yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Xperia Z2 General] norti:
Sorry, I don't understand step 7, 9 and 10:

what is TA that updated?

what is lee's zip?

what is [NUT]'s remount fix?

Do not use different files for my tutorial only that's provided in the OP. Btw: if you have a working recovery, then flash the latest SuperSU in it, after immediately the patched DualRecovery flashable from my step 3.3, reboot and see if it fixes your root and remount problems.
[Xperia Z2 General] egynono:
Hi

at last step should i make flash like this ?

plz help me im w8ing for your answer to work

thanks
[Xperia Z2 General] illphone:
Yes, but you also either need the original FTF and follow step 11 also, or you use this file which I just created and flash everything from recovery:

https://mega.co.nz/#!K5ZG1JrZ!Ow243L5E0BXiodDX_zvMopnNwLzkbXMFWakVlo7GH_4
[Xperia Z2 General] norti:
Yes :)
[Xperia Z2 General] egynono:
Thanks Alot Sir :)

Awwwww It Works I'm So Happy Thanks Again
[Xperia Z2 General] nhuduy:
I can do it, thanks norti,
[Xperia Z2 General] bdithug:
Just wanted to say a huge thank you for this thread. I now have the North American Region FW 167 Rooted and everything works!
[Xperia Z2 General] ayong chia:
Hi,

As at OP there is no explanation on "how to create a FTF" using flash tool and can somebody help me? am I need to exclude the "Loader.sin" to create a FTF? Or there should be no problem at all for me to create the FTF with whole file i was downloaded? Thanks!
[Xperia Z2 General] ivnlender:
Hi everyone, the installation was successful but I do not have the dual recovery to fix the issue of mounting rw flashing the remountrebootfix.zip... any of you can help me?

thank you very much
[Xperia Z2 General] freakingjohnson:
hello all been trying to use this update for a few hours.... maybe missing something? i keep getting the error *unable to open zip file* tried in cwm and twrp to no avail... anyone have the same issues? maybe just being a noob. i feel like i missed something very simple but i can't find the problem :eek:

tanks!

tried using .ftf from both flashtool and the aforementioned download. created with prfcreator v.05 like 500000 times (slight exaggeration) still nothing.... :'(
[Xperia Z2 General] MrCatalyst:
Quick question: this does keep system as writable too, right?

I'll have to use this method since Three UK is already rolling out the update, just got a notification.

I'm hoping custom DPI will still be possible. After trying a Hong Kong OTA yesterday, I couldn't change DPI at all, despite everything being successful.

Also, this method doesn't break NC, right?
[Xperia Z2 General] moman2000:
extracting files...

set_perm: some changes failed

what do i do pls help i have tried with all three recoveries
[Xperia Z2 General] power323f:
It works perfect
[Xperia Z2 General] CarlitosMendezR:
plz

would you plz share the final zip ??? for the american region thanks
[Xperia Z2 General] bdithug:
If I have time tonight to find a free hosting site that will host the file (it's about 1gb) I will. But I'm pretty sure it won't be as easy as just flashing the zip though. I think you will have to continue the steps after that in the OP as well (flashing the ftf file via Flashtool, excluding certain parts). Not sure.
[Xperia Z2 General] Advali:
This thread has really been helpful. I've managed to flash everything without a hitch. No mounting problems etc. Thanks again!
[Xperia Z2 General] freakingjohnson:
[MENTION=4564092]bdithug[/MENTION] That might solve my issue as well... I may have found a solution but I haven't had a chance to try it out using 7zip to unzip and rezip the flashable.zip. But if you upload it as well i can try that too
[Xperia Z2 General] bdithug:
Here you go guys:

https://mega.co.nz/#!hh5BBYZT!lfijIku7KdzsL40V_yDdGyUIZ6IIg5VCZ8-vJphcdwM

USA/Canada Flashable zip created from the instructions in the OP. I take no responsibility for what you do to your device with this. Please read the OP of this thread to understand what is going on here. I don't have NC Headphones to test, but I would assume NC works as I didn't encounter any issues or errors. If someone can confirm, that'd be great.
[Xperia Z2 General] freakingjohnson:
still getting a *failed* install from twrp and cwm.... i can't find the problem. :crying:
[Xperia Z2 General] norti:
What's the exact problem you're running into? Do you have enough free space (10-15 GB) on your system drive? PRFCreator needs space for unpacking and does it to the system drive's temp folder. Try to hash (md5) both the file on your PC and on the SD card and see if they are the same. Something could go wrong when you copied the flashable.zip to the SD card.
[Xperia Z2 General] norti:
Guys, if we'll have a new firmware version in the future, I'll modify a the patched dualrecovery, because right now it works only on the firmwares with number: 23.0.1.A.3.9, 23.0.1.A.0.167, 17.1.2.A.0.323, 17.1.2.A.0.314.

Until [NUT]'s away I can only do edit patches after a new firmware is released. If I'll have a bit more time, I'll create a separate patch for the recoveries and that will be independent from [NUT]'s work.
[Xperia Z2 General] freakingjohnson:
Should be plenty of space. I have 1tb on my comp free and my SD card is 128gb... It comes up with the error that twrp/cmw cannot open the zip
[Xperia Z2 General] SkyboneNoya:
The Canada/USA - unbranded - 1281-9709 - LINK1 ftf won't show up in PRFCreator 5 or v6. I selected all files and forced it, failed to to missing .sin or something.. I'm going to try download link 2. Busy installing backups as I rolled back to 4.4.2.

Flashtool is just great!
[Xperia Z2 General] freakingjohnson:
hmmm did the md5 check it doesn't match i'm going to try to transfer onto sdcard a different way
[Xperia Z2 General] SkyboneNoya:
I got it zipped, flashed and rooted! Thanks a ton!

A quick note, I had to stop my phone from rebooting twice.

- Once after it turned off in twrp

- Once while I was marking boxes in flash tool.

Both times I held the power and volume up to power off and then held volume down for flashmode and plugged in the usb again.

What a pain in the ass! lol

Cheers.
[Xperia Z2 General] freakingjohnson:
got it to work finally had an issue with drivers with flashtool so i went back and remade the .zip including everything. ended up downloading zip from google dr to phone to get it working and the started from cwm rom manager. r/w works. so far no problems. :D
[Xperia Z2 General] norti:
Good to hear that! :)
[Xperia Z2 General] jt23738:
wont work

so do i just flash this and reboot, what if i have a custom rom like exzistenze 3.15 ? do i go back to stock rooted and flash zip ?
[Xperia Z2 General] bdithug:
Nooo.. Please read the OP of this thread which has detailed step by step instructions. This flashable zip is the zip created from step 7. I can only confirm this zip worked for me because I was coming from complete stock (Canadian fw 314 rooted with recovery). I am not sure which fw region existenz Rom is based off, or even whether that will make a difference if using this zip.
[Xperia Z2 General] totaltoanage:
Thank you!! It worked on my brand new Z2! :)
[Xperia Z2 General] Hessi93:
Followed these steps yesterday, but it didn't worked for me. When I flashed the zip-file it just took 3 seconds and then I got "Flashback successful!"?
[Xperia Z2 General] ghostofcain:
Did you get any errors when creating your zip? Check that your zip actually contains the files you'd expect.
[Xperia Z2 General] nadimsoze:
Followed all the steps., but I'm now stuck at boot screen (>10 minutes). Two questions

1. How long is it supposed to take to flash the flashable.zip in recovery? It took just a few seconds. Wiping Cache/Dalvik took a couple minutes.

2. I did a full wipe in flash tool, how long should I wait for boot? Or have I broken something already?

EDIT: MD5 for Flashable zip on sd card and PC match
[Xperia Z2 General] norti:
The flashable.zip is 1+ GB in size, It should include a busybox, a system.ext4, a supersu.zip and a dualrecovery.zip file with a META-INF folder.

You should have a working recovery and you should have a working flashtool with working usb drivers.

The flashing of the flashable.zip takes several minutes (3-10).

Follow the steps again and watch for possible errors in the process.
[Xperia Z2 General] nadimsoze:
Thanks. I do have recovery. I will try again. File size was 1.04 GB, all files were in there. Got the same error as my countryman during the flashable.zip flash. I see he noted something about Java. So I am updating that and will try the full process again and report back on any errors.

Error: set_perm some changes failed.

I am downloading another ftf to try.

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While I wait for downloads (my connection is slooow), can I just restore previous backup? .402

EDIT Restore worked.
[Xperia Z2 General] jt23738:
So I have to download the ftf file as well? Existenze is based 4.4.2 US
[Xperia Z2 General] bdithug:
Yes. You will have to continue on from step 8 in the op with the US ftf fw 167 file.
[Xperia Z2 General] norti:
Latest Flashtool and working usb drivers?
[Xperia Z2 General] Devzz:
I got an error on PRFcreator: "Could not find rpm" about a minute after it tried to add the kernel to zip? Then it went on to do FOTA etc. :confused:
[Xperia Z2 General] cuyo11:
why do we have to exclude TA partition on flashtool?
[Xperia Z2 General] nadimsoze:
Yup. When I'm back home I'll try another ftf. Downloading from Xperifirm as was suggested.
[Xperia Z2 General] ghostofcain:
Yeah me to, but zip creates and flashes fine, Google suggests it's safe to ignore that error.
[Xperia Z2 General] rameses:
Thanks for this guide. I really couldn't manage with out having root.

Initial problems getting flashtool to work as the drivers wouldn't install. I'm using windows 8.1 so had to disable driver signature checking (or whatever it's called).

Then I had a couple of heart stopping moments, when the phone appeared to be stuck on a black screen after flashing the zip file and I couldn't get it in to flashmode. I managed to get back into recovery (eventually after press the power buttom for a couple of minutes - removable batteries are always helpful here) and flashed the zip file again and wiped dalvik etc. again. This time it worked but when the phone rebooted there was an error message reporting the UID was incorrect the the phone would be unstable. It certainly was so I had to due a full wipe and reflash the zip for a third time.

All now ok.

My recommendations to anyone having problems is read and then re-read the first post and make sure you have back ups of everything.

Thanks again. :)
[Xperia Z2 General] ffarber:
Sorry for the unbelievably newbie question but: Where can one get a copy of Flashtool? Flashtool.net does not seem to have a download link.

Thanks,

Fred
[Xperia Z2 General] rameses:
Go here:

http://www.flashtool.net/downloads.php

And then select your OS and then whether you want a torrent link or a direct download. The file is about 250Mb.
[Xperia Z2 General] ffarber:
So weird, I tried that this morning and got a 404 error.

Thanks, it works now.

Fred
[Xperia Z2 General] Ningyou Higeki:
After updating to and rooting 4.4.4, Update Center doesn't show any updates for stock apps, for example Walkman. Why? Are Sony's update servers down? Is there something wrong with the new version of Update Center ? Can't pre-rooted ROMs update stock apps via Update Center?
[Xperia Z2 General] paulgendek:
I followed all instructions and end up in a bootloop.

When I restore a backup from 167 (system and data), it comes back up, but I don't want to use my system backup as Bluetooth is broken.

What would cause a bootloop, and what would be in a system backup that would fix it?
[Xperia Z2 General] nadimsoze:
BTW for those who get stuck in boot there's a power button next to the micro sd port.
[Xperia Z2 General] bdithug:
That's the way it is supposed to be now I guess. Even stock 167 without root looks like that now. My guess is all updates from Sony (Sony apps, firmware, etc) will now show in Update Center in the same tab.
[Xperia Z2 General] paulgendek:
I was using PRFCreator_v0.6... USE PRFCreator_v0.5!!!
[Xperia Z2 General] ffarber:
Everything worked perfectly for me EXCEPT I can't seem to get R/W on system to work. I tried flashed the RIC fix (I tried two different recoveries just in case) mentioned a few pages back without any success. Anyone have any other ideas.

Thanks,

Fred
[Xperia Z2 General] Ningyou Higeki:
It makes me anxious that I can't get the latest stock apps, though I know the updates could be minor and make little sense.:(Do you know where I can download the latest ones? There're some posts providing downloads, but not the latest. And I agree on your guess. However, Sony, I WANT THE UPDATES.

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So you mean the patched recovery by norti doesn't work for you? I tried a flashable zip from a Chinese forum, and it works. If you need it, I can post the link here.
[Xperia Z2 General] hussein1:
If I use this method... Removed Xperia Logo in BOOT??
[Xperia Z2 General] norti:
It won't, but please edit your post, no need to qoute the first post!
[Xperia Z2 General] ffarber:
No, I did not try that, I must have missed that it could help. Is it referenced in this thread? I will look for it.

Fred

Edited in: Uggghh, I had used the wrong recovery at the beginning. Will teach me to read more carefully. Just reflashed the patched recovery and it is working perfectly. Sorry for the diversion.
[Xperia Z2 General] kinsah:
D6543

Hi.

Method working like a charm on my D6543. I've used ROMs from D6503, loosing the TV (I don´t care, Xperia Z2 TV sucks....)

Thanks,

Alexandre

PS.: maybe, when released the .167 version, I would flash the specific one. Great delay for the D6543 brazilian version, I think they won't release......
[Xperia Z2 General] ffarber:
OK, this is weird. Everything was working fine and I made two changes: modified platform.xml so programs could write to the external SD cards and added recovery to my power button menu via an Xposed module and Bluetooth completely stopped working (it wouldn't even turn on). I undid the changes and Bluetooth still wouldn't work. Restored my old 4.4.2 stock ROM and Bluetooth came back.

Anyone else seen this behavior?

Thanks,

Fred
[Xperia Z2 General] freakingjohnson:
Anyone seeing errors from xposed modules? Main one I've seen is on keepchat not saving snaps

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Nevermind got it working again with full sd card access module
[Xperia Z2 General] jakmeister:
Just updated my Z2 (D6503) to 4.4.4 using this method last night. Everything is working so far. Only one problem. When I turn my phone off and plug it to the charger (I tried both magnetic and USB cables), the phone turns itself on. It never happens before. Anyone experience the same thing? Is there any way to fix this?

Thanks
[Xperia Z2 General] renezada8:
What if I unlocked the bootloader? Is there a way for making it work or rooting 4.4.4?
[Xperia Z2 General] freakingjohnson:
Mines unlocked and it worked. But maybe thats why I ran into some problems.
[Xperia Z2 General] irishrally:
When flashing the zip created with PRFCreator 0.7 I'm getting: Error executing updater binary in zip '/sdcard/flashable.zip'

I created the zip again but selected "sign zip". Same error with the signed flashable.

EDIT: Got it to work with PRFCreator v0.5.
[Xperia Z2 General] norti:
So, it's still not good... :( I edit the first post and remove v0.7 too.
[Xperia Z2 General] Zheng11:
Can i ask , now i am using Z2 4.4.4 version.

previously i am not rooted,i am upgraded to the newest version

what if i want to root my z2 now with lock bootloader ??

i want to unroot it to regain my warranty in the future..
[Xperia Z2 General] renezada8:
What problems? Worth it?
[Xperia Z2 General] ghostofcain:
You would need to downgrade and then root, install dual recovery then flash a pre-rooted zip to attain root, unrooting is as simple as flashing a stock ftf.
[Xperia Z2 General] Zheng11:
can i ask, after i downgrade to 4.4.2,then i have to install dual recovery first ??im totally a noob ...any guide?
[Xperia Z2 General] Ningyou Higeki:
I just turned my Bluetooth on, and it works well. Really weird.:(

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After downgrading, use Easy Root Tool to gain root and then install dual recovery to flash a pre-rooted zip. Those are almost one-click tools.
[Xperia Z2 General] arceles:
Worked wonders for me, thanks a lot!
[Xperia Z2 General] SilverClint:
Hey guys. I seem to have bricked my X2 after attempting to install the update. I was able to get up to the step where you need to flash the FTF file. Flashtool doesn't want to flash the FTF. It keeps bringing up an error about processing the "loader.sin".

My phone is now stuck in a loop and I'm unsure how to reset it. Is there a method I could use to install the stock FTF without using Flashtool?

Thanks in advance!
[Xperia Z2 General] ffarber:
I know, my Bluetooth worked for twenty-four hours before breaking. I am still waiting to see if anyone else reports it.

As of now, I will stick with 4.4.2 because there was nothing about 4.4.4 that made me really want to work at it (unless I am missing something) and it definitely did not solve the only problem I was hoping for which is also Bluetooth related (the Bluetooth connection to my car drops randomly and I know it is not the car because I never had that problem with my old S4 which was running both 4.4.2 and 4.4.4 at different times). So..., unless someone comes up with a compelling reason to upgrade, I guess I will just stand pat.

Cheers and thanks for all your hard work and advice.

Cheers,

Fred
[Xperia Z2 General] sumerland:
Many thanks for the instructions - upgrade went smoothly exactly as described in the OP! Haven't checked bluetooth yet.
[Xperia Z2 General] ghostofcain:
Are you running flashtool with admin rights? Also is it possible your ftf may be corrupt?
[Xperia Z2 General] SilverClint:
All good. I managed to get it to work. For some reason Flashtool on my desktop can't flash the FTF but my laptop could.
[Xperia Z2 General] cuyo11:
I assume nobody knows the answer :confused:
[Xperia Z2 General] ffarber:
I am not sure why it matters since there was no selection for the TA partition when I did it.

Fred
[Xperia Z2 General] dani010:
i want to use this method , is NC works with this rooting method ? any problems like blutooth and wifi drops happens whith this ? thanks
[Xperia Z2 General] norti:
No such problems, if you do all the steps in the OP.
[Xperia Z2 General] DontFadeAway:
Mine was the same, no option but it worked perfectly
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] isaac12345:
Hi all!

I recently updated Genymotion to 2.3.0 and since then havent been able to flash any files to it. I need to install Google Play Store and the ARM translator and have tried various methods and devices but it simply wont flash the file. It ends up saying that it failed to flash it. I tried doing a clean install by removing Genymotion(alongwith its folder in AppData) and Oracle VM and then installing it again but it didnt help. Do you have any suggestions as to how I can diagnose and fix this problem?

Thanks in advance! :)
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] -XperiaMan-:
Hi guys :o

I want to add items in settings.apk . I have searched everywhere and the only things I found are guides to add these

items or change layout but I need to decompile settings.apk , edit strings etc .

I dont want to do these things and I wonder if there is some kind of Xposed Module or app I can use to do these

things ? :) :)

Can you help me ?

:victory: Thank You :victory:
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jancsessz:
[MENTION=5356938]-XperiaMan-[/MENTION]

Hi

1. Download advanced apktool by [MENTION=5078388]BDFreak[/MENTION]

2. Install frameworks from your device (framework-res.apk+SemcUXPGeneric.apk)

3. Decompile settings.apk

4. Using notepad++

5. Add to logos to drawble folders with others size

6. Res/Xml/settings_headers.xml open with notepad++ and add to items for here.

Good luck ;) and sorry for my bad english.
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] -XperiaMan-:
Thank you , but as I said , I dont want to decompile,use apktool or something but I will try it anyway ;)

Thank you
[Motorola Droid RAZR] :
Q&A for [ROM] [KitKat] [LINARO] AxxionKat ROM - The revolution has arrived

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[Motorola Droid RAZR] jomtos:
Download Mirror

Hi

Somebody can upload 1.5 version cant find it anywhere. thanks.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] siracuervo:
We lost our builds :( just wait for the final build, that one will remain with the years :P
[Motorola Droid RAZR] welder73:
I've just uploaded 1.5 umts build

https://mega.co.nz/#!lcsSXDBK!3jMNadVCyN1Qc91DQWpBQhUJmYkmyHH6Jzloj3PKAWk

Sent from my Razr XT910
[Motorola Droid RAZR] jomtos:
Thanks :P

[MENTION=5057697]welder73[/MENTION]

Can i use it in my spyder? Thanks btw
[Motorola Droid RAZR] welder73:
Oh no,you can't,that build is for XT910,I don't have the spyder version,sorry.

Sent from my Razr XT910
[Motorola Droid RAZR] DarwinHrndz:
Please

someone could upload the ROM for the Droid Razr (XT912)
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Salvadi:
v.1.5 link

Hi! what's the differences from v1.6 and v1.5, since some people says 1.5 is better??

thank you!
[Motorola Droid RAZR] taufiqs:
IMHO, 1.6 has several issue that didnt exist in 1.5. I prefere the old builds that lack of feature yet stable than the new one.

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How many screen do you have? I cant find the setting too.

Instead of using Axioon v1.6, I would recommend you to try LS 3.2 builds 10/13 or Milestone. It is faster, more stable, and feature rich then Axioon.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] darko1515:
I will try LS 3.2 10/13. Thanks.

I did find the setting that activates wallpaper scrolling. Tap on the screen and opens the menu from where to put wedges on the screen, but just expand that meme, and there I found the option of scroll wallpaper that somehow rod turned off.

I will switch to LS, the build you specified to see how is the battery life on it. I seem to have charging problems on axxion 1.5 (it jumps from 60% to full charge). Tried to recalibrate the battery but no luck, or maybe my battery is old

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[Motorola Droid RAZR] DarwinHrndz:
anyone can upload version 1.6 for spyder
[Motorola Droid RAZR] abdullah-baig:
Host is not working :/ please give me right link to download please..
[Motorola Droid RAZR] ThatKawaiiGuy:
We're sorry, our host dropped out on us and we didn't have time to download everything we had on the server.

1.6 was canceled because it became an unstable mess. Sorry for the inconvenience.

We're currently working on AxxionPop!

Sent from my M8 M8
[Motorola Droid RAZR] mydastan:
axxionpop

what are the differences between axxionrom and axxionpop ??
[Motorola Droid RAZR] welder73:
Axxionrom is Kitkat.

Axxionpop is Lollipop.

Sent from my Razr XT910