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[Sony Xperia XZ Guides, News, & Discussion] Linshart:
anyone found a working standalone night light/mode (no rom with it, just a flashable zip to enable night light/mode) for the .192 FW? I found one, but it´s not working :(
[Sony Xperia XZ Guides, News, & Discussion] YasuHamed:
sir

answering

1. DRM Keys are in the TA partition, when you Run UNIVERSAL TA BACKUP v2 script ( AKA DirtyCow Script ) on MM kernel (Android 6), it EXTRACT full image of TA (trim area partition) and dump TA.F833x.xxx.xxx.xxx.datestamp.timestamp.img in the same folder on your desktop. if you run the Dcow script again again, it will extract the same file with various time stamps. The concept is that when you paid for xz, these motherboard keys are your too, and sony offers Legal way to unlock BL hence wiping it out made no sense but this is how SONY wants us to deal with unlocking bootloader! .

2. at this point since July2016 we have clear visiblity on how lack of TA.img may NOT affect the XZ / XZs / Xc / z5 / z5p /z4 / Xzs & Xz compact. so YES even if you dont EXTRACT TA.img, technically it has nothing to do with obtaining ROOT access and MODDED kernel having fake drm patch WORKS 100% fine!. the TA.img is ONLY required if you wana RELOCK your BOOTLOADER. otherwise as xz is almost end of days in development and after dec2018 there WONT be any builds because SONY will honor develompent only for XZp onwards devices. So you can SKIP no3, however I strongly recommend you to EXTRACT you TA.img file

3. ------->

i enjoyed guiding you so

plz don't be sorry
[Sony Xperia XZ Guides, News, & Discussion] YasuHamed:
dirty cow script post

https://xdaforums.com/crossdevice-dev/sony/universal-dirtycow-based-ta-backup-t3514236

Magisk (flashable) & Magisk Manager MASTER POST

https://xdaforums.com/apps/magisk/official-magisk-v7-universal-systemless-t3473445

twrp (LATEST from vendor page) (KAGURA)

https://dl.twrp.me/kagura/twrp-3.2.3-0-kagura.img
[Sony Xperia XZ Guides, News, & Discussion] joshiharish89:
I installed latest Nov build but not succeed root when I flash clean kernel oreo dual F8332 my phone hang with Sony logo
[Sony Xperia XZ Guides, News, & Discussion] YasuHamed:
send me your kernel yasuhamed @ gmail.com
[Sony Xperia XZ Guides, News, & Discussion] Mandy uncaged:
YasuHamed, please excuse my noobishness, but what do you mean with OT? OffTopic or OriginalThread?

Because in OriginalThread i cannot find a download link for the Kernel.
[Sony Xperia XZ Guides, News, & Discussion] YasuHamed:
sir , OT stands for Original Thread, OP stands for Opening Post or Original Poster (depend on context)

you may download the modded kernel from

https://mega.nz/#F!iZYgkJ5I!GAZZW_uFltUPiL_TvDY84w!WA5kDQqZ
[Sony Xperia XZ Guides, News, & Discussion] s@meer:
brother yasuhamed,thanks for the help though may i ask something i have installed flashtool-0.9.23.1-windows.zip do i need to download the latest flashtool which is now flashtool-0.9.25.0-windows.exe or continue with flashtool-0.9.23.1-windows.zip.

as wanted to ask when do i flash this Night_Light mod is it after DRMFIX.zip, and finally Magsik17.x.

thanks sameer
[Sony Xperia XZ Guides, News, & Discussion] YasuHamed:
sameer

the flashtool has to be LATEST, older flashtools may not able to flash OREO in correct sequence

C:\Users\<username>\.flashTool\devices

has certain files KNOWN as FCS script

when once xperia (xz) was on Locked bootloader, and was software repaired / upgraded via XPERIA COMPANION... what and HOW Xperia Companion did (in sequence) to your device (Flashed packets / bundles) in your XZ via USB cable while your device was connected in FLASHMODE... was CAPTURED by KEYLOGGER (software). This Key LOG was then Exported as JOB CARD as FSC Script and now FLASHTOOL READS that FSC script as instructions to mimic flashing as if XPERIA COMPANION was flashing your XZ...

hence its very important you keep your FLASHTOOL UPDATED :)
[Sony Xperia XZ Guides, News, & Discussion] Vancer2:
How do we find what kernal we have before flashing? :o
[Sony Xperia XZ Guides, News, & Discussion] DahakePL:
In settings under compilation number
[Sony Xperia XZ Guides, News, & Discussion] ilostmyandroid:
This is a great guide, thank you.

I am stuck in a bootloop and I believe it is because the kernel KERNEL_F8331_41.3.A.2.192_CLEAN.img may not be matching the version of Oreo that I am on (41.3.A.2.192-R8E). If I skip flashing the kernel via FlashTool then the phone boots fine and I can also flash TWRP via adb fastboot.

I used Emma to flash 1305-1010 Customized NOBA 41.3.A.2.192-R8E and the FTF for this file is the third link from the top here: https://xpericheck.com/device/F8331. I want to use the version of Oreo from Emma because it enables the fingerprint reader while having a strong mobile signal in the US and I would like to use this kernel so I can install Magisk via TWRP as well as drmfix (I do not have a TA.img backup).

Any ideas on why I get stuck on a bootloop when flashing this kernel?

Thanks!
[Sony Xperia XZ Guides, News, & Discussion] YasuHamed:
please tell me (step by step) what exactly you did?

1. flashed twrp

2. flashed kernel

3. FLASHED DRMFIX.ZIP ?

4. ...

5. ...

moreover you can always ditch EMMA and use FLASHTOOL (recomended) and within flashtool there is Xperifirm to download chunks of data from sony servers and to REPACK THEM (as you close xperifirm after download is finished - flashtool will trigger itself in repacking the ftf file with FCS script) .

this newly created ftf file ( by you) can be flashed with CHERRY PICK options , you can always flash selective partitions using flashtool (not sure about emma, never used)

now if you have lets say GERMANY/ EU / RUSSIA / SAUDIARABIA / INDIA build(S) of 41.3.A.2.192, and you flash it on your F8331 (which was on USA build having finger sensor disabled) , the finger sensor WILL WORK!
[Sony Xperia XZ Guides, News, & Discussion] jakebooth:
Stuck in bootloop after attempting to root and flash stock kernel.

Hi I'm looking for some help, I followed the steps exactly as you did them with no issues, I was on Nougat with kernel 39.0.A.1.213. I attempted to flash the nougat kernel you linked along with twrp, twrp worked but the kernel made my xz bootloop and it went to the sony screen then went back to the screen that says 'your has been unlocked it can't be trusted' and so on. Any tips as to how I can fix this. I flashed the old kernel I had of Nougat to make the phone work again, just hope I haven't lost my DRM keys.
[Sony Xperia XZ Guides, News, & Discussion] ilostmyandroid:
Thank you for this suggestion. I made the ftf file myself and got it working.
[Sony Xperia XZ Guides, News, & Discussion] Qattos:
Hello, can you please tell me how you managed to get it to work?

I made the ftf file myself from the latest firmware for Orange(FR,RO...) and followed the steps then used my backed-up TA.img file to restore DRM features but for some reason my Wi-Fi won't turn on, any ideas?
[Sony Xperia XZ Guides, News, & Discussion] ANG-123:
I successfully patched my phone, but the problem is that when i try to turn on WiFi it just switches off immediately, I used "F8332_41.3.A.2.192_8.0.0_NOV2018"

I have to note that i troubleshooted my phone and when it tested for WiFi it wouldn't even start, I also saw that my phone has no MAC address.
[Sony Xperia XZ Guides, News, & Discussion] abhushans:
I am having the same issue. Flashing latest kernel INDIA build of 41.3.A.2.192. I have TA image backup.

Device stuck/bootloop after flashing kernel.

Flashed latest orea build after bootloader unlocked with flashtool

Flashed twrp 3.2.3

Drmfix not flashed

Resolved...
[Sony Xperia XZ Guides, News, & Discussion] efullzslank:
Please help me how to fix ?

My device problem with fido_key..?
[Sony Xperia XZ Guides, News, & Discussion] ilostmyandroid:
I'm not familiar with the Wi-Fi issue, but I am glad you got the ftf file working for the most part.
[Sony Xperia XZ Guides, News, & Discussion] Patamon:
Hi, after rooting my 8331 i have no wifi and no Mac adress :(

i have buildnumber 41.3.A.2.192 Stock rom
[Sony Xperia XZ Guides, News, & Discussion] Newbies2019:
help i want install twrp & magisk only!

its will works with sony xperia xzs au sov35 (japan)

build number: 41.3.C.1.203??
[Sony Xperia XZ Guides, News, & Discussion] olekolekolek78:
need kernel oreo and xposed getting bootlop every time need files
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] non1oson:
hi guys,

I've got a new phone and I'm separating my personal and business.

currently I use one phone WA for business and personal. what I want to do is move all my chats and history of WA to my new phone and use my NEW phone number but for personal only. of course nobody will have the phone number yet because they'll all be on the old one (which will be for business). but atleast now I'll have all my personal chats on my new phone WA and new number, so when they start texting my new number it'll go to my new phone, and all the work related will still be texting my old phone and old WA).

so I've bought new phone and want to move all my chats over to the new phone, but I'll start that WA with the new number. so I'll tell people I've got a new number and they use the new WA not the old one.

does that all make sense? sorry if I was all over the place.

how do I do this without any problems? or do people recommend another way? I'm guessing I back up my WA on old phone. then go on my new phone and install WA using new phone number. load up as a fresh WA, then copy paste the back up into my new phones WA directory, then restart WA on new phone and I'll see all the chats, does that even work?

thanks!
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] MaximusLee:
Hello, everybody!

I have a problem with my Phone.

My screen is obscured when changing the viewing angle

How about you ??

https://drive.google.com/open?id=176h0qpEQ_WPDbJ4gIKRmVXpOJbeTm_gt[/IMG]
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario ROM Development] webmiester:
Hi guys,

I recently bought a 2nd hand Wizard with an WM6 "underground edition" ROM on it.

What struck me was that while using the sliding keyboard, there was an indicator on the lower part of the screen which showed whether I was on shift, or on the special characters mode.

When I changed the ROM to an SNN WM 6.1, this feature disappeared.

How can I bring it back?
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario ROM Development] newbie1221:
yea, i removed that feature, i will put it back when i release the next version of my rom. your not the only one that wanted that feature.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario ROM Development] jwzg:
:DSimple regedit will get it back.

HKCU\ControlPanel\Keybd

EnableIndicator: DWORD value 1
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario ROM Development] newbie1221:
lol thanks for the info, i really need to learn how to tweak roms using regedits. i'm at best a "junior chef" right now. :D
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario ROM Development] benmyers2941:
I've tried the regedit but it doesn't seem to be working. Capnotify doesn't seem to want to start. Any Ideas?

Never mind, it didn't take the registry edit before. I don't know why. All's good now!
[Nokia 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Qball_NL:
Update just landed on my nokia 8.

1576MB is the file size.

Region Netherlands.
[Nokia 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] NinjaTheory:
Not live on the International edition with 8.1 Beta picked up from DXB yet. Were you on beta or moving straight from 8.0 to 8.1?

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Also what's the stock camera app version in your update?
[Nokia 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Qball_NL:
Straight to 8.1. Was not in the beta program.

Camera version: V100.0089.03

V020.0068.03
[Nokia 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] NinjaTheory:
Camera app file version?
[Nokia 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Qball_NL:
Sorry, did not see that remark.

Camera version:

V100.0089.03

V020.0068.03
[Nokia 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] NinjaTheory:
So there's a version upgrade in the Camera Firmware version. Any improvements noticeable?

How about the stock camera app? On 8.1 Beta it's 8.0100.11. That's the stock Nokia Camera App version.
[Nokia 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Crockie:
8.1 live here in Denmark also. Presently downloading.
[Nokia 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Jens Christensen:
Nothing here yet (I'm also a Dane), did you come from the 8.1 beta?
[Nokia 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] DaF1974:
8.1 is also live in Germany. I signed up for beta labs but didn't get the beta. So it's a direct update from 8.0 to 8.1.

I had quite some performance issues with 8 earlier today but after the update to 8.1 almost everything seems much snappier than before. So far I'm impressed.
[Nokia 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] revanmj:
I'm on beta in Poland and haven't got it so far (TA-1004).
[Nokia 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Rocksau:
Installed earlier today coming from 8.1 beta.

Camera app version is 8.0110.21
[Nokia 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] NinjaTheory:
So is the camera sorted or are we still fiddling around with modded APKs?
[Nokia 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] manuerduarte:
In Paraguay Only february security patch
[Nokia 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Mastamike:
Which variant ? TA1012 single sim ?
[Nokia 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] manuerduarte:
Yes, TA1012 on 8.0
[Nokia 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Renejo:
1012 just received 8.1 in The Netherlands on T Mobile network
[Nokia 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Luhccas-X10:
TA-1052 updating a lot of Google apps.

Probably soon it'll be updated too.

Sent from my Nokia 8!
[Nokia 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Crockie:
No directly from official 8.0.
[Nokia 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] dream100:
is already downloading oreo 8.1, without beta installed, I'm from portugal.

Enviado do meu TA-1004 através do Tapatalk
[Nokia 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Cdslayer:
Just notice Oreo 8.1 update. Gonna do it after this post. Nokia model TA-1004. Finland

Edit: after updating, the phone seems more fluid and smoother.
[Nokia 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] thedark1979:
Me too , I received it today .

in Jordan
[Nokia 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] srikanthuk:
Is there an improvement in the camera?

What about the glance improvements?
[Nokia 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] cioconebunu:
Hello, i'm on 8.1 BETA and i can't rollback on 8.0 stable, i inregistered from beta labs but no update appears. Anny sugestions? Thanks
[Nokia 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] HanhiSorsa:
Nothing yet, TA-1004 Finland. Got February update last week.
[Nokia 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] bullfinch110:
Save your data and try a factory reset. During the setup, the update pops up. Worked for me. T 1012 Germany
[Nokia 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] anzbert:
not live yet on TA-1052

Edit: am in Germany on Lebara using a Hong Kong import TA1052

Edit2: update just arrived ! Yihaaa
[Nokia 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] laffindude:
TA1052 here, got my update yesterday. It solved my beta power drain issue. Seems to be back to Oreo 8.0 levels so far.
[Nokia 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] 777aciek:
TA-1004 in Poland and still dont have it
[Nokia 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] WeZLi1:
Try deleting google services framework to force the update no need to factory reset/ rollback to oreo 8.0 if you are on android 8.1 beta

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Good to see a Jordanian in this forums :)
[Nokia 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] thedark1979:
Thanks , me too.
[Nokia 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] victoram:
I'm stil on beta, ta-1004 , didnt receive the update
[Nokia 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Pumpino:
I have 8.1 beta on a TA-1052 in Australia. I've been told Vodafone can block updates (even though my phone was purchased from DWI), so I inserted a Telstra sim, cleared Google Play Services and restarted. Still no update.
[Nokia 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] super_joe:
I am also a little bit p....d. I am also part of 8.1 Beta and still have not received the update.

I thought that Beta users will be the first ones to get it.

Very annoying that everyone else gets it and I am still stuck with the beta version.
[Nokia 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] noise.se:
Nothing really new in neither of those. :(
[Nokia 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] revanmj:
Got it on TA-1004 in Poland today.

Unfortunately it seems they haven't fixed any bugs from beta that I encountered (Smart Lock not loading after restart unless you disable it before and adding ugly separators to default look of preference screens in third party apps like Chrome).
[Nokia 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] srikanthuk:
Sp pretty much just changed Android to 8.1 without fixing the problems that were existing before. :p
[Nokia 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Didusieq:
From Beta or 8.0?
[Nokia 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] revanmj:
Both issues were present on Nougat and were fixed with update to 8.0.
[Nokia 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] MrBelter:
Not if your phone was bought SIM free they cant, it is nothing to do with them.
[Nokia 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Didusieq:
NFC worked fine on 8.0, now I have some issues with it. Also battery drain is high. It was fine on 8.0.
[Nokia 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] revanmj:
Not really. Nokia does not seem to differentiate between phones bought on free market and from a carrier. They seem to take into account only SIM card that's inserted into the device (inserting one from different carrier seems to be most successful in forcing an update to show up), installed firmware version and maybe country of your IP address (some had success with using VPN from other country to force update to show up).
[Nokia 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] NinjaTheory:
Beta versions got updated a couple hours ago in India. Not loving the App Drawer transparency though. Otherwise all's working fine so far.
[Nokia 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] srikanthuk:
Got the 8.1 in india. The camera app does still suck but my focus time has improved heavily. Before to get a focus i needed to face the camera upwards before i take a snap. Now i dont seem to need to do that. Can hold the camera straight. When i face the camera down it still doesnt focus.

The service center says there is no hardware issue with my phone

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They removed the transparency right. Ya looks bad. Same for the notification bar as well.

Loved the menu look when you press the power button though
[Nokia 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] 777aciek:
Do you also have that gap between clock and screen edge?
[Nokia 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] super_joe:
I still have not received the final 8.1, even that I have been enrolled in the 8.1 beta program.

Might it be, since I wanted to identify the Wakelock problem, I have enabled BetterBatteryStats with ADB, that this is causing the issue not receiving the final version?
[Nokia 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Pumpino:
No, that wouldn't prevent you receiving the update. It's a staged roll-out; I haven't received it yet either. It sounds like using a VPN app might be effective.
[Nokia 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] NinjaTheory:
On both sides there's a margin buffer of sorts given.
[Nokia 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Pumpino:
I just tried PlexVPN and connected to India and China. Still no update found. Maybe it's nothing to do with location/IP address and is randomly selecting IMEI numbers.
[Nokia 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Pumpino:
I can't see Google Services Framework listed in Settings-> Apps. Is Google Play Services the same thing? If not, how does one clear GSF (I'm aware that's it's not recommended)?
[Nokia 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] srikanthuk:
+1 day feedback

Battery drain feels slightly higher. Could be because I am using the phone more with the camera focus somewhat fixed.

My favorite thing is the Bluetooth is finally working with my car. I may finally be able to use this phone as my primary phone now.
[Nokia 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] MrBelter:
If you bought your phone SIM free the firmware has zero network specific customizations and therefore updates have nothing to do with whatever SIM card or network you may happen to be using.
[Nokia 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] super_joe:
I also think, it is independent for SIM free phones.

I tried another SIM from a different provider, removed the SIM completely and used OPERA VPN with different locations, without success.

It is very strange, last time I received it very quickly, and this time nothing since days after releasing the final version.

I think there is nothing more I can do.

But I found another bug. I have a 1004 Dual SIm Version.

When removing my SIM card, and exchanging it with another one, then putting the old one in my phone again, I was not able to use Mobile Data. It was turned on (button), but it was turned off from the phone.

Under Sim Management, there is a button where you can select SIm Data for either SIM 1 or 2. Since I had only SIM 1 in, I was not able to set this field.

I then had to put in a second SIM to to be able to select SIM 1 as the Mobile Data Sim. Everything works again as normal after that.
[Nokia 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] revanmj:
I didn't say anything about firmware customisations - update engine can simply get your carrier via Android API that any 3rd party app can use and send it as a parameter in GET request to server. And server can decide based on that if it should offer update or not. Not really a firmware customisation.

And based on my own experience or posts of other users from Nokia community forum or here on XDA, this is exactly what happens. I have Nokia 8 from electronic store bought for full price and normally use Orange SIM card. With Oreo 8.0 rollout I didn't get the update until I changed SIM card to my backup one from Virgin Mobile.

Others had similar experience - people with other carriers than theirs got the update in their countries. When they changed their SIM cards they got it too. So Nokia is evidently targeting specific carriers in each part of the rollout at least in some countries and it doesn't make a difference if you bought the phone from a carrier or not in that case.

Of course they most likely use other criteria as well, like country of IP address that query came from or giving update only to some percentage of users that meet their criteria, so changing SIM may not always work.

If I remember correctly, even some Nokia support stuff admitted, that update availability (in a sense that you will get it eventually, but carrier can delay it for some time) may depend on your carrier even if you did not bought phone from them.

In Oreo 8.0 case, it took about one month for the update to became available to all as far as I recall.
[Nokia 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Pumpino:
I hope we're not waiting a month. Waiting a number of days already seems like a long time. Those of us on beta should receive it faster, as it would likely offer improvements to any bugs. I wouldn't mind so much if we could use a VPN to get it quickly, but it seems we have to be patient.
[Nokia 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] ikkefc3:
Its seems that the bugs from the beta are still present. The USB tethering doesn't work and it crashes and reboots when I disconnect the USB cable.
[Nokia 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Lanark:
The bluetooth battery status of connected devices is not shown correctly on my Nokia 8. It's always on 100% - no matter how full/empty the battery of the device really is. Used to have the same faulty behaviour also in the 8.1 beta and reported it to Nokia.

I am very disappointed to find this in the final version of Oreo 8.1

:((
[Nokia 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] SirMatin:
Yeah... And it's actually great cuz i had one of those nano screen glasses, and it doesn't cover the whole screen bcuz of the 2.5d glass or whatever. On 8.0 it would cut the time and any icons on the far left, but now bcuz of that gap i don't have a hard time reading the time anymore

Tnx nokia... Ur awesome =D
[Nokia 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] MrBelter:
It is a little odd that people who didn't test for bugs are now on a stable version yet many people are left on buggy beta after doing the testing and reporting.

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It has nothing to do with the network, you can keep going on until you are blue in the face if you like.