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[Xperia Z1 General] tajimura:
Guys, did anyone check if there is real root access? On 4pda people report, that there's no access to system partition on every pre-rooted 5.1. There is a su binary, supersu apk, apps request root access and get it, but system files cannot be changed, nor system apps removed. Someone, please check.

Sent from the dark corners of the world
[Xperia Z1 General] aguiamaster:
All working perfect

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Even xposed now fixed
[Xperia Z1 General] iSpammer:
mega link please ?
[Xperia Z1 General] KWOKSFUNG:
Does it include recovery?
[Xperia Z1 General] magsp:
I installed a pre-rooted version Czech. Root was not full. He was in half root. I had to again install a dual recovery with SU and then ZIPA with SU and is already full root. 5.1.1 The system so far works very quickly.
[Xperia Z1 General] xdjalkax:
I'm on CM12.1 can I flash this ?do I have to wipe the data?
[Xperia Z1 General] kira123:
Is this the Global version?
[Xperia Z1 General] Geoffxx:
sorry for the stupid question, is there any option or process to follow to "NOT WIPE" or just follow instructions, also can you do a Singapore Generic version (not O2) if possible
[Xperia Z1 General] mo120697:
I know that, but read op, the fix is listed there;) just flash su
[Xperia Z1 General] mo120697:
There isn't not wipe, I wrote no wipe needed, means you can flash it right over your existent stock rom without loosing data.

That is completely unnecessary because this version is a generic with some o2 apps pre-installed which can easily deleted via a root Explorer or something!
[Xperia Z1 General] Snaqejack:
My problem is that when i try to flash dualrecovery nothing happens.

It reboots like it should but it doesn't install anything.
[Xperia Z1 General] Geoffxx:
ah right thanks for that so only su needs to be flashed again once complete, stellar job btw

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how can you flash SU if DR is not there ?
[Xperia Z1 General] toeter80:
Sorry if this is a dumb question, bit how to install Dual Recovery if I'm on an unlocked bootloader?
[Xperia Z1 General] Snaqejack:
Well, i tried to flash DR, just like he said in the first post.
[Xperia Z1 General] Geoffxx:
and you are saying it is not there ? did you install from PC

I'm a bit confused now as you cannot flash anything unless you have DR installed
[Xperia Z1 General] Snaqejack:
Yeah
[Xperia Z1 General] Geoffxx:
so how you know it is not there, use the app to attempt reboot into recovery instead of volume key
[Xperia Z1 General] CybtoX:
That's something I'd like to know, as well.

The link to the DR installer in the OP doesn't seem to work, so I guess the latest version is "Z1-lockeddualrecovery2.8.21-RELEASE.installer.zip", but NUT's site suggests to use the "Kernel Builder" instead if you have an unlocked bootloader.

Which is the correct option?
[Xperia Z1 General] ninjasoft:
Thank you bro works like a charm!!!
[Xperia Z1 General] lammy29:
Thanks didn't lose root just recovery but got that redone quickly. So far so good as Definitely better as can switch between games without it reloading
[Xperia Z1 General] mo120697:
USB debugging active?

Adb drivers installed?

And how you are Trying to flash something without recovery?!?!!!!!!!!!
[Xperia Z1 General] mo120697:
same way as on locked bootloader;)
[Xperia Z1 General] fromhungarytolnacounty:
Flash back to 5.0.2 with flashtool, root with kingroot, install busybox and superuser. Download philz dualrecovery, and install with no. 2 choice. After that you can flash zip with recovery. Good luck
[Xperia Z1 General] bbb13:
my lte works no more,any solution? i live in greece
[Xperia Z1 General] Aaron_035:
Thanks mo120697 for the root :D

Everything was easily installed tho I had to search to find out why the Dual Recovery wasn't working (forgot to turn on debugging lol), flashing superSU now.

Will update with experience after a few hours of use but first impressions are being impressed by silky smoothness and convenience of controlling WiFi without opening the settings app.

update: Flashed xposed-v74-sdk21-arm.zip and installed XposedInstaller_3.0_alpha4.apk from http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=3034811. Everything seems to work
[Xperia Z1 General] AnrgKrshn:
C6902 works like a charm!

The C6902 zip worked like a charm, just dirty flashed it with no problems! I can also confirm write to system IS broken even in the C6902 build, so maybe update the op to reflect that. Gonna reflash SuperSu after installing dualrecovery. Thanks a ton!
[Xperia Z1 General] mo120697:
Thread Updated

Thread Updated because of particularly broken embedded SU and how to fix this!!

Best regards,

Mo:)
[Xperia Z1 General] Snaqejack:
I made a mistake, obviously i wasn't flashing, i was installing it with the windows installer.

Anyhow, i manged to get a proper root now.

Thanks for sharing!
[Xperia Z1 General] Farsiris:
How to root C6903 5.1.1 ?Im on lockedbooloader ...Planning to Root 5.1.1 and install Dualrecovery .. So I need to root it first before installing DualRecovery ,Seems Kingroot doesn't work .
[Xperia Z1 General] Duvel999:
Can it be used on lb?
[Xperia Z1 General] mo120697:
Go back to 5.0 or 4.4, root, install recovery and flash pre-rooted rom with superSU
[Xperia Z1 General] mo120697:
Of course, it is a stock rom. Only rooted, no difference to a ftf
[Xperia Z1 General] n_boy86:
[MENTION=6036608]mo120697[/MENTION] great I would be so happy if u can fix a 14.6.a.0.368 prerooted for z ultra, it would make my day hope u can help me;) best regards
[Xperia Z1 General] timvonlee:
http://xdaforums.com/xperia-z1/general/root-xperia-running-lollipop-lb-ubl-t3123893
[Xperia Z1 General] 3vilhomer:
after flash this fw will i still able to write to SD??
[Xperia Z1 General] rajdeep312:
plz add mirror for c6902
[Xperia Z1 General] AlmapekeDj:
This isn´t work on C6906? Mexico?
[Xperia Z1 General] elpiole:
When you mean " flash the latest SuperSu", you mean when the recovery asks, or do I have to download from chainfire's site?
[Xperia Z1 General] Aaron_035:
Flash it in the recovery mode
[Xperia Z1 General] tajimura:
Guys, did anyone try zezadas' camera mod with this ROM? How's it going?

Sent from the dark corners of the world
[Xperia Z1 General] Duvel999:
Rom works perfect on my 2 Z1's.

On a Unlocked & Locked Bootloader.

In about 2-3 weeks, gonna get a Z5:D
[Xperia Z1 General] whocares2:
Does this pre-rooted ROM comes with an recovery? Or will I keep my existing one (got it with my 5.0.2 pre-rooted)?

My point is to know if I have to do someting about the recovery after having updated my Z1 with this ROM.

And thank you for sharing this with us :)
[Xperia Z1 General] Duvel999:
No you need to install Nuts recovery & flash Super su update
[Xperia Z1 General] shrishail87:
Which version of SuperSU are we talking here?
[Xperia Z1 General] whocares2:
Thank you for your answer.

So, to confirm my proper understanding :

- flash of the ROM with my current recovery

- flash of SU

- reboot

- flash of latest NUT recovery from the computer (possible since rooted as I understand it)

?

Or do I have to flash NUT recovery from my current recovery after the SU package before rebooting?

Sorry for all these questions, but usually I just have to flash to zip within recovery, and sometime flash a ftf in flashtool too, but the ROMs come with NUT recovery integrated.
[Xperia Z1 General] 3vilhomer:
after flash this rom will i be able to write to SD?
[Xperia Z1 General] Farsiris:
How to make a rooted with DUal recovery 5.1.1 rom?I have Ftf file which im using right now . BUT i want to root it so i need to go back to 5.0.2 to be able to root.
[Xperia Z1 General] Farsiris:
Hello . Im Currently in 5.1.1 Firmware (Without Recovery )and I want to Downgrade to 5.0.2 So that I can Root it and Install DR .I am Currently Downloading 5.0.2 - .270 Firmware , Do I need to check any in "EXCLUDE" list in Flashtool ? Or leave it untouched?Because I saw A tutorial and the "Baseband" and "System" were Checked in "EXCLUDE" List of Flashtool .
[Xperia Z1 General] shrishail87:
I followed all the above steps but still my root is broken..not able to write to system
[Xperia Z1 General] mo120697:
Oh strange:0 simply flash SU again in recovery! Then it should be fine, at least in my case:)
[Xperia Z1 General] whocares2:
Someone indicated that to get a recovery after having flashed your ROM and SuperSU, (NUT) recovery have to be flashed again. But it is not in your guide. Is there actually a recovery included in your ROM?
[Xperia Z1 General] mo120697:
In c6902 nut is integrated, in c6903 not. So in c6903 you'll have to install nut
[Xperia Z1 General] mo120697:
Sorry I have no time for that, and it takes a little time. But you can easily build it yourself with downloading the ftf and building it with prf creator! Just Google for the tool und you'll find a awesome tutorial from the creator of the tool!!

Best regards and good luck!
[Xperia Z1 General] BLiapis:
Flash the 5.1.1 from existing recovery

Flash SU from recovery

Flash DualRecovery from recovery

Flash Xposed from recovery

REBOOT. Done.
[Xperia Z1 General] BLiapis:
Btw, compared to 5.01, the 5.1.1 is LIGHTNING fast!

Good job for once Sony, about time!
[Xperia Z1 General] shrishail87:
I flashed supersu multiple times but still no luck writing to system.
[Xperia Z1 General] Tikaroz:
Facing same issue, maybe only c6902?
[Xperia Z1 General] Tikaroz:
THANK YOU! this works

I've tried flashing it seperately, doesn't work but this method works :highfive:

Thanks OP for the flashable zip too :good:;)
[Xperia Z1 General] xasbo:
Yeah, XZDR is required because it adds a script which disables the Sony RIC on bootup. The RIC is what prevents /system from being writeable.
[Xperia Z1 General] whocares2:
I can confirm, this is what I did this morning and it worked perfectly. I just used the functionality in the recovery that allows to add more than one zip to the flash queue, then cleared the davlik cache, and rebooted.

Some "soft reboots" (reboot from the animation, but the SIM code is not asked) in the first minutes of usage, but nothing since. I suppose that some things needed to be done in the backgroud for the ROM to stabilize, and my playing with the new ROM during it was too much . No pb with root, Adaway worked perfectly for example.

Very happy with this 5.1.1 that solves the random stalls that were poluting my experience with 5.0.x
[Xperia Z1 General] BLiapis:
Already posted it like four replies before, #66.
[Xperia Z1 General] CEDDTU:
where i can find "Flash SU from recovery

Flash DualRecovery from recovery

Flash Xposed from recovery"

this topic don't have, Thanks
[Xperia Z1 General] Tikaroz:
Flash it seperately doesn't work though

but flash it together also make the recovery go away somehow with the benefit of being able to mount system

can be easily resolved by flashing recovery again

I don't know why it act like that
[Xperia Z1 General] BLiapis:
I dont really understand what you are trying to say. Do you require the links for said files?
[Xperia Z1 General] SASREG:
Does it contain kernel?

I'm on CM and I want to know is it possible to flash it straight from recovery or I have to first flash stock ftf (in order to replace the CM kernel with stock) then 5.1.1 zip?
[Xperia Z1 General] mo120697:
sure, kernel is stock. and it is built in like in a ftf...but i dont know if cm recovery let you flash this file:D
[Xperia Z1 General] SASREG:
Thanks for reply

I did this:

Flash XZDR flashable

Power off

Full wipe

Flash 5.1.1

Flash SU

Flash XZDR

Power off

Flash Xposed

Power off

Boot

Now runing 5.1.1, very smooth and also no problem with Root/Write to system/Xposed

Everything is perfect ?

Thank you for this masterpiece bro

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Ram management and multitask is much better compared to 5.0.2, no more reloading when switch between apps

I was checking the kernel parameters and I saw this:

250MB Zram on stock kernel!

Is it something new? Or it was also in previous rom versions? As I remember there was no Zram option in previous stock rom versions but since it's a long time I hadn't use any stock kernel, so I can't be sure, but can you guys confirm using Zram in 5.0.2 or is it new in 5.1.1?

Is it the reason of multitask improvements?!!
[Xperia Z1 General] Rebel2k:
Yes, I noticed that a couple of days ago too. I can confirm in Kernel Adiutor wasn't showing that ZRAM section with the 5.0.2 (I was using it to configure and improve multitask with that damn 5.0.2) and it's new from 5.1.1. Probably helping a lot with the performance boost we all notice with that new version.
[Xperia Z1 General] shinobi1201:
So, All I need to do is flash the xposed.zip instead of installing apk file?
[Xperia Z1 General] glemsen:
Installed and everything is working, apart from LTE. I cannot see and connect to LTE networks. My network carrier is Congstar (T-mobile.de). Anybody from Germany experiencing the same issue?

Update: LTE works, but the signal doesn't go over 1 bar. Probably a hardware problem.
[Xperia Z1 General] xasbo:
You must install both. Flash zip = the Xposed framek. APK = Xposed module installer/manager.
[Xperia Z1 General] ismaelghr:
Can i aply this procedure from kitkat 157?

Flash XZDR flashable

Power off

Full wipe

Flash 5.1.1

Flash SU

Flash XZDR

Power off

Flash Xposed

Power off

Boot

Thanks.
[Xperia Z1 General] xasbo:
Yes, if you are already rooted on KitKat 157.
[Xperia Z1 General] ismaelghr:
Yes, i rooted, thanks.
[Xperia Z1 General] ferbuffer:
I'm using .270 now. Should I install (14.5.A.0.283 ) first before I install 14.6.A.0.368 ?
[Xperia Z1 General] thedropdead:
Camera not working

Hello Guys,

I was on CM 12.1 and took a backup.

I then did a full wipe and flashed the zip afterwards.

Booting was fine, half-root was upgraded to full root by flashing SuperSU zip in Recovery.

I then started customizing the ROM but quickly realized that the camera wasn't working. :confused:

I couldn't take a picture, as soon as you pressed the take a picture button the app was non responsive but the camera was still moving inside various apps.

So it wasnt an App problem.

What could have gone wrong?

Catlog showed something like SOCAM_ERROR.

Shame i couldn't go back to Stock, i still have my TA backup laying around and the Stock ROM would be great.

Thanks for any help :)
[Xperia Z1 General] xasbo:
No, every dirty flash/OTA update you did increases the likelihood that things get broken.

#cleanflashclub
[Xperia Z1 General] ismaelghr:
For me, 0 bugs follow the steps, full wipes and custom format flash 5.11 them supersu an them xzdual recovery.
[Xperia Z1 General] ismaelghr:
try to downgrade for kk 108 root recovery and them follow the same procedure, format all all system cache data bootloader dalvik art factory reset sdcard 0
[Xperia Z1 General] thedropdead:
Could that change something?

I will try that tomorrow, thanks.

I am not sure how this could solve the problem, because i wipe everything then too, so this should end up in the same situation or is there something i dont know yet?
[Xperia Z1 General] motorazrv3:
Maybe a bad zip download. That happens sometimes. I would download the zip again and give flashing a new try.
[Xperia Z1 General] ismaelghr:
Maybe.
[Xperia Z1 General] thedropdead:
md5 or sha1 hashes

Are there any hash tables for your files in the Google drive?

I could just check the hash of the ZIP on my phones SD card top make sure the file yesterday was not corrupted. ;)
[Xperia Z1 General] thegreeat:
Currently I am in a KITKAT stock 14.4.A.0.157 . Can I straight away install the 5.1.1 Prerooted ROM ?? or I should follow the version order ? 5.0 and then 5.1.1?
[Xperia Z1 General] thegreeat:
No for what ????

1) .270 to .368

2) .270 to .283 to .368

which is the correct one ? 1 or 2 ??? whats know as dirty flash ???
[Xperia Z1 General] ismaelghr:
it is not necessary, directly in my case i flashed for kk 157 to and run perfect remember all wipes
[Xperia Z1 General] xasbo:
#1 is better. Fewer steps.

Dirty flash is to update the phone without wiping it first.
[Xperia Z1 General] thegreeat:
Thank you so much my dear friend !!!
[Xperia Z1 General] thedropdead:
Finally done it!

Hello,

I have finally managed to get the camera working yesterday! :D

I used flashtool to flash the .108 KitKat Firmware first.

Then i rooted it and flashed a custom recovery.

Within the custom recovery i then flashed the Prerooted 5.1.1 Firmware WITHOUT wiping anything.

After that i flashed the UPDATE-SuperSU-2.46.zip and wiped the dalvik and normal cache.

Then the camera worked without a problem :)

I am going to restore my TA Backup today and see if bravia is working then again ;)

Thanks for the help Guys
[Xperia Z1 General] Geoffxx:
camera issue is caused by a setting in developer options - awsomeplayer Nuplayer - disable the option, this also causes problems with video playback and alarm and ringtone selections causing crashes
[Xperia Z1 General] Tequilla:
Guys, I can't get a full root access and I don't understand why.

What am I doing wrong, help please?!

[edit]

...What I'm doing is: being an idiot.

I didn't expect this to have any impact, but I didn't install XYDualRecovery, now the problem is solved.
[Xperia Z1 General] Geoffxx:
my usual file manager did not give me full root, I did however have full root with Es Explorer and from the file facility in TWRT so it could be application specific
[Xperia Z1 General] Tequilla:
Could be, I'm using fx plus, without xydualrecovery it didn't work, after xy I can mount rw no issue. Weird.

PS. Of course it could be unrelated and something just simply got fixed after yet another reboot of the system :/
[Xperia Z1 General] cheeze.keyk:
it causes also the game Mortal Kombat X to freeze. it happens to me when i enabled awsomeplayer thing. :D
[Xperia Z1 General] Mixta2:
does the region matter?

Hi, im using a CE1 version but i dont know to which degree they differ!? Whats the difference between these regions? Does it even matter?

edit:

just saw the device update checker list in flashtool, im confused...

all customized CE versions carry the same version 14.6.A.0.368, same goes for most other customized xy versions.

well, i guess customized versions dont matter, ill just have to choose the language i want, right?
[Xperia Z1 General] xasbo:
Mostly, yeah. I'm sure there's a difference betweens each of the CE versions, but I don't know what it is either.
[Xperia Z1 General] Nai PKU:
Try upgrade from KK @@
[Xperia Z1 General] botski:
i will try later :)

Noob Question: how to install custom recovery?
[Xperia Z1 General] motorazrv3:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=63227062
[Xperia Z1 General] botski:
thanks mate! do i have to go to recovery then run this lockeddualrecovery?
[Xperia Z1 General] botski:
done installing xposed :) thank you so much guys!
[Xperia Z1 General] mimotata:
nice work bro

would u please extract the stock kernel for c6902 to flash with a recovery zip ?
[Xperia Z1 General] techfreak.rawmess:
i have official 5.1.1 , i dont think there is any root method for it right now . can i install this on it ?
[Xperia Z1 General] Seelbreaker:
Somehow root won't work :(

I've wiped the cache, and installled the latest stable supersu = no root in Total Commander and no remount of system/etc.

Done the same with the latest Beta of SuperSU - still no root....

can it be that 5.1.1. doesn't have a way of full root? I just want those freaking ads away :(

i also have the unlocked bootloader but somehow root isn't working :(
[Xperia Z1 General] ovhirup:
FTF in reboot recovery?

Hey, this is a ftf file. How do we install ftf from Dual recovery? it does not recognise the file .
[Xperia Z1 General] alebrescia:
Hi,

I had cm11 (based on 4.4) on my Z1 C6903.... and yesterday i want try this rom...

i read the entire 3d and then i do that:

download ROM and put it on my SD

download Z1-lockeddualrecovery2.8.21-RELEASE.flashable.zip from here http://nut.xperia-files.com/ and put on my SD

download SUpersu from here http://download.chainfire.eu/supersu and put on my SD

then i follow the steps from a user post:

flash XZdualRecovery from cwm

reboot into cwm

Wipe cache/dalvik

flash ROM

Flash supersu

flash XZdualRecovery again

reboot.

after a long boot (10 minutes) it start and work fine.... embedded camera app work fine... (take pictures, but i can't change parameters like Mpixel or other)

Root privileges work fine... i can use a lot of app without problems...

only a problem in adaway that can't modify my host file... why? anyone has that problem? root work privileges fine..... why?
[Xperia Z1 General] AnrgKrshn:
There is a problem with the included root in the ROM zip. It only partially roots, doesn't give you access to the system partition. Here's what you do:

I don't know if you were supposed to flash the xzdr zip in recovery. Go to recovery, wipe data factory reset, and flash the ROM again. Then download the executable for XZDR for your PC there should be a link somewhere. Turn on USB debugging, connect your phone to the PC and run the executable file. This should give you control over the system partition (Full root)

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Read my latest reply. It should fix root problems.
[Xperia Z1 General] alebrescia:
thanks for reply...

I know (now) the problem was my system folder not writable... maybe for a non full root permission (like you describe above)...

I found a workaround through a flashable zip to move the host file from "system" to another folder and make a symlink to new writable folder (here https://github.com/Free-Software-for-Android/AdAway/blob/master/symlink_hosts_to_data.zip)...

my problem is solved... maybe in the future i'll try to repeat the steps you suggest....

thank you...
[Xperia Z1 General] a2zonlyt:
my xperia z1 C6903 running on 4.4.4 how can i install pre-rooted rom, please guide me or give me the link to do any process. Thanx
[Xperia Z1 General] mo120697:
Habe a look at op!?
[Xperia Z1 General] motorazrv3:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=3250979
[Huawei MediaPad X2] mcdhol_24:
Hello!!

As the title says, my X2 became softbricked and I believe it is all due to the incorrect or incompatible TWRP manager installation from the Google Play Store. My X2 keeps on rebooting. I have tried to go to recovery and wipe the data and cache. I've also attempted to reinstall or downgrade to B106 from B106sp01 but it keeps on saying that it is incompatible. I've searched and read lot of posts on the forum and it brought me to fastboot TWRP recovery which is compatible to the X2. I've worked my way around the TWRP recovery despite the Chinese language and also flashed the B106 system, boot, cust, userdata, etc images through fastboot but I have no luck.

Has anyone been in this kind of problem with their Mediapad X2? please help :crying::crying::crying::crying:
[Huawei MediaPad X2] hagba:
Try to Format your Sdcard with your Pc,and reflash the Stock ROM again.
[Huawei MediaPad X2] mcdhol_24:
I've tried to do what you said but it's still on bootloop :(
[Huawei MediaPad X2] ajsmsg78:
You need to Fastboot flash the stock ROM, then wipe. That will fix your problem.
[Huawei MediaPad X2] mcdhol_24:
sadly the stock firmware of huawei is always in .APP format it has to be a .zip :( i tried to extract the system image and recovery image from stock and flashed it through fastboot but still no luck :(
[Huawei MediaPad X2] ajsmsg78:
Download Huawei Update Extractor to extract the .APP file to a folder than you can use Fastboot to flash the boot.img cust.img, userdata.img, system.img, recovery.img which will bring you back to stock B106. This is how you recover from a soft brick.
[Huawei MediaPad X2] mcdhol_24:
Ok i am trying to flash the 5 files you said. fingers crossed. Thanks:)
[Huawei MediaPad X2] ajsmsg78:
Flash the boot, cust, cache, recovery, system, and userdata img files....it will work, no worries.
[Huawei MediaPad X2] mcdhol_24:
It still is bootlooping. I tried to press the volume up and power button to reach the stock recovery mode and right now it is displaying a USB plug in a progress circle % and chinese characters that I do not understand. :(
[Huawei MediaPad X2] ajsmsg78:
Maybe there is something you didn't flash.