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[Xperia Z5 Premium Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KbaB.BroS:
At this point he could at least try, he's got nothing to lose. I have never had this problem, because I buy my phones unlocked no carrier involved, so these are only suggestions.
[Xperia Z5 Premium Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xirt0n:
Yeah, what I would try is first just try to do a full restore of your phone via PC Companion, and if that doesnt work then id try downloading an unbranded firmware from XperiFirm (If I am not mistaken, those named CUSTOM or something are unbranded) and then flash that via flashtool and see if that works, if not then your last hope is to get it replaced by warranty, which I'd say is fraud if the device isnt actually malfunctioning.
[Xperia Z5 Premium Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KbaB.BroS:
I don't think PC Companion works at all, because the only thing it does is downloading identical firmware like the one on the phone. So Flashtool only choice.

I replaced mine with one from flashtool that has a lot less bloatware it originally came with.
[Xperia Z5 Premium Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xirt0n:
Ok, I never personally used PC companion so I didnt know what it does, I just saw people suggest it around :)
[Xperia Z5 Premium Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KbaB.BroS:
I'm really sorry if I sound like some douchebag, this is the only way I can communicate in English.

I have bricked my Xperia devices a thousand times and reflashed on PC Companion and Flashtool a thousand more. Z5p is the only one I had this long without modding it.
[Xperia Z5 Premium Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xirt0n:
Oh, no I wasnt offended by you at all!

I am not easily offended either so no worries bro :)

Well, after Tobias released the "drm restore" I have no regrets whatsoever for rooting my z5p :)

EDIT: btw OP, may it be that you have "My Xperia" activated on your device? Because I think you cannot unlock bootloader when it is enabled. Just a thought!
[Xperia Z5 Premium Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] leonaheidern:
Sorry guys I just got an xperia z5 premium after using xperia z for many years

If I do unlock the bootloader , how do I root?

Is there any tutorial also to lock the bootloader back after rooting?
[Xperia Z5 Premium Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xirt0n:
If you go to page 2 in this thread you will see a writeup on how I did it on my z5 premium.

Edit: Also, if you read through a couple of other threads you would know that currently it is not possible to relock the bootloader on z5 family.

However, you can restore the lost DRM functions with the zip that tobias has posted in his thread! :)
[Xperia Z5 Premium Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] leonaheidern:
Ah ok , that kinda answers my question. I don't think I would want to root my week old phone and loose the warranty so fast. Guess I will wait
[Xperia Z5 Premium Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xirt0n:
I can understand that.

But as far as i know they will still cover manufacturing faults.
[Xperia Z5 Premium Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NJ72:
Already disabled My Xperia :( But thanks for the suggestion. Going to try the Flashtool approach.
[Xperia Z5 Premium Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NJ72:
Flashed the 'Customized UK' version through flashtool in conjunction with a full wipe - sadly no luck. Enabled dev options, enabled OEM unlock and it stills says unlock not allowed :(

Would appreciate any help in trying to crack this bugger open! :P
[Xperia Z5 Premium Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Spoghead:
Same problem here. I'm technically a noob at all this too, though work in IT so am fairly tech savvy. I've been searching for days and cannot find a way round it. Even done a fair bit of research on the Dirty Cow exploit to see if this could get round the root issue but no luck as of yet. Literally all I want to do is increase the number of volume steps from the stock 15 to 30. I'm not sure if it's possible to modify an ftf before you flash it. That's my next route of inquiry.
[Xperia Z5 Premium Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] -DM-:
Stock kernel uses verified boot (dm-verity), any changes made to system will be reverted at boot or won't let you boot period....

The 2 exploits (one for certain LL firmwares and the other one based on dirty cow on MM) that we have will only get you temp root, they're mostly used for TA backup or debloat of some apps....

Permanent root can only be achieved by unlocking the bootloader and using a custom rootable kernel (where dm-verity and more are disabled)

I've never heard of ways to have a locked bootloader been switched to yes though (other from Sony)
[Xperia Z5 Premium Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] YasuHamed:
either sony has gone better /stable

or YOU have became Pro ;)
[T-Mobile LG V10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] damailmann1:
If I root my V10, will I get unlimited hotspot tethering?
[T-Mobile LG V10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] snipersquad8:
That is actually a concern of mine. I have an Xperia Z2 unlocked, and I have unlimited tethering out of the box. I've cracked the screen and am looking at the V10 to replace it. But I REALLY don't want to lose my unlimited tethering. Does anyone have an answer to this question?
[T-Mobile LG V10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] snipersquad8:
http://xdaforums.com/google-nexus-5/help/how-to-bypass-t-mobile-tethering-t2518117

http://xdaforums.com/google-nexus-5/help/nexus-5-tethering-block-t2512674/page8

http://xdaforums.com/google-nexus-5/general/fix-nexus-5-tethering-block-t2581035

So I pulled the trigger and bought the phone. Confirmed that it is reporting my tether usage. Haven't tried these yet because I just found these possible solutions. My phone has a slight issue with the screen, so I'm returning it and exchanging it at T-Mobile. Does anyone want to test these options? And would it be possible to modify system files through adb so I don't have to root my phone and can keep using Android Pay?
[Android Apps and Games] dariobrun:
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Main Features:

-choose your dinosaur and customize it with many different skins, eyes and dance moves

-choose a song from your device and play while listening to your own music

-unlock many different locations to dance in

-two game in a single app: the two totally different game modes will let you have tons of fun

-gain levels to unlock new dance moves and skins for your dino

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Download Dino Dance Revolution for free:

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[Android Apps and Games] pacogp:
I have donwloaded and tested.

Good job, i have played your game!

Cheers!!
[Android Apps and Games] dariobrun:
Thank you, i am glad you liked the game :D
[Android Apps and Games] dariobrun:
shameless bump :)
[Android Apps and Games] dariobrun:
no one else tried it? :(
[Android Apps and Games] Mike_MS:
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[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo Q&A, Help & Troublesh] pigskins:
I bought a used Droid Turbo 64 GB and for the second time I am stuck in a situation where the screen went blank and now the device won't boot. I get to the silver/blue "Droid" splash screen where it sits for a moment or so, then the screen goes blank. After the first time I wiped and started over, it worked well for three days. Now it happened again. I tried wiping cache, did not help. I was thinking I could reflash Lollipop and would not lose data this time but can't seem to find the appropriate file to flash. Can someone point me to it, or let me know if that's not the right direction to go? As soon as I get a replacement I am sending this back but would like to try and get it up and running for the next few days.
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo Q&A, Help & Troublesh] mrkhigh:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=3063470

But is it wise to fix a device you are returning?
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo Q&A, Help & Troublesh] pigskins:
Just trying to get it to be usable until I can get a replacement phone.

While I was researching and posting here, I shut the phone off and put it on a charger. It said it was 61%. It got to 98%, I took a chance and powered it on and it got past the splash screen and went through an optimization of 63 apps. Finished and booted. Lasted about 10 mins then went black again and I am stuck.
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo Q&A, Help & Troublesh] activeservo:
I'm not sure if this is what your talking about but If you press the power button when it is in sleep mode and you see the clock and notifications but the background is black. If you pull up it should unlock the phone but everything goes black. That happens to me every so often. I reset my whole phone once thinking it was broken. All you have to do is pull down rather then up and the background appears and all is well again.
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo Q&A, Help & Troublesh] pigskins:
Thanks for the info but this phone is locking up. We turned off that mode. The screen does black after 1 min (in display settings). In our case, there is no way to get it to come back on. And during reboot, it goes black and never finishes booting.
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo Q&A, Help & Troublesh] pastorbennett:
You're best bet is to flash the stock firmware. http://rootjunkysdl.com/?device=Droid Turbo&folder=Firmware
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo Q&A, Help & Troublesh] WariooX:
i have the same issue, did firmware flash with fastboot and the fix with the verizon software with no results
[Moto G 2014 LTE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dmm1000:
Got rooted then wanted back to stock - End up "failed to validate system image msg

owner of a Motorola XT1072 UK model from Amazon

hi guys have made an absolute mess of this

heres what i did manged to install TWRP / Superu / unlock bootloader and root the phone with no issues

decided i wanted to go back to stock so via TWRP i flashed the stock image

that left me at stock - BUT bootloader still locked

so I went in and enabled USB debugging and FORGOT to tick the allow oem lock option

did an mfastboot oem lock - and it said success

then i did fastboot reboot - this where it failed

saying "boot up failed - failed to validate system image

but it was the corrrect image as of this thread

http://xdaforums.com/moto-g-lte/development/windows-tool-moto-g-2015-xt1072-restore-t3124915

Am stuck in that screen with options Normal Powerup/ REcovery / Factory / Barcodes / BP Tools

Currently it says "failed to validate system image"

and on next line

"Fastboot Reason: Fall-through from normal boot mode"

!00% my own fault for not being careful -

are there any utilities / batch files / tips or tricks

that can get me back on the road to stock firmware again ?
[Moto G 2014 LTE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LuK1337:
Just unlock it... There's no point of locking it again.
[Moto G 2014 LTE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dmm1000:
Hi Luk

the problem is that i DID NOT set the option for "Allow OEM UnLock"

and it will not unlock for me

its says (bootloader) - Check Allow OEM Unlock

it says FAILED (Remote failure)

Please help :)
[LG G Pad 7 Questions & Answers] thekiln:
Quick Update/Revision : I am actively experimenting with this device and wanted to share that if your sbl1 and sbl1b partition is corrupt I have confirmed it will also cause 9008 mode. Therefore, it may be best to determine if the table is corrupt (try "parted /dev/block/mmcblk print"), and if not instead of wiping rewriting mmcblk0 try restoring sbl1 and sbl1b first. The V410 boots in the following order from what I can tell slb1->aboot->boot->system. So far I haven't found a downside to my prior instructions but to be less invasive just in case it might be wise to try this amendment.
[LG G Pad 7 Questions & Answers] bethnesbitt:
I know my grand partition is corrupt, because after doing fastboot erase, basically everything, it came up as /dev/sdb. In a panic, I had deleted all the partitions, so now obviously my emmc storage is one big formated 16gb HD that cannot be seen in windows or linux no longer.

I just tried your method, found this post by doing a google search for:

sudo dd if=PrimaryGPT_0.bin

Had been doing just this, including the laf and many other ways. Am still getting the same thing though when putting the sdcard in the tablet, shows a 0% battery.

with the sdcard in the tablet I do get:

Bus 003 Device 063: ID 05c6:f006 Qualcomm, Inc.

Then after a few minutes, leaving it plugged into the USB I get:

Bus 003 Device 058: ID 1004:61a1 LG Electronics, Inc.

Also, with the sdcard in I do get KDZ_FW_UPD_EN to start updating but then get a perimeter error.
[LG G Pad 7 Questions & Answers] thekiln:
Ive seen the exact mode you are referring to. Three possibilities:

1.) unplugged, hold down the power button for 30 seconds (or less if fastboot comes up)

2.) your sd card does not have all the necessary partitions to boot (which i just confirmed are specifically rpm, rpmb, tz, tzb, sbl1, sbl1b, PrimaryGpt(has to be done first), aboot and abootb)

3) They didn't dd quite right. from my active testing Ive found if you script the dd'ing it doesn't quite flash right, unless you add a delay after each step.

Its actually a very good sign you are seeing the 0% battery logo, sounds like you are almost there. Let me know what happens. Ill be happy to help guide you. Ive dedicated my v410 as a dev board so Im constantly running tests and reverse engineering it.
[LG G Pad 7 Questions & Answers] bethnesbitt:
The 0% only shows up with the sdcard in, after I remove it, nothing. Tried wall charging it all night, that did nothing.

My theory is that if there was some way to mount the raw emmc and dd the primarygpt.bin to the raw emmc hd then the rest would be not problem.

I deleted the original EMMC partitions in gparted under linux after doing an erase fastboot -w laf, system, etc... something like that. After that the tablet did not show up again in gparted as soon as I unplugged it.

Right now I'm zero dd'ing my 16gb sd card, dang dd'ing seems to glue the partitions to the sdcard, If I try to fdisk the sdcard or delete the partitions using gparted, as soon as I dd the primarygpt.bin the old files reappear. Need to start fresh with 0s to the card.

In windows I can actually install specific lg drivers while in qualcomm hs_usb 9008 mode. The interesting thing with the sdcard in I can install the LG Android Net USB serial driver, which will not work while in 9008 mode.
[LG G Pad 7 Questions & Answers] thekiln:
The 0% comes up when your sdcard is inserted because you are close to getting it done. You're going to have your computer running all night on the zero'ing but I can assure you that will be in vein. The whole point of this tutorial is so you can get into a mode in which you can flash the emmc. I can tell you are a little lost in the steps so pm me and I'll help you out. Also a word to the wise, you can try all you want with windows and the 9008 drivers, but seriously there is nothing out there specific to the v410 thats going to help you "engage" the 9008 mode. Not being stubborn I've just literally tried it all. If it's any credit I am clinically OCD. I can't sleep till I figure things out.
[LG G Pad 7 Questions & Answers] nmnm4alll:
Finally, I see a hope is shining here!

I bricked my LG VK810, when I was trying to flash twrp, I refered to v500 pad instead and I flashed wrong img files (aboot, boot, sb1, sb2, sb3, tz & twrp.img) "only those 6 files" so I only need to replace those with the correct files, which I downloaded now.

I do not have Ubuntu, however I have CentOS, which i have not used for couple of years, so I forgot how to use it. also do I still need to use the LG Firmware Extractor?

please help
[LG G Pad 7 Questions & Answers] nmnm4alll:
Please please please help, how to do those steps!
[LG G Pad 7 Questions & Answers] thekiln:
I am not certain exactly which partitions have to be flashed, the attached note I made was from what I can tell so far. I was simply noting that it may be best to try one partition at a time vs doing them all at once, it is at your own descretion. So as far as listing the partitions, I'm not familuar with the centos distro but in Ubuntu it is something to the effect of fdisk /dev/sdb -l or gdisk /dev/sda then p. I hope that answers your question, If not please be more specific to your exact question.
[LG G Pad 7 Questions & Answers] nmnm4alll:
Thank you very much for your response, I am sorry I have never flashed partitions before, sbut I noticed gparted is not on CentOS, so I downloaded Puppy precise Linux as I was able to find gparted and I tried using it as shown in this video, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6z1Tu9l8WNc

But I am confused now about how big and what are the formats for the 34 partitions which need to be created?
[LG G Pad 7 Questions & Answers] thekiln:
Flashing PrimaryGPT_0.bin will automatically create the partitions. Flashing the individual partitions will give each partition the data needed. There should be no need to manually create partitions, if no partitions show up in gparted, the problem goes back to primarygpt, as that is the partition table.
[LG G Pad 7 Questions & Answers] nmnm4alll:
:confused::confused::confused:

I am not quite sure what you mean by:

how to can I get the Partition names?

Edit: I finally was able to get Ubuntu installed on my computer, so please instruct accordingly, sorry I have been googling everything you have mentioned in your OP with no luck!

Thanks in advance.
[LG G Pad 7 Questions & Answers] thekiln:
For the names I like to use "parted /dev/sdb" then "print" (sdb being the location of the sd card, might be sdc, sdd, etc..)
[LG G Pad 7 Questions & Answers] nmnm4alll:
Thanks for the command line, I came up with this 36 partitions

https://www.dropbox.com/s/bw8nj317y3v7pw6/VirtualBox_Ubunto_05_01_2016_08_59_03.png?dl=0

now how do I know each partition's path?

you have mentioned "I.e. ("Partition name: LAF Located at /dev/sdXx")"

so do I type for example: "modem: LAF located at /dev/sdb1" (sdb1 is my sdcard's path)?

Those are the files got extracted from the DZ file

https://www.dropbox.com/s/z3ebiy4vvnsy9oo/Untitled.png?dl=0

and this is a screenshot in Ubuntu after copying the file on a 64 memory stick and mounting it

https://www.dropbox.com/s/gqn35n1npklq8ld/VirtualBox_Ubunto_05_01_2016_09_30_15.png?dl=0

Do I just type: "sudo dd if=/media/mike/MEMORY/aboot_153600.bin of=/dev/sdb1" and so on for all .bin files?

Please try to write command lines as I do not have experience with Linux
[LG G Pad 7 Questions & Answers] thekiln:
I'll be honest and blunt, if you do not have experience with linux, a simple keystroke mistake could wipe your entire computer. I can't in good conscience recommend touching dd if you're not familiar with it. Not trying to be condescending or anything just really dangerous tools we are working with here.
[LG G Pad 7 Questions & Answers] smksky:
it have problem

wow !!! i can see the LG logo in my tablet !!!

but i can't run next step !!!

pushed power + volume up button but i never changed screen !!

This is written on the screen.

"boot certification verify"
[LG G Pad 7 Questions & Answers] lgv410:
please help me i copy 34 partition on SDcard after that what can i do? please answer , this does not work :((( 8.) Press and hold power and volume up...If all went well, there is suddenly life to your paperweight!! Congratulate yourself and prepare for more fun... If nothing happened, revisit the above steps, more than likely something got flashed to the wrong partition.
[LG G Pad 7 Questions & Answers] Breuz:
Issue

Hello, I've successfully followed the tutorial until step 9. When i flash TWRP it reboots and comes back to the fastboot screen.

If I hold the vol+ button when it is booting, the download mode screen flashes for a second and then it comes back to the fastboot.

I haven't been able to to anything else and would be very grateful if someone could help me with this.

Apparently there is no bootloader so it is stuck :(

I attached a picture of my screen
[LG G Pad 7 Questions & Answers] player615:
LG G Pad 7.0 V400

Is there a way to unlock Qualcomm 9008 from LG V400? :confused:
[LG G Pad 7 Questions & Answers] maxime506:
Finally my dead tablet went into fastboot mode.

Except windows cannot find a fastboot driver and fastboot command can't locate the device either. Any suggestions?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] neonafk:
Hey,

Been experimenting over the past few days now that I have a 4.4 phone for Verizon...What is the best temporary root program? after a while it seems my phone either loses root, or it isn't fully rooted (features not optional or working) with KingRo.

KingRo is the easiest, with KingRoot the phone shuts down or restarts itself, if i try to install supersume it also reboots or freezes.

Any other ideas? I have done the install via SP Tools and that is no better. after a few hours i lose root acccess and have to reboot. Even if i do a soft reboot i still loose root.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lareya:
I think that is why they call it temporary. I too use kingroot. When my phone boots it is gone. It doesn't take Long for my phone to reboot when trying to use root functions.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] will4958:
Someone posted something in the 'New Note 4 owner' thread about a possible permanent root. I checked it out earlier today, and from what I read, for our phone (those with a Verizon retail Note 4) it's meant for Lollipop 5.0.1. It provides a link to the Odin and root file downloads you'd need. I haven't tried it myself yet, but I'm remaining skeptically optimistic. Sadly, there haven't been new posts to that thread since my last one at 2:10pm today. Hopefully, someone will give it a shot this weekend, and if not I may try it on Monday. I'd just have to update to the 5.0.1 version of Lollipop first. I need my phone for work, so that's mainly why I haven't delved into it yet.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] neonafk:
No way that root for lollipop works permanently when we cant root 4..4

I'm just looking to see if everryobe is having the same trouble as me with kingroot or KingO, perhaps one program iss better than the other,

Of the newer android phones, which one is the best that is rootable> if i decide to switch to a permnanent rooted phone
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] neonafk:
anyone>
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lareya:
Any phone Not from Verizon almost. Verizon locks down the boot loader.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] neonafk:
no suggestions?