Hey folks,
i'm lost on all these Guides on how to root / downgrade my Z2
My Z2 got kinda big battery drain since the update to 4.4.4 / 23.0.1.A.3.9...
And since i really like the speed and the features of ParanoidAndroid i would like to have it on my new phone :cyclops:
Is there a way to get PA on my phone without unlocking the bootloader? So that is anything goes wrong with my phone i can bring it to O2-repair?
Hope you can give me some advises :fingers-crossed:
-Lucasmenno
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2775411
There is a flashing and bootloader unlocking guide herr
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Hi all,
I'm quite new to the sony and android scene. My iphone 3GS broke down a while ago (actually I dropped it ) and I had it replaced by a Mini Pro.
I'm on the stock 2.3.4 rom and would like to test the miui version on this forum.
So, my question is simple: I need to unlock the bootloader to install a custom rom.
Can I revert to a stock rom (or upgrade to the new upcoming ics stock version) without loosing DRM etc?
And what's the procedure to do so?
you will have to follow this guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1285285 that is the only way to unlock it without losing drm and the ability to officially update.
Looks quite scary stuff to me. Coming from a jailbroken iphone, it looks like this is a bit trickier. Thank you for the reply though
Another small question then: can I still upgrade to a stock rom version if I have unlocked the bootloader? (via an unofficial way that is)
yes you can, but if you unlock your bootloader the official way you are not going to be able to update using sony software.
and yeah it looks scary but it is easier than it looks.
Great, thanks for the info. I'll search around the forum for the unofficial unlock mechanisms and will have a try with them!
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Great, thanks for the info. I'll search around the forum for the unofficial unlock mechanisms and will have a try with them!
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well the only unofficial way is by test point (the link i posted before) but it's good to hear you want to search anything else let me know!
Hi i am a user of a xperia go (st27a) and i know now that i have a locked bootloader =( .
Im just asking this but its a way to make a rom to flash a Gingerbread version of the phone and to have it rooted?
Since i have been testing lots of ICS roms and dont like performance, battery, camera etc.
Also i have CWM recovery for locked bootloader thanks atis112
I would thank anyone that has any advice to this.
So i've recently discovered this wonderful website and hoping that it can breath some new life into my xperia P. But i'm a bit stuck at the moment, currently my phone is contracted with o2 (i'm not worried about voiding the warranty) and is running JellyBean 4.1.2, Build 6.2.A.1.100. I want to install something new preferably KiKat, now i've been following the xperia P Starters Guide i've managed to root it and i've installed CWM but i'm stuck at the unlocking bootloader stage and i think i already know the answer, my bootloader status is set to no which i'm guessing means i'm stuck?
Would installing a stock xperia p firmware make it so i can unlock the bootloader?
Do you have to have bootloader unlocked to run KitKat or anything else?
Unfortunately, currently there's no possibility to unlock such devices, same case as me
Well thats lame.
ok guys well im on stock 4.4.4 and i just unlocked the bootloader. Anyway to obtain root or flash custom roms? i have read through both general and question sections but cant pinpoint an answer. i see most roms need unlocked bootloader which is fine and i see there is a dual recovery for locked and unlocked bootloaders but would i just need that and flash that without root and i can start flashing roms? sorry if these questions sound idiotic, i can assure you i am no noob doing these things as i came from the htc m8 and this is my first xperia device and flashing and rooting and unlocking bootloader was definitely a new process slightly with this phone. Again i have already unlocked bootloader which took some time but went through thanks
Or you could flash a custom kernel, doomlords for stock or m5 for cm based via adb then flash the rom you want, obviously if you flash the cm kernel a stock rom won't boot but you'll still be able to access recovery to flash a custom rom
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Hello everyone
I have been reading the dev forums gathering info so I can install a fresh, optimized and non-bloated ROM in my wife's M4 aqua, but I'm a little confused about the bootloader/root part.
What is the correct order to follow? First unlock the bootloader, then rooting/install twrp, then flashing a custom rom? What ROM seems to have a better overall performance?
Btw, the phone is the E2303 model I think (the 8 GB one with single sim) with official MM and the service menu says that is possible to unlock the bootloader.
Thanks in advance