Sorry, this has probably been answered a million times, but I cant find written in stone advice.
I have an Xperia Play which I love, but I want to run Darkforest on, because it looks awesome. Problem is when I went to the sony website about unlocking the bootloader and typed the code in, it said
"able to unlock bootloader - No"
Does this mean I can never do it, or can I just not do it through Sony?
Would getting O2 to sim unlock do anything?
Does testpoint unlocking get through this?
No one seems to have solid advice and Sony are dragging their heels when it comes to ICS for the Play.
Thanks!
You can unlock, just not with the Sony method, which uses fastboot.
Getting o2 to unlock your sim won't make a difference, since you need fastboot.
The test point method will work. Using a tool like Omnius will unlock your bootloader, sim, and fastboot simultaneously.
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Is Omnius working well with the play now, i heard varying comments on its success with most people recommending to pay someone with SETool to do it ?
seanjc69 said:
Is Omnius working well with the play now, i heard varying comments on its success with most people recommending to pay someone with SETool to do it ?
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Alejandrissimo is the guy for unlocks. Heard nothing but good things about him
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The only negative comment I remember seeing about Omnius was from a guy who does unlocking with setool.
It worked perfectly for me first try.
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captain67 said:
The only negative comment I remember seeing about Omnius was from a guy who does unlocking with setool.
It worked perfectly for me first try.
Sent from a Galaxy far, far away
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Omnius unlike SETool, requires you to have the battery inserted right? That makes it much harder to use.
@OP. I recommend contacting jinx13 on here, he unlocked my bootloader, and i only have good things to say about him
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AndroHero said:
Omnius unlike SETool, requires you to have the battery inserted right? That makes it much harder to use.
@OP. I recommend contacting jinx13 on here, he unlocked my bootloader, and i only have good things to say about him
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No, the battery doesn't need to be inserted. I just plugged it in and connected the test point and it worked.
In the thread about the free promo they did during Easter weekend, there's a fairly detailed post by me stating exactly what I did.
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hi,guys,I got my inc2 S-OFF、Root、Recovery with chinese and network unlock！
The method to get s-off on the inc2 is not the same as incs, the S58 file is not the same. I haven't the s58 file for incs2,but today ,i found a person to get the inc2 s-off,but not to use xtc clip,now my incs2 is s-off and unlock.and can use gsm、WCDMA、CDMA SIM、USIM and UIM card，in china ，CDMA Network must use UIM Card，but he didn't tell me the method,I pay for it about 50 RMB,you can see this web，there are photos of my inc2:
the outsidelinks "ACD168 " had told us
I am a new user are not permitted to post outside links in their messages，
who can tell me how to post outsidelinks and upload photos??
Best way is to make some posts in other threads
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or just PM me it and ill do it for u.
He paid someone to unlock the phone. Most likely used a sim unlock clip. Nothing to see here.
it is the first known inc2 S-OFF though.
deficitism said:
He paid someone to unlock the phone. Most likely used a sim unlock clip. Nothing to see here.
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XTC doesn't support the Incredible 2 yet (it supports Incredible S). So the fact that it has been unlocked is at least a step in the right direction. XTC Pay-As-You-Go might be worth the money at this point.
I'd gladly pay something to have my inc2 S-off!
Please keep the discussion development-oriented so that this topic isn't locked. Please take any meta-discussions to the General area.
Thanks!
If we can get S-Off on our Inc2's, would the temporary root as stated before, be used to gain full time root access?
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it is the first known inc2 S-OFF though.
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Phil at AC had one was well. Hit me up jcase @ cunninglogic .com on gtalk
http://www.in189.com/thread-156079-1-1.html
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http://www.in189.com/thread-156079-1-1.html
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Promising
Bobby Buggs said:
Promising
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I tried translating the page, but still can't really understand it. Why is this promising?
xgunther said:
I tried translating the page, but still can't really understand it. Why is this promising?
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Its not promising. Trust me.
deficitism said:
Its not promising. Trust me.
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why is it not promising...?
So, this might be a stupid question, but in regards to s-off, I know that up until recently on my INC (ADR6300), I did NOT have s-off on my INC, (until when I needed to flash my radio firmware so my video camera would work) and I was able to load whatever rom I wanted. Granted, I did use unrevoked initially to get perm root, so I am assuming that is the reason that we are stuck on the INC2's? (ADR6350)
Obviously, the end goal is to get S-off, but before that we would be OK (more or less) if we could just write to /system, right?
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why is it not promising...?
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It isn't promising because he took it to somebody else who looks to have used a hardware clip to unlock it, whereas we're looking for software solutions.
in that sense, then yes... looks like it. but i was pretty ready to get a clip to get it working. the way i see it, as long as we are not too far behind IS's root development, then it's good news
It reminds me of the dss days. People would pay alot of money for "Special hardware and software" to unlock. Then a few months later a cheap software update would come up for free to everyone. Lets just hope this is how it goes with the new lock downs companies are implementing with their new phones.
I know there are simialar threads about this but I have a couple of questions.
Can I Use moded/custom roms?
Can I play psp games that are .iso or another format
What kind of themes can I use on my phone?
I have a R800x CDMA xperia rooted with zergrush.
cj360 said:
I know there are simialar threads about this but I have a couple of questions.
Can I Use moded/custom roms?
Can I play psp games that are .iso or another format
What kind of themes can I use on my phone?
I have a R800x CDMA xperia rooted with zergrush.
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1. Yes once you unlock your bootloader.
2. No psp games don't work on any smart phone currently. But you can emulate anything n64/ps1 and lower.
3.If you make your own theme you can do anything you want. If you want to know what's currently available go look in the sub forum.
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I thought I couldn't unlock my bootloader because I have a MEID on my phone not a IMEI.
cj360 said:
I thought I couldn't unlock my bootloader because I have a MEID on my phone not a IMEI.
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Oh I didn't know you were on a 800x my bad. You can still unlock the bootloader to access Fastboot but obviously it's locked to VZ. As far as ROM/themes there are a few to choose from after you unlock the bootloader. I think v3 of dooms kernel may work for you but you'll need to wait for a more educated 800x person to answer or just read in the dev section for yourself it's all over. Good luck
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you can unlock the bootloader for the r800x.... but you have to have someone with the right hardware help you... and it costs money.
if you're up for it i would recommend Alejandrissimo. he did it for me last night... it was 24 dollars but it works like a dream. i flashed doom kernel v3 and i'm using stock 2.3.3 and it's running wonderfully. overclocked to 1.6 ghz with no problems whatsoever.
24 seems a little steep, I mean I can understand paying them, but idk how to price something that involves connecting your pc to a stranger.
Connect a virtual machine if you want. It works too ^^
Yea but I feel like yhats more work.
Ill probably ask someone on here.
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24 seems a little steep, I mean I can understand paying them, but idk how to price something that involves connecting your pc to a stranger.
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He doesn't actually make money doing it. The $24 goes to buy "tokens" on a 3rd party website that gives the unlock code to him, then he remotely accesses your phone/computer and does it all for you. He also uses a special cable remotly to unlock your bootloader. But yea basically he donates his time to help people do it and only charges the $24 to cover his cost to get the code. It's really easy and he's cool as hell I really recommend it.
yeah i am going to do this once i can afford to pay the guy to unlock for me.. it should be worth it..
Ah. Didn't know there eas a 3rd party website. Thx for the info everybody I gona go make a paypal
Acc
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Hi,
Before stating my question I'd just like to say that I have searched for an answer to my problem, but I haven't really found anything clear. If I've missed something completely obvious, feel free to slap me & link it
Right, so basically I've been trying to unlock the bootloader for my Xperia Play R800i using the method found on the sonymobile.com website. However, when I get onto the service menu (doing all that fancy *#*#737 stuff) it tells me "Bootloader unlock allowed: No".
I tried to research about this message and if I could still unlock my bootloader, and I found out that all I needed to do was unlock my sim (I'm on the 3 network). Before going and looking into whatever is needed to get the unlock code, I read somewhere that it wasn't just as simple as unlocking the sim on it's own.
From here I'm kind of lost, and have no idea what to do - any help would be really appreciated
If there's any information you need and I haven't given, just ask for it and I'll try to get it to the best of my ability.
Oh, and I'm not exactly the most tech-savvy person
Try http://unlock-bootloader.com/ it costs $24 but that's for the cost of the credit in the program used. He makes no money off of it
Thanks for the reply, I'll give it a go and see how it turns out
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jacklebott said:
Try http://unlock-bootloader.com/ it costs $24 but that's for the cost of the credit in the program used. He makes no money off of it
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Just an encouragement - I had mine done last weekend. Alejandrissimo is very reliable, friendly and quick. It's well worth the small fee involved.
netizenmt said:
Just an encouragement - I had mine done last weekend. Alejandrissimo is very reliable, friendly and quick. It's well worth the small fee involved.
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Ah, cool - shall definitely look into it then
Edit: Just done the service, and it was great! Thanks for recommending it.
After shooting some searches on Q&A about unlocking bootloader on xperia play with "Rooting Status: No", I've learned that unlocking can still be achieved (Take note that I didn't find any steps, only references). So I went searching for guides to do so, but without success. If anyone got a direct link to such a guide, I would really appreciate it!
Please note that there is a 0,01% chance of retardation and missing the guides, when they were in front of my eyes.
Thank you in advance!
You must pay 24$ to get it done from Alejandrissimo. That's the only way.
Trust me it's worth it. http://unlock-bootloader.com/
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You must pay 24$ to get it done from Alejandrissimo. That's the only way.
Trust me it's worth it. http://unlock-bootloader.com/
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I trust you, but the problem is that I can't pay any money via internet, not that I don't have them, it's just that I don't have any methods available to do so at this point.
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I trust you, but the problem is that I can't pay any money via internet, not that I don't have them, it's just that I don't have any methods available to do so at this point.
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Well, I just went to Western Union with one of my parents and sent some money to him and then he did it I suggest you do the same if you can.
You can go down to your local store, buy a $25 prepaid card, give him the stuff, and done! He'll unlock it!
Well the thing I want to know still is how he does it. Do I send him the money and the phone? Or just the money and he gives me a code? Or what is actually happening.
rareshutzu said:
Well the thing I want to know still is how he does it. Do I send him the money and the phone? Or just the money and he gives me a code? Or what is actually happening.
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he uses teamviewer and guides you through it, he charges because it costs him to buy the tokens or whatever you want to call them. They have to be bought in batch.
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Good guy, he unlocked my boot loader in a matter of minutes. The hardest part was removing that damn sticker, mine was like super glued on or something. That and bridging the connection while attaching the USB. If only I had 3 arms... O the possibilities...
Hi Everyone
Wishing you a Happy New Year.
As like the other Sim Unlock thread for X8 and X10. I am starting this for the Xperia S.
The different is this is a Code Unlock.
I will need the IMEI no(*#06#) . Make sure you have not entered too many wrong codes before ie sony has a limit for 5.
If you have entered more than 5 codes then what ever code you have it will not work.
I will be able to give out only 1 code per week as this is expensive for me to get hold of the codes. Whereas I have been giving the cable unlocks for free.
Please do not post your IMEI here, send it by pm to me.
Spread the word :
http://www.facebook.com/htccode?fref=ts
Hollo, and thanks for your thread
I have a Sony Xperia S locked to Orange Spain and I want to sim unlock it to use other sim card on.
My question how can I do?
Thank's
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Hi Everyone
Wishing you a Happy New Year.
As like the other Sim Unlock thread for X8 and X10. I am starting this for the Xperia S.
The different is this is a Code Unlock.
I will need the IMEI no(*#06#) . Make sure you have not entered too many wrong codes before ie sony has a limit for 5.
If you have entered more than 5 codes then what ever code you have it will not work.
I will be able to give out only 1 code per week as this is expensive for me to get hold of the codes. Whereas I have been giving the cable unlocks for free.
Spread the word :
http://www.facebook.com/htccode?fref=ts
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Xperia Ion, locked to AT&T, IMEI: ------------------
MOD COMMENT: Better keep your IMEI in private.
can you do anything?
HEY DONT POST YOUR IMEI
doing dat **** is dangerous
Please PM me the IMEI's
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Please PM me the IMEI's
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I'm getting an AT&T Xperia Ion as a gift and I wanna unlock it before giving it so that it can be used on T-Mobile. So, my questions are:
Do you get the code for the Ion too or only the S?
How much is it? Or is it free?
Is it guaranteed to work?
You said, you can only do 1/ week, so if I sent you the IMEI tonight when do you expect to deliver the code?
Thanks a lot in advance and sorry for asking all these questions. This is the first time for me to deal with something like this or even a Sony phone...
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I'm getting an AT&T Xperia Ion as a gift and I wanna unlock it before giving it so that it can be used on T-Mobile. So, my questions are:
Do you get the code for the Ion too or only the S?
How much is it? Or is it free?
Is it guaranteed to work?
You said, you can only do 1/ week, so if I sent you the IMEI tonight when do you expect to deliver the code?
Thanks a lot in advance and sorry for asking all these questions. This is the first time for me to deal with something like this or even a Sony phone...
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I will be able to give 1 free code weekly as it costs me to get hold of the codes for these phones. Takes 2-3 days to generate the code. Any Sony Xperia phone can be unlocked.
Hi,
If i send you my IMEI, would you be able to get the code for my Sony Xperia S?
Yes I can do it.
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Yes I can do it.
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Thanks!
sent you PM
this will only remove simlock and not locked boot loader. right?
unlick
hi!
after lurking for quite a while,hoping for bootloader unlock for xperia s as mine is no.
FINALLY REGISTERED so i could reply and pm you my imei,
please unlock simlock!
THANKYOU
warez
will like to use my xperia S with my sim card ... i send you my imei by MP
thanks
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this will only remove simlock and not locked boot loader. right?
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Apologies for replying late, yes this removes only the sim lock. Bootloader has to be done the cable way only.
An xperia j can be rezolve with your method? Your pm boss is full
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Thanks
Thanks!
sent you PM
I sent you a pm! I will be waiting patiently, Thanks for your service
Just sent my imei too... thanks a lot for your service!!
Just sent
Message sent, many thanks.