Hi All,
just read the holiday guide on the XDA, and the best OEM was chosen Sony for their support to Dev s. If i read it right the Xperia S boot loader was unlocked for development, is it that they still don't want to divulge the kernel of Sony Tablets to the Devs yet.
mithudas said:
Hi All,
just read the holiday guide on the XDA, and the best OEM was chosen Sony for their support to Dev s. If i read it right the Xperia S boot loader was unlocked for development, is it that they still don't want to divulge the kernel of Sony Tablets to the Devs yet.
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Yes, it is true that the Xperia S bootloader is available for unlock from Sony but I have no idea why we are not allow root and unlock the bootloader for Sony Tablets. :sly:
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Sony is manufacturing the Tabs and Sony Mobile the smartphones.... I think it's obvious that they are not completely merged in terms of development support etc. they still act like 2 different companies.
It will take a little bit more time to be completely merged!
reptile64 said:
Sony is manufacturing the Tabs and Sony Mobile the smartphones.... I think it's obvious that they are not completely merged in terms of development support etc. they still act like 2 different companies.
It will take a little bit more time to be completely merged!
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I don't know I mean that they had plenty of time to sort it all out.
It should not take that long.
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its good and all the AiO tool, wich works like a charm, but i ( and not only me ) wants a unlocked bootloader so we can flash other roms, better roms faster and more stable, Anyone trying?
I think Condi is working on this, It would be really nice to see CWM on this
Yes indeed,
and here i was assuming this was already done since i've never come to this section before.....was almost tempted to trade my touchpad for the tablet S...keep going devs....you might just manage to tempt me
it's locked..
on sony's official site, there is a list shows devices that can unlock the bootloader, but tablet s is not on that list..
my 4.0.3 tablet s, can't be rooted, it's annoying!!
Join the discussion: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1490774
We could do with ur help!
Why don't all Android manufactures unlock the bootloaders? That way devs can take the load off Sony software devs and cook up great roms to keep the plebs happy .
Its a win win situation.
Warren_Orange said:
Why don't all Android manufactures unlock the bootloaders? That way devs can take the load off Sony software devs and cook up great roms to keep the plebs happy .
Its a win win situation.
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Petition time
Warren_Orange said:
Why don't all Android manufactures unlock the bootloaders? That way devs can take the load off Sony software devs and cook up great roms to keep the plebs happy .
Its a win win situation.
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Because for all kinds of warranty and legal issues, someone like Sony would prefer to have a far greater control over what software their hardware is running and a locked bootloader is the first step to that.
Warren_Orange said:
Why don't all Android manufactures unlock the bootloaders? That way devs can take the load off Sony software devs and cook up great roms to keep the plebs happy .
Its a win win situation.
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Motorola are doing this, they sell "developer" devices, with the bootloader unlocked before you get the phone!
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Look at this
Sony do it too.. All of the xperia range (unbranded) can be unlocked with a simple tool provided by Sony.
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I am also in support of starting a petition. What bad can it do? Sony has unlocked bootloaders for a lot of their recent smartphones. If a petition is signed by enough people, they will reconsider and allow Tablet S/P to be unlocked too!
I'm all for trying, but just warning people not to get their hopes up for the petition working. The Tablet S just hasn't sold that[/I] well, and the subset of Tablet S owners on XDA is even smaller. Still worth a shot, I guess.
I will write up a text, you guys will verify it and we will begin a petition. Absolutely nothing to lose. We can also send it around to various android sites to gain some publicity...
Break it! Crack it! Unlease the beast inside!!...
O my god it would be so nice to flash a other rom..
Something like a rom with Touchwiz UI like my Samsung galaxy tab 10.1 ,
That would be great
Who wants the source code and the kernel source code?
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andyabc said:
Who wants the source code and the kernel source code?
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The link for the source code has already been posted several times over the last nine months. But hey, thanks anyway.
Cat McGowan said:
The link for the source code has already been posted several times over the last nine months. But hey, thanks anyway.
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Oh, ok.
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Count me in on the sign up for the petition.
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Count me too.
It's time to unlock this tab as PS3.
I have unrooted 4.0.3
I want to sell this thing and buy preowned rooted tab....
as title ^^
garykhx said:
as title ^^
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How can someone add developers to a phone? Xda isn't a company that has developers that get paid to make custom roms and kernels. Developers here are all volunteers. They don't get paid for what they do. They develop for phones they have.
Show some respect.
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How can someone add developers to a phone? Xda isn't a company that has developers that get paid to make custom roms and kernels. Developers here are all volunteers. They don't get paid for what they do. They develop for phones they have.
Show some respect.
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Same think with me bro!
Show some respect
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how i know : (
jsel said:
How can someone add developers to a phone? Xda isn't a company that has developers that get paid to make custom roms and kernels. Developers here are all volunteers. They don't get paid for what they do. They develop for phones they have.
Show some respect.
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Idk about it. I'm new to here. And btw, I meant to ask the genius users of Xperia U to develop the rom...
garykhx said:
Idk about it. I'm new to here. And btw, I meant to ask the genius users of Xperia U to develop the rom...
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you will have to wait its still a new phone even unlocking the phones sim lock hasnt been out long and is only possible through SETools.
give it a while and once ICS is out and the devs get hold of the phone it will happen, altho we have to wait for ICS 1st!!! lol
Once it has ICS you may see more devs. Problem is the phone isnt widely available for free on all carriers and it isnt the flagship model. Most lowend phones receive less dev support.
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as title ^^
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Casually I'm carrying 5 experienced Xperia U developers in my pocket. I've dropped them in the U development forum for your pleasure. I hope I've helped you
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Don't drop them from too high, they might get hurt and then they'd be useless
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mrsatan said:
Once it has ICS you may see more devs. Problem is the phone isnt widely available for free on all carriers and it isnt the flagship model. Most lowend phones receive less dev support.
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I'd say that it has to do primarily with sales, not with the status of the phone as high or low end. The Xperia Play was a mid-high end when it came out, and it didn't have a huge community since it sold poorly. The HTC Wildfire and Xperia X8 were thought as mid-low end or low end models and they still have a following: they sold decently well. One has to take into account other factors as well: whether the bootloader is locked or unlocked (this basically blows Motorola out of the water), whether the company is overall hostile or friendly towards devs (Sony has made huge strides to please them, which has shown nice results), the difficulty of making ROMs themselves (Chinese companies have tablets which are easily hackable, but they tend not to publish source code)...
i would like to share with you the work of this guy, that maybe could permit the unlocking of every phone, even those with unlocking disallowed
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1948210
i have already unlocked my xperia s(with the official method), so i can't help him
but i think that lots of people would be interested and could test his work
mirhl said:
i would like to share with you the work of this guy, that maybe could permit the unlocking of every phone, even those with unlocking disallowed
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1948210
i have already unlocked my xperia s(with the official method), so i can't help him
but i think that lots of people would be interested and could test his work
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What is the use of creating another thread for just drawing attention
Cause there's lot of pepole with an xperia that would like to unlock their bootloader but they cannot
And not everyone think that the solution to this problem is in the U section of the forums
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I warn you all not to do this! It's too dangerous! U'll get a hard brick phone which required a technical support. The worst case scenario, it will be trashed!
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DO NOT TRY THIS! More info how to f*ck up your phone: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1589282
oh crap!
i hope xperianpro know what's doing [even because some people managed to get unlocking possible]
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Hi,
I'm selling an almost new Sony Ericcson Xperia Mini Pro (sk17i). I bought it in September and am now changing phones. I bought the phone for 150 Euro, but gonna sell it for 100 Euro. The bootloader is unlocked and the phone is running RealICS6. I can flash any rom beforehand if you wish. The phone itself is in good condition (As it should be after two months of use). If you're in Germany there will still be warranty on it - bought it at Media Markt.
Hope I'll find somebody,
blckDTshadow
This is not the place to sell your devices. Read the forum rules!
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gouthamthemostwanted said:
This is not the place to sell your devices.
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Did not meant to disturb the forum. i just thought, that since the bootloader is unlocked, xda might be the place to sell. People here will understand what it means.
Otherwise I'll delete the thread,
blck
Ya for that you need to post it in the xda marketplace and not in a device specific forum. Read the forum rules please.
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blckDTshadow said:
Did not meant to disturb the forum. i just thought, that since the bootloader is unlocked, xda might be the place to sell. People here will understand what it means.
Otherwise I'll delete the thread,
blck
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Plz post it in market place forum
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Xperia mini is small display
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Hi,
Must have missed it. The display is indeed small - to bad I could not use it as a reason. Sitting at my laptop. Please delete the thread.
Cheers,
blckDTshadow
rizalblue said:
Xperia mini is small display
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Awesome device though! In fact if you don't care about huge screens is the perfect phone for you
http://www.change.org/petitions/son...d-give-root-for-xperia-tablet-s-and-tablet-s1
So if we could get the ball going on this it might be heard if they listen that will be for the fates to decide
Thanks zerocwel for setting it up
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I think the DMCA has an exemption for jailbreak and root, at least on cell phones, hence it is illegal for Sony to lock the bootloader and prevent installation of other software on devices which we own. We can look through the law and see if we can provide a formal challenge to Sony on this matter.
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jpm168 said:
I think the DMCA has an exemption for jailbreak and root, at least on cell phones, hence it is illegal for Sony to lock the bootloader and prevent installation of other software on devices which we own. We can look through the law and see if we can provide a formal challenge to Sony on this matter.
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Are their any authorities in america you can report stuff like sony does ?
so they can get penalty ?
Sony is really annoying
I just signed. Hope sony will get some penalty. It's really painful to have such a tablet now.
eric1116 said:
I just signed. Hope sony will get some penalty. It's really painful to have such a tablet now.
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Why should you hope Sony get a penalty? I thought this was about getting the bootloader unlocked not getting Sony fined. I just want them to fix it so the Tablet S is something use able rather than declared obsolete and unsupported such a short time after release. I want to see Sony supporting the early adopters of its Tablets rather than discarding them!
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tonylee2000 said:
Why should you hope Sony get a penalty? I thought this was about getting the bootloader unlocked not getting Sony fined. I just want them to fix it so the Tablet S is something use able rather than declared obsolete and unsupported such a short time after release. I want to see Sony supporting the early adopters of its Tablets rather than discarding them!
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If they break the law then thats kindy obvious ain't ?
Zer0K3wL said:
If they break the law then thats kindy obvious ain't ?
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They didnt brake no law.
Ubichinon said:
They didnt brake no law.
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so dcma is't a law ?
Thanks for everyones signs
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dex9mm said:
Thanks for everyones signs
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I just send 101 signatures to chris mcdonalds from sony who has yet to contact me told me he do contact me soon back in friday.
Zer0K3wL said:
I just send 101 signatures to chris mcdonalds from sony who has yet to contact me told me he do contact me soon back in friday.
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Nice one so we"ll get answer either way I hope
The seems to be a way around the locked bootloader on the phone side of things if people could check this out stifliz have you seen this can it apply to us
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2186423
If not no worries but it could be promising in the right hands with a few mods condi
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dex9mm said:
Nice one so we"ll get answer either way I hope
The seems to be a way around the locked bootloader on the phone side of things if people could check this out stifliz have you seen this can it apply to us
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2186423
If not no worries but it could be promising in the right hands with a few mods condi
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think this guy reads all mails at once every 2 weeks.
Any News?
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xperia tablet s can be unlocked but i would't do it untill you fully research it and can recover tablet properly to working state incase of making mistake.
Zer0K3wL said:
xperia tablet s can be unlocked but i would't do it untill you fully research it and can recover tablet properly to working state incase of making mistake.
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zero did you get a full refund?
zero, I received an e-mail from you telling to contact Sony if I wish for a full refund. But then I went to the Sony Community forum and couldn't see where should I write to. Can you please share further info about what they said to you and what we need to do?
Greets
Zer0K3wL said:
xperia tablet s can be unlocked but i would't do it untill you fully research it and can recover tablet properly to working state incase of making mistake.
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ok, but did he mention anything about the original Sony Tablet S? (1.Gen) I truly don't understand why the Xperia S is unlockable but the Sony S isn't?! It doesn't make sense! Does it?
Do you think there will be any chance for them to unlock the bootloader if we could get more signatures? Say 500?
Please everyone! Sign it .
Sony VAIO made their version of the android OS and making it Closed Source is pretty much against the T&C therefore making it illegal.
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andyabc said:
Sony VAIO made their version of the android OS and making it Closed Source is pretty much against the T&C therefore making it illegal.
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They probably added in closed source code that comes from other companies, Qualcomm has there code closed source hence why when Sony released their AOSP build, for the Xperia Z, it was missing stuff. Being able to root/jailbreak/unlock bootloader is all in the grey area of the law.
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They probably added in closed source code that comes from other companies, Qualcomm has there code closed source hence why when Sony released their AOSP build, for the Xperia Z, it was missing stuff. Being able to root/jailbreak/unlock bootloader is all in the grey area of the law.
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Sony VAIO made the Sony Tablet S, Xperia Tablet S and the Tablet P.
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