I have no idea what I'm doing wrong here. Started with a completely stock/unbranded phone, EasyRoot v8 and backup TA, unlocked the bootloader through Sony, installed the .108 unbranded UK FTF, verified that bootloader was still unlocked, EasyRoot v8 again and installed dual recovery 132 and managed to have it boot into TWRP on that first instance and installed SuperSu 2.01...and I haven't been able to get into recovery since. I've tried through an Xposed power menu mod, through the NDR Utilities bundled with the dual recovery, and through ADB - and they all just go through the standard boot process instead, never giving me the purple light either. I tried re-flashing the dual recovery as well, no dice.
I haven't tried a custom kernel other than DoomKernel, which gets the phone stuck at boot (seems incompatible with .108); I don't want to deal with re-flashing the FTF and setting my phone up all over again if the kernel fails to boot again.
And another issue I'm having - I can't get access to /system to do stuff like remove/replace system apps. Everything root that involves system-related stuff seems to install fine and doesn't throw errors, but any file explorer I've tried isn't able to do anything with system files.
Is this something to do with the .108 update, or am I doing something wrong? I've searched and read all over and can't seem to find what I'm doing wrong.
EDIT: And I just tried installing AdAway hosts and wasn't able to. Interesting how I have root like half-working...
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Just bought the phone and Dev Unlocked it and Rooted it, after abit of failure I managed to root it. Phone worked fine I tried to install a mod and that's when I thought If there's any errors I can just delete everything and install but that wasn't the case it would stay frozen, I tried aroma manager it wasn't showing much files so I thought I would try and install the stock rom again that didn't work I then tried another rom and just been booting to CWM the sd won't mount so I been sideloading these files. :crying:
Hello xda members,
I own a Xperia Arc, was running android 2.3.4 and decided it was time for a new rom for the phone, i carried out a couple of steps but in the end i got stuck, and i can't get into cwm recovery to restore or install a new rom, and i cant even root the phone, here are the steps that i carried out in order to try and install a new rom( Sorry they are long):
1: rooted my Arc using a program called "Eroot v1.2", I enabled usb debug mode and connected, pressed the button and it rooted it, I managed to see the superuser app installed and i also downloaded an app called "root checker" which verified that my Arc was rooted successfully.
2: I downloaded a program called "recoverx" to install cwm recovery on my Arc and once again it was done successfully, i switched the phone off and back on while holding the volume up button and i got into cwm recovery.
3: I went into cwm and made a rom backup
4: I downloaded the new rom (Xperia Ultimate HD Rom) onto my sd card and went into cwm recovery and deleted everything such as wiping the
data, and a factory reset, and i deleted the delvik cache and the bettery stats
5: I went to the install from sd card, and installed the new rom, and at the end i unchecked the "Reboot" button, and it took me back to cwm recovery and pressed on reboot into cwm
So after this point everything seems fine and to me im sure iv carried out all the correct steps, but....
6: after this point the phone rebooted, and after the sony logo, it gave a black screen and was stuck at that screen no matter what, at that point, i could not get into cwm recovery anymore.
7: After reading and searching the internet I managed to educate myself that i was supposed to flash something called a kernel, so i downloaded a tool called sonyericssson xperia flash tool, and downloaded a kernel called lt15i_4.1.b.587_kernel.ftf and flashed it, turned the phone on only to find that my Arc was stuck in a boot loop, it was restarting after the sony logo immediatly.
8: I then downloaded another kernel called lt15i_4.1.b.431_kernel only.ftf and flashed it which cured my boot loop and the phone booted successfully, however my main problem now is that I can no longer root my Arc, and I can no longer get into cwm recovery no matter what.
Iv also read about using the fastboot method to install kernels but when i do it, it says failed as the phone is not rooted, so now i have no way at all of rooting or installing the cwm recovery.
I currently have a locked boot loader as well.
So if anyone can please tell me how i can sort this problem out it would be amazing, or if you could just tell me what i did wrong or where i went wrong and how i can sort it out, I really want to install cwm recovery and just restore my old rom back, or even install a totally new rom.
You can't flash kernels
Try SEUS or PC Companion to repair your phone
Then root it, install CWM and restore your backup
For UHD you need ICS kernel so update your arc to official ICS, then root it, install CWM and flash UHD
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Hi guys, this morning I decided to root ny tablet. I flashed CWM custom recovery and then installed universal android root zip file through the recovery. My goal was to unlock the full potential of Lucky Patcher by having unlocked Root permissions. I succeeded in installing the zip file, and everything was perfect. Unfortunately after custom patching Google play with LP, it kept crashing on startup. So (my bad) I decided to revert to factory settings. By doing this I'm now stuck in this never ending bootloop. I tried reinstalling .zip file through the use of ADB sideload, but when I exit that menu to reboot the device after having installed the .zip the device boots in CWM recovery mode. I really need your help as I'M very new to these type of things. Thand you
Back to stock ROM and start all over again
Hi!
I've recently rooted my phone using StumpRoot and I've decided to flash CWM Recovery using the ROM Manager from Google Play Store...
Ofcourse I forgot that V20c has a locked recovery, so now whenever I try to boot into recovery, I get "Secure booting error". Fortunately, the system works just fine, so the only harm done is the complete lack of recovery
Have anyone tried unlocking the bootloader on KitKat using FreeGee app? I've seen it mentioned more often than once, though I can't find any info regarding its usage on Kitkat v20c. Can the secure booting error cause further problems if I try the FreeFee app?
OK, tried FreeGee, the bootloader seems to be unlocked with CWM Recovery installed. Rebooting into recovery in ROM Manager (from Google Play Store) works like a charm.
Used the MAKO method, installed CWM-6.0.4.7.
Now whenever the phone boots up, first Google logo will appear, followed by LG, followed by carrier/LG animation
***EDIT***
Solved. Not sure what I did right, but installing SuperSU 2.82 via TWRP and wiping the cache twice seems to have done the trick. No pulling card or battery - ran through one bootloop and then settled down after a minute.
So I'm trying to set up a backup phone after successfully rooting my primary phone using 5.1.1 (BPA1) and having some problems. First phone went OK and is stable. This one is giving me fits.
Downgraded from 6.0.1 to 5.1.1 using Odin.
Used Kingroot and ADB to get root.
Installed TWRP 3.0.2.
Made backup before I did anything else.
Download mode shows DEVELOPER
The problem starts when I try to install SuperSU. If I install it from TWRP the phone goes in to bootloop on restart. I've pulled the SD card, re-partitioned it, reformatted it, etc.
Tried different versions of SuperSU (2.71, 2.74, 2.78) and all result in bootloop. Tried the SuperSU directly from TWRP - same thing.
RootChecker reports not rooted.
I can restore the backup with TWRP and that stops the bootloop, so I don't have a bricked phone or anything.
Any ideas how to install SuperSU and eliminate the bootloop? Or am I at some point in the process which requires something else?
Even though I was successful on the primary phone, that still doesn't mean I really understand what I was doing.
Thanks,
Spumco