I'm on windows 10
So i'm trying to root my Z1 compact and I have an unlocked bootloader. I'm on .108 but when i try to run the root method it keeps saying "adb server is out of date. Killing..." and it just does that over and over.
I tried using adb fixer but it says adb.exe isn't found even though i'm directing it to the correct folder.
I know how to flash from flashtool so if anyone can either direct me to a stock prerooted rom or help me on how to get adb fixer to recognize the file that would be appreciated. I've already spent 4 hours trying to fix this myself.
Hashbaz said:
I'm on windows 10
So i'm trying to root my Z1 compact and I have an unlocked bootloader. I'm on .108 but when i try to run the root method it keeps saying "adb server is out of date. Killing..." and it just does that over and over.
I tried using adb fixer but it says adb.exe isn't found even though i'm directing it to the correct folder.
I know how to flash from flashtool so if anyone can either direct me to a stock prerooted rom or help me on how to get adb fixer to recognize the file that would be appreciated. I've already spent 4 hours trying to fix this myself.
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With unlocked BL, you can flash anything you want with fastboot. Just try flashing a twrp IMG, and see if that gets you recovery. If not, find a custom kernel for 108, (I think mosh kernel will work), and extract the boot IMG, then flash boot IMG and recovery IMG to get into recovery. If you download SuperSU zip file ahead of time, then you can flash in recovery, and you're rooted. Make sure to use the right commands: fastboot flash boot for kernel and flasboot flash recovery for recovery.
Thanks for the quick reply. I'll try this later as I am work now. It's always the most frustrating problems that have the simplest solutions....
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Long story short. I'm rooted and unlocked. Stuck at google screen after flashing Francos 14.4 for the wrong version
I've got the stock kernel i just need a way to flash it to the phone. Any help is greatly appreciated
put the phone in bootloader, open up a terminal and use
fastboot flash boot boot.img
if you have the stock kernel as a .img that is
adb isnt recognizing my device as being there
You don't use adb when your phone is in bootloader, you use fastboot.
im not sure im following you
Your thread title says "flashing through fastboot"..
Download a stock image, which will include the stock kernel if you haven't already. If your stock kernel is in the form "boot.img" then you are fine. If not, you need to find a boot.img.
Put the boot.img file in the same folder that you have your fastboot file in.
In terminal, CD into the folder that your fastboot file is in.
Hold volume and power and put your phone in bootloader mode. Use the command
fastboot flash boot boot.img
this will flash the stock kernel you downloaded as long as it is in the form of boot.img.
There's a toolkit for all this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1400871
ericmc said:
Long story short. I'm rooted and unlocked. Stuck at google screen after flashing Francos 14.4 for the wrong version
I've got the stock kernel i just need a way to flash it to the phone. Any help is greatly appreciated
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You have a pm with the files and instructions in youre messages
Okay so here is my issue. I'm literally stuck! I have no computer to go back and lock my bootloader and I'm not s-off. I have no way, to my knowledge, to install the new firmware to play with the new stock roms. If anybody has any suggestion, that would be terrific!
Are you on stock rom? If yes you only need to flash stock recovery. Relocking bootloader is not needed
stathis95194 said:
Are you on stock rom? If yes you only need to flash stock recovery. Relocking bootloader is not needed
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How would I go about flashing stock recovery?
Unfortunately you will need a PC for this . Are you on custom recovery now? How did you flash that in the first place?
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Unfortunately you will need a PC for this . Are you on custom recovery now? How did you flash that in the first place?
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I did it from a computer at work. I no longer have that job though. So I'm seriously stuck.
Surely, you know someone with a computer that they will let you use?
redpoint73 said:
Surely, you know someone with a computer that they will let you use?
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This ^^^^
alright, here's an update. i went to my fiances house and used her mothers computer (worlds slowest internet, i think AOL is faster) and worlds oldest computer ... anyways... i locked my bootloader and flashed a stock recovery, i went back to my stock rom as well and checked the software update from AT&T (which said that I had an update before i did all this) but now when i check for an update it says that i'm currently up to date and when i check information from online and compare it to my information i can confirm that I am on 1.58 but i'm android 4.4.2 and VIPER calls for a stock firmware of 4.4.3 (i think) also i can't find anywhere online on information on what the current radio is of the newest update. i'm trying to make sure that everything that I have is current to date. I don't want to be outdated lol . anways , i'm trying to figure out how to run viper with the current firmware that they require. thank you for any help you can give me now
EDIT : i bought this phone about 3 months ago and i HAVENT made any updates since then. i rooted it as soon as i got it. so im not sure if i am up-to-date
PureLife90 said:
also i can't find anywhere online on information on what the current radio is of the newest update. i'm trying to make sure that everything that I have is current to date. I don't want to be outdated lol .
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Radio associated with software 1.58 (latest software before the new 2.23 now rolling out) is: 1.16.21331931.LA11G_20.31A.4145.02L
But in any case, the RUU for 2.23 is now available. So you can just run the "official" RUU: http://www.htc.com/us/support/htc-one-m8-att/news/
Or the bootable version (no PC required) here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/att-htc-one-m8/general/att-2-23-502-3-bootable-ruu-pc-required-t2860486
Just relock the bootloader (since you are s-on) and run the RUU. It doesn't matter if anything on the device is not updated, as RUU contains the complete image. Just backup your personal data, as it will be wiped.
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Unfortunately you will need a PC for this . Are you on custom recovery now? How did you flash that in the first place?
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If he was rooted he could have restored the stock recovery without a PC pretty easily.
There used to be a command flash_image in the terminal emulator(Need to download binary for it I think). Don't know if it still works or not though
flash_image recovery /path-to-image/name_of_recovery.img
Even then there is always the "dd" command to use.
Download recovery file to phone, if it's zipped then uzip it and move the recovery.img file to /sdcard/ - Can use ES File explorer or Root explorer.
Open Terminal Emulator.
Type:
su - to get # if you don't have it.
cat /proc/emmc - this will dump all the partition info in the terminal, look for recovery. WWE should all be mmcblk0p43 , just make sure either way.
When you have the partition number for recovery go and type:
dd if=/sdcard/recovery.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p43 - that's it.
You just "flashed" back stock recovery. No PC required.
hi guys can someone advice me about rooting the phone
and how much time will it take i am a novice i did a phone and a tablet before but i think this phone
is more difficult am i right or wrong ?
what i read here i am a little scared to root him or do anythink that can harm de software
because i do so many stuff with my phone mm i need poweramp:crying:
thx
melchior39 said:
hi guys can someone advice me about rooting the phone
and how much time will it take i am a novice i did a phone and a tablet before but i think this phone
is more difficult am i right or wrong ?
what i read here i am a little scared to root him or do anythink that can harm de software
because i do so many stuff with my phone mm i need poweramp:crying:
thx
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I think the first question is: Do you have adb / fastboot / flashtool on your computer, with drivers for your phone? If so, rooting is probably not a big deal. If not, or if you're not familiar with them, you'll have to start there.
Thx for reply i asume you root your xperia
Is it easy? How much time you spend ?
I need divers but i found the info heren thans np i must only carefully wat i door bevatte
English is not my native you know wat i mean
grrr i need to install a New keyboard app
melchior39 said:
Thx for reply i asume you root your xperia
Is it easy? How much time you spend ?
I need divers but i found the info heren thans np i must only carefully wat i door bevatte
English is not my native you know wat i mean
grrr i need to install a New keyboard app
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If everything is ready, and bootloader unlocked, easiest way I've found is this :
- Download pre-rooted rom with recovery zip to sdcard
- Download CM boot img and TWRP recovery img to PC, (adb folder)
- Turn off phone and connect in fastboot mode, (make sure to check 'unknown sources and adb debugging on phone)
- Open command prompt, go to adb folder, flash boot img, flash recovery img
- Reboot to recovery and flash pre-rooted zip
Now you have root and recovery so even if you don't want that rom, you can download what you do want and flash it.
With locked bootloader you'll probably have to go a different route.
levone1 said:
If everything is ready, and bootloader unlocked, easiest way I've found is this :
- Download pre-rooted rom with recovery zip to sdcard
- Download CM boot img and TWRP recovery img to PC, (adb folder)
- Turn off phone and connect in fastboot mode, (make sure to check 'unknown sources and adb debugging on phone)
- Open command prompt, go to adb folder, flash boot img, flash recovery img
- Reboot to recovery and flash pre-rooted zip
Now you have root and recovery so even if you don't want that rom, you can download what you do want and flash it.
With locked bootloader you'll probably have to go a different route.
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hi thank you for helping me out:good:
i took the flashtool from this post
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=35910775#post35910775
where i find a pre-rooted rom and CM boot img and TWRP recovery img
and how i know my bootloader is locked soory i need to view the youtubes, but today i have a busy day so, i will do it tommorow.
today i trie to get the right files and howto use the software because its new software for me
lucky i am not to bad at pc but i know there are so many guys that now so much more the me:laugh:
i wish that in real live people share all their knowledge like they do on the net man i love my phone:silly: i dont want to brick it
but now we have the net thats cool too
melchior39 said:
hi thank you for helping me out:good:
i took the flashtool from this post
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=35910775#post35910775
where i find a pre-rooted rom and CM boot img and TWRP recovery img
and how i know my bootloader is locked soory i need to view the youtubes, but today i have a busy day so, i will do it tommorow.
today i trie to get the right files and howto use the software because its new software for me
lucky i am not to bad at pc but i know there are so many guys that now so much more the me:laugh:
i wish that in real live people share all their knowledge like they do on the net man i love my phone:silly: i dont want to brick it
but now we have the net thats cool too
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For boot img you can download a rom and pull the boot file out, or search some forums for one posted. I am happy to post one but not too familiar with the rules on that. If you have trouble, maybe I can. To see if bootloader is unlocked or unlockable, there's a hash code. Not sure what it is exactly, but easy to find with a search. If it is locked but unlockable, Sony has an official procedure. Just search for Sony Mobile unlock bootloader.
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For boot img you can download a rom and pull the boot file out, or search some forums for one posted. I am happy to post one but not too familiar with the rules on that. If you have trouble, maybe I can. To see if bootloader is unlocked or unlockable, there's a hash code. Not sure what it is exactly, but easy to find with a search. If it is locked but unlockable, Sony has an official procedure. Just search for Sony Mobile unlock bootloader.
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ok i will check the unlock bootloader
where and how i find the hash code then i can search
maybey you can help me with a boot file because i dunno wich file to take and how to extract it from a rom
i will try do this tommorow but i must read that thread i posted
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i dunno if the thread i posted has the pre-rooted rom with recovery zip to sdcard
and a CM boot img and TWRP recovery img
i will unlock the bootloader tommorow
now i am looking for this 3 files
and if your right i am good when i have those images
thx
What FW version do you have? I would suggest you do not unlock the bootloader. you lose some of the image processing features and other proprietary software. instead use NUT's tools: download the recovery and the tool for your model and FW version, and run it. it's easy and no problem.
EDIT: if that does'nt work, use xperifirm to download a firmware, PRF to root it, and flashtool to flash it to the phone. all quite straightforward, no BL-Unlock needed. there's a thread for every tool, and they all have a GUI.
Root without downgrading first?
EDIT: if that does'nt work, use xperifirm to download a firmware, PRF to root it, and flashtool to flash it to the phone. all quite straightforward, no BL-Unlock needed. there's a thread for every tool, and they all have a GUI.[/QUOTE]
Is it possible to flash a pre-rooted factory Sony rom without downgrading and rooting first?
(with locked bootloader)
dave
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EDIT: if that does'nt work, use xperifirm to download a firmware, PRF to root it, and flashtool to flash it to the phone. all quite straightforward, no BL-Unlock needed. there's a thread for every tool, and they all have a GUI.
Is it possible to flash a pre-rooted factory Sony rom without downgrading and rooting first?
(with locked bootloader)
dave
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that's a definitive yes
Hi!
I sincerely didn't thought that there would be an official 5.1.1 rom. So there it is. In the meanwhile I switched to CM but the performance and specially of the camera is not to live with.
I officially unlocked the bootloader and installed twrp.
How can I install the stock rom 14.6.A.0.368 (5.1.1) and keep root. Or how can I get it back afterwards?
Thanks!!!
Flash stock fw with Flashtool, then flash this via fastboot - http://forum.xda-developers.com/son...root-init-d-support-recovery-busybox-t3202799
Once you have root and recovery, there's a couple of other nice kernels you can flash via recovery.
(Since you have recovery already, you could just flash a prf, but it seems like some people have trouble with them. I haven't tried myself)
by Flashtool you mean the companion app?
No, this - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=920746
http://www.flashtool.net/downloads.php ??
That's it. Download the tool, install, find the drivers exe file in the 'drivers' folder, (in Flashtool app folder that is created on install), and install drivers. Then you need an 'ftf' firmware file, which you can find plenty of in this forum. I can link you one if you want. Download the ftf, put it in 'firmware' folder, open Flashtool, and flash in flash mode.
I'm gonna try this, since it seems to be just one flash action:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/son...ock-14-6-0-368-customized-lollipop-5-t3200948
thanks for your help!! I found this rom, gonna try it first:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/sony-xperia-z1-compact/general/stock-14-6-0-368-customized-lollipop-5-t3200948
OK. That's one of the prf I wrote about. Theoretically it should be fine, but I've read about some problems people have had. It definitely won't hurt to try...
Encountered this error message when trying to manually flash the N Dev 3 image, not via the flash-all bat. I'm very familiar when it comes to flashing images on my devices, fwiw.
I tried rebooting my PC, redownloading the image, and updating SDK Tools. No luck.
I've been able to reflash to mtc19t successfully.
My goal was to upgrade to the N Dev 3, then flash the decrypted modified N boot.img from Tigerstown in order to root.
Your fastboot is out of date or you have a bad download.
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Thanks. I'll give this a shot [TOOL]Minimal ADB and Fastboot [4-27-16]:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2317790
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Encountered this error message when trying to manually flash the N Dev 3 image, not via the flash-all bat. I'm very familiar when it comes to flashing images on my devices, fwiw.
I tried rebooting my PC, redownloading the image, and updating SDK Tools. No luck.
I've been able to reflash to mtc19t successfully.
My goal was to upgrade to the N Dev 3, then flash the decrypted modified N boot.img from Tigerstown in order to root.
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You don't need to decrypt or flash a modified boot.img in order to root.
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You don't need to decrypt or flash a modified boot.img in order to root.
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Should have mentioned I'd prefer TWRP, too.
I ended up not using the unencrypted boot.img and rooted with CF Autoroot.
had same issue use fastboot from latest sdk