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[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] scanboy:
As title, I'm trying to root a development board running 4.2.2. I do have root access and put busybox and su, but my problem is that whenever I start apps that require root access, superuser never gives me prompt asking whether root access is allow (yes, my setting in Superuser is to prompt for every apps that require root), as a result, the app would not run reporting that my device is not rooted. As an example, when I trying to run droidvncserver, it would tell me "could not start server", but if I start it as root on a shell, it would run and start server, this leads me to think that droidvncserver is not requesting root access or Superuser does not know that droidvncserver needs root access. I'm pretty sure I'm missing something in my system, but what is it. All this works on a rooted phone, but not on the development board. I've read through some of the rooting script for other phones, mostly include remounting /system as rw and put busybox and su onto the system, and that's what I've done on the board, but there's just no connection between those root-require apps and superuser. Anyone knows what I'm doing wrong/missing?
[Sony Xperia ZR] juanenbas:
Thanks do the same for C5503 Thanks a lot

Juan
[Sony Xperia ZR] ralf_waldo:
C5503 version of Xperia ZR doesn't exist in India. :(
[Sony Xperia ZR] eljibZR:
For C5503 there is already one: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2590174&page=8

Don't follow the main thread but download IJskonijn22 's files: https://drive.google.com/folderview?...U0&usp=sharing

1. Dowload All

2. in recovery flash the C5503.....zip then supersu_fix.zip

3. Switch off phone

4. In Flashtool, flash the C5503...ftf but don't forget to exclude 'system'

5. Reboot

The Rom is only Stock but prerooted

Credits to Sijav and IJskonijn22
[Sony Xperia ZR] ralf_waldo:
He requested the Indian variant for C5503. But C5503 is not released in India as we do not have 4G yet.

Sony has only released the C5502 version of Xperia ZR.
[Sony Xperia ZR] juanenbas:
Thanks a lot Bro !!!

But.....https://drive.google.com/folderview?...doesnt WORK !!!! HELPPPP PLEASE

Regards
[Sony Xperia ZR] ralf_waldo:
Use the links from OP
[Sony Xperia ZR] juanenbas:
That is a problem because doesnt work neither !!!
[Sony Xperia ZR] eljibZR:
I think you need to activate the link from the original thread.

I just tried and it s working.
[Sony Xperia ZR] avik735:
So using this would lead to my recovery being lost, is that correct?
[Sony Xperia ZR] ralf_waldo:
Yes. You will loose recovery because the zip file doesn't include any recovery. I removed it because if you install it, offline phone charging wont work. If you need recovery you can install it after booting into the rooted rom. Look for threads on xda for compatible 4.3 recovery for our Xperia ZR.
[Sony Xperia ZR] vasantv:
Thanks a lot dude :)

I will try this :)
[Sony Xperia ZR] ralf_waldo:
Welcome. Have fun. :)
[Sony Xperia ZR] sling-shot:
Thank you for your work here. There is some hope for me yet :good:

I am worried about loss of warranty.

Will I lose BRAVIA engine and DRM keys?

What are the risks of not having recovery?
[Sony Xperia ZR] anthonythangaraj:
1. If you are are worried of warrenty, and if you are in locked bootloader, then you can flash back the stock ftf, so you will never loose your warrenty.

2. Only if you have unlocked your bootloader, the you will loose your Bravia Engine & DRM keys. If you need to unlock your bootloader & need to retain DRM keys means check this thread to backup. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2292598

3. If you dont have recovery, you cannot flash files & ROMS, Also you can restore back you ROM if you modified you system files, Tweaked, uninstalled Apps or if you face any issue etc and so on....
[Sony Xperia ZR] sling-shot:
2. I have not unlocked the bootloader and will not until the expiry of warranty. In our case of ZR with 4.3 ROM, it is a catch-22 situation. I willl not unlock until I have my DRM keys backed up but I cannot back up the keys until I have unlocked because there is no root method with a locked bootloader. (Except for this thread)

3. What we are doing here is flashing right? Do you mean flashing without computer like from within the phone itself? Or multiboot setups? In case something goes bad, can I get back to Sony original ROM without the recovery? I am sorry I could not understand your reply.

Please forgive me. I generally tend to get excited and go ahead and do something and then regret. This looks like the perfect thing for me and I do not want to risk it.

;)
[Sony Xperia ZR] ralf_waldo:
Buddy, seems like you're too new at this stuff. Please read the instructions on the first page very very carefully. Everything is described there in through details. Read it thrice and if you still got any doubts then post message me, I'll help you.

Cheers. :)
[Sony Xperia ZR] sijav:
first backup your TA partition (that DRM you said), it's very important. not for now but for future in case something goes wrong with something else.(backing up do no harm)

what we are doing here is flashing a whole system folder through recovery, in case of having recovery you need to be rooted, in case of rooting as for locked bootloader only 4.2.2 ROMS can be easily rooted by vroot with locked bootloader or 4.1.2 with doomlord rooting method with locked bootloader.

after root then you need to install recovery, recovery can be installed with locked bootloader. (no need to flash kernel, however you can always flash a kernel with recovery if you're on unlocked bootloader)

then you need to flash rom through recovery, and flash some other thing relating to 4.3 with flashtool.
[Sony Xperia ZR] sling-shot:
OK. I have developed some more understanding of this process now. Things are much more clearer :laugh:

Once I downgrade to 4.2.x or 4.1.x there are tools to root. THEN I can backup the TA partition. Then I can proceed.

Thanks.
[Sony Xperia ZR] ralf_waldo:
Wait, don't flash this zip. I'm uploading the newest build 10.4.B.0.101, pre-rooted with dual recovery.

Please wait 24 hours.

Cheers, :)

-Ralf
[Sony Xperia ZR] jing000l:
please some one upload that META-INF for me

its easy just unzip the prerooted zip (it should be less than 1MB)

thanks
[Sony Xperia ZR] ralf_waldo:
Here you go - https://app.box.com/s/b9yibnvp4i0xmgkzp197

Cheers.

-Ralf :)
[Sony Xperia ZR] lilloscar:
Thanks for this rooted version, do you recommend any app to backup files like pics and docs? for apps I have already titaniumBU

and the last one, how can I donwngrade man?

\Thanks
[Sony Xperia ZR] roxedion:
recovery

After ive flashed the kernel i lost the recovery would u give us noob how to install recovery ive try the old version of recovery installer but theres no luck with it
[Sony Xperia ZR] sling-shot:
There is an updated version of this with dual recovery in another thread. Get that.

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It is time to close this thread.
[Sony Xperia ZR] ralf_waldo:
Yes, you've lost recovery after flashing kernel because I didn't not include recovery in the flashable zip as it was very buggy that time when I was building the zip file. You can install recovery after booting into your phone. Just visit the NUT's dual recovery thread and download a windows installer recovery. It will install recovery using windows PC while your phone is connected to it in USB Debugging mode with installation of unknown sources ticked in the security menu.

OR

Just flash the new .101 version of the flashable zip at this thread which included built in recovery - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2655893

Cheers,

Ralf Emerson :)
[Sony Xperia ZR] ralf_waldo:
To backup pics and doc's, just use the transfer data to sd card option in the setting->storage menu. This will transfer all the files in your phone's internal memory to external storage sdcard.

To downgrade, use flashtool. Look for guides on xda for how to use flashtool. Its simple.

Cheers,

Ralf Emerson. :)
[Sony Xperia ZR] avik735:
Pre-rooted with dual recovery for 10.5.A.0.30

Hey man, how are you doing? Any chance you can create something similar with the 10.5.A.0.230 firmware? Thanks anyway.
[Sony Xperia ZR] ralf_waldo:
No. I discontinued my work for this phone.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] kapebretoner:
TF201 rooted and unlocked.

Twrp v. 2.6.0.0.

Android version 4.2.1

Build - Energy rom March 28th, 2013 JP J0P40D.WW_epad - 10.6.

Twrp is not working. It does not recognize my internal storage or sdcard. I cannot install roms or restore or backup anything. If I try to wipe data I get failed with a list of missing items. Spent days reading and I am frustrated.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] flumpster:
Sounds to me like you have installed a TWRP made for the 4.1 bootloader onto the 4.2 bootloader which there are warnings not to do.

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=40149294&postcount=8
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] SAJdroid:
Are you able to boot into the ROM ? is yes we can try some ADB from your terminal emulator...

Download the JB 2.5.00 .blob file above. Save it to the root of your /sdcard directly (internal memory only) and rename it to twrp.blob

blob link : http://techerrata.com/file/twrp2/tf201/openrecovery-twrp-2.5.0.0-tf201-JB.blob

Launch terminal emulator or connect to your computer and open an adb shell, then type the following:

su

dd if=/sdcard/twrp.blob of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p4

Then reboot normally (NOT to recovery) to complete installation.

Now check if you are able to see the intSD & Ext-SD
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] kapebretoner:
Prime, is in twrp boot loop. I tried this with no luck before tablet starting the twrp boot loop. I got the prime to boot into recovery. In twrp when I click reboot it says no OS installed.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] SAJdroid:
Edit : post deleted
[General Questions and Answers] Pacifista15:
hi

I am new in all this rooting thing.Bought my first touchscreen htc desire 500 few weeks ago but dont like the blue homescreen, and other things.

So started to root few days back.I hope somebody can help me.I am stuck in unlocking the bootloader, whenever i am in the stage of getting the fastboot oem get identifier token i cant get it, the command prompt doesnt give the binary code.

any help please thanks
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] bindudhindsa:
Product Name : SGHi337M

Current Binary : Samsung official

System Status : Custom

CSB0OEM_config _LSB : 0x30

Wrire protection : Enable

I am trying to update my samsung s4 with fido. I ordered a code online and unlocked it. Never flashed , never customized, bought Directly from FIDO store so there is no chance anybody else have altered it in anyways.

RIght now whenver we try to update it , it says it has been modified and cannot update.

Searched it few steps online, tried all steps , unmounted sd card , restarted without sd card but still giving me same message.

Already tried on kies but nothing happened when connected to kies either .

In download mode its giving me following message above,

please let me know if i can fix this problem,
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] SaHiLzZ:
Flash twrp, wipe system, and install mk6 4.3 official firmware using Odin. You will be OK for next update.

sent from my mobile device

---------- Post added at 12:33 AM ---------- Previous post was at 12:32 AM ----------

This will trip Knox and void warranty

sent from my mobile device
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] TikiThePug:
+1
[HTC Rezound] jasonmerc:
I bought my friend's used HTC Rezound he was selling to me for 15 bucks. He said he "broke" it by flashing a bad ROM, and he doesn't feel like fixing it because he already replaced it with an LG G2. I figured for that price, fixing it was worth a shot. Besides, I'm coming from a Rugby Smart, and by the looks of it, this phone is a LOT better specs wise! Anyway, I can't seem to figure out how to fix it...

So when the phone is powered on, it goes to the HTC white splash and freezes there. The only way to get it off is pulling the battery. I CAN however, boot into the HBOOT menu, go to recovery, and all that stuff. So I guess what I'm trying to do is restore this to 100% stock at this point. Apparently in order to do that, I need to make sure my bootloader is locked and "S" is set to on. My "S" is on, however the bootloader is unlocked. Can someone please explain to me how I would go about fixing this phone, in a step-by-step fashion (if possible)? I would normally know what I'm doing, but this is the first HTC phone I've had, and I don't know how to use HBOOT, let alone RUU's and all this other stuff I read about for restoring this phone to stock.

Thanks.

EXCITING UPDATE: I found out how to use fastboot to re lock the bootloader, so that's done now. Also, not sure what i did, but now whenever I try to boot into recovery it gives me a security warning and I can't access it (so now I have no way of flashing ZIP's, unless there's some way of using the fastboot command on a computer to do this). I'm no expert on HTC's, but I'm getting the feeling this recovery issue seals the deal that this phone is not getting fixed, but I guess we'll have to see...
[HTC Rezound] acejavelin:
You need to flash a ROM and then MANUALLY flash the boot.img when S-On. Your friend probably didnt flash the boot.img, that is the cause of this issue 9 out 10 times this condition occurs.

What recovery, radios and hboot do you have?
[HTC Rezound] jasonmerc:
I'm not an HTC HBOOT expert, but where do I find this info, is this what is on the top of the screen when I first turn on hboot?

FANTASTIC UPDATE: here's what it says on the hboot screen:

*** TAMPERED ***

*** RELOCKED ***

*** Security Warning***

VIGOR PVT SHIP S-ON RL

HBOOT-2.28.0000

RADIO-2.23.10.0123r/2.23.10.0124r

OpenDSP-v14.6.0.7708.00.0507

eMMC-boot

Sep 20 2012, 17:40:22

-- I tried extracting the .img file which was called boot-signed.img from the RUU zip file and I tried flashing that separate from everything else but it did not work and still brought me to the white screen.

And please excuse me for delays in responding, I'm a new user and thus have to wait 5 minutes before new posts or edits are made :)
[HTC Rezound] acejavelin:
Yup, except for the recovery, you will have to start recovery and look for the information inside recovery
[HTC Rezound] jasonmerc:
I would if I could, but I don't think I can. Whenever I try to start recovery that's where the mysterious security warning appears and recovery fails to start.
[HTC Rezound] acejavelin:
So what hboot and radios... This still shouldn't be too bad, you can just push whatever recovery is appropriate after we know that.
[HTC Rezound] jasonmerc:
Here's the hboot and radio, which is what shows up on hboot when it first starts up, coming from my post above, but this time I bolded the hboot and radio listings (THEY ARENT ACTUALLY BOLD IN HBOOT IT'S SOMETHING I DID):

*** TAMPERED ***

*** RELOCKED ***

*** Security Warning***

VIGOR PVT SHIP S-ON RL

HBOOT-2.28.0000

RADIO-2.23.10.0123r/2.23.10.0124r

OpenDSP-v14.6.0.7708.00.0507

eMMC-boot

Sep 20 2012, 17:40:22

STUPENDOUS UPDATE: I just thought of this for some reason, when doing all of this, do i need the original verizon 4g lte sim in the sim slot for any reason? As you may have already guessed by me mentioning the rugby smart above, I plan to use this as a GSM with tmobile by putting on a GSM rom eventually. But my friend did give me the original verizon 4g lte sim card so if I need that just tell me what to do with it and when please.
[HTC Rezound] acejavelin:
OK, you are on the latest radios & Hboot, but relocked ... So we have a little bit of work to do here. Someone relocked the bootloader with custom recovery installed, not a smart thing to do. The first thing that needs to be done is to unlock the bootloader again. You will need a Windows 7 PC, Linux, or Mac OS X with ADB installed (Win 8/8.1 won't work), then go to HTCdev.com and follow the Unlock Bootloader procedure.
[HTC Rezound] jasonmerc:
Does this process require me to be in my OS? Because I thought I read something that said I needed to be for this but i might be wrong. Because remember, I can't get into my os because im stuck at the htc white screen

EDIT: Wait, i remember doing something like "fastboot oem lock" which I think locked the phone. Could I just do the same command to unlock it?

ANOTHER EDIT: Bootloader is now unlocked. Ready to proceed.
[HTC Rezound] acejavelin:
Can you access recovery now? You shouldnt get a security error anymore... What recovery?
[HTC Rezound] jasonmerc:
It appears I have Amon-Ra recovery but i dont know which version it is. I went to Other>Source & Credits and here's what it says:

RA Revamped

Build: RA-VIGOR-v3.13-getitnowmarketing

Built by Getitnowmarketing

Credits:

Amon Ra for original source

Koush & the rest of Cyanogenmod team

Source Code for both GPL and Apache Licensed code:

https://github.com/getitnowmarketing
[HTC Rezound] acejavelin:
Ok, last question before we really get into it, what ROM do you want to load? Do you know yet?
[HTC Rezound] jasonmerc:
I would LIKE a ROM with GSM support, but at this point if that is not possible that's OK with me, I'll take a stock ROM.

How does this one look:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1720750

EDIT: Downloading now, about 35-40 mins remain. If possible, can you post the instructions in the meantime so I know what to do when it is done? Thanks!
[HTC Rezound] acejavelin:
Actually, most recent ROMs support GSM in Edge in the US... Better than that requires significant tweaking for a multitude of reasons... My suggestion would be Evervolv, Tachyon, or LiquidSmooth, best to stay with a known good ROM until we at least get working.

You should use an updated recovery, down load TWRP 2.6.3.0 extract the img file and place in the same directory as fastboot. Then start fastboot from hboot, connect the phone and once it says FASTBOOT USB type:

fastboot flash recovery (filename).img

Replace (filename) with the img name from the TWRP zip file, this will flash a current recovery.

Now copy the ROM zip to the root of the SD card. Also extract the boot.img file into the fastboot directory on your PC. Reboot into hboot and start recovery, go into Advanced and tick everything but external SD and wipe. Now back out to the main TWRP menu and install ZIP of the ROM.

Once that's done, reboot into bootloader and start fastboot, now type:

fastboot flash boot boot.img

Once its done, reboot!

If Gapps are requires, once the ROM is up, copy the zip to the SD card, reboot into recovery and install Gapps Zip.

Reboot and your done!
[HTC Rezound] jasonmerc:
Thanks a lot! I would rather use the GSM rom that I mentioned because its almost done downloading and my connection is slow so downloading another would take forever. I'll keep you posted if anything goes wrong.

Once again, thanks so much for the help :)

UP-UP-UP-UPDATE!!!!: I found a Cyanogenmod of some sort on the sd card with a separate zip for gsm support so ill use that instead.
[HTC Rezound] jasonmerc:
IT WORKED!!!! cm10.2!!!! Thank you so much for all your help!!!!
[HTC Rezound] acejavelin:
Awesome! Glad to hear it!
[HTC Rezound] jasonmerc:
Back again, but this question isn't about an issue with installing ROM's, this is aimed at the GSM capabilities and how to "force" the phone to use it.

I put in my Tmobile SIM card, went into settings>mobile networks and changed the network type to Global. However, only about half of the time I turn on my phone the SIM card actually works. Sometimes, it will be working fine, and I reboot my phone, and when it comes up it no longer can find the GSM network. Then, maybe after 2-3 reboots and a battery pull, it works fine again. Other times, when I reboot, the GSM network still works fine when powering up. One time, I saw the GSM working, went to sleep for 5-6 hours, woke up, and it was no longer working. Any method I can use to somehow "force" the phone to use the SIM for Tmobile's GSM (if that's even the issue here)?

By the way, here is the ROM that I used. It advertises the fact that it is BOTH CDMA AND GSM in the title of the topic:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2135211
[HTC Rezound] acejavelin:
I am not familiar with that setting in CM, but I assume it is like most other ROMs for the Rez and under Settings->Wireless&Networks->More->Mobile Networks there is Preferred Network Type, you should be able to set it to "GSM/WCDMA Only" or go to Phone and dial *#*#4636#*#* (it will either pop up immediately or you might have to press Send) go to Phone Info and Set preferred network type to GSM Auto. I am pretty sure these both do the same thing though.

So when it doesn't work, does it say "NO SIM INSTALLED" or something similar? Does the phone know it's own number in Settings->About Phone->Status? Also, in the same place what signal strength are you getting?
[HTC Rezound] jasonmerc:
My phone does see that I have a SIM card, because in the APN's it recognizes Tmobile and lists all the different APN's for use with Tmobile. when I type in the string of numbers and characters you mentioned, the first three things it lists are the following:

IMEI: (Don't know if this is OK to give away, so not going to say it, but it does have an IMEI number there)

Phone number: unknown

Current Network: T-Mobile

In the secret menu I even switched it over to GSM only and nothing changed. When I used to use my Rugby, I would get 4-5 bars of 4G signal in my home (not LTE, just plain 4G). So I know that my house is in no way a dead zone for the Tmobile signal. Let me know if you need any other information.

INTERESTING UPDATE: I went online and looked up the APN for Tmobile, and compared to what was on the phone it was slightly different, had to add a proxy server, change to IPV4/V6, and other small stuff. Rebooted, and it works now with EDGE like it did before. I'll keep this forum updated on anything in case my signal goes down again mysteriously.
[HTC Rezound] acejavelin:
First off, you will never get 4G/HSPA+, or even 3G/HSPA on T-Mobile on the Rezound... T-Mobile uses 1700Mhz AWS frequencies for HSPA(+) service and the Rezound does not have the proper hardware to work in this frequency band.

That being said, you should be able to get marginal 2G/Edge service on T-Mobile, although the radios are not tuned for that frequency so where on some phones you might have excellent signal, it could be poor on the Rezound, and if the signal is marginal the Rez might not get any signal at all, this could be the issue.

If you have a IMEI and carrier, the SIM is recognized, and if the SIM has been activated properly and has signal, it should show the phone number as well.

What are you seeing for signal strength, is should show something like:

Signal Strength

-73 dBm 60 asu

If the signal is less than -110 dBm you won't likely be able to make a call, signal strength of better than -100 is preferred with -60 being "100% perfect"

You could also post in the CM10.2 thread as well, there may be an extra tweak or two that is required, I know some ROMs require minor build.prop edits or flashing a patch to get GSM functional.

Honesly though, if you could load a stockish ROM and unload it on a Verizon user and pickup something like a Moto G GPe for $170-$200 from Google, you would be way farther ahead and much happier all the way around trying to use GSM.
[HTC Rezound] jasonmerc:
Thanks for the offer, but I'm good with the Rezound. I already knew that all I would be getting at the moment was 2g/EDGE. As for selling it, I am not planning on doing so, but even if I was, I would MAYBE get 50 or so, considering the glass in front of the camera is cracked (but does not appear in photos) and it has been "tampered" with.
[HTC Rezound] PhantasmRezound:
Just to make the small note, that "tampered" flag in the bootloader can be removed too and doesn't really mean squat to anybody but Verizon/HTC who still don't notice/care most of the time. It sure shouldn't impact any discussion of price on that fact alone.