Hey guys, I have a Sony Xperia S running on 4.0.4 ICS.
My phone was bought at Meteor Ireland and AFAIK - it's branded firmware (the update only came out today for the Xperia S)
Rooting status:
Bootloader unlock allowed: No
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it depends on ur needs..!!!
well ur sony is a new phone..u got the latest official updates.. u may b surely enjoying all the new features and stuff sony provides to u.. apart from all that do u need anythn extra frm ur phone??
rooting is done to get superuser permission only for advanced users so as to enable any functionality or features, tweaking , extra UI...etc the phone may not provide..
i dont think u need to root ur phone.. bcos there is no need..u had everything in ur phne.. also experimental features for xperia S are yet to come.. if u go rooting ur phone u will loose sony warranty .
Anyway if u hav much experience in using android phones before..
rooting ur phone allow u to get full control on system functions..
u can remove unwanted system apps, u cud crack payed apps, can manage memory tweaks, manually set permissions for apps u want to stop background running... likewise there is many uses in rooting only if u r an advanced user in android platform..
otherwise i say u better not to root.. acording to me there is no need actualy to root ur phone.. i personaly used a sony xperia S.. realy brillaint and great phone indeed.. its awesome.. plz dont tamper ur phone..!!!! And congrats to b a proud owner of sony
I want to get root first of all for CPU management and a couple of other things.
what u mean other thing?
isnt ics already support developer option.
you can OC you phone there.
I don't want to overclock, I want to downclock to increase the battery life. Besides I want some songs for Tap Tap Revenge, but that requires root too
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quick and stupid question that im 99.99% sure i know the answer but need to ask anyway.
My brother has a samsung galaxy s2 on AT&T, they released an update to make it ICS, There is a custom rom that is the Official Update but modded alittle and prerooted. if he goes to turn in the phone later on if i update the phone with the AT&T update will it let me since its already ICS? and doing the Official update will unroot and get rid of custom recovery.... i'm certain i know the answer just want verification.
Thanks
jaredw444 said:
quick and stupid question that im 99.99% sure i know the answer but need to ask anyway.
My brother has a samsung galaxy s2 on AT&T, they released an update to make it ICS, There is a custom rom that is the Official Update but modded alittle and prerooted. if he goes to turn in the phone later on if i update the phone with the AT&T update will it let me since its already ICS? and doing the Official update will unroot and get rid of custom recovery.... i'm certain i know the answer just want verification.
Thanks
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yes, that may be a federal law, but the wireless companies have the right to protect the networks, rooting in itself is not a security issue, its changing prl, roms, etc that cause a security issue. Google by itself does want android to be opened source and universal. the only way google will do that is if they start their own wireless network.
This is straight from AT&T terms of use that you sign when buying a phone and using their towers
att.com/AcceptableUsePolicy.
You are not permitted to use the Software in any manner not authorized by this License. You may not (and you agree not to enable others to) copy, decompile, reverse engineer, disassemble, reproduce, attempt to derive the source code of, decrypt, modify, defeat protective mechanisms, combine with other software, or create derivative works of the Software or any portion thereof.
so when you sign the contract you are signing that you will not mess with the phones os or files within the phone, giving them the right to deny your warranty. and if they really wanted to, file charges on the basis of a contract breach.
Sooooo..... using AT&T's update will get rid of custom recovery's and unroot?
yes
I googled your question and people have posted about rooting the phone and of course it voids the warranty.
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I googled your question and people have posted about rooting the phone and of course it voids the warranty.
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I wanna see some one show their phone provider that "law" and see how hard they laugh. It says right there messing with the phones files is against the set of rules and I guess people missed that when the read the warranty, and plus this is American what's written and what actually happens are rarely the same.
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So recently i bought an HTC One S with an S3 processor which its country is of Asia. I am currently at europe. I still am on Android 4.0.3 and there doesnt seem to be an update for my phone. Now i know that 4.0.4 and also JB are rolling out, but not for my device. Is there anything I can do to solve this ?
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I live in a country where HTC sell the S3 processor only. I had my cousin sent me HOS from US, big difference.
You might want to trade for an S4 though.
In the meantime you can search the development forum and look for an S3 ROM.
Not many but there are some.
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Thanks for your fast reply !
Kindly note that i am noob in this. Kindly tell me what is HOS and ROM. Also if i root the phone will i be able to get some updates ?
Thanks alot and Happy new year !
TRRusty said:
Thanks for your fast reply !
Kindly note that i am noob in this. Kindly tell me what is HOS and ROM. Also if i root the phone will i be able to get some updates ?
Thanks alot and Happy new year !
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HOS stands for Htc One S and a Rom is basically an operating system for your device that is nothing like stock, has tweaks here and there things that stock doesnt, and if you root you will.still be able to receive updates but you have to relock the phone and some other things I can't remember then you can apply the update, basically you can't apply update to a rooted phone its just gonna give you and installation error then reboot your phone I think but that's basically it for your questions, hopefully it was helpful to you
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Thanks for the information !
A friend told me that if i root the phone i can change my firmware from Asia to Europe where i live so that i can recieve updates accordingly to my phone. Is this true ?
Also is there a detailed noob instructions for me to follow and learn more about rooting the phone and installing customs ROMS etc. ?
Thanks
TRRusty said:
Thanks for the information !
A friend told me that if i root the phone i can change my firmware from Asia to Europe where i live so that i can recieve updates accordingly to my phone. Is this true ?
Also is there a detailed noob instructions for me to follow and learn more about rooting the phone and installing customs ROMS etc. ?
Thanks
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If you root, you can manually install all sorts of fun stuff. I think if you want to remain as close to stock and receive "official" updates, super cid is something you might wanna read about. There's a thread in the Dev Section by Torxx that I used to root my S4 you might wanna look over and see if that's for you. Make sure everything you decide to do is compatible with your S3 first though.
Edit: there's also another guide in the general section
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If you root, you can manually install all sorts of fun stuff. I think if you want to remain as close to stock and receive "official" updates, super cid is something you might wanna read about. There's a thread in the Dev Section by Torxx that I used to root my S4 you might wanna look over and see if that's for you. Make sure everything you decide to do is compatible with your S3 first though.
Edit: there's also another guide in the general section
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Thanks friend. I will search in the forums and take a look about what to do and how to change my firmware. I still need to learn stuff about android and root.
Still am on everything stock on 4.0.3 and looking to change my Firmware from Asia to Europe. Further assistence would be AWESOME
Do I need one of those "vanilla" developer phones if I'm to install a custom ROM on my Note 3? As far as I know, nope. You can root any Android phone.
I'm fairly sure that I can ClockWorkMod + install custom ROM on a phone I purchase in a shop. But I just want to make sure .
Thank you in advance .
You are joking, right ?
If not, yes.
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axonn said:
Do I need one of those "vanilla" developer phones if I'm to install a custom ROM on my Note 3? As far as I know, nope. You can root any Android phone.
I'm fairly sure that I can ClockWorkMod + install custom ROM on a phone I purchase in a shop. But I just want to make sure .
Thank you in advance .
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You need to READ a lot!!! Really, you will surely make something wrong...READ!
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You need to READ a lot!!! Really, you will surely make something wrong...READ!
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Although my question seemed that of a noob, I can assure you I am not. My first rooted phone was HTC Tytn2 which I rooted using Duty's ROM's which I found here back in 2008. So no worries . Now I have a rooted SG2. I know all the procedures, safety steps and so on.
The reason I asked such a dumb question was that I had a 1% uncertainty regarding this, which I was unwilling to risk on.
As far as I know, the so-called dev-phones are simply loaded with a vanilla version of Android, no Samsung bloatware.
Anyway, thank you guys for calming my fears .
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Although my question seemed that of a noob, I can assure you I am not. My first rooted phone was HTC Tytn2 which I rooted using Duty's ROM's which I found here back in 2008. So no worries . Now I have a rooted SG2. I know all the procedures, safety steps and so on.
The reason I asked such a dumb question was that I had a 1% uncertainty regarding this, which I was unwilling to risk on.
As far as I know, the so-called dev-phones are simply loaded with a vanilla version of Android, no Samsung bloatware.
Anyway, thank you guys for calming my fears .
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There´s only one Google Edition phone in Samsung, the S4. Still, you can get a "normal" S4 and still flash it like crazy.
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There´s only one Google Edition phone in Samsung, the S4. Still, you can get a "normal" S4 and still flash it like crazy.
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Flash it like crazy. I like the sound of that! *grin*
I have a question which seem familiar over the internet but I am confused because of too man answers for :
I have a new brand (not famous brand ) phone , and I was thinking of rooting the device in order to have more ram but my only problem is that the warranty I know that it may be void after root but :
if i unroot the device will it still void or not ? and i hear that engineers in the companies they can know if the phone was rooted is it right ?
(Note : it is only unrooting without custom rom or flashing and my phone warranty is from the device comapany it self)
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I have a question which seem familiar over the internet but I am confused because of too man answers for :
I have a new brand (not famous brand ) phone , and I was thinking of rooting the device in order to have more ram but my only problem is that the warranty I know that it may be void after root but :
if i unroot the device will it still void or not ? and i hear that engineers in the companies they can know if the phone was rooted is it right ?
(Note : it is only unrooting without custom rom or flashing and my phone warranty is from the device comapany it self)
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your warranty is void after rooting, but in my personal experience, no one even checks. it could just be customer support in my area, but when i try replacing a brick i dont tell them that i rooted, i just tell them my problem and they usually replace it.
p.s. i only did this once, my friends are the other experience!
p.p.s. and i dont think rooting can give you more ram, but i may be wrong.
You can set the CPU up higher and overclock it which will speed up the phone
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android2020 said:
I have a question which seem familiar over the internet but I am confused because of too man answers for :
I have a new brand (not famous brand ) phone , and I was thinking of rooting the device in order to have more ram but my only problem is that the warranty I know that it may be void after root but :
if i unroot the device will it still void or not ? and i hear that engineers in the companies they can know if the phone was rooted is it right ?
(Note : it is only unrooting without custom rom or flashing and my phone warranty is from the device comapany it self)
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if you are only seeking to get more ram i would advise not to root your phone because the only about of ram you are going to get is around 30mb's which pretty much means you can only run +1 more app which is not worth it. as for Warrenty voids. if you root your device and send it in for repairs, its voided, if you unroot it and send it in it should not be voided, some new phones have have a counter that can tell the OEM if the device is modified or not, this is only for most newer samsung phones. they can only tell if it was rooted that way if its an older device running Gingerbread and you unroot it ( delete your root apps) i dont think they can detect that it was rooted.
(Note : it is only unrooting without custom rom or flashing and my phone warranty is from the device comapany it self)
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Your Warranty is voided as soon as you root your device (only if they find out in the Service repairs) pretty much if you break your phone and needs service repairs delete root apps and unroot.
You can set the CPU up higher and overclock it which will speed up the phone
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@hopsin4444 please Read the OP before you post nonsense, Overclocking has nothing to do with what he wants and the only way for him to overclock is with a Custom kernel. :/
I just checked out the Verizon version. Not as old looking at people say. I've got an s4 now though. I want the phone but have to root to remove bloat and tether subscription check. Sony is generally quite free with unlocking boot loaders and such. Anyone know if big red made them lock it down?
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I too want to know. I am thinking about buying this or waiting for the Droid Turbo I am a crack flasher! Need root at very minimum...
I just got the Z3v and can confirm that the bootloader is indeed not unlockable.
I just want to root it and install xposed. Thoughts?
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I just want to root it and install xposed. Thoughts?
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That might be possible in a couple weeks / months
I may not even need root...
I'm trying to fnd a way to make a long volume press do next track/last track and use the camera button to pause/play music.
Anyone know of a non-root app that can do that?
Root happened on the Z2 with a LB. I'm sure it will with the Z3 and its variants, however the real issue is when the Z3 gets 5.0. Supposedly root on lollipop might be extremely difficult with a LB. http://www.xda-developers.com/android/android-l-lockdown/
I want to get this phone but no root can be a dealbreaker is anyone working on root currently?
Has anyone with the Z3v ever tried this:
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Has anyone with the Z3v ever tried this:
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why dont you try it YOURSELF ?
You can't even download the app.
Because I don't have a Z3V.
I found this website that claims it found a way to root the device AND install android 5. But it is one of those websites where you have to do a survey to download the files....
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Someone give it a try and see how it goes. It won't work on my Mac
Framaroot is a free program and it had its own section on Xda, just search for it.
I do not beleive it can root the z3vPlus, there is only sony devices on the whole of their supported device list and they are older phones released before the latest patch was installed on the Z3 series.
Also, as for installing lollipop, Rom manager has never supported xperia devices.
So no root yet?
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So no root yet?
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No root for the Z3v and the current method to root other Z3 varients is unlikely to work for the Z3v as it needs information that can only be got from a rooted device. The current method has only worked becuase some people rooted by unlocking the bootloader (A method that always works) and gathering the required information to enable the tool to work on locked bootloaders.
Since the Z3v bootloader is not unlockable there is no way to get that information, hence no root.
Still nothing? I really love this phone, but the lack of root and cases is making me regret getting this phone. Support for it is almost non-existent.
found this tweet..
https://twitter.com/srsroot/status/587901819633979392
tried the app and doesn't work for me anyone else care to try?
Verizon Xperia Z3v Root!
I was able to do this last night, and even though the post says I wonder about OTA will make me loose root.. well it didn't. But apparently I'm too new to post a link... hit me up in a private message if you need it.
Root achieved: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3100402
So from what I understand that srsroot is tool of work taken from other developers. So considering root was achieved, they could of put it in their tool and etc. From what I've read it does survive OTA although Lollipop is a whole new beast.
Hi i am new to the droid community got this fone as a gift from a bufdy of mines, got tonrun it on metro pcs network was really to setup. Anyways i update to ota with out doin no reaseach seems like i am stuck with 4.4.4 my question is there a way to root xt10180 non dev or temp root??? Can someone guide me the rite direction thank u
P.s if this is not the rite place pls move post t.y
Considering there is other sections more appropriate than the "Dev" sections for a question or concern, this would certainly not be the right place to ask.
But to answer your question, no. If your BL(bootloader) is locked, you have OEM/Stock recovery, and are on 4.4.4 you are screwed. It appears the Ultra is no longer being supported by anyone capable of finding a method to root. However, you can PAY for a BL unlock code, but it apparently has not been successful for everyone so I personally havent tried and would not pay the premium and possibly get nothing in return. At 4.4.4, you are unable to downgrade to older versions capable of root. Unless someone releases a method of bypassing the stock restrictions - you may have to wait until the next update. Only problem with that is the day after you update, if you choose to, someone may release a tool or method to bypass those security measures. However, if you dont update immediately you may possibly miss the window of opportunity to use a crack-able version of an OTA and wind up being stuck with too new of a version (I am not 100% sure on this last statement, as its been awhile since I was fully involved in the dev world). Hope this answered your question.
Yeah know I am stuck on this version. N I also won't pay for no bl that's not going to work. If someone do come out with a crack version I am willing to donate. I miss been root man. I hope someone do come out with a way to bypass this restrictions. I know they are a lot of smart ppl out there, that can help us noobs lol.
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