yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Sony Cross-Device General] KWOKSFUNG:
Hi, I'm just lazy. But may I ask if it will work if I:

1. do 3 wipe

2. flash rom&kernel with the drm mod

3. boot the device

4. go back to recovery and restore the data
[Sony Cross-Device General] Cirra92:
No, I've done that, it's not working, don't try it. You ALWAYS have to wipe data to make it work. Although I still don't understand why, because this mod has nothing to do with data, only with system/bin and system/lib.
[Sony Cross-Device General] TechKiel:
Did you downgrade to Kitkat or you flashed this over Lollipop?
[Sony Cross-Device General] Haldi4803:
Most likely because there are some Sony specific apps that check for DRM on the first run.

If you could delete app data of this apps in recovery maybe you wouldn't need a full wipe.
[Sony Cross-Device General] masteriori:
Do we flash DRM restoration main zip BEFORE or AFTER flashing a new rom? Because 3-Wipe will clean everything including the current rom we might have.

Many thanks
[Sony Cross-Device General] luiis_104:
.Flash your new rom and let the phone boot

..Reboot to your recovery (TWRP better)

...wipe cache and dalvik cache

....Flash the DRM zip

Reboot system.... and you ready [MENTION=4498484]masteriori[/MENTION] :)

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[Sony Cross-Device General] masteriori:
Can I get away with wiping (cache and dalvik) on my current rom and simply flash the DRM zip?

Thanks
[Sony Cross-Device General] luiis_104:
To work the DRM zip [MENTION=4498484]masteriori[/MENTION] you have to do it wipe dalvik cache and cache, you are not loosing thinks from the phone to do that.

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[Sony Cross-Device General] Frunzdoedel:
.Flash your new rom and let the phone boot

..Reboot to your recovery (TWRP better)

...wipe cache and dalvik cache

....Flash the DRM zip

Reboot system.... and you ready [MENTION=4498484]masteriori[/MENTION] ￼

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This is wrong! When you boot the rom without the drm restauration zip the phone recognize the unlocked bootloader.

To work the DRM zip [MENTION=4498484]masteriori[/MENTION] you have to do it wipe dalvik cache and cache, you are not loosing thinks from the phone to do that.

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This is wrong too! You have to wipe your data, read the OP!

Better shut up instead giving false instruktions???
[Sony Cross-Device General] masteriori:
X-Reality and Super-vivid modes are definitely working when watching a video but it's a lot more difficult to judge in the Album app. I need to test some more.
[Sony Cross-Device General] Radelos:
I downloaded a new rom when am already at the wipe part, and with it installed this patch/drm mod and its work at last for me too, the front camera Noise reduction is just wow =D and x-real works too + i got the sound enchancment working on z1compact too with the rom. Thanks for this. Its a shame i had to do a full wipe thou but gues its worth.
[Sony Cross-Device General] luiis_104:
I did it like this and is working...

I'am try to help that's all...

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[Sony Cross-Device General] Cirra92:
No, there is no need to downgrade, just follow the instructions (factory reset) and you will be okay.

Yeah, it might be the case, the catch now is to find which apps (if any) are responsible for that. Since I am not a developer I don't see a connection between /data and this mod, but then again, I have tried without that wipe and it's not working.

Come on people, is it that hard to read the op? You MUST do a factory reset (wipe data, cache and dalvik), and NO you can not restore data after mod flashing, it's not working. Also, you have to flash the DRM fix BEFORE you boot into system, right AFTER flashing the rom, because apparently information about unlocked BL is stored on /data partition after booting, so there is no point to flash the DRM fix after that. (it says in OP anyway that it has to be flashed on CLEAN data partition).

People behind the mod have surely done every possible scenario to make it work, so they wouldn't post this exact instruction if it could be done differently.

I am not flaming anyone, just trying to make things clear (it won't necessarily mean that I am right).
[Sony Cross-Device General] TechKiel:
I am actually just curious about how the V3 of the mod works (for the Z3 series at least). The Z3 series always had to downgrade to KitKat because the mod (V2) only works with KitKat's TA partition (compared to Z2 and below that actually works even with Lollipop's TA partition) - as explained by taftus.

[Xperia Z~Z3 Series][EXRxTHS]DRM FUNCTION RESTORATION FOR UB DEVICE | LP ROM WORKING! - Archived version of V2

In V3, there has been no mention of utilizing the TA partition but what the mod does now is flash a cache image along with it. Since the requirement to downgrade to KitKat with TA (for the Z3 series) OR flashing a Stock ROM with a TA partition has been waived, is the mod's dependency to the TA partition waived as well? Does clearing the cache after flashing the mod disable it?

Anyway,

Just tried it on a clean .236.

It works as intended. Even the front camera preview properly reduces noise now compared to V2. :good:

However, I still couldn't seem to redeem gold offers from Xperia Lounge (it would always show the error: Cannot contact service. Please try again.).

Maybe the app really does verify DRM keys. Hehe. :silly:
[Sony Cross-Device General] albertobom:
Does anyone know if this works with marshmallow concept rom Z3?

Enviado desde mi D6603 mediante Tapatalk
[Sony Cross-Device General] luisxd:
After installing it i got a process called PrototypeProtection which is stopping me from installing certain apps, after some research found this:

but when according to adb shell "pm" is not a recognized command and also my device doesn't shows up with the command "adb devices", is there any solution?
[Sony Cross-Device General] TechKiel:
Make sure that you have installed the adb drivers for your phone and that you have already allowed USB Debugging on your phone.

[IMG="Allow USB Debugging"]http://www.embarcadero.com/starthere/xe5/mobdevsetup/android/en/300px-AndroidEnableUSBDebuggingDialog.png[/IMG]

You need to invoke Superuser Privileges first - your phone must be rooted to do this.

PC> adb shell
shell@D5833:/ $ su
root@D5833:/ # pm disable com.sonymobile.prototypeprotection
Package com.sonymobile.prototypeprotection new state: disabled
root@D5833:/ # pm list packages -d
package:com.sonymobile.prototypeprotection
root@D5833:/ #

Reference: Enable and disable system apps via ADB
[Sony Cross-Device General] KWOKSFUNG:
Guys, tested and it doesnt seem to work on Z1 mxrom v7.8, Z5 camera 2.0 + lib mod used

wait, does the Z5 camera ruin this thing or it's still ok?
[Sony Cross-Device General] luisxd:
It worked perfectly now, seems i forgot to use the first command "adb shell", that's why it wasn't recognizing the commands LOL :eek:

thanks :)
[Sony Cross-Device General] Cirra92:
Well, I didn't manage to make it work with older method, returning back to KK with TA partition, tried 2-3 times, and couldn't do it. Not sure still whether this has dependency on TA, and how everything correlates because I have no idea how all this works honestly :D

I have noticed that there is cache image in zip archive, but I haven't cleared cache after flashing, that was done before. (that's when I made it work)

When I tried to update rom later via OTA flashable zip (Wajk provides full rom zip along with only OTA zip), I have wiped cache and dalvik, flashed update AND this mod afterwards, after booting to system, mod was disabled, so maybe that cache image has something to do with it.
[Sony Cross-Device General] TechKiel:
The trick with V2 was to keep KitKat's TA partition because V2 doesn't seem to work with the Z3 series' LP TA partition.

1. Relock bootloader

2. Downgrade to .77 with TA partition

3. Boot to welcome screen

4. Shutdown

5. Unlock bootloader

Route 1: Stock Rom

6. Flash LP-based stock rom EXCLUDING the TA Partition

7. Flash Custom Kernel with recovery

8. Flash root and DRM mod V2 via recovery

Route 2: Custom Rom

6. Flash Custom Kernel with recovery

7. Flash ROM via recovery

7.1 Flash root if necessary

8. Flash DRM mod V2

The nice thing about DRM mod V2 was that it survives doing a factory data reset (data, cache, dalvik-cache) but is quite complicated compared to that of DRM mod V3. :silly:

With your experience, it could be the case that DRM mod V3 no longer requires the TA partition, however, wiping the cache does disable the mod. What they did with the cache image to make the mod work still baffles me. :eek:

Were you able to make V3 work again after applying the OTA update for SLiM 4.5? :)
[Sony Cross-Device General] :
Since data has to be wiped in recovery for v3. Does this mean that if I want to update from v2 to 3 (imp proved front camera noise I figure), restoring backup'ed up data in (twrp) recovery would be useless? Leaving titanium backup as the only option?

Using z1c 5.1.1 lollipop
[Sony Cross-Device General] fluffi444:
Thanks for your good conclusion (even if I don't need it because I made the DRM V2 mod month ago)

But its still very usefull for other I guess. :good:

I would add following way from user shoey63 which sounds very promissing! It looks like this gone lost in this thread...

This way flashes ONLY the TA partition of KK ROM without any Data loss using "old" Flashtool 0.9.18.6. This is still for V2 DRM.

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=63315675&postcount=1223

EDIT

"Enable reset customization" - will lead to factory reset afaik - So data will be away... sorry
[Sony Cross-Device General] TechKiel:
Brilliant! That's actually a better alternative to V2's complicated installation method! :good:

Should have been stickied by OP. :D
[Sony Cross-Device General] Cirra92:
Yes I know the exact procedure for previous version of the mod, I have flashed back KK with TA, and later excluded TA when flashing LP, but couldn't make it, and I couldn't care less if I'm honest, didn't bother me too much :)

No, after OTA update for Slim, the mod did not work (I have wiped cache and dalvik prior to flashing), so I had to go to recovery and do a factory reset and flash mod again.

There is some catch with that cache.img, but I just don't know what is it. It would be logical that when we wipe cache and dalvik (to update rom) and flash the mod again on CLEAN cache partition, it should still work, right? If we consider the fact that data was not wiped (so the info about DRM keys being "present" is still there, when the fix was applied earlier for the first time) that would make you think it will still work. But it doesn't you still have to wipe data again. That's just confusing...

Sorry for late answer :)
[Sony Cross-Device General] TechKiel:
No problem. :)

[Wild Guess] Perhaps it has something to do with CredentialManagerService.apk's data?

You might be interested with this method:

(It does wipe data according to [MENTION=4962787]fluffi444[/MENTION] since it resets the customization but, you don't have to downgrade the whole firmware to KitKat to do this. :D)
[Sony Cross-Device General] Cirra92:
Ok, just in case you didn't understand me, new DRM fix is working on my device now, I have just pointed out that it's inconvenient to wipe data every time you update your rom :D

But thanks for help anyway :)

It may have something to do with Credential Manager, but if data (assuming stored data of it has connection with this mod) wasn't wiped upon updating the rom, it should recognize that mod files are still present, therefore it should work.
[Sony Cross-Device General] lorddm:
Somebody can answer me: what about Z5-compact plus this MOD?
[Sony Cross-Device General] arjun.arora:
I tried it on my Z5P. Not working. Send a message to the OP regarding the Z5 series.
[Sony Cross-Device General] lorddm:
Ok. Please let me know if you have any news. Tnks in adv.
[Sony Cross-Device General] Cirra92:
Yes, restoring data in twrp will disable the mod, so it's a no go. Do a Titanium backup instead, as you mentioned already :)
[Sony Cross-Device General] chumyzawa:
Sorry if i am ask stupid question

This mod works without ta partition backup??

I wanna try andro kernel 7.1 and must be ub

1st thing i fear to be ub for that reason (losing quality camera n music)

Thanks for the answer
[Sony Cross-Device General] jimRnor:
Actually the only thing we need to do is research what version of the firmware will restore the function ;)

For this the Team EXR and YKG are working hard on it :)

I can see the color of the flower are more pink, I can see the difference through my double screen :)
[Sony Cross-Device General] Quisland:
I have a question...

After I have done everything you said on my Z2,if I recover my former Data via Recovery,will it stop working?:confused:

Since I have many important data in my phone and it is troublesome to recover my phone to how it used to be...:(
[Sony Cross-Device General] 1dave:
when you are looking at the z1 screen its totally different the colors pop out when super vivid is turned on, and when it's off it looks dull, there are no noises when viewing dark pictures

another ss, this time it is more noticeable by looking at the wizard tower...

[IMG="normal"]http://s27.postimg.org/jagg8xj77/Screenshot_2014_11_12_21_49_34.png[/IMG]

[IMG="Super Vivid"]http://s27.postimg.org/a583f2fsj/Screenshot_2014_11_12_21_50_05.png[/IMG]

-----------------------------------------------

[IMG="Normal"]http://s28.postimg.org/6hjw3ural/1374068_830419536980116_6736180861493618965_n.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG="Super Vivid"]http://s28.postimg.org/7vbiz5qjx/1921952_830419450313458_513069055912259713_n.jpg[/IMG]
[Sony Cross-Device General] jimRnor:
I think it will work, because the TA partition are not one of the data partition :)
[Sony Cross-Device General] John.D..:
YEAHHH

It works on my Z1C! Damn, thanks a lot bro!)
[Sony Cross-Device General] King p1n:
Good, hope to hear more soon for Z3C owners.

We havent the ability to root without bl unlock but hey we've got a start at being able to enjoy the features lost after the unlock.

Good job:good:
[Sony Cross-Device General] uchechris:
I know i might be asking too much but is it possible you can pm me a video of how you do it? I feel like I made a mistake and this is my first sony phone and never done this before
[Sony Cross-Device General] Tikaroz:
For me it works in 14.3.a.0.757 but doesn't work in Z1 last firmware 14.4.a.0.157

Wonder why :confused:

Edit:It actually working without patch in 14.3.a.0.757 also.

So, maybe I did something wrong
[Sony Cross-Device General] numskull:
Still dont see a difference on the game screens, i do see a difference on these flower pics tho, strangely the normal one looks better, super vivid actually appears to have less detail
[Sony Cross-Device General] fer2503:
the x-reality and supervivid work only in album an app, why you post a screen of a game?

---------- Post added at 05:57 PM ---------- Previous post was at 05:49 PM ----------

have you tried if it works?
[Sony Cross-Device General] Tikaroz:
Actually, I can see that the difference is identical in game screen.

if that is what vivid has done to it.

I would really love to make it work :D
[Sony Cross-Device General] tocirah1:
Click quickly between second image and third image; you'll see the difference. First image is a gif of the two.

http://imgur.com/P8bZlV1,MQd8gUg,raIq7aH#1
[Sony Cross-Device General] Tikaroz:
Bro, what did you do after the "unlock your bootloader again" step?

did you flash your current rom using Recovery or Flashtool?

cause I use recovery to flash the .108 one and it doesn't work
[Sony Cross-Device General] fer2503:
supervivid doesnt' work in game or normal usage, only movie and album app, so this is a screenshot of a screenshot of the game visualized in album app?
[Sony Cross-Device General] tocirah1:
That is a possibility. In fact unless nothing is moving in the game, that's the only thing that would make sense.
[Sony Cross-Device General] kristijan15:
Can anyone tell me is this working on the .133 firmware for Z1, to be more specific I am currently on the iHackers rom v5.2?

Or does this work only on .108?

Thanks

EDIT: Works flawless on iHackers 5.2
[Sony Cross-Device General] kael2404:
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[Sony Cross-Device General] 1dave:
Screen shot

it is called a screenshot mate -_-

thanks for this mate ^_^
[Sony Cross-Device General] iBuzman:
not sure if placebo or working on z3.. promising either way..

before

after
[Sony Cross-Device General] shubham meena:
[MENTION=4699816]jimRnor[/MENTION] can u make this for xperia z latest version .283 i am on extenz v3...
[Sony Cross-Device General] arismelachrinos:
does it work on xperia z5? please please please make it work , i really want it.thanks a lot
[Sony Cross-Device General] Fransis88:
+1

Enviado desde mi E5823 mediante Tapatalk
[Sony Cross-Device General] :
Wiping data is a big detriment for most users as seen. Read this OP?

I also don't trust titanium data restore it's never 100% reliable. I'm stuck with v2. For now.

Appreciate the good work though, most people would be lost without this mod!
[Sony Cross-Device General] T/-_j@$:
did you tried ? did it worked ? if yes tell me your flashing procedure !! :):)
[Sony Cross-Device General] jimRnor:
We are doing the research at max speed but we need time, so above Z3+ users please give us some time to made it work on latest device :D

Sent by my Xperia Z5 premium E6883
[Sony Cross-Device General] arismelachrinos:
thanks a lot for updating us :D
[Sony Cross-Device General] Revontheus:
Great Work! Unlocked my Bootloader ( backed up DRM ofc ) and flashed this on latest Firmware along with Androplus Kernel

Hopefully you can make this work the Z5 and the Z5 Compact because there's currently no way to root those devices without unlocking Bootloader
[Sony Cross-Device General] Uncanfeeling:
OMG, I was missing so much without this...

I flashed the V3 on spuri78's .264 based rom

Working perfectly, a lot has changed...

Thank you so much !!!!!!
[Sony Cross-Device General] RobbyRobbb:
This looks promising. But could someone answer these questions:

1. Can i keep using the custom rom (ZyxxOS) i'm using on my Z3, which requires an unlocked bootloader to install, with this mod or will it break? Does using this mod force me to go back to stock rom?

2. Will this mod reactivate the ability to use 60 FPS at 720p and 120 FPS at 480p when recording video? I seem to have lost this ability when i installed the custom rom, and no app i've tried so far can go above 30 FPS regardless of resolution. The official Sony camera app 2.0 cannot be installed on a Z3 with unlocked bootloader.

3. Is the official Sony audio system and equalizer part of this mod? I think i lost that too when installing this custom rom.
[Sony Cross-Device General] jimRnor:
Hi,

1)no, the mod will work on ANY STOCK OR STOCK BASED ROM, so it won't do any disturb to these ROMs

2,3)no, the mod will only restore DRM function such as bionz, X-R, camera noise cancelling etc,it won't add any additional ability or linking to other things like the problem you met :)

Sent by my Xperia Z5 premium E6883
[Sony Cross-Device General] fusk:
Just wondering. Would this work with CM12 ?
[Sony Cross-Device General] sublinker:
NO
[Sony Cross-Device General] ->---:
Use "A better Camera" for CM. It has a better picture quality than stock Sony or Google cam. Also the colors are more vibrant. So it is a good workaround for the missing functions on CM based ROMs.
[Sony Cross-Device General] fusk:
How does it do that without the drm features like noise cancellation and bionz (which i believe handles image processing) ?
[Sony Cross-Device General] ->---:
I am no programmer, so I never cared about the how. Maybe the BIONZ is better to reduce noise in dark areas, but color improvement seems to be possible through software.
[Sony Cross-Device General] juppi:
I want to install MultiROM Recovery on FOTAPartition with AndroPlus Kernel...

DRM function restore with AndroPlus Kernel is working at the moment.

Can i savely wipe the FOTAKernel partition or should i leave it stock?
[Sony Cross-Device General] loki4321:
Hey,

any "must-haves" for this mod?

I use eXistenZ Premium | 6.3.5 but my Z3 doesnt focus when using the camera.. overall it seems like nothing has changed X.x
[Sony Cross-Device General] calfa:
Please all. How to restore the x-bravia with xperia z1c D5503 step by step thanks
[Sony Cross-Device General] Pandemic:
[MENTION=6285318]calfa[/MENTION]

Did you back up your TA earlier with this:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=41763438

If not.. Then you have bad luck, DRM keys are gone forever then !
[Sony Cross-Device General] calfa:
No Ta deposit. Zip restore DRM functions for Z1c not work ??? Flashtool install ROM.757 full TA unlock bootloader root twrp reboot wipe data dalwick cache install new rom no TA prerooted + zip restore DRM x-bravia funscion no. Pls help pls
[Sony Cross-Device General] pandan80:
hi jimRnor...im using E6883 root and unlock bootloader...im waiting your good news..hehe
[Sony Cross-Device General] Spz0:
You need to slow down bro. Formulate your question/problem, use some punctuation then maybe we can help. I just can't understand this at all.
[Sony Cross-Device General] calfa:
I do not have a backup TA. I can not recover over the function of x-BRAVIA. Please simple restoration. My phone is xperia z1c d5503 thanks all
[Sony Cross-Device General] Spz0:
After flashing your pre rooted rom, try booting up fully, then restart to recovery and flash drm restore zip. Also are you sure you have the right zip?
[Sony Cross-Device General] levone1:
Flashed on Z1c, and successful, but now I get update notification for .236. I already have 236. Anyway, thanks.
[Sony Cross-Device General] calfa:
Please jimRnor and all . How to restore the x-bravia with xperia z1c D5503 step by step thanks

1. install 757 ftf rom in flashtool (open ??) bootloader yes or no ?

no final verification reset customization in flashtool yes or no ?

2.install easy root v 12.4 and recovery

3.boot twrp install prerooted rom

4.start system and reboot yes or no ?

5.whipe dalwick data cache (system ???) yes or no ?

6.install lolipop rom zip + x-bravia V3 mod zip for z1c
[Sony Cross-Device General] Pandemic:
You forgot to back up your TA (DRM keys)

So it is not possible to get bravia engine working again, its gone FOREVER !

Google it then you know ><"

“Sent From MWE V8.0.0 On My Z3”
[Sony Cross-Device General] calfa:
:confused::confused::confused: restore function exists just do not know how to recover
[Sony Cross-Device General] levone1:
It sounds like you're saying that you did backup ta, but not sure how to restore it, is that right?
[Sony Cross-Device General] calfa:
no TA
[Sony Cross-Device General] Pandemic:
No TA ?

then you lost it forever like i said man, i keep saying it and did you check that link ?

this is the Guide !!

you need todo it for unlock you bootloader but nevermind you forgot that, simple as that.
[Sony Cross-Device General] calfa:
x-bravia v3 mod

I bought a phone with unlocked bootloader trying to restore the function of x-BRAVIA that's all
[Sony Cross-Device General] shoey63:
Get recovery on your phone and flash the zip. That's it.
[Sony Cross-Device General] calfa:
x-bravia

And you know how to load step by step, it does not just upload a zip at Z1C d5503
[Sony Cross-Device General] levone1:
Try this if you want - http://allenramos.blogspot.com/2013/05/enhance-your-android-phones-display-w.html?m=1 I flashed it to test and no problems. Checked build prop and lines are there
[Sony Cross-Device General] shoey63:
Step by step rooting and recovery should have been done prior to purchasing the device.

Have a read of this thread.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2261606
[Sony Cross-Device General] calfa:
all install root and lockdualrecovery
[Sony Cross-Device General] Spz0:
Simplest answer. It's gone. X-bravia is gone. Forever. For good. At least, I haven't seen any explicit way to restore it after unlocking bootloader without backing up your trim area. Since you bought the phone pre unlocked, the trim area partition was already wiped before you got your device. Gone gone gone.

And no you cannot use someone else's ta image, they are unique to the device.

Sorry. Maybe someone in the future will be able to restore this feature.