3 months and no custom roms, recovery whatsoever - Sony Xperia Z Ultra

Utterly disappointed. Jumped the gun and bought an N4 instead.

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beerope said:
Utterly disappointed. Jumped the gun and bought an N4 instead.
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1. The device has been out for around 1 month, i.e. delivered to customers. It began to reach customers at the beginning of August and it was introduced on June 25.
2. Custom recovery is almost finished according to the latest posts.
3. We have root.
So I would say that it has progressed nicely, kindly remember that Sony rolled out the C6802 on a limited amount of markets, the wide release will be with the C6833 this month and that is when the ROM development kicks off.
So you are wrong, unfortunately. Expecting a lot of ROMs for a device that has been rolled out in a limited way, i.e. excluding Europe etc and that has been out for a month, mostly as an import is a bit naive. Usually, it takes a broad release before those things kicks off.
Also notice that the Ultra is a niche device unlike the Nexus 4 which has a lot of "mainstream appeal" due to its size and price. So comparing the Ultra with the N 4 and complaining is apples and pencils.
I knew that the Ultra had a limited rollout when I bought it and that the first step would be root and that development would start in September when the C6833 reaches customers and limited action initially - so I have not even considered another device.
It is necessary to understand what it means to buy a new device that is only available in a few markets.

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beerope said:
Utterly disappointed. Jumped the gun and bought an N4 instead.
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The LTE model (perhaps the other models too, dunno) has not had its release yet in many countries. When I got my dads htc one in my hands there was no kernels, a few roms, no mods ..nothing fun. About a month later the forum got a few kernels and roms but the developers where there so I rooted the phone it with revone in Linux mint and installed insertcoin.
And WOW, I just checked out the htc one forum ...it is filled with threads for various roms and mods now! Don't worry, It's coming sooner or later for the Z ultra

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I usually wait for a while before I get a device in order for the ROMs and kernels to appear but the Ultra with its unique screen and size made it too hard - I saw now that the first recovery that works seems to be posted over at Original Android Development.

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beerope said:
Utterly disappointed. Jumped the gun and bought an N4 instead.
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3 months???
You deserved use N4.
This phone just release HSPA+ edition start from 1/August. Until now only one month. And only few selected country is out. The LTE version wise is not even get release.
Which country you stay where this phone already release 3 months?

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You keep your N4 fella.
We all wish you many happy years with it.

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Yes it's slow. I bought htc butterfly s and xperia z ultra at the same time. (They announced at the same countries)
...but it's ok just because we already have a news about Cyanogen ! What can be more cooler than that !!!
come one

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beerope said:
Utterly disappointed. Jumped the gun and bought an N4 instead.
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Thank you. You're not the type of person we need here, so thank you so much.
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beerope said:
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stfu and gtfo
you couldn't even afford it if your next choice is N4

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Choosing between a 4.7" or a 6.44" device is odd, to put it mildly. To me, it isn't even a competition, the logical choice would be a Nexus 7 then.

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beerope said:
Utterly disappointed. Jumped the gun and bought an N4 instead.
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Next!
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beerope said:
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Come trolling there is no ROM and else? You think devs have to develop for the device you own? You are the worst!! Happy you don't actually own a XZU, it make 1 useless troll far from our device.
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I did not choose the N4 for its screen size or specs, i chose it because it allows me to flash custom roms and kernels. In singapore the LTE model is already released. Perhaps what you guys said is right, this thing has not yet seen a major worldwide release, ive seen the SZU in real life and its the best phone ever, im able to fit 2 S2s on it so perhaps in a few months when customs are available ill purchase one, but for now? Nah

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Are you kidding?? LOL.. The official availability is September worldwide dude!
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beerope said:
Utterly disappointed. Jumped the gun and bought an N4 instead.
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Why dun you develop one instead?

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beerope said:
Utterly disappointed. Jumped the gun and bought an N4 instead.
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you liked, and wanted the uZ, but then bought the n4? thats like saying... mm i really like the new E-class Mercedes... but I'm gonna go for the Mini instead... LOL... goodbye!

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I love such bull**** threads...
Gesendet von meinem C6802 mit Tapatalk 4

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It's a snapdragon 800 device, and it's been a real pain in the ass the last couple of days to try and find a method to manually compile boot.img etc.
- We won't be able to start kernel development before I finished this (I probably have once I get a file I requested from Kali or bin4ry)
- second, setting up a device tree for a complete new board like MSM8974 which has changes from Qualcomm isn't easy!
Just have some patience and don't blame the devs, we are doing whatever we can to provide stock image with recovery etc at the moment

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Dont warrant yourself because of such a fool. He'll be one of the idiots who blame you then why vou've spend the 2 mins for this post, and not for pushing your dev work forward.
They should stop whining, and do it better on their own or get the hell out of here.
Roms are not about clients, contracts and payed work, so for everybody it should be more then natural to cherish the efforts in it.
Keep up the good work, and don't feel the comments of useless retards as a judgement of your dev-work.