Root & Install Recovery On Xperia Z1 Android 5.1.1 14.6.A.0.368 Firmware

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• Thank you

• Hi Usama M, thank you for the wonderful post.. i did everything exactly and the OS is running fine too.. however my photo's stopped working ..it gives "unfortunately, photos has stopped" message.

  • @disqus_6XZj17YFUX:disqus You can do two things.
    1. try updating Google Play Services to the latest version.
    2. If you're talking about Google Photos, then uninstall it and re-install.
    Let me know if this helps.

    • Hello Usama, the problem I am facing is that the write permission to system partition is denied. As a result I cannot use Xposed installer or freedom. I cannot even edit the build.prop I tried everything several times, I flashed SuperSU separately also and created my own FTF using PRF creator but still no luck. Denied writing permission to system partition

      • @somshankarmookherji:disqus can you please show me a screenshot of this error?

• Thanks
  But the Rom in half rooted, I had to again install a dual recovery and then ZIP it with superSU and is already full root.

  • @jateshsingh:disqus That's why we also linked in the guides to create FTF so that if the firmware shows any issues, you can create your own as well. :) Stay connected with us.

• Thanx. the root works.
  But, my battery shows different % when i restart and d battery doesn't charge as-well. It only charges from 0 to 100. Doesn't charge anywhere between.
  Till now i have rooted it more den 5 times to see if i'm missing any step, but, no luck.
  I have also tried battery calibration as mentioned in one of your guides. Still problem is there.
  Please help. thanks in advance. (Sony Xperia Z1 C6902)

  • @dattarajsamant:disqus wipe cache and dalvik cache of your phone using recovery, and let me know if the battery issue is resolved or not. Otherwise flash a stock firmwre on your phone or create your own FTF using the links above. We have attached multiple firmware links in this post.

    • thanks alot.. cache and dalvik wipe worked.

• Will this method void the warranty of my phone? This 5.1.1 update has removed the root access and I really wanna have root access on my phone badly. Help me out, Please.:(

  • @sanjeevrai:disqus this method works for both, locked & unlocked bootloader. If you won't unlock the bootloader of your phone, you won't void its warranty.

    • Sir pls. Help me... i am Mithilesh
      After installing the DN4 rom in my galaxy note2 my phone is always getting stops working and getting hang and to again start working i want switched off it by removing the battery.so plese help me sir to overcome by this problem.
      and One more thing Sir when i was installing the ROM after all the process at the end of installation a error message was came that is ERROR THERE IS NO SU BINARY INSTALLED AND SUPER SU CANNOT INSTALL IT.THIS IS A PROBLEM!IF YOU JUST UPGRADED TO ANROID 4.3 YOU NEED TO MANUALLY RE-ROOT -CONSULT THE RELAVANT FORUMS FOR YOUR DEVICE.

    • Thanks for the clarification. Would it be better to create my own pre-rooted firmware by downloading through XperiFirm or to downloaded the one you uploaded?
      And one more thing. Since I have updated my phone to 5.1.1, it has a serious battery drain problem(even in stand-by mode). Can you provide a solution for that also?
      Highly appreciate your help :)

      • @sanjeevrai:disqus It depends on you. The one linked here will work fine as well, and you can also create your own, there won't be an issue. You've both options open for yourself.
        After flashing Android 5.1.1, wipe cache and dalvik cache using custom recovery and then check the performance of your phone's battery.

        • Thank you so much. I rooted my phone. I can now hibernate apps and stop them from autostarting, and this has improved the battery performance a little. I didn't wipe the cache and dalvik cache after flashing zip file and installed all the apps that were there before(and this took real good time ;p). So, I'm pretty dillemmatic about wiping them and setting up my phone again. But really, this is a great post. All credit goes to you bro. :D

• @mithileshsonone:disqus flash stock firmware on your phone and fix it for now.

• link for xperia z1 C6903 lollipop 5.1 not rooted please..

  • @keyserrvillanuevavillaflor:disqus all links attached above have pre-rooted firmware. Can you please specify what issue you're exactly facing? Have you checked the root access using Root Checker application?

    • I guess, he's asking for a link to a non-rooted zip file of lollipop 5.1.1 for Xperia Z1(C6903) ;p

• Done with the details and instructions, after rebooting into pre-rooted zip with new firmware the phone Z1 C6903 it's not rooted anymore.

  • @petersmitgary:disqus try flashing the pre-rooted firmware.zip file again. Let me know if it still remains the same, I'll give you another firmware link.

    • I've done that for numbers of time, but no luck. Guess Android 5.1 latest from Sony isn't available yet to be rooted. When I looked into the process of installing the pre-rooted Zip, it said some changes failed regarding to both recovery and supersu Zip. Thanks very much for the help though. Cheers!

      • @petersmitgary:disqus The method explained above is verified and supposed to work. You can try creating your own pre-rooted firmware and flash it. It will definitely work. This method is verified by many users and this is the only method available to root Xperia Z1 running Android 5.1.1 Lollipop.

• dude i have a problem entering recovery mode on xperia z1. I tried your method but it didn't worked.Any suggestion?

  • @angamcoreygonson:disqus Did you flash the pre-rooted firmware on Android 4.4.4 KitKat? If so then it shouldn't be a problem. Tell me what variant you're using?

    • I'm still stuck in android 4.4 kitkat.My variant is c6902.I followed all of your steps carefully.Could this be bc0z i didn't install fastboot mode?

• @angamcoreygonson:disqus did you flash the Pre-rooted firmware.zip file? Please follow the tutorial carefully in order to get it done.

  • @usamamujtaba:disqus I rooted & installed recovery on my xperia z1 with the help of your method, it worked absolutely fine. But I'm not able to use the freedom app after rooting my device. Whenever I try to start the freedom app it shows an error "Write permissions on system partition are required in order to use freedom". I tried changing the permissions using the the root explorer and rom toolbox app, but I'm still getting the same error everytime I open freedom.can you give any solution regarding this issue ?