yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] OdhinnBG:
Finally... i made it WORKS :)

Thats the way i ROOT my 14.6.A.0.368 firmware with LOCKED bootloader.

1. Installed KingRoot V4.6.0 128 and rooted with it

2. Installed Super-Sume Pro v9.1.9 and this program replaced KingRoot with SuperSU

3. Downloaded Z1C-lockeddualrecovery2.8.22-RELEASE.flashable.zip <- This is not mistake, you need FLASHABLE version... yes i know you don't have active recovery to flash it.

4. Install Flashfire from http://flashfireapk.com/ and flash the recovery zip with it...

5. Enjoy :)

P.s. may be you will need RIC Disabler/Killer also... i have installed it before, but doesn't noticed it do something

Please thank or just write something to approve this works for you :)

OLD: "Hello there. After update with Sony PC Companion i have lost my root access. Today KingRoot rooted my phone again... now it time to install dual recovery and back to SuperSU.

Cheers :)

UPDATE: I have replaced KingRoot SU app with help of Super-Sume Pro v9.1.9 and now i have SuperSU installed and working fine, but... still can't use Z1C-lockeddualrecovery2.8.22-RELEASE.installer or XZ-lockeddualrecovery2.8.22-RELEASE.installer. They installed fine, but after reboot phone show RED light WITHOUT vibration and no matter i press UP or DOWN i can't enter recovery and boots android."
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] levone1:
What version? Do you have a link? So far, I haven't heard of Kingroot working on 5.1. Also, do you know if 'kingroot to SuperSU' script works with it?
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] OdhinnBG:
Version of KingRoot V4.6.0 128 still trying to take SuperSU. Dual Recovery installed but cant enter with UP button. NDR Utils was installed via Z1C-lockeddualrecovery2.8.22-RELEASE.installer. We have nice start to find the answer :)
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] OdhinnBG:
Update: Read the first post :)
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] dulehak:
WORKS on 14.6.A.1.216 LOCKED bootloader.

1. Installed KingRoot V4.6.0 128 and rooted with it, reboot.

2. Installed Super-Sume Pro v9.1.9 and replaced KingRoot with SuperSU

3. Update SuperSU binary, do not reboot

4. Install Flashfire from http://flashfireapk.com/ and flash the recovery Z1C-lockeddualrecovery2.8.22-RELEASE.flashable.zip with it...

All credits to [MENTION=5065452]OdhinnBG[/MENTION]
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] ejay_gl:
Hi!

I'm on rooted Z1 Compact with locked bootloader 5.1.1 LP 14.6A.0.368. I was first time rooted the phone from 5.02 LP with KingRoot. Then after Sony released 5.1.1 i have flashed a PreRooted 5.1.1 without loosing my data.

I want to know that if i'm OTA updating to 14.6.A.1.216 and the try your toturial it will work without loosing my data, apps, etc.

Thanks!
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] Coempi:
If you are rooted you cannot OTA update. You can update via PC Companion without losing anything (I'm not quite sure though) than root with Kingroot.

Best regards,

Coempi
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] ejay_gl:
Yes, ota doesn't work. Thanks for your reply.

But then i was telling myself to risk a bit and folowing the tutorial that i was using from updating from 14.5.A.0.270 to 14.6A.0.368 and it works without loosing any data.
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] dbuechner:
I've just followed your steps and rooted my Z1C with stock 14.6.A.1.216. Everything works like a charm. Many thanks [MENTION=5065452]OdhinnBG[/MENTION] and [MENTION=4123580]dulehak[/MENTION]
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] rinxtzu:
How can i update from 216 to 236 without loosing root?
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] morfis2:
Just install prerooted via recovery
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] elshur:
Works on .236 locked too !!

Nice summary
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] dulehak:
For me not work on .236
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] m7vm7v:
I have installed KingRoot at first then SuperSume and the app told me to restart the phone and now it is just reloading the Logo and restarting ... It is bricked ...How can I fix this
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] levone1:
First try wipe caches in recovery, that might fix it.
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] rinxtzu:
Works on .236 !! Thank you !
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] maadiS:
Bricked z1 compact

Same happened to me today. How did you managed to solve the problem?
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] csx3:
I've downloaded the ftf file through the lastet flashtool and flashed only the system.sin so its unrooted again and there is no bootloop. ready for an other try ;)
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] levone1:
See the end of this post for possible supersume alternatives. http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=65004634&postcount=2
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] dafikjunior:
mine work on .236 (using KingRoot v4.8.1)

but the problem is, Super-Sume stuck on first stage "Processing, please wait.."

any idea?
[Shield Android TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] puppinoo:
Well,

basically subject says all.

I tried to install zulu99 Full android rom 2.1.

basically 'fastboot flash system system.img worked' but 'fastboot -w' failed ('no space left' error).

So I rebooted hoping to reflash a nandroid backup but now the box keeps on rebooting into twrp trying to wipe cache and data but failing. after a while it stops and black screen appears.

I attach the screen it presents when reboots.

Please tell me I didn't trash 220 euros.

Thanks.
[Shield Android TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] banderos101:
Theres a hardware method to boot into the bootloader, this i think you can test, just to see if you can at least get into bootloader.....nothing more

Details in the official nvidia link

http://nv-tegra.nvidia.com/gitweb/?...ob_plain;f=README_SHIELD;hb=rel-22r18-partner

There's a thread here on the "questions" thread with users reporting that the timing of the hardware method can be a pain in the you know where.............might be worth looking into that thread for their experiences in booting the bootloader using the hardware method

Disclaimer:If your brave enough to risk a brick, read on

I suspect this might be the 2.1 stock/twrp issue........current twrp, or current stock dont play nice

Its a good sign that SOMETHINGS loading, rather then NOTHING booting, but dont know if theirs a solution

My analysis of the situation, of what little i know, the -w (wipe) command was expecting a stock recovery but instead got twrp, which is why your in this situation.........maybe, i stress maybe, if you could reflash stock again, you might be able to boot into android stock again and try full android again, leaving out twrp, until a twrp fix is found

Edit

Saying that, if the bootloader is, as i suspect, now using twrp to flash things, then you might be boned....... im no expert on bootloaders, stock "recoveries" and how they work, so i might be wrong on that

Reports around here say that 1.3 stock firmware is the recommended back to stock firmware, apparently, flashing any other firmware versions, bring their own issues.............

From 1.3 stock, use nvidias official OTA to upgrade from 1.3 stock, to 2.1 stock, then try 2.1 full android again...........note, i dont think you can skip firmwares i.e. you have to upgrade to 1.4, then to 2.0, then to 2.1, alot of downloading.......the OTA does'nt give you any other choice

Before doing anything that ive suggested, wait till someone with more experience to come along........i dont want to be responsible for you fully bricking your shield..........just wanna give you an idea of what i think has happened

If worse comes to worse, if you have warrenty, get a replacement

Gd luck........remember, this is an analysis of your predicament of what i THINK might of happened, and what steps, i likely might of entertained.......after looking into it more thouroughly, knowing that i could get a replacement if it went downhill.........so your mileage might vary

Edits

Crappy grammer, further musings, clarifications
[Shield Android TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] visitor29:
Thanks.[/QUOTE]

I had something similar about... shield goes booting in recovery and trying delete some cache and keeps repeat and repeat

Hardware boot in fastboot / bootloader mode

Accessing Bootloader via Hardware

Unplug power from the Shield Android TV. *

Wait a few seconds.

Hold down the power button.

Plug in power

Count to three

Release the power button

You should see the bootloader screen.

If you hold it down too long or not long enough, it simply doesn’t work.

Restore Shield Android TV to Stock

P.s. Personally me I followed this instructions and kind of magically got it in bootloader mode. First done by instruction and then just gave up and pressed randomly and fastboot screen appear. Thanks God I had to done only once, if I would do again I wouldn't had patients

Good luck with this, hope you will get sorted

Here will be link about where I got instructions about hardware boot

http://nvidiashieldzone.com/index.php/shield-android-tv/root-shield-android-tv/

Sent from my Nokia 3310 using free xda app
[Shield Android TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] puppinoo:
Thanks a lot fro your help.

I was able to put the box in fastboot mode.

Since I'm not that expert can you tell me where and which rom I have to download (I have a french 16gb version of the box).

Then I'd need to know exactly what commands to performs (even a link to a tutorial is fine).

I really appreciate your help. It seems I can (hopefully) save the box.

EDIT: The fastboot command gave me a (not enough space) when I bricked the box. Is there a risk it could happen again while flashing stock? No idea how much space I have left on the box really.

EDIT2: I found this page: https://developer.nvidia.com/shield-open-source

and I'm downloading this rom called nv-recovery-image-shield-atv-upgrade2_1.zip

and Intend to follow these instructions: http://developer.download.nvidia.co...TV/Upgrade-2.1/HowTo-Flash-Recovery-Image.txt

Can anyone please confirm I'm doing right?
[Shield Android TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] puppinoo:
EDIT with joy :) : I followed all the steps using that rom and it seems everything worked. I reconfiguring the box now. Thanks for help.

basically the procedure I intend to follow is this part (please confirm it's ok):

To flash this recovery image to your SHIELD, run the following commands from

the directory where you extracted the recovery image package. If this is the

first time you have done this procedure, you must unlock the bootloader. Get

DTB file name to use for flashing for your product(see below):

P.s. maybe Since past fastboot commands failed and I only flashed system from zulu99 I could skip the 'fastboot flash boot boot.img' command so if it fails again I still can attempt the fastboot process again?

fastboot flash recovery recovery.img

fastboot flash boot boot.img

fastboot flash system system.img

fastboot flash userdata userdata.img

fastboot flash staging blob

fastboot flash dtb <DTB file name>
[Shield Android TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] visitor29:
You are on the right way with those links

P.s. You can do manual one by one entering or paste and copy those commands or (I'm doing) drag and drop file "flash-all.bat" on cmd previous opened there where you have abd/fastboot etc files and extracted RIGHT FIRMWARE (like shift and right click mouse "open command prompt here"

And after this all sit down and relax ;)

Anyway you are on the right way.

P.s. Hope you download adb fastboot drivers somewhere from Internet !?!

Sent from my Nokia 3310 using free xda app
[Xiaomi Mi 4] wookielover:
Good day!

I have looked to try and find some answers about the Xiaomi MI 4 device for usage here in the united states, but can't seem to get clearcut answers.

1.) Which carriers will the MI4 work with? I have heard Tmobile and At&T. IS this true? How about prepaid carriers? Are the specific plans that work?

2.) Which phone variants work here in the US? I have seen an international version, Regular, FDD-LTE, TDD LTE, overseas edition and I can't really piecxe together which is which since i don't see actual model numbers anywhere.

3.) I have read that 4g will not work on any carrier in the US. Is this true?

4.) Is there any reason to get the 4g variant at all if not traveling?

5.) If you have an MI 4 on a US carrier, was it difficult to setup?
[Galaxy S6 Edge Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tek-Toyz:
Hello friends, im new to the S6 forum. A fer days back i bought a used S6 Edge from ebay for very cheap. The phone had "software issues" according to the seller. I tought that it would not be so difficult to just download the correct firmware for it and flash it with ODIN, but it seems that it will be a little more complicated than that.

When i turn on the phone, it shoes the samsung s6 edge splash screen and then turns of and on again in a bootloop. When i try to access recovery mode by presing vol up + home + power nothing happens. I only have access to download mode. First i tried flashing arecovery into it, the ODIN process completed succesfully but I still cannot access recovery. I then tried to flash a firmware with ODIN and the process failed from the start. I got a NAND START WRITE FAILED message.

So at this point I really dont know what else to try. I have some sort of experience with LG and HTC phones but not so much with samsung,but if someone can point me on the right direction I think that i will be able to do it. Any help and ideas would be really apreciated!
[Galaxy S6 Edge Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tek-Toyz:
BTW my S6 Edge is the emerald green version. Ive seen that the color matters somehow...?
[Galaxy S6 Edge Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] superior888:
Try to flash with pit file included to The latest firmware for the model. ..

Skickat från min SM-G925F via Tapatalk

---------- Post added at 09:17 AM ---------- Previous post was at 09:14 AM ----------

http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s6-edge/general/g925-pit-files-multi-thread-download-t3171636 there is the pitfile. That was my solution one time.

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[Galaxy S6 Edge Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tek-Toyz:
Thanks! i already tried that but i get NAND Write error no matter what...?
[Galaxy S6 Edge Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] keviinn:
I had the same problem a few weeks ago and I just couldn't find an answer so I had to kind of figure it out myself, I'm going to try to help you as much as I can, Well Apparently you have the g925f so go here

http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s6-edge/development/twrp-recovery-2-8-7-1-g925f-android-5-1-t3144866

And download the twrp and flash it with Odin, you should be able to flash it without any problem unlike the firmware, when you're done,* you should be able to enter the recovery mode ( vol up + home + power ) Then try factory reset, And it should boot now, If it does, download this rom ( i recommend it because it's really light and it gets you out of trouble as it did to me )

xtrestolite (http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s6/sams...xtrestolite-deodexed-mod-edition-1-3-t3119968)

Then flash it with twrp again and everything should be working now :)

Pd: If for some reason it gets stuck on the setup wizard dont do anything and download the rom from a computer and transfer the file, since you can actually transfer files in the setup wizard. Then install it.
[Galaxy S6 Edge Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BrenTeck:
my s6 edge 64Gb SM-G925F / G925FXXU5EQH6 is also bricked please hlep

Hi I need help with my s6 edge 64Gb SM-G925F / G925FXXU5EQH6 S/N RF8G60B9LJT from new unlocked but I am on the UK 3 network.

I never messed with my phone, I got an updated in the background and it crashed.

I could not reboot. It crashed during clear cash, restore factory settings and smart switch.

I took it into Samsung store they reset it, but it is still restarting after a short time.

I took it back and they say it was rooted or messed with. yes by a bad update and so out of warranty now by magic.

I have no choice but to root using odin 3.12.7 and 3.12 using sammobile G925FXXU5EQH6 image

it does not work either.

I think the partition table is messed up as I tried ZEROLTE_EUR_OPEN.pit and SM-G925F H3G pit from sammobile

Still, no luck getting this to unbrick.

Please help and advice

Kind regards David
[Galaxy S6 Edge Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] callumbr1:
Still having trouble with this?
[Galaxy S6 Edge Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BrenTeck:
Please help

Yes please help, I still have a brick for an s6 edge.
[Galaxy S6 Edge Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] callumbr1:
http://updato.com/firmware-archive-select-model?record=33A75A0392E611E7963AFA163EE8F90B

Download and flash this firmware with Odin 3.12.7.

If the firmware has 5 files after extracting make sure you use the .CSC file and not the home_csc
[Galaxy S6 Edge Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BrenTeck:
7 files after extracting

Hi, after extracting the zip I get one tar.md5 file which has

meta-data folder

boot.img

chache.img

cm.bin

hidden.img

sboot.bin

system.img

Also how do I change between .CSC file and home_csc if needed?

Thanks.
[Galaxy S6 Edge Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] callumbr1:
You cannot change between csc and home_csc. It's just some firmwares come as 5 separate files. In your case just flash the .md5 firmware through AP in Odin.
[Galaxy S6 Edge Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BrenTeck:
Still no luck

Thank, I tried that but still no luck. It just fails each time.
[Galaxy S6 Edge Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] callumbr1:
At which part does it fail at?
[Galaxy S6 Edge Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BrenTeck:
Fails after hidden.img

Hi Thanks for the help so far, It fails at hidden.img
[Galaxy S6 Edge Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] callumbr1:
Very easy, just unpack the firmware then remove the hidden.img repack it and flash it again. It will pass
[Galaxy S6 Edge Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BrenTeck:
corrupted data storage

Well, it got further but stuck in a loop. Sometimes saying corrupted data storage, sometimes gets to the new 3 logo.

Do you have the correct re-partition file? I may have messed mine up.
[Galaxy S6 Edge Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] callumbr1:
If it gets stuck on the 3 logo for a while. Just leave it to boot it can take up to 20 minutes.

Or boot to recovery and wipe data/ cache

If that don't work flash the firmware again along with this pit file

https://mega.nz/#!jEwFmQYb!uK98rLtylYY6zLKgCfuMNQYL4cpcfoSZM1kFGzhRGuw

Put the pit in the correct place and check repartition
[Galaxy S6 Edge Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BrenTeck:
Just stuck in loop and crashes during wipe data / cash
[Galaxy S6 Edge Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] callumbr1:
Did you flash the pit?
[Galaxy S6 Edge Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BrenTeck:
Yes
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LokeOMK:
I managed to land a root (for the first time) on my Zenpad S earlyer today.

it was the Kingo 1click usb root who landed for me. duno how that happend cuz i was trying to install the one described on the forum here.

anyways lots of **** on my Zenpad so i google factory reset and foun that it does not remove the root. So i did a factory reset to clean up the system. after reset i got some firmware update from asus and on reboot it stuck on Asus loading screen. i foregot to install the SuperSu before i installed to update from asus.

I have tried

Reboot - stuck

Factory reset - stuck

Running the root - over agen - stuck

Clearing the cash - stuck

asus image from official site from micro usb - didnt work

waiting more - dont work

is there any hope for my zenpad s?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mulperi:
Hi,

Yes, I think I had a similiar situation.

You need to download the 1.3Gb zip firmware image from support.asus.com. Put it and why not also updated super su.zip on a 8Gb microsd formated to fat2.

Then download the tools on first the page of

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=61930837

Extract the files to pc. Ensure you have working adb drivers. Reboot zenpad s 8.0 with volume up +power. Connect zenpad to pc and run the launcher.bat from toolkit.

Type ACCEPT, select 5 for cwm and finally T2 method.

Now you should be in temporary cwm. Install the 1.3Gb zip image from sdcard and be patient. It looks like md5 checking forever but finally you will have a restored zenpad.

Before rebooting you might also install supersu but when rebootin do NOT let cwm fix root, just select no.

I think asus is great for providing fw and even source for us. Did not even consider samsung due to their silly knox fuses.

I hope you get back on you pad with this.

Mulperi
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] gavin0205:
I have on of these devices, that was originally bought in Spain on what was Amena, but is now Orange. I have unlocked the phone and updated to WM6. The phone works fine, so too does wifi, but the device still looks to original home network registration for GPRS, so it does not connect with any chip here. can this be changed. if so, how.

I welcome any assistance
[Fire General] k3ll0gs:
My device was running Fire OS 5.0 and I installed my copy of Titanium Pro (used APK extractor on another Android device as play not working on 5.0).

I then proceeded to kill as many Amazon processes based on my Remove Bloat thread - I actually deleted them from the device so that they were no longer there. I kept the OTA processes in place - reset the device from [Recovery Mode] and upon boot joined WiFi and proceeded with the upgrade to 5.01

The update by the looks of things repaired the Fire OS and the system processes that I had deleted were now back on the device (Kindle Book Store etc). It also removed root from the device.

So just like everyone says - disabled OTA updates if you do not wish t remove root.
[Fire General] shinji257:
Were you able to reinstall root post update?
[Fire General] tonyt3rry:
Would love to know also

Sent from my Amazon Fire 2015
[Fire General] qtotter:
i reinstalled the firmware to give it real factory reset, and applied OTA twice yesterday, but I could make it rooted after that. So I guess you can reinstall root again because the updated system did not reject root.
[Fire General] k3ll0gs:
Yes I was able to root 5.01 after the OTA update
[Fire General] blueberry.sky:
I would strongly advise everyone to disable the OTA processes. If you want to update a new device from 5.0 to 5.0.1 you can do so manually. Fire (5th Gen) updates are available here https://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=201830180

Who knows when amazon will roll out the next OTA, tomorrow, next week, next month. And they certainly might block root with it. The fire cost us only $50, amazon may be losing money on the straight device price. They want us to spending money on all the premium amazon services that we are striping out as bloat. They may need the money to even break even.
[Fire General] shinji257:
Huh... This actually gave me some insight into the OTA bit. I went and pulled the latest update and it basically overwrites the system partition. That's why it seems to undo everything you did. This is good though because it also means if it won't boot then I should be able to get into 3e recovery and sideload the most recent update back to the device. I tested this by flashing google play then "repairing" using the update and google play was no longer present from this. It also doesn't seem to wipe userdata when doing this which is nice.
[XDA Assist] HOSAEN:
Hi guys,my phone is xperia z3 dual (d6633), there's a problem with mobile data ,everything looks good APN ,internet settings ... I have used it before and it went well and I could use Internet but now it doesn't turn on and doesn't show LTE 3G or E like before, I wanna know if i it can be solved without flashing new ROM??

I guess it happened after installing busybox.
[XDA Assist] xunholyx:
You should search this forum to see if this issue has been brought up and a sollution has been posted.

If you can't find a method to correct your problem, start a new thread there and you should get responded to fairly quickly. It's a pretty active forum with fellow users of the Z3.
[XDA Assist] HOSAEN:
Still have problem

I couldn't find sth like this:confused: