https://community.sony.cz/t5/l-series/why-we-need-to-unlock-bootloader-for-xperia-l/m-p/3221061#M3573 <P>Qualcom and drivers and the kernal will be different - So different kernals will or may require different methods</P> Tue, 18 Mar 2014 14:29:23 GMT Thommo 2014-03-18T14:29:23Z https://community.sony.cz/t5/l-series/why-we-need-to-unlock-bootloader-for-xperia-l/m-p/3221055#M3567 <P>OK, I have XPERIA V, XPERIA Z, XPERIA L, and once I got them I started to root three of them, Xperia V and Z was a one click easy root processing, no unlock process boot-loader or any hassle, and rooting is working perfect with full function, but with XPERIA L, all the batches need to the boot-loader to be unlocked in order to success, and whoever is having blogs to say it can be done with one click is bluffing</P><P>now my question for the discussion is, why XPERIA L need to the boot-loader to be unlocked while XPERIA V &amp; Z does not require this process?</P><P>deep technical details are 100% welcome</P> Tue, 18 Mar 2014 13:38:00 GMT https://community.sony.cz/t5/l-series/why-we-need-to-unlock-bootloader-for-xperia-l/m-p/3221055#M3567 abgrxenda 2014-03-18T13:38:00Z https://community.sony.cz/t5/l-series/why-we-need-to-unlock-bootloader-for-xperia-l/m-p/3221056#M3568 <P>Probably because you can Root without unlocking the bootloader - search for Framaroot and use the Gandalf method</P> Tue, 18 Mar 2014 13:42:46 GMT https://community.sony.cz/t5/l-series/why-we-need-to-unlock-bootloader-for-xperia-l/m-p/3221056#M3568 Thommo 2014-03-18T13:42:46Z https://community.sony.cz/t5/l-series/why-we-need-to-unlock-bootloader-for-xperia-l/m-p/3221057#M3569 <P>Better still here's the link <A target="_blank" href="http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2130276" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2130276</A></P> Tue, 18 Mar 2014 13:43:22 GMT https://community.sony.cz/t5/l-series/why-we-need-to-unlock-bootloader-for-xperia-l/m-p/3221057#M3569 Thommo 2014-03-18T13:43:22Z https://community.sony.cz/t5/l-series/why-we-need-to-unlock-bootloader-for-xperia-l/m-p/3221058#M3570 <P>i already did that and it is not working with 4.2.2&nbsp;15.3.A.1.14</P><P>i need the technical reason why Xperia L need to unlock it while V &amp;Z didn't require that</P> Tue, 18 Mar 2014 13:44:53 GMT https://community.sony.cz/t5/l-series/why-we-need-to-unlock-bootloader-for-xperia-l/m-p/3221058#M3570 abgrxenda 2014-03-18T13:44:53Z https://community.sony.cz/t5/l-series/why-we-need-to-unlock-bootloader-for-xperia-l/m-p/3221059#M3571 <P>Try this then <A target="_blank" href="http://forum.xda-developers.com/xperia-l/general/root-firmware-15-3-1-12-t2591290" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">http://forum.xda-developers.com/xperia-l/general/root-firmware-15-3-1-12-t2591290</A></P> Tue, 18 Mar 2014 13:46:52 GMT https://community.sony.cz/t5/l-series/why-we-need-to-unlock-bootloader-for-xperia-l/m-p/3221059#M3571 Thommo 2014-03-18T13:46:52Z https://community.sony.cz/t5/l-series/why-we-need-to-unlock-bootloader-for-xperia-l/m-p/3221060#M3572 <P>That did the job with one click, but my research behind this is to know the technicality behind why each model need a different method while they are running on the same version!!!</P> Tue, 18 Mar 2014 14:02:32 GMT https://community.sony.cz/t5/l-series/why-we-need-to-unlock-bootloader-for-xperia-l/m-p/3221060#M3572 abgrxenda 2014-03-18T14:02:32Z https://community.sony.cz/t5/l-series/why-we-need-to-unlock-bootloader-for-xperia-l/m-p/3221061#M3573 <P>Qualcom and drivers and the kernal will be different - So different kernals will or may require different methods</P> Tue, 18 Mar 2014 14:29:23 GMT https://community.sony.cz/t5/l-series/why-we-need-to-unlock-bootloader-for-xperia-l/m-p/3221061#M3573 Thommo 2014-03-18T14:29:23Z