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The Xperia phones are very developer hostile if you ever intend to return back to the official software. Unlocking the bootloader wipes the TA partition which i
by veeti 9y ago
The Xperia phones are very developer hostile if you ever intend to return back to the official software. Unlocking the bootloader wipes the TA partition which is required for camera and many other features on stock ROM.
- throwawayfinal 9y agoIt's required for the proprietary camera algorithm software. The camera still works.
- veeti 9y agoThat's true of older models, but unlocking the newest ones seems to break the stock camera entirely: https://forum.xda-developers.com/xperia-xz1-compact/how-to/how-to-root-xperia-xz1-compact-t3712385 https://forum.xda-developers.com/xperia-xz1-compact/how-to/h...
- opendata26 9y agoYou can restore that back after unlocking bootloader
- veeti 9y agoOnly if the device has a known root exploit that lets you back up the partition before properly unlocking. For example, this is not yet possible on the latest XZ1 series.
- opendata26 9y agoYou can do it from flashtool which should work on the xz1
- bubblethink 9y agoI know that Xperia doesn't sell in the US. Assuming it sells elsewhere (Asia maybe ?), is the camera such a crown jewel for Sony to go through such lengths to punish their buyers ?
- digi_owl 9y agoI think they are doing reasonable well in Europe.