Hi,
I have a Z00A and it just got back from RMA. It returned with MM, so I want to install twrp and Lineage. I have read many tutorials on unlocking the BL but they all seem to refer to Lolipop.
I read somewhere that to unlock the MM BL, you must downgrade do lolipop. Is this the current method of unlocking the BL?
I tried to to install twrp in fastboot, but it seems that my device is not recognized by my computer in fastboot (I'm running Fedora Linux), maybe because it is with the locked BL.
Any help is much appreciated.
Just a follow up. I tried to flash the recovery:
bash-4.3$ sudo fastboot flash recovery twrp-3.0.2-0-Z00A.img
target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes
sending 'recovery' (15316 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.920s]
writing 'recovery'...
OKAY [ 0.645s]
finished. total time: 1.565s
but it seems it didnt work. All is in the same state as before
ufa said:
Hi,
I have a Z00A and it just got back from RMA. It returned with MM, so I want to install twrp and Lineage. I have read many tutorials on unlocking the BL but they all seem to refer to Lolipop.
I read somewhere that to unlock the MM BL, you must downgrade do lolipop. Is this the current method of unlocking the BL?
I tried to to install twrp in fastboot, but it seems that my device is not recognized by my computer in fastboot (I'm running Fedora Linux), maybe because it is with the locked BL.
Any help is much appreciated.
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Just use this tool. https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3458145
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kenbo111 said:
Just use this tool. https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3458145
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Thank you, I will give it a shot
ufa said:
Thank you, I will give it a shot
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just a quick followup, it all worked from here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/zenfone2/general/unlock-zenfone2-android-6-0-beta-unlock-t3411264
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Hi
Can anyone plz help with my problem here. After following directions on installing the boosthd rom for arc s, entering fastboot, typing in the command, it gives a failed error saying that my device needs to be rooted first but my arc s is already rooted.
note: i am trying to flash the kernal to get boost hd
here's the error given:
C:\fastboot>fastboot flash boot bootanzu126.img
sending 'boot' (4626 KB)...
FAILED (remote: The Device must be rooted first)
finished. total time: 0.002s
Bootloader unlocked?
Questions go in the Q&A section
techoo said:
Hi
Can anyone plz help with my problem here. After following directions on installing the boosthd rom for arc s, entering fastboot, typing in the command, it gives a failed error saying that my device needs to be rooted first but my arc s is already rooted.
note: i am trying to flash the kernal to get boost hd
here's the error given:
C:\fastboot>fastboot flash boot bootanzu126.img
sending 'boot' (4626 KB)...
FAILED (remote: The Device must be rooted first)
finished. total time: 0.002s
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Go root your phone, if rooted there should be Superuser installed on it. Alternatively, you can use root validators available on Play store.
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Im facing this same problem! my bootloader is unlocked and my phone is confirmed rooted with super user installed etc. help
I am in the same boat. I have it rooted. I have switched my xperia play r800x over to ntelos. I have enabled tethering. Superuser is present. But when I try to fastboot it says please root device. I am lost now. I will search the internet some more to see if I can find a solution. If I find the answer I will post back with it.
try flashing this through CWM
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1361240&d=1348846507
rockas67 said:
try flashing this through CWM
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1361240&d=1348846507
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I have the same problem of techoo , I have the rooted phone and the unlocked bootloader but doesn't work
Ur boot loader is unlocked properly.
Once you do it... use flash tool... it'll tell you exactly what's wrong
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i'm using Xperia Neo L
bootloader status: Unlocked
rooted via here
but when trying to install CM9 kernal for paranoid android room, seems like i'm on the same boat too
make sure ur bootloader is unlocked properly
A friend of mine had a similar issue on his Sony Live with walkman (WT19i).
the unlock code he used was not correct as IMEI he submitted was wrong. however it showed the bootloader is unlocked and device rooted.
trying again wont harm. make sure you use only 14 digit IMEI (ignore the last digit) at http://unlockbootloader.sonymobile.com
Hi friends,
I was using aroma ROM on my xperia arc S unlocked bootloader, when i'm trying to install Atomic JB via CWM I forgot to flash the kernal. As a result my phone is in bootloop, I'm trying to flash the kernal of Atomic JB using flashboot or qucikIMG i'm getting the below error. Please any one help me out of this issue.
Flashing, please wait...
sending 'boot' (8864 KB)...
FAILED (remote: The Device must be rooted first)
finished. total time: -0.000s
Done. Please check log for errors
ghilli619 said:
Hi friends,
I was using aroma ROM on my xperia arc S unlocked bootloader, when i'm trying to install Atomic JB via CWM I forgot to flash the kernal. As a result my phone is in bootloop, I'm trying to flash the kernal of Atomic JB using flashboot or qucikIMG i'm getting the below error. Please any one help me out of this issue.
Flashing, please wait...
sending 'boot' (8864 KB)...
FAILED (remote: The Device must be rooted first)
finished. total time: -0.000s
Done. Please check log for errors
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According to the log, your bootloader is not unlocked. Try to unlock it again. Which method did you use the first time?
ghilli619 said:
Hi friends,
I was using aroma ROM on my xperia arc S unlocked bootloader, when i'm trying to install Atomic JB via CWM I forgot to flash the kernal. As a result my phone is in bootloop, I'm trying to flash the kernal of Atomic JB using flashboot or qucikIMG i'm getting the below error. Please any one help me out of this issue.
Flashing, please wait...
sending 'boot' (8864 KB)...
FAILED (remote: The Device must be rooted first)
finished. total time: -0.000s
Done. Please check log for errors
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Well did u flash stock?
And then install it the correct way?
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Someguyfromhell said:
According to the log, your bootloader is not unlocked. Try to unlock it again. Which method did you use the first time?
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It was already unlocked bootloader since the beginning, I used Aroma ROM first, then i used Atomic Jb. I never unlocked the boot loader since it is already unlocked.
Is it the reason of the rom it got locked. If yes, how do i unlock it bcos i'm able to do fastboot and fastmode only
Sahaab said:
Well did u flash stock?
And then install it the correct way?
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No friend, I'm a noob. Pls guide me how to do it, I changed two custome rom and the last one which i didnt flash kernal, Flash stock means will it go to Gingerbread??
ghilli619 said:
No friend, I'm a noob. Pls guide me how to do it, I changed two custome rom and the last one which i didnt flash kernal, Flash stock means will it go to Gingerbread??
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Jst flash stock gingerbread or ics
I am sure u can find ftf files in the general section
Flash them the phone shud boot and then follow the instructions for the rom
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ghilli619 said:
No friend, I'm a noob. Pls guide me how to do it, I changed two custome rom and the last one which i didnt flash kernal, Flash stock means will it go to Gingerbread??
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Atomic JB? Where did you got Atomic JB?
ghilli619 said:
It was already unlocked bootloader since the beginning, I used Aroma ROM first, then i used Atomic Jb. I never unlocked the boot loader since it is already unlocked.
Is it the reason of the rom it got locked. If yes, how do i unlock it bcos i'm able to do fastboot and fastmode only
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No, your boatloader is locked... How did you think that it's unlocked if yourself didn't unlock it...
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Issue resolved
Thanks friend,
I have unloked the bootloader using instruction given by Sony, Then i flash the IMG kernel with QuickIMG now its working fine. I really appreciate your help guys, Thanks once again
Hey guys,
Had a quick question that I hope somebody here can answer.
Want to update the baseband to the newest version contained in the .90 update but I'm running CM12. Obviously I don't want to go through the hassle of reflashing CM12, so want to flash the baseband through recovery/adb/fastboot if possible.
I understand that the baseband is in the ifwi.zip file within the update, and that within this zip are a few files in regards to each ZF2 model. The two files of importance are the ifwi*.bin and dnx*.bin files. From some searching it seems that these can be flashed through fastboot.
My questions are:
Which one is modem/baseband and which one is bootloader?
Can one be flashed without the other?
Cheers guys
So I did the following with the files from ifwi.zip
fastboot flash dnx dnx*ze551ml.bin
fastboot flash ifwi ifwi*ze551ml..bin
fastboot reboot-bootloader
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The operation completed successfully, bootloader still unlocked and ROM still intact.
Doesn't look like baseband was updated though. Might be located elsewhere?
I thought CRPalmer included the binary updates in the latest CM. I have a baseband version of 1535_5.0.37.1_0831
What is the latest?
kylemd said:
.... Obviously I don't want to go through the hassle of reflashing CM12, so want to flash the baseband through recovery/adb/fastboot if possible.
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What hassle? It takes about 5 minutes tops to download and dirty flash the latest CM build. You don't even need to connect to a PC - DL the file from the thread, reboot into TWRP, wipe cache/dalvik (from the advanced wipe menu, not sure wiping is really necessary but I always do), flash the CM build, reboot. Easy.
kylemd said:
So I did the following with the files from ifwi.zip
The operation completed successfully, bootloader still unlocked and ROM still intact.
Doesn't look like baseband was updated though. Might be located elsewhere?
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file you are looking is in /vendor/firmware/telephony/*.fls
kylemd said:
So I did the following with the files from ifwi.zip
The operation completed successfully, bootloader still unlocked and ROM still intact.
Doesn't look like baseband was updated though. Might be located elsewhere?
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alose said:
I thought CRPalmer included the binary updates in the latest CM. I have a baseband version of 1535_5.0.37.1_0831
What is the latest?
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You are correct. I did ask in the thread whether this was the case and nobody answered, so I went to figure it out for myself.
Bootloader is updated by the ifwi files but not baseband. Baseband is part of the blob files comes with the ROM.
I am so used to devices having a separate baseband (Nexus, SGS etc) that it carried over to this phone - hence the thread.
kanagawaben said:
What hassle? It takes about 5 minutes tops to download and dirty flash the latest CM build. You don't even need to connect to a PC - DL the file from the thread, reboot into TWRP, wipe cache/dalvik (from the advanced wipe menu, not sure wiping is really necessary but I always do), flash the CM build, reboot. Easy.
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I am aware of that, I do it every day I was thinking I might have needed to flash the stock ROM to update the baseband - of which I haven't seen a way to flash from TWRP recovery yet. Now aware this isn't the case as the baseband files are part of the blob files that are integrated into the ROM.
harpreet.s said:
file you are looking is in /vendor/firmware/telephony/*.fls
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If I ever go to muck around with them this will be helpful thanks!
kylemd said:
So I did the following with the files from ifwi.zip
The operation completed successfully, bootloader still unlocked and ROM still intact.
Doesn't look like baseband was updated though. Might be located elsewhere?
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Hmm.. I get this error while trying to flash this.
target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes
sending 'ifwi' (4096 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.312s]
writing 'ifwi'...
FAILED (remote: Permission denied
)
finished. total time: 0.499s
Bootloader unlocked?
Running it in bootloader mode?
Also make sure that you're running it for the right model.
yumms said:
Hmm.. I get this error while trying to flash this.
target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes
sending 'ifwi' (4096 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.312s]
writing 'ifwi'...
FAILED (remote: Permission denied
)
finished. total time: 0.499s
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Try running as administrator. I'm not sure though.
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I am running as an admin. So it looks like I Cait use fastboot at all, all commands show the same permission denied error.
yumms said:
I am running as an admin. So it looks like I Cait use fastboot at all, all commands show the same permission denied error.
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and your phone's bootloader is unlocked? i think this is one of the most important thing if you wanna chenge baseband
Bootloader unlocked. I've installed TWRP previously so I'm not sure why this problem popped up all of a sudden.
Question, if I install the stock recovery and reinstall the stock rom with via adb sideload, will that update the modem?
Yumms, you've probably found out the hard way by now, but I believe it will
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Hi. Would it be possible to relock the bootloader somehow?
Or remove the warning before booting?
I tried the stock images.. but it seems to need a signed boot.img
fattymcdirty said:
Hi. Would it be possible to relock the bootloader somehow?
Or remove the warning before booting?
I tried the stock images.. but it seems to need a signed boot.img
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"fastboot oem lock" and you're good to go.
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m0yP said:
"fastboot oem lock" and you're good to go.
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nope. definitely not. you need a signed boot.img from motorola for this. bootloader locking isn't allowed without it...
fattymcdirty said:
nope. definitely not. you need a signed boot.img from motorola for this. bootloader locking isn't allowed without it...
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Well, you must be fully stock before locking BL.
Or you could wait for a custom logo to be uploaded.
I haven't rooted my Albus because of the apparently zero development in XDA, hopefully this changes soon.
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i am fully stock. except the root. and since magisk alters boot.img, it's not working. you need a signed boot.img from motorola..
Why do you wish to relock already?
to sell the phone...
fattymcdirty said:
to sell the phone...
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Don't sell it rooted, then. Just flash stock and you're done.
Warranty is void anyway, though.
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fattymcdirty said:
to sell the phone...
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What version is it?
How much do you want for it?
pizza_pablo said:
What version is it?
How much do you want for it?
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xt1710-09.
300eur icl. JBL speaker. but I live in germany
m0yP said:
fattymcdirty said:
nope. definitely not. you need a signed boot.img from motorola for this. bootloader locking isn't allowed without it...
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Well, you must be fully stock before locking BL.
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Oh, wait. Are you saying, if you are fully stock, you should be able to relock the bootloader?
I initially unlocked the bootloader, put on TWRP and rooted, but since no development was going on, I went back to "stock", using the images Junior Passos has posted. I'm now receiving OTA updates fine, but obviously can't use Android Pay because my bootloader is unlocked.
TravellingGuy said:
Oh, wait. Are you saying, if you are fully stock, you should be able to relock the bootloader?
I initially unlocked the bootloader, put on TWRP and rooted, but since no development was going on, I went back to "stock", using the images Junior Passos has posted. I'm now receiving OTA updates fine, but obviously can't use Android Pay because my bootloader is unlocked.
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Yes, just "fastboot oem lock" and profit!
Warranty is still voided, though.
m0yP said:
Yes, just "fastboot oem lock" and profit!
Warranty is still voided, though.
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Sorry. Still definitely NOT possible. When flashing back to stock, you're NOT able to flash the boot.img, because it's not signed.
Without a proper signed boot.img, the command fastboot oem lock gives you an error, saying that boot.img isn''t valid/properly signed.
fattymcdirty said:
Sorry. Still definitely NOT possible. When flashing back to stock, you're NOT able to flash the boot.img, because it's not signed.
Without a proper signed boot.img, the command fastboot oem lock gives you an error, saying that boot.img isn''t valid/properly signed.
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Need to be fully stock for this to work. You're still rooted, so no locked BL for you.
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You don't seem to understand what's the problem here: you can NOT go back to FULL stock because you can NOT flash an untouched boot.img, because there DOES NO SIGNED version exist!!!
IF you say it would be possible, please kindly describe ALL the steps to do so!
fattymcdirty said:
IF you say it would be possible, please kindly describe ALL the steps to do so!
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Did you try Motorola Firmware Team's or Lolinet's files?
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Why questioning a question? I tried both. But since NONE of them are signed, it's not working.. as I said several times before..
See:
C:\adb>mfastboot flash partition gpt.bin
sending 'partition' (45 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.004s]
writing 'partition'...
Validating 'gpt.default.xml'
Security version downgrade
Image primary_gpt failed validation
Preflash validation failed
Cancelling 'gpt.default.xml'
FAILED (remote failure)
finished. total time: 0.076s
Re-Locking the Bootloader is easy, only need stock rom..
Hi i want to unlock boot-loader of my lenovo z2 plus
Downloaded unlock_Bootloader.img
Have latest TWRP trybut when i try to unlock i get
fastboot -i 0x2b4c flash unlock unlock_bootloader.img
target reported max download size of 1610612736 bytes
sending 'unlock' (0 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.026s]
writing 'unlock'...
FAILED (remote: partition table doesn't exist)
finished. total time: 0.047s
Already try in windows 7,windows10,ubuntu 17 and try from adb folder.
Please its 7th day :crying: .
Use Tool All in One
Abinashpanda said:
Hi i want to unlock boot-loader of my lenovo z2 plus
Downloaded unlock_Bootloader.img
Have latest TWRP trybut when i try to unlock i get
fastboot -i 0x2b4c flash unlock unlock_bootloader.img
target reported max download size of 1610612736 bytes
sending 'unlock' (0 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.026s]
writing 'unlock'...
FAILED (remote: partition table doesn't exist)
finished. total time: 0.047s
Already try in windows 7,windows10,ubuntu 17 and try from adb folder.
Please its 7th day :crying: .
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You need to downgrade the ROM to Stock Marshmallow using QPST/QFIL and then unlock the bootloader.
I got this info from someone who had the exact same issue.
sixth.pr1m3 said:
You need to downgrade the ROM to Stock Marshmallow using QPST/QFIL and then unlock the bootloader.
I got this info from someone who had the exact same issue.
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can u give me some links, i dont know how to downgrade if u then it help me a lot
:highfive:
Abinashpanda said:
can u give me some links, i dont know how to downgrade if u then it help me a lot
:highfive:
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https://zukfans.eu/community/threads/zuk-z2-plus-downgrade-from-2-5-104-st-to-earlier-version.6240/
Try this link to downdrade https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jFM_a3-wYD8
This one for change languge.
Then unlock bootloader.
I tried it successfully..
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Thanks a lot,: highfive: man u guys are life saver finally flash a custom ROM :victory:
still have a problem otg not working AICP 13.1
Abinashpanda said:
Thanks a lot,: highfive: man u guys are life saver finally flash a custom ROM :victory:
still have a problem otg not working AICP 13.1
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Flash aex latest ..otg fixed
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sixth.pr1m3 said:
You need to downgrade the ROM to Stock Marshmallow using QPST/QFIL and then unlock the bootloader.
I got this info from someone who had the exact same issue.
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Mate can you also tell me where to download android marshmallow and install it
Kh4rb said:
Mate can you also tell me where to download android marshmallow and install it
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Refer this:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=75362876&postcount=5
https://zukfans.eu/community/forums/official-z2plus-zui-rom-releases.14/
sixth.pr1m3 said:
Refer this:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=75362876&postcount=5
https://zukfans.eu/community/forums/official-z2plus-zui-rom-releases.14/
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Thanks mate but I fix it ...it's working fine