i am a samsung user,i want to jump on to sony xperia z2 coz im tired of that boring design of samsung and now when i was comparing a demo at the store,z2 superior auto is less sharp to samsung 16mp auto,but 20mp was better than samsung in sharpness,but there overall appearance is not as cool as superior auto,dont know why,maybe we got to adjust some settings,so why isnt sony giving that 20mp superior auto,i dont care if it take 10mb pics or 20mb pics,i got a 64gb sd card,why arent they giving us that option? what is the use of 20mp if it doesnt take good pics? not all are camera pros to adjust all the setting like iso and **** for diff shots for diff lighting conditions,will they make it auto in future updates? btw i dont want to root my device if i get z2 and use mods for that ****
There is an Xposed module to enable 20MP in superior auto
I think rizal lovins cybershot mod does the same too
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Do we have to root the device for that??
Yes
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can you post a link for a how-to root on the Z2? I couldn't find anything in the Android Development section for root.
You have to unlock your bootloader
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2702001
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if i unlock the bootloader i wont get official updates,right?
doomlord has said that nothing at all is lost from unlocking your bootloader
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Now I am tempted to unlock it and root my phone! Scared as hell though since I have never done anything like it before.
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Now I am tempted to unlock it and root my phone! Scared as hell though since I have never done anything like it before.
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same as you :/ im scared of damaging my phone
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same as you :/ im scared of damaging my phone
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It's easy guys, i tried to post a simple thread the other day with required files and simple step by step instructions my 6 year old niece could follow, but it wouldnt let me for some reason.
Will try again later. For the record, my xreality stopped working after i unlocked, although some people say theres is fine. Not a big deal and i aint tried yet but apparently you can get it going again
unlocking your bootloader is safe so long as you folow the instructions
warning- your warrenty is void if you Unlock your BL(bootloader)
if you want to unlock your bootloader , id recomend you use this tool
flashtool.net
also id recomend looking at development forums, doomlord has posted some nice info, a guide even
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im not doing it :3 i don't want to lose that x reality thats the only thing i can show to people about the speciality of my phone haha
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im not doing it :3 i don't want to lose that x reality thats the only thing i can show to people about the speciality of my phone haha
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im not too sure x-reality is lost, it seems mixed
anyway ill be buying another xperia Z2 this time for my self, and ill unlock the bootloader and conform if X-reality is still working
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im not too sure x-reality is lost, it seems mixed
anyway ill be buying another xperia Z2 this time for my self, and ill unlock the bootloader and conform if X-reality is still working
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keep us update
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There is an Xposed module to enable 20MP in superior auto
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Hi can you let me know what the xposed module is called or link it to me I cant find it thank you
It's called 20MP Superior Auto. Should be like the first module listed under downloads.
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Hi xda!
So I just got home from my eurotrip, which was awesome, but I lost my old galaxy S thats been my "daily driver" for the past 2 years.
Im looking to get a new phone asp and the design and performance of the xperia S has got me really interested.
BUT, here's the thing. My old Galaxy S was very root friendly, from what I hear the Xperia S very much isn't..
I would really like a phone with 4.1, do you think sony will upgrade it within a forseeable future? Or is it possible to safely root and custom rom it as I did with my galaxy S?
Also, I know it would be easier buying the google nexus but I was rather dissopointed with the build quality of the galaxy s. I feel like samsung has a lot of catch up to do in the build quality area
Sorry for the wall of text!
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Hi xda!
So I just got home from my eurotrip, which was awesome, but I lost my old galaxy S thats been my "daily driver" for the past 2 years.
Im looking to get a new phone asp and the design and performance of the xperia S has got me really interested.
BUT, here's the thing. My old Galaxy S was very root friendly, from what I hear the Xperia S very much isn't..
I would really like a phone with 4.1, do you think sony will upgrade it within a forseeable future? Or is it possible to safely root and custom rom it as I did with my galaxy S?
Also, I know it would be easier buying the google nexus but I was rather dissopointed with the build quality of the galaxy s. I feel like samsung has a lot of catch up to do in the build quality area
Sorry for the wall of text!
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I still own an Xperia Play, I plan to buy this soon but flashing roms and rooting is very much alike between the Play and Xperia S, and I believe its VERY VERY hard to brick using root, flashing roms is easy, Ermm I would say this is root friendly because if the latest firmware isn't supported you can flash back to root supported firmware easily.
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I still own an Xperia Play, I plan to buy this soon but flashing roms and rooting is very much alike between the Play and Xperia S, and I believe its VERY VERY hard to brick using root, flashing roms is easy, Ermm I would say this is root friendly because if the latest firmware isn't supported you can flash back to root supported firmware easily.
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good enough for me, going into the city tomorrow to hold it before I make a decision
Make sure it's allow unlock bootloader=yes! Then just flash any custom kernel it'll root automatically!
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Make sure it's allow unclock bootloader=yes! Then just flash any custom kernel it'll root automatically!
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Yes indeed, try and check the bootloader status. It makes things a lot easier.
You can still root with a locked bl, but it 'can' be a little more tricky. On the same note you sound experienced so it should be pretty straightforward
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Make sure it's allow unlock bootloader=yes! Then just flash any custom kernel it'll root automatically!
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Yes indeed, try and check the bootloader status. It makes things a lot easier.
You can still root with a locked bl, but it 'can' be a little more tricky. On the same note you sound experienced so it should be pretty straightforward
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All of this makes me more certain about getting this phone, thanks!
Just some idea to get started! I've to decide for two days after I get this Xperia U and after unlocking, I feel great flashing kernels and CM Roms. But I was so afraid about warranty also. So how about you guys?
[Thank you all for participating in this thread]
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Just some idea to get started! I've to decide for two days after I get this Xperia U and after unlocking, I feel great flashing kernels and CM Roms. But I was so afraid about warranty also. So how about you guys?
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I unlocked the next day, BTW don't forget to backup DRM before unlocking otherwise you'll lose bravia engine.
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I did it after 3 days of using my first android device, TAKE BACKUP From DRM keys.
I unlocked it withing an hour of buying!!
Cheers!!
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I unlocked the next day, BTW don't forget to backup DRM before unlocking otherwise you'll lose bravia engine.
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I don't backup DRM before unlocking.. So I'll lose bravia engine forever? :|
By the way, you are the 2nd fast deciding about unlocking bootloader
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I did it after 3 days of using my first android device, TAKE BACKUP From DRM keys.
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Well, you are late than me about deciding. But unlocking is no big deal I think. Well, I didn't backup anything and unlocked it. What did I miss -_-
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I unlocked it withing an hour of buying!!
Cheers!!
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Haha! You are so fast about unlocking! Congratulations.. But you didn't aware of warranty? Well, I was really afraid but after that. I don't really care about warranty also.
When I bought phone
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I don't backup DRM before unlocking.. So I'll lose bravia engine forever? :|
By the way, you are the 2nd fast deciding about unlocking bootloader
Well, you are late than me about deciding. But unlocking is no big deal I think. Well, I didn't backup anything and unlocked it. What did I miss -_-
Haha! You are so fast about unlocking! Congratulations.. But you didn't aware of warranty? Well, I was really afraid but after that. I don't really care about warranty also.
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What did u missed? hahaha, nothing man, nothing :good:
1 month
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What did u missed? hahaha, nothing man, nothing :good:
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I just flash some files and flash stock kernel then relock my bootloader and music info and bravia engine's working again. Well, I have no worried because I can unlock again and relock again.
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Haha. That's too long but it should be
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Well it took me 5 months....Yeah that's long but my device was rooted and I was able to enjoy custom Rom for locked bootloaders so...
But when I unlocked it, I realized it is so much better !! With my next phone, no doubt I will unlock the bootloader within the next minutes I buy it !
2 month
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First thing after I opened the package. It's kind of a habit. When I got my previous phones (HTC Desire, Galaxy Note), I installed CM on them before I even tried the stock software.
Before unboxing the phone i already generated the unlock key and unlocked the phone before the first boot, so i think it took less than 2 minutes to unlock and 2 seconds to decide to unlock it
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I unlocked it in metro to the way home,with a laptop,10 minutes after buying it
As I entered home,I started to flash cats and dogs
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I unlocked it in metro to the way home,with a laptop,10 minutes after buying it
As I entered home,I started to flash cats and dogs
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Think it was about 4 months until the stock rom was doing my head in and I decided that CM9 was ready for daily use. Didn't bother me about warranty because it's not void anyway (in the UK at least unlocking bootloader doesn't void warranty).
It took me a good month or maybe more.
At first I was afraid of losing unrecoverable stuff, as everyone kept saying I would no longer be allowed to use sony software (for the record, TrackID and Walkman were the only ones I cared about).
My phone had no warranty, and if it ever had, those rats (carriers) wouldn't take responsability anyways. "Bravia Engine" didn't do anything noticeable to stuff so I though "hey, let's jump the gun!".
Got the code, unlocked it, and I swear it's one of the best things I've done despite all those negative comments
CM9 was still in alpha back then, so I had to work with sony's crap up until FXP announced a stable release. Then I flashed CM and couldn't be happier with it.
I don't own any of those 2012 devices, I own a Mini Pro, but it's all the same. I've unlocked lots of Xperias for some friends of mine.
BTW what's up with sony wiping all of our user data after unlocking the bootloader? Why! It sure made me have a bad time :-/
I've unlocked my Mini Pro as soon as the warranty period ended.
Best thing I've done. It's running 4.2 really smoothly!
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Well it took me 5 months....Yeah that's long but my device was rooted and I was able to enjoy custom Rom for locked bootloaders so...
But when I unlocked it, I realized it is so much better !! With my next phone, no doubt I will unlock the bootloader within the next minutes I buy it !
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Well, it is decent but unlocking was so much fun. But you took so long about unlocking Well, it should be.
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2 month
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Not bad
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I rooted my Z2 and lost DRM keys. One known side effect is to lose OTA updates. I'm just wondering if people have indeed updated the firmware from 17.1.A.1.2 to 17.1.A.2.55?
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Just updated last than 5min ago
Me also. No OTA, PC companion.
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Me also. No OTA, PC companion.
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no OTA for me - could not find it on the phone but update via PC Companion.
No I just downloaded the FTF an used flashed tool. The update greatly improves the camera!
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No I just downloaded the FTF an used flashed tool. The update greatly improves the camera!
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Keeping an eye on your flickr, then! Whats's the number of the new firmware?
In OP
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To follow up on my original post. Having lost my DRM keys I was unable To OTA the update and also unable to update via the Bridge for Mac application. It notified me of the update but wouldn't proceed.
Lastly I flashed the ftf.
Has anyone noticed any lag? Most notably the pull down notification bar. It's more like a stuttering than lag.
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No lag at all here.
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Wow you unlocked your bootloader? so that means you will never be able to update it through PC Companion or OTA. You will have to re-lock the bootloader but it won't restore your TA partition. and the camera will not perform well under the low-light.
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Wow you unlocked your bootloader? so that means you will never be able to update it through PC Companion or OTA. You will have to re-lock the bootloader but it won't restore your TA partition. and the camera will not perform well under the low-light.
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Camera is great under low light so far. Updating via flashtool is hardly a bother either. As far as I've read no one knows exactly the ramifications of unlocking the Z2 bootloader, only speculation based on the Z and Z1. I definitely don't see any problem with the camera and I had always turned off the Bravia Engine anyway.
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Camera is great under low light so far. Updating via flashtool is hardly a bother either. As far as I've read no one knows exactly the ramifications of unlocking the Z2 bootloader, only speculation based on the Z and Z1. I definitely don't see any problem with the camera and I had always turned off the Bravia Engine anyway.
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Off topic:
Do you think you can share some pictures of low-light shots of your phone? wanna see if it has that same smoothening algorithm is going or not.
Thanks again, and sorry to ask too much. :silly:
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Camera is great under low light so far. Updating via flashtool is hardly a bother either. As far as I've read no one knows exactly the ramifications of unlocking the Z2 bootloader, only speculation based on the Z and Z1. I definitely don't see any problem with the camera and I had always turned off the Bravia Engine anyway.
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Bravia engine is working on mine after unlocking bootloader....
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Bravia engine is working on mine after unlocking bootloader....
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You think you can post some of your low-light shots with Full resolution with SA and MA with different scenes and all? :highfive:
I'm sorry if this has been asked before, I'm a previous Z1 user and thinking of getting the z2, can the TA be backed up? Thanks in advance!
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I'm sorry if this has been asked before, I'm a previous Z1 user and thinking of getting the z2, can the TA be backed up? Thanks in advance!
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There is no method of backing up the TA partition yet. You don't loose much by wiping the DRM keys though. The only thing that i noticed stopped working was the video unlimited service which most of us probably don't use anyway. X-Reality engine and camera keep working without DRM keys.
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I'm sorry if this has been asked before, I'm a previous Z1 user and thinking of getting the z2, can the TA be backed up? Thanks in advance!
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Not yet
Alright, gonna buy It and back to development!
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GiGi. said:
There is no method of backing up the TA partition yet. You don't loose much by wiping the DRM keys though. The only thing that i noticed stopped working was the video unlimited service which most of us probably don't use anyway. X-Reality engine and camera keep working without DRM keys.
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my x reality isnt working since i unlocked
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my x reality isnt working since i unlocked
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Follow those steps if you are sure it's not working for you. Take 2 screenshots with and without x-reality and compare them on your computer. X-Reality is working perfectly fine.
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Follow those steps if you are sure it's not working for you. Take 2 screenshots with and without x-reality and compare them on your computer. X-Reality is working perfectly fine.
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Not only have i done that, i also posted the screenshots on here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2755893 there is no difference
Edit, my mistake, didnt click link lol, i havent reflashed a stock firmware n to be honest i cant be bothered either.... x reality dont do much anyway
If you are talking about post with blue cigarette pack and blue monitor, then its quite obvious xreality is working, you have to be blind to not see that oversaturation
When you have a method for root access on a locked bootloader, I think it will be possible to backup
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To clear up some doubts
Doomlord has mentioned nothing at all breaks with 4.4 when you unlock your bootloader
It seems all of Z2s ive had hand with havent had any affect of unlocking your bootloader
Backing up your TA partition isnt posible at this time probably because no one has even tried
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If you are talking about post with blue cigarette pack and blue monitor, then its quite obvious xreality is working, you have to be blind to not see that oversaturation
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yes im talking about pics with cigarette packet and monitor, this thread, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2755893&page=3 page 3, post 28, as anyone can clearly see there is absolutely no difference in the first 2 pics (do note the blu in the title = bootloader unlocked) and then in the next 2 pics (please note the lb in the title for locked bootloader) there is clearly a difference.
Edit: my mistake, thought envious data wrote that (hmmmm maybe i do have vision issues after all lol). Deleted the bit that wasnt aimed at feis
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yes im talking about pics with cigarette packet and monitor, this thread, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2755893&page=3 page 3, post 28, as anyone can clearly see there is absolutely no difference in the first 2 pics (do note the blu in the title = bootloader unlocked) and then in the next 2 pics (please note the lb in the title for locked bootloader) there is clearly a difference.
Edit: my mistake, thought envious data wrote that (hmmmm maybe i do have vision issues after all lol). Deleted the bit that wasnt aimed at feis
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Your x-Reality engine is working as intended. You got no issues.
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Your x-Reality engine is working as intended. You got no issues.
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Really??? my laptops f****** then, coz there aint no difference
Your notebook is fine, the effects of X-Reality can be seen on only Sony devices supporting the feature and only on Sony apps, such as Album and Movies. I am sure that I am correct in my presumption.
Either ways I personally do not care, care more audio output quality.
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Your notebook is fine, the effects of X-Reality can be seen on only Sony devices supporting the feature and only on Sony apps, such as Album and Movies. I am sure that I am correct in my presumption.
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You are correct and also wrong. It can be seen only on phone's screen but the pictures in that thread are screen snapshots from Album, so you see a difference (pictures 3-4, closeup of the cigarette pack)
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Your notebook is fine, the effects of X-Reality can be seen on only Sony devices supporting the feature and only on Sony apps, such as Album and Movies. I am sure that I am correct in my presumption.
Either ways I personally do not care, care more audio output quality.
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lol i know its fine, as i know my x-reality is no longer working. It dont come across well in text but saying it was f****** was pure sarcasm
I'm willing to throw up $100 for the first Dev to unlock a locked bootloader on the Z2. I miss my AOSP ! Anyone else chipping in?
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A non unlockable bootloader is not easily unlocked, it will take upto 2 years to unlock a single device so its pointless, and even then this unlock will only work on that device so no, no unlock
As for aosp roms, all we need is a third kernel in the system partition, its quite hard but done before and works fine when done
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I'm saying that I'd be willing to pay whichever method gets me AOSP.
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Ill be testing a method later this year so if anyone else wants to try feel free
I honestly dont care about money
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I'm willing to throw up $100 for the first Dev to unlock a locked bootloader on the Z2. I miss my AOSP ! Anyone else chipping in?
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Can't you flash an AOSP based ROM if you use EasyRoot, install XZDualRecovery and then use TWRP/PhilZ to flash?
A bit off topic but.
Did i miss something in the android world - i have never had a sony device before (always used htc even before htcdev) but what changed once upon a time usually exploits came around in a matter of months not years. So did sony invent the ultimate protection system or something like that ?
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A bit off topic but.
Did i miss something in the android world - i have never had a sony device before (always used htc even before htcdev) but what changed once upon a time usually exploits came around in a matter of months not years. So did sony invent the ultimate protection system or something like that ?
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Don't understand you?
"We have" found exploits for all fw for now...
All latest firmwares for all Xperia devices (Z,Z1(s and c) Z2 and all older devices could be rooted..
Z2 is 2-3 month old device and we have root method for all firmwares...
That doesn't have anything with custom ROMs or AOSP ROMs.
Locked bootloader is something totally diferent.
Locked bootloader is something Sony won't do , that's something requested by operators (mostly t-mobile) - Google it and you'll get it..
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Don't understand you?
"We have" found exploits for all fw for now...
All latest firmwares for all Xperia devices (Z,Z1(s and c) Z2 and all older devices could be rooted..
Z2 is 2-3 month old device and we have root method for all firmwares...
That doesn't have anything with custom ROMs or AOSP ROMs.
Locked bootloader is something totally diferent.
Locked bootloader is something Sony won't do , that's something requested by operators (mostly t-mobile) - Google it and you'll get it..
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Yes i meant unlocking the bootloader (i know what locked bootloader is dont worry). As i said I used to have HTC`s for the past like 10 years and initially (true during the windows era that was not a problem) then alparev did the job etc anyway was more of me just thinking about it no worries
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Bump. Cash ready
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you just reminded me
there is a dev who is working on aosp for locked bootloader, it should be up and working in the next 3 months unless something stops him
also have you tried looking into selling your Z2 and buying a generic unlockable Z2, Z2s arent as expencive now
Bump! Cash in my PayPal and willing to test.
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Bump! Cash in my PayPal and willing to test.
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if ur device Bootloader unlock allowed = NO
so u can change ur xz2 with mine xz2
Just wondering if that AOSP for locked bootloaders got anywhere, I just updated to 23.0.1.A.0.167 and lost root
Aosp requires a custom kernel which requires an unlocked bootloader so no :-/
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