yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Xperia SP General] ahmedhappy312:
I will now try to do it all over again with your second method and hope i have same result
[Xperia SP General] ahmedhappy312:
I followed your post all again but this time i used recovery you mentioned in op, later i was using recovery for 4.1.2 which didn't flash zip correctly.

One other question your kernel in op is for C5302 but my device is C5303 would that contradict with anything?
[Xperia SP General] quetzalcoatl2435:
No, the kernel is exactly the same for all variants.
[Xperia SP General] subwrc:
If i delete some useless apps from system/app before making the final zip will it work ?
[Xperia SP General] XperiaCrazy:
Yes, it works
[Xperia SP General] subwrc:
I deleted some and replaced some others with newer apks (chrome etc) and made a new zip. But flashing with cwm got stuck while copying files to system. So i failed.
[Xperia SP General] boulevardll:
by installing the recovery room.

I get installation aborted and the system no longer loads.

I'll be doing something wrong?
[Xperia SP General] quetzalcoatl2435:
Your system folder may have been to large to fit on the phone's /system partition. Even with everything stock I only have 48MB free on my /system partition.

Try setting the compression at "store only".
[Xperia SP General] subwrc:
But after the modifications my system partition shrunk by 70mb :(
[Xperia SP General] quetzalcoatl2435:
Did you set the compression to store only? Which recovery did you use? I have personally tested everything I put in the first post, but there are some people who reported problems extracting the zip when using other recoveries.
[Xperia SP General] subwrc:
Yes compression set to store only. I used dssmex previous version (4.3). I have already used your guide to make a prerooted rom without problems. The problem appeared when i tried to modify system folder. As you said, maybe i have to make a try with the new recovery.
[Xperia SP General] boulevardll:
I do use the store only mode
[Xperia SP General] quetzalcoatl2435:
But your zip is 1.134.689 bytes, while the content is over 1.160.000 bytes. There are around 30 MB missing, so it's either compressed or corrupt.
[Xperia SP General] boulevardll:
my zip is 1,161,174,835 bytes

I do not understand, which must be wrong?

a query in the bin folder I just have to delete the files byte least 10 right? because I have only kb files.
[Xperia SP General] quetzalcoatl2435:
Oh, my bad. It was early, and I was still sleepy. :p

Maybe try using another app, like WinRAR? BTW, which recovery are you using? The one I linked to or another one?
[Xperia SP General] ohmygel:
correct me if im wrong guys, i am on .201 stock firmware and i want to root my phone and flash my original firmware then i came to this thread but instead of downgrading and root my device, can i just flash any pre-rooted stock firmware then make a flashable zip of my own stock firmware to flash it to m phone? thanks guys in advance
[Xperia SP General] boulevardll:
I have used your post.

I attached image. which of the 2 link is correct? I used the first (Camera button -> CWM Touch )
[Xperia SP General] quetzalcoatl2435:
That's the right one, but did you use CWM, Philz, or TWRP? I've updated the guide to mention that I've only used CWM. If you used Philz or TWRP, try using CWM now.
[Xperia SP General] boulevardll:
I used CWM (Camera button -> CWM Touch)

I think I've done everything. I just need to try to compress the file with winrar.

---------- Post added at 03:29 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:17 PM ----------

apology a query.

in step 3 to be put to remove all files less than 10 bytes in the bin folder.

in my case there is no file bytes.

should skip this step?
[Xperia SP General] quetzalcoatl2435:
Yes, the smallest file should be 156 bytes.
[Xperia SP General] boulevardll:
try to compress with winrar.

but still I get error when trying to flash by CWM

5306 stock 4.1.2 ROOT 12.0.A.2.254
[Xperia SP General] quetzalcoatl2435:
Upload the zip and I'll take a look.
[Xperia SP General] roti86:
Thank you for this guide. It works well with new .201 firm :)
[Xperia SP General] boulevardll:
I just do this and I have root on 4.3

but I have two problems. I keep jumping an update to 12.1.A.1.201 (supposedly this version I have flashado by cwm) and I do not turn on WIFI
[Xperia SP General] ohmygel:
I followed this to root my own .201 stock firmware and i made it in a single try. Thank you very much:)

Important:

I think some of you guys made mistake in step 3. In my case, i can't see file with bytes size all are KB but when click on 1KB, i found out that some 1KB file has an actual bytes size.

Tip: sort it using size

btw, do i need to install busybox? and what does busybox can do in our device? how about xposed?
[Xperia SP General] ucuy:
Yes, I will try it
[Xperia SP General] headache59:
Curious: what did you do differently (compared to your past failures)?

[MENTION=4597722]quetzalcoatl2435[/MENTION]: what happens if we include those < 10KB files?
[Xperia SP General] quetzalcoatl2435:
I haven't tried doing that (and I'm not going to), but if I have to guess, symlinks creation will fail, which means the recovery will report installation failed.
[Xperia SP General] Charlles M:
Working!!!
[Xperia SP General] ikiji:
It worked for me, I now have a rooted .201. Thanks a lot!

However, to complement what was said here: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=51124168&postcount=22

Wouldn't that procedure leave the phone running the old version of baseband?

Instead of reflashing the 201 kernel only as the last step, from flashtool I picked my full FTF and tick 'system' in the exclude list, to force the install of everything (including baseband) except the system partition. That worked well for me.

Am I unnecessarily cautious here?
[Xperia SP General] Dominic.B:
Need proper updater script for C5302 Indian Version 12.1.A.1.201

Hi! :o

The provided updater script file is causing me to get status 7 error. Can anyone please upload the proper C5302 Indian version for 12.1.A.1.201?

Thanks! :p
[Xperia SP General] subwrc:
Interesting question.

Could somebody shed some light on this?
[Xperia SP General] MetalOllie:
"As a side note: Memory management is kinda crappy on 4.3. Dropping dalvik.vm.heapgrowthlimit to 64m and dalvik.vm.heapsize to 96m helps somewhat, but YMMV. Please experiment on your own to find a limit that works best for you."

What would you recommend for doing this? VM Heap Tool offers the option to change Heapsize, but not growth limit.

Cheers!

(BTW, followed your instructions to the letter, and it's working perfectly! Thanks for such a detailed guide.. Very helpful.. Was a bit worried that it all looked very complicated, and in fairness, without your in depth instructions, it would have been.. Happily rooted, and enjoying the new ROM!)
[Xperia SP General] Yix:
The process worked fine for me, but SuperSU was unable to find the binary after flashing was complete. I used the su+busybox bundle and the original SuperSU from the OP and placed them into system/xbin as instructed.
[Xperia SP General] nasroed:
Although su has been added to ur zip, u still have to reflash supersu. Repeat it from begining.. (downgrading)
[Xperia SP General] Yix:
So it's blind-firing and depends on whether CWM feels like installing the app?

EDIT: Also, it appears that it does not matter that we place a su binary in /system/xbin,as the supersu install script removes it and installs its own version instead, which is bundled in the zip. I'll try to test sometime soon whether installing SuperSU from Play and not flashing it could solve this.
[Xperia SP General] le grande magnetto:
Where do I start if I have SP with .201, locked bootloader, no root?
[Xperia SP General] quetzalcoatl2435:
From downgrading to 4.1.2 and rooting that.
[Xperia SP General] leet95:
My USB OTG doesn't work anymore on .201
[Xperia SP General] neokles:
Hi !

I tried it twice with 2 different roms (one i made myself and one i downloaded here) and i don't know what i did wrong but i couldn't start after flashing with cwm, it bootloops everytime.

Do you know what i may have done wrong?

I was on 4.1 BL and rooted.
[Xperia SP General] quetzalcoatl2435:
I wouldn't know what you may have done wrong unless you tell me more or show me the zip. Sorry...
[Xperia SP General] neokles:
Ok i'm uploading it now, i'll post the link when it's done. Thanks !

Here's the link https://mega.co.nz/#!vYNHiLST!R5NyJLwpnw5sX22hyXPUyFEvU5sFrc5BJY9riy85a0k
[Xperia SP General] le grande magnetto:
I dont have recovery, because I have no root and 254 cant be rooted. So this root method also does not work, fantastic
[Xperia SP General] neokles:
You can root 254 with this method : http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2405933
[Xperia SP General] quetzalcoatl2435:
Couldn't find anything wrong with the zip. Maybe try a factory reset?
[Xperia SP General] MetalOllie:
I've been running this quite happily for a while, but today i noticed Greenify wasn't working properly,so I checked SuperSu, and it had no apps configured. I downloaded a root checker, and it told me the device wasn't rooted. I uninstalled SuperSu, and reinstalled, now it tells me there are no SuperSu binaries.

I thought I'd be able to boot into CWM and re flash the SU zip, however I can't get into CWM, no matter how many times I try. I did accidentally manage to boot into safe mode, which zapped all my layouts, widgets and personalised folders.

What would have caused root to simply disappear, and more importantly, is there a way of getting it back, without reflashing 4.1.2, reinstalling CWM and then reflashing the custom ROM?

Everything has been running perfectly up until now, so I don't understand what happened.. All I know is I'm seriously hacked off at the moment at the though I did something wrong, though heaven knows what.

Help! :crying:
[Xperia SP General] Nekomiya2611:
I keep getting cwm error status 7 installation aborted when i try to install the zip file

Don't know where i've done wrong, fail with both winrar and 7-zip.

My log in CWM:

- Checking device model number

- Formatting /system

- Copying to /system

- Symlinking & correcting permissions

set_perm: some changes failed

E: Error in storage/sdcard1/Firmware.zip

(Status 7)

Installation aborted.
[Xperia SP General] cikenkari:
i'm not sure to follow the procedure, seems it's looping.:crying:

Could you upload tft firmware of .201 C5302 with rooted version, thanks:confused:
[Xperia SP General] neokles:
I tried again today and i know what went wrong... it's only because i forgot to flash the kernel. I don't know why i thought i had to reboot first before flashing the kernel that's why it was bootlooping.
[Xperia SP General] dlldesign:
How to root .201

Hi all, i'm new in this community and i'm not very good to talk english, so forgive me if I make some mistake.

I have 4.1 root firmware with CWM installed, and i want to root .201 firmware, but when i open pc companion to create my ftf file i have the .266 update avaliable. How can i create my ftf .201 file instead of a .266 ftf file?
[Xperia SP General] Lajbymester:
Maybe try with Sony Update Service.
[Xperia SP General] Honeytea:
Dear quetzalcoatl2435,

i would like to understand whats the key inside the way of rooting.

Is it possible to use this steps in generally on other ROM´s like Xperia Z, or SP 4.4 Kitkat in future? (if it will release sometime)

What i mean, did you create / customize the META-INF by your self specially for this firmware, or can we find exactly this file in all other SP-ROMs to?

My understanding is that Busybox and SU are not necessary for rooting, the only thing is to put only one single file in the extracted firmware, the META-INF. Am i wrong?
[Xperia SP General] ohmygel:
Can I use this for my .205?
[Xperia SP General] ikiji:
Yes, it worked well for me.
[Xperia SP General] ohmygel:
I tried this before with .201 and it worked. Did you try this in .205? Same steps except for BE?
[Xperia SP General] Fat_boy555:
Is there any exploit in the new firmware .205 which allows us to root it?
[Xperia SP General] ikiji:
Yes, I did it with 205. Pretty much the same steps as the OP. A few notes:

- I skipped the BE part

- You don't really need a separate ftf to flash the kernel only. Instead, during step 6 (section "how to flash"), using the complete FTF that you built earlier, tick "SYSTEM" in the exclude list (since you obviously don't want to erase that partition after all the troubles you went through) but flash everything else (kernel, baseband, etc...). I also unselected "wipe data", since I wanted to keep existing data on my phone. I was migrating from 201.

And it worked like a charm. I didn't have to reinstall anything, all my apps are still there with the saved data.

I've been running 205 for a bit less than a day, and for the time being, I have to say it looks pretty good. Finally happy with that phone.
[Xperia SP General] MetalOllie:
Can you do a basic step by step of how to do an update from .201 to .205 without losing data please?

Edit..

I've done everything up to zipping the Firmware folder, but I can't remember what I need to do with the two kernel files? I downloaded the .266 as per instructions, but have no idea what to do with it. Secondly, does anyone have a link for the .205 kernel as opposed to the .201 in the instructions. (And what do I do with it, after I've done whatever I need to do with the .266 kernel, if that makes sense!)

Thanks!
[Xperia SP General] hanumanttaure:
Same for me too

Sent from my C5303
[Xperia SP General] nandanlbhat:
unable to get 12.1.A.1.205 working from root+CWM 12.0.A.1.257

Thanks to OP for this procedure. I agree that I am not comfortable taking someone else's (country) FTF for my phone.

However, I have faced some issues trying the steps here:

I have used FlashTool to get SEUS files decrypted and generated FTF file for 12.1.A.1.205. I have created my system.zip using OP's method.

For every attempt, I start out with flashing 12.0.A.1.257 (India) FTF, root it with doomlord's easy rooting toolkit v18 and then proceed to put CWM from

[CWM][LB][4.3]Philz, CWM Touch and TWRP for Xperia SP LB [2014-06-09]. Reboot and then in CWM, do factory data reset + clearing dalvik cache. After that I flash the system.zip and UPDATE-SuperSU-v1.93.zip. After this I poweroff and flash my 12.1.A.1.205 kernel (full FTF without wiping APPSLOG, CACHE, USERDATA and excluding PARTITION, FOTA, BASEBAND, SYSTEM and ELABEL).

1. Commonly, I have faced issue that CWM flash of system.zip would not complete. I took help from

[TUT] creating simple update.zip and [GUIDE] Making your own Flashable zips to make my own META-INF folder. As a result, the flashing of system.zip now completes.

2. In this thread itself, ikiji posted the method to flash our created FTF excluding the system part. I tried using my own FTF from decrypted blob_fs files. If I flash the entire FTF with defaults, I get a working phone without root/cwm. If I flash only kernel (includes only kernel.sin and loader.sin), I see a boot loop only showing the SONY logo. The colour LEDs don't flash, so even CWM was wiped out.

Now, my question / request for help is: Is there a way for me to flash my system.zip from CWM and then flash only the kernel from 12.1.A.1.205 without losing CWM or getting stuck in boot loop?

Thanks.

Nandan

[Update - June-17-2014] I have managed to get root on 12.1.A.1.205 using this post. Now have CWM+SuperSU+BusyBox.
[Xperia SP General] Junocaen:
12.1.A.1.205 problem

I encounterd a problem by the firmware 12.1.A.1.205. I have done this all before with the fw12.1.A.1.201 and worked like a charm. Now i get a problem I created the zip and uses again my own kernel ftf and install it all add cwm and the remount fix. No problem at all. After a few times restarting sony update in the phone tell me their is a new update.... weird. So toke a quike look at the software info (*#*#73784323#*#*) and saw Phone Software version: 1269-3538_12.1.A.1.201

File System Version: Global-LTE_12.1.A.1.205

Somehow it goes back to fw 12.1.A.1.201 partitially.....

So i tried it all again from the roots so back to 4.1 andriod and rooted it and go back to 4.3 (12.1.A.1.205) And again after a while i booted and again the same problem. while there was no track of fw 12.1.A.1.201 on my phone at all.

How to fix this? is the update script not working properly with the lates fw 12.1.A.1.205 ?
[Xperia SP General] Flo_droid:
Having done the 12.1.A.1.205 update with SEUS, I also "captured" my own official update from Sony, and got it decrypted to FTF by flashtool.

Thanks to this post, I then generated my own Firmware.zip. Well, I did it twice, as at first I had made the error to have a Firmware directory containing META-INF and system, which made the update to abort.

I mainly wanted to mention that in flashtool, I also included the update of BASEBAND and ELABEL, so far it works fine.

PARTITION, TA, FOTA, and SYSTEM were dismissed of course, and I did not wipe anything (CACHE was erased in CWM).

Note, that the phone was in 4.1.2 before the update, so that I was able to root it with DooMLoRD exploit.

Finally, thank you OP for the procedure, that was exactly what I wanted to do for now: stay root with an unlock bootloader on a stock 4.3. 12.1.A.1.205 was really the expected update from Sony, the phone was quite laggy and disappointing with first 4.3 versions, and 4.1.2 is battery consuming.
[Xperia SP General] sahood:
pac man rom

ROM][OFFICIAL][KitKat 4.4.4][Huashan] PAC-man 4.4.4.RC-1. Any one can tell me the diwnload for this Rom..?
[HTC One X+] shivangshukla:
I am using htc one x+ telus phone and i installed rom of sense 5 but its locked how to unlock carrier ot it
[LG Nitro HD] ahsanshah:
I have currently LU620187 stock rom installed. I want to flash custom ROM. For this I am trying to flash the LU620042_00.kdz.But the flash tool KDZ_FW_UPD.exe crashing giving this error

MOD Up testEX MFC Application has stopped working

I have followed all the steps carefully but still same error. My OS is windows 7
[LG Nitro HD] Mr.201:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2149211

use this guide,it never failed me :) dont know for other ,just make sure you follow the guide CAREFULLY & u have the kdz.Use this guide ONLY for flashing the kdz,but u can use the next step from other guide after flashing the kdz .
[LG Nitro HD] ahsanshah:
I already followed the same guide but after step 12 no other window Choose “Different Country” opens and while the LG software updater is opened.
[LG Nitro HD] aamirrajpoot:
Hi,

Just spent a day figuring out the issue.

1. The software is now checking online and require internet, when you connect to internet it downloads the files from internet and you can not use the KDZ file

2. In order to use the KDZ file you have to find a older version

Check this URL,

http://forum.shiftdelete.net/lg/364123-lg-g2-kzd-yukleme-lg_kdz_fw-update_offlinefix.html

It has a download link to this file [http://dosya.co/xixcjv2lkth6/LG_KDZ_FW-Update_OfflineFix.rar.html]

1. change 'hosts' file in C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc and add - 127.0.0.1 csmg.lgmobile.com

2. Install some webserver, i am a webdeveloper so I already had APACHE web server installed.

3. By default, apache listens to port 80, change it to 9002 as the update software try connecting to lgmobile.com on this port

4. When done, follow the tutorial on the Turkish forum... here is something which i understood from there

1 - lg_kdz_fw-update_offlinefix \ b2cappsetup Extract these folders somewhere. There are two folders, "LGMOBILEAX FIX", "LG_KDZ_FW-Update_OfflineFix"

2 - c: \ ProgramData \ lgmobileax delete the contents. (If you can not find the folder create an empty folder)

3 - "lgmobileax fix" paste the files in the c: \ ProgramData \ lgmobileax folder

4 - C: \ Windows \ System32 \ drivers \ etc folder, scroll to and open the hosts file with notepad and at the bottom in "127.0.0.1 csmg.lgmobile.co I type" (without quotes)

5 - automatic offline file, run the procedure and confirm the warning GROUPS - i dont know what does that mean, so ignore it :laugh:

6 - There is a VBS file, well you can run from there or manually follow the tutorial to run the windows enabler and other file using win xp mode and stuff, you know what you are doig... right?

7 - Turn your phone settings developer settings and USB debugging mode on, if your phone is in DOWNLOAD MODE then no worries

8 - unmute your phone by pressing and holding the usb cable. will go into download mode.

9 - R & D test tool 3gqct in the program and bring the selected diag.

10 - at the bottom right of the screen windows enabler program has opened. Click it once and turn it over ten written.

11 - kdz select your file and click on the normal web upgrade test.

12 - The Republic of Korea has been selected under the on-screen language is not set in quarters. Click OK to start processing of fear.

13 - the phone will be opened automatically after installation.

(If your phone restarts itself constantly by long-pressing the power button, power off. Then take a hard format. Then did not pick up the phone I have installed has been installed smoothly kdz file)

so i hope this will work for you,,,

if it does.. press thanks

thanks
[LG Nitro HD] ahsanshah:
Thanks dear for looking into the problem. Will try it and update you later
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] rkorzuch:
I installed the new Internet Explorer 7 Beta 2 on my PC and it broke the USB ActiveSync with our Exchange Server. I cam connected to the PC but the Exchange Server has a messages saying "Activesync encountered a problem on the server. Suppot Code: 85010001" I then unistalled the beta software and everything is back to normal. Anyone else have this problem?
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] tokuro:
i have both XPSP2 + IE7 and XP 64bit + IE7. they both works fine.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] xtada:
I asked somewhere else but I found a lot of references here so I ask again

I would like to use my phone which is originally a US cellular phone on Page Plus network. I think it will make it much simpler for me to flash a Verizon cyanogenmod (not the stock one ) to my phone b/c of defaults network settings, etc.. I think that way it will work out of the box !!

Is it ok to do that or it will brick my phone ?

The reason I wanted to do so was because I was following some tuts about flashing USC phone to pageplus which required dialing *#22745927 to enable Tap Qualacomm USB Setting and DM+Modem+ADB or something like that.

But without the USC sim, the phone refused to accept *#22745927 or anything, it said network not available. With the USC sim in, the phone rang for a few secs then a voice said my account is not authorized.

That is why I thought I should flash the phone to VRZ to begin with.
[LG Optimus G Pro] souleater11:
hello everyone,

While unrepair crack screens, can have unexpected harm to a user's fingers, this thread focus on the unexpected possible dangers that can harm the hardware LCD display quality.

I was planning to buy an Optimus G Pro with a 3 hairline (1 inch) center and corner with a 100 % percent touch response.

My plan is leave it unrepaired for maybe 2 months.

So the question is, what are possible unexpected complications or dangers that it can harm to its LCD ?
[LG Optimus G Pro] cougar214:
There are no dangers. The digitizers on a phones LCD are adhered with an adhesive. The only real "danger" is trying to do the digitizer repair yourself and scratching/breaking the LCD underneath with the tools. If it makes you feel more comfortable you can always put a cheap screen protector on it until you have it repaired. Hope that helps.
[General Questions and Answers] MasTacK_Fr:
Hi guys,

I have receive and root my Huawei Honor 3X with RootGenius and next step before flashing Gapps is to install a custom recovery with MTK Droid Tools 2.5.3

I need stock rom for extract the boot.img file and i can't find it...

Anyone can help me please ?

Thanks a lot,

A french new user of XDA ;)
[General Questions and Answers] silver2706:
Check this ..if its help and let me know..

http://susutun1.blogspot.in/2014/05/android-firmware-huawei-g-series.html