Original URL: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/04/14/sony_ericsson_official_android_unlock/
Sony Ericsson posts Android bootloader unlock code
Open up your Xperia
Posted in Phones, 14th April 2011 09:35 GMT
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Sony Ericsson has made good on its pledge to publish details showing "advanced developers" how they can legitimately unlock the bootloader code [1] incorporated into certain SE Android smartphones.
The unlock applies only to 2011 phones running Android 2.3 Gingerbread, and to handsets that haven't been tied to a network operator, at that.
Basically, we're taking the Xperia Arc [2], Play, Neo and Pro.
The will-violate-the-warranty caveat remains, as does the warning that some or all of DRM-protected content on the handset may become unplayable - the security keys and the phone's secure user data partition are wiped during the unlock process.
To perform the unlock, you'll need a copy of your phone's IMEI code, the Android SDK's Fastboot tool, and a tweaked android_winusb.inf file, which you can download from Sony Ericsson's smartphone unlock site [3], which also provides a walkthrough. ®