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Sony Ericsson allow bootloader unlocking

  • 15-04-2011 09:26AM
    #1
    nedd
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,096 ✭✭✭


    Check out this page, if you have a new SE you may be able to unlock the bootloader.

    http://unlockbootloader.sonyericsson.com/


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  • #2
    Oafley Jones
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,424 ✭✭✭Oafley Jones


    nedd wrote: »
    Check out this page, if you have a new SE you may be able to unlock the bootloader.

    http://unlockbootloader.sonyericsson.com/

    So long as the phone was bought unlocked. Still it's a move in the right direction.


  • #3
    bd250110
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 427 ✭✭bd250110


    Interesting while HTC are going one way, SE are going the other. I wonder if we will see an increase in popularity of SE Android phones as a result of this.


  • #4
    wildefalcon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 939 ✭✭✭wildefalcon


    Sounds like a healthy approach. Your phone - hack it at your own risk!


  • #5
    Stench Blossoms
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,390 ✭✭✭Stench Blossoms


    In the worst case, unlocking the boot loader will cause physical injuries or material damage, for example, due to the phone overheating.

    Woah. Extreme.


  • #6
    LukeS_
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 704 ✭✭✭LukeS_


    Lads has anybody bought a 'locked' Arc or Play from a network and tried to unlock the bootloader yet?


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  • #7
    Eoin_Sheehy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 274 ✭✭Eoin_Sheehy


    LukeS_ wrote: »
    Lads has anybody bought a 'locked' Arc or Play from a network and tried to unlock the bootloader yet?

    I'm taking a wild guess and saying that they are probably able to tell if your phone is SIM locked by the IMEI, but I couldn't be sure of course.


    Also ironic that Sony Ericsson is happy to unlock the bootloader on their phones, yet when Geohot jailbroke a PS3 Sony went overboard with law suits.


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