New Xperia™ smartphones bootloader can be unlocked in upcoming weeksked
Hi all devs,
Thanks again for all the great feedback and the valid questions and comments.
In regards to the questions regarding the boot loader and the Xperia™ X10, I will try to further explain the complex situation. Beside the risks described earlier (i.e. bricking the phone during bootloader upgrade).
Some operators have SIM-locked phones, meaning that these phones can only be used with SIM-cards from the specific operator. This is a common business agreement in the phone industry. The reason for this is that many operators subsidies phones that are bought with a subscription.
In difference to 2011 Xperia™ products when Xperia™ X10 was produced the devices were not populated with info about if they may have an unlocked boot loader or not. This means there is no way for a boot loader to find out if boot loader unlock is allowed. A boot loader with unlock functionality would unlock all Xperia™ X10s. But we cannot do that since we have agreement with several operators regarding what software is in the devices.
Question on when the unlock boot loader site will be available: Hope to have it up and running in the upcoming weeks.
/Karl-Johan
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Thanks again for all the great feedback and the valid questions and comments.
In regards to the questions regarding the boot loader and the Xperia™ X10, I will try to further explain the complex situation. Beside the risks described earlier (i.e. bricking the phone during bootloader upgrade).
Some operators have SIM-locked phones, meaning that these phones can only be used with SIM-cards from the specific operator. This is a common business agreement in the phone industry. The reason for this is that many operators subsidies phones that are bought with a subscription.
In difference to 2011 Xperia™ products when Xperia™ X10 was produced the devices were not populated with info about if they may have an unlocked boot loader or not. This means there is no way for a boot loader to find out if boot loader unlock is allowed. A boot loader with unlock functionality would unlock all Xperia™ X10s. But we cannot do that since we have agreement with several operators regarding what software is in the devices.
Question on when the unlock boot loader site will be available: Hope to have it up and running in the upcoming weeks.
/Karl-Johan
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