bootloader unlock allowed:no

[hovsep]

hello sony i am an xperia sp owner my phone is an unlocked phone i mean its not an orange or t-mobile or..... and the bootloader unlock sayes no is there any way you guys can enable it......     please reply and thanks......

[Hampus]

Hi and welcome to the community! Since you're new please be sure that you have checked out our Discussion guidelines.

Unfortunately, it's nothing that we can unlock for you. As it says on the developer webpage: "If it says No, or if the status is missing, your device cannot be unlocked."

Further information can be found at the following link:
http://developer.sonymobile.com/services/unlock-bootloader/

[bkb]

Hi,

I have a carrier purchased Xperia L C2105 through Vodafone, although it is SIM unlocked and on Three. I am extremely dissapointed in the slow software release shedule as provided by Sony, such that the Xperia M which is a virtually identical handset has Android 4.3 and this one does not, which is to say nothing of 4.4 which this phone can easily handle. As such, i would like to unlook my bootloader and install a proper distrobution that isnt old, broken, crippled and buggy, however, because this handset was purchased through a carrier the bootloader unlock flag is set to not allowed.

Nowhere, in any documentation or at point of sale is this arbitrary and ridiculous flag stated. It is particular to Sony, and none of the other handset providers have locked bootloaders for carrier supplied phones. It is even more ridiculous they released (crippled, no GPS or bluetooth) AOSP sources for this handset.

How can I go about removing this flag so that I can make a legitimate use of my phone?

[Thommo]

See the post above yours

[bkb]

Hi,

Thank you for your response. Unforunately, the response of 'there is nothing we can do' is unsatisfactory and unacceptable. I was not made aware of this carrier provided - sony specific bootloader unlock allow flag at the point of purchase. If i had known about it, i would never have purchased this handset from vodafone. This is clearly in violation of:

The Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008

Which states:

6.  (1)  A commercial practice is a misleading omission if, in its factual context, taking account of the matters in paragraph (2)—

(a)the commercial practice omits material information,

(b)the commercial practice hides material information,

and as a result it causes or is likely to cause the average consumer to take a transactional decision he would not have taken otherwise. 

[Thommo]

Then this is not a Sony issue but an issue with the place of purchase

[bkb]

Thank you, but I am well aware of that. The carrier will say its Sony's problem, Sony will say it is the Carrier's problem. I do not care whos problem is it, I simply want to make a fair use of my legally purchased product.

Can you please clarify whether you are an employee of Sony

[Thommo]

You may also have been deemed as accepted the item as you will probably have had the item more than 7 days or 14 if bought in June - The time gives a reasonable amount of time to inspect the item which will be stated in the terms and conditions

[Thommo]

As someone who advises consumers on the sale of goods act I can tell you without doubt that this is not a Sony issue this is something between you and Vodafone as your sale of contract is with Vodafone for example I wouldn't buy a shirt for example and then find a button missing and expect the maker of the shirt to fix this

[bkb]

Hi,

I accept your above response and agree with you in principle, however can you please clarify if you are a Sony employee.

Also, the The Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008 is not the same as the Sale of Goods Act