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[Xperia Z5 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Adrift98:
I think this is a pretty great thread rajdude. It's getting people to spell out a lot of information to noobs like us that it seems most posters have taken for granted over time.

I'm a complete novice at all of this. Sort of gleaning information as I go along, but I used this guide: http://twigstechtips.blogspot.hk/2016/04/sony-z5-compact-root-without-losing-ta.html?m=0

Along with this guide: http://xdaforums.com/xperia-z5/general/guide-rooting-unlocking-bootloader-t3354307

The first guide is pretty basic step-by-step instructions. It unfortunately occasionally kind of skips over a couple very small things (that will be clear as you go along), or occasionally words things in such a way that might not be completely intuitive, but maybe that's cause I need things explained to me like I'm five sometimes. Any time I might have had a question about something in the the first guide, I went to the other and found the answer. It didn't take me long to get the gist of the whole thing though, and overall, it wasn't as scary as I thought it was going to be. It'd be fantastic if someone created a video walkthrough, but so far as I know, no one has done that yet.

The guide will help you back up your TA Partition where your DRM keys are stored, unlock your bootloader, root your device, and then restore your DRM keys. In order to do this you need to downgrade to Lollipop (if you're not already on it), and then upgrade back up to Marshmallow. It will also install TWRP (which I had no clue was installed until I went into "recovery mode" by pressing UP when I saw the LED flash yellow during boot). There may be an easier way to go about this whole process, but this is the process I used.

Before jumping into anything, I'd hold off until you heard more from firdyRAY or someone more experienced. They may look at the guide I linked and be horrified.

And yeah, I haven't installed xpower yet for the same reasons you haven't. Sounds like there's even an xpower 4.0 that was released recently, but still seems kinda buggy. Being rooted with stock I've been able to give Greenify access to root. Install Adaway (which was worth getting root to begin with). Install sound/music mods like DiVA-X, Viper4Android and Dolby Atmos. Install Titanium Backup. And make a few other minor tweaks (that I've since reversed). I still don't know much about custom ROMs and all that jazz, so I'm holding off until I get more understanding. I'd love to install the xpower ROM (when the bugs are worked out), and maybe some sort of sound ROM. I also need to get more understanding on some of the other vernacular like what exactly a "dirty flash" is.
[Xperia Z5 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] civicsr2cool:
sony ric is a layer of security for sony roms so that they can protect nfc and fingerprint stuff. samsung and htc have there own variants as well.

yes lol the big red lettering is there to make you read, although hes not far off on the melting your phone part, the s810 is ridiculously hot.

the xpower thread doesnt not include the drm backup instructions because: 1) you need bootloader unlocked to flash it. and 2) because it includes the drm fix in it so you dont have to backup your ta keys.

the fingerprint sensor bug is on any bootloader unlocked phone, the hardware fails after x amount of hours and requires a reboot to work again. xpower is a stock rom, the only thing different is its pre-rooted, de-bloated, and deodexed for xposed to work. we have a separate thread for the fingerprint sensor bug and its been solved.
[Xperia Z5 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheEndHK:
Sony RIC main function is to disable /system write even you got root permission(you still able to do /system write but after a reboot will restore to original). There is a workaround but very trouble, TWRP recovery file manager can bypass Sony RIC(it works in the old day for me, not sure about now). BTW, all 3rd kernel should be disabled RIC nowadays. For any regular computer, there is no hardware or software lock to prevent you gain root access in linux but there are many such trouble stuffs in the android world... lol

I'm running XPower 3.0 Full as a daily driver since June and been very happy. Battery life, stability and speed is good.
[Xperia Z5 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] michuroztocz:
Please note, that you MAY lose your warranty when you lose your DRM keys. That's why I didn't unlocked my phone before there was a way to backup TA partition. Now I'm after warranty repair, and before it I was able to fully restore stock ROM with DRM and all features fully functional. In my country, there is only one Sony approved repair center and they check DRM keys before repairing anything - even if it's mechanical fault.

When I had Z1c in KitKat days, it didn't had dm-verity and Sony RIC. It was possible to gain permanent root with bootloader locked, so I was happily using stock ROM and kernel. In Z5c case, first thing I tried was to do the same and it was possible (just backup TA, unlock bootloader, and flash TWRP with patched kernel (dm-verity and Sony RIC disabled) to begin with), but going XPower way was much more confident - I didn't had to think about removing every bloat app. I just flashed lite version in June and I'm using it till this day without any problems at all :)

Another thing is that you lose OTA (Over-The-Air Update) functionality when you unlock bootloader and disable Sony RIC and dm-verity. Updating to newer versions of firmware, even on stock ROM is problematic when you modify it.
[Xperia Z5 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] flopower1996:
It's simply not possible. If you are rooted you can't apply OTA updates and neither should you.
[Xperia Z5 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] michuroztocz:
That's just what I wrote - just put it in another words ;)
[Sony Xperia M] Agu_Ra:
You know what this thread is for.

AOSP Nougat thread: Clickme!

CM14.1 thread: Click here!
[Sony Xperia M] kh34d:
Very good Thanx.
[Sony Xperia M] sbiswas:
It's great.
[Sony Xperia M] Rajesh_m:
I didnt want to spam the official thread with offtopics. So I installed Nougat and my sd card was not recognizable and there wasgapps issue too. So I am back to CM13. But still my sdcard is shown as unrecognizable. What do i do now? My sd card is not getting recognized in my laptop. I cannot format my sdcard as I have a lot to backup. [MENTION=4343949]PecanCM[/MENTION] . Can you please help?

And after installing Cm13, volume down button get me to cyanogenmod recovery and not twrp recovery. I guess this started happening after flashing the twrp zip which made my phone to bootloop and made me to install cm13 over again.

EDIT: Tried with twrp 3.0.2.0 by enabling mtp, but still internal storage is only shown. Sd card is shown as 0 mb in recovery. So is my data gone from sd card?
[Sony Xperia M] xjammetx:
maybe it doesnt mount exfat properly?

I'm using an old 4gb card formatted as fat32, it works well.

btw, how do we root this? I flashed UPDATE-SuperSU-v2.76-20160630161323.zip but it doesn't work. halp.
[Sony Xperia M] abhatia1435:
Guys How to root it? Flashing SuperSU doesn't work.
[Sony Xperia M] ChristianFerrer:
http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=68377277&postcount=1764

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=68371778&postcount=1755

I just wanna ask, if the repurposed button will work even the device is off? I've got a broken power button and I edited gpio-keys.kl so now the camera button acts as the power button. Will it work when my phone is powered off? Thanks. :)
[Sony Xperia M] abhatia1435:
Tried.

Result: Bootlop.
[Sony Xperia M] xjammetx:
got bootlooped too.
[Sony Xperia M] rjsdtr:
Can I use Xperia m dual as single sim for now!

And Please Help me to build source

Thanks for n
[Sony Xperia M] xjammetx:
nah doesnt work for me.
[Sony Xperia M] sandeep9m:
i have flashed rom and gapps zip through recovery, but when setting up the phone, it gives frequent errors like settings have stopped, setup wizard has stopped. and returning back to setup screen.

is it because my phone model is xperia m c1904 not c1905??
[Sony Xperia M] kh34d:
No, I don't think so.
[Sony Xperia M] sandeep9m:
pls suggest then what to do.
[Sony Xperia M] kh34d:
Try to wipe every thing and change your Gapps.
[Sony Xperia M] kh34d:
[MENTION=5037002]Bonoboo[/MENTION] hi, here new thread for super user please check it.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=3452703

Thanx
[Sony Xperia M] Kb44994:
Can I flash AOSP 7 over cm13 nightly
[Sony Xperia M] kh34d:
No you can't, you must do clean install first.
[Sony Xperia M] Bonoboo:
Asked on other forum to test system-modded version: with and without disabling SELinux still bootloop.

UPD: original system-less version as always does nothing.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] roaddaw9:
OK so a few weeks ago I downgraded from Nougat preview 5 back to 6.0.1. When I did this, suddenly I was having issues with only being able to get HSPA instead of LTE. I called AT&T and they pushed information to my phone for what I am assuming was a SIM card config. After that, LTE came back till last night. Again it started acting up so I called and was basically told your on a unlocked phone, go fish. So after that I continued to research and aligned my APN settings to what was in article published by AT&T for setting up the APN on non AT&T devices. LTE came back and since then I have had no issues getting LTE (knock on wood). The two items I changed in the APN was removing the fota from APN type and setting APN protocol to IPv4 only. Previously it was the combined setting for IPv4 and IPv6. I also in the last few days upgraded to the final version of Nougat.

However what really still bugs me is what happened during the downgrade to start all of this..... Prior to this I had this Nexus 6P for 7 months and never had a LTE connection issue. Any thoughts? I am going to be traveling to Canada and Mexico, anyone see any issues with my config for International travel? I posted screenshots of my settings.

Thanks in advance!
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] murtezahu:
downgrades are notorious for messing things up. my advice, under apn options, reset to default, and then delete everything except att nextgenphone, reboot, go to back up and reset settings and do a network settings reset. should sort you out.

oh, and wait to connect to wifi until it actually connects to LTE first
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] roaddaw9:
Question on the last part under network settings, if I do that reset does it wipe the configuration on the SIM card. The wording gives me a 50/50 perspective on it doing that.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] murtezahu:
Can't be 100% sure

From experience, android doesn't mess with the SIM card on its own. Usually the carrier has to push changes. The fact that it worked before and stopped working after downgrade seems to point to the fact that their was never and issue with the SIM. It was an os issue... But do what you're comfortable with, if it ain't broke...

Keep these instructions for if it ever screws up again
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] roaddaw9:
Thanks for your help and input
[Nexus 5X Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adobeman:
I have not done the Nougat update yet and was wondering if anyone can comment on how the new doze features do, or do not, possibly interfere with apps that use GPS to track activities. These would be apps like Strava, RideWIthGPS, RunKeeper, etc. I use RideWithGPS and simply start it, put my phone in my pocket and let it track me with screen off the whole time. My understanding of the new doze is that it might kick in and stop the tracking whereas MM doze does not because of motion. So if anyone on the official (not beta) 7 uses these kinds of apps with screen off all the time I'd appreciate it if you could comment. Does doze interfere and stop the tracking? Did you need to exclude the app from battery optimization? Other issues/comments?

I'm not rooted (and not looking to do so) so experience/solutions/comments that refer to rooted options are interesting but aren't really what I'm after.
[Nexus 5X Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PiousInquisitor:
Tracking apps will not be affected.
[Nexus 5X Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adobeman:
Have you used any on 7? I tend to think they will be ok too but an looking for real world feedback.
[Nexus 5X Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PiousInquisitor:
I haven't. I use a GPS watch now that syncs with Strava so I have no need to use it on my phone.

It worked fine on MM which also used doze (though a less aggressive version). If it were an issue tracking apps would be getting terrible ratings on the Google Play Store right now. If you really want me to test it I can run one of the apps for you on my ride tomorrow.
[Nexus 5X Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adobeman:
Wow. That's a really kind offer. If you track it with ridewithgps that would be awesome. It's free but you will probably need to set up an account. So I understand if you don't want to do that.

Enjoy the ride!
[Nexus 5X Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PiousInquisitor:
This one?

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ridewithgps.mobile
[Nexus 5X Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adobeman:
Yup. That's the one. It doesn't have all the social aspects of Strava but it's been solid for my needs. Thanks again.
[Nexus 5X Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PiousInquisitor:
Rode with the Ride with GPS app and it went well. I don't know if the phone ever dozed. In fact the battery stats show it was awake the whole ride. I doubt that the app will allow the phone to sleep or doze.
[Nexus 5X Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adobeman:
Thanks. I appreciate your doing this for me.
[Shield Android TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Spunkzz:
so i've had my 16gb nvidia shield with a 64gb memory card for about 6 months now but used id sparingly. is there a FAQ that can explain the things that can be done to the shield tv? i'm pretty new to the whole rooting since i've been out of the android scene for a while. any help is appreciated.

one of the main things i'lm looking to use the shield tv for is for kodi, streaming my sling box (is there a slingplayer app?), as well as some gaming.

thanks for your time.
[Shield Android TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nillaz:
By all means root if you want to, but Kodi and gaming are both things that the Shield TV excels at OOTB, no modification required. I don't use Sling but if I remember correctly there were people who were sideloading the slingplayer app with success a few months ago. No idea if Sling shut that down or if it still works.
[Shield Android TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Michiel0912:
Take a look on Youtube. Enough people with info about apps and games.
[Shield Android TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] techjunky90:
You've had it 6 months an yet you know nothing about it? Maybe try reading before making a pointless thread
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] skunknet:
Hi,

i've upgrade my MDA Vario follow the step wrote in Dr Puttingham and Vippie guide. This isn't my first time to upgrade a device but for the first time i've some problems ...

all ok until i've flashed my device with button_rom ... but now my device not recognize from activesync ...

If i stop retrieve information for activesync ...my device is connect ... and try to use lokiwiz for CID unlock ....

Lokiwiz doesnt' work ... i have stopped after THREE hour ... but nothing ...

Activesync don't recognize my device ...

I've tried to upgrade to T-Mobile 2.26 ROM and ok ...

Later i've upgrade IPL/SPL to version 3.08 ...ok ... and i tried to flash to WM6 rom. All wm6 rom failed upgrade ... only button_rom or Xda_mini_S can flash my device ....

What are happened ???

Please help me ... if possible ... sigh !!!!

Thanx in advance

Skunknet
[OnePlus 3 Questions & Answers] digger16309:
Running 3.2.4 OOS, Rooted, XPosed Framework, Gravity Box.

I recently added a second SIM, and of course, I only need to track the data signal / LTE status for the one SIM that is running data.

Does anyone know of a tweak, setting, or XPosed module that will hide the 3G signal of the other SIM? I am receiving calls on it, but I don't really need to see the signal and it's cluttering up my status bar.
[OnePlus 3 Questions & Answers] metalrawk:
There is an Xposed module called Flat style bar indicators which allows you to do that as well as choose from a range of custom icons. I'm using that and I absolutely love it.
[OnePlus 3 Questions & Answers] digger16309:
Ah, I've used that before on a different phone. I had issues with battery drain but I can give it another try on the OP3. Thanks!
[OnePlus 3 Questions & Answers] digger16309:
I don't see a setting to block one of the sims. The data setting takes both together. The only dual setting is the offset between the two icons.
[ZenFone 2 General] kcokla:
Hi,

I hope this is allowed,

Ive got a Zenfone 2 that i only uised for 3 months, and now im about to give the phone away and would like to install the latest CM on it and have a fresh start for the new user,

Now - ive got some experience in rooting and flashing firmware and all that stuff, but its been so long and dont want to spend hours reading and stuffing around

Details:

Asus_Z00AD

Android version 5.0

its running SUperzen 2.20.50.90

Anyway

I can pay using something like paypal and am prepared to pay $10USD

I assume if you know what your doing and can walk me through it using an app like whatsapp , or facebook messenger etc.

Please send me a pm with a wayh for me to contact you!

ill be up for a few more hours.

Thanks
[ZenFone 2 General] Yousvel:
I think it's not wise to put"I will pay foe someone to help me".

Just share your problem at the right place and you will find help.
[ZenFone 2 General] sharkie545:
Just unlock the bootloader via http://xdaforums.com/zenfone2/general/tool-one-click-bootloader-unlock-root-t3155884

Now with bootloader unlocked reboot into fastboot - and flash twrp. (fastboot flash recovery twrp.img)

With twrp installed reboot into recovery and flash cm13.

simple stuff :) saved you 10$
[ZenFone 2 General] kenbo111:
Heck, since you said you have superzen installed. That means you are already unlocked, and i assume have twrp installed. All you need to do is download the latest cm and open gapps (x86 nano version)). Then wipe and flash in twrp
[ZenFone 2 General] Dan_Jacques:
You saved $10 now. Well, I recommend ResurrectionRemix 5.7 + Holo Kernel to daily driver. I'm enjoying the combo. I will backup it (TWRP) and try Asus MM to see the future improvements. Well, at the end of the night my phone can evolve into a brick or a happy MM phone.

A tip: if you dont consider yourself a experienced user, dont try to flash beta Asus MM firmware.

A tip2: If you like the stock experience, try the RussiaNBear ROM 7.3 with BORETS24 kernel. Its really smooth, and comes rooted, with Viper4Android and debloated.
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chesko13:
The TWRP for my htc one m8s doesn't work, I get this error . The bootloader is unlocked

writing 'recovery'...

FAILED (remote: image error! (BootMagic check fail))

finished. total time: 0.200s
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ganyong:
http://xdaforums.com/android/apps-games/one-click-root-tool-android-2-x-5-0-t3107461/page1
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chesko13:
Tried that too, didn't work. Btw My phone is HTC ONE M8s android MM.
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ckpv5:
Read : http://xdaforums.com/htc-one-m8/one-m8s-general/make-custom-recovery-htc-one-m8s-t3114245

Try TWRP 2.8.6.0 listed in that thread and use htc_fastboot to flash

Any question, ask in that thread
[Xposed General] Yaser Maher:
any one can help me rooting my lenovo k10a40

it seems a real challenge
[Xposed General] mattzeller:
Have you looked at the thread for your device instead of the thread for Xposed?

Sent from my SCH-R220
[Xposed General] arczi7418:
Is there any way to root this device?I tried to use Kingoroot and Poot but it doesnt work at all
[Xposed General] TwistedRail:
The thing is, I'm also having trouble locating that thread/forum.

I quoted OP to emphasize that I, too, need help rooting and finding a suitable ROM for this particular device.

(Sorry for reviving an old thread?)
[Xposed General] mgscell:
Alguém teria alguma solução para erradicar esse modelo?
[Xposed General] htko89:
Why not post in a general devices forum section instead of Xposed? They aren't even related.
[Xposed General] Kirzoczek:
We have to find a way to unlock vol+ button on fastboot mode. Then we will may to play with rom stuff :)
[Xposed General] Boruwadinho10:
Help

How to do root lenovo c2 k10a40 MediaTek MT6735P or some rom under root ?? :confused:
[Xposed General] Kirzoczek:
I've just sell this crap.

---------- Post added at 11:45 AM ---------- Previous post was at 11:42 AM ----------

U have to flash a twrp image via fastboot or boot from twrp image. Then u may update software with su binaries. But still to do this, you have to unlock you bootloader. And suprise!!! U can't!!! **** this ?
[Xposed General] Boruwadinho10:
Maybe somehow frp can unlock but do not know how to check if unlocked
[XDA Assist] Penguin79:
Hello all,

This is the first time I attempt to root my andriod phone, in this case S2.

I have read through the steps and downloaded all the relevant software, rom etc but just I got stuck on the very 1st step.

I went into recovery mode and install "GT-I9100_JB_ClockworkMod-Recovery_6.0.2.9" through Odin 3.12.3. It says successful however my phone boot up with a yellow triangle and just blank off. When connected to pc, I can access the files and folder but the screen on the phone is always black. I tried flashing a few more time and it is always the same.

I can't even root my phone using "KingoRoot" let alone upgrade an custom ROM.

Please advise. :(
[XDA Assist] engloa:
Hi

We have a help section for your device here

http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s2/help

Ask there so that experts can help you root your device successfully

Good luck
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ChippyDippy:
Hello XDA!

As the title suggests, I have an S5 running CM13 with the CM13 kernel. My carrier, Orange Romania, has in the past offered "unlimited" LTE data that throttled over 10GB, for a very low price (~$13/month). I had this plan on a SIM in my S5, running CM12.1, and my carrier would send me an SMS message when I had used those 10GB and that my speeds would be throttled to 256kbps. And they did until I had upgraded to CM13. When I was on CM13, I could use 100GB+ of data without throttling or additional charges. I have also bought an S7, and my S7 DOES throttle to 256kbps.

Now, I have 2 hypotheses for this occurrence:

CM13 for the S5 contains some magic code that bypasses throttling

My carrier is really dumb and they throttle only on a specific LTE freqency and the CM13 kernel changes the logic of selecting the best LTE band (I've unlocked all LTE bands on the S5).

Do other people experience this? Is it maybe because of a corrupted SIM?

Thanks,

Chippy
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gnome9er:
i would just shut up and enjoy it
[Moto G 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] theoctavist:
It seems to record OK but when I open the file for playback I only get audio with a black screen.
[Nexus 6P General] enzo3856:
Just wanted to post an observation regarding BT music streaming metadata..

My 6P is fully stock, no mods, etc.

With MM I could never get music metadata to show up on my car stereo (aftermarket Kenwood). However, on a Parrot BT device it worked, and on several other newer vehicles with OEM bluetooth it would work.

Now that I have upgraded to Nougat, I am finally seeing BT metadata on my Kenwood.

The only issue I noticed yesterday: First song, no info... skip to previous, or next, text shows up. However, the first song will not show text, even if skipping back and forth.

Just thought I would share for those seeing the same issues on MM.
[Nexus 6P General] Blaze611:
Mine always worked on my Pioneer stereo, it can read my phones name, battery, take and reject calls and display current song album artist and time remaining on song. I'm still on MM but maybe it will work better? Cause sometimes the song won't update on the screen.
[Nexus 6P General] PatSend:
I can confirm both experiences the opener had.