Is it possible or it's lost forever?
BE2 stays on phone but not working.
i have nothing lost my BE after Unlocking
hi guys as we know we loose bravia engine forever if we unlock bootloader what my question is can we tell if the bootloader was once unlocked then relocked by the prievious owner
as i want to check if i have lost bravia or not lol
thanks
Tried searching, but didn't find a clear answer to the disadvantages of unlocking bootloader for Sony Xperia SP.
Am really interested in unlocking bootloader, mainly coz I am a fan of CyanogenMod ROM's.
If an when CM arrives for SP, I will have to unlock bootloader.
If some doubts are cleared, will unlock it right away. May be.
Few questions, simply answered would really be appreciated.
1. We lose DRM is sure, but can we manage to add DRM keys back on unlocked bootloader?
2. Do we lose Bravia Engine 2?
3. Do we lose front camera?
4. Any other disadvantages? Or something I need to know?
Thanks!
1. Yes, backup TA: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2292598
2. Yes (unless you follow step 1). I prefer not having bravia engine because I noticed it made pictures taken by our camera look a million times more noisy
3. Well that's just a weird thing to lose... No we don't
4. Not really... Apart from the warranty void stuff of course
Not sure if you need to unlock bootloader to install CM though. If they made it work with stock kernel then you won't need to unlock the bootloader, if it only works with modified kernels then yeah you have to unlock
Unfortunately I did root my phone and unlocked bootloader without paying much attention to backup TA partition and possibility to lose Bravia engine
I should have done more reading instead of rushing to root my Xperia SP
can I know what is DRM keys that have been lost ?!! and if i relock bootloader will I restore Bravia engine.
also if Bravia engine is lost, how come i still can select it in Settings --> Display
is there anyway to test if it is there or not?
Thanks.
ahmedhappy312 said:
Unfortunately I did root my phone and unlocked bootloader without paying much attention to backup TA partition and possibility to lose Bravia engine
I should have done more reading instead of rushing to root my Xperia SP
can I know what is DRM keys that have been lost ?!! and if i relock bootloader will I restore Bravia engine.
also if Bravia engine is lost, how come i still can select it in Settings --> Display
is there anyway to test if it is there or not?
Thanks.
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Yes bravia engine is lost
It still appears in settings but u will find the difrence in pictures that the bravia engine doesnt work after unlocking bl
Heres the thing guys, I unlocked bootloader on My V and J and still found Bravia working on the albums, I did not backup TA or whatsoever.
Its just placebo that it will be gone. I unlocked bL on both V and J because warranty is gone after a year.
The bravia engine only makes photographs look better on the phone. Sometimes think Sony chose less bright screen hardware just to make BE look good.
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mohits143 said:
Tried searching, but didn't find a clear answer to the disadvantages of unlocking bootloader for Sony Xperia SP.
Am really interested in unlocking bootloader, mainly coz I am a fan of CyanogenMod ROM's.
If an when CM arrives for SP, I will have to unlock bootloader.
If some doubts are cleared, will unlock it right away. May be.
Few questions, simply answered would really be appreciated.
1. We lose DRM is sure, but can we manage to add DRM keys back on unlocked bootloader?
2. Do we lose Bravia Engine 2?
3. Do we lose front camera?
4. Any other disadvantages? Or something I need to know?
Thanks!
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Hi!
I think you will find an answer of these question in this thread: link
1.Yes, you can restore the DRM keys if you made a BACKUP! Just flash stock firmware before you do that.
2.Yes, but thats only counts for stock rom.It works fine on custom roms.
3.No.
4.I dont know. My bootloader is unlocked and I have no issues so far.
I hope that helped!Press thanks if it did!
BlAckXpeRia said:
Hi!
I think you will find an answer of these question in this thread: link
1.Yes, you can restore the DRM keys if you made a BACKUP! Just flash stock firmware before you do that.
2.Yes, but thats only counts for stock rom.It works fine on custom roms.
3.No.
4.I dont know. My bootloader is unlocked and I have no issues so far.
I hope that helped!Press thanks if it did!
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Haha.. I got the reply earlier itself.
Infact unlocked bootloader long time ago.
Thanks though. Should be helpful to newbies.
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Unlocking From Official site will remove bravia engine?
mohits143 said:
Tried searching, but didn't find a clear answer to the disadvantages of unlocking bootloader for Sony Xperia SP.
Am really interested in unlocking bootloader, mainly coz I am a fan of CyanogenMod ROM's.
If an when CM arrives for SP, I will have to unlock bootloader.
If some doubts are cleared, will unlock it right away. May be.
Few questions, simply answered would really be appreciated.
1. We lose DRM is sure, but can we manage to add DRM keys back on unlocked bootloader?
2. Do we lose Bravia Engine 2?
3. Do we lose front camera?
4. Any other disadvantages? Or something I need to know?
Thanks!
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Unlocking From Official site will remove bravia engine?
Kruns said:
Unlocking From Official site will remove bravia engine?
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Yes
Hi I just unlocked bootloader on phone by this tutorial http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2354721 . As I read after the unlocking I should lost DRM keys and because of loss of the DRM keys the services as a Bravia Engine 2 ,TrackID and such Sony stuff shouldnt work. However after the unlock it seems these services still works. In configuration it says "bootloader unlocked: yes"
If the unlocking was succesful ,shouldnt be the box of Bravia Engine 2 in the settings be grayed out and unresponsible? How can I be sure if its unlocked? I dont want to mess my phone when I flash a new ROM on it.
Exelzior said:
Hi I just unlocked bootloader on phone by this tutorial http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2354721 . As I read after the unlocking I should lost DRM keys and because of loss of the DRM keys the services as a Bravia Engine 2 ,TrackID and such Sony stuff shouldnt work. However after the unlock it seems these services still works. In configuration it says "bootloader unlocked: yes"
If the unlocking was succesful ,shouldnt be the box of Bravia Engine 2 in the settings be grayed out and unresponsible? How can I be sure if its unlocked? I dont want to mess my phone when I flash a new ROM on it.
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You looked in the Service menu (*#*#7378423#*#*) that means it is unlocked. Box with bravia engine 2 shall function like before, there is just no effect. If confoguration sais that the bootloader is unlocked it IS unlocked! the Sony stuff only doesn't work if you didn't root before unlocking the bootloader
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How are you guys i have Sony c6603 10.4.1.b.0.101 4.3 and i need more things
1- i need root without unlock bootloader
2- if i must to unlock bootloader to root can i find way to relock bootloader? And can i restore Bravia engine when i relock automatically!
3- when i unlock bootloader the Bravia engine will lost? Can i backup and restore it again
You cannot root without unlocking the bootloader.
See How to root 4.3 for instructions on what you must do in order to keep BE2/DRM keys etc.
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