yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Sony Cross-Device General] helpplease123:
It says it works on Z1 but it doesn't? I just downgraded to 4.2.2 using [NUT]'s firmware.

end result is error device not found , error device not rooted

Root Checker says no root, likewise.
[Sony Cross-Device General] helpplease123:
Flashed another firmware (4.4.4 version) still doesnt work. It also displays adb server out of date. killing.

EDIT: ok I got the root working on the old version. I flashed back to latest version using flash tool but my root was taken away??
[Sony Cross-Device General] guhvanoh:
I don't know what 'latest' is but if it is the stock Rom put out by Sony then yes you'll lose root. After rooting, you need to install a recovery, then in recovery install a pre-rooted version of your Rom that also has recovery.

HTH
[Sony Cross-Device General] helpplease123:
Thanks for the reply, although I have already solved the problem :)

I made my own pre rooted FTF and carried on from there :D

also a question, would the root in a pre rooted FTF work if you did not root your previous installation?
[Sony Cross-Device General] ralphel:
I'm curious about this too

btw will you be able to access the custom recovery (TWRP) when your phone is not rooted?
[Sony Cross-Device General] casouzaj:
No! The pre-rooted ROM comes in the zip format, for what you need a custom recovery (e.g. TWRP) to flash it. Unfortunately, you need root to install it!

That's why you need to return to either Lollipop or Kitkat, then get root access and install recovery, because there is no custom recovery solution, which runs from your PC, available for Marshmallow right now!
[Sony Cross-Device General] helpplease123:
Lol yeah you are right. I just realized that it produced a zip, not the FTF file.
[Sony Cross-Device General] Lptrex9:
Anyone tried on Xperia Z5,

I want root my Z5 without unlocked bootloader
[Sony Cross-Device General] guhvanoh:
Poor you... You still don't believe you can't root without unlocking your bootloader...
[Sony Cross-Device General] Lptrex9:
Okey, how can i backup my drm key?
[Sony Cross-Device General] guhvanoh:
There's a thread in one of the Z5P forums titled Root. In it there is mentioned 'iovyroot'. You need to go back down to LL, use iovyroot to backup the DRM keys.
[Sony Cross-Device General] helpplease123:
I think I rooted my Z1 without unlocking the bootloader
[Sony Cross-Device General] ralphel:
noted

thanks for your kind reply
[Sony Cross-Device General] guhvanoh:
So did I with my Z2 & tablet Z. The Z5 series on the other hand can't be rooted without unlocking the bootloader. Hence my Z5P is not rooted as I haven't unlocked the bootloader yet.
[Sony Cross-Device General] helpplease123:
well he better continue believing that he can still root without unlocking the bootloader :P
[Sony Cross-Device General] tau45:
Not working on Z1 Compact 14.6.A.1.236
[Sony Cross-Device General] uglyking14:
14.6.A1.236

it is working for z1c 14.6.A.1.236?
[Sony Cross-Device General] bo_cah:
need suggestion

i have downloaded the newest version,, after i click install.bat i got stuck at this process

my phone is docomo SO-O2f 14.3.B.0.362

i attach the screenshot,, any suggestion will be appreciate :o
[Sony Cross-Device General] gotchi:
used the root tool successfully.

root checker says I am rooted but I am unable to update supersu :( with normal method.

I do not have twrp or cwm installed and would avoid this if possible. any ideas or help ?

thanks
[Sony Cross-Device General] JIJOK:
update supersu from playstore ?
[Sony Cross-Device General] tanfidzularus:
shouldn't the thread subject change? referring to what os ?
[Sony Cross-Device General] N.Y.Gazz:
Hi,The link goes back to the forums section ..

Envoyé de mon D6503 en utilisant Tapatalk
[Sony Cross-Device General] colaigor:
Waiting for towelzxperia to exploit...

error: only position independent executables (PIE) are supported.

What do i do?

---------- Post added at 05:16 PM ---------- Previous post was at 05:14 PM ----------

same error
[Sony Cross-Device General] munjeni:
Open binary with hex editor and change 17th byte 0x02 to 0x03, done :)
[Sony Cross-Device General] Xperiaguy97:
Help with Flashtool for my Xperia S

Hi,

I really need help!

I tried to install the new Android 7 on my Sony Xperia s. So I unlocked the bootloader, rooted it and tried to flash it with flashtool.

So something went wrong and when I try to start it only the sony logo appears. What can I do?

Now I only want my old Android 4.1.2 with firmware 6.2.B.1.96 back, but I find no download for a .ftf-file to include that into the firmware tool of Flashtool, and does that work to get my old Android back?

I can´t start the phone and I also can´t get into Recovery mode, I only can come in Flashboot mode and connect it to the Pc.

Can someone send me a link or help me otherwise. I really need my cellphone and now I only would like to have it back on my old Android.

Thanks for answers

Thanks
[Sony Cross-Device General] colaigor:
Did you wipe cashe, data,and dalvik cashe. If you did and your phone is stuck at sony logo then system doesn't work. You can try google to find combination of keys to enter recovery. If you can't then idk what else you can do since that never happened to me. Stuck on logo did and i wiped dalvik cashe, flashed system again and it worked.
[Sony Cross-Device General] BrooTForce:
z1 6903:

=============================================

Loading towelzxperia

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849 KB/s (13592 bytes in 0.015s)

3083 KB/s (197320 bytes in 0.062s)

=============================================

Waiting for towelzxperia to exploit...

"/data/local/tmp/towelzxperia_ert": error: only position independent executables

(PIE) are supported.

done

Checking if device is rooted...

Error: device not rooted

bootloader unlocked
[Sony Cross-Device General] colaigor:
Open towelzxperia_erz (from files folder) with hex editor and change 17th byte 02 to 03

Like this

http://imgur.com/gdgmDGS
[Sony Cross-Device General] edwardenglish:
I did this as you suggested but I still get the same error!
[Sony Cross-Device General] colaigor:
Does towelzxperia load now but you still get not rooted error or does it say same thing about towelzxperia not exploiting as before?
[Sony Cross-Device General] edwardenglish:
* daemon not running. starting it now on port 5037 *
* daemon started successfully *
=============================================
Waiting for Device, connect USB cable now...

Make sure that you authorize the connection
if you get any message on the phone
=============================================
Device found

=============================================
Getting device variables
=============================================
Device model is D5503
Firmware is 14.6.A.1.236

=============================================
Sending files
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744 KB/s (1593 bytes in 0.002s)
5319 KB/s (657704 bytes in 0.120s)
767 KB/s (1575 bytes in 0.002s)
3091 KB/s (9496 bytes in 0.003s)
3334 KB/s (13672 bytes in 0.004s)

Copying kernel module...
4206 KB/s (34473 bytes in 0.008s)
267 KB/s (823 bytes in 0.003s)
3303 KB/s (13592 bytes in 0.004s)
Kernel version is 3.4.0-perf-gd26777b-00851-ga8b7b55
Version does not match 3.4.0-perf-ge4322cd, needs patching...
dd: conv option disabled
Kernel module patched.
error: only position independent executables (PIE) are supported.

=============================================
Loading towelzxperia
=============================================
3317 KB/s (13592 bytes in 0.004s)
4629 KB/s (197320 bytes in 0.041s)
=============================================

Waiting for towelzxperia to exploit...

towelzxperia by zxz0O0 (EasyRootTool Version)
libexploit by geohot

libzxploit.so created
doing the magic
creating vm (loljavasucks)
done

Checking if device is rooted...
Error: device not rooted

you tell me :)

stock rom 5.1.1. with locked bootloader
[Sony Cross-Device General] colaigor:
This means that there are more files that you have to edit in order for that to work. I can't tell you which one since i had same problem as you and my phone still remains unrooted. You can try to edit all files as you did with towelzxperia and see if it works. If it does send me pm telling me which ones you edited. I would do that but i don't have much free time so if you have go for it :D
[Sony Cross-Device General] edwardenglish:
I don't even know what I am editing and what's it's meaning so I don't think I'm gonna do it because I don't want to break the phone.

So is there no way to root the latest official stock rom lollipop with locked Bl???
[Sony Cross-Device General] levone1:
This tool won't work on 5.1. You can use Kingroot, and change to SuperSU, or unlock bl, and root with fastboot. You can easily backup and restore drm.
[Sony Cross-Device General] edwardenglish:
Thanks man!

Can you link me the guide for that king root method as I understand I can do this with keeping the BL unlocked at all?

I looked though these forums but sorry to say I am going nuts there are so many threads and discussion, part of them heavily outdated, it's hard to find what's relevant still.
[Sony Cross-Device General] zoultrex:
Exactly, subscribing here to see future updates from you.

BTW, did you by any chance figured out how to make it work for you?
[Sony Cross-Device General] SXUsr:
Root any Xperia running Lollipop [ LB / UBL ]
[Sony Cross-Device General] zoultrex:
TY!
[Sony Cross-Device General] zoultrex:
Unfortunately the latest version of kingroot(v5.2.0.20170711) is not compatible with my device: xperia Z2 D6543 android 6.0.1 FW .291

Any other suggestion? Maybe I can downgrade it to an earlier version and try again?
[Sony Cross-Device General] fluffi444:
I would not use Kingroot!

Use this instead:

https://xdaforums.com/xperia-z2/general/tool-rooting-23-5-1-291-supersu-t3437280

Please look in Z2 forums here on XDA as well next time.
[Sony Cross-Device General] zoultrex:
Hey fluffi, thanks for pointing out to that thread. I have actually read it before but it was not clear to me of I had to backup TA before doing that, so I gave up using that method.

But it seems then that is actually the best way to get TA recovery and root on a stock D6543 on .291.

I'm gonna give that a try and let you know how it went.

Thanks
[Sony Cross-Device General] edwardenglish:
Hey sorry for the late reply but yes I made it work but only because I wanted to install a custom rom anyways.

Check this steps. I obtained root with fully working good battery lasting custom rom:

what helped me get there:

1. install stock 5.1.1. with sony companion

2. install KingRoot and let it obtain root

3. download NUT Recovery from homepage and run the install.bat on a windows machine, select the first option (Install it on a xperia device with SuperSU)

4. grand ADB root priveliges in KingRoot (since SuperSU is not installed and I wasn't able to exchange KingRoot for SuperSU)

5. as soon as Nut Recovery is installed I was able to go into TWRP and install the ROM according to instructions in first post

Bootloader still locked =)

You can find further information in the rom's respective thread:

https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=73278513&postcount=2507

Hope this helps

As for your question: I never tried stock 5.1.1. With root but I suggest it will have worse battery then the linked custom rom
[Sony Cross-Device General] Adonix44:
Not working, showing error.

Error screenshot attached.
[Sony Cross-Device General] rajdude:
Come on man! Read the message, just download the .apk from that URL. I had to do the same.
[Sony Cross-Device General] tooplanx:
Download doesn't appear to be working anymore?

Any suggestions?

Thnx

EDIT:

Found this: https://github.com/dosomder/Xperia-EasyRootTool

Hoping it's the same!
[Sony Cross-Device General] prensipci:
==============================================

= =

= Easy Root Tool v12 =

= Supports various Xperia devices =

= created by zxz0O0 =

= =

= http://xdaforums.com/ =

= showthread.php?p=53448680 =

= =

= Many thanks to: =

= - [NUT] =

= - geohot =

= - MohammadAG =

= - cubeundcube =

= - nhnt11 =

= - xsacha =

= =

==============================================

Sistem belirtilen yolu bulamıyor.(system cant find specif. way(?)

=============================================

tr.apk not found. Trying to download from

https://towelroot.com/tr.apk

=============================================

'curl' iç ya da dış komut, çalıştırılabilir (curl.exe is not executable)=???

program ya da toplu iş dosyası olarak tanınmıyor.

=============================================

Error downloading tr.apk with curl

Please download towelroot from https://towelroot.com

and save it as tr.apk in folder files/

If you still have problems, please disable

your Antivirus and try again

=============================================

Devam etmek için bir tuşa basın . . .

i downloaded, rename it to "tr.apk" and disabled nod32 AV but stil dont work hats problem ???
[Sony Cross-Device General] adamhk0:
The link is dead? I cannot download it.

Never mind. Found the download from github.
[Sony Cross-Device General] lawrenceh:
TowelRoot APK can be found here: https://towelroot.co/

Took a couple of attempts to work, running the batch file as Admin seemed to cause a problem.
[Sony Cross-Device General] _katho_:
Ensure you've followed instructions. USB debugging enabled etc.
[Sony Cross-Device General] Devzz:
[MENTION=3384395]erikrh[/MENTION] catch up on the thread and try again :) it SHOULD work, there's no reason not to. Play close attention to nhnt11's posts, he had the same problem (wrong file being pushed). Try again with the v3 tool and see if it works now.
[Sony Cross-Device General] ptoner:
Debugging is enabled. :(
[Sony Cross-Device General] Devzz:
Hey sorry I forgot to reply! The NDR utils app gives you the option to change which recovery you boot to and it gives you an advanced power menu within the app. So you select a recovery then you can either reboot, power off etc etc. It's not essential unless you would rather not use Philz recovery and would prefer TWRP.
[Sony Cross-Device General] sbr_23:
Reflash your stock rom ftf with flash tools and then re root it again. it will work. i had the same problem
[Sony Cross-Device General] zxz0O0:
http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=53488074&postcount=130
[Sony Cross-Device General] LitoNi:
FOR THOSE WHO ARE RUNNING INTO RW ISSUES, PLEASE TRY THE FOLLOWING.

Tried it on my Z2 Tablet with lockedbooter

Try the following, as it worked for me flawlessly on .402 without touching the bootloader at all, nor did i ran into RW issues.

NOTE 1: I accidentally updated the SuperSu from the playstore and it seems to run fine even after few reboots.

NOTE 2: the phils recovery is installed so that you can flash the supersu zip AND if you run into issues with xposed, then you can flash the unxposed zip AND fully restore (although i havent tried restoring it yet.)

NOTE 3: after all this you shouldnt run into any problems with rebooting and RW issues. If you ever have issues installing the recovery or rooting or RW then just repeat from step one.
[Sony Cross-Device General] krayzieXDA:
I finally figured it out.

if you have your phone screen locked after reboot, root will succeed，without /system rw ！！！

notice that Security—screen lock should be NONE！

happy！
[Sony Cross-Device General] zxz0O0:
Ok, I guess there's something wrong. Will look into it :)
[Sony Cross-Device General] alinghi100:
Deleted for error
[Sony Cross-Device General] DjeMBeY:
LoVe You GuYs!! :)

AwEsOmE!!! You RoCK!! Finally, really easy way to get Full Root for Z1 on .757 and LB!! :) WoW!! :) BiG ThAnKSsssss :)

ps. v2 didn't worked for me but v3 did the MaGiC! :)
[Sony Cross-Device General] alinghi100:
1)Where to download adb drivers?

2)How to Install SuperSU by Chainfire? (it is a .zip).

3)How to evitate the binary update?

Thanks in advantage, xda community rocks!

Inviato dal mio D6503 utilizzando Tapatalk
[Sony Cross-Device General] sbr_23:
1)http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2588979

2) extract zip and take the apk file from commons directory

3) try the method mentioned on page 17 by [MENTION=4628622]LitoNi[/MENTION]
[Sony Cross-Device General] zxz0O0:
Chainfire updated SuperSU in PlayStore. Now it should also be possible to install from PlayStore and update binary.
[Sony Cross-Device General] juicejuice:
It's not working for me, but I think that's because my root isn't 100%. I'm on Mac OS X 10.9 and patched up the install.sh script to work (line 60, used built-in bspatch, line 68, used built-in md5 instead of md5sum). That seemed to do it but I think the installchargemon.sh didn't run, something flashed past but I missed it. Right now I can use "su" from within adb shell, but SuperSU wants to update the binary and can't.

Will try your recommended method next but just wanted to give some feedback.
[Sony Cross-Device General] ravdo:
I can confirm this.

I've updated SuperSU through PlayStore, and the binary update process is successful :)
[Sony Cross-Device General] alphaandomega:
I don't have a /files folder... :confused: Where is it supposed to be located?
[Sony Cross-Device General] CAL7:
Funny problem: Z2 Tablet (SGP511) rooted, never-unlocked BL, .402. Since rooting, it can't talk to Google. No Gmail, no play store, can't create a new gmail account. Also can't sync my non-Google exchange email account. All other Wi-Fi access to the web is good. Seems like something about my credentials are messed up. I can't see how rooting would cause this, but that's the direct correlation. Hoping somebody smarter than me knows the answer... PLEASE!
[Sony Cross-Device General] alinghi100:
"Can't find tr.apk" when I try to root my z2 using v3 but I surely placed tr.apk inside the folder /files.. what can I do?
[Sony Cross-Device General] ptoner:
managed to get past the waiting for usb device stage.

Sends the files to the phone.

It now gets stuck at the"cannot connect to packager manager" stage for me...
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shalom_hadad:
Hi. My cable destroyed. Again.. I want to buy new. But only original from samsung.. I dont know discover faked products that displayed like original. So I need little help with that..

I am searching black cable for note 2 n7100.

If have a wall charger too its can be good. But again. Original. Black. With connect eu.

Thanks
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] paolobacci:
I'd like to have the hangout's emoji.

Not the Samsung.

BTW I'm not rooted
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] guetzli32:
If you're not rooted then there's no way to do so. If you are rooted however, it's pretty easy. Reply to me if you want to know how.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] paolobacci:
I want for sure, maybe I'll root because of it

TY
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] guetzli32:
THis only works if you are rooted, as I stated before.

I'm pretty sure you have to this:

With root access,

1. go to /system/fonts

2. rename NotoColorEmoji.ttf to anythign you'd like(lika a backup of it)

3. rename AndroidEmoji.ttf to NotoColorEmoji.tff

4. reboot

That SHOULD do the trick. I'm more used to changing the emoji to apple's Emoji to match them with Whatsapp.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blackguy101:
How do I go about getting the apple Emojis?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] guetzli32:
Grab AppleColorEmoji.ttf and place it into /system/fonts/

Set /system/fonts/AppleColorEmoji.ttf to have permissions 644 (rw-r--r--) and owner:root group:root.

then do the process mentioned above, but use AppleColorEmoji instead of AndroidEmoji.

Also, right now there's no reason not to root, since towelroot doesn't trip the Knox Counter. That way, you keep your warranty and also have the benefits of a rooted phone. (Don't quote me on that, that's at least what I read ;))
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blackguy101:
Is it possible if you can link the apple color emoji file again because the link is dead :/
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] paolobacci:
Renaming the Android didn't do the trick.

I got only a few emoticons to choose.

I just did the root with towel root but I tried before with cf auto root and I'm waiting for a solution to reset knoxx counter back to 0.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ciggyy:
This didn't seem to work at all. Anyone else have an idea? Samsungs emoji's are terrible.
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] haydenrbm:
Hey there

I want to start off by saying I have very little experience with rooting, but am very familiar with jailbreaking apple devices so I figured i could manage.

I have a htc one m8 on rogers network locked. I rooted it and had super user and all that jazz, then flashed AOKP. Then I thought i actually liked the stock HTC sense better, so I tried to "get things back to normal"...lol.

Now im at the point where if i turn my phone on it goes straight to the fastboot screen(?) with all the "fast boot, recovery, factory reset, etc". Since I'm super new to all of this is there anybody that can write some instructions on how to get my phone back to stock? I would really appreciate it after panicking over this for 3 days.:eek:

Edit: In the fastboot screen at the top it says ***Tampered*** ***Relocked*** ***security warning**

also when i try to press recovery it shows the htc screen for 1 second then back to the same menu

i found this http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2710735 but i cannot even get into recovery
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MattMJB0188:
While being an expert with rooting and flashing custom recoveries on Samsung devices, I am also new to the world of HTC. Out of curiosity, what happens when you hit factory reset?
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ashyx:
Unlock the boot loader again then install twrp recovery then head over to the stock backup thread and flash one of the nandroids for your cid.
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] haydenrbm:
When i hit factory reset it the screen changes to the HTC in green for 1 second then back to where i started

I would...but when im trying to use ADB devices it isn't found
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BerndM14:
Do fastboot devices ... adb commands itself won't work in bootloader, it has to be fastboot commands.
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mushages:
now you have a locked bootloader which means you cant do anything.. so your first step is to unlock it again then flash a custom recovery (TWRP) after that flash the stock rom+ boot.img ( to be safe) make sure it boots. RELOCK the bootloader then flash your firmware.zip.. hope it helps
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] haydenrbm:
How can I unlock the bootloader again without the device showing in adb?
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mushages:
i think you have your unlock token. start from here

http://www.htcdev.com/bootloader/unlock-instructions/page-4/
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BerndM14:
If it's in bootloader it should show in command prompt when you type fastboot devices after connecting it to PC. If it doesn't then there is a driver problem perhaps. Check to make sure you have HTC drivers installed, or reinstall them. Might as well make sure adb is up to date as well, can do that through the Android SDK Manager. Another possibility might be that the usb cable isn't working correctly, try another cable. Fact of the matter though is, if it's in bootloader and you connect it to the PC adb/fastboot SHOULD pick it up.

So check and fix those things. Also make sure you use the correct commands, in bootloader mode, it'll be fastboot commands, not "adb devices" but "fastboot devices" ... "fastboot reboot" etc etc. Also make sure you're running the commands from within the adb/fastboot folder path(just for in case yeah...)
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] haydenrbm:
Okay it is unlocked, but now it just stays on the AOKP boot screen

Thank you for the help btw, it must be very painful.
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BerndM14:
Press Volume UP + Power button, once the screen goes dead, press Volume DOWN + Power button to get back into bootloader. Then flash a custom recovery (Like TWRP) and start flashing the Stock nandroid backups, can be found from here Collection of Stock backups