[Q] Unlocking Bootloader - Sony Xperia Z Ultra

I ordered a ultra z lte U.S version i believe c6806 it has not came in yet . I have experience in rooting and unlocking things for htc and samsung so this is new for me for sony devices. I have a concern after a TA backup and unlocking bootloader. What all do you loose after boot loader unlock? The main thing i would like to keep is the catch and throw DLNA support. And how does the screen look before and after bootloader unlock. Is xrealty better? Thank you.

You'll only lose X-Reality, but X-Reality is only active in the gallery and movie app. I personally think X-Reality is bad, and it won't look good unless you have a full 20GB 1080p movie playing. I do not miss it at all.

LordManhattan said:
You'll only lose X-Reality, but X-Reality is only active in the gallery and movie app. I personally think X-Reality is bad, and it won't look good unless you have a full 20GB 1080p movie playing. I do not miss it at all.
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Thank you so much. That's a big relief. Can't wait to get mine now.
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What about the Bravia engine? I like the extreme saturation of the colors when looking at images. I just upgraded to .290, and I haven't yet unlocked the bootloader for fear of losing my pretty photos just to reroot. X-reality i haven't seen working, i had heard it does work in other video apps like youtube, but I can't tell, so its not a big loss. I have the TA backed up anyway if its possible to unlock and restore that would be ideal.

You can restore the ta partition, thus relock the boatloads. Just search, I think it is in the general thread.

Sess said:
What about the Bravia engine? I like the extreme saturation of the colors when looking at images. I just upgraded to .290, and I haven't yet unlocked the bootloader for fear of losing my pretty photos just to reroot. X-reality i haven't seen working, i had heard it does work in other video apps like youtube, but I can't tell, so its not a big loss. I have the TA backed up anyway if its possible to unlock and restore that would be ideal.
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I think xreality is the update to Bravia engine.
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SpyderTracks said:
I think xreality is the update to Bravia engine.
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Yeah, Bravia got replaced by X-Reality in one of the earlier 5xx firmware updates. What's the difference between those two? I'm not 100% sure, but the Bravia engine adds saturation etc. to stuff while X-Reality adds saturation etc. plus sharpness. Again, i'm not sure.
Here's a good article from Android Authority about X-Reality and Triluminos.

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[Q] Sonyericsson live with walkman vs xperia mini.

Whats the real difference between performance of lww and xperia mini?
Do both have a same music experience?
similar sound quality?
How does bravia display of xperia mini make an effect?
Which is best buy assuming same price?
Why do you open so many same threads? !
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M.Rafail said:
Whats the real difference between performance of lww and xperia mini?
Do both have a same music experience?
similar sound quality?
How does bravia display of xperia mini make an effect?
Which is best buy assuming same price?
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for me LWW is better..just see the specs of each phone..and a big pro is size..i prefer 3.2 inches..better to work or play..LWW must have better sound..since the names says it all..its WALKMAN version.
hey, 2 threads with same topic n same author?
where's the mod?
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Why dont check out gsm arena website and compare.
User experice will be say in both hardware changes u can find in gsmarena to compare
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hey guys - trying to make some decision here as well - just tested the Live with Walkman - works awesome- everything is awesome - except for camera in low light ?
Is there a fix for that - maybe some custom ram which will enable it to perform better?
peace
It works in low light as it had flash by turning it on can take in low light...i took many pictures in that way...
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theja239 said:
It works in low light as it had flash by turning it on can take in low light...i took many pictures in that way...
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well flash is good but if the light is low and the object is say - 5-6 meters away the flash will be of no use - I had some photos made today - and the images seemed with little detail and lots of noise on the WT19i ... this is why I asked if it could be fixed with some rom or app ? I am trying to find which is better the WT19i or the Wildfire S.
maybe a software issue :? also they had this yellowish color to them (could be a faulty headset) ?
wbgenetic said:
well flash is good but if the light is low and the object is say - 5-6 meters away the flash will be of no use - I had some photos made today - and the images seemed with little detail and lots of noise on the WT19i ... this is why I asked if it could be fixed with some rom or app ? I am trying to find which is better the WT19i or the Wildfire S.
maybe a software issue :? also they had this yellowish color to them (could be a faulty headset) ?
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My option is wt19i...i used both...i feel very good with this phone and continued using this from past 6 mnths
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theja239 said:
My option is wt19i...i used both...i feel very good with this phone and continued using this from past 6 mnths
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Thanks theja 239 ... so you are saying that the wt19i camera is better than the widlfire s's camera ?
wbgenetic said:
Thanks theja 239 ... so you are saying that the wt19i camera is better than the widlfire s's camera ?
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Yes for my usage..the clarity is better in wt19i...and chipset battery performance every thing is far better good than wildfire S...as i felt while using...my rating will be
Wt19i--8.5/10
Wildfire S--7/10
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theja239 said:
Yes for my usage..the clarity is better in wt19i...and chipset battery performance every thing is far better good than wildfire S...as i felt while using...my rating will be
Wt19i--8.5/10
Wildfire S--7/10
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cool mate - thanks a million - will be going for the wt19i hoping that the upcoming ics will also improve camera quality
I vote lww. So awesome. Big screen. And long battery
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wbgenetic said:
cool mate - thanks a million - will be going for the wt19i hoping that the upcoming ics will also improve camera quality
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;-)
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LWW is much better then Mini....
Better sound, bit better camera, big screen better user xperience n much more, so wat u want other than dis !!!
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LWW is better than Mini?! Funny words. Does LWW have Sony Bravia Engine? Does LWW have LED-Backlit? LWW's physical size is just 0.2 inch bigger than Mini (Overplus) and LWW has front camera (Have you ever used that?). Besides, LWW's Pixel Denisty is 180 and Mini's is 192. And... I would never buy LWW because of its design; I love Mini's design (Personal Idea). I just didn't spot weight.
The Third God said:
LWW is better than Mini?! Funny words. Does LWW have Sony Bravia Engine? Does LWW have LED-Backlit? LWW's physical size is just 0.2 inch bigger than Mini (Overplus) and LWW has front camera (Have you ever used that?). Besides, LWW's Pixel Denisty is 180 and Mini's is 192. And... I would never buy LWW because of its design; I love Mini's design (Personal Idea). I just didn't spot weight.
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I believe the Bravia engine can be added
wbgenetic said:
I believe the Bravia engine can be added
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And it can.
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the wt19i is a good phone great sound games run ok
only prob i have is i droped it by 4" yes 4" off my lap while laid in the garden and the digizer screen cracked
but works still
so use it for a music player now
lww
lww rockzzzz...

Cm9 brightness ?

Hello ,Am now using Cm9 for Xperia s & I've noticed that the screens maximum brightness is much dimmer. Is there a way to manually adjust the maximum brightness on the phone? Perhaps via some configuration text file or something?
Thanks.
there is an app in the playstore called "root dimmer", i think you can max it out with that.
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JoelChrist_ said:
there is an app in the playstore called "root dimmer", i think you can max it out with that.
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I've already tried it and it's useless on cm9..Maybe it's a bug which will be fixed soon! Hope so : )
i think you will have to live with that, as Bravia Engine is disabled on CM9. Not sure if this does make the display brighter but it's way brighter on the stock ROM so i dont think its a bug.
realfelix said:
i think you will have to live with that, as Bravia Engine is disabled on CM9. Not sure if this does make the display brighter but it's way brighter on the stock ROM so i dont think its a bug.
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I don't think its a Bravia Engine issue,Cause as you can tell it dosen't actually works on ICS as it were in gingerbread, where you can really see the difference if u turned it off !!
cm10 doesnt have that problem though

[Q] Mobile Bravia Engine port to Sony Tablets?

Anyone knows whether if it's possible to port Sony's Mobile Bravia Engine to our Sony Tablets? If I'm not mistaken, it was previously ported to Samsung phones.
Info: Mobile Bravia Engine combines contrast enhancement technologies used in Sony BRAVIA TVs with colour management, and adds sharpness filters and noise reduction to display vivid beautiful images and videos.
zaynal said:
Anyone knows whether if it's possible to port Sony's Mobile Bravia Engine to our Sony Tablets? If I'm not mistaken, it was previously ported to Samsung phones.
Info: Mobile Bravia Engine combines contrast enhancement technologies used in Sony BRAVIA TVs with colour management, and adds sharpness filters and noise reduction to display vivid beautiful images and videos.
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You probably need root on Tablet S for it to work
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jumper62 said:
You probably need root on Tablet S for it to work
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We have root now....
Have it installed on my Xperia Tablet S and doesn't seem to be much difference.

[Q] Z2, root, unlocking bootloader, DRM keys and Titanium Backup

Hi,
So after reading a bunch of posts, I want to verify if I understand the current state of things with the Z2
- There is no current way to backup the TA partition on the Z2 right now.
- Because there is no way to backup the TA partition, if i unlock the bootloader I will lose all the DRM keys
- There is no other way to root the phone then unlocking the bootloader
If I understand that correctly, a few questions:
- besides X-Reality, trackid, what are some of the important/desireable features that will not work without DRM keys?
- I'm coming from an S2. How might i transfer apps and data onto the Z2? I was planning to use Titanium Backup but without root this doesn't seem possible
thanks in advance.
Everything works, x reality, track id blah blah :-/
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Mr.R™ said:
Everything works, x reality, track id blah blah :-/
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Are you saying that even if i root and lose the DRM keys, X-reality and trackID will still work?
If so, what are the DRM keys used for? i.e. what will break because DRM keys are gone?
Yes they will work, DRM = Digital Rights Management which is for protected digital content only
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Mr.R™ said:
Yes they will work, DRM = Digital Rights Management which is for protected digital content only
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Ok, after more digging, it appears that the xperia Z line uses DRM to also lock things like "Bravia engine" (x-reality) and other things like screen mirroring.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=53134830&postcount=328
even tho you can toggle it in settings, it is permanently disabled.
on a side note, regarding migrating over from S2 to Z2 when it doesn't support root, I found helium.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.koushikdutta.backup
[w] said:
Ok, after more digging, it appears that the xperia Z line uses DRM to also lock things like "Bravia engine" (x-reality) and other things like screen mirroring.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=53134830&postcount=328
even tho you can toggle it in settings, it is permanently disabled.
on a side note, regarding migrating over from S2 to Z2 when it doesn't support root, I found helium.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.koushikdutta.backup
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X-Reality can still work after unlocking your bootloader and rooting, plenty of threads.
X-Reality is not the same as Bravia engine
Screen mirroring, 4k video, blah blah blah, everything works except for the DRM related apps such as Music unlimited and Video unlimited.
Camera function and quality is also NOT affected.
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Hi,
So after reading a bunch of posts, I want to verify if I understand the current state of things with the Z2
- There is no current way to backup the TA partition on the Z2 right now.
- Because there is no way to backup the TA partition, if i unlock the bootloader I will lose all the DRM keys
- There is no other way to root the phone then unlocking the bootloader
If I understand that correctly, a few questions:
- besides X-Reality, trackid, what are some of the important/desireable features that will not work without DRM keys?
- I'm coming from an S2. How might i transfer apps and data onto the Z2? I was planning to use Titanium Backup but without root this doesn't seem possible
thanks in advance.
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Nothing at all stops working when you unlock your bootloader
There currently isnt any way to backup TA or drm keys
If you unlock ,your TA is wiped along with your data and internal storage
TA partition is where drm keys are stored
You can use google services to backup your apps and this can be found in your settings for some devices, there is app2zip which i use to use but i think app data doesent work right on KK
When i can ill be posting a ref/info thread on all you need to know in the QnA ill ask for a mod to pin it
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Camera quality might decrease someway (MAY decrease, i'm not sure)
this surely occur on z1, but looks like no one test it seriously on z2
KWOKSFUNG said:
Camera quality might decrease someway (MAY decrease, i'm not sure)
this surely occur on z1, but looks like no one test it seriously on z2
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No, nothing at all changes when you unlock your bootloader, besides your TA and the fact that your warrenty is voided
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Envious_Data said:
No, nothing at all changes when you unlock your bootloader, besides your TA and the fact that your warrenty is voided
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Why are u so sure??
did someone already make serious test like they did on Z1?
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Why are u so sure??
did someone already make serious test like they did on Z1?
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Oh let me add some details i missed
All xperia devices that have KK 4.4 are not affected by Unlocking your bootloader, its been proven quite alot here on XDA,
Unless sony treat a spesific device differently which may be the Z1 which i doubt because KK FW for xperias are very alike, just minor config differences and device spesifics aside the kernel
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Envious_Data said:
Oh let me add some details i missed
All xperia devices that have KK 4.4 are not affected by Unlocking your bootloader, its been proven quite alot here on XDA,
Unless sony treat a spesific device differently which may be the Z1 which i doubt because KK FW for xperias are very alike, just minor config differences and device spesifics aside the kernel
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Thanks for the info
actually Z1 has all other features including X-reality work on 4.4 except the extra camera quality, which the effect is proved to be significant in low light
if all sony kitkats are similar, then i have a bad news for z2....
hope it isnt anyway, and hope some1 can port the LB exclusive effect to z1
KWOKSFUNG said:
Thanks for the info
actually Z1 has all other features including X-reality work on 4.4 except the extra camera quality, which the effect is proved to be significant in low light
if all sony kitkats are similar, then i have a bad news for z2....
hope it isnt anyway, and hope some1 can port the LB exclusive effect to z1
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Well remember this although KK being simular its based on Z2 firmware, sony are lazy, they dont rebuild, they port
So sony probably lowered quality of KK for Z1 in an attempt to lure people to other xperias but it seems to be failing
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Envious_Data said:
Well remember this although KK being simular its based on Z2 firmware, sony are lazy, they dont rebuild, they port
So sony probably lowered quality of KK for Z1 in an attempt to lure people to other xperias but it seems to be failing
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O maybe u got me a bit wrong
i mean the quality of camera on Z1 with LB is significantly better than a Z1 with UB, there's a thread about it
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2722106
(well, X-reality still works on UB Z1)
Unlike Z1, Z2 has no return for unlocking the bootloader. U cant swap between locked and unlocked to test the difference
so i doubt there might be somehow of difference between LB and UB in Z2 even if u still think photo looks great on UB Z2
Has any other sony kitkat devices made such test between LB and UB photo???
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O maybe u got me a bit wrong
i mean the quality of camera on Z1 with LB is significantly better than a Z1 with UB, there's a thread about it
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2722106
(well, X-reality still works on UB Z1)
Unlike Z1, Z2 has no return for unlocking the bootloader. U cant swap between locked and unlocked to test the difference
so i doubt there might be somehow of difference between LB and UB in Z2 even if u still think photo looks great on UB Z2
Has any other sony kitkat devices made such test between LB and UB photo???
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Probably not, i know UB and LB is exact same with Z2, because i posted screenshots and stuff proving everything works
It seems only Z1 is affected by UB all others are totaly fine, im unsure of Z1 compact though, seems to be lacking solid information
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Envious_Data said:
Probably not, i know UB and LB is exact same with Z2, because i posted screenshots and stuff proving everything works
It seems only Z1 is affected by UB all others are totaly fine, im unsure of Z1 compact though, seems to be lacking solid information
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Thanks for the info
could u give a link for that?
And besides, there's a way to activate xreality even in unlocked bootloader
KWOKSFUNG said:
Thanks for the info
could u give a link for that?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=53154677
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=53155690
these two posts show xreality still work
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Envious_Data said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=53154677
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=53155690
these two posts show xreality still work
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Come on I'm talking about camera quality not X-reality
X-reality works on all sony 4.4, we agree that
I mean the photo u took after unlocking the bootloader may have worse quality compared to that in locked bootloader
KWOKSFUNG said:
Come on I'm talking about camera quality not X-reality
X-reality works on all sony 4.4, we agree that
I mean the photo u took after unlocking the bootloader may have worse quality compared to that in locked bootloader
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It seems not to have made any difference for me
I did take 2 pics one from before and after unlocking my bootloader
(forgot who reminded me to do this test)
Settings:
Manual
Iso 100
Spot metering
Exposure 0.0
White balance, cloudy
15.5mp/16:9
Edit:1st one is before
2nd one is after
Analysis, 0 differences aside light assistance
Test result: nul
End results: UBL affects nothing
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Are there any custom ROMs that use Sony Camera software?

I'm pretty sure the answer is no, but thought I'd ask.
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I could be wrong, but from my understanding, any AOSP based roms will not have the Sony camera, or any of their effects or features.
Stock based roms on the other hand will.
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What we need is a stock ROM with all the Sony bloat other than camera, noise canceling, and power management stripped out.
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What we need is a stock ROM with all the Sony bloat other than camera, noise canceling, and power management stripped out.
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Agree with this completely! I love CM and CarbonROM (which is what I'm running right now) but really miss the Sony camera.
I've run RomAur (up until 3.6.. when I went to try to upgrade to 4.0 I had nothing but problems) and monxdified which like the other posters said have the Sony camera because they are based on stock and not only that, you can use an Xposed module to make 20MP 3:4 and 15MP 16:9 shots work in auto mode instead of the standard 8MP.

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