how can service centre people find out if bootloader is unlocked - Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

hey folks ,if we unlock bootloader and our device is under warranty ..
suppose if mess up with it and cannot recover own our own...is there any way for the poeple at service centres to find out that our device is unlocked ...how can they find out if the device is completely in coma...(dead,bricked) ??????

in india i dont think that they check about bootloader and root stats as i have also given my rooted phone to service center but they repaired it under warranty

ashis.kyal said:
in india i dont think that they check about bootloader and root stats as i have also given my rooted phone to service center but they repaired it under warranty
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Yes done this 2 times with root and they repaired under warranty
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pchetan2 said:
hey folks ,if we unlock bootloader and our device is under warranty ..
suppose if mess up with it and cannot recover own our own...is there any way for the poeple at service centres to find out that our device is unlocked ...how can they find out if the device is completely in coma...(dead,bricked) ??????
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If u root, your warranty will not be void. If u officially unlock the bootloader, u have to ask bootloader key with sony which they will mail you and your warranty will be void (You can get your warranty and DRM keys back, if you perform TA backup before unlocking).
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madhukarmohan said:
If u root, your warranty will not be void. If u officially unlock the bootloader, u have to ask bootloader key with sony which they will mail you and your warranty will be void (You can get your warranty and DRM keys back, if you perform TA backup before unlocking).
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TA backup is not working 2011 device. How u backup and restore?

You don't use the official method to unlock but use a test point instead. Search in your rom thread
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A service center will use SEUS to reset or reflash the device. This is standard in most centers. SEUS will tell that the device has unofficial software and thus letting them know that the bootloader is unlocked.

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Problem unlock bootloader

I go back to 2.1, than i root phone and use msm7227 . This is the problem:
My bootloader is not unlock jet!
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have u success unlocking boot loader before?
unlocking boot loader will brick your phone if you done any wrong..
becarefull...
nelikp said:
have u success unlocking boot loader before?
unlocking boot loader will brick your phone if you done any wrong..
becarefull...
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Yes i know. I've unlock them tvice-2months ago without any instructions, I didn't use setool before I restore/ relock bootloader. When I unlocked them, than I've flash Linux DX 04. But than I've got one big problem. My phone didn't have mobile signal so I relock bootloader back. Than I try to unlock them again and I have the same problem. Now I want to unlock bootloader and flash nAa kernel but I can't!
ok..exactly same with my problem...
I'v done b4...then got no network problem..
(sent to SE)
when i get my phone try to unlock bootloader and bricked
(can't get into flash mode anymore)
(sent to SE again)
try to unlock bootloader again and bricked again
(sent to SE again...)
Now I wanna stay away from this...
u can study what the matter here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1399381&page=3
nelikp said:
ok..exactly same with my problem...
I'v done b4...then got no network problem..
(sent to SE)
when i get my phone try to unlock bootloader and bricked
(can't get into flash mode anymore)
(sent to SE again)
try to unlock bootloader again and bricked again
(sent to SE again...)
Now I wanna stay away from this...
u can study what the matter here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1399381&page=3
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My phone never bricked, if you're phone bricked, you must to relock bootloader, flash original SE kernel with flashtool and update phone back to 2.1 with SE PC COMPANION
what about your mfc date code??
behind batery 11w3x??
x8papa said:
what about your mfc date code??
behind batery 11w3x??
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Where to see that?

[Q] Unlock Xperia X8 via Data Cable

Hi guys, my doubt is the following:
I have unlocked bootloader but I want to unlock the "network lock" so my X8 can use any operator but I don't know what happens with my bootloader, it locks again? Thanks in advance
Look at the image below to see clearly what I'm talking about
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If you have unloceked bootloader, then you should have sim unlock too. Look at that thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1254225
Welded said:
If you have unloceked bootloader, then you should have sim unlock too. Look at that thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1254225
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What are you talking about? That thread actually says bootloader unlock does not sim unlock the phone.
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Calm down, NIMBAH - there are always people who fail to understand what a particular guide is all about (or not).
EDIT: @OP
Your other chance, which may be the better solution, is to SIM unlock through an EMMA/IMEI code. There are some sites on the net offering this kind of service.
Then, unlocking via EMMA/IMEI code my boootloader won't suffer any change, right?
Jimmy Thrashmetal said:
Then, unlocking via EMMA/IMEI code my boootloader won't suffer any change, right?
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No, your boot loader won't suffer changes ... the one has not really anything to do with the other.
The only relevant thing is at boot loader unlock - there's a scenario (read the guide in the development section!) where the original SIM lock could return, but that entirely depends on how the phone got SIM unlocked in the first place.
I unlocked bootloader and it unlocked my phone, and now i can use any sim card (t-mobile, vip.....)
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Unlock Xperia X8
Please tell us how do you get it.
I have an Xperia X8 and I finalised the year, so I can ask to my operator to unlock the phone. The problem is that I have modified the original system (Android 1.6) the actual system is Android 2.3 (MiniCM 7-2.2) and I supose the operator will rejected to unlock my phone.
in my opinion should take. and as pujdzie something wrong, and so it can upload the unlocked bootloader 2.1 stock under flashtool and then bootladera lock without restoring your stock. And then you can return to normal rom coustom

Please help in regards to unlocked at&t htc one

like I am buyting at&t htc one but seller said its unlocked just by codes given by at&t itself (as the seller is stating) and he says nothing else like rooting or bootloader unlocked is not done on it . But I will check if he is true or lieing as he is not telling me if its bootloader unlocked too . So just tell me this that if its (only) bootloader unlocked then I will see s-off instead of s-on ??? or I can still see s-on even if the device is just bootloader unlocked ,,,,,
how to check that its not bootloader unlocked ?! and I will surely get future updates ?! From where it will get the future updates ? like by htc server or still by at&t ?
shantusingh said:
like I am buyting at&t htc one but seller said its unlocked just by codes given by at&t itself (as the seller is stating) and he says nothing else like rooting or bootloader unlocked is not done on it . But I will check if he is true or lieing as he is not telling me if its bootloader unlocked too . So just tell me this that if its (only) bootloader unlocked then I will see s-off instead of s-on ??? or I can still see s-on even if the device is just bootloader unlocked ,,,,,
how to check that its not bootloader unlocked ?! and I will surely get future updates ?! From where it will get the future updates ? like by htc server or still by at&t ?
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See attachment below.
If when you boot into your bootloader, power off your phone then press and hold Volume down and the power button, and either "TAMPERED" or "UNLOCKED" are shown, then the seller unlocked to bootloader. However, I don't think that stops your OTA updates from AT&T. Unlocking the bootloader only voids AT&T's warranty of the phone. Make sure Fastboot in the power options is unchecked before trying to boot into your bootloader.
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Was my Bootloader ever unlocked?

The question comes to my mind,because of the following reasons :
1) Bravia Engine not working (flashed xreality zip by @xperiaz2 but still no success)
2) Gracenote not working
But the catch is,that the "issues" I'm facing are in the replacement device(refurbished) that SONY gave me recently for the dead pixel issue :-/
I went in the service menu and it shows bootloader unlock allowed: yes
I even backed up TA partition of this device but it's of much lesser size than of my original device
The only thing that I could think of right now that I might have done wrong here is that, as I got my replacement, I restored the entire TWRP backup (system,data,,,) which I had taken in my original device,without noticing the BRAVIA ENGINE in album
So I wanted to know that whether my bootloader was ever unlocked by someone earlier, and that I've lost my drm keys??
Should I return this device to them?
Please guys,help me on this one!
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You can check the status of your DRM keys in the service menu.
Enter *#*#7378423#*#* in the dialler then look in Service tests - Security. All the keys should say [Key OK][Active].
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Bootloader unlock allowed = yes, means bootloader is still locked and unlockable.
teddymild said:
Bootloader unlock allowed = yes, means bootloader is still locked and unlockable.
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It could have been unlocked before and relocked and it would still say that though. That's why I posted the method to check whether the DRM keys are intact or not.
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kingvortex said:
It could have been unlocked before and relocked and it would still say that though. That's why I posted the method to check whether the DRM keys are intact or not.
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All the keys are... Keys Ok :-/
Then what have I done wrong?
Rumman Shaikh said:
All the keys are... Keys Ok :-/
Then what have I done wrong?
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I don't know, possibly something to do with restoring a backup from another device. If DRM keys are intact, BE2 should work. Try flashing a stock rom with Flashtool and see if it works then.
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OTA update with unlocked bootloader when on same firmware as update

Hello all,
I am on the French version of firmware .761 and on doom kernel with unlocked bootloader. I have been notified of a firmware update to the same version I'm on. See attached photo. Does anyone know if it would be safe to update over the air perhaps if I flash stock kernel back as it's similar firmware?
Cheers,
Lunar.
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I'm on UB and I have an update info. I'm on am custom Rom work with .757 I don't know if it work
Everything I have read has.stated quite clear to.never update via Ota or seus as it will brick the device.
I believe there is a warning ⚠ on sonys site for ul.
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quickpanic said:
Everything I have read has.stated quite clear to.never update via Ota or seus as it will brick the device.
I believe there is a warning ⚠ on sonys site for ul.
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SUS or PCComapnion will not work with an unlocked bootloader, so no need to worry about that
OTA updates will not brick the device, it just causes problems, and may result in a soft brick (Which is not really a brick at all because its fixable)
gregbradley said:
SUS or PCComapnion will not work with an unlocked bootloader, so no need to worry about that
OTA updates will not brick the device, it just causes problems, and may result in a soft brick (Which is not really a brick at all because its fixable)
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update your kernel to one based on .761 and it should stop update notifications
iain26 said:
update your kernel to one based on .761 and it should stop update notifications
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..and why I should do that if I can stop update notification anyway? ...without update anything.....no sense

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