yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Sony Xperia 1 Guides, News, & Discussion] teleshoes:
windows 10 is a trojan.

anyway, this tool is closed source and does arcane things involving sending secure data from a usb device to an anonymous server somewhere on the internet that charges per service, presumably to do something like a cryptographic crack against a rainbow table, but honestly i have no idea what it does.

you honestly think microsoft's wild guess about what the machine code looks like is relevant to this being safe?

so i removed the hard drive from my laptop, installed it on a windows 10 bootable usb stick, and ran it from a public wifi hotspot with a spoofed mac address. hopefully prevent any really simple attack by the folks running the server.

while i havent heard anyone complain about this thing, i cant see how anybody can really know whats it doing internally.

you do you, tho, buddy.
[Sony Xperia 1 Guides, News, & Discussion] SomerandomDudeonXDA:
What type of backup do we use when clicking write backup? The Trim Area backup or the backup of the stock rom itself?
[Sony Xperia 1 Guides, News, & Discussion] pecola123:
It's actually written in the first post. See the Important Information section.
[Sony Xperia 1 Guides, News, & Discussion] SomerandomDudeonXDA:
may I know which update of LineageOS 18.1 for SOV39 are you using? I followed all the steps to install it but it always failed at applying the update(Error Code 28). I tried a couple of things such as using different ports and USB but to no avail. My thanks in advance.
[Sony Xperia 1 Guides, News, & Discussion] vanzan:
I purchased a Sony X Compact on eBay. It's SIM unlocked but the rooting status says "No" for bootloader unlock. So I download this software, buy a credit and hit "SIM unlock" and there's a good chance it will change the rooting status to "Yes"? Is that correct? Just checking before I spend even more money! Also if it doesn't change the bootloader status do I get a refund? Thanks!
[Sony Xperia 1 Guides, News, & Discussion] teleshoes:
that is Correct™®©. good luck!
[Sony Xperia 1 Guides, News, & Discussion] teleshoes:
also, i WISH i had known about this 2 years ago. i bought FOUR Xperia X Compact phones and returned them before finally receiving a non-docomo one.
[Sony Xperia 1 Guides, News, & Discussion] teleshoes:
(i just realized it might have sounded like i was implying that i am with the NU people, and that you'll definitely get a refund if it doesnt work or something. if so, sorry, i am NOT affiliated with them, and i cant promise you anything. i do know that your X Compact WILL very likely work, and that the NU people respond fairly promptly and are very reasonable folks)
[Sony Xperia 1 Guides, News, & Discussion] deysmacro:
los 18.1-20211217-nightly-akatsuki
[Sony Xperia 1 Guides, News, & Discussion] Z0rnica:
good luck with that... I gave up after a few weeks because the flash would fail since that phone is not on the official support list. Sailfish OS however works after modifying the flash script a bit

see

https://xdaforums.com/t/rom-11-lineageos-18-1-official.4195805/page-11

and

https://xdaforums.com/t/gnu-linux-4-3-0-12-sailfish-os-for-xperia-tama-devices.4008681/page-6
[Sony Xperia 1 Guides, News, & Discussion] teleshoes:
thanks, its working great so far! flashed it on monday.

yea, i had to modify flash.sh for H8314 => SO-05K. i also wrote a script to mount the sparse-image to change 'defaultuser' back to 'nemo', which is what i was used to on my X Compact.

only two important things are missing so far:

1) android support. i cant get an aliendalvik8 aarch64 rpm to copy over, because my only other phones are XA2 and X Compact. i have 8 SFOS licenses, but not a drop to drink. if anyone has an RPM for it, id appreciate it.

i need android for google maps.

2) NFC! as far as i know, NFC doesnt work on any tama device on SFOS. NFC worked on DoCoMo-branded sony launcher android. i wanna test it on AOSP, but i tried to flash MartinX3's SonyAOSP img and it failed saying that the image was too large. anyone know what ROM i should try (in order to rule out AOSP vs SFOS bug)?

i need NFC for my yubikey 2fa
[Sony Xperia 1 Guides, News, & Discussion] vanzan:
Worked a treat for me! Bought it last night and waited for this morning to contact them on WhatsApp. Very helpful and friendly. Now I have LOS 16 on my X Compact.Thanks OP!
[Sony Xperia 1 Guides, News, & Discussion] James NTee:
When I download the S1 tool to my PC, Defender says it contains a Trojan and will not permit the download. Anybody else seen this? Is there really a Trojan in the download from the link posted below?

Cheers for some heads up!
[Sony Xperia 1 Guides, News, & Discussion] pecola123:
Yes. Just whitelist or deactivate your Defender if you really want to use the software.
[Sony Xperia 1 Guides, News, & Discussion] syin16:
Wanna post that already tried the qUnlock tool and it worked for my Xperia 5 SOV41. But no sim detect, bummer. I even already unlock the bootloader. Anybody knows whether i can just write back the backup on the qunlock tools and get sim functionality?

UPDATE

Tried to flash stok UK rom on my SOV41, still no sim functionality. Tried to relock the bootloader and flash both the UK and stok Japan ROM, still no sim functionality. Unlock the bootloader back, and fllash back the backup file on the qUnlock tools and finally regain sim functionality.

The takeaway, lost my previous android 11 on the phone and has to flash the android 10 version but manage to get unlock bootloader.

Anybody wanna tried it, if you are already on the latest android for your phone, just change the bootloader unlocked from NO to YES, unlock your bootloader. If you lost sim functionality, just write the backup back to your phone with bootloader unlocked.
[Sony Xperia 1 Guides, News, & Discussion] jimi621:
I'm having trouble getting it to work on my Xperia XZ2 Compact (SO-05K).

I've purchased the credit, got emailed my username and password. I open the unlock tool and enter the information, it tells me I have a credit. So I click "SIM Unlock" and it tells me:

I do what it says, but the screen doesn't change. It just says this indefinitely. My phone goes into what I presume is recovery mode; the screen is blank and the LED notification light is green.

What do I do???
[Sony Xperia 1 Guides, News, & Discussion] teleshoes:
did you install the bundled USB drivers?
[Sony Xperia 1 Guides, News, & Discussion] echo124:
Luck?
[Sony Xperia 1 Guides, News, & Discussion] rock_asf:
Hi,

After I tried to change the Bootloader Unlock status, I've faced the network issue. Since I read your message I went through to find the Backup and I've missing it too. Is there any other way I could get the Network stable?
[Sony Xperia 1 Guides, News, & Discussion] syin16:
If you lost the backup file for the qUnlock, I don't think I can help you. For me, I didn't lose the qUnlock backup files. After using the qUnlock tools, I backup the files to somewhere else.
[Sony Xperia 1 Guides, News, & Discussion] rock_asf:
Can we use the backup of any other phone? I would like to try if you can send me the Backup file.
[Sony Xperia 1 Guides, News, & Discussion] DVt3:
I guess the servers are down as I keep getting an Err144. Anyone had any luck ?

Great post OP thanks.
[Sony Xperia 1 Guides, News, & Discussion] DVt3:
Thanks for this It worked perfectly :)
[Sony Xperia 1 Guides, News, & Discussion] auggiefroggie:
***** WARNING *****

I tried this service, I paid and was charged but was never given the credit needed to use service. I reached out to their support and they claim its to prevent fraud but no response. To anyone else out there I'd say this a scam.
[Sony Xperia 1 Guides, News, & Discussion] MA7MOD_GSM:
Great job
[Sony Xperia 1 Guides, News, & Discussion] sinommo:
I got this problem , does anyone know it ?
[Sony Xperia 1 Guides, News, & Discussion] sinommo:
@MrCooper95 Hey , do you know about this problem ?
[Sony Xperia 1 Guides, News, & Discussion] ZN6:
Seems the server is still down. I'm getting this error too.

Anyone know when the server is going back online?
[Sony Xperia 1 Guides, News, & Discussion] sinommo:
Expensive but **** server :(
[Sony Xperia 1 Guides, News, & Discussion] sinommo:
Working rightnow , let's go
[Sony Xperia 1 Guides, News, & Discussion] pecola123:
Has anyone tried if unlocking for the 2nd time of the same device still need credits ?
[Sony Xperia 1 Guides, News, & Discussion] sinommo:
In the backup folder of qunlocktool have folder named as your device , in this folder have a file .sign , take this file to any PC you want to re-unlock , then you dont need credits at 2nd time
[Sony Xperia 1 Guides, News, & Discussion] pecola123:
Is connecting to their server still mandatory ?

Or offline unlocking with backup is doable ?
[Sony Xperia 1 Guides, News, & Discussion] sinommo:
If you have .sign file , no need connect to their server
[Sony Xperia 1 Guides, News, & Discussion] shadowstep:
THREAD LOCKED

@MrCooper95 Please check your PM.

Regards,

shadowstep

Forum Moderator

Mod Edit: More Information Below

Hi everyone, the thread was locked because the tool referenced in the first post needs paid credits, and that is against Rule 13 of the Forum Rules, which prohibits referencing/discussion regarding paid unlock/unbrick services here on the forum. Just leaving this note here since many are/were confused as to why the thread was closed. Thanks!
[Sony Xperia 1 Guides, News, & Discussion] BadRx:
I get this from gdrive link you posted:

Sorry, this file is infected with a virus

Only the owner is allowed to download infected files.

--

anyway you can attach the file here?
[Sony Xperia 1 Guides, News, & Discussion] betacrypt:
I used the download link from the GDrive location MrCooper provided. Windows recognized it as a virus, just like it does with the Xperia Flashtool but I didn't have any noticeable issues after running it. I made sure to scan my pc after deleting the program when done. I'd host it if I still had it.
[Sony Xperia 1 Guides, News, & Discussion] &(*):
What steps did you have to take to unlock it? Was it done fully with the software (online or offline) through a code or did it require additional setup with the phone being connected to a network or WiFi? Many of us are skeptical still, paying for access to a server and then connecting to it opens a lot of gateways to our devices and should be done cautiously to say the least. I would love to see someone fully (thoroughly) document the process without smoke and mirrors.
[Sony Xperia 1 Guides, News, & Discussion] &(*):
@Ben Ling

Did you try this at all? Anyone have a throw away Windows PC to run this software along with about $30? I will accept donations to attempt with my XZs, can easily make a burner PC setup.
[Sony Xperia 1 Guides, News, & Discussion] &(*):
Go to the site that Betacrypt provides for buying credits "NUGSM". There's a link to download the software and it (the website that hosts the download) seems legit enough; make sure to configure your Cookies and Opt out junk and refresh the page, after that it will be available for download. If you're brave enough to try it let me know. Would honestly love to fully unlock my XZs instead of being stuck with an out of date OS, but am very skeptical. Document everything you can during the process if you choose to try it. The site hosting offers compensation for bogus software and losses due to it (up to 120 eu).
[Sony Xperia 1 Guides, News, & Discussion] MrCooper95:
1. You buy credits, they email you a login and password.

2. You download the tool and open it.

3. Your computer needs to be connected to the internet, you type in your login and password, then press check credits. You should get 1/0 in green.

4. Press unlock and follow what it says, it will say turn off your phone and put it in fastboot mode.

The server will unlock your phone. Done. Skeptical or not, this is the only way to do it and see if it works.

I updated my thread and newer version tool is linked.
[Sony Xperia 1 Guides, News, & Discussion] MrCooper95:
Yes of course, this is why we can't be allowed to unlock the bootloader in first place.

If you buy any Sony phone that has been factory SIM locked to a Network Provider/Carrier.

It means Bootloader Unlock Allowed = No

Why? Probably because Network Providers/Carriers don't want you messing with the phone in case you brick it.
[Sony Xperia 1 Guides, News, & Discussion] MrCooper95:
If your Sony phone has

Bootloader Unlock Allowed = Yes

You can go ahead to their website and type in your IMEI and get a code from them and unlock the bootloader via ADB or Flashtool.
[Sony Xperia 1 Guides, News, & Discussion] &(*):
You advise to backup the Trim Area, which tells me that this process for sale isn't bulletproof and can render the device practically useless. I know what this tooll is doing - a backup injection. Performed it once on an older phone and it was a mixed bag of tricks that in the end granted me what I was after with consequences.
[Sony Xperia 1 Guides, News, & Discussion] AlfianNugroho:
can u tell me whats is the different of Exc. VAT and Inc.VAT
[Sony Xperia 1 Guides, News, & Discussion] MrCooper95:
It is simply a advisory statement, nothing else is 100% safe in the android rooting world. There are always risks.

Please understand what I'm explaining below.

This tool is used by professional mobile phone repair shops and it has been around for a long time. This tool is made only for Xperia phones.

Remember, this tool is advertised and used mainly to reverse a permanently SIM hard locked state (0 counts left) into a SIM unlocked state.

It also works as a normal SIM unlocking service.

This tool also removes the bootloader restriction.

However, some members of XDA here. They confirmed that the tool does work with thier Xperias that have already been SIM unlocked with Bootloader Unlocked Allowed = No

This information will be updated in the thread.
[Sony Xperia 1 Guides, News, & Discussion] TEK023:
qunlocktool lastest version :

qUnlockTool-2020-08-25

MediaFire is a simple to use free service that lets you put all your photos, documents, music, and video in a single place so you can access them anywhere and share them everywhere.

www.mediafire.com

official site :

[pub] /software/other/qUnlockTool/

password : 12345678

some of these phone will lost sim card function after breaking ta partition unlocked

don't worry just restore backup .backup file created by qunlocktools folder where the qunlocktool.exe located just keep it very safe if you lost it you're done
[Sony Xperia 1 Guides, News, & Discussion] Towerism:
Just thought I'd post here to confirm the bootloader unlocking worked for me on my Xperia 10 ii (XQ-AU51), on latest software updates, locked down to Vodafone. The s1 unlock didn't work on the evening I first got the credit (I kept getting an error saying "remote dongle not available") but trying it the next day it worked perfectly!
[Sony Xperia 1 Guides, News, & Discussion] MrCooper95:
Good to hear, my Xperia 1 was also locked to Vodafone as well. Vodafone only sells the grey colour model and that's the reason why I got it initially, which then led to the story of my thread.
[Sony Xperia 1 Guides, News, & Discussion] MrCooper95:
Yes, last year I had one person messaged me with a Japanese XZ1 (SOV 36) had a no SIM card problem after using the tool. Lucky he backed up the backup file and got SIM function restored.

We don't know what caused the problem but might be something to do with the Japanese version with the network frequency.
[Sony Xperia 1 Guides, News, & Discussion] BiYoRi:
I kept getting 144 error.

Any help?
[Sony Xperia 1 Guides, News, & Discussion] BiYoRi:
I receive yesterday and today still getting error like yours (remote dongle not available).
[Sony Xperia 1 Guides, News, & Discussion] Lao Lie:
I am also my friend, the same yesterday and today.

Really, I don't know if it will be normal tomorrow, if you are normal please tell me
[Sony Xperia 1 Guides, News, & Discussion] BiYoRi:
Sure thing mate.

if you got it working too let me know also
[Sony Xperia 1 Guides, News, & Discussion] BiYoRi:
it worked today and I have unlocked.

From no to Yes.

Now my current problem is my fastboot can't detect my device in bootloader mode.

I want to flash TWRP but yeah cant detect it. Already install the necessary drivers.

I've done alot of flash in the past but this is first time it doesn't detect after countless of re-install drivers.

Any help?
[Sony Xperia 1 Guides, News, & Discussion] Lao Lie:
It worked

But I haven't been able to unlock bl

How did you unlock it?
[Sony Xperia 1 Guides, News, & Discussion] BiYoRi:
What do you mean? It unlocked automatically right after the process finish.
[Sony Xperia 1 Guides, News, & Discussion] MrCooper95:
You then need to go to Sonys bootloader website and get the bootloader actually unlocked.

The tool doesn't directly unlock your bootloader to a rooted status as far as I'm aware. it just allows it to be unlocked from No to Yes status.
[Sony Xperia 1 Guides, News, & Discussion] Lao Lie:
The unlock failed, already (yes) but still failed

Follow the tutorial
[Sony Xperia 1 Guides, News, & Discussion] MrCooper95:
Are you unlocking your bootloader via ADB or Flashtool?
[Sony Xperia 1 Guides, News, & Discussion] Lao Lie:
yes

That's it, failure
[Sony Xperia 1 Guides, News, & Discussion] Lao Lie:
Thank you

It' s settled
[Sony Xperia 1 Guides, News, & Discussion] re23071998:
is it worked? which device you have?
[Sony Xperia 1 Guides, News, & Discussion] riadjb1005073:
you need to unlock with flashtool...... 100% will be done..... just follow the instruction of flashtool

ABD command will not work due to some specific way to unlocking.....
[Sony Xperia 1 Guides, News, & Discussion] Lumia1020:
I also got lost sim card function after breaking ta partition unlocked .And then I backed up the backup file and got SIM function restored,but the BL unlock allowed turn to "no".

My phone is Japanese AU sony xz2P（SOV38）

any help？
[Sony Xperia 1 Guides, News, & Discussion] ttptcva3:
Can you share your account,please?

My phone is Xz 2 and i'm stuck with this problem.
[Sony Xperia 1 Guides, News, & Discussion] riadjb1005073:
You need to unlock bootloader firstly through flash too..... for this purpose need to follow flashtool instruction........ to unlock bootloader phone must be connected to flashmod bot fastboot mode..... to flash twrp you need to go fastboot mode
[Sony Xperia 1 Guides, News, & Discussion] ttptcva3:
To flash twrp i need unlock bootloader :(

And i'm stuck with this on my xz2
[Sony Xperia 1 Guides, News, & Discussion] BiYoRi:
Account can only be used once. So its no point of sharing it.

You need to buy account (20$~30$ depending on reseller) and use it on the specified software.

Once you buy it, login and unlock.
[Sony Xperia 1 Guides, News, & Discussion] becherekmg:
Hello.

Could anyone have a idea how to unlock bootloader on my device. I have Sony Xperia XZ. Unlocking bootloader is allowed (Rooting status says Yes). I also have OEM unlocking and USB debugging enabled. But Flashtool can't unlock bootloader (as you can see on Attach log). The log shows 3 warnings and the last one is: "Maybe the OEM is not enabled". But I switch OEM unlocking on. At this point I can only cancel unlocking procedure.

Does anybody know what I should to do now?
[Sony Xperia 1 Guides, News, & Discussion] becherekmg:
It is probably better to insert flashtool.log from previous post.

06/039/2021 15:39:12 - INFO - <- This level is successfully initialized
06/039/2021 15:39:12 - INFO - JAVA_HOME : /home/data/milos/Common_agenda/mobil-Sony/Sony_Mobile_Flasher_v0.9.27.0_Linux/FlashTool/x10flasher_native/jre
06/039/2021 15:39:12 - INFO - Flashtool 0.9.27.0
06/039/2021 15:39:12 - INFO - libusb version 1.0.20
06/039/2021 15:39:12 - INFO - Searching for a web proxy
06/039/2021 15:39:12 - INFO - A proxy has been found. Using it as default
06/039/2021 15:39:12 - INFO - Syncing devices from github
06/039/2021 15:39:12 - INFO - Opening devices repository.
06/039/2021 15:39:13 - INFO - Scanning devices folder for changes.
06/039/2021 15:39:16 - INFO - Pulling changes from github.
06/039/2021 15:39:16 - INFO - Pull failed. Trying to clone repository instead
06/039/2021 15:39:16 - INFO - Quietly closing devices repository.
06/039/2021 15:39:16 - INFO - Cloning devices repository to /home/milos/.flashTool/devices
06/039/2021 15:39:21 - INFO - Devices sync finished.
06/039/2021 15:39:21 - INFO - Loading devices database
06/039/2021 15:39:21 - INFO - Loaded 131 devices
06/039/2021 15:39:21 - INFO - Starting phone detection
06/039/2021 15:39:23 - INFO - Device disconnected
06/039/2021 15:39:27 - INFO - Please connect your device into flashmode.
06/039/2021 15:39:40 - INFO - Opening device for R/W
06/039/2021 15:39:40 - INFO - Device ready for R/W.
06/039/2021 15:39:40 - INFO - Reading device information
06/039/2021 15:39:40 - INFO - Phone ready for flashmode operations.
06/039/2021 15:39:40 - INFO - Opening TA partition 2
06/039/2021 15:39:40 - INFO - Current device : F8331 - CB512D0X02 - 1305-1010_R8E - 1302-9157_41.3.A.2.192 - GENERIC_41.3.A.2.192
06/039/2021 15:39:40 - INFO - Closing TA partition
06/039/2021 15:39:40 - INFO - No loader in the bundle. Searching for one
06/039/2021 15:39:41 - INFO - No matching loader found
06/039/2021 15:39:41 - WARN - No loader found or set manually. Skipping loader
06/039/2021 15:39:41 - INFO - Loader : S1_Root_de8d - Version : 1299-4832_S1_Boot_MSM8996_LA2.0_O_204 / Boot version : 1299-4832_S1_Boot_MSM8996_LA2.0_O_204 / Bootloader status : ROOTABLE
06/039/2021 15:39:41 - INFO - Max packet size set to 4M
06/039/2021 15:39:41 - INFO - Opening TA partition 2
06/039/2021 15:39:41 - INFO - Start Reading unit 00 00 08 B2
06/039/2021 15:39:41 - WARN - ERR_SEVERITY="MINOR";ERR_CODE="0025";ERR_DYNAMIC="00000000";
06/039/2021 15:39:41 - INFO - Closing TA partition
06/039/2021 15:39:41 - INFO - Ending flash session
06/039/2021 15:39:41 - INFO - Now unplug your device and restart it into fastbootmode
06/040/2021 15:40:22 - INFO - Unlocking phone using key
06/040/2021 15:40:22 - INFO - ...
06/040/2021 15:40:22 - INFO - FAILED (remote: Command did not succeed)
06/040/2021 15:40:22 - INFO - finished. total time: 0.056s
06/040/2021 15:40:22 - WARN - Maybe the OEM is not enabled
[Sony Xperia 1 Guides, News, & Discussion] MrCooper95:
Did you go to Sony's bootloader website to get your bootloader unlock key? key number is not seen in the log.
[Sony Xperia 1 Guides, News, & Discussion] becherekmg:
I did not copy the key on this web site but I have it of course.
[Sony Xperia 1 Guides, News, & Discussion] becherekmg:
I was also trying fastboot. Here is some outputs I got:

milos@milos-7851 $ fastboot getvar all
(bootloader) version:0.5
(bootloader) max-download-size: 0x10000000
(bootloader) partition-type:cache:ext4
(bootloader) partition-size:cache: 0x10000000
(bootloader) partition-type:userdata:ext4
(bootloader) partition-size:userdata: 0x58e000000
(bootloader) partition-type:system:ext4
(bootloader) partition-size:system: 0x171600000
(bootloader) secure:yes
(bootloader) version-baseband:1302-9157_41.3.A.2.192
(bootloader) version-bootloader:1299-4832 S1_Boot_MSM8996_LA2.0_O_204
(bootloader) serialno:CB512D0X02
(bootloader) product:F8331
all:
finished. total time: 0.147s

milos@milos-7851 $ fastboot flashing get_unlock_ability
...
FAILED (remote: unknown command)
finished. total time: 0.021s

milos@milos-7851 $ fastboot oem info
...
FAILED (remote: unknown command)
finished. total time: 0.019s

Is it normal?
[Sony Xperia 1 Guides, News, & Discussion] MrCooper95:
Try this

Go to the folder where Flashtool is installed.

1. Open the folder named "custom"

2. Open the folder named "mydevices" (if it exists)

3. Create new folder. Name the folder with your device codename (F8331)

4. Create Text Document. Name the text document as ulcode

5. Open the text document

6. Paste your unlock code and save

7. Open Flashtools and try the BLU option again.
[Sony Xperia 1 Guides, News, & Discussion] MrCooper95:
Any luck? Did you get in contact and get refunded?
[Sony Xperia 1 Guides, News, & Discussion] becherekmg:
Thank you for your advice, but it has no effect. The log is the same (FAILED (remote: Command did not succeed) and Maybe the OEM is not enabled