yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Xperia Z1 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] OsiBasi:
Download one of the ftf at xda and flash with flashtool. (Plenty of guides) That is if you can't wait a week orso for it to land your region :)
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] silverfox013:
Camera Not working [STOCK][C690X][4.4] Update to 14.3.A.0.681 [Root & XZDR][LB/UB]

I would like to add to the thread mentioned below that I also have the camera not working.

Sony Xperia Z1 > Xperia Z1 Android Development > [STOCK][C690X][4.4] Update to 14.3.A.0.681 [Root & XZDR][LB/UB]

Device: Xperia Z1, 6903.

BootLoader unlocked

Previous Rom: [ROM] iHackers v3.0 [Xperia Z1] [ 1 2 3 ... Last ]

Previously the camera worked fine.

Admin: I've been flashing Roms since my Xperia X10, I am an experienced IT Guy with 15 years linux experience. I just never posted before because I always found my answers but this time I think I need to notify user: [NUT] that there are more users with this problem, reported on page 31.

Please allow me to post directly to the thread in question.

Thank you.
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LoTableT:
i solved downgrading to 136 then flashed stock 681 official

After i installed CWM6 recovery and flashed SU Package from chainfire website.

But battery draining too fast
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hush66:
Did you try doing a factory reset?
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] silverfox013:
Do you know this solution of yours works or do you enjoy getting people to factory reset their phone? Technically, there is no reason why that should make any difference. Please explain.
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hush66:
I have read that others who have done a factory reset, had their problems resolved.

No need to be so hostile, I was just trying to help. Won't help you in the future.
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] silverfox013:
thanks

I think I will do just that. The batter issue though is worrying. Thanks very much
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] silverfox013:
Not being hostile at all mate. It's just that your solution doesn't make any sense, would have brought me grief if I followed your advice, and no I haven't read anywhere of anyone reseting to factory having solved this particular problem.

So a technical explanation would have made a difference!
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] snggwt:
same thing, after flashing 14.3.A0.681 my phone camera is not working (Z1 /unlock bootloader/rooted /before flashing this rom /my device was working perfectly)....

waiting for solution. start to flashing old rom 1136
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] silverfox013:
I ended up flashing a stock kit Kat ftf. No root but at least I have a working phone. With camera and no glitches. I will look into rooting and installing recovery next time I get a chance.
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eclyptos:
Actually a Factory Reset is recommended every time after an Upgrade to clean up the installation. [MENTION=2480875]hush66[/MENTION] is right, It was said 100 times here on XDA and before wipe everything you should had do a Factory Reset. Maybe it will not fix your problem but it does for some Battery Drain and some other stuff. Never reject a tip, but try by your self if you don't have nothing to lose.
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hell_no:
same problem .

if downgrade at .681 it will work again this camera
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gregbradley:
have you read the post above yours? It gives you a fix to try
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hell_no:
I dont have any backup

Ta backup
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gregbradley:
please read the post again, it does not say that, it says to flash a FTF again

At the very least I so hope you have learned to read before you start going flashing or unlocking your phone.

You have unlocked your bootloader so its very easy

Flash a 757 FTF

Flash XZDR dual recovery kernel (From [NUT]s download page here http://nut.xperia-files.com/) (Extract the boot.img, flash it with fastboot flash boot boot.img, then enter recovery and flash the whole .zip)

Then flash supers.zip from chainfire http://download.chainfire.eu/420/SuperSU/UPDATE-SuperSU-v1.99.zip

then enter recovery (Philz and goto philz settings and enable verify root on exit, then reboot and conform to fix root)
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hell_no:
okay i try it , but if that same problem . i downgrade into 4.3 until waiting problem solved
[Optimus L3, L5, L7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bosskardo:
Hello

My phone: LG E400

rom: SDmerge+ miniCM (not sure if the problem is connected with that as everything was fine at the beginning)

All of a sudden my phone didn't show usb connection any more. No connection is shown in the phone or PC, but the phone is charging.

I tried all usb connection options, usb debugging on/off, no result.

Uninstalled all phone drivers in my PC and reinstalled LG driver, nothing.

Tried another usb cable and another PC, the same problem.

Also tried turning off my phone while connected, no help.

Please help me.

Don't know if it helps but I once saw a strange message in Titanium backup while usb was connected (this was after the problem started, so no usb connection was shown, usb debugging was on). It only happened once, so I'm not 100% sure what it said but it was sth about that I should turn on usb debugging.
[Optimus L3, L5, L7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] IGGYVIP:
message is fine thats mode for special apps to control phone from pc or when using adb

there is a program to see if phone fully not detected "Advanced USB Port Monitor" it will show all the requests to usb

seems like you need a flash because usbmanager is part of system and i'm not sure if possible to reinstall

wait a little if not in rush maybe someone else can help [MENTION=3877121]slipsystem[/MENTION] [MENTION=5483119]AwesomeSMS[/MENTION]
[Optimus L3, L5, L7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bosskardo:
I did format and flashed rom again but it didn't solve it. Does this mean its a hardware issue for sure?
[Optimus L3, L5, L7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] IGGYVIP:
can you access phone using adb ?

how did you flash ?
[Optimus L3, L5, L7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bosskardo:
No, phone doesn't show up as adb device

I copied rom files to sd card and flashed from recovery.
[Optimus L3, L5, L7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] IGGYVIP:
TRY THIS http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2660144

did you try to access phone using adb in recovery mode ? (not cwm !) does it recognise phone in lgmobile support tool whire in recovery mode?

if you can then try to recovery mode flash new stock firmware

if not leave it because if anything happens to your cwm you will be stuck until you get usb port/controller (i think controller) repaired (yes its most likely hardware damage)

you could also ask if anyone will provide you with .img partition dumps and then adb wifi sideload them (HARD AND DANGEROUS)
[Optimus L3, L5, L7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bosskardo:
No, LG support tool doesn't recognize it. I gave up on usb, just been using bt and wifi transfer (not the best solutions but at least I can transfer data).

But sth happened a few days ago. I plugged it in to my laptop for charging and suddenly it connected. It showed as device in the computer. But then I looked at my phone, it was connected as media device. I don't know why but I changed the connection to usb storage straigth away and lost the connection. Changing back to media device and replugging doesn't connect any more, it still charges.

What could that be about?
[Optimus L3, L5, L7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] george brown:
Actually the problem is on your windows not on your phone.
[Optimus L3, L5, L7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bosskardo:
I've tried it on another computer (Vista, mine is win7).
[Optimus L3, L5, L7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] george brown:
If the problem is not from your windows then try to reinstall your cusrom. Or try another cusrom.
[HTC Sensation] Ragnarox97:
I have very bad problem with my phone. I wanted to install the cm 11 and its gapps, the cm I was able to install the gapps but it gave me the error status7. I read that to solve this problem I had to update the CWM. I installed from the recovery 6.0.0.4, and since recovery from I told him to do the reboot, you aren't more turned on. I have a phone that will not turn on and I can not do anything. Is there a way to completely reset the phone using only the pc from 0? Sorry for my bad english, i'm italian.
[HTC Sensation] Ragnarox97:
p.s. i've also a nandroid backup if it be to help
[HTC Sensation] Ragnarox97:
no, I have tried every combination of buttons, but will not start in any way
[HTC Sensation] rzr86:
how did you try to update the recovery?

if you switch on the device normally what does it show you?
[HTC Sensation] NextGenGTR:
Have you tried accessing bootloader like this? Take out battery, sim card and memory card and then put battery only in, plug in usb 2 to computer and the micro usb to phone and then you should see the orange light come on and this will indicate that the phone is connected then open adb through android sdk and type adb reboot bootloader and tell me if it works
[HTC Sensation] Ragnarox97:
I've updated the recovery, by simply downloading the package. Zip from SD card and installing it from recovery. If I press the power button nothing happens, the screen remains black and does not even have a little light.

I tried as you said yourself, but when it is charging (or attached to the PC, or to a plug) the orange LED is not lit. Is not lit, the only answer I got was that the computer told me "driver installation failed".
[HTC Sensation] NextGenGTR:
Cwm itself has problems with the htc sensation, why did you not install Twrp? If you are able to access the recovery have you tried flashing Twrp from there, not sure if you can but have a search.

---------- Post added at 11:44 PM ---------- Previous post was at 11:40 PM ----------

Install the drivers from here, not sure (im trying my hardest) http://htc.vi8.info/
[HTC Sensation] rzr86:
take a look here too

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1522351
[HTC Sensation] Ragnarox97:
I can not get into recovery, it does not do anything. The screen does not turn on in any way, and in any way the charge attack, the little light does not turn orange.

From the link you gave me, I have to download and install these: hTCDriver-4.2.0.001.exe?

Thanks for the link, execute this procedure with a friend of mine who understands more. :)

According to you, my situation is a recoverable or unrecoverable brick?
[HTC Sensation] rzr86:
if unbricking project fails then the only thing i can tell you is to go for jtag

this is the last option

i am out of ideas since your device it doesn't react anything at all
[HTC Sensation] Ragnarox97:
I'm sorry, I can not understand well the first three prerequisites unbrick project:

1) I downloaded the live CD of Linux that put at the end and it is an ISO file. I have to mount with Daemon Tools? And as for the automount disabled and without unity, are parameters that I decide to install?

2) Packages for devices that are at the end are divided into 32-bit and 64-bit. Are the bits of my operating system or the phone (if they have)?

excuse my ignorance.

3) What is RUU and where do I find the right one for my device?
[HTC Sensation] rzr86:
1)i don't know mate probably you have to extract the contents of it

it would be better to ask it in the unbrick thread

2)for the oerating system

3)ruu is the official rom and restores everything back to stock(including stock recovery)

see here

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1672425
[HTC Sensation] Ragnarox97:
I found these: http://htc.vi8.info/Sensation-XE/ which take the first or the third (I live in Italy)?
[HTC Sensation] rzr86:
the point is does it match with your cid and region?(same firmware or higher)
[HTC Sensation] Ragnarox97:
I think because it corresponds with the region is Europe, the cid not know what is.

In the manual it says to download the latest RUU for my device, then the second ones I've found I should be the third, 2 October 2012. But if there were others on that page are not there?

There are so many, I do not know where to go get:

http://htc.vi8.info/Stock-RUU/

http://shipped-roms.com/index.php?category=android&model=Pyramid

http://www.persianhtc.net/index.php?dir=Sensation(Pyramid)/rom/original/EXE/

http://www.androidruu.com/index.php?developer=Pyramid
[HTC Sensation] rzr86:
if your device is unbranded try the third one from here

http://htc.vi8.info/Sensation-XE/
[HTC Sensation] Ragnarox97:
I downloaded it, and I wanted to ask, should not be a. Zip file? Instead it is a. Exe to install on my pc.
[HTC Sensation] rzr86:
yes you run the exe from pc

connect the device to pc in fastboot mode

edit: but you will be able to do that when you will gain access to the bootloader again
[HTC Sensation] rzr86:
i don't know man i can't help you with that:(

edit: post your problem in the unbricking thread
[Glass General] Jaxbot:
Wrote up a little blog post about Google Glass in my college classes. It's pretty dang useful, actually.

I've heard plenty of complaints about the camera on the device, but it seems to be able to get the projector screen just fine:

Useful for when I need to get something copied verbatim ;)

More pics and my write up: http://okaysass.com/posts/14-03-13-google-glass-in-the-classroom

Anyone else using Glass in class?
[Glass General] KillerBeaver:
Yeah, I use them in class all the time for the exact same purpose. It's awesome I can focus on listening and understanding, not copying content.
[Glass General] pixel7474:
ok this is a pretty good idea. still not sure if they're still worth the purchase overall. any other tips or tricks you suggest for these glasses?
[Glass General] Jaxbot:
Working on a post for that! Currently, I would say no though. Especially since we're getting closer to launch every day
[Glass General] tech.central:
classroom, batterylife

Yupp! (or about to be in 5-7 business days)

I have 2 questions.

1.How good is the battery life in terms of recording? (and in general)

2.How did your school (teachers students and especially administration) react to glass?

My school is really tech friendly and open minded so I'm not to worried, however that is in high contrast to my previous school who would have most likely banned the use of glass (they wouldn't care what it actually did, and they wouldn't listen to logic). I am finishing up my last year of high school so I know colleges are more open but it would still be nice to know your feedback.

Glass is most definitely not worth $1500 for the practical application (unless you are just rich), I bought it to be part of the explorer team and be on the "inside group" of tech, while I can't say how much it benefits my life yet, I really doubt it benefits me 5 times as much as my nexus 5 (which is $300). I think it will need a good range of applications and a cheaper price before I would buy it as a consumer, however I'm optimistic that that will happen.
[Glass General] Jaxbot:
Recording you can get ~45 minutes, but it'll get really hot. It's specifically designed to make recording long videos difficult, for privacy reasons. (Well, so they say ;) )

It's the University of Central Florida, so I don't have my old highschool admins breathing down my neck ;) They would've nailed me in a hardbeat, no doubt, but they also banned the possession of electronic devices, and would commonly announce that "ipads, iphones, phones, and xboxes need to be turned off and stowed away". Ah, MHS.

Correct. It's not worth its current price. But I tend not to think about it that way. If you have money to blow that you wouldn't spend elsewhere, then it's worth it. You really shouldn't try to apply logic to an impulse buy, it'll just make you feel bad about it ;)
[Glass General] frostincredible:
Woah! Another UCF Knight. Would love to meet up and talk Glass. I'm more an iOS developer, but got Glass because it looks like something that'd be fun to hack around with.
[Glass General] Jaxbot:
Small world! Sup. What classes are you in? I'm in CS1 and OOP, being the first year I am, but I'm pretty easy to find. Would love to chat!
[Glass General] frostincredible:
Even smaller world, I clicked your Twitter link only to find out that you commented on the post I put on UCF's CS Facebook page. I am the one that posted the "Glass is available for a day" post! I'm also first year, but haven't taken CS1 yet. I'm currently in OOP though, which class are you in? I'm 2:30 M/W/F with Whiting.
[Glass General] Jaxbot:
Ha, so you're right! Small world indeed. And yeah, I'm in Whiting's class. But I stopped going last week; my grade is too high in that class to justify listening to her go on and on about IDEs and ActionListeners. :P
[Glass General] frostincredible:
Lol, true. I pretty much stopped going after she said the last test had some of the worst grades and I sat there like "But I got a 100..." so I deemed it worthless to go anymore.
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ahmedsasker:
Hello guy ... :(

I have a problem with my xperia Z (4.3)

When i run the root.cmd v.(0.17) toolkit then press enter then says "daemon started successfully"

And nothing happen , tried to wait alot but no reponding

What i have done :

1- installing all drivers (all the drivers installed)

2- reinstalling the drivers

3- using another version of the root toolkit

4- changing the pc

5- i am using the original charger (usb from sony to connect the phone to the pc)

6- that happened when i updated my xperia z from (4.2) to (4.3)

7- searched on the internet for this problem and nothing fixed it

wishs that you can help me guys :angel:

thanks :)
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kingvortex:
You need to unlock the bootloader to directly root 4.3.

If you don't want to do that or cannot, then you need to downgrade, root and flash a prerooted rom.
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] defsix:
I believe you can't Root 4.3 , you have to root 4.2 then flash a 4.3 pre-rooted zip file.
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ahmedsasker:
:* :D

thanks again -_-

the 2 problems have 1 thing to fix it

but when i unlock the bl , wont i get any more updates from Sony ???
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ahmedsasker:
thank u

thank you !

but the same (Q) : after doing that , wont i get any more updates from Sony?
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kingvortex:
Not through the usual channels. PC Companion, Sony Update Service or OTA don't work when your bootloader is unlocked. You have to use Sony Emma or the unnoficial Flashtool to update.

Edit - You're welcome. :)
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ahmedsasker:
new error :(

thanks again

now i have a new error :( : "FAILED <remote: command not allowed>"

tried to search on google to fix this but no solution

can you help me ??? FAILED (writing 'boot'... failed (remote command not allowed))

I installed all the drivers and the same error

that happen when i write in cmd :

fastboot flash boot boot.img

this file is for the root tried the

1- Z_DooMLoRD_CF-Auto-Root-ported_FW-350

2- Z_DooMLoRD_insecure_FW-350

3- CWM 6 works but cant get into it

4- tried to use another adb

i unlocked bl but after that i losed the rom too so i want to go to cwm to install the custom rom

hope u can help me to fix this :(

cuz my phone now is like a dead

my father may be upset
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kingvortex:
You normally only get that error message when your bootloader is still locked.

Did you follow this guide? http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2153261

The CF auto root kernel you're using is quite old and newer firmware will not boot when it's flashed. This is the kernel I used after I unlocked my bootloader - DooMLoRD's advanced stock kernel

If you're stuck, you can always restore your phone with Flashtool.

www.flashtool.net

Just download a stock FTF from the general section and flash it. That will get your phone booting again.

Edit - Here's a detailed guide on rooting 4.3 - How to root 4.3.
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ahmedsasker:
omg

i unlocked my phone

and every thing went ok

and now u say it is not unlocked ! ?
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kingvortex:
Well, no I didn't say that. I said that error message normally means the bootloader isn't unlocked.

Try installing Flashtool and use the fastboot mode it provides to flash the kernel I linked you to.
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ahmedsasker:
Done .

Done .

now what to do i want to install cwm and a new rom :)

but lot of thanks man u really helped me :D

oh ye look at this

and flashing karnel with flashtool :

21/055/2014 22:55:44 - INFO - <- This level is successfully initialized
21/055/2014 22:55:44 - INFO - Flashtool Version 0.9.14.0 built on 12-02-2014 22:45:00
21/055/2014 22:55:44 - INFO - Device connected in fastboot mode
21/055/2014 22:55:45 - INFO - Please connect your device into flashmode.
21/055/2014 22:55:51 - INFO - Device disconnected
21/055/2014 22:55:56 - INFO - Device connected in flash mode
21/055/2014 22:55:57 - INFO - Opening device for R/W
21/056/2014 22:56:17 - INFO - Processing loader.sin
21/056/2014 22:56:17 - INFO - Checking header
21/056/2014 22:56:17 - ERROR -
21/056/2014 22:56:17 - INFO - Your phone bootloader cannot be officially unlocked
21/056/2014 22:56:17 - INFO - You can now unplug and restart your phone
22/013/2014 00:13:15 - INFO - Selected null
22/013/2014 00:13:15 - INFO - Flash canceled
22/013/2014 00:13:29 - INFO - Selected kernel (boot.img or kernel.sin): F:\Users\ahmed\Downloads\Compressed\boot.img
22/013/2014 00:13:29 - INFO - Flashing selected kernel
22/013/2014 00:13:30 - INFO - sending 'boot' (11048 KB)...
22/013/2014 00:13:30 - INFO - OKAY [ 0.427s]
22/013/2014 00:13:30 - INFO - writing 'boot'...
22/013/2014 00:13:30 - INFO - OKAY [ 0.539s]
22/013/2014 00:13:30 - INFO - finished. total time: 0.966s
22/013/2014 00:13:30 - INFO - FASTBOOT Output:
sending 'boot' (11048 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.427s]
writing 'boot'...
OKAY [ 0.539s]
finished. total time: 0.966s

22/013/2014 00:13:30 - INFO - Please check the log before rebooting into system

when i start my phone nothing appear just 1 vibrate and black screan

sorry for my bad eng.
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kingvortex:
OK, so as the kernel successfully flashed this time, you already have CWM. When the Sony logo appears during boot, there will be a vibration and the notification led will change colour. Press volume + at that point to enter CWM.
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ahmedsasker:
i broke my phone ??

lol i think i broke my sony

man, sony logo doesnt appear at all

what to do now , my Sony is broken now ??? :( :crying:
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kingvortex:
Flash a stock FTF with Flashtool. I'm not sure what's going wrong here, as all the methods and tools you're using worked fine for me.

When you get back to a stock working system, just try again. :)
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ahmedsasker:
:D

doing that now :D

thanks

wait cuz i may have another error -_-

lol

love u man cant say what i feel i want a big hug :D

flashing
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ahmedsasker:
"(

i have another error again when i flash the karnel after flashing the stock rom

22/038/2014 00:38:31 - INFO - Selected kernel (boot.img or kernel.sin): F:\Users\ahmed\Downloads\Compressed\boot.img
22/038/2014 00:38:31 - INFO - Flashing selected kernel
22/038/2014 00:38:31 - INFO - sending 'boot' (11048 KB)...
22/038/2014 00:38:31 - INFO - OKAY [ 0.415s]
22/038/2014 00:38:31 - INFO - writing 'boot'...
22/038/2014 00:38:31 - INFO - FAILED (remote: Command not allowed)
22/038/2014 00:38:31 - INFO - finished. total time: 0.417s
22/038/2014 00:38:31 - INFO - FASTBOOT Output:
sending 'boot' (11048 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.415s]
writing 'boot'...
FAILED (remote: Command not allowed)
finished. total time: 0.417s

22/038/2014 00:38:31 - INFO - Please check the log before rebooting into system
22/038/2014 00:38:42 - INFO - Device disconnected

now what to do ?

:(
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kingvortex:
Does your phone boot now?

If it does, boot it up ,then enter *#*#7378423#*#* in the dialler, then enter Service Info, then Configuration.

What does it say under 'Rooting status'?