Sony was quite disliked, in order to allow the owners of Xperia devices to unlock their own loaders in the direction of many years. This is an option that fewer and fewer OEMs are offering, but it comes with some pretty real defects in Sony's case. Unlock tool Xperia will clear all button DRM that most turning the video camera in the hot COP. But there are good announcements. Similarly, the fact that the update Android Pie will no longer mutilate the camera on unlocked devices.

Sony was pretty clear about the compromise when unlocking bootloaders. This pages FAQ that, exactly that."..noise reduction techniques have every chance of being removed,which has the ability to affect performance when shooting in low light criteria."Owners of previous Xperia handsets have had the opportunity to prove the accuracy of this statement. In some cases, the camcorder will become an elementary failure due to missing DRM keys. The texts of several XDA users, the update Pie renews the bulk of the functions of the camcorder to unlocked and root the phone.

On these devices, like XZ Premium (see above), the camcorder has the ability to shoot well with snow white balance control and using the camera2 API. However, you will not get a RAW file from the camera. Sony's x-Reality video enhancement feature still won't work, and Widevine L1 DRM's unavailability pre-empts HD video playback in a variety of applications. The ClearAudio+ and DSEE HX audio features are still dead. In case you have a rooted Sony phone with an official Pie update (a large proportion of the XZ series), it's probably time to take the plunge.