yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Nexus 4 Android Development] xanthrax:
Hey sreel, check this out !

Hellscore 4.3 final stable with otg

sent from my Darkside of Nexus 4
[Nexus 4 Android Development] yocasylver:
Please give me link of this rom and kernel.Do I need a separate power supply for OTG?
[Nexus 4 Android Development] xanthrax:
sure it needs a power supply

kernel links... first post

dirty unicorns is in Android general development

sent from my Darkside of Nexus 7 LTE
[Sony Smartwatch] lorenzo90l:
Hi folks,

i think i'm going to buy a Sony SmartWatch 2 and i would like to know if there is a good PDF reader for it. I know that the screen of the smartwatch it's very small but i will need just a preview of the pdf. I already saw the app on the play store but from the review seems that it's not the best. I would like to know if you guys had some experience with that.

Thanks in advance...;):)
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xdaorxan:
How can I root my xz 4.3? (give me easy way)
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kingvortex:
1. Unlock your bootloader.

2. Flash DooMLoRD's advanced stock kernel.

3. Flash a superuser zip.

There is currently no way to root with a locked bootloader.

Also, questions belong in the q&a section, not general. :)
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pjgowtham:
Downgrade to .67 , and root
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NetSkill:
There is no way to root Straight from 4.3 yet..

Odoslané z C6603 pomocou Tapatalku
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] arash74:
what about "survival mode" of superSU? can it hold the root permission from .67 to this new one?
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NetSkill:
Survival mode?.. Did u mean Ota keeper? Or how its called..

Odoslané z C6603 pomocou Tapatalku
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] arash74:
well, in superSU menu, its name is survival mode...which says it will try to keep root permission EVEN in ota. so I guess it's not ONLY for ota.
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kingvortex:
It won't help when flashing with Flashtool as /system is wiped, so the backup the survival mode makes is wiped also. I've tried before. :)
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] arash74:
thanks for info. So, it looks like I have no choice but unlocking the bootloader...

oh wait, what about pre-rooted stock roms that are available in xda? is there any available for this new firmware?
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NetSkill:
Yes here

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2583333

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2565850

Odoslané z C6603 pomocou Tapatalku
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eryen:
I'm using 4.3 with locked bootloader. Do not miss lead people.

You just need a rooted device with recovery option.

There are at least two topic for this.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2583333

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2565850
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kingvortex:
...

Nobody is misleading anybody. There is no way to root with a locked bootloader after you have already flashed 4.3.

Flashing a prerooted rom from a previous, already rooted rom with recovery is a different matter and is not what the original question in the OP is asking.
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eryen:
Unlocking bootloader means, wipe all user data, that means more and more trouble to configure al settings and applications.

Just root your older firmware, install dual recovery, and install stock cwm firmware as mentioned in other topics.

Thats all, you have proper rooted and updated versions.
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kingvortex:
The OP is obviously on 4.3 already.

Downgrading to an older firmware usually requires that you wipe /data anyway.

The OP didn't ask how to upgrade and keep root. They asked how to root 4.3, therefore my original post is currently the only correct answer to the question in the first post.
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] arash74:
So, lets make a conclusion here.

1- if you have already upgraded to 4.3 you have 2 choices; unlock bootloader and use doomlord kernel, OR downgrade to 4.2.2 and go to part 2.

2- if you have not upgraded to 4.3 yet, you can use a pre-rooted stock 4.3 rom (link of them can be found in this thread) and flash it using recovery and flashtool.
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] silencer51:
If you haven't upgraded, there's a third option. Backing up of the TA partition, flashing new firmware either from ftf, Seus or PCC and then unlocking bootloader, temporarily flashing custom kernel, rooting, flashing stock kernel again and relocking bootloader via TA partition restore.

Takes more time, but its the cleanest way to have 4.3 with root I think.
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] arash74:
Or you can wait for OTA release and turn on survival mode of superSU. As SuperSU says, it's NOT guaranteed that root permission will be kept. But if you have patience to wait for OTA release, it worth trying.
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zodiac100:
He was after a pre-rooted rom but you sent him links to roms that need root to install.
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mohdsubaie:
Installing any pre rooted rom requires a recovery which means the user has to have had a rooted device in the first place with a recovery installed. Even if root is lost and a recovery exists a pre rooted rom can be flashed. The links provided above are perfectly fine.
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Seddiko:
You have 2 options

A . stay away from boot loader (0 Risk):

1- backup your SD data & All SD contents to your computer ( I Think it is not that hard)

2-Flash 4.2.2 with flash tool

3-Root on locked boot loader follow instructions here

4- Install Dual Recovery follow HERE

5- Install 4.3 Pre-rooted from here

****************

Option B.(not recommended if you have not enough experience )

1-Back TA (boot loader ) Here

2-Unlock boot loader Here

3- Root using this method HERE

4-Flash 4.3 pure stock Kernel (Kernel only )

5- Restore your TA (lock boot loader again with all benefits )
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] celeriL:
Has anybody tried updating through OTA from .67 to .569 on rooted locked bootloader and manage to keep root? I don't have the survival mode for SuperSU.

I managed to keep my root from .244 to .67 though. I wonder if it's possible for the new one.

Note: I'm using C6603
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] quini2k:
I tried several times with no luck, always with ota survival mode on...

It started to update, then after a short while rebooted back to system and complained about update not successful :(

But I'm successfully on 4.3 .569 thanks to Nut's help :)

Joan Tur & XperiaZ
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] madjacky:
i have xperia z c6602,its possible on my xperia?
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Seddiko:
Yes Both ways
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] madjacky:
;):good:
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jerryhou85:
Just upgrade to 4.3 and root is gone... I don't feel like using unlocked bootloader, so I think I'll just wait for some other methods...
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gordo79:
I really don't know why everyone is saying you have to unlock BL to gain root, just follow this guide http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2590088 downgrade,root,custom recovery,upgrade worked on both my z phone and my 311 z tab both with locked BL. Tab used different files but same process.
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] arash74:
Nobody has said that the only way to have root is unlocking bootloader. If you read the thread, you will see that downgrading has been mentioned before.
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gordo79:
Didn't say only just noticed lots of people mentioning not wanting to unlock and also the fact that not everyone knows about backing up ta before unlocking until to late. I just thought it was worth a mention as the downgrade root upgrade method should not affect warranty which unlocking does.
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] arash74:
I appreciate you caring about others; mentioning IS good, but this thread has just 3 pages. if someone has not the patience to read it, then that's their problem. you should not bother yourself for someone that lazy. :)
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SamuelVimes:
Hi all,

I've read so many threads about rooting, unocking/relocking bootloader the last days and now I am really getting a bit confused:

I would like to unlock my bootloader but I definiteley want to keep my DRM-keys.

Referring to this thread

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2292598

I need to gain root access to backup the TA partition of my device so I can restore when DRM is needed again.

Unfortunateley I'm on version 10.4.B0.569 which is, referring to many other threads, not rootable without unlocking bootloader first. But I don't want to unlock before I could backup the TA partition.

Is it possible to downgrade to FW: 10.3.A.0.423 (via flashtool), root via perf_event exploit

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2327472

and then backup the TA partition? It seems the easiest way to me to do that, or did I get something wrong?

Thanks in advance for your help!

Greetz, Sammy
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] akisg:
I rooted my XZ with this guide [STOCK ROM][LB/UB] Official 569 pre-rooted Generic NCB & UK with XZDualRecovery by Zippy01 and works like a charm. I did not unlock my bootloader yet though, but i successfully got a TA Backup just in case i want to.
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SamuelVimes:
Thank you very much for your quick response.

I will have a look into that. I'll let you know if I was successful ;)
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] imboy25:
yes, downgrade first then proceed with rooting then backing up TA partition. that's the best. and in my own opinion, downgrade to .67 version then root using ryokon's method. hehe
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] droidhd:
I did next steps:

1. Backup all pictures, sms, mms,...

2. Downgraded to same region (CE3 my case) on 4.2.2 (downloaded from here) with flashtool

3. Root

3.1. Survival mode ON!

4. OTA update to 4.3

5. Root is still here after OTA!

6. Installed recovery from link:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2261606

Cheers
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rxmann:
I have a locked bootloader and just updated to 4.3, I do not want to unlock my bootloader, and neither do I want to downgrade back to 4.2. Is there a root solution ?
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kingvortex:
No.
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] akisg:
47 22955982

why not? it's not a big deal to downgrade and root...less than 10min process

then you flash 4.3 and you are ready :cowboy:
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] armutyus:
Will this method delete my data(internal sd, apps & settings of course)? Or keep?

Sony Xperia Z & Tapatalk 2
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] akisg:
Well i did a fresh install when i rooted my xz because i didn't care about my data, cleaning up the system just to be sure. But i have seen replies from other members thst downgraded without checking the 3 wipe data checkboxes when flashing with flashtool (downgrading and flashing stripped ftf) and no data loss. So i guess you can do it. I tried reflashing my rom, after a bootloop issue i had when i was trying some mods,without wiping data and everything works fine, or even better now, without losing any of my data.
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] droidhd:
You have both options. Check out the downgrade with flashtool tutorial. My opinion is to wipe all info. But again there is a solution. If you keep your sms and mms, use some backup/restore software (there are alot of them on play). Then there are images/videos, simply backup complete folder to external sd card or to PC. It tooks me around 3 hours to backup, downgrade, root, upgrade, restore and setup everything. I have around 15.000 sms/mms, 5GB of pictures/videos
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] armutyus:
I don't care sms/mms and images/videos already in sd card. I mean if i did this method will i lost my apps & settings? Will i need to download my apps again? Will i need to change some home screen settings or something like that?

Sony Xperia Z & Tapatalk 2
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] akisg:
If you don't check wipe data on flashtool you will not.
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kingvortex:
Be careful. Sometimes you will get a bootloop if you downgrade to an earlier firmware version without wiping.

Backup your apps and data before trying it.
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rxmann:
Don't feel like going through all the hassle of backing up apps, sms,media then re installing. I have the feeling kitkat will be available soon.
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SXZdabbler:
I don't think the Xperia Z will ever get 4.4 :confused:
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kingvortex:
What are you talking about? The Z is definitely getting 4.4. Sony confirmed it months ago.
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] timespace7:
Any root without unlock bootloader?
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ankurverma:
Hello !

I just updated to stock DDUEML4 (baseband : DDEMK1). Everything works fine but the downloading/odin mode displays Warranty Void : 1 which is probably because of KNOX :( I'm unable to find any solution on the web to go back to non-KNOX rom and remove the counter. Please help !
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dalanik:
If it's Knox counter, there is NO way to remove it....
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ankurverma:
Yes it is

Yes its a KNOX counter. I read somewhere that downgrading the bootloader removes KNOW, but for now I'm not going to try that as I might even brick my phone :(:(
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheATHEiST:
This topic has been discussed and discussed and discussed. We have ABSOLUTELY no need for another topic. If you want to discuss it do it in one of the other topics instead of creating a new one expecting different answers.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ankurverma:
Yes I know.

There's a post by Dr.ketan to remove knox by downgrading the bootloader, but not sure whether it would work for my ddueml4 rom.

But I'm thinking to root and install a custom 4.3 rom.
[Droid Ultra Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rowmaster17:
Can anyone tell me when I can expect to receive the ota update to 4.4 kitkat?
[Droid Ultra Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kip101:
the vzw site shows the ultra as having only 4,2 http://support.verizonwireless.com/support/os/android.html
[Droid Ultra Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Teksu:
Heard a rumor that they halted the ota push, dont have any trusted sources to reference tho...
[Droid Ultra Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] arcanexvi:
There were some issues with the soak.
[HTC One Max] aungkhaingoo:
Can someone tell me what font our device use as a system font? I just want to know because i have to replace our mother language font with system font. Our country developers already create font installer but in some app i still can't see our language like blink feed and youtube,. etc
[HTC One Max] Explore The Universe:
It's Roboto Condensed

http://www.google.com/fonts/specimen/Roboto+Condensed
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] tedder:
I was hoping I could run the k-jam RUU 2.x upgrade on my Vario (1.6, I think). Does anyone know if they'll be releasing ROM updates, or what's going on?
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] Raven65:
Just did it. Upgraded to I-Mate 2.8.7.x. At the end installed UK T-Mobile though. Then later just apdated GPRS manually with their wap.voicestream.com server and that's about it. Can call can be called. Internet works even Mobile Skype works decent can now call and be called when on move. Radio plays without interruptions and if the service is not good it resumes on its own. Even when tried to turn off/on the device radio station just resumed automatically.

Everything much better and faster overall.

:lol: :)
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] fuzzycuffs:
I'm in the same boat (and location) as you. I haven't upgraded to the new iMate rom, though. Did you back up your existing (stock, I presume) rom and extended rom cabs before flashing the new update? If so, how did you go about doing it?

I'm interested in trying. What really interests me is the radio portion, since I'm having issue connecting to the repeaters in my office building. Every other TMO phone connects, and I can even put my sim into my old Typhoon and it will connect, but all the new MDAs and SDAs wont connect to these repeaters.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] Drachen:
This is very interesting to me. I had a P900 that I lost :cry: and replaced with the MDA. In my office on Broadway and 20th in NYC, I can't get a signal inside the building. I get 4 bars standing on the street outside. The P900, a SE T616 and a Feeler device were able to connect before I got the P900. Oddly, when I went back to the Feeler it could not connect. I initially thought this was due to the new SIM or a T-Mobile issue but now I'm thinking it's an HTC issue because I had upgraded my Feeler to the latest iMate SP3i firmware before I lost my P900. Level 1 tech support told me that the device was "getting confused" between two towers. She asked me for my IMIE, reset something and my phone could connect... then lost the signal permanently an hour or so later. My MDA has never connected to T-Mobile in my office and I'm tired of bugging T-Mobile about the issue.

For the record, when you do a manual serch with the MDA, can you see T-Mobile's network? Both my Typhoon and my MDA can only see Cingular's.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] fuzzycuffs:
I think our issues are a bit different. I think my issue has something to do with the repeaters either having a list of "authorized" phones (which would be silly to do it whitelist style) that allow all the old TMO phones (and even my Typhoon, which is the weird part since TMO never released that phone), or there is somethign with the radio stack on the MDAs and SDAs that is so new that the repeaters wont allow it to authenticate. The phones work perfectly outside, so it is something to do with the repeaters in this building not allowing these new phones to auth.

Interestingly enough, I did to a manual search in here and I got Cingular's network as well, even though TMO works perfectly fine with my Typhoon or any other GSM capable phone other than the MDA and SDA. I couldn't auth to Cingular, just detect it.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] Drachen:
Perhaps I'm just grasping at straws. The most frustrating thing is that my Feeler worked for 6 months in my office perfectly well. Now with either the new firmware or the new SIM, it can't connect.

Are you able to see T-Mobile listed by using the manual search on the affected deviced at all even if you can't connect?
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] lvlolvlo:
What to install and after K-JAM_WWE_216901.... update

Okay here's a few things you should know....

Before you install the 2.16 update you should run the lokiwiz app and unlock your device (because after this upgrading to 2.16 you won't be able to...and you won't be able to edit your extended rom). So if you want to be able to edit your extended rom then don't upgrade to the 2.16!

Second, if you do upgrade your splash screen will be changed from the T-Mobile MDA white one to the club i-mate blue one, and thus far I can't get the splash screen to go back to the T-Mobile white one.

Third, I noticed after installing the 2.16 ROM and T-Mobile extended ROM apps my wifi was dead so I went through just about everyone and individually selected the ones I needed to install. Here's the list of all the ones you should install on your T-Mobile MDA (US Version). Oh and one more thing make sure you soft reset your device after you flash (right when it says installing customizations)

001_MT-MMS-WI19-051213-1 [MMS].CAB

002_Signed_2005_11_24_TOHTC_wispa_PPC_Release_v1_0_1_1 [HotSpot Login].CAB

005_Signed_tmobile_email_notification_2005PPC_NET_rom_12202005 [DAT Mail Trigger].CAB

006_CAB-Customization-PictureSize2Default [Customization Tools].CAB

007_Signed_CAB-Customization-SuspendResume-TMOUSA-Wizard-Aug10 [Customization Tools].CAB

008_Signed_CAB-Customization-WapPush-TMOUSA-Wizard-Aug10 [Customization Tools].CAB

009_Signed_DiscoButton8.sa [Customization Tools].CAB

011_Signed_TMOUS_MCCMNC.sa [Customization Tools].CAB

012_Signed_Version.sa [Customization Tools].CAB

013_Signed_WIZ_RILEnableEONS_2.sa [Customization Tools].CAB

014_Signed_TMOUSA_Connection_Wiz10810101.sa [Customization Tools].CAB

015_Signed_TMOUSA_FixAppButton_VoiceSpeedDial.sa [Customization Tools].CAB

016_Signed_TMOUSA_Setting_pIE_Wiz10810102.sa [Customization Tools].CAB

018_Shorcut-MMS1-CV-VOICE-TMO-US-10Nov05 [Customization Tools].CAB

021_SmartDialing_enable_0915_signed [Customization Tools].CAB

022_TMOUS_Camera_Profile_reg_0908_signed [Customization Tools].CAB

024_Signed_UXC_HotFix_Wiz10510101.sa [Customization Tools].CAB

027_Signed_TMOUS_Favorites_1810102.sa [Customization Tools].CAB

029_Default_CAB-shortcut-CDL-08Sep05 [Customization Tools] - MIDlet Manager.CAB

Please note the numbers are there because that is the order in which they need to be installed in. DO NOT INSTALL THE T-MOBILE COMM MANAGER CAB!!

Also note that the last cab (029) is from the imate extended rom, so you'll need to get that from some imate extended rom....don't go looking for it in the t-mobile extended rom.

I think that's all for now...

Oh yeah...please forgive any spelling errors as well as the poor grammar...I don't care much for it :wink:

*edit* I should probably tell you which app it was that killed the wifi....it was Signed_GPRS-stall_Wizard_TMOUS_DEC20.cab which did it for me...
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] Raven65:
Re: What to install and after K-JAM_WWE_216901.... update

I've successfully resolved all the Bluetooth and wi-fi problems even without installing TMOs extended rom. I've realized that in order to turn on wi-fi or Bluetooth I was using command manager and then later the only way I could remove it from memory is killing it. Finally I just enabled wi-fi from the connection icon and it immediately found my wi-fi network and connected to it. Same goes for the Bluetooth. I'm thinking about either not running the command manager or installing TMO related one. All other features working well for the last 48hr. The battery life improved, the connectivity superb. By the way you may also wont to remove Skype, because it's the old version and doesn't work properly.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] fuzzycuffs:
I was thinking that the best way to go about being able to edit the Extended rom (or go back to default, which is another thing I'd like to do when upgrading) is break the iMate rom into 3 parts.

If I can get the iMate full rom into the GSM, OS, and Extended rom parts, then wouldn't it be better to update the GSm and OS roms manually and leave the stock TMO Extended rom? Therefore, if you ever wanted to go back to "stock," you could.
[Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A] derderdedu:
Hey Guys

i just wunder, is this possible for the nexus 7 and if, how?

I do not have a wifi tv,

youtube.com/watch?v=hT3uM9k3bgg

I can't post links, because i don't have made 10 post, so it could be nice if one of you would do it in the thread
[Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A] PhilipTD:
You need some kind of hardware on the TV end to receive the cast from the N7.

Sent from my Nexus 7
[Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A] derderdedu:
I have a Android tv stik, an z2c decive, similar to the mk802
[Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A] PhilipTD:
You may be able to use this. Otherwise, why not get a Chromecast or a Roku?

Sent from my Nexus 7