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Need a ADB room

Hi,
First off, my ouya is bricked, i get tot hte ouya "!" screen, thats it.
So after going from zero knowledge to actually got ADB to work and being able to adb roms to the ouya, im finally stuck.
When i try to install a OTA update rom (.zip file) after ADB over, it stops and says the version number is to low compared to the version on the ouya. does anybody have a room that can be ADB over and after that i can just do a factory reset? Any help is appreciated!
I´ve tried some other stockplus roms etc, but it just starts installing then it says canceled. what am i missing?
Is there any rom out there that can be adb over?!
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There is some chance of flashing a sbf via PC?
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DiegoxG said:
There is some chance of flashing a sbf via PC?
Sent from my MB526 using Tapatalk 2
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Dont know how to choose location on the ouya, i know how to ADB stuff, (belive me it took 2days of hairpulling to figure that one out).
The problam is that i was in superuser with a fileexplorer i had edit a document and after that i was going to put the "read only" status back on the ouya systemfiles. But accidently unclicked read, so the ouya now just boots in to ouya"!" cause it cant read the system files. Does anyone have a system dump that i can flash? or can i flash a system dump just to get in the system and then do a system update / recovery?
Whould the abominable snowman update work if someone hade the ota rom for that? Since its a lter version than what i got i mean?

[Q] i cant get root privilages on 4.4?

I got OTA KRT16S two days ago, now i am trying to get rooted again, i tried several times but i can figure it how?
on fast boot device is unlocked
lock state : unlocked
secure boot : enabled
i can reach my TWRP menu and also can flash superSU v1.80.zip
message is " flashed successfully"
but whe i reboot i cant see my supersu app and after i install it from playstore the app force closes. cant update binaries.
any help will be appriciated. thanks in advance..
yes i am a bit noob as u see, but also i searched.. couldn't find what i am looking for, because i am not sure what i have to look for?!?
i think my problem is secured boot, but i dont know how to flash insecure boot , as i am unlocked already?
and sorry for my English :crying:

Come on mates ! Anybody wants to help?
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Try flashing this one instead. I never had an issue with it https://www.dropbox.com/s/94ju9y5pbba9qy1/UPDATE-SuperSU-v1.51.zip

I believe the latest TRWP does offer to root the device for you.

[Q] Problem while Rooting Xperia Arc

Hi,
I had rooted my Xperia Arc with eroot 1.2 but then got a bit carried away and moved some files I shouldn't had moved to my sd card and my phone started showing some errors like telling me the keyboard app has stopped or android.com.phone process as stopped.
Since that was happening I had to use pc companion and restore the original firmware.
Now, everytime I try to root it with eroot it fails. Any idea way I am sticking to what the tutorials suggest.
As I couldn't do it that way, I used flashtool 0.9.10 and doomlord script and manage to root the phone but strangelly it revert to its original state where it had files missing and started giving me notices that the keyboard process and android.phone had to be stopped and I can use sms because of that. '
Any ideas on how to fix this or way this is happening?
Already went on CWM recovery and cleaned everything and flashed the firmware several times but everytime the phone is rooted it reverts to this problem almost if he had some sort of recovery point to go to.
With stock firmware from Sony, everything is fine.
New to this site so please do excuse me if there is already any thread on this, I think there isn't.
Please help, thanks!

Rooting again with Eroot. USB debugging on? Unknown sources turned on?
Which firmware are you actually trying to root?
You said you moved files to SDcard. What files? Did you try to move them back? If yes, did you set correct permissions (rw-r--r-- for apps)?

Someguyfromhell said:
Rooting again with Eroot. USB debugging on? Unknown sources turned on?
Which firmware are you actually trying to root?
You said you moved files to SDcard. What files? Did you try to move them back? If yes, did you set correct permissions (rw-r--r-- for apps)?
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Well, when I rooted the first time with eroot I had usb debugging on, unknown sources turned on and it worked but not now.
I am trying to root firmware 4.1.B.0.587 I can root it if I flash the phone and use doomlords script but not sure why the phone after being rooted restores to the point he was in August, with missing files and all. Mind that after I screwed up in August, I re installed the original firmware 4.1.B.0.587 via pc companion and all got back to normal and unrooted.
When I moved the files to the sd I moved several and phone was working ok till the next reset, when it started displaying the same error messages as now after rooting so I am not sure what files I moved, but I would say, at leats something like the keyboard apk.
It says the process android.phone.com stopped working and the same for keyboard so I can't access sms.
For the time being, I used pc companion to reinstal firmware 4.1.B.0.587 and it works fine but every time I root it, same mistakes reappear.
Shouldn't all data on internal memory be erased when I flash the phone with firmware 4.1.B.0.587 using pc companion? So, why do this erros reapear when I root it?
Thanks

[Q] How to unlock bootloader 2014 (R800X)

Yeah I'm a bit confused at the methods. One guide tells you to use the official website, other threads take you to that same one. I havent had an Xperia Play since late 2012 - early 2013 and I found this one back in my old stuff. Sony website tells you to check with the dialer and see if it says yours is allowed to be unlocked. Mine has NOTHING. So what I'm supposed to suffer about 3-4 years later in the future because Verizon still decides they want to continue hiding whatever secrets this device packs?
I'm trying to experiment with custom roms. Stock is boring and would also love to root (which I can't because I'm on 2.3.4 since I'm an idiot).
We didn't even know about jellybean when I first had this thing. Now we have KitKat which is also aimed and claimed to run on a minimum of 512mb ram.
Any help?

Anybody? Its very frustrating as this phone has some potential.

Crossvxm said:
Anybody? Its very frustrating as this phone has some potential.
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Hi Crossvxm,
You can definitely unlock the bootloader on your phone. The Verizon Xperia Play doesn't show the bootloader unlock status in the service menu, but it's been confirmed in lots of other posts where R800x owners have unlocked their bootloaders. I have also done it personally with the Sony Official method. Here's the link to the Sony website if you want to give it a go: http://developer.sonymobile.com/unlockbootloader/
You can also root your R800x while it's still on 2.3.4 using the Eroot method. See this thread for more information on Eroot: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2240285. Please make sure to hit the thanks button for Nabeel, wym986, Vokal1992, and any others who helped bring this root method to us. The direct download link for the Eroot version that I have used is: https://www.dropbox.com/s/jnwl5r3fnsssbuu/Eroot_V1.3.4.exe. If you want to check the MD5 checksum after downloading it, it should be: 459d8bdda203a5f5e9d28231fa6df6b0
Here are some instructions that I made for my friend to help him root his R800x, but the thread mentioned above also has instructions...
-Eroot Instructions-
1. Disable the anti-virus software on your computer to prevent it from stopping the root exploit
2. Go to your phone Settings/ Applications/Developer Options and Make USB Debugging is enabled. (I don't know if it's necessary, but I also check the box to allow Unknown Sources).
3. Plug your phone into the computer with a USB cable and make sure your phone is recognized by the computer before proceeding
4. Right click on the Eroot application and run it as Administrator
5. Eroot should recognize that your phone is connected and after a brief moment, it should prompt you to click on a green “Root” button. Click that button and it will show steps 1-4. Once it completes its process, your phone should be rooted with the Superuser app installed.
(PS: After it roots the phone, it will turn off Wifi. Just go back into your phone's settings and toggle the Wifi back on to get it working again).
I had some trouble getting the Superuser binaries to update after completing the above steps... so I used Titanium Backup Pro to wipe data/clear cache and uninstall the Superuser app. I then went to the Play store and reinstalled it. (This is the Superuser version I am using and it works fine: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.koushikdutta.superuser&hl=en ).
Good luck.

mattnmag said:
Hi Crossvxm,
You can definitely unlock the bootloader on your phone. The Verizon Xperia Play doesn't show the bootloader unlock status in the service menu, but it's been confirmed in lots of other posts where R800x owners have unlocked their bootloaders. I have also done it personally with the Sony Official method. Here's the link to the Sony website if you want to give it a go: http://developer.sonymobile.com/unlockbootloader/
You can also root your R800x while it's still on 2.3.4 using the Eroot method. See this thread for more information on Eroot: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2240285. Please make sure to hit the thanks button for Nabeel, wym986, Vokal1992, and any others who helped bring this root method to us. The direct download link for the Eroot version that I have used is: https://www.dropbox.com/s/jnwl5r3fnsssbuu/Eroot_V1.3.4.exe. If you want to check the MD5 checksum after downloading it, it should be: 459d8bdda203a5f5e9d28231fa6df6b0
Here are some instructions that I made for my friend to help him root his R800x, but the thread mentioned above also has instructions...
-Eroot Instructions-
1. Disable the anti-virus software on your computer to prevent it from stopping the root exploit
2. Go to your phone Settings/ Applications/Developer Options and Make USB Debugging is enabled. (I don't know if it's necessary, but I also check the box to allow Unknown Sources).
3. Plug your phone into the computer with a USB cable and make sure your phone is recognized by the computer before proceeding
4. Right click on the Eroot application and run it as Administrator
5. Eroot should recognize that your phone is connected and after a brief moment, it should prompt you to click on a green “Root” button. Click that button and it will show steps 1-4. Once it completes its process, your phone should be rooted with the Superuser app installed.
I had some trouble getting the Superuser binaries to update after completing the above steps... so I used Titanium Backup Pro to wipe data/clear cache and uninstall the Superuser app. I then went to the Play store and reinstalled it. (This is the Superuser version I am using and it works fine: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.koushikdutta.superuser&hl=en ).
Good luck.
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Giving this a try right now

Cool man. I hope you can get the bootloader unlocked and get rooted so you can experiment with some of the newer ROM'S. I recently bought my Xperia Play really cheap off eBay and I'm having fun playing with it. I'm really only using it as a gaming device because I have a rooted/ROM'ed Samsung Note 2 as my daily driver.
Let us know how things turn out.

mattnmag said:
Cool man. I hope you can get the bootloader unlocked and get rooted so you can experiment with some of the newer ROM'S. I recently bought my Xperia Play really cheap off eBay and I'm having fun playing with it. I'm really only using it as a gaming device because I have a rooted/ROM'ed Samsung Note 2 as my daily driver.
Let us know how things turn out.
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It worked, my bootloader seems to have successfully unlocked. I also used the root tool you mentioned and in about 3 tries it actually rooted it! And BTW, i found this Xperia Play in a box from when I moved to NYC and i forgot all about it. I also use it for games that cant be playes on a touchscreen like Megaman X4 and Super Mario World. But I use my G2 for everything else. Its just hard to run and jump on Mario with touchscreen buttons when you have to use your entire thumb for both of those and your other thumb to move.
Now my question is, how do i install a custom recovery? I used the X-Parted apk and a CWM installer apk from the same dev, and it seems to flash the recovery, but when i click for it to reboot into recovery the device reboots normally. Also, when I try to manually reboot it into the custom recovery, it just powers off after the android symbol and restarts normally. Has me stumped as to why.

Crossvxm said:
... Now my question is, how do i install a custom recovery? I used the X-Parted apk and a CWM installer apk from the same dev, and it seems to flash the recovery, but when i click for it to reboot into recovery the device reboots normally. Also, when I try to manually reboot it into the custom recovery, it just powers off after the android symbol and restarts normally. Has me stumped as to why.
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Cool man. That's great that you can ressurect your Xperia Play and enjoy using it again. I'm having a blast with using emulators. My friend recently introduced me to Quake and I've been playing it a lot lately. (If you have any interest in Quake, I just started a thread in the Theme and Apps section with instructions on how to get it running on the Xperia Play using the FTEDroid port and Gamekeyboard+, which allows you play it with the phone's hard key controllers). .
Anyway... I also had trouble using the Xparts app to install CWM. I found another thread that provides a command script to install it, and it's worked perfectly for me every time.
Here are some instructions that I typed up a while back when I was helping my friend root his R800x... The credit for this should go to the original poster in the thread and to all of the people who helped develop the CWM .
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INSTALL INSTRUCTIONS FOR CWM
**I believe that around 2 MB of Internal Storage is needed to install this CWM version on the Xperia Play
1. Go to this thread ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1390771 ) to find and download the file "CWM-Install.rar"
2. Unzip the contents of the downloaded package into a file folder where you can find it later
3. Make sure USB debugging is enabled on your phone and plug your rooted R800x into the computer via USB cable
3. Navigate to the folder on your computer where you unzipped the .rar file. (Per the above thread's instructions, you need to run the command script for "install-cwm1.cmd." You can do this by locating that file and double clicking on it. This should start a command terminal window to install CWM...just follow the prompts in the command terminal and you should have CWM installed on your phone
**In order to boot into the CWM Recovery on the Stock Kernel, you need to press the phone's Power Button and then repeatedly tap the Volume Down button as it boots up. Once you are in the CWM recovery, use the Volume keys to navigate up and down, the Home key to select, the Back key to return to the previous menu.

mattnmag said:
Cool man. That's great that you can ressurect your Xperia Play and enjoy using it again. I'm having a blast with using emulators. My friend recently introduced me to Quake and I've been playing it a lot lately. (If you have any interest in Quake, I just started a thread in the Theme and Apps section with instructions on how to get it running on the Xperia Play using the FTEDroid port and Gamekeyboard+, which allows you play it with the phone's hard key controllers). .
Anyway... I also had trouble using the Xparts app to install CWM. I found another thread that provides a command script to install it, and it's worked perfectly for me every time.
Here are some instructions that I typed up a while back when I was helping my friend root his R800x... The credit for this should go to the original poster in the thread and to all of the people who helped develop the CWM .
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INSTALL INSTRUCTIONS FOR CWM
**I believe that around 2 MB of Internal Storage is needed to install this CWM version on the Xperia Play
1. Go to this thread ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1390771 ) to find and download the file "CWM-Install.rar"
2. Unzip the contents of the downloaded package into a file folder where you can find it later
3. Make sure USB debugging is enabled on your phone and plug your rooted R800x into the computer via USB cable
3. Navigate to the folder on your computer where you unzipped the .rar file. (Per the above thread's instructions, you need to run the command script for "install-cwm1.cmd." You can do this by locating that file and double clicking on it. This should start a command terminal window to install CWM...just follow the prompts in the command terminal and you should have CWM installed on your phone
**In order to boot into the CWM Recovery on the Stock Kernel, you need to press the phone's Power Button and then repeatedly tap the Volume Down button as it boots up. Once you are in the CWM recovery, use the Volume keys to navigate up and down, the Home key to select, the Back key to return to the previous menu.
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Worked 100%! I owe you big time! I am now running Super Jellybean 8.0 along with Turbo Kernel and honestly the performance on this rom alone is "godly!" I first tried Racing Speed rom but reading on the features of Super JellyBean made me want to try it out. Although the touchpad support breaks (no more Mario 64...) its overall performance makes up for the loss. Either way i do use the buttons more anyways on ps1 and snes games.
I now feel like the Xperia Play "caught up" with my other devices, it was the only Gingerbread device i have touched in a year.
I would love to see the KitKat rom thats currently a work in progress someday work completely.
Since KK was said to be able to run on 512mb ram, i think it would further improve this device's potential.

That's good to hear you're rooted and unlocked and glad I could help. I know that I found it frustrating when I was trying to figure out how to root and unlock the bootloader for our Verizon version of this phone. I kept reading that you couldn't root it on build 2.3.4, but finally stumbled onto Eroot. It seems there's not a lot of Verizon R800x users in the Xperia Play threads... so we got to stick together, lol.
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if i unlock the bootloader i can install twrp with problems? im thinking og buying an xperia play r800x to install twrp and android 4.4.4 with cm 11 designed for xperia play

Crossvxm, can I mail you my xperia play? I wanted to know if you'd unlock the bootloader and install a custom rom. I want a more modern version of the android os running on the play. Please help

URGENT - Full and clear instructions to flash stock Sony ROM and bootloader.

I tried installing CM 12.1 nightly on my Sony C2004, but now none of the SIMs are detected!
I decided to take it back to the nearest service center. But they said I have done something against their 'terms of service'. The only option will be to replace the board, which will set me back Rs. 6000 +, for which I can easily get a new Android phone.
I tried using Sony PC Companion, but it fails to detect the phone.
Please provide full detailed steps with relevant links for a newbie in the forum to flash his own phone, which Sony support condemned to the depths of hell. (I could not understand the posts already here that speak of Flashtool.)

Today I realised that not only will this flashing void my warranty, but also will give me the option to throw my phone into the nearby forest :crying:

melvincv said:
Today I realised that not only will this flashing void my warranty, but also will give me the option to throw my phone into the nearby forest :crying:
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If you installed CM12.1 then flash dual sim patch given below.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-WU-ebIOfoMQzdxTmRvYnFVUU0/view?usp=docslist_api
Make sure you have cwm recovery installed.
If not then goto this link.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2494793
Don't worry u will get your phone back with lollipop running on dual sim.

veerakash said:
If you installed CM12.1 then flash dual sim patch given below.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-WU-ebIOfoMQzdxTmRvYnFVUU0/view?usp=docslist_api
Make sure you have cwm recovery installed.
If not then goto this link.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2494793
Don't worry u will get your phone back with lollipop running on dual sim.
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I tried a similar thread by hemanth, but I could not get the sims working.
Now I just need the Sony firmware back. I am downloading this firmware now: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2532190
Please give me full instructions on how to use Flashtool to flash this.

melvincv said:
I tried a similar thread by hemanth, but I could not get the sims working.
Now I just need the Sony firmware back. I am downloading this firmware now: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2532190
Please give me full instructions on how to use Flashtool to flash this.
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Download flashtool from flashtool.net. Install it.
Goto cdrive/program Files/flashtool/driver run those exe files.
Install fastboot flash tool drivers and also xperia u v drivers from the install menu.
Extract the downloaded rar files of firmware using 7 zip u will get single ftf file.
Move that file to cdrive/user/.flashtool/firmware folder.
Connect USB cable to pc. Open flashtool it will sync with device takes some time.
Hold vol- then connect other end of cable to mobile.
Hit flash button thunder icon. Select flashboot mode.
In the flash menu ftf will shown and hit flash.

It worked. Thanks! I rooted the phone using Kingroot, disabled some auto startup entries and now it takes a long time to startup...

melvincv said:
It worked. Thanks! I rooted the phone using Kingroot, disabled some auto startup entries and now it takes a long time to startup...
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Full uninstall King Root, and use towelroot. It's better, and it don't install unnecessary apps, try it and tell me!
Then rooting your phone with towelroot, install Root Uninstaller from PlayStore and use it to uninstall the system apps that u dont need.

melvincv said:
It worked. Thanks! I rooted the phone using Kingroot, disabled some auto startup entries and now it takes a long time to startup...
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That's good to hear.
First boot will take long time than usual time.

GScatolaro said:
Full uninstall King Root, and use towelroot. It's better, and it don't install unnecessary apps, try it and tell me!
Then rooting your phone with towelroot, install Root Uninstaller from PlayStore and use it to uninstall the system apps that u dont need.
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The phone never started up. It is hung on the flying ribbons animation. I'm using Sony PC companion to re-flash the firmware.

melvincv said:
The phone never started up. It is hung on the flying ribbons animation. I'm using Sony PC companion to re-flash the firmware.
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It is up and running again. I'm using Towelroot this time. It also works.
What all can I do with root access to optimize the performance of this phone???

melvincv said:
It is up and running again. I'm using Towelroot this time. It also works.
What all can I do with root access to optimize the performance of this phone???
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Try to install CM12 again, it has a custom kernel which able you to modify phone's CPU clocks. It's very useful.