Hi,
as the title says: I am running in circles when it comes to my ZU and me trying to get things done and to run...like Viper4Android.
But first things first:
I bought my ZU nearly one year ago, KitKat 4.4 was installed and I unlockes the bootloader via Sonys Webpage for that.
But soon after it got bricked, as it wouldn't charge anymore. So I sent it to Sony and when I got it back, Lollipop 5.0.1 was installed *hurray*
I don't know it they locked the bootloader again, but it say, I'm still allowed to unloak it.
So first question: is there a way to check, if the bootloader is locked or not?
"fastboot devices" doesn't give any errors, but it also give absolutly no message back. So I'm not sure if the phone is correctly recognized.
Coming to root:
For now, only KingRoot (yeah, I know...) can get me root access, at least without flashing. Flashing is a procedure I have always the highest respect of, because for me it seems quite risky to turn the phone into a brick.
But anyway. Now I got root, but Viper4Android needs also BusyBox, but installing that fails because of Sony RIC. So second questins: There is really no way of disabling RIC without flashing?
So I tryed installing a Recovery, this is called "ZU-lockeddualrecovery2.8.26-RELEASE.combined" and it seems to be the most recent one. But when trying to install that, it says it wont run on 5.1.1. Yeah, I upgraded some days ago, damn...
You see, one single thing (wanting Viper) produces such a tail of problems and I have now absolutly no idea where I should start to get any further.
Now I'm at a point where I think about really flashing a new completly new ROM, perhaps even Android M, but as seems one of the ones avaible yet supports ZU's hardware completly, right?
So what am I doing to do?
Sony Xperia Z Ultra
C6833
Android 5.1.1
Build 14.6.A.1.236
as the title says: I am running in circles when it comes to my ZU and me trying to get things done and to run...like Viper4Android.
But first things first:
I bought my ZU nearly one year ago, KitKat 4.4 was installed and I unlockes the bootloader via Sonys Webpage for that.
But soon after it got bricked, as it wouldn't charge anymore. So I sent it to Sony and when I got it back, Lollipop 5.0.1 was installed *hurray*
I don't know it they locked the bootloader again, but it say, I'm still allowed to unloak it.
So first question: is there a way to check, if the bootloader is locked or not?
"fastboot devices" doesn't give any errors, but it also give absolutly no message back. So I'm not sure if the phone is correctly recognized.
Coming to root:
For now, only KingRoot (yeah, I know...) can get me root access, at least without flashing. Flashing is a procedure I have always the highest respect of, because for me it seems quite risky to turn the phone into a brick.
But anyway. Now I got root, but Viper4Android needs also BusyBox, but installing that fails because of Sony RIC. So second questins: There is really no way of disabling RIC without flashing?
So I tryed installing a Recovery, this is called "ZU-lockeddualrecovery2.8.26-RELEASE.combined" and it seems to be the most recent one. But when trying to install that, it says it wont run on 5.1.1. Yeah, I upgraded some days ago, damn...
You see, one single thing (wanting Viper) produces such a tail of problems and I have now absolutly no idea where I should start to get any further.
Now I'm at a point where I think about really flashing a new completly new ROM, perhaps even Android M, but as seems one of the ones avaible yet supports ZU's hardware completly, right?
So what am I doing to do?
Sony Xperia Z Ultra
C6833
Android 5.1.1
Build 14.6.A.1.236
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