yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JuanMnz93:
That's not a recovery, that's a kernel and it may have a inbuilt recovery but if the recovery doesn't work, my device won't boot anymore so before doing something I have to know if that is the right kernel for this rom
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DarkAngel217:
no thats a recovery works on mine cause i got the same model as u and with this it overwrites it i believe

when i had problems with my phone cause of a custom kernel i found that and flashed it and it worked took me straight to recovery

or try this one http://www.infectedbuilds.net/downloads/z3/TWRP/
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JuanMnz93:
I've been reading about it and yes, that's a modified boot image, you can take a look here PAGE They describe the process...

I think that i could work but I'm not sure. Could you install ZyxxOS Rom? In order to test methods?

EDITED: I've been reading a lot of threats and I identify a simple problem.

When I turn on my device, it only vibrates but there's not lights (purple or pink) as it's normal to press the volume up bottom and enter to recovery because of I DON'T HAVE RECOVERY.

On the threat of ZyxxOS it says that it uses Dualrecovery.

I installed NDR Utils app and it says "unable to read XZDR.prop (which supposed to be in my sdcard) and" [NUT] Dualrecovery is required for this feature ".. So, some files are missing in order to make dualrecovery works.

I think that I had to make the recovery works to install another rom but the things is that I don't know how to reinstall the files of dual recovery without recovery.

Any idea [MENTION=6979267]nailyk[/MENTION]?
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DarkAngel217:
i can install zyxxos and test it out for you

there is an installer for that recovery but u cant use it cause your pc wont recognize it

maybe download that duel recovery file and somehow flash it through a terminal
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JuanMnz93:
I'm trying running the scripts ( in the folder TMP, there are the scripts) on the zip but it doesn't work... There should be a way of flashing the zip of dual recovery through terminal...
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DarkAngel217:
http://droid.quorapedia.com/flash-zip-files-from-adb-terminal-and-other-commands-czxg1a i found this site might help

---------- Post added at 10:43 AM ---------- Previous post was at 10:42 AM ----------

and this http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1353234
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JuanMnz93:
I tried them without success, that method needs a recovery, it's like Flashify app.
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nailyk:
This method are used to 'flash zip on reboot'. As example when you update cyanogenmod via cyanogenmod updater this is the way used. So you need a working recovery, sorry.

You haven't anymore the recovery of your rom because you change the kernel:

The old way to enter recovery is: starting your kernel (power on your phone), when the light appear push volume-rocker, then the kernel choose to boot into the recovery-ramdisk (fotakernel or built-in depending on the kernel build).

The new way is really different and I, if you are ok, I really want to check before we definitively brick your device:

- flash my latest twrp in your FOTAKernel partition with the dd method.

- unplug your usb cable

- turn off your phone with the hardware power off button

- press 'volume-down' then press 'power' and keep the both pressed until then sony logo appears. (it can took 5 seconds)

- cross your finger :)

If the display keep black, try to access the phone with adb.
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JuanMnz93:
It doesn't work, I think I have to use the old way of entering into recovery because on the description on the rom appears as a rom with a inbuilt recovery on the boot image but the developer hasn't answered me and I'm losing the hope, I really need to fix this problem but any developer of the roms want to help me.
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] darkdevu:
flashtool

DOWNLOAD flashtool

2)download your specific firm from xperiafirm

3)flash it

problem fixed!!!:good:
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JuanMnz93:
You didn't read anything... Thank for trying to help me but you should read a little bit... PC's don't recognize my phone as a Z3... PC's recognize it as an unknown USB device
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nailyk:
Can you explain a little more?

You are certainly right but, it is seriously dangerous.

With the old boot process the kernel (in the boot partition) choose the ramdisk to start (ramdisk of the system or ramdisk of the recovery, basically). As you have changed the kernel of ZyxxOs rom, the 'in built recovery' doesn't exist anymore. One of the solution to get a recovery back is to change your kernel.

Otherwise I cannot find a way to boot on the alternate bootloader.

---------- Post added at 23:50 ---------- Previous post was at 23:45 ----------

As you says advanced kernel is not compatible with dual recovery?

Did you try the dualrecovery remover?
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JuanMnz93:
I haven't tried advance kernel because the beta for MM is for 6.0.1.

I haven't try dual recovery remover because I didn't find the way of flashing it
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nailyk:
Sorry I would say 'AndroPlusKernel' in place of 'advanced kernel'.

To run the recovery remover (the binary only you send me), you can unzip the file, then launch the file as root. But:

- it is a binary so I'm not able to check what the binary is going to do,

- from some post I read it write to the system partition, so before running it, you should to remount your system rw.

An example could be:

su
cp /storage/sdcard0/download/XZDR-removaltool.zip /tmp
cd /tmp
unzip XZDR-removaltool.zip
mount -o remount,rw /system
chmod +x ./META-INF/com/google/android/update-binary
./META-INF/com/google/android/update-binary

This process could be applied to (almost) all zip for recoveries.
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JuanMnz93:
There was an error

u0_a245@leo:/ $ su
root@leo:/ # cp /sdcard/download/XZDR-removaltool.zip /tmp
root@leo:/ # cd /tmp
root@leo:/tmp # unzip XZDR-removaltool.zip
Archive: XZDR-removaltool.zip
replace META-INF/CERT.RSA? [y]es, [n]o, [A]ll, [N]one, [r]ename: inflating: META-INF/CERT.RSA
replace META-INF/com/google/android/update-binary? [y]es, [n]o, [A]ll, [N]one, [r]ename: inflating: META-INF/com/google/android/update-binary
replace META-INF/com/google/android/updater-script? [y]es, [n]o, [A]ll, [N]one, [r]ename: inflating: META-INF/com/google/android/updater-script
replace META-INF/CERT.SF? [y]es, [n]o, [A]ll, [N]one, [r]ename: inflating: META-INF/CERT.SF
replace META-INF/MANIFEST.MF? [y]es, [n]o, [A]ll, [N]one, [r]ename: inflating: META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
replace README.txt? [y]es, [n]o, [A]ll, [N]one, [r]ename: inflating: README.txt
root@leo:/tmp # mount -o remount,rw /system
root@leo:/tmp # chmod +x ./META-INF/com/google/android/update-binary
root@leo:/tmp # ./META-INF/com/google/android/update-binary
k_shell/10245:27286: ./META-INF/com/google/android/update-binary: No such file or directory
1|root@leo:/tmp #
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nailyk:
I suppose there is some missing dependencies.

If you can get all the operations done by the removal to I can try to write a shell script to replace this one.

Edit: this 'binary' is a shell script :o
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nailyk:
Here it is.

I test it on my z3 and it reboot fine ;)

move the downloaded tar to /tmp and as root:

tar xf remove.tar
sh remove.sh

it should remove all the resident of dual recovery.
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JuanMnz93:
It doesn't do anything

u0_a245@leo:/ $ su
root@leo:/ # cd /tmp
root@leo:/tmp # tar xf remove.tar
root@leo:/tmp # sh remove.sh
127|root@leo:/tmp #

Am i doing something wrong? It doesn't reboot.
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nailyk:
Absolutely not. It doesn't include a reboot process.

But on my phone I see some output of the script.

Did you reboot manually?

Does your phone enter recovery now?
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JuanMnz93:
It doesn't enter into recovery.

I executed the script with root explorer and it has the output information that the terminal gave to you.

I don't know what happens, the developer of RSXW told that I had ro flash that.
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JuanMnz93:
[MENTION=6979267]nailyk[/MENTION] Hi! I went to a repair center (it's not sony but they usually repair phones with software problems) they told that I should sell my phone to someone who doesn't care about software actualization or relative things because my phone won't be recognize by the computer until I reflash another rom through recovery.

They told me that the device lost some files on the system which are part of the process of recognizing the USB connection and if I want to repair the device I have to contact the developer of the run and invite him to help me (the developer Zyxxlei hasn't answered me yet).

I don't know what to do, I think I'll wait for an answer from the developer in order to try a boot.img but Im so scared about flash something and it will wrong so the developer should try first the file on his phone.

Thank you guys! I appreciate your help and I'm so disappointed that any rom developer wants to help me.
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nailyk:
Did you get the missing file list?
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JuanMnz93:
They couldn't know what is wrong with my device because there's not way of connecting my device to a pc program :(

They tried to find the "test point" but the pc doesn't recognize my device.

Yesterday I realized that the configuration app is totally different from the original rom. I think when I flashed ZyxxOs rom over RSWX they mixed up the file system.
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nailyk:
Really interesting!

Maybe, when installing the zyxos rom it messed up the blobs in the /system/vendor folder and broke the usb. It is a real clue!

I don't know the D6653 but can you provide a list of your partitions?

Also can you check on internet if the usb chipset is the same between D6603 and your phone?

I try to write I script to get the list of your phone blobs so can you point me to a downloadable stock rom?
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JuanMnz93:
This is a prerooted rom with recovery for my model

https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24052804347826412

I used to flash rom for 6603 because a developer when I start flashing rom told me that it's almost the same phone, the only different is the LTE bands but they always upload a patch for the dual sim model and my model (6653).

EDITED: Look at this

xdaforums.com/z3/general/d6603-d6653-difference-t3043680
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nailyk:
No usb information.

Can you provide the FCC id? Link 1 link 2
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nailyk:
Can you run (as root) the file in attachment and send back the file created in /tmp?

(root is needed cause I write to /tmp)

Edit: you can lunch it with something like that:

su
sh /storage/sdcard0/md5blobs.txt

Edit: file removed.
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nailyk:
Maybe http://xdaforums.com/xperia-z/general/tutorial-how-to-flash-stock-roms-t2240614 ?
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JuanMnz93:
fcc id: Py7pm-0806
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JuanMnz93:
I ran the file but it doesn't create a file on /temp
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nailyk:
It is '/tmp' but I think you check the right folder.

Did you have 'find'?

find --help

or

busybox find --help

is returning the help of find?
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JuanMnz93:
This was the result

u0_a245@leo:/ $ su
root@leo:/ # busybox find --help
BusyBox v1.24.0-hsbadr.MultiSystem (2015-04-26 23:38:32 EDT) multi-call binary.

Usage: find [-HL] [PATH]... [OPTIONS] [ACTIONS]

Search for files and perform actions on them.
First failed action stops processing of current file.
Defaults: PATH is current directory, action is '-print'

-L,-follow Follow symlinks
-H ...on command line only
-xdev Don't descend directories on other filesystems
-maxdepth N Descend at most N levels. -maxdepth 0 applies
actions to command line arguments only
-mindepth N Don't act on first N levels
-depth Act on directory *after* traversing it

Actions:
( ACTIONS ) Group actions for -o / -a
! ACT Invert ACT's success/failure
ACT1 [-a] ACT2 If ACT1 fails, stop, else do ACT2
ACT1 -o ACT2 If ACT1 succeeds, stop, else do ACT2
Note: -a has higher priority than -o
-name PATTERN Match file name (w/o directory name) to PATTERN
-iname PATTERN Case insensitive -name
-path PATTERN Match path to PATTERN
-ipath PATTERN Case insensitive -path
-regex PATTERN Match path to regex PATTERN
-type X File type is X (one of: f,d,l,b,c,...)
-perm MASK At least one mask bit (+MASK), all bits (-MASK),
or exactly MASK bits are set in file's mode -mtime DAYS mtime is greater than (+N), less than (-N), or exactly N days in the past
-mmin MINS mtime is greater than (+N), less than (-N), or exactly N minutes in the past
-newer FILE mtime is more recent than FILE's
-inum N File has inode number N
-user NAME/ID File is owned by given user
-group NAME/ID File is owned by given group
-size N[bck] File size is N (c:bytes,k:kbytes,b:512 bytes(def.))
+/-N: file size is bigger/smaller than N
-links N Number of links is greater than (+N), less than (-N),
or exactly N
-context CTX File has specified security context
-prune If current file is directory, don't descend into it
If none of the following actions is specified, -print is assumed
-print Print file name
-print0 Print file name, NUL terminated
-exec CMD ARG ; Run CMD with all instances of {} replaced by
file name. Fails if CMD exits with nonzero
-exec CMD ARG + Run CMD with {} replaced by list of file names
-delete Delete current file/directory. Turns on -depth option

root@leo:/ #
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nailyk:
Great!

I update the script consequently. Sorry I forgot that.
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JuanMnz93:
It doesn't create any file, I downloaded the new script and nothing happens.
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nailyk:
Sorry, I does not understand why it is not working.

I ran the script on my computer and my phone without problem... Busybox is installed on your phone etc...

I will try to check the binary in another way.

Can you provide me a full dmesg by pm?

su
dmesg > /tmp/log.dmesg
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JuanMnz93:
[MENTION=6979267]nailyk[/MENTION]
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nailyk:
Sorry but the log is not complete.

Can you do the manipulation after rebooting the phone?
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nailyk:
Any news?
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JuanMnz93:
Sorry, I left the only charger that works on a friend's house.

Here yo go!
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nailyk:
Sorry but the beginning of the dmesg output is always not here :( log start at 18secs so the important information are not here.

Seems some apps do that. I use osmonitor. Check if your dmesg output is complete with this and export it.

Recently I release a new version of twrp. Can you try flashing it to your FOTAKernel partition and try to boot it with the multiple way you know?

Some others thread appears about bricked devices, maybe you could find information on it.

Good luck!

Edit: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=58773529&postcount=30 & http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=58772148&postcount=16
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JuanMnz93:
Do you have a mirror of the last version? I can't download from tiny.... And if you can post the command to install it, I'll appreciate it
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nailyk:
Recovery alternative download (You will get a warning about untrusted certificate)

Sure :)

dd if=/storage/sdcard0/Download/recovery_z3-20160414_1404.img of=/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/FOTAKernel

Should do the trick.

If you found a file /sbin/init.sh in your phone (you need to be root to see it), can you post it?

To finish investigations before processing did you try the process (with flashtool) of links above?
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JuanMnz93:
I couldn't enter into recovery, there's not light and I tried all the combinations :(

I tried the process with flashtool without success.
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JuanMnz93:
[MENTION=6979267]nailyk[/MENTION] something weird happened today. I found a lg g2 charger and I tried to charge my phone with that charger and it works so I decided to try with that cable flashtool without success but when I turn on the phone again my phone doesn't recognize that charger... It only recognizes the short cable of my power bank.
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nailyk:
Curious... Did you try with the magnetic connector?

What did you mean by 'recognize'? After booting the phone doesn't charge at all?

Have you read this thread? What would you do next? Try to reflash the full phone?
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JuanMnz93:
I have tested again and my phone charges sometimes with the normal charger but sometimes it doesn't recognize the charger.

I just bought yesterday the magnetic charger, I'm waiting for it (I live in Venezuela and I have to wait for a friend to bring me the magnetic charger)

I'd like flashing stock rom and that's it... But I don't know what to do and the developer of ZyxxOs ROM hasn't answered :(

I'll read the threat.
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JuanMnz93:
Can you help me [MENTION=2822871]Wolfbreak[/MENTION]? Please
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nailyk:
Can you point me to a download link?
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JuanMnz93:
This is a slim version

xdaforums.com/z3/development/rom-slimm-t3359907

And this is the stock prerooted

xdaforums.com/z3/general/6-0-1-23-5-0-570-prerooted-recovery-t3362790
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JuanMnz93:
[MENTION=6979267]nailyk[/MENTION] I have found that my build.pro is not the same of ZyxxOs Rom and RXSW ROM. Can you check?

I had the beta rom (I restored a TWRP Backup and after that I decided to come back to RXSW rom and there started my problems...) could be possible that I have files from beta rom?

EDIT: I had this beta xdaforums.com/z3/general/d6603-sony-official-android-6-0-t3312448
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nailyk:
There is minors differences between Zyxx build.prop and yours. (version):

diff ZyxxOs.prop Actual\ rom.prop
5,6c5,6
< ro.build.display.id=ZyxxOS V1.2
< ro.build.version.incremental=2058-somc
---
> ro.build.display.id=MRA58K.Z1.2099-somc
> ro.build.version.incremental=2099-somc
14,15c14,15
< ro.build.date=Tue Oct 13 11:59:21 CEST 2015
< ro.build.date.utc=1444730361
---
> ro.build.date=Wed Oct 28 09:13:39 CET 2015
> ro.build.date.utc=1446020019
18c18
< ro.build.host=seldlx22023
---
> ro.build.host=seldlx22091
40,41c40,41
< ro.build.description=leo-user 6.0 MRA58K.Z1 2058-somc release-keys
< ro.build.fingerprint=Sony/leo/leo:6.0/MRA58K.Z1/2058-somc:user/release-keys
---
> ro.build.description=leo-user 6.0 MRA58K.Z1 2099-somc release-keys
> ro.build.fingerprint=Sony/leo/leo:6.0/MRA58K.Z1/2099-somc:user/release-keys
306c306
< ro.sf.lcd_density=480
---
> ro.sf.lcd_density=390
335c335
< ro.expect.recovery_id=0x21e91e0f04c3f37cfbf31b7ed4d51ce93f161ffd000000000000000000000000
---
> ro.expect.recovery_id=0xa7049f11382fca10e5babc940ae2ad25e9a40716000000000000000000000000

is your device a D6633? A dual sim model?

Edit: did you try safe mode? Is adb working in this mode?
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JuanMnz93:
My model is D6653.

I just tried the safe mode without success :(
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nailyk:
So you are confirming, when flashing, you never add zip for compatibility?

(like this:

)

---------- Post added at 23:42 ---------- Previous post was at 23:22 ----------

I found this:

on the RXSW thread.

Did you flash it?

What should be your rom for now?

In the first post you mention RXSW v15 which is based on android 5.1.1 but your build.prop report 6.0 and is similar to ZyxxOS.

Also in the founded patch from RXSW there is baseband firmware.

I just quick analyse it but it, maybe, contain a part of other drivers....

Looking further.

Also you mention titanium backup. I never install gapps so I don't know this apps. Would it backup full rom? With kernel?
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JuanMnz93:
That's right, I didn't flash the patch in that moment because my phone was 1% about of battery.

Titanium backup just backups apps, it doesn't backup system files.

Btw, I think there's a patch for 6.0 (concept or beta) for D6653 but I'm not sure
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nailyk:
So flashing it could be a good idea. Did you find it?
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JuanMnz93:
I was wrong, the only patch is for D6633, I don't know if there's a patch include on the rom of RXWZ rom because it has a 6.0 version and a patch for 6633.

I don't know if flashing through terminal commander the patch for lollipop (v16 path of RXWZ) would break my device.
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nailyk:
It will, probably.

Yesterday I found, in some modem blobs, there is functions about usb connectivity. So maybe, flashing the good one could save your phone.

AFAIK, all blobs are the sames for all the roms (for one android version). So if you use android 6.0.0, blobs can be taken from rxsw, cyanogenmod or whatever, depending on the D66xx of the rom/patch. Point me to the good rom version/patch and I will check the blobs.

Does your phone connectivity work well? What I have understood is your data connectivity should be partial with the wrong baseband firmware.
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JuanMnz93:
My phone connectivity works perfectly but sometimes I drop WiFi connection.

Is possible extracting the blobs from a rom? There's a rom 6.0.1

http://xdaforums.com/z3/development/d6603-23-1-1-28-t3102271

But it is 6.0.1 and the developer says it is for 6653 too but there's not patch available, just for 6633
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nailyk:
As your rom is a 6.0.0 version (as I can remember) and your phone is in a weird state, it sound risky. Should be better to flash 6.0.0 blobs. AFAIK, changing baseband and modem blobs with wrong versions should only break the data/gsm. (look at thread where people flash d6603 version of cyanogenmod on d6633 phones).

This is how I see the next steps:

try to flash the good blobs on your phone,

try to flash a full rom with data wiping compatible with your actual kernel

try to flash the good kernel of the new rom

This should restore your phone on a working state. Or definitively brick it.

All this steps are risky and I'm always looking for a way to flash a rom on a running one :(
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lesobun:
I have SAME problem with my z3dual :(((

Generally symptoms just the same as at the topic starter

Precisely the same the computer doesn't see phone. No combinations of buttons help. The button which is located about SIM cards doesn't help. The LED doesn't burn in general. I don't know what to do.
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nailyk:
Hi,

you should open your own thread. Here the phone boot up but the usb port doesn't work.
[General Questions and Answers] nthnu:
I asked in the Bionic forum but thought I'd ask here referring to SS 3.75. I am unable to create a ROM Slot. At the top it shows ROM Slot in green, but nothing after it. When I go to create ROM Slot 1-4, Selected Space is 2710MB, but Free Space is 0MB, and the button is grayed out. I assume that's why. Any ideas on what I'm missing? Thanks