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[Q] Unsimlock Xperia T

Hi everyone !
First of all, I'd like to introduce a little of myself because i'm new here ! My name is David, I'm 22, and i'm from France (Sorry for my English :angel. I just switched from an iPhone 4s to a Sony Xperia T (obvious in this section of the forum, right? ^^)
I'm a total beginner about Android development, but i'm learning more and more everyday !
Here is my problem : The xperia I bought is simlocked to Orange, a french provider (even though I know it exists in other countries), and i'd like to know how I could get rid of this lock so I can use my phone with my unlimited plan from another provider.
Does the lock come from the fact that the it's a Orange Firmware ? Can I bypass it by flashing the firmware and installing another firmware that won't be from Orange?
Do I have to unlock the bootloader ? Root the phone ?
Thanks for your answers and your help ! :good:

It will be simlocked to Orange regardless, you'll have to call Orange or a third party to unlock it for you.
Only Samsung devices and certain HTC have certain ways to unlock the phone freely. I don't know about Sony, as this is my first Sony phone.

I already called them, they told me that it costs 76€.. And a third party would be pretty much the same I guess..
Well I hope there's gonna be another solution, because I can't wait to fully use it ! :fingers-crossed:
Thanks for your answer though !

Most t third pairs will do it for around 30 bucks
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well I can't find one that'll do it for 30 bucks, so if you know one !

French law about cellphone states your service provider is to unlock your phone free of charge (considering you ask for it) after the sixth month of your engagement.
It can be done sooner but as you said, it's not free at all, and you'll still have to pay for your monthly plan for the rest of your engagement period.
Nickola

Big **** the phone who orange fr cell is branded and we need to unlock gsm but the big problem is the bootloader who is in statu locked. We can unlock the bootlaoder i going crazy
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sessel said:
Big **** the phone who orange fr cell is branded and we need to unlock gsm but the big problem is the bootloader who is in statu locked. We can unlock the bootlaoder i going crazy
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well if it is in status locked, you can unlock it (if i understand correctly). type *#*#7378423#*#* service info, configuration (or similar, am on cm10 so cannot look) and check if you can unlock it.
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The phone is in status locked when I look in Service Info, but I believe some members here already did unlock their bootloader.
Also I flashed the original Orange branded rom and replaced it with the Generic UK one, which is not branded (I thought by doing this it might disable the simlock, but it didn't..)

Dad0u said:
The phone is in status locked when I look in Service Info, but I believe some members here already did unlock their bootloader.
Also I flashed the original Orange branded rom and replaced it with the Generic UK one, which is not branded (I thought by doing this it might disable the simlock, but it didn't..)
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what i mean is not simlock, of course, but it should say in that menu if you can unlock bootloader.
it should say something like: Rooting: Unlock of bootloader: Yes
edit: from sonymobile site:
Instructions
First, you should confirm that it is possible to unlock the boot loader of your phone by checking the service menu. In your phone, open the dialler and enter *#*#7378423#*#* to access the service menu.
In your phone, 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.
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It actually says "No" to unlock the bootloader, that's what I was trying to say previously lol
That's why I said that I believe,even though it says no, that some members managed to unlock it. Or maybe that status is proper to each phone?

Dad0u said:
It actually says "No" to unlock the bootloader, that's what I was trying to say previously lol
That's why I said that I believe,even though it says no, that some members managed to unlock it. Or maybe that status is proper to each phone?
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ah ok lol
i don't know, but i guess it is each operator thing.. i am new to xperias, but i think i read there was some people that could unlock your bootloader even if it said no.
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Lol ,and i'm new to Android ^^ I'm pretty sure I read that too !
Is the bootloader unlocking linked to the simlock ?

Dad0u said:
Lol ,and i'm new to Android ^^ I'm pretty sure I read that too !
Is the bootloader unlocking linked to the simlock ?
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no. but seems that some operators prefer not to allow bootloader unlocking and that is ****ty.. verizon did that with sgs3, people got angry and they stopped doing it (or at least said they will).
someone correct me if i am wrong.
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tumult said:
well if it is in status locked, you can unlock it (if i understand correctly). type *#*#7378423#*#* service info, configuration (or similar, am on cm10 so cannot look) and check if you can unlock it.
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For me is No. I'm crazy i never have one divice with this statu.
I want my cm10 too lol
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sessel said:
For me is No. I'm crazy i never have one divice with this statu.
I want my cm10 too lol
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well that is ****ty damn :/.. and i stand corrected by @waynekirby in the other thread, only factory simfree can have bootloaders unlocked..
pfff.. i hope some solution will be found for you guys.
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tumult said:
ah ok lol
i don't know, but i guess it is each operator thing.. i am new to xperias, but i think i read there was some people that could unlock your bootloader even if it said no.
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That's true for the 2011 line and some of the 2012 line. But for Xperia t it is not (yet) possible. And if they unlocked while bootloader unlock allowed stated no they paid for it.
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Hi everyone,
Just wanted to know if any solution has come up about the unsimlock for the Xperia T !
Thanks !

None other than to ask your carrier nicely it for a paid for service. And its unlikely there ever will be one.
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[Q] Bricked Razr I

Hello to all and sorry for approximate English!!!
I have bricked my razr I after to have used RSD lite and at the time of restarting that this has never restarted!!!
Now I have a green diode which ignites during a few seconds then 2 rumble and it off.
Thus RSD lite does not re-know it any more, once connected on a PC, I just have the right(law) for the green led lit(switched on) longer!!!!
And sometimes my PC tries to install a driver MEdfield which it never finds!!!
It can it be a solution?
Have you other solution ?

did u downgrade from JB to ICS with rsd lite? Than your Razr i is one giant brick. At the moment there is no solution for that.
And if u didnt do that, i am sorry, i dont know the solution.

Hazou said:
did u downgrade from JB to ICS with rsd lite? Than your Razr i is one giant brick. At the moment there is no solution for that.
And if u didnt do that, i am sorry, i dont know the solution.
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Effectively, I am pass of ICS then JB then ICS then JB with no problem at all, my problem has place during one update with JB under RSD LITE That this made these 11 stages normally then at the time of restarted the such has never restarted!!
At the material level the solution it is what to change the motherboard mother of the such and if yes how many cost?

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Effectively, I am pass of ICS then JB then ICS then JB with no problem at all, my problem has place during one update with JB under RSD LITE That this made these 11 stages normally then at the time of restarted the such has never restarted!!
At the material level the solution it is what to change the motherboard mother of the such and if yes how many cost?
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Don't worry you're not the only one who has made this mistake I did the same thing if you're on a network phone ie T-Mobile orange etc take it back to them play dumb when I did mine I said that it started to do an update and the battery died now it won't turn on they sent the handset for repair and I kept track on their website and they fixed it changed the main board update the software and replaced the casing
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dog121 said:
Don't worry you're not the only one who has made this mistake I did the same thing if you're on a network phone ie T-Mobile orange etc take it back to them play dumb when I did mine I said that it started to do an update and the battery died now it won't turn on they sent the handset for repair and I kept track on their website and they fixed it changed the main board update the software and replaced the casing
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So much the better for you but me I have unlocked the bootloader by way of the site of Motorola thus I am well afraid that that this makes me all pay!!

Bubscanard said:
So much the better for you but me I have unlocked the bootloader by way of the site of Motorola thus I am well afraid that that this makes me all pay!!
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I did the same brick, with unlocked bootloader. Then i sent it to the warranty and said that an cable update failed. After 10 days, they said it was totally dead, then they gave me a totally new Razr i, with the box and everything.
Since the werent able to make it run, they didn't know the bootloader was unlocked.

tatazeuz said:
I did the same brick, with unlocked bootloader. Then i sent it to the warranty and said that an cable update failed. After 10 days, they said it was totally dead, then they gave me a totally new Razr i, with the box and everything.
Since the werent able to make it run, they didn't know the bootloader was unlocked.
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yes, but for unlocked the bootloader, i use the site of motorola then they are my IMEI and then i know warrantly out !!
And you , you used the Motorola site for unlocked the bootloader ?

Bubscanard said:
yes, but for unlocked the bootloader, i use the site of motorola then they are my IMEI and then i know warrantly out !!
And you , you used the Motorola site for unlocked the bootloader ?
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Yes, i used the Motorola site with all my info. Still got a new one.

tatazeuz said:
Yes, i used the Motorola site with all my info. Still got a new one.
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You know in France , We never make as all the world
But thank you for this good news

Bubscanard said:
So much the better for you but me I have unlocked the bootloader by way of the site of Motorola thus I am well afraid that that this makes me all pay!!
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Don't worry my phone was unlocked and rooted and they still fixed it because the carrier here in UK fix it themselves most of the time and don't send back to Motorola
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dog121 said:
Don't worry my phone was unlocked and rooted and they still fixed it because the carrier here in UK fix it themselves most of the time and don't send back to Motorola
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All the world in had a new razri further to a brick ?

[Q] Weird app and firmware update

So I was using my phone when suddenly there're notifications about a dummy app and a firmware update 12.1.X.0.2205. The dummy app didn't do anything much went opened tho. Just XPERIA written all over the screen. As for the firmware update it uses X instead of A and build 2205 just make no sense. Furthermore it's 0.2205 which I suppose is kind of weird. Any of you received the same or it was just me? I've searched the whole forum searching for answers and I can't find any. Is it just Sony mistakenly released it or what?
And as for the firmware update. I tried every means to get it installed but the installation failed. Just asking because of curiosity tho.
It might have been a mysterious force gave me superpowers through a weird phone update and I cant access it until the time comes but oh well that's just me and my imagination

Perhaps an idea to make a screenshot?

mrjraider said:
Perhaps an idea to make a screenshot?
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Ah yes sir here's a couple few of them

You are running a Custom ROM I believe? So perhaps that is the issue

Just clear all data of Update Centre

mrjraider said:
You are running a Custom ROM I believe? So perhaps that is the issue
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Yea i do moded it quite heavily. But what is actually going on here? Any thorough explanation? :silly:

I dont know actually. Even my CE official build was unable to update via OTA

mrjraider said:
I dont know actually. Even my CE official build was unable to update via OTA
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Oh yeah and one more thing. Is there any possibilities that this is a sign that Sony's making a kit kat build? Since that update I received was weird and all. I had a tiniest hope in that
Or maybe it's just my update centre is bugged and all :silly:

maybe it's something like this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2760290
and a question..how did you make your notification drawer like this?

antkalaitzakis96 said:
maybe it's something like this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2760290
and a question..how did you make your notification drawer like this?
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Nah I wouldn't say it's the same as there is no announcement of a new firmware by Sony. The link was for .205 and I've updated mine.
A little off-topic tho hahah.
About the notification bar I use Serajr systemUI mod and Serajr Xperia Xposed (KK) to get the gaussian blur effect

[Q] Xperia E1 Bootloader help

Hello XDA Users
I was just wondering if anyone knew of any way to unlock the bootloader when the Service Menu status is 'No'... I contacted sony support and they said to ask around here
So yeah
Thanks

Speshial said:
Hello XDA Users
I was just wondering if anyone knew of any way to unlock the bootloader when the Service Menu status is 'No'... I contacted sony support and they said to ask around here
So yeah
Thanks
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Is your phone rooted? If not, try Towelroot and report back if that status changed (Warranty will be voided)

Kizoky said:
Is your phone rooted? If not, try Towelroot and report back if that status changed (Warranty will be voided)
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I may have updated it to the version that towelroot doesn't work on but I shall quickly change it back using flashtool...

Speshial said:
I may have updated it to the version that towelroot doesn't work on but I shall quickly change it back using flashtool...
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ugh... flashtool wants to be a betch ~_~ Im stuck on the latest version of kitkat that doesn't support towelroot... Any other ideas?

Kizoky said:
Is your phone rooted? If not, try Towelroot and report back if that status changed (Warranty will be voided)
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I recall using towelroot before and that status not changing at all :/

boot loop
i unlocked the bootloader exactly as is said at sony mobile site without any trouble or issue during the process and now the phone is in boot loop... any help please... it was allowed to unlock the bootloader and also I had rooted phone...

dimmy1405 said:
i unlocked the bootloader exactly as is said at sony mobile site without any trouble or issue during the process and now the phone is in boot loop... any help please... it was allowed to unlock the bootloader and also I had rooted phone...
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Try to re-flash the firmware.
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Disable Lock Screen entirely.

So, rooted, boot unloaded, but running the latest firmware available on stock Xperia stuff, and one issue I've come across (Which was also present when going back to a previous firmware when doing root-exploit)
I can't disable my lock screen. I have to have one.
When I should be getting this.
Instead I get this.
When Googling answers, the most relevant result is someone asking how to go to AOSP lock screen rather than Xperia's. But I don't want that, I don't want a lock screen at all.
So, is there a way for me to cut it out entirely? Because it's not giving me the option to 'None'. I know you can go through and just delete/block specific system apps (The 'No xperia lock screen' thread suggested this), but that was for Xperia's. I don't know if it's dangerous to do for all of it.
Why is this missing? It exists going back to Xperia Z. Is my firmware faulty? Because it's in the list of firmwares (and the only one for me might I add)

Calvat said:
So, rooted, boot unloaded, but running the latest firmware available on stock Xperia stuff, and one issue I've come across (Which was also present when going back to a previous firmware when doing root-exploit)
I can't disable my lock screen. I have to have one.
When I should be getting this.
Instead I get this.
When Googling answers, the most relevant result is someone asking how to go to AOSP lock screen rather than Xperia's. But I don't want that, I don't want a lock screen at all.
So, is there a way for me to cut it out entirely? Because it's not giving me the option to 'None'. I know you can go through and just delete/block specific system apps (The 'No xperia lock screen' thread suggested this), but that was for Xperia's. I don't know if it's dangerous to do for all of it.
Why is this missing? It exists going back to Xperia Z. Is my firmware faulty? Because it's in the list of firmwares (and the only one for me might I add)
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What do you mean? ._. Settings> Security>Screen Lock> None
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Sadman Khan said:
What do you mean? ._. Settings> Security>Screen Lock> None
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Yeah, I thought this was the case. I have no clue why I'm missing the option.
Pretty bizarre.

Calvat said:
Yeah, I thought this was the case. I have no clue why I'm missing the option.
Pretty bizarre.
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That is extremely weird. How about you try flashing a different firmware using Flashtool?
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Sadman Khan said:
That is extremely weird. How about you try flashing a different firmware using Flashtool?
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2 out of 3 firmwares available. The old and new. It was pretty weird, but I suppose it doesn't matter now. I went with Cyanogen 12 since I managed to get some of the things fixed on it.
I'm wondering if it was due to a dirty flash. I havn't seen anyone complain about the firmware I used having any issues like it.

I didn't have it on the previous firmware I was on. D5833. I flashed a D5803 firmware and I have the option to disable it now.

AndIKnow said:
I didn't have it on the previous firmware I was on. D5833. I flashed a D5803 firmware and I have the option to disable it now.
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Isn't doing something like that a bad idea? Doesn't the firmware have to match the model exactly?
5833 and 5803 were different models I thought.

Haven't noticed any difference yet to be honest. I've flashed roms for both variants and afaik there's no difference at all.