Fastboot error encountered when attempting to unlock bootloader of my Xperia 10 III

XperiaFlashaholic — Sat, 06 Nov 2021 18:23:59 GMT

Two attempts were made to unlock the bootloader of my Xperia 10 III(XQ-BT52) in order to install "Software binaries for AOSP Android 11.0 – Kernel 4.19 – Lena (latest)" via Ubuntu and Windows 10 respectively. The official guide on unlocking the bootloader of Xperia devices was followed entirely in the Windows 10 attempt, though source for the Platform tools differed in the Ubuntu attempt.

Both attempts resulted in an identical error when executing the final command:

fastboot oem unlock 0xXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
...
FAILED (remote: Command not supported in default implementation)
finished. total time: 0.00

Below is record of the process from initial setup to the final error during the Ubuntu attempt:

ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get install android-tools-adb
Reading package lists... Done
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Reading state information... Done
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adb android-libadb android-libbase android-libboringssl
android-libcrypto-utils android-libcutils android-liblog
android-sdk-platform-tools-common
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adb android-libadb android-libbase android-libboringssl
android-libcrypto-utils android-libcutils android-liblog
android-sdk-platform-tools-common android-tools-adb
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ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get install android-tools-fastboot
Reading package lists... Done
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android-libbacktrace android-libetc1 android-libf2fs-utils android-libsparse
android-libunwind android-libutils android-libziparchive
android-sdk-platform-tools dmtracedump etc1tool f2fs-tools fastboot graphviz
hprof-conv libann0 libcdt5 libcgraph6 libf2fs-format4 libf2fs5 libgts-0.7-5
libgts-bin libgvc6 libgvpr2 liblab-gamut1 libpathplan4 p7zip p7zip-full
sqlite3
Suggested packages:
gsfonts graphviz-doc p7zip-rar sqlite3-doc
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android-libbacktrace android-libetc1 android-libf2fs-utils android-libsparse
android-libunwind android-libutils android-libziparchive
android-sdk-platform-tools android-tools-fastboot dmtracedump etc1tool
f2fs-tools fastboot graphviz hprof-conv libann0 libcdt5 libcgraph6
libf2fs-format4 libf2fs5 libgts-0.7-5 libgts-bin libgvc6 libgvpr2
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ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ adb devices
List of devices attached
* daemon not running; starting now at tcp:5037
* daemon started successfully

ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ adb devices
List of devices attached
XXXXXXXXXX device

ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ adb reboot bootloader
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ fastboot devices
XXXXXXXXXX fastboot

ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ fastboot reboot
rebooting...

finished. total time: 0.050s
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ adb devices
List of devices attached
XXXXXXXXXX device

ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ adb reboot fastboot
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ fastboot devices
XXXXXXXXXX fastboot
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ fastboot oem unlock 0xXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
...
FAILED (remote: Command not supported in default implementation)
finished. total time: 0.000s

Any and all assistance would be greatly appreciated.

Re: Fastboot error encountered when attempting to unlock bootloader of my Xperia 10 III

MarlonUk1 — Sun, 14 Nov 2021 08:20:25 GMT

Hello @XperiaFlashaholic

Have you tried to see if there solutions provider at XDA forums?

topic Fastboot error encountered when attempting to unlock bootloader of my Xperia 10 III in 10 Series

Fastboot error encountered when attempting to unlock bootloader of my Xperia 10 III

Re: Fastboot error encountered when attempting to unlock bootloader of my Xperia 10 III