[Q] Why the Z2 has low support from developers on XDA - Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hey people
i have Z2 since 2 month and i have a question.
Why the Z2 has low support from developers in XDA? I mean, for example, if we compared HTC One M8 development section to the Z2 development section, i believe M8 has maybe 5 times more support than Z2!.
same for S5 - G3 ,etc
The Z2 is considered one of the most powerful android smartphones and on the top of android devices, released from long time, has a twin which is "Z3", that should increase the Z2,Z3 wining points and it's cheap!
I Can't find a reason for that. it makes me worry about my phone if Sony stopped releasing updates to it
Thanks

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Some obvious reasons: it's not popular, it's Sony (self explanatory) so it's normal to have less dev interest, Z3/Z3 Compact is a better phone for many ppl, some Z2 have locked bootloaders so that kills a bit of interest and possibility. And despite that the Z2 has plenty of developers working on it. Dunno what you're worrying about.

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In my personal opinion as a *Dev/ROM maker/call it as you like*, I think that this device is already a very well made. Performance of mobile smartphones these days are far better than before (I call myself as a Dev of these section for Z2, but I've made only one ROM, pretty funny xD). When I was very regular person in Xperia X10/Play/Neo V/J sections, there was a work to do. Even after when some older flagships become abbandoned by Sony with updates, many people ported some things from newer smartphones. For now, Z2 is nearly the newer flagship, only Z3 came out, which is - in my opinion - not so big different than Z2 (of course it's fresh and more popular cause of marketing etc. [read: money]). Moreover, Android is now very good on strong devices, we have Seeder and Greenify, Xposed and many more basical, user-friendly apps. All we need (I think that way, sorry I always prefer minimalistic) fast, responsive and clean system as a base, then some additional apps or scripts (possible by envoirnment I wrote a while ago) and that's all . Sorry if this is too chaotic post, or didn't in your style of thinking - I just shared mine. Cheers pal!
PS: and the same as CrashTestDroid said - I think we DO have plenty of devs and nice community - looking at Z3 sections - it's smaller a lot .

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I think it's because this phone is brilliant out of the box.
My previous phones I've flashed countless ROMs etc but I haven't felt the need to mod the Z2 at all.
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The phone works good with stock so no need for roms

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i guess samsung/lg/htc sell much more phones than sony, and that's probably the reason their communities are bigger.
more dev's doesn't mean more quality anyway, albeit small we do have great dev's coding for our sony devices and a very helpful community here on xda. we have all kinds of roms, kernels, multi roms, recoveries, very creative xposed mods, flashable custom mods, themes, fonts... what else do you need?
imho it's a great device and a great community already

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HTC don't sell more phones than Sony. LG, Sony, Motorola sells around 9-10 million phones per quarter. HTC don't publish the sales figures, they previously head though. (self explainary).
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The reason is simple. Stock ROM is already awesome and Xperias are popular is the pacific - not much developers residing there.

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Hi
Well the Z2 forum have alot developers, and we doing a great job around here, and okay the M8 forum etc have more support well that is maybe a reason to fix the stuff inside those roms and the Z2 is just great out of the box with less small bugs, so no need to worry because we have also a life to but that dont say we aren't here, we are always here to keep an eye on those great forum ^^
Sent From Somewhere On Earth With My Z2 ^^

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ChrisPNE said:
I think it's because this phone is brilliant out of the box.
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+1
No need custom rom!

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WOW, i didn't expect that number of comments.
i am really grateful for you guys you made me love my phone even more
i was asking for why it has low number of roms because i was having Note 2 and i was installing a new rom every 2 days .. i love trying new roms and adding new stuff to the phone.
but as you said, the case here is different. the Z2 is perfect without any rom.
sadly the only problem i face is i can't root the Z2 cause of the bootloader lock. there are too many mods i want to try but i don't want to unlock the BL. "don't want to lose camera quality nor the noise cancellation".
again, thank you all for helping

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you can root without bootloader unlock
check the prf creator thread near the top of the general section
and as of my testing noise canceling doesnt break, only X-Reality, supervivid, Bionz and Some Xperia Services Such as Playstation remote play

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Envious_Data said:
you can root without bootloader unlock
check the prf creator thread near the top of the general section
and as of my testing noise canceling doesnt break, only X-Reality, supervivid, Bionz and Some Xperia Services Such as Playstation remote play
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you meen this? if yes, thanks i'll try it

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Yes.
It explains how to obtain root on the latest firmware

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Another thing to keep in mind - to my knowledge the Xperia Z2 was never picked up by any of the US carriers. Therefore it had very little presence in USA.

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Having 200 nearly identicals ROM is useless.
Other brands doesn't have more devs, they have more users who are mixing things they found to do ROM.
All main ROM are done, CM, AOSP, Paranoïd, ...
Also great stock base one. [emoji2]
In conclusion, quality is better than quantity.

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DiKeJ said:
In my personal opinion as a *Dev/ROM maker/call it as you like*, I think that this device is already a very well made. Performance of mobile smartphones these days are far better than before (I call myself as a Dev of these section for Z2, but I've made only one ROM, pretty funny xD). When I was very regular person in Xperia X10/Play/Neo V/J sections, there was a work to do. Even after when some older flagships become abbandoned by Sony with updates, many people ported some things from newer smartphones. For now, Z2 is nearly the newer flagship, only Z3 came out, which is - in my opinion - not so big different than Z2 (of course it's fresh and more popular cause of marketing etc. [read: money]). Moreover, Android is now very good on strong devices, we have Seeder and Greenify, Xposed and many more basical, user-friendly apps. All we need (I think that way, sorry I always prefer minimalistic) fast, responsive and clean system as a base, then some additional apps or scripts (possible by envoirnment I wrote a while ago) and that's all . Sorry if this is too chaotic post, or didn't in your style of thinking - I just shared mine. Cheers pal!
PS: and the same as CrashTestDroid said - I think we DO have plenty of devs and nice community - looking at Z3 sections - it's smaller a lot .
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DiKeJ my old friend, nice to see you here. :good:

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neoxx3m said:
DiKeJ my old friend, nice to see you here. :good:
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@neoxx3m
Aah nice to see you here also buddy, long time ago like by @DiKeJ ^^
Sent From Somewhere On Earth With My Z2 ^^

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Pandemic said:
@neoxx3m
Aah nice to see you here also buddy, long time ago like by @DiKeJ ^^
Sent From Somewhere On Earth With My Z2 ^^
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And Pandemic aswell? Great day for me!

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Hoho! Nearly like Christmas, so much happiness to see you guys here also . Long time huh . Was thinking about if anyone still remember me here, but even on Z2 community (where I relased only one work) there are still known people and old fellas . Much appreciated guys, hope you're well in your personal life and also have some free days for looking at XDA, more free time than me, though . Wish you all the best with your closer friends and families! Cheers!

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neoxx3m said:
And Pandemic aswell? Great day for me!
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Yes bro @neoxx3m i have 2 a 3 months my Z2 and builed already a rom for it like for the XZ ^^
Yes for me either a great day
DiKeJ said:
Hoho! Nearly like Christmas, so much happiness to see you guys here also . Long time huh . Was thinking about if anyone still remember me here, but even on Z2 community (where I relased only one work) there are still known people and old fellas . Much appreciated guys, hope you're well in your personal life and also have some free days for looking at XDA, more free time than me, though . Wish you all the best with your closer friends and families! Cheers!
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Yes bro @DiKeJ indeed it looks like christmas restart again lol [emoji14]
Yes i still remember you like @neoxx3m my old fellas or better said good friends ^^
All good in my life, i have now for 2 a 3 months the XZ2 after leaving the old XP and XZ forums and have now also a son from 4 months old and all the best wishes to you also
Sent From Somewhere On Earth With My Z2 ^^