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Playstation app on unlocked bootloader?

Hey guys.
I've been searching around a bit looking for a solution to get the Playstation app and remote play app working on unlocked bootloader, but I haven't found anything.
Is it even possible?
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SuperVaesel said:
Hey guys.
I've been searching around a bit looking for a solution to get the Playstation app and remote play app working on unlocked bootloader, but I haven't found anything.
Is it even possible?
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Not possible. Once you unlock the bootloader you lose your DRM keys, remote play wont work and play station app will no longer work. You will just keep getting error messages. But if you backed up your DRM keys before you unlocked bootloader, you can relock it, then restore the keys to gain access to those features again. If you did NOT back up your sony keys that are unique to ONLY your phone you are SOL. I unlocked my phone, lost my keys and was basically stuck with a phone that couldnt do nothing i actually purchased it for. So i gave it to my wife and bought another one...

I read remote play was ported to every android 4.0+ but i couldnt figure out how to run it on my unlocked bootloader xperia z2. It is a shame how sony punishes us, at leas i could fix the camera, but i miss miracast and remote play

Its not exactly punishing
Protection of their creations but yes its anpoying
There is a DRM FIX in the cross dev section that aparently works

Envious_Data said:
Its not exactly punishing
Protection of their creations but yes its anpoying
There is a DRM FIX in the cross dev section that aparently works
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But it didn't work for you right? I read that, and I the entire thread only worked for 2 or 3 people with a Z2.
Someone put a instructions that he followed to get the patch work.

Duilio Patiño said:
But it didn't work for you right? I read that, and I the entire thread only worked for 2 or 3 people with a Z2.
Someone put a instructions that he followed to get the patch work.
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actualy... that is a very good point.
it works for few people and even then i still cant get any DRM functions to work even if i Restore my TA partition or folow exact instructions for this mod

Can my lockscreen benefit from root?

Hello! Anyone out here knows of any cool ways to benefit from root when it comes to your lockscreen? Anything special that you can only do with root?

Gleipner said:
Hello! Anyone out here knows of any cool ways to benefit from root when it comes to your lockscreen? Anything special that you can only do with root?
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Even without root there's klck which can make awesome lockscreens if you're creative enough https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.kustom.lockscreen

Gleipner said:
Hello! Anyone out here knows of any cool ways to benefit from root when it comes to your lockscreen? Anything special that you can only do with root?
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Completely depends what you want to do, you can alter it completely for a different phones lock screen or with apps like xposed you can alter it even more.
Depends how far you want to go.
The play store non root versions are awful, all they do is overlay the lock screen, they often come with ads and your old lock screen will still exist behind the overlay often showing up for a brief moment, not worth it in my opinion.
Root variants have the power to revoke the original or modify it.

dladz said:
Completely depends what you want to do, you can alter it completely for a different phones lock screen or with apps like xposed you can alter it even more.
Depends how far you want to go.
The play store non root versions are awful, all they do is overlay the lock screen, they often come with ads and your old lock screen will still exist behind the overlay often showing up for a brief moment, not worth it in my opinion.
Root variants have the power to revoke the original or modify it.
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I'm tempted to install xposed but I'm afraid I might not pass safetynet? Any experience with op5 + oos + magisk + xposed?
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Gleipner said:
I'm tempted to install xposed but I'm afraid I might not pass safetynet? Any experience with op5 + oos + magisk + xposed?
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Xposed will cause you to fail safetynet!

Augustin79 said:
Xposed will cause you to fail safetynet!
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Depends how it's installed, it's not always been the case, and some don't care about safety net.

dladz said:
Depends how it's installed, it's not always been the case, and some don't care about safety net.
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That might be so, I've never managed to pass SN with xposed. And in this instance I was replying someone who was actually afraid of not passing SN, obviously not everyone cares about this.

Augustin79 said:
That might be so, I've never managed to pass SN with xposed. And in this instance I was replying someone who was actually afraid of not passing SN, obviously not everyone cares about this.
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I'm finding it hard to remember now but I cold have sworn I've had xposed on the Oneplus5 with safety net passing.
Could be wrong and have no intentions of using it again as the vast majority of mods I use simply don't work anymore..

I won't install exposed until I know that I will pass safetynet with it. Thanks for the input people
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Gleipner said:
I won't install exposed until I know that I will pass safetynet with it. Thanks for the input people
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You'd have to try it. What exactly do you want to change?

dladz said:
You'd have to try it. What exactly do you want to change?
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Well I'd like to use Gravity Box or similar mods/apps. But I don't want to sacrifice safetynet.
If I try to install xposed, will magisk safetynet check work or is there any risk of false positives?
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Gleipner said:
Well I'd like to use Gravity Box or similar mods/apps. But I don't want to sacrifice safetynet.
If I try to install xposed, will magisk safetynet check work or is there any risk of false positives?
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I'm not sure but it's reversible, at worst just dirty flash the ROM again

dladz said:
Completely depends what you want to do, you can alter it completely for a different phones lock screen or with apps like xposed you can alter it even more.
Depends how far you want to go.
The play store non root versions are awful, all they do is overlay the lock screen, they often come with ads and your old lock screen will still exist behind the overlay often showing up for a brief moment, not worth it in my opinion.
Root variants have the power to revoke the original or modify it.
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Do you have any examples of root variants? I haven't been able to find much, or maybe I'm not searching the right stuff.

flameprinc3ss said:
Do you have any examples of root variants? I haven't been able to find much, or maybe I'm not searching the right stuff.
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Root ?
Magisk mate, or on a system level use super su.
Bare in mind that will trip safety net.

dladz said:
Root ?
Magisk mate, or on a system level use super su.
Bare in mind that will trip safety net.
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No, I mean I have Magisk already, but I'm looking for things that will let me theme my lockscreen.

flameprinc3ss said:
No, I mean I have Magisk already, but I'm looking for things that will let me theme my lockscreen.
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No idea mate, there's a Google lock screen on one of the ROMs, I don't personally don't mod mine. But I've seen a few over the years, not a huge amount you can alter really.
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Check the downloads section in magisk

dladz said:
No idea mate, there's a Google lock screen on one of the ROMs, I don't personally don't mod mine. But I've seen a few over the years, not a huge amount you can alter really.
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Check the downloads section in magisk
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Nothing there related to lockscreens

Google, themes and apps, xposed, there's nothing else

Try substratum lockscreen themes. I don't use any myself, but search the play store or xda for ideas of what is possible. Two examples are LockClean on Play Store or K-Manager on xda.

Gleipner said:
Well I'd like to use Gravity Box or similar mods/apps. But I don't want to sacrifice safetynet.
If I try to install xposed, will magisk safetynet check work or is there any risk of false positives?
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You can't pass safetynet with installed xposed on any rom/device.
@flameprinc3ss @Gleipner here are some xposed lockscreen modules:
-Clean Lockscreen
-Lock screen clock mods
-No Lock Home

TMO - Known Issues for Unlocking Bootloader

I've been sitting on my unlock bin for a few days now. Once exited to flash 9.0.x but now I left scratching my head of what do I lose by doing so. I've searched countless threads to come up with the following issues. Could some users that have made the jump clarify somethings? How can I extract the Tmo Modem before flashing? Is there a writeup somewhere?
1. Once the bootloader is unlocked - Corporate type apps stop functioning - INTUNE/Mobile Iron - ( I have to have INTUNE on my phone to pull company emails)
2 Google Pay - NFC - If seen a few post about Google Pay not working -
3. Unable to download some normal everyday apps from the play store - Netflix
4. Streaming content is reduced to 480P -

Yes you can go back to stock. Easiest way is by using MSMDownloadTool.
Of course you'll get storage wiped

MobileIron works for me. The only issue I've had with it is due to the parallel apps feature. You can remove the work profile and then mobile iron worked.
Try magisk to pass cts/safetynet.
Same with Google pay. You need a custom kernel or use Magisk. You'll pass cts/safetynet and can use it without any issues.
You can still download everything. Guess how? Yep, magisk.
Only Netflix and Amazon prime is limited. I'm not sure what Amazon puts their videos at, but Netflix does 960x540. Which isn't that bad at all, at least my opinion on a 6" screen. The Netflix sources are clean and there's no artifacts, so the video is better than it seems at that resolution. I'm not watching a lot of full length episodes or movies on my phone, so for me it's not a big deal.
And as mentioned above, you can go back to fully stock by using the msmdownloadtool. So just unlock your bootloader and try this all out. If there's any deal breakers, just go back to stock.

hartleyshc said:
Only Netflix and Amazon prime is limited. I'm not sure what Amazon puts their videos at, but Netflix does 960x540. Which isn't that bad at all, at least my opinion on a 6" screen. The Netflix sources are clean and there's no artifacts, so the video is better than it seems at that resolution. I'm not watching a lot of full length episodes or movies on my phone, so for me it's not a big deal.
And as mentioned above, you can go back to fully stock by using the msmdownloadtool. So just unlock your bootloader and try this all out. If there's any deal breakers, just go back to stock.
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YouTube TV most tend to not add to the mix but it's also effected by a bootloader that's unlocked.
It defaults to 720x480 @ 30 FPS (basically 480p). The 30 FPS is key. Once you unlock bootloader it's L3 encryption and that's why for the others too (Netflix/Amazon Prime). Having bootloader locked you get 1920x1080 @ 60 FPS or 1280x720 @ 60 FPS on YouTube TV. Resolution isn't as big of a deal but the frame rate certainly is for sports.

You need to enable Magisk Hide, not just install Magisk.

LLStarks said:
You need to enable Magisk Hide, not just install Magisk.
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In regards to what, exactly?

refedit said:
Yes you can go back to stock. Easiest way is by using MSMDownloadTool.
Of course you'll get storage wiped
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Does this relock the bootloader? If so, I assume I'll be able to re unlock using the existing unlock.bin provided from OP

Nosferatu. said:
YouTube TV most tend to not add to the mix but it's also effected by a bootloader that's unlocked.
It defaults to 720x480 @ 30 FPS (basically 480p). The 30 FPS is key. Once you unlock bootloader it's L3 encryption and that's why for the others too (Netflix/Amazon Prime). Having bootloader locked you get 1920x1080 @ 60 FPS or 1280x720 @ 60 FPS on YouTube TV. Resolution isn't as big of a deal but the frame rate certainly is for sports.
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Is there a workaround for this? Do you know why content providers care about the encryption level?
Thanks for clarifying. I think there was a post about a tool that checks the resolution and framerate.

WizCipher said:
Does this relock the bootloader? If so, I assume I'll be able to re unlock using the existing unlock.bin provided from OP
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Not sure you can relock.

WizCipher said:
Is there a workaround for this? Do you know why content providers care about the encryption level?
Thanks for clarifying. I think there was a post about a tool that checks the resolution and framerate.
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There's no work around other than keeping your bootloader locked (then you won't have root).
It's widevine DRM encryption. Just about every device is L1 which provisions the device for HD playback. Once you unlock your bootloader you drop to L3 and are only provisioned for SD content. If you go back a year to the OnePlus 5T days OnePlus got in hot water with the community since they shipped a device without L1 support.
If you want to read more about it here, check it out. I haven't rooted my OnePlus 6T (first phone in 6 years to not do so by choice (e.g. there's root available vs no option out there)). I've got everything I need (system-wide adblock, iYTBP, etc.).
https://www.androidauthority.com/widevine-explained-821935/
EDIT: Run the MSMTool and go back to stock stock and you'll have a locked bootloader and back to L1 provision should you want it.

Nosferatu. said:
There's no work around other than keeping your bootloader locked (then you won't have root).
It's widevine DRM encryption. Just about every device is L1 which provisions the device for HD playback. Once you unlock your bootloader you drop to L3 and are only provisioned for SD content. If you go back a year to the OnePlus 5T days OnePlus got in hot water with the community since they shipped a device without L1 support.
If you want to read more about it here, check it out. I haven't rooted my OnePlus 6T (first phone in 6 years to not do so by choice (e.g. there's root available vs no option out there)). I've got everything I need (system-wide adblock, iYTBP, etc.).
https://www.androidauthority.com/widevine-explained-821935/
EDIT: Run the MSMTool and go back to stock stock and you'll have a locked bootloader and back to L1 provision should you want it.
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This is super helpful - I only want the benefits of the Stock OP Roms . I haven't needed to root a device in years. Thanks for confirming that the MSMTOOL would relock. This will allow me to proceed with testing the process.

candleworth7808 said:
Not sure you can relock.
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Msm tool does relock.bootloader. You are able to use the same bin to unlock again. We have a complete restore and unlock.orocess for our device.
Source: I've done all the above.

Nosferatu. said:
There's no work around other than keeping your bootloader locked (then you won't have root).
It's widevine DRM encryption. Just about every device is L1 which provisions the device for HD playback. Once you unlock your bootloader you drop to L3 and are only provisioned for SD content. If you go back a year to the OnePlus 5T days OnePlus got in hot water with the community since they shipped a device without L1 support.
If you want to read more about it here, check it out. I haven't rooted my OnePlus 6T (first phone in 6 years to not do so by choice (e.g. there's root available vs no option out there)). I've got everything I need (system-wide adblock, iYTBP, etc.).
https://www.androidauthority.com/widevine-explained-821935/
EDIT: Run the MSMTool and go back to stock stock and you'll have a locked bootloader and back to L1 provision should you want it.
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Not to hijack, but I'm curious what system wide adblock you are using?

Ryano89 said:
Not to hijack, but I'm curious what system wide adblock you are using?
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Use Blokada (don't use DNSFilter it's more complicated)
Read this thread...it'll have all the info you need
https://forum.xda-developers.com/an...nergized-protection-ad-porn-malware-t3803773/

hartleyshc said:
MobileIron works for me. The only issue I've had with it is due to the parallel apps feature. You can remove the work profile and then mobile iron worked.
Try magisk to pass cts/safetynet.
Same with Google pay. You need a custom kernel or use Magisk. You'll pass cts/safetynet and can use it without any issues.
You can still download everything. Guess how? Yep, magisk.
Only Netflix and Amazon prime is limited. I'm not sure what Amazon puts their videos at, but Netflix does 960x540. Which isn't that bad at all, at least my opinion on a 6" screen. The Netflix sources are clean and there's no artifacts, so the video is better than it seems at that resolution. I'm not watching a lot of full length episodes or movies on my phone, so for me it's not a big deal.
And as mentioned above, you can go back to fully stock by using the msmdownloadtool. So just unlock your bootloader and try this all out. If there's any deal breakers, just go back to stock.
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Most of my company adds are saying that I'm rooted, didn't think I rooted by flashing. I've tried magsik hide to no avail. Any other suggestions?

I'm rooted with Magisk bootloader unlocked T-Mobile 6t and it's awesome. I have noticed 0 change from how my phone worked before. YouTube still looks great and Netflix too. Can't speak to corporate apps but if you pass Google safety net you will probably be fine

hartleyshc said:
MobileIron works for me. The only issue I've had with it is due to the parallel apps feature. You can remove the work profile and then mobile iron worked.
Try magisk to pass cts/safetynet.
Same with Google pay. You need a custom kernel or use Magisk. You'll pass cts/safetynet and can use it without any issues.
You can still download everything. Guess how? Yep, magisk.
Only Netflix and Amazon prime is limited. I'm not sure what Amazon puts their videos at, but Netflix does 960x540. Which isn't that bad at all, at least my opinion on a 6" screen. The Netflix sources are clean and there's no artifacts, so the video is better than it seems at that resolution. I'm not watching a lot of full length episodes or movies on my phone, so for me it's not a big deal.
And as mentioned above, you can go back to fully stock by using the msmdownloadtool. So just unlock your bootloader and try this all out. If there's any deal breakers, just go back to stock.
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Please I am little confuse, I have unlocked the bootloader not root, I cannot install NETFLIX from the Google Play. I can install the APK? the only limitation will be the streaming quality?
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trade said:
Please I am little confuse, I have unlocked the bootloader not root, I cannot install NETFLIX from the Google Play. I can install the APK? the only limitation will be the streaming quality?
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What ROM are you on? I've never had these issues on a stock unlock with Magisk and playprotect passing

trade said:
Please I am little confuse, I have unlocked the bootloader not root, I cannot install NETFLIX from the Google Play. I can install the APK? the only limitation will be the streaming quality?
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Yes.
The limitation will be streaming quality on Netflix and Amazon.

Now that poco f1 will get widevine L1, what about redmi note 7?

As the title suggests

gutenberge said:
As the title suggests
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Even mi 8 doesnt get L1

Not sure its even legal to just push an update and get L1.. these keys are normally factory flashed as google and others would not want keys released to the public in an OTA to be messed with.
You would normally need to send the phone to them like oneplus did.. even then netflix etc needs to approve the device as been secure.. so not sure miui would get it been packed with crap
https://www.reddit.com/r/oneplus/comments/9eldpd/upset_with_oneplus_googles_widevine_l1_patch/
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Reading the tweets comments looks like Netflix wont be certified if get L1 with OTA
https://twitter.com/cmanmohan/status/1100251742971854848

Questions before buy from futur ex xiaomi owner

hi folks,
i am thinking about getting a op8 pro but before i have few questions i d like to ask you:
on my xiaomi note 10 i can protect access to apps with password or schema or face recognition, can you do that with op8 too ?
is the infrared filter back for europe?
op8 have never been famous for their autonomy, how long do you last wit a charge?
thank you for your time

You can protect apps with a password, face lock and fingerprint
For the IN2023 device (global for Europe) the filter is back with 10.5.9 update
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Thxx a lot!
Do you also have a "second space" that gives you the possibility to create a second phone as a vm i guess?

nocomp said:
Thxx a lot!
Do you also have a "second space" that gives you the possibility to create a second phone as a vm i guess?
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Unfortunately not (one of the things I miss soooo much from my Mi Mix 3)
You can only hide apps in the pseudo second space that Oneplus has created
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illninofan said:
Unfortunately not (one of the things I miss soooo much from my Mi Mix 3)
You can only hide apps in the pseudo second space that Oneplus has created
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Or you can use the app Island to that purpose (at least if I understand this correctly ) - can be found on the playstore...

illninofan said:
You can protect apps with a password, face lock and fingerprint
For the IN2023 device (global for Europe) the filter is back with 10.5.9 update
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Really ? I´m on IN2023 with European 10.5.9 and i have no filters!

Pater Albrecht said:
Really ? I´m on IN2023 with European 10.5.9 and i have no filters!
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Same model and oos build but I have all filters

Oh yes, found them, never really searched for them and didn´t see them the last 4 days since i have the OP8P :laugh: