Hey guys, i just got my M4 Aqua (E2303) and, i'd like to ask if is there any way to root it? I'd like to remove the bloatware etc..
Searching the same thing right now.. Also just sent an email to Sony asking bout that otg problem...
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read this http://forum.xda-developers.com/m4-aqua/general/recovery-twrp-command-line-t3198973
i did it on my girlfriends phone and it worked, so no more bloatware
but to do this you have to unlock bootloader and your drm keys are lost.
Well i don't know about you guys. I live in Greece, I've just checked my m4 and it has an unlocked bootloader. Maybe has to do with region? I don't really know..
Wish i had a solution to the otg problem as well... Sony said that it can serve as a Usb host, but the phone seems to disagree with the above opinion.. Anyway, thanks for the link. I'll check it out once i get my phone back from service..
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iI bought sony xperia tipo last month and for more utilisation of this os iI need to root it but since rooting voids warranty so i'm totally confused.
what should iI do?
will iI be able to unroot it later if needed?
and pls provide link to root sony xperia tipo tutorial if nothing is to worry.
thanx in advance
I think xperia tipo isnt rootable yet though, generally when u root you got clear ideas about why you are doong it. If u dont, u should forget thill you are sure
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I always root my phones, if possible, offcourse ...
iI know what is rooting? iI was only asking that should iI root my phone in warranty period
if possible pls provide me rooting tut link
I got an xperia tipo too, and theres no way to root it yet as far as i know...
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but iI got rooting tutorial of tipo here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1890478
is this tut working or not?
pls reply anybody
Yes you do void the warranty and it is Sony. Sony are not so willing on the open source... You could get caught by their naughty firmware update or I dunno.. Have the whole Anonymous crew in your phone.... Seriously, if you ask yourself if you should root then you shouldn't. You will know when you will want to root if you need to.
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You should root if you want to get the most out of your device.
I think you need to root it
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Root it when you will need it.... Personally I flashed my S3 the first day I got it but that's me.. We don't know how you use it...
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i have experience about phone flashing and hacking etc i have done flashing and all related to this on symbian os and many modification on sony w300i mobile. so i know that i can do rootig and modification very well only the problem is that i'm little bit confused.
i like modifications so i wanna do it.
pls provide me working tut to root sony tipo.
i posted earlier a link to rooting tutorial is that working 100% sure because somebody was saying that right now no way to root sony tipo
pls help regarding this.....
thanks to all of u
We don't know yet how Sony will manage this phone. You better wait some time to see problems other people are gonna e patience modifying Sony's new phone. This is Sony after all, they always hated mods on their products.
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ok then waiting for confirmed rooting tut
With rooting you can run LuckyPatcher and to remove the Google ads or to review the license. Of course is better to root your phone,:good:
Just so u know, i'm from india Hyderabad 2 b exact. I rooted my Neo V and Pro both. I took my Neo V 2 times for warranty and Pro once. I just unrooted them and gave it to them. No probs at all. And in here they dont even check. The worker told that to me himself. Just make sure u have original Bill of purchase.
Hi there, I have a doubt...
I've got the Sony Xperia LWW (wt19a), with the Locked Bootloader, if I unlock it, can I reverse the operation later?
Just in case of I don't like the new rom, and I want the smartphone go back like brand new...
Thanks in advance...
By3K said:
Hi there, I have a doubt...
I've got the Sony Xperia LWW (wt19a), with the Locked Bootloader, if I unlock it, can I reverse the operation later?
Just in case of I don't like the new rom, and I want the smartphone go back like brand new...
Thanks in advance...
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Yh you can
Watch This :http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVIUN...feature=relmfu
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By3K said:
Hi there, I have a doubt...
I've got the Sony Xperia LWW (wt19a), with the Locked Bootloader, if I unlock it, can I reverse the operation later?
Just in case of I don't like the new rom, and I want the smartphone go back like brand new...
Thanks in advance...
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You can revert back, but your bootloader wont be locked again. It wl be 'relocked'... and if you go to service center and they miss that point then u wl b lucky to claim warranty. Else, welcome back to xda
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hjhita979 said:
Yh you can
Watch This :Youtube url
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Arun Av said:
You can revert back, but your bootloader wont be locked again. It wl be 'relocked'... and if you go to service center and they miss that point then u wl b lucky to claim warranty. Else, welcome back to xda
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mmm ok, I'm thinking to unlock it, because I like to test roms searching the best for this model...
I just hope my phone doesn't die in the try hehe.. :laugh:
Thanks for the quick answer!!
So dont want to be this bad but:
in varrancy is written that it can avoid you warrancy. What does this mean? For example if you have unlocked, changed kernel and rom and broke your camera in lww warrancy still exist. But it always depends of service.
What I know? They have paid more for repaired phone that send back to you
What else can I say? I had phone, broke screen ( hardware, my fault ). I talked with guy and he toke it in my provider saloon and sent. They repaired. What this mean? I think that they are repairing whatever they will get.
But they are only my checks. So now about bootloader. It gives a lot of possibilites and I think it is worth as our phones are cheap. And trust me have my phone about year and no issue. Installed a lot of kernels, roms and tweaks but works like a charm. I can say you that it could die only in unlocking bootloader. Later depends of your reading faqs and tuts. And dont panic when will be doing this. I almost fixed when unlocking but tried again with calm and all did good.
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If Im wrong with the thread so I think all had been explained and thread can be close.If answers satifie you please change title of your first post to solved
actually it depends on the store,
if they decide to check on the bootloader by sony's site (some imei info would be there if unlocked officially)
then they may say that the warranty is void
or if they dont check it in detail, they may repair it under warranty,
I have searched all over. But i haven't found a single "easy" way to root the latest firmware. Rooting on Samsung phones etc. is really easy. Why is it so complicated on Sony? For every new firmware, there is downgrading involved or it's all related to bootloader unlocking. That's not easy for most people here. I see this issue with every new Xperia phone. The older ones had easy methods. Did Sony increase security or something?
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Sadman Khan said:
I have searched all over. But i haven't found a single "easy" way to root the latest firmware. Rooting on Samsung phones etc. is really easy. Why is it so complicated on Sony? For every new firmware, there is downgrading involved or it's all related to bootloader unlocking. That's not easy for most people here. I see this issue with every new Xperia phone. The older ones had easy methods. Did Sony increase security or something?
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Do you know why Microsoft kept releasing a bugfix update now and then for Windows OS? Yes that's because there are security hole that can be attacked by hacker. Now Android on itself is not a platform built with security in the first place, so each manufacturer needs to protect their business (read: minimizing return rate caused by user fault) by securing their devices. It is easy for Samsung to be rooted (read: hacked) because they don't develop a security bugfix for them. I don't know about KNOX equipped device but if we count the news that Blackberry is still the number one the most secured device for the White House instead of Samsung now you can see why. It is harder to hack Sony too, because of its unremovable battery nature.
It actually is much clearer with Sony, that if you are willing to root, then void your warranty. If not just let Sony take care of your problems and keeping the warranty intact. Plus with recent Android build, there's less a motivation to do root anyway to operate the phone on daily basis.
So no i disagree if you put Samsung as the better company just because of its less secured ROM. Plus rather than whining, a contribution to hack Sony's ROM would be more useful. Don't wait, try it yourself to see how hard it is to break Sony's ROM.
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I was just curious as to why it's easier and harder in different cases. You don't have to call me whiny for that. Also i didn't call samsung a better company. I am a long time Sony user and have used three of their phones yet. I could root the former ones, Live and SP, easily. But rooting on Ultra is QUITE a hassle.
And my question was if they increased security as i am curious about this. And believe me, if i knew as much as NUT and DoomLord about android development, i'd have tried. However my knowledge is rather limited. Knox equipped devices are also easy to root by the way. It took me 5 minutes to root a Note 3. But that's not my point. I think android should be more accessible as it IS open source. And if i judge phones based on ease of rooting, i'd have gone for Samsung but we both know that is never a deciding factor. Having root is a plus point.
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Sadman Khan said:
I was just curious as to why it's easier and harder in different cases. You don't have to call me whiny for that. Also i didn't call samsung a better company. I am a long time Sony user and have used three of their phones yet. I could root the former ones, Live and SP, easily. But rooting on Ultra is QUITE a hassle.
And my question was if they increased security as i am curious about this. And believe me, if i knew as much as NUT and DoomLord about android development, i'd have tried. However my knowledge is rather limited. Knox equipped devices are also easy to root by the way. It took me 5 minutes to root a Note 3. But that's not my point. I think android should be more accessible as it IS open source. And if i judge phones based on ease of rooting, i'd have gone for Samsung but we both know that is never a deciding factor. Having root is a plus point.
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Are you sure that SP is easy to root? Well maybe because it was started with 4.1.2 so it is an old firmware to get started. On Ultra, the situation is more or less the same with all the Z series.
I agree with the stance that Android should be more easier to root (or in fact why don't they bake superuser from the beginning of time, just like Windows administrator account?). But maybe it's like all or nothing solution. Plus a smartphone is not a geek's dream anymore, so more casual people to use it compared to a computer, which bring us to avoiding Linux complexities for the masses. That being said, Sony does really enforce the security aspect of their devices. It's not a coincidence to hear the Xperia For Business Program was launched recently after all the latest firmware update got rolled.
So basically Sony is increasing the security. Thank you for your time.
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So basically Sony is increasing the security. Thank you for your time.
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Just unlock your BL. All your rooting/flashing problems will be gone. Just read the correct procedures its very straight forward.
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i also came from a long line of samsung phones... so my rooting/flashing methods have to adjust for these sony devices
Yes i know unlocking is easy. VERY easy but. But i'd like to keep my partition intact. Which means going to a previous rootable firmware, then to root it, backup TA and then to unlock bootloader. Then i have to upgrade again and root.
Can anyone tell me which firmware version can be rooted normally on Z Ultra (involves no downgrading from that version)?
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Sadman Khan said:
Yes i know unlocking is easy. VERY easy but. But i'd like to keep my partition intact. Which means going to a previous rootable firmware, then to root it, backup TA and then to unlock bootloader. Then i have to upgrade again and root.
Can anyone tell me which firmware version can be rooted normally on Z Ultra (involves no downgrading from that version)?
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The .532 firmware is the one to root, see my downgrade thread for less headaches with IMEI.
Once you have backed up the TA and unlocked the bootloader there is no need to downgrade or do odd things again. All you have to do is update via FTF, flash kernel/recovery and then flash SuperSU/superuser from recovery.
Admittedly we do have to wait for a kernel to be released that has RIC disabled, but that is normally only a day or 3 after the firmware release (the same fix is needed on Z1/Z2 so comes quite fast)
Okay thank you. I shall wait for a while longer then
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How to find out whether the phone bootloader is locked or unlocked on a newly bought phone?
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How to find out whether the phone bootloader is locked or unlocked on a newly bought phone?
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Just write this on phone:
*#*#7378423#*#*
Bootloader unlock Allowed: YES (can unlock)
Bootloader unlock Allowed: NO (can't unlock)
Bootloader unlocked: YES (unlocked)
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Just write this on phone:
*#*#7378423#*#*
Bootloader unlock Allowed: YES (can unlock)
Bootloader unlock Allowed: NO (can't unlock)
Bootloader unlocked: YES (unlocked)
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Thanks. My Bootloader unlock allowed*says*Yes. It means I can unlock my bootloader.
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Thanks. My Bootloader unlock allowed*says*Yes. It means I can unlock my bootloader.
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Yup, that's right.
Hello everyone,
I have just bought myself a sony xperia Z tablet. I want to root it and put a custom rom on. Can someone help me and put me into the right direction please and maybe give me abit advise or tutorial link.
Thanks
I will answer here because, out of the 4!!! threads you created, this one is in the right place.
To answer: Search for Towelroot. As simple as it can be. It is straight forward. One screen leads to another
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Thanks,just rooted.What's the best rom for this Tablet
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Thanks. Will this method work for Sony xperia z phone?
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mackenzie121 said:
Thanks,just rooted.What's the best rom for this Tablet
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You just bought a new one and want to install a different rom? Why don't you use the standard one for a few weeks and try to find out what you miss in the original rom. Then read a lot in this forum and make up your mind which rom you like and why you want to change it?
I don't understand the rush you have. Take your time.
I will get my tablet tomorrow (Sony Xperia Tablet Z WiFi only 16GB & Sony SGP-CV5) i bought this new set in Germany for 319 euro !
I will not install a new rom in the comming months. I did not do that wih my Xperia Z phone either.
but on the other hand it is your tablet and you can do what ever you want it.
Thanks for the reply. Will it work on the phone as well. Using this method?
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I've rooted my tablet using the 1 click root method as well but the SU binaries fail to update after installing SuperUser, anyone know why?
All the apps that require root don't have any problems but I'm still wondering why the binaries fail to update...
is anyone else having problems with the camera on there Z2 ? im having to do the repair on the software what looks like about 3 times a day to try and get the camera to work
im on the .402 build not rooted and with a bootloader that i cant unlock any help would be gratefully appreciated guys
Could you be more spesific with your problem
I literely cant help you unless i know more
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