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[Xperia Play General] Clyzm:
Just had my bootloader unlocked, Rogers R800a sim-unlocked. Very cool experience.

Alejandrissimo basically uses remote desktop to do all the software work on your computer, and uses the smart card from his computer via network to unlock your phone. Very professional and nice throughout.

Now to get some custom roms ;D
[Xperia Play General] skotnix:
unlock

what a pleasant experience !! ,just had my sim-locked orange uk r800i unlocked and sim free.it cost me £18 pound and was gobsmacked by the experience.the wire bit was done with the misses and i recommend a friend help too as its a bit fiddly if your on your own.Alejandrissimo was very very helpful and patient throughout the process ....:D

now then,...wheres them roms and kernals

:p:D:D:D:p
[Xperia Play General] traybourne:
Just got my Canadian Rogers R800a unlocked. Very good experience and easy to do. I've been waiting for this ever since I first got this phone. Thank you Alejandrissimo!
[Xperia Play General] solitarymonkey:
this guy is an absolute legend!! just as i was starting to get used to the fact i'll never see that little blue light telling me i am in fastboot, Alejandrissimo took that away, and i am now sat her in fastboot mode!!

i couldnt say thank you enough!! brilliant!! thumbs up a million!!!
[Xperia Play General] thatsupnow:
yea yea! this guy is great just got my rogers play bootloader unlocked it took like 5 minutes. recommended to people who cant unlock their bootloader. thanks again!:D
[Xperia Play General] bearusa:
Alejandrissimo

just had my phone unlocked by Alejandrissimo what a complete legend 100% trustworthy aswell, guides you through all steps needed 100 % recomend.
[Xperia Play General] JasonG_:
Wooo! Just got it unlocked! Thanks Alejandrissimo!

Process took 5 or 10 mins and all I had to do was sit there and watch :D

Now have the magical blue-LED of fastboot on my Roger's Play :D

Thanks again!

Edited to add: TrackID works. After finally manning up and connecting to SEUS to check for updates it tells me I have the latest version. Whether or not this happens on the SE provided unlock I'm not sure, but looks good so far :D
[Xperia Play General] FK1983:
Fantastic!!!!

I got my Xperia Play unlocked yesterday by Alejandrissimo and what can I say?

He is the most helpful and friendly XDA member I have ever dealt with! honestly, he guides you through absolutely everything! the network unlock and bootloader unlock took less than 5 minutes but that wasn't it!

He then even helped me flash the newest firmware to my device and then even helped me flash the latest doom kernal!

So now I have an unlocked Xperia Play with unlocked bootloader, fully rooted on the latest Firmware and DoomKernal, it's running at a

totally

stable 1.7ghz overclocked! the phone is now sooooo fast and responsive, absolutely no slowdowns, even the new market is buttery smooth now!

It even has full recovery installed as standard too! :D

As an example Quadrant Benchmark:

1.0ghz standard: 1598

1.7ghz OC: 2769

The speed and performance of the overclocked Play is now easily on par with the very latest (stock) devices out there, :D

Alejandrissimo is an absolute legend!
[Xperia Play General] carmello1911:
This guy has done it for me as well.. Unlocked my play and the rest of his magic.. RESPECT!
[Xperia Play General] mcgrawhill:
Thanks to alejandrissimo !!!! my arc at last is free!!! and unlocked!!

very easy the process, all be remote control :D

arc movistar
[Xperia Play General] madgidd:
Great service I recommend to all who need to be unlocked.
[Xperia Play General] gilbertp23:
Alejandrissimo is a class act and is exactly what XDA is about! He helped me from A-Z and gladly went forward helping me get set up with a getting the latest firmware and kernel!

Thanks so much for your help! I've been rendered speechless by this level of support.
[Xperia Play General] DarknessDragon:
I can only say thanks,a lot of thanks to @alejandrissimo ,he unlocked my phone very fast,and the total price is not expensive ,so im very happy with my phone unlocked and with fastboot enabled!!!!

Thanks!
[Xperia Play General] sanyyos:
info

i use setool daily, and i can say it's a great tool if you do money unlocking and flashing SE phones. if you can't buy setool just for a phone or two, go to a GSM Service, pay an be happy to have an unlocked phone
[Xperia Play General] Alejandrissimo:
Or pm me :D also
[Xperia Play General] Alejandrissimo:
Tested with a Verizon locked Xperia Play and all works :D bootloader unlocked.
[Xperia Play General] crispyduckling:
yes thank u for unlocking my xperia play

after nearly 2 months of a radio brick

very helpful and friendly and patient too

its the real deal

custom roms here i cum
[Xperia Play General] nicodemo77:
Xplay unlocked

Great service and an awesome guy!!!
[Xperia Play General] solitarymonkey:
just a quick question. but if i was to relock the bootloader for whatever reason, would it be possible to unlock it again using standard methods? and would the sim lock still be disabled (still be sim free)?
[Xperia Play General] Alejandrissimo:
Yes to both, sim unlocking is permanent, I think yes you can relock and unlock again with fastboot method.

As blagus said, locked or unlocked bootloader is just a hex key in TA zone.
[Xperia Play General] HackitZ:
have a rogers xperia play, Alejandrissimo unlocked the bootloader in no time with out any glitches or trouble.

Thanks Alejandrissimo, you did a great job.

FYI, i lost no settings. phone booted back to normal.
[Xperia Play General] blkwhk:
once you unlock the bootloader you just install a custom recovery and then flash a custom ROM? i was hand fed rooting with the Droid and now I feel like i'm starting from step 1 with the Play. I need links2sd with the damn phone.
[Xperia Play General] solitarymonkey:
Once bootloader is unlocked, the easiest way is to flash dooms kernel which automagically roots and installs busybox and you can then do whatever you want to. Dooms kernel will root any Rom you flash. Even official roms (which MUST be flashed with flashtool. With unlocked bootloader, stay away from official update methods). Hope this helps!
[Xperia Play General] blkwhk:
Thanks! Any difference with me having the r800x or is that just with the bootloader unlocking?
[Xperia Play General] solitarymonkey:
I personally don't know much about the x and compatibility. Sorry.
[Xperia Play General] casca_the_immortal:
Deleted it. It wasn't constructive.
[Xperia Play General] casca_the_immortal:
I'm kinda confused. I have an xperia play r800x (verizon) and i can definitely get into fastboot with it... does that mean my bootloader is unlocked? I did get this phone from someone else... so I guess it's possible they unlocked the bootloader but damn... they didnt' mention it :P

How would I know for certain the bootloader is actually unlocked?
[Xperia Play General] solitarymonkey:
i have an R800i that didnt have fastboot enabled. i never got the blue light when i pluged the usb cable while holding the search button. but after the op remotely connected our computers together, ran the software from my computer with their usb device in theirs, i then had fastboot enabled, bootloader unlocked AND the sim lock removed. all in one go.

i dont know much, if anything, about the R800x, so i cant advise anything i'm afraid. but the service is much better than it might appear. maybe the first post could better explain what the service is, and how it works. but if you have any doubts, speak to him. and look at all the posts from happy customers :)
[Xperia Play General] Movax2:
Please forgive the noobness. I have a sim locked xplay. Can I not get a sim unlock code (from various unlock websites) and then unlock the bootloader with the key from the sony website? Would this be the same thing as this service?

EDIT: I see OP says "without mess with DRM data (SEUS updates still works)" This is nice difference, but other than that, this is the same thing as I posted?
[Xperia Play General] solitarymonkey:
i think there's a difference between having a sim unlocked phone (via unlock code), and having a fastboot enabled sim free phone. this method actually enabled fastboot and unlocked bootloader together.
[Xperia Play General] Movax2:
I see I think.. so sim unlock will not allow me to use fastboot to unlock the bootloader via this: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1034087

Seems this is the only way to get at the bootloader on phones with no fastboot at this time?
[Xperia Play General] solitarymonkey:
indeed. as far as i am aware, that is. definately worth giving a go. if fastboot access will mean something to you, anyway :)
[Xperia Play General] Alejandrissimo:
That's right bro, this is the best way since no DRM key are lost :D and the rest of stuff
[Xperia Play General] Deblow:
im preparing rdy to get this play unlocked, i have all the files rdy, and removed the sticker from the back so i can see the test point,

in the pictures i can see the plays test point i need to connect to GND?

just want to know where the GND is and if i just need a small piece of wire to connect them and hold in place?

Thanks for any reply...
[Xperia Play General] romcio47:
Just got my phone unlocked by Alejandrissimo. Everything went as expected, very quick and easy.

Alejandrissimo! You are my hero!
[Xperia Play General] Alejandrissimo:
yes just connect the point to negative pin on battery connector in the phone, a wire or paperclip would be ok
[Xperia Play General] solitarymonkey:
i used the negative pins where the battery connects to the phone. and you only need to make the connection temporarily. so a bent paperclip will do a great job.
[Xperia Play General] Deblow:
im rdy to go :D

talk soon

and thx
[Xperia Play General] solitarymonkey:
i'd say good luck, but i know you wont need it ;)
[Xperia Play General] Deblow:
Thanks for all the help Alejandrissimo!

unlocked and rdy to try a new ROM :D

I would highly recommend Alejandrissimo. easy to understand, all i had to do was hold the wire for a second, and click Ready :D

Thanks again, great help!

Edit- Overclock, new rom, new KERNEL, Open to all networks

Super fast & th e phone dont take 10mins to boot anymore :D

Thanks again Alejandrissimo, for the Extra help!
[Xperia Play General] Alejandrissimo:
djfred500 CDMA R800x Verizon wireless bootloader unlocked sucessfully
[Xperia Play General] Movax2:
Alejandrissimo unlocked my phone yesterday (Rogers Xperia Play) .. if you play around with system file changes at all the CWM recovery mode built into doomkernel is worth it alone.
[Xperia Play General] phops2010:
Another Verizon R800x unlocked by Alejandrissimo, well worth the money!
[Xperia Play General] chatch:
Unlocked mine today! Thanks a bunch!
[Xperia Play General] One2many:
Perfect!!

Perfect!!

The fee is cheap and would have paid more for saving me so much time.

I had all the prerequisites ready and he unlocked my device in minutes.

After this I used fastboot to remote boot clockwork mod. Installed rootxperia.zip through clockwork mod. Root!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

(do not install the cm7 gapps....zip through clockwork mod or you will kill your market)

Good luck!
[Xperia Play General] TSBroich:
I just got done with this service. I doubt I need to say this because everybody else here seems to already know, but I very highly recommend this service to EVERYBODY who wants a rooted Verizon Xperia Play!

He was very patient, easy to understand, and made this process much quicker than it could've been if I had tried to do this alone, or wait for the other solution(s) to fall through (who knows how long that will take...).

This service is WELL worth the 24USD that I paid. My biggest thanks to Alejandrissimo for making this phone well worth the retail price that I paid. :)

If you are considering going through with this process, do it.

What are you waiting for? Go.
[Xperia Play General] One2many:
I wanted to add some more great comments. This is permanent :-)

I flashed my R800x back to factory rom (ftf file) because I wanted a fresh start. I was so happy the unlock stayed in place so that I was able to re-root the new stock rom. Awesome!
[Xperia Play General] droiddrums:
Looking to pay for Unlock

Hello, is it still possible to pay for this service?
[Xperia Play General] TSBroich:
Yes :)
[Xperia Play General] droiddrums:
I was able to get in touch with alejandrissimo and tonight ill be unlocked!
[Xperia Play General] JakaraRuus:
Bootloader Unlocked

Alejandrissimo hooked me up! He got my R800x up and unlocked in no less than 5 minutes. CM7 here I come! This service is worth every penny!

Thanks, Alejandrissimo!
[Xperia Play General] JM43:
Think I'm going to have to go for this too.
[Xperia Play General] TheAugust:
Will this work with R800x motels that have been updated OTA to 2.3.3 on Verizon?
[Xperia Play General] pablonga:
Good job Alejandrissimo.

Very fast!

Thank you.

PD: I had registered only for this and i will stay here... good forum.
[Xperia Play General] Alejandrissimo:
yes for sure :)
[Xperia Play General] Dyelon:
What are some useful or fun things you guys are doing with your newly rooted selves? Haha
[Xperia Play General] TSBroich:
-Removed ALL traces of Verizon

-Disabled the auto-brightness and maxed it out

-Replaced the R800x launcher, apps and widgets with the R800i equivalents.
[Xperia Play General] droiddrums:
Rooted thanks an freed memory. Underclocked lowest to 122 mhz and left 1024 as max. Phone running great more memory and no bloatware. Thank god for rooted
[Xperia Play General] droiddrums:
Thanks to alejandrissimo!!! great service and fast with information. Really worth the short time it took!
[Xperia Play General] aligator187:
Had a radio bricked xperia play R800i from the trick to rename simlock.ta into preset.ta

Fixed it with Alejandrissimo : quick and easy :D

Explained and guided

I highly recommend it !

Worth the money :)
[Xperia Play General] One2many:
Ooooh I love this phone more every day now and it all started with a paper clip and remote lovin's.

First off fastboot boot xperiaplay.img gets me clockworkmod 4

-with that I can run rootxperia.zip which roots the stock rom

then I can backup too from the clockwork menu.

With root I can use... droidwall, titanium backup, root explorer. All priceless and my device runs better without the unused Verizon bloat ware.

Good luck!
[Xperia Play General] captain67:
I'm having serious money troubles atm.. Hoping this service will still be available in the coming months

Sent from my R800
[Xperia Play General] johnnobts:
waiting on alejandrissimo to check his pms or email, would love to unlock my ATT xperia play.
[Xperia Play General] mightytharos:
CDMA Version

Hello,

I am still wondering if the root process allows the XPERIA PLAY from Verizon (cdma version) to be used as a World phone (by putting a sim card in the slot). I'd appreciate if you guys can tell me if this is possible.

Thank you
[Xperia Play General] netorino:
It's not possible. It has been proven that the sim card slot has been disabled and currently there's no way to make it work.
[Xperia Play General] cversion7:
Same here. Really happy with it so far and want root access. :)
[Xperia Play General] Alejandrissimo:
I think @netorino is right, baseband doesnt allow gsm networks.

---------- Post added at 02:28 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:26 PM ----------

Im online :D on gtlak

Yes i will be here :D
[Xperia Play General] thando36:
Just had mine done, quick and easy. Thanks again Alejandrissimo.
[Xperia Play General] mightytharos:
Thank you for your response, eventhough it's bad news for me, at least I'll stop making illusions.
[Xperia Play General] HighJeep:
He just did my GSM AT&T 4G Xperia Play. Came out on Sept 18th... 2 days later bootloader unlocked and rooted!!!!!! Thanks again man!!
[Xperia Play General] markcyst:
Yet another completely satisfied customer of Alejandrissimo. Was willing to answer questions and the whole process only took a few minutes. Thanks!
[Xperia Play General] htown_rollin_tx:
Thanks! Just got my Verizon Xperia Play (R800x) unlocked and rooted :)
[Xperia Play General] michael.flee92:
Please!

Hey i sent you some pm's nothing back yet. i was wondering if you could unlock my play once it comes in?
[Xperia Play General] martijnhinders:
I'm happy so far with you ^^ just need that other part to get done XD
[Xperia Play General] xSoNiCcRaCkErSx:
Another Satisfied Customer

GSM AT&T 4G Xperia Play here.

Unlocked and then Rooted the device for me super quick! I had some initial computer troubles at first, but he waited on me until I was ready. Very friendly and answered all my questions. He even drew on a picture exactly where the test point needed connect to ground. Couldn't have asked for better service.

Will do business again if need be!
[Xperia Play General] ChrisKenison:
Another satisfied customer

Just had mine done, quick and easy. Thanks a TON Alejandrissimo.
[Xperia Play General] koreanftw:
Just unlocked my r800x! +1 for this guy.
[Xperia Play General] carlosaeg28:
I enjoy very much my unblocked xperia play, love the themes and the kernel oc:) alejandrissimo, great service and amiability thanks men
[Xperia Play General] sigafoosd:
I sent u a pm to unlock my att phone Alejandrissimo. Do i need to download a remote app or something before u can do anything? Sorry for the noobish question. I never unlocked a phone before lol.
[Xperia Play General] boxxyoho:
Alejandrissimo just unlocked my Rogers R800a phone successfully! Used solder as a testpoint....it was a pain but it worked.

Anyway I would rate him 4 1/2 stars. He paused every so often ;)
[Xperia Play General] fenix4o9:
best 24 bucks ever. super easy and fast. thank you so much .... once again you are the best alejanddrissimo!!!!!! XD
[Xperia Play General] Dyelon:
Hey Alej.....you gonna be on tonight? I'm looking for yah on gchat...
[Xperia Play General] soundpross:
Xperia play 4g bootloader unlocked and rooted.

Thanks alejandrissimo you really helped me out. :)
[Xperia Play General] Dyelon:
Thanks alej.....root working great and your advice even more so!
[Xperia Play General] jcsnider:
Worked Great! Thanks Alejandrissimo!

Verizon Xperia Play, CDMA. 1 Day Old :D
[Xperia Play General] Dyelon:
What do you plan to do with your vzw rooted phone?

vzw cripples every fun idea i come up with!
[Xperia Play General] cversion7:
YAY! Unlocked and Rooted just now! Thanks much!

Just to add: I have an R800at. The process was painless and well worth it!
[Xperia Play General] Db0y505:
I am wondering, if i unlock my r800x and i have to relock the BL, will i have to pay the money again, or will i get an unlock code so i can manually unlock the BL my self.
[Xperia Play General] WayneT37:
An awesome service, total Gentleman, did this for me less than 5 minutes ago..well worth it, now I'm of to unleash the potential of this excellent piece of kit , thanks again
[Xperia Play General] 16bitify:
Alejandrissimo just unlocked my r800x. I gotta say, awesome service and a very nice gentleman. I highly recommend him! :D
[Xperia Play General] Ding911:
Alejandrissimo unlocked my R800x a few days ago and I couldnt be happier! I have an insane schedule and he worked around it and even walked me through getting root. I totally recommend him to anyone wanting to get this service.
[Xperia Play General] prabuul:
my computer says specified path ivalid or unable to acces the file do i need to put the file in drive c or any other drive is ok, i try to run as admin still the same response.. any help would be greatfull....thanks
[Xperia Play General] climberbro:
Thank you!

The unlock worked out really fast and efficient on my R800i. Thank you very much!
[Xperia Play General] jdawgcurtis:
Alejandrissimo helped my unlock and root my r800at! Woot! Very nice, patient and helpful!!!
[Xperia Play General] decaydance99:
verizon unlock for xperia play r800x

AHh this guy is amazing, he unlocked my phone with now problems, he even helped me root afterwards with no hesitation. he is the real shiz. he does not leave you hanging afterwards, his service is worth every penny!

Im gonna flash CM7 later then week when it is provided!

thanks Alejandrissimo
[Xperia Play General] mrandygets:
Alejandrissimo just unlocked my R800at. And after unlock he helped me root my device. This guy knows he shiz......Thank you Alejandrissimo
[Xperia Play General] decaydance99:
nice, it looks like it was done EARLY in the morning!
[Xperia Play General] mca1490:
I sent a pm to him , but I still have no answer ! , Waiting to unlock a R800at!!
[Xperia Play General] Clienterror:
Alejandrissimo pimped my r800at, $24 is a freaking steal and it only took like 15 min and a paper clip (Stole from work....but I own my own small business so I'm really just cheating myself...that depressing lol)

Thanks again Alejandrissimo!
[Xperia Play General] XVicarious:
Alejandrissimo: I don't have enough posts to PM, but I am interested in this. Please contact me at bmaurer42@xvicario.us
[Xperia Play General] Balur:
Unlocked my r800a from Rogers, painlessly thank you :)
[Xperia Play General] emann56:
When? I'm waiting for him to be online. He's never on :P
[Xperia Play General] chalma:
hello, i have a rogers locked xperia play, please contact me at kmd93hotmail.com, asap thanks :)

pm if your able to do it tonight, i can stay online for any time needed, dont think i am able to pm you, i emailed you and tryed to pm, ill wake up in the morning for 6 or 7 hope your awake. ps its 11:20 pm
[Xperia Play General] coronasailor:
He also did mine i needed it sim unlocked cuz i hwve tmobile usa phone wotks good i dont get 3g or 4g but edge isnt to bad and i used 4g before getin the xp i had the mytouch 4g thanks again for awsome work
[Xperia Play General] herpderp:
Hey, I'm interested in the unlock, but I've had little reason to post here since there's pretty good instructions for 99% of everything, so I don't yet have the privilege to PM it seems.

It's a Verizon Xperia PLAY, really want an unlock for CyanogenMod. :D

Edit: probably smart to include contact: derpherp@gmail.com
[Xperia Play General] captain67:
He told me 29.99, what the hell?

Sent from the best phone ever
[Xperia Play General] remy2501:
Hey Alejandrissimo could you please help me unlock my play? PM seems to be broke, i sent a message before, but i do not see it in my sent box. sorry if you get spammed.. please PM me back if thats better for you..
[Xperia Play General] tdawgg777:
need unlock

interested in unlocking the bootloader and rooting my xperia play. got a verizon r800x running 2.3.3 i am new to forum so can not pm. email at tdawgg777@gmail.com
[Xperia Play General] ministroni:
Verizon Xplay

Alejandrissimo successfully unlocked my Verizon Xperia Play last night, and after some finagling I was able to install the CyanogenMod 7.1 that was released this morning.

I'm finally free if Verizon's tyranny! Thanks Alejandrissimo! :D

Edit: Here is where you can get Cyanogen for the Xperia Play if anyone is interested:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1128216
[Xperia Play General] XVicarious:
Got it! Thanks man. r800x Verizon!
[Xperia Play General] mca1490:
Alejandrissimo unlocked my Xperia Play R800at today, everything was great and simple!!! Fully recommended !!!

gracias.. Pura Vida!

ps: go for the Galaxy 2 ;)
[Xperia Play General] cpt.jimbo:
He's the man Verizon go f yourself
[Xperia Play General] oskarzer0:
Thanks Alejandrissimo!

Xperia Play Orange with bootloader unlocked :):):)
[Xperia Play General] OMGoose:
I would like to pay for the service

I would send you a PM but I don't have enough posts on the forums yet. I've been using a rooted Eris for a long time, but tweaking the Xperia seems to be a lot more technical.

PS - I expect this post to be noobtastic, but I've been lurking for a long, long time. This is the place to be to see what the android devs can do.
[Xperia Play General] mrcrusha829:
WOOOTT...

Just got unlocked!!... Alenjandrissimo is the man.

R800X

Painless process.... get it done... it is worth it.
[Xperia Play General] Alejandrissimo:
add me to gtalk: alejandrissimo[at]gmail.com
[Xperia Play General] Alejandrissimo:
Sure I will :D