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[Xperia Play General] Aesed:
Umm what? I believe I was getting the same error as many other people and this is what fixed it. Locked phones don't use fastboot, so that might be why the driver wasnt installed properly. Did you have the problem and fix it? If this doesnt work for everyone else, tell me.

What I understand happens is Omnius sends the loader in zeus mode, then the loader goess off and changes the phone to fastboot mode. Since the phone is now in fastboot mode, not having the driver installed will cause your computer not to recognize fastboot and thus omnius cant get the reply from the loader that it succeeded. Fixing the drivers lets omnius know and allows it to continue on its day and fix the booloader unlocked allowed bit.
[Xperia Play General] Selim873:
My fastboot drivers are installed already and it didn't work, this is what my Device Manager looks like in fastboot mode.
[Xperia Play General] Aesed:
So I pretty much explained that you have to install drivers twice for it to work. Not sure if it's different for r800x. I used it on rogers r800a and can confirm it's working. I wish I could help you more :(

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I'm on windows 7 so mine looks a bit different but that looks right.

The only other thing that I could find is to make sure to keep the battery in... It's explained somewhere else but you said you'd found that. If your fastboot drivers were installed by PC companion, try updating drivers to the one in the omnius folder? I thought I was so smart figuring it out. I wonder if your error message was different from mine?
[Xperia Play General] Selim873:
I edited that post you quoted, if you haven't looked up, I have access to Fastboot already. I don't know why I haven't been able to unlock though.

Then I ran into this post here in XDA.

Anything I can do?
[Xperia Play General] Xperia4life:
Selim the Xperia Should be Called Zeus Flash device not Android Bootloader.

Omnius have Eighter ****ed it UP with Servers Or there Servers are full.

Selim Im sure if you Save some Side Money Withing a week You'll have $10 I in the UK ask Jinx And see He might be Negotiateable?

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Selim If you Can acess Fastboot blue Light Try Unlock SE'S method here:

http://unlockbootloader.sonymobile.com/

Maybe Omnius Unlocks Sim and Fastboot Only?

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If you Want me to see If you Have all drivers Installed Use Jinx's Package and Give me your ID FOR THE thingy and Il check to see of you have the Right Drivers etc.
[Xperia Play General] Selim873:
The Android Bootloader driver shows up when I hold Search while plugging in USB, Zeus Flash Device shows up when I connect using the testpoints, I have both installed already. As for Omnius, I went to Identify and it said that I wasn't locked to a network already. I'll try SE's method.

EDIT: I tried, but I have an MEID number, not an IMEI number. I did try to replace the letters in it with the number 0 and it actually gave me an unlock code, but the unlock failed.
[Xperia Play General] Xperia4life:
If not Let me see If you want remote acess:

http://api.viglink.com/api/click?fo...t=TeamViewer&jsonp=vglnk_jsonp_13337435294105

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http://se-board.com/index.php/topic/2023-paid-xperia-2011-bootloader-unlock-here/

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFhjmtyyy6E&feature=channel
[Xperia Play General] Selim873:
Um, I think I messed up on the first link, I clicked it but I accidentally closed it. I get problem loading page when I go to it now.
[Xperia Play General] Aesed:
I think that if you can get to fastboot the Omnius's job is done. Hope you can get it sorted out because those aren't problems I've faced so I don't know how to fix it
[Xperia Play General] Xperia4life:
If this does Not work You'll have to Pay :(
[Xperia Play General] Selim873:
I'm up for it. What do you want me to do? I clicked that team viewer link, but I accedentally closed it the first time, can you generate a new link or something because I think firefox not loading the page a second time is a problem. I had a pinkish screen the first time.
[Xperia Play General] Xperia4life:
http://*******/1127912/teamviewer

Where stars are put / *******
[Xperia Play General] Selim873:
Replace the stars with stars? I'm confused...
[Xperia Play General] captain67:
Definitely works.

Unlocked both fastboot and the bootloader.

My Play is a Rogers r800a. I can't guarantee this will work with other models, but Omnius does have options for the AT&T version as well.

You need to sign up with a free account for Omnius to work.

Ok, so here's what I did:

1. Downloaded and install Omnius for SE

2. Selected Xperia Play from the device list

3. Clicked "Unlock" in the top menu bar

4. Where it says "Required driver files here" I clicked it, and took note of the folder where the drivers are. On my computer, it was "C:\Program Files\Omnius for SE\Drivers\USB Flash v2.2.0.5"

5. Plugged the phone into the computer with my USB cable

6. Took a paper clip, and connected the test point it shows in the picture, to the ground (connector where battery plugs into the phone) and then I held it there for a few moments

7. Windows asked for drivers, so in the driver install window, I navigated it to "C:\Program Files\Omnius for SE\Drivers\USB Flash v2.2.0.5"

8. Drivers installed successfully, Omnius did its thing, and now fastboot, and the bootloader are unlocked!

I don't celebrate Easter since I'm not Christian, but I'm very thankful the Omnius team does lmao

Happy unlocking!

Sent from Asgard
[Xperia Play General] Xperia4life:
Its not leetin me type / adf . ly

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http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1582057

My Thread for More Details
[Xperia Play General] Selim873:
Okay, downloaded TeamViewer, so I would give you the ID and Password that were automatically given to me? Is that correct? I'll PM them to you if so.
[Xperia Play General] GlacialFlames:
Everything went well for me during the process, and my boot loader is now unlocked, but it wont detect my sim card anymore. Does anyone know how i can fix this?
[Xperia Play General] Cetus90:
Hey guys I need a bit of help, when i do the test point and connect the cable it starts reading the phone. then it gets stock waiting for the loader to respond.

I think I'm missing a step if you guys can clear it up,

What ive done is

1. Connect the tests points

2. connect the cable

then this happens

15:42:40 . The action started waiting for the user

15:45:37 . The action finished waiting for the user

15:45:37 Connecting via Zeus USB Flash Device (USB1)...

15:45:37 Device driver version: 2.2.0.5

15:45:37 Qualcomm ROM ID: 06010100900000

15:45:37 Sending loader...

15:45:38 Waiting for loader response...

15:45:39 Connecting via SEMC USB Flash Device (USB1)...

15:45:39 Device driver version: 2.2.0.5

15:45:39 Sending loader...

15:45:39 Waiting for loader response...

15:46:52 . The action has been aborted

15:46:52 e Failed!

15:46:52 . The action entered shutdown phase

15:46:52 . The action reported failure
[Xperia Play General] Aesed:
I answered how to do this earlier in the thread. You have to install more drivers. Right after getting that error, check your device manager and you should have another uninstalled device. Point the driver to the same folder as before then try the unlock process again. Worked for me!

EDIT: SORRY I think I mis-read. That fix works for when the zeus loader doesnt respond. Doing that may fix it but otherwise I don't know.

EDIT 2: Turns out I do know what to do. Follow these instructions: http://www.gsmcure.com/forum/showthread.php?t=2329

You may then run into the zeus loader issue, at which point you just need to follow my other instructions.
[Xperia Play General] Xperia4life:
The Operation Is a Sucess But You Now Face a Radio Brick I think Good Luck With Fixing as I have no clue how to fix :p
[Xperia Play General] Cetus90:
Thanks it worked !
[Xperia Play General] DubleJayJ:
So does this work on R800x? No bricks or issues right?
[Xperia Play General] Xperia4life:
For Such a Low Rank Great Knowlege,

Everyone Should Thank him!
[Xperia Play General] Cetus90:
Sure did, really helped ^^

btw I have r800at, bootloader unlocked no radio issues.

Maybe if you restore it and unlock it again ? or maybe because its Rogers
[Xperia Play General] jeffbud98:
which one should i do networklock by certificate replacement or unlock bootloader becaus e i read the summaries and it sounds like they do almost the same thing
[Xperia Play General] Aesed:
The unlock network allows you to use any sim card in your phone. To do this, Omnius must also unlock the bootloader. Only unlocking the bootloader keeps your phone sim locked.

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I don't have any radio issues either, and I unlocked a rogers phone. I believe xperia4life was referring to the r800x that he helped Selim873 unlock.
[Xperia Play General] jeffbud98:
which did u use
[Xperia Play General] odst0016:
Has anyone managed this on a r800x yet
[Xperia Play General] jeffbud98:
yes they have but it has bricked their radio
[Xperia Play General] sivart0:
Nope. I've tried several times and keep getting a communication error. :/
[Xperia Play General] jeffbud98:
can u plug the cable in first then connect the testpoints
[Xperia Play General] :
So I have just completed the process on a Rogers R800a. The last 3 entries were

Writing S1 boot...

Please disconnect battery and cable from the phone!

Successfully done.

So this means that I have an unlocked bootloader. :)

Also after reading in this thread and exploring the menus on Omnius I realized I can sim-unlock my device.

When I went to unlock the bootloader I used the option "Unlock Bootloader" now I want to unlock the sim lock. Should I use the other option titled "Unlock network lock by certificate replacement". Will this cause any problems since I have already unlocked the bootloader and the option to unlock the sim should do it as well.

Also is there anyway to confirm that my bootloader is unlocked? It seemed a little too easy.

And finally can I go and install any GSM rom on my r800a now that my bootloader is unlocked anything to watch out for since this the r800a uses different frequencies than the r800i? Is the bootloader unlock now permanent?

Thanks to anyone that helps. I love you guys :)
[Xperia Play General] captain67:
If you didn't have fastboot before, try using it now. If you see a blue light, it worked.

The r800a and r800i are basically the same phone. Nothing to worry about. Mine was also Rogers and all "a" and "i" roms I've used have been interchangeable. Just make sure you put in the APN settings when you change roms.

Sent from Asgard
[Xperia Play General] Aesed:
After the amount of time I'd spent figuring it out, I thought it was too easy too, but now my phone is running DoomKernel! (I checked by trying to install it) I don't think that sim unlocking will do anything hazardous but aren't there easy ways to modify everything with an unlocked bootloader? you probably don't need to redo the test points.

I've been using r800i roms on my rogers play since I got it, so I dont think you need to worry about that. As for is it a permanent unlock, your system menu will now always say bootloader unlock allowed: yes but you can still lock it again using that method that is somewhere around these forums.

Hope I helped! (and please thank me, i don't know exactly what thanks are for but I figure it's a good idea to get lots)
[Xperia Play General] captain67:
That's exactly what I did.

Sent from Asgard
[Xperia Play General] matus201:
DRM

I know that when you unlock with Alejandrissimmo you keep your DRM so that you can still use Facebook inside Xperia, OTA updates etc etc. Is this the case with Omnius as well? Ppl who unlocked, does your Facebook inside Xperia / TrackID work?

Thanks for answers!
[Xperia Play General] Aesed:
Yes, it does :)
[Xperia Play General] mcfly666:
Damn there are three different versions of the play in ominus, i know i dont have the 4g one. but what version do I choose?

My chipset is an MSM7X30 (which isnt listed?)
[Xperia Play General] zeletrik:
when I unplug the phone.

Got this error:

http://kepfeltoltes.hu/120407/1130080025N_vtelen_www.kepfeltoltes.hu_.jpg

solution?:D
[Xperia Play General] captain67:
If your firmware is r800i, or r800a, select the one that just says "xperia play" msm8255

Sent from Asgard

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Alejandrissimo uses an SEtool dongle, which is a test point method just like Omnius. Your DRM keys should be untouched.
[Xperia Play General] CloudShepherd:
Ok

I have an at&t r800at, but i have flashed generic 2.3.4 firmware via flashtool, so it shows up as r800a. would i have to choose xperia play 4g, or just xperia play??
[Xperia Play General] Logseman:
The AT&T phone is the Xperia Play 4G, so you should pick that one.
[Xperia Play General] CloudShepherd:
The only problem is that when I select the 4g model, which I did at first, it doesn't allow me to use the unlock features.

sent from my Xperia PLAY using Taptalk
[Xperia Play General] Xperia4life:
I have Unlocked 8 Phones with this No radio Bricks But I didn't Install Omnius Drivers.

Communication Error Is due to heavy usage of the tool, If you cannot do the Unlock Backup your TA (Trim Area) That Will save you allot of money in the Future.

Also I cannot Unlock/Help any of you as I have not got the service its ended here.
[Xperia Play General] devi59:
I have the att one I had flashed the generic like u. I just chose Xperia play and it worked in a second or two and now I have ics :-)

Sent from my R800i
[Xperia Play General] Nabeel_Nabs:
I contacted Alejandrissimo yesterday and he said :
[Xperia Play General] Selim873:
I don't know what happened, but I never got my R800x unlocked, my radio isn't bricked, I was going to do a remote thing with Xperia4Life but I had to leave for a Good Friday church service. I started seeing stuff about this when I got back last night. >_>

I'm saying this because I got a PM about how I unlocked with Omnius.
[Xperia Play General] captain67:
Sounds like BS. I googled it and quite a few people in various forums had confirmed their DRM keys were intact after using Omnius.

Sent from Asgard
[Xperia Play General] Spectre51:
How long should it take after waiting for loader response? Do I leave the test point connected during that or remove it?

UPDATE: never mind I got it working. But now that I got the boot loader unlocked I can't get market (google play) to work just said no connection. I can browse just fine. Cleared the cache and data for the app but still no go. I also seem to get security certificate errors for just about any webpage I go to such as twitter, google.com and the web based market for android. Any suggestions? I am on wifi.

UPDATE 2: put my sim card back in and was able to access the market via cell. After that tried wifi again and it was working. I just disabled the browser security notifications to deal with the errors.
[Xperia Play General] Nabeel_Nabs:
People in the xperia Arc forums have said the drm key were intact as well...
[Xperia Play General] :
Do I have to take another step after this by using fastboot and going on the sony unlock website or is Bootloader fully unlocked once I am done this?

When I hold the search key and plug the usb in i get a blue LED light.
[Xperia Play General] captain67:
The bootloader is already unlocked. You don't need the method from the Sony site.

Funny enough, I didn't know it unlocked the loaders as well, so I tried unlocking it with the Sony method, and it told me it was already unlocked in the command prompt lol

Sent from Asgard
[Xperia Play General] :
Ok thanks time to dive into the world of custom roms :)
[Xperia Play General] CloudShepherd:
Ok so when I plug into computer while holding search key, it shoes a blue light when the SE logo shows up. Please clarify what this means, I want to make absolute sureq

sent from my Xperia PLAY using Taptalk
[Xperia Play General] captain67:
The light is blue, but the phone boots normally? Or it's blue and Android doesn't start while it's plugged in?

Sent from Asgard
[Xperia Play General] CloudShepherd:
I plug it into the computer, then the SE logo shows up for a fee seconds and the blue light comes on, them it shows the charging icon

sent from my Xperia PLAY using Taptalk
[Xperia Play General] devi59:
That sounds like normal charging without android booting

Sent from my R800i
[Xperia Play General] CloudShepherd:
So blue light doesn't mean anything?

sent from my Xperia PLAY using Taptalk
[Xperia Play General] D4RK_HACK3R:
The blue means flashboot and green is fastboot, or the other way around I don't remember
[Xperia Play General] swebosdev:
R800a. Works great. Thank you. Very much.
[Xperia Play General] darkevangelion:
Thank you, really works. R800a
[Xperia Play General] captain67:
Blue is fastboot. Green is charging/flashmode.

If fastboot is activated, the blue light stays on, the screen is black, and Android does

not

boot.

CloudShepherd, your phone is locked.

Sent from Asgard
[Xperia Play General] KiiKeEp:
Try this :)

* Turn off the phone, remove battery. Do not return battery.

* Take something conductive. For example, tweezers are very good.

* Locate the testpoint - start unlock in Omnius and use the picture as reference. When you see the picture, abort unlock.

* Plug in the USB cable, while battery is removed.

* Connect testpoint pin and ground, press power button, disconnect testpoint.

* Insert battery, and then disconnect USB cable.

* Start unlock again and plug in the USB cable, unlock will start.
[Xperia Play General] mcfly666:
worked like a charm, thanks mate. And thanks for the info earlier Captain

Just to clarify, will this unlock cause any problems with the official ICS that sony will release?
[Xperia Play General] KiiKeEp:
You can use oficial and custom rom/kernel but.. well im new on android and I know you cant use OTA updates with an unlocked bootloader.
[Xperia Play General] Xperia4life:
Not Sure about Omnius Setool2 Does that it has better Service Omnius Is bog Standard
[Xperia Play General] captain67:
Better off doing it through flashtool when it's released ;)

People were having problems with unlocked bootloaders and OTA updates, but ICS isn't getting an OTA update afaik anyway so it makes no difference.

Sent from Asgard
[Xperia Play General] eenpermana:
i've followed the instructions in gsm cure forum but still get "the communication error" on my xplay vzw.

any other R800Xers can do it successfully with this omnius method?

many thanks for your response mate
[Xperia Play General] Selim873:
It's probably not even compatible, every R800x user hasn't been able to get the unlocker to budge. I posted on Omnius' Facebook page and they told me to-

"-make sure the right drivers were installed, and if in doubt, attempt to install Omnius and it's drivers on a clean PC and try again."

Did all that, no dice.
[Xperia Play General] thadustman:
OMG THAnkyouo for posting this as soon as i saw this last night i was freaking out

anyone with locked bootloaders need to take advange now super easy and fast and for a short time FREEEEEE

I have a att xplay 4g

when i selceted the xplay 4g phone modle no option to unlock bl

so i select regular xplay and bam all good

So maybe r800x people might be able to get by doing the same

I went from bootloader unlockable status in the service menu to a whole new sevice menu with all unlocked, worth a try, i didn't break your phone tho if something goes wrong.

ive wanted an unlocked loader forever, comming from htc inspire i felt a little shorted when it came to mods for my phone with a lock bl but now :))

ok i have the play 4g the att one i had to select the regular one to unlock the bl but it still works all the same

no problems the whole way

ground pole to testestpoint no battery like they say just a data plug needed for power.
[Xperia Play General] Xperia4life:
I unlocked 8 Phones with Omnius and Have Fastboot on them With DRM keys and can Use Trackid Music etc.

Omnius has a older method SETOOL2 is easy but costs and has no free method but however If you relock your bootloader SETOOL2 has you IMEI saved so can Unlock It again and again :D
[Xperia Play General] Captainfrost:
We r800xs had hopes
[Xperia Play General] :
yup. it looks like every free way of unlocking the bootloader for this model always ends up disappointing.
[Xperia Play General] DubleJayJ:
Cant us R800x flash thr cdma stuff to unbrick our radios?
[Xperia Play General] weirdear:
Just got this to work on a rogers branded xperia play. Unlocked bootloader and sim unlocked. The issue I was having was I needed to install the Omnius drivers. So if anyone else is having issues, just follow the instructions on the bottom on page 10, and make sure you have the drivers installed.

Thanks a bunch for the heads up, can't wait to try out some custom roms and ICS.
[Xperia Play General] :
I sent a message to Omnius so they can do something about our "little" R800x problem. They haven't replied back yet.
[Xperia Play General] DubleJayJ:
They won't do anything until after the promotion.
[Xperia Play General] devguy22:
So, I followed the directions on my Xperia Play 4G with NA Generic 2.3.4 and now when I go to the service menu, it lists Bootloader Unlock Allowed: Yes. Sweet!! Thanks for the assistance in this thread.

BTW, am i supposed to follow this up with the bootloader unlock at the Sony Ericsson website? Or is this already taken care of?
[Xperia Play General] :
When i tried this method it gives me a different error code than the one i was doing before. why is that? the way i was doing before was

1.turn off the phone completely

2.do the testpoint thing

3.press power button

4.plug in usb

5.hold tesstpoint

then it gives me a different error code. here they are

1st method(kind of my way):C1AE9748181EDAFA

2nd method(KiiKeEp way):2B0195C73435FAFE

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he omnius way is better than the sony way. try the one from this thread
[Xperia Play General] DubleJayJ:
Wait, is our Wifi bricked or our service bricked?

I'm still waiting on a response on this. Because if our service is bricked, then I would rather pay the $24.
[Xperia Play General] :
i don't know. i think omnius never thought about making it compatible for our model since it's the only cdma xperia play.
[Xperia Play General] DubleJayJ:
Does Wifi, or 3G get bricked? Because isn't there a file that you can flash and it unbricks the radios? I remember seeing it in Dev. Can't find it though.
[Xperia Play General] Selim873:
Try to flash an *.ftf based on your phone. I don't know if that'll even fix the radio, but give it a shot.
[Xperia Play General] DubleJayJ:
Did you try it? I seriously want a fix before I unlock my phone and get it ****ed up.
[Xperia Play General] CloudShepherd:
this works until it says connecting to server where it says it can't connect. I re-entered my account details and even did a password reset but to no avail. I give up
[Xperia Play General] Selim873:
I don't know if you got my reply, but if you didn't, my phone NEVER bricked, or even came close to becoming unlocked, so far you got the lead. But I really think you should try to flash an ftf and hope that fixes it, because here's the thing; Flashing an FTF for recovery will NOT effect the bootloader at all. If it fixes your radio, you will still have an unlocked bootloader. Since you have a possible radio brick, you're already stuck in a ****hole as it is, an ftf is literally your only chance for a second wind.
[Xperia Play General] DubleJayJ:
Well I didn't unlock it yet for that reason. I don't want my radios bricked, because if they do then I am ****ed and no way of fixing it. I would rather pay the $24 than take the risk.