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[Q] BOOTLOADER UNLOCK ALLOWED:NO--> Help for root without unlocking the bootloader !!

[Q] BOOTLOADER UNLOCK ALLOWED:NO--> Help for root without unlocking the bootloader !!
Hello everyone.
Many of us, have the same problem. Is there a way to root, without unlocking the bootloader.?!
Please help!!
My model is D2203.

MarinMika said:
Hello everyone.
Many of us, have the same problem. Is there a way to root, without unlocking the bootloader.?!
Please help!!
My model is D2203.
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first of all try not to install ota updates. because sony fix kernel to make it hard to root.
and wait for someone to make root method.

MarinMika said:
Hello everyone.
Many of us, have the same problem. Is there a way to root, without unlocking the bootloader.?!
Please help!!
My model is D2203.
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Try flashmode method
First turn off your device then press volume down and connect usb your device will be detected as flash mode in flash tool then click unlock ? bootloader button ? and your bootloader will be unlocked ? then remove usb power on your device and then turn off again and press volume up and connect usb then in flash tool you will see device is connected as fastboot now. Try flashing your device. If it works then enjoy your unlocked ? device.

android-vinay said:
Try flashmode method
First turn off your device then press volume down and connect usb your device will be detected as flash mode in flash tool then click unlock ? bootloader button ? and your bootloader will be unlocked ? then remove usb power on your device and then turn off again and press volume up and connect usb then in flash tool you will see device is connected as fastboot now. Try flashing your device. If it works then enjoy your unlocked ? device.
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This does not work, the bootloader button does not make any changes

Unlocking bootloader doesn't mean rooting.
After you unlock bootloader, you can flash kernel with SU in ramdisk and root.
For now, there isn't any method for locked bootloader.
Btw has anybody tried this? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1886460
It worked fine on my 2011 (ehm) device, maybe works here too.

Vynikal said:
Unlocking bootloader doesn't mean rooting.
After you unlock bootloader, you can flash kernel with SU in ramdisk and root.
For now, there isn't any method for locked bootloader.
Btw has anybody tried this? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1886460
It worked fine on my 2011 (ehm) device, maybe works here too.
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I tried. Don't work!

PLEASE!!
Please find a way. I want to play Mc5 and other games with a large memory and other applications .. Make a program or something .. Only root without unlocking the bootloader!

Is anyone still working on this issue?

http://forum.xda-developers.com/crossdevice-dev/sony/dev-cracking-s1-bootloader-t2917936

So if what I understood from that post is correct, I can flash a custom ROM but not a custom kernel.
Anybody knows a pre-rooted ROM for D2203?

filipao223 said:
So if what I understood from that post is correct, I can flash a custom ROM but not a custom kernel.
Anybody knows a pre-rooted ROM for D2203?
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i read about 5 pages and understood that your bootloader can,t be unlocked with custom bootloader it can be unlocked with doing something ta partition and ta partition can brick your device. so only touch ta if you know enough about them.(reading those forms gave me headache because deep system and codes that i don,t understand just that,s why i only read 5 pages i don,t know if thare is any more any good information)

mathei said:
I tried. Don't work!
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try VROOT rooting app here => http://vrootdownload.org/

vinay said:
try VROOT rooting app here => http://vrootdownload.org/
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Root failed:crying:

Why sony make it that hard.
Downgrade your firmware with FlashMode and try famaroot (downgrade to lowest firmware version as possible)
Sent From My Sony Xperia E3 D2212 using XDA app.

vinay said:
Why sony make it that hard.
Downgrade your firmware with FlashMode and try famaroot (downgrade to lowest firmware version as possible)
Sent From My Sony Xperia E3 D2212 using XDA app.
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Downgraded to firmware 18.C.1.26 and "Bootloader unlock allowed:No"
Framaroot don't work

There must be something we missed.
Sent From My Sony Xperia E3 D2212 using XDA app.

ha ha
All new device from Sony, can be rooted without unlocking the bootloader!!. We can not unlock the bootloader, we need a program that has xperia M2, and other devices. I can not believe that this is such a big problem!!

MarinMM said:
All new device from Sony, can be rooted without unlocking the bootloader!!. We can not unlock the bootloader, we need a program that has xperia M2, and other devices. I can not believe that this is such a big problem!!
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I will take a look at those program,s and will try to make one for e3.
But I can't say it will work or not.
Sent From My Sony Xperia E3 D2212 using XDA app.

vinay said:
I will take a look at those program,s and will try to make one for e3.
But I can't say it will work or not.
Sent From My Sony Xperia E3 D2212 using XDA app.
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Have you had any luck?

Sorry guys my exams are started . So i dont have time to check those programs. I will try later when my exams end.
Sent From My Sony Xperia E3 D2212 using XDA app.

How to root Z3 Dual ?

Hi
I have a Sony Xperia Z3 Dual (D6633)
Android Lollipop 5.0.2 Build 23.1.1.E.0.1 ( Original-Stock firmware )
Locked bootloader
I want to root it without flashing any new firmware, and without unlocking the bootloader
Just Rooting
Thanks

cmureza said:
Hi
I have a Sony Xperia Z3 Dual (D6633)
Android Lollipop 5.0.2 Build 23.1.1.E.0.1 ( Original-Stock firmware )
Locked bootloader
I want to root it without flashing any new firmware, and without unlocking the bootloader
Just Rooting
Thanks
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You cannot
Either downgrade to a firmware that is rootable via giefroot or unlock the bootloader and root. Please be advised that rooting via unlocking the bootloader first loses you the DRM keys.
The 'best' way to root is via downgrading. If you then plan to unlock the boot you can backup the TA partition to save your DRM keys.

gregbradley said:
You cannot
Either downgrade to a firmware that is rootable via giefroot or unlock the bootloader and root. Please be advised that rooting via unlocking the bootloader first loses you the DRM keys.
The 'best' way to root is via downgrading. If you then plan to unlock the boot you can backup the TA partition to save your DRM keys.
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Downgrad ?
Could you please explain it to me clearly step by step ?
And
Is there any other program that just easy as click one key ?
Thanks

cmureza said:
Downgrad ?
Could you please explain it to me clearly step by step ?
And
Is there any other program that just easy as click one key ?
Thanks
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/z3/general/guide-rootrecovery-how-to-root-install-t3017056

Is there any easier way and less risky ?
Just install a app and get rooted by one click?
When do you think we could see such a app???

cmureza said:
Is there any easier way and less risky ?
Just install a app and get rooted by one click?
When do you think we could see such a app???
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No way to do it other than this.
It is not hard.

Root without unlocking Bootloader

Is any method possible for that?
Is it possible to flash Androplus kernel trouhg fastboot flashtool?Androplus kernel comes with Twrp such as I know.
And than from recovery flash super su and we have root?Is that possible?
Sent from my Sony Xperia Z5

Allek84 said:
Is any method possible for that?
Is it possible to flash Androplus kernel trouhg fastboot flashtool?Androplus kernel comes with Twrp such as I know.
And than from recovery flash super su and we have root?Is that possible?
Sent from my Sony Xperia Z5
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The answers to all your questions is NO...
First of all, stock kernel uses verified boot, so no joy on rooting that...you can only temporally root on some Lollipop firmwares from an exploit used by iovyroot, but root won't stick on reboot due to verified boot, so this is only good to take a TA backup...
Second and last of all , to be able to flash a custom kernel you need to unlock your bootloader...

-DM- said:
The answers to all your questions is NO...
First of all, stock kernel uses verified boot, so no joy on rooting that...you can only temporally root on some Lollipop firmwares from an exploit used by iovyroot, but root won't stick on reboot due to verified boot, so this is only good to take a TA backup...
Second and last of all , to be able to flash a custom kernel you need to unlock your bootloader...
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Thanks buddy.The problem is cause I cant unlock,in bootloader unlockig ststus in service menu wrote NO.
Sent from my Sony Xperia Z5

Allek84 said:
Thanks buddy.The problem is cause I cant unlock,in bootloader unlockig ststus in service menu wrote NO.
Sent from my Sony Xperia Z5
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Then you get stuck forever with locked bl and search before ask next time !
Verstuurd vanaf mijn E6653 met Tapatalk

no root but use this to debloat
http://forum.xda-developers.com/xperia-x-performance/how-to/dirtycow-temp-root-t3503918

flashing TWRP with locked bootloader?
I am aware that I can only root my Z5 Dual if I have unlocked my bootloader. But is this also true for TWRP?
I mean, can I flash TWRP using following command (with a locked bootloader)? Or would this brick my device?
fastboot.exe flash recovery TWRP_Recovery.img
Up till now, I could not find anything so far (or maybe I was looking for the wrong term)
:silly:

Praetoriani said:
I am aware that I can only root my Z5 Dual if I have unlocked my bootloader. But is this also true for TWRP?
I mean, can I flash TWRP using following command (with a locked bootloader)? Or would this brick my device?
fastboot.exe flash recovery TWRP_Recovery.img
Up till now, I could not find anything so far (or maybe I was looking for the wrong term)
:silly:
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I tried before, nothing happening, can't flash twrp or no brick. Just restarted and everything was ok. So you wasting your time

Root?

Why it's almost impossible for us to have the root with the locked bootloader.? Since the day the mobile went out till now it wasn't possible ?, so is there a chance?

Zewarxx said:
Why it's almost impossible for us to have the root with the locked bootloader.? Since the day the mobile went out till now it wasn't possible ?, so is there a chance?
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Nope highly unlikely, since dm-verity security was introduced on the z3+ all xperia devices after this require a unlocked bootloader for root. A modified system just won't boot up.
Sent from my Xperia XA using XDA Labs

aidy.lucas said:
Nope highly unlikely, since dm-verity security was introduced on the z3+ all xperia devices after this require a unlocked bootloader for root. A modified system just won't boot up.
Sent from my Xperia XA using XDA Labs
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Hollywood!! So I shall wait no more? And unlock the bootloader? Because root with locked bootloader is just a myth now?

Zewarxx said:
Hollywood!! So I shall wait no more? And unlock the bootloader? Because root with locked bootloader is just a myth now?
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Go ahead, don't forget to backup your TA partition / DRM keys before...
https://forum.xda-developers.com/crossdevice-dev/sony/universal-dirtycow-based-ta-backup-t3514236

sxtester said:
Go ahead, don't forget to backup your TA partition / DRM keys before...
https://forum.xda-developers.com/crossdevice-dev/sony/universal-dirtycow-based-ta-backup-t3514236
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aidy.lucas said:
Nope highly unlikely, since dm-verity security was introduced on the z3+ all xperia devices after this require a unlocked bootloader for root. A modified system just won't boot up.
Sent from my Xperia XA using XDA Labs
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so after the searches, I did I found out the following:
1- first, since I'm on android 7.0 I need to downgrade to 6.0 in order to backup my TA ! wich I can do via Flashtool
2- I do the backup
3- I root the phone and restore the backup I did
4- I upgrade to android 7 and then I'm good to go!
my questions:
1-what will I lose after unlocking the bootloader? and if I restored the TA backup will that count as if i didn't unlock the bootloader?
2- how I will root the phone? with a custom kernel or is there any other way? and if with a kernel any advice?
3-shall I do the root before upgrading to android 7? or before? and will I be able to still get updates after the root? or i will have to do it through Flashing Ftf of the new updates?
4-anyone is running Xposed framework?
thanks so much in advance ))

im not sure what we lose after bootloader unlock.. From what i read on the androplus kernel thread, if you use androplus there is some amount of drm functionality restored. there is no clear consensus from what i have read, and being a ex-Z3 user im still paranoid about this as in Z3 without the DRM camera is basically ****.
no xposed for nougat yet - so that's out of question.

Zewarxx said:
so after the searches, I did I found out the following:
1- first, since I'm on android 7.0 I need to downgrade to 6.0 in order to backup my TA ! wich I can do via Flashtool
2- I do the backup
3- I root the phone and restore the backup I did
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then you are locked again ... Don't do that!
4- I upgrade to android 7 and then I'm good to go!
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For every upgrade (via SONY's FTFs):
1. Flash FTF via Flashtool
2. flash suitable recovery and AndroPlus kernel (look in this forum and follow the instructions on AndroPlus' website)
3. boot into recovery, flash SuperSU and whatever you need
There should be a possibility to flash the devicekey (not the whole TA-partition!) to another partition to get the whole DRM-enchillada back. That does not work for me since it is not included in the FSC as of today.
my questions:
1-what will I lose after unlocking the bootloader? and if I restored the TA backup will that count as if i didn't unlock the bootloader?
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What you will loose when unlocking BL:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/z3-compact/general/loss-drm-keys-t2890936
At least the first two AFAIK are taken care of the DRM-Patch in AndroPlus's kernel.
2- how I will root the phone? with a custom kernel or is there any other way? and if with a kernel any advice?
3-shall I do the root before upgrading to android 7? or before? and will I be able to still get updates after the root? or i will have to do it through Flashing Ftf of the new updates?
4-anyone is running Xposed framework?
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2 see above, rinse and repeat for every new SONY Rom
3 same answer, since the modifications are overflashed by installing/flashing another ROM
4 I used to run XPrivacy, but ATM the granularity of options in MM and Nougat is enough for me -
there is no Xposed for Nougat ATM

DHGE said:
then you are locked again ... Don't do that!
For every upgrade (via SONY's FTFs):
1. Flash FTF via Flashtool
2. flash suitable recovery and AndroPlus kernel (look in this forum and follow the instructions on AndroPlus' website)
3. boot into recovery, flash SuperSU and whatever you need
There should be a possibility to flash the devicekey (not the whole TA-partition!) to another partition to get the whole DRM-enchillada back. That does not work for me since it is not included in the FSC as of today.
What you will loose when unlocking BL:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/z3-compact/general/loss-drm-keys-t2890936
At least the first two AFAIK are taken care of the DRM-Patch in AndroPlus's kernel.
2 see above, rinse and repeat for every new SONY Rom
3 same answer, since the modifications are overflashed by installing/flashing another ROM
4 I used to run XPrivacy, but ATM the granularity of options in MM and Nougat is enough for me -
there is no Xposed for Nougat ATM
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Thanks for your time and effort, well the reason I wanted the root is for the xposed and for the adblock only and since there's no xposed support yet I think it's not necessary to lose what I may lose just for the adblock ? thanks again

How to convert XPERIA XZ 601SO (Softbank) to International F8331?

I am using Xperia XZ 601SO (Softbank carrier) the phone is unlocked and I want to convert the software/firmware to the international version of Xperia XZ. Googled a bit but couldn't find any suitable link or guide
Please guide me how do perform the firmware conversion?

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so basically i want to flash rom of international version or any other version on my japanese version of xperia xz, is it possible?
btw 601SO last update was on Nougat and International version has Oreo update.

Go to calls,enter *#*#7378423#*#* and go to service info-configuration. Does it say bootloader unlocked yes or no

ven1x said:
Go to calls,enter *#*#7378423#*#* and go to service info-configuration. Does it say bootloader unlocked yes or no
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it says no

Youxufkhan said:
it says no
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You can try this one
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=78396811&postcount=29
P.S. if you still want to use fingerprint unlock, do not choose US. And also NFC won't work after changing your firmware

upbeatwrench said:
You can try this one
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=78396811&postcount=29
P.S. if you still want to use fingerprint unlock, do not choose US. And also NFC won't work after changing your firmware
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Is there a way to make nfc working?

Nezumine said:
Is there a way to make nfc working?
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unfortunately currently no, and unlikely in the future as well

Youxufkhan said:
it says no
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my xperia xz 601so softbank
say yes
and i had done unlock bootloader
after i flash twrp from fastboot...
and enter to twrp is look well...
after i reboot system... my xz bootloop stuck on sony logo...
what shoul i do?
and how to change to global rom ?
this link u give i already read.. but i dont know how to get rom without bunlde.... im searching on internet... and already download f8311 ftf rom and 601so ftf rom

Hanwie88 said:
my xperia xz 601so softbank
say yes
and i had done unlock bootloader
after i flash twrp from fastboot...
and enter to twrp is look well...
after i reboot system... my xz bootloop stuck on sony logo...
what shoul i do?
and how to change to global rom ?
this link u give i already read.. but i dont know how to get rom without bunlde.... im searching on internet... and already download f8311 ftf rom and 601so ftf rom
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this should probably help
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=78396811&postcount=29