Unlocking an android sonyericsson phone? - Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A

When we bring a sonyericsson android phone to the shop to unlock the network,How do they unlock it?
And can we do it at home since we have a usb cable,pc and mobile?

---

M.Rafail said:
When we bring a sonyericsson android phone to the shop to unlock the network,How do they unlock it?
And can we do it at home since we have a usb cable,pc and mobile?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
You can do it at home but you will need to pay to unlock it. As for the company you have some options like omnius or wotanserver and all of them are around 15 euros.
The procedure it's called test point method and you can find some info about it here .

---

ginryu said:
You can do it at home but you will need to pay to unlock it. As for the company you have some options like omnius or wotanserver and all of them are around 15 euros.
The procedure it's called test point method and you can find some info about it here .
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Your link is about unlocking bootloader, topic starter asked about network unlocking.
To OP: If you plan to install custom ROMs, use Omnius/WotanServer or like that method, as you will require enabled fastboot also.
If you just want to unlock from the network, then you can do it by your operator via the code.
Doesn't matter, how you do it, either way you have to pay.

---

Network Unlocking is possible with Wotan Server
Tapatalké depuis mon SK17i

---

Someguyfromhell said:
Your link is about unlocking bootloader, topic starter asked about network unlocking.
To OP: If you plan to install custom ROMs, use Omnius/WotanServer or like that method, as you will require enabled fastboot also.
If you just want to unlock from the network, then you can do it by your operator via the code.
Doesn't matter, how you do it, either way you have to pay.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
well you use the test point method to unlock the phone the only difference is that they patch the sim info so it unlock it along with the fastboot mode.
please think before posting this kind of comments as it can confuse users and i never said my link as you call it was for unlocking the sim i just said it has to do with the test point method.

---

Someguyfromhell said:
Your link is about unlocking bootloader, topic starter asked about network unlocking.
To OP: If you plan to install custom ROMs, use Omnius/WotanServer or like that method, as you will require enabled fastboot also.
If you just want to unlock from the network, then you can do it by your operator via the code.
Doesn't matter, how you do it, either way you have to pay.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Yep In wotanserver terms it written that Unlocking is not supported by wotanclient software!
See the image attached.
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}

---

M.Rafail said:
Yep In wotanserver terms it written that Unlocking is not supported by wotanclient software!
See the image attached.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
yeah that is only for firmware flashing they also have the unlocking service.

---

ginryu said:
yeah that is only for firmware flashing they also have the unlocking service.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
So will I have to short the test points in unlocking process as well.

---

M.Rafail said:
So will I have to short the test points in unlocking process as well.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Yep you use the test point method to unlock the phone but you need to do it with a company like woman server or omnius and unfortunately it is not free.

---

You could try Da Vinci unlocking, they're quite cheap and it worked fine for me.

---

Sadly you don't live in Brazil like me. All phones here have to be selled unlocked. If not, providers have to give unlock code for free. After all, you own the phone, not your provider. So you should be free to choose whenever sim card you want inside it.
Sent from my SK17a using xda premium

---

I don't know does this happen in every case, but generally I believe that this is how it works -
manufacturer price to networks of phone:
€400
Network sells phone to customer
€250
(network PAYS subsidy of €150 and wants customer to stay on the network long enough to pay back the subsidy in credit)
I think this is a little different to iPhone jailbreaking - in this case as a customer I think we are kind of robbing the networks - they paid money to make our phone cheaper, we're detaching ourselves before that money is repaid so the network DEFINITELY makes a LOSS. I believe it's illegal in some countries because of this. So this kind of network-unlocking is not the same as iPhone jailbreaking, I don't think.
p.s. I don't know how they do it in Brazil. I suspect that the customer might have to pay more when they buy the phone, maybe the network pays less. I seen on TV (don't know how true) that that's the philosophy with house-buying there - don't buy giant bank debt.

---

More or less like that, bro. We do get subsidized phones too due to competition between providers (we have 4 here with almost the same markeet share). So they offer subsidized (or even free) phones to get costumers with a good monthly billing. You get fidelity due to service plan, not locked with phones.
Sounds more fair, IMO. You bought your phone, it is yours. Even if the network provider subsidized it .
Sent from my SK17a using xda premium