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Hey Folks,
Been trying to find solutions to generate my HDR/EvDo password after flashing the rom.
Found this solution on another forum
MakuSoto said:
Im not sure if this will work but here is how i got the EVDO passwords.
Do a full 20 megabyte memory dump and use hex editor to search for "secret". you should see a section with 2 "secret" places... the 16 bytes after a 10 are the password. take those 16 bytes and enter it in PST programming in hex and should be a ok. This was done on a phone that had connected to EVDO before, if i remember correctly a non-connected phone would not have that password yet. You can try to ##RTN# or ##DATA# and do a reset if it will calculate that field to the phone before connecting.
Let me know if that works for you.
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What program or programs are required to do the memory dump?
Seems easy enough but just need a step by step method to follow this solution.
Cheers
Damager said:
Hey Folks,
Been trying to find solutions to generate my HDR/EvDo password after flashing the rom.
Found this solution on another forum
What program or programs are required to do the memory dump?
Seems easy enough but just need a step by step method to follow this solution.
Cheers
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Not sure about your Carrier but usually you just need to run the Carrier Cab and dial *228 to do the OTA programming and it should get it going with out needing to find the password.
unfortunately we dont have that option for my carrier which is
Telecom New Zealand.
This a small application I wrote to automatically retrieve the DeviceID on your PC without having to open the registry editor. It can also create the DeviceID.txt file with the id value stored. It's written in Java so it requires JRE to be installed (most of you already have this)
http://rapidshare.com/files/403680176/DeviceID.jar.html
Make sure you have Sony Ericsson Update Service installed otherwise the device id will not be created in the registry
UPDATE: App updated to show all Device Ids stored in the registry
still dont work for me
windows 7 x64
It's been downloaded too many times (10) for a Free Rapid Share account, it is no longer downloadable, you'll have to upload elsewhere
Balur said:
It's been downloaded too many times (10) for a Free Rapid Share account, it is no longer downloadable, you'll have to upload elsewhere
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Hi !
As you can see I have more Strings in the registry ?
Whats your methot of determining which is the right one as they all show different DeviceID Strings ?
THX
pietropizzi said:
Hi !
As you can see I have more Strings in the registry ?
Whats your methot of determining which is the right one as they all show different DeviceID Strings ?
THX
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I always get the first one, there is no way afaik to determine which one is getting used at any point. I can maybe change it so that it displays everything and lets u select the one you want to use
Well the point's not what I want to use, it more what's the right one at time of flashing. Is it save to delete those keys so the right one is rebuilt inn case of reconnecting the device ?
it's really not easy to find which one is being used at any point. i don't know if it's safe to delete them from the registry, although i would suspect that it is. just make sure you use the same usb port whenever you flash. that way you avoid overcomplications with this issue
THX for the info. I'd try to find out the right one.
In my case it was the second key found, not the first!
So this tool does not work for everyone.
Greetings. Been haunting this place for awhile, happy to finally have root.
After the phone is rooted the last step is something that sweeps up a bunch of SE's stock apps that most people don't want. What about us who actually liked a few of them, though?
I would have liked to keep the app called "TrackID," and am wondering if there's any way to get it back? I can't really find like a repository for the base APKs (I might want the Mixi plugin for Timescape back in the future, as well).
Can someone rip these out somehow for individual installing?
Here it is:
http://rapidshare.com/files/403753839/trackid.apk.html
Just install the apk.
Its works for me.
Nice threat, nice anwser.
It works fine with me too.
Thanks!
Preventing the rooting process from removing apps
Hello, You could just enter the step4 folder and open the cleanup.sh file in notepad or similar.
Remove the line saying rm *packagename here*. Then your app will only be copied to your SD, but it will also remain on the phone.
track id request
i couldnt download the package, the link no longer works :-(
Could someone uóad it again to another server? Because its a common problem and will br of much help thanks
http://balsat.hopto.org/builds/seX10-system/index.php?dir=..%2FseX10-system%2Fdir%2Fsystem%2Fapp%2F
ok... but now...
I have the app already installed, but now evertime it tries to connect it says "authentication error".... help?
I gave up and rooted the phone again, i went from steps 1 to 3 with no problems, using track id everytime to make sure it worked, and it did, I even used the cleanup script and it was there working very well...
So, I used steps 4 and 5 (for the X10a) But now it wont work... it says "authentication error".... what gives?
Sorry for my english, I´m from mexico...
Everything on my phone is working fine...
For TrackID I can only say that it was probably a rights issue.
Use chmod or Root Explorer to set the rights(644).
For step 4 and 5 i cant help,i have only a 3 step X10i ,sorry.
But dont give up, i think u find the help here on XDA.
I had/have bricked my X10 Mini Pro
I followed the instructions here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=743800
and after receiving NO errors and thinking everything was finished unmounted from the host machine and unmounted the sd card and re-booted the phone
Sadly it all went tits-up.
It booted into the locked screen and the reolution was way lower than before
The GUI was gone leaving only the activity/notification bar - the rest of the touchscreen was a fetching blue, with no applications, no corners, no nuffink.
Somewhere in this forum was a tip to start PCC and hold down the back and home keys, tap the power button and when the screen goes black connect the phone to the PC.
This gave me back a GUI but I have lost some Apps and more importantly it has booted into airline mode and no amount of turning 'Airline Mode' on/off with the power button will get rid of the airplane icon in the notification bar. So I can't get into my phone carrier nor any wireless networks.
So a few questions before I start again
Build.Prop file
changing numbers to have an unbranded phone for Australia ?
- is it just a matter of opening the file with gedit and changing the string with something from the list for Australia then saving or need I also change locale to AU ?
ok assuming that I only cut 'n' paste the 1234-1234, or whatever the number is I need to use to allow SEUS to update the phone for me, into the build.prop file then save it to copy from the SD card into the phone's system directory
( ./busybox cp /sdcard/build.prop /system/ )
I think that command roughly translates to " run busybox to copy the build.prop file on the card into the system sub-directory of the phone"
doesn't it ?
so, to continue this example,
I am in Australia,
I have a phone that used U20a firmware from this line
U20a WORLD-1-2-5 CDF1238-2298 1239-2226 3 AU/Black
I would cut the 1239-2226 and paste it into line #3 of the UK generic .prop file
ro.product.name=U20i_1238-0199
or do I change the line to read ro.product.name=U20a_1239-2226
or am I barking at the wrong tree ?
and
#68 ro.product.locale.region=GB
should that now read
"ro.product.locale.region=AU"?
hey mate hope this helps:
backup your build.prop first
open build.prop and replace the 1234-1234 values with the values directly after CDF, in this case 1238-2298.
do the following:
adb push build.prop /sdcard/build.prop
adb shell
su
mount -o rw,remount /dev/block/mtdblock0 /system
busybox cp /sdcard/build.prop /system/build.prop
exit
Now run update service.
it will ask you to connect your phone to the system. You will need to turn your phone off, hold the back button and connect the usb then after that just follow the prompts.
goodluck
Am I editing lines
#3 ro.product.name=U20a_1238-2298
AND
#8 ro.build.fingerprint=SEMC/U20a_1238-2298/SonyEricssonU20a/delta:1.6/1.1.A.0.8/1:user/release-keys
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backup your build.prop first
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I assume this is
./busybox cp /system/build.prop /sdcard/
Boo hoo hoo
That didn't work, having rooted the phone (I assume that when I connect it to my PC run CMD.exe and in the terminal run 'adb shell' then su the SuperUser application opens up in the phone to allow/deny is an indication that I have root)
I have edited the generic UK build.prop file to change it to an Australian Vodafone build.prop file ---I think ---
Exited out of the adb shell, exited out of the command line interface
unmounted the phone from the host machine
unmounted the client - the phone
shut down the phone
removed the battery for at least 5 seconds
during which time I completely removed all traces of SEUS using a Windows application called CCleaner
and reinstalled
opened the Update Programme
put the battery back in the SE phone
held onto the Back Button as if my life depended on it
connected the phone to the PC
SEUS says ..........
wait for it ..............
No new software available, try again later
I may well be the last Australian X10 mini pro owner running Android 1.6 and am getting pretty frickin' sick of being told by Sony that there's nothing new for me
i had the optus firmware but since i live in china now i have been using the chinese firmware. do system restore and see how that goes, otherwise get the optus system installed and update it...but as far as i know everybody should be upgraded to 2.1 by now...
Also all you have to do is just edit the build.prop and restore the original firmware through pc companion... and then try to get the 2.1 update hope that works mate
saywot said:
No new software available, try again later
I may well be the last Australian X10 mini pro owner running Android 1.6 and am getting pretty frickin' sick of being told by Sony that there's nothing new for me
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You should have used "repair". That will work.
vlissine said:
You should have used "repair". That will work.
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There isn't a 'repair' option any more with SEUS
and I keep getting the "No new software for your phone" message when attempting to repair using PCC
I'm guessing that I need to edit something else because I have some sort of a VFE file system version
Can I edit the firmware version in the build.prop file to something else
- then ask PCC to repair ?
Hmm
I just did the HBBHBHHB shuffle and see that in the software info section there appears to be an inconsistency
there is a different identifying strings of numbers for
- Phone software version
- S1 Boot Version
- ETS Sofware Version (whatever that is !!)
- Customization Version
I give up
I have edited the build.prop file with quite a few CDF numbers
re-booted
connected to SEUS
only to be told
"there is no new software for your phone"
I am starting to think that there will never be any 2.1 juiciness
I've tried Telstra AU, I've tried 3 Au, and Vodfone
- nothing and am now at my wit's end
And it's not as if this forum is bubbling over with suggestions as to the reason why a rooted phone can't have different firmware installed so it may have an OS upgrade
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You should have used "repair". That will work.
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well, there's a problem with that
The only 'repairing' is done with PC Companion
I have un-installed/re-installed that POS about 4 times and now it's throwing
"Unable to install or start phone software update components" at me
I decided to just dump the generic UK U20i build.prop file into the system directory and overwrote whatever I had there (the older one was saved as build.prop.bak)
This still didn't get me any software updates from SEUS - if that's what Sony is calling the next Operating System.
So apart from copying and pasting the whole build.prop file I want to use and asking what EXACTLY needs to be changed.
I have a question or two
-- "VFE-1-8 1.1.A.0.8" how can I get it changed to 'World 1-2-5 ?
-- and no matter what I do to the customisation version using an edit or two of /system/build.prop the software version stays the same and this is why I think I keep getting a "No New Software For Your Phone - try again later" from both SEUS and PCC
and the Model Info always reports U20a
as always any help or suggestions will be gratefully received
saywot said:
well, there's a problem with that
The only 'repairing' is done with PC Companion
I have un-installed/re-installed that POS about 4 times and now it's throwing
"Unable to install or start phone software update components" at me
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There was no need to install and reinstall PCC, you could have simply deleted the directory containing downloaded firmware, so that it will download the correct one.
You are doing lots of unnecessary things, and the way you do it takes you nowhere, since instead of simply following the guide which has been posted and tested by practically everyone on this board you start fiddling with wrong parts of the system.
My sincere advise to you is spend 10 euros and get it reflashed by these guys http://www1.davinciteam.com/index.html
Good luck.
There was no need to install and reinstall PCC, you could have simply deleted the directory containing downloaded firmware, so that it will download the correct one.
You are doing lots of unnecessary things, and the way you do it takes you nowhere, since instead of simply following the guide which has been posted and tested by practically everyone on this board you start fiddling with wrong parts of the system.
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Now you tell me !
I know what I have been doing is futile and wasting my time.
But the guide is NOT simple for some of us less-talented people.
It doesn't say whether to replace all instances of the xxxx-xxx number in the build.prop file or only one,
I'm still not clear where there is a mention of CDFxxxx-xxx yyyy-yyyy whether I should use xxxx-xxxx or yyyy-yyyy in editing the properties file
Also the phone is a u20a phone, the UK Generic file is for u20i devices, and the guide doesn't make any distinction between the different hardwares - and they are different
In which directory does PCC keep the downloaded firmware that I am to delete?
'Dashboard' 'Drivers' 'Languages' or 'Skin' are the choices of directories, the rest of the C:/Program Files/Sony Ericsson/Sony Ericsson PC Companion/ folder are individual files - dlls exes etc etc
So to start again
I am about to upload (via the CLI in Windows) so
one last question (which is really the first question)
which line do I change in the build.prop file
- I am now assuming from the tone and content from #vlissine that I am changing too much so it's one line with one new number
and is it the string of numbers attached to the alphabetic CDF or those immediately following the CDF alphanumeric string in the u20a listing?
This is sort of the firmware I'm after
U20a WORLD-1-2-5 CDF1239-5023 1238-9150 Telstra AU/Black
which is to ask - do I use "1239-5023" or "1238-9150"
B.T.W.
if the phone has 1.1.A.0.8 firmware
and the build.prop file has 1.2.A.1.174
doesn't that create some sort of 'inconvenience' for me ?
Hi everybody.
Many years since I have been on XDA Developers. I recently got given a Sony Tablet S and, in my search for info, ended up here. Great tosee the forum is still great and very useful.
I am from the UK and rooted my tablet yesterday (using methods and SW found here) in order to upgrade to ICS. All went smoothly but I have noticed that I am unable to use the infra red functions on my Toshiba TV and Sky Satellite box after rooting and upgrading. They worked fine before.
Would this be anything to do with changing region?
My world will not end as a result of no longer being able to control my TV and satellite with my tablet. Just curious as to why.
Anyone with explanations or a possible fix, I would appreciate some advice.
Also - and this may just be me - I noticed that if you plug a USB device in or insert the SD card, it creates a folder in the Storage directory which is empty but cannot be deleted. So I currently have sdcard, sdcard1 and sdcard2 and usbdisk1 - usbdisk8. Is there any way to remove these as when I try to delete using File Manager HD, it says no.
Thanks in advance for your help.
tonylee2000 said:
Hi everybody.
Many years since I have been on XDA Developers. I recently got given a Sony Tablet S and, in my search for info, ended up here. Great tosee the forum is still great and very useful.
I am from the UK and rooted my tablet yesterday (using methods and SW found here) in order to upgrade to ICS. All went smoothly but I have noticed that I am unable to use the infra red functions on my Toshiba TV and Sky Satellite box after rooting and upgrading. They worked fine before.
Would this be anything to do with changing region?
My world will not end as a result of no longer being able to control my TV and satellite with my tablet. Just curious as to why.
Anyone with explanations or a possible fix, I would appreciate some advice.
Also - and this may just be me - I noticed that if you plug a USB device in or insert the SD card, it creates a folder in the Storage directory which is empty but cannot be deleted. So I currently have sdcard, sdcard1 and sdcard2 and usbdisk1 - usbdisk8. Is there any way to remove these as when I try to delete using File Manager HD, it says no.
Thanks in advance for your help.
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I cant give u answer on all but it have two things
First : i hope u did not do a gegion chance while running ics i hope. Strangely enough i thought device should brick but idunno if its supported already
Second : there should be an option to accept root browsing and changing try "Root Explorer" the blue app you can change things if you want. Dont know how much you can adjust change delete etc. Didnt tryed all ofcourse and i think your regular internal sd can not be changed. Permissions for example.
Mahaco said:
I cant give u answer on all but it have two things
First : i hope u did not do a gegion chance while running ics i hope. Strangely enough i thought device should brick but idunno if its supported already
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I'm changing my device region all the time, now I've got sony tablet P region lol
About thread/problem name 'Remote Control Not working after Rooting for ICS Upgrade' - what root has to do with remote control?
If you don't want to have it, then you can reflash your device with stock ICS zip without any mod, root etc. Remember that its 'one-way-ticket'.
Maybe tomorrow I will check xda forum, and will find a thread about 'I used AiO tool, my leg does not bend to the end'.
OK so, the point is that most probably its an ICS issue.
I've got not-US region device, got ICS on it,
and remote control works just fine!
Start with wiping device, then check, then if its not good for you,
then you can still downgrade your device, back to 3.2.1.
(more info about downgrade in AiO thread - FAQ section).
br
condi
Maybe tomorrow I will check xda forum, and will find a thread about 'I used AiO tool, my leg does not bend to the end'.
HAHAHAHA lol xD
Thanks for the advice people.
Condi, thanks for taking the time to read and advise - It was your tool I used to root my tablet in the first place so that I could upgrade to ICS.
I think the point of my post may have got lost in translation a little. All I was saying was that before rooting and upgrading, I/R remote was working on my TV and Satellite receiver and after rooting and upgrading, it no longer does.
I just wondered whether the connection was known or obvious. I presume once Sony officially launch ICS in the UK, we will know!
Thx again