yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooti] nupi:
Yeah looks like FTF can't be pre rooted. Beats why people advertise them as being so...

I agree, the N7 was comparably slow but the CPU also was only about half the speed (and a bit overwhelmed by the full HD display). Even so, the overall simplicity of dealing with Nexuses (I also have a N5X now) makes me wish Google would release another sane tablet (especially seeing that Sony does not seem to be interested in doing so anymore). Also, with MM we can finally use GravityBox so my main gripe with Sony is addressed (well they still suck at update speed).
[Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooti] moneybanks14:
I tried just now and it only had an update to 5.1.1 it now says it is up to date :(
[Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooti] Guizmogwai01:
Many thanks. I really appreciate. I download it and will try.

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[Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooti] Forbizzn:
How do I boot into recovery, can't do it via flashify, do we need an upgrade recovery, should i flash twrp fota?
[Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooti] glimmling:
Reboot from the Power Menu. When the LED gets green while rebooting, press the VolumeDown button until the LED gets purple. Now it should boot into TWRP.
[Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooti] crazygoldfish:
If I use the Xperia flashtool do I need custom recovery?
[Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooti] dnnz:
No

Anybody upgrading from KK? The battery life is as good as in KK?
[Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooti] swooc:
^feels about the same. i can't give you details though since i never measure battery usage in detail.
[Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooti] wertzius:
I think battery life is better, same as KK. It is possible to do something against the terrible slow Micro SD speeds?
[Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooti] Jason2679:
yeah it is, getting the same OSD time as in KK
[Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooti] crazygoldfish:
Sorry forgot to ask do I need to unlock my bootloader?
[Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooti] wertzius:
No, but you need a custom recovery.
[Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooti] Frankie1588:
I flashed the pre-rooted zip shown here http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=66636484&postcount=110. Thanks for that!

How do I go about getting custom recovery back though? I initially tried rebooting to recovery after flashing the zip since TWRP was mentioned. I have tried numerous other methods including trying to flash XZDualRecovery which ends up failing via adb and asks to ensure that I am rooted which I am. I also tried installing recovery via the TWRP app in the Play Store which said it was successful but it was not. Every time I attempt to boot into recovery, it just does a normal reboot. Am I missing something?
[Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooti] wertzius:
Does your prerooted zip contain twrp? It should! But it might not.
[Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooti] Frankie1588:
It says it includes TWRP 3.0.2 in this post: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=66636484&postcount=110

I don't see how I can get to it though? Rebooting to recovery via ROM Toolbox just does a normal reboot. Also tried holding Vol - and Power when its off and it just reboots normally.
[Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooti] wertzius:
Don't hold the buttons. Start the tablet normally. It will show the Sony Logo and vibrate and the green led will show up. In this moment press vol- a few times. It won't vibrate if twrp is not installed.
[Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooti] Frankie1588:
Yeah that never happened. I don't think it was ever installed. Did some googling since RecRoot V3 was mentioned and I downloaded this file and ran the install.bat while the tablet was connected and I now have TWRP:

https://www.androidfilehost.com/?w=...26d926ba14c91bec31d301416920de1fa550ee163f0e1

Thanks for trying to help though! Really appreciate it.
[Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooti] nupi:
My pre rooted zip definitely gave me twrp (without any manual installation) , not quite sure why it didn't do so for you (maybe only works with unlocked bootloader who knows) ... Still glad two hear it works now.
[Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooti] stryyker:
Still no MM here. No Ota, nothing from Xperia program to, on my pc :(

Portugal!
[Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooti] Frankie1588:
No worries! My bootloader is still locked so that could be the case.
[Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooti] Bart1981:
That's properly the case.

I tried to make a pre rooted MM zip file for my SGP621. But I had a locked bootloader. After flashing the MM zip I noticed two things:

- Although it was pre rooted, I had no root

- I had no TWRP

After unlocking the bootloader I could install twrp without a problem. But I still wasn't able to root the rom with SuperSU.

Not shure why. The only thing I did not try yet was to flash the boot.img from CM13 like mentioned a few pages back. But for now I just went back to android 5.1.1
[Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooti] wertzius:
I have a locked bootloader and i have root and twrp after flashing the prerooted zip. I made my own out of the Nordic version.
[Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooti] Bart1981:
A prerooted MM zip?

How did you make it?

I downloaded a Customized IT version with Xperifirm. Then made a tft file with flashtool. And after that I prerooted it with PRF creator. But that way I ended up with the lost of root.

Which recovery file and which SuperSU did you use?
[Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooti] Guids:
still no ota in the netherlands *sigh*
[Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooti] ziggiesden:
Installed it in mine - has broken some apps but after uninstalling the likes of ttorrent and choosing new it fixed it. The sdcard has a new path too. Yet to do recovery.

Quite like it except don't seem to have the option of adding my external SD to internal memory yet. Drat.

TWRP is still there.
[Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooti] wertzius:
I did it like you with supersu 2.7 and recrootv3. The tutorial is some pages back.
[Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooti] WuceBrillis:
6 days since the last updates were picked up on Xpericheck (SGP11). Wonder what's taking the UK and remaining EU updates so long.
[Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooti] ChiDi9901:
There are still lot of bugs to fix.

http://www.xperiablog.net/2016/05/04/new-beta-marshmallow-update-stamina-battery-mode/

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[Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooti] ziggiesden:
TWRP was still there but NDR utils can't see it due to the new path for the SD card.

This is in reference to #136 above. Big thanx to glimmling!
[Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooti] stryyker:
Besides Ota and Sony program to get mm what other choise I have? Besides the crap root and take out bootloader.

Ps: I don't want get my garantie get off still 2 years remaining. Guess is wait until Ota is available right. So frustrating takes so damn long to update.
[Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooti] wulfiss:
flash a tft? to get root and mm is not necessary take out the bootloader. Read and research a little, some new knowledge is always good.
[Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooti] Hobbes2099:
Stoopit question: will this brick my SGP611?

This is the only thread I've found with prerooted MM stock firmware.

Thanks.
[Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooti] glimmling:
No, sgp612 only.

Take this one instead, it's for the sgp611

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=66636484
[Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooti] Hobbes2099:
I'm sorry, is this supposed to be a MM 6.0.1 firmware? I tried a dirty install and got 5.1.1.
[Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooti] glimmling:
The creator of the zip is nupi, so I'm not sure. But I think, he flashed it successfuly to his device. Better ask him to be 100% sure.
[Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooti] Dead Metal:
That has nothing to do with it. One the Beta program is seperate from this, secondly Sony does not implement bugfixes in late firmware updates like this. They will roll out a seperate bug fix update for that a wahile after the MM update.
[Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooti] ChiDi9901:
Yes, your correct, I shouldn't have mixed up both things. But as you can see, there are still many bugs.

Why do you think is it a staged rollout? To prevent bugs that appear after release to spread out too wide. So there are still bugs to fix and that's why they don't release it so quickly.

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[Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooti] Dead Metal:
That might be why Apple does it with iOS, or other android OEMs, but Sony never does. I had the Sony Xperia ZL until recently, and I have never once received an update with the bugs removed. No matter how long it took, was it a week or 3 months after all other variants, the update always had the exact same bugs. Once that update was out everywhere, Sony started rolling out the bug fix updates.
[Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooti] GigaSPX:
Have you found a solution or fix to this?
[Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooti] ziggiesden:
NDR

Not as yet - I'm looking at possibly editing the apk but perhaps an update to the app will fix it.
[Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooti] GigaSPX:
From my understanding reviewing the previous messages, the best way to access recovery is to unlock the bootloader. I know with the phones, you will be losing the proprietary DRM keys that give the camera optimized algorithms, but what about the tablet? What do I lose with the tablet?
[Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooti] stryyker:
Still nothing MM on mine, unbelievable... :(
[Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooti] ziggiesden:
For TWRP use the scorpion windy version. I have it on mine.
[Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooti] GigaSPX:
That's what I'm seeing too, but is it necessary to unlock the bootloader then?
[Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooti] x2srj:
Why don't you download the NOBA tft and update it using the Flashtool? I did this, have since wired my device and started a fresh which has improved it
[Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooti] ziggiesden:
Scorpion Windy

No, it is not necessary to unlock the bootloader.
[Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooti] stryyker:
Thanks for the answers x2srj and Zigg

Im portuguese so is kinda hard for me understand this little things well, and dont some mistake after, and regret it later lol.

So flashing TFT using flashtool is "about the same" as waiting for ETA on my device?

-Is that a legal soft? Or a "rooted" one for ex.

-Is not necessary unlock bootloader ? (that way i dont loose the rest of my warranty them)

-The process is almost the "same" is the nexus ones? With "system image" but using the flash tool instead?

Ok, i mighty try that, since is almost 1,2 weeks and still nothing here, so im kinda upset with that.

Can anyone gimme here or on PM the Topic, and the guide to do that? Do i need to give any specific details about the model of my z3tc? Besides hes SGP611!

thanks all
[Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooti] wertzius:
You can use flashtool to download (xperifirm integrated) and install another original firmware image. For example a generic french or central european version.

The flash drivers are in the flashtool folder. Do a quick lookaround in this forum, it is explained very often.
[Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooti] stryyker:
Just wana say i tried just now install MM using flashtool and seems so far good.

I tried once but after 30min theupdate bar didn't "update from 30%" +- so i tried again and worked and installed after 5,10min.

Gona update apps and the rest and text on next days ty all =)
[Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooti] Chima2:
Thanks for the prerooted MM friend! This iteration of Android appears sluggish on my device (SGP612) - probably something went amiss with the install. But my biggest problem was after rebooting and all apps were updated - I had no mobile data. The option simply wasn't there under settings, or the status bar menu. I even downloaded a third party app with widget-toggles for mobile data, but it did not work. About tablet said it was SGP612 too!

Upon booting, the device does not even ask for PIN. Taking out the SIM gives no reaction.:confused: Root was retained, luckily - and so was twrp. Installing xposed went fine as well.

I'm certain I'll have to reboot and re-flash, but anybody know what could cause this?
[Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooti] glimmling:
Hi. The SGP612 is definitivly WiFi only. You're sure, maybe you mean the SGP621?
[Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooti] Chima2:
That has got to be the most embarrassing mistake I've made here on XDA. I'll have to remind myself not to start flashing ROM's after midnight. Of course my device is the 621. 'doh

Off to look for the right ROM, hopefully it's out there. Thanks again! :D
[Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooti] Thaliya:
Newest PreRoot - Fully Tested

SGP612_23.5.A.0.575_mm6.0.1_flashable-prerooted-signed.zip

md5 checksum: fce8bf6881cabb3e23e4d21ae3841b57
[Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooti] dnnz:
I flashed a prerooted MM and now i want to get the newest version of MM, but i don't want to set up all the apps again and stuff, it's okay to do a dirty flash? also the region have to be the same? i have "Customized NCB" (23.5.A.0.570-R2D) does it matter if i dirty flash a prerooted "Customized SA" (23.5.A.0.575-R4D)?
[Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooti] wertzius:
Should not really matter. But I think it is the same software, only for other markets. Germany for example.
[Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooti] zuz242:
OTA update / root?

My 621 (rooted) is getting offered an OTA update.

I am not sure about remaining rooted / rerooting after an OTA update, is it possible?

Or do i have to undergo the process of using an prerooted image?
[Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooti] AirBruce:
Please upload your MM update so that we can flash it, for those of us that haven't gotten the OTA. Thank you!
[Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooti] wertzius:
Ota is not possible in rooted devices, it will abort the installation.
[Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooti] Temaki:
Thanks for sharing. How did you root your device in the first place?

I found a way how to do it and am installing the prerooted MM version on it.
[Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooti] Fr3lncr:
Looks like MM will be out on June 1st for those that bought the tablet from Rogers in Canada:

http://communityforums.rogers.com/t5/forums/forumtopicpage/board-id/OSUpgrades/thread-id/1
[Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooti] Guids:
Hopefully also for Europe, and they include stamina and adoptable storage.

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[Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooti] crazygoldfish:
Still nothing with o2 uk [emoji24]
[Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooti] ndy4eva:
Thanks for the heads up.

I was about to flash generic Marshmallow for my SGP621. I can wait couple of days without fiddling with it.
[Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooti] smnc:
Cool, I've been running generic MM (.570) on one of my Rogers SGP621's since release day (the spare is still on stock 5.1.1>. Works pretty good too. I lost a bit of battery life and the automatic "move your crap to the SD card feature is missing" (although it's apparently back in .575), but I'm happy overall.

Permissions control and UI enhancements are totally worth the upgrade.

I almost don't miss root actually.

Also, the adopted storage hack works, but you need to reserve at least a little space on the card for "normal" SD storage or the camera app will spaz-out.
[Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooti] Temaki:
I was able to root my tablet with the 23.5.A.0.575 ROM on it and install the dualrecovery. I also tested whether I could reboot to recovery about two times and then installed all my apps again. Having done all that the device would not reboot to recovery again. Tried ADB, fastboot and apps that should be able to do it. I also tried to reflash the recovery with TWRP Manager but without any success.

Root is still available and everything else works just fine.

Anybody any ideas?
[Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooti] wertzius:
I think there was a error if you update the delivered busybox binaries. Don't do that.
[Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooti] ndy4eva:
I got the OTA update yesterday. The firmware version is 23.5.A.0.575. It seems to work pretty good. I haven't checked battery life or other features. It seems like moving app to SD option is more manual than what it used to have in Lollipop. But it does feel more smooth and refined. so far, so good. :)
[Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooti] Temaki:
You mean to say I have to do the whole thing again? :p
[Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooti] janla:
I am looking for working prerooted .575 ROM for SGP621.

(I am done waiting for OTA for Europe)
[Xperia Z1 General] odie70:
Bad news or good news mate,? Our beloved device will not get the M. So this is the time for change our device is'nt it?

Source :

http://blogs.sonymobile.com/2015/10/06/sony-xperia-and-android-6-0-marshmallow
[Xperia Z1 General] FrosteezBR:
Or you can stick with cyanogemod and wait for a port of Sony apps and câmera,Just like older xperias does...

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[Xperia Z1 General] Steve_max:
I'm pretty sure we will get Android M through various different means, even if Sony doesn't do it.
[Xperia Z1 General] user822:
Does this include the AOSP developer version or just official stable roms?
[Xperia Z1 General] Themaniacboy:
Official stable roms.
[Xperia Z1 General] xasbo:
If only I didn't have a LB phone... bad luck for me.

I suppose around that time I will be wanting a new phone anyway, so *shrug*. 3 years on a handset is pretty solid IMO.
[Xperia Z1 General] FrosteezBR:
Bad luck man,3 years is good time tho

You'll be happy with z5 mate ;)

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[Xperia Z1 General] KWOKSFUNG:
I know that sony can definitely make it. Z1 is a beast even these days, and it isnt much different compared to Z2. It's just sony doesnt care to do it coz it's old. Though I think Z1's life should be a little longer compared to the original Z. A little unfair here.
[Xperia Z1 General] teefa_1985:
You're right, I think we deserve the android M from Sony
[Xperia Z1 General] SuperLamic:
Hehe, my xperia is just 3 months old :D I'm a little angry because a few weeks ago xiaomi released redmi note 2 that will get A6 and it's even cheaper than a new z1. Only it's not made from metal and glass and it's not waterproof.
[Xperia Z1 General] stevexce:
Lets post that we need it

https://talk.sonymobile.com/t5/Soft...arshmallow-Which-Xperias-will-be/td-p/1033227

And comment here

http://blogs.sonymobile.com/2015/10/06/sony-xperia-and-android-6-0-marshmallow/
[Xperia Z1 General] xasbo:
Both of those links are broken.
[Xperia Z1 General] stevexce:
Fixed, thanks
[Xperia Z1 General] odie70:
Yes, sony dev are suck i guess
[Xperia Z1 General] PielunA:
Judging from driver issues(ex: No 5GHz wifi listed on some device, and terrible wifi speed) on both 5.0.2 & 5.1.1, SONY seems to doing copy & paste the rom source from another variable like Z2.

Will there be any differences between SONY's official and ported ROM from Z2? I guess no.
[Xperia Z1 General] Deathschythe33:
No hating, but I suggest we all turn up the heat with Z1 getting 6.0. I mean look at the Z, it received updates up until 5.1.1, so it doesn't seem logical that the Z1 being a much newer and higher spec phone compared to the Z gets up to 5.1.1 only. We should get the 6.0 update. As for the Z, IMHO it's update until 5.1.1 is already a welcome farewell to the grandfather beast. Because of the Z, Sony has come along way.
[Xperia Z1 General] user822:
Z1 got 4 major updates, more than most other phones, why are you all complaining it is being ditched?
[Xperia Z1 General] jamespmi:
Mostly because the updates where just all a mess except 4.4.4

But my mayor concern is if the Z5 sales fail - Sony will for sure sell their Xperia department this time ...

I was really keen to get a Z5, but considering the awesome specs of the Lumina 950 and 950XL, updates as you are used to get them on Windows I probably give it a try. Continuum is just to good to be true. Would the 950 be Waterresistant, no doubt at all to move...
[Xperia Z1 General] alifseven7:
Some people fighting for latest firmware. And there's people like me who still staying with Kit kat for stability and stuff.
[Xperia Z1 General] ImADev:
The core of the ROM is mainly from another device such as the Z2, but they're built against specific device configs. It's really not that complicated and it's something that Sony could easily support as it'd be no different to what they've already done with Lollipop.

The Nexus 5 is similar to the Z1 and that'll be receiving Marshmallow. Hell, the Z2 isn't all that different from the Z1 either. The only difficult part to deal with is the camera, but it's not like Sony can't get it done.

People should keep complaining and demanding the 6.0 update for the Z1 and then we might end up with an update, but if people sit quiet and don't even bother to ask about it then we'll be stuck on 5.1.1 unless you want to unlock your bootloader and install ROM's that will never be 100% stable.
[Xperia Z1 General] Phanox:
What about getting Cyanogenmod on 6.0 if Sony doesn't release the update? Is it viable or was it viable on previous versions? I haven't installed custom roms on my Z1 due to the fear of losing some features because the DRM thing.
[Xperia Z1 General] silentmax24:
You really hate 5.1.1 so much? I love it, it is fast and stable and until know didn't find bugs. Well this is my personal impression ofc. And i agree with the fact that the z1 got more updates than almost all the other phones. After all these years of android you people should've understand already that a phone will never get updates forever. I love the 5.1.1 for now and if with time i'll get bored with it i can allwasy use any of the tons of roms we have here or change phone...
[Xperia Z1 General] ImADev:
I don't think it's that people hate the 5.1.1 release; It's just that 6.0 is really just an improved and bug fixed version of Lollipop. It's really what Lollipop should of been in the first place and it would take Sony very little effort to support it on the Z1 because it's not a massive change like it was from KitKat to Lollipop.

I can tell you that the only reason Sony hasn't included the Z1 at the moment is because they want to force people to upgrade to a newer phone. There's no technical limitations at all because it's no different from Lollipop, so if enough people complain and keep asking for the update then Sony might release it due to the demand for it. If you don't bother to even ask for it though then you're never going to get anywhere.

If someone thinks that they can gain enough signatures then why not start a petition, just to show Sony that it's worth them putting a little time into releasing the update for the Z1? You should just need to spread it around to places like the Sony blogs, Sony forums, reddit etc.
[Xperia Z1 General] odie70:
Z ultra and z are older than z1 but still got 5.1.1, why z1 can't get 1 step forward?