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RacecarBMW 		Old
22nd April 2011, 03:26 AM
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Default [Q]Sonystyle = unlocked bootloader?
If I buy the phone in Canada from SonyStyle rather than Rogers, will the bootloader be unlockable?
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If I buy the phone in Canada from SonyStyle rather than Rogers, will the bootloader be unlockable?
I would imagine that SonyStyle would sell 'generic' handsets rather than Rogers customized handsets. I guess you'd have to check with them to be sure.
 
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I would imagine that SonyStyle would sell 'generic' handsets rather than Rogers customized handsets. I guess you'd have to check with them to be sure.
hmm ok thanks about that.

Does anyone that works at a sonystyle know?
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Just spoke with an associate from there and they will be carrying the Rogers version ONLY.

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Just spoke with an associate from there and they will be carrying the Rogers version ONLY.

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So in other words, locked bootloader.
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live test concludes we can't fastboot a rogers play.
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