Does rooting affect the camera? - OnePlus 3T Questions & Answers

Hi,
I heard that unlocking bootloader and rooting removes a DRM for the camera which affect its performance... Is it true?

Source pls.
And no, it's 99.999% fake news. I'll give it 0.001% that there is some tangential truth behind. Somewhere. Far away.
DRM stands for digital rights management. It's used for distributing digital content for money. If you tell me why would anyone want to copyright their family pictures shot with a smartphone camera to sell it, I'll buy you a beer.

fricy81 said:
Source pls.
And no, it's 99.999% fake news. I'll give it 0.001% that there is some tangential truth behind. Somewhere. Far away.
DRM stands for digital rights management. It's used for distributing digital content for money. If you tell me why would anyone want to copyright their family pictures shot with a smartphone camera to sell it, I'll buy you a beer.
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I dont have the source since I read it months before I bought the phone, as for the DRM maybe I got the term wrong but what I remember is that the phone uses a propriety software which gets deleted when unlocked....antways I'll take your word and go ahead and root....thanks

kidney86 said:
Hi,
I heard that unlocking bootloader and rooting removes a DRM for the camera which affect its performance... Is it true?
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That's true but only on Sony phones as far as I know. I haven't heard of any other manufacturer (OnePlus included) doing that. You can root without worries.

-Ric- said:
That's true but only on Sony phones as far as I know. I haven't heard of any other manufacturer (OnePlus included) doing that. You can root without worries.
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rooted ...thanks

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Disable Camera App or Mod

Has anyone developed an APP or MOD that can disable the Captivate's Camera functionality?
Jeepsdaddy said:
Has anyone developed an APP or MOD that can disable the Captivate's Camera functionality?
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I don't think so. Nor can I think of a good reason that anyone would want to.
Sent from my SGH-T959 using XDA App
Jeepsdaddy said:
Has anyone developed an APP or MOD that can disable the Captivate's Camera functionality?
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While I have no idea why one would want this, you could root your device, install titanium (donate for full of course). Then, in titanium, you should be able to freeze the camera app.
The other way, that I just tried, is install tasker (which is pretty much one of the best apps ever made for anything ever), and set a task up that runs when the camera app is launched that kills the camera task. That way, if the camera app is touched, it immediately kills the process.
Could be for work reasons.
For Work Reasons
Its for work reasons. I will not dismantle this phone to remove the camera..
I'd rather just have it disabled.
Jeepsdaddy said:
Its for work reasons. I will not dismantle this phone to remove the camera..
I'd rather just have it disabled.
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I'd think they'd almost make you disable it hardware wise, if you just did a software disable you could easily enable it again when you get through security. Or are they a little "slow"? I know the security guard at my companies front door could get his ass kicked by my grandma lol.
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Jeepsdaddy said:
Its for work reasons. I will not dismantle this phone to remove the camera..
I'd rather just have it disabled.
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Merely disabling the camera through software or a mod means you could easily re-enable it and this would still present a security risk. Hopefully your employer doesn't think like I do.
Well I was looking for more like an IT POLICY deal
I agree.
I wouldn't run the risk of having a tech savvy security guard checking out my phone and being able to re-enable the phones camera. I was thinking of an application more along the lines of an IT POLICY. With our Blackberry devices the IT POLICY disabled the camera's functionality.
From the sounds of it, I may need to just have the camera module professionally removed or take a shot at it myself. Anyone have a link to the procedures for dismantling the Captivate?
kkeo said:
Merely disabling the camera through software or a mod means you could easily re-enable it and this would still present a security risk. Hopefully your employer doesn't think like I do.
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I win, 5 minutes to slow!
Jeepsdaddy said:
I agree.
I wouldn't run the risk of having a tech savvy security guard checking out my phone and being able to re-enable the phones camera. I was thinking of an application more along the lines of an IT POLICY. With our Blackberry devices the IT POLICY disabled the camera's functionality.
From the sounds of it, I may need to just have the camera module professionally removed or take a shot at it myself. Anyone have a link to the procedures for dismantling the Captivate?
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You know you love me right? You can say it ;-) It's for the international version, but I'd imagine it can't be to far off the variants.
http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ko&tl=en&u=http://news.danawa.com/News_List_View.php%3FnModeC%3D4%26nSeq%3D1742568
If you MUST have this phone for work, then I understand. But if you don't, I wouldn't destroy the phone. Pick up a piece-of-crap unlocked t-mobile or AT&T phone from 5 years ago that you can mess with. Just bring that into work.
Don't destroy this phone. Everytime a captivate falls, a kitten is eaten.
madjsp said:
If you MUST have this phone for work, then I understand. But if you don't, I wouldn't destroy the phone. Pick up a piece-of-crap unlocked t-mobile or AT&T phone from 5 years ago that you can mess with. Just bring that into work.
Don't destroy this phone. Everytime a captivate falls, a kitten is eaten by Clienterror..
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Fixed.
10 Char
Actually I love Myself : ) .. Check this out!
Clienterror said:
You know you love me right? You can say it ;-) It's for the international version, but I'd imagine it can't be to far off the variants.
http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ko&tl=en&u=http://news.danawa.com/News_List_View.php%3FnModeC%3D4%26nSeq%3D1742568
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http://content.techrepublic.com.com/2346-13625_11-456848-2.html?tag=content;leftCol
Thanks
thanks for the advice.

Jail break/Root comes to Windows Phone 8 soon?

It seems the Jail Break/Root is coming to Windows Phone 8 soon. It may free more features from wp8. Looking forward to it. :laugh:
Room408Design said:
It seems the Jail Break/Root is coming to Windows Phone 8 soon. It may free more features from wp8. Looking forward to it. :laugh:
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For the moment, not too hope...
Yeah, the closest we have right now is the capability-unlock for Samsung phones. That's not a full root (working on it!) and beyond that, we have almost nothing.
GoodDayToDie said:
Yeah, the closest we have right now is the capability-unlock for Samsung phones. That's not a full root (working on it!) and beyond that, we have almost nothing.
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Anyone find any new news on this so called "920 Unlock" that has been claimed it will be released soon ? If this is true, this could open the doors to most WP devices...
The only thing I saw was Ultrashot saying it was a Riffbox "hack" (meaning you'd need to have some special hardware and probably physically open up your phone, to do it).
GoodDayToDie said:
The only thing I saw was Ultrashot saying it was a Riffbox "hack" (meaning you'd need to have some special hardware and probably physically open up your phone, to do it).
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It's still better than nothing ^^
CodingBird said:
It's still better than nothing ^^
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and that's also not that easy ( retail)
because the wp8 phones also have so called E-fuse in Soc
on retail they are blown ( even the Jtag E-fuses are blown)
CodingBird said:
It's still better than nothing ^^
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its also unbelievably dodgy if you don't know what your doing.
You effectively connect directly to the ROM chip, an I mean that in a physical sense and rewrite any data you want, you can "root" anything doing this as you'll bypass any security measures, its just a matter of getting the correct software to flash on to the thing that's tricky, oh and the small matter cracking open your device, locating the chip, working out the necessary configurations to power it up and flash it
I did some research on this for the focus S and yes its possible but its way beyond my abilities
ceesheim said:
and that's also not that easy ( retail)
because the wp8 phones also have so called E-fuse in Soc
on retail they are blown ( even the Jtag E-fuses are blown)
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And there you have it, its even harder on WP8!
It's dispointing for sure....All I want is 3 rows of tiles and custom colors on my 928.... is this too much to ask ? (Not at Devs at Microsoft)...
Then get the ATIV Odyssey, which I just unlocked InteropUnlocked Sunday, except three tiles might be overkill on a 480x800 screen. O_0
I haven't updated to GDR3 yet because I'm not sure how to avoid Diagnosis' changes once I update.
It's been updated with a XAP...
http://www.silenstd.com/silenall/silentech/highxap/
any idea if it's any good or if we need an account to download it ?
DavidinCT said:
It's been updated with a XAP...
http://www.silenstd.com/silenall/silentech/highxap/
any idea if it's any good or if we need an account to download it ?
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Deploy with SDK, BUT: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2435697&page=48
lumia 625 root
Hi thanx for all the hard work.
Could anyone tell me if there is any way of rooting Lumia 625
meccy said:
Hi thanx for all the hard work.
Could anyone tell me if there is any way of rooting Lumia 625
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If you are 8.1 user use custom wpsystem and customPFD
also you can use resource hacker of djamol after that . Using resource hacker is not maybe very safe for this time so wait for it
Note that djamol's hacks don't make a complete root, though they are the closest thing that is public right now for a Lumia like yours. Nobody's going to say anything about a full root until it's ready, and ideally not even then not until after a major update (to give the most possible time before MS <REDACTED>s us over with an update that takes away control of our personal devices again).

any news on root?

Hey guys. Anyone have any updates on how close we are to getting root access yet? Will happily donate to who ever is doing it for there hard work ?
I hope someone will do... I'll never buy this phone until I'm sure I can root it..
mains75 said:
I hope someone will do... I'll never buy this phone until I'm sure I can root it..
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Almost certain we will get root eventually, just no idea when or if there trying yet.
I'm from Europe, but I would like the snapdragon version...
As I read here, the snap version could be difficult to un-lock. I hope not..
Exynos all the way s10e
mains75 said:
I'm from Europe, but I would like the snapdragon version...
As I read here, the snap version could be difficult to un-lock. I hope not..
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my s10e exymos version is superrr snappy and very smooth and battery is awsome i dont know why people want sd855 so much
kevinireland11 said:
my s10e exymos version is superrr snappy and very smooth and battery is awsome i dont know why people want sd855 so much
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+ Radio FM, better cpu temp, more battery autonomy, Gcam porting, MAYBE dual frequency GNSS...
Dont see any dual frequency in my findings.
mains75 said:
I'm from Europe, but I would like the snapdragon version...
As I read here, the snap version could be difficult to un-lock. I hope not..
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You cannot root the snapdragon variant phones. Sorry, I take that back. You can root them but it breaks Knox, Samsung Pay, and a bunch of other stuff. It trips some sort of fuse.
LiquidPlacidity said:
You cannot root the snapdragon variant phones. Sorry, I take that back. You can root them but it breaks Knox, Samsung Pay, and a bunch of other stuff. It trips some sort of fuse.
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Isn't that the same as exynos? None of that works and knox is tripped when rooted in exynos too.
mains75 said:
I hope someone will do... I'll never buy this phone until I'm sure I can root it..
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If rooting is main objective then buy pixel or oneplus phone
mains75 said:
I hope someone will do... I'll never buy this phone until I'm sure I can root it..
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Buy the Razer Phone 2. Right now it's cheaper than any of its competition and it has root. The Galaxy S10 is a pretty good phone now that I've had an opportunity to use it for games that won't run on rooted and unlocked devices (like Fate/GO)
Someone already got TWRP to boot on Exynos S10, this phone is too popular to not get root(Exynos bootloader unlocked models). It is a matter of time, I'd say within next few weeks one of the smart devs here will have root and within a month or two Magisk support as well.
https://myphoneupdate.com/root-samsung-galaxy-s10-unlock-bootloader-install-twrp-recovery/
Maybe someone has tried?
1jkan said:
https://myphoneupdate.com/root-samsung-galaxy-s10-unlock-bootloader-install-twrp-recovery/
Maybe someone has tried?
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I haven't tried because I haven't received my phone yet... And I'm waiting for an S10+, not S10. But it looks like the steps would be exactly the same. HELL YEAH! I was hoping really bad people would be working on the Chinese SD version! I wanna know if someone has tried it, too!
1jkan said:
https://myphoneupdate.com/root-samsung-galaxy-s10-unlock-bootloader-install-twrp-recovery/
Maybe someone has tried?
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That guide is wrong and not real
tiho5 said:
That guide is wrong and not real
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Exactly, please do not use these, they are fake and will not work. It even mentions Supersu for root, I know chainfire future proofed to some level but not this far and that will definitely not work.
Come on guys be patient, they are working on it, it's only a matter of time...:good:
rahulkheria said:
If rooting is main objective then buy pixel or oneplus phone
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I would like s10e, a premium compact phone, finally... and please with 3.5 jack and sd card.
I have always Sony compact phones, but Sony decided not to produce them anymore. Stupid guys...
Can someone please gove me reason why root is still so important?
elite-fusion said:
Can someone please gove me reason why root is still so important?
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Viper4Android
Tasker with full functionality
Titanium Backup
Call recording in case Google disables it again
Dual SIM+MicroSD functionality
True adblock
Nandroid Backup
aussiesausage said:
Almost certain we will get root eventually, just no idea when or if there trying yet.
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The dev behind Magisk got an S10 already so I'd guess it shouldn't be long for Magisk to support the phones. And if TWRP is already sort of available I'd imagine we'll have root im worse case scenario at the end of April.

what happened to all the click to root apps? Would any work?

Title says is all really, pretty sure that the bootloader still needs unlocking, just I remember being able to root without unlocking the bootloader, without having TWRP /Clockwork mod in the past.
Tried a few of them with no luck, any way this can be done..
I've kind of given up on the bootloader unlock code and thus the ability to flash a rom (even though Huawei allowed this device to be treble compatible, evil bast****)
Would any exploits work?
Be good to at least get root on this crippled bloatfest excuse for an android device.
Nope. Nothing will work
The Restless Soul said:
Nope. Nothing will work
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Why?
dladz said:
Why?
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Without an unlocked bootloader, you can't do nothing.
The Restless Soul said:
Without an unlocked bootloader, you can't do nothing.
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Yep I got that pal..
But you've missed the point.
Why?
Unlocking the bootloader was not always necessary.
Certain devices yes but how to know??
Installing TWRP to a partition is impossible without removing the checking system which is inherently what a locked bootloader brings.
But I'm not talking about that, nor am I talking about installing a custom ROM..
Only root, nothing more.
dladz said:
Yep I got that pal..
But you've missed the point.
Why?
Unlocking the bootloader was not always necessary.
Certain devices yes but how to know??
Installing TWRP to a partition is impossible without removing the checking system which is inherently what a locked bootloader brings.
But I'm not talking about that, nor am I talking about installing a custom ROM..
Only root, nothing more.
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We are talking about huawei here lmao. I don't think there is any possibility to root it, unless you unlock the bootloader.
There was a trick but it got fixed, which is to replace erecovery with TWRP and root the phone.
dladz said:
Why?
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All the "click to root" apps were using certain exploits/privilege escalation vulnerabilities. With Android development those holes were patched by Google on Android level and by most OEMs on their custom versions level.
The Restless Soul said:
We are talking about huawei here lmao. I don't think there is any possibility to root it, unless you unlock the bootloader.
There was a trick but it got fixed, which is to replace erecovery with TWRP and root the phone.
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Any idea which firmware that was available on? Was it oreo? I can go back to that.
arty_a said:
All the "click to root" apps were using certain exploits/privilege escalation vulnerabilities. With Android development those holes were patched by Google on Android level and by most OEMs on their custom versions level.
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Cheers, any idea what was the last one which was exploitable?
I can roll back to 8.1 on hisuite.
I don't see much of a difference between oreo and pie. From what I remember anyway.
dladz said:
Any idea which firmware that was available on? Was it oreo? I can go back to that.
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Emui 5.0, unfortunately.
The Restless Soul said:
Emui 5.0, unfortunately.
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5?? Hahaha awesome. Lol
The Restless Soul said:
Emui 5.0, unfortunately.
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That's from a time when Huawei were like " hi XDA, could you help us please, we'll be your best friend"
XDA should have stuck a nice big middle finger up to them...
I hate Huawei so much.
dladz said:
That's from a time when Huawei were like " hi XDA, could you help us please, we'll be your best friend"
XDA should have stuck a nice big middle finger up to them...
I hate Huawei so much.
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If i wasn't short on cash, i could had bought an s10 plus or iphone, but oh well.
The Restless Soul said:
If i wasn't short on cash, i could had bought an s10 plus or iphone, but oh well.
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Honestly, OnePlus 7T pro, it's just a phenomenal phone, all the things im miss are just there and not a sniff of a company locking anything down.
It's butter smooth. I used my pro next to the 7t pro and honestly it's an incredible difference, it's like playing a game at 144hz for the first time, 60 just can't cut it ever again.
I'm going to let this can run down and get the 8, I usually upgrade 2-3 times a year but thought I'd give it a miss this year.. kind of glad I did but it's paining me now as my bootloader is screwed and there's only so much I can do without root.
I'd love to remove the swap memory (page file /zram) but I don't think it's possible.
Swap torpedo did this and the speed increase is amazing.
PS: I wouldn't bother with the S10 it's not as good as the oneplus devices tbh. S11 might compete but it's still Samsung so nah not for me.
dladz said:
Honestly, OnePlus 7T pro, it's just a phenomenal phone, all the things im miss are just there and not a sniff of a company locking anything down.
It's butter smooth. I used my pro next to the 7t pro and honestly it's an incredible difference, it's like playing a game at 144hz for the first time, 60 just can't cut it ever again.
I'm going to let this can run down and get the 8, I usually upgrade 2-3 times a year but thought I'd give it a miss this year.. kind of glad I did but it's paining me now as my bootloader is screwed and there's only so much I can do without root.
I'd love to remove the swap memory (page file /zram) but I don't think it's possible.
Swap torpedo did this and the speed increase is amazing.
PS: I wouldn't bother with the S10 it's not as good as the oneplus devices tbh. S11 might compete but it's still Samsung so nah not for me.
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If oneplus could had provided water resistance to their phones since now they have flagship prices...
That is a bit important to me. But let's see if Huawei redeems themselves.
dladz said:
Cheers, any idea what was the last one which was exploitable?
I can roll back to 8.1 on hisuite.
I don't see much of a difference between oreo and pie. From what I remember anyway.
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Can't really help you with that, mate, sorry...
Stopped playing around with root/android about 2 years ago. In fact, the last time I rooted a phone was on android 7... I like my banking apps running on my phone and really don't think rooting the phone has any advantages, but does add certain security concerns.
The Restless Soul said:
If oneplus could had provided water resistance to their phones since now they have flagship prices...
That is a bit important to me. But let's see if Huawei redeems themselves.
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They have got water resistance, they just don't put a rating on it. But I assure you that is there 100% check out the dip tests that have been done 100% of times
arty_a said:
Can't really help you with that, mate, sorry...
Stopped playing around with root/android about 2 years ago. In fact, the last time I rooted a phone was on android 7... I like my banking apps running on my phone and really don't think rooting the phone has any advantages, but does add certain security concerns.
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I use my banking apps with root.
Things I need.
Root access to files for tweaks.
Page file removal
Bloat removal
Ad removal ( I can't tell you how much I don't like adverts)
Mods that Devs miss (CRT animation, Audio Boost etc)
Custom ROMs: more efficient, faster, feature rich
Latest OS
Early releases
If I didn't mod my phone using root id be bored in weeks (which I am) or I'd buy an IPhone.
First works for me on root, I just agreed when the notification same up.
For the ones that don't, the mobile version of the web page works perfectly for me, dependent on bank of course.
The trade off just isn't worth it for me especially with emui which is abysmally tedious and something I'd love to just delete from history.
dladz said:
They have got water resistance, they just don't put a rating on it. But I assure you that is there 100% check out the dip tests that have been done 100% of times
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I mean, it is, but it is SPLASH proof. But still, i might take oneplus in consideration. Maybe oneplus 8?
The Restless Soul said:
I mean, it is, but it is SPLASH proof. But still, i might take oneplus in consideration. Maybe oneplus 8?
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Again no, check the videos pal..submersed and functional..
The nexus 6 was the same.
Google it. Don't take my word for it.
I'm aiming for the 8

Bootloader unlock & rooting

So clearly this is still very early days given the phone is barely released yet but this is my first Sony Xperia device and just wanna check if the following will be possible when I receive it...
1) use this website to unlock the bootloader https://developer.sony.com/develop/open-devices/get-started/unlock-bootloader/
2) extract the boot img
3) patch the boot img with magisk and flash
Thanks in advance
Ah just found this site too
https://www.ytechb.com/how-to-root-sony-xperia-1-ii-and-unlock-bootloader/
Will be great to root and get xposed + gravitybox!
Be carefull, unlocking bootloader gave in the past lesser features for the camera.
Brotuck said:
Be carefull, unlocking bootloader gave in the past lesser features for the camera.
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Thanks for the heads up, that's interesting and a little concerning! Hmm I guess we'll see how it goes...
Hmm seems perhaps losing such functionality could be avoided...
The link is not posting for some reason but Google "How to Backup and Restore Sony Xperia Z+ DRM Keys and Keep DRM Functionality after Root", perhaps this method could work
I've emailed Sony via the developers website whether unlocking the bootloader will result in losing camera features. Will post back here if/when they reply.
It'd be great to know, as if I get my device next Thurs I would love to get it rooted for substratum theming, ad blocking, edxposed etc
Here is Sony's response. Seems its gonna take a brave person to try this out! I think I'll likely just enjoy the device stock for a short while to get a feel for it and then see if unlocking is gonna be an option, as I wouldn't want to lose features but also I don't want a rootless android....
Perhaps the backup TA partition option (and the DRM keys) is the answer, but I don't know enough....
Not worth it in my opinion but to each his/her own.
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Not worth it in my opinion but to each his/her own.
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Agreed, certainly at this point...
One of the best things about the phone will be these features, but I must admit if I can't root it I'll be a little disappointed.
Let's see how things go ?
cd993 said:
Agreed, certainly at this point...
One of the best things about the phone will be these features, but I must admit if I can't root it I'll be a little disappointed.
Let's see how things go ?
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If its the same as the Xperia 1 then you'll have nothing to worry about when it comes to the camera
Mackay53 said:
If its the same as the Xperia 1 then you'll have nothing to worry about when it comes to the camera
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This is great! Has there been any detrimental effect at all? I mean obviously unlocking can pose some risks but indeed so long as nothing breaks or I won't lose any of the great capabilities I'm buying this phone for, then I'll likely just root soon after receiving it ?
Here is a thought, why not first try the phone in stock ?
I mean i was all for unlocking in the past, hell i even created custom roms.
But that was the time that we could actually add new features to the phone.
Brotuck said:
Here is a thought, why not first try the phone in stock ?
I mean i was all for unlocking in the past, hell i even created custom roms.
But that was the time that we could actually add new features to the phone.
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Oh definitely, that'll be what I'll do initially. I'll spend a day or 2 (patience permitting) just completely out of the box fresh and untouched, the way its intended to get that feel for the device. It'll be my first Sony so I wanna see how it runs. Curious also if the advertised motion blur reduction runs well, in comparison to the 90hz I'm used to. I wanna see how the battery life holds up to my usage and I definitely wanna get used to the pro mode camera etc.
Then, I'll enjoy rooting (which by then perhaps others are posting their experiences too) for all the benefits that brings. Plus then there's custom rom support in the works too.
Oh I just love that new device feeling!
cd993 said:
This is great! Has there been any detrimental effect at all? I mean obviously unlocking can pose some risks but indeed so long as nothing breaks or I won't lose any of the great capabilities I'm buying this phone for, then I'll likely just root soon after receiving it ?
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Only detrimental effect to the camera for the Xperia 1 was letting Sony write the software for it.
You'd lose the DRM keys so you'll lose the video enhancement, sound enhancement, widevine keys for watching stuff in HD and above in certain apps like Netflix.
Unlocking isn't really worth it in my opinion when software is pretty much stock Android with the DRM stuff.
Mackay53 said:
Only detrimental effect to the camera for the Xperia 1 was letting Sony write the software for it.
You'd lose the DRM keys so you'll lose the video enhancement, sound enhancement, widevine keys for watching stuff in HD and above in certain apps like Netflix.
Unlocking isn't really worth it in my opinion when software is pretty much stock Android with the DRM stuff.
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Hmm so when you say sound enhancement for example, do you mean Dolby?
cd993 said:
Hmm so when you say sound enhancement for example, do you mean Dolby?
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If I remember right it was the DSEE for upscaling audio to HD that was lost.
If you get the phone to focus on media then keep i'd keep it locked to be on the safe side. Let others unlock it first then see what they say.
Mackay53 said:
If I remember right it was the DSEE for upscaling audio to HD that was lost.
If you get the phone to focus on media then keep i'd keep it locked to be on the safe side. Let others unlock it first then see what they say.
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I think I will just to be safe...
There'll be some won't care about the Sony features as such and may proceed to unlock right away.
I'll enjoy the phone as-is for a few days and enjoy it as its meant to be enjoyed and in the meantime will see how others get on.
Cheers :good:
cd993 said:
I've emailed Sony via the developers website whether unlocking the bootloader will result in losing camera features. Will post back here if/when they reply.
It'd be great to know, as if I get my device next Thurs I would love to get it rooted for substratum theming, ad blocking, edxposed etc
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Can you tell me what email address you used to contact them as I have a couple of questions that they could answer very quickly? Thanks...
DANORAK said:
Can you tell me what email address you used to contact them as I have a couple of questions that they could answer very quickly? Thanks...
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Sure, it's:
[email protected]
If you learn anything useful be sure to share!
Apologies if this is a total newbie question, but do I have to unlock the bootloader to flash official firmware too? I'm getting the phone from O2 in the UK and wanted to flash EE or generic EU firmware to unlock WiFi calling.

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