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When unlocking the bootloader for the tablet Z i xperienced some problems.
So I made a more extensive guide than the one from Sony
You can find it Here
Greetings!
Sieth said:
When unlocking the bootloader for the tablet Z i xperienced some problems.
So I made a more extensive guide than the one from Sony
You can find it Here
Greetings!
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Wow, that's a long guide. Is the main/only reason to unlock the bootloader to install custom roms (can't this be done with just root access?).
I have root, but don't really wish to install custom roms. I don't have the bootloader unlocked, but I know it can be unlocked
why to unlock bootloader?
why to unlock bootloader?
1. u can flash custom ROMs/Kernels
2. u dont need to worry if the new firmware can be rooted or not as with unlocked bootloader u can always ROOT ur device
3. Sony gives sneak-peaks/preview builds of latest OS which requires unlocked bootloaders, as they did with Xperia 2011/2012 line, so who knows may be Sony may give early builds of next android OS
Best guide I found online. Thanks!
suleiman.aql said:
Best guide I found online. Thanks!
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I think it would be wise to mention not to forget to backup TA partition with DRM keys before bootloader unlock.
Thank you very much. This tutorial covered all the issues I ran into so I knew what to do.
Btw, the .bat for allowing unsigned drivers doesn't work on Windows 8. A quick google search helped me but maybe you might want to add that to your tutorial for other, less techy users.
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I think it would be wise to mention not to forget to backup TA partition with DRM keys before bootloader unlock.
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Wish I saw this post earlier. Oh well.
its not asking me for the driver at step 14, anyone have suggestions on what to do
Sieth said:
When unlocking the bootloader for the tablet Z i xperienced some problems.
So I made a more extensive guide than the one from Sony
You can find it Here
Greetings!
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Thank you so much, you saved my bricked tablet!
I won't go into details but I really messed up and this saved me, I would hit that thanks button a million times if I could!
any help
Hi all I have the lte tablet z. When I go to the service menu I can see it cant be unlocked. Dose that mean I cant root it to put a custom recoveryand custom Rom on it. Sorry to sound noob
abbo76 said:
Hi all I have the lte tablet z. When I go to the service menu I can see it cant be unlocked. Dose that mean I cant root it to put a custom recoveryand custom Rom on it. Sorry to sound noob
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if your bootloader can't be unlocked it means that you can root your device, but won't be able to install any custom firmware. But you can install XZDR recovery.
Once you get the bootloader unlocked what is the root method? Also, is there a different process for flashing roms?
kuhl_man said:
Once you get the bootloader unlocked what is the root method? Also, is there a different process for flashing roms?
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to root device you don't have to unlock bootloader. Unlocking is for installing custom ROMs.
That I understand. Thank you. I was asking since i already unlocked the bootloader and am unrooted. What is the process to gain root at this point?
kuhl_man said:
That I understand. Thank you. I was asking since i already unlocked the bootloader and am unrooted. What is the process to gain root at this point?
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flash or hotboot kernel (or flash recovery to FOTA partition) with recovery and flash SuperSU from it.
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unlock bootloader on SGP312
Hi
any reason why after following all step to unlock the bootloader on my SGP312 I get lock in a boot loop.........
As soon as the boot animation start it freeze and the tab reboot........
Fastboot command work after Fastboot -i............... the PC show the amount of second........
I got my number from Sony to unlock...
Curiosity...........
Thanks.......
MikeViller said:
Hi
any reason why after following all step to unlock the bootloader on my SGP312 I get lock in a boot loop.........
As soon as the boot animation start it freeze and the tab reboot........
Fastboot command work after Fastboot -i............... the PC show the amount of second........
I got my number from Sony to unlock...
Curiosity...........
Thanks.......
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Sieth said:
When unlocking the bootloader for the tablet Z i xperienced some problems.
So I made a more extensive guide than the one from Sony
You can find it Here
Greetings!
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I don't say thank you for your copy, this is u steal my work u don't deserve nothing soon I will post my work from htcmania here
Don't suppose anyone can help please. I am trying to unlock my bootloader. I have successfully connected to my computer by fastboot and everything is recognised and looks to be fine right up until I put the unlock command in and I get this error.
c:\sdk\platform-tools>fastboot devices
CB5A1WYECJ fastboot
c:\sdk\platform-tools>>fastboot -i 0x0fce oem unlock 0xFBCD6A2B26CB8F88
'-i' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
c:\sdk\platform-tools>
its now starting to drive me crazy. Thanks very much in advance
kingguff said:
Don't suppose anyone can help please. I am trying to unlock my bootloader. I have successfully connected to my computer by fastboot and everything is recognised and looks to be fine right up until I put the unlock command in and I get this error.
its now starting to drive me crazy. Thanks very much in advance
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Use Flashtool. It can automatically unlock bootloader. Only unlock code 0xFBCD6A2B26CB8F88 is needed.
Cant figure out which file to replace and where it is. Can get my tab to recognize in adb devices mode but nothing is coming up when i type fastboot devices in adb. It is not recognized. I am stuck. Any help will be appreciated. I have got unlock code and the usb inf file but no light further.
Hi everyone!
This is my first time here so bear with me. I recently tried flashing cm12 on my kindle fire hdx 7" and apparently flashed it in the wrong place. Right now its stuck in fastboot mode and everytime I try and flash something it gives me this error:
Code:
FAILED (remote: flashing not allowed for locked hw)
I don't know what i'm doing wrong and it won't leave fastboot mode. Can any of you all help me?
tekmeister98 said:
Hi everyone!
This is my first time here so bear with me. I recently tried flashing cm12 on my kindle fire hdx 7" and apparently flashed it in the wrong place. Right now its stuck in fastboot mode and everytime I try and flash something it gives me this error:
Code:
FAILED (remote: flashing not allowed for locked hw)
I don't know what i'm doing wrong and it won't leave fastboot mode. Can any of you all help me?
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Oh I forgot to mention I was on fire os 4.5.2 before this happened.
You can't flash CM12 on 4.5.2 — or any other ROM, for that matter.
EncryptedCurse said:
You can't flash CM12 on 4.5.2 — or any other ROM, for that matter.
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well this happened before i acutally did that. It was trying to flash either twrp or safestrap.. one of the two. i think i flashed one of them in the boot partition and its locked up now
tekmeister98 said:
well this happened before i acutally did that. It was trying to flash either twrp or safestrap.. one of the two. i think i flashed one of them in the boot partition and its locked up now
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I guess what i'm asking is how to fix it. No matter what I do its just telling me I can't flash to locked hw.
tekmeister98 said:
I guess what i'm asking is how to fix it. No matter what I do its just telling me I can't flash to locked hw.
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And I can't get to adb shell... so I need help.
Adb commands do not work in fastboot. What you need to do is reboot it with the fastboot version of the adb command that got you there.
Something like fastboot reboot recovery (I do not remember if there was a reboot system command). You can find the commands in the unlock boot loader thread in the original dev section.
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Adb commands do not work in fastboot. What you need to do is reboot it with the fastboot version of the adb command that got you there.
Something like fastboot reboot recovery (I do not remember if there was a reboot system command). You can find the commands in the unlock boot loader thread in the original dev section.
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I've tried that but I'm stuck in a bootloop.
In the bootloop, if you have a grey and orange logo, and you have enabled adb, you can use adb commands. With root, even shell. However, if it only boots to fastboot, your system is corrupted. Try holding down the plus volume button on boot to see if you can get to recovery.
lekofraggle said:
In the bootloop, if you have a grey and orange logo, and you have enabled adb, you can use adb commands. With root, even shell. However, if it only boots to fastboot, your system is corrupted. Try holding down the plus volume button on boot to see if you can get to recovery.
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Yeah that doesn't work. Is there any fix for a corrupted system?
The only fix if your bootloader is locked (which it almost definitely is), is to get fastboot to install an oem system or recovery image. I do not think it will work though. Read up on fastboot. Use the number code for our device before each operation.
lekofraggle said:
The only fix if your bootloader is locked (which it almost definitely is), is to get fastboot to install an oem system or recovery image. I do not think it will work though. Read up on fastboot. Use the number code for our device before each operation.
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hmmm.. okay. Are you able to give me a cat /sys/block/mmcblk0/device/manfid and a cat /sys/block/mmcblk0/device/serial on a device of yours so I can try and unlock it?
No, those numbers are custom to devices and non-transferable. Also, my bootloader is old and unlocked. Sorry.
lekofraggle said:
No, those numbers are custom to devices and non-transferable. Also, my bootloader is old and unlocked. Sorry.
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dang. Okay. Thanks for the help though. I'll just have to keep at it.
did you ever get your bootloader unlocked?
bowman1966 said:
did you ever get your bootloader unlocked?
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Nope. I tried a bunch of stuff but it didn't work.
Well, the bootloader of versions 3.2.3.2 and lower can be unlocked only, so unsurprisingly your (tekmeister98) 4.5.2 bootloader couldn't be unlocked. But why you, bowman1966, can't do it if you had TWRP installed remains a mystery to me.
Cl4ncy said:
Well, the bootloader of versions 3.2.3.2 and lower can be unlocked only, so unsurprisingly your (tekmeister98) 4.5.2 bootloader couldn't be unlocked. But why you, bowman1966, can't do it if you had TWRP installed remains a mystery to me.
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Thats just par for my coarce lol.
Ill let it sit awhile and play another day....
Resurrecting this thread... Any new fixes out yet? I've seen workarounds for starting with stock os but other than that I don't know.
Hello,
situation ist this:
Cyanogen Recovery is installed and there is no rom on the phone. But it won't install a new one through apply update. So I tried installing twrp through fast boot. But it failed with:
FAILED (remote: Device not unlocked cannot flash or erase)
So i tried to unlock it which gave me:
FAILED (remote: oem unlock is disabled)
oem devices gave me tampered = false and unlocked = false
What can I do.
Would appreciate help
Morishno
Flash stock recovery and try unlock again.
Dumb Question but how exactly do I do that?
Just flash it via fast boot? And where do i get it?
Morishno said:
Dumb Question but how exactly do I do that?
Just flash it via fast boot? And where do i get it?
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You can get it from oneplus downloads section, if you cant find it ask me... Yes you have to flash official stock recovery through fastboot
Exodusche said:
Flash stock recovery and try unlock again.
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cva_kabil said:
You can get it from oneplus downloads section, if you cant find it ask me... Yes you have to flash official stock recovery through fastboot
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Not really, OP reports that the unlock command gave him FAILED (remote: oem unlock is disabled)
Hey OP, did you enable OEM Unlocking from Developer options ?
Joshwin Aranha said:
Not really, OP reports that the unlock command gave him FAILED (remote: oem unlock is disabled)
Hey OP, did you enable OEM Unlocking from Developer options ?
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If not is there any other way?
cva_kabil said:
If not is there any other way?
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I'm sorry but i do not know any other method that works without flipping that switch in Developer Options.
Joshwin Aranha said:
I'm sorry but i do not know any other method that works without flipping that switch in Developer Options.
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You dont need to be sorry, thats okay i jus asked... Maybe OP didnt enable oem unlocking.
I didnt enable oem unlocking because it wasnt necessary. The device was unlocked and twrp and cyanogenmod were installed. But somehow cyanogen recovery was installed. Super user was away and I tried to reinstall it. Not knowing the recovery had changed I chose twrp/cwm to install it what resulted in a boot loop. No problem I thought just flash a ROM which didn't worked. No problem just flash a proper recovery it didn't worked. And somehow the device is locked again..
Sorry I was little brief when I said flash stock recovery. I believe if you revert back completely stock you can start the process from the beginning again. That would mean fastboot flash stock recovery then any firmware of OnePlus X. I'm not sure how a bootloader can relock itself.
Exodusche said:
Sorry I was little brief when I said flash stock recovery. I believe if you revert back completely stock you can start the process from the beginning again. That would mean fastboot flash stock recovery then any firmware of OnePlus X. I'm not sure how a bootloader can relock itself.
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But I couldn't flash twrp.. Is it possible to flash the stock recovery with a locked boot loader? I don't have access to the phone at the moment and i want to gather as much information possible thats why i'm asking
Morishno said:
But I couldn't flash twrp.. Is it possible to flash the stock recovery with a locked boot loader? I don't have access to the phone at the moment and i want to gather as much information possible thats why i'm asking
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I'm not sure but this has been addressed many times. Comb the threads you will find the information you need.
Exodusche said:
I'm not sure but this has been addressed many times. Comb the threads you will find the information you need.
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Found a hard brick guide. You mean that?
So I just remembered something was able to help someone else with a similar issue. If you can boot Into something and your rooted download the app Rashr. With it you can flash stock recovery and be back in business.
The problem is i dont have anything to Boot
//UPDATE: So I tried booting with fastboot boot but it said cannot boot device isn't unlocked.
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So i managed to save the Phone using the Hard Brick Guide. Thanks everyone!
Thank goodness for the hard brick guide. ?
Exodusche said:
I think your gonna have to go through the hard bricked guide.
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Yeah i did that and it worked thank you
Hello ?
I'm looking to root my m4 aqua E2303 6.0.1 Bootloader unlock: yes
However I don't want any twrp stuff, last time I rooted this phone I found something on this forum, connected my phone to a pc via USB ran an exe and it got rooted it was soooo simple, and everything worked great, however after Sony released the firmware update(from 5.0.0 to 6.0.1) root dissappeared. Isn't there a similar tool for 6.0.1? I really don't want to get into all the twrp stuff and ehhh you understand, I want to keep it simple.
Thanks in advance.
Procow said:
Hello
I'm looking to root my m4 aqua E2303 6.0.1 Bootloader unlock: yes
However I don't want any twrp stuff, last time I rooted this phone I found something on this forum, connected my phone to a pc via USB ran an exe and it got rooted it was soooo simple, and everything worked great, however after Sony released the firmware update(from 5.0.0 to 6.0.1) root dissappeared. Isn't there a similar tool for 6.0.1? I really don't want to get into all the twrp stuff and ehhh you understand, I want to keep it simple.
Thanks in advance.
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in Android 6.0.1 Without Unlock Bootloader is Impossible, but if you have Unlock Bootloader Use it,( Just Flash boot.img) : http://forum.xda-developers.com/m4-aqua/general/root-twrp-sony-xperia-m4-aqua-t3503369
And you can try KingoRoot Soft for root without Unlockbootloader
Whaaaaatt?
It just says waiting for device,
Debugging on oem on
Procow said:
It just says waiting for device,
Debugging on oem on
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Maybe its not working.
Good luck
Yo
EHSAN™ said:
Maybe its not working.
Good luck
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Let me explain, I'm doing the adb method, when I say fastboot flash boot boot.img it just says waiting for device
My phone doesn't react at all
I haven't manually unlocked the Bootloader it's so hard and time consuming to download all those programs.
I want only the root nothing else.
Procow said:
Let me explain, I'm doing the adb method, when I say fastboot flash boot boot.img it just says waiting for device
My phone doesn't react at all
I haven't manually unlocked the Bootloader it's so hard and time consuming to download all those programs.
I want only the root nothing else.
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Need to unlock Bootloader for Root With ADB.
I did now
EHSAN™ said:
Maybe its not working.
Good luck
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EHSAN™ said:
Need to unlock Bootloader for Root With ADB.
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I did but now when I type fastboot devices
Hdjebshshd(that phone ID u know)
Then I type
Fastboot flash boot boot.img
It says something about downloading, max file size and then says FAILED
Procow said:
I did but now when I type fastboot devices
Hdjebshshd(that phone ID u know)
Then I type
Fastboot flash boot boot.img
It says something about downloading, max file size and then says FAILED
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You must be going on Fastboot Mod Then Type this in ADB, And Read There Topic that i give you.
Well
EHSAN™ said:
You must be going on Fastboot Mod Then Type this in ADB, And Read There Topic that i give you.
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I just open a command prompt in the adb folder and type it, it says command line is not allowed even if I try doing it in the administrator rights.
First it says max file size
,,OKAY"
Loaded(0.703seconds)
....,,boot"
Failed(command line is not allowed)
Something similar to this.
What am I doing wrong? How can I check if I actually unlocked the Bootloader(pretty sure I did)
So weird.
Procow said:
I just open a command prompt in the adb folder and type it, it says command line is not allowed even if I try doing it in the administrator rights.
First it says max file size
,,OKAY"
Loaded(0.703seconds)
....,,boot"
Failed(command line is not allowed)
Something similar to this.
What am I doing wrong? How can I check if I actually unlocked the Bootloader(pretty sure I did)
So weird.
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*#*#7378423#*#* > Service Info > Configuration > Rooting Status:
Figured everything out, just don't know how lol
In the end I now have root ty.
Tell me how you fixed it
i try the version of Magisk 23.0 but this is not worked.
It's the same with all other Xperia devices without customise recovery.
You first use Unsin (can find it in XDA) to the boot_blahblahblah.sin from stock firmware for unsin it. Therefore you will see a .IMG is generated.
Second, you transfer the .IMG to your phone, and use Magisk to patch (install - select file and patch) the boot file.
After it's patched (you can find it in the Download folder). Transfer the patched one back to your PC, and make phone enter fastboot mode (or the blue light mode). Then you run this command on Windows Shell (Google it, it's easy)
Fastboot flash boot the_file_name.img
After it's done, boot into your phone, you can find icon of Magisk, install it, and your phone is rooted in this stage.
Nevermind figured it out
Kylewolf said:
Nevermind figured it out
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Before you do anything, a unlocked bootloader is must required.
JaneValley said:
It's the same with all other Xperia devices without customise recovery.
You first use Unsin (can find it in XDA) to the boot_blahblahblah.sin from stock firmware for unsin it. Therefore you will see a .IMG is generated.
Second, you transfer the .IMG to your phone, and use Magisk to patch (install - select file and patch) the boot file.
After it's patched (you can find it in the Download folder). Transfer the patched one back to your PC, and make phone enter fastboot mode (or the blue light mode). Then you run this command on Windows Shell (Google it, it's easy)
Fastboot flash boot the_file_name.img
After it's done, boot into your phone, you can find icon of Magisk, install it, and your phone is rooted in this stage.
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good job my friend.
JaneValley said:
Before you do anything, a unlocked bootloader is must required.
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Hello
Did you find Xperia 1 iii on Sony Developer site?
Or how did you achieve the unlock file?
Regards,
Olavbson
Where the hell do i find the official firmware, thats where im stuck
ya id like to unlock bootloader so i can achieve root on us xperia 1 iii. nothing has worked. and xperia 1 iii isnt on sony develope site to unlock bootloader. either. how are people doing this.
jporter396 said:
ya id like to unlock bootloader so i can achieve root on us xperia 1 iii. nothing has worked. and xperia 1 iii isnt on sony develope site to unlock bootloader. either. how are people doing this.
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same am stuck at bootloader unlock rn. Cannot flash
olavbson said:
Hello
Did you find Xperia 1 iii on Sony Developer site?
Or how did you achieve the unlock file?
Regards,
Olavbson
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Sorted it? Rooted mine earlier on. To unlock the bootloader you can just pick Xperia 1 or 1II it doesn't matter 1III will be added eventually but doesn't make a difference.
AJHutchinson said:
Sorted it? Rooted mine earlier on. To unlock the bootloader you can just pick Xperia 1 or 1II it doesn't matter 1III will be added eventually but doesn't make a difference.
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What about DRM keys? how do u deal with that.
AJHutchinson said:
Sorted it? Rooted mine earlier on. To unlock the bootloader you can just pick Xperia 1 or 1II it doesn't matter 1III will be added eventually but doesn't make a difference.
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Hey sorry another question, i know rooting will kill netfleex and such but did u notice any other side effects, can you still view HDR
rom4ster said:
Hey sorry another question, i know rooting will kill netfleex and such but did u notice any other side effects, can you still view HDR
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I haven't noticed anything that's not working buddy
AJHutchinson said:
I haven't noticed anything that's not working buddy
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Thanks, sorry to bother you more but how did you unlock the phone exactly?
I am getting this error on fastboot
fastboot oem unlock 0x2DC728328A49EEAB
FAILED (remote: 'Command not supported in default implementation')
fastboot: error: Command failed
rom4ster said:
Thanks, sorry to bother you more but how did you unlock the phone exactly?
I am getting this error on fastboot
fastboot oem unlock 0x2DC728328A49EEAB
FAILED (remote: 'Command not supported in default implementation')
fastboot: error: Command failed
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Mine was doing the same buddy, make sure you have entered the correct IMEI and that you have OEM unlock and usb debugging turned on in the developer settings
AJHutchinson said:
Mine was doing the same buddy, make sure you have entered the correct IMEI and that you have OEM unlock and usb debugging turned on in the developer settings
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i verified OEM unlock is on in settings I am copying the IMEI reported by ADB directly, and USB debugging is on yet the error persists. What solved it for you?
rom4ster said:
i verified OEM unlock is on in settings I am copying the IMEI reported by ADB directly, and USB debugging is on yet the error persists. What solved it for you?
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Check the IMEI by dialing *#06# see if it matches up with that one, if using Dual SIM variant use the first code
AJHutchinson said:
Check the IMEI by dialing *#06# see if it matches up with that one, if using Dual SIM variant use the first code
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Also is
Code:
Fastboot devices
showing a device? Maybe it's not installed properly?
same issue here. command not supported error. did everything on sony guide to the t. us variant, windows 10. not sure what to do
fastboot shows device too
jporter396 said:
same issue here. command not supported error. did everything on sony guide to the t. us variant, windows 10. not sure what to do
fastboot shows device too
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Annoying aye, my issue was with the IMEI I must have been putting a wrong digit in but it worked eventually