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[Xperia Z3 Compact General] :
Stuck in boot cycle

Greetings,

I just flashed my Z3C as pr. first post.

After step 12) when booting my phone to enable developer mode it crashes during mid-boot, makes a static sort of hissing noise for a few seconds and than the phone reboots and the same thing happens again.

I had to press Power + Volume down to break it of the boot cycle to turn it off.

Any ideas and help would be greatly appreciated.
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] squadz:
Weird question..

My magnetic charger, whenever attached or detached, causes my phone to make a sound (like a tone). From Googling, seems the only way to get rid of it is to root the phone (and delete a file that contains the sound). Do I need to follow this post step by step or is there an easier way for me to do what I need to do? This guide for the Z3 seems 100x easier - http://www.android.gs/root-xperia-z3/. How come?

Any help is appreciated.
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] Lazer72:
You want to go through all this just to stop it making a sound when plugging it in? Ok.....

That guide will make you unlock your bootloader and therefore lose your DRM keys. This guide will allow you to root without affecting them.
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] s4vio:
Losing root after Lollipop

Hello all,

I have a Z3C (D5833), and wish to have root with the latest firmware on it. I followed these instructions and tried the whole process twice, however I'm losing root after updgrading to Lollipop.

I've downgraded and rooted the vulnerable firmware, also backed up DRM and created my own pre-rooted fw with PRFC. All steps runned just fine until #43. After flashing the pre-rooted fw from recovery and "SHUTDOWN" when I turned it back on to proceed with flashing the non-pre-rooted fw it got stuck in a boot loop.

Then, I had to shut it down and from my computer I prepared the Flashtool to step #43 (with phone off). Started the phone in flashmode and flashed the non-rooted fw not excluding the "system" as recommended.

The flash is successfull but then, I got a Lollipop with no root after all.

I don't know if something wrong is happening while flashing the pre-rooted fw since I got a boot loop after that or anything else I may be doing wrong.. Just tried twice and the same happened.

Thanks in advance.
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] Lazer72:
No no. You HAVE to exclude System when flashing that non prf. Otherwise you'll end up with normal stock fw. The PRF fw you flashed through recovery contains the rooted System partition, by not excluding System you have overwritten that.

Now you have to start again.
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] polykoma:
:good:

so true ! !;)

and you can turn the Sound off somehow other way im 150% sure!
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] s4vio:
Lazer72,

The "DESELECT system" in the instructions caused a little confusion. Tried again and it worked! :good:

Thanks everyone from xda-developers and keep up with the good work!
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] squadz:
Enlighten me. How?
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] squadz:
delete
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] polykoma:
if an app wouldnt fix it,

i would try to find the Sound, and Change it to a file without any "Sound" like an empty file.

or identify the code line and Change it to do no Action.

u tried all that ?
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] boycalledM:
Complete Noobie stuck in boot loop after downgrade with Flashtool

Evening all. I'm stuck in a boot loop after downgrading from 5.1.1 using Flashtool. I can't seem to get into recovery mode by pressing the volume keys after switching on, and running 'adb reboot recovery' doesn't work because it says there's no device installed (I presume it can't see my phone yet because it can't get to the stage where it looks like it's powered on.

Any help or advice would be much appreciated.
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] aria12:
You have to select APPS_LOG, CACHE and USERDATA. Try again.

Is there someone who tried to restore his TA-Backup. I am getting this error : ?Initialize@CLASS_DESCRIPTOR@@QAEEXZ in found.exe not found (in win 10)

Is there any solution.
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] polykoma:
hi

i restored mine according to this thread 2 days ago without Problems.

i was unlocked bootloader / rooted / and cyanogenmod12.1 nightly Rom

flashed the tft stock FW (from where i made the TA backup)

wiped everything

flashed the same tft stock again (to have a tidy and clean install)

gained root and restored TA without Problems.....

is your backup madew on win7? and now you restore on win10?

in which state is your phone ?
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] aria12:
I am on stock lp(5.1.1) rooted. I would unlock my bootloader and test if my backup is correct. I chose option 3 restore dry run to test my backup and my backup is made on win10. Tried to backup and restore on another pc with win10 but I have the same error.
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] polykoma:
[/COLOR]

maybe your TA backup is corrupted ?

try make another backup?

reinstall TA tool too ?

i did the procedure with 4.4.4 kitkat and everything worked on first hit.
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] Lazer72:
Try with a different OS
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] aria12:
I had success with win 7.

Thanks to all

Edit: Tested on a few PC and laptop with win 10 and can say definitely Ta backup tool isn't compatible with win 10. Only backup work.

Gesendet von meinem D5803 mit Tapatalk
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] supersilk31:
kitkat to lolipop

Hey guys I could use some help from someone with a better understanding of the phone.

I've got the z3 compact D5803 that I bought in France with a 12month engagement. It's running a rooted Android 4.4.4 (I followed this tutorial last year to be able to install adaway, and remove the preinstalled sony and the phone compagny apps, I know we can do much more but I think it's beyond my abilities for now ^^).

I would like to install now the lolipop version 5.1.1 (mostly for the double tap to wake and stay up to date).

Am I suppose to do it all over again ? Should I just accept the OTA or will it remove the root ? What should I do ?

Thank you for your help.
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] schjor:
Double tap to wake works on kit kat too...
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] fluffi444:
Hey Guys

I'm new on sonys android. Will get my Z3C at weekend. Before I had (have still) Samsung, were things are a bit easier :) (as it looks like)

I just want to ask if this rooting method is still "state of the art" for rooting without loosing locked bootloader and keeping TA partition alive (for all this DRM photo optimizing stuff, etc).

Or is there an faster more direct way to root on stock 5.1.1? Up to now I will keep almost stock LP from sony. Flashing custom FW and playing around took to much time from real life :)

I've no probs with reading but maybe I read at the wrong place here ? :)

Looks like there is so much more to learn for some (like me) who came from easy Samsung flashing...

Thank you from an Sony-Newbie (but not for a long time :))
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] polykoma:
i've seen nothing better so far then this description.

AND i backed and restored my TA with succes according to this HOW TO so i would recommend it.

Just make sure you have read every step 4 times b 4 you do it.

AND make sure you save the FW.tft where you made your TA backup from.

so:

downgrade

gain root

backup TA / (restore TA)

(test backup...) - btw WIN10 probably dont work for TA backupper....
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] Lazer72:
The OTA will remove root.

Just follow the instructions in this guide, look at the part that talks about upgrading while maintaining root. Just flash the Prerooted firmware if you're already rooted.
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] fluffi444:
Thx for your optinion.

I'm already well preperated for soon arriving Z3C.

Old gobal 23.0.A.2.93 for initial rooting and TA Backup .

New LP 5.1.1 23.4.A.0.546 Custom DE prerooted/dualrecovery (did it by myself with PRFCreator) and unchanged version of it.

Maybe things aren't so difficult as they looked at first. :)
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] Lazer72:
Just remember to exclude System when you flash that final unchanged fw at the last step.
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] polykoma:
i restored (or in ur case, back up) TA and got me recovery. then

i directly flashed ALL-IN-ONE STOCK ROM by moly82 (lookout for his thread!)

then wipe all (4 checkboxes...)

and Flash again. for clean install.

really no one wants ~100+ bloatware apps and BS from stock ;)

= perfect device

(i installed 25 xposed modules extra ;) )
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] fluffi444:
So that means its enough to flash an FULL pre-rooted 5.1.1 FW (lets say moly82's one - know this already from reading) over old FW after TA Backup was done?
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] Lazer72:
Yes. But it has to be a full fw not just a Prerooted System partition like in OP.
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] polykoma:
yep!

i was on cm12.1 -> flash Stock KK 4.4.4. (from my ta backup) -> root -> restored TA -> recovery -> Flash moly82's ROM -> full wipe -> Flash moly82's again

= clean install (all DRM Keys active and OK) :victory:

:victory::victory::victory::victory::victory::victory::victory:
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] fluffi444:
Thx to both of you - Now I feel well preperated and informed not to brick (or loose TA/DRM) my new Z3C right out of the box! :o
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] rubengamerpt:
plz, can someone help me? :$

i was thinking about rooting by 3 weeks z3 compact, and i followed this guide, at one of the first steps ( downgrade to kitkat ) i got my phone bricked :$

im trying to unbrick it, flashing z3 compact custom roms, but it isnt working, i always get stuck on a sony blue screen and then it reboots and go back to the same screen again in a loop

(the blue screen is the sony xperia blue wallpaper)

i would be so happy if someone help me unbricking my phone :/
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] polykoma:
oops doublepost

check my Quote next page [MENTION=6908668]rubengamerpt[/MENTION]
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] Lazer72:
Really need to figure out why Win 10 is so troublesome.
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] polykoma:
i were on stock. just onboxed my phone and started with downgrading.

dont use windows10

pic stock Firmware according to the instructions.

( maybe pic one out of here http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=56165287&postcount=33 )

Flash with sony flashtool. (you know how to ?)

there you go. working phone.

unless you havent unlocked your bootloader no custom Rom will work.

what are you trying to Flash ?! please give Details...

only stock from stock list thread will work.

use flashtool !

http://www.chip.de/downloads/Xperia-Flash-Tool_65533558.html

never ever unlock bootloader unless you made a TA backup!
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] aria12:
It works for me after, deleted the wrong find.exe and used the one of win 10. If you wish I can upload the fixed Tool in 4 hours (I not at home)

Edit: [MENTION=6242094]Lazer72[/MENTION] use thi ;)s.

Gesendet von meinem Xperia Z3C mit Tapatalk
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] rubengamerpt:
ty for the info, but magically, i got the device working lol....

i flashed an uk custom rom, which i had already flashed and didnt worked, but after flashing stock roms like alot of time, (it was at least the third time i flashed that uk rom lol) i got it working....

maybe it was because i wiped the apps log, the cache and the userdata (ive only tried wiping those, 2 times, one time with a global rom, wihout sucess, and with the uk rom when i got the device working xD)

i really dont know why it wasnt working before, anyway, ty for trying to help, and i will not mess with rooting, in a long time xD

i was already in a similar situattion 2 years ago, when i bricked my tablet (from yarvik, so its like a chinese tablet) , i installed chainfire on android 4.0 xD

and on the time, there wasnt a stock rom, or any rom for my tablet (maybe because of being from yarvik, so it wasnt a well known tablet) and i was like 1 or 2 weeks in depression because i f*cked up my brand new tablet lol....

hopefully, 1 or 2 weeks after i bricked my tablet, yarvik released a stock rom for it on the yarvik forum, and i got the tablet back xD

i was litteraly almost thinking about suicide :D and after 5 hours of flashing roms, i got my phone working :D:D:D:D:D:D:D:o:o:o:o:o:D:D:D:p:p:p:p:p

Sry for my english and thanks for trying to help
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] polykoma:
mensch rubele, irgenwas hast du falsch gemacht :D

naja Hauptsache es geht jetzt :)

weißt ja wo der thanks button ist ;)
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] Lazer72:
Indeed, bricking your device can be immensely infuriating. But when in doubt try stock.
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] leo_iker:
ayuda por favor

tengo un z3 compact D5803 y cuando quiero ejecutar el archivo .bat de giefroot no avanza y espero el reinicio en mi celular... lo tengo en el firmware 23.0.A.2.93 , que hago por favor? ya esta habilitados depuracion usb y fuentes desconocidas, tengo windows 8.1

gracias por su ayuda
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] Codrea:
Hi I accidently install busybox.

now I can't go into recovery mode.

any idea how to fix this?
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] Lazer72:
Try windows 7 or earlier.
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] nubbit:
*Problem solved :)

Hi, im rooting my phone for the first time and im using this guide that you've provided, it seemes as if the rooting tool got stuck while flashing data though. It hasnt moved for over an hour... what should i do :o?

(stuck at step 11 / 12)

**Edit

I think i found a post in the thread which covered the matter, seems to work :)
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] Lazer72:
No.

Sony DRM keys only work with Sony ROM. Also you cannot boot into a custom ROM with a locked bootloader (which you will get after restoring the keys)

Your DRM keys are only useful if you want to go back to a Sony ROM.
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] Dark Emotion:
When you say custom rom do you mean aosp based rom or any rom ( even sony based one)?
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] Lazer72:
I'm not sure actually. I know something like CM definitely won't, but maybe something with a stock kernel might. I don't know....
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] Lazer72:
Have a look at this, is a mod designed to restore functions that you lose when you don't have DRM keys.

http://xdaforums.com/crossdevice-dev/sony/xperia-z1-z2-z3-series-devices-drm-t2930672

It doesn't give you keys, it just enables the software. I think it works on custom roms.

Yes, you lose camera quality, especially in low light. You lose some enhancements such as Bionz and X reality. And some other stuff.
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] fluffi444:
[MENTION=5526335]polykoma[/MENTION] [MENTION=6242094]Lazer72[/MENTION]

Thx again to both of you - got Z3C today and did all the steps (incl selfmade rooted FW) with succsess right out of the box!

Love the XDA community :good:

Up to now it is still my second phone until its well "preperated" for daily usage... Just trying SLiM 3.1 for now.

Hopefully there will be one day when Custom ROM (unlocked BL) with DRM features are possible.

And of course special thx to OP [MENTION=2851630]bilboa1[/MENTION] for this very detailed How-To!
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] polykoma:
i hate stock roms too... so i went to cm12.1

but the cam is really crucial.

i configured it 2 weeks to my needs (cm) and really feared to go back to stock due bad looking in design reasons.

but then decided to go back to stock cuz my eyes started bleeding when doing night snapshots.

i use like 25 modules in xposed. so the look and feel is nearly the same as cm12.1 now

one thing i didnt got fixed is the theme manager thing (design in cyanogen). but i can live with a "not high end" configuration menu/app browser since i dont use it daily.

rest is tweaked to perfection. looks like my cm12.1 build...

all not needed apps deleted. very slim and fast. (thanks to molys Rom)

even changed my boot animation to nice one...

i can recommend my modules. which will make your phone look blazin - and i can totally recommend moly's ROM build! you should try it!

if you like my modules list i can pm you :)

:highfive:
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] fluffi444:
@up.

Thx. You did it already... The List i mean... Will take a closer look into it...
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] Lazer72:
You mind sending me that list? Sounds cool.
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] wikitiki:
KitKat links no longer work in step 26.
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] fluffi444:
As far as I know (better what I read) this is not working on customROMs:

Can be read in OP:

Why the mod doesn't support ROMs like AOSP AOKP etc?

>2 reason:

1) Original google system doesn't has any modification by sony

2)Original google kernel doesn't has any modification by sony

I think this is also valid for CM and CM based ROMs.

Its only to bring back picture optimizing stuff if you had unlocked BL (without TA Backup) and went back to stock.

Or Did I missed something?
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] polykoma:
Your post is 100% correct!

Wont work on custom roms.

Unfortunately....
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] leo_iker:
gracias amigo.. ya lo solucione de otra forma
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] somedaysuddenly:
bootloop when downgrading

Hi can anyone help.

Every time I downgrade my d6603 z3c to the suggested firmware when I turn phone on after flash it just loops leaving me to hold power and volume up to shut down the phone. I'm using xperifirm to get the fw n have tried links from here too.

Any help would be great my bl is locked. Annoying ee
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] Lazer72:
Uh D6603 is not Z3 Compact. That would be D5803/D5833. Make sure your get the right fw.
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] fluffi444:
Maye you just wrote the wrong fw here and you mean D5803? If yes - read ahead :)

In FlashTool be sure to check all 3 doxes in WIPE! I made first downgrade flash the same mistake and I ended in strange bootloop...

Flash again with full wipe (check 3 boxes)
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] somedaysuddenly:
My mistake I pretty sure I was told z3c when upgrading I just assumed afterwards n didn't check complete noobloop. Should I be disappointed I didn't get z3c?
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] Lazer72:
What are you talking about? Z3c means Z3 Compact. You can't change phones by flashing fw. Always make sure the fw you flash is meant for your phone. Not the Z3.
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] somedaysuddenly:
... What are you even on about? We have established already i have a z3 and not a z3c as I already said I didn't check once unboxing the phone and carried on to assume I had z3c. But no since the first reply yesterday in known I have a z3 and not compact. I have done all this flashing before.. On a Xperia m having to downgrade root and upgrade. I'm not a noob to this I just made a noob mistake been too eager to flash excited to have a new phone. Cheers for help ppl who did help.
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] polykoma:
why cant i Flash Nexus 6 fw on my z3c and i have suddenly a Nexus 6 ?

Is it not possibleu?
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] Lazer72:
Are you being sarcastic?

If not, you can't because each fw is tailored for a specific hardware setup. Different phones have different hardware.
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] somedaysuddenly:
Feel free to take the piss... Facts is yes u thought I hadn't z3c when I had a z3.. So yeah I downloaded wrong firmwares. I didn't for one second believe I would change phone.
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] Lazer72:
Sorry, i got confused by your post. Lack of punctuation and all.....
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] somedaysuddenly:
I don't care for punctuation.. I cared for flashing my phone. Thank-you for ur help... As for the nexus guy he is takin the mick outta me.. Let me just establish I didn't think I'd change phone I just made a mistake.. Rushing into flashing. This assures me never to ask for help here again.. Your all more worried about how I type then my actual problem
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] snwman:
Yeah i actually did it there(Power of youtube) but still getting driver not installed.. Did it show any errors when you first connected the phone to flashmode or just start flashing straight away

Only after thinking maybe i know it happens with HTC phones. But do i have do uninstall sonys pc companion before running flashtool for the first time, i doubt it cause flashtool is used again later to flash update firmware

Got it working think i was holding down the down button to long:o
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] radiohead14:
also ran into this issue.. wifi won't turn on anymore. had to redo the process of downgrading. not sure why i can't update to latest firmware without affecting wifi.
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] snwman:
All went fine last night eventually after few hic ups. Rooted on .77 firmware. All setup again. But when I tried to install xposed framework I got cannot write to system. I had to flash it manually to work. I flashed the two zips floating about to change system rw. The RCIDefeat.zip and a modulecrcpatch-master.zip(with didn't flash at all) but how do I actually check or know if all is working. Es file explorer seems OK can move delete files to external so card

It's now saying on titanium backup that cannot write to external sd card

Right so after remembering and bit of searching i remember there was a way to do it through adb to get system rw. Found it on the bounty page here http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=58421809&postcount=1108 but even after i run the commands nothing titanium backup still cant write to ext sd card

Here is my cmd entry file here:

C:\Users\Bernard\Desktop\files>adb push systemrw.sh /data/local/tmp

106 KB/s (1705 bytes in 0.015s)

C:\Users\Bernard\Desktop\files>adb push modulecrcpatch /data/local/tmp

850 KB/s (13592 bytes in 0.015s)

C:\Users\Bernard\Desktop\files>adb push wp_mod.ko /data/local/tmp

2156 KB/s (34473 bytes in 0.015s)

C:\Users\Bernard\Desktop\files>adb shell

shell@D5803:/ $ chmod 777 /data/local/tmp/systemrw.sh

chmod 777 /data/local/tmp/systemrw.sh

shell@D5803:/ $ chmod 777 /data/local/tmp/modulecrcpatch

chmod 777 /data/local/tmp/modulecrcpatch

shell@D5803:/ $ chmod 777 /data/local/tmp/wp_mod.ko

chmod 777 /data/local/tmp/wp_mod.ko

shell@D5803:/ $ su

su

root@D5803:/ # cd /data/local/tmp

cd /data/local/tmp

root@D5803:/data/local/tmp # ./systemrw.sh

./systemrw.sh

No system mount security

root@D5803:/data/local/tmp #

and as usual only way to get out of it is type exit then hit enter then type exit then hit enter and i just type adb reboot for easiness but then phone reboots still nothing happens
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] limduldk:
Did you try flashing the RICDefeat.zip from the FAQ in the first post?

Also make sure you are using version 2.8.1 of the 2 dualrecovery files (flashable and installer)
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] snwman:
Yeah have the new version of the recovery and never got any errors flashing the pre rooted .77 firmware. And yeah the RCIDefeat.zip flashed grand even tried on philz recovery and twrp and both flashed fine no errors.
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] cicci0:
Hello.

I saved drm key (ta backup).

I also unlocked bootloader to try the CM12.

Now, I'm back to the stock with root, I restored the drm keys.

How can I lock the bootloader?

From the service menu from me:

bootloader unlock allowed: yes
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] limduldk:
that means its locked (restoring drm keys also locks the bootloader)
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] cicci0:
Are you sure about this?

With the Z1C was necessary relock the bootloader.

In all cases, the photos in the night seem very bad.
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] charliebigpot:
Yesterday step 26 was updated and now it works: you have to also download the a non-rooted .77 (link is on first page, step 26) and then, at the very end flash it by checking "system" in the exclude box in the flashtool. Now it all works :good:
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] NeLk:
Good Night,

First of all, thanks for anyone who's finds the time to read this and help out ;).

I own a Z3 Compact which I rooted yesterday. I followed the steps detailed in here, and today I was getting ready to start using XPosed but I am unable to install it, since I am getting a nice :

I followed every step, even flashed the part specified at the FAQ that asks me to flash RICDefeat.zip

Any help?

PS: Yes, I am indeed Root already.

Solved it by installing with another option ;)
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] vovantuong:
Is this instruction to root WITHOUT unlocked bootloader?