topic Re: Unlocking Bootloader for Xperia Z2 in Z Series

Unlocking Bootloader for Xperia Z2

Khalidb86 — Thu, 15 May 2014 08:43:35 GMT

Hi all ,

I have a question regarding the unlocking boatloader effects on the Xperia Z2 devices and i hope that i can find the answer in your forums :

1- Does unlocking the bootloader void my phone waranty ?

2- does unlocking boatloader will stop functionalities like X-Reality and Boinz Processing engine as were in the Xperia Z1 ?

3- what other functionality i will lose if i unlocked my bootloader device ?

Thank you for your help and support , i need this info in order to share it with the XDA Xperia Z2 forums as they still confused regarding the above questions .

Khalidb86

Re: Unlocking Bootloader for Xperia Z2

Thommo — Thu, 15 May 2014 08:57:05 GMT

Unlocking your Bootload may void your warranty as per the wording but it would be probably safe to say that it will void your warranty going off past threads from other members with different handsets,

However for issues it's best to head over to XDA like here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2702001 and read through the threads for more info or other threads like it also on XDA

Re: Unlocking Bootloader for Xperia Z2

Khalidb86 — Thu, 15 May 2014 09:12:44 GMT

thanks brother , i just wanted to double check .

Regarding my other two questions , do you have answer for them , as far as I know from my previous xperia z1 experience we will lose the x-reality and Bionz Processing engine after unlocking the boat loader , but I need an official word from Sony for the Xperia Z2 Community in the XDA .

Re: Unlocking Bootloader for Xperia Z2

kamalaggi — Thu, 15 May 2014 22:32:58 GMT

Also you won't get to use any special offers in xperia lounge.

Re: Unlocking Bootloader for Xperia Z2

Sam — Fri, 16 May 2014 01:23:59 GMT

I do not have a list of the specific applications, however all of the proprietary ones you have mentioned will cease to work, and you will not be able to sue the standard PC Companion or Update Service to update/repair your handset.

There are a number of other repurcussions however they are outlined in details here:

http://unlockbootloader.sonymobile.com/

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Re: Unlocking Bootloader for Xperia Z2

Zann_H — Fri, 16 May 2014 03:47:20 GMT

Actually there are conflicting answers. Usually you will lose DRM, X-Reality(or Bravia on older models) & Bionz when you unlock your bootloader.

Jackos, a recognised developer on XDA posted about a reply he got from Sony. Seems that the only thing you lose is DRM and the Update Centre. X-reality & Bionz will still function. Here's the post > http://forum.xda-developers.com/member.php?u=856195

Re: Unlocking Bootloader for Xperia Z2

Sam — Fri, 16 May 2014 03:50:17 GMT

@ Zann.H - Unfortunately that is just a link to his profile, do you have the actual link to the post in question as I wouldn't mind verifying this myself?

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Re: Unlocking Bootloader for Xperia Z2

kamalaggi — Fri, 16 May 2014 21:58:01 GMT

Are the DRM keys actually lost? I can't test this as my bootloader cannot be unlocked.

if the bootloader is unlocked on the Z1 running 4.4.2 the DRM keys are not lost.

Re: Unlocking Bootloader for Xperia Z2

Khalidb86 — Sun, 18 May 2014 05:29:44 GMT

Hi sam ,

He mean this post :

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=52465663#post52465663

the thing is that some guys are arguing about unlocking boatloader will make the Z2 devices lose X-Reality and bioz processor engine or not , some developers claims that it will not as sony have fixed this after the 4.3 update .

Re: Unlocking Bootloader for Xperia Z2

kabauterman — Wed, 04 Jun 2014 12:02:24 GMT

I would like to see some kind of list what works and what will no more work..

if BionZ is gone this means Camera is no more capable of all it's features?

Re: Unlocking Bootloader for Xperia Z2

peer_asad — Sat, 25 Apr 2015 11:45:21 GMT

I've updated my Xperia z2 to Lollipop. meanwhile in process, I unlocked bootloader.I was unaware of its consequences. There was a key highlighting which I copied and pasted to WordPad. And later, I unlocked BL without saving TA partition or so.my question is, is the key which I copy-pasted to WordPad can give me any help to restore my drm keys or functions back.
Thanks in advance