topic Network unlocking in L Series https://community.sony.lu/t5/l-series/network-unlocking/m-p/3614556#M5926 <P>Hello there,</P><P>I bought a pay and go refurbished Xperia L1 from O2 and would like to unlock it. O2 have a policy of not unlocking pay and go phones for the first year.&nbsp;</P><P>I tried to buy a code from a reputable webite however they issued me a refund as "they didn't have an available lock code". I took the phone to a high street retailer and explained the issue, he said he doesn't usually have any problems.&nbsp;</P><P>The first and second code he's issued hasn't worked. I'm now left with only two retries (only had 5 to begin with). The retailer requested that I bring the phone in to him. I'm abit reluctant to have him try any more codes that won't work, leaving me with zero attempts.&nbsp;</P><P>Does anyone with abit more knowledge than me know:</P><P>Why are the codes rejecting?</P><P>Is it usually a long/complicated/expensive procedure to have a Sony engineer reset the counter to 5?</P><P>Is there a way to unlock the phone without use of codes?&nbsp;</P><P>Many thanks</P> Wed, 27 Jun 2018 08:49:59 GMT Lmh1 2018-06-27T08:49:59Z Network unlocking https://community.sony.lu/t5/l-series/network-unlocking/m-p/3614556#M5926 <P>Hello there,</P><P>I bought a pay and go refurbished Xperia L1 from O2 and would like to unlock it. O2 have a policy of not unlocking pay and go phones for the first year.&nbsp;</P><P>I tried to buy a code from a reputable webite however they issued me a refund as "they didn't have an available lock code". I took the phone to a high street retailer and explained the issue, he said he doesn't usually have any problems.&nbsp;</P><P>The first and second code he's issued hasn't worked. I'm now left with only two retries (only had 5 to begin with). The retailer requested that I bring the phone in to him. I'm abit reluctant to have him try any more codes that won't work, leaving me with zero attempts.&nbsp;</P><P>Does anyone with abit more knowledge than me know:</P><P>Why are the codes rejecting?</P><P>Is it usually a long/complicated/expensive procedure to have a Sony engineer reset the counter to 5?</P><P>Is there a way to unlock the phone without use of codes?&nbsp;</P><P>Many thanks</P> Wed, 27 Jun 2018 08:49:59 GMT https://community.sony.lu/t5/l-series/network-unlocking/m-p/3614556#M5926 Lmh1 2018-06-27T08:49:59Z