Does unlocking bootloader breaks bionz?
And what else and what not?
X-Reality, Super Vivid, Playstation app, Playstaion remote play
that all ive found to break
Okayy..... And what about the camera app? Do u see more noise in low light? Bionz?
jass619 said:
Okayy..... And what about the camera app? Do u see more noise in low light? Bionz?
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honnetsly i cant tell a difference
its always been as noisy as it is now for the past year since ive got the device
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I bought a Malaysian z ultra a few days ago, out the box the phone came with bravia engine, iam not sure exactly what firmware that was on. i soon updated to the latest firmware which was .257 and it came with the x-reality engine. the problem is the x-reality engine actually makes videos look much much worse than the bravia engine...i fail to see the logic of replacing bravia with x-reality. bravia only increased saturation without any sharpening, so videos looked the same natively plus the extra color boost. On the other hand x-reality makes it more saturated and adds unnecessary enhancements like sharpening making the videos look pixalated, with rough edges, very ugly indeed.
now i hear some of you saying, if i don't like x reality i should just turn it off. when x reality is turned off, the screen looses the saturation making everything appear dull and washed out. videos with x reality reality on or off dont look good.
is there anyway of downgrading firmware from .257 to something that had bravia engine. or is is there anyway of adding bravia engine and replacing the x-reality in firmware .257
Are there people who are experiencing the same issues?
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I bought a Malaysian z ultra a few days ago, out the box the phone came with bravia engine, iam not sure exactly what firmware that was on. i soon updated to the latest firmware which was .257 and it came with the x-reality engine. the problem is the x-reality engine actually makes videos look much much worse than the bravia engine...i fail to see the logic of replacing bravia with x-reality. bravia only increased saturation without any sharpening, so videos looked the same natively plus the extra color boost. On the other hand x-reality makes it more saturated and adds unnecessary enhancements like sharpening making the videos look pixalated, with rough edges, very ugly indeed.
now i hear some of you saying, if i don't like x reality i should just turn it off. when x reality is turned off, the screen looses the saturation making everything appear dull and washed out. videos with x reality reality on or off dont look good.
is there anyway of downgrading firmware from .257 to something that had bravia engine. or is is there anyway of adding bravia engine and replacing the x-reality in firmware .257
Are there people who are experiencing the same issues?
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IMO: these two engines are both rubbish. As soon as I do an update, the first thing I do is turn it off.
Get hold of an early FTF like .426 and then use flashtool to flash it.
If you are unsure what these mean you'll need to search and read the forum.
- When you find something out for yourself you're more inclined to remember it
Forgive my ignorance as I'm new to Sony Xperia, but are the Bravia Engine and X-Reality two different things?! I almost assume that they're just the same. lol
jnocomski said:
Forgive my ignorance as I'm new to Sony Xperia, but are the Bravia Engine and X-Reality two different things?! I almost assume that they're just the same. lol
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BE is saturation of colors and XR is saturation and sharpness, if i'm not mistaken. The sharpening looks like garbage unless you watch a nearly uncompressed 1080p video. The Smurfs video looks very nice, and that one is 100MB and 1 minute long.
jnocomski said:
Forgive my ignorance as I'm new to Sony Xperia, but are the Bravia Engine and X-Reality two different things?! I almost assume that they're just the same. lol
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Bravia engine 2 and x-reality are two different methods designed to improve image quality. bravia adds extra saturation making the colors look vibrate. x-reality does the same thing but also adds in sharpening and grain. out of the two i personally find bravia engine better as it only does one thing and that's improve colors.
Where can I check out if Bravia engine is on or not? I'm on .510 and can only find X-Reality.
3mL said:
Where can I check out if Bravia engine is on or not? I'm on .510 and can only find X-Reality.
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We don't have Bravia Engine anymore. We had it in firmware .475 or something, but it got replaced by X-Reality.
LordManhattan said:
We don't have Bravia Engine anymore. We had it in firmware .475 or something, but it got replaced by X-Reality.
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Uhm okay, wierd.
Is it not possible to flash it back somehow? Have Sony said anything about it coming back later or why they dumped it?
3mL said:
Uhm okay, wierd.
Is it not possible to flash it back somehow? Have Sony said anything about it coming back later or why they dumped it?
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who knows what will happen in future...its such a shame that they replaced bravia with x-reality seeing x-reality just makes things worse. at least if there was an option to choose saturation without the sharpening it would have been great.
For the moment there are two ways to get bravia.
1) you have to downgrade your firmware to the last version with bravia which is .475. you can accomplish this using flashtool,
2) there is one other method that i just found out but not sure how to go about doing it...that is to edit the z ultra built.prop and add in bravia 2 code. this will enable you to have both. I hav been looking through forums but hav not been able to find out any instructions on how to add both,
I couldn't stand x-reality, my eyes just could adjust to the sharpening so i downgraded firmware...using the phone without color enhancement was not an option, as i found it dull, especially since i was so used to the amoled on note 2
Thanks guys! Now I know.
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who knows what will happen in future...its such a shame that they replaced bravia with x-reality seeing x-reality just makes things worse. at least if there was an option to choose saturation without the sharpening it would have been great.
For the moment there are two ways to get bravia.
1) you have to downgrade your firmware to the last version with bravia which is .475. you can accomplish this using flashtool,
2) there is one other method that i just found out but not sure how to go about doing it...that is to edit the z ultra built.prop and add in bravia 2 code. this will enable you to have both. I hav been looking through forums but hav not been able to find out any instructions on how to add both,
I couldn't stand x-reality, my eyes just could adjust to the sharpening so i downgraded firmware...using the phone without color enhancement was not an option, as i found it dull, especially since i was so used to the amoled on note 2
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2496450
Hi guys
I don't know if this normal or i have faulty camera but the photos i take looks noisy in comparison with what i saw on review
There is too much noise and the colors are pale
I always shot in suprior auto mode as i'm not an expert photographer and i don't know how to play with settings
Overall i'm not too happy with the camera , my iphone 4s can shoot almost same quailty , i didn't expect that from a 20,7 mpx camera
Ps: I have a locked bootloader and never unlocked it before
any clue if that is normal or just me have a faulty camera?
Drm content can sometimes fail to work with your current Rom (stock or not)
The camera quality suffers due to this
Envious_Data said:
Drm content can sometimes fail to work with your current Rom (stock or not)
The camera quality suffers due to this
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so how can i fix that ?? i bought the phone from another country so replacing the phone is not an option
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so how can i fix that ?? i bought the phone from another country so replacing the phone is not an option
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probably not, wait for an update or flash a FTF to match the device origin.
(use flashtool.net to flash a FTF)
Apparently the guys from "DXOMARK" have gotten their hands on the Xperia z3+ and put it through their tests.To my surprise Sony seems to have finetuned their great sensor to the extent that an xperia device occupies the third place in "DXOMARK" top: http://www.dxomark.com/Mobiles/Sony-Xperia-Z3-Plus-review-Improved-rankings-for-latest-iteration
What are your thoughts on this?Is there any way to port Z3+'s camera wizardry to our beloved Z2? )
You can port the camera app but 70% of the features wont work and camera quality wont be changed.
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You can port the camera app but 70% of the features wont work and camera quality wont be changed.
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Why ?
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Why ?
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Well the hardware doesnt change and nor does the camera driver in the kernel
Maybe some changes will happen due to FW/SW libs but at best we wont see much change nor improvement for quality
As for features working, Z2 doesnt have manual camera control unlike Z3+.
Camera from Z3+ is not better than one in Z2.Z2 can expand much for quailty in manual mode so finally results would be almoust the same like Z3+.
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I've been searching the net if it is possible to take long exposure photos on smartphones. I found some but can we do it with our Z2?
jelmerpeligrino said:
I've been searching the net if it is possible to take long exposure photos on smartphones. I found some but can we do it with our Z2?
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It would be perfectly possible, if Sony would be so nice and would include Camera2 API access into their Lollipop/Marshmallow ROM. But they didn't.
There is a solution - Long exposure camera app, it will somehow achieve the effect (my guess is more photos, combined together). It works rather well for light traces, etc., but the result's aren't greatest. + quite low res results.
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It would be perfectly possible, if Sony would be so nice and would include Camera2 API access into their Lollipop/Marshmallow ROM. But they didn't.
There is a solution - Long exposure camera app, it will somehow achieve the effect (my guess is more photos, combined together). It works rather well for light traces, etc., but the result's aren't greatest. + quite low res results.
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Thanks bro. I hope Sony will finally realized about changing the Camera2 API2 for Sony Xperia devices.
to some lengts, yes
jelmerpeligrino said:
Thanks bro. I hope Sony will finally realized about changing the Camera2 API2 for Sony Xperia devices.
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If couple of seconds works for you then Try using:
camera fv5
as i tried i think effective is max 5 seconds, maybe somebody else hase solved this
Long exposure pbotos you cant and you could take with Z2 cause Sony does not make Camera 2API for Z2.
You can try,like someone said try with FV-5 do few exposures instead of that.
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stipi69 said:
If couple of seconds works for you then Try using:
camera fv5
as i tried i think effective is max 5 seconds, maybe somebody else hase solved this
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The dev is probably using hacks to even get that.
If you get a Sony, just know you're going to have to use the stock camera. For me that's a total deal breaker.
Even their unreleased X series will be without camera2.
Is there any way to reactive drm function??????
For losted ta partition.
mohaiminulmunna said:
Is there any way to reactive drm function??????
For losted ta partition.
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No, you lose DRm Keys With Unlock Bootloader For Ever
Is there any difference between having drm keys & without drm keys???
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Is there any difference between having drm keys & without drm keys???
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Yes, there is difference. Your warranty is usualy lost (depends on the country). You can't use some sony feauters, apps (track id, lounge, what's new etc...), no OTA updates for you. Lower quality on camera (stock, more noise in low light pictures). And who know's what more.
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Yes, there is difference. Your warranty is usualy lost (depends on the country). You can't use some sony feauters, apps (track id, lounge, what's new etc...), no OTA updates for you. Lower quality on camera (stock, more noise in low light pictures). And who know's what more.
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No have any changes in Camera, Just lose OTA Updates that not exist any update for M4 and if flash new build with flashtools soft very better. What's News Not Work but Loung And TrackID Work Good.
EHSAN™ said:
No have any changes in Camera, Just lose OTA Updates that not exist any update for M4 and if flash new build with flashtools soft very better. What's News Not Work but Loung And TrackID Work Good.
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There is difference in quality on Lolipop (only on stock camera, in low light photos. More digital noise). On marshmallow i didn't notice any difference.
ekin_strops said:
There is difference in quality on Lolipop (only on stock camera, in low light photos. More digital noise). On marshmallow i didn't notice any difference.
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It'll be exactly the same on kk, lollipop or mm, loss of drm/ta keys impacts Camera performance especially in low light conditions even on m4 aqua, no updates work ota or via Sony pcc only manually via flashtool, some Sony apps stop working that rely on drm/ta keys, and bravia engine, x-reality and supervivid all stop working. Also kiss your warranty good bye. At least you can back them up first if you remember, we currently have no choice if we want root on the x range drm/ta keys get wiped upon unlocking with option to back up.
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It'll be exactly the same on kk, lollipop or mm, loss of drm/ta keys impacts Camera performance especially in low light conditions even on m4 aqua, no updates work ota or via Sony pcc only manually via flashtool, some Sony apps stop working that rely on drm/ta keys, and bravia engine, x-reality and supervivid all stop working. Also kiss your warranty good bye. At least you can back them up first if you remember, we currently have no choice if we want root on the x range drm/ta keys get wiped upon unlocking with option to back up.
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Forget about drm,,
Is it possible to get back the camera quality in low light?
mohaiminulmunna said:
Forget about drm,,
Is it possible to get back the camera quality in low light?
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There's a drm fix/workaround that supposably works for most xperia devices but I'm yet to see any actual before the fix(no keys) and after the fix(drm workaround) images but nothing will be as good as having the proper drm keys and once they are gone they are gone for good. That's why I'm waiting for a while before I unlock mine I like my Xperia camera working as Sony intended.
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