[Q] What ROMS can the locked bootloader Xperia Z flash - Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi,
Just as the title says. What ROMS can we flash with our locked bootloader Xperia Z's
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weeo said:
Hi,
Just as the title says. What ROMS can we flash with our locked bootloader Xperia Z's
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You can use any Rom that is based on a stock firmware and kernel.
Make sure you have cwm recovery to flash Rom
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abd_alazeez2002 said:
You can use any Rom that is based on a stock firmware and kernel.
Make sure you have cwm recovery to flash Rom
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Oh. That sucks. So I'll never get CyanogenMOD on my Xperia Z
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weeo said:
Oh. That sucks. So I'll never get CyanogenMOD on my Xperia Z
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Not unless someone manages to find an exploit to unlock it.
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abd_alazeez2002 said:
You can use any Rom that is based on a stock firmware and kernel.
Make sure you have cwm recovery to flash Rom
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i heard you need to be on stock based firmware to install the recovery,
but you can flash on other roms and manually flash the kernel or something like that
im not too sure,

Kallb123 said:
Not unless someone manages to find an exploit to unlock it.
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And what's the possibility of that happening
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Kallb123 said:
Not unless someone manages to find an exploit to unlock it.
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BL is already unlockable, one unlocked u lose all DRM, there is no need for exploit.
Root was needed just to push the recovery to the stock kernel.
And CM uses a completely different kernel than the stock and the only way to flash it by unlocked BL
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abd_alazeez2002 said:
BL is already unlockable, one unlocked u lose all DRM, there is no need for exploit.
Root was needed just to push the recovery to the stock kernel.
And CM uses a completely different kernel than the stock and the only way to flash it by unlocked BL
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Not all of us have unlockable bootloader though
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weeo said:
Not all of us have unlockable bootloader though
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Exactly. I'm not sure of the chances that non-unlockable devices will become unlockable. If I said any amount if time I'd be making it up :/
One of the devs said that Sony bootloaders are locked up tight though...
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Kallb123 said:
Exactly. I'm not sure of the chances that non-unlockable devices will become unlockable. If I said any amount if time I'd be making it up :/
One of the devs said that Sony bootloaders are locked up tight though...
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Yeah. I'm trying to trade my Xperia Z in for an unlockable one now
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gregbradley said:
Read the all in one thread.
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gregbradley said:
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EDIT,
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gregbradley said:
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No I meant how to Root with locked boot loader???
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So i have a bootloader locked Xperia Z. I installed the CWM for bootloader locked phone and installed ROM AUR which is supported for Locked BL phones. So it got stuck at the installation and I turned the phone off. now its stuck at sony logo. any help please
Use flashtool and flash a stock rom.
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go see the Original Development section krabappel2548 thread discussion. It seems this recovery has some problem yet. Try installing one more time?
It also happend to me on my Xperia S. While the phone is turned off connect it to pc and flash stock rom with wipe anything selected abd nothing exclude.
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gm007 said:
Use flashtool and flash a stock rom.
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Yeah just did that. Its now starting up. i flashed the russian build even though im in uk. is that ok.
weeo said:
Yeah just did that. Its now starting up. i flashed the russian build even though im in uk. is that ok.
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Yes no problem.
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gm007 said:
Yes no problem.
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Thanks it worked. I'm never flashing a ROM on this phone
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gm007 said:
I think because the recovery is not working 100%
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ahh thanks
that leads to my next question
why is it taking so long for a working recovery for the Z?
spazzy1912 said:
ahh thanks
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Don't know
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XperienceD said:
Because that's how it works on SonyEricsson/Sony Phones.
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Yes because Sony's phone doesn't have a special partition for recovery that's why it's integrated with the kernel.
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I'm waiting the same....
Is your bootloader unlocked?
Antiga Prime said:
Is your bootloader unlocked?
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In my case i've got a locked bootloader
You are required to unlocked you phone
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List of roms for locked boot loader?

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Hey guys I just got my Sony Xperia Z and the bootloader is locked I am rooted and I have custom recovery I just want a list of roms for locked bootloader if possible thank you
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Tommymac1039 said:
Hey guys I just got my Sony Xperia Z and the bootloader is locked I am rooted and I have custom recovery I just want a list of roms for locked bootloader if possible thank you
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Just look in the title for [LB], or if it's based off stock Sony FW it should work.
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