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I'm wondering if anyone has been denied a return. Does sprint check the bootloader for *Tampered* or *Re-locked*?
I really want to start flashing roms but there is the possibility that I won't keep the phone.
Just relock your bootloader and run ruu. Then it will be acceptable. At least that's what I had to do after I showed up at the store all rooted and everything.
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Jabawockee said:
Just relock your bootloader and run ruu. Then it will be acceptable. At least that's what I had to do after I showed up at the store all rooted and everything.
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Yup just do that, they don't usually check the phone stays of root, unless the person that takes care of you is a [email protected][email protected]
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Well my power button was in the fritz the first day. Unfortunately the Regional HTC was at my local Sprint. Guess what he did? That's right. Booted into the bootloader. Why. I have no frikken clue. All the reps were amazed by what I did to the Dr ice so soon. Even another local sprint about 5 miles away found out (a friend of mine that works there told me) I was pretty pissed that I went in there to exchange it out and he booted Into that. O asked him for what reason, but he seriously had no clue what the f**k he was talking about. Honest to god. I'm mean, I'm sure he was just a sales Rep for HTC. But damn. When he seen that Tampered sign and when he also booted into TWRP, he was like "jeez, android in gone. Why did you do that?" LOL. So, o talked to one of my girl friends from Sprint, she's gonna hook me up. But I wad so shocked that he did that, all over me ha ing an issue with my power button. That was the first for me. Thank is god tha issue I had was due to a couple of apps .or allowing my phone to sleep correctly. Ahh well
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I exchanged mine yesterday after with it relocked and still rooted with no issues.
Well to be fair a bad kernel could affect the power button. Maybe he thought you were flashing kernel ports or something
Thanks for the response guys!! I'm gonna unlock now!
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I exchanged mine yesterday after with it relocked and still rooted with no issues.
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this phone just came out why did you return it already?
It's hard to check if the bootloader was unlocked when you have a broken screen. (wink wink)
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Do not go to a corp store go to a retail store that does repairs they need to order one which is two days and they take the old one. No way there are refubs yet.
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Well that is good to know. I'm waiting for mine to charge so I can activate, but hopefully everything checks out. I'm glad to know that relocking and going back to stock seems to take care of CS issues.
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Do not go to a corp store go to a retail store that does repairs they need to order one which is two days and they take the old one. No way there are refubs yet.
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? I went to a corporate store and they exchanged my phone for a brand new one. Is that not normal?
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? I went to a corporate store and they exchanged my phone for a brand new one. Is that not normal?
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It is normal but some stores are aholes and check for root and unlocked bootloggers and act like they are the owners of sprint. Hard to find a good crop store.
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fearbasel04 said:
It is normal but some stores are aholes and check for root and unlocked bootloggers and act like they are the owners of sprint. Hard to find a good crop store.
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*Bootloggers* ha ha
But yeah guess it will depend who takes care of you
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Ok so my camera used to work, im s-on rooted running a rom, camera app shows up, no preview and the buttons do
nothing. So, has any one had this and was able to fix it? What did you do? Any help would be appreciated.
And im a week beyond the 30 day warranty so no trading for a new one, and I don't really feel like sending it in to HTC
just yet.
You do know its one year warranty.
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You do know its one year warranty.
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Yeah but I don't want to send it in. I was looking for a quick fix.
"Rooted running a rom"
That doesn't exactly help us help you.what Rom is it
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Usually that is indicative of a non compatible kernel.
WUESTSIDER X
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Running rejuvenated 2.1. Also rotted s-on
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Unrooted and relocked bootloader, still no camera. Even did the latest RUU and no rear camera! will my htc warranty still
work since I did the htcdev unlock????????????????
If your still within your warranty time frame you should be fine. My last EVOLTE had major antenna issues and Sprint gave me a new one, even though it was rooted. And yes the tech knew it was rooted.
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Unrooted and relocked bootloader, still no camera. Even did the latest RUU and no rear camera! will my htc warranty still
work since I did the htcdev unlock????????????????
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Ok but i'm out of my 30 day, so I'm stuck with the htc warranty. I called Htc and they said my warranty was fine. If they try to go into recovery, since I used HTCDEV will they just kick it back to me?? I don't know if some one will know this for sure, thought I would ask.
Hi, does anyone know where to unlock the phone? I tried cellunlocker.net and talked with At&t they both don't have it. Where else can we get a unlock code.
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I tied Htcunlucker app from play store still the couldn't find the code
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Anyone?
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I believe you're looking for the htcdev website. New member, unable to post links, just google it.
I'm looking for sim unlock
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I'm in the same boat. Purchased at no commitment price, and AT&T is unable/unwilling to give me the unlock code. Kind of annoying!
That's AT&T for you. I've tried in numerous phones to get my SIM unlocked and no go...
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That's AT&T for you. I've tried in numerous phones to get my SIM unlocked and no go...
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That hasn't been my experience with them. I just got an unlock code for my old HTC Aria when I got the One X. Just went to their website and used the support chat feature. Now if your phone is subsidized you may have trouble.
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That hasn't been my experience with them. I just got an unlock code for my old HTC Aria when I got the One X. Just went to their website and used the support chat feature. Now if your phone is subsidized you may have trouble.
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I charted with them and NoGo
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That hasn't been my experience with them. I just got an unlock code for my old HTC Aria when I got the One X. Just went to their website and used the support chat feature. Now if your phone is subsidized you may have trouble.
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I wonder if that was the issue. Because I always have been under contract when trying. Thanks for the heads up.
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You might try calling them and telling them you are planning a trip outside the country and need to SIM unlock so you can use a prepaid SIM. That has worked for others in the past.
Good luck!
I SIM unlock phones and they aren't free. I buy and resell the codes. Shoot me your IMEI number, the country and carrier it is locked to in a PM. I'll see if it can be unlocked. If it can be, it will be a bit pricey since they just released a new service for HTC phones.
Need to unlock!!
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Hi, does anyone know where to unlock the phone? I tried cellunlocker.net and talked with At&t they both don't have it. Where else can we get a unlock code.
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Hi, did you end up finding some that can unlock it? I'm in the same boat its been 3d ays. Really annoyed.
Any News about this yet ?
Cant unlock it either
I wish I had read this thread earlier.
Just bought the One X+ at a no-commitment price.
AT&T reps online and in the store told me they'd unlock it. But now that I talk to them, they say they cant/wont :/
tapasdesai said:
I wish I had read this thread earlier.
Just bought the One X+ at a no-commitment price.
AT&T reps online and in the store told me they'd unlock it. But now that I talk to them, they say they cant/wont :/
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Talk to hasoon, he should be able to help
I think the main reason you can't unlock your phone is that ATT won't let you unlock it when your using the phone while your on a plan. When you upgrade to a new phone or change phones then you can unlock your old one. Source: experience
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I am doomed
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Talk to hasoon, he should be able to help
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Hasoon is a great guy and I'v talked to him.
Unfortunately, he cant help.
I talked to AT&T international (1-800-335-4685). I'v heard they are pretty relaxed about unlocking phones.
Also, I bought mine at the no-commitment price.
The rep on the phone agreed to unlock my X+ and asked for my IMEI#. But after he put it into the system, he said AT&T can't unlock it till May 16th 2013.
I'v heard AT&T tends to do this when it has an exclusive phone.
But this might just be me. You guys should try this and see if it works.
Still no luck ...anyone ?
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Still no luck ...anyone ?
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Try canada unlock gsm. it worked out for mine. Maybe he can unlock the at&t model. Anyway he was the only one capable of unlocking mine when everyone said no.
Okay so ive seen a few posts on xda from the s-off devs already. How long you think till we get unlocked and rooted?
Not long. Lol.
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Believe me. This phone will have the best of the best devs. Won't b long bro.
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The international one has root and recovery already. I guess htc dev works to. Maybe us at&t users will luck out.
US carriers promised to lock things down tightly after the One came out. I guess we'll see.
Good thing i have a 14 day return period lol. Cant live without root.
do we know if this device has a locked bootloader that will be hard to crack or will they actually design it to be unlocked like sony does.
im trying to decide between m8 and z2, and i know sony has been cool in the past with allowing the phone to be easily rooted and unlocked to allow flashing. i am coming from a galaxy s4 with unlocked mdk bootloader but i am upgrading and i want to be able to mod my phone
did anyone try htc-dev or kingo?
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did anyone try htc-dev or kingo?
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we will once we get the phone today.
as of today the verizon users cannot use htc dev, we shall see if at&t locked us out to. good thing is i know s-off is being worked on.
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do we know if this device has a locked bootloader that will be hard to crack or will they actually design it to be unlocked like sony does.
im trying to decide between m8 and z2, and i know sony has been cool in the past with allowing the phone to be easily rooted and unlocked to allow flashing. i am coming from a galaxy s4 with unlocked mdk bootloader but i am upgrading and i want to be able to mod my phone
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I ordered an m8 to test our cases on, but the z2 is the one I'm really looking forward to. It will have to be amazing though for me to give up my Note 3 screen real estate!
Already. Unlocked bootloader via HTC Dev. AT&T must have forgot lol
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Go to htcdev.com and unlock your bootloader fellas! Let the games begin!
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Go to htcdev.com and unlock your bootloader fellas! Let the games begin!
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So just to confirm... this method worked on your 'AT&T' HTC One M8 right?
boogie2001 said:
So just to confirm... this method worked on your 'AT&T' HTC One M8 right?
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Yes the att model can be unlocked through htcdev.com . Let's just hope ATT don't pull a VZW and yank it like they did with the M7!
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Confirmed that htc dev unlocking works on att..
I would assume this voids your warranty with at&t and no relocking and going back to virgin status?
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I would assume this voids your warranty with at&t and no relocking and going back to virgin status?
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Maybe and yes you can relock.
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Maybe and yes you can relock.
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I'm just concerned because I may be moving to att next and at the end of my 12 month I can turn the phone in and upgrade to a new one and want to be able to relock it so I don't have an issue when giving it back to AT&T
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I'm just concerned because I may be moving to att next and at the end of my 12 month I can turn the phone in and upgrade to a new one and want to be able to relock it so I don't have an issue when giving it back to AT&T
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I have returned quite a few phones that I have relocked and unrooted without one problem through warranty exchange. I'm not concerned with it at all and I am on the Next program as of this phone. Besides that, the warranty is up after the 1st year. This is just my experience and I can't speak for everyone.
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I'm just concerned because I may be moving to att next and at the end of my 12 month I can turn the phone in and upgrade to a new one and want to be able to relock it so I don't have an issue when giving it back to AT&T
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As long as you return the phone with a stock system ,boot,recovery etc and relock you will be okay my friend.
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Maybe and yes you can relock.
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As long as you return the phone with a stock system ,boot,recovery etc and relock you will be okay my friend.
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as long as I can do that, that's great. With my note2 having tripped Knox I do not have that option. Damn Samsung
i got my xperia z2 today from vodafone uk, really impressed with device as i switched from Galaxy S5. one of the thing that troubling me is the locked bootloader which strick even rooting your device, in other words you are limiting potential power of your phone.
Can anyone suggest if he/she got xperia Z2 with unlocked bootloader and from where did you purchase your device.
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i got my xperia z2 today from vodafone uk, really impressed with device as i switched from Galaxy S5. one of the thing that troubling me is the locked bootloader which strick even rooting your device, in other words you are limiting potential power of your phone.
Can anyone suggest if he/she got xperia Z2 with unlocked bootloader and from where did you purchase your device.
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I Got the UK Z2 but my Bootloader is Unlocked... i Have purchased form EE...
Thank you
iRimas said:
I Got the UK Z2 but my Bootloader is Unlocked... i Have purchased form EE...
Thank you
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Thanks for the update i think i might switchover to EE then
iRimas said:
I Got the UK Z2 but my Bootloader is Unlocked... i Have purchased form EE...
Thank you
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I also got mine from EE and it was locked as all devices from them should be locked unless u get it from somewhere like carphone warehouse,phones 4u or other Internet sites
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Thanks for the update i think i might switchover to EE then
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festa20 said:
I also got mine from EE and it was locked as all devices from them should be locked unless u get it from somewhere like carphone warehouse,phones 4u or other Internet sites
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Yea cancelled my deal with voda an ordered from Phones4u. Handset is at DPD Enfield depot. Will collect in couple of days. Hope it comes with unlocked bootloader. Finger crossed.
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okay a noob question ! but as far as i have read, ALL the Z2 have locked bootloaders ? mine is due to be delivered today, and here is the noob part , how do i check to see if my bootloader is locked ?
Mine is from Vodafone and is bootloader & SIM locked. (Thinking about returning it because if this).
Open dialer and type *#*#service#*#* This will give you all the info
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In most cases* if you buy a Sony phone on contract within the UK it'll have a locked bootloader and there is literally nothing that can be done about it.
I learned the hard way with my last Sony device (on contract with Three) so have bought the Z2 off-contract this time round and will pay for a Sim-only plan with Three (this works out cheaper as well).
*Buying on-contract through a third party such as CPW might possibly give you an unlocked bootloader... but it's down to the Network to lock the bootloader permanently and I don't know whether they have this opportunity before CPW ships them to customers
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In most cases* if you buy a Sony phone on contract within the UK it'll have a locked bootloader and there is literally nothing that can be done about it.
I learned the hard way with my last Sony device (on contract with Three) so have bought the Z2 off-contract this time round and will pay for a Sim-only plan with Three (this works out cheaper as well).
*Buying on-contract through a third party such as CPW might possibly give you an unlocked bootloader... but it's down to the Network to lock the bootloader permanently and I don't know whether they have this opportunity before CPW ships them to customers
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Carphone Warehouse always supply unlocked devices so that's one good reason to go there (i believe the same is true of phones4u but i have no first hand experience of this).
I'll. Collect my p4u z2 on Friday and let you guys know whether BL is locked or unlocked.
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mushtafa said:
Mine is from Vodafone and is bootloader & SIM locked. (Thinking about returning it because if this).
Open dialer and type *#*#service#*#* This will give you all the info
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okay so i just got my phone. i typed *#*#service#*#* and under the sim lock and other stuff , its all 0 next to everything. so does that mean its locked or not ? mine was from phones 4 u ... okay i just realized that if it has an X contained within any of the little brackets the its locked .. mine does not . so i guess my bootloader isn't locked then ??
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okay so i just got my phone. i typed *#*#service#*#* and under the sim lock and other stuff , its all 0 next to everything. so does that mean its locked or not ? mine was from phones 4 u
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It means is unlocked.can you please check in configuration option just below simunlock. Does it says " bootloader unlicking allowed: YES "
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rehanraza said:
Yea cancelled my deal with voda an ordered from Phones4u. Handset is at DPD Enfield depot. Will collect in couple of days. Hope it comes with unlocked bootloader. Finger crossed.
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If you get it from phones4u it will be unlocked
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strommy1966 said:
okay so i just got my phone. i typed *#*#service#*#* and under the sim lock and other stuff , its all 0 next to everything. so does that mean its locked or not ? mine was from phones 4 u ... okay i just realized that if it has an X contained within any of the little brackets the its locked .. mine does not . so i guess my bootloader isn't locked then ??
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Go into configuration and it does say boot loader unlockable yes or no
U should be able to find it in there sending my phone bk today just woke up so guns ring phones4u bk tmoz and sort out getting from them again
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It means is unlocked.can you please check in configuration option just below simunlock. Does it says " bootloader unlicking allowed: YES "
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it says YES
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If you get it from phones4u it will be unlocked
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It seems like theres a bit of confusion here between an unlocked bootloader and a sim unlocked handset.........unlocking the bootloader doesn't let you use any sim, likewise if you can use any sim it doesn't mean you have an unlocked bootloader, mine is from phones for you and has no network/sim locks but bootloader is locked altho it says its unlockable..... from what ive seen in forums it seems like only the phones with no network lock have unlockable bootloaders, i cant be more help regarding the bootloader as im new to sony, all i know is its got something to do with installing custom roms and rooting
Just got my phone, ordered from mobiles.co.uk (which is Carphone W)arehouse) and I can confirm that it is both unlocked to any sim and that it's "Rooting Status is "Bootloader unlock allowed: Yes"
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It seems like theres a bit of confusion here between an unlocked bootloader and a sim unlocked handset.........unlocking the bootloader doesn't let you use any sim, likewise if you can use any sim it doesn't mean you have an unlocked bootloader, mine is from phones for you and has no network/sim locks but bootloader is locked altho it says its unlockable..... from what ive seen in forums it seems like only the phones with no network lock have unlockable bootloaders, i cant be more help regarding the bootloader as im new to sony, all i know is its got something to do with installing custom roms and rooting
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Yes if your phone is sim unlocked no doubt it will be bootloader unlocked
And even tho it is unlockable by saying yes means u have to unlock it through the website or through xda and then you will be able to flash custom ROMs but there is hardly no ROMs at the moment give it a few weeks and then you will have a few to pick from
Hopefully if all is good we will be bringing a ROM out for the z2 might be abut Rusty as haven't made any thing since the arc and neo times
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Yes if your phone is sim unlocked no doubt it will be bootloader unlocked
And even tho it is unlockable by saying yes means u have to unlock it through the website or through xda and then you will be able to flash custom ROMs but there is hardly no ROMs at the moment give it a few weeks and then you will have a few to pick from
Hopefully if all is good we will be bringing a ROM out for the z2 might be abut Rusty as haven't made any thing since the arc and neo times
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Yes if your phone is sim unlocked no doubt it will be bootloader unlocked ....... no, it will be bootloader unlockable, not bootloader unlocked.... dont confuse people more than they already are lol
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Yes if your phone is sim unlocked no doubt it will be bootloader unlocked ....... no, it will be bootloader unlockable, not bootloader unlocked.... dont confuse people more than they already are lol
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Haha yea same thing lol
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Gah! I'm totally confused.
So I've asked Vodafone to sim unlock for me, but this won't enable me to bootloader unlock, ie change status to bootloader unlock allowed = yes?
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