topic Unlocking a bootloader in XPERIA archive https://community.sony.com.mk/t5/xperia-archive/unlocking-a-bootloader/m-p/2965815#M177157 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I bought my Xperia S 3 months ago. I bought it in T-Mobile store FREE OF CONTRACT, that means i paid full price of this phone (530 euros). </P><P>After thinkig that it will be unlocked to all carriers and that it would have ability to unlock bootloader i was surprised that my phone was locked, had no ability to unlock bootloader and had a lot of crap from T-Mobile (apps, bootanimations etc.). </P><P></P><P>So my question is why i can't unlock my bootloader. I only bought this phone because i knew that sony was very "friendly" with develeploment on XDA and it was nice to see that. But now i see that not everyone has this oportunity to see that. <SPAN class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":confused_face:"><span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":confused_face:">😕</span></SPAN></P><P></P><P>I rellay hope that you can help me or you could at least give me an email where can i discuss about my problem and try to solve it.</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 21 Sep 2012 22:27:07 GMT android167 2012-09-21T22:27:07Z Unlocking a bootloader https://community.sony.com.mk/t5/xperia-archive/unlocking-a-bootloader/m-p/2965815#M177157 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I bought my Xperia S 3 months ago. I bought it in T-Mobile store FREE OF CONTRACT, that means i paid full price of this phone (530 euros). </P><P>After thinkig that it will be unlocked to all carriers and that it would have ability to unlock bootloader i was surprised that my phone was locked, had no ability to unlock bootloader and had a lot of crap from T-Mobile (apps, bootanimations etc.). </P><P></P><P>So my question is why i can't unlock my bootloader. I only bought this phone because i knew that sony was very "friendly" with develeploment on XDA and it was nice to see that. But now i see that not everyone has this oportunity to see that. <SPAN class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":confused_face:"><span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":confused_face:">😕</span></SPAN></P><P></P><P>I rellay hope that you can help me or you could at least give me an email where can i discuss about my problem and try to solve it.</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 21 Sep 2012 22:27:07 GMT https://community.sony.com.mk/t5/xperia-archive/unlocking-a-bootloader/m-p/2965815#M177157 android167 2012-09-21T22:27:07Z Re: Unlocking a bootloader https://community.sony.com.mk/t5/xperia-archive/unlocking-a-bootloader/m-p/2965816#M177158 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I'm afraid you can't unlock the bootloader </P><P>Doing so might result in permant brick or something else</P><P>Maybe you will have to search for unofficial ways to unlock the bootloader</P><P>(Involves a lot of risk)</P></BODY></HTML> Sat, 22 Sep 2012 19:06:40 GMT https://community.sony.com.mk/t5/xperia-archive/unlocking-a-bootloader/m-p/2965816#M177158 Nabeel 2012-09-22T19:06:40Z