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[Ouya General] magimog:
Just uninstall Xposed. Then the other mods won't load.
[Ouya General] Snoman002:
Well, preferably I would overwrite everything that's on there and start over. I have exposed installed but only the play store is active (as nothing else works).

I heard flashing the OTA while rooted turns the flash into a complete flash instead of a partial. Is this true? Also, if I reload the boot loader (or overwrite boot loader?) In cwm installing the flash might it do a full system write?

I ask because I maintained root after my last OTA so something remained. I would like to not have this happen.
[Ouya General] Rirere:
Whether you're rooted or not isn't going to change how the updater script works. And if you've ever tried what you're proposing on an Android phone or tablet, you'll know that that's called "dirty flashing" (flashing on top of existing material). If you really want to go full-stock, you'll need to format your partitions [/system and /data, along with userdata first, then flash a stock OTA or zip (either via a fastboot zip, which I'm pretty sure doesn't exist right now, or via recovery).

How comfortable are you with using adb/fastboot?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] killtrippy:
Hey guys yesterday i tried to make a backup using clockwork recovery and it failed and now when i check my memory it says 800 free of 12.0 gb.

I dont know what to do there is no file or anything. Should i try to format my card?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] killtrippy:
Still need help please! I really dont want to replace my S3 for $125. Im sure something is able to fix it
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] aussie88:
What version of CWM do you have and what ROM are you running? And did you have that little space left all along or was it only after you tried making a backup?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] killtrippy:
Im not sure but its not that i tried to backup a stock version of the latest legit ROM from samsung and it failed and phone restarted and now it show like 500 mb's left on my phone. I check all files on the phone and nothing is taking up space all the files on my phone together is like 2gb. not sure whats wrong. I installed a different rom to check if thats a issue with the stock Samsung ROM but nope it still same.

EDIT: I just tried to format the DATA partition which it shows takes up 12GB but didnt do anything.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] aussie88:
Well if you're running an older version of CWM, you will have issues with any 4.3 roms, stock or not. I would firstly upgrade to the latest version of CWM, and then if you can, use a root Explorer either on your phone or laptop to see hidden files.

I personally had an issue due to having an older version of CWM, and I had a few gb of data hidden behind a bunch of nested 0 folders.

If you still don't see anything, then maybe a format of the internal SD thru CWM is in order. Hopefully you have/are able to back up all that info before you need to do that tho.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] killtrippy:
I am running the LATEST version of CWM i remembered i checked like 2 weeks ago i can check again but shouldnt be a problem. Ill check right now with root explorer and see if i find any files. I already backed up everything on my SD card.
[Nexus 5 Android Development] rsa 329:
LIke the title says, this rom is built from the 4.4.2_r1 image and binaries from the Google repository (no changes or mods). This is pure AOSP KitKat.

This rom contains AOSP versions of Gallery2 and Camera2 which does not contain Google features such as HDR+ or PhotoSphere.

To install:

-TWRP or CWM recovery

-Factory reset, wipe cache and dalvik...if coming from a rom other than stock, wipe data too.

-Flash Rom

-Optional....flash "Photosphere Camera Addon Module" or other "Gapps packages"...only necessary for HDR+ and Photosphere

-Reboot and let install

-For HDR+ and Photosphere, flash "Photosphere Camera Addon Module" right after flashing rom (make sure its for 4.4.2) *see below for link

Rom Download

.

aosp_hammerhead-kot49h MD5=34d9d60a4062d590f92746c977af9167

https://mega.co.nz/#!DJkD2QLB!OvMrzzp023VJYJSu-Y0wplRuL6Qlt3oDKNr6DtshoEw

Photosphere Camera Addon Module and all other Gapps

-PA-Google apps

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2397942

To root

-SuperSU 1.86

http://download.chainfire.eu/372/SuperSU/UPDATE-SuperSU-v1.86.zip

-Flash rom, let it install, place SuperSu into internal storage, reboot to recovery flash and reboot.

Thanks to Google for images and binaries

Thanks to TKruzze for PA-Google apps

Thanks to Chainfire for SuperSU
[Nexus 5 Android Development] metallized:
first... first time

will give it a shot.. lets go
[Nexus 5 Android Development] tomzefi:
Nice to have solid stock to fall back on. Thanks
[Nexus 5 Android Development] Gene Poole:
So what has been done with this besides just building from source? It's not clear whether or not gapps are added. How was the installer generated?
[Nexus 5 Android Development] rsa 329:
Nothing. No gapps necessary.

What do you mean how was the installer generated???
[Nexus 5 Android Development] CRIME INC.:
Loving all this new development. Thanks for this

sent from my Hammerhead Nexus
[Nexus 5 Android Development] Gene Poole:
When I build, I get system.img, recovery.img, etc. No installer zip.

My builds seem to be missing some critical components or binary packages. That's why I asked if you added anything, or if you did like me and just followed build instructions here:

http://source.android.com/source/building.html
[Nexus 5 Android Development] rsa 329:
There is better instruction than what you have there. Later, when I'm near my PC I will pm you and give you some links to better instruction.

Also, before I make I add the binaries from the repo.
[Nexus 5 Android Development] Gene Poole:
Thanks, RSA, for the info in your PM. I got a compile that works, but only for 10-12 hours. After that, the cell provisioning breaks. "No Service" and nothing I can do short of a reboot brings it back. I thought it might be my build, so I installed yours. Same thing. It very well may be something broken on my part, like APN or something (I'm using the stock APNs from the AOSP source) since neither my build nor yours are working right. I needed my phone so I restored factory before I could dig through logcats.

Any ideas? Anyone else running this build fulltime? I'm AT&T if that matters.
[Nexus 5 Android Development] rsa 329:
Interesting. I've been using a debloated version of my aosp for a while now with no problems. I ran this build for a couple weeks before switching and had no issues. Did you do a full wipe? How about ART, are you using art or dalvik? Have you tried your build after doing a system format? What service provider do you use?

Sorry for all the questions, just trying to get an idea of your situation.
[Nexus 5 Android Development] Gene Poole:
I'm with AT&T. I decided to put this back on and wait for it to act up, then get a logcat and go from there. We'll see how it goes.
[Nexus 5 Android Development] Gene Poole:
I've been running this for 3 days now without issue. The only change I made from my first attempt was to: install only the system partition (no recovery or boot); use my own boot image that has some things I need in it(1); and install the latest PA-GApps over it after installation. None of those changes should have negated the behavior I was seeing earlier, so I'm writing it off as odd coincidence.

1. I have modified the boot image to include stuff for mounting external storage to the USB port. This also includes a modified framework-res.apk and SystemUI.apk compiled on my system and inserted at install time to the system partition.
[Nexus 5 Android Development] rsa 329:
Very cool! Glad to hear you got it working.
[Nexus 5 Android Development] Gene Poole:
One issue I've just discovered is that the camera, when in video mode, records video files with a green line at the bottom (only visible on playback). I've researched this and found that AOSP source is missing an update in one of the files that makes up the libmmcamera_interface.so shared object. Copying the same filename from the factory image into the /system/lib directory, overwriting the existing file from AOSP build fixes the problem.

Again, no problem with your build; the problem seems to be that Android hasn't committed all their code the the AOSP tree.
[Nexus 5 Android Development] justvarshney:
Hi RSA,

can you please share the instructions with me as well ? much appreciate your work..
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] devil4072:
I have a galaxy s2 and bought a new battery recently (samsung one) thinking it would solve an issue which I thought was my battery.

Its very hard to describe but will do my best (have checked other threads but nothing quite like this..):

The battery will always say charging when plugged in but will sometimes increase in charge and other times not. I can charge overnight sometimes and it will say charging 7% and in the morning be completely dead and will not even show the charging animation (I have fixed by using my girlfreinds phone to charge it a bit and then it will be fine for a bit).

I thought might be charger - but my girlfreinds s2 charges fine on it - her phone works fine on both batteries and charges both fine.

Seems to be something to do with my hardware and I thought it may be the charging port - but not sure as it does still say charging without having to wiggle or anything like that so that suggests not the port.

The other thing that suggests something other than the port is I have had a battery in my girlfriends phone with it on, then plug it in and it said charging 37%, take it out and put in my phone with it plugged in and turn the phone on and it will say charging 4%...

Does anyone have any ideas as to this? Any things to try?

Thanks heaps in advance!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MistahBungle:
Do a clean install of stock & test for a day or two, if you're already running stock skip straight to replacing the USB board/port. Given you've already replaced your battery, this is likely to be the cause of the issue. Search for KeithRoss39's guide in the General section; it's quick/easy/cheap (<AUD$10 for me) to do.
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] manojburania:
i tried to update (2.1 to 2.3 ) sony xperia x8 e15i by using flashtool..

but after some steps it turned off..n now it's not turning on...:(:crying::crying:

when i switch on then it shows only sony ericsson logo in white colour continuously...

Device status is showing "ADB Mode" when i check by flashtool ...

how can i start my phone..

please resolve this issue

Experts reply needed

thanks in advance:)
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cascabel:
Search for a guide on how unbrick your phone. It's only a soft brick.
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Superuser_:
Repair with SEUS software

How do you did this???

To flash via flashtool you need ftf file rom and the only rom using this method is the SDE Rom witch have and the kernel inside..

So,is your bootloader unlocked?
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stamatis:
Btw, here is a link

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=35338935&postcount=2
[Sony Xperia Miro, Tipo (Dual), J, E] phandanghoa:
Album for Xperia E? Help me:crying:
[Sony Xperia Miro, Tipo (Dual), J, E] Jencuś:
Quick Pic from Play Store?
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] frenzyboi:
I'm on Android 4.2.2 and would like to upgrade to Android 4.3 OTA. However, I rooted my phone previously and change the recovery to CWM.

Due to camera error and release of 4.3 OTA in my country, I got a stock recovery from one of the thread in XDA here and flash it using Flashify. However, I got errors while upgrading using OTA. After the recovery tries to flash the OTA, halfway it turns the icon red. I'm not sure what's happening as I'm new here.

Please advice.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Marc199:
Are you still on your stock Rom? Did you remove something?
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Guich:
Are you rooted?

You bootloader is locked-relocked?
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] frenzyboi:
Yes, I'm on stock Rom but removed some stock apps. Is this causing the problem?

Yes I'm rooted. Bootloader in unlocked too.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Marc199:
Yes the Rom has to be completely stock.

About the Bootloader: I'm not sure if you have to relock it. There was no need for it on my OneX, but it could be different on the One
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] jackie099:
I believe i just make ur life easier.

Mega:

https://mega.co.nz/#!psEjlbwA!S8jd-AD5GnKEE_feeoLusTQlmMka0XIC9mc_Y0mfve8

Steps:

1. extract the zip to somewhere

2. put UPDATE-SuperSU-v1.86.zip from the package to sdcard0 in ur phone

3. run Flash.bat from the package, and put ur phone in fastboot mode. Then flash 1) Old stock kernel with Recovery and reboot

4. enter CWM Recovery and flash UPDATE-SuperSU-v1.86.zip which u put in step 1. Then turn off ur phone

5. return to Flash.bat and flash 2) New 290 custom kernel

ALL DONE
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] blueether:
That should make life easier
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] jackie099:
Does the translation look funny on the batch? My English is not dat good...
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] Blacklistest:
For unlocked or locked bootloader?
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] jaseli:
a newbie question i can get my Xperia Z Ultra rooted. after

1. update my ZUltra to latest firmware version 290 (Android 4.3)

2. follow the above OP

no need to unlock bootloader or cwm in advance

correct?
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] Brianlymtb:
That for Z Ultra Only? How about Z1?
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] jackie099:
Sorry i did not make it clear. You have to unlock BL.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] jackie099:
Z1 and ZU use different kernels. Plz dont flash it to Z1 if u dont wanna brick ur device.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] jackie099:
Unlocked
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] jewelkobayashi:
Root will be lost if I re-lock BL after successful root?
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] jackie099:
i dont know yet. does re-lock BL restore kernel?
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] abuihsan:
I tested on it.. after locked BL the phone won't start.

Unlocked again with flashtool and the phone start successfully.

EDIT: and still has full root
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] jackie099:
it happened to me after unlocking my phone on 257. I flashed to stock and re-root.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] hansip87:
Should be posted on android development.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] techpal:
So we now have 2 root methods(UL bootloader) for .290 as other one is posted by [MENTION=3806218]ChillyChan[/MENTION] here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2575909
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] ChillyChan:
It's the same method except some things are automated with this tool.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] techpal:
Ya got it :)
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] iBuzman:
3 methods.. See posts from here onwards --> http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=48629664

And here -->

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=48631249
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] LordManhattan:
Ooh, this is cool. I'll see if i got the time to upgrade and root later today :) And thank you very much Jackie!
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] pete338:
Sorry, do we have to restore TA after rooting to restore DRM settings?

Is it possible to restore TA with the bootloader unlocked?
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] techpal:
When you restore TA bootloader will be automatically locked.

No you should not restore TA after rooting otherwise root wont work.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] pete338:
Thanks, I did a restore TA after I relocking the bootloader using the flashtool..will the DRM keys be restored?
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] techpal:
If you have already restored TA you can see whether x-reality is working or no. If it is then DRM keys are restored:)
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] pete338:
Oh...how do I check whether x-reality is working?..:)
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] techpal:
When you open a picture in Albums, you will see that some processing on image is taking place in real time and will make pic more sharp/saturated.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] krumbs:
In Step 2 and 4, you perhaps mean the superuser zip file. I got into a bit of trouble when i literally followed these instructions and put the main zip file onto the sd card. Since Step 1 (in the flash.bat file) had already been executed, had to resort to sideloading the superuser file.

But all is good now. Thank you for this method. It worked great.

Steps:

1. extract the zip to somewhere

2. put Xperia_Z_Ultra_root_package.zip from the package to sdcard0 in ur phone

3. run Flash.bat from the package, and put ur phone in fastboot mode. Then flash 1) Old stock kernel with Recovery and reboot

4. enter CWM Recovery and flash Xperia_Z_Ultra_root_package.zip which u put in step 1. Then turn off ur phone

5. return to Flash.bat and flash 2) New 290 custom kernel

ALL DONE[/QUOTE]
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] jackie099:
[/QUOTE]

I am really sorry about that. I just saw my mistake, and its fixed now. Thank you.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] techpal:
Please correct step 4 too. It should be to flash supsersu from cwm i believe?
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] jackie099:
thx, it was 3am in the morning when i made it.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] funfun99999:
did anyone tried the new version 1.1.6 of kingo root in Update Log it says Rooting Samsung Galaxy Note 2, Galaxy S4, HTC One M7, ,etc 4.3 version more stable.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] LordManhattan:
No, most of us are past the Kingo phase, so we use the new (i don't know the name of it) rooting tool.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] funfun99999:
the new rooting tool dose work with 290?
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] LordManhattan:
Nay, it doesn't. I just forgot what thread I'm in (I'm on Tapatalk), but there is a straight forward and uncomplicated way to root 290. It's the new nifty tool by... Jesus, I'm really drawing blanks now..

Edit: OMG, I'm in THE thread I'm talking about... Sorry Jackie :p And yes, I'm going to bed.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] iBuzman:
Or.. Flash ftf, fastboot flash this http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=48623871

(kernel and dual boot), boot in recovery flash su186, done :)

And by the way, after all the stuffing around in previous firmwares with vroot, ota keeper etc, we are pretty lucky this time - flash su, boot a ric kill (system rw mount) kernel - done :thumbup:
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] techpal:
But main disadvantage is that we now have to got UL'd bootloader to root .290 which was not necessary in previous fws.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] TimeTurn:
Root without unlocking the bootloader would be a hard task anyway because OTA Rootkeeper does not work with Android 4.3 (described in the Google Play Store).

Maybe th esame reason like why we neeed a custom kernel to get root.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] moom999:
What about OTA root survival in supersu it works with other device with jb 4.3!
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] hadobac:
Thank you jackie099, hats off to your work ! I now have root, which is awesome.

How about CWM recovery? After I install the 2 option, I am unable to use recovery again !
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] TimeTurn:
Even if su survives the update it won't help you. You will get semi-root with read-only system. You need a customized kernel for full root and that can't be installed with closed bootloader.

Sent from my Sony Xperia Z Ultra
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] hadobac:
Well, I don't know if my system is semi-root. However, as I use Solid Explorer to delete stuff from system/apps, as well as modifying the touch sensitivity file, it works like a charm.

Beside, Service Test confirms the fact that my bootlocker is unlocked.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] kramnod:
Thanks for this; got root already!

Does this have custom recoveries already like cwm or twrp?
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] fbh59:
For Locked Bootloaders

SuperSu Pro 1.86 has an OTA survival mode, heard that it worked for 4.3 update for Samsung S3 models.

please can someone confirm this for Xperia Ultra C6802??
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] mknewman:
I did the 4.3 update this morning, had SuperaSU Pro with Survival enabled, no root after update.

Im not sure I really care. Sony gives us a good backup utility and I have bothe XTZ and Z Ultra and they work fine for me without root. I didhave root with locked bootloader under 4.2.2 but would rather give up root than my warranty. In a year when my warranty is up I will unlock them.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] fbh59:
i was interested in rooting just to move huge game data(s) from internal memory to ext SD card. do u or anyone knows how to do so without rooting on xperia ultra, because just apps like app2sd, or link2sd dnt help. Currently i ve rooted 4.2.2 (14.1.B.2.257) and ve moved around 13 GB of game data to ext SD using "GL to SD" app(worked after using "remountoreboot fix" as mentioned in one of the posts in XDA.

any such method to do so without root?? thats my only motive of rooting as of now :( :crying:
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] mknewman:
I don't think there is any benefit in doing apps2sd on this phone as it appears Sony did it right and combined apps and data so its all on the internal sd on one filesystem. Only reason to do apps2sd would be to move them to external_sd which isn't really such a great idea. I have over 200 apps loaded and still have 6gb free.

Marc
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] fbh59:
well i use only a fewer apps, but still less data(if not stored on ext SD) due to huge game sizes like SSX, Asphalt 8, GT Racing 2, Rockapolypse, Muscle Run, some short games like jetpack joyride, istunt and some others and other utility/entertainment type of apps. So i was running out of memory..

Just one thing 1 wanted to know, if i rooted my device as prescribed in this post, will Re-Flashing this ftf, unroot my device and hence bring back the original Locked Bootloader??
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] mknewman:
If you reload the stock tom.it will.not have root but your bootloader will.remain unlocked. Even if.you relock the bootloader your warranty won't come back.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] fbh59:
oh,, i see, then i will have to wait a while if people get it to root using locked bootloader. :(

but in case of samsung it restored even the bootloader(after making the binary count "0" using triangle away app, but its of no use to sony :( )
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] jnocomski:
Help! Im kinda lost. Hehehe

Done with Step 1.

Then I kept seeing Free Xperia

What's next?

How can I enter Recovery? Power + Volume Up just vibrates twice.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] blueether:
hold vol. up as it boots - when the purple led shows
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] jnocomski:
Thank you! Raped the Power Button and Volume Up for minutes there. lol :laugh:

So after I officially unlock bootloader via flashtool, rooted (using this thread), can I just relock bootloader using flashtool again without losing root? Thanks! :o
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] Jaime360:
I' ve got one question, does xposed framework work with this update?
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] blueether:
Yes I have had xposed working, it is not working at the moment for me in my own deadened build of 290, just one of the bugs I have
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] speculatrix:
this procedure worked perfectly for me to get 290/Android 4.3 rooted!

the only tricky bit was knowing the exact sequences to switch phone between recovery, fastboot etc.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] neverborn:
Nope - guess not
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] jopa7:
Is there any method available to root stock and locked bl. 4.3? Searched over the forum and nothing :(
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] neverborn:
There is, lordmanhattan's stickied thread.

Edit: that one's going to unlock your boot loader so you can root.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] blueether:
There probably wont be one posted here, the best bet would be to watch the thread by [MENTION=1346722]Bin4ry[/MENTION] in the Xperia S section for updates
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] liqn7:
Arrghh please help.

So I flashed the .290 via FTF and flashed old stock recovery with kernel (option 1).

However I forgot to load on the UPDATE-SuperSU-v1.86.zip.

It keeps rebooting at the Free XPeria Blue man logo- I can access the old recovery but can't flash anything because a) I didn't copy it onto the internal SD b) Can't mount the internal or external SD.

Can't go into flashmode or fast boot either as I can't power off the device as it keeps rebooting.

What to do??? Arrgh. Massive panic mode engaged. :(
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] jackie099:
u can power if off by holding power and vol+
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] LordManhattan:
No reason to panic. You can mount your SD card from Recovery.