Am I Screwed ?

[Fatzman]

Hi guys
I have just bought a second hand Z4 tablet from E-Bay. It is MXTP (protected) ane the question i'm asking is
Am I screwed?
is there anyway of unlocking/flashing/rooting this device ?.
it's a SGP712 / android Ver 5.0.2
Kernel
3.10.49 Perf-g301bca-02001-gdfcafe9
[email protected] #1
Build No
28.0.A.8.251

Woukd be grateful for any advice
thanks Martin

 

[lirex]

Don't worry. You can unlock the bootloader and the root the device with the AndroPlus' kernel. Check here:

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3170689

 

[zippy01]

Don't worry. You can unlock the bootloader and the root the device with the AndroPlus' kernel. Check here:

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3170689

And why would that solve the op? Please don't reply if you don't know what your talking about.

As for op. If the bootloader is unlockable and oem option is checked then you should be able to follow the link that lirex posted.

If that doesn't succeed then it's possible either the oem unlock option isn't selected and/or the bootloader is not unlockable.

If that's the case you have a couple of options.

Contact the seller ask him for his Google details. (doubtful)

Contact ebay resolution center to either get him to give you details or send the item back.

I blame Sony as they don't give much documentation on this and how to sell a device properly.

In order to do it a factory reset alone is not ok. The Google account needs to be removed first then factory reset.

AFAIK it's not possible from his side to remove this but I could be wrong.



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[lirex]

And why would that solve the op? Please don't reply if you don't know what your talking about.

As for op. If the bootloader is unlockable and oem option is checked then you should be able to follow the link that lirex posted.

If that doesn't succeed then it's possible either the oem unlock option isn't selected and/or the bootloader is not unlockable.

If that's the case you have a couple of options.

Contact the seller ask him for his Google details. (doubtful)

Contact ebay resolution center to either get him to give you details or send the item back.

I blame Sony as they don't give much documentation on this and how to sell a device properly.

In order to do it a factory reset alone is not ok. The Google account needs to be removed first then factory reset.

AFAIK it's not possible from his side to remove this but I could be wrong.

Sent from my Xperia™ Z5 using Tapatalk

I apologize if my advice was not good.

 

[Fatzman]

Thanks to everyone for the advice.
I couldnt unlock the bootloader but I did contact the original owner and he very kindly gave me his password.
all reset and now unlocked so happy now.

cheers Fatzman :good::good: