Unlocking the bootloader of the Sony Xperia Z1 damages the camera

When a manufacturer launches a new Android device it faces a dilemma: How to keep said device safe, without completely closing the market to advanced users who want to unleash its full potential by unlocking the system for it.

On this occasion, Sony's new flagship, the Xperia Z1, which has been on pre-sale for a few days, seems to it can give some problem for those more curious users.

Sony already had some problems with this issue by leaving some of its models "too closed". Finally he rectified and even decided support this community facilitating unlocks (even at the cost of a possible loss of warranty) officially, and even creating its own community of developers.

However something seems that with the new and spectacular model Xperia Z1, it has not gone well. Sony itself has had to confirm that effectively unlock the bootloader of the same, damages one of the most notable features of the phone: the camera.

This collides head-on with his recent policy of openness to the community of developers and "cooks", so we have to think that it was an unprovoked slip and that it can probably be solved by some kind of firmware update.

Unlocking this bootloaderit's the first step that must be given in the device to be able to install a different rom to the original one, so if not solved, the device would cease to be attractive to a large part of advanced users. The camera is one of the phone's greatest assets, and giving it up is probably not something they want.

It should also be noted that not yet commercialized and that only reservations can be made. It may still be possible to solve the problem before its mass release, but the fact is that Sony has not said anything about it yet.

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Source – Sony Mobile