{"id":38253,"date":"2014-12-18T19:01:23","date_gmt":"2014-12-18T19:01:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mobilefun.co.uk\/blog\/?p=38253"},"modified":"2014-12-18T19:01:23","modified_gmt":"2014-12-18T19:01:23","slug":"sony-show-you-how-to-unlock-your-bootloader","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mobilefun.co.uk\/blog\/2014\/12\/sony-show-you-how-to-unlock-your-bootloader\/","title":{"rendered":"Sony show you how to unlock your bootloader"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you want to root or install a custom ROM on your Xperia phone or tablet, you&#8217;ll need to unlock the bootloader first. This step can be tricky to pull off, but thankfully Sony have got your back. The company released a tutorial video this week, showing precisely what to do. There are plenty of tutorials online, but this is the first we&#8217;ve seen from a major device manufacturer, and it&#8217;s pretty cool to see.<\/p>\n<p>To find out if your device can be unlocked using Sony&#8217;s tutorial, check out\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/developer.sonymobile.com\/unlockbootloader\/\">their list of supported devices<\/a>, then check out the tutorial video below!<\/p>\n<div data-wpview-text=\"%3Cp%3Ehttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DiIdJg7KNH3A%26amp%3Bchannel%3DSonyXperiaDev%3C%2Fp%3E%0A\" data-wpview-type=\"embedURL\">\n<div>\n<div><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iIdJg7KNH3A?version=3&amp;rel=1&amp;fs=1&amp;showsearch=0&amp;showinfo=1&amp;iv_load_policy=1&amp;wmode=transparent\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"424\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Of course, it also bears mentioning that the process is not without risk and does require being fairly handy with computers. It also will void your device&#8217;s warranty, so don&#8217;t just unlock the bootloader for the heck of it!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Did you use the video to unlock your Xperia handset? Let us know in the comments below!<\/p>\n\n<!-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v. 2.0.27.4 -->\n<div class=\"quads-location quads-ad1\" id=\"quads-ad1\" style=\"float:none;margin:0px 0 0px 0;text-align:center;\">\n<div id=\"bari-widget\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you want to root or install a custom ROM on your Xperia phone or tablet, you&#8217;ll need to unlock the bootloader first. This step can be tricky to pull off, but thankfully Sony have got your back. The company released a tutorial video this week, showing precisely what to do. There are plenty of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":78,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[311,228,6],"tags":[135,158],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mobilefun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38253"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mobilefun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mobilefun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mobilefun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/78"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mobilefun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38253"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.mobilefun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38253\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38256,"href":"https:\/\/www.mobilefun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38253\/revisions\/38256"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mobilefun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38253"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mobilefun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38253"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mobilefun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38253"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}