I’m a long time user of Sailfish OS on Sony XPeria XA2 (which I installed personally) and Jolla C2 (which was installed originally of course). Now I bought Sony XPeria 10 V and trying to install Sailfish and… there’s a problem. I bought XQDC54 “version” - the one need for this OS.
But when I try to unlock to bootloader (I tap service info>Configuration>Rooting status, there’s a “statement” Bootloader allowed: no.
So what? There’s nothing I can do? No means no and no Sailfish OS for my device? I’m A BIT disappointed to be honest. Can someone help?
I’ve bought a brand new device - that’s the problem.
But here - on Sony page - it states:
In your device, open the dialer and enter *#*#7378423#*#* to access the service menu.
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
That’s why I ask here - no means no and that’s all? I wasted quite a nice sum because NO? Help plz
In step 6 everything is perfectly fine. In 7.4 there’s everything ok UNTIL I get here
So I enable developer options, OEM unlocking (AND USB debugging of course), then “call” *#*#7378423#*#*, go to Service info > Configuration > Rooting Status aaaaaaand… see “Bootloader unlock allowed: No”.
I even tried to override it, triggering 7.12, but the command is rejected.
If this is the case there is nothing you can do. There seem to be more of these non-unlockables around these days, if you buy secondhand get the owner to check; if you buy new it’s a gamble. There used to be a tool called Qunlock for windows, it cost about 30€ per operation but it’s no longer available. Repackage the phone and sell it “as new.”
This is weird. I have the same phone model and it worked for me (it worked with some issues, but not at that step of the guide).
First of all, I strongly recommend you do not use the Xperia 10 V for Sailfish OS.
The phone is not actually supported, unless by “supported” you mean “half-assed guide available to flash Sailfish OS on it”.
Unless you are a masochist or you don’t plan to use the phone as a regular phone, I recommend you return the Xperia to the seller and buy a Jolla C2 instead.
That fugly joke of a phone is the only one somewhat supported, but make sure you read the forums before first use to find out all the rituals you need to perform for it to not brick itself, because that turd of a phone tends to brick itself right out of the box.
Back to Xperia 10 V:
Can you install AIDA64 and see what hardware you have?
My model is the same as yours, but maybe there is some other more subtle difference.
I don’t know all of them, but the ones that I encounter every time I turn on the phone are the fact that camera does not work, the fact that the fingerprint does not work, the fact that the battery percentage indicator never gets updated (it always shows the value computed when the phone starts) and the fact that the keyboard does not have word prediction and, implicitly, no swipe typing.
There might be more issues, but in the current state, I can’t even use the phone for long enough periods of time to encounter other issues.
I just purchased a refurbished one online and ran into the same issue.
There is nothing you can do, you need to send the phone back if you can or resell it.
I sent it back, I will try with another one.
Please note my extreme frustration in the difficulty to get a decent SFOS device. I would even accept a C2, but I cannot purchase a device that I will have to ditch in two years’ time because there is no way to get a replacement battery, let alone a screen or a protective case.
Jolla C2 is a fugly turd of a phone, and I don’t know what you should do when the battery dies (maybe send it to Jolla for a battery replacement? You should ask Jolla about this), but you can definitely buy cases and screen protectors from the Jolla store.
That’s what I did with the Jolla 1. There was a ZTE device with the same battery but with different contacts. I ended up creating fake contacts with copper band. They worked indeed. But it was a PITA.
Or, now that I think better, that was the Jolla C. For the Jolla 1, I had to recreate the top part of the battery using dual component epoxy resin embedding the original PCB of the battery.
