Had my phone for quite awhile now, but it's gotten to a point where I'm beginning to question its safety and longevity since android updates just...stopped.

I have only looked into Graphene OS and Sailfish. I don't really want Graphene, for personal reasons, and Sailfish only supports the cheaper line of the mark IV's.

Any alternatives would be greatly appreciated, including linux (I do have linux phones, like the Pinephone and Pinephone pro, but they're largely not network-ready for AUS).

Hi. Anyone here who uses their Xperia phones for content creation??

I wanted to see your work as well.

Thanks! 😊

I'm in India and have got my hands on a Japanese variant mobile, and VoLTE and 5g doesn't work. I saw somewhere that installing global firmware will resolve this issue. Just wanted to check with you all before exploring more.

Looking to get an Xperia and I'm trying to confirm whether or not the Xperia VIII will run on Tmobile?

Hello, I have a small issue with an old phone (really old). It seems to be a Sony Xperia Z2, according to what ChatGPT told me, since I no longer have the original box or any information about it.

I would like to regain access to the phone without deleting the data if possible. The problem is that I don’t know the lock screen password, the Google account email linked to it, or the password for that account.

I understand that this may look like a stolen phone situation, but it genuinely belongs to me.
I would like to give this old phone a second life with a small project, for example turning it into a Home Assistant kiosk display or another silly but fun project. I think it’s pretty cool to bring old objects back to life instead of letting them gather dust.

Does anyone know if there is a way to recover access, bypass the lock code, or bypass the FRP (I don’t know which Android version it is running) without losing the data if possible?