How can I enter the reovery in official 2.3? - XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hey everyone,
my broderinlaw updated from official 2.1 to official 2.3 when the PC Campinion freezed. I was at the 2/3 of the process. We would like to enter the recovery and restart the update.
How can we enter the reovery? Or do you have any other idea?
thx,
lj

Recovery? What is it? Run PC Companion or SEUS again, I don't know what is Recovery.

liljom said:
Hey everyone,
my broderinlaw updated from official 2.1 to official 2.3 when the PC Campinion freezed. I was at the 2/3 of the process. We would like to enter the recovery and restart the update.
How can we enter the reovery? Or do you have any other idea?
thx,
lj
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of course you can't enter xrecovery now.try angin with PC companion
or you can use flashtool

You will have to use the repair guide in Sony-Ericsson Update Service (SEUS) or PC Companion. There is no other way if your installation failed halfway through...
There is a brief guid on this over at S-E X10 support site:
http://www.sonyericsson.com/cws/sup...oretheprocessfinishedts/xperiax10?cc=gb&lc=en
That should get you back up and running. When done I suggest you take a look at this XDA-post, if you want to root your phone and enable the "proper" recovery mode:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1196808
Ps.
Read that post carefully, several times and make sure you know hat you are doing before flashing anything!
//Static

StaticGTF said:
You will have to use the repair guide in Sony-Ericsson Update Service (SEUS) or PC Companion. There is no other way if your installation failed halfway through...
There is a brief guid on this over at S-E X10 support site:
http://www.sonyericsson.com/cws/sup...oretheprocessfinishedts/xperiax10?cc=gb&lc=en
That should get you back up and running. When done I suggest you take a look at this XDA-post, if you want to root your phone and enable the "proper" recovery mode:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1196808
Ps.
Read that post carefully, several times and make sure you know hat you are doing before flashing anything!
//Static
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thank you very much for the answer!

I just tried the first link, and it worked
thanks a lot!

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[Q] Need help rooting xperia x10

I just bought an sony xperia x10 and i am new to moddig and flashing i had an htc hero and i rooted it and everything with no problem now i want to go from 1.6 to 2.1 on my experia x10 can comeone please help!!!!
waymon31 said:
I just bought an sony xperia x10 and i am new to moddig and flashing i had an htc hero and i rooted it and everything with no problem now i want to go from 1.6 to 2.1 on my experia x10 can comeone please help!!!!
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This is the Easy stuff, you dont need root to go from 1.6 to 2.1
First go to the Sony Ericsson website and download two programs called Pc companion and Sony Ericsson Update Service (SEUS), located in support for X10
Then just install those two and follow instructions, you should now already installed the drivers for your x10 by going into flash mode
Now your Pc companion will alert you that there is an update for the x10. Click on that and just follow every step.
To Get 2.2 and over:
1) need to root - download either flashtool from Q&A thread or you can download SuperOneClick
2) Use either to root device - once rooted, reboot phone
3) Download busybox from the market and install
4) Once installed, your device is basically rooted and has xrecovery installed
5) you can reboot into xrecovery by tapping the back button several times when the sony ericsson logo has appeared
6) just install any of these custom roms available on this site and PLEASE READ THE INSTRUCTIONS FOR EACH ROM
7) you may have to flash different basebands for different roms- i will not explain every single step because you can find out by searching and reading these forums
8) just install any rom and reboot DONE!!!
thanks for the help im just stuck on 1 little step i cant seem to get the semc driver installed. any suggestions im using windows vista
waymon31 said:
thanks for the help im just stuck on 1 little step i cant seem to get the semc driver installed. any suggestions im using windows vista
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It should just try to autoinstall when you plug your phone into usb and connect the first time if your on stock ROM.
Sent From My *Super Fly X10*
If I (or anyone for that matter!) help you, dont be afraid to press THANKS!
hey if you cant get the computer to read it, turn off your phone, unplug usb from phone, hold the BACK button WHILE plugging the usb into your computer. Keep hold of the back button until the computer has recognised it
xperiax10mods said:
This is the Easy stuff, you dont need root to go from 1.6 to 2.1
First go to the Sony Ericsson website and download two programs called Pc companion and Sony Ericsson Update Service (SEUS), located in support for X10
Then just install those two and follow instructions, you should now already installed the drivers for your x10 by going into flash mode
Now your Pc companion will alert you that there is an update for the x10. Click on that and just follow every step.
To Get 2.2 and over:
1) need to root - download either flashtool from Q&A thread or you can download SuperOneClick
2) Use either to root device - once rooted, reboot phone
3) Download busybox from the market and install
4) Once installed, your device is basically rooted and has xrecovery installed
5) you can reboot into xrecovery by tapping the back button several times when the sony ericsson logo has appeared
6) just install any of these custom roms available on this site and PLEASE READ THE INSTRUCTIONS FOR EACH ROM
7) you may have to flash different basebands for different roms- i will not explain every single step because you can find out by searching and reading these forums
8) just install any rom and reboot DONE!!!
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thanks for your easy to follow tutorial it worked like a charm!!!!! i am so happy with my new phone its runs very fast!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! the pic quility is fantastic!!!!!!! thank again

[Q] Flashtool problem

Unhappy [Q] flashtool problem
Please help, My x10i became a brick. I could not start up the phone, I am now stuck at the SE logo for hours ...
I upgraded the phone to 2.3.3 stock SE then I tried to root the phone using a flashtool 0.2.9.1 by azuzu from this website:
http://www.xperiax10.net/2011/09/08/root-your-gingerbread-xperia-x10-tutorial/
I installed Gordon Gate driver 2.2.0.1 before following this guide. Then I followed every steps on this guide and it seems good until I get to step 6 (Upgrade Kernel) I couldn't upgrade and it gives me an error message.
Like this... I saved a screenshot here ...
https://docs.google.com/document/d/10vaOKKuc2c8Tr8QFonD5pd_9Zq86yGa-ldiFXN-eKTs/edit?hl=en_US
Please help me un-brick it... much appreciate for your help....
I had the same error in my X10... would aprecciate to know the solution too...
Update Service
I finally put this phone back alive using Sony update Service from here:
http://www.sonyericsson.com/cws/sup...ds/subject/updateservice/1.349192?cc=gb&lc=en
download and install on a pc. This update is pretty stable.
Now I just need to find another way to root the phone...
did u unbrick it using SEUS once u unbrick it try rooting again using flashtool method again !!
I'll try
I'm going to try again with the most updated flashtool later... hope it will work, but I have no faith in it because of my bad experience

[tut] flashing the bricked or dead x10 mini with the stock firmware

hi guys dis s d tutorial for flashing d stock firmware on a dead or bricked x10 mini.....
NOTE: THIS PROCESS WILL RELOCK UR BOOTLOADER AND ROOT WILL BE GONE
Step 1: Download Sony Ericsson update service software (SEUS) http://www.sonyericsson.com/cws/supp...ro?cc=gb&lc=en
Step 2: Install it and open it
Step 3: Now do a hot reboot on the device by pressing and holding both the menu and power keys at the same time
Step 4: Without wasting even a single second press and hold the back button and connect your USB cable while holding Back
Step 5: Do not release the back key until the SEUS identifies your device. When it identifies your device, the update option will appear on your screen.
(It may say that you have a latest firmware already, but you click repair anyway and after the operation starts, You may release your back key.
Step 6: Wait until the update process gets finished and reboot your device now you will have a stock firmware with locked bootloader
feel free to hit thanks if this helped you..
kudo for posting this, but many spelling mistakes and excessive use of txt speak like "ur, u, diz" you may wanna rewrite the post
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Step 1: Download Sony Ericsson update service software (SEUS) http://www.sonyericsson.com/cws/sup...ject/pccompanion/xperiax10minipro?cc=gb&lc=en
Step 2: Install it and open it
Step 3: Now do a hot reboot on the device by pressing and holding both the menu and power keys at the same time
Step 4: Without wasting even a single second press and hold the back button and connect your USB cable while holding Back
Step 5: Do not release the back key until the SEUS identifies your device. When it identifies your device, the update option will appear on your screen.
(It may say that you have a latest firmware already, but you click repair anyway and after the operation starts, You may release your back key.
Step 6: Wait until the update process gets finished and reboot your device now you will have a stock firmware with locked bootloader
Hopefully, this will be easier to understand (spelling, grammer & punctuation fixed)
thanx for the opinion will repost it soon
You are wrong, restore a firmware does not restore the lock of the bootloader. Your bootloader keeps unlocked always (you need s1tool to relock)
Sent from e10a using xda premium
if the phone is bricked... will the above steps work..??
i want to flash my stock kernel with nAa kernel and install MiniCM7..
Please someone reply... thanks in advance..
karthiks.840 said:
if the phone is bricked... will the above steps work..??
i want to flash my stock kernel with nAa kernel and install MiniCM7..
Please someone reply... thanks in advance..
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any one will answer this question ??
matthias1203 said:
any one will answer this question ??
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The phone at least has to be able to boot in flash mode. If it's "more bricked than that" it shouldn't work...
Missing "REPAIR" option in SE Update Service
SE Update Service ver.: 2.12.5.57 (last)
Kernel: nAa kernel
ROM: MiniCM7
There is no "REPAIR" option (see attachment).
It was in older version only? Who knows?
Or does anyone know another way to get back to stock ROM and kernel from the kernel and naa MiniCM7 ROM?
I claim my phone. So I need the original state.
THNX a LOT!
The repair option in PC Companion is a bit hidden, mine is in dutch but i try to show you the steps you have to take.
See screenshot 1, support zone, click start
See screenshot 2, update phone software, click start
See screenshot 3, phone not found (or you have the latest firmware), click the repair link
The repair link is not there if you choose update from the mainscreen in SEUS.
This desnt work. I have got almost standard conditions
SmG67 said:
The repair option in SEUS is a bit hidden, mine is in dutch but i try to show you the steps you have to take.
See screenshot 1, support zone, click start
See screenshot 2, update phone software, click start
See screenshot 3, phone not found (or you have the latest firmware), click the repair link
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Your screenshots are from Sony PC Companion
But there is talk about Sony Ericsson update service software (SEUS)
showstopper1 said:
Step 1: Download Sony Ericsson update service software (SEUS) http://www.sonyericsson.com/cws/supp...ro?cc=gb&lc=en
Step 2: Install it and open it
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Nevertheless I try your way. I found "Repair" link. I walk thru all steps, but It shows "No software available" (it was looking more like "update" then "repair") (see attachment). And then redirect me to homepage of PC Companion (with no chance to Repair).
I have got standard conditions:
Sony XPERIA X10 mini (E10i)
with
Kernel: nAa kernel (last version)
ROM: MiniCM7 (last version)
PC Companion Version: 2.10.053 (last)
SE Update Service (SEUS) Version: 2.11.12.5 (last)
THIS SOLUTION STILL DOESNT WORK FOR ME (I THINK FOR ANYBODY WITH SAME CONDITIONS)
Please help. I'm starting to be clueless :/
Thanx a lot.
I have edited my post, it is PC Companion ofcourse...
What steps did the repair option make you take? with me it is:
1. you will lose all your data, agree...
2. computer will be prepared, choose your model - x10 mini
3. it will tell you how to enter flash-mode (unplug, shut down, press back, plug in)
4. it will download the firmware and flash it to the phone
5. disconnect the phone and restart
as far as i know, the repair option doesn't care what phone you have, or what software it runs, it trusts you to select the right model, and itself to find the right firmware for that, no other checks are performed, it just flashes it.
PS: I was on nAa-08 and GingerDX this time, especially for this post i have flashed back to stock. i have bricked my phone a few times when i tried flashing custom roms and it always worked this way for me, even if you are on stock firmware it will still flash it again.
is it possible that my mobile SIM is not recognized after bootloader relock in s1tool?
niksa09 said:
is it possible that my mobile SIM is not recognized after bootloader relock in s1tool?
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If it was still working after you unlocked the bootloader, then relocking it probably won't break it.
If it stopped working after you unlocked the bootloader, then relocking might restore it.
In any case make sure you're on stock firmware before you relock.
guys i have a bricked mini with stocked firmware i connect it with seus and it says that i have the latest firmware but it doesnt appear the repair button ! Whats can i do /
marios199546 said:
guys i have a bricked mini with stocked firmware i connect it with seus and it says that i have the latest firmware but it doesnt appear the repair button ! Whats can i do /
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leave your phone unplugged when you choose update, and only plug it in when it asks to connect in flashmode. It can't recognise your phone when it's unplugged and should give you the repair option, if SEUS doesn't do that, download PC Companion, that will do it.
but the pc companion need the phone to be turned on and my phone doesnt turn on
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i follow your instructions and again nothing
marios199546 said:
but the pc companion need the phone to be turned on and my phone doesnt turn on
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i follow your instructions and again nothing
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So, what is wrong with your phone then? is your battery dead?
When you start PC Companion and you don't have your phone plugged in, you do the following:
Choose update
It will say: Phone not recognised (or something like that) and in that dialog there is a little blue link saying Repair. Click on it.
It will tell you you will lose all user data, accept that
It will ask you to select your phone-model from a list
It will download the firmware for that phone.
It will ask you to connect your phone in flash-mode (press the back-button, plug in the usb-cable, the led will turn green, the dialog will disappear and it will start flashing.
No need to turn on your phone at all, but it needs some charge in the battery in order to successfully complete the flash (normally a charge of over 50% is recommended to be safe)
please help me find goog firmware for my xperia mini (e10i)
my xperia mini bricked after i tried to flash firmware but it still boot to flashmode. please help me find a better firmware to restore my phone!

[Q] x10 flashing help

Hi can someone please help!!
I have a xperia x10i to cut a long story short i lost the firmware and everytime i try to flash a new one it wont work, flashtool says its done but when i turn phone on after it flashes SE then a warning triange and phone and then restarts again and again and so on. the phone is not rooted. iv tried the official roms 1.6 2.1 and 2.2 but they wont go on. iv tryed using SEUS and companion but it keeps saying failed. im really confused
any help would be great thank you
dello2002 said:
Hi can someone please help!!
I have a xperia x10i to cut a long story short i lost the firmware and everytime i try to flash a new one it wont work, flashtool says its done but when i turn phone on after it flashes SE then a warning triange and phone and then restarts again and again and so on. the phone is not rooted. iv tried the official roms 1.6 2.1 and 2.2 but they wont go on. iv tryed using SEUS and companion but it keeps saying failed. im really confused
any help would be great thank you
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Its "soft-brick" state.
Didnt you have some problems with usb before?
If not, try to charge up your phone once again.
Then read this topic, It will surely help you:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1034997
usb and everything was fine before i started messing around the firmware.
battery was fine and when i was flashing the roms the green light was on and the computer recognised the phone OK so did flash tool. is there anyway of getting the phone into a fastboot mode so i can use the dos fastboot??
thanks
Make the phone root 1st.
Try read here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=928343
Then u can flash other ROM u like to your device.
Sorry, i am also newbie. but i read a lot thread and follow senior guide ^_^
dello2002 said:
usb and everything was fine before i started messing around the firmware.
battery was fine and when i was flashing the roms the green light was on and the computer recognised the phone OK so did flash tool. is there anyway of getting the phone into a fastboot mode so i can use the dos fastboot??
thanks
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Even if phone shows up error triangle you should be able to use standart flash mode.
About fastboot dont know, never used it.
hi,
Thanks both for your help, in the end i downloaded the lastest version of flash tool and its got a option of disable verification and worked spot on.
only problem now is rooting. iv looked everywhere and they all say use flashtool
but i can get the other buttons to show up but the root button wont and of course u cant flash cwm with out root. im running 2.3.3
any help would be great thanks
dello2002 said:
hi,
only problem now is rooting. iv looked everywhere and they all say use flashtool
but i can get the other buttons to show up but the root button wont and of course u cant flash cwm with out root. im running 2.3.3
any help would be great thanks
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No problem, it could be done, but not so simply. I did rooting and xrecovery installation without Flashtool many times since Flashtool werent possible torun on Linux
Root could be done with exploit zergRush; but try SuperOneClick first. It will take some time root it completely manual.
Same with xrecovery, but its much more simple, pasting three or four files to root FS.
Try superoneclick first, if it wont help, will provide more step by step information.
EDIT:
Simpliest solution - almost forgotten
Download the zip provided underthis post.
Extract the zip file.
Connect your phone to computer (remember, that USB debugging must be on!!!)
Run file runme.bat (command line window will appear).
Enjoy !
dello2002 said:
Hi can someone please help!!
I have a xperia x10i to cut a long story short i lost the firmware and everytime i try to flash a new one it wont work, flashtool says its done but when i turn phone on after it flashes SE then a warning triange and phone and then restarts again and again and so on. the phone is not rooted. iv tried the official roms 1.6 2.1 and 2.2 but they wont go on. iv tryed using SEUS and companion but it keeps saying failed. im really confused
any help would be great thank you
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RELAX first.
You will have to flash the stock SE firmware is by using the X10 Flashtool i .e. get your phone to stock and then root it again.
Here's a video link to the procedure :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmX-IYNYqL8
And a link to the stock SE firmwares:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=920746
I used this firmware :
http://www.4shared.com/file/_Scw5x_R/x10i_301g075_1241-1846.html
Happy Flashing !
hi all,
super one click and doom both say failed(cannot connect to deamon) adb drivers are properly installed and windows reconised phone bit the rooting programs wont. its starting to piss me off.
iv followed so many videos and forums but non work ???????
dello2002 said:
hi all,
super one click and doom both say failed(cannot connect to deamon) adb drivers are properly installed and windows reconised phone bit the rooting programs wont. its starting to piss me off.
iv followed so many videos and forums but non work ???????
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do you have USB debugging and unknown sources turned on your phone? Because its really strange why adb cant connect.
What ROM and kernel you are currently running on?
@dello what does ur pc say when u type adb devices?
Sent from my X10S using XDA
hi,
running the official rom and kernal that the SEUS installed running 2.3.3
and yes debugging mode and allow are both on but still says cannot connect to deamon, could it be the boot loader? i put ICS on a xperia play and did that fine, do i need to unlock the bootloader like i did with the play?
i did try to but the se website wont unlock it
and ADB in dos wont pick it up list empty
cheers

[HELP]X10 Mini pro completely BRICKED.

Hi all,
It seems my X10 mini pro is completely bricked.
Firstly I root my phone
after that I copied the xrecovery and made a restart, till then everything was rolling smoothly.
I backed up and reseted to factory settings. loaded the new update.zip and after the restart that was needed my phone briked
it's not a common brick. I can't use flashtools to recover it.
here is the problem that appears...
6/030/2013 18:30:20 - ERROR - ERR_SEVERITY="MAJOR";ERR_CLASS="SECURITY_CLASS";ERR_DYNAMIC="SIN header verification failed"
16/030/2013 18:30:20 - ERROR - Error flashing. Aborted
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phone is not responding to any command. Plus it needs to be turned off if you wanna restore the backup you saved previously...when I try to flash it, phone turns ON
I read many guides in this forum to unbrick it but didn't find anything that suits to my occasion.
If any other detail is missing from my report please ask me to add it.
Sorry for my english
Thanks in advance.
Use SEUS to restore Download from:
SEUS
Dont forget to pull of your battery for 4 seconds, for turn off your phone before connect your phone.
gnickz0r said:
Hi all,
It seems my X10 mini pro is completely bricked.
Firstly I root my phone
after that I copied the xrecovery and made a restart, till then everything was rolling smoothly.
I backed up and reseted to factory settings. loaded the new update.zip and after the restart that was needed my phone briked
it's not a common brick. I can't use flashtools to recover it.
here is the problem that appears...
phone is not responding to any command. Plus it needs to be turned off if you wanna restore the backup you saved previously...when I try to flash it, phone turns ON
I read many guides in this forum to unbrick it but didn't find anything that suits to my occasion.
If any other detail is missing from my report please ask me to add it.
Sorry for my english
Thanks in advance.
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Press home and power buttons together, it will restart the phone, then start pressing the back-button repeatedly to get back into recovery and restore your previous rom from there. (Come to think of it, following my last paragraph below, you probably don't have recovery on your phone anymore, so, as Rempty mentioned above, repairing with SEUS or PC Companion would be the start to recover your phone to a usable state,.)
The error flashtool gave you is because you didn't unlock the bootloader and didn't change the kernel on your phone. It can't flash any non-sony kernel on a locked bootloader.
What is this 'update.zip' you're talking about? Most full roms have more informational names to distinguish between different zips. An update.zip is usually only for hotfixes to ROMS already flashed, and not a complete ROM.
Thanks a lot guys. I solve my problem with SEUS.
Phone completely formated.
Love you guys
Hey guys I hve instaled xrecovery and minicm9 too on my x10 mini pro I hve wiped chache,etc nd when I reboot , it hangs on SE logo plz help me
SE logo?? You forgot to install nAa kernel, do you unlock bootloader??, remember that minicm9 is not for stock kernel.
Sorry for my bad english
Sent from my iPhone6 using xda business
W'll when I try to unlock the bootloader it gives error can u plz help me
william chauhan said:
W'll when I try to unlock the bootloader it gives error can u plz help me
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use flash tool to unlock ur bootloader
make sure ur fone is rooted
Sent from my U20i using xda premium
I'm already using flashtool bt it's nt working
william chauhan said:
I'm already using flashtool bt it's nt working
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What's your phone's build date? Ex.11w37(written on the stick placed on the back )
Sent From My BEAST , I mean X8
My build no. Is 2.1.1.A.0.6
Plzz help me..
Plz help me.. I try to unlock the boot loader .. and the phone bricked !!!! what am i going to do??
i try the PC COMPANION but my phone did not detect it..
this is what i did to bring back life to my x10 mp.
Switch phone completely off then if not already running start pc companion. then this step really got to me because of the phone constantly restarting, to get pc companion to detect the phone, i pressed and held the back key down and connected the usb cable just like flashing a new kernel. pc companion then detected the phone as x10. doesnt matter. then start the update and you must do the same thing again to force update service to detect the phone and to give the option to repair. then once thats done follow the prompts through update service, it will then ask you what phone you have, choose x10 mini pro and update.its a long process but be patient and your phone will work again.
Hey guys I used the flashtool to unlock the bootloader and I also followed the steps too but problem is when the phone was rebooted it didnt read the sim card now what should I do ? Please help
thas911 said:
this is what i did to bring back life to my x10 mp.
Switch phone completely off then if not already running start pc companion. then this step really got to me because of the phone constantly restarting, to get pc companion to detect the phone, i pressed and held the back key down and connected the usb cable just like flashing a new kernel. pc companion then detected the phone as x10. doesnt matter. then start the update and you must do the same thing again to force update service to detect the phone and to give the option to repair. then once thats done follow the prompts through update service, it will then ask you what phone you have, choose x10 mini pro and update.its a long process but be patient and your phone will work again.
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my phone is in HARD BRICKED.. my phone is dead the phone didnt charge and totally dead.. what should i do?? help me??
i also have a hard bricked,even when i put it to charge the phone its not blink the led
help

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