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Not able to Root Sony xperia ZL

5 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/not-able-to-root-sony-xperia-zl.197345/

sujoyp
sujoyp Original post #1
May 23, 2016 at 5:07 PM
My xperia ZL 's back mic is not working after upgrading to android 5. Although I bought a new Sony C5, but I still want to repair it.

Sony service center saying they want 12k to completely replace the model. Bad idea.

I want to either downgrade the OS to 4.4 or try to add custom ROM with the hope it will work again. and issue was with Sony drivers.

So anybody can help in this?

I tried lot to unlock the bootlocker and getting stuck when after adding drivers laptop need to recognize the handset. My windows 10 is not working with that. and drivers are not getting installed.
ZTR
ZTR #2
May 23, 2016 at 6:36 PM
Did you disable the driver signature verification in win 10 before installing the drivers?

Sent from my Xperia Z
sujoyp
sujoyp #3
May 23, 2016 at 9:15 PM
ZTR said:
Did you disable the driver signature verification in win 10 before installing the drivers?

Sent from my Xperia Z
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Yes I did that..and also restarted
ariftwister
ariftwister #4
May 23, 2016 at 9:29 PM
Try Unlocking Through Flashtool. Don't Follow the official Instructions for unlocking your device.
sujoyp
sujoyp #5
May 24, 2016 at 11:26 AM
I was trying by flashtool only...but for that also phone need to be detected on PC..windows 10 is not ablle to find drivers