yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Xperia Z2 Tablet General] temka:
Just letting you know:

rooted mine a couple of days ago. It had build number 17.1.A.2.36

16Gb WiFi-only model.

works like charm!
[Xperia Z2 Tablet General] hasenbein1966:
But this is a very old firmware version. You should flash the most recent one.
[Xperia Z2 Tablet General] temka:
You're right, I got confused by the numbers. Interestingly my tablet never alerted me about software updates. Device bought in Singapore, currently lives in UK :)

UPD: flashed latest firmware, rooted, all worked like charm.
[Xperia Z2 Tablet General] cewan:
Finally, my device is now fully rooted after Installing XZDualRecovery! Thanks :)
[Xperia Z2 Tablet General] bdyer:
Can I Still get OTA's?

I'm receiving my Tablet Z2 in the mail today and I am excited to be able to have root access without losing warranty. With Root access via the steps outlined in the OP, will I still be able to get OTA updates? If I want to upgrade to the latest version, am I good to go or do I need to unroot and restore to factory, do the OTA and then re-root?

Thanks for your time!
[Xperia Z2 Tablet General] Kernodle:
Followed the OP's steps and everything worked great, thanks!

Problem is I can't figure out how the hell to move apps to my SD card now. I know this functionality was limited in Kit Kat but I thought being rooted would allow me to get around that. Really annoying since I have 32GB just waiting to hold all my apps and data.
[Xperia Z2 Tablet General] kulvertti:
For that I use app called FolderMount.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.devasque.fmount
[Xperia Z2 Tablet General] myeepad:
Followed OP's link and steps as outlined here, it worked like a charm in my SGP512 and I have restored all my installed apps from Titanium Backup. Thank you folks.
[Xperia Z2 Tablet General] blaze82:
I keep getting this message when I restart the tablet

"unfortunately the process android.process.acore has stopped"

And not sure at which step it happend as I did each step one after the other. I'm thinking it was the sdfix but not sure, any advice would be much appreciated
[Xperia Z2 Tablet General] Moscow Desire:
Verified working on build 17.1.2.A.0.314

Just some tips.

1) Copy towelroot apk first to the folder.

2) Set display timeout to 5 minutes max

3) Verify ADB works by typing adb devices in the CMD window. Don't forget to confirm on the tablet

4) Make sure you confirm (on the tablet) when running the bat file (probably will ask you a couple of times.

5) Run the bat file 2 or 3 times until it finishes properly (I had to do this 3 times)

6) Make sure you install SuperSU from market. Reboot if needed

7) I used root explorer to set the /system to RW.

8) SuperSU should update binary when you open it.
[Xperia Z2 Tablet General] bleedink:
My personal experience with Sony support suggests they have a tool which detects changes to the OS after a restore. I restored my system after root and still couldn't get service. Please correct me if I am mistaken if this tool does something dual recovery tool does not. Beware if sending in for RMA.
[Xperia Z2 Tablet General] moSess:
Worked Great

Make sure to use those sony drivers.... besides that, this was a breeze!

ThankThank YOu!!!!!!
[Xperia Z2 Tablet General] temka:
Has anyone tried this on latest 4.4.4 (23.0.1.A.0.167)?

Cheers.
[Xperia Z2 Tablet General] lts111:
Easyroottool ver12.3 dosen't work on new fw(23.0.1.A.0.167).
[Xperia Z2 Tablet General] Buggedout:
Any news on a working root for 4.4.4 ?

The update has rendered my device next to useless with no write to SD card option unless its rooted.

What were Google thinking when they wiped Flash support and ruined SD card capability ?!

I cant even read my .cbr files anymore as I cant point to the SD card directory as the app requires write permission.
[Xperia Z2 Tablet General] Rudixx:
This does not work on:

SGP512

23.0.1.A.4.30
[Xperia Z2 Tablet General] Jonur:
Thanks for this very helpful guide! It worked very well even for me, with not so deep knowledge. :o

But I do have a problem now: I can not power off my tablet normally with the button! :crying:

I have a sgp511 with 17.1.2.A.0.314.

After the rooting I ran Backup TA and installed several apps from the market: SuperUser, ROM Manager, ROM Toolbox Lite, Titanium Backup, SDFix, Complete Linux Installer, androidVNC, Terminalemulator, myTorrent and MIT AICompanion.

I have used the ROM Toolbox's Root Browser to check the status of /system and gets the answer rwxr-xr-x. On root I have rwx.

Some issues with the apps have been SuperUser, which shuts the device off when I try to update the bins, so I have deinstalled it.

The Complete Linux Installer app also seems to malfunction, because it doesn't find the ROM I've downloaded.

So, anyone having a clue what causes I can't power off the device?

Please, tell a newbie how to do!
[Xperia Z2 Tablet General] CamoGeko:
+1

Need root for latest 4.4.4 update. I bet it's Sony that's messed us up.
[Xperia Z2 Tablet General] Buggedout:
I sent Sony an Email a few days ago about this and this what they said :

"Dear Gary,

Thank you for contacting the Sony Xperia support centre, regarding transferring applications onto the SD card from your Tablet Z2.

I can confirm that it is not possible to transfer applications onto the SD card, this was put in place by android from the 4.0 update. I do apologise but there are no plans to put the option to transfer applications onto the SD card with the next update. I am sorry for any inconvenience caused."

Looks like Lollipop doesn't even address this issue either, so thank heavens for the smart guys at XDA for giving us full use of our devices.

Thankfully, with a lot of very patient help from a member named kulvertti, I was able to downgrade my firmware, root, then re-flash with his version of 4.4.4. Everything works perfectly and I cant thank him enough, as well as the other members working so hard to give us capable devices.

Thanks.
[Xperia Z2 Tablet General] CamoGeko:
Sounds like downgrading to 4.4.2 is our only option, why the hell was the towelroot method patched. What idiot thought that was a good idea?
[Xperia Z2 Tablet General] guhvanoh:
In order asked because security holes should be closed. The person in charge of security I presume...
[Xperia Z2 Tablet General] baddison:
Can you please post the link for downgrading to 4.4.2 for the SGP512/US version? Thanks in advance - I'm having a rough time finding the correct instructions. I have tried some and still failed to get root. :confused::confused:
[Xperia Z2 Tablet General] baddison:
Update: I was successfully able to downgrade to 4.4.2 ROM, but now easy root will not run. Even after downloading tr.apk and placing it in the specified folders, the batch file fails to find tr.apk , and also "curl" is not recognized either. THanks in advance for any assistance here. I'll be going back thru this thread again to see if I missed anything.
[Xperia Z2 Tablet General] baddison:
UPDATE-2: Yeah....I definitely missed some things. Happy to report that all is well with the universe once again in my happy, rooted world. LOL!!!
[Xperia Z2 Tablet General] alamyr:
What are the spécifications of your tablet ?

Hi

Before doing stupid things, I asked whether this solution worked for Xperia Z2 SGP512 tablet.

I was told that it depended on the version of android and kernel and further, it did not work with Android 4.4.4 and 4.3

I see we have the same tablet. What were the specifications of your hold when you did the root?

---------- Post added at 07:20 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:08 PM ----------

Salut,

J'ai une tablette z2 sgp512 et avant de faire des conneries, j'ai préféré demander si le présent guide fonctionnait pour elle.

On m'a répondu que sa dépendait de la version Android et du kernel et qu'en tout état de cause, ça ne marchait pas pour android 4.4.4 et 4.3

Moi je suis en 4.4.2

Toi qui semble avoir réussi l'opération, quelles étaient les spécifs de ta tablette avant le root ?
[Xperia Z2 Tablet General] kof69:
Salut,

c'est une SGP512 WiFi qui était en 4.4.2 au moment du root
[Xperia Z2 Tablet General] alamyr:
Super merci, ça tombe impec, je vais pouvoir me lancer sans trembler
[Xperia Z2 Tablet General] Muppet Rat:
My new Z2 tablet is arriving today, will I be able to use the method in the OP to root? I believe is comes with kitkat but not sure.

Other than #2 and possibly #5, I don't really understand this. How will this affect the process if I do/don't do it?

Also, will the OP method work on the Z2 phone (D6053)?

Sorry for all the noob questions, I've never rooted before and I REALLY don't want to brick my new tablet :eek:
[Xperia Z2 Tablet General] DroidinAndStuff:
I've always used towelroot directly on a device to be rooted and these instructions sorta make it sound like you are running it from a desktop pc. I gotta say these instructions overall are clunky at best, ambiguous and not concise.
[Xperia Z2 Tablet General] Jeff64d:
Doesn't Work

Tried this and all I get is "error this device is not rooted"
[Xperia Z2 Tablet General] Roter_Freiherr:
Dear All,

anybody tried successfully with the SGP511 23.4.A.1.200 5.1.1 ???

Thank you
[Xperia Z2 Tablet General] Roter_Freiherr:
I tried but I got the following error:

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

Waiting for towelroot to exploit...

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

done

Checking if device is rooted...

Error: device not rooted

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

Any ideas?

Thank you
[Xperia Z2 Tablet General] Spot.Zwei:
hello roter freiherr,

are you successful with the downgrade or with your the root-experiments?

I have a lot of trouble to with my SGP512 with 5.1.1
[Xperia Z2 Tablet General] Roter_Freiherr:
Unfortunately not :(

I had a lot troubles as well and I gave up... for now ;)
[Xperia Z2 Tablet General] ecobio30:
Hi there. I have a Sony Xperia Z2 tablet and I've tried this method but in the middle of it is telling me "error: only position independent executables (PIE) are supported". What am I doing wrong. Any help would be appreciated.
[Xperia Z2 Tablet General] CAL7:
I hate it when the whole OP is quoted.
[Xperia Z2 Tablet General] TimeTurn:
Can someone please update this for Marshmallow?
[Xperia Z2 Tablet General] serjann:
+ support
[Xperia Z2 Tablet General] Tunwin27:
How to root Xperia z2 SGP511 with 23.5.A.0.575?

Appreciate, Could someone give me correct steps to follow for above?
[Xperia Z2 Tablet General] sofir786:
Currently as far as I know there is no way to manually to root the marshmallow firmware. There are some builds here that are prerooted. I personally bought this tablet second hand with 5.1.1 on it, I installed the rootable lollipop firmware installed dual recovery and flashed the prerooted marshmallow firmware, which is all running fine, only thing is that custom recovery is not working on this firmware
[Xperia Z2 Tablet General] Gabinka:
Please help. I've tried this but I'm stuck. It says "Waiting for Device." But my tablet is plugged in via the USB. I can view files in Computer but I can't get this install.bat to recognize that it's plugged in. My tablet is on and active.

My tablet is a Sony Xperia Z2, model SGP561

Android version 4.4.2 (I'd really like Marshmallow)

Build number 17.01.D.0.437

Hardware version: 1280-1946.1

Any help here?
[Xperia Z2 Tablet General] thunder141:
TWRP is working on this rooted Firmware

Gesendet von meinem SGP511 mit Tapatalk

---------- Post added at 08:14 AM ---------- Previous post was at 08:12 AM ----------

Have you got the Popup to authorize the connection?

Gesendet von meinem SGP511 mit Tapatalk
[Xperia Z2 Tablet General] nickbaker66:
hi guys i am trying to root my SGP511 4.4.2 using this tool but getting the following message i have put tr.apk in the files folder where the batch files is and nothing installed tr.apk on my tablet click on let it rain and it says its routed but supersu cannot install the binary

Edit: all sorted ADB was not running like an idiot
[Xperia Z2 Tablet General] danang1982:
looks like this method doesn't work on android MM
[Xperia Z2 Tablet General] EOConnor25:
Stupid.....

I'm not one for complaining, I usually try to muddle through something until I get it, but for the life of me? I cannot understand why the Sony Xperia z2 tablet won't boot into recovery mode. I don't have the slightest idea why there are all these posts about holding down the power button and the volume up control, which does ABSOLUTELY NOTHING regarding getting into the recovery menu.....it just sits there with a steady blue LED and won't boot up after that.....yeah.. I'm fed up with this device and will eventually get Linux on it and forsake these Android ROM's that seem to make you jump through hoops needlessly just to get something to work!
[Xperia Z2 Tablet General] EOConnor25:
Frustrated.....

Thanks for this info, but for the life of me I CAN'T get the tablet to boot into recovery mode!....I hold down the Power an Volume Up buttons, but it does nothing. Just causes three (3) quick buzzes with vibration then stays black with a (blue?) charging light. I have to hold down the Power button in order t oget it to boot up again, and when it does? it's back to normal, (no root) how can I install the root files without being able to boot up into a mode where I can access it? Totally frustrating, if I have my way?....I might trade this in for something a little more "boot-loader" friendly. Or else I'll just let it sit with its Android OS and use it for typical tablet usages.... :(
[Xperia Z2 Tablet General] antsuaus:
I get this error message when running the install.bat

"Waiting for towelzxperia to exploit...

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

How to fix it?

Xperia Z2 tablet sgp511

Android 6.0.1

Build 23.5.A.1.291
[Xperia Z2 Tablet General] EvolutionFin:
Im stuck in the same error. Help, anyone?! Need to get my tablet rooted
[Xperia Z2 Tablet General] azuragrafis:
is this work on z2 tablet docomo SO-05F ?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tropicalchills:
Hi,

I would like to see if I can get anyones assistance with solving my problem. I have lost the ability to connect my Nexus 5 to my computer via USB. I had previously been able to connect the phone without any problems.

Connecting my phone to PC charges the phone but no drivers are loaded, nothing changes in device manager and I cannot see a change in windows explorer to view the memory card.

So far I have tried the following:

searches on various sites

rebooting phone, starting in safe mode, wiping all data, performing a hard reset

connecting other phones to usb cable to check that it is not a charge only cable, also trying several other USB cables

connecting phone to other computers

connecting other phones (HTC) to load drivers (then uninstalling drivers)

displaying all hidden devices in device manager and removing all drivers that resemble something to do with mobile phones

uninstalling programs I no longer require on the PC

using "wugs nexus root toolkit" to uninstall and re-install drivers

checking & unchecking MTP, PTP, developer options, USB debugging in various combinations to elicit a response from the computer.

I have also tried to visually check the connections of the USB port on the phone wondering is there is a break but I cannot see very well.

does anyone have any further suggestions to get this phone connected to a PC?

my only last thought is to attempt to open the phone and check the resistance of the plug connections.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ben36:
Have you tried enabling and disabling usb debugging while plugged in?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tropicalchills:
I just did it, no change in Device manager or explorer
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Trel:
Are you sure you're using a data usb cable and the usb port is good?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] snovharry:
Same Issue

same thing happened to me today when i connected the device to PC.

Mine says unknown device on PC under other devices. so i hope my USB port is ok.but im not using the original SUB cable. i wonder that's is the issue. but it didn't bother me until today. my original cable is at my friend's house.

Tried updating drivers manually. But following error message occurs once i select the drivers folder and hit ok.

Windows was unable to install your unknown device

Please help.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tropicalchills:
so, not really a solution but while at work my phone fell on to a nice rock cracking the screen. I have replaced the phone and the new phone connects to the pc fine, drivers come up without a problem (I will put this down to a fault with the phone)

Thank you for your assistance
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RamboRoland:
Hi!

I'm quite new to android app development and I need some help. What I want to achieve here is to learn how to take a value and use it as a rotation value for a image.

I have a class ready with a value to implement as the rotation value. It comes from the class Time. And the rotation value = Time.getSec();

classes:

MainActivity.java

Time.java

The image I want to rotate is below with all parameters applied atm.

<ImageView

android:id="@+id/bigSecPointer"

android:layout_width="wrap_content"

android:layout_height="wrap_content"

android:layout_alignParentTop="true"

android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"

android:layout_marginTop="26dp"

android:src="@drawable/big_sec_pointer" />

Kind regards Robin!:)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] ghost0211:
I'm using wanam but don't know of anyway to change the volume menu transparency. That solid menu is irritating
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] kpirnie:
Check out XuiMod.... that's how I managed to do it
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] ghost0211:
Is that a ROM?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] kpirnie:
its a xposed framework module search aroud
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] ghost0211:
Just figured that out, thanks!!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] kpirnie:
;) happens :laugh:
[JAMin, XDA Neo, S200 Software Upgrading] albertone:
I have xda neo with screen fixed after been upgrade with wrong rom, he doesn't connect with active sync and screen it is fixed with IPL 2.15.0001 spl 2.15.0001 gsm 02.19.21 os 1.0.14.21 can work again??

please help me
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kobro:
Im on stock 4.1.2, rooted, stock lock screen, xposed installed.

is there a way, (app, xposed mmodule, etc.,) to get lock screen music controls on SAMSUNG music player? NOT interested in installing a player with built in controls, i need it for the stock app.

Thanks!
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] maxaditya:
Theres axposed module kitkat music lockscreen. i personally tried i dont think so it is compatible with stock app u may try play music
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] koragg97:
I know you said no other apps, but man you gotta try PowerAmp, the full version. There isn't anything better than it :P

And yes, it has what you're looking for :)
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GXGOW:
Exactly what I wanted to say. PowerAmp is the best music app in the whole Play Store.

Sent from Tapatalk on my GT-I8190 running Novafusion's Carbon 4.4.3
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kobro:
i said no other apps- because im probbaly one of the few people who tried and dosent like poweramp! i knew it'd get suggested!:laugh::laugh::laugh:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] decaturbob:
Look in one of gigilies threads... He has a WiFi fix zip u flash in ss....

sent via safestrap 3.72 and echo v25.1! !
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] youngbasedgourd:
I looked through gigilies threads, I could not find one about this, I looked at his account on android file host and found some .zips entitled wifi fix or something of the like, although they did not remedy my problem. Any help is welcome! Thanks
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] youngbasedgourd:
Alright, to update, I flashed the modems I found from this thread, http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2487298&page=2, and it didn't work. Help?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] decaturbob:
so you flashed NC2 wifi fix from gogolie and that didn't help?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] youngbasedgourd:
I flashed two things from gogolie's android filehost account entitled wififix.zip and possiblewifi.zip, do you have something other than that?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bryangb:
I have a new dual-SIM phone that announces itself as an ALPS S5 Quad-core, running 4.4.2 Kitkat on an MTK 6582:

I've tried rooting with Framaroot 1.9.3, also RootGenius and SRSroot without success.

Can anyone please suggest other tools to try? Or must I wait for a new exploit to turn up?

I really want to root it, not least so I can try remapping the memory as it's already running out of program space! :(

Thanks.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bryangb:
I got root/SU for this eventually using Vroot, then installed SuperSU - be warned, Vroot claims to install SuperSu but actually installs some Chinese-language superuser tool.

For some reason, rooting meant that the SDcard went read-only again, so I had to use SDfix again. Everything else works OK after that, but now Titanium Backup claims "insufficient free space" both on the internal and external SD. Most odd! :confused:
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] csakegyuser:
It Works!

It works! Thanks! But the PDAnet driver is really necessary for the success rooting method. And you also should turn app permission manager off.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bryangb:
That's true, I think it was in the Vroot instructions. I don't know about PDAnet drivers, I just plugged it into the laptop that I keep for all this sort of work, it has HTC and other drivers on, and has reflashed and rooted a bunch of different handsets.

Have you got the Alps/Haipai S5 then? And have you taken a ROM backup of it? I messed up my device after rooting it, only to discover my ROM backup was corrupt... Sigh. So I am looking for another copy of the firmware!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Riomendes2:
Vroot

Used Vroot can root any type of China Phone/tab ivbeen worked in.

Its install some chinese leanguage apps, but, in general, ivbeen chase good results with Vroot and flashify
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PeaceGiver:
Is "ALPS S5" same as "USMART S5"?

I'm wondering whether "ALPS S5" is "USMART S5"? Because I can only find a few info about "USMART S5", and the data stored in my "USMART S5" shows that the manufacturer is ALPS......
[Zooper Widget Templates] DROIDfin:
Iconset: Flux weather

Templates:

I like 4shared file "vortex.zw" - http://www.4shared.com/file/R0aBNmHace/vortex.html
[Zooper Widget Templates] Leandro.DR:
Link not work for me :(
[Zooper Widget Templates] Aznbull:
Please relink, the above link is not working.
[Zooper Widget Templates] DROIDfin:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2789233
[Zooper Widget Templates] DROIDfin:
Sorry. Link is updated now
[Zooper Widget Templates] mydonose:
4shared sucks really. I can't download
[Zooper Widget Templates] Brutal_Master:
how did you make the icons at the very top of the screen? Are they also Zooper? Or themer or something?
[Zooper Widget Templates] DROIDfin:
Which icons you are talking about. White weather icons theme is clean minimal weather v2
[Zooper Widget Templates] DROIDfin:
It's working fine.
[Zooper Widget Templates] Brutal_Master:
where did screenshots go ?
[Zooper Widget Templates] DROIDfin:
Sorry Can you explain the problem.
[Zooper Widget Templates] galaxys s:
mirroring link please .. thanks