clear this up once and for all...................restoring a nandroid is not the same as flashing a stock rom. obviously if you are restoring a nandroid nowhere does it say you need to flash boot.img to do that. the boot.img will be needed if flashing a any rom based on stock sony kernel because current recoveries are not capable of flashing kernel from rom zips. for example if i am on Omni i wanted to flash Excelsus or Radioactive rom then you would need flash boot.img from those rom zips or custom stock boot.img like krabs.................flashing a stock is not the same as restore a nandroid guys as you know. because we have a lack of custom roms based off stock many will restore nandroid which never needed a boot,img to work! there is no confusion just need to differentiate flashing a stock rom or restore a nandroid
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] ChillyChan:
That's what I thought too but how come I didn't need to flash boot.img when I flashed ParanoidAndroid 3.99 RC2. I had stock (.257), rooted and cwm/twrp installed. No single ROM had been installed before nor any kernels. I copied rom zip and pa-gapps zip to sd card, unplugged, rebooted to cwm, wiped data, installed the two zips, rebooted and voila, PA booted. I checked the kernel too and it says cyanogenmod blah blah so it sure ain't stock.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] shingers5:
well i tried to flash PA from stock .257 without using the bot.img and i got sony logo and nothing else......................other day shaolin95 tried the same and it didnt work and i had to help him get it going. what i tried to explain before is that if for a few you dont seem to need a boot.img flash then thats all welll and good but it sure doesnt work for all so it causes more confusion where as the current methods in place work for all hence why it makes more sense.

now you on PA when you want to return to stock just flash a stock rom via current recovery to see if it boots...........not a nandroid restore but a custom stock like excelsus or hamdogg
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] ChillyChan:
Yes, I'll try that. I don't have a stock ROM so gotta download one first. My phone's a C8602 if it makes any difference.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] shingers5:
mine is c6833 and it uk bought phone..............yours might be the international version which are all slightly different like the LG G2
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] ChillyChan:
I see. Maybe that's the reason for the confusion.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] techpal:
I flashed PA and needed to flash boot.img from zip of PA coming from .257 stock. So question is I am currently on PA Rom and If I want to go to pure stock Sony .257 rom(no mods) Can I just use flashtool to go back to stock sony .257 ROM( as I forgot to take nandroid of my stock ROM when flashing PA:( )
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] shingers5:
well if you backed up stock .257 then as suggested by these you can just restore that backup..............yep you can just flash the .ftf .257 firmware with flashtool as it will replace everything on the phone.

as per my earlier point like i said flashing the boot.img works for all where not flashing may work for some...........hence why is makes more sense to use the old methods
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] techpal:
Thanks a lot really helpful person. Another question if I want to flash this Omnirom coming from PA should I just flash ROM and Gapps. No boot.img needed to flash right?
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] warfareonly:
Yes, you may.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] techpal:
Flashed Omnirom from PA but lost root and recovery.Installed supersu from play store it isnt working. Also cant flash super su since there is no recovery.How to get recovery back?
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] warfareonly:
fastboot PA boot.img .

Install Omnirom again. Install superSU zip before rebooting.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] techpal:
Thanks a lot for your prompt reply. Got it to work.:)
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] warfareonly:
No problem.

Enjoy the ROM :)
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] techpal:
Ya enjoying the rom running smooth.Hope video playback issue gets fixed soon as cant play youtube videos in HD, other than its running absolutely fine.

EDIT:

How to get ART activated? On rebooting it changes to Dalvik.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] sev7en:
I do agree, this firmware is lovable but streaming video are not working. There's a fix for that?
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] techpal:
No not working for me too. Well will have to wait for an update. Loving this ROM and if video issues gets sorted it will be my daily driver.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] sabre31:
Agreed once video playback is fixed this will be a daily driver for me. Can't wait.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] blueether:
I've found a few things that don't work well

other camera apps

500px app seems to play up at times - clear cache will fix

Measure Height by Deskis OÜ just freezes the phone with it looks like the CPU's pegged at 100% see screen shot after

AnTuTu 3DRating freezes

contacts and phone seem a little buged
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] krabappel2548:
I have a lot of time today, so build time! I'm going to do all I can to get wifi working on my kernel with GPE changes added and also fix the remaining issues if the rom :)

Expect an update from me in a few hours :p
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] warfareonly:
ROM update or status update ? :p
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] techpal:
Great to hear. :D. Without you development of this fabulous phablet would have been dead.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] krabappel2548:
Depends on how it goes, at the moment I'm having a lot of compilation errors, since I'm trying to merge in some straight caf stuff to make everything easier in the future
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] gbohm:
Do you know if Bluetooth could be fixed with the new kernel stuff from the gpe?
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] krabappel2548:
Not sure, sorry guys but I'm testing Sony 4.3 update now :D
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] shingers5:
Your all over the place man. Maybe do one at a time as that prove more productive lol
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] gbohm:
So no 4.4 update anytime soon?
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] krabappel2548:
I'll continue now, tested Sony 4.3 and it's amazing :D also bootloader bug is fixed on Z1 :)
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] shaolin95:
Amazing sounds....AMAZING! I want it :laugh:
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] iBuzman:
Good to hear

(A problem none of us here on Z U experienced lol ;))
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] LordManhattan:
Yup, and this is a good thing. The devs will finally go all in on custom ROMs for the Z1, and people will actually use them, so this will also benefit us down the road since we can simply port them over to the ZU. Not that i think there's a lack of ROMs for the ZU, but it's always nice to have more options :)
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] LordManhattan:
How's it going Krab?
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] hamdogg:
got rid of them... some ointment sorted it out. thanks... :D
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] gbohm:
iiiiiiiiiiuuuuu bad doggy!!!
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] hamdogg:
LOL.. couldn't resist!
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] :
[MENTION=4340984]krabappel2548[/MENTION] To tell you the truth...it's when the phone tries to connect to data network it reboots. I pulled my sim and disabled network data, then popped sim back in and it works fine. So it is the known bug with the data network being bad that causes the reboots.

The recovery is also not available with a power up or down. The phone doesn't even recognize a recovery available. It just boots up.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] krabappel2548:
ok, yeah you need to turn on flight mode, then go to settings, turn off flight mode and really fast disable mobile data :p

You can try the kernel I just posted?
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] :
Once the people with the crashes disable data...it'll be fine.

haha I can't get the kernel...at work. No wifi and no data! Plus my work computers are locked down...can't get fastboot up and running!

I'll have to ride it out!
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] LordManhattan:
@krabappel2548 How do i flash the kernel using Flashtool?

EDIT: Got it.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] warfareonly:
Yep, works all right on aeroplane mode. Was too busy restoring everything to update that here. :silly:

I have WiFi , will try kernel.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] jingko100200:
nice work! downloading...speed is slow caused by CHN GOV block...:(
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] LordManhattan:
IT'S ALIVE!

EDIT: But it won't flash Omni. I'm getting an error: "E: Error in /data/media/0/Download/omni-4.4-20131128-togari-HOMEMADE.zip (Status 7)"
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] warfareonly:
Delete
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] LordManhattan:
I got Recovery running again. Download this kernel, put it in C:/flashtool/firmwares, open Flashtool, click the Lightningbolt, choose "Fastboot". A new window will open. Choose "Select Kernel To Flash", change it from .sin to .img (in the window), the kernel.img will show up, choose it, and bam. Done. Now boot into Recovery as usual.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] warfareonly:
Sorry, sorry, I've got the ROM up and running. :cyclops:

I accidentally refreshed the reply to topic page when it got stuck! It resent my reply again :eek:
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] krabappel2548:
ok, so both recoveries work now? :) I also updated the kernel inthe RevolutionKernel thread :p

it's ok :p
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] warfareonly:
Okay, ART is amazing, WhatsApp is working, I've got root and krabappel2548 is a genius !

:D
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] LordManhattan:
Yup, both work now, but Omni won't install. Any ideas? (check the error message i posted 15 minutes ago if you haven't read it). I have restored my backup for now btw, so it's all good.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] pedal2themedal:
If you are coming from a stock sony rom, the recovery will not flash this rom. I experimented a little bit, lol. If you flash the boot.img from this rom it should flash. I just used the one from the PA build because I already had it on my computer and it flashed first try. I believe you can just flash it with the flashtool as well tho.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] warfareonly:
Dunno about what's wrong, but just use a boot.img from another ROM. Then you can flash back the revolution kernel via fastboot/flashtool.

Edit: calling works.

If you need root, flash the superSU zip after flashing gapps.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] LordManhattan:
Thanks guys! That would explain a lot, but it isn't stated in the OP that we need to flash boot.img, so i assumed it was straight forward. How do i flash the boot.img? Is it through ADB or flashtool?

EDIT: Scratch that! I'll figure it out (i.e i'll go into the RevolutionKernel thread and read what it says there. Spoiler: the instructions are there)
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] fbfree:
It worked. My situation is: when I pull the sim in the phone, it will reboot again and again, Is that the main bug?
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] abuihsan:
GPS is greater than ever

GPS locked in less than 5 seconds (inside home).. everything is fast except mentioned as not work in OP.

Looks like will be as daily driver upon mobile data fixed. Thanks for great work!
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] LordManhattan:
Once your booted into the ROM, enable Airplane mode. Disable mobile data and then disable airplane mode again.

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Alright, i flashed boot.img (from the RevolutionKernel), aaand it still don't want to flash Omni. I give up.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] krabappel2548:
I have issues flashing on my phone, maybe because of 4.3 Sony update, will revert back to 4.2.2 and try again.

It always says: can't open zip. But I'm working on it
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] xetjoe:
Not work .. :(

Hy its not work and say error

I searching, may because my older CWM version (6.0.3.6). Then I still not found newest CWM version 6.0.4.3 officially for ZXU

please help, ...

thanks
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] Reb0rn:
Install boot.img from cm10.2 and use the cwm there.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] xetjoe:
still not yet

still can't do it

but, I didn't try by manual CMD, what different, I boot.img from cm-10.2.0-togari.zip

thanks
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] velvetmxo:
is bluetooth fixed?
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] baileyjr:
No not yet
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] chrisaw:
Any updates on this one Krab? :)

Haven't heard from you in a while dude!
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] warfareonly:
He just gave a status update yesterday -_-

Let him rest for sometime...
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] krabappel2548:
Today I have time again, I can probably fix all bugs now :)
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] chrisaw:
Great stuff dude! Get your phone all sorted out then? :D

Sent you a few bucks again btw buddy, keep up the awesome work! :D

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Sorry matey, worded my response kinda wrong.

What I was meaning is that we hadn't heard anything since the message about his phone being odd - was a bit worried it was some kind of brick! :)
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] warfareonly:
Oh. That's all right then! :)

And an interesting tidbit of info I picked up along the Sony forums - Sony devices are almost impossible to brick. Unless you flash the GPe rom on the Xperia variant, like pedal2themedal did :p
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] chrisaw:
Yeah, recent convert from the Note 2. I looked at the plastic cheap looking Note 3 and then the gorgeous ZU and thought... yeah... this is a no brainer! Very glad with my purchase and I'm excited to see what happens next - especially once we get OmniRom working on this phone with the 2 issues fixed.

I'm missing bluetooth like crazy because I have a Pebble smartwatch which I now rely on heavily and it's not working. I'm still running 4.4 and loving it - just want this fixed!
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] shingers5:
these guys never learn..............why would you even try that? GPE models and Sony variants are not compatible for flashing direct as I mentioned many times.

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use the boot.img for PA rom by beerbong as it works without issues...............if it doesn't then something is wrong on your prep side. from this picture it seems that you are either not rooted or your bootloader is locked hence why the issues you have. if flashing the boot.img fails with that error then your bootloader hasn't been unlocked. please give more info when asking for help
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] warfareonly:
Relax. It was a test of the OTA zip that sfagundes posted. He took one for the team, he certainly isn't a n00b. Besides, the fact that he was getting a replacement device anyways kinda made it okay to test.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] shingers5:
I am fine just don't see why anyone would do that.............I don't class anyone as noobs as we are all individuals in our own right. reason I say that is cause all over XDA on various devices its a known fact that they are not compatible so I assume people know that
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] warfareonly:
Yes, but having the exact same hardware gives rise to hopes ;)

Anyways, we've spread enough OT :)
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] pedal2themedal:
Ha ha ha. I'm far from a noob. Flashed and Modded more phones than I can count. I was planning to send it in this week anyways cuz of some dead pixels.

I knew the risk but I had no downside to trying since my phone was going back anyways.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] shingers5:
fair enough :D

i dont see anyone as noobs man as who am i to judge anyone!

good luck with your next ZU
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] LordManhattan:
Sure, but it doesn't help if you were a Samsung expert, or whatever, 6 months ago. Doing stuff on a Sony (or other OEMs for that matter) is not the same as doing something on a Samsung, HTC etc. So yeah, you're the noob with the bricked phone :p

(Yes, i'm teasing you) :p

Also, i'm seeing that you're using the Optimus G. Could've been worse!
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] velvetmxo:
i think i'm going to roll with omni for a bit and see if i like it, hopefully a video fix happens,

since with 4.3 people can't revert back without losing imei
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] Mr. Droid:
Oh a video fix would be awesome
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] roqitz:
A video and bluetooth fix is all I'm waiting for :P
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] velvetmxo:
^^what he said. also looking for a script to allow the rom to run different formats of the sd card. =(
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] blueether:
[MENTION=4174620]velvetmxo[/MENTION] you can get the imei back, there are a couple of threads about how to do it
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] pedal2themedal:
As long as I have wifi. Lol. The sim card reader is busted on it so it's basically a mini tablet. It's under warranty to i just haven't sent it back yet.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] LordManhattan:
But.. how do you make calls? Or do you only use Whatsapp/FB Messenger/Skyper/Viber?
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] pedal2themedal:
Pantech duo, lol. Old school mutha, lol
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] LordManhattan:
Just googled it. Oh my god.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] iBuzman:
As long as you have a 4.2.2 nandroid you can revert without losing imei, just flash 257 ftf, boot recovery, restore 4.2.2 nandroid, imei all returned (Ive done it 5+ times) - happily on 4.3 now :)
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] krabappel2548:
Ok, I'm still having issues with flashing omni or revolution. Flashing some other roms works, I'm not sure what the problem is so I'm still figuring it out.

Another problem is that when I build omni it doesn't create a zip but gives an error while it's ok for other omni maintainers, also omni support is kinda horrible sometimes.. So I'll try some things today, but it's almost holidays so I don't know how much time I'll have in the next 2 weeks.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] stiggy2012:
What is the issue you are getting when flashing Omni?
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] velvetmxo:
Thanks i found the thread. Also i still have my nandroid. (’-’*)♪
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] shingers5:
[MENTION=262147]vertigo[/MENTION] is having similar issues. how did you get this omni working? is it a hybrid of some sort with 4.3 source files? we will get a fresh 4.4.2 on here one way or another
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] KuliX:
Just one thing to say :

Good luck to you!

Gesendet von meinem C6833 mit Tapatalk
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] warfareonly:
Best of luck to you mate!
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] qwasz123:
Good luck!

I'm sorry if this is rude but....

Is the development for this device dead? The only developer that seemed to be making and working on aosp roms doing the serious was krabapple.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] warfareonly:
Well, we still have the fxp team with us.... I think :-/

And BLOWNCO (PACman) and StarFighter (this guy made AOSP for the Z, hopefully he'll do it for the ZU too).
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] qwasz123:
Has any of them worked on our phones though? I haven't any improvement AOSP without Krabapple.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] warfareonly:
BLOWNCO had the GPe version, so he'll most likely build for us too.

StarFighter has the Xperia version, so he'll definitely build for us :D
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] qwasz123:
AWESOME :D

Where are these guys?! I want to thank them!
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] KLLSWITCH:
yea i just got the GPE last week ive been working alot latley so deving is slow ATM but PAC 4.4 will be coming soon :good:

i guess i can also see about building some of the other roms out there for us
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] qwasz123:
Thank you!
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] krabappel2548:
You can find my sources on github.com/RevolutionDev
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] KLLSWITCH:
cool thanks for the heads up hope things go well for you and you make it back :good:
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] ChillyChan:
Don't forget beerbong (PA)!
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] warfareonly:
Lol, BB has kept such a low profile since release is 4.4 I'd forgot that he is with us too! :D

He's working on PA4 right now....
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] MadCobbler:
I've been working on this for a while now and have been hitting the same issue as Krab where its failing just as its finalizing the final zip... its something to do with selinux permissions, I've spoken to pulsar_g2 and he has suggested something which I will try, I've tried building just about every rom for this device and still end up with the same error... so as soon as I or someone else works out the error (I've put that cos I'm not a developer, I'm just trying to help out) there will be an abundance or 4.4 based roms on here cos I will be one of the guys that will build them ;)
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] CptAwesomeTT:
Ooh man that sounds very promising. Thanks a lot for your effort into this device. Very very much appreciated by me and all my fellow xzu users!!!
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] KLLSWITCH:
sent you a pm.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] mottyengel:
Pac is the best rom hands down functionality wise. It has everything I'm looking for in a custom. Any guesses as to when 4.4 will be dropping?
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] Reb0rn:
Yeah... How about asking that on the pac thread?
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] blueether:
or you'll get called a troll like I did for mentioning omni in the pac thread :D
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] krabappel2548:
I hadn't checked here for a few days, but wow, here and in Z1 original development it seems really quiet now I'm gone.. Didn't knew I was that important here. So if everything goes well and I'll want to do some development it'll be for next week, I'm going to Paris with my gf for 4 days first :)
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] gbohm:
So woman problems resolved? ;)
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] krabappel2548:
I didn't have women problems but family issues, with my gf everything has always been ok :) but they are a little bit solved, so still some things to do
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] :
Your help is ALWAYS appreciated!

I was looking at the PA thread and noticed that [MENTION=1806623]beerbong[/MENTION] is having issues with booting 4.4. IF you are interested, you could collaborate with [MENTION=1862333][vertigo][/MENTION] and [MENTION=489532]BLOWNCO[/MENTION] to get other 4.4 builds out into the wild. Since you are the only one with an operational 4.4 build!

It's your call of course!