Just a question as I'm in no way a developer of anything but now that we have lollipop is there now a chance at all to unlock our bootloader? I apologize if this has already been asked.
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Not yet. In fact, LP will most likely make it harder to unlock the BL. Luckily if a BL unlock comes out for KK, it's easy to downgrade back.
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I have a sony Live with walkman, i just bougth it. My question is, is it worth to unlock the bootloader? what does unlocking the bootloader actually does? And last how do you do it? :silly: Thanks in advance
with booloader unlocked you can put a custon kernel, for unlocked bootloader, search on this thread:Tutorials | Firmware | FAQ | First Aid
rodrigo9411 said:
I have a sony Live with walkman, i just bougth it. My question is, is it worth to unlock the bootloader? what does unlocking the bootloader actually does? And last how do you do it? :silly: Thanks in advance
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First of all, you must check if it's allowed
You can check trough dialling this no.
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rodrigo9411 said:
I have a sony Live with walkman, i just bougth it. My question is, is it worth to unlock the bootloader? what does unlocking the bootloader actually does? And last how do you do it? :silly: Thanks in advance
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It allows you to put custom roms and custom kernels. It also voids your warranty.
If you phone is sim/network locked (in service menu it'll say something like: "Bootloader unlock allowed: No"), then you cant unlock bootloader unless you pay someone to unlock it with network unlock codes. Afterwards you can unlock it via offical (SE) or test-point method.
yes. subforums you try to check on development. there are many tutorials to unlock and root
rodrigo9411 said:
I have a sony Live with walkman, i just bougth it. My question is, is it worth to unlock the bootloader? what does unlocking the bootloader actually does? And last how do you do it? :silly: Thanks in advance
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Yes it is worth unlocking the bootloader. With an unlocked bootloader you can do almost anything with your phone.
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motorazrv3 said:
Yes it is worth unlocking the bootloader. With an unlocked bootloader you can do almost anything with your phone.
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Well that depends, it might have been worth for you, but for someone who likes stock rom and has no need or will to change it with custom rom (except few tweeks that can be done with root), it's probably best to keep it locked. I look at it as a pretty subjective thing. If losing warranty is not an issue and you want to go that extra mile, sure, unlock it.
Hello. I'm wondering if anyone's managed to unlock the bootloader on a Sony Xperia S / Firmware ICS 6.1.A.0.453 where in the service settings it says bootloader unlock not allowed on a locked phone? I've seen lots of guides on doing this with a phone with GB and early versions of ICS but no guides with the above firmware? Many thanks in advance.
systemshq said:
Hello. I'm wondering if anyone's managed to unlock the bootloader on a Sony Xperia S / Firmware ICS 6.1.A.0.453 where in the service settings it says bootloader unlock not allowed on a locked phone? I've seen lots of guides on doing this with a phone with GB and early versions of ICS but no guides with the above firmware? Many thanks in advance.
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You can't unlock bootloader if it's locked to carrier. Not even on a gb.
Ok Many thanks for that. So if I get the phone unlocked in the normal way from my carrier - will that also give me the option to unlock the bootloader as well? Many thanks again.
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Ok Many thanks for that. So if I get the phone unlocked in the normal way from my carrier - will that also give me the option to unlock the bootloader as well? Many thanks again.
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I think that it depends of your carrier.
Ok - many thanks again!
Ok my phone is now sim unlocked but its still bootloader locked and my carrier O2 do not support the unlocking of the bootloader. Is there any unofficial method I can use (even paid) to unlock the bootloader?
Yeah the O2 are the worst by that question,definitely.But try to make a pressure on them saying if it is not stated in the cobtract than they can **** themselves and unlock or you want your money back!
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so the carriers are the ones who is holding back the bootloader lock?...
Yes,they are guilty!
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I should have look into this a bit more before I got the phone. With any luck someone hill hack it soon!
Any word on how far people are or how close people are to unlocking the Bootloader?
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has anyone found or started to work on an app to unlock your bootloader. like easy un lock on the galaxy s3
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I doubt that will happen. The only reason that existed was because someone leaked a unlocked bootloader. So unless that happens for the GS4, I don't think you'll see an ez unlocker app.
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like easy un lock on the galaxy s3
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I actually prefer the way it is now. The phone is basically unbrickable because you can't break the bootloader, but we can flash kernels, ROMs and recoveries without issues.
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If we are able to keep using the Loki workaround is there a need to unlock the bootloader? Does this mean we will have to make sure not to accept any OTA's before we get a custom ROM on our phone? If there is an OTA that gets through to my phone, does this mean I wont be able to reroot if they patch the Loki exploit?
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If we are able to keep using the Loki workaround is there a need to unlock the bootloader? Does this mean we will have to make sure not to accept any OTA's before we get a custom ROM on our phone? If there is an OTA that gets through to my phone, does this mean I wont be able to reroot if they patch the Loki exploit?
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That is kind of my point...we already have the things that an unlocked bootloader gives you. The only thing is maybe unlocking for use on another network, but that is a pretty small population, and they can just get the dev version since they can't use the subsidy anyway.
The devs will make sure to break OTAs on the custom ROMs, and having a custom recovery prevents them, too. Or just flash an AOSP based ROM and forget it.
Or to put it simply, don't fix what ain't broke.
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The only reason I ask is because I want to flash a custom Rom that is debloated and tweaked for more performance or a smoother interface. Am I able to do all that as the phone is now without unlocking the boot loader? And if so what are the risks of using the Loki tool?
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brizey said:
That is kind of my point...we already have the things that an unlocked bootloader gives you. The only thing is maybe unlocking for use on another network, but that is a pretty small population, and they can just get the dev version since they can't use the subsidy anyway.
The devs will make sure to break OTAs on the custom ROMs, and having a custom recovery prevents them, too. Or just flash an AOSP based ROM and forget it.
Or to put it simply, don't fix what ain't broke.
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I'm still learning about the custom recovery. I created one using GOO, does that automatically stop OTA's, or should I try and do the file renames and freeze with TiBu?
There will still be work done to try to get a full unlock rather than a workaround. VZW will find a way to patch dans exploit. What happens to people who buy the phone after that? SOL? or if you break yours and have to get a replacement, and that one has the patch? Dans exploit is fantastic, but we should still look for a permanent solution.
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If you're higher than vrajb is it possible to unlock the Verizon Note 2 without unlocking the bootloader?
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If you're higher than vraljb is it possible to unlock the Verizon Note 2 without unlocking the bootloader?
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I don't understand. Are you having a problem unlocking your bootloader. Or just don't want to, but want to flash your custom rom. without the bootloader being unlocked you will have to flash certing things like the kernel manually everytime you flash a rom.
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I don't understand. Are you having a problem unlocking your bootloader. Or just don't want to, but want to flash your custom rom. without the bootloader being unlocked you will have to flash certing things like the kernel manually everytime you flash a rom.
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Actually I've already unlocked and rooted using Outler/Radeklav's method, but I'd like to know for other people who have asked if it's possible to root, keep stock ROM and keep the bootloader unlocked for above vrajb phones. (I know you can do it for vrajb phones using the Exynos exploit.)
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If you're higher than vrajb is it possible to unlock the Verizon Note 2 without unlocking the bootloader?
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The only way to root only on VRAMC3 is with the Toolkit, there are mixed results with it though. Some say it works great and some say it doesn't work at all, in the end the people that just want root can try that and if it doesn't work they should just root and unlock the bootloader with CASUAL and if they don't want to mess with flashing they don't have to. There are really no downsides to having an unlocked boot loader aside from not being able to accept and install OTAs, that's a plus in my book though.
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shangrila500 said:
The only way to root only on VRAMC3 is with the Toolkit, there are mixed results with it though. Some say it works great and some say it doesn't work at all, in the end the people that just want root can try that and if it doesn't work they should just root and unlock the bootloader with CASUAL and if they don't want to mess with flashing they don't have to. There are really no downsides to having an unlocked boot loader aside from not being able to accept and install OTAs, that's a plus in my book though.
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Thanks for the word.
it is possible now??
If you have an unlocked bootloader, yes.
Otherwise you'll have to wait till someone comes up with a root method which could take a lot of time or no time at all.
On the same boat. I haven't unlocked the bootloader and I intend to keep avoiding it, so I'm waiting for someone to come up with rootkit or root method before flashing marshmallow.
how can I to unlock the bootloader?
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how can I to unlock the bootloader?
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Go to sony's website for unlocking the bootloader.