Restore stock recovery without losing data topic

Hi. It's been a while since I've done any flashing etc so not exactly sure about this. Is there a way to flash stock recovery without data loss?

I restored my s3 to stock before giving it to my niece but didn't realize twrp was still on there. I guess the phone is trying to get an ota update and ends up in twrp when restarting.

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[Q] Factory Reset wothout losing root? topic

I'd like to wipe out my first Fire TV and reinstall everything from scratch, but I'm worried about losing root or the bootloader. I assume I could do a factory reset from Clockwork Mod. Is that the preferred way?

[Q] Update SM-N7505 to KitKat on rooted phone without losing data topic

Hello guys,
I did some search before I ended posting here but I didn't find anything that I could use to be honest. If you think that this post should be removed, please do so and PM me the link which I should refer to.

I have a rooted Note 3 Neo SM-N7505 (Norwegian) running on Jellybean V4.3.
I have installed CWM and rooted the phone so I can't download the KitKat update 4.4.

Can you help me figure out how do I upgrade to KitKat without losing any data? It doesn't have to be the stock ROM, I can use Bulldog's, but what I want to avoid is reinstalling and reconfiguring all my apps again.
Do I have to fake my device status with Xposed and run the update as normal?
Do I have to flash the stock 4.4 for my phone through CWM ? Will that erase my apps and data?

[Q] Sony d5803 with 23.0.1.A.5.77: "root only" w/o losing warranty? topic

Hi all,
I'm new to this forum, so I hope this is thread is in the right place.
Also, please understand that while I'm quite tech-savvy in general, I don't know a lot about phones.

I recently bought a Sony Z3 Compact, model d5803 with stock firmware 23.0.1.A.5.77.
I would like to root it so that I can:
a) migrate data (application data) from my previous phone - using Titanium backup.
b) uninstall some user apps that come with the phone by default, but that I don't want on my phone

I don't especially need or want to use a custom ROM.
On my previous phone that ran under Android 4.1.2, I was able to do just that.

I've read several threads on this forum, but I'm a bit lost.
From what I understand, if I want to root my d5803 w/ 23.0.1.A.5.77 I need to flash the bootloader, and this will void the warranty.

My questions:
1) Is my understanding correct?
2) Is there a way to root this phone w/o losing the warranty? From my understanding, this could be possible if I was running 23.0.A.2.93 firmware?

Some more info you may need
* my d5803 came w/ the 93 firmware but I updated it when I first got it.
* it's an unlocked phone (not bought from a carrier)
* the bootloader is unlockable
* I don't wan't to void the warranty and - of course - I don't want to brick the phone!

Many thanks in advance for your replies! :)