Sony To Release New Bootloaders That Allow Devices To Boot From Recovery, Making Custom ROM Development Much Easier Jacob

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If you plug in a compatible device and use Sony's official flash tool, you will see a bootloader upgrade available with the name "open devices." Which devices are compatible? For now, just those with Cortex-A7 processors. Those are: Xperia T2 Ultra Xperia T3 Xperia M2 Xperia E3 More devices are expected soon, so don't panic if it doesn't yet apply to you. Remember that Sony hasn't even publicly discussed this, so they are probably hard at work to get a larger portion of their product line on board. Once updated with the new bootloader, recoveries will work as they do on other devices. They will exist independently of the ROM and will be able to be used to install new operating systems and updates. This will be very big news to owners of Sony phones and tablets who like to flash custom software, as the process will soon become simplified and more developers will support Sony hardware. 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