Giefroot: The new Root method for series devices Xperia Z3 with locked Bootloader

Having one Android device in your hands, sooner or later you will want to do root, first to use applications that have the condition and secondly to upgrade your device with a custom ROM. Usually the first step is to unlock the bootloader, but for the Xperia devices, this would be disastrous because of the loss of keys DRM.

Although we have already seen one root method for the Xperia Z3, the Giefroot came to us do the work without unlocking the bootloader. So we have root in our device, while we can save and TA partition containing the DRM keys. A prerequisite unfortunately, is to have our older device firmware from October 2014 (before 23.0.A.2.93), but this may be changed, and it is also easy to find the * .ftf file and install via Flashtool .

Conditions

The method therefore works in Xperia Z3 and Z3 Compact and to test it should have the following:

• On the "debug" the device
• Enabled "False Sites" (located under "Developer options")
• Established the ADB driver on our computer if you use Windows

The process

Follow the procedure at your own risk!

• Remove the file Giefroot and decompress it on our computer.
• We put our device in "Airplane mode" and connect to the computer.
• Run the file "install.bat" and follow the onscreen instructions.
• If the process fails fail ("Device not rooted") try a second time.

Admittedly it is a method with strange conditions (False Sites) but the result is worth it. Currently in second edition and can be downloaded from the thread at XDA.

Flashtool is the Ultimate Tool for Sony Xperia Device Owners

One of the biggest advantages acquired by the holder of a device of Sony, is the fact that many people deal with them and so there are many tools that will help him to save her if something goes wrong. As Samsung has the Odin and Heimdall, Sony has the Flashtool, a powerful tool with similar capabilities. His work Flashtool is basically install official firmware on devices of Sony, but has the potential to unlock the bootloader on devices that allow and do root. The files that need to be of the form Flashtool * .ftf (Flash Tool File) and can be removed from whole ROM to a kernel operates on Linux, Mac and Windows unlike Odin. In more detail and take them one by one, the most common way to do root in a Xperia device is through the installation of a rooted (or insecure) kernel. The kernel packed in files * .ftf which we will see later how easily be installed. As for unlocking the bootloader, can not do many things because the Sony devices have encrypted bootloader, but there is the official way. What is of value to the whole process is that Sony devices have a so-called "TA" partition containing all licenses for proprietary applications. Once you unlock the bootloader, the partition is deleted and so we can not now use these applications, so before doing anything we should do backup my TA partition. Third and best feature of Flashtool is to install the official firmware from Sony. We can help to return to official ROM, to correct our device from softbrick and do downgrade to an older version of Android because known upgrades Sony Xperia do crawl. So we will give an example of using Flashtool you would install an official firmware from Sony in a device with a locked bootloader.

What we need

Required for installation will attempt are:

the Flashtool, and

the official firmware from Sony for our device, which you can find in many pages as in XperiaFirmware.com and Flashtool.net.

The process

Follow the procedure at your own risk!

After you install the Flashtool go to folder

• "Firmwares" and delete everything.
• Take the official firmware if it is compressed and decompress until you see the file with extension * .ftf.
• Take the * .ftf file and store it in the folder "firmwares" of Flashtool.
• Run the Flashtool, select the button with the thunder and then the "Flashmode".
• We will display a new window to select the firmware you want to install, and if we only have a folder "firmwares" will show us just one.

So choose the firmware on the left, in the center we see the contents and on the right we check all options under the "Wipe".

In the "Exclude" tick "TA" if you do not want to midiagrafei the TA partition we said earlier in the "Misc" the "No Final Verification" and click "Flash".

The Flashtool will give us instructions on how to put our device in bootloader mode (by pressing the Back key or the Volume Down at the start) and will ask us to connect to our computer via USB.

Once done all this will start the installation which has just finished will make our device to reboot, meaning the end.

The same procedure applies to install any * .ftf file if you own Android device of Sony, you should at least know what it can do for you Flashtool. More information on the official page.

New All-In-One Tool does Root on Android One and other Devices

It officially the Android One devices not marketed in Greece, but that does not mean we can not get through Internet. There are also those that have similar characteristics as the MT6582 processor Mediatek, which guarantees compatibility ROM, recovery and other equipment between them.

So we have a new tool to take root in the series Android One and by extension to all devices with the MT6582, which has been created along the lines of All-in-One Toolkit we knew before. To remind the All-in-One Toolkit are automated methods of root, which exempt us from typing commands on the terminal, making the process easy and safe. This therefore can lock / unlock the bootloader, to establish a custom recovery or restore to stock in our device and of course to make root, with a few clicks on the computer.

To then use will need:

• a computer with the ADB driver device (Download)
• the file All-in-One Toolkit (Download)
• enabled the "USB debugging" in our device.

The process

Follow the procedure at your own risk!

• Remove the * .zip file toolkit and decompress it on our computer.
• Run the file "ALL-IN-ONE-TOOL.bat".
• Follow the instructions on the screen, giving numerical choices we want.
• We connect our device via USB to the computer.

For other MT6582 devices

If you have a device that bears the same processor but not the Android Series One, you can use the toolkit but with conditions:

Regarding the bootloader, is usually unlocked in the Chinese devices, but it does not matter if you try to unlock it, because the worst that can happen is to simply fail the command "adb oem unlock" that gives the tool.

If you want to install custom recovery, you can do it fearlessly if your device has the same screen size as the Android One phones. But you can find one recovery specifically for your device and save it in the folder of the toolkit, replacing the old.

As for the root, you will surely succeed if the custom recovery installed correctly.

This toolkit can be used end and Nexus devices, it suffices to replace the recovery files to their respective own. More information and updates can be found in the thread at XDA

We root the Samsung Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge with CF Auto Root

No device from Samsung that has not escaped the Chainfire and Galaxy S6 / Edge is no exception. Renowned developer So already managed to give us the first mode root, via the known CF Auto Root.

The trial was the first models that could have in his hands, the SM-G920T and SM-G925T of T-Mobile and tells us he changes needed to make the code of CF Auto Root was minimal compared to the Old models of Samsung. This means that although the available packages do for the global models of the two devices (SM-G920 and SM-G925), however it is a matter of time to climb to the page.

To use it you need to have installed the driver from Samsung on our computer (just installing Kies) and then:

• we put our device into Download Mode and connect via USB to the computer,
• bring down the correct zip file for our model,
• decompress it on our computer,
• open the Odin inside the zip,
• select the file * .tar.md5 in place "PDA" and press "Start".

If all goes well, our device will reboot a few times and finally will contain between applications of the SuperSU.

You will find as always in the official page of CF Auto Root, where you should look for "SM-G920" (Galaxy S6) and "SM-G925" (Galaxy S6 Edge), it is worth noting that the safety of Knox affected by the process and there are doubts about whether it will now operate the new Samsung Pay, which is tied with him.

Root Nexus Player with Android 5.1

While Android triumph in our Google the mobile presented recently the Nexus Player, the first formal attempt to conquer and our televisions. This media player with Android TV but that can turn a common TV SmartTV, not much different from other Android devices, so we can make the root and to capitalize on the benefits that we offer to "unlock" the device.

The method has been written for three different firmware and is in the form of script, that just run on our Windows PC and follow the simple on-screen instructions to finish. You also need to have installed the ADB driver device and have it connected via USB of course in our computer. To get started, download from the following link into your computer, unzip it and run the file "root-boot.bat".

Download Links
Firmware LMY47D
Firmware LRX21V
Firmware LRX21M 

The truth is that there are no custom ROM so far for the Nexus Player, so the root will need mainly to exploit applications that require administrative privileges to run. So it is better to first find if there are applications that need them and then proceed to root, but still very easy to return to the default form of the device.

More information on the process thread by Author

New, Easy and Quick Way to Root LG G3

Can OIroot is one of the most good ways to do the LG root our devices, but many people are not familiar with the terminal or command prompt. So Stump Root created a new method in the application form, which will do a root touch with the LG G3 us. 

The Stump Root resembles the Towelroot and its use is extremely simple. On install, press the button "Grind", do restart and install the SuperSU the Play Store. After finish we can reopen the application to confirm that everything has gone well and uninstall. 

You can download the application from the thread on XDA, but should expect some incompatibilities as still being in its first edition. So if you do not work on your device, keep the link of the thread and watch for updates