yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] Rudolpht:
Latest rooted GPE system image

Trying to get img and zip to get me back to post bootlooker inlocking state.

Activity to generally support Ultra Z devices here with thanks to the community, but since the OTAs have been captured (I have tried every combo of files on XDA (both Zips and img's first) and I'm still SOL. I can easily fast boot but can't use (successfully) the Flashmod tool.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] Li888:
help with upgrading to 2.90

Okay, So I followed the steps to get a rooted unlocked. 290. However while I have done. 1. Downgraded 2. Rooted 3. Bootloader Unlocked 4. installed twrp and cwm. 5. Did the TA save 6.Here's the problem. I can't download from Sony. The. 290 Rom. It says that my phone is at the latest version. I have .532 still. I have restarted both the phone and pc but nothing. Also when I try to repair it it says my IP is blocked.can I just Flash .. 290 version without losing root? Thanks guys
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] hassanmahmood:
How can I unroot my 532 Ultra that has a locked boot loader?

Do I just choose unroot in SuperSU?
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] LordManhattan:
Yup. If that doesn't work, re-flash a 532 FTF with Flashtool without wiping.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] hassanmahmood:
Seems like I have the option available through pc companion to update from 532 to 290 - but I never had the option to go to 257.

Quite annoying since I want to keep root.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] CptAwesomeTT:
290 is directly rootable.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] hassanmahmood:
My bootloader cannot be unlocked - I followed a guide that said you can check whether or not a bootloader can be unlocked by typing a code in and going into the appropriate sub-menu.

Apparently if the option comes up as 'No', there's nothing that can be done to change it.

I have a Bell Xperia C6806,

It seems I have to choose either to stay rooted at 532 - or to go unrooted to 290.

I'd love to be told I'm incorrect.

Does anyone know if there's a locked BL root for 290 in the works? Or if it is possible?
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] blueether:
I dont think we can have full root without a modified kernel/boot.img - thus the need for an unlocked bootloader. Someone correct me if I'm wrong

I've just tested my rooted BE Rom with stock kernel and bootbundle from .290 ftf. Boots fine and still have root for Xposed etc but not write access to /system.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] techpal:
One question.

I unlocked bootloader before and later relocked it. i want to again unlock the bootloader but want to confirm whether the unlock key provided by Sony before will work again or I have to again request new key from sony?
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] blueether:
pass, I haven't bothered to re-lock it.

try and find out if the old key works - I'm guessing that it will :confused:
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] neverborn:
Edit:

After a couple of restarts, the PC installed the flashmode and fastboot drivers. Will see if that worked..

Edit 2:

My device got wiped, so the unlock seems to have gone successfully. :)

Edit 3:

Aaaand we have root. Xposed here I come!
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] hassanmahmood:
Can anyone tell me in a nutshell what the benefits to installing the Xposed framework are?

And more importantly - could I get a recommendation?

I'm wondering if I'm best off sticking with .532 rooted and installing Xposed framework, or then to upgrade to 290 and lose root but apparently keep the framework working on account of having installed it when rooted?

I read that once the framework is installed, you can unroot and still have functioning Xposed?

In which case are the benefits of 290 worth losing root for and just keeping Xposed?

I'm not really using root at the moment because I found that LBE seems to slow down the core functions of the phone - even if it's kept relatively unintrusive.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] LordManhattan:
290 is directly rootable, so you can easily root again once you're on 290.

Xposed Framework allows you to install independent modules. Want an adblocker? Search and install a module that does it. Want the stock AOSP dropdown notification center? Install a module. Want to manage apps privacy/permissions (Xprivacy)? Install a module.

That's the whole thing with Xposed. Instead of installing a custom ROM for a few unique features, you can install Xposed instead and just add the features you want.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] hassanmahmood:
Isn't it only directly rootable if your bootloader is unlocked?

Mine is locked and cannot be unlocked.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] LordManhattan:
Oh, yeah that's true. I would just stick to 532 or update to 257 through OTA. LBE, is that the privacy manager? Why don't you use Xprivacy? (Xposed)
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] hassanmahmood:
So you don't think the update to 290 and associated changes are worth losing root?

I thought I could install and configure Xposed, and then upgrade to 290 and lose root?
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] LordManhattan:
No, 257 is fine. 290 is a little smoother and we have the new theme engine, but 257 works just fine.

And no, you'll lose root either way when you update to 290 and Xposed won't work. Just stick with 257 and use Xposed.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] hassanmahmood:
Could you tell me how to update to .257 please?

I don't have the option through Sony Update.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] LordManhattan:
Change your CDA in build.prop. It's a part of the guide. You can change it back after you've updated.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] hassanmahmood:
The settings in the guide are for the 6833, not the 6806.

Do you know what string I should use to get the right firmware for 6806?
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] jpeps:
I'm on 14.1.B.2.257 android 4.2 and unlock bootloader who I root my ultra z I sill need to down grade or just kernel to root thanks

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Vroot did not work

14.1.B.2.257 h+ version
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] blueether:
Use the tool in the OP not vroot as vroot is probably collecting imei no.s

I think 14.1.B.2.257 is rootable with the tool in the OP - cant quite remember, I know it wasn't for a long time

Oh and you should have rooted before unlocking - oh well never mind.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] hasablack:
so... when we will have root for 4.3 (LB)? :(
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] LordManhattan:
There's already root for 290, but you're probably talking about root without unlocking the bootloader. We have no idea.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] LordManhattan:
I believe it doesn't matter since the 6833 and 6806 are both LTE, but I'm not sure.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] hassanmahmood:
I don't want to take any chances.

Plus there's a slight difference in the bands that the 6833 and 6806 are able to use.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] LordManhattan:
Good. You shouldn't trust strangers on the internet, LOL. Wait until you have a 100% positive answer before you do anything. I actually think a different guy asked the same question in this thread a couple of weeks ago, and he did get an answer - i think. I remember C6806 and something something flash, something something C6833, something. Again, i'm not sure, but you're free to browse through this thread. It has to be around the end of december, so it's not that far back.
[Moto X General] graffixnyc:
If you have pattern or pin lock with the new version of touchless controls on the Moto X and do a search that's allowed to be performed when the device is locked and press home it allows the person to view the contents of your home screens. If you try to open an app, it prompts for the pin/pattern, but still allows the contents of your homescreens/widgets to be read.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypX0cwqAPE8&feature=youtube_gdata_player
[Moto X General] Jamolah:
While playing this video on my phone and you said OK Google now it actually turned it on my phone. Lol
[Moto X General] carock:
Hmm...goes right to the lock screen for me after I press the home button.

I have a pattern lock set on the VZW DE 4.4 unlocked/rooted. (Touchless 4.1.06.1)
[Moto X General] MaKTaiL:
It happens to me too.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] r0b458:
So when I began trying to install the repo command I followed the instructions on the CM wiki and it said to enter the command

curl http://commondatastorage.googleapis.com/git-repo-downloads/repo > ~/bin/repo

But I keep getting this

bash: /home/r0b458/bin/repo: Permission denied

r0b458 is my username. And I'm running Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. Can anybody help to fix this please?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] lordcheeto03:
Nevermind. :\ Nothing I said made any sense.... I'm not understanding why you don't have permission to do that...
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sachinist:
Can any one give me a link for the stock kernel for DDULP8 plsss I only need the kernel file pls help help I cnt root my phone as I m on cocore-e-2.8
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eduds:
I can extract it from your firmware, just download and extract.

You can also flash the stock firmware via Odin, this way you'll get the stock kernel.
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sachinist:
Mate I dont have a good connection speed so I cant download such a big firmware. Can u give me on the kernel file?
[One (M7) Android Development] XsMagical:
★☆★[ROM] Team Nocturnal xR1|Odex|Pure Vanilla|KitKat|Dec 17th 2013|★☆★
[One (M7) Android Development] XsMagical:
Coming Soon~

DOWNLOAD Nocturnal xR1

Also, check out our heavily modded version of GE [ROM][Team Nocturnal] SinLessROM GE

Donate to team Nocturnal

Note: All donations go to the team to help us support newer devices.​
[One (M7) Android Development] tele_jas:
Lets give it a try...... :fingers-crossed:

Allons-y!
[One (M7) Android Development] gentzleon:
Finally...o yea...
[One (M7) Android Development] ANDR01DN00B:
Can you please make a De-ODEXed version?

Thanks in advance
[One (M7) Android Development] saketh91:
finally xsmagical is here. Missing those days when I used TN roms in my HTC ONE X
[One (M7) Android Development] XsMagical:
I'll see if I have time.

I been making roms for the one, I just have not been posting them on xda lol
[One (M7) Android Development] ANDR01DN00B:
Where have you been posting them? I would like to know what they have to offer.

Thanks in advance.
[One (M7) Android Development] XsMagical:
Our team forums
[One (M7) Android Development] InflatedTitan:
Oh sh*t. He's back!
[One (M7) Android Development] dseries60:
Is this a sense or AOSP rom?
[One (M7) Android Development] sardroid:
No Sense.Based on Google Edition 4.4.2.

Wysłane z mojego HTC One przy użyciu Tapatalka
[One (M7) Android Development] dseries60:
Nice job. Very smooth
[One (M7) Android Development] xman1:
Any snapshots guys?
[One (M7) Android Development] lbaquerizo:
Been with Sinless for a long time but this looks nice, very light weight, gonna give it a try

Enviado desde mi HTC One usando Tapatalk 2
[One (M7) Android Development] mrjaydee82:
Traitor!!!!!! Lol just kidding
[One (M7) Android Development] lbaquerizo:
lol man hahahahaha i always have my backup of your rom
[One (M7) Android Development] XsMagical:
we are on the same team so its a win win for all of us! lol
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bmoke:
Tried to use a new program (NotPod) to Sync my PC based iTunes playlist songs with my HTC Incredible. It did not work. Normally I drag and drop songs from the PC to the INC. This time I did a Sync, using NotPod, which initially erased all files from the MUSIC folder on the SDcard. Then, I sync'd a couple songs to test. Ouch. NotPod copied folders and files. I never had any sub folders inside the root MUSIC folder. From that point on, the stock rom based music player does not work. I have WinAmp and that recognizes the SDcard and plays the songs, but not the stock app. I tried a Nandroid restore. No luck. All other apps seem to work. I wiped Davlik. That did nothing.

Even the stock songs that came with the HTC (which I never erased) do not display. I can read them with Root Explorer and play them with WinAmp, but the stock music player does not pick them up. I did try to erase the Music folder and then restore it, with no luck.

Not sure why the nandroid restore did not cure the problem. I also used a program called SDRescan. That helps sometimes when some SDcard files are not recognized. I have run out of ideas.

Any thoughts would be helpful.
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 General] cybermilou:
HELP! my blue angel is eather blocked or really dead.

last time it worked i did a hard reset, the funny thing is he keeps all the tasks after the hard reset (?) and after 2 minuuts when the boot has been completed it freezes. nothing works anymore, no button,no screen, no nothing responds. even the start button from windows has been replaced by the word phone in the frozen screen. Not even active sync can make a connection...

anyone ??? any suggestions???
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 General] l6cum:
have you tried Re-Flashing with 1) a new rom or 2) the original rom
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 General] slovenskisin:
how will he reflash the device, if he can't sync it? Contact your dealer, otherwise, i'm buying the digitizer...if nothing can be made to save your device.
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 General] l6cum:
you dont need to sync to flash the device!

put the blue angel in boot loader mode and the display will say 'serial' and a number. connect to PC with the docking cable and it will then say 'USB' and is then reday to flash!!

do a search on 'flashing a new rom to blue angel' or similar search and it is all there!!!!!
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 General] cybermilou:
got it fixed

thnx 4 all the tips. butr got the problem solved.
[Nexus 5 General] BoneXDA:
KitKat brought both Immersive Mode (an option for devs to hide the nav & Android bars in their app for true full screen experience) and what I'd call Transparent Mode (transparent bars with content drawn behind them), and there wasn't a dedicated thread to the supporting apps - until now.

Immersive Mode needs no further explanation and it's cool, but I'd actually rather have Transparent Mode for my apps so content is covering the full screen, yet navbar icons and the Android buttons are visible and usable, see picture 1 (Action Launcher, app menu is drawn over the bars). QuickPic does "Semi-transparent Mode" (picture 2), personally I'd have no background at all behind the bars.

Now what's puzzling is why Google didn't go transparent for their apps, Maps would look great in this mode. Some GApps have Immersive Mode though.

Immersive and Fullscreen Apps:

500px

Adobe Reader (displaying PDF)

Badland

Beach Buggy Blitz

Bloons TD 5

BS Player

ComicRack

Comixology

Dashlight

Dayframe

Diceplayer

EZ Weather UK Forecast&Widget

Fancy

FAQr

FBReader

FeedEx News Reader

Google Play Books

Google Search

Hangouts (when viewing images)

IP Cam Viewer Pro

Hexage games (all)

Instapaper

Ip Cam Viewer Pro

KAMI

Manga Plus Reader

Moon+ Reader

MX Player (now supports 4.4.2)

Netflix

Oh My Goat

PaintSplash

Perfect Pixel Checker V2

Press

Pushbullet

QuickPic

Riptide GP2

SnapChat

Super Hexagon

Train Crisis

Trello

YouTube

Transparent Mode Apps:

Action Launcher

Apex Launcher

Buzz Launcher

Google Experience Launcher

Nova Launcher

Paranoid Android torch app (translucent navbar)

QuickPic (semi-transparency)

ssLauncher & the apps of ChYK

The many Kit Kat style launchers

Sources: us, PhoneArena

Please state if an app is supporting immersive/fullscreen or the transparent bars mode, let's build the list!
[Nexus 5 General] Punkid:
thanks, i wanted a list of apps that supported it

Btw, google did show off Maps running in transparent mode, the update should arrive soon i guess
[Nexus 5 General] BoneXDA:
Sounds very promising.

I guess we can add the BS Player to those working in full-screen, others too.
[Nexus 5 General] danarama:
Adobe reader you can add to immersive. Only when viewing pdfs though

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[Nexus 5 General] BoneXDA:
At the end of the day it's time to get rid of the Android buttons, officially. For starters they shouldn't appear on the home screen since home and back buttons are useless there, plus with Action Launcher you can now access the apps menu and recent apps from anywhere. So an "Android barless" interface could work as:

Swype right for the app drawer in any app

Swype left for widgets/recents

Swype down for notifications

Swype up to home screen with nice moving the app away animation

Back button could be in-app displayed like menu

Never was a fan of the Android bar anyway.

:good: Added
[Nexus 5 General] bmg1001:
I posted this in a comment on an Android Police article. The Google Play Games app has shown that Google has a way to differentiate regular apps and games, I wonder why Google doesn't put something in Android so games automatically get immersive mode? Why make devs implement it when Google themselves can put a few lines of code so it toggles for every game ?
[Nexus 5 General] Endoran:
Both these modes need to be more common. Now. I have no idea why all of Google's apps don't support one or the other.
[Nexus 5 General] paddylaz:
Why not just download any of the several nav/hide apps (GMD auto hide, ultimate dynamic navbar etc etc) and enjoy it how you like it with EVERY app??
[Nexus 5 General] Blackbox421:
So how do you go back then if the nav. bar isn't there anymore in some apps?

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[Nexus 5 General] danarama:
Swipe to retrieve it...

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[Nexus 5 General] paddylaz:
You swipe. or use PIE Control (youtube it).

Works perfectly.
[Nexus 5 General] klin1344:
Has anyone found a way to enable transparent navbar for all apps yet? Through an xposed module?
[Nexus 5 General] danarama:
I've only found immersive not transparent.

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[Nexus 5 General] BoneXDA:
Cause that's not the purpose of this thread. Apps supporting immersive and transparent mode is.
[Nexus 5 General] Stay Frosty:
When I first got the Nexus I made a thread questioning why the nav bar isn't transparent for all apps. After writing that thread, I realized my own stupidity. With the transparent nav bar in place, you are unable to click anything underneath it. Suppose an app had some buttons or links at the very bottom of the screen. You wouldn't be able to click them because the transparent nav bar would be hovering over them.
[Nexus 5 General] danarama:
Very true.

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[Nexus 5 General] klin1344:
Hmm that makes sense, I've never actually thought about that.
[Nexus 5 General] rabaker07:
Right, so basically the app designers need to position their buttons accordingly and extend their backgrounds to fit beneath the nav buttons.

Pretty simple, really.

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[Nexus 5 General] BoneXDA:
This is obviously true, you'd have to scroll to tap on that content, but you could still read the content. If you think about it, there is no argument why shouldn't maps cover the full screen, even behind the nav and Android bars, or have immersive mode on, both of which are better than the black bars chopping off 20% of the screen.

QuickPic mixes both: it's (semi)transparent when the bars are active so you can tap on the Android buttons and options, and they can be hidden completely. 100% of the screen is used both ways.
[Nexus 5 General] Ceballos:
can't wait to see that .. transparent mode is for me the best, for general app (not game) because you don"t have to press a button to make the navbar or the status bar appear again. It's a lost of time (you have to click twice or one time to just check the clock or new notifications) and sometime you can see the latency (with GMD for exemple)..

and beginners on Android don"t have to learn some new gesture because button are always there...Definitely more User Friendly imho
[Nexus 5 General] bblzd:
Netflix does full screen mode also.
[Nexus 5 General] BoneXDA:
:good: Added
[Nexus 5 General] gamer.11:
Edit MX now fully supports 4.4.2 :good::victory:
[Nexus 5 General] BoneXDA:
Added, as well as Badland that does full screen gaming. Plus links to all apps.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.frogmind.badland
[Nexus 5 General] Raistlin1:
IP Cam Viewer paid version supports full screen mode.
[Nexus 5 General] FuMMoD:
Quickpic is fully immersive now.
[Nexus 5 General] psousa781:
The Press update added immersive mode when reading stories.
[Nexus 5 General] BoneXDA:
:good:

Added all.
[Nexus 5 General] Remoteconcern:
PushBullet has a transparent status bar (but not nav bar). Looks good.
[Nexus 5 General] Daredeshouka:
I'm confused wrt to Adobe Reader having immersive mode... I can't get rid of the nav bars while viewing PDFs... What am I missing?
[Nexus 5 General] Ceballos:
A lot of immersive apps.. I'd rather see more transparent mode apps. It look nicer
[Nexus 5 General] matteventu:
On my Nexus 5, Adobe Reader absolutely doesn't go in full-screen or immersive mode.
[Nexus 5 General] xdp:
I think it's hilarious (and sad) that Google's own Photos app (the one that comes with G+) not only doesn't do immersive mode, but doesn't even hide the status bar like the AOSP Gallery app does. So a lot of screen space is wasted when viewing photos in landscape. When I'm looking at photos, I only want to see the photos, not a stupid dimmed status bar.
[Nexus 5 General] gkillerx:
Nice topic subscribed keep up the updates! I was looking for a good weather app. So far the best one I could found was yahoo weather.... Lags some features but it looks really nice though.
[Nexus 5 General] Chad_Petree:
I know there are mods to hide the nav bar and the notification bar, but is there a mod to make them transparent all the time?? :confused:
[Nexus 5 General] Arnaud1979:
Apps "using" the translucent bar :

Trello

TV Series - Your shows manager

Sliding Explorer

Pushbullet
[Nexus 5 General] gkillerx:
Plex media client is also full screen
[Nexus 5 General] timtlm:
Immersive mode is different than full screen. Someone also mentioned the netflix app as well. These video player apps have been able to hide the nav bar since 4.1. However, when you touch the screen the nav bar reappears. Immersive mode allows the user to touch the screen without showing the nav bar.
[Nexus 5 General] darkdonkey:
Sonic dash now supports immersive mode

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[Nexus 5 General] Arnaud1979:
translucents status bar/nav bar :

Budget Helper

Batch Uninstaller

Freshbacks

Cook's Companion

Quit now!

SoundTracking
[Nexus 5 General] swimdude1120:
The port of Sonic the Hedgehog 2 supports immersive mode
[Nexus 5 General] darkdonkey:
Tv Series supports translucent bars

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[Nexus 5 General] AbyssTrion:
Check out "Sliding Explorer", looks amazing! (Transparent Status Bar).

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[Nexus 5 General] Hellrespawn:
The My Boy! GBA emulator has an option (Settings/Misc/Immersive Mode) to enable it. However, It's rather buggy in it's current state and sometimes won't let you open the menu. I've reported the bug, so hopefully it will be fixed.

Edit, reply from devs:
[Nexus 5 General] Arnaud1979:
translucents status bar/nav bar :

EvolveSMS

(FYI : gorgeous UI)
[Nexus 5 General] YanYang:
Immersive mode

If you guys didn't know, there's a (paid) app on the playstore which uses the "draw over other apps" permission to use all apps in immersive mode.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=be.ppareit.immersivemode

There are a few bugs with it, however, such as using the keyboard, however it's a cool alternative to play games in full screen (e.g Modern Combat 4)