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Sony Xperia T3: Revision 13
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_Xperia

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^ Hardware

Chipset Qualcomm MSM8928 Snapdragon 400
CPU Quad-core 1.4 GHz
GPU Adreno 305
Display 720x1280 TFT
Storage 8 GB + SD card
Memory 1 GB

^ unlock bootloader

https://developer.sony.com/develop/open-devices/get-started/unlock-bootloader/

Please note! It will only be possible to unlock the boot loader for certain releases. You can check if it is possible to unlock the boot loader of your device in the service menu by following the steps below:

> In your device, open the dialer and enter

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*#*#7378423#*#*
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> to access the service menu.
> Tap Service info > Configuration > Rooting Status. If Bootloader unlock allowed says Yes, then you can continue with the next step. If it says No, or if the status is missing, your device cannot be unlocked.

^^ unlock using TA partition

https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2562649

I have rooted device and did:

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~ # fdisk -l /dev/block/mmcblk0
Found valid GPT with protective MBR; using GPT

Disk /dev/block/mmcblk0: 15269888 sectors, 3360M
Logical sector size: 512
Disk identifier (GUID): 98101b32-bbe2-4bf2-a06e-2bb33d000c20
Partition table holds up to 27 entries
First usable sector is 34, last usable sector is 15269854

Number Start (sector) End (sector) Size Name
1 256 4351 2048K TA
2 4352 5375 512K sbl1
3 5376 5887 256K s1sbl
4 5888 6015 65536 dbi
5 6016 7039 512K aboot
6 7040 8063 512K rpm
7 8064 9087 512K tz
8 9088 10111 512K alt_sbl1
9 10112 10623 256K alt_s1sbl
10 10624 10751 65536 alt_dbi
11 10752 11775 512K alt_aboot
12 11776 12799 512K alt_rpm
13 12800 13823 512K alt_tz
14 16384 19455 1536K fsg
15 24576 27647 1536K modemst1
16 32768 35839 1536K modemst2
17 40960 73727 16.0M persist
18 73728 204799 64.0M modem
19 204800 245759 20.0M boot
20 245760 266239 10.0M ramdump
21 266240 299007 16.0M FOTAKernel
22 299008 299071 32768 DDR
23 299072 331839 16.0M LTALabel
24 335872 352255 8192K apps_log
25 352256 4390911 1972M system
26 4390912 4800511 200M cache
27 4800512 15269854 5111M userdata

~ # dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p1 of=/sdcard/1.TA bs=1k
2048+0 records in
2048+0 records out
2097152 bytes (2.0MB) copied, 0.187378 seconds, 10.7MB/s

dpavlin@nuc:/nuc/xperia-t3$ adb pull /sdcard/1.TA



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^ yukon

upstream source for android? https://github.com/Sony-Yukon

^ debug board

https://elinux.org/Sony_Debug_Assist_board

^ Qualcomm HS-USB Diagnostics 9006 (CMIIW)

https://forum.xda-developers.com/general/help/how-to-enter-qualcomm-mmc-storage-diag-t3253478

nobody knows how to get into it

^ TWRP

https://forum.xda-developers.com/xperia-t3/development/recovery-sony-xperia-t3-d5103-seagull-t3783962

^ get root

https://forum.xda-developers.com/xperia-t3/general/root-xperia-t3-version-t3105947