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Someone gave me a Sony Ericsson Xperia X8 E15i and I'm wondering how to unlock it. I was thinking that it's easy to unlock because unlocking an iPhone is really easy and free of charge most of the time. Is it also possible with Sony Ericsson phones specifically the Android-based ones?
I did some research about the unlock code stuffs and a money must be used to use it but is there an alternative for that? Like is it possible to completely unlock a phone using a software and just the USB cable that comes with the phone?
I badly need to use a different network on that phone. Please help me out.
Thanks.
I unlocked bootloader and after booting x8 sometimes it shows me message ´Enter network unlock code´ i chose dismiss and after that i use unlocked phone (I can put any sim card and it works, just click on dismiss that`s all )
mirkovidovic said:
I unlocked bootloader and after booting x8 sometimes it shows me message ´Enter network unlock code´ i chose dismiss and after that i use unlocked phone (I can put any sim card and it works, just click on dismiss that`s all )
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okay, so how iwll i be able to do that?
Just unlock bootloader, you can find tutorial in android development columne
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mirkovidovic said:
Just unlock bootloader, you can find tutorial in android development columne
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so let me just get this straight, i can just simply unlock the bootloader and not to install any custom firmwares etc? just unlock it and the phone will definitely be unlocked? like i can use any sim cards?
another thing, upon exploring this thread, http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=846 it contains lots of custom firmwares as well as http://www.cyanogenmod.com/devices/sony-ericsson-xperia-x8 <-- i didn't understand it. is it a custom OS?
also is it possible to install the latest version of android in an x8? like the gingerbread or the ice cream sandwich?
and what happens when something went wrong when unlocking the phone?
My recommendation is to unlock the bootloader, root x8 and install a custom kernel and ROM. Of course you'll be able to install ICS or any other custom firmware (I use 1.1 firedroid together with Alfs v07-ICS kernel). Unlocking the bootloader you will be able to use any SIM card.And if anything goes wrong flash your phone using SEUS and in addition have at least 10 topics to unbrick yours mobile phone.
Unlocking bootloader unlocks SIM also only if you do it with Flashtool. And it was not clearly confirmed that it works every time.
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kulen said:
Unlocking bootloader unlocks SIM also only if you do it with Flashtool. And it was not clearly confirmed that it works every time.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QI8Jnqnx5ao I just choose to dismiss, and it is
no way, i have unlocked with flashtool and netlock are active
superoneclick
I have an e15a, 12w02.
I was wondering if superoneclick works for all versions, I read somewhere that anything after 11w35 gets bricked, but I couldn't find evidence if superonclick is a fix all for root.
So, will superoneclick give me root access for my e15a 12w02?
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I have an e15a, 12w02.
I was wondering if superoneclick works for all versions, I read somewhere that anything after 11w35 gets bricked, but I couldn't find evidence if superonclick is a fix all for root.
So, will superoneclick give me root access for my e15a 12w02?
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Rooting the ROM does not have anything to do with the hard brick danger related to boot loader unlock.
So yes, it's perfectly safe to root your ROM with SuperOneClick.
unlocking bootloader
So I'm guessing that the 12w02 will be bricked when I use the SE tweak tool to attempt to unlock the bootloader?
This means that I can only install custom roms using the xRecovery tool and not any of the newer more awesome that requires a different kernel (gingerbread rom etc?)
Hi! I know this post is veeeeery old, but I have this little [noob] problem heheh..... I changed the basebands (from 06 to15 as directed to change the ROM), flashed oxydo zfc3 (latest) and installed this ROM ZenceFil Veda (Which looks great!).... But I still have the sim locked!! How do I unlock it?! I just got this phone and I really need to use another network !!! Please , can somebody help me???!!:crying::crying::crying:
Hey guys my cousin gave me his Xperia X8 to remove the SIMLOCK from. Its an Xperia X8. I found this guide however the programs included arent working for:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1436957
It says that the phone must have manufacturing code 11W28 and below and the Xperia X8 I have got it 11W22
It says run s1tool and click DO JOB. However the s1tool has been updated and when I click identify and connect Xperia X8 when turned off as well as pressing the back button nothing appears within S1Tool. So I cant continue the remaining steps.
The phone is not unlocked and runs stock SE Firmware.
FYI: I am trying to unlock the bootloader and then remove network lock. Im just saying this so you clever guys know what my objective is
Thanks in advance
Is it possible to unlock the bootloader on a network locked phone? I also have the X8 and apparantly I cannot unlock it's bootloader.
Yeah, its possible, you should try it
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zeshansajid said:
Hey guys my cousin gave me his Xperia X8 to remove the SIMLOCK from. Its an Xperia X8. I found this guide however the programs included arent working for:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1436957
It says that the phone must have manufacturing code 11W28 and below and the Xperia X8 I have got it 11W22
It says run s1tool and click DO JOB. However the s1tool has been updated and when I click identify and connect Xperia X8 when turned off as well as pressing the back button nothing appears within S1Tool. So I cant continue the remaining steps.
The phone is not unlocked and runs stock SE Firmware.
FYI: I am trying to unlock the bootloader and then remove network lock. Im just saying this so you clever guys know what my objective is
Thanks in advance
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You can safely unlock the BL on yoyr phone. Here is what you have to do in order for S1tool to read your phone properly.
1. Install the Flash mode and ADB drivers for your phone. These drivers are bundled with Flashtool, just download and install Flashtool (link in dev section) and then go into the drivers folder and install. Then reboot your computer.
2. Turn off your phone. Then go into S1tool and click identify. Press and hold the back button while connecting your phone to the computer via USB cable. A green led light should appear to indicate that your phone has entered flash mode. S1tool should then start identification.
ShinOrochiX said:
Is it possible to unlock the bootloader on a network locked phone? I also have the X8 and apparantly I cannot unlock it's bootloader.
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You can unlock a sim-locked phone's bootloader.
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try install gordon gate drivers, and you must have PC Companion, and then you can connect phone to s1tool
1. install PCC
2. install gg-drivers
3. restart your PC
4. connect phone to s1tool
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Hi guys, can somebody confirm that if I unlocked my phone by Omnius than if I unlock it with S1Tool then it will work? There are a lot of discussions about this on the net but it is not clear. On many sites written that I will lose the network signal or the radio if I do it...or the sim-lock will be restored again...So if somebody know this please write a clear answer for example:
Yes you can unlock it with S1Tool without any problem or
Yes you can unlock it with Omnius without any problem or
No because...
Thank you very much!
atomeec said:
Hi guys, can somebody confirm that if I unlocked my phone by Omnius than if I unlock it with S1Tool then it will work? There are a lot of discussions about this on the net but it is not clear. On many sites written that I will lose the network signal or the radio if I do it...or the sim-lock will be restored again...So if somebody know this please write a clear answer for example:
Yes you can unlock it with S1Tool without any problem or
Yes you can unlock it with Omnius without any problem or
No because...
Thank you very much!
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You will not be able to unlock your BL safely with the free tools listed here if you have sim unlocked your phone with Omnius.
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try to read this thread man!
careful for trying unlock bootloader!
and check for you mobile version..
read this!
is your version can to doing unlock BL
press thanks if I help to solve your prob! :laugh::laugh::laugh:
my phone is showing me that it cant unlock boot loader when i see in service test bt typing *#7378432#*#*
i am from india and using normal xperia z (not any docomo or any)
can any one say what to do for getting permission for unlocking boot loader
Short answer - you can't unlock it ever.
The only exception would be if the status changed to disallowed after rooting. There is a fix for that somewhere in Doomlord's rooting thread.
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meghanath reddy said:
my phone is showing me that it cant unlock boot loader when i see in service test bt typing *#7378432#*#*
i am from india and using normal xperia z (not any docomo or any)
can any one say what to do for getting permission for unlocking boot loader
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First time I checked, I was also disappointed, a few days later I realized that I checked the status without having a root phone. After I rooted the phone it said yes for me.
Dsteppa said:
First time I checked, I was also disappointed, a few days later I realized that I checked the status without having a root phone. After I rooted the phone it said yes for me.
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Mine has always said 'Yes', even before I rooted.
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But here I checked after rooting my phone only
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I have checked after rooting my phone
Can I get unlock boot loader option as yes if I return to stock using pc companion
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meghanath reddy said:
I have checked after rooting my phone
Can I get unlock boot loader option as yes if I return to stock using pc companion
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Maybe. Only if the bootloader was actually unlockable to begin with.
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meghanath reddy said:
my phone is showing me that it cant unlock boot loader when i see in service test bt typing *#7378432#*#*
i am from india and using normal xperia z (not any docomo or any)
can any one say what to do for getting permission for unlocking boot loader
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Short answer:
If your device says Bootloader Unlock Allowed: No, it means you CAN'T unlock your bootloader.
diego9016 said:
Short answer:
If your device says Bootloader Unlock Allowed: No, it means you CAN'T unlock your bootloader.
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Unless it was rooted, as this sometimes changes the status to 'No' as stated in the first post of Doomlord's thread. I used bin4ry's tool and the bootloader status was untouched.
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if u had an unlockable bootloader device, after using this method the device will be detected as LOCKED or unlock not possible!!! (to fix this use this fix)
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Troubleshooting:
if your device has unlockable bootloader then after applying this hack the bootloader status will turn "Bootloader unlock allowed: No"
in that case dont worry the users have reported that doing a repair via SEUS will flash back stock firmware and turn this status to "Bootloader unlock allowed: Yes" (the same might also be achieved by flashing a stock FTF using FlashTool )
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Thax bro it worked for me
Thax a lot
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Hello, everyone.
I know nothing about rooting, flashing or unlocking bootloader. What I really need is to unlock the network of my phone. It was bought in Portugal locked to the TMN network. I am now back to Brazil and want to use it here. The conventional method of unlocking network is buying a code, but I want to know if there's a way to do it with no expense. What do you guys recommend?
Sony XPeria Z
Model: C6603
Bootloader unlock allowed: NO!!!
Thanks!
fran__cisco said:
Hello, everyone.
I know nothing about rooting, flashing or unlocking bootloader. What I really need is to unlock the network of my phone. It was bought in Portugal locked to the TMN network. I am now back to Brazil and want to use it here. The conventional method of unlocking network is buying a code, but I want to know if there's a way to do it with no expense. What do you guys recommend?
Sony XPeria Z
Model: C6603
Bootloader unlock allowed: NO!!!
Thanks!
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Hello and welcome to the forums.
The only way to network unlock this device is with a code, either from the original network provider or from an online seller. It is not possible to unlock any other way.
Additionally, as you're new here, I will suggest you should start a new thread when you have a question in future instead of bumping a very old thread unrelated to your question.
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kingvortex said:
Hello and welcome to the forums.
The only way to network unlock this device is with a code, either from the original network provider or from an online seller. It is not possible to unlock any other way.
Additionally, as you're new here, I will suggest you should start a new thread when you have a question in future instead of bumping a very old thread unrelated to your question.
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Ok. Sorry about that. I am also new here on XDA.
Thanks for the help. I will have "open my wallet" then
You're welcome and don't worry about it.
It might be helpful for you if you read the forum rules and a message from the moderators, as they both contain some useful information for your time on XDA.
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Root Xperia Z3 D6603 build 23.0.A.2.98 bootloader locked
Hi to everone. First time on the forum. Please can you help me to root my Xperia Z3?
Petopjasp69 said:
Hi to everone. First time on the forum. Please can you help me to root my Xperia Z3?
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Hi, welcome to the forums.
This is the Xperia Z section. You should ask questions regarding the Xperia Z3 in the Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting forum.
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I'm thankful that there are still wanting to address this issue of the bootloader not being unlocked. So my question is as such - Is there anyway (either by contacting T-Mobile, or Sony) that my phone, which is is SIM Unlocked (I know SIM unlock has nothing to do with bootloader unlock), can be bootloader unlocked? I'm just hoping that I can either get with Sony/Tmobile and have them do it, or even if there is a legitimate paid service out there then I will do that too! Any kind of help or anything would be appreciated! All I read is, 'If you're bootloader says no than that means NO', or I will often see people say that their bootloader says no and yet they can still enter fastboot mode.
Currently my device is Sony Xperia Z C6606 Tmobile version. I'm going to try to switch out my microUSB cord and see if fastboot works then. I'm still trying to have some kind of hope that maybe it will somehow work and I can flash a custom rom. Currently, whenever I plug in my phone into any computer, (with drivers installed) it never even shows up in the Device manager so I'm thinking it's an issue with my cord. It charges the device only.
Or should I just sell this phone and get a different android phone where I can unlock the bootloader? lol
Thanks!
You can only flash stock based roms with a stock, unmodified kernel.
Fastboot will connect even with a locked bootloader, but the commands you can use are extremely limited and in your case you cannot do anything with it at all. Your USB cable is not the problem.
If you want to flash CM/PA/AOSP etc, then you'll have to buy a new device. The bootloader is non unlockable. Nobody has cracked the security yet and I don't think anyone is even working on it, to be honest.
Sony or T-Mobile will not unlock it.
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Hallo,
i buyt a Xperia SP with simlock. Is there a way to unlock it. Google brings me a lot of sites that sending them my IMEI and avout 30Euro i would recive a unlockcode.
Is there no tool to unlock it by my self?
Flashing a custom rom, is the simlock removed automaticly or is it safet in an other part of the phone?
No you can't sim unlock a phone by using custom rom etc.
You need code. Get from services provider or internet.
Takes about max 4-5 days for code to arrive by email.
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hey, this is my first post on here.
A while ago I got my Xperia Z which is unlocked to all networks and I checked in the service menu and it said I could unlock the bootloader so I did so and installed my own roms, then it became faulty so I got it repaired but before so I flashed the stock rom on there just incase it was refused to be repaired because of the custom rom.
When I got it back I discovered in the service menu my bootloader can no longer but unlocked and I cannot root it or put CWM on it or anything as I keep getting errors... any advise?
I tried using the original bootloader unlock code I got but the phone rejects it saying something like 'FAILED remote does not have permission' or something along those lines in the CMD while using the fastboot code.
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hey, this is my first post on here.
A while ago I got my Xperia Z which is unlocked to all networks and I checked in the service menu and it said I could unlock the bootloader so I did so and installed my own roms, then it became faulty so I got it repaired but before so I flashed the stock rom on there just incase it was refused to be repaired because of the custom rom.
When I got it back I discovered in the service menu my bootloader can no longer but unlocked and I cannot root it or put CWM on it or anything as I keep getting errors... any advise?
I tried using the original bootloader unlock code I got but the phone rejects it saying something like 'FAILED remote does not have permission' or something along those lines in the CMD while using the fastboot code.
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It says
FAILED remote: command not allowed
i don't know what to do...
I've got my phone rooted now following a guide but it hasn't helped
Make sure your mobo has not changed, and ask Sony for a new unlock code
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If in service menu, and in bootloader unlock = NO, then it mean your motherboard has been changed, or the person that do the repair just change another phone for you which is unable to unlock..bootloader unlock = NO status mean no matter how you do it, the phone cannot longer be unlock as the phone hardware has been lock for specific carrier(usually)...
I tried anyway putting my IMEI into the sony website and got a new unlock code but that will still not unlock the bootloader, and my issue never got fixed as I was told that the motherboard would need to be replaced and I couldn't afford it, and I'm concerned as to why my IMEI has changed and I can no longer unlock my bootloader and I've tried downloading a new stock rom and flashing it and my phone is unlocked to all networks still as that was the way I got it and it is still this way.
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I tried anyway putting my IMEI into the sony website and got a new unlock code but that will still not unlock the bootloader, and my issue never got fixed as I was told that the motherboard would need to be replaced and I couldn't afford it, and I'm concerned as to why my IMEI has changed and I can no longer unlock my bootloader and I've tried downloading a new stock rom and flashing it and my phone is unlocked to all networks still as that was the way I got it and it is still this way.
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Just continuing into that thread, is that possible to mod the carrier? I used to send my SXZ to the sav, get it back, unlocked the BL tried a rom and (was-i think- tired) I relocked it -_-, and from now on can't unlock the BL anymore,is there a solution or I just need to reflash the TA, put everything to stock and send it back to sav?
Can someone help? :$
Oxydeme said:
Can someone help? :$
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I had same problem. And it even said it was unlocked... I reentered my imei and copied the code.. After many tries it worked... I used both flashtool and fastboot
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HellRoot said:
I had same problem. And it even said it was unlocked... I reentered my imei and copied the code.. After many tries it worked... I used both flashtool and fastboot
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On FT, it said Bootloader: NOT ROOTABLE so I think everything come back to stock before I send my phone to the Sav... So just gonna wait and see