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[Xperia Z1 Compact General] zxz0O0:
[MENTION=2669001]earlymorninghours[/MENTION] it's well known that Sony devices are not so modding friendly. Instead of posting your rant you could post what your problem actually is so we can help you.

And by the way, backup of DRM keys is not mandatory. You can simply unlock the bootloader and do what ever you want.
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] earlymorninghours:
I got to where I wanted to be. You'll have to excuse me for not knowing this "well known" fact. And to be quite honest, at least half of the problem was me, going by old habits. Part of my frustration, though I didn't spell it out in a previous post, is that I've noticed over the last 4 or 5 years, more and more being done so that I can't have my phone be the way I want my phone to be. It has consistently gotten either more difficult or more inconvenient to achieve this and it seems as though we're headed in the direction of just being satisfied with whatever comes out of the box.
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] santacruzdz:
I have an issure after I rooted succefully my phone, I tried on a rom and got into bootloop so I flashed again the stock rom...then tried again the root procedure explained here because in the meanwhile I lost root and now when I reboot the phone to enter the recovery after step 17, I wait for the green light but it comes very fast and won't let me enter the recovery as I could before...I retried again and again but same problem...I need help! I have no more root!:(
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] zxz0O0:
Probably you did not properly install dualrecovery. Try again and start from step 1. Make sure you do everything exactly as described in my post.
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] santacruzdz:
I did...actually I start from step 8 because I have all the files already downloaded and ready for flash. I point the dual recovery as a problem but I don't know what it is because it says it installed successfully after runing the .bat on the computer....

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...now somehow I restarted from step 17, then somehow by a hazardous process I entered the philz recovery but no files there...like if everything was erased although I made sure to uncheck all the wipe cases in the flashtool....any idea?

I tried to sideload the files but didn't work...

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...haha...now again I can't enter the recovery! what the hell???

My question is : what should I do after I run the .bat, because it says "your device will now REBOOT" so, sometimes I hear that the phone reboot on itselfs but in you instruction you just say that you have to turn off the phone...so should we wait as it says in the instruction or what says the .bat (till the phone reboot)? another thing I noticed is that after the .bat root finished and while the screen is still black the LED turns once to violet quickly and then diseappear...
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] kickling:
Hi guys, thanks first up for ALL the help i've been getting in the Q&A section... like santaCruz guy above, I almost am ready to chuck this phone.

Last week I followed this root procedure and it worked. After playing with ROMs today and wanting to restart/reset, I followed the same procedures from Step 1 ... but noticed THEY HAVE BEEN UPDATED RECENTLY WITH NEW FILES REQUIRED.

I can confirm that (same as santaCruz above) that this procedure does NOT work using the D5503_14.3.A.0.757_Generic_UK-nosystem.ftf file.

I downloaded the old "681" file and flash ... it gets me to PhilZ boot recovery ... i.e. I now get to step 17 and continue my journey.

Can someone please look into this!
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] zxz0O0:
So are you sure that you followed every step exactly as described (including wiping, etc.)? Can you post the output of dualrecovery installer.
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] kickling:
Yes, I followed the procedure 3 times exactly. This is my experience :

1) After getting the new files required, I get to step 17 and try to get into PhilZ recovery. It allows me to do the "Volume Up" trick with Purple LED ... BUT it only shows the nav buttons at the bottom. Then 3 seconds later, my phone restarts by itself. When the phone loads again, I try to get into PhilZ recovery again. Exactly same issue. I cannot open Philz recovery menu.

2) After failing first time, I think maybe I have done something wrong? So I try again very carefully ... once i get to step 17 again it does NOT allow me to get to PhilZ recovery. Not even Purple LED. Like the guy said before, the phone goes to Sony Logo -> vibrate quickly 2 times -> restart by itself -> boot loop ... etc etc repeat.

3) After failing second time (and getting quite angry) I decide to flash the "old way" using old files. I actually re-flash the 681 file (step 16) and then it allows me to get Purple LED and PhilZ recovery!

... sorry, I am right now doing this whole procedure again a 4th time try, because I want to make sure everything is fresh, so I have wiped everything already ... unless the output log file is kept somewhere safe?

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... oh and one more thing, I am also using the old file "z1c-44-uk.system.flashable.zip" ... basically i am following the same procedure but using all old files like this was from last week.

*I am basically trying to restore my Nandroid backup, but due to a "data error" it never allowed me to do the restore. So here I am trying to start from step1 root procedure to allow the Nandroid restore to fully work*

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... and I can now confirm that starting from scratch did NOT allow me to use PhilZ recovery to restore my Nandroid backup ... just wasted hours and hours of time. arggg!
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] zxz0O0:
Weird. Were you also not able to enter TWRP (with Volume DOWN)? There were people that reported it to be working with 0.757 firmware so I changed the files. Seems there are still problems so I reverted the changes. Thanks.
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] kickling:
No sorry i didn't try getting into TWRP.

Looks like I have to start again for a 5th time ... when restoring my Nandroid backup it successfully restored boot and system but not data .. and now the phone forever says "google play services has stopped working" over and over again, non stop.

What is the best way to restore my Nandroid backup?!
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] santacruzdz:
THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I confirm that I could FINALLY enter the Philz recovery without troubles by flashing the nosystem .681 and all 3 files are there! I flashed them but I got into bootloop now...so I guess I need to flash again the righ generic zip file...but at least I have root and recovery now!

From what I understand if you re-root your phone it won't work with the new files..!!?

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nope...I tried that too...didn't work and TWRP didn't show at all.
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] kickling:
yeah, use original files and you'll be good to go .... you won't have the latest firmware version, but at least you got a working rooted phone... I'm going to sleep, gosh so late...
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] Xaeons:
I'm on 4.3, 14.2.A.1.142. I won't have problems if I flash this over correct? Or should I update? (I have a pending update: 14.3.A.0.681)
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] zxz0O0:
If you want root, follow this guide (no need to update). You can later on update to KitKat and keep root (see my other guide in signature).
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] Jaevlar:
Decided to give the guide another shot yesterday. Worked without problems, rooted and backed up TA. :good:

Although the process of gaining root is a hassle compared to other phones out there it's well worth the time.
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] Xaeons:
Another question, my local LTE bands are 1800/2100. I will still be able to use my local SIM once the firmware is UK KitKat (4.4) right?
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] zxz0O0:
I think yes. I still recommend to backup your customization number and factory firmware. (See here how to create a ftf from your factory firmware: http://xdaforums.com/xperia-z/general/guide-download-firmware-customization-t2311211 )
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] kickling:
Guys who like myself followed this root/DRM noob guide recently ... I just followed the OP's guide to update your firmware to 757 from here :

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2688933

and I can confirm this works. Data was NOT lost at all. Follow it carefully and you will have success. Good luck.

(On a side note, my status bar has a square symbol that looks like the Nespresso logo??)
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] santacruzdz:
WE experienced the troubles when we had to re-root the device...not the first time, when everything worked well.
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] Iruwen:
I can confirm that the procedure worked fine for me as well, doing exactly what the op says. It's quite easy to screw up though. But as somebody already said: backing up the DRM keys isn't mandatory and unlocking the bootloader is easy, so don't blame Sony. They probably just don't want to have a ton of bricked phones returned.
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] Xaeons:
And done! Finally rooted. Thank you.:good:
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] zxz0O0:
Hehe, that's not a nespresso logo, that's the NFC logo. Some firmwares have it enabled and on some firmwares it's not shown. If you don't like it, you can disable it (I did so too).

Go to /system/etc/customization/settings, open config.prop and change ro.nfc.icon.enable=false (need root and root explorer of course). Then save and reboot.
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] respo:
first of all once i root my phone with this guide

than i accidently update to kitkat and i lost root

now i trying to root again but no luck

i try everything vol up vol down but i stuck on boot loop

for flash i use 43 uk

2.7.95 beta and

supersu 1,94

anyone know what is problem?

sorry on my english

ps. only on docomo i check all in wipe and rest is ALL unchecked both wipe and exclude if this mean something
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] zxz0O0:
Use the files from the first post and latest dualrecovery.
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] respo:
my bad

i was used old ianford ftf file
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] zxz0O0:
On which step are you stuck at boot? Which dualrecovery version are you using?
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] respo:
after 21. reboot your phone i stuck at boot loop

and using latest dualrecovery 123
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] zxz0O0:
Can you still get into recovery? If not then it means there was a problem with flashing the files on step 20. Try using TWRP (volume down) for step 17 and following.
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] respo:
i can get into recovery

ok i will try

its drive me crazy as you see i dont know what i write anymore :)
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] nico1375:
Hello

I rooted using this guide and everything went well.

After a few weeks (yesterday) I found the update guide. I followed the steps (using dual locked recovery 121) but flashing with flashtool did not seem to work. But The phone still updated to .757 firmware.

I rebooted to see if everything went well and it did. I used my phone normally and today I was taking a picture and the phone froze, then went into bootloop.

I tried to wipe cache, dalvik cache, I re-did all steps of the update guide, I tried with latest dual locked recovery 123...

Still bootloop.

Any ideas? I'd really like to avoid doing the whole rooting process...
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] zxz0O0:
Did you flash the ftf from my update guide? It's required.

I don't know what the problem could be, which customization did you use (UK, NO, etc.)? Maybe a factory reset helps.
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] gsusx:
Hi All

Im rooted, have backedup keys but when i goto the service center on the phone it says "No" and that I cannot unlock

Im on .757 .... anyone have any ideas??

cheers
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] EpicLPer:
Worked great even for my European (Austria) Z1 Compact! I even used the UK ftf's and all, no worries doing so if you read this and come from the EU ;)

Just one thing: Pay attention to the part where the phone will only boot into a blackscreen. I had to fiddle around many many many times with the Force-OFF switch and USB connection in order to make it work because it always recognized it as "Z1 Compact" and not as "Fastboot" (as I believe, haven't re-checked the tutorial for this now). Anyway, just keep that in mind and don't freak out, after like 10 times it worked.

One little thing still for the tutorial writer: Please pack all things you have to download in the beginning and not somewhere in the middle of the text, especially not the big ftf-files. That would be great and would make everything better for really big newbies ;)

Great tutorial tho, no doubt! One try, worked fine :)

The only bad thing is the Unlock Bootloader part but that's not your fault. It sucks that you actually have to submit your IMEI to Sony...
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] Riyal:
Hi guys! Maybe this little note would be a good caution to some...

Caution:

Restoring a TA Backup from JB on a KitKat ROM breaks X-Reality engine temporarily on your phone. A fix for this is to

1. Reflash the whole KitKat FTF(exclude system & check reset customizations)

2. Factory reset your phone.

Without doing the steps above you won't be able to play Music/Video Unlimited & X-Reality on your phone even if you already restored your DRM keys and have a locked bootloader.
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] Iruwen:
Yeah, that would be better.
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] respo:
for me problem was a 32gb memory card

after putting files on 8gb card i rooted in first try thru TWRP
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] Sherloq:
Thanks really great guide!

Just a couple of things you should add that really tripped me up at the beginning:

Sony PC Companion MUST BE INSTALLED - took me a few hours to figure this out.
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] Riyal:
It's not mandatory... I manage to do this on my PC without installing PC Companion.

In fact it's not really recommended since sometimes it causes conflict with flashtool on drivers.
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] vigorito:
i dont understand this thing with back button, its a first flash SO-02F_14.1.H.1.281_docomo.ftf after i open sony mobile flasher my phone is connected but how can i press back button if before that i need to power off the phone,stupid question but... how?
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] Iruwen:
I don't see any mention of the back button.
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] vigorito:
when i press flash and choose flash mode and proper ftf file and then check and uncheck like are explained on first page,sony mobile flasher is starting to prepare file after it finish it pops out small window with 4 steps to do:

1-unplug the device

2-power of the device

3-PRES THE BACK BUTTON

4-plug the usb cable

first step ok

second step ok

but how do hell i can pres back button on the phone if phone is off?
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] vigorito:
i manged to solve the problem with back button its a older tut so i just replace it with volume down and pluging to usb cable,guys im now stucked at step 20 cant find flashable zips i found on the first page link to fix the problem

(While in Recovery I had to flash lockeddualrecovery before anything else so partitions would be restored properly)

but i cant access flashable files plase help

i have message while im trying to install choose from /sd card

all 3 flashable zips i put them on internal card
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] zxz0O0:
Try using TWRP (volume DOWN). The instructions in flashtool to enter flashmode are wrong, my instructions are correct.
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] vigorito:
well after step 19 i couldnt do step 2o so im in sony bootloop now,i can force power off and thats it,how can i now in this situation get twrp recovery? by which combination of buttons
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] zxz0O0:
Ok well then I'm afraid to tell you that you have to start again from the beginning.
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] vigorito:
but how i can flash 3 flashable file if my internal sd card will be every time erased?
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] vigorito:
For god sake can anyone help me with this?

im at home trying to fix this with another computer,i dont know if i can start from beggining from the other computer

because my phone is in weird state :

1/where i can see only sony boot loop

2/i can turn it off and

3/i can get into fastboot blue led is on

i cant copy 3 flashable files because phone is in bootloop but i copyed them before to internal sd so i dont know if those files are still there

i tried to start from step 8 again where i need to flash SO-02F_14.1.H.1.281_docomo.ftf file but im getting error in sony flashtool that i need to install drivers and those drivers are in folder drivers (i allready did that) so i dont know maybe sony flash tool need first drivers i guess mtp drivers from step 2?

is there any way that i can install drivers from step 2 without phone being connected?
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] zxz0O0:
It is described on the first post when to put the files on the internal storage. To flash SO-02F_14.1.H.1.281_docomo.ftf you only need flashmode drivers which are bundled with flashtool. Just make sure these are installed correctly. Try booting the device in flashmode (not fastboot) and check device manager if everything is alright. Otherwise try reinstalling the drivers or try on another computer.
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] vigorito:
i ended up updating with sony companion to the latest 757,because when i flashed the 3rd file from tutorial,that flash was bad,my phone was reporting 0 mb space of the internal storage,i was trying to start everything from step 1, but it was impossible because i couldnt copy files to storage because there was no space! plus philiz recovery is not good too,in twrp everything works great i was able to see all 3 flashable files in philiz NO!

so i want to start again from the beggining,my question is there are some other files or firmares we can flash,this docomo files and the other 2 sucks

and tutorial is bad

if we are installing the drivers directly from sony flash tool,step 2 is just confusing
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] zxz0O0:
The tutorial states that you should put the files on external sd card. If you put them on internal storage and later on have problems it's not the fault of the tutorial. Anything else I could change to improve the tutorial?

This is the only way to root without unlocking bootloader.

How is step 2 confusing? It's a simple task. In flashtool you are only installing the fastboot and flashmode drivers.

By the way, flashtool is not developed by Sony.
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] vigorito:
Its not confusing, its not important, i skrew z1 on computer on my job, i continue later on my home computer to fix it, i did not ever play with these at a home computer so i dont have any driver or any tools at home computer, but i managed without step 2 to install drivers from sony flash tool and continued from the start,i meant step 2 is not confusing but i waste like hours and a half trying to figure out how to install drivers, because z1 is in state of bootloop or fast boot (blue led) no way you can install drivers in regular way like as explained in step 2,btw who wants to copy flashable zips to internal sd you can skip all steps of copying zips in previous steps and you can copy them after step 9 (where you need to check developer options and security/unknown sources)
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] zxz0O0:
You could have just flashed a stock sony rom to get out of bootloop.
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] coolkoushik07:
The tutorial is hard for beginners but if u read the tutorial 5-6 times then it will be clear to u.. I read the tutorial 4-5 times before I bought this phone and after buying this phone I did it in 1st chance...

Sent from my Xperia Z1 Compact (D5503)

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And yes I have copied files to internal sd card and flashed with philz recovery.. Its strange that in my case I did not get any problem or error..

Sent from my Xperia Z1 Compact (D5503)
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] vigorito:
i didnt know that yesterday

this file isnt good for my z1: D5503_14.3.A.0.681_Generic_UK-nosystem.ftf

after i flash that file,i was able to boot normaly and i was rooted,but wi fi didnt worked for me so i tried to flash 757 firmare from this thread

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2688933

but i get into problem with wi fi again and plus i get the problem with the storage,phone was showing that storage is full,and i could not copy even a 5mb zip into internal memory.

so my only hope was sony companion,so i reverted to factory state,

my question is these 3 files for which we are using in sony flash tool

1-SO-02F_14.1.H.1.281_docomo.ftf

2-C6903_14.1.G.534_ianford10_UK Unbranded_modified.ftf

3-D5503_14.3.A.0.681_Generic_UK-nosystem.ftf

there are all uk files,is there any other firmares to download and flash them instad of these files,or lets say basicly i need 3rd file,and when i want to back from 681 to 757 im not sure which firmare 757 i need to use from this thread

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2688933

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aha what is this? page 15 there is another files

after reading a bunch of tutorials and postings, i made my own files with customisation version: 1279-6976_R3B

D5503_14.2.A.1.114_EURO LTE-nosystem.ftf (replaces D5503_14.2.A.1.114_Generic UK-nosystem.ftf) md5: e2e89972fc5eb19258c520bb8e10aa28

z1c-14.2.A.1.114-Europe_LTE.system.flashable.zip (replaces z1c-43-uk.system.flashable.zip) md5: f823286d6b5457e274dafdef3add7ede

they work on my phone, but keep in mind this is my first firmware modification project for android

full ftf without TA

D5503_14.2.A.1.114_EURO LTE.ftf md5: f6b934e240b73e0d9866b6fd3e1f861d

D5503_14.3.A.0.681_EURO LTE.ftf md5: bcb561e7069af093621b45a39c8f1248
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] gpietron:
Hi guys,

reading this in preparation for rooting :laugh:, but have a couple of questions for confirmation:

1. in all this flashing (Docomo, patch, dual recovery batch, no-system, SuperSU, system, dual recovery, SuperSU) - are there any options related to TA partition that need to be marked as excluded? Asking as I see in RomAur v3.0 LOCKED BOOTLOADER installation instructions: "flash SO-02F_14.1.H.1.281 FTF (exclude only TA)". TA is not yet backed up at this point so this is an important question ...

2. After successful root, which steps have to be repeated later on if one wants to switch to another ROM? Z1C will be rooted and with SuperSU, but Bootloader still locked. From step 16? or rather complete new ROM in step 21.1 + dual recovery + SuperSU ? or another?

3. In order to reinstall stock and TA partition, if needed, I understand one can use PC Companion and "repair" option. I understand it installs the most current stock version with no other choices, right? and it does not matter which ROM was installed on Z1C before, correct?

please advise.

Many thanks in advance !!

cheers,
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] zxz0O0:
1. It's not required to exclude ta, otherwise it would be stated in the guide. Also I've read on xda that it doesn't matter if you exclude TA or not, it doesn't get flashed anyway.

2. You mean to another official rom? Use my guide http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2688933

3. You only need to restore TA partition if you previously unlocked the bootloader. You can 'repair' your phone in Sony PC Compain, the program will wipe your phone and install stock firmware. It will not change TA partition.
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] gpietron:
Thanks!

RE: 2, I meant in general, official or custom.

referring to your other guide, I expect this would be jumping to step 6. format /system - as SuperSU & recovery would be still installed, correct?

What if it's a complete custom ROM? I see that these locked bootloader flashes require flashing separate system/no-system files, right?

So probably the easiest way is to unlock bootloader after all (having TA backup already) ?

Just to be sure.