yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S 5 Accessories] OneStepAhead:
We could try a matte front, I just don't think it looks as nice against the glossy screen. In my opinion the glossy lip blends better next to the display, almost like you don't even have a case on. Unlike our competitors that have recently started offering similar style cases as ours, only our front lip is glossy. Their cases the entire top half is glossy, similar to our old S2 case.

The S5 wireless charging door case could be a good model to test full matte on though.
[Galaxy S 5 Accessories] blessedswine:
you could always get this it wirelessly charges through the case just fine using it on my S5 with the neo hybrid case just fine. as for keeping the water protection it seems to work just fine put my phone in the fishtank for 25 mins with no issues to test it.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00F3J2KJW/ref=oh_details_o01_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
[Galaxy S 5 Accessories] theo_yuxda:
Does the diztronic case mess up screen protectors? Im using a tempered glass right now.:)
[Galaxy S 5 Accessories] OneStepAhead:
That's not a TPU case. It contains TPU on the inside, buts it's a dual layer two piece case with a polycarbonate shell. it's basically exactly the same as our Reactor case for the GS5. It's a fine case, but personally I don't like dual layer cases on my phone. Too bulky. According to that page you linked it weighs 5 ounces! That's a tank compared to a 21g TPU case. It's a totally different class of product then a traditional single layer TPU case. It also does appear to "borrow" heavily from UAGs design. I really hate it when companies do that, but it is what it is, happens in every industry.

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I prefer to think of it as the screen protectors not being compatible with cases :) I think it's far more common for someone to only have a case than to only have a screen protector. The vast majority of people using screen protectors will also use a case. However many use a case but no screen protector. Given that, companies that make screen protectors should do a better job making sure their products can be used with a case.

To answer your question (somewhat) , I used a tempered glass SP on my old S4 and one of our cases. It was a bit of a stretch, but after a day or two it fit well enough. I haven't tested it on an S5 however. We are going to start adding a small amount of depth to our cases in the future, likely 0.25mm to better accommodate thick screen protectors. We have to be careful that the case still fits well for those that don't use screen protectors. The new OnePlus One is the first case well be testing this on.
[Galaxy S 5 Accessories] Mickyman:
Ive had this case for my S3. Wonderful case and great price.

Unfortunately, they dont ship to the Netherlands. I really want this one :(
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Aido:
...mobile data and occasionally connection for phone calls. Does anyone know what I need to do to fix this, or do I need to take it to a phone repair place.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bibole:
Anybody here ???
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HTCDreamOn:
Sorry man, this is a hard one. I looked through the sources, but I reckon the trackpad won't be in the keylayout files at all. It might be related to the touchscreen or something. I'll keep looking for you, but you might be unlucky and it might be hardcoded in such a way that makes it difficult to edit unlike the keylayout.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bibole:
Thanks for your answer HTCDreamOn.

I was afraid that no line was corresponding to the trackpad sensor....... and you confirmed that.

If you see any solution for my problem, it would be coll ! (PimpmyROM doesn't offer this tweak...):rolleyes:
[Moto X General] DogzOfWar:
Not sure about you all, but I've been impressed with how reliable my Moto X has been. Currently I'm on day 9 without having to reboot. I think my record is around 30 days.

Compared to my previous 2 phones (HTC Rezound and the Droid 2), it's nothing short of spectacular. The only times I've really powered my phone off are due to forgetting to charge it since the battery routinely lasts 1.5 days.

If you want to check your uptime, you can run:

adb shell uptime
[Moto X General] sharan2036:
I got a reboot after 7 days while playing modern combat 4 . . strange
[Moto X General] unnamedny:
Why would it be impressive? I reboot my other phones maybe once a month at most.
[Moto X General] SanD-82:
Can't you check that time on the settings part of the phone?

On JB I got up to 1700 hours...

Sadly, I installed KK by mistake (hit the wrong button at the popup) at that point...

Now I'm at 670 hours under KK, and missing jb like crazy...
[Moto X General] exekias:
I utterly gob smacked at how this phone works. Its so smooth and powerful. I previously had a Sony Z which was bigger and had better specs and it wasn't as smooth as my moto. Also 1 week no reboot. Regularly get 3-4 hours screen on time
[Moto X General] ar31791:
I had almost 3 months of uptime until I decided to reboot to try something... I regret it. :(
[Xperia Z2 General] manu44:
Hi Guys,

As already many of us know that we can use the Easy root toolkit to root our Xperia .402 Fw without the need to Downgrade.

I am making this thread as many have been asking me the steps to do it.

I am not responsible in any way if something goes bad. I have personally rooted 2 phones using this method and everything is fine.

Head over to this Post and download the V10.0 from there.

Follow the Steps mentioned below.

1. Download the attachment and extract it

2. Download http://towelroot.com/ and put tr.apk inside folder /files

3. Start your phone and plug it to your computer

4. Run install.bat and follow the instructions on screen

Now extra steps that I did.

After phone restarts download rootchecker from playstore and check if root is there.

It would show you the root.

Now Download the attached superuser.apk ( Dont install from Playstore )

Install it and open and it would ask you to update binaries do that ( Normal way )

Restart the phone.

Now my phone is Rooted with Locked Bootloader.

Thanks to

geohot: Root exploit

MohammadAG: Disable RIC kernel module (Link)

cubeundcube: Disable RIC on Z2 phone (findricaddr/writekmem)

[NUT]: Great guy and used some of his scripts as base

DooMLoRD: Used his idea of hacking chargemon

All the Devs who have worked hard for us !!!
[Xperia Z2 General] netharshal13:
Tried, but getting error

Hi Pro,

I tried this but getting this error :D

Check the screenshot

Any help

Can you please give me the updated Super su with binary's ?

I think yesterday I tried towel root I am able to access system apps but when checked via root checker it says phone not rooted
[Xperia Z2 General] tomgus1:
Thanks so much for this. Easy tutorial to follow. Now to go and install some xposed mods :D
[Xperia Z2 General] manu44:
I have attached the Super user apk install that. Also this error is because the Tr.apk file is wrong try downloading it again.
[Xperia Z2 General] netharshal13:
Give me 5 mins :laugh: doing it again :mad:

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Thanks Bro

Love you

Working like a charm

:D:D:D:D
[Xperia Z2 General] netharshal13:
Need help

Hi Pro,

I am getting the below error after installing Xposed framework... but all other things are working fine...

Please help
[Xperia Z2 General] manu44:
Yes this happened with me also. Root it again using the easy root kit and restart the phone. try again installing Xposed
[Xperia Z2 General] nhnt11:
You will have issues with write access to /system if you use v3 in that thread. Please wait for v4 (coming very soon), should fix all issues.
[Xperia Z2 General] mrax_lky:
Great

Great tutorial
[Xperia Z2 General] vipaman:
So apparently I cannot install SuperUser. The apk just doesnt want to install. Root Checker shows I have root but I simply cannot install superuser.
[Xperia Z2 General] netharshal13:
Thanks will try
[Xperia Z2 General] bluheart:
Thank you. Rooted Xperia Z2 D6502, in just one click on .402.
[Xperia Z2 General] netharshal13:
Working thanks ;)
[Xperia Z2 General] maksnogin:
Download latest version SuperSU (2.0) from Google Play. Work!
[Xperia Z2 General] nhnt11:
[MENTION=4333591]manu44[/MENTION] Please update the OP, Z2 users should now download v4 to get working remount after reboot. Also please ensure that you are allowed to redistribute Superuser.apk ;)
[Xperia Z2 General] Smartphoner:
Could the OP plz update the steps so we can use without messing up anything. Thanks for the efforts!
[Xperia Z2 General] Lawido:
wow, that was easy and now i finally got my phone also rooted :good:
[Xperia Z2 General] ellirhc:
Fixed now..thanx for this nice root

did have too try some times it all work now.. and thanx for this root. good work..
[Xperia Z2 General] miggue:
SuperSU fails to install binnary

Hope somebody can help me. I downloaded the attached 'supersu.apk' to my Sony Z2 and when it tries to install the binnaries it always gives me an error. I tried to reboot the device but the error persists. Rootchecker says I'm rooted. And someone befofe posted he managed to do it with the newer version of supersu from the market place, I tried it too, though it also gives me the same error message.

Any help???

Thanks in advance.
[Xperia Z2 General] lyubor:
Don't unplug the phone before restarting after the first part of root process. After the reboot files are added it seems. Did that at first too and it didn't work. Wait it out and press a button during reboot and when it boots up it'll be fine.
[Xperia Z2 General] miggue:
it worked

It worked for me!

Thanks a lot!
[Xperia Z2 General] misiakr:
Guys can you please tell me how to get to the recovery in order to install zip file? I was Samsung user, and there it was vol down+home+ power button, I don't know how to get there in Xperias. Another question - should I turn USB debugging during this rooting process?
[Xperia Z2 General] hush66:
What recovery have you installed? [NUT]'s XZDualRecovery? If so, see post #2 of the thread for how to use:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2785598

Yes, you must turn on USB Debugging during the rooting process.
[Xperia Z2 General] babodut:
Could you please explain to me what's the use of DualRecovery? Do we could have 2 firmware (like dual OS on PC)?

Or it's like CWM Recovery mode with the name DualRecovery?
[Xperia Z2 General] suleiman.aql:
Confirmed working.

Issues I faced:

The install.bat didn't like the checksum of tr.apk, I basically downloaded tr1.apk from the website and renamed it to tr.apk and put it in the /files folder in my pc.
[Xperia Z2 General] seventieslord:
This is exactly what it was doing to me. Thankfully I followed exactly what you did, and it appears to have worked.... I'm rebooting right now.

....nope. root checker said I had root access. Then I downloaded SuperSU and it tried to update the binaries, it failed and recommended I reboot. So I did, and now SuperSU advised me it can't get the binaries and root checker also says I don't have proper root access (though I did get the SU popup asking for root access )
[Xperia Z2 General] suleiman.aql:
Thanks! This fixed an issue with my friend's phone. It was because we waited too long the first time.

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Do like what lyubor has said. Most importantly is to "press any key when phone is restarting" actually WHILE phone is restarting. Then as soon as it boots quickly unlock the screen and grant ADB Shell root so it does its magic. Then when the script says that all is done, go to SuperSU and it'll install just fine.

Cheers and good night ;)
[Xperia Z2 General] seventieslord:
same thing happened to me. I went through the whole process again and this time left it connected, hit a key while rebooting, and it did more stuff after rebooting. Root checker says I am rooted, but Superuser won't download the binaries. And I am using the one from this thread, not the play store.

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this time I unlocked the screen as quickly as possible but instead of a prompt to grant root access to ADB shell, all I got was a message on the screen saying ADB shell has been denied access.

When I go to SuperSU it gives me the same message that I cant bypass about downloading the binaries.

Cancel = app closes

Download = fails.

but I can see in the greyed out background behind this message that ADB shell is listed with a red clock icon.

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update... I had to trick it. I did this about four times until I got it. I had to wait before hitting any key, until the phone had booted right up and wasn't trying to load anything anymore. This time, for whatever reason, I got the popup asking to grant access to ADB shell. So I did, and then after going into SuperSU it did download the binaries this time. After a reboot SuperSU is fully functional and root checker confirms all is good.
[Xperia Z2 General] misiakr:
Can I install recovery with locked bootloader?
[Xperia Z2 General] bert3227:
Error on installation

I have a challenge here... I am not able to disable the Virus check on my laptop so no way I can use the TR1.apk (though it get renamed, it will be deleted by the Virus check immediately). So I tot if using the latest TR.apk so I modified the install.bat to exclude the MD% checking but I am getting the below error :

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

Loading modified towelroot (by geohot)

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

EOCD not found, not Zip

file 'tr_signed.apk' is not a valid zip file

rm failed for /data/local/tmp/tr_signed.apk, No such file or directory

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

Check your phone and click "make it ra1n"

Press any key when the phone is rebooting

Press any key to continue . . .

Waiting for device to reboot

/system/bin/sh: su: not found

Done. You can now unplug your phone.

Enjoy root!

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

Failure

Anyone can help?

Thanks.

Bert
[Xperia Z2 General] zxz0O0:
Use latest v5.
[Xperia Z2 General] SkyS1gn:
How can i download tr.apk?! If i download right click way than install.bat says its not found... but tr.apk inside files folder....:eek:
[Xperia Z2 General] sharingspider:
Whats happening exactly when you are installing can u explain so I can help u mate :)
[Xperia Z2 General] hush66:
You will have 3 recovery modes to choose from: PhilZ Touch, TWRP and CWM.

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Yes, you can. But you will have to achieve root first.
[Xperia Z2 General] johnfranz29:
Sorry for this noob question its my first sony device...

Do i have to backup my TA partition first before rooting? So how about the DRM keys it will be erased? TIA
[Xperia Z2 General] Seifer1975:
No. You need root to backup your TA. Since this exploit allows you to root and still keep your bootloader locked, you can backup your TA after that.
[Xperia Z2 General] sharingspider:
Thats right buddy
[Xperia Z2 General] deepgrass:
It can't find my device the first time.

Solution Developer options > enable USB debugging.

rooted and created a TA backup.
[Xperia Z2 General] sharingspider:
Did it find now buddy?
[Xperia Z2 General] johnfranz29:
Thank guys... Last question. how about custom recovery can i flash it with lock bootloader? TIA guys
[Xperia Z2 General] stress40:
new to sony rooting

so peeps, sorry for the newbie q's.

1) how to run install.bat on a mac?

2) when I click on it it doesn't do anything

3) what the hell do I do? everything else after that is fine for me flashing etc. It is just getting the process started that's all lol...

I appreciate any help that can be given. Thanks in advance...

Edit: Just ignore my post as I finally figured it out. Now rooted etc. Many thanks to all involved for making this happen.
[Xperia Z2 General] SwannyBhoy:
Followed this and worked without any issues.

What I did differnent;

Installed SuperSU from market

Tries to install binary (failed)

Rebooted and I had root.

[MENTION=5215276]stress40[/MENTION] Get a Windows based computer.
[Xperia Z2 General] misiakr:
Guys, does rooting this way causes lose of X-reality engine?
[Xperia Z2 General] rssw:
Followed this way to get root on my .402 french Z2, it worked perfectly ! :D [MENTION=4458492]SwannyBhoy[/MENTION] I got the same SuperSU binary install fail, reboot, and root OK [MENTION=3583440]misiakr[/MENTION] Xreality is still available and works perfectly

Thank you very much for this Easy Root !
[Xperia Z2 General] misiakr:
Hmm... Guys I was wondering- what would happen if now (after rooting my Z2 with this method) I connect my phone to PC, than turn the Sony Update Service to install new software and clear data? Would I get phone without root, and "warranty-ready"?
[Xperia Z2 General] OAlbalooshi:
Thnaks!! Rooting has never been this easy :D
[Xperia Z2 General] iArvee:
You only need to unlock the bootloader to install kernels, right? :) But you can install ROMS that are based on stock? Sorry, new to the rooting scene.
[Xperia Z2 General] sharingspider:
You can do it once you are rooted pal
[Xperia Z2 General] sharingspider:
Has anyone installed TWRP using TWRP Manager from Play Store itself.
[Xperia Z2 General] club968:
nevermind, figured it out
[Xperia Z2 General] icynrvna:
so just to be sure, the only thing that breaks when rooting via this method is the ability to update the firmware via OTA?
[Xperia Z2 General] sharingspider:
Doesn't break that also unless you go ahead and flash recovery.
[Xperia Z2 General] icynrvna:
Hi Sharingspider,

thanks for the reply. I think someone from the other .402 root thread reported he is getting an issue in updating.

Thread: Z2 on 17.1.1.A.0.402 rooted, via Easy Root Tool

Post #: 21

Quote:

Originally Posted by babodut View Post

I think yes. But if you update, the root will lost

I just tried it for giggles, fails validation even if you Un root through supersu. You will have to use flashtool to update.
[Xperia Z2 General] sharingspider:
I have rooted the phone using the easy root & installed the Super SU as well. I am on .402 version.

Now with boot loader locked Can I still go ahead and install recovery & flash mods as well ?

I know this is a pretty noob question however I am new to Sony & don't want to loose warranty at all. Please advise.

And if I can what should be my next step to get recovery on this. Should I flash it through adb or what to do ?
[Xperia Z2 General] manu44:
Well, if you have a locked bootloader then you cant install recovery the normal way. You need to find Nut's dual recovery and install that. However, I would recommend you to backup your TA partition now and unlock the bootloader. Unlocking bootloader gives you many options starting with installing a custom kernel and flashing a recovery of your choice.
[Xperia Z2 General] LittleSamson:
If I unlock my bootloader, is it then possible to lock it again with the TA backup?
[Xperia Z2 General] manu44:
Bro, TA backup means you back up the DRM KEYS. You need to root the phone while the bootloader is locked and then backup TA. Unlock BL and then you can restore the TA partition back to restore the DRM Keys.

Even if you dont backup TA partition then also you can relock the Bootloader. Relocking bootloader is not a hard job you can do it by a simple command. TA partition is different and locking bootloader is differnet.
[Xperia Z2 General] LittleSamson:
Thanks for the answer.

Yeah I thought it was only for the DRM. Where do I find info about relocking my bootloader?

If I do a nandroid backup, will my bootloader be restored?
[Xperia Z2 General] manu44:
No Nandroid backup has nothing to do with the Bootloader State you are in.

Nandroid Would just backup the ROM.

Follow this post to relock bootloader
[Xperia Z2 General] club968:
this worked great for me as advertised. All I really want is full access to my SD card and now I have it!!!!! Rock on!
[Xperia Z2 General] FloM94:
towelroot not working

when I click on "make it rain" on the phone nothing happens and after a while i get a force close

drivers are installed correctly and my Z2 is in USB debugging mode.

I've used easyroot tool v6 and v5 both the same issue

Edit: tried it now again with v5 and rebooted the Z2 first and now root seems to be working
[Xperia Z2 General] prabhat0212:
which versions to use?

Hi manu44

easy root v7 is out. should i use v5 or v7? :confused:

is tr.apk also revised by geohot?

which version of easy root & tr.apk should i use? :confused:

thanks in advance :)

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easy root v7 is out. should i use v5 or v7?

is tr.apk also revised by geohot?

which version of easy root & tr.apk should i use?

what v4 have you mentioned (which is coming very soon)?

thanks in advance
[Xperia Z2 General] s161008:
Yup Works

used Easy root version 7

PC i7-980x (64bit)

OS: Windows 7

Connected on USB 2

Xperia Z2 D6503

Android 4.4.2

Build 17.1.1.A.0.402

SuperSU from playstore - works

;)
[Xperia Z2 General] prabhat0212:
thanks. it works

have root. installed busybox and my root app pack. thanks :laugh::good:
[Xperia Z2 General] alberber:
I'm having the same problem of other people, can't install xposed but have root. I'm trying to use EasyRoot v8 but I always get the same error (look at the image). I don't have BlueStacks installed, so I don't know what it could be.

Help...? :crying:
[Xperia Z2 General] sudisk:
What do you get with the command "adb devices" ?
[Xperia Z2 General] alberber:
Here is the output of adb devices. I also tried restarting the PC and the mobile but didn't work.

I see two devices there and one is an emulator, but don't know what it is and how to kill it :eek:
[Xperia Z2 General] 9600xt:
try to execute this commad:

./adb disconnect emulator-5554

or

./adb kill-server

and than

./adb start-server
[Xperia Z2 General] alberber:
I got it fixed using windows instead of OS X
[Xperia Z2 General] lywyn:
Advice please?

Tried tr1.apk, tr2.apk, tr3.apk and tr.apk from towelroot site.

All with easy root v7 and v8 and cannot get the md5 checksum to match, even tried manually to patch and get the correct md5 ("AAC68AFBC596E76DEA137B6EFEC5048B" in v8 for example)

Anybody got this to work and could tell me which version of tr.apk and easy root to use? Thanks
[Xperia Z2 General] JJ2525:
Haven't rooted/tinkered with an Android in a while. If I use this method or towelroot, install supersu/xposed, do I lose root each time Sony pushes a small update? Do I not even get updates because I'm rooted? Thanks
[Xperia Z2 General] vlawrence0324:
Does not work, it says MD5 does not match. I am downloading tr.apk v3 from the towelroot site. How can we download lower version?

Also what version of Easy Root Tool should we use to match the md5?
[Xperia Z2 General] am6000:
Error

Hello I tried to be your guide on my sony z2 402 but I always mistake the install.bat file in my system opertavio windows 8.1

you can make an accurate guide for those who do not even know how to put the phone into recovery. Thank you and I hope in your help

Salve ho provato a fare la vostra guida sul mio sony z2 402 ma mi da sempre errore il file install.bat in mio sistema opertavio windows 8.1

potete fare una guida precisa per chi non sa neanche come mettere in recovery il telefono. Vi ringrazio e spero nel vostro aiuto
[Xperia Z2 General] sharingspider:
What all steps uv done if u can tell Me I'll guide u from there buddy
[Xperia Z2 General] am6000:
Thanks for the reply but I have tried to enter the tr.apk files in the folder and run as administrator and the instal.bat error tr??

what do I do?

Your phone must be switched on and the right computer.

What's wrong
[Xperia Z2 General] sharingspider:
Are the below steps done buddy:

>Have u turned on USB debugging

>Have u turned Fastboot Off

>Have u downloaded adb files

>Have u checked Unknown Sources

Please advise what all UV done