Sony experia x10, x8, x10 mini/pro free unlock

Sony experia x10, x8, x10 mini/pro free unlock




Bootloader unlocking



ATTENTION: Working only for x10, x8, x10 mini/pro



IF YOUR PHONE DOES NOT MEET THE REQUIREMENTS FOR BOOTLOADER UNLOCKING, THIS FUNCTION IN FLASHTOOL SHOULD BE GRAYED OUT, BUT FOR YOUR SAFETY YOU CAN CHECK IT WITH S1TOOL!



Check if your phone is good for bootloader unlocking:


* Download s1tool [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]
* Start the program and click on the "IDENTIFY" button
the program will ask you to power off the device
* hold the "back" button on the phone and plug-in the USB cabel
wait until you see the following:

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* If it says "SEMC SIMLOCK CERTIFICATE" or "SETOOL2 SIMLOCK SERTIFICATE" that means you can continue the procedure and unlock your phone
* BUT, if it says "NOT RECOGNIZED SIMLOCK CERTIFICATE", STOP RIGHT HERE

1. If your phone is sim-locked to an operator you can successfully unlock the bootloader
2. If your phone has been sim-unlocked when you bought it new from the store you can successfully unlock the bootloader
3. If your phone has been sim-unlocked via a CODE given you by your Operator you can successfully unlock the bootloader
4. If your phone has been sim-unlocked by SETool2, you can successfully unlock the bootloader
5. If your phone has been sim-unlocked by a software different than SEtool or a Code purchased from internet, DO NOT TRY TO UNLOCK YOUR BL, because you can permanently brick your phone

6. In any case if you're not sure for the above, check with S1Tool if your phone is good for unlocking.


For safer and easier please assure that you are running Stock SE firmware 2.1 or 2.3.3.
You can be running on a Custom ROM, but make sure you are on Stock SE Kernel.



LET'S START UNLOCKING BL


* Start Flashtool [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]
Flashtool update : [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]
* Start Flashtool, connect the phone and wait to be recognized
* Go to: Plugins/X10 Unlock/run

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* A screen will popup and ask you to connect your phone in flashmode

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1. Unplug the USB cabel from the phone (you can leave it plugged in the PC)
2. Turn off the phone
3. Press and hold the "Back" button on the phone
4. Plug in the USB cabel in the phone
5. Release the "Back" button after the above screen disappers

* The unlocking process will start
* Wait until Flashtool ask you to disconnect the cable off the phone, then turn on the device and connect the usb cable once again

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* Wait till Flashtool pushes the required files
* After a while Flashtool will notify "Successfully applied unlock" and the phone will power on by itselfs
* When it starts, Flashtool will recognize it, if it does you are done.
* Congrats, you have successfully Unlocked your phone's BL

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To check if the unlock was successful, do the following:

* Start s1tool again and click the "IDENTIFY" button
* Where it says "S1 ERROM VER", if the code looks like this "r8А033" (the letter "r" is small), then you have successfully unlocked the BL, if its capital letter "R", then repeat the steps for BL unlocking.

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