Root R800x Bootloader Cracked!

[NeoandGeo]

The developers over at XDA have done it once again! The R800x is free from it's bondage. Go to the developer forum for the good news.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1093

 

[darkalchemyxex]

Link! :d

 

[007shark]

I now have an unlocked bootloader and rooted Play! woohoo!!! Now just waiting for kernels and ROMs for the R800x.

 

[Cl8rs]

I am thinking about getting this phone, the Verizon one. I am a little confused, is it able to be rooted? And what does Locked/unlocked bootloader mean? I have a LG Ally so I am familiar with rooting, just not the bootloader thing...

 

[Silvist]

I now have an unlocked bootloader and rooted Play! woohoo!!! Now just waiting for kernels and ROMs for the R800x.

You have the R800x? Might be a silly question but I was curious if it was the Verizon version. If so how did you get your lock code? I looked on XDA at the post talking about it, and msged one of the guys working on it with my info. From what I read they can generate the lock code you need, but they've yet to reply yet.

I was just curious how easy it was to do, since I've never messed with bootloaders before. I've used CWM, and roms and stuff, but never this lol. I guess from what I read, there's no real clear directions on exactly what you have to do. Obviously you gotta take some img and boot your phone with it. The question is how? Is there a button combination I have to do to get my phone into bootloader? Do I need to use ADB in this process at all?

Reason I'm asking all this is I want to make sure of what I'm doing before I make a "OPPS" and brick my phone. As of now I see no reason to root or unlock the bootloader on my phone till roms/overclocking/kernels are out. I see that plenty is out for the GSM version of the xperia play, so I'm guessing its just a matter of time

 

[NeoandGeo]

CyanogenMod 7 first release for the R800x comes out tomorrow according to XDA. I wouldn't recommend flashing it until some of the initial testers post their results. The team doesn't have an actual R800x to properly test. But with a completely unlocked bootloader, I expect a properly working rom very soon.

 

[007shark]

CyanogenMod 7 first release for the R800x comes out tomorrow according to XDA. I wouldn't recommend flashing it until some of the initial testers post their results. The team doesn't have an actual R800x to properly test. But with a completely unlocked bootloader, I expect a properly working rom very soon.

I am currently running DoomLord's Kernel v3 with FTSv05 CDMA ROM. Everything is working great. I had some issues with Google Navigation but that was because it was missing TtsService.apk in /system/app. I successfully used CM7 as well with chevyowner's mod. I prefer the FTSv05 myself though.

 

[Cl8rs]

So how do we unlock our bootloader?

 

[007shark]

So how do we unlock our bootloader?

I went through the xda forums and pm'ed the OP of State of Development on R800x (ROM and Kernel List) - xda-developers. You have to give your MEID number of your phone.

I must warn though that this will void your warranty with Verizon on the phone.

 

[Cl8rs]

I went through the xda forums and pm'ed the OP of State of Development on R800x (ROM and Kernel List) - xda-developers. You have to give your MEID number of your phone.

I must warn though that this will void your warranty with Verizon on the phone.

So once we unlock our bootloader, with some software or something they give us after we give them our MEID number, we can root?