Hello all. I've been culling the internets and XDA for the better part of an hour and I found only anecdotal evidence of people managing to acheive the fact, but never a clear and precise confirmation of what I'm about to ask. I tried to abuse the search but could not find a thing. So I'm asking this here:
Can a Rogers-branded and Rogers-sold Xperia mini pro sk17a (2011 series) be bootloader-unlocked using this method?
Feel free to point at me and laugh.
(http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=18013064&postcount=44 as a reference for the testpoint)
cybik said:
Hello all. I've been culling the internets and XDA for the better part of an hour and I found only anecdotal evidence of people managing to acheive the fact, but never a clear and precise confirmation of what I'm about to ask. I tried to abuse the search but could not find a thing. So I'm asking this here:
Can a Rogers-branded and Rogers-sold Xperia mini pro sk17a (2011 series) be bootloader-unlocked using this method?
Feel free to point at me and laugh.
(http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=18013064&postcount=44 as a reference for the testpoint)
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I would like to know as well. But can't confirm
Dial *#*#7378423#*#* and go to Service info\Configuration. If you read
Rooting status:
Bootloader unlock allowed: Yes
Then you can unlock it.
If that's a No, you can't unlock it. Nor via official way, nor via test point method.
In this case you need to use a paid method, like Wotanserver.
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I need to unlock a Xperia 10x for a friend to use on Tmobile in USA. Can someone point me the right direction to the individual who is remotelyunlocking for a fee..
Thank you
there are a thousand threads on this, next time try the search function..
Try www dot mobileincanada dot com
www DOT unlocking4u DOT com/unlock-your-phone/rs6wp2/
about $25
see my sign
EBay....find a seller with high rating.
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Go to www.samdroid.net ,there is an easy way to unlock the spica with hexeditor! Maybe it helps???
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Hi, I have used the flash tool. It is quite easy after some reading.
Also for future rom experiments most time useful.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=920746
Good suggestions there!
Madikeri said:
Hi, I have used the flash tool. It is quite easy after some reading.
Also for future rom experiments most time useful.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=920746
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Flashtool can't sim unlock a phone!
usely ppl ask for help in q/a but anyway
first theres no free way to unlock the x10 from what i have seen thus far
two nothing is 100% alot of ppl have lost money buying tools an thay end of not working
but heres a link to a list of over the net unlocking tool's/site's good luck read up beofore doing anything =)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=656945&page=9
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? I have found nothing yet for this ps I love this phone for gaming
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First you have to get your bootloader unlocked which there is only a paid way to do that right now. After you get your phone's bootloader unlocked, you download and copy RootXperia.zip to your SD card. Then you download and copy recoveryPLAY.img to the same directory on your PC as adb and fastboot.
Fastboot boot recoveryPLAY.img
Then choose to install zip which will be the RootXperia.zip on your SD card.
Or simply.....
Unlock bootloader, flash doomlord's v3 kernel which installs root, then flash back stock kernel.
Ok so you do need to get it unlocked I thought you might be able to get root without unlockex bootloader
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There is no working root for the R800x without an unlocked bootloader.
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Don't flash doomlords kernel if u did the 2.3.3 update. We don't have the 2.3.3 kernel and 2.3.2 Kernels will break ur wifi on a 2.3.3 system.
Unfortunately I did the update and wifi doesn't stay connected which is no good to play games like modern combat an 9mm, was hoping to some how root this or crack the bootloader so I can run different rom I don't like sonys at all
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my question is since when does a locked bootloadert stop development from my experience with xda its more of a challenge, i would like to unlock it free if possible theres got to be a solution to this problem i dont want the gsm version its weak if someone can point me in the right direction i can start to try an unlock the bootloader
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my question is since when does a locked bootloadert stop development from my experience with xda its more of a challenge, i would like to unlock it free if possible theres got to be a solution to this problem i dont want the gsm version its weak if someone can point me in the right direction i can start to try an unlock the bootloader
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You can start by reading the 400+ reply thread here on the subject and then wash it down with the entire saga of bootloader unlocking roller coaster that SE sent us through on the 280 post thread located here.
Those would be a couple of good places to start. And its not the locked bootloader thats stopped development. Its the fact that you cant flash anything when its locked. There is no root exploit for gingerbread. Look at any of the other phones. The whole community is at a standstill on devices running gingerbread (except for the blur-based exploit of recent moto's).
But yet there's a paid version and dev stopped is it really worth payment, cause I did read them they are all dead an, and I'm kinda see'ing if anyone else still has the same problem someone had a solution but didn't release it cause of the paid version and would like to continue were was left off
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crisis187 said:
But yet there's a paid version and dev stopped is it really worth payment, cause I did read them they are all dead an, and I'm kinda see'ing if anyone else still has the same problem someone had a solution but didn't release it cause of the paid version and would like to continue were was left off
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Crisis,
Dev work pretty much stopped because there's nothing that can be done. If a gingerbread-specific exploit is found, then we will reap the benefits along with every other gingerbread device. Otherwise, the problem is this - we need to reverse engineer Sony's hashing algorithm. See this thread for the specifics. If you figure out how to do it, you're a much smarter person than the rest of us and you should be working for the government or something, because reverse engineering a hashing algorithm is designed to be pretty fracking impossible. And we don't access to enough computing power to even think about attempting to brute force it, and even if we did we can't because we don't know the algorithm being used so we don't even know where to start.
so then are you saying this method doesn't work with verizon plays? http://unlockbootloader.sonyericsson.com/instructions
how sad I just got a free one today and was looking forward to some cm7
flamesbladeflcl said:
so then are you saying this method doesn't work with verizon plays? http://unlockbootloader.sonyericsson.com/instructions
how sad I just got a free one today and was looking forward to some cm7
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This is where Sony is outright lying to us. Yes, the R800x can get into Fastboot no problem, which by their instructions means it should be unlockable (and it is!). But the catch is you have to use Sony's submission form to get the unlock code. It's unique to every device, and it's a value created from the result of applying a hash algorithm against a devices IMEI (GSM) or MEID (CDMA).
If you go to the form and attempt to enter in your MEID, it will fail and say it's not a valid IMEI (Which of course it's not). However in the past their web form coding sucked, and all the validation of the form was client-side in the browser. So if you just manually formulated an HTTP POST request with the correct parameters, it would accept your MEID blindly in the IMEI post var without checking it. With the help of Mills and Asher, I wrote a console app in C# that would do just that. And sure enough, their code will apply their hash algorithm and spit you out a valid unlock key.
However, one day it got published in the bootloader cracked thread how we were doing the end-around their javascript validation. Within 48 hours Sony pulled the site down for maintenance and when it came back up, they had added a CAPTCHA to the form and also added server side checking on the postvar containing the IMEI. So even if you manually make a request now, it will error off. This is what cut off our free unlocking.
So in short, their web based unlocking system can unlock our phones, they just won't let us, and claim that "They cannot unlock CDMA Plays at this time, and they are working on it".
If you can come up with a way to publicly shame Sony into removing this restriction, well, we're all ears.
Root!!
Ladies & Gentlemen, brought to you by CrimsonSentinal13, root with a locked bootloader!!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=18615502&posted=1#post18615502
As the title say's I'm creating this thread for all us carrier locked Xperia S owners to subscribe too. this way we can subscribe to this thread and keep it updated on the latest news of root or unlocking the boot-loader.
YOU CAN'T ROOT LOCKED BOOTLOADERS
I will post new info when I hear something new. Feel free to add news as well. Lets just keep the comments about the topic. No need to fill it with junk that doesn't belong here.
Maybe true maybe not. Silly tech support, they don't have clue. Should have known better.
I talked with sony today and they assured me my rogers branded phone will be getting ICS and the updates will be around may 18th. I kept telling them if my phone is branded to rogers it can't happen as rogers needs time to add their apps and stuff. again sony said they are doing it different with the xperia s and all phones will be getting ics at the same time. may 18th.
so i don't believe them but maybe if more people call we can get a better idea when it's coming.
If you call and hear something different please share in the thread.
Now can someone stick this please? And maybe write YOU CAN'T ROOT LOCKED BOOTLOADERS in big red letters in the OP.
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Sony does not have to know about everything that my phone is root !!! give them imei no warranty
K900 said:
Now can someone stick this please? And maybe write YOU CAN'T ROOT LOCKED BOOTLOADERS in big red letters in the OP.
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Don't you think that will change in the future?
That's what the thread is for, news about unlocking un-unlockable bootloaders or rooting without it.
I needed this thread XD Thank you mate, Im subscribed now to know inmediatly when I will be able to root my phone!
however it is a bit annoying If this thread is filled with useless posts, just as my one at this moment. there isnt any way to subscribe only to editions in the first message?
I just thought I would shed a little ray of hope here
Apparently there is a way to root with locked bootloaders for official ICS on the Arc S, Ray and Neo V
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1600728
So maybe when we get ICS we can root without unlocking the bootloader
Yeah, the problem is when we will get ICS....we want root now! xD
Got phone from Orange, locked to Orange. Locked bootloader.
Asked for unlock key, threatened to leave.
Received unlock key. Phone unlocked. Surprise - Bootloader unlockable after restart *yipee*
Left Orange for good.
Ok I just had a thought and would like your feedback.
I have my xperia sim unlocked.
what im thinking is putting in my none rogers sim,(my other sim is smart, go Philippines).
then updating my phone with sony software and when it say's i have the latest and ask if i want to repair it. select yes and maybe it will the n download another version of the software because it knows the phone is sim unlocked.
what yeah think? would that be even possible to have the software change the ability to have the phone say yes to unlock boot loader.
Not a chance!!!
The bootloader is as it says
"a bootloader"
That means it is a seperate part of the operating system.
When you update/repair your normal running rom/operating system that is the ONLY part that gets updated/repaired.
Your bootloader is never touched
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In and suscribed Thanks for the thread!
I managed to purposely get into qhsusb_dload, any way dump the contents of whatever I can?
Device manager now displays it as SEMC Flash Device.
Matt1408 said:
I managed to purposely get into qhsusb_dload, any way dump the contents of whatever I can?
Device manager now displays it as SEMC Flash Device.
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Cool, what does it mean for us looked down users?
Replied from my little computer, Xperia S.
Not much, since I have no idea what to do with it... it's basically that I found the "test point" pin, and that it still behaves in the same way as it does the the 2011 locked Sony phones.
However, that's the simple part, now we need to wait for the unlock tokens to become available or however the old way worked on the old phones.
UPD: no, it looks like the permissions are correct on stock rom, so it won't work.
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There's the new exploit thing for the HTC One X, it might work on the XPS too, at least I couldn't find the reason it wouldn't. However my device is unlocked so I can't test it without relocking. It should be safe though. Anyone who wants to test is welcome to #xperia_s_root_test @ irc.esper.net
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I'd test it out, what do I need to do?
MattNoblett said:
I'd test it out, what do I need to do?
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Please join the IRC channel.
K900 said:
Please join the IRC channel.
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I've joined
This sounds interesting, keep us posted of any news.
Replied from my little computer, Xperia S.
The thread is here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1644167
Looks interesting and really having to hold my self back from testing it as is
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General Discussion Thread
This thread is intended for any Xperia /android related talk.
If your going to post info post a link to the source.
Feel free to ask questions, i can happily (try to) answer them.
(e.g noise canceling, what breaks with Ub and what doesent, etc any common myth of Z2)
Feel free to post batery life statistics, benchmarks, performance information, rom information, anything realy.
feel free to even fire off your off topic cannons here if you need or want.
:banned topics:
Sony Lollipop Update being late
Lollipop update being late
Whats better and whats not better
Late updates
2nd reserve
3rd reserve ^^
I do have a question that I cannot find an answer for;
Does the Sony RIC do any other protection besides preventing /system writeability?
Knutselmaaster said:
I do have a question that I cannot find an answer for;
Does the Sony RIC do any other protection besides preventing /system writeability?
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It doesnt seem so
It opens the ability to writing on system via root, so its only a problem if you accidentaly hit grant on supersu (or have grant by default)
Thanks.
I'm currently using the file explorer that is in the recovery but that really is no permanent solution as I need to reboot each time I have to work in /system and no other app can be used.
If there is no safety risk I will proceed disabling RIC then.
Anyone know if D6503 will work in Jamaica? I'm travelling to Jamaica in April and am debating between buying a travel pack through Fido or just buying a prepaid Sim card in Jamaica and throwing it in the phone. Any information is appreciated. Thanks
bdithug said:
Anyone know if D6503 will work in Jamaica? I'm travelling to Jamaica in April and am debating between buying a travel pack through Fido or just buying a prepaid Sim card in Jamaica and throwing it in the phone. Any information is appreciated. Thanks
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im certain the phone will work in 2G\3G but thats as far as my knowlage goes
i know nothing of simcards or anything of such in this case
Envious_Data said:
im certain the phone will work in 2G\3G but thats as far as my knowlage goes
i know nothing of simcards or anything of such in this case
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Thanks. I'll email one of their major carriers down there to get pricing and compatibility information.
bdithug said:
Anyone know if D6503 will work in Jamaica? I'm travelling to Jamaica in April and am debating between buying a travel pack through Fido or just buying a prepaid Sim card in Jamaica and throwing it in the phone. Any information is appreciated. Thanks
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Try this http://www.willmyphonework.net/
IreshS said:
Try this http://www.willmyphonework.net/
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Thank you, that's huge!
What's a good replacement stock camera app for CM12? Anyone knows how to record in 4K?
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What's a good replacement stock camera app for CM12? Anyone knows how to record in 4K?
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in CM12 i recomend open camera, 4k recording doesnt work at all in cm12 and cm11 from my testing
Hmmm.... My Xperia Lounge became Gold :laugh:
Hi guys,
I recently bought the Z2 and have some questions related with root and unlocked bootloader etc.
I previously had Xperia SL, so I have something or an idea about something
Just wanted to know few things.
1) what happens if I root or unlock bootloader? Is there any feature loss.
2) can I lock the bootloader again once unlocked?
3) can I downgrade my os version. I am on 4.4.2 now.
I know lollipop is coming but I will love to use the existing Roms even after upgrade.
Thanks
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Th3DON said:
Hi guys,
I recently bought the Z2 and have some questions related with root and unlocked bootloader etc.
I previously had Xperia SL, so I have something or an idea about something
Just wanted to know few things.
1) what happens if I root or unlock bootloader? Is there any feature loss.
2) can I lock the bootloader again once unlocked?
3) can I downgrade my os version. I am on 4.4.2 now.
I know lollipop is coming but I will love to use the existing Roms even after upgrade.
Thanks
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1. X-reality, Supervivid and bionz stop working aswell as some playstation services.
2. yes
3. yes using flashtool with respective FTF
Anyone Taken interest to Z4 Tablet?
i thought it looked quite cool.
Looks really thin and portable.
Might get it as an upgrade to my ipad 3.
Xperia Z2 D6503 with AndroPlus Kernel
I am trying to unlock or at least get the bootloader keys for a prototype xperia play. If I had the test or dev keys(brown phones are signed with test keys so cannot be unlocked using traditional methods) then I could either unlock or at least sign kernels and whatnot to run on the device. I've SCOURED the internet and I've only found 3 threads that even pertain to Brown phones.
1. X10 devs only thread where bin4ry blagus and doom talk about unlocking the x10 helpful in minor ways. But unfortunately they say the brown phone would be useless to help them unlock red phones so that trail runs cold.
2. A thread about xperia z where a guy asks if there is a way to unlock and some guy who is not a dev says no. And another guy suggests Emma but you would need someone from Sony. That also runs cold.
I have messaged Doomlord Bin4ry and blagus as well as laser but got no reply from any of them. They may not even come to the forum anymore or their inbox is too full.
I've read some other small snippets to little avail so the last option would be to learn how to hack the bootloader myself. Not easy considering my knowledge is intermediate. If anyone has any type of a suggestion or can put me in touch with a dev who can help that sure would be nice of you!
I want to get cwm 12.5 and a custom kernel running on this badboy as it is the only xperia play model with hdmi out. Plus that would be a pretty awesome combo to be running! Thanks in advance
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