EASY TUTORIAL UNLOCK BOOTLOADER SONY XPERIA Z1 HONAMI - This is simple way to unlock bootloader Sony Xperia Z1 Honami. The tutorial is Official way from sony. do it with your own risk. before unlock bootloader, i recommended you tu Backup TA Partition first for save DRM key
here.
Download first before Unlock bootloader Sony Xperia Z1 Honami:
- get the IMEI code for ur device: type *#06# in phone dialer to find it out, note only the digits (no dashes)
- download the fastboot package with usb drivers (alternate drivers if the ones in package don't work OR this)
- make sure u have a windows PC with USB cable to connect the phone
- power down ur phone and keeping the Volume Up button pressed connect the USB cable to PC this will trigger FASTBOOT mode and windows will start driver installation, extract the above package and point the driver install to that location (usb_driver) folder
- once drivers are installed just disconnect cable and power on device
EASY TUTORIAL UNLOCK BOOTLOADER SONY XPERIA Z1 HONAMI:
- Go to Sony Official Unlock bootloader Website here and read everything!
- At the bottom click 'Start Unlocking the Bootloader'. First, you should confirm that it is possible to unlock the boot loader of your phone by checking the service menu. In your phone, open the dialler and enter *#*#7378423#*#* to access the service menu. In your phone, tap Service info > Configuration > Rooting Status. If Bootloader unlock allowed says Yes, then you can continue with the next step. If it says No, or if the status is missing, your device cannot be unlocked.
- after u have verified that u can unlock bootloader, scroll to the bottom of the page and click "Continue"
- you will get numerous prompts, read all info and if u agree click on "Accept"/"OK"/"Proceed"
- finally u will get a "Create Unlock request" page, enter your IMEI (sometimes the last digit needs to be removed for this to work), name and email address
- You should now receive your unique unlock key via EMAIL, SAVE THIS KEY SAFELY
- Extract fastboot_with_Android_USB_file.rar and open fastboot folder
- Hold SHIFT and right click on the background of the folder
- Select 'Open command window here'
- Connect your phone in fastboot mode (turn phone off, hold Volume UP button and plug in USB Cable) [make sure drivers are installed as explained above)
- In the cmd windows type in fastboot.exe -i 0x0fce getvar version
- If a value is returned (it will return 0.5), it means the phone is correctly connected
- Type in fastboot.exe -i 0x0fce oem unlock 0xKEY and replace KEY with the key which u received earlier.
- You're device should now be bootloader unlocked
IMPORTANT: if you are using Windows 8 you will need to enable few things to allow driver installation:
Press windowsKey + R
type/paste
Code:
shutdown -o -r -t 0
into the box, this will restart your machine in the advanced startup menu.
when it restarts choose "disable driver signing" Then install the driver manually using the "have disk" option. when you reboot again the driver should be working.
you can also permanently turn off driver signing if you want and run in test mode with the following
Code:
bcdedit -set loadoptions DISABLE_INTEGRITY_CHECKS
bcdedit -set TESTSIGNING ON
to disable all that you set the ENABLE and OFF
Code:
bcdedit -set loadoptions ENABLE_INTEGRITY_CHECKS
bcdedit -set TESTSIGNING OFF