yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Sony Xperia XA Guides, News, & Discussion] daskalakisp:
First of all that I said I did not tell with offensive...secondly not I asked to change the guide. I dont care if you change it or not... junior member i am only in this forum in real life iam IT Admin and computer programmer...you want proofs? google it like i do and i found that the program that you suggest that this is possible...and i say again that I said before not aggressively simply said that it is possible...And there I said to change the guide did not even care...and i am dog woof woof...and if iam junior member in this forum you are in real life...and probably because you know not to use Google i can say you how to do it...in fact the steps found it in this forum...and is quite simply...Connect phone in Flash-mode (phone shut down, volume down + power), Press the BLU button in Flashtool, Press the relock option and thats it....;)
[Sony Xperia XA Guides, News, & Discussion] lebigmac:
Hi. The TWRP in the first post (the one in the rootpack.zip), is this the most recent TWRP for Xperia XA (F3111) ?

I can't find the TWRP for Xperia XA (F3111) on the official TWRP.me website. Thanks.
[Sony Xperia XA Guides, News, & Discussion] rrvuhpg:
Hi, the TWRP of the XA and Ultra was ported by me so it's unofficial.
[Sony Xperia XA Guides, News, & Discussion] lebigmac:
That's great.

How come I don't get the usual "your bootloader has been unlocked - this device cannot be trusted" warning upon booting?

Is it your modified boot.img that removes this warning message? How did you manage to remove it? Thanks.
[Sony Xperia XA Guides, News, & Discussion] rrvuhpg:
I didn't make something special it's just a negligence from Sony ;)
[Sony Xperia XA Guides, News, & Discussion] DrProsec:
I'm trying to follow the guide and I got to the part where I flash the boot and recovery images. For whatever reason I get stuck in a bootloop after I flash them. I managed to reflash a stock boot rom to get back into the device, but recovery still loops for me. I unlocked the bootloader and confirmed it in the Service info/Configuration menu. I'm using the same laptop that I used to unlock the bootloader, so fastboot and drivers are working fine. I'm using a F3213. Anyone got any idea what I'm overlooking here?

EDIT: Wait my bad, I was trying to use the XA Single rootpack instead of using the XA Ultra rootpack. Nevermond, works great!
[Sony Xperia XA Guides, News, & Discussion] derpydm2:
Bootloop

Hello.

After getting my BL unlocked, I can flash the boot and recovery fine.

However, even after wiping userdata, the phone goes into a bootloop (xperia screen, left for 10ish hours and still there)

Is there a fix to my problem? If so, I would like to know.

The XA's battery life is simply horrendous, and my OEM rom comes stock with full crapware (like seriously? OK i get Spotify, but installing AMAZON SHOPPING as a system app??? what the hell were they thinking?) so I would like to get root access to fix these problems.

Thank you.
[Sony Xperia XA Guides, News, & Discussion] rrvuhpg:
Hi, are you sure that you used the good rootpack.zip for your device?

Have you followed exactly the guide?

You flashed files in the good steps?

Flash boot - > flash recovery - > boot recovery without booting to Android - > flash SuperSu zip - > boot to Android.

Battery life is in the average time than other device of same price and generation. Now I have the Oneplus3 with 3000mAh battery with official Resurrection Remix rom and it's not better than XA.
[Sony Xperia XA Guides, News, & Discussion] derpydm2:
Yes. I used rootpack for the F3116 for my dual sim XA.

My phone simply will not boot and it stays at the Xperia screen.

When I reflash stock rom, it works (and shows unlocked bootloader) but once I flash the modified boot and TWRP, plug my device from fastboot (completely off), go into TWRP and flash the SuperSU zip, it doesn't. I will try replacing the SuperSU zip and see if it works.

EDIT: It was a bad SuperSU zip with no boot img modification. Thanks for contributing to Xperia XA devs!
[Sony Xperia XA Guides, News, & Discussion] tthmatt:
Wil this work on 33.2.B.3.81 Xperia XA Dual.
[Sony Xperia XA Guides, News, & Discussion] rrvuhpg:
Yes, no problem. On 33.2.B.3.105 too.
[Sony Xperia XA Guides, News, & Discussion] lebigmac:
This guide works great on the stock Marshmallow but

Does this also work on the latest Nougat OTA update? (Xperia XA F3111)

Thanks.
[Sony Xperia XA Guides, News, & Discussion] rrvuhpg:
I don't know because I can't see in the future ;) More seriously probably no, Nougat release will probably have a new kernel and boot/recovery.
[Sony Xperia XA Guides, News, & Discussion] Dmx2Pac1979:
Hi i want to ask something because i am new in android...i have F3111 Xperia xa and i have unlock bootloader with this guide. yesterday sony release 33.2A.4.70 when i try to flash this in my device i take this "no flash script found" "flash script mandatory. Closing session" but when try to flash previous release 33.2.Α.3.150 is all good...any ideas?
[Sony Xperia XA Guides, News, & Discussion] Eeckdoug:
F3213
[Sony Xperia XA Guides, News, & Discussion] garikay:
Try another flashtool 0.9.22.3. It does not require a script
[Sony Xperia XA Guides, News, & Discussion] NeXt3R:
Please help with root for F3111 I've tried fw 35, .81., but all attempts ending with boot recovery .,only.,, system never fails to start, where we make mistakes? Thanks for the advice

and why there is so little rom on the F3111, .Cyan would be a good

sorry for my English :)
[Sony Xperia XA Guides, News, & Discussion] Dmx2Pac1979:
I make it with 0.9.23.0...thank you anyway
[Sony Xperia XA Guides, News, & Discussion] garikay:
May be you need to flash the modified kernel at first ? And do not flash recovery on the stock kernel.
[Sony Xperia XA Guides, News, & Discussion] NeXt3R:
my progress step .,flash boot ,.flash recovery ,.from first post

boot recovery ,.format data .,install supersu or test boot system ,.but still boot twrp ,.,.system start never :(
[Sony Xperia XA Guides, News, & Discussion] garikay:
Your steps should be: flash boot from first post -boot into system, if booting OK flash recovery and boot into system. if booting OK - flash other udateSU.zip, maybe udateSU.zip - cause what system start never.
[Sony Xperia XA Guides, News, & Discussion] maximrixe:
Hey guys, anyone knows how to make this root method works for Xperia XA 33.2.B.4.70 update? I'd try this one on the latest update but got bootloop, only TWRP works but loop on the Xperia logo if normally boot. Thank you for any help and sorry for my poor English.
[Sony Xperia XA Guides, News, & Discussion] JKelvin92:
Can someone mirror de files on other website?

http://dl-developer.sonymobile.com is out now and IDK when it will come back =(

need drivers for XA dual to unlock BL

I keep getting FAILED command during the unlock process.
[Sony Xperia XA Guides, News, & Discussion] Kaution1:
Hey buddy, got a slight error. I am all the way on step 13 and almost finished, however, I am stuck with the problem that I have no SD card available at all. I have downloaded the super su zip file on the main sony folder page but it isnt showing up during step 13-14.

Any help?
[Sony Xperia XA Guides, News, & Discussion] rrvuhpg:
Hi, maybe you need to format the SD card. To avoid problems with it I recommend to format in FAT32 with Gparted on Ubuntu. The integrated tool from Windows is bad.
[Sony Xperia XA Guides, News, & Discussion] KallumRai:
Apologies buddy. What I mean is I don't have a physical SD card at all, there is non available as I haven't bought one. I have done all up to step 13 without SD card, it's copying the SU app part that I am now stuck on.

Although, on a side note, I did get the "Error: Null" when creating the firmware bundles via Flashtool. Not sure if that would cause an error in the future.
[Sony Xperia XA Guides, News, & Discussion] rrvuhpg:
For now you need a physical SD or a USB stick to root on first time because of the encryption of data partition, for now my recovery can't mount it and dm-verity is not disabled by default in my boot. I will fix the 2 problems later.
[Sony Xperia XA Guides, News, & Discussion] HEKER510:
please boot.img upload for Xperia XA f3111 (33.2.A.4.70)

boot.img to fw 81 and fw 105 is but works on new FW 33.2.A.4.70 does not work and I have only ever had xperia logo over 1 hour and powering up the phone

some ideas?
[Sony Xperia XA Guides, News, & Discussion] messiahgov:
I have the same problem, the guide is also a bit confusing. I'm using a F3111 (F3111_Customized DE_1303-2769_33.2.A.4.70_R3A) and USB-Debugging is on, it's also unlocked with FlashTool and the unlock code. Both (ADB & Fastboot) drivers are installed on my PC (have Xperia Companion and full SDK anyway). I got the "rootpack 33.2.A.2.73.zip" from here, copied the "UPDATE-SuperSU-v2.76-20160630161323.zip" to the additional SD-card and the "boot.img" & "recovery.img" got copied to "C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Android\sdk\platform-tools".

Now I enter the Fastboot mode with the F3111 and use windows cmd to "fastboot flash boot boot.img" and "fastboot flash recovery recovery.img", both seem to install completely successful (everything OK, no error).

After that I enter Recovery mode (TWRP) and swipe to allow, go to the SD-card to install "UPDATE-SuperSU-v2.76-20160630161323.zip" and reboot.

And at last it's stuck at the loading screen with "Xperia" text. It's not frozen, but won't go any further for hours. To fix it, I only could use Xperia Companion and repair (which fix everything, but you need to lock the F3111 again with FlashTool before).

I also tried to wipe dalvik/cache after flashing SuperSU via TWRP, but the result is the same: "failed to mount /cache (Invalid argument)" and at reboot unending loading screen.

Also the optional part of point 13 is confusing, "you can format "userdata" partition now and remove internal encrytion for restoring TWRP backups/acces of /data partition, go to "wipe" and tap "format data".".

In TWRP is no "userdata" checkbox or anything I think, only the "format data" checkbox (and I did according to the guide at another try before installing SuperSU) and trying to manually mount the cache doesn't work (the cache checkbox in TWRP>Mount menu can't be checked at all). Also "fastboot erase cache" + "fastboot format cache" + mounting, is the same, checkbox is not selectable. If that is even the source of the unending loading screen?
[Sony Xperia XA Guides, News, & Discussion] k1llb0+:
Hello, download links for drivers as posted in Original Post are now dead links. Any advice where I can get them? Thanks!
[Sony Xperia XA Guides, News, & Discussion] k1llb0+:
help! encountered bootloop when i tried this method, using xperifirm firmware: Android 6.0 - 33.2.A.4.70 - XPERIA Firmware for F3115
[Sony Xperia XA Guides, News, & Discussion] rrvuhpg:
As said by HEKER510 the root doesn't work with the last firmware.
[Sony Xperia XA Guides, News, & Discussion] HEKER510:
doesn't work with the last firmware YES IS BOOTLOOP ???
[Sony Xperia XA Guides, News, & Discussion] messiahgov:
Is there any other way to root? KingRoot doesn't work, spare your time, no method for F3111 yet, at least with latest firmware.
[Sony Xperia XA Guides, News, & Discussion] okhayko:
Got bootloop at lastest firmware

i flashed boot.img and recovery.img in rootpack and it's boot perfectly. When i'm try to install SuperSU in recovery then i got bootloop. Any idea?

I'm go back to 33.2.B.3.105
[Sony Xperia XA Guides, News, & Discussion] HEKER510:
ok I'm go back to 33.2.B.3.105 too :(
[Sony Xperia XA Guides, News, & Discussion] rrvuhpg:
Good news, I successfully rooted the 33.2.B.4.70 firmware with an updated boot and Magisk. I will update soon.
[Sony Xperia XA Guides, News, & Discussion] HEKER510:
Very thankxxx bro good news thanx

I happy ???
[Sony Xperia XA Guides, News, & Discussion] BadmanBristow:
I'm glad Magisk helped. Was it my guide that helped, if so, do you mind giving credits to me? Thanks

---------- Post added at 11:46 AM ---------- Previous post was at 11:44 AM ----------

I recommend creating a backup every month
[Sony Xperia XA Guides, News, & Discussion] rrvuhpg:
I didn't tested your guide, only built a new boot based on last firmware with new kernel built from last firmware sources, disabled dm-verity by default in it and used Magisk to root. When I will have some time I will try your guide with the "old" boot and if it works don't worry I will give credit to you ;)

EDIT: For now your guide can't work with the last firmware: as soon as you flash SuperSu the device bootloop. The good news is that your guide will work with the boot that I will release, you will have to edit a little your guide (I will send you a PM) and I will link it in my root guide with credits to you :good:
[Sony Xperia XA Guides, News, & Discussion] HEKER510:
i question? when probably will be ready rootpack (boot.img) For XA single sim (33.2.B.4.70) = F3111

thankxxx for hardwork before
[Sony Xperia XA Guides, News, & Discussion] rrvuhpg:
For the 33.2.B.4.70 (dual sim) it's almost ready, I only need to disable debug settings and repack.

I hope that I will have time to release it today.

For the 33.2.A.4.70 (single sim) I need that some people send me a boot.sin from Flashtool (it's a request), build the kernel, edit the ramdisk and repack.
[Sony Xperia XA Guides, News, & Discussion] BadmanBristow:
PM me with whatever you need me to alter
[Sony Xperia XA Guides, News, & Discussion] HEKER510:
i upload to and send this files waiting ok?
[Sony Xperia XA Guides, News, & Discussion] okhayko:
Can you send me your method, please. Now i'm using version of India and it's has some apps i can't remove, even in Titaniumbackup (it say: can't locate apk) :( Thank you!

P/S: i'm using F3116 dual sim
[Sony Xperia XA Guides, News, & Discussion] rrvuhpg:
For the app that you can't remove you have to delete them with TWRP in the OEM partition.
[Sony Xperia XA Guides, News, & Discussion] okhayko:
Thank you. And i can't Format Factory or Wipe Cache, it said:" failed to unmount '/cache'". How to fix it?
[Sony Xperia XA Guides, News, & Discussion] HEKER510:
rrvuhpg

I withdrew F3111_Customized UK_1302-4476_33.2.A.4.70_R9A FTF files in the folder download files I had all my files I give one to zip through WinRAR files I send you a link and finish write thank you so much hardwork bro

MEGA: https://mega.nz/#!2kQ0RK4D!vLvScL22jpkcX-zZWDCALyj8WrU87DXroYaycpSTUGQ
[Sony Xperia XA Guides, News, & Discussion] rrvuhpg:
Nothing to fix, /cache is used by TWRP that's why you can't wipe it.
[Sony Xperia XA Guides, News, & Discussion] HEKER510:
rrvuhpg

i send to post #254 :)
[Sony Xperia XA Guides, News, & Discussion] messiahgov:
[MENTION=7688929]BadmanBristow[/MENTION]

Really? Begging for credits? ... xD pathetic
[Sony Xperia XA Guides, News, & Discussion] BadmanBristow:
I can see by your profile that you clearly make a huge contribution on XDA and it hurts to think that someone who is of actual use in XDA thinks that, your obviously not the kind of user who expects others to help and doesn't think for himself.

PS. Incase you're severely autistic and can't understand sarcasm (it was sarcasm, I think you are that kind of user) and oh yes credits... Let me see... Oh my I remember, I asked if my method helped him and asked for credits as if he did use my method, it would be nice to see he acknowledged that and it would link my OP so that if his method (if altered) doesn't work for a user, the original method might work, so that user can find my method that might work for him/ her. Also i DIDN'T BEG, i ASKED once. I asked IF my method worked and IF so, to give credits which would LINK THE OP FOR OTHER USERS TO LOOK AT. I'm not after a prize, i don't seek approval and i don't mock and twist other people's words to make them look more pathetic than me. BTW I'm not a socially awkward introvert who looks for any excuse to belittle others, i had free time whilst waiting to go out drinking with my mates (including actual girls not videos of them, I'm sure you're more knowledgeable about porn than i am.)
[Sony Xperia XA Guides, News, & Discussion] rrvuhpg:
Updated boot for 33.2.B.4.70 firmware, you can root with SuperSu or Magisk. I disabled dm-verity by default so you can now boot to Android after flash without root.

https://xdaforums.com/xperia-xa/development/f3112-f3116-stock-kernels-built-sources-t3526496

If you need help for installing Magisk or switch from SuperSu you can follow this guide:

https://xdaforums.com/xperia-xa/how-to/guide-how-to-install-magisk-xperia-xa-t3555911 thanks to [MENTION=7688929]BadmanBristow[/MENTION]

EDIT: I updated the root guide too for new users and I tried to be a little more simple (I hope). [MENTION=4985401]HEKER510[/MENTION] I need more time for two things. First, thank you for the upload but you packed the full firmware (2Go) and I need only the boot.sin in it (15 Mo), I have a slow connexion and it will take some time. Second, I need to build the kernel from sources and take some time too. You will probably have the update for Single Sim on next day, probably at same hour :)
[Sony Xperia XA Guides, News, & Discussion] HEKER510:
rrvuhpg

thankx you OK I'll wait my friends very thankx to :)
[Sony Xperia XA Guides, News, & Discussion] rrvuhpg:
I updated the boot.img for XA Single Sim on 33.2.A.4.70 firmware here:

https://xdaforums.com/xperia-xa/development/f3111-f3113-f3115-stock-kernels-built-t3573119
[Sony Xperia XA Guides, News, & Discussion] HEKER510:
rrvuhpg

Very Very thankx to hardwork bro thankx you very much i lucky man thank you bro good work THANK ???
[Sony Xperia XA Guides, News, & Discussion] matt120:
It doesn't work for me. After flashing boot.img (XA SS 33.2.A.4.70) phone doesn't start . fastboot is unavailable too. I can only enter flashmode
[Sony Xperia XA Guides, News, & Discussion] rrvuhpg:
Thank you for your feedback, can you give me the model you have? [MENTION=4985401]HEKER510[/MENTION] can you confirm if it works for you?
[Sony Xperia XA Guides, News, & Discussion] matt120:
I have F3111

Been trying different customizations

thanks for your hard work though
[Sony Xperia XA Guides, News, & Discussion] forceLaser:
thanks
[Sony Xperia XA Guides, News, & Discussion] rrvuhpg:
Bad news :( I will try again on next week end. For now I will remove the link. Sorry for the inconvenience. Any volunteer to be beta tester?
[Sony Xperia XA Guides, News, & Discussion] matt120:
If being beta tester means just flashing and checking if works, I'm in. Glad I would be helpful then
[Sony Xperia XA Guides, News, & Discussion] rrvuhpg:
Yes, nothing more :) I will contact you when done.
[Sony Xperia XA Guides, News, & Discussion] HEKER510:
Emblem for 20min and my work did not have time to do my flash f3111

I link delete for full mega sorry

I must upload fw 70???
[Sony Xperia XA Guides, News, & Discussion] rrvuhpg:
No you don't need I have it in my computer :)
[Sony Xperia XA Guides, News, & Discussion] HEKER510:
thankx bro :)
[Sony Xperia XA Guides, News, & Discussion] messiahgov:
Okay, I thought I was the only one. But, yeah, it doesn't work, equal what you erase/wipe whatever after installing SuperSU, it always boots into TWRP again. Xperia Companion and repairing fixed it at least, still with useless bloatware... Just need root for Titanium Backup and Lucky Patcher.
[Sony Xperia XA Guides, News, & Discussion] HEKER510:
what happened ? delete boot.img f3111 fw 70 in post ?

any problem ? idea
[Sony Xperia XA Guides, News, & Discussion] messiahgov:
I would test it too (if more help is needed). I mean, I wipe the whole phone anyway each time it doesn't work, only has some basic apps and my contacts, imported from google. A full wipe would be no problem, again. ^^
[Sony Xperia XA Guides, News, & Discussion] rrvuhpg:
It seems that the phone doesn't turn on, only flashmode is working. I deleted the link for security reason. I think it comes from the kernel build, the ramdisk is near untouched so for me the problem is not here. I will try again and clean the working dir before build.

[MENTION=6658374]messiahgov[/MENTION] thank you, I will send you the file too when finished.
[Sony Xperia XA Guides, News, & Discussion] messiahgov:
Okay cool. You don't need another "boot.sin" from a German XA firmware, or? But I would need a bit of a tutorial. I have Flashtool, Xperia Companion and Total Commander on phone, if that helps or could install any other software needed.
[Sony Xperia XA Guides, News, & Discussion] rrvuhpg:
I rebuilt kernel, link to 33.2.A.4.70 boot.img for Single Sim XA is up again, use last flashable SuperSu zip (v2.79) or don't flash it and use Magisk Manager for root to avoid bootloops.

Thanks to [MENTION=8142425]matt120[/MENTION] and [MENTION=6658374]messiahgov[/MENTION] for beta tests.
[Sony Xperia XA Guides, News, & Discussion] forceLaser:
on my F3111 your latest XA SS 33.2.A.4.70 boot.img , with RU_1302-7889_33.2.A.4.70_R6A Fimware

works Perfectly , confirmed you are the man , thank you so much bro :)

major respect

:):):o

:good::good::good:
[Sony Xperia XA Guides, News, & Discussion] HEKER510:
New update ? Is working Yes? ?
[Sony Xperia XA Guides, News, & Discussion] lchiang:
I have successfully root my phone following the guide. Many thanks.

But now I cannot connect the phone to PC. When plugged in the USB, it is just 'charging'. The phone does not prompt me to choose file transfer protocol.

How can I get back the file transfer function?
[Sony Xperia XA Guides, News, & Discussion] HEKER510:
rrvuhpg

Very big thankxxx and hardwork From 33.2.A.4.70 kernel sources and Ramdisk from 33.2.A.4.70 firmware f3111

Working all thankx you very much bro : )))))))))))))))))))))))))) :good::good::good::good::good::good::good::good:
[Sony Xperia XA Guides, News, & Discussion] OMNIDROID2995:
Where did you get the modified boot.img???

cause it doesnt work with the new 30.2.A.4.70 Firmware.

have f3111 and every time it stucks on bootscreen. can you send a new boot.img that works with A.4.70?

Also:

why this device is so unimportant in XDA?

because of MediaTek Chipset? no ROMs

a Hand full tweaks but no more.

dont want to use an old slow firmware
[Sony Xperia XA Guides, News, & Discussion] rrvuhpg:
The new boot is based on this firmware and confirmed working. You downloaded it from here? https://xdaforums.com/xperia-xa/development/f3111-f3113-f3115-stock-kernels-built-t3573119

Almost all mid-range Xperia have poor support for dev because Sony doesn't release the device tree and the full vendor tree.

Other thing, when you ask for something if you add "please" it will not break your fingers :mad:
[Sony Xperia XA Guides, News, & Discussion] Kawaxi:
I do apologize for posting in here

ignore.
[Sony Xperia XA Guides, News, & Discussion] MisterPetje:
Bonjour s'il vous plaît pouvez-vous aider

I have followed the video [I did have difficulty with ADB drivers not allowing me to see device but this was solved with Windows mtppk12 porting tool]

[For XA single sim = F3111

Boot: https://xdaforums.com/xpe...built-t3573119

TWRP recovery: https://mega.nz/#!9wADTZ7D!ysXxdwuv8...UJydu_vom2hKiY]

I have put boot and recovery on my phone but when I flash boot I have had these messages

C:\Flashtool\x10flasher_lib>fastboot flash boot boot.img

target reported max download size of 134217728 bytes

sending 'boot' (17249 KB)...

OKAY [ 0.738s]

writing 'boot'...

FAILED (remote: image is not a boot image)

finished. total time: 0.744s [this is when boot file is just copied into x10flasher_lib]

C:\Flashtool\x10flasher_lib>fastboot flash boot boot.img

target reported max download size of 134217728 bytes

error: cannot load 'boot.img': No error [when boot file copied and renamed with .img at end of file]

Any idea what could be wrong?
[Sony Xperia XA Guides, News, & Discussion] gulexk:
After root sony xa

why doesnt my sony xperia xa find the sim card after rooting the device

pls help :D
[Sony Xperia XA Guides, News, & Discussion] MisterPetje:
Same story

:(
[Sony Xperia XA Guides, News, & Discussion] ITSSDOT93:
i failed

soft bricked my phone -___- wouldnt go past the xperia logo so had to go into recovery and fully wipe my phone then lock the bootloader again juse to get it working is there a way todo it without bricking?