Boot loader unlocking (Virtualbox + GNU/Linux) - Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini

Hi all,
i'm very happy to finally see our hated boot loader unlocked!
By the way i was following the_laser steps to unlock it but i'm on a GNU/Linux machine
(Archlinux) so i tried the Virtualbox way noticing that "s1tool" for checking if the phone
is unlockable or not works fine but the batch "msm7227_semc.cmd" isn't at all (maybe
"adb" doesn't communicate very well through Virtualbox USB virtualization, i don't know),
so i port the batch as a shell script and it works.
It's not good to keep it in my laptop so here it is:
Code:
#!/bin/sh
#
# msm7227_semc.sh - a simple step-by-step port of msm7227_semc.cmd
# by [email protected]
#
# 2011 - Alessandro "ff0000.it" Massignan
#
COUNT=0
function error ()
{
MESSAGE=$1
echo "Error: ${MESSAGE}"
exit 1
}
function step ()
{
COUNT=$(( COUNT + 1 ))
MESSAGE=$1
printf "\n${COUNT}. ${MESSAGE}"
read
}
cat <<EOF
******************************************************
*** Process requires standard Android 2.x firmware ***
*** -= now it's up to you! ;-) =- ***
******************************************************
EOF
step "searching for 'adb' executable"
_WHICH=`which which 2>/dev/null` || { error "Missing tool: which"; }
_ADB=`${_WHICH} adb 2>/dev/null` || { error "Missing tool: adb"; }
step "getting root priviledges"
echo "waiting for device..."
$_ADB wait-for-device
echo "pushing exploit..."
$_ADB push bootTools/rageagainstthecage /data/local/tmp/expl || \
{ error "Failed to push the exploit"; }
$_ADB shell "chmod 777 /data/local/tmp/expl" || \
{ error "Failed to change permission on exploit"; }
echo "executing exploit..."
$_ADB shell "/data/local/tmp/expl" || \
{ error "Failed to execute the exploit"; }
echo "waiting for device..."
$_ADB wait-for-device
step "removing NAND MPU restrictions via SEMC backdoor (this is permanent)"
$_ADB push bootTools/fixPart /data/local/tmp/fixPart || \
{ error "Failed to push the backdoor"; }
$_ADB shell "chmod 777 /data/local/tmp/fixPart" || \
{ error "Failed to change permission on backdoor"; }
$_ADB shell "/data/local/tmp/fixPart" || \
{ error "Failed to execute the backdoor"; }
echo "Rebooting..."
$_ADB shell reboot
echo "Waiting for device..."
$_ADB wait-for-device
step "re-getting root priviledges (wait for complete boot process)"
$_ADB shell "/data/local/tmp/expl" || { exit 1; }
echo "Waiting..."
$_ADB wait-for-device
step "getting access to semcboot area"
$_ADB push bootTools/mapper_2.6.29.ko /data/local/tmp/mapper_2.6.29.ko || \
{ error "Failed to push maper module"; }
$_ADB shell "chmod 777 /data/local/tmp/mapper_2.6.29.ko" || \
{ error "Failed to change permission on mapper module"; }
$_ADB shell insmod /data/local/tmp/mapper_2.6.29.ko || \
{ "Failed to load maper module into kernel"; }
step "writing semcboot"
$_ADB push my7227bootwrite_semcSL /data/local/tmp/my7227bootwrite_semcSL || \
{ error "Failed to push semcbooti data"; }
$_ADB shell "chmod 777 /data/local/tmp/my7227bootwrite_semcSL" || \
{ error "Failed to change permission on semcboot data"; }
$_ADB shell "/data/local/tmp/my7227bootwrite_semcSL" || \
{ error "Failed to execute semcboot data"; }
step "All done."
exit 0
copy this one and put it as msm7227_semc.sh in msm7227 directory (the one you obtain extracting the archive built by the_laser, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1254225), enter the directory
and execute it:
Code:
[email protected]:msm7227# sh ./msm7227_semc.sh
******************************************************
*** Process requires standard Android 2.x firmware ***
*** -= now it's up to you! ;-) =- ***
******************************************************
1. searching for 'adb' executable
2. getting root priviledges
waiting for device...
pushing exploit...
2324 KB/s (585731 bytes in 0.246s)
executing exploit...
waiting for device...
3. removing NAND MPU restrictions via SEMC backdoor (this is permanent)
12 KB/s (3087 bytes in 0.240s)
success
Rebooting...
Waiting for device...
4. re-getting root priviledges (wait for complete boot process)
Waiting...
5. getting access to semcboot area
154 KB/s (8064 bytes in 0.051s)
6. writing semcboot
1294 KB/s (596916 bytes in 0.450s)
successfully wrote 0003ff00
7. All done.
[email protected]:msm7227#
*** each step has to be confirmed by pressing a key ***
It requires "adb" executable in one of the directory listed in $PATH variable.
It works for me so it has to work for you ;-)
Happy unlocking and endless kudos to the_laser ,
ff0000

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THANK YOU! Im on linux and had to use my rubbishy windows machine to do bl unlock also QEMU might be better for USB as the android emulator runs it and that works fine
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x10man said:
THANK YOU! Im on linux and had to use my rubbishy windows machine to do bl unlock also QEMU might be better for USB as the android emulator runs it and that works fine
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It's been a (long) while since i don't use Qemu (maybe i could give it a chance ;-)... the annoying thing is that folks here at XDA isn't so Opensource-proned and don't tend to share their sources :-/, for this unlocking procedure you've to bow down to Windows for the s1tool and that's so-so-so-so-so-so-so-so-so boring... on the other hand if s1tool's sources is available, someone could port it to GNU/Linux in order to have a complete platform independent task... but that's only my point of view i don't want to mess up with great gifts we receive from XDA
Cheers,
ff0000

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Yeah its kinda sad that androids based off of linux but most of its utilities are windoze.... Yeah on sources it is useful to release but sometimes not
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x10man said:
Yeah its kinda sad that androids based off of linux but most of its utilities are windoze.... Yeah on sources it is useful to release but sometimes not
Sent from my U20i using XDA App
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I think sharing informations (in this case code sources) is always good to give people the opportunity to learn so to evolve... and i have no relationship with Richard Stallman at all! :-DDD

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SteveBallmer said:
Monkey Dance to you! (me no like that idea oo oo ah ah!)
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thats all i have to say to this.

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Sorry. One off troll plus it was a jab at ballmer
Anyway have you tried asking the_laser for sources? He may give you them if you say you are porting to linux
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x10man said:
Sorry. One off troll plus it was a jab at ballmer
Anyway have you tried asking the_laser for sources? He may give you them if you say you are porting to linux
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No problem mate, i still can't do the monkey dance X-D... i should try in a drunken state X-DDD...
I asked him to include the script in the msm7227 package but it'd be better to ask the source of s1tool so i could totally port (if i'm able to ).
By the way, do any of you try my script?!? Is it working?
Thanks x10man,
ff0000.it

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Cool man! I'll give it a shot. You should link to the original thread though

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kissmyarch said:
Cool man! I'll give it a shot. You should link to the original thread though
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Thanks mate,
in these day i'll see if it could be included in the_laser's package but first i've to be sure to be able to port s1tool or we stay with a foot on Windows and the other on GNU/Linux and that's not good

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And what about flashtool? Is there a linux alternative? because I'm using it through Virtualbox and it's a little bit annoying.
Sorry I can't try your script since I've already unlocked... but thanks anyway.

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ambrosiosanchez said:
And what about flashtool? Is there a linux alternative? because I'm using it through Virtualbox and it's a little bit annoying.
Sorry I can't try your script since I've already unlocked... but thanks anyway.
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You could use Flashtool in GNU/Linux with Mono, but i never try it (however that's another annoying point)
I run the script on my unlocked phone and it worked fine (the_laser told me that i could run it how many times i want to) ;-)

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But guys flashtool is on java! So you run it by
Code:
java -jar flashtool.jar
I've done it before
Oh and ff0000.it could you please include in your first post the download links of what we need to run with your script?
It's nice to have them all in one place rather than searching among several posts. Thanks!

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i cant do a full unlock test but i can test on already unlocked if its ok and off topic i am able to do the monkey dance quite well btw there is a hilarious vid on utube called best of ballmer watch it. soooo funny LINUX FTW! btw what distro u on im either openSUSE or crunchbang depends on mood im in

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kissmyarch said:
But guys flashtool is on java! So you run it by
Code:
java -jar flashtool.jar
I've done it before
Oh and ff0000.it could you please include in your first post the download links of what we need to run with your script?
It's nice to have them all in one place rather than searching among several posts. Thanks!
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You're totally right... i was writing about Flashtool and thinking about SuperOneClick... my moronic brain has stricken again!
I added the link to the unlocking guide that has the link to the package ;-)

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kissmyarch said:
But guys flashtool is on java! So you run it by
Code:
java -jar flashtool.jar
I've done it before
Oh and ff0000.it could you please include in your first post the download links of what we need to run with your script?
It's nice to have them all in one place rather than searching among several posts. Thanks!
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Thanks! much easier than Virtualbox

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Great! I just had to change the top line to #!/bin/bash (syntacs error with the sh interpreter) and run the script as root.