[Xperia Z1 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hothead11:
Hi guys!

I flashed DooMLoRD's CWM-Based Recovery 6.0.4.6 Touch Recovery so I could get CM 11 on my z1c. Once I flashed the boot image, I booted my phone normally and went into the recovery menu to make sure things were working, which they were. After confirming I got a prompt saying that I didn't have root access and was asked if I wanted to root my phone, once I accepted the prompt things broke.

My phone is now in a boot loop which doesn't make it past the Sony logo, going into the recovery will give me the recovery screen with only the CWM logo and a black background and no options, then turn off and reboot again after a couple of seconds. I tried re-flashing the boot image and since that didn't work I tried with the ftf file as well (14.2.A.1.114) and got an error.

21/036/2015 21:36:40 - INFO - Selected Bundle for Sony Xperia Z1 Compact (D5503). FW release : 14.2.A.1.114. Customization : Customized_FR

21/036/2015 21:36:40 - INFO - Preparing files for flashing

21/037/2015 21:37:21 - INFO - Device disconnected

21/037/2015 21:37:25 - INFO - Please connect your device into flashmode.

21/037/2015 21:37:47 - INFO - Device connected in flash mode

21/037/2015 21:37:47 - INFO - Opening device for R/W

21/037/2015 21:37:48 - INFO - Reading device information

21/037/2015 21:37:48 - INFO - Phone ready for flashmode operations.

21/037/2015 21:37:48 - INFO - Opening TA partition 2

21/037/2015 21:37:48 - INFO - Current device : Unknown: Dec 17 2013/18:59:18 - CB5A1ZE653 - Unknown: Dec 17 2013/18:59:18 - Unknown: Dec 17 2013/18:59:18 - Unknown: Dec 17 2013/18:59:18

21/037/2015 21:37:48 - INFO - Closing TA partition

21/037/2015 21:37:48 - INFO - Start Flashing

21/037/2015 21:37:48 - INFO - Processing loader.sin

21/037/2015 21:37:48 - INFO - Checking header

21/037/2015 21:37:48 - INFO - Flashing data

21/037/2015 21:37:48 - INFO - Loader : S1_Root_6732 - Version : MSM8974_23 / Boot version : S1_Boot_MSM8974_LA1.04_15 / Bootloader status : ROOTED

21/037/2015 21:37:48 - INFO - Max packet size set to 512K

21/037/2015 21:37:54 - INFO - Making a TA backup

21/037/2015 21:37:54 - INFO - Opening TA partition 1

21/037/2015 21:37:54 - INFO - Start Dumping TA partition 1

21/037/2015 21:37:54 - INFO - Finished Dumping TA partition 1

21/037/2015 21:37:54 - INFO - TA partition 1 saved to C:\Users\####\.flashTool\registeredDevices\CB5A1ZE653\s1ta\2015-10-21_09-37-54\1.ta

21/037/2015 21:37:54 - INFO - Closing TA partition

21/037/2015 21:37:54 - INFO - Opening TA partition 2

21/037/2015 21:37:54 - INFO - Start Dumping TA partition 2

21/037/2015 21:37:55 - INFO - Finished Dumping TA partition 2

21/037/2015 21:37:55 - INFO - TA partition 2 saved to C:\Users\####\.flashTool\registeredDevices\CB5A1ZE653\s1ta\2015-10-21_09-37-54\2.ta

21/037/2015 21:37:55 - INFO - Closing TA partition

21/037/2015 21:37:55 - INFO - Parsing boot delivery

21/037/2015 21:37:55 - INFO - Ending flash session

21/037/2015 21:37:55 - ERROR -

21/037/2015 21:37:55 - ERROR - Error flashing. Aborted

21/037/2015 21:37:55 - INFO - Device connected in flash mode

21/037/2015 21:37:56 - INFO - Device disconnected

21/037/2015 21:37:59 - INFO - Device connected in flash mode

21/038/2015 21:38:59 - INFO - Device disconnected

21/040/2015 21:40:41 - INFO - Device connected with USB debugging off

21/040/2015 21:40:41 - INFO - For 2011 devices line, be sure you are not in MTP mode

I was rooted before flashing CWM and had bl unlocked as well, USB debugging (of course) was also enabled and when I connect to flashtool now it says that its no longer active which I think is causing the above error but idk.

What I can still do is connect my phone in either flash or fastboot mode, but I have no recovery or access to android OS.

Any help would really be appreciated as I'm out of ideas on what to do, if you need more info I will try to provide as much as I can!

Thanks for any help in advance!