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[Q] jailbreak rt 8.1,possible?

still wondering how to jailbreak rt 8.1,seems that cdb no more works..

A jailbreak for 8.1 isn't possible yet.
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hjc4869 said:
still wondering how to jailbreak rt 8.1,seems that cdb no more works..
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*sigh*. Use search, or even just open your eyes and read through the development and hacking section which is basically full of this single statement: "8.1 does not have a jailbreak yet"

SixSixSevenSeven said:
*sigh*. Use search, or even just open your eyes and read through the development and hacking section which is basically full of this single statement: "8.1 does not have a jailbreak yet"
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Making a jailbreak is a complicated task. I'm working on it...
Melissa

surface rt 8.1 jailbreak
Myriachan said:
Making a jailbreak is a complicated task. I'm working on it...
Melissa
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hello my name is mike clery I was wondering any info on a 8.1 jailbreak I really want to install legacy apps on my surface rt so if you can tell me anything its December 26 and still no info on it

Dude. Don't pester the devs. Don't post questions that have already been asked and answered over and over again. Don't, ever, ask for ETAs or similar concerning hacks like this. Leaving aside the simple fact that it's impossible to predict anything of that nature (and thus asking is simply useless and annoying spam), people on here are volunteers doing this stuff in our own time. You are not our boss, to ask for regular status reports or some such thing. It'll be posted when it's ready. No point asking for anything else.
There has been plenty of discussion regarding an 8.1 jailbreak. I get that you're new, but time was, new members of a community had the courtesy to observe, and emulate, the behavior of the older members of the community. At a minimum, check the forum rules... the very first of which is: Search before posting!

cameyo ? work with jailbreakoen surface rt ????
Have you guys heard about cameyo ?????
Its pre pacakge apps taht dont need to be installed to run.
download them and run them, wonder if we be able to use those apps after the RT is jailbroken? any idea ?
search for online . cameyo . com / public - (no spaces)
here is the link to hugh list of apps that can be downloaded as n exe file and run on any PC, offcourse not on rt . i tried. Anyone with a 8.0 surface RT jailbroken devce, wanna try and let us know if they are working ?

MrAsimOnline said:
Have you guys heard about cameyo ?????
Its pre pacakge apps taht dont need to be installed to run.
download them and run them, wonder if we be able to use those apps after the RT is jailbroken? any idea ?
search for online . cameyo . com / public - (no spaces)
here is the link to hugh list of apps that can be downloaded as n exe file and run on any PC, offcourse not on rt . i tried. Anyone with a 8.0 surface RT jailbroken devce, wanna try and let us know if they are working ?
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Nope. Cameyo is for x86 not ARM and would need porting, as it is not open source that is not possible.

Possible alternitve?
Is is possible to just get a developer license on an rt device and then use your own signing certificate to sign some application (like audacity) then import the certificate into the trusted root authority list using certmgr.msc? If that worked then we could get something going that would work with few risk of problems. Also for anyone else who might find this useful, you can download a windows rt debugger and it has a built In kernel debugger (maybe could be used to jailbreak???).

... And we come full circle. @johndc7, thanks for your suggestion but did you really think that wasn't among the very first things we tried?
The requirement isn't that the binaries are signed. It's that they're signed by Microsoft. Your suggestion does actually work if the tablet is in Testsigning mode - which means, basically, treat any trusted signature as if it's a MS signature - but putting the tablet in Testsigning mode requires editing the BCD (Boot Configuration Database) and the SecureBoot feature prevents any modification to the SecureBoot flag in the BCD. We even have tried complex steps like exporting the BCD, enabling Testsigning on it, marking it read-only, and re-importing it. No dice. Feel free to experiment more yourself, though...
Oh, and as for kernel debug, that's definitely another way to disable the signature enforcement... and it's just as unusable as your last suggestion. Secure Boot blocks the Debug flags in the BCD. You don't need any special software to perform kernel debugging of RT - any build of kdb or windbg from the last few years can do it - but you do need to be able to put the tablet in debug mode to begin with. Again, if you find a way to do *that*, then that would be very valuable.

Another idea........
Hopefully this is something that is actually somewhat realistic..... I have been wanting to run audacity (mainly) on windows rt. Does anyone know if it would be possible to recompile it to run full screen in metro? Even though this method isn't really ideal, it would be something to temporally use instead of having nothing until somebody finds a better way of doing it. I understand that it probably wouldn't be able to be released to the windows store but a developer license could be installed to run it.

Well, at a bare minimum, you would need to re-write the entire UI. Metro apps don't (can't) use the standard Windows GUI frameworks, so any graphical app that isn't completely DirectX-based (which is to say, pretty much anything except games and command-line apps) will need to have their interface re-written.
Then there's the issue of things like getting it to work within the sandbox (you can largely work around the API restrictions, but the privileges issue is a problem) and, unless it is already possible to compile it under modern versions of Visual Studio (a lot of open-source software isn't), you would need to fix it for MSVC compatibility too.
Short version: Not practically.

Possible Alternative
I did find a folder on my RT device called "CodeIntegrity". The path is "C:/Windows/System32/CodeIntegrity". It contains drivers and stl files that I assume prevent the use of unsigned exes. Permissions that are not normally granted on the Surface are needed to disable the files, but if we could somehow do it maybe it would solve the problem?

GoodDayToDie said:
The requirement isn't that the binaries are signed. It's that they're signed by Microsoft.
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Not exactly. They can be signed by any certificate listed in the kek or db and not listed in the dbx. So microsoft (though there are different signatures in rt 8.0 and rt 8.1) and the OEM, and any third party that made drivers that are used on the platform (at least in general). But those are just technical details and don't help find a solution all that much.

[Q] Z1 Compact Chinese version M51w - google services not available but needed

Dear all,
desperately I am looking for a solution for a kind of very stupid and annoying problem:
I bought my Sony z1 compact in China. Model version: M51, Also called "colorful" in China
This Phone has a for China modified Android version installed. Nothing related to google works.
Well, sure the search engine in the browser. But I need the calendar, play store, etc.
Now I am thinking, has anybody experience with this device? ( only find posts to D5503)
Would it be possible to just update it with an international version? (Android 4.4 firmware 14.3.A.0.681)
Do i need to root, unlock Bootloader, or should a "normal update" work was well?
Or any other suggestions how to proceed?
I come the Apple world, where a jailbreak is one download and one click, I rooted a Xiaomi 2s with some small difficulties, but this looks way more complicated with this phone.... So any help would be appreciated..
Thanks,
mic

solved!
Well, developers,
forums are something strange. I really thought that anybody had a suggestion, a thought, an idea or whatever... 70 views and not a single answer.
Interesting.
Sure i could figure out that a root would help of course, but for a newbie like me, all of the descriptions have gaps and require much more knowledge about it, so that there is still a huge risk to screw it up and to maybe not destroy the phone, but to make it not usable until another solution is found.
Since I needed the phone, for receiving calls and SMS, i needed to go the less risky way and in the end - risk was still there ( is the M51w restricted to china and will not handle the firmware of the D5503) I followed the guide on the
"xperiafirmware" page called "Sony XPERIA Z1 Compact D5503 - Android 4.4 - firmware 14.3.A.0.681" ( sorry, cannot post links yet)
I just flashed the Android 4.4 - firmware 14.3.A.0.68 made for the d5503 (according to the guide "1. how to install the newest Android 4.4 for Sony XPERIA Z1 Compact D5503") it worked with out any problems.
One thing that might be misunderstanding is the Flashtool.
After downloading the flash tool its not called "Xperia flash tool", it looks the same as the "androxyde flash tool", and there is a second one which is the " Sony flash tool that is called "Emma" but the flash tool.
So,... just use the one this author linked in his guide, and don't get confused by the names..
Now I have my problems firstly solved. But have to say that, with that some others come...
- Google account sync seems to be not really under my control
- two google accounts even more hard to handle
- and further settings very limited, so that I sometimes even have the feeling i was free with iOS. And the Xiaomi of course let me taste the complete taste of freedom.
- SD card management
- Walkman
- album folders
...
Well , I will figure that out as well.
Hope this post will help somebody!

Just my 2 cents... Downgrade back to android 4.3 I'm pretty sure some of those problems will be solved. And another is Chinese version of Z1C doesn't have LTE support and since you flashed an international version of the ROM LTE might show up in the settings but there's a huge chance it will not work or possibly cause errors. Phones made for chinese market doesn't have google installed because google is blocked in their country. Just a FYI Never noticed your post so I didn't get to assist you before this but seems like you made the correct choice on solving your problem.

mic001 said:
so that I sometimes even have the feeling i was free with iOS.
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Once you get fully up and running, you'll LOL like the rest of us reading that. In this kind of situation you are kind of on your own because until you've tried you'll never know and most of the People reading wont advise you to do something that could potentially hard brick your Phone. You've done what I would have done which is grab an ftf and tried it, not much more you can do.

Same problem
Hi Mic,
I want to follow your example with my Chinese Z1 Compact. Are you still around, in case I have some questions? Have you tried to fix the other problems you mentioned? Any new comments? I am going to try to understand the procedure but I would feel better if I could pick your brain in case I get stuck.
cheers
Zibo

Need Sony Add-on SDK

Hello XDA Community.
I decided to make some apps and design watchfaces for the Sony Smartwatch 2.
So I wanted to download the Sony Add-on SDK from Sony's developer website but it is no more available there.
Does anyone know, how I can get it?
Thanks.

I still have this file. I can upload on place you want
Sony_watch_template.zip
ClockWidgets.zip
adt-bundle-windows-x86_64-20140624.zip
Sony_Add-on_SDK_documentation_kit_v3.0.zip

SW2 Files
Hi,
Do you have a location I would be able to access the listed files from?

not sure it is possible to publish files that do not belong to me ?

dersie said:
not sure it is possible to publish files that do not belong to me ?
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I understand your concern regarding the re-distribution of software, but the part i need is Sony_Add-on_SDK_documentation_kit_v3.0.zip which was freely available from Sony untill this was seen as redundant/old/unsupported software.
So I do not believe there will be any issues with this being distributed.

Yes, probably no issue for a doc , certainly just a copyright software for the ADT_xxxx
Sony_Add-on_SDK_documentation_kit_v3.0.zip

I need the SDK, too
Hi,
I recently bought a used Smartwatch 2 and would like to develop some apps, too. Does anyone still have the Add On SDK Version 3.0?

Melatzin said:
Hi,
I recently bought a used Smartwatch 2 and would like to develop some apps, too. Does anyone still have the Add On SDK Version 3.0?
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I also would get Sony Add On SDK 3.0. Does anyone have this version - for any platform (Linux/Windows no matter).

Hutchdroid29 said:
I understand your concern regarding the re-distribution of software, but the part i need is Sony_Add-on_SDK_documentation_kit_v3.0.zip which was freely available from Sony untill this was seen as redundant/old/unsupported software.
So I do not believe there will be any issues with this being distributed.
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Please i beg of you to share it with me i and many others need it and we can no longer find it anywhere

XZ2 Compact and Root

Hi there,
did someone manage to root his phone, with camera etc working ? And how (Kingroot, OneClickRoot, other) ?
Cheers

I did come across this, but am too hesitant to try it myself first lol. Since I can't post links yet try a google search for "genkes How To Root Sony Xperia XZ2 Compact Without PC" and it should be the top link

Please be aware before attempting to root your XZ2c. Usually with Sony phones, you'll need to unlock the bootloader first, which will erase your unique DRM keys, which will decrease the usability of certain Sony-specific functionality, such as color-enhancements and camera, which may become totally useless (until a work-around is found).
I'm not saying it's definitely the case with this phone, but I cannot imagine otherwise.

k1ngZX said:
I did come across this, but am too hesitant to try it myself first lol. Since I can't post links yet try a google search for "genkes How To Root Sony Xperia XZ2 Compact Without PC" and it should be the top link
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That tutorial use KingRoot/KingoRoot. I would think twice before using a closed source Chinese app that gains access to your system.

does anyone knows a solution for pie ?

anakete said:
does anyone knows a solution for pie ?
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Please look into the twrp thread.

Root xz2 compact?

somebody knows the procedure to take root permission on xz2c?
thanks

As far as I'm aware, it's not yet possible without losing DRM. You lose DRM, no more access to Sony apps including camera.
It's currently a case of hurry up and wait until someone figures it out

usually how long does it take?

Good evening, I proceeded to unlock the bootloader now I'm without a camera (whatsapp web I can not use it ....)
can the xz2 root procedure be applied to the xz2 compact ???
Thanks and good things to everyone

@mark788 no idea. I'm not a dev so don't understand all the intricacies in it. Seems like there aren't many, if any, devs using this phone so we may never be able to properly root or flash this phone. Sony have released the AOSP code but that still needs dev input.
@deep66it pretty sure you're stuck now. Once the DRM keys are broken, there isn't a way to restore them at present. Hopefully someone else can chime in and correct me.

Hi,
deep66it said:
Good evening, I proceeded to unlock the bootloader now I'm without a camera (whatsapp web I can not use it ....)
can the xz2 root procedure be applied to the xz2 compact ???
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Unfortunately you had to reed the forum before unlocking the bootloader. The camera broken question was approached... Loss of drm keys and TA partition is a known problem about Sony phones.
Now you have to wait that someone find a drm fix to use your camera again.
Otherwise you can try to install AOSP build if you are motivated : https://developer.sony.com/develop/open-devices/guides/aosp-build-instructions/
I will be more optimistic than whiteduck89 about this phone. Xz2 Compact is recognized as a good phone and it will take place like the Z3 Compact in the smartphone world (Z5 Compact get drm fix, TA partition restoration, LineageOs,... and it was not so brilliant).
Sure we have to wait 6 month or one year until this all will be done.

Raphos said:
Hi,
Unfortunately you had to reed the forum before unlocking the bootloader. The camera broken question was approached... Loss of drm keys and TA partition is a known problem about Sony phones.
Now you have to wait that someone find a drm fix to use your camera again.
Otherwise you can try to install AOSP build if you are motivated :
URL="https://developer.sony.com/develop/open-devices/guides/aosp-build-instructions/"]https://developer.sony.com/develop/open-devices/guides/aosp-build-instructions/[/URL
I will be more optimistic than whiteduck89 about this phone. Xz2 Compact is recognized as a good phone and it will take place like the Z3 Compact in the smartphone world (Z5 Compact get drm fix, TA partition restoration, LineageOs,... and it was not so brilliant).
Sure we have to wait 6 month or one year until this all will be done.
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Hello, excuse me for my English, please let me know:
with AOSP (or better) with GitHub, today, I solve the problem of the camera and the root of this my unlocked xz2 compact ???

Raphos said:
Hi,
Unfortunately you had to reed the forum before unlocking the bootloader. The camera broken question was approached... Loss of drm keys and TA partition is a known problem about Sony phones.
Now you have to wait that someone find a drm fix to use your camera again.
Otherwise you can try to install AOSP build if you are motivated : https://developer.sony.com/develop/open-devices/guides/aosp-build-instructions/
I will be more optimistic than whiteduck89 about this phone. Xz2 Compact is recognized as a good phone and it will take place like the Z3 Compact in the smartphone world (Z5 Compact get drm fix, TA partition restoration, LineageOs,... and it was not so brilliant).
Sure we have to wait 6 month or one year until this all will be done.
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Why so much time for a custom ROM? And also, any safe way to root? To me it's important for backup and many other things.

mark788 said:
somebody knows the procedure to take root permission on xz2c?
thanks
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deep66it said:
Good evening, I proceeded to unlock the bootloader now I'm without a camera (whatsapp web I can not use it ....)
can the xz2 root procedure be applied to the xz2 compact ???
Thanks and good things to everyone
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Regarding root only, as long as you unlock the bootloader of your device (agreeing to the terms of sony): do this, and you're done!

And with this procedure I have no problems? all the programs like the camera etc. work good?

mark788 said:
And with this procedure I have no problems? all the programs like the camera etc. work good?
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Ofc not, you'll get root only! Root itself won't fix unlocking bootloader related issues, but maybe drmfix!!

Can i ask you When a simple procedure or toolkit will be disclosed to safely run the root? Thank you

you can ask but no-one can reply your question of course.. don't have the crystal ball with me atm