Most apps work great with the status (top) and navigation (bottom) bars in my Xperia Z5 compact. For instance, Netflix will disable both bars in fullscreen videos. Most games do the same.
However, some apps like Xplane or German media apps keep showing the navigation bar. This looks rather silly and takes away precious space on my screen.
Is there any option to manually remove the bars in these situations? Is there a way without "root"?
I've recently got a sony and I've noticed when i message people it has the blank blue silouette when I or the person who sends the message is there a way of hiding the profile because its a little bit annoying.
i already did the update for my xperia pro but now i want to root it, i`ve tried wioth unlockroot but i just can get it, how can i do it without downgrade
i want to downgrade my phone from ICS to Gingerbird. I dont want to take my phone to service center bcos they asked to wait from few days for downgrade process.I am going to other state forsome months in mid of next week . So its not possible to wait for some days to downgrade via service centre and also i dont like this laggy ICS on my phone. I want the steps to downgrade my phone by own and also i dont want to break my warrenty bcos i have more than 8 months of warenty period.Still i m confuse about rooting in phone. Is rooting will affect the warenty? if yes means, without root how can we downgrade?
First of all i Understand that this would potentially void my Warranty, but what if im Perfectly fine with that?Is it possible to gain root privileges on Xperia X10 and / or flash modified System Images, lots of developers and Power users would benefit from that.
i want to install some nice themes on my neo v rooted and installed cwm recovery but dont know how to install?for ex:-[URL] i download zip file which contains two folders:
Good evening. I've got this question in my mind: If I Root my phone and Uninstall the apps which I don't use, is it possible to Unroot my phone WITHOUT loosing my warranty? Is it safe to do such a thing?
Rooting (or Jailbreaking if you're used to the iPhone) is pretty awesome - it enables you to use a whole bunch of apps that are previously offlimits (such as Titanium Backup - a piece of software that will back up all of your .apks. It also enables you to remove some of the built-in bloat that Sony stuffed onto the Xperia Play which frees up a bit more space for new apps (Who honestly needs the Chinese keyboard on their phone?!)The classic way to root a phone is to first unlock the boatloader and then through that, install a version of your ROM that allows root access. However, although SE are providing a way to unlock the bootloader on a Play, this is not ideal because:Unlocking the bootloader automatically invalidates your warrantyWhen you have unlocked your bootloader, the software update function on your phone stops working as SE consider your phone to be "modified"Most phones are SIM-locked to a particular network and are therefore not even candidates to be bootloader unlocked The solution is to root your phone without unlocking the bootloader. How? A new application called Gingerbreak does it all for you! Literally, all you need to do is download the Gingerbreak .apk, run it and enjoy your new rooted Play. I can confirm that it is 100% working and took about 5 minutes from start to finish.
I was having GB version of android on my Xperia Pro. I am using X-plore file manager. When I tried to go to root enabled setting from settings menu of the app. the app said root access disabled and I was never able to get root access. Yesterday I updated to ICS from PC Companion and my app. was already there on my memory card. When I opened the app I was able to go to root folder and the app. haven't said that the root access is disabled. I disabled root enabled setting from settings menu of the app. but I am worrying about wheather any other app. that I install can change my root (default) files. Also my phone is in warranty and it is said that warranty will void if you root your phone. But I have updated my phone through PC Companion and just want to confirm that my warranty won't void.
I just upgrade my Xperia mini st15 to Build Number 4.1.B.0.431... android 4.0.4.Its ok with everything but some apps don't work, they require Root Access..
I have the rooted 4.0.2.A.0.62 and I was thinking of checking out how the Xperia ICS is. So I was woondering, will updating to 4.1.B.0.431 remove my root? I'm going to udate via PC Companion.
I DLd apps before I got my phone, not knowing I'd need root. I was using a file explorer last night to browse my phone, found the apps which remained untouched, then opened and used the installer...bam 2 apps installed, after DLing them using my laptop and transferring them to my phone. Get that! WITHOUT ROOT!
I've been looking all around the internets for how to root my r800at running 2.3.3, to no avail. It seems like there isn't any way to do this on the new .285 build. I have tried the DooMLord, UnlockRoot &Super OneClick approaches and all have failed. I have installed the Java JDK, Android SDK, and the SE PC Companion software on my computer, so if any of that is useful, I'm willing to use it. I am a complete noob, but finally decided to root after constantly getting the "Low on space" error message every time I try to update something for the last week. I'm looking for a solution to either a) root the phone without unlocking the bootloader (which is my first choice) or b) solve the "low on space" issue. I love my XPERIA Play and changing phones is not something I'm willing to do. Hopefully you guys can help. Also, being a noob, any answers provided should be done with the mindset that you're talking to a five-year-old.
I've updated X8 from 1.6 android version to 2.1 and the home (middle) button doesn't work anymore. Also the touch screen sometimes doesn't respond. I regret for updating because before this everything was working perfect. I've carefully done step by step the update according to the instructions on PC companion and on site. So is there a way to delete the 2.1 update and return to the root version 1.6?
kind of obnoxious this doesn't exist without jailbreaking buuuut i can't be the only one who wants to be able to hide/toggle and app to be invisible/absent from my homescreens (apple default apps in particular) and be able to show them again via a menu in settings or something similar. of all the 26 default apps apple sees fit to cram onto my device i use maybe half that on a regular basis.i've never even opened reminders, videos, Internet, stocks,voice memos or itunes and would love to be able to get them out of my way.
I used to be able to set my caller ID as hidden for making calls but now it appears that I have lost that feature. The respective menu is showing as ON (settings, phone, show my caller ID - ON) and greyed out, so I can't disable it. How can cancel it and have my caller ID back to hidden?
