[Q] What about simlock?

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Hi friends,

Before buying this cute smartphone, I want to know if we have solutions to unsimlock the Xperia S.

Thank you all

if you have option, buy unlocked one


why?

1) phone is locked so no other network
2)unlocking phone would be very expensive since is new so £30-40 + wait to people work out how to (price in highstreet)
3)instatly lose warranty - (test point)
4) locked bootloader no fun on xda
-no fastboot
-no unlocked botlooader
-no xrecovery
-no custom rom
-no root
- long wait for update.
- i am not sure whether unlock simlock = unlocked bootloader.

Originally Posted by hilaldroid

Hi friends,

Before buying this cute smartphone, I want to know if we have solutions to unsimlock the Xperia S.

Thank you all

Currently there is no free Sim Unlock in the DEV section. Best check next time before asking

The phone has been out around 3 weeks, might be a while before a solution can be found.

I have checked more than you can imagine that's why I have asked to know if there is a solution because I didn't find it

Docomo unlocked at purchase for $39 USD

Sent from my SO-02D using xda premium

I won my Xperia S in a competition from Three UK.

I'm on Orange and have my contract to pay so I asked Three for an unlock code. They've had to speak to Sony because even Three don't have a code yet.

I paid £15 on 9th March and I'm still waiting for an unlock, just want to use my beautiful Xperia

Originally Posted by marcoplo

if you have option, buy unlocked one


why?

1) phone is locked so no other network
2)unlocking phone would be very expensive since is new so £30-40 + wait to people work out how to (price in highstreet)
3)instatly lose warranty - (test point)
4) locked bootloader no fun on xda
-no fastboot
-no unlocked botlooader
-no xrecovery
-no custom rom
-no root
- long wait for update.
- i am not sure whether unlock simlock = unlocked bootloader.

Are you sure?

A network locked phone cannot be root and no unlocked bootloader?

my X10 was locked and I could root it easily and flash other official roms (different baseband).

Then I sim-unlocked it before flashing custom roms, so I don't know if I am able to do that with a locked phone though.

Originally Posted by moonset

Are you sure?

A network locked phone cannot be root and no unlocked bootloader?

my X10 was locked and I could root it easily and flash other official roms (different baseband).

Then I sim-unlocked it before flashing custom roms, so I don't know if I am able to do that with a locked phone though.

Just got my Xperia unlocked officially from Three UK. So it works on any network however all the Three integration is still there and after checking the bootloader status I am unable to unlock the bootloader as of now.

So although it's unlocked to any network, it's still kinda locked with regards to the bootloader and rooting.

Originally Posted by MattNoblett

Just got my Xperia unlocked officially from Three UK. So it works on any network however all the Three integration is still there and after checking the bootloader status I am unable to unlock the bootloader as of now.

So although it's unlocked to any network, it's still kinda locked with regards to the bootloader and rooting.

Have you flashed an un-brand firmware? (there is a way to flash another official rom without rooting/unlocking) Maybe it would be bootloader unlock-able after that...? (i really not sure about this)

But there should be a way to root the phone without bootloader unlocked soon or later anyway (just like the others)

and i know that the X10 can be bootloader unlock even with simlock (although the method came out quite late...)

it's just a matter of time, shouldn't be the end of the world

Originally Posted by moonset

Have you flashed an un-brand firmware? (there is a way to flash another official rom without rooting/unlocking) Maybe it would be bootloader unlock-able after that...? (i really not sure about this)

But there should be a way to root the phone without bootloader unlocked soon or later anyway (just like the others)

and i know that the X10 can be bootloader unlock even with simlock (although the method came out quite late...)

it's just a matter of time, shouldn't be the end of the world

I've not flashed any new firmware as of yet because I'm not confident in what I'm doing haha. I'm not rushing to find anything, but would like to root at some stage. And if I can unlock the bootloader I would :P