[BUG]Volume indicator does not appear normal - Sony Xperia M

Hi.
After the new update(15.4.A.1.9), i noticed that when i try to raise the volume using my volume buttons,the indicator that used to appear ( the slider) on the screen is now a black rectangular.
I don't know if the bug appeared for me only but i would like to ask for your help.
What should i do?
I attached a screenshot.
Thank you

If you had searched the forums before posting you would have found the fix. Navigate to /vendor/overlay/ and then delete the android-res.apk file what is located there. Reboot and the items will work as expected.

gamer649 said:
If you had searched the forums before posting you would have found the fix. Navigate to /vendor/overlay/ and then delete the android-res.apk file what is located there. Reboot and the items will work as expected.
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Thank you for your answer.
I need root to delete this file right?
Do you know if towel root method works to root my phone,because the nicki root method it's to complex for me?

free2rhime said:
Thank you for your answer.
I need root to delete this file right?
Do you know if towel root method works to root my phone,because the nicki root method it's to complex for me?
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Yes, towel root works.
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[Q] will arc get root with zergrush?

will the arc get root with zergrush oneclick have tried it but doesnt work, is it possible to get this to work with arc?
I'm interested too!
I followed the guide for the play, it worked flawlessly.
Sent via subspace beacon from my Arc.
Hi!
This works for ARC!!! 4.0.1.A.0.283 at least. Was able to remove bloat through adb. Wohoooo....no more worries of getting the 0% battery(if you don't need permanent root).
Works flawlessly on 4.0.2.A.0.42 Xperia Arc here. Just use the pdf guide, you can't go wrong
Works for Xperia Pro (MK16i) on 4.0.1.A.0.283 as well
Does it work with 4.0.A.2.368 ?
maciek51 said:
Does it work with 4.0.A.2.368 ?
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It should do, seems to be fairly universal.
Thank you Lord Takyon
The pdf file is way detailled but as I'm not an expert of such commands, is there any risk of doing something wrong ?
As the root is temporary, I don't think so... right ?
maciek51 said:
Thank you Lord Takyon
The pdf file is way detailled but as I'm not an expert of such commands, is there any risk of doing something wrong ?
As the root is temporary, I don't think so... right ?
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I think the danger of doing something harmful is quite minimal. if you do it wrong you just can't get rooted. The exploit itself is temporary(until reboot) and gives you
root over adb shell, but you can make it "permanent" by pushing the su binary and Superuser.apk to the phone. But I actually like that you have the option to just root until next reboot - so you can remove bloat via adb or modify system files and if you don't want to run any root apps that is exactly what you need.
thank you m2kk
Pushing su binary and superuser makes it permanent, you mean permanent until the next reboot, right ?
In any case, I reboot my phone very rarely (airplane, etc.) otherwise, neally never and the procedure seems to be short enough to be reproduce time to time.
I will try it in the evening and I will report
maciek51 said:
Pushing su binary and superuser makes it permanent, you mean permanent until the next reboot, right ?
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Nope, if you do it by the book you will have a fully rooted phone and the root survives reboot.

Very weird root issue

When I first bought my ZL, I rooted the phone using binary4 V27 on superuser mode and that was very fast and simple. I could modify system files and do everything.
One day using my ultimate stupidness, I updated the firmware to 10.1.1.....253 then I did factory reset without doing a backup for my root.
Right now, when I go to settings -----> about ----> I get Kernal version 3.4.0 with android version 4.1.2 but unfortunately It seems like I don't have a rooted phone + I am unable to do any function of a rooted phone like modifying system files or ....etc .
I've tried million ways such as:
1- rooting the phone using the same method --------> the result is stucking at the wight screen and nothing happened.
2- Using motochopper method --------> doesn't work
3- Using the method of installing Android SDK and using the command prompt window to push (Su-busybox-superuser.apk) files to data/local/tmp/ --------> when reach sysrw step (sysrw not found)
tried to type SU (su not found)
tried to use one of the alternative commands like cd /system/usr/we-need-root or ./su-backup -----> file not found
or mount -o remount,rw '' /systemmount ---------> Operation not permitted
I will be following your instructions directly and give u the feed back
I am not gonna move anywhere until solving this issue BC I am getting crazy
I would highly appreciate your help guys , ... Thank you so much in advance
mahmoud.kunbaz said:
When I first bought my ZL, I rooted the phone using binary4 V27 on superuser mode and that was very fast and simple. I could modify system files and do everything.
One day using my ultimate stupidness, I did factory reset without doing a backup for my root.
Right now, when I go to settings -----> about ----> I get Kernal version 3.4.0 with android version 4.1.2 but unfortunately It seems like I don't have a rooted phone + I am unable to do any function of a rooted phone like modifying system files or ....etc .
I've tried million ways such as:
1- rooting the phone using the same method --------> the result is stucking at the wight screen and nothing happened.
2- Using motochopper method --------> doesn't work
3- Using the method of installing Android SDK and using the command prompt window to push (Su-busybox-superuser.apk) files to data/local/tmp/ --------> when reach sysrw step (sysrw not found)
tried to type SU (su not found)
tried to use one of the alternative commands like cd /system/usr/we-need-root or ./su-backup -----> file not found
or mount -o remount,rw '' /systemmount ---------> Operation not permitted
I will be following your instructions directly and give u the feed back
I am not gonna move anywhere until solving this issue BC I am getting crazy
I would highly appreciate your help guys , ... Thank you so much in advance
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u already posted in Q & A the same thing
demonicjas said:
u already posted in Q & A the same thing
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Yeah, I am so sorry for that but as you know some people only go for a certain section so I might be missing someone who has the
solution of my issue :crying:
I am sorry again
mahmoud.kunbaz said:
Yeah, I am so sorry for that but as you know some people only go for a certain section so I might be missing someone who has the
solution of my issue :crying:
I am sorry again
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Ur bootloader is lock or unlock? If lock, you have to be patient for new root exploit method to appear.
Another way is to degrade ur Rom to. 434 and root. Then flash doomkernel v7 (this only apply to bootloader unlock) and flash .253 xcluding kernel. When finish once u want to reboot, there will be request to root appear.
Another another way, download rootkeeper, then temp un root and run OTA but some people in Z forum reported that it still fail to update, some successfully update.
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butatx said:
Ur bootloader is lock or unlock? If lock, you have to be patient for new root exploit method to appear.
Another way is to degrade ur Rom to. 434 and root. Then flash doomkernel v7 (this only apply to bootloader unlock) and flash .253 xcluding kernel. When finish once u want to reboot, there will be request to root appear.
Another another way, download rootkeeper, then temp un root and run OTA but some people in Z forum reported that it still fail to update, some successfully update.
Sent from my C6502 using Tapatalk 2
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So thankful for ur reply
Unfortunately this is too much for a beginner like me so actually I have to search alot to get any of your solutions done.
by the way I did only root by binary4 so I think I still have a locked bootloader.
Thanks again
mahmoud.kunbaz said:
So thankful for ur reply
Unfortunately this is too much for a beginner like me so actually I have to search alot to get any of your solutions done.
by the way I did only root by binary4 so I think I still have a locked bootloader.
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Some aspects of modifying this phone can leave you a seriously broken phone, notably the TA partition. You would benefit greatly from doing a lot (like hours and hours) of reading in the "Z" section. All the activity is there, not in the ZL section. 99.9% of all the information there applies to the ZL (but practically NONE of the download files, so do not use software there unless clearly labeled for the ZL). The sections on backing up TA (look for DRM and TA), on using flashtool.
Note that all the information on root that does not specifically mention 253 is obsolete.
Linwood.Ferguson said:
Some aspects of modifying this phone can leave you a seriously broken phone, notably the TA partition. You would benefit greatly from doing a lot (like hours and hours) of reading in the "Z" section. All the activity is there, not in the ZL section. 99.9% of all the information there applies to the ZL (but practically NONE of the download files, so do not use software there unless clearly labeled for the ZL). The sections on backing up TA (look for DRM and TA), on using flashtool.
Note that all the information on root that does not specifically mention 253 is obsolete.
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Thanks alot for your reply but I really don't understand why this device (ZL) is being ignored like that
I have opened a thread here about that http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2293512
so many ZL users are complaining and unfortunately things are not going well
mahmoud.kunbaz said:
So thankful for ur reply
Unfortunately this is too much for a beginner like me so actually I have to search alot to get any of your solutions done.
by the way I did only root by binary4 so I think I still have a locked bootloader.
Thanks again
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Yup, please read a lot and read the feedback. It will help you to gain ur confident.
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butatx said:
Ur bootloader is lock or unlock? If lock, you have to be patient for new root exploit method to appear.
Another way is to degrade ur Rom to. 434 and root. Then flash doomkernel v7 (this only apply to bootloader unlock) and flash .253 xcluding kernel. When finish once u want to reboot, there will be request to root appear.
Another another way, download rootkeeper, then temp un root and run OTA but some people in Z forum reported that it still fail to update, some successfully update.
Sent from my C6502 using Tapatalk 2
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tried rootkeeper - doesn't work. (currently on 434 with locked BL)
Thread closed, use the post linked by the op three posts above

FULL Root via Bin4ry

Please check this thread for FULL ROOT of the Xperia M with locked bootloader:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1886460
Some of you who may have owned previous Sony phones may recognise the legendar Bina4y, he has been rooting Sony phones for years.
Just to let you know, root option 1 worked for me. You will see SU installed at the end. This is now the simplest and fullest root available on the Xperia M that I have used.
Bootloader
SharpnShiny said:
If like me and others you had trouble rooting for various reasons and don't want to go to extreme methods just for a simple root, know that there are other options out there!
One that is becoming very popular on XDA, is used on many threads I can confirm works for the Xperia M. One thread is here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2434453
The root procedure is here: http://www.mgyun.com/vroot
It comes from a Chinese source but don't be intimidated if you can't read everything. When you download it, if offers everything in English. It's really simple, a lot like the 'One Click Root' from past versions of Android.
Enjoy! :good:
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IS It need to unlock bootloader for this
No unlocked bootloader needed, nope.
again query
SharpnShiny said:
No unlocked bootloader needed, nope.
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IS it full root
punjabi warior said:
IS it full root
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I think it's half root. None of my app have problems getting root access with it, but if I try to edit the build.prop, it does reboot.
query
SharpnShiny said:
I think it's half root. None of my app have problems getting root access with it, but if I try to edit the build.prop, it does reboot.
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Is link2sd and gl2sd app works
punjabi warior said:
Is link2sd and gl2sd app works
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Dont use VRoot, it is reported to have been carrying out suspicious activity on your device.
VROOT problem
MahaDEVELOPER said:
Dont use VRoot, it is reported to have been carrying out suspicious activity on your device.
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In this solution i think we aredeleting after installing super user . Then i dont it can send anpmynus data
MahaDEVELOPER said:
Dont use VRoot, it is reported to have been carrying out suspicious activity on your device.
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Huh? Have any mods on XDA looked into this? I read a lot of tech news (like many on here) and I keep hearing more positive things about it.
Don't get me wrong, I do not work for them in any way! If Doomlord or any other super-pros get FULL root on this I will happily use it.
SharpnShiny said:
Huh? Have any mods on XDA looked into this? I read a lot of tech news (like many on here) and I keep hearing more positive things about it.
Don't get me wrong, I do not work for them in any way! If Doomlord or any other super-pros get FULL root on this I will happily use it.
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Try this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2529561
Press Thanks if i have helped.
I have updated with a new root (not mine) it seems to do a full root. It's the legend Bin4ry again!! See the first post.

[Q] trouble rooting

could someone please point me in the right direction on how to root my note 3 version 4.3. I am finding so many conflicting answers I would love to hear from someone who knows for sure which thread has the correct method. Thanks And I will be sure to hit the thanks button.
re: rooting
bls2633 said:
could someone please point me in the right direction on how to root my note 3 version 4.3. I am finding so many conflicting answers I would love to hear from someone who knows for sure which thread has the correct method. Thanks And I will be sure to hit the thanks button.
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You need to download/flash cf-autoroot using Odin for root access.
Here is the download link: http://download.chainfire.eu/354/CF-Root/CF-Auto-Root/CF-Auto-Root-hltetmo-hltetmo-smn900t.zip
This zip file also contains Odin, so just unzip all files to a new folder in windows and odin flash
the cf-autoroot TAR file, reboot the phone and your good to go.
Good luck!
How did your rooting go? Success?
Lorettaa said:
How did your rooting go? Success?
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no now nothing nis working right on my phone and keis wont recognize it now
bls2633 said:
no now nothing nis working right on my phone and keis wont recognize it now
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Did you use this file?
http://download.chainfire.eu/354/CF-Root/CF-Auto-Root/CF-Auto-Root-hltetmo-hltetmo-smn900t.zip
Did you follow Misterjunky's guide?
Lorettaa said:
Did you follow Misterjunky's guide?
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Parrot speaks again with no new info...
LOL! Krev, what's wrong with my question? Like you are following all my posts like the other guy. Well I don't care anyway
Lorettaa said:
Did you follow Misterjunky's guide?
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i actually got an email from the "XDA developers" that said to try using odin to flash a recovery and thats what I did. and it actually worked. then when i hit the turn off button it said "your phone is not rooted would you like to root it now by sliding this will root your phone, and sure enough when i turned there was the super user icon in the app drawer. thanks for your help
krelvinaz said:
Parrot speaks again with no new info...
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i actually got an email from the "XDA developers" that said to try using odin to flash a recovery and thats what I did. and it actually worked. then when i hit the turn off button it said "your phone is not rooted would you like to root it now by sliding this will root your phone, and sure enough when i turned there was the super user icon in the app drawer. thanks for your help
idtheftvictim said:
Did you use this file?
http://download.chainfire.eu/354/CF-Root/CF-Auto-Root/CF-Auto-Root-hltetmo-hltetmo-smn900t.zip
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i tried so many im not sure if that was one, however, i actually got an email from the "XDA developers" that said to try using odin to flash a recovery and thats what I did. and it actually worked. then when i hit the turn off button it said "your phone is not rooted would you like to root it now by sliding this will root your phone, and sure enough when i turned there was the super user icon in the app drawer. thanks for your help
That's good to hear you got it right and fixed it now.

Browsing Root without Root

I doubt this is really anything exciting but I installed MiXplorer, opened it up and I was able to browse around the root file system. Not sure why or if this is news to anyone but thought it was interesting.
bnevets27 said:
I doubt this is really anything exciting but I installed MiXplorer, opened it up and I was able to browse around the root file system. Not sure why or if this is news to anyone but thought it was interesting.
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Can you edit anything?
Root Explorer browser does the same, but without actual root you can't edit system files.
ChazzMatt said:
Root Explorer browser does the same, but without actual root you can't edit system files.
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Thanks!

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