Managed to get my hands on a cheap second hand TabZ in good condition. And although Sony's Lollipop firmware looks and feels nice I really want to go the custom Rom road as it allows me to tinker more with it.
Now is when the situation gets complicated as it seems there is a plethora of versions, some more complicated then others, to root the device and install a recovery on it. My questions to you, anybody willing to clear these things out, are:
1. Does the bootloader need to be unlocked in order to obtain root for a tablet already running Lollipop? (I read in one thread that starting with Lollipop this might not be required anymore)
2. What is the best way of getting root?
3. How do you install recovery? I understand the XZDualRecovery to be really popular but some of the instructions can be mind boggling (the use of Kernel Builder to repack the kernel in order to replace the built in recovery with XZDualRecovery). Is this the same as flashing a recovery every time I install a new ROM before rebooting if I want to still have one (basically there is no permanent one, but changes with the rom you are flashing?! )
Any help would be much appreciated as I am stuck as I have never been with rooting and installing recovery on a device. Thanks! :)
Now is when the situation gets complicated as it seems there is a plethora of versions, some more complicated then others, to root the device and install a recovery on it. My questions to you, anybody willing to clear these things out, are:
1. Does the bootloader need to be unlocked in order to obtain root for a tablet already running Lollipop? (I read in one thread that starting with Lollipop this might not be required anymore)
2. What is the best way of getting root?
3. How do you install recovery? I understand the XZDualRecovery to be really popular but some of the instructions can be mind boggling (the use of Kernel Builder to repack the kernel in order to replace the built in recovery with XZDualRecovery). Is this the same as flashing a recovery every time I install a new ROM before rebooting if I want to still have one (basically there is no permanent one, but changes with the rom you are flashing?! )
Any help would be much appreciated as I am stuck as I have never been with rooting and installing recovery on a device. Thanks! :)
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