topic Re: is root sp a good idea in XPERIA archive

is root sp a good idea

yongfa — Mon, 03 Nov 2014 11:22:30 GMT

I wonder if root xperia sp is a good idea?

Any advice.

Benefits or advantages?

Re: is root sp a good idea

Thommo — Mon, 03 Nov 2014 11:29:44 GMT

The age old discussion - What is it you want to do and I'll tell you if root is the right choice - Basically Rooting allows you to uninstall system apps - Rooting is not for installing custom roms - for this you need to unlock your bootloader as you don't need to unlock your bootloader to root on some phones

Re: is root sp a good idea

yongfa — Mon, 03 Nov 2014 11:37:59 GMT

is rooting and mod to kitkat a wise choice? will it be the same as 4.3?

Re: is root sp a good idea

Thommo — Mon, 03 Nov 2014 11:41:01 GMT

I don't see what KK will bring you unless there's a feature on KK that you really want that JB doesn't have - And even if there is a feature you want then as they say there's an app for that

Re: is root sp a good idea

yongfa — Mon, 03 Nov 2014 11:44:23 GMT

is there a way to increase more rams e.g install some apps that can clear the unused backgrd apps?

Is multitasking not going to happen on sp?

Re: is root sp a good idea

Thommo — Mon, 03 Nov 2014 11:59:30 GMT

When you start talking about custom roms which is what they are then the best thing to do is ask on XDA where the custom roms are - ie: What works and what doesn't

Re: is root sp a good idea

frantizsekk — Mon, 03 Nov 2014 23:02:21 GMT

I have my SP rooted, 4.4.4 kitkat installed(the duxton, locked bootloader, play store and a sony album+movies apps). It is a clean android, phone works fine, I can change frequency of CPU etc. Freedom. Automatic brightness works on it, display responses on touch, when it is on the table. Battery life is a small bit shorter, but i can live with it. Without networking it lives much longer.

Xperia SP is my last sony product in my life, The support of the phone ended after ONE update, which took several times to release a working one. We should be running on a working kitkat by now, but the ignorance of the company is colossal.

Re: is root sp a good idea

Harald731 — Wed, 05 Nov 2014 07:12:25 GMT

I rooted my phone yesterday and installed Cyanogemod (KitKat 4.4.4) from here Cyanogemod for Xperia SP with locked bootloader. So far everything seems to work fine. No crashes or reboots. Battery life was so poor with JB 4.3 that now it just seems impossible to do worst. The os looks nice and clean. No more Sony crapware in sight.

Voided warranty, who cares as long as I got rid of that bs os/rom developed by Sony. For me there has been two Sony smartphones; the first and at same time the last one!

Root, Flash, have atleast some fun with your overpriced Sony product!!!!

Re: is root sp a good idea

yongfa — Mon, 01 Dec 2014 11:28:06 GMT

seems like the next big thing is Cyanogenmod, have being researching about this recently is it a wise choice to root sp and install it?

Re: is root sp a good idea

yongfa — Mon, 01 Dec 2014 11:33:05 GMT

is this link the same? Have anyone try the new update 20141130 ver?

http://download.cyanogenmod.org/?device=huashan&type=

Re: is root sp a good idea

easyfiresound — Mon, 01 Dec 2014 12:30:15 GMT

for who have cm 4.4, the led pulse with walkman and the led work in album app? please, this is more important.. thank you

how to install cyanogenmod???

yongfa — Mon, 01 Dec 2014 16:40:51 GMT

I have already root my sp using toweroot but the flashtool prompt that it is not rooted

Re: is root sp a good idea

yongfa — Mon, 01 Dec 2014 16:57:22 GMT

there is no update on sp....now only cyanogenmod have being updating

Re: is root sp a good idea

yongfa — Mon, 01 Dec 2014 17:30:09 GMT

I coded "For normal consumers, we strongly recommend NOT to unlock the boot loader and use custom ROMs, as it is not needed. We are proud to deliver great phone experiences through our rigorously tested and official software releases."

There is no firmware update for sp. Is there?

Re: is root sp a good idea

Larek — Mon, 01 Dec 2014 18:51:23 GMT

@yongfa wrote:
We are proud to deliver great phone experiences through our rigorously tested and official software releases."

Hahahaha, this is the best...

Re: is root sp a good idea

yongfa — Mon, 01 Dec 2014 23:35:16 GMT

Hi lareki, r u using cyanogenmod 11?

Re: is root sp a good idea

Larek — Tue, 02 Dec 2014 06:13:56 GMT

Yep.

Re: is root sp a good idea

yongfa — Tue, 02 Dec 2014 07:01:43 GMT

Can u list the step and link to install it?

Re: is root sp a good idea

Harald731 — Tue, 02 Dec 2014 07:10:00 GMT

Cyanogemod 11 for locked bootloader is the way I did it. Way easy and well explained. Actually installed the latest update yesterday with no problems what so ever. Recommendable!

Re: is root sp a good idea

yongfa — Tue, 02 Dec 2014 07:38:25 GMT

I thought the latest is 20141130 ver? By using the toweroot consider rooted? Can straight away to proceed to the flashing?