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Tablet Z2 System Dump

Hi All,
I just received my Z2. Here's the system partition dump:
http://dl.free.fr/jBKtmVukO

bbarou said:
Hi All,
I just received my Z2. Here's the system partition dump:
http://dl.free.fr/jBKtmVukO
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How is the tablet?
Any thoughts/impressions?
Thanks!

bbarou said:
Hi All,
I just received my Z2. Here's the system partition dump:
http://dl.free.fr/jBKtmVukO
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Hi,
can you provide the Firmware as FTF?

UserX10 said:
Hi,
can you provide the Firmware as FTF?
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I'l look into it. If I need root for it then it'll have to wait.

jonlad1 said:
How is the tablet?
Any thoughts/impressions?
Thanks!
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Look for my posts in the Initial impressions thread in the general section.

bbarou said:
I'l look into it. If I need root for it then it'll have to wait.
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No root is needed.
Update / flash again the Firmware over SEUS and then you can create the FTF File...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2334653

UserX10 said:
No root is needed.
Update / flash again the Firmware over SEUS and then you can create the FTF File...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2334653
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Sorry, it looks like it's not gonna be possible at this point.
If I undersatnd correctly I need to use Sony PC Companion to download the firmware. Problem is PC Companion refuse to connect to the tablet.
When I connect it, it says "PC Companion needs to be updated". I'm running the last version (2.1).
I can only wait for Sony to release an update.

How does it feel to own one. Does it feel good?
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it feels very good, got my z2 today, came from TF201 and it is so much light weighted

but even this firmware doesnt have new media apps which are shown in z2 videos....!!!

If anyone could dump boot.img and give me i could create a cwm/twrp recovery

MasterAwesome said:
If anyone could dump boot.img and give me i could create a cwm/twrp recovery
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For locked or unlocked bootloader? cause there's already a kernel for unlocked one with cwm. If it might be for the unlocked one, how is it possible to install it without root? I can help you with the boot.img, but i can't get how it might help youl...

nos1609 said:
For locked or unlocked bootloader? cause there's already a kernel for unlocked one with cwm. If it might be for the unlocked one, how is it possible to install it without root? I can help you with the boot.img, but i can't get how it might help youl...
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For unlocked bootloader;Even though most recoveries are based on cwm , custom ones like philz and twrp has a better GUI and function.
I was thinking about building twrp/philz

I'm not seeing any talk, reference, rumor or even crying over a locked bootloader exploit for the Z2T. Is there something special about it (I know all Xperia's are harder than the average android) or is there just not enough demand? I rooted my Z1C and am pretty happy with the Sony skin as long as it's rooted, but the unrooted skin on my Z2T is pretty hard to live with. Don't want to unlock the bootloader, but may have to...
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bbarou said:
Hi All,
I just received my Z2. Here's the system partition dump:
http://dl.free.fr/jBKtmVukO
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Is there a guide on how to dump partition?

Diomorgan said:
Is there a guide on how to dump partition?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1578099
For the command "dd" you'll have to navigate it to your boot partition which can be found by analysing the files partition, mounts which is present in /proc
Use that and give me the boot.img I'll make a recovery
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[How to]Relock Bootloader

My mobile:
ZF2 ZE551ML 2GB [ROOTED] [BT UNLOCKED]
bear with me!!!!!!!!
I had Hard Bricked my phone previously
[xFSTK Method] i flashed the .RAW file to recover it
After fewdays
I flashed TWRP
but when i try to open recovery it again boots to bootloader
i researched a lot and found that BT must be unlocked (i already unlocked though)
Then i again unlocked BT.. Im Successful in flashing
So,
Do i relocked the bootloader using the .RAW file??
can i able to relock it if i do the same(flash .RAW file)??

Did the black splash screen come back after you flashed the RAW image?

No
KillerNo2 said:
Did the black splash screen come back after you flashed the RAW image?
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Nope.. I flashed Black Splash screen Later

I do believe what you are saying, cause I can actually relate it to changing of motherboard

I found a tutorial for bootlader unlocking but I can't try it 'cause I already haven't the ZF2.

??
jad88 said:
I found a tutorial for bootlader unlocking but I can't try it 'cause I already haven't the ZF2.
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Did u mean Relocking??

Venkat Randy said:
Did u mean Relocking??
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Yes, sorry

Make a tutorial once you've tested it
jad88 said:
Yes, sorry
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:good:

Venkat Randy said:
:good:
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Sure

Where you fou found the .raw file ???

Unbrick Tutorial
Leftrand said:
Where you fou found the .raw file ???
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I followed this tutorial to recover my hard bricked phone
http://vforum.vn/diendan/showthread...hap-cuu-may-cuoi-cung-truoc-khi-den-trung-tam

Venkat Randy said:
I followed this tutorial to recover my hard bricked phone
http://vforum.vn/diendan/showthread...hap-cuu-may-cuoi-cung-truoc-khi-den-trung-tam
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Thank you.
I cant read a thing there from my phone :laugh:

Lol
Leftrand said:
Thank you.
I cant read a thing there from my phone :laugh:
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I want to stick in this thread to know something. Thank you.

Is there a way to know if the bootloader is relocked or not? A part from the white or black splashscreen

jad88 said:
Is there a way to know if the bootloader is relocked or not? A part from the white or black splashscreen
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Flash recovery, if it goes it's unlocked

ElmirBuljubasic said:
Flash recovery, if it goes it's unlocked
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Ok, I'll try

Guys... is it possible to relock without pc? for some reason my zenfone doest get recognized in any pc. I´m suspecting an USB port issue since it charges but no matter what not even one pc show even an exclamation in device manager

k1t4r0 said:
Guys... is it possible to relock without pc? for some reason my zenfone doest get recognized in any pc. I´m suspecting an USB port issue since it charges but no matter what not even one pc show even an exclamation in device manager
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Have you tried enabling usb debugging in developer options?
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i snort flour said:
Have you tried enabling usb debugging in developer options?
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Yes, already tried but even device manager shows reaction. In any PC.

Can't install March security update

So I bought my Google Pixel XL few days ago from eBay. The phone was used by the seller only for few days. Everything works fine except for the system update.
I'm actually able to download the 2017-03 security patch, but once the installation starts it fails in step 1 and I get the error message in the screenshot.
Did anybody experience a similar problem? Do you think I must return the phone?

Only reason I can think of that will bork an update is if one or more of the core apps are deleted or frozen. You verified you're all stock correct?
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tatootie67 said:
Only reason I can think of that will bork an update is if one or more of the core apps are deleted or frozen. You verified you're all stock correct?
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How can I do that ?
I checked that the phone is not rooted and I did a hard reset.

Elixir_ said:
How can I do that ?
I checked that the phone is not rooted and I did a hard reset.
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The seller may have had it rooted. And he didn't install factory firmware, before he sold it to u. Maybe he did an unroot root in SuperSU and that is not a sure thing. Just a guess. I would go to Google site and fastboot newest factory image.
Edit. Is the bootloader unlocked?

Check in your about phone section and see what version, kernel, and baseband your on. Or screenshot it and post it here
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mac796 said:
The seller may have had it rooted. And he didn't install factory firmware, before he sold it to u. Maybe he did an unroot root in SuperSU and that is not a sure thing. Just a guess. I would go to Google site and fastboot newest factory image.
Edit. Is the bootloader unlocked?
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This is what I get when I boot into bootloader

tatootie67 said:
Check in your about phone section and see what version, kernel, and baseband your on. Or screenshot it and post it here
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Here is a screenshot

Elixir_ said:
This is what I get when I boot into bootloader
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Is it a Google version if it is I would unlock it and flash the new factory image. If it's not I would prob try to get money back. I'm not sure if you can flash factory image with locked bootloader. I think you can go ahead but not backwards. You will have to make sure.

You can use adb to sideload the signed ota zip in stock recovery with a locked bl.

You shouldn't have to do any of that if it's stock unrooted. But unfortunately, you don't know what the previous owner may have done.
Adb sideload might be your only choice to truly get back to stock.
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toknitup420 said:
You can use adb to sideload the signed ota zip in stock recovery with a locked bl.
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I think this is the best place to start. Here are some directions for the OP.
Get the fastboot adb tools from google. Unzip them onto your computer's desktop.
https://developer.android.com/studio/releases/platform-tools.html
Then get the full ota zip and follow the directions on this page.
https://developers.google.com/android/ota
Keep us posted, we will help you.

TonikJDK said:
I think this is the best place to start. Here are some directions for the OP.
Get the fastboot adb tools from google. Unzip them onto your computer's desktop.
https://developer.android.com/studio/releases/platform-tools.html
Then get the full ota zip and follow the directions on this page.
https://developers.google.com/android/ota
Keep us posted, we will help you.
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Which OTA should I download ? Sorry for my ignorance, it's my first Google/stock android phone...

Elixir_ said:
Which OTA should I download ? Sorry for my ignorance, it's my first Google/stock android phone...
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XL right? Under the Marlin for XLsection the last one if your carrier is Rogers. Second to the last for anything else.

Elixir_ said:
Which OTA should I download ? Sorry for my ignorance, it's my first Google/stock android phone...
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You should use the full flashable image and not the OTA to return to stock from this page:
https://developers.google.com/android/images
Using the specific image 7.1.1, second from bottom of Pixel XL seection.

Ok thanks a lot guys, I'll flash it once I get home.
Just to be sure, this won't void the warranty right ? because I checked with Google and the phone is still under warranty.

Elixir_ said:
Ok thanks a lot guys, I'll flash it once I get home.
Just to be sure, this won't void the warranty right ? because I checked with Google and the phone is still under warranty.
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No it won't void the warranty.

IIIIkoolaidIIII said:
You should use the full flashable image and not the OTA to return to stock from this page:
https://developers.google.com/android/images
Using the specific image 7.1.1, second from bottom of Pixel XL seection.
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He can't his bootloader is locked. No flashing images

toknitup420 said:
He can't his bootloader is locked. No flashing images
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you can flash official signed images with locked bootloader, you just can't flash anything non official.
I did ti on my own only 2 weeks ago when messed up sometyhing with beta builds.

IIIIkoolaidIIII said:
you can flash official signed images with locked bootloader, you just can't flash anything non official.
I did ti on my own only 2 weeks ago when messed up sometyhing with beta builds.
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So you ran the flash all on a locked bootloader?

toknitup420 said:
So you ran the flash all on a locked bootloader?
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yes as i have many times before
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Magisk way of rooting - how to get boot.img?

As some of you certainly know, Magisk manager has capability of rooting system.
The needed thing is kernel image, boot.img, very the same which seats in the device.
If the stock ROM was available to download then the kernel image would be possible to obtain by pulling it out from the ROM file (preferably zip).
So where to get the stock ROM file, please?
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plejadrian said:
As some of you certainly know, Magisk manager has capability of rooting system.
The needed thing is kernel image, boot.img, very the same which seats in the device.
If the stock ROM was available to download then the kernel image would be possible to obtain by pulling it out from the ROM file (preferably zip).
So where to get the stock ROM file, please?
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Here is the kdz file for tmo variant that @jlink38 linked here.
I never had any luck extracting it.

kc6wke said:
I never had any luck extracting it.
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And how have you tried?
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plejadrian said:
And how have you tried?
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LGExtract.exe
Here is a link to the Q610TA10K firmware

I'm thinking about the LG tablet I had. No root for it so someone did the Magisk thing also. Tablet was easily unlocked allowing us to put the image in place.
For the Q7, once a boot image is modified how would you get it in place on a running ROM? Far as I know the device is still locked down.
LG G3 D851, AospExtended v5.7 ROM, NanoDroid-microG (NoGapps), MultiROM, XDA Legacy

marcdw said:
I'm thinking about the LG tablet I had. No root for it so someone did the Magisk thing also. Tablet was easily unlocked allowing us to put the image in place.
For the Q7, once a boot image is modified how would you get it in place on a running ROM? Far as I know the device is still locked down.
LG G3 D851, AospExtended v5.7 ROM, NanoDroid-microG (NoGapps), MultiROM, XDA Legacy
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Yes, it is locked. Unless there is a way to flash it the way you flash the kdz file, I think we are Sol.
I gave up on root on this device.

kc6wke said:
Yes, it is locked. Unless there is a way to flash it the way you flash the kdz file, I think we are Sol.
I gave up on root on this device.
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My LG Q7+ has this developer option

knusto said:
My LG Q7+ has this developer option
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So does every other phone. The fact is the bootloader is not unlockable.

kc6wke said:
LGExtract.exe
Here is a link to the Q610TA10K firmware
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So doesn't LGextract.exe work, or what?
BTW. We're talking on ROOTing the device, not unlocking.
We can root it without unlocking, I've a Huawei tablet with MediaTek too and it has been rooted by KingoRoot without touching anything else.
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plejadrian said:
So doesn't LGextract.exe work, or what?
BTW. We're talking on ROOTing the device, not unlocking.
We can root it without unlocking, I've a Huawei tablet with MediaTek too and it has been rooted by KingoRoot without touching anything else.
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LGextract.exe did not work for me. Even If the boot img could be modified, as @marcdw stated "how would you get it in place on a running ROM?"
Without unlocking the bootloader this is not possible.
Kingroot, kingoroot will not work on this device atm, I've tried every method possible that's why I gave up on root on this device.
Maybe some day it will but I doubt it.

kc6wke said:
LGextract.exe did not work for me. Even If the boot img could be modified, as @marcdw stated "how would you get it in place on a running ROM?"
Without unlocking the bootloader this is not possible.
Kingroot, kingoroot will not work on this device atm, I've tried every method possible that's why I gave up on root on this device.
Maybe some day it will but I doubt it.
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I had this problem with my q7+ I bought in Brazil where I live, it did not have Norwegian language, and I'm Norwegian. So I had to use an app; custom locale. This app needs root, but I was able to give right permission using ADB, so now I have Norwegian language. (Or any language I want).

kc6wke said:
LGExtract.exe
Here is a link to the Q610TA10K firmware
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Excuse me, where to get LGExtract.exe from?
Why haven't you managed to extract boot.img? What were the errors like?
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plejadrian said:
Excuse me, where to get LGExtract.exe from?
Why haven't you managed to extract boot.img? What were the errors like?
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Here
It says file is corrupt.
good luck

Please, post to this thread and describe the problem. Maybe someone knowledgeable join the effort
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plejadrian said:
Please, post to this thread and describe the problem. Maybe someone knowledgeable join the effort
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Sorry, not gonna kick a dead horse.
Even if the boot img could be modified with magisk, there still is no way to install to device without unlocked bootloader.

And have you refferred to this method ?
What do you think of these instructions:
https://www.techdroidtips.com/lg-q7-2018-unlock-bootloader/
especially this:
In conclusion, Android versions later than lollipop come with an option of OEM Unlock in the developer options. So, its quite easy to unlock the bootloader on any latest smartphone devices. And Still, some of the smartphones may not come with this option. Hence, in order to unlock the bootloader, you need to manually do it via PC.
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There is the option OEM Unlock in this device, so?
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plejadrian said:
And have you refferred to this method ?
What do you think of these instructions:
https://www.techdroidtips.com/lg-q7-2018-unlock-bootloader/
especially this:
There is the option OEM Unlock in this device, so?
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LG Q7+ is not on the list of supported devices from LG.

And mine is LM-Q610.EMW, it isn't "plus", so has it a potential?
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plejadrian said:
And mine is LM-Q610.EMW, it isn't "plus", so has it a potential?
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Not on the list

However this list is extremely scarce. It seems something is wrong with it.
This is why wanted to try. The first obstacle is it is impossible to reboot into bootloader (which is needed to obtain device ID). When the command "adb reboot bootloader" is executed then the phone simply reboots into system again. (Attention: when "adb reboot recovery" is executed then it does Factory Reset!)
How to make it boot into bootloader? Is there any keys combination for it?
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BND-L24 Board Firmware

Here is BND-L24 Board Firmware, IDT Flash Software, Needed Drivers, and Instructions to enter EDL Mode and Flash.
(Link no longer working)
Edit: re-uploaded the file
BND-L24 Board Firmware + Tools - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1QRRqsaY4cFSq8IimIzJIvoRzOJgwWWYD/view?usp=sharing
image that shows the 2 short points - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1bp_pqu-1HGLyxzsO5c7OEEfCmGjahz-O/view?usp=sharing

Is there any way to extract it from a working phone?

imHadees said:
Is there any way to extract it from a working phone?
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Sadly no

zagingi said:
Sadly no
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And I'm assuming you checked this site? https://easy-firmware.com/index.php?a=downloads&b=folder&id=27642

imHadees said:
And I'm assuming you checked this site? https://easy-firmware.com/index.php?a=downloads&b=folder&id=27642
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Yea, I'd rather not pay for a firmware file