Hi
i have unlocked mini pro and i have some questions:
1) my phone says it has the latest firmware...i have .58 version not .62... can i force the installation of this new firmware ?
2) what is new on .62 ?
3) what is the easies way to unlock boot since i see some ways of doing it but i dont understand what is the best (i dont want to loose warranty nor SE stuff acess)
4) i do want to keep stock firmware since i like it and its stable
5) anyone knows when will official ICS will be launched by SE?
regards
You can unlock your bootloader by testpoint method you will not loose warranty if you do this way search for the thread you will find it.
Official Ics will be launched end of march tentative.
its not QnA
u can post this on Xperia Mini & Mini Pro & Active General
Mod remove this thread plz
nothing new in .62 only some minor bug fixes and it patches the phone so that it cannot be rooted.
Dont upgrade if u want to root
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Hello
I live in Poland, a hole somewhere in Europe, between Russia and the USA...
I have an Xperia Pro MK16i with 2.3.4
Compilation: 4.0.2.A.0.58
Kernel: 2.6.32.9-perf
[email protected] SEMCHost#1
I am familiar with adb, previously I've had a HTC Dream, which I used to flash and root many times.
I would like to root my Xperia and:
1. Remove some bloatware (SE apps are, in majority, useless for me)
2. Change the screen DPI, to make it show more content.
And my question is:
After doing this, will I receive OTA updating my Android to 4.0 ICS?
I am NOT going to unlock the bootloader, change the recovery or ROM. I just want to decrease DPI value and, optionally, remove some bloatware.
Another question:
Can I do the root with Gingerbreak/Superoneclick or do I have to use the method via adb by DooMLoRD from here:
forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=18805560#post18805560
?
could anyone help?
I think YES
nowhere is written, that it is not working if you only rooted and delete some apps who can install again
with changing DPI I have no experience, but I think that it is not a important change
I'm sorry for my crazy, bad english
Hi,
greetings from another hole near Poland
Short time ago I also wanted to root and clean my MK16i. Unfortunately I had to downgrade to .42 firmware using Wotanserver first, because I upgraded shortly after buying using OTA to .62 which is probably not rootable using DooMLoRD Zerg Rush.
I was advised, that I cannot use OTA (and thus we removed the SE update service from the phone) as I would loose ROOT. So I decided rather to stick with 0.42 and wait till the ICS will be rootable on MK16i without unlocking the bootloader etc.
I have unloked bootloader (sony's method) and ics 4.0.3.
I want to update to ics 4.0.4 (rom for Greece , not the generic) , but pc companion tells me that i have modified rom and cannot update.
Is there any way to get the latest official update 4.0.4 for my country ?
Re-lock the bootloader!
flash this with flashtool
http://www.mediafire.com/?g1b5j712ajx4yjd
you can re-unlock the bootloader again after the update (I did so several times)
p.s. i used the official SE method to unlock the bootloader
Will try. Thanks.
Worked !!!
I installed official 4.0.4 with sus and then rooted the phone.
Feels fast , faster than custom roms.
next time, please dont open up a new thread for this. a lot of people with the same problem as yours have been answered. just a friendly reminder. this is a development forum.
hello Sola Owners !!!
As discussed earlier in many posts about the updates for Xperia '12 series there is a latest update available already on Pc companion...
please check it out and upgrade accordingly !!!!
don't know the change logs cause i myself haven't upgraded (but a couple of my Friends have) due to some issues (dont know whats wrong guess unlocking bootloader issues but relocked it and repaired still cant upgrade it to .184 from .162)
here is the discussion on Sony forum itself :
http://talk.sonymobile.com/thread/46840
NOTE: Can please someone extract .tft file of Indian variant and upload it here cause people facing this upgrade issue will be able to flash including me !!!
HI, I wanted to root an Xperia Nei mt15i, i found an article with a step by step guide ,which said downgrade the firmware to 2.3.2 then gingerbreak etc etc, and well now the phone says that the battery is empty, and i cant install a custom firmware becouse i cant unlock the bootloader, so i cant get in fastboot mode, anyone can help please?
To root you dont need unlocked bootloader.
follow this guide
http://talk.sonymobile.com/thread/35239
Flash .42 firmware NOT .62
then root
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1312859
After that use Over the air update to have latest .62 firmware or if you dont care stay with .42
You will be rooted with locked bootloader
(BE CAREFUL YOU NEED XPERIA NEO FIRMWARE NOT XPERIA NEO V!!!)
martirio3000 said:
To root you dont need unlocked bootloader.
follow this guide
http://talk.sonymobile.com/thread/35239
Flash .42 firmware NOT .62
then root
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1312859
After that use Over the air update to have latest .62 firmware or if you dont care stay with .42
You will be rooted with locked bootloader
(BE CAREFUL YOU NEED XPERIA NEO FIRMWARE NOT XPERIA NEO V!!!)
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Thanks, and will this fix the battery issue?? Ive downloaded the 4.0.2.A.0.42 firmware from the site you wrote, but in flashtool it seems "empty" no firmware content, and nothing in the other columns...:S
Where did you read that you need to downgrade to 2.3.2??
Now you killed your battery gauge and it's unrecoverable hardware failure. Only permanent fix is replace in service shop.
There are some custom kernels which have 0% fix, there is even fix for locked BL's, for more information read this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1312398
If your phone is under warranty, you can try giving it for repair under warranty.
i am very new in android and someday ago i bought sony ericsson xperia mini pro. ok i know this phone have official ics update and by default i have gb. so i connect my phone via pc companion and try to update but it say i have the latest software.. now ok i want to know that how can i update? i want a stock ics rom because xmp have a keyboard . plz provide me download link and flashtool download link. and the main thing is I DONT WANT TO UNLOCK MY BOOTLOADER. can it possible?
arif25169 said:
i am very new in android and someday ago i bought sony ericsson xperia mini pro. ok i know this phone have official ics update and by default i have gb. so i connect my phone via pc companion and try to update but it say i have the latest software.. now ok i want to know that how can i update? i want a stock ics rom because xmp have a keyboard . plz provide me download link and flashtool download link. and the main thing is I DONT WANT TO UNLOCK MY BOOTLOADER. can it possible?
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If I were you, I would stay on gingerbread, cause it's more stable, etc.
If you want to update look here for the rom ftf and for flashtool here.
But flashing voids warranty, so better try to update via for example seus, for that look here. It's the official sony tool and maybe with this you can update.
May I ask where are you from, because it should be available via pc companion...
If you want rooted ics you will have to do it with this tutorial
first say u helped me a lot, . and im from bangladesh. i tried to update my phone using pc companion that i got in the free 2gb mmc, .and also tx for the advice, i got that many user have prblm in ics