[Xperia ZL][INFO][REF] All the info you need before you begin

[Andre Verissimo]

It's way better to install the proper firmware.

For example, C6502 has a barometer, but if you install C6506 you will lose the support to that function, since C6506 obviously doesn't have the proper driver. Also, you can brick your device if you lose a driver that is essential to boot.

Finally, some ROMs demands an unlocked bootloader. So, take care and remember to backup your TA partition before unlocking, or you'll lose your DRM Keys and your Bravia Engine forever.

 

[favelle bono]

hello guys.... im New with android and rooting.... ive installed easy rooting toolkit v.16 and root my phone... in the installation guide it says that superuser and busybox will be installed but in my phone there's only supersu... am I doing it incorrectly? please help me... thanks in advance..

 

[Sirence]

hello guys.... im New with android and rooting.... ive installed easy rooting toolkit v.16 and root my phone... in the installation guide it says that superuser and busybox will be installed but in my phone there's only supersu... am I doing it incorrectly? please help me... thanks in advance..

Busybox is no app, it won't apear in your app drawer.
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/BusyBox

If superuser is working, busybox is installed just fine.

Sent from my C6506 using Tapatalk 4 Beta

 

[favelle bono]

really? I just download and installed busybox free. should I uninstall it?

 

[DooMLoRD]

Can i install a Xperia ZL C6506 ftf (offcial firmware) on a Xperia ZL C6502 whithout problems?

yes

 

[favelle bono]

Em... Using root checker it seems that my device is properly root.
I want to try install CM10.1 on my 6502 and they required working recovery which I have no idea for now.
Google and that site said that need adb and fastboot installed on pc. My problem is ..
1) in fastboot no adb device list. Not in fastboot...there's a device..
2) I failed to install fastboot because driver missing... Need to search for S1boot fastboot driver...
3) the other site said that installing the adb and fastboot before root...? Mine root before it..

Am I doing thing correctly? I tried to search for video instruction for better understanding since I dont quite get it by only read all this tech thing...

Please anyone can help? Thanks in advance...
Sorry if my questions sounds silly

 

[bouvrie]

New to both Android and Xperia ZL, this thread really helped me!

Here are some of my experiences with the ZL, perhaps some items could be useful for this thread:

• Bought the phone as import, luckily with an unlockable bootloader.
• Unfortunately a victim of the infamous bug of Manual learning of IR commands in Remote Control app not working. Judging from reactions in that support thread, I have low hopes that turning the device in at a service center will fix the problem at a reasonable cost (also considering I imported my device).
• Never updated the firmware (to have a rooting exploit & get a full device backup beforehand), mine came with 10.1.A.1.350
• The default camera app uses stupid filename convention: DSC_####.JPG . I want the filenames to include a timestamp for easy management. No fix found for this yet.
• Installed AdBlock Plus, but without root it's running as a local proxy server.
• Rooted the phone for firewall control, backup purposes and more advanced features using the method described in this thread. Manually rebooting the device in this process was not required; the phone rebooted by itself in my case. However, I either had to perform the rooting procedure twice or reboot the phone after the procedure as the fist try didn't root it.
• Changed AdBlock Plus to root privileged, stopped the local proxy server.
• As a precaution, I made a backup of my TA partition, using this thread to allow me to get back to a full factory state.
• Installed DroidWall, it's a bit too basic for my taste. Would rather have more detailed control (i.e. black-/whitelisting specific addresses and ports in specific apps). Installed Android Firewall+ (AFWall+), at least it has LAN/WIFI/3G/Roaming distinction. Could still use more control (zones/ports) in my firewall though.
  
• Currently looking for a good privacy app. Default ROM is odexed, so PDroid Privacy Protection will not work AFAIK and LBE Privacy could be pretty unstable (bootloops?).
• Currently looking for a way to dump the phone as a complete backup/ROM/snapshot so I can restore it to the present/factory state later on.

Some questions:

• I wish that "All the info you need" would contain several steps for any considerate (Xperia ZL) Android user to follow. Kind of a best practices approach: like steps required to get a full fallback backup state (all partitions) in case things (rooting/bootloops/partition overwrites/...?) go wrong. Guess I'll have to find most information myself for now (keywords: Titanium Backup?, Clockwork Recovery?, Online Nandroid? RomDump (v82b) doesn't seem to work.).
• I'm not even sure which things can go wrong: perhaps flashing a ROM/bootloader at some point will mess with partitions in a way that Sony bootmodes are affected? Perhaps some common things to avoid doing can be listed in the thread?
• Does updating a rooted device remove root? According to the OTA Update 10.3.1.A.0.244 thread, it doesn't but I also found the OTA Rootkeeper app. This is confusing, could the rooting section of this/the rooting thread be updated to list precautions when updating Android?

 

[Claribelsmith]

handy information !

 

[droid102]

Model number:
The Xperia ZL has model number as C650x and has 3 models C6502, C6503 & C6506. They differ in the spectrum of frequencies supported for 3G/WCDMA

Xperia ZL - C6502, C6503, C6506, & L35h

you missed L35h

edit: also the Xperia ZL is available in 3 colors: Black, White, & Red

 

[t3ddy2003]

Guys how to change color in illumination bar pro? i want to change the notification bar just like xperia SP. =)

Xperia ZL C6502 here.

 

[QYOBZ]

help

I have this problem whenever i flash stock firmware on my XZ device..
it says:
25/006/2013 15:06:16 - INFO - Device connected in flash mode
25/006/2013 15:06:16 - INFO - Opening device for R/W
25/006/2013 15:06:16 - INFO - Reading device information
25/006/2013 15:06:17 - INFO - Phone ready for flashmode operations.
25/006/2013 15:06:17 - INFO - Start Flashing
25/006/2013 15:06:17 - INFO - Processing loader
25/006/2013 15:06:17 - INFO - Checking header
25/006/2013 15:06:17 - INFO - Flashing data
25/006/2013 15:06:17 - INFO - Loader : S1_Root_5ca3 - Version : APQ8064_30 / Bootloader status : NOT_ROOTABLE
25/006/2013 15:06:17 - INFO - Ending flash session
25/006/2013 15:06:17 - ERROR - ERR_SEVERITY="MINOR";ERR_CODE="0026";ERR_DYNAMIC="Write TA failed.";
25/006/2013 15:06:17 - ERROR - Error flashing. Aborted
25/006/2013 15:06:17 - INFO - Device connected in flash mode
25/006/2013 15:06:18 - INFO - Device disconnected

 

[tracins]

Im curious about this option too, please notify us if there is such an option.

 

[acabreram]

flash fastboot

Hiiii
I want to know what is the difference between

fastboot flash boot boot.img and fastboot -i 0xfce flash boot boot.img

are the same??
Thankkssss!

 

[thangxiu]

Root Xperia Android 4.3 10.4.B.0.569

youtube com/watch?v=mscIaRTHi6U

 

[spitfire887]

Flashtool msg Dumping TA partition

Hi, i installed cm 12.1 last year and i got to say that isnt bad at all, but the only problem is that i cant rollback to stock, i tried everything i know (have the device since 2013) and simply i cant flash anything more. The messages in Flashtool display is "Dumping TA partition".

I tried flash with another Falshtool version, change the Max USB Buffer, flash in W7, W8 and W10 but nothing...the same F.... message. If someone pass thorugh this and know how can solve it, please help me !!! I like probe diferents roms but since i installed cm12..NO MORE

IMPORTANT: i backed up my drm keys (TA.img)

Sorry for my bad english...

WWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW

06/055/2016 20:55:04 - INFO - Syncing devices from github
06/055/2016 20:55:05 - INFO - Scanning devices folder for changes.
06/055/2016 20:55:36 - INFO - Pulling changes from github.
06/055/2016 20:55:37 - INFO - Devices sync finished.
06/055/2016 20:55:41 - INFO - Device disconnected
06/056/2016 20:56:37 - INFO - Selected Bundle for Sony Xperia ZL (C6503). FW release : 10.6.A.0.454. Customization : Customized_BR
06/056/2016 20:56:37 - INFO - Preparing files for flashing
06/058/2016 20:58:37 - INFO - Please connect your device into flashmode.
06/058/2016 20:58:51 - INFO - Device connected in flash mode
06/058/2016 20:58:51 - INFO - Opening device for R/W
06/058/2016 20:58:51 - INFO - Reading device information
06/058/2016 20:58:51 - INFO - Phone ready for flashmode operations.
06/058/2016 20:58:51 - INFO - Opening TA partition 2
06/058/2016 20:58:51 - INFO - Current device : Unknown: Apr 27 2015/08:46:48 - EP73162LEV - Unknown: Apr 27 2015/08:46:48 - Unknown: Apr 27 2015/08:46:48 - Unknown: Apr 27 2015/08:46:48
06/058/2016 20:58:51 - INFO - Closing TA partition
06/058/2016 20:58:51 - INFO - Start Flashing
06/058/2016 20:58:51 - INFO - Processing loader.sin
06/058/2016 20:58:51 - INFO - Checking header
06/058/2016 20:58:51 - INFO - Flashing data
06/058/2016 20:58:52 - INFO - Loader : S1_Root_5ca3 - Version : APQ8064_39 / Boot version : S1_Boot_Lagan_1.1_10 / Bootloader status : ROOTED
06/058/2016 20:58:52 - INFO - Max packet size set to 512K
06/058/2016 20:58:59 - INFO - Making a TA backup
06/058/2016 20:58:59 - INFO - Opening TA partition 1
06/058/2016 20:58:59 - INFO - Start Dumping TA partition 1
06/058/2016 20:58:59 - INFO - Finished Dumping TA partition 1
06/058/2016 20:58:59 - INFO - TA partition 1 saved to C:\Users\Luis\.flashTool\registeredDevices\EP73162LEV\s1ta\2016-03-06_08-58-59\1.ta
06/058/2016 20:58:59 - INFO - Closing TA partition
06/058/2016 20:58:59 - INFO - Opening TA partition 2
06/058/2016 20:58:59 - INFO - Start Dumping TA partition 2
06/059/2016 20:59:00 - INFO - Finished Dumping TA partition 2
06/059/2016 20:59:00 - INFO - TA partition 2 saved to C:\Users\Luis\.flashTool\registeredDevices\EP73162LEV\s1ta\2016-03-06_08-58-59\2.ta
06/059/2016 20:59:00 - INFO - Closing TA partition
06/059/2016 20:59:00 - INFO - Parsing boot delivery
06/059/2016 20:59:00 - INFO - Ending flash session
06/059/2016 20:59:00 - ERROR -
06/059/2016 20:59:00 - ERROR - Error flashing. Aborted

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[bigrammy]

Hi, i installed cm 12.1 last year and i got to say that isnt bad at all, but the only problem is that i cant rollback to stock, i tried everything i know (have the device since 2013) and simply i cant flash anything more. The messages in Flashtool display is "Dumping TA partition".

I tried flash with another Falshtool version, change the Max USB Buffer, flash in W7, W8 and W10 but nothing...the same F.... message. If someone pass thorugh this and know how can solve it, please help me !!! I like probe diferents roms but since i installed cm12..NO MORE

IMPORTANT: i backed up my drm keys (TA.img)

Sorry for my bad english...

If your custom recovery is still intact you could use this http://forum.xda-developers.com/crossdevice-dev/sony/tool-prfcreator-easily-create-pre-t2859904 tool to make a flashable .zip from stock .tft of your choice

 

[spitfire887]

If your custom recovery is still intact you could use this http://forum.xda-developers.com/crossdevice-dev/sony/tool-prfcreator-easily-create-pre-t2859904 tool to make a flashable .zip from stock .tft of your choice

Thank you Bigrammy, but in my desperation for flash another ROM i do a stupidity, flash a Custom ROM with Aroma installer, and my device DIE, now im looking for a solution because i cant get in in flashmode or fastboot mode either, no boot, no led, no nothing.

Ill keep looking some forums for answers... if you know about this problem...

 

[bigrammy]

Thank you Bigrammy, but in my desperation for flash another ROM i do a stupidity, flash a Custom ROM with Aroma installer, and my device DIE, now im looking for a solution because i cant get in in flashmode or fastboot mode either, no boot, no led, no nothing.

Ill keep looking some forums for answers... if you know about this problem...

Hmmm,
Which custom rom did you flash?
Most will only flash "system" "boot" and maybe "recovery"
Flashtool mode and Fastboot should be unaffected by these partitions and therefore still work.
Try push the the little reset button for a second or two under the sim cover you will need a paperclip or similar item.
Turn up the volume on your PC.
Then insert the usb cable into your phone first.
(Note the phone must be OFF do not use power button)
Then try all these combos keep hold of the volume button down - and then insert the usb cable into your PC and listen for a connection on the PC.
Then try Volume button up + and then insert the usb cable into your PC and listen for a connection on the PC.
Then try Holding both Volume buttons + and - together and then insert the usb cable into your PC and listen for a connection on the PC.
Make a note of which combo if any gives you a connection to the PC. :fingers-crossed:

 

[spitfire887]

Hmmm,
Which custom rom did you flash?
Most will only flash "system" "boot" and maybe "recovery"
Flashtool mode and Fastboot should be unaffected by these partitions and therefore still work.
Try push the the little reset button for a second or two under the sim cover you will need a paperclip or similar item.
Turn up the volume on your PC.
Then insert the usb cable into your phone first.
(Note the phone must be OFF do not use power button)
Then try all these combos keep hold of the volume button down - and then insert the usb cable into your PC and listen for a connection on the PC.
Then try Volume button up + and then insert the usb cable into your PC and listen for a connection on the PC.
Then try Holding both Volume buttons + and - together and then insert the usb cable into your PC and listen for a connection on the PC.
Make a note of which combo if any gives you a connection to the PC. :fingers-crossed:

Hi Bigrammy, after 2 days the device start to link red when is conected (wall or pc) in this moment i tried to flash Kernel.sin vía flashtool but did not work, Flashtool show the same error "Dumping TA partition". Later ttied with Fastboot with Doomlord module in Flashtool but the file i chose (Kernel.sin) did not work (then i understood that Kernel in Fastboot must be Boot.img) but for that moment i think the device turno on because was unrecognizable again.

Now i put to charge the device (24 or 48 hrs) then i will try again but with the rigth boot.img (stock) then I guess the system will boot. im rigth?

PS.: for unknown reason de back button "off" doesnt work anymore, i pressed for 3, 10, 20, 30 seconds and nothing ¿?

Summary Disaster:
Flash with Aroma installer Xperia Existenz ROM.
Device dont turn on, no led, no nothing.
Put to charge device 24 hrs
Can access into Flash mode (Flashing error DUMPING TA)
Can access into Fastboot (Flash the wrong file)
Device run out of battery
Charging...

Thanks for the help man, i will let you know any change !!!

 

[bigrammy]

Hi Bigrammy, after 2 days the device start to link red when is conected (wall or pc) in this moment i tried to flash Kernel.sin vía flashtool but did not work, Flashtool show the same error "Dumping TA partition". Later ttied with Fastboot with Doomlord module in Flashtool but the file i chose (Kernel.sin) did not work (then i understood that Kernel in Fastboot must be Boot.img) but for that moment i think the device turno on because was unrecognizable again.

Now i put to charge the device (24 or 48 hrs) then i will try again but with the rigth boot.img (stock) then I guess the system will boot. im rigth?

PS.: for unknown reason de back button "off" doesnt work anymore, i pressed for 3, 10, 20, 30 seconds and nothing ¿?

Summary Disaster:
Flash with Aroma installer Xperia Existenz ROM.
Device dont turn on, no led, no nothing.
Put to charge device 24 hrs
Can access into Flash mode (Flashing error DUMPING TA)
Can access into Fastboot (Flash the wrong file)
Device run out of battery
Charging...

Thanks for the help man, i will let you know any change !!!

You could use NUT's Awesome Kernel builder HERE just follow the instructions and it should give a boot.img back which you can flash via fastboot. :good: