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[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MickieH:
When I ran the Z1 locked dual recovery installer, it said itself that it wouldn't install a superuser app, and when I rebooted there wasn't one. I couldn't find a superuser file in the recovery folder either for it to push.

I copied this from the installer batch file --> echo XZDualRecovery does NOT install any superuser app!!

I pressed option 3 - installation on unrooted rom

I was surprised as I thought it would.

Lost after reboots? I know it would be lost if I flashed another stock ftf, is that what you mean?

If I flash a zip, and stripped ftf from NUT's page, are they pre rooted with recovery? I haven't tried yet to be honest.

If I wanted to go back to .757 I should flash the flashable .757 from my recovery, then the stripped ftf from flashtool.

Will that retain root and recovery?
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AndroidEnthusiast:
Thank you very much gregbradley and mickieH

now i will flash NUT's .534 and after all the steps u posted earlier im planning to flash prerooted NUT's .757 kitkat :)

about backups when i should them and using only the dualrecovery??

thanks again :)
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gregbradley:
Apologies, you are right, once you update to a pre rooted 757 rom you get superuser app, not with the dual recovery install

Make a backup once you have it set up like you like, but you can never have too many backups

Always backup, just in case you ****up!
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MickieH:
Ah, I get you now, cheers.

As for backups, I agree. I like to make backups from time to time, even if I'm not going to mess, but I always do a full backup before I reflash a rom, or make any installations, just in case ;)
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AndroidEnthusiast:
01/057/2014 16:57:52 - INFO - Connected device : Sony Xperia Z1

01/057/2014 16:57:52 - INFO - Installed version of busybox : N/A

01/057/2014 16:57:52 - INFO - Android version : 4.4.2 / kernel version : 3.4.0-perf-g6f5bf40 / Build number : 14.3.A.0.757

01/059/2014 16:59:25 - INFO - Device disconnected

01/059/2014 16:59:53 - INFO - Selected Bundle for Sony Xperia Z1 (C6903). FW release : 14.1.G.1.534. Customization : [NUT]

01/059/2014 16:59:53 - INFO - Preparing files for flashing

01/000/2014 17:00:53 - INFO - Please connect your device into flashmode.

01/001/2014 17:01:03 - INFO - Opening device for R/W

01/001/2014 17:01:03 - INFO - Start Flashing

01/001/2014 17:01:03 - INFO - Processing loader.sin

01/001/2014 17:01:03 - INFO - Checking header

01/001/2014 17:01:03 - ERROR - Processing of loader.sin finished with errors.

01/001/2014 17:01:03 - INFO - Ending flash session

01/001/2014 17:01:03 - ERROR -

01/001/2014 17:01:03 - ERROR - Error flashing. Aborted

01/001/2014 17:01:04 - INFO - Device connected in flash mode

any ideas ??? :confused:
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gregbradley:
Update flashtool

Redownload the FTF file and check the MD5
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AndroidEnthusiast:
thanks gregbradley for the respond :) i restarted the flash process and eventually flashed .534 NUT's FTF now the dualrecovery part...:)
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AndroidEnthusiast:
I DID IT !!

Thank you all for your help

i have managed to flash NUT's .534 FTF using flashtool

installing the XZDualrecovery by connect my phone and running the install.bat

after i did try to use rootkit by bin4ry but i get my pc with viruses but all good...i change my mind when i remember that NUT's .757 FTF is pre-rooted so i skip that...:)

i moved the NUT's .757.flashable to sd card and boot in philz recovery

i did a factory wipe/install a new rom and after that i flashed from recovery the NUT's .757 FTF flashable

i POWER OFF the z1 NOT reboot it,,,then i open flashtool select flashmode and select the NUT's .757 stripped.FTF and flash it and then boot it up

AND now i have the 14.3.A.0.757 kitkat with full root superSU by chainfire v.1.93 and NDR Utils v1.0.3

THANK YOU NUT,GREGBRADLEY,MICHIEH AND ANY OTHER CONTRIBUTOR!!! :highfive: :D
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MickieH:
Good stuff, glad you got it sorted
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MickieH:
Update and thanks

I've got where I wanted to be, thankfully pretty easily.

From the OTA KitKat official update (what was I thinking? Do I really want to use a SD card? Nah . . . :rolleyes: ), back to 4.3 and a useable SD card rather than a waste of eighty five quids worth of 64gb plastic, to NUT's .534 rom, recovery with root installed, then off to NUT's .757 zip from recovery, and the stripped ftf with flashtool.

All booted up, rooted, and recovery, plus the SD card fix!

Thanks to everyone for their useful posts, and not just on this thread, and for their help and input, I've really learned a lot about my Z1, and people in general too lol, suffered a bootloop and survived, and achieved what I set out to.

So people, cheers

Now off back to custom rom investigations :)
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gregbradley:
There is an easy mod to enable third party apps to write to the sdcard
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ravi_buz:
I am on KK- rooted using NUT with Dual recovery. Was wondering if i have to install any custom recovery should i unlock my bootloader? Also if i unlock it now, it will wipe my device..will that remove root as well?
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gregbradley:
Why?

You already have 3 custom recoveries if you are on the latest dual recovery.

Also, to get recovery you only need root, which you must already have so there is no need to unlock the boot
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ravi_buz:
I know..but if i want to try some performance kernel like DOOm's or something else should i UL it? and if i do will it remove root?
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gregbradley:
If you want a custom KERNEL then yes you need to unlock the bootloader, and NO it wont remove root because the whole basic point of a custom kernel is an easy way to get root.

Remember that you will lose all data when you unlock so back everything up.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Unforgiven21:
hi, i have retrica on my s5310 and when i'm taking photos form retrica the resolution is only 172x168....why?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] maritimesbob:
I noticed recently that CM has released a revamped theme engine. I tried using the theme engine in the recent Mahdi rom but found it very buggy to the extent that I would be greeted with various FC's, occasionally ending with my phone crashing.

Is this a known issue with the new theme engine in that it's buggy and still kind of beta, or more likely a problem Mahdi side?

Thanks.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gilbertjay19:
any O+ 8.92 android user here? can someone help me?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] a.m.muammar:
What is your problem?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] white0rbs:
help O+ 8.92 custom recovery and rom

Good day,

I'm new here and I wanted to port a custom rom on my O+8.92 i already have a CWM 5.0.4 installed and tried to port a custom rom with the same chipset MT6582 and android version 4.2.2 with kernel 3.4.5 but it does't work error says "installation aborted".:confused:

Can someone guide me on porting custom rom on my phone? Thanks in advance

by the way found a custom recovery on other site because my phone is not on the list of CWM / TWRP on Rom recovery.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pupuko:
Hi I have flashed mine using SP flashtool and now it does not boot and only has a red light when charging. It can still be read by SP Flashtool. Can someone help?
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] mikeact:
I really appreciate the answers I have been getting to various questions, but, why do I always receive the 'notification' to my question twice in my inbox ?
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] TBCompDesign:
do you have phone alarm installed by any chance? if you do, you will be getting a notification from both the system and also from Phone alarm. I had this happen to me and I just went into phone alarm and set the alarm sounds to <silent> and they stopped duplicating.

This is the case with Phone Alarm, it may also be the case with other 3rd party software, I just happen to use Phone Alarm.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Martin-Doc:
Here's the thing: I would like to mount an external hard drive to my Nvidia SHIELD via an USB OTG cable, and then somehow force my SHIELD to make this hard drive accessible via Wireless-LAN to all other devices in the apartment. Is that possible? If so, please elaborate.

Thank you.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Martin-Doc:
I am sure that if I bump this question, someone has to reply eventually, amirite?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] razor411:
Should be an easy one. Plugin your hdd, install any app that offers file transfwr over network like samba and point to your harddrive. You probably gonna need root for that.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] ruckfules99:
Hello XDA.

I have a:

Galaxy S4 SGH-I337M (IT'S EITHER A BELL/ROGERS PHONE)

BASEBAND VERSION: I1337MVLUAMDJ

KERNAL VERSION: 3.4.0-1529758 DPI@SWDD5606#1

BUILD NUMBER: K0T49H.1337MVLUFNE1

The problem is, I had rooted my phone long time ago and wanted to recently unroot and update to the latest KitKat version (I was on jellybean). It would not let be update because it said the device was modified or something of that sort. I tried to unroot by following a tutorial online and flashing with a stock rom.

I did exactly as it says but now my phone is totally messed up. My Wifi no longer works, the apps keep crashing and nothing is working like its suppose too. I do not know what to do to fix this. How do I return my phone back to factory settings as if it is brand new? I have tried flashing stock roms 3 times new (3 different ones using ODIN) and nothing seems to work. I have tried samsung kies and it is still doing the same thing!

Please help.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] jd1639:
Where did you get the stock firmware? Go to sammobile.com if you haven't already done so
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] ruckfules99:
I will try now quickly and post my results. I have tried from 3 different sites and no luck.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] jd1639:
You have to register but it's free. You'll download a zip. Use 7-zip to extract a .tar.md5 file. Use that in Odin
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] ruckfules99:
The websites downloads are very slow. I am currently downloading it and will attempt to flash it. The problem is, I believe I have already tried this and might have somehow messed something else up such as the kernel or something.

Do you know if this could be the case?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] jd1639:
No, it would not be the case. Odin flashes the entire firmware, kernel and all. Sammobile is an official site for the firmware so if it doesn't work you might have a hardware issue. But wait for the download.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] ruckfules99:
I'll definitely try flashing this one. Any specific instructions with ODIN for this? (I might be doing something wrong). Also, I do not believe its a hardware issue as it was fine before I attempted to unroot it today and make it factory default stock rom
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] jd1639:
Just load it into PDA and only have auto-reboot and f.reset checked
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] ruckfules99:
I have flashed the official one from that website and same problem. My WIFI does not work and there are random glitches like the phone being slow and etc. I don't understand what I could have done to cause this and what could possibly be done to fix it.

I think the modem may be an issue. Can someone please confirm?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] jd1639:
When you say Wi-Fi doesn't work what do you mean?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] ruckfules99:
It literally does not work. Does not let me connect to it. I cannot even make calls. I have tried everything. I think it's something to do with modem. Same issue this user had:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2753001
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] jd1639:
So when you try to slide to turn on Wi-Fi it just pops back to off? The other guy had an i337 which is different than yours. What worked for his isn't going to work for you

What firmware version did you flash in Odin?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] ruckfules99:
When I try to slide the WIFI tab, it slides back to off by itself. My phone is i337M and mine and his have a similar issue but different phone type. I flashed 4.4.2 with Odin.

I honestly believe that it's a problem with the kernel/modem. Do you know of a way to change EVERYTHING back to factory settings?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] jd1639:
Odin flashes everything back to stock, like new. Try the mk6 version of the firmware.

Edit, what version of Odin ate you using?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] ruckfules99:
Could you tell me what that means exactly? I'm new to all of this stuff and have no idea. Anything to fix my phone....
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] jd1639:
Mk6 is android 4.3
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] ruckfules99:
I've tried. Still doesn't work :'(
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] jd1639:
Not sure what else to tell you. If Odin isn't working you may have a hardware issue. Odin should return engaguing to like new. The only thing I can think of is you have an issue with the emmc memory, which isn't good.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] ruckfules99:
It won't even boot up. It's stuck on the samsung logo.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] jd1639:
Can you boot into recovery? Do a factory reset in recovery
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] ruckfules99:
Got it to boot up. What do you recommend I try now? Do you reckon I should install something like clockwork and cyanogen mod and try to fix it like that?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] netomel:
If you are flashing AT&T firmware on a Canadian that may be the issue. KitKat on AT&T has a lot issues with the bootloader. You need to find a rom for the canadian version to return to stock.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] ruckfules99:
I have used a Canadian version ROM. I went to sammobile and used the rogers version. Something is definitely wrong as I can't make calls or anything but I'm booted.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] netomel:
If you can root why don't you try cm or other rom to regain modem. Looks like a modem problem but you don't flash modems alone unless it's a custom rom. In stock it could brick your phone.

Did you check this thread already

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=41172390

Also on your description I see something that it's not common to see. Usually your baseband matches your build and yours does not match so looks like you are on kit kat with a jelly bean modem.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] ruckfules99:
Ok. I will follow the tutorials and try to get CM. After I get CM, is there a way to go back to 100% stock again without screwing up like I did? Thank you for your help.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] netomel:
If I were you I would flash cm 10.2 which is a stable version. Then from there you can odin jellybean firmware to avoid conflicts.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] ruckfules99:
Alright I will try that. Thank you for all your help! I will post back with results hopefully!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] netomel:
Here is more info.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=42418958
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] ruckfules99:
Ok So I have installed cyanogen mod successfully and my Wifi situation is fixed. Wifi now works on my phone. The only problem I'm still facing now is calling. When I call someone, the calling app freezing the entire phone until I hold the home button and unfreeze it. This did not do this before I started this whole unroot process and did do it when I flashed the stock firmwares a few times.

Any ideas?

Edit: Cyanogen mod is doing the exact same thing as the other installs. It keeps crashing everytime I try to use the apps. Wifi works, but anytime I use apps it crashes (same thing as other things I flashed) I still think it's a modem issue and now that I have a custom rom, can I fix this modem issue?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] jd1639:
I don't think it's a modem issue but you could try some if you like. Just flash them in your custom recovery, don't do any wipes.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=42418958
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] ruckfules99:
I have the Canadian Modem (which is the one I already had) and it didn't fix the issues. I do not understand what the problem could be....is there other versions for Canada? (like other modem versions I could try?

http://i.imgur.com/yeLGJMx.jpg

Here's a screenshot of my settings.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] netomel:
If you saw the list of modems. There is more than one canadian versions rogers, bell and others you need to make sure which one is your version. When you purchased the phone they should tell you. From the company you bought it unless you got it unlocked. The screen shot shows what you have install not the version. Also you install cm 11 which is not and stable version. Look for cm 10.2. Which is jellybean.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] ruckfules99:
Alright so I found a tutorial I thought I should try (since I felt like I was all out of options) and IT WORKED!!!

http://www.droidviews.com/install-android-4-4-2-kitkat-firmware-on-canadian-galaxy-s4/

The files I downloaded from them fixed everything! Wifi works, Calls work, nothing seems to be crashing right now!

Thank you guys for all your help and I hope the phone stays stable and I don't have to touch anything ever again lol
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] netomel:
I was going to tell you that too that you need it a modified version of firmware but I did not know where to point it out to you. We got a file similar for AT&T.

Great you find your solution and thanks for sharing it.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] ruckfules99:
Thanks for all your help man. I've seen a few topics in this section about WIFI issues and etc on the S4. I hope people look at this topic and use the same solution I found.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] music4jimmy:
I'm thinking about unrooting and trying to update from 4.3 to kit kat. After your issues were fixed did you update to kit kat and is everything still working out?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] jd1639:
Keep in mind he had a i337m which is different than yours.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] ruckfules99:
What I had to do was install Kitkat using that link I provided earlier. I am currently still on that kitkat version but if I was to reformat and install using kies or something it should still all work fine.

Keep in mind, I am on SGH-i337M and you are on i337.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] gadarius:
This worked for me also. The only problem is its not branded to Rogers. I was having the same issue with wifi as it would not turn on. I tried many firmwares for my model ex 4.2.2. 4.3. 4.4.2 and thay all didnt work. The only thing that worked was that link he provided.. Now id just like to get rogers branded back.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] saedr2511:
hello

please i need rom for tablet ecs tm 105 with intel processor

when press volume up + power boot to droidboot , black screen

thank you;);)
[Motorola Droid 3] jloh1963:
Ok I just bought a used VZN droid 3 phone. My question is not how to root, but when to root. Should I upgrade my Android first to 4.1? it is at Android 2.3, or should I root first?
[Motorola Droid 3] jloh1963:
Nevermind, I was misinformed. I thought Motorola release an upgrade from Android 2.3 to android 4.1.
[Verizon HTC One (M7)] Reubster24:
Hi all. I just got a Verizon Htc One M7. I bought it used and it was already updated to 4.4.2 Kit kat and sense 5.5. I am new to rooting and unlocking and I am running into issues I am hoping someone can help me with. I successfully unlocked, rooted, and got S-off. A am trying to get a custom kernel on the phone so I can have tap to wake and swipe to wake. I installed TWRP recovery 2.7.0.0. Everything appears to be working I boot into bootloader mode and it say unlocked and s-off on top of the screen. I started recovery and it appears to be working fine. I created a backup and that works. So I tried 2 different kernels elementalx and elite lunar. Both appear to install fine but when I reboot the phone gets stuck in a boot loop on the HTC screen. I then have to go back into recovery and revert back to my saved backup. The phone will then boot up fine. Not sure if I'm doing something wrong or what. I am running the stock ROM. Any help will be greatly appreciated.
[Verizon HTC One (M7)] Reubster24:
Forgive and help a noop!!!!

No one knows? I also just noticed that on the bootloader screen there is no numbers after OS. Which would appear to mean i have no OS. But the phone boots and operates just fine. Any suggestions? Thinking I should get it back to factory and start over and flash the NuSenseSIX rom. If anyone could please help me out here it would be greatly appreciated!!!! I attached a picture of what my bootloader screen looks like.
[Verizon HTC One (M7)] SynisterWolf:
it's the rom you are on, if you go back to stock build you will see the OS-build number correctly displayed. if you are on a custom rom, and its not built correctly, it will not display properly.

you dont need to worry about it. all the info in hboot is for diagnostic purpose and wont effect you in any way.
[Verizon HTC One (M7)] Reubster24:
Ok I appreciate the response. I am still on the stock ROM. Just have it rooted, unlocked and s-off with twrp custom recovery installed. Any ideas as to why I'm not able to get it to boot after installing a custom kernel? Can I just try to flash the NuSenseSIX ROM in the phones current state or should I start over?
[Verizon HTC One (M7)] SynisterWolf:
if you would like to try NuSense i would make sure you have a good backup or do one before. you'll need to wipe system - data - cache - dalvik in twrp and then install the rom.

---------- Post added at 01:36 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:29 PM ----------

After some discussion with fellow dev's, i think you havent flash the insecure boot.img that allows you to write to /system. this should stop the kernel bootlooping you.

ok, here we go.

Flash the attached zip in recovery.

wipe dalvik and cache (2x for good measure)

reboot the phone.

then try to flash a custom kernel and see if you boot loop. Let me know what happens. please have a working backup before trying any of this.

(credit to [MENTION=2967322]buckmarble[/MENTION] and [MENTION=4428185]brymaster5000[/MENTION])

kernel source
[Verizon HTC One (M7)] Reubster24:
I have everything backed up google drive with titanium backup as well as backed up in TWRP. When I wipe it doesn't remove the TWRP backup right? I have not flashed any boot.img. I am new to this and don't really know what that is. How would I find the boot.img I need. I think I'll just move forward with the NuSense Rom. Can I just download the zip for the NuSense ROM then wipe and flash it using TWRP and I'm good to go or is there other stuff I need to do?
[Verizon HTC One (M7)] SynisterWolf:
the boot.img zip above will allow you to write to the /system part of the phone.

TWRP will not wipe your backup. that is stored in a location its not allowed to wipe unless you do a "factory reset"

flash the zip above first. let it boot then flash NuSense. I'm not to familiar with that rom so i cant for sure say it will have said insecure boot.img.