How to Disable Protection By My Xperia on Sony Devices

My Xperia Theft Protection (MXTP) for new Sony devices, which used to protect your device from being stolen. But this security feature will raise some problems for most of the users who unlocked their bootloaders. This app can locate, lock, factory reset or even send a sound alert to your device. Also, prevents unlocking bootloader and factory resetting your device.Many users wish to crack the bootloader, so they root their device or install custom ROM and custom kernel on their phone. But you need to Disable Protection By My Xperia on Sony Devices for unlock Bootloader of Xperia Devices.

You will not able to unlock bootloader of Xperia devices while My Xperia Theft Protection is turned on, then. You need to Disable Protection By My Xperia on Sony Devices before unlocking bootloader of Xperia Devices. It will provoke severe problem if you enable MXTP with an already unlocked bootloader. It will crash your device without any warning and you won’t be able to fix that. So Disable Protection By My Xperia on Sony Devices before unlocking bootloader of Xperia Devices.

Sony is well aware of the issue, and they added some warning to their official Unlock Bootloader website to warn people against enabling My Xperia Theft Protection if you unlock the bootloader it “might cause the device to malfunction.”

“After unlocking your device, you should not enable My Xperia (found in the settings menu under security on some devices running Android 5.0) as this might cause the device to malfunction.”

How to deactivate MXTP (My Xperia Theft Protection):

You need to authenticate your Xperia device as the authorized owner. If you wish to disable MXTP.

How to Disable Protection By My Xperia on Sony Devices:

Step 1: To Disable Protection By My Xperia on Sony Devices, first go to setting.

Step 2: Now Open Settings -> Security -> Protection by my Xperia.

Step 3: Now Tap on Deactivate -> Confirm that you want to disable the protection -> Sign-in with Google account which you have used to activate the MXTP.

Step 4: Done. This process is successful.

Step 5: So this is the complete guide to Disable Protection By My Xperia on Sony Devices

Source & Image Credit – Sony