Hey people, I installed a new unknown software which has definitely changed my phone so much so that the touch system is amazingly smooth, with other add-on services. However, because my phone is an unlocked version of Orange network, it failed to support it and now my phone neither reads the SIM card, nor does it read my SD and wow, all my memory seem to have erased.
ANY SUGGESTIONS please??!!
I have tried updating my phone with the original Android 2.1 with PC companion, but failed.
use flash tool to restore a stock firmware, and if you are gonna use a custom one, check for which BB is made.... and flash that...
yohorange said:
use flash tool to restore a stock firmware, and if you are gonna use a custom one, check for which BB is made.... and flash that...
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I think if you go to to this link, and download+flash with flashtool a X10i firmware, it'll fix it. Try it and let us know
I have got really big problem with my x10 it was working fine before i installed tripnarc now my phone is really unstable it does turn but it restarts automatically or gives me wlod i tried flashing with seus flashtool nothing is working
Dude not to try and sound rude but you won't find much support for trip roms round here he is on another forum. If you look in my guide from my signature you will find links to flashtool thread and in there links to 'stock roms' which seus will then recognise and you can then repair your phone through seus. Oh and btw seus and flashtool tool are completely different things. Seus (sony ericcson update service, is officiall and from SE) where as flashtoolatest latest version to date being 2.9.1 is unofficial and was created by bin4ry and now maintained by androoxcide of XDA(not official but can root, optimize and install recovery to your phone, plus more). Both are good to restore back to stock but if seus won't recognise your phone then flashtool is the only way.
Also to consider have you you the right baseband installed and if so did you restore apps and data from a completely different install? Bad idea if you did, clean fresh, install is always recommended unless you really know what's safe to restore and what not to.
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You shouldn't be messing around with custom ROMs if you can't follow instructions... or know how to restore to stock.
Use PC Companion or Update Service to repair and flash back to stock.
Then start over.
You obviously didn't have the right baseband, didn't use "Bad Behavior", or didn't format/wipe cache/etc.
Have an Xperia X10 with Android 2.1. Wanted to root my phone to upgrade to gingerbread. However i admit i got confused with the plethora of links and pages and 6 hours later i have a phone that only has "Sony Ericsson" written on it.
Here's how i started - based on DoomLord's instructions i installed Flashtool (from here) . HOwever I was unable to find xrecovery folders in the log messages.
Followed step by step procedure but realised that each time i upgraded the kernel, phone seemed to be going into some bootloop.
I realised that this may be due to my phone running on Android 2.1
SO i moved to another thread . Downloaded these files with the hope that they would work.
meanwhile was also following video through a similar page that was detailing the methods for installing custom ROMs. The reason i followed another source is only because the intsructions on all these pages seemed very confusing.
i believe i may have misled myself by following two different procedures here or the files i downloaded were incorrect.
After I upgraded the kernel as per doomlord's instructions, i went into xRecovery and formatted the data folders. I had already copied the ROM files provided by Doomlord in this thread onto my SD card under a new folder. However, xRecovery was asking for .Zip files while there were .7z .
Tl;dr - formatted data on xRecovery and did not have the correct updated files. phone is not functioning now
Tragically so, I am now left with an Xperia that only seems to be displaying the words "Sony Ericsson". I wish to learn from this experience but hope its not at the cost of a good phone!
Would the experts believe that this phone can be un-bricked now???
your phone is not bricked so dont worry. just make sure you have the newest flashtool. dont upgrade the kernel if you are staying on 2.1. if youhavent downgaded the kernel then do so. if it doesnt work, just download your baseband and firmware you want. as for rooting on 2.1, you can use super one click. for 2.3, you hav to use the flashtool
If you are on 2.1, then you don't have to go through all the downgrade/upgrade hassel.
Just turn on debugging and use flashtool/superoneclick to root.
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fcb1 said:
your phone is not bricked so dont worry. just make sure you have the newest flashtool. dont upgrade the kernel if you are staying on 2.1. if youhavent downgaded the kernel then do so. if it doesnt work, just download your baseband and firmware you want. as for rooting on 2.1, you can use super one click. for 2.3, you hav to use the flashtool
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aR_ChRiS said:
If you are on 2.1, then you don't have to go through all the downgrade/upgrade hassel.
Just turn on debugging and use flashtool/superoneclick to root.
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Wow... such a relief to know that. Was exasperated and down-beat to even look at my phone.
please help me in identifying the right version of softwares and protocols to follow. In the current state, i connected my phone and flashed it once using flash tool but there has been no progress. Am i missing out a few steps?
How do i upgrade to 2.3 eventually?
Thanks a lot for the support and motivation
ok if you want to go to 2.3 download the firmware from here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=936733
flash it through the flashtool but you have to be in flash mode.
fcb1 said:
ok if you want to go to 2.3 download the firmware from here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=936733
flash it through the flashtool but you have to be in flash mode.
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Reading this from office now. Shall check in a few hours once i'm back home.
Owner of a Sony Ericsson Neo MT15i, first i unlocked the phone trough the Sony website, then installed Cyanogenmod 7.2.0-RC1 trough fastboot, experienced quite a few bugs and some features missing, so currently i have installed a generic firmware MT15i_4.0.2.A.0.42 trough flashtool (temporary).
So i've been searching on google as well as on XDA forums but can't find a clear lead where to get or how to install the official SE MT15i Android and Kernel (either the links are dead because they once were hosted at Megaupload or the download speed is in bps not kbps because the files are being hosted in China) - i don't want any Super-Cool-Over-The-Top-MegaPerformance-ROM ... i just wan't the the phone back to stock ROM(mainly because i'm looking forward to selling it in the near future).
I also had an idea about creating a image or ROM from another MT15i Neo from a colleague at workplace but there are no pointers that i could find how to do it or if it would work as a stock version. I'm sure that there has to be a way to get the official updates to work - it can't possibly be that impossible... can it?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1409352
One little advice that can be very helpful in future: when you install custom roms, first make a nandroid backup via CWM.
Just connect phone to pc and run pccompanion or sus....
That will get your phone back the latest version (For your region) and your phone will be as it was "Out of the box" again.
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Just connect phone to pc and run pccompanion or sus....
That will get your phone back the latest version (For your region) and your phone will be as it was "Out of the box" again.
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to update via PC Companion,you need to relock bootloader,otherwise you'll get a message like "You can't upgrade because you have modified software in your phone".
Ah! So that's why it didn't work! Cheers! From the moment when i made the first post till now have had the version posted in the second post, so i only need to relock the bootloader.
Hello,
I flashed the most recent MiniCM9-3.0.2 ROM with nAa ICS kernel and followed all steps carefully. Everything works except i get no service. I can find the service network (vodafone) but i cannot connect to it. I've tried to go back to stock kernel and miniCMPro 21 and i get no service as well. Any help?
Thanks
nvm... I figured it was a bootloader-issue, but i guess since you can still find the network your gsm is still working.
In any case, you're on stock rom, try relocking your bootloader and see if you can connect to the network then (Restore-button in S1-Tool)
Hi,
I'll try to restore and see if it works.
Thanks for the help.
Hi,
I restored and reinstalled CM9 and now everything is working! Thanks
i am in exactly the same boat, just flashed same rom and same kernal and now no service, i also was under the impression if i unlocked the bootloader it unlocked phone to all networks but my virgin sim would not work either, the phone was originally on orange and my orange sim worked before i done this, what do i need to do guys just flash back stock rom, if so where can i find this, thanks!
You need to use PC Companion or SEUS from Sony Ericsson to repair your phone, and then relock your bootloader with the Restore-button in S1Tool.
There is a big difference between sim-unlocking your phone, and boot-unlocking your phone.
The first one will allow you to go on other networks, the second one will allow you to flash a custom kernel.
If you want to unlock your bootloader, follow the tutorial and make sure your simlock-certificate is compatible, otherwise, obtain an EMMA/IMEI code from your provider to get your phone on other networks. In that case you can unlock your bootloader too.
There are plenty of warnings in the bootloader-unlock tutorial to prevent you from bricking your phone, if you don't understand the options that are there, don't mess with your phone.
iv tried using the repair function of pc companion but it just says no updates available for this phone, and i cant seem to find SEUS can anyone point me in the right direction please.
think i made a mistake last night though while messing, i locked the bootloader back up, had the capital R where needed, but i had a custom rom but i had flashed back the stock kernel by mistake, now the phone sits with sony ericsson on screen and doesnt do anything else, been that way for hours now, any help really appreciated!
Hi
I had the same problem. The easy way is to put the phone back to stck and start all over again. You can find SEUS here (search on google)
update_service_setup-2.11.4.11.exe
After install it just follow the instructions. When it says no update was found just click next anyway. it will restore the phone. And then start from that point:
unlock bootloader, flash kernel and install new Rom imediatly after flash kernel. DONT LET YOU PHONE START WIHT OTHER ROM OTHERWISE IT WILL GET THE SMA PROBLEM! Put the ROM file in the SD card and after install new kernel go imediatley to CWM and install the ROM.
It should work!
cheers mate iv just downloaded it and run it, this is all that happens once i restart in flashmode, any ideas
Go to the Development section for your phone in this forum and try to find a ROM that is based on the stock rom (I think you should still be able to nstall xRecovery on your phone and enter it), then flash it just like you would other custom roms.
how can i go about installing xrecovery mate as i cant access phone the way it is, i can get it into flashmode, using the power and home button then using back quickly after i restart, iv tried flashing a custom kernel back onto it too from flashtool but it gives an error and doesnt do anything, if only i could get that kernel back on at least just to get it out of the freezing!
Open flashtool and connect your turned-on phone through usb, if it says phone connected with usb-debugging, you can use flashtool to install xrecovery and reboot into that.
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Open flashtool and connect your turned-on phone through usb, if it says phone connected with usb-debugging, you can use flashtool to install xrecovery and reboot into that.
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its saying device connected with usb debugging off, lol, what now, is there anyway to flash back to stock via flashtool as i have stock e10i 2.1 uk stock rom, if so how mate, appreciate the help! iv really jumped in at the deep end and got all confused, used to flashing samsungs!
are you on the X10Mini (E10, robyn), or X10MiniPro (U20, mimmi)?
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are you on the X10Mini (E10, robyn), or X10MiniPro (U20, mimmi)?
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its the x10 mini mate, e10 model!
ok hang on
this is caused by your x10mini conditions just flash stock with flashtoll and if you want checke it with seus it will have a repair button
Theliakos said:
this is caused by your x10mini conditions just flash stock with flashtoll and if you want checke it with seus it will have a repair button
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im unsure of how to do that mate,do i need to put the stock rom inthe firmware folder same as i did for the kernel as i tried but it didnt show up, any guidance is much appreciated!
big-hol said:
im unsure of how to do that mate,do i need to put the stock rom inthe firmware folder same as i did for the kernel as i tried but it didnt show up, any guidance is much appreciated!
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ok guys this is what im getting when trying to flash stock rom via flash tool