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Re:219 days of postmarketOS by veeti on Monday January 22, 2018 @12:35PM (#16206196)
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.
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Re:219 days of postmarketOS by throwawayfinal on Monday January 22, 2018 @01:48PM (#16206792)
It's required for the proprietary camera algorithm software. The camera still works.
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Re:219 days of postmarketOS by veeti on Monday January 22, 2018 @02:02PM (#16206938)
That'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/h...

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Re:219 days of postmarketOS by bubblethink on Monday January 22, 2018 @05:33PM (#16208668)
I 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 ?
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Re:219 days of postmarketOS by digi_owl on Monday January 22, 2018 @06:36PM (#16209236)
I think they are doing reasonable well in Europe.
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Re:219 days of postmarketOS by opendata26 on Monday January 22, 2018 @02:54PM (#16207331)
You can restore that back after unlocking bootloader
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Re:219 days of postmarketOS by veeti on Monday January 22, 2018 @03:22PM (#16207563)
Only 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.
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Re:219 days of postmarketOS by opendata26 on Monday January 22, 2018 @03:42PM (#16207727)
You can do it from flashtool which should work on the xz1
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