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[Q] can r800i bootloader be unlocked?

Big up to xda community especially the devs
I am one of the unlucky ones with a locked bootloader (turned off, held search button plugged in usb no blue light)
my one was sim locked on Orange UK
since i have sim unlocked it, rooted and OTA update to 4.0.A.2.368
but i really want to overclock it.
i read another thread about r800x bootloader being cracked http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1197890
but want sure if its a 100% success
is there anyway to unlock r800i bootloader? or another method of overclocking cpu?
thanx

boomtngz said:
Big up to xda community especially the devs
I am one of the unlucky ones with a locked bootloader (turned off, held search button plugged in usb no blue light)
my one was sim locked on Orange UK
since i have sim unlocked it, rooted and OTA update to 4.0.A.2.368
but i really want to overclock it.
i read another thread about r800x bootloader being cracked http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1197890
but want sure if its a 100% success
is there anyway to unlock r800i bootloader? or another method of overclocking cpu?
thanx
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You can unlock your bootloader, but you have to pay

thankx for reply
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how much?
how to?

There is no need to pay. Simply use this guide to unlock your bootloader for free.
I have an R800i and did it myself. Just make certain that you install Gordon's Gate drivers on your PC otherwise you'll be left with a phone you can not reflash afterwards.

what using Omnius for SE v0.23 ?

El_Colombiano said:
There is no need to pay. Simply use this guide to unlock your bootloader for free.
I have an R800i and did it myself. Just make certain that you install Gordon's Gate drivers on your PC otherwise you'll be left with a phone you can not reflash afterwards.
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That only works for phones which are not sim locked (subsidized) by a carrier. For all those that do have sim locked phones, such as myself, you do indeed need to pay to get it unlocked by someone that has the tools to do so remotely. You can find someone in the General forum that can do it for you.

boomtngz said:
what using Omnius for SE v0.23 ?
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Contact me for that

zerojay said:
That only works for phones which are not sim locked (subsidized) by a carrier. For all those that do have sim locked phones, such as myself, you do indeed need to pay to get it unlocked by someone that has the tools to do so remotely. You can find someone in the General forum that can do it for you.
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I was under the impression the R800i always came sim unlocked. Mine did. My mistake. Thank you for the information.

Had mine unlocked yesterday wicked..
Sent from my R800i using xda premium

My phone was sim locked to UK orange, too. I paid alejandrisimo just under 20 quid and he enabled fastboot, unlocked the bootloader and removed sim lock in about 5 mins. All remotely. Thread was in the general section.
Sent from my R800i using XDA App

[q] help! Dont detect sim!

Hello Guys , Recently i try to unlock my bootloader via testpoint (unsuccessfully) , and Alejandrisimo told me that i can't unlocked via test point because its a branded phone ,
so i search and i try with other porgram MULTI UNLOCK CLIENT,
i have to use Test Point but when the process go finish stop beacause i need credits to complete porccess, so i boot again my phone and not detect my sim only call for emergency any ones can help me :S?
Alejandrisimo told me that i need to buy service for unlock bootloader for my R800a so any one have an other idea ?

Zylak said:
Hello Guys , Recently i try to unlock my bootloader via testpoint (unsuccessfully) , and Alejandrisimo told me that i can't unlocked via test point because its a branded phone ,
so i search and i try with other porgram MULTI UNLOCK CLIENT,
i have to use Test Point but when the process go finish stop beacause i need credits to complete porccess, so i boot again my phone and not detect my sim only call for emergency any ones can help me :S?
Alejandrisimo told me that i need to buy service for unlock bootloader for my R800a so any one have an other idea ?
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When you unsuccessfully tried To unlocked bl at that moment you lost your connectivity bcoz your phone was not meant to be unlocked for free. Alejandrissimo is right you'll have to pay. No other way
Sent from my R800i using xda premium

:S
creative_md said:
When you unsuccessfully tried To unlocked bl at that moment you lost your connectivity bcoz your phone was not meant to be unlocked for free. Alejandrissimo is right you'll have to pay. No other way
Sent from my R800i using xda premium
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Its incredible :S, the phone launch 1 year ago and no free way too unlock bootloader, that suxs u.u
i cant believe but i think its true
u know what is the cheap site for unlock the bootloader?

Zylak said:
Its incredible :S, the phone launch 1 year ago and no free way too unlock bootloader, that suxs u.u
i cant believe but i think its true
u know what is the cheap site for unlock the bootloader?
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Bty which testpoint method you used to unlock there is a free one and a paid one? If you used paid one(i don't think so) then you should be fine with signal. And cheapest way of unlock is provided by alejandrissimo unless you have setool' box'.
Sent from my R800i using xda premium
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And also it could be all free unlocking bl or repairing hard brick or sim unlock ( not sure) if 'laser' who made setool had provided it for free like we have flashtool. But he wanted his credit for developing it as it supports wide range of phones almost all. As it is said if you are good at something NEVER do it for free!!!
Sent from my R800i using xda premium

Zylak said:
Its incredible :S, the phone launch 1 year ago and no free way too unlock bootloader, that suxs u.u
i cant believe but i think its true
u know what is the cheap site for unlock the bootloader?
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if you have a R800i its free as im not sure if you have an x or a or i

Okay ,I resolved problem with sim using testpoint with S1tool and all fine , buy i still searching any way to unlock bootloader freeway .
My phone is a R800a brander and with Unlock Bootloader : NO(Sony free way)
Enviado desde mi R800i usando Tapatalk 2

Its not free om r800i I had to pay £8 to unlocked mine when I tried to unlock bootloader but all done now
Sent from my R800i using xda premium

hey so my phone is r800i ..
it is an international phone and it is not accepting my SIM im in toronto and I am with Koodo. It will also not work with Rogers, Bell, Wind or anything else.
Is there anything I can do to make it work.. flash - boot or wtv... Ill do it.. ill even pay a moth#Q([email protected]%er
Just Please HELP - i dont want to return the phone..
thanks in advance..

[Q] How I can unlock my bootloader ? HELP

Hi everyone ! I have a Xperia Arc LT15i and I found out using *#*#7378423#*#* that I cannot unlock bootloader (Bootloader unlock allowed: No). How I can unlock my bootloader because I want a ROM like CM9 or JJ's Hybrid and it`s must to have bootloader unlock. Please help me with unlocking the bootloader, or please help to find a ROM like CM9 without unlock my bootloader. I want to say that I am not very skilled Waiting for more tips.

download flashtool then Plug in > unlock bootloader
it will guide you to sony's web page, copy paste the code and let flashtool unlock it

Actually JJ's ROM doesn't require an unlocked boot loader.
Sent from my Xperia arc S

If you have bootloader unlock allowed:no standing, then you can't unlock it with Sony service, because your IMEI number is then 15 symbols long, so no way for unlocking bl without paying for services like setool
Sent from my LT18i using xda premium

Hi,
If you have bootloader unlock allowed:no , you can unlock it with Omnius :laugh:, but is not free, 15€/unlock .
I unlocked my LT15i with Omnius, I had "unlock allowed:no" before.

So .. I can't unlock my bootloader, only if I paid :crying:

Setool & Omnius links?
you guys got any links related to this Omnius and Setool things? or other alternatives for Xperias stating that unlocking bootloader is not allowed?.. I had thought that if they say so, it was just impossible to unlock...

Unlock for free
dns.vlad said:
So .. I can't unlock my bootloader, only if I paid :crying:
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No... you can do it for free like what i did... go to sony unlockbootloader web site and it will give you a step b step guide...

Omessy7 said:
No... you can do it for free like what i did... go to sony unlockbootloader web site and it will give you a step b step guide...
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Yes... If unlock bootloader allowed : yes in service menu, but dns.vlad have not allowed unlock bootloader, as me.
Sent from my LT15i using xda app-developers app

just go here unlockbootloader.sonymobile.com

I'm starting to get angry I said and ludz179 in answer above you I can not unlock the bootloader so because the Service Info says Bootloader unlock allowed: No

was only giving info you say your phone says cannot unlock boot loader then from wat iv seen there is no way to unlock it.
but there is lots of roms out there that run well on none unlocked bootloaders and using new flashtool seems easy plus using DooMLoRD to root the phone .. I think the only way to do it would be to send it to sony service to unlock but knowing them you go no chance
just trying to help thats all

Can't help enquiring.You mention that there are several roms that are available which does not need to have the bootloader unlock.Could you give me the links please.
Sent from my LT15i using xda app-developers app
Sorry,found it.2 threads down.Thank you.

[Q] Can i install ROMs to my Locked Bootloader R800x?

Is it possible for me to Install real ROMs to my Xperia Play R800x CDMA with a locked bootloader? I'm not talking about ROMs like Cola6, i mean stuff like AuroraPlay and stuff(Of course for CDMA). I understand i can't install custom kernels with the Locked bootloader and my bootloader can't be unlocked, so are there any ROMs that are possible to be installed to a CDMA XPlay that doesn't need a custom kernel? I would very much appreciate it! Thanks!

As if now the only actual rom tjat can be installed on a locked bootloader (from xperiance) is darkforest 3.0.5 which is verizon 2.3.3 and why can't you unlock the bootloader I got my code for unlocking from sony copied it and used flashtool to unlock my bootloader
Sent from my R800x using xda premium

Flashtool
Try this i wasn't able to test it cause i've a unlocked bootloader
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1390771

I understand that http://unlockbootloader.sonymobile.com/instructions now unlocks the R800x and has for sometime. http://www.xda-developers.com/android/sony-now-allowing-verizon-xperia-play-bootloader-unlock/

chevyowner said:
I understand that http://unlockbootloader.sonymobile.com/instructions now unlocks the R800x and has for sometime. http://www.xda-developers.com/android/sony-now-allowing-verizon-xperia-play-bootloader-unlock/
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I can't unlock my bootloader because the *#*#7378423#*#* menu has the option missing meaning it isn't possible. I wish i could because it would be so much better and i don't understand why some of these phones aren't possible and some are.

Slvr99 said:
I can't unlock my bootloader because the *#*#7378423#*#* menu has the option missing meaning it isn't possible. I wish i could because it would be so much better and i don't understand why some of these phones aren't possible and some are.
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To be honest I never read the instructions on the sony site, I do not know what that menu will tell me if I flash a factory firmware. I do know that my R800x has been unlocked. It will not hurt to ignore step 1 there and follow the rest. If it works you have unlocked your bootloader. If not it only took about 5-15 mnutes.

Slvr99 said:
I can't unlock my bootloader because the *#*#7378423#*#* menu has the option missing meaning it isn't possible. I wish i could because it would be so much better and i don't understand why some of these phones aren't possible and some are.
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Yes you can unlock it, verizin locked that part so we weren't able to think that we ever could inlock the boot loader, sony supports the unlocking if the cdma xperia play, I unlocked mine by gettjng the code to unlock and usinf flashtool while connected to the internet
Sent from my R800x using xda premium

Are all r800i unlockable?

So I want to buy an r800i, I can't post links yet.
But if you go on ebay and find "SONY ERICSSON XPERIA PLAY R800I - BLACK (UNLOCKED) SMARTPHONE"
I currently have an r800at which is manufactured 12W25 which is way too late for the bootloader to be unlocked unfortunately. It is sim unlocked though, but I don't have bootloader access.
So if I buy that device, will the bootloader be able to be unlocked? It's marketed as an r800i

whydoesntthiswork said:
So I want to buy an r800i, I can't post links yet.
But if you go on ebay and find "SONY ERICSSON XPERIA PLAY R800I - BLACK (UNLOCKED) SMARTPHONE"
I currently have an r800at which is manufactured 12W25 which is way too late for the bootloader to be unlocked unfortunately. It is sim unlocked though, but I don't have bootloader access.
So if I buy that device, will the bootloader be able to be unlocked? It's marketed as an r800i
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yes the bootloader can be unlocked.. for all r800i models.. and rooted too.. ofcourse other models can be..
but tbh.. I broke my r800i.. my cousin had a r800at .. but my sim worked in it although I don't stay in USA.. so I installed r800i firmware on top of that and viola.. everything works as r800i.. bootloader unlocked and I am running Android Lollipop 5.1.1 atm.. I suggest u mess with ur current phone.. rather than go for a new one.

saqibkhan said:
yes the bootloader can be unlocked.. for all r800i models.. and rooted too.. ofcourse other models can be..
but tbh.. I broke my r800i.. my cousin had a r800at .. but my sim worked in it although I don't stay in USA.. so I installed r800i firmware on top of that and viola.. everything works as r800i.. bootloader unlocked and I am running Android Lollipop 5.1.1 atm.. I suggest u mess with ur current phone.. rather than go for a new one.
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Can't because the manufacturing date is too new. Omnious and setool don't support it.

whydoesntthiswork said:
So I want to buy an r800i, I can't post links yet.
But if you go on ebay and find "SONY ERICSSON XPERIA PLAY R800I - BLACK (UNLOCKED) SMARTPHONE"
I currently have an r800at which is manufactured 12W25 which is way too late for the bootloader to be unlocked unfortunately. It is sim unlocked though, but I don't have bootloader access.
So if I buy that device, will the bootloader be able to be unlocked? It's marketed as an r800i
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whydoesntthiswork said:
Can't because the manufacturing date is too new. Omnious and setool don't support it.
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are you saying about r800at.. or r800i ?

saqibkhan said:
are you saying about r800at.. or r800i ?
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r800at
EDIT: Got my r800i, that was incredibly easy to unlock everything.