yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] jutley:
Google knew we would tamper with the goods and took precautions maybe they have some surprises for us or should I say obsticales along the way oh how rood google.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] virtualepiphany:
you just get no command. this is bizarre. "Strange things are afoot at the circle k"...

Said screw it and tried to unlock the bootloader:

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android@ubuntu:~/Desktop/platform-tools$ sudo ./fastboot oem unlock

...

FAILED (remote: Incorrect format for unlock data. Should be on the form "0x)

finished. total time: 0.005s

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[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] YrrchSebor:
that almost looks like you need a Sony code to unlock the bootoader? i wonder if the steps for the Sony unlock process would work. but then would it void your warranty?
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] ChillyChan:
My thoughts exactly. Looks like we need a key like with the Sony version.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] virtualepiphany:
That makes sense, my moto x developer edition was the same way I had to do "fastboot oem unlock begin xxxunlockkeyxxx"
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] LordManhattan:
I guess you can try it: http://unlockbootloader.sonymobile.com/instructions
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] TheManii:
I cant state that ALL present and future play edition devices will/already require unlock codes,

but at least the play edition one and s4 do not.

Htc does require an unlock code for some oem ones (varies by country/carrier)

Samsung oem devices dont use fastboot to begin with, they're either always (the equivalent) of locked or unlocked and have no equivalent of fastboot oem unlock

If the play edition zu really requires an unlock code, it is a precedent for play edition devices
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] virtualepiphany:
Epic! Worked perfectly! Bootloader is now unlocked!
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] baileyjr:
Awesome progress :good:
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] jutley:
Over the first hurdle we are progressing.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] virtualepiphany:
man. i wish i could get into recovery. i'd relish a chance to wipe davlik/cache and repair permissions and see if that fixes the issues.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] LordManhattan:
Oh yeah!
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] YrrchSebor:
i wonder if you can get into CWM/TWRP now? are they really pre-installed?
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] baileyjr:
Yeah you shoot now be able to fastboot boot a recovery image.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2548092

edit worth just mentioning again, DONT fastboot flash it... fastboot boot it
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] virtualepiphany:
Not on mine they weren't, hell even stock recovery on mine seems to be missing.

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trying now
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] TheManii:
Just to be sure/make it perfectly clear what happened: You went to the unlock bootloader request form, got an unlock code, and were able to unlock with it?
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] virtualepiphany:
That is correct. I entered into the service menu as the instructions state on the website. My phone said that my bootloader was unlockable. I entered in my email and imei number and I instantly got the email from sony. At that point I ran the command they specified supplementing my key, the prompt said it was successful. I then ran fastboot reboot-bootloader and it now is unlocked!.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] LordManhattan:
4.4.2 is now rolling out for the LG G Pad 8.3 GPE (the one that was released at the same time as the Ultra GPE), so i guess 4.4.2 for the Ultra is coming pretty soon too.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] virtualepiphany:
Unless I am missing something this doesn't work. I downloaded the kernel then did: ./fastboot boot filename.img

The phone rebooted but hung at the 4.4 loading screen. I actually had to hit the hard reset button to recover.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] baileyjr:
Right we had better wait for one of the devs tomorrow then buddy. Good progress though, I'm sure we will have it sorted tomorrow, let's all get some sleep lol
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] virtualepiphany:
Sleep, pfft. Time to go play warcraft. wasted my whole evening with you clowns :)
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] LordManhattan:
Bailey is a lightweight.. I'm an hour ahead of him and he's the one going to bed :p
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] Spectre51:
Gj guys. Looking forward to your progress. Wish I had the GPE version to help out.

Sent from my Sony Xperia™ Z Ultra
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] Mr. Droid:
Aren't you suppose to run fastboot reboot and when you see the light on boot press vol up to get into recovery ?
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] Phaze1585:
Question. On which Z Ultra is the battery life better. The Xperia or the GPe?
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] clubtech:
Not sure this is how it would work on the GPE.

On stock Sony, the recovery is bundled with a kernel so when you flash a recovery, you are also flashing a kernel and when you try to just boot the recovery you are actually booting the kernel and once the purple light turns on you need to press vol up and you will enter the recover.

I think that on the GPE version the recovery and kernel are separate so someone will need to create just a recovery image without a kernel and try to fastboot boot that recovery.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] Bin4ry:
Thats awesome progress now. So you did make one mistake if i see it correct.

You did "fastboot boot" to boot the RevolutionKernel, but the kernel itself will most likely not work to boot your Android, you want it only to boot you to a recovery. To enter recoverymode of RevolitionKernel (and all other Sony kernels, we did introduce that a few years ago), you need to push the volume rockers in the moment the LED lights up while booting, it will turn purple (sometimes other colors) and then you can choose:

- Volume up: CWM Touch recovery

- Volume down: TWRP Touch recovery

What happened for you is that the kernel did not start to recoery but it did start to android! We needed to integrate recovery to boot.img on Sony devices, since Sony OEM devices do not have a accessible recovery partition!

Long speak: I think you just need to hit the volume rockers then you will get to recovery. Once you are there you SHOULD be able to root your device with flashing supersu.zip, but i would make sure that the partitions (atleast system) can be mounted. Maybe Google did shift some stuff here and there while adapting sonys sources to their needs.

What we will need:

A FULL dump of all partitions 1:1. i really NEED the dd'ed images AND i need the overview "/dev/block/platform/dw_mmc/by-name" listing.

Explaination why:

I THINK only overwriting systemfiles will not convert a normal Xperia Z Ultra to a GPE Ultra, because when GPE Ultra gets updated it will receiver Google OTA, Sony has a own OTA system, this OTA system will not be ompatible with Sonys OTA system. For now we was NOT able to start to the recovery partition from boot and we was not able to trigger something to boot into the recovery partition on Xperia devies. this special device may hold the key to that ;) I want a dump of the s1boot and all the partitions like boot / recovery etc too. This way i hope we are able to convert any device to/from GPE!

Once converted to GPE we may be able to always grab the latest vendorfiles from the Z Ultra and be up to speed with the CyanogenMod Versions ;)

Best Regards
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] warfareonly:
So, TL;DR version of your post would be

Press volume rocker when LED turns violet/another color when booting.

We need to dump all partitions except user data.

This may help conversion b/w GPe and Xperia.

Have I understood it correctly?
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] Bin4ry:
Yop thats it ;)

Regards
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] baileyjr:
The lightweight returns :D
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] Sebring5:
I do not see any difference.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] warfareonly:
[MENTION=1403659]sfagundes[/MENTION]

Did you try fastbooting and accessing the recovery again?
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] Soft:
When syncing with my outlook, the attachment does not come over to the jasjar.

I have all setting for it turned on, like save to SD card, and no limit on the atachment sizs.

Can anyone please tell me what Im doing wrong ?

It used to work.
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] abp:
attachments

Hi

If you sync email, then chenge attachment rules and resync my experience is that activesync wont sync attachments to mails allready on the device? maybe thats the problem?

if thats the case the work arround is to set activesync to sync 0 days of mail, let it sync, and the set it for the desired amount of days again...

Regards,

Allan Boegild Pedersen

www.pda-faq.com

more than 50 FAQ to windows mobile
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] Soft:
Tnx, I'll have a go, but I do not think this is the case here..

Might be this started after the AS 4.1 install
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] larry0071:
I rooted my new factory refurb Note 2 and installed Rom Manager thinking I would install CWM and do a backup. I opened Rom Manager and gave root access to it, chose to instal CWM and the phone showed the download, shut down and restarts to a screen saying System software not authorized by Verizon Wireless has been found on your phone. Please turn off your phone and go to the nearest Verizon Wireless store for help.

I would assume that this is NOT something I want to go to the Verizon store with! Can anyone help me get back into my phone?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] BluGuy:
You have to unlock your bootloader first before loading a custom recovery. You will need to return to stock using odin. Guide can be found here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=34891181

Once you are back to stock use Casual to root and unlock. Directions for that are in the post I previously linked to.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] larry0071:
Thank you! our the best! I am back up and running. I do really appreciate you pointing me to that extremely helpful and complete thread that solved all of the issues. Again, THANK YOU!
[Motorola Droid RAZR] d8n0g:
I just rooted my razor x912 on 4.0.4-no custom rom or recovery. can someone point me on what to do to go to jb from here or even to kitkat. I am also having a problem understanding how to put a recovery on this phone as well....any help would be appreciated!!
[G2 General] thebehemoth73:
I was having problems with my old S2 skyrocket so i decided to look around Best Buy mobile.. It seems 2 of the associates are really trying hard to sell the ATT black g2s so they knocked it down from 100$ to 50$ with a family line upgrade.. Not too bad with a phone with crazy specs . Excited to join the g2 xda community.
[G2 General] phatmanxxl:
Group hug!
[G2 General] Sktr021:
Not to be a bummer but I just got mine for 39.99 by price matching HH-Gregg ad. Maybe you can get it price matched??? I got my girlfriend an s4 for the same price. $49.00 then they gave us a $10 gift card and applied it to sale.

The G2 is a great phone so far. SO FAST
[G2 General] gharris040604:
Costco has it fir 29.99 and yes best buy price matches ?
[G2 General] ousoonerchase:
Amazon.com has it for $29.99 as well. During the first week of December they had it for $0.01 and I got best buy to price match :good:
[G2 General] thebehemoth73:
Oh wow thanks for letting me know.. So i just go into best buy and tell them costco has it cheaper? Do i need a ad from Costco? I thought 50$ was cheap because the best buy employee said the price goes up to 150$ after Saturday.
[G2 General] thebehemoth73:
Ok pulled up the Best Buy price match policy ... I can just get them to pull up the Costco Website .. Both Costco and Amazon have it right now for 29.99. Thanks for the info guys.. This info just bought me a case for the lg g2 with the money I saved!
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] albsat:
Hello

I have a D802 version. My firmware is d802b-sea.

What country firmware is in my phone? Is there a list somewhere...?

Also, how can I find out if my bootloader is locked or not?

. Thanks in advance.

Edit.

I found out that d802b-sea version belongs to Singapore .

Any tip to find if the bootloader is unlocked or not?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rfuller4:
I have a new ROM for my nextbook 7P. I have added the relevant files to the root of thr SD card. I plug the tablet into the USB port and it is recognized. I am asked for the driver files, but cannot find the files where I put them (desktop of pc). Is there a recommended place to put the driver files, on the pc, or can I put them on a thumb drive.

The driver files from the ROM are zipped, do they need to be extraxted first?

Many thanks for any help!

Ralph
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RobsX2:
Has anyone managed to get any games running using this emulator on s4 mini?

Ive tried a few after going through a tweak guide, but i cant really get anything to run at playable FPS.
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] druvisk:
Hello,

I own an Xperia Z C6603 and i was running the latest oficially available firmware before

i m quite new to all the stuff regarding flashing/rooting/unlocking etc

so today i decided to give it a shot.

now my phone is in a state that i cant use it any more.

Basically what i wanted to do is install this [BeanStalk-4.4015] custom rom. Now its stuck on the loadscreen forever.

I started with rooting the device following the description in one of the posts i found here (flashing the previous kernel with flashtool then rooting it and flashing the original latest kernel again) which worked out very well.

After that i unlocked the bootloader following another guide here in forums which went ok without any problems aswell.

As it seemed like it reset all my settings after unlocking the bootloader i reenabled the developer mode to set the USB debugging and security options for unofficial software aswell.

All went fine and i was preparing to install the custom rom so i put the zip file on my sd card entered the recovery mode and flashed the rom zip file.

It seemed all ok and the phone was restarting and its stuck in the boot screen ever since that. I tried to get it back in order by trying out various stuff i could find here on forums.

when i tried to reset the delvik cache initially i did not see any error messages or anything so i assumed that its done correctly also cleared the other caches which were listed. I was getting a bunch of errors but i assumed its because the folders could be empty as it seemed like the phone was completely reset after the bootloader unlock.

I could not get anywhere with the CWM recovery mode so i flashed MOEW kernel through flashtool. The meow kernel was mentioned in the post regarding the custom rom as viable and it included TWRP recovery so i wanted to give it a try.

First exactly the same happened when i tried to boot it normally... Stuck...

So after that i tried to mess around with the TWRP recovery which seemed a bit more complicated than CWM.

First that came to my eye was that i could not enable all the partitions (system was constantly disabled) i managed to enable it after hitting the fix permissions button a bunch of times also i started to get some error messages while trying to reset dalvik cache but none of this changed the main problem at all.

Also i m unable to access the SD card from my computer for some reason even if i enable USB teathering in CWM or TWRP.

any suggestions how to get the phone back to work ?
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mtayabkk:
hey if you wana go back to stock rom follow this post xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2240614

i think u have to fastboot and flash boot.img

try pacman rom which is better and bug free rom :)
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Onmehedson:
Hi, are you still able to connect to flashtool in flashmode? If so have you tried to flash back to stock rom?

Check this thread out, it contains good stuff.... 3rd video show how to flash stock ....

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2275632

Good luck !!
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] druvisk:
Hello,

thx for your replies i m still able to access all the modes it just does not load up if i dont do anything

after i unlock the bootloader to i need to reroot the phone ?

as it seems right now to me it simply doesnt write anything when i try to flash the rom also some partitions are not available
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] druvisk:
Hello,

i managed to unbrick the phone using this tutorial http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2458530

however i tried to redo all the steps following the guide to install the beanstalk rom and noticed that i m getting an error about updater package when i try to execute the installation from TWRP any ideas ?

would you suggest trying another 4.4 based rom ?
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] druvisk:
Hello again,

ok so i gave up on the beanstalk 4.4 rom and decided to try my luck with pac rom mtayabkk suggested

so now the problem is not as big as it was.

Able to get the rom to run however i m unable to import my contacts/sms/call log using titan backup

The restore seems to work but after that i m getting com.android phone has stopped error everywhere i go on my phone (the contacts/etc are actually restored in this process tho and work fine apart from the errors)

i did restore a bunch of other settings together with the contacts aswell which i found as safe to back up in a guide i found

so can you give me an advice how to properly restore this to the newest pac man rom and avoiding various errors after that ?

ps

i moved all my media to sd card so it does not concern me the only thing i cant seem to be able to move over apart from contacts/sms/call log are the APN settings which is bothering me a bit aswell as i can not receive the configuration messages from carrier but i found them on the internet and i will add them manually

trying to restore the stock backup from PC companion right now to export them again as i lost the backup in process of trying to deal with the error i was getting

would you suggest trying again with titan backup or any other tools ?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Futang44:
Is there a way I can disable or manually set the proximity sensor easily? It has quit functioning and as a result my screen is black during phone calls. It would be nice to use a number pad every once in awhile...

Thanks!

Edit: please reply in other thread if you know an answer. It was here first!

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2558878
[HTC Droid DNA] egoy936:
Does anyone know where I can get the 3.06 RUU for the Droid DNA?
[HTC Droid DNA] ryclegman:
Doesn't exist for us till its leaked.

you can get the RUU ZIP and flash it with fast boot.

Link: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=48301738&postcount=6
[HTC Droid DNA] egoy936:
Does it require s-off or unlocked boot loader?
[HTC Droid DNA] ryclegman:
doesn't require anything. should work with all cases. solved a theoretical brick as well. \

S-on or s-off, locked or unlocked
[HTC Droid DNA] finanandroid:
leaked already for some reason the thread was close,

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2564496
[HTC Droid DNA] thayl0:
Closed due to lack of support...lol irk why that guy that in the last comment on the thread.
[Sony Xperia ZL] opticon107:
Hello my friends,

Can anyone help me to get the tablet ui on my xperia zl, please? (status bar on bottom of screen).

I already tried with the xposed module :xposed tablet ui but it didn't work on my phone. But it did on my lenovo tablet.

So anyone know any work around to make this work?

Thanks in advance.
[Sony Xperia ZL] maclancer:
The ZL is a phone, how do you expect to work with a tablet UI?
[Sony Xperia ZL] opticon107:
Because I did it with my old Samsung Galaxy S2 with a custom ROM.
[Sony Xperia ZL] sturmtruppler:
Hm, if xposed framework and modules don't work you can consider installing paranoid android. If I remember correctly I saw it in dev section. But I'm not sure if it is still supported.

In Paranoid you can change everything, maybe also the UI.

Sony Xperia ZL C6503, rooted, 4.2.2 Stock
[Sony Xperia ZL] CokeJunkee:
Flash PAC Rom and you will have Tablet UI :)

Best ZL Rom so far..

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2406640
[Sony Xperia ZL] opticon107:
I would love to, believe me, but unfortunately my ZL is bootloader Locked, so I cannot install any custom ROMS. When Xposed framework was announced, it saved my life ;)

BTW, Do you guys know if I can send my BL-locked phone to Sony and they can unlock it for me?

Thank you in advanced!
[Sony Xperia ZL] sturmtruppler:
No, they won't unlock it, because they didn't lock it. It's the carrier who locks the bootloader.

As far as I know no one managed to get his unlockable bootloader unlocked yet.

Sony Xperia ZL C6503, rooted, 4.2.2 Stock
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] p50kombi:
Haya guys and or galls...

I'm trying to edit the icons of the shortcuts in my start menu.

I want to use this, so that I can use the Icons of programs like tomtom to startup via the overclock tool....

But now, sice the shortcut starts with the omapclock tool, the icon is the same as the tool...

Also, there is an app called flitsnav, which also launches Tomtom, and I want to use the tomtom icon rof this shortcut...

I can't seem to find the solution in this forum anywhere, but maybe I looked over it in my search..

Can someone help me???
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] vijay555:
http://xdaforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=40230&highlight=completeness

V
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] p50kombi:
hmmm

okay..tnx for the advice..

Although I'm not really sure what all that means ou guys wrote there..

No easier way? just to change the icon of a .exe?

Anyway thanks..
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] vijay555:
p50kombi: if you want to change the icon for the executable, which you don't (since you want to change icons for shortcuts), you would use a resource editor on your PC. That's not too easy, but it's doable.

Using custom icons on shortcuts on the PDA is not difficult.

Basically, copy this into notepad, and call it VJMail.lnk

38#\windows\tmail.exe?\windows\DIM.exe,0

38

- Ignore this (it's the length of everything after #)

\windows\tmail.exe

- this is the app you want to launch

?\windows\DIM.exe,0

- this is the icon it should show instead of its default one

- it means, take the first (ie 0th) icon in \windows\dim.exe as the icon

It's not hard. This is just an example. Use your own programs etc of course.

V
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] p50kombi:
i'll try it right away..

Thanks VJ!!!!
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] p50kombi:
It worked!!!!

Thanks VJ.....

It wasn't that hard afterall indeed!!!

Anyone got any way of extending the backlight of the keyboard allready?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] davenope:
Hi,

I have installed Jamals 4.4 which works great except for it drops the mobile carrier after i put it into lockscreen. When i return it drops the carrier

Any help would be great
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dragon546:
Are you using the latest modem for your phone?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] davenope:
repley

I think i am, xxubmg4. Right one for australia?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gdallas:
Hi, I just updated to kitkat 4.4.2 from 4.4 on my n5. Ve never flashed an update before using a custom recovery, following the update I opted to clear tha dalvik cache or something, presume that was correct option? Anyway, all seems to have worked ok, however, when it booted back into droid, it still shows the notification top left screen that there is an update available. I checked my version and its defo 4.4.2 (KOT49H) now, so why I still got this notification?….

thanks
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jj14:
Check to see what the update is
[Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A] gmermel:
Upgraded to 4.4.2. Re rooted. I was able to do a twrp recovery to my laptop.

When I went to do a routine back up via twrp I get a supine android with an exclamation point in a triangle coming out of his chest.

booting into recovery takes me to the recovery/bootloader menu. Choosing either takes me back to the recovery screen.

I replied with the nexus tool kit,; maybe it isn't compatible with 4.4.2?

Advice?