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[XAP] Safely RELOCK your phone (Samsung Only)

This tool is to RELOCK your phone (NOT UNLOCK!!) This tool only works on Samsung devices!
So why would you want to lock your phone?? Well, one reason: to do a legit unlock.
Many of you may have used all kinds of methods to unlock your phone and then applied the "Prevent relock" settings. This also prevents to do any further locking/unlocking. You can't do a legit unlock, even if you wanted. Also, if you relock your phone you may not be able to unlock your phone anymore. You lock yourself out, because your phone can't communicate with the Microsoft servers anymore. You will first need to restore the settings for this communication. If you don't do that, and you lock yourself out, only a hard-reset will safe you.
This tool will completely restore your unlock settings: This will LOCK your phone back to original!
After you relocked your phone you can unlock your phone with a legit AppHub account or with the new Chevron Tool, which was released today. So when you use the relock-tool, be sure you have means to do a legit unlock or else you won't be able to unlock your phone!
After you successfully unlocked your phone again, you can apply Interop Unlock again.
DISCLAIMER
Use this tool at your own risk! You may want to make a backup of your phone first, before you start playing with locking/unlocking! I will not take any responsibility for lock-outs or any other damage caused directly or indirectly by using this tool!
Ciao,
Heathcliff74

As usual thanks for the .xap !
Am I right that the prevent from relocking hack is one reason why a lot of people have problems with the new Chevron unlocker ?
I think samsung users can deploy your xap without any risk because they can unlock their devices anytime with the diagnosis app... Good to have this xap just for the case.
Anyway I don´t see any reason why I should waste the 9 bucks for the new unlocker... It makes only sense for 2nd gen devices and only if you are able to interop-unlock the device....
Greetz
contable

contable said:
As usual thanks for the .xap !
Am I right that the prevent from relocking hack is one reason why a lot of people have problems with the new Chevron unlocker ?
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Could be, but I really wouldn't know for sure.
contable said:
I think samsung users can deploy your xap without any risk because they can unlock their devices anytime with the diagnosis app... Good to have this xap just for the case.
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That's only if you have put the xml in the provxml folder before! This could be done manually or using the interop-unlock-exploit. If you didn't do that, you do need to have other means (like the new Chevron unlocker).
contable said:
Anyway I don´t see any reason why I should waste the 9 bucks for the new unlocker... It makes only sense for 2nd gen devices and only if you are able to interop-unlock the device....
Greetz
contable
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One reason could be that you have to hard-reset for some reason and you don't want to revert to RTM. Also if you just want to experiment with locking/unlocking. I was in the beta-program for the Chevron tool, so I created this tool for myself to do the tests for Chevron team.
Ciao,
Heathcliff74

For sure the .xml files have to be in provxml folder before.
I think updating an OMNIA 7 from 7004 to 7720 doesn´t take so much time either.
Yesterday I did it again because I wanted to get the latest T-Mobile Germany firmware: 2424.11.9.4.
The only annoying thing is that atm I need 2 laptops because my main laptop I have updated to SDK 7.1 and the "old" chevron unlocker doesn´t work anymore...

contable said:
For sure the .xml files have to be in provxml folder before.
I think updating an OMNIA 7 from 7004 to 7720 doesn´t take so much time either.
Yesterday I did it again because I wanted to get the latest T-Mobile Germany firmware: 2424.11.9.4.
The only annoying thing is that atm I need 2 laptops because my main laptop I have updated to SDK 7.1 and the "old" chevron unlocker doesn´t work anymore...
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Well, there's another reason for the new Chevron unlocker. Take a close look the Chevron certificate: expiration date = 2011/11/25. That's in a few weeks from now. We could of course create a new cert and insert that in the old chevron tool. That would probably work too.

Heathcliff74 said:
Well, there's another reason for the new Chevron unlocker. Take a close look the Chevron certificate: expiration date = 2011/11/25. That's in a few weeks from now. We could of course create a new cert and insert that in the old chevron tool. That would probably work too.
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That´s a valid argument for the new unlocker.
What about setting a wrong date before unlocking (maybe on device and desktop) ?
Edit:
Indeed it will expire soon... hmm
Are you able to edit the .cert ?

Very usefull.. Thanks..

Heath, strongly recommend you stop touching the Portal Urls in your unlock. Have a few folks who screwed their phones up, incl. my second Focus. "Cliffed" phones has a nice ring to it

WithinRafael said:
Heath, strongly recommend you stop touching the Portal Urls in your unlock. Have a few folks who screwed their phones up, incl. my second Focus. "Cliffed" phones has a nice ring to it
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My phone isn´t "Cliffed", but still without unlock, although I have paid my token yesterday... Besides I was 10 hours queued without success...
Is there any hope to get the server working again today ?

WithinRafael said:
Heath, strongly recommend you stop touching the Portal Urls in your unlock. Have a few folks who screwed their phones up, incl. my second Focus. "Cliffed" phones has a nice ring to it
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Hi Raphael!
LOL I get your point. But I don't think Interop Unlock is possible without modifying the produrl's. If they are not cleared, the Interop Unlock will be undone everytime you sync with Zune.
But I think this is someyhing people should be aware of. So I will add a comment on that in the opening post of the Interop Unlock thread.
Actually, there is not much damage if you used the Interop Unlock. If you relocked your phone after Interop Unlock, you can unlock it again by doing step 8 - 11 again. That's it.
Edit: worst-case-scenario: a hard reset will fix it too.
Ciao,
Heathcliff74

@contable: see my last comment.

Heathcliff74 said:
@contable: see my last comment.
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I read it. lol
Could you answer my post according to the cert ?
If you won´t answer here please send me a pm.
Thanks in advance.

Heathcliff74 said:
Hi Raphael!
Edit: worst-case-scenario: a hard reset will fix it too.
Ciao,
Heathcliff74
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That would've meant lost Plants vs. Zombies saves which would have caused me to fly there and kick your butt.
I think a workaround would be to use a background agent like screenshot tool to re-apply the unlock count (maybe even have a button to lock the phone in your app.)
/rafael

WithinRafael said:
That would've meant lost Plants vs. Zombies saves which would have caused me to fly there and kick your butt.
I think a workaround would be to use a background agent like screenshot tool to re-apply the unlock count (maybe even have a button to lock the phone in your app.)
/rafael
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Haha!
1. You asked for it, dude!
2. You can always just ask me I would give you a solution.
3. You're always welcome in the Netherlands. But please don't kick me in the butt. Your foot won't fit. It will hurt. We'll have a couple of beers together.
About the background agent: I doubt that will work. Normally you would need Interop Access to change the settings for Interop Unlock. So, as soon as Interop Unlock is remove during Zune sync, the background agent won't work anymore. I will do a couple of tests to see if there are alternatives.
Ciao,
Heathcliff74

My student account just expired and I am now unable to open any XAPS already installed on my phone (license revoked) and as my phone is Interop locked, will that mean I need to hard-reset my phone to get back to a unlockable state again?

Workshop2 said:
My student account just expired and I am now unable to open any XAPS already installed on my phone (license revoked) and as my phone is Interop locked, will that mean I need to hard-reset my phone to get back to a unlockable state again?
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I suggest this.
Good luck,
Heathcliff74.

contable said:
I read it. lol
Could you answer my post according to the cert ?
If you won´t answer here please send me a pm.
Thanks in advance.
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Yeah, I could do it. But I think I shouldn't. I wouldn't want to step on to toes of the ChevronWP7 guys.
Ciao,
Heathcliff74.

Heathcliff74 said:
Yeah, I could do it. But I think I shouldn't. I wouldn't want to step on to toes of the ChevronWP7 guys.
Ciao,
Heathcliff74.
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You are right. I switched to the official unlock...
Greetz
contable
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Reg carrier unlocked phones
Hai,
I am having a carrier unlocked samsung focus. I had done interop developer unlock. If I relock my phone using your method , will it affect my carrier unlock ?
Moreover, Is simply hard resetting the phone will lock the interop unlock?

Carrier unlock has nothing at all to do with any kind of dev- or interop-unlock. It's kind of like asking "If I lock my keys in the car, will I be unable to access my bank account?" - the only connections are that both of them are on the phone, and both have some effect on your ability to do a thing.
Dev- and Interop-unlocks are registry changes (part of the core WinCE OS that underlies WP7). Those will be wiped on a hard reset. SIM-unlock is handled in a completely different part of the phone altogether. If it weren't, you could change the SIM lock by flashing the ROM from another carrier.

cant deploy nothing!

i just cant deploy anything i getting class not registred error , itried to re jailbreak my phone many times i tried many deploys tools nothing worked...
what can i do?
i got the focus s , with window break thank you

Do you've enabled Zune when you deployed apps to your Phone?

Do you have chevron unlock? Do you have interop-unlock?

i have a window break hack , zune is always runing but nothing happend

Do you tried to do something in bootloader mode?
Or maybe you've to restart your WP by Settings>>Info>>Restore (or something like that, because i haven't default english lang)

sagiagiv said:
i have a window break hack , zune is always runing but nothing happend
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you need at least developer- or or Chevron-unlock to use the window-break.

roqstr said:
you need at least developer- or or Chevron-unlock to use the window-break.
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No you don't, WindowBreak works fine on locked devices. It unlocks the phone, like chevron but in a "different" way so it's interop unlock.

This is the wrong section for this, but to sideload apps you have to either be Chevron (or equivalent) unlocked and certain apps require you to be inter-op unlocked.
Things you can try:
Install the registry editor for your phone and check to make sure you are inter-op unlocked. If you can't sideload this app try sideloading just a simple homebrew app.
If your xap sender gives you an error it would be helpful what error you get.

jessenic said:
No you don't, WindowBreak works fine on locked devices. It unlocks the phone, like chevron but in a "different" way so it's interop unlock.
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Totally off-topic. I saw your sig.
You've been Nokia user for a long long long time. What made you jump to Samsung when you could have had a Lumia?

Root XPS (63 & 67 FW) [Update: 20.03.12]

For unlocked bootloaders only!
Please use the recovery now to root any firmware!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1596285
Just flash the SuperSU cwm zip with recovery and your phone will be rooted. To download SuperSU visit this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1538053
Regards

Bin4ry said:
For unlocked bootloaders only!
Download:
http://eddy.uni-duisburg.de/bin4ry/system_xps_prerooted_63fw.img
Connect device in fastboot mode (blue LED).
Open Command prompt and type:
fastboot flash system system_xps_prerooted_63fw.img
This will give you root immediatly after reboot!
A nicer way will come soon. But this should solve first problems
Regards
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ERRRR u beat me to it

Cholek3 said:
Guys, you're asolutely f***ing amazing. Congrats.
Do you mean Command prompt in ADB or windows?
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In Windows command prompt. But ou need fastboot installed.
This is only fist shot. If you dont know really what im talking about, then please wait for another image with good instructions
Jozinek said:
I can confirm, that it work, many thanks.
Edit - it work, but i cant downloads anything from Market, so back to stock version without root. Will wait on new kernel
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If you get market problems go ot Settings -> Apps -> ... -> Search for the market in the list and then delete Data of the App. After that all will work fine.
Regards

Bin4ry said:
In Windows command prompt. But ou need fastboot installed.
This is only fist shot. If you dont know really what im talking about, then please wait for another image with good instructions
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I know roughly what you are talking about. I know command prompt, although I never used fastboot, as I only owned X10 (until I dropped it and USB port snapped ), so never had to/wanted to unlock bootloader this way. But I want to learn, that's why I am reading all this now, and I need to ask about something I am not sure of.

Just go through the unlock bootloader process and then you will know what fastboot is
After that just type my comamnd with my file in the same directory and you will be done.
Regards

If I were you I would wait till I get ICS on the phone then unlock the bootloader and root the phone.

Quick question. It just wonders me. Sony "supports" unlocking bootloader, which is more dangerous than root. Why rooting is not supported then? Is it because we could unistall third party aplications and Sony has some sort of agreements with them and are obligated by law?

Cholek3 said:
Quick question. It just wonders me. Sony "supports" unlocking bootloader, which is more dangerous than root. Why rooting is not supported then? Is it because we could unistall third party aplications and Sony has some sort of agreements with them and are obligated by law?
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No you are getting the idea wrong
Long ago we discussed alot with SonyEricsson and together decided this is the best way of doing it.
The reason is simple:
Rooting alone does not give you access to all partitions etc. pp See X10 Forums for that. Sony is very good in hiding partitions
With a bootloader unlock we get fully workable fastboot. We are able to write all partitions and change what we want. (Root too)
Also Sony(Ericsson) is able to track who unlocks and who not AND is able to provide a check mechanism to forbid unlocking of phones which are not owned by the user (for example provider branded phones in contract, the phone is usually property of the provider).
So this is the reason. Unlocked bootloader gives us nearly full access, so no need to worry I am in this game since X10 times (like you or not ?)and we always got the phones working like we wanted.
Our work for CM9 on XPS has started now too.
Regards

Bin4ry said:
No you are getting the idea wrong
Long ago we discussed alot with SonyEricsson and together decided this is the best way of doing it.
The reason is simple:
Rooting alone does not give you access to all partitions etc. pp See X10 Forums for that. Sony is very good in hiding partitions
With a bootloader unlock we get fully workable fastboot. We are able to write all partitions and change what we want. (Root too)
Also Sony(Ericsson) is able to track who unlocks and who not AND is able to provide a check mechanism to forbid unlocking of phones which are not owned by the user (for example provider branded phones in contract, the phone is usually property of the provider).
So this is the reason. Unlocked bootloader gives us nearly full access, so no need to worry I am in this game since X10 times (like you or not ?)and we always got the phones working like we wanted.
Our work for CM9 on XPS has started now too.
Regards
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See, I was not aware of that "agreement". Now everything seems to make sense. I am android user since I bought X10 back in August 2010. I was more or less following XDA since then as well, but this forum is worldwide community and is almost imposible to keep a track on everything. I would consider myself somewhere between rookie and advanced users. I know how to do certain things (root, how to use ADB, I was changing framwork_res.apk for my own purposes, etc.). My point also is, I am more hardware sort of guy, rather than software. That's why I am glad you guys are here with us.

Will this wipe the phone data or only the system partition ?

Cholek3 said:
My point also is, I am more hardware sort of guy, rather than software. That's why I am glad you guys are here with us.
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Hehe no problem. I'm hardware and software guy
gbil said:
Will this wipe the phone data or only the system partition ?
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Well no. But the first step is that you need to unlock bootloader and THIS WILL wipe your data. To flash the systempartition itself will not wipe userdata.
Cholek3 said:
Yes, I agree. But myself, I will wait for root for phones with locked bootloader as well. I assume I will be happy with phone speed, but when CM9 comes out, then I will consider unlockin bootloader.
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Your choice, i hope too that we will get a nice exploit again soon. But i personally have to time to work on an exploit.
Regards

3Shirts said:
Screw that! There are too many useful reasons for root. My motto:
Got android? Get root!
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True that, after I heard that you can lock back the bootloader and update it via SEUS or PCC, I'm so gonna root it and true again.

thanks sir at all
every thing is ok bootloader is unlocked now and root is ok
just i face a problem when i restored 340 (programs+games) through titanium backup pro ...... and when opening just only setting application my phone force close setting menu .......i dont know why although i still have 330 mb free in app
thanks in advanced

hasan_abeer said:
thanks sir at all
every thing is ok bootloader is unlocked now and root is ok
just i face a problem when i restored 340 (programs+games) through titanium backup pro ...... and when opening just only setting application my phone force close setting menu .......i dont know why although i still have 330 mb free in app
thanks in advanced
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So you restored with Titanium. Since Titanium is a Root app and you don't had Root before i think you are trying to restore a backup from another phone.
If you do that you have to assure that you ONLY RESTORE APPS and NOT SETTINGS! Settings from another phone will be most likely incompatible.
So this wil be your problem!
Regards

Bin4ry said:
So you restored with Titanium. Since Titanium is a Root app and you don't had Root before i think you are trying to restore a backup from another phone.
If you do that you have to assure that you ONLY RESTORE APPS and NOT SETTINGS! Settings from another phone will be most likely incompatible.
So this wil be your problem!
Regards
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thanks sir i do so restore app+data from samsung galaxy note ........what is the best way to restore :
could i reset my phone through setting+pivacy+factory data reset without affecting root or i must reflash this rom in order to save root
thanks again for your hard job
rgrds

hasan_abeer said:
thanks sir i do so restore app+data from samsung galaxy note ........what is the best way to restore :
could i reset my phone through setting+pivacy+factory data reset without affecting root or i must reflash this rom in order to save root
thanks again for your hard job
rgrds
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Restore only Apps in Titanium not Data! If you factory reset the phone root is still there
Regards

does the super one click work after bootloader unlocked?

unic0de said:
does the super one click work after bootloader unlocked?
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I don't think it will, otherwise somebody would already confirmed that I think. At the moment the only way is to flash appropriate firmware (only with unlocked bootloader).

Thread cleaned guys.
Constructive posts only, if you want to say thanks then hit the thanks button.

to whom it concern for call recorder over this rom works like a charm both sides very clear and great loud
just use callrecorder by SKVALEX(green color) from market with choosing recording calls from kernel with 2 way recording patch(root required) option
+wav format
enjoy my friends
great thanks to mr Bin4ry for rooting rom
rgrds

[Noob-friendly] Poor man's FlashTool

Version 3 released! Check for even more simplicity and a new UI! NO more copying!
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If you're experiencing errors, please report them either in the thread or PM me.
Please report ANY errors or typos you come across, I made this in 4 hours without a single break, so there's bound to be an error somewhere
What's new:
-Completely rewritten (ACTUALLY written, not VB)
-Even simpler! NO MORE COPYING!
-Even smaller in disk size!
-No tutorial needed! Yes, it's that easy -- just read carefully and don't panic
There's still no way to:
-relock the bootloader
-flash FTF files
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Note: Inside the Fastboot.rar, there are fastboot drivers for 2012 Xperias. Install them if you dont have them yet. Those are the only useful files you need from that folder, everything else (both adb and fastboot) are already contained in the new BU.zip!
TESTING:
Reported working Windows versions:
Windows 7 x86
Windows 7 x64
Windows Vista x86
WANT TO HELP?
Then test it and report your phone model and windows version (x64/x86, service pack etc.) -- send me a PM
Please do... You can always flash a kernel or recovery.
Thanks for helping me and all those noobs out
About the attachments:
-Fastboot; contains adb and fastboot, plus Xperia 2012 Windows drivers
-BootloaderUnlock; contains the old PMFT - version 2 (kind of useless unless you understand everything it says in there)
-nexus; the NEW PMFT - version 3 -- if you already have the drivers, this is all you need

someone755 said:
I've been getting some questions on PM lately, about 'how to unlock my bootloader'...
So, fed up with those infinite PMs, I quickly put this together (30 minutes, not much).
It's not much, and I've only tested it for one minute, but it should help the average noob user get their bootloader unlocked.
(I've only tested this on a x86 Win7 PC, so please help me find out where this works on.)
So, the basic idea is, that the noob user extracts the attached adb and fastboot .zip file and extracts it to disk C: (I'll make options for other drives later on, I just need to know whether or not this works). The user then opens up the program inside BootloaderUnlock (and installs it), and, after many warnings, gets to a screen where he is told to input his Bootloader unlock code (obtained from Sony's website).
The program then warns the user a little more, just to make sure he understands, and then, two lines of text show up.
The user enters those lines of text into the console window (the fastboot.exe he extracted at the beginning) and Viola!
If all steps have been done correctly, he now has an unlocked bootloader
It's a simple, yet fool-proof concept, tested on a complete phone moron (after reading some instructions on Sony's unlock site).
Please help me test this, as this may be really helpful to those that don't understand FlashTool and don't have an idea how to do it via the official method.
Also, if you don't understand, there are some instructions within the program (written in VB, so you may need NET framework... MAY need it...)
Thanks for helping me and all those noobs out
Note: extract the fastboot.rar to C:, so you will have the fastboot.exe in C:\Fastboot\fastboot.exe
Note: Inside the Fastboot.rar, there are fastboot drivers for Xperias. Install then if you dont have them yet.
Note: The BootloaderUnlock.rar is a visual basic program. Please help me test it on different Windows systems (XP, Vista, 7, 8, 2000; all both x86 and x64)
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A way to get a noobs phone bricked?!
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derrickdroid said:
A way to get a noobs phone bricked?!
Sent from my LT28at using xda app-developers app
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No it wouldn't. It'll either work or not
Sent from my Jellybean Xperia S

Yeah, it's actually the same as Sony's way, this program just tells the user what to write into the CMD window.
You can't brick your phone with this, because it either suceeds or fails. Either gain or no gain (and no loss) for the user...

someone755 said:
Yeah, it's actually the same as Sony's way, this program just tells the user what to write into the CMD window.
You can't brick your phone with this, because it either suceeds or fails. Either gain or no gain (and no loss) for the user...
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i think he was referring to:
IF you are so beginner that you aren't able to even unlock your bootloader
THEN you could be so newbie to brick it

That's possible, if you're pointing to the fact they could brick their phone after unlocking the bootloader.
But before the unlock, no, it wouldn't be possible...
But hey, some people might have trouble with windows and are new to it. (I know many linux users that are forced to use windows for their phones that could use tools like this for their phones (not Sony, but others...)...)

So can this way unlock any bootloader even if it says bootloader locked? Thanks
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Nope.
Did you not read the first post?
It's the same as the official method, but simplified...
Nothing's changed, basically, so it can't do more and it can't do less!

Ok thanks just dont understand why they sell ones that can and others you cant unlock oh well
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Its not the phone, it's the carrier...

mcmanone said:
Ok thanks just dont understand why they sell ones that can and others you cant unlock oh well
Sent from my LT28i using xda app-developers app
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It's because companies like AT&T give locked down phones away for free with a service contract. That way they can lock some services to make you pay more. For example AT&T makes you pay an additional monthly fee for the use of tethering (only when you use the att stock Rom, it's free on generic version )
From Jaramie's LT28at
2012Xperia SOFT-BRICK Recovery Thread

So I guess it's great in my country;
you don't get a 'free' phone, you pay at least 1€ (depending on the plan you chose; I chose the one where I get to pay 370€ for a nozomi)
You can always trade your phone on Swappa (you have loads of ads on CM's sites and forums) and get an unlockable one...

what is the difference between this tool and this one?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1794800

This one, you can't flash things with, and you don't need a ton of downloads...
Yours is actually a program that uses FlashTool... It has flashtool included in the libs, which means:
1. You download the program AND the giant FlashTool
2. It can flash FTF, IMG and SIN files (because this is flashtool after all...)
I came up with my method for people with bad internet and limited storage...
It actually is the official method, but with a "paste-press-copy-paste" procedure, although the main idea is about the same as all the others...
Basically, every method is based on the official way, but there's a bit of variation here and there...

someone755 said:
This one, you can't flash things with, and you don't need a ton of downloads...
Yours is actually a program that uses FlashTool... It has flashtool included in the libs, which means:
1. You download the program AND the giant FlashTool
2. It can flash FTF, IMG and SIN files (because this is flashtool after all...)
I came up with my method for people with bad internet and limited storage...
It actually is the official method, but with a "paste-press-copy-paste" procedure, although the main idea is about the same as all the others...
Basically, every method is based on the official way, but there's a bit of variation here and there...
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okay thanks....
DOWNLOADING

Let the Noob try it !!
Hey Guys,
I am a Noob and have been trying to unlock my bootloader for about a week now, I have tried a few methods without any joy.
I will give this a go and will report back if it works or not. :laugh:

Your problem might be one of these, if it doesn't work:
1. Your phone is not in fastboot mode -- did you check that?
2. You don't have the right drivers installed on your PC -- or do you?
3. Your phone's bootloader may not be unlockable -- now, if you didn't check that, you really are a noob.
4. Your unlock code is incorrect -- that was the case with me, but in the end that was the only problem...

someone755 said:
Your problem might be one of these, if it doesn't work:
1. Your phone is not in fastboot mode -- did you check that?
2. You don't have the right drivers installed on your PC -- or do you?
3. Your phone's bootloader may not be unlockable -- now, if you didn't check that, you really are a noob.
4. Your unlock code is incorrect -- that was the case with me, but in the end that was the only problem...
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Hi,
Thanks for the reply, the problem i have is with the drivers. I have tried different solutions as posted here and on the web.
But still could not get the drivers to work??
I will try this method as it states the drivers are included. If it all works awesome, if not then I fail and will forever be stuck with stock rom's.

Which windows are you running (vista, 7, 8, is it 32 or 64 bit?)?
Also, did you try with FlashTool's drivers?

someone755 said:
Which windows are you running (vista, 7, 8, is it 32 or 64 bit?)?
Also, did you try with FlashTool's drivers?
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I'm running windows 7 on a 64 bit laptop.
Tried the flashtool drivers also but still no joy, I check in device management for S1 and each time there is a problem installing the drivers.
I still have a PC running vista so might give that a try if all else fails.
Thanks for your help so far, will keep you updated with how I get on

Will I loose tweaks and jailbreak??

Hello, I just unlocked and jailbroke my Lumia 1520 .i also made some tweaks too n just today a new mobile build is out. I want to know whether am gonna loose all this if I upgrade to the new build. Thank u

possible not. but you will see after...

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possible not. but you will see after...
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What will I see after?
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Updated my Lumia 1020 and no problem with Interop unlock, capabilities unlock and tweaks.
Not tested with root Access.

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If you retained unlock which you won't... I advise saving your tweaks to your SD card

if u update extra+info app, u loose your interop
(i think ^^)

I advise uninstalling 'Extras & Info" as soon as you can. When I did it I let W10M install, waited for the initial boot to finish then turned off wifi so the store wouldn't auto update anything then I navigated to All Apps>Storage>This Device then uninstall Extras & Info. Now turn wifi back on, go into Store & update, then you may proceed with interop