yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] CLINTZ9:
Yes I Am

TA Restore is also possible
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] deboopi2:
Ok, and what about root, supersu or more to install?
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] CLINTZ9:
Device Will be rooted with super su installed
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] SpotTech:
My phone stuck in sony logo after flash kernel ftf

restore phone by flashtool... no root, no ta, sony compagnion
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] munjeni:
I have playing for about 3 hours to root lolipop without any luck on locked bootloader, selinux seems very restrictive on this :mad: Supersu unable to loc su binary, wft?
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] deboopi2:
So why not give it try to unlock before rooting?
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] CLINTZ9:
Yes It is . For now the only solution is a pre rooted fw
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] CLINTZ9:
I did it again seems to work fine

Make sure you put the ftf in the firmware folder of flashtool
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] SpotTech:
Backup TA partition

Unlock bootloader

flash last lollipop by flashtool

Flash kernel kitkat via flashtool in hotboot mode (fastboot option for flash) (provide by you)

when phone reboot, push volume - when led flash

flash superuser (or nut's dual recovery) by recovery after choose fix su before reboot

hard reboot phone (power + vol +)

clean your phone

relock bootloader

reflash TA partition

all file for root or dual recovery here : https://mega.co.nz/#!ZdARCSIB!p1bSDiYls1cwIve-qC4qdxuXYU0Ilt9pMJPL_z7-qhA

all work fine but not flash boot.img by fastboot directly

you can provide this in your first thread
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] levone1:
I thought you could only flash

.ftf with flash mode. I'm stuck at final step,because it says reboot to bootloader, then flash .ftf. Sorry if I'm missing something. Thanks
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] sharonliu:
dear master, I'm not a developer maybe this will help you to bypass SELinux

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=59879026&postcount=3837
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] munjeni:
solved
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] HipsterCode:
worked great :good:
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] xangoch:
have you installed busy box,xposed modules? could you update su?

yeah maybe you get root but not a full blown one?
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] HipsterCode:
yes, I got installed the busybox as well and it's working. I tried also to flash the kitkat kernel but it was unable to install the busybox afterwords. So I did hotboot the kernel and flash the dual recovery and it worked.
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] Saaber:
This worked well for me, but not long after rebooting, the Play Store updated Super SU and now I get a message about updating the SU binary. The normal installation method doesn't work, and it can't reboot into recovery, since there it's normally one on this phone. Any ideas on how to fix this?
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] rwhryz:
I hope it wont take long before we get root on locked bootloaders! :fingers-crossed:
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] HipsterCode:
I happened to me as well so I hotboot the attached kernel with recovery and installed the superSU and dualrecovery. After this is worked fine for me and I was able to update.
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] Saaber:
That worked! These are the exact steps I followed, just so there's no confusion about how I got this to work, and updated the SU binary.

1) Downloaded Lollipop firmware from Xperifirm and flashed using Flashtool

2) Downloaded the Guide.zip and Guide2.rar files from the original post in this thread

3) Downloaded the 2.8.10 Z1C dualrecovery file from Nut's website, www.nut.xperia-files.com

4) Extracted the Update.SuperSU-v2.37.zip file from Guide.zip, and copied that and the dualrecovery file to my phone's SD card

5) Extracted the boot.img file from the Guide2.rar file

6) Used the hotboot option in Flashtool to flash the boot.img file in Fastboot mode. The phone automatically rebooted into recovery.

7) Flashed the SuperSU zip and the dualrecovery zip.

8) Rebooted the phone and chose the recovery option to update the SU binary. The phone automatically rebooted in TWRP, installed the update, and rebooted normally.

Success!! :highfive:
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] munjeni:
This one http://xdaforums.com/sony-xperia-z1-compact/development/ub-root-recovery-busybox-lolipop-t3085479 will bring you everything you need in a easy way! ;)
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] rwhryz:
Rooted and Locked bootloader! Works like a charm bro! Thanks!
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] le0m:
This method did not work for me.

I installed Lollipop .242 via PC Companion Update function.

I opend bootloader.

I followed the insturctions of post #1.

All went fine.

Lastly I flash the FTF without errors.

Now, when I start the phone it goes into an infinite loop between Sony and Android Logo.

I think I give this a try.
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] martin091:
Can the bootloader be unlocked on 5.0.2 or do you have to unlock prior to updating? I've never done the bootloader but I've now updated to this firmware and Flashtool doesn't seem to like it.
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] deboopi2:
Is it really necessary to use this bootloader.

I'm on KitKat 14.4.A.0.108 and I unlocked my phone the official way.

So since I'm unlocked do I need to flash this unlocked bootloader or can I continue with the one I have.

Is there something changed for 5.0.2 to the bootloader so it better to choose this one or is the one from KitKat the same or at least good enough.

Anybody with the correct answer?
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] ponchofiesta:
If you have unlocked your bootloader, you can boot any kernel you want. So you can easily boot a kernel containing a recovery (the one from Cyanogenmod for example) and flash any ROM and install SuperSU for example.

If you want to upgrade from stock Android 4.4 to 5.0, I would recommend this way:

Install a Stock Android 5.0 ROM which includes anything from the original Sony upgrade. AFAIK the bootloader gets updated too. After this you can Hotboot the CM kernel to start a recovery. Then you can flash one of the prerooted ROMs in ZIP format or just flash SuperSU to get root. I'm not sure if installing Dualrecovery works actually this way.

This is the way i did it. There are numerous instructions around here.
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] deboopi2:
Ok, but if I follow your way will I loose the unlocked bootloader or not?

I see you install a stock rom, do you mean installing over an unlocked version of KK?

I thought you needed an unlocked bootloader for hot booting, am I correct?

But if it is correct that the bootloader is updated when installing LP, is the unlocked bootloader lost after this installation or not?

So some more questions on how to cahieve it.

I thought about

installing a stock rom

starting from an unlocked version

and I thought my bootloader would stay unlocked,

thereafter I thought about

(re)installing xzdualrecovery

and then go in recovery to install supersu.

Now, I'm even more unsure about what will happen to the unlocked bootloader.
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] ponchofiesta:
AFAIK you have to not flash the TA part of the Flashtool image. This will keep your unloacked bootloader. But if you do it wrong, you simply do reunlock the bootloader.

Yes, of course. If you want to use 5.0, you have to overwrite your old ROM.

As you said, you already have an unlocked bootloader, so you can hotboot any kernel.

The bootloader itself will not be unloacked. Internally there are some bits that gets changed when unlocking. They are in TA partiton. If you update the bootloader and the TA partitions stays as it is, the bootloader will stay unlocked... AFAIK

This installs you 5.0 stock ROM and factory resets:

- create a backup

- copy SuperSU ZIP to your phone

- Flash Stock 5.0 ROM via Flashtool (exclude TA and DATA to keep unlock and your data)

- Boot the CM kernel via "fastboot boot boot.img" (boot.img is the kernel file from CM) and boot into recovery

- factory reset via recovery

- Flash SuperSU via recovery

- Boot your phone - you should now have a rooted 5.0 stock ROM

- Install XZDualRecovery to get recovery again

This is not how I did it but it should work too.
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] FrikandelChris:
Will this method delete your data?
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] theEternalCavaliér:
yay

i followed your advices and after flashing the secon kernel i got into a bootloop and nothing´s working anymore....
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] treblast:
outch

my z1 brick after i flash

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please help .........albertdomaoan24@gmail.com

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is your z1 okay now?
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] cibic89:
Hi all,

I would like to root and I wanted to know if unlocking the bootloader affects camera performance in general and especially in low light conditions. I know the Z3 is affected by unlocking bootloader by removing drm keys. Lollipop has improved the camera on the z1c and I don't want to lose that.

Please let me know
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] eddvys:
I think admins should delete this thread. So many people got bootloops including myself. Bad info bad instructions. Don't post stuff like this to the forum like xda.

[MENTION=225651]op[/MENTION] delete this or give normal instructions + would be nice to get our devices back as well. Any ideas?
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] andr3i82:
After step 2 my Xperia Z won't start. Pressed power button, vibrated for 1 second and black screen. :(

Any advices??
[Galaxy S6 General] rexxcastle:
I'm sitting here typing words and it will take a word that I have completely spelled correctly yet when I hit the space bar it replaces it with something completely different. The other issue is that it will put the word I'm typing and the address a whole new additional word after the space that I had ZERO intention of even typing ( when I just typed even it changed it to event when hitting space )

In the last 6 months I've had a iPhone 6 and a Note 4 and either of them we're NEARLY this bad .
[Galaxy S6 General] KarlDag:
That's why 3rd party keyboards are a thing. I loved google keyboard, and now use SwiftKey for realtime use of 2 languages.
[Galaxy S6 General] NJGSII:
Switch to something else like Google Keyboard. The stock predictive text stinks and it also uses more resources than Google Keyboard.
[Galaxy S6 General] Brava27:
SwiftKey. Thread closed.
[Galaxy S6 General] Hanson68:
The Samsung keyboard runs on the SwiftKey engine, so whatever issues the OP is having with text replacement will not change. What the OP needs to do is to disable Auto replace in the keyboard settings.
[Galaxy S6 General] jayr04:
Works fine for me. When the keyboard is about to auto-correct, there will be a check mark at the top of the keyboard that you can tap so it won't correct the word.
[Galaxy S6 General] Jrhoop:
One of the first things I did was chuck on the google keyboard with number row.
[Galaxy S6 General] jhericurls:
I don't like the Samsung keyboard and switched to the Google Keyboard straight away. But there is one small problem... I can't get rid of the annoying keyboard switcher icon on the top left! I switch off the Samsung keyboard which makes it disappear briefly but it switches itself back on.
[Galaxy S6 General] Quickvic30:
Google keyboards all the way, check out all these options!!!

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2387785
[Galaxy S6 General] DigitalUnderground:
Weird.. coming from the nexus 5 and G3, I thought the s6 kb was pretty superior. Different strokes for different folks
[Galaxy S6 General] JDM9499:
I had no idea the stock keyboard on Samsung was actually SwiftKey, but just themed for Samsung. Very cool. :good:
[Galaxy S6 General] derWolf_:
I absolutely love the keyboard on the S6. For me it is by far the best one out there in terms of predictions, looks, fastness of typing and functions.
[Galaxy S6 General] meboy:
All predictive text SUCKS

It seems like I spend more time fixing it then it actually helps me.

Tried all the 3rd party options. Varying degrees of suck.
[Galaxy S6 General] dondavis007:
I'll think it sucks as bad as note 4 and every single Samsung before ?
[Galaxy S6 General] JDM9499:
I agree. I just try to find the one that sucks the least for my fingers and typing/swyping speed. Everyone will be different, because of finger size and habit of typing speeds etc. The one that sucks the least for me on the S6 is Google's keyboard. But I got to say, the stock keyboard is a real close 2nd, not only because it sucks less than other keyboards, but because you can resize the keyboard, and that bumps up the less suck factor a tad more. Both still suck, but they suck the least. Like you said, varying degrees of suck! :p
[Galaxy S6 General] Hanson68:
It's been that way since the S4. I used to use SwiftKey anyway, but I eventually moved to the Google Keyboard. But that kept crashing in certain apps and I hated the lack of long press options for punctuation (punctuation selection was awful).

I use the Samsung keyboard now, but I disabled the word replacement feature. It was a nightmare typing in web addresses and stuff like that. If I wanted to write, "4.3 seconds", it came out, "4. 3 Seconds".

Like SwiftKey, the prediction gets better the more you use it.
[Galaxy S6 General] MAkS1:
Lol, nice attitude
[Galaxy S6 General] rexxcastle:
So I just tried to type "have" and it trys to turn it to "habe"
[Galaxy S6 General] Hanson68:
Maybe check the language. It sounds like you're trying to type in German or Dutch. Possibly Afrikaans.
[Galaxy S6 General] vbauer86:
[MENTION=225651]op[/MENTION] dumb people shouldn't use smartphone
[Galaxy S6 General] austontatious:
Fleksy FTW!
[Galaxy S6 General] Hanson68:
I just installed SwiftKey after 8 months away from it, and even if Samsung uses the SwiftKey engine, there's simply nothing like the real thing. I'm glad they got rid of the stupid emoji key. It was one of the reasons I left.
[Galaxy S6 General] NumberTwoinQQ:
i also agree, am using swiftkey right now as my main keyboard which is much better
[Galaxy S6 General] Protagoras:
Just use SwiftKey or Swype or Google Keyboard, or any of the good alternative in the store...
[Galaxy S6 General] plasmastate:
@OP. Then please by all means stick to an iPhone. It is specially designed for people like you. It's magical.
[Galaxy S6 General] rexxcastle:
Maybe if you didn't have the compression of a flea you would had Noticed i came from a note 4 in which i clearly stated i had none of these issues . I mentioned iPhone as a reference only to other phones i had.
[Galaxy S6 General] riggy12:
Yep and it does not 'learn' like it claims to. How many times do i have to change His to Hi when i start a message. Hi is the most common way in the world of starting a conversation but S6 seems to think its His!! I miss my Sony keyboard on the xperia.
[Galaxy S6 General] baolongn:
Whole heartily agree. One of the worst predictive schemes I've cover across. I been using Google's keyboard however, sometimes there would be a lag in it coming up. Anyone running into this issue?
[Galaxy S6 General] vbauer86:
Problem is if you are using extreme pover saving mod youre only allowed to use the samsung stock keyboard. Maybe theres noone using this mod but I do very often and theres no posibility of using 3rd party keyboard.

I have to stick with this mediocore prediction :/
[Galaxy S6 General] baolongn:
Anyone find a way to use Google keyboard without the occasional lag of it popping up? I can't stand Sammy's keyboard
[Galaxy S6 General] Megank1:
Yes! It autocorrected the word 'same' to 'I'. Like no where near close
[Galaxy S6 General] Jizzylax:
Oh really?
[Galaxy S6 General] nadine74:
Can predictive text exposes someone?

I was having a text chat on whatsapp today with my fiance who wanted to write the word "Boston" and ended up writing "Bisexual" instead. I had my doubts that he is not pure straight..do you think the predictive text exposed him?

I tried mispelling Boston on my phone and every single time it gave me "Boston" as first auto text corrective option never the word Bisexual.

Does that mean he uses the word a lot?
[General Questions and Answers] demolpolis:
I have a Kobo Arc 7 HD that I was playing around with, and screwed it over.

My question is whether I can re-flash it if all I have access to is the adb sideload command. Is this even possible? Where do i get the image to flash onto it?

I just want to know if it will work even in theory, or i should stop trying to find a solution and toss it.

Currently it will boot to the home screen, but there is nothing there but the background, top bar and virtual keys. the top dropdown is completely empty, and the buttons respond to press, but do nothing. (the switch app button brings up a screen that says "no recent apps"). So thats a bust. When I plug it into my PC, it shows as a USB drive, and I see all the usual file structures.

I can get to the system recovery (vol down + power on), but factory reset / clear cache dosen't change anything.

I can do the update from adb sideload thing, but all of the images I have tried fail.

Thanks
[XDA Assist] XDA Visitor:
i have a cwm recovery installed and the phone is rooted
[XDA Assist] karandpr:
Hi

You can try methods in this thread to restore your phone

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2097993&page=3

Sign up for forums if you want to participate.

Good day !
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] TEKHD:
MODS

ATTENTION!!! - YOU HAVE MODS INSIDE -> SYSTEM/MODS

- Xposed

- No Clock mod

- No Traffic mod

- No Clock & Traffic mod

- Virgin mod (stock statusbar)

- Virgin + 3Minit mod (stock statusbar with 3Minit)

- TEKXodus Stock SystemUI (Revert to TEKXodus stock statusbar/theme)

- S6 E-Mail / Exchange

- 5 TW Launcher Switches (Hybrid - Hybrid-L - N4 - S6 - Edge) Default = Hybrid

How to Flash?

Quick Instructions:

TWRP -> Mount System -> Install -> Navigate to system/mods -> Flash[/B][/COLOR][/SIZE]

Step by Step Instructions:

Step 1, in recovery hit Mount.

Step 2, select system so it has the check mark.

Step 3, hit Install.

Step 4, Make sure you are on Internal Storage and if see a screen something like this, hit (Up A Level)

Step 5, Scroll down and hit system then scroll down again and hit mods.

Step 6, Choose which type of mod you want to install and hit that folder.

Step 7, Now hit the specific mod you want to install.

Step 8, Swipe to flash the mod like you install any other zip.

Step 9, Hit Reboot System and you are all done.

Original Guide by [MENTION=4405299]chipworkz[/MENTION] found here:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=61039398&postcount=4121

Please take 15 seconds and click Thanks to [MENTION=4405299]chipworkz[/MENTION] (Great Guide!)

TAPATALK

If you don't like the version of Tapatalk included with the ROM. Here is a Flashable ZIP for the latest Tapatalk. (It will replace the included Tapatalk)

TEKXodus_N5_5.1.1_BOH6_Tapatalk_TEKHD.zip

https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24052804347821328

> > > I just ask for a simple . . .
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] nano303:
First!!
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] 32dave:
Just when the phone settled down oh well its an addiction lol looks good downloading now
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] Mjones307:
Gonna try now
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] mlock420:
Thanks dude like what you've done in the note 3 area as well
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] gtaguitar7596:
is this based on Canadian right now and going to tmobile or is this based on tmobile
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] jpeps:
VoLTE? ?
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] 32dave:
Running good on my w8 took about 5 mins for first boot nice and smooth. Thanks.

Quick question though i see you have floating messages in the status bar if I put in my own themed mms apk will that kill the floating messages ?

And yes its based on the Canadian firmware
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] TEKHD:
Well, if you don't hurt too much the XML's and the smali's... I guess it should work... not tested yet... but if the code doesn't suffer too much... (not the coloring part... I mean functional code) no problem in my opinion...

If I don't answer all questions now, it's because I am still working in OP... Sorry everyone...
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] JodyBreeze901:
Awesome! [MENTION=4107827]TEKHD[/MENTION] has graced us with his work. Going to give this a go to see what's under the hood. :D

.......man I am a Flash Junkie! Can't help it......oh well :highfive:
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] mocsab:
More awesome stuff for our NOTES - DAMN I am in a meeting and can;t download yet - arghh - :) oh well, I guess they pay me to work here - not play with my phone - have to wait for my lunch break - ---

THANKS For this can't wait to flash.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] JodyBreeze901:
Alrighty, as of now, I have downloaded and installed the ROM. When I go to add the APN, it will not save the APN. I add everything like the screenshot and the APN will not save. I get this error message:

"Access Point Name settings is not available for this user"
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] CB620:
Unlimited Tethering?

Downloading anyway.

Thanks.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] TEKHD:
There is a message in the background that says that... but just add apn and hit the 3 dots... then hit save... it works perfectly... done it a million times lol...
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] twe90kid:
Need wifi calling! LOL ahh!
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] note4me:
Dark Edition :)

So happy to see a Dark Edition ..Can u please share any screenshots?
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] Jammol:
Holy freaking heck I can't wait to flash the dark version!!!

[MENTION=4107827]TEKHD[/MENTION] I am so glad you built this rom for the Note 4. I was getting so jealous of the Note 3. Lol.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] lildoggs:
I hope your right zounduser. I'm dying without WiFi calling. Lol
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] trade:
Please, could you send me the fonts too? Thanks

Trade
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] zounduser:
Honestly, it's gotta b real close. And once we have that base, u guys will all b happy.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] detroyerx:
[MENTION=4107827]TEKHD[/MENTION]

I think you should add to the OP in your characteristic way or in big letters that "WiFi Calling is not supported due that is a Canadian base rom and only T-mobile base supports it!" :silly:

so hopefully we'll see less people asking about that :victory:

Can't wait to download and flash v1.2 :fingers-crossed:
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] TEKHD:
Currently uploading URv1.2... Then one final test... (I always do one final final final test before posting URL) and will post link... (Quality Control, lol)

Will do the Wi-Fi Calling message in OP... Thank you...!
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] Jammol:
[MENTION=4107827]TEKHD[/MENTION] no worries about the debloat thing. I feel the same way you do. I was just trying to get rid of fakebook and such. I used total commander to remove the stuff I don't need.

By the way... I can't wait to have a 1 year old in my face!!! Now you just need to start teaching him/her coding! Lol...

Looking forward to 1.2.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] louforgiveno:
He could rename the rom "No wifi Calling" and they will still ask lol !!

But yeah....it's the thought that counts
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] notufatjesus:
Lol ^^^^^
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] detroyerx:
Hahaha I know that's why I said that" hopefully we'll see LESS people asking about that"

Lol :D
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] louforgiveno:
We WON'T ;) lol

And when tmo finally drops lollipop they'll be still asking.... lol

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Oooh I see link in op....DL'ing
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] TEKHD:
OP

OP

TEKXodus N4 URv1.2 is UP!

TEKXodus N4 URv1.2 Dark Edition is UP!

TEKXodus N4 URv1.2 Toggle Expansion is UP!