yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TesseractE:
I've got it rooted. I tried a few different recovery installation apps and I may have gotten a bigger picture. Flashify told me that there wasn't a Recovery Partition available. ROM Manager will partition my SD Card, but it'll have to wipe it at the same time. That gives me something to work on... I just recently picked up a 128GB SDXC card, so moving everything critical from the internal 16gb to the external card shouldn't be a problem.

Thanks for helping me think this through! I'll let the thread know if it works.
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] motorazrv3:
If you are rooted than download from xzdr page the installer. You can run it under Windows and it will install the Recovery to your phone.
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TesseractE:
Oh, I've got plenty of tools at home... Just won't be there for a while yet. I like the challenge of trying to do this stuff 'in the field'. :D
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] motorazrv3:
Than good luck.

For other phones things are much easier and not so complicated.

For example nexus phones are much easier handled.

Sony phones were always acomplicated.
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 10TONNE:
ok now its fixed, but the calls/sms problem still persist and also i have lost my 16gb of storage (i my Z1 is actually SOL23 japanese version, i bought it at second-hand store already converted to C6903. second-hand stores are pretty common in my country). after surfing xda for a while i learned that this is what caused calls problem and i want to flash back to SOL23 rom. AFAIK if i flashed back to SOL23 the phone will also back to carrier locked. can i flash SOL23 rom without being sim-locked?
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TesseractE:
OK, I found the log files and here what we're looking at:

Suggestions?

EDIT: It's working now! I removed the current installation using XZDR, then realised that I had been using v 2.8.9 of the DualRecovery Installer, so I tried 2.8.21 and was able to reboot into recovery. ^^d
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] barros1958:
Boot on charge

Hi,

I am mounting my Z1 in a dashboard with no access to power/volume buttons, and I need it to boot when charger is powered up ( if battery has drained). I have read that it is possible to modify the battery charge image file to do this , but I have not been able to find this file on my Z1. ( http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1187631 ) Anyone done this mod to the Z1?
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] asswembler:
boot loop after flashing

Please, kan you help, I flashed downgrading my C6903 from .386 to C6903_14.4.A.0.108_Stripped, and got loops. Then I Tried again with several firmwares.108 and .386 and got the same result Loop

I flashed with C6903_14.4.A.108 Generic SG and everything went fine, Then while booting I got this massage:"NFC Firmware updating" "Don´t turn off you device", and got loop. Oh my god???? What Iam doing wrong?

Any suggestion. Thank you
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MrBratka:
Are yo flashing using wipe data option

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[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] asswembler:
Hi, thank you for replying.

I solved it. Thanks again. I forgot to wipe the userdata.
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 10TONNE:
if i flash sol23 ftf will my phone be carier loked again? because there's no exclude baseband tickbox on flashtool. i have latest flashtool

EDIT: flashed, back to sol23 rom. but it doesn't recognize sim.

how to fix?
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FahmyAbou:
So I had the screen replaced for the second time and after I used it for several hours it freezed. I had to force restart it. The question is, could the issue be something else but the touchscreen because it is a different one and yet the same problem. The thing is, if it was a hardware defect then it wouldnt work at all but it works absolutely fine but suddenly freezes.
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Medoo94:
Hello :")

i was trying to install 5.1 through OTA but in vain , then I unrooted my device using Unroot application then click on factory reset from Dual recovery and cause me endless boot loop :/

I tried to flash a ftf Kitkat and even fastboot but it said no device found cause i didn't click on debug mode :/

can any one help me ??
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kuzibri:
Hi,

so it must be software related. Few questions in this case:

1. Which ROM are you using?

2. Rooted or unrooted?

3. Is there any specific app you use at the moment your display freezes, or running in the background? Try to find this out.If yes, delete the app and see if the problem reoccurs.

4. You do not have by any chance enabled the Ultra Stamina Modus.

Hope you can do something with this information, kindest regards kuzibri
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kuzibri:
AFAIK, you can only install 5.1.1 via PC Companion, e.g. via PC and USB. The only thing I can advice now is to perform a HR to get the custom ROM back on your phone. The second advice is: do not do things, you're 100% certain off that they will succeed.;)

kindest regards,kuzibri
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Medoo94:
much appreciated:D

i flashed 4.4.4 ftf then root it then restore 5.0.2

do you suggest me to install 5.1 ??
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kuzibri:
you're very welcome. If 5.0.2 works fine now than nope, I would not advice to install 5.1.1. When the time is ready for it, your provider should inform you about the update and releases it, so you can update via PC Companion, that's the safest way to prevent you from any other update problems.

kindest regards, kuzibri
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Medoo94:
actually the only reason why i want to install it to get rid of the annoying notification , I tried to install it through OTA but in vain :confused: since i can't root it yet then it better not to :D thanks again for ur time
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kuzibri:
Which annoying notification? As I told before updating to 5.1.1 is not possible OTA.

kindest regards, kuzibri
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Medoo94:
the update system notification through OTA , I cant remove it its so annoying since i dont want to upgrade

I think i have to deal with it
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FahmyAbou:
Currently I am using official and prerooted 5.1.1 and the screen freezes randomly. There is no specific app that causes this problem as it occurs everywhere at any time. Now after searching through the internet I did not find anything that would match the issue I habe exept some iphone user complaining about unresponsive screens. I read at Sonys support site that there are several things that could impact the screen performance and one of them was the sd card and the sim card. First I removed the micro sd with not luck. Then I removed the sim card and there havent been any issues so far. The phone is running more than 28h and the touchscreem is still working. I cannot say for sure if it is the culprit but I did not have to hard reset my phone the entire day which could mean something. I will keep you up to date and use the device without the sim card for a second day. Anyway thank you for your kindness and will to help. I appreciate it a lot. :)
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kuzibri:
Just ignore it, how difficult that may be :)

kindest regards, kuzibri
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kuzibri:
Very glad you found the problem for your freezing screen. Is it not annoying for you that you have to remove your SIM card? The screen functions now, but you are not able to make calls, receive messages, etc without a SIM card, or am I wrong? Oeps, yes you can always use WiFi.

Regarding helping, you're always welcome, that's why I'm around :D

kindest regards, kuzibri
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FahmyAbou:
Indeed it is but I had to try everything because after having two touchscreens replaced I could not believe that it is hardware related. Im using a second phone and the sim is working fine there. I did not try a software repair but isnt it the same as doing a factory reset and clean flashing the rom zip? I thought about trying it but I dont know if it solves the problem.
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kuzibri:
AFAIK, a software repair is a kind of Soft Reset, so, if I were you, I would try a Hard reset and see what it does, cause your device only working without a SIM card, is hardly an issue.

BTW, sometimes it happens that when the SIM card is not correctly inserted, either too deep or to superficial, it does not work (had that myself once) and you can get a whole lot of strange reactions from your device. Check that.

kindest regards, kuzibri
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] asswembler:
Problem with When I creat PRF

Hi gyus, I got an issue whie creating Prerooted firmawre for 14.6.A.0.368

05-10-2015 23:56:41 - amss_fs_2

05-10-2015 23:56:43 - elabel

05-10-2015 23:56:43 - Adding UPDATE-SuperSU-v2.46.zip

05-10-2015 23:56:45 - Adding Z1-lockeddualrecovery2.8.21-RELEASE.installer.zip

05-10-2015 23:56:46 - Adding system to zip

05-10-2015 23:58:04 - Error: Could not execute Java. Is it installed?

05-10-2015 23:58:04 - Finished

Everything went fine untill last line wich shows Error:Could not excute Java. Is it installed?

Any Suggessions?

Please Help!
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xasbo:
... Is Java installed? You need to have Java installed.
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] asswembler:
Java is not imstalled

Wich Java I supposed to install om ny Pc?
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xasbo:
Whichever their website tells you to: https://www.java.com. Beware of the junkware in the installer.
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] asswembler:
Ok, I will try it soon. Tanks Xasbo for your replay. You are The man.
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] asswembler:
Thanks a lot for your advice. I succeded to install prerooted LP .386on Z1 with your help.

Cheers:good::good::good::good:
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Yimiel:
Z1 c6903 5.1.1

New to XDA here, so bear with me.

I have a Sony Xperia Z1 C6903, sim is unlocked, and android is fully updated to 5.1.1. Storage is at 65% full and is mostly music, I believe it is at stock ROM but I don't know much about this kind of thing (though happy to read up if someone wants to point me in the right direction).

I have a lot of problems, so I will try to be brief.

- Terrible screen freezing/lag, including the bottom buttons (task switcher, home and back) being virtually unresponsive most of the time. I have to close/lock the screen and open it up again when this happens.

- Camera is slow/lagging, and picture quality is poorer.

- Volume is lower than usual, and pretty quiet even on max. Quality is also slightly lower.

- Keyboard is also suffering from slow/lag issues.

- Battery goes from 90%+ or full, to below 20% in less than a day.

- May be unrelated to above, but my backlight sometimes refuses to go off, even with screen closed/locked. I have to turn my phone off and on again to fix it when this happens.

If possible, it seems like downgrading android is a good option, as it only seems to have become an issue since the update?
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ohhdayumm:
Hello I just flashed slim lp into my z1 c6906 and everything works fine but the headphone jack is not working any help would be nice please ;)
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kuzibri:
Hi,

reading all of your problems with the update to Lollipop 5.1.1, I surely would advice to downgrade back to 5.0.2. I run that now for ages without any problems.

kindest regards, kuzibri
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iarashed:
Hi

i flashed wrong CWM on my xperia z1 and my phone won't turn on , led is red when i recharge it but no recharge icon or anything on screen

The phone vibrate when I press the power button and volume up

no flash mode ,no fast mode and no response

>> My pc doesn't recognize my phone

please anyone help me

** sorry for my bad english **
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kuzibri:
Hi,

just perform a hard reset and factory settings will be loaded again. How to perform a HR?"

1. Open the valve of the Micro SD Card

2. On the right side you will find a little button that says: "Off"

3. Press that button with a tooth pricker and wait untill the device shuts off itself

4. Do not restart the device during this reset procedure, otherwise you will damage your device permanently, so stay patient and wait untill the device restarts itself again.

kindest regards, kuzibri
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Yimiel:
Hello Kuzibri, thanks for the response!

Is it possible to point me in the right direction here? I have no idea what to look for or how to downgrade. There doesn't seem to be a sticky on the forums that I can see which gives a guide, but maybe I'm just blind.

I'm wondering whether to downgrade to Kitkat considering Lollipop seems to be causing nasty battery drain for me. I've had to keep a charger with me everyday since I 'upgraded' to it.

Let me know your thoughts. Thank you!
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iarashed:
I make all these steps and there is no response and flash tool can't recognise my phone (Xperia Z1 - C6903)
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] motorazrv3:
It's not the micro SD card, it's the SIM card.
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kuzibri:
Hi, surely it's possible to downgrade to Kitkat, but when I bought my Z1 it also came with Kitkat and after a certain time PC companion told me that there was a major system upgrade to Lollipop 5.0.2 (so my service provider released the upgrade) and I upgraded my device via PC companion, thus USB connection, without any problem.

kindest regards, kuzibri
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kuzibri:
Hi, you're entirely right, just misquoted the manual :o

kindest regards, kuzibri
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kuzibri:
Realy sorry my friend, but the Micro SIM card slot has to be to the Micro SIM card slot, there you will find the red dot you have to press. Sorry for the confusion, just misquoted the manuals advice.

kindest regards, kuzibri
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iarashed:
i press on red button in sim slot but no changes and my phone switches to recovery mode but screen is black and flashmode can't do anything

** sorry for my bad english **
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kuzibri:
Maybe a stupid question: when you pressed the red button. did you wait untill the device shuts of itself and wait untill it starts again on its own?

If yes, sorry then I'm out of options.

kindest regards,kuzibri
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iarashed:
[MENTION=1303867]kuzibri[/MENTION]

when i press red button didn't find any response and my phone screen is black at all time but my phone vibrates three times when i press power button + vol up
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kuzibri:
Hi,

what happens after the vibrations when you have pressed the power button and the vol up??

see also these links:

1. http://www.android.gs/hard-reset-xperia-z1/. As you already know the dedicated hardware button to reset the device is located in the SIM card slot and not the SD one.

2. https://www.androidpit.com/forum/607029/how-to-perform-a-hard-reset-for-the-sony-xperia-z1

kindest regards, kuzibri
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iarashed:
No thing happend and i have one dedicated hardware button located in the SIM card slot & i charged my phone for 24+ hours and the led is red
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Verance:
Hi there.

Is it possible to unlock this smartphone? Can I do it by unlocking the bootloader?

Thank you in advance!

Regards
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jerry43812:
Hello everyone I have a couple issues here...

Charging

When I use my stock Samsung S5 charging cable, sometimes I will get a slow charge, others a fast charge, and other times the phone will act like I am disconnecting and reconnecting my cord rapidly. On rare occasions the phone will even act like I never plugged it in. This is using multiple power sources to try to charge. Yes, I know it could be the cord, but before you reply, read the next few sentences.

I recently purchased new OEM cords from eBay as well as some OEM Samsung S4 cords (for my wife's phone). I've tried the new OEM cords and the phone did the same thing. When I try to use the S4 cords, along with other microUSB cords, I am experiencing the same problems... sometimes these cords charge the S5 faster than the OEM S5 cords!

The strangest issue I am seeing so far is now when I plug in using a normal USB from a 12V or AC charger I am getting a box that pops up saying "Advanced Power Sharing" and asks me to go to the Samsung market to download it (I'm assuming its an app).

Receiving Calls

I drive a truck for a living, I depend on calls coming in properly. I'm also married, so the importance of a working phone shoots up about a million percent :D However, she says she calls me and my phone doesn't ring, and doesn't alert me of missed calls. Other people I talk to experience the same thing when they try to call me. I know this is a network polling thing but since it's intermittent I am not sure that the network polling is really the issue here? (FYI I do not know where to look to edit network polling frequency.)
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rakuu:
The charging problem soubds like you've got a bunch of crap in the charging port, i would try and clean it out as best you can.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jerry43812:
Charging port area is clean as a whistle. I'm thinking I am going to need to replace the port.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rakuu:
Might bw the case, i'd give it a couple days though and see if anyone else has any input.
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] tofy4ever:
Hi .

ask for idea to increase volume in my a5 500f i try volume+ and viper4android and no change.
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] zelendel:
Thread closed. Belongs in the Q&A forum where a thread was already made.
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] winn75:
Do you lose root if you do a factory reset? Sprint LG G3 Lollipop rooted with avicohh's one click root. In Settings>Backup & Reset>Factory Data Reset
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NatusVincere:
No, you will not lose root access.

Factory reset deletes your data partition, cache and dalvik cache.

Your system partition will not be touched.
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] winn75:
Are you sure about this?
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NatusVincere:
While I'm not familiar with "avicohh's one click root" method I'm 100% sure that doing a factory reset wont remove your root access.

Factory reset does nothing to system partition. You will still have root.
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] winn75:
Thanks.
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NayrStrebor:
Could you provide a list of everything you disabled?
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] arf8:
I couldn't tell you everything from scratch b/c I have uninstalled some of those apps and very few i have frozen(disabled)... I can do you one better though, this is what I have currently before i start disabling the above..

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[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] arf8:
Lets assume i can safely disable the above in OP than I should have a phone with bare minimum apps needed to run, the fingerprint service can't be stopped if you are using the finger print sensor as your login which is what I'm doing but I believe the rest in the OP can safely be disabled
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NayrStrebor:
Thanks!
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] arf8:
My pleasure, here is what is running now on startup. It fluctuates between 1.5GB to 1.6GB of free RAM depending on when Amazon app loads. Not sure why Amazon chooses to load itself on startup but I'll be digging into that. If every app did this at startup it would hinder the phone.

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[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] arf8:
One way around the Amazon issue is to uninstall it (must have root) than download the app from Play, the native app uses boot events and others which starts it up every boot. The app from Play does not, problem solved
[Galaxy S6 Edge Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] arf8:
Look in the link below to consolidate. Thanks

http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s6/help/app-potential-bloat-safe-to-freeze-t3161615/post61958829#post61958829
[Galaxy S6 Edge Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Alex-V:
thread pinned..interesting will look tomorrow evening again..will sleep now
[Galaxy S6 Edge Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] arf8:
Sounds good
[Galaxy S6 Edge Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] arf8:
Look at the link in the first post to see what I have running.
[Galaxy S6 Edge Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] arf8:
Yes, but if you disable the Catch people than I believe your Edge feature will not work. I don't use it but if you do keep it. Also if you don't use the factory email client you can safely disable that as well and not have any email issues if you use other clients.
[Galaxy S6 Edge Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] arf8:
What carrier are you on? If you reboot and have just those loading on startup you should be near 1.5GB. Now there may be events which trigger apps to run behind the scenes and there are apps to let you see what is running at startup and give you the ability to change their behavior based on specific events, however I'm not sure if those programs really work as advertised for modifying the app behavior. Tmobile users have had all kinds of memory management issues, there are mods you can make to modify the memory management aggressiveness but I have not found a need to make those changes, also with 5.11 it looks like they made it even more aggressive but again on boot up you should be closer to 1-1.5GB free RAM.
[Moto E Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PurushothRokr:
Hi guys,

I was using my phone in the USB debugging mode to debug web app in the chrome (PC). Was using localhost port forwarding then sharing the android screen with PC to use chrome dev tools. After that usb stopped working in my phone tried different cables and different PCs only charging not detecting.

I have moto driver installed my in pc and verified cable with other phone (friend's Moto E). And rooted my phone changed to Cynogenmod 12.1 still usb only charging not detecting.

Please help me to troubleshoot these guys.

P.S. I have checked the USB port in my mobile and it's in good condition no damage in there.
[Moto E Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] booo159159:
don't worry dude....

doesn't work in mine too.. .! !

I haven't done anything like you said and it still doesn't work on my phone....

charging only happens if I have MTP or CTP enabled..

but when I select charging only option it doesn't charge the phone :/ *sigh* *shake my head*

same as you...

rooted phone... cm12.1
[Galaxy Tab Pro 12.2, 10.1, 8.4 Q&A, Help & Trouble] gingerdude:
My tab has started to suffer from boot loops, first I tried wiping cache in recovery but that didn't work . I then factory reset the tab in recovery. This stopped the boot loops for a few hours but they returned, I have now flashed a full stock firmware via odin and all seems well though only been half a day.

I was curious to know if any other members had suffered this issue and if so how they fixed it, I have no sd card in.

Thanks in advance.
[Galaxy Tab Pro 12.2, 10.1, 8.4 Q&A, Help & Trouble] seddonsmedia:
I have never experienced this with my tab, I've been on CM and I'm currently on complete stock not rooted and still no problems

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Could it be a faulty battery? I don't really know tbh