Hello everyone, I'm a owner Sony Xperia Z1 C6903.
I've a question.
1. Should I root my smartphone ?
I'm interesting of Timeshift video (slow motion) and Screen recorder, etc.
2. I heard about broken camera after root, is that true? Is it possible to fix ?
3. What about durable battery, keep live longer or shorter time?
I had root on my previous smartphone (Sony Xperia X10i) and after few months ROM start crashing, freezing and many apps functionally wrong or totally didn't work and was problem with SU..
What can you tell me after few months after root, how smartphone works? There are any problems with this ?
Let me know your opinions. I need to decide.
Someone have here rooted Sony Xperia Z1 C6903? Did rooted was good thing?
Which ROM should I chose?
If ROM start crashing, can I then back to original software without any problems?
I need also guide step by step how to root Z1, and I don't know what about that camera if it's true.
1st: Wrong section. There is a "Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting" thread... => SEE HERE
TagonZ said:
1. Should I root my smartphone ?
I'm interesting of Timeshift video (slow motion) and Screen recorder, etc.
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If you want have custom features - then root your phone
TagonZ said:
2. I heard about broken camera after root, is that true? Is it possible to fix ?
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Cam is OK after rooting
TagonZ said:
3. What about durable battery, keep live longer or shorter time?
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Battery questions are a little bit annoying. How you use your phone? What apps you have? bla bla bla bla
TagonZ said:
I had root on my previous smartphone (Sony Xperia X10i) and after few months ROM start crashing, freezing and many apps functionally wrong or totally didn't work and was problem with SU..
What can you tell me after few months after root, how smartphone works? There are any problems with this ?
Let me know your opinions. I need to decide.
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After root, your smartphone works normally, but with root. But if you flash wrong things (mods not for your phone etc) and don't read instructions carefully - this could be a reason for reboots, freezes and so on. You must know what you do.
TagonZ said:
Someone have here rooted Sony Xperia Z1 C6903? Did rooted was good thing?
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Here a million of users who root their phones successfully and have a big fun And yes, for me root is a good thing
TagonZ said:
Which ROM should I chose?
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Do you like green or red shoes? Try out different ROMs and take the ROM that is for you the best.
TagonZ said:
If ROM start crashing, can I then back to original software without any problems?
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Use Flashtool and the right ftf for your phone. Make backups
TagonZ said:
I need also guide step by step how to root Z1, and I don't know what about that camera if it's true.
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Look in this forum and you will found many guides for rooting and all other stuff like this:
[Xperia Z1][INFO][REF] All the info you need before you begin
Root, Backup TA, Unlock bootloader and more! The ultimate Xperia Z1 guide
Newroot for Z1 & Z1C
And the very important thing:
READ READ READ READ
SEARCH SEARCH SEARCH SEARCH
USE YOUR BRAIN
schickel said:
1st: Wrong section. There is a "Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting" thread... => SEE HERE
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Yeah, sorry for that, but that was 1st time on this forum and was 1st post I though General discussion is the best option for my question I would be glad if mod can move thread to
correct section.
schickel said:
Battery questions are a little bit annoying. How you use your phone? What apps you have? bla bla bla bla
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I meant how much custom ROM drain battery, more or less than original ROM?
schickel said:
Do you like green or red shoes? Try out different ROMs and take the ROM that is for you the best.
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I would start testing from recommended ROMs by others happy users
Anyway I will try root my phone and thanks for fully answers on my questions
Regards,
TagonZ
Last questions:
1. On what I should look when chose new ROM ?
2. Can I install other language pack for new ROM ?
Quote from other forum
Translated: was about to unlock the bootloader which in the case of Z1 danger at the moment falling a camera if you do not do backup TA
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Hello everybody.
I'm new in this forum, and sorry if my english is bad, because this isn't my language.
Well, I have that Sony Xperia TX written in the title, i tried to use the others methods described in this forum to root it, but had no success.
If somebody know something to help me, I would greatly appreciate it.
Thanks everyone.:good:
PS: I attached a picture from my xperia with some informations that somebody needs to help me.
Please read the all in one thread. Its in the Q&A section (Where this thread should be)
You need to downgarde to .307 and root using bin4rys method. Its all explained in the all in thread
gregbradley said:
Please read the all in one thread. Its in the Q&A section (Where this thread should be)
You need to downgarde to .307 and root using bin4rys method. Its all explained in the all in thread
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But, don't have another thing to do without downgrading the android version?
Tolpho said:
But, don't have another thing to do without downgrading the android version?
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after downgrade you can also use CWM to flashing anything you like. Flashing XperimenT 1.7.1 is the best way after you root your device.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2040066
One more question, if i downgrade my Xperia, do root and i upgrade it again through Sony PC Companion i will lose the root, in others words, i'll can't upgrade my Xperia never more?
Please read the all in one thread. All these questions have already been answered there
Tolpho said:
One more question, if i downgrade my Xperia, do root and i upgrade it again through Sony PC Companion i will lose the root, in others words, i'll can't upgrade my Xperia never more?
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you can't update from sony.. i have tried before.. you can only do everything by CWM.
joonlin said:
you can't update from sony.. i have tried before.. you can only do everything by CWM.
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Incorrect, you can use flashtool to flash stock FTF's from Sony.
gregbradley said:
Incorrect, you can use flashtool to flash stock FTF's from Sony.
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If i do this, upgrade again with flashtool, i'll lose all data in the phone? the root too?
Tolpho said:
If i do this, upgrade again with flashtool, i'll lose all data in the phone? the root too?
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everything except data inside your sd
Tolpho said:
If i do this, upgrade again with flashtool, i'll lose all data in the phone? the root too?
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Of course.
Please read the all in one thread. All these questions are answered there in the first 3 posts on how to root and upgrade without losing root.
:crying:
I come from China and I bought a Xperia SP C5302.
The forum is not Xperia SP..
I have been unlock BL.
And how to root now?
sorry for my poor English
Try this - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1886460
That might work. If not, I can't help you as I don't own an SP
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某龙兄 said:
:crying:
I come from China and I bought a Xperia SP C5302.
The forum is not Xperia SP..
I have been unlock BL.
And how to root now?
sorry for my poor English
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I'm planning to buy XSP too.
How about it's camera performance.I want to know about it.
Many said that SP's camera is not good.
Is your rooting ok with Root with Restore by Bina4ry?
njsdante said:
I'm planning to buy XSP too.
How about it's camera performance.I want to know about it.
Many said that SP's camera is not good.
Is your rooting ok with Root with Restore by Bina4ry?
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The camera is not good in night.Photo have lots of noise when weak light.
I did not try to root with Root with Restore by Bina4ry.
Sorry for my poor English
Hey man.There is no confirmed root for it still!
I got mine in white.
The camera is bad in low light man.
Will let you know when a safe way to root comes out!
XxStatiX said:
Hey man.There is no confirmed root for it still!
I got mine in white.
The camera is bad in low light man.
Will let you know when a safe way to root comes out!
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I have root yesterday. You need unlock BL then flash a kernel with antoroot.But the kernel is being tested, so I do not provide the kernel download link
Add your support!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=41440539
njsdante said:
I'm planning to buy XSP too.
How about it's camera performance.I want to know about it.
Many said that SP's camera is not good.
Is your rooting ok with Root with Restore by Bina4ry?
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某龙兄 said:
The camera is not good in night.Photo have lots of noise when weak light.
I did not try to root with Root with Restore by Bina4ry.
Sorry for my poor English
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Hello guys.Initially i didn't like the camera on my SP much,but i went out and took some pictures today,and i was impressed.
Got a lot of great pictures,adding a link,ALL PICTURES are from the SP.
Four pictures are from a SONY HX9V,just to show what the White Xperia SP Looks like.
Love my camera now!
Hope you guys like it!
http://imgur.com/a/MZysj :victory:
Sent from my C5302 using Tapatalk 4 Beta
某龙兄 said:
The camera is not good in night.Photo have lots of noise when weak light.
I did not try to root with Root with Restore by Bina4ry.
Sorry for my poor English
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have any way to root without unlock?
knightthgink said:
have any way to root without unlock?
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No.if you want to root you must unlock now
某龙兄 said:
I have root yesterday. You need unlock BL then flash a kernel with antoroot.But the kernel is being tested, so I do not provide the kernel download link
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Hi, I just bought this phone yesterday.
I want to root it, but can't find any ways or tools.
I am a beginner of Android, but I know about how to unlock the BL,
just don't know how to flash the kernal.
Can you teach me how to root this phone?
Btw, I am from Taiwan, you can teach me in Chinese if you want.
Thanks a lot!!!
ncchttu said:
Hi, I just bought this phone yesterday.
I want to root it, but can't find any ways or tools.
I am a beginner of Android, but I know about how to unlock the BL,
just don't know how to flash the kernal.
Can you teach me how to root this phone?
Btw, I am from Taiwan, you can teach me in Chinese if you want.
Thanks a lot!!!
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Unlock the BL and flash the kernel with autoroot click here
解锁和刷带有自动root的内核点击这个网址
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2272741
lol kernel 命名 ： 华山派 . 作者是个金庸迷
某龙兄 said:
Unlock the BL and flash the kernel with autoroot click here
解锁和刷带有自动root的内核点击这个网址
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2272741
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感謝您：）
不過想再請問一下，是要用什麼工具嗎？
Flashtools之類的？
還是直接進recovery模式就可以刷了呢？
抱歉哦真的是新手入門，問題很多
麻煩您了！
xarive said:
lol kernel 命名 ： 华山派 . 作者是个金庸迷
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As a chinese, i don't know what you say.
作为一个中国人，我不知道你在说什么
xarive said:
lol kernel 命名 ： 华山派 . 作者是个金庸迷
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ncchttu said:
感謝您：）
不過想再請問一下，是要用什麼工具嗎？
Flashtools之類的？
還是直接進recovery模式就可以刷了呢？
抱歉哦真的是新手入門，問題很多
麻煩您了！
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Please guys, post the full content in English first, then you may provide the post in your native language.
This is in the rules here as it is primarily an English speaking forum. This is to ensure that others can benefit from any help or solutions that you may be posting.
Thanks for understanding
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kingvortex said:
Please guys, post the full content in English first, then you may provide the post in your native language.
This is in the rules here as it is primarily an English speaking forum. This is to ensure that others can benefit from any help or solutions that you may be posting.
Thanks for understanding
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I got it, sorry!
I'll use personal meaasge to ask questions next time
ncchttu said:
I got it, sorry!
I'll use personal meaasge to ask questions next time
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Please don't misunderstand my intentions. You can of course ask questions, just please ask them in English as well as your own language.
It is better to do this anyway, as you are excluding those that do not speak your language from helping if you do not post in English as well
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kingvortex said:
Please don't misunderstand my intentions. You can of course ask questions, just please ask them in English as well as your own language.
It is better to do this anyway, as you are excluding those that do not speak your language from helping if you do not post in English as well
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I see. I'll use English as my main language in this forum.
I know exactly what you mean.
To help others solve problems is my honor, too
Btw, do you know how to flash the kernel by fastboot?
I have a C6603, so I don't know if the method is the same, but it should be.
To flash the boot.img, put the boot.img in the same directory as fastboot, then use -
fastboot flash boot boot.img
then
fastboot reboot
Of course, only use a kernel that is compatible with your device
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Hi everyone.I have xperia z1 .257 firmware.Im waiting kingo app or 360 supports for .257 firmware.It will be my first root.Im afraid Here is my question.
If i do root should i use another rom ? Can i continue without any rom ? They told me if i dont use another rom my phone can be brick.
fndkc said:
Hi everyone.I have xperia z1 .257 firmware.Im waiting kingo app or 360 supports for .257 firmware.It will be my first root.Im afraid Here is my question.
If i do root should i use another rom ? Can i continue without any rom ? They told me if i dont use another rom my phone can be brick.
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Rooting won't brick your phone. And you can have root on stock
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You can root and stay on stock ROM no need to change to another ROM. Also rooting .257 firmware is not yet supported. Morever I read somewhere that Kingo and Vroot are under investigation for installing tracking malware.
MetalGearSolid said:
You can root and stay on stock ROM no need to change to another ROM. Also rooting .257 firmware is not yet supported. Morever I read somewhere that Kingo and Vroot are under investigation for installing tracking malware.
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yeah i know.because of that im waiting new update
What was that i heard about doing something to your phone messes up the camera? Will rooting it do that to the camera?
No rooting does not affect the Camera. Only unlocking Bootloader will mess up the camera.
Just tried vroot for my Z1 (6903...xx257 firmware) and it doesnt work
Hope to see some progress about it soon as I need root to restore my titanium backups from another phone
Stegy said:
Just tried vroot for my Z1 (6903...xx257 firmware) and it doesnt work
Hope to see some progress about it soon as I need root to restore my titanium backups from another phone
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Please read some of the guides.
It is impossible to directly root that FW,
Downgrade to .534, root and then upgrade OTA
I think dont downgrade your phone to 538.My some friends have problem about camera and walkman bla bla.Wait the root programme for 257
fndkc said:
I think dont downgrade your phone to 538.My some friends have problem about camera and walkman bla bla.Wait the root programme for 257
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There are no problems because you immediately upgrade to .257 OTA and the problems go.
You downgrade to the older version and are on it for as long as it takes to root (2-3 minutes) during that time the camera does work (But you can fix it if you want by clearing the data in the camera common app) but as soon as you upgrade it works again...
Do this my friend i did it and it work for me ...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=boIq09H026k
gregbradley said:
There are no problems because you immediately upgrade to .257 OTA and the problems go.
You downgrade to the older version and are on it for as long as it takes to root (2-3 minutes) during that time the camera does work (But you can fix it if you want by clearing the data in the camera common app) but as soon as you upgrade it works again...
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kiorix said:
Do this my friend i did it and it work for me ...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=boIq09H026k
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was this post directed to me?
MetalGearSolid said:
No rooting does not affect the Camera. Only unlocking Bootloader will mess up the camera.
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what does unlocking bootloader mean exactly? sorry im new to this kinda stuff :/
Please read the guides.
They are the sticky threads in the general and development section. Or you can always Google it
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Cleviojr said:
Relax, rooting won't brick your phone hehe!
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guys so i heared something.Cant it get OTA updates automaticlly ? Do ii have to update by manuel ?
xunit94 said:
what does unlocking bootloader mean exactly? sorry im new to this kinda stuff :/
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Learn before doing atleast, so we don't get fifty new threads about generic issues.
This is a development forum, and it would be nice if it's not overly cluttered with useless threads all the time.
Also the mods gets a break aswell
I do not mean to be rude, but people who ask questions, which the answer to, lies a couple clicks away, generally don't want to bother themselves with reading.
This is a shame, because the great developers on here are excellent at writing extensively about how to do things, and what you should and should not do.
xunit94 said:
what does unlocking bootloader mean exactly? sorry im new to this kinda stuff :/
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Here is a video that you might find useful:
That should cover a lot of the questions that you may have.
Hi!
I bought the Z1, and I do not regret it. Some bug screen, and other small stuff but good
I just talk to you because I am a beginner in android and I do not know what to do for my rooter device. So, I have already been able to untap the overlay of my operator. Now I am. 136 non-root and I realize that many things are accessible via root.
I would like, if you have time, kindness and patience, give me a little tutorial to be root in .136. While I've seen some stuff about that, but there was loss :/ IMEI and since jesuis beginner to android I'm afraid to do something stupid ...
So a little tutorial step by step, with a link to dwnld each time would be great!
I just ask for help ^ ^
Ps: sorry for my broken English.
Kisses! : D
AhhdafunK said:
Hi!
I bought the Z1, and I do not regret it. Some bug screen, and other small stuff but good
I just talk to you because I am a beginner in android and I do not know what to do for my rooter device. So, I have already been able to untap the overlay of my operator. Now I am. 136 non-root and I realize that many things are accessible via root.
I would like, if you have time, kindness and patience, give me a little tutorial to be root in .136. While I've seen some stuff about that, but there was loss :/ IMEI and since jesuis beginner to android I'm afraid to do something stupid ...
So a little tutorial step by step, with a link to dwnld each time would be great!
I just ask for help ^ ^
Ps: sorry for my broken English.
Kisses! : D
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Look at the video in my signature.
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shem2409 said:
Look at the video in my signature.
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Oh.. ok
It seems te be very hard...
I'm afraid :x
AhhdafunK said:
Oh.. ok
It seems te be very hard...
I'm afraid :x
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Just make sure that you follow all of the steps. If anything goes wrong you can revive the phone by flashing an Ftf of the firmware.
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Backing up before rooting
shem2409 said:
Just make sure that you follow all of the steps. If anything goes wrong you can revive the phone by flashing an Ftf of the firmware.
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Hi. Just wondering as well with rooting my .136 fimware with locked bl. Is there a way to save all my current data the way i would if i had titanium backup on a rooted phone? :/
Thanks :good:
twizmaster said:
Hi. Just wondering as well with rooting my .136 fimware with locked bl. Is there a way to save all my current data the way i would if i had titanium backup on a rooted phone? :/
Thanks :good:
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There is software called Helium that does exactly what you are looking for:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.koushikdutta.backup
I have not used it so make sure that it works for you before you begin the rooting process. Good luck
shem2409 said:
There is software called Helium that does exactly what you are looking for:
I have not used it so make sure that it works for you before you begin the rooting process. Good luck
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Thanks. Will try it out now and let you know.
Just need to backup important stuff so i can easily restore after rooting. I actually wanna unlock bl and install beanstalk . Twas the best rom i used on my xperia pro b4 it got stolen :crying:
Update:
I used Helium to backup my data and managed to restore everything back to rooted 4.3. It wouldn't restore my messaging and user dictionary data to beanstalk though (4.4) so went back to stock 4.3 with root. Thanks again for the help
Ps. I found this just now, it may help someone in future: www titaniumtrack com/kb/titanium-backup-kb/titanium-backup-howtos.html
I am planning to upgrade from my current Xperia X10i to the Xperia Z1.
I was curious about the rooting process and things though. When the phone is rooted,
it allows your to add your on software right (like Astro File Manager or APKs not from the market)?
What is the bootloader for? Is it needed? I heard some people tell me that if you root the Z1 you lose the little
Sony things like the Bravia Engine and the camera. Is that so?
Thanks for your help.
necrogodomega said:
I am planning to upgrade from my current Xperia X10i to the Xperia Z1.
I was curious about the rooting process and things though. When the phone is rooted,
it allows your to add your on software right (like Astro File Manager or APKs not from the market)?
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You do not need root for this, just like on the x10, please note that you do not have to unlock the bootloader to root (In most cases)
What is the bootloader for? Is it needed?
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YES, its like saying do you need battery, without it the phone wont boot
I heard some people tell me that if you root the Z1 you lose the little
Sony things like the Bravia Engine and the camera. Is that so?
Thanks for your help.
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You lose some functionality (When unlocking the bootloader, not when rooting) but camera works the same. Its all explained here
Also, I do suggest you do a lot of reading, from your questions it appears you are not an experienced user, so please read before doing anything to your new phone
necrogodomega said:
I heard some people tell me that if you root the Z1 you lose the little
Sony things like the Bravia Engine and the camera. Is that so?
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gregbradley said:
You lose some functionality but camera works the same. Its all explained here
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No, you do NOT lose functionality just by rooting. Nothing at all.
You DO lose a bit of functionality by unlocking the bootloader. And some have reported that even though with an unlocked bootloader that while camera works, you lose the Bionz image processing. You also lose the Bravia engine.
As gregbradley said, you can root without unlocking the bootloader (usually). Rooting and bootloader unlocking are different things.
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301stSpartan said:
No, you do NOT lose functionality just by rooting. Nothing at all.
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That was in reply to his questions about unlocking the boot, you do lose some things from unlocking the bootloader, not from rooting, I edited my post to make this clearer
gregbradley said:
That was in reply to his questions about unlocking the boot, you do lose some things from unlocking the bootloader, not from rooting, I edited my post to make this clearer
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I assumed as much bc I know that you're no noob on this device. But I was just clarifying bc the question you quoted was directly about root, not bl. My assumption was that he was confusing the two terms, not you
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301stSpartan said:
I assumed as much bc I know that you're no noob on this device. But I was just clarifying bc the question you quoted was directly about root, not bl. My assumption was that he was confusing the two terms, not you
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No worries, I know. So many people get the two confused as its treated as the same thing on other devices such as Samsung
Thanks for both of your answers.
I actually fully modded my X10i just by following directions and getting some guided help
from other great uses from this site. But that was ages ago and Sony's phones have changed a bit in their make up since the X10 days.
So I wanted to know exactly what was going on. I remember unlocking the bootloader for the X10 and losing the camera, but that was fixed (I long forgot how).
I wanted to know just what was going on with the newest generations of Xperias.
Thanks for your helps. It's much appreciated.