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[Xperia Z3v General] GigaSPX:
For the best battery saving, try setting up Amplify, Greenify, and Servicely. Combine that with a certain Xperia power saving mod from the Sony Cross Devices forum on XDA, you will truly maximize the battery life you have of the Xperia Z3v.
[Xperia Z3v General] lanbladez:
Does anyone know how to Wipe cache partition for my Verizon Xperia Z3v variant, it seems after the upgrade to 5.1.1 some of my apps are buggy and slow such as messaging?
[Xperia Z3v General] GigaSPX:
Go into TWRP recovery to wipe cache. Or try to reflash the ROM since there could be various factors causing the issues.
[Xperia Z3v General] sjhart12:
problem solved, thanks for the guide!
[Xperia Z3v General] carldw:
IT WORKS!!!!!

everyone that says it doesnt work is full of **** ive been using this custom rom now for 3 months no problems only the play store but no matter what that will alway be a problem on every rom just uninstall updates for the playstore and wait for it to self update
[Xperia Z3v General] oren5447:
Any ideas about the over heat issue, if i game on this for about ten minutes i could toast a grilled cheese on it.
[Xperia Z3v General] GigaSPX:
If your game is graphics intensive, then it's something that all phones across the board will overheat to. Being rooted and all of that, you can try downloading some root apps that help cool down your phone, such as Coolify. Otherwise, you can try and get a mini zipper bag with ice inside and hold it up against the back of your phone to cool it down while you play. xD
[Xperia Z3v General] Nirvana Rules:
Is there a way to bypass Verizon activation?
[Xperia Z3v General] GigaSPX:
For mobile hotspot? You have Xposed installed, then find a module called X Tether. Install it and it will bypass it.
[Xperia Z3v General] SantinoInc:
Hey guys. I'm on 4.4.4 and using this phone on MetroPCS. My phone can't get 5.x.x OTA. Can I still use the steps in the OP despite being on 4.4.4
[Xperia Z3v General] GigaSPX:
Yes, yes you can.
[Xperia Z3v General] GhostTrunks:
On latest 5.1.1

Hi

I'm on the latest 5.1.1 lollipop and 23.4.B.0.319 Build

I just bought this phone since mine got lost.

Do I just download kingroot, TWRP and the preroot 5.1.1? Install TWRP , run Kingroot, boot to TWRP and install the preroot and I'm done? Or do I have to downgrade to anything?

Oh should I clean wipe the phone first or can I dirty flash it?

Thanks
[Xperia Z3v General] GhostTrunks:
NVM I was able to root it :) EZ peasy
[Xperia Z3v General] Xperiaz32016:
problem with me z3v d6708

need help please

my z3v d6708 shut down i can only turn it on fast mode no flash mode

and when charging it blink led red and green with vibration
[Xperia Z3v General] Tigerhoods:
what do you mean it shut down. You mean you flashed something you shouldn't have. Your phone is more then likely a paper weight. Don't flash anything firmwares from the z3 section it will brick your phone.
[Xperia Z3v General] mongoose96:
I am unable to root with KingRoot running 5.1.1 build number 23.4.B.0.319 has anyone else experienced this on this firmware
[Xperia Z3v General] tbtregenza:
I am also unable to root, KingRoot fails everytime. 5.1.1 23.4.B.0.319

Kingroot also adds a lockscreen overlay. Sketchy.

EDIT: I did obtain root with Kingroot, just by brute force - retrying over and over until it worked. I can't get ride of it now, unfortunately, because Super-SUme won't function correctly. Would be nice to eliminate Kingroot from my phone entirely but at least root is there!
[Xperia Z3v General] josephkarthic:
Hello everyone,

I recently got the Z3V and I want to root it...Many people in this thread says this method dont work anymore..So Is there a correct method which really works without bricking the phone? If someone knows kindly help me to root my phone..thank you.
[Xperia Z3v General] tbtregenza:
You can download Kingroot and do it. Just keep trying over and over. Worked for me. Could it brick your phone? Probably. I don't know. Didn't brick mine. I just kept restarting and trying Kingroot.

If you or anyone else ever manages to get SuperSU to work after achieving root via Kingroot, please share! I can't stand this superuser app (Kinguser), it reminds me of those tacky "cleaner" apps.
[Xperia Z3v General] Alg0rhyth3m':
Well i got my z3v working in no time. Actually i though I had lost root for a moment earlier today, but when i went to play store to check for the superuser app i . realised it was only disabled. So i clicked enable and viola im back in action.

So far i have success with root and deleting kingroot apps and using SuperSU. Also I have Xposed working good.I cant use snapchat anymore unfortunately. and im kinda laggy but i havent really took the time to tweak settings yet.
[Xperia Z3v General] swavyy1:
How does SuperSU work
[Xperia Z3v General] :
Be careful with the latest SuperSU binary update that was added yesterday (05/25/2017). I ran the binary update without using recovery, and now the phone is bricked with no way to recover.
[Xperia Z3v General] Tigerhoods:
what about flashtool that did not brick your phone. Use the twrp flashble version always..i have yet to have my phone either not bootloop or lose root when i update su from the playstore
[Xperia Z3v General] Alg0rhyth3m':
I had managed to fix the bootloop on mine earlier by just reflashing the preroooted lollipop, and then reinstalling the old SuperSU. But then i messed around and updated again via flashing supersu and now my phone battery is dead and am awaiting a full charge while try to beat this bootloop again :|
[Xperia Z3v General] Alg0rhyth3m':
Literally just did it again, Silly me had the bright idea to try to flash Magisk without even really knowing what it was, and not doing the proper research. And now Im once again stuck in a bootloop on my D6708. Been going at it with FlashTool and XperiFirm and Odin and Everything else for the past 5 days. It sucks that its so difficiult to find relevant information on the verizon variant smh. But Idk im building my FTF files right now, hopefully i can get back into the phone. I was already with TWRP, im not sure what happened to it, i can't boot into it. *sighs* i've been awake for 3 days now. WTF.
[Xperia Z3v General] Rexington1:
xperiafirmware.com/8-firmware/71-sony-xperia-z3v-d6708

Hello, I am new here. I just purchased a z3v and i want to run marshmallow or cm. I have been doing some research and i came across this legit looking link. I havent rooted a phone before and i am dying to try with this one, can anybody confirm if they have used this method?
[Xperia Z3v General] NoveTon:
So I got kingroot to work first time! The only thing is, I'm lost on what to do next. Not completely lost, but just to verify, which superuser do we want. Kingroot didn't install King user but still let's me uninstall bloat.

After that, we want to download the recovery for the Z3, correct? I'm dicey on downloading something for another model, just need someone to whisper sweet nothings about it...

Just a little help is all I need. I'm trying to keep this phone top notch, because it still smokes most new phones even after 3 years.
[Xperia Z3v General] ConanOBrien:
So I have the dual boot recovery on my Z3V, but the only way I can get into the recovery is if I boot through NDR tools. I've tried booting by holding the Volume Down button, but instead of taking me to TWRP, it takes me to the Green Android Robot, and I only have 4 options: "Continue Power Up, Safe Mode, Factory Reset, Power Down". I can't get into TWRP otherwise. Any assistance would be appreciated.
[Xperia Z3v General] BladeRunner:
One person posted that were able to take the OTA to the latest firmware without losing root, in any even you be able to create a flashable pre-rooted .zip of the update. It's possible we'll be able to that when LP rolls out eventually as well.
[Xperia Z3v General] Zach_S:
Kinda confused tbh.
[Xperia Z3v General] xratablancax:
I did my OTA update and I did not loose root, im not sure how lollipop would react with root..
[Xperia Z3v General] Zach_S:
Ok thanks
[Xperia Z3v General] Mountainfisher:
Yup phone still rooted after ota
[Xperia Z3v General] GigaSPX:
I have updated the opening post due to new changes. I am highly curious as to whether this rooting development may have gotten the Lollipop to be patched up. I seriously hope not. D:
[Xperia Z3v General] srsaloom:
Going to probably just start over, but did anyone else run into issues with root after making a FTF & PRF from the update, coming from the shipping firmware?

I have root still after using the Xperifirm/PRFCreator route, but I'm unable to do a lot of things (cannot mount System as RW, so no xposed || no recovery access || etc)
[Xperia Z3v General] GigaSPX:
Have you tried just going back to the shipping firmware and just try an OTA to continue having working things from there with root? I did everything as I instructed on my post about going from shipping firmware to current FW while still keeping Xposed, custom recovery, AND root...

I guess Imma try to upload my flashable zip to see how it is for everyone.
[Xperia Z3v General] srsaloom:
I was out and about when flashing the update, had no access to a computer.

Actually just got back home, re-re-pushed the recovery, was able to get into twrp, reflashed SU.zip, & all of the sudden it decided to work.

I had put SU.zip and the recovery into the PRFC, but I guess it didn't go quite right. If I run into any lingering issues, I'll try that method though.
[Xperia Z3v General] shakan09:
*edit* sorry didn't read
[Xperia Z3v General] DeeMann:
wifi tethering

Now that we are rooted does any0ne know how to get wifi tethering to work?
[Xperia Z3v General] 1linuxfreak:
So no bootloader unlock. I thought it would be a bootloader unlock then gain root access, this is just a pseudo root, still can't do custom ROMs the whole point. No custom ROM, no Lollipop until VZW releases it still.

Oh well the wait continues. :mad:
[Xperia Z3v General] krillik08:
I have done all the steps the after root I did the OTA update from verizon. Has anyone else had problems sending MMS when connected to wifi? If I am connected to wifi, MMS will not go through but if I disconnect from wifi MMS will send. :( I don't know if its the root or if its the update.
[Xperia Z3v General] Mountainfisher:
Ya but for those of us wanting just exposed and AdAway. This is just what the doctor ordered
[Xperia Z3v General] krillik08:
Yeah man I don't know. I have noticed now that my MMS will not send when connected to wifi, only when I am not on wifi. Service did restore though!
[Xperia Z3v General] GigaSPX:
Be sure that your Mobile Data isn't disabled when you are sending an MMS. MMS requires mobile data instead of wi-fi to send that kind of data. Kind of stupid, which is why I like to look into wi-fi calling that T-Mobile has. I heard a rumor that Verizon may start doing wi-fi calling as well this summer. It would be amazing if it could be applied to all current smartphones.
[Xperia Z3v General] JediDru:
What all have you done so far with root? I used Titanium Backup to debloat the crap out of it. Deleted the stock Bootanimation. Using faux clock I have also set my cpu to ondemand and noop. I suspect even more battery savings from doing so and downclocking to 2.2 ghz. Installed a few Xposed modules including gravity box, 20 mp auto. Also installed Beast audio mod 1.6 from the Z3 Dev section. So far so good.
[Xperia Z3v General] Zach_S:
Android L coming?
[Xperia Z3v General] DroidUser_Wind:
Nice! I only did Tabletmetrics for Spotify and 20MP Superior Auto so far....I was wondering though,is it possible to get the Lollipop softkeys or flash the Z3 update,even though our phones are Z3v? http://xdaforums.com/z3/general/d6603-23-1-1-28-t3102271
[Xperia Z3v General] GigaSPX:
List of things I've added to my Z3v since root:

Adaway for adblocking (seriously,is it just me or XDA have ads that counter it? I still get popups.)

20MP Superior Auto (Xposed)

Greenify (Xposed)

IncognitoTab (Xposed)

Xperia Xposed for KitKat (Xposed)

Youtube Background Playback (Xposed)

Viper4Android for volume boosting

Also I wouldn't risk trying to port the other Z3's Lollipop into this. Someone can do it, but I'm done for now with messing my phone. lol
[Xperia Z3v General] Bill720:
Which file was that?

I'm not exactly clear on which file needs to be downloaded from Nut's Xperia Files page. Does anybody remember what "step 2" in the OP was supposed to link to?
[Xperia Z3v General] Bill720:
Bueller... Bueller...

Any ideas? Anyone?
[Xperia Z3v General] tylerhole:
I don't know if you figured it out, but I used Z3-lockeddualrecovery2.8.26-RELEASE.combined.zip and it worked for me.
[Xperia Z3v General] Bill720:
Thanks!

I didn't, so I appreciate your follow-up. I just wanted to track down these files before they disappear, in case I ever do get a z3v. I figured that this was the right file, but just wanted to make sure that there wasn't a special Verizon version. Thank you very much for the information.
[Xperia Z3v General] tylerhole:
You are welcome :) hope you enjoy the phone if you ever get one, it's a pretty solid one!
[Xperia Z3v General] Bill720:
hopefully I get to use it someday

That's what I've heard, and it's also quite good-looking for a Verizon phone. Definitely a unique device. I like my Moto X Pure Edition, but if it ever died, I'd definitely consider a Z3v, at least to try.
[Xperia Z3v General] tylerhole:
Well if you ever want to take one for a test drive hit me up, maybe we can work something out .
[Xperia Z3v General] Bill720:
Something to consider

I'll keep it in mind; thanks!
[Xperia Z3v General] Rider797:
The ads thing has a lot to do with the type of ads XDA uses, the popup are javascript ones and the only way I've gotten rid of them is a greasemonkey script on my PC, as far as my phone I just broke down and got the app. Pretty smart marketing on XDA's part, if you ask me.
[Xperia Z3v General] GigaSPX:
The one tiny thing that bothered me about the XDA app is it navigated me to places I usually don't find myself in. Happened only once, but ah well. I'll give it a try again.
[Xperia Z3v General] DroidUser_Wind:
I Feel You Haha! I was trying to manually debloat yesterday and after rebooting,my softkeys and notification bar disappeared XD....Luckily flashing the shipping firmware again fixed it.Well,anyway it feels great to finally have root.Thanks for the great guide Giga!
[Xperia Z3v General] GigaSPX:
Make sure you didn't debloat something that's essential to the system UI itself. I also posted a guide of what apps are safe to debloat. You may want to check that out here.
[Xperia Z3v General] corybucher:
Having a little bit of an issue with the ftf file. When we go to actually flash this so we add the zip file it's in our the file or all files in it?
[Xperia Z3v General] GigaSPX:
What step are you trying to get at?
[Xperia Z3v General] corybucher:
I'm just trying to flash the shipping firmware
[Xperia Z3v General] GigaSPX:
The FTF should only be one file. If you grabbed the one that comes with 4 separate files, you need to use flashtool to bundle them together to create it. I posted the link to Xperiablog since they have a guide on what exactly there is to do.
[Xperia Z3v General] corybucher:
I got the file from this thread but when I get it out was in a zip file and I extracted it. Do I need to bundle it?
[Xperia Z3v General] GigaSPX:
This is where you grabbed your shipped firmware? http://firmwaremobile.com/index.php/xperiadownload/file/262-z3-v

I downloaded it before and it still comes out to me as what is described on there, .ftf.
[Xperia Z3v General] :
Giga, appreciate your work. Correct me if I'm wrong, are you going to compile the pre-rooted, ota updated firmware into .frf so we can flash it thru flashtool or you're going to make a recovery-flashable .zip instead?
[Xperia Z3v General] Mountainfisher:
If you are trying to retain root on the most updated firmware all you need to do is obtain root and take the latest OTA. Root somehow survives. So now you can be rooted on 23.0.E. 0.1.44
[Xperia Z3v General] GigaSPX:
I have provided the updated FW that has root already on it. It is a flashable zip, so reboot to recovery and simply install it from there.

Or you could just do the other option just by updating it OTA.
[Xperia Z3v General] hunter82i:
Anyone run into this yet... downgraded to stock firmware, uninstalled and reinstalled Java, extracted the root folder. When I run the exploit.bat, the cmd window pops up and says "waiting for the device to be connected."

It is connected and recognized by Windows during this time. I've tried running the exploit with USB debugging checked and unchecked.

I feel like I'm missing a simple step. Any ideas?

Edit: The simple step appears to be running the exploit as administrator.

Edit 2: After selecting the debug app and checking wait for debugger, cmd windows says can't find installapp.bat.... ideas on that?
[Xperia Z3v General] Mountainfisher:
Did u check allow mock locations
[Xperia Z3v General] hunter82i:
Mock locations is checked. Verify is not.

So i thought was getting to having root. Now, when I run the exploit, even as admin, the cmd window just pops up and says waiting for device to be connected (should usb debugging be checked at this point?) I even tried reflashing stock firmware WITH data wipe to start the process from the beginning without luck.
[Xperia Z3v General] xratablancax:
don't run it as admin... several solution that could help the problem you are having. first connect your phone with usb debugging on and wait until the computer recognizes your device and install the drivers, try doing it without usb debugging as well, try a different port, check your usb cable, it's better if you use the original cable. try all of those options before your even open the exploit.
[Xperia Z3v General] brandodoubleg:
linux user in distress

I've been trying for days to achieve root on Linux (I'm running ubuntu through crouton) and I just can't get it to work :( Has anyone had any luck and if so, can you tell me what you did? Also, if it's possible, can anyone upload their rooted .ftf file so I may flash it through FlashTool. I'm able to revert my phone to stock firmware, and I can even run the batch file through wineconsole but cmd can't find my device over adb. I've even tried rewriting the batch file in shell script but I'm not too linux savvy, so it was a fail to say the least. Anything?
[Xperia Z3v General] hunter82i:
So maybe I'm having driver issues w/ USB debugging on. The computer will not recognize the phone with USB debugging on, but does with it Off. Device manager shows a driver conflict for the phone with debugging on, but I can neither update the driver automatically or manually.

Should the phone be able to be recognized in debugging mode?
[Xperia Z3v General] xratablancax:
Try a Different computer... '

perhaps use these drivers

http://dl-developer.sonymobile.com/drivers/Xperia_Z3_driver.zip

http://developer.sonymobile.com/downloads/drivers/xperia-z3-driver/
[Xperia Z3v General] hunter82i:
Yeah, I'm about to give up with this computer. Hopefully my work lap top will allow me to connect with usb debugging on.

---------- Post added at 02:35 AM ---------- Previous post was at 02:02 AM ----------

OK, after a few hours of off and on trying to get my computer to recognize this phone with usb debugging ON, I finally WON!

The issue was actually with the phone. If you are having this issue, what I finally did that worked was:

Settings>Xperia Connectivity>USB Connectivity>USB Connection Mode needs to be set to (MSC) Mass Storage Mode.

That was it. As soon as I did that, the drivers automatically installed and now I have root!

Hopefully this will save someone a few hours or days!
[Xperia Z3v General] corybucher:
Ok, I downloaded the FTF file posted in this forum and tried flashing my phone with it but it had an error in the middle so my phone is soft bricked. I redownloaded the ftf file but it came in the forum of a .zip file and when I extracted it and put the folder in the firmware folder its not recognizing that its in their. I tried to create a ftf file but it keeps failing with the system.sin file. Not sure what to do at this point because I even tried going into recovery to factory reset but it doesn't go back to my phone but keeps coming up with an error that says my software update failed so try again. Any help would be appreciated.
[Xperia Z3v General] hunter82i:
The firmware folder should have the ftf file installed directly into it, not is any other folders I believe. There is also an option to select the file path if that helps. Lastly, I did not copy and paste the ftf file, I cut and pasted it in there. Someone else mentioned doing that too. It may help.
[Xperia Z3v General] corybucher:
But when I download it it is a ZIP file and I have to extract it. When I do that its in a folder that contains a bunch of sin files a couple ta files and an xml file. I'm just so confused on what to do because my phone isn't turning on but to the flashmode screen.
[Xperia Z3v General] xratablancax:
cut and paste
[Xperia Z3v General] JediDru:
I got it to work by deleting all the files inside the folder you are removing them from. I don't have my pc so I can't be exact. But once I moved the ftf to the correct folder to flash make sure to delete everything from the original folder. I downloaded the ftf but from wherever I got the link from, I want to say that there was a tablet firmware already in the the alternate firmwares folder. I hope this helps.
[Xperia Z3v General] Zach_S:
I definitely feel like someone should do a video tutorial on this. Just for like a solid step by step.

Tad scared on bricking this thing that's all really.
[Xperia Z3v General] :
Got couple of Google 2FA accounts (work accounts, etc) setup on this phone, would I lose it if flashed the shipped .ftf?

Perhaps I can select not to wipe data, but generally speaking that is not a very good idea when flashing, right?
[Xperia Z3v General] BladeRunner:
I've downloaded it twice from here: http://firmwaremobile.com/index.php/xperiadownload/file/262-z3-v and it comes as a .ftf file.

---------- Post added at 08:40 AM ---------- Previous post was at 08:35 AM ----------

Try renaming the zip so the extension is ftf instead of zip
[Xperia Z3v General] Zanther86:
I have the firmware right, but when I get to the end of the root.bat it says "Opening Java Debugger File not found \java\%0> was unexpected at this time"
[Xperia Z3v General] treylemkn:
I'm trying to do this on Windows 7 using a virtual machine. I'm having issues with it pushing the debugging app to the phone and I think the VM is the culprit. You said you have have the updated FW already complied with root...I didn't see a link to that file. Can you repost? Is this flashable using flashtool? This seems like my only option since I'm using a mac.
[Xperia Z3v General] JediDru:
No you must have root to be able to flash the custom recovery, to flash flashable zips.
[Xperia Z3v General] treylemkn:
Not trying to flash a recovery. Question was, is there a modified .ftf file that has root that can be flashed in flashtool?
[Xperia Z3v General] Mountainfisher:
Are you trying to update to the latest firmware and retain root.? If so no problem.

1. Root phone

2. Take latest OTA in update software in settings.

Root survives
[Xperia Z3v General] BladeRunner:
No, it's a recovery flashable .zip
[Xperia Z3v General] Zach_S:
Ok so the exploit.bat works and then I click on the root.bat. Once I do that it runs all this code and it hits this and stops.

sun.misc.Unsafe

> > com.sun.tools.example.debug.expr.ParseException: Name unknown: java.lang.Runtime.getRuntime

java.lang.Runtime.getRuntime().exec("/data/local/tmp/a") = null

Breakpoint hits "thread=(<1> main", andorid.os.MessageQueue.next(), line=129 bci=0

<1> main[1]

What do I do?

*Side Note* I've completely uninstalled all java and reinstalled it all. Also have re-extracted the root files.

NEVER MIND. Read somewhere about adding a bunch more classes to the jdb file and I did that and it worked!

Thanks a ton!