Strange problem with flashing kernel - Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini

I would like to ask for some ideas what could possibly cause my problem with flashing one particular kernel.
Here`s my starting point:
1. I know what I`m doing, I`m comfortable with flashing custom kernels & roms, that means my bootloader is unlocked etc... /talking about U20i/
2. I` ve done extensive search on this forum and elsewhere
3. I went through SEUS update
4. I`ve got latest flashtool, but tried also older versions, tried on various PCs
5. There`s only this one .ftf in the firmware folder
5. I` ve got the right kernel file, triple-checked that, re-re-downloaded, md5
matches, nobody else reported this problem
When I try to flash it with flashtool, it gives me this error line:
ERR_SEVERITY="MAJOR";ERR_CLASS="MEMORY_CLASS";ERR_STATIC="HASH_VER";ERR_DYNAMIC="Failed to init erase"
After that, I can flash ANY other kernel w/o problems.
Questions:
1. Is there anybody with the same problem?
Talking about this: http://www.mediafire.com/?ish1obpr8mtxdh6 , but you could possibly have the problem with other kernels too
2. Is there a possibility that my boot partition is somehow corrupted?
3. Is there a way to check for that and make some repair?
4. Am I loosing my mind? /I am, no need to answer to this,
thank you /

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i also had this problem on my X8 when flash kernel Alfs CM8, but when i tried Kernel nAa, it is succes

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drfr said:
I would like to ask for some ideas what could possibly cause my problem with flashing one particular kernel.
Here`s my starting point:
1. I know what I`m doing, I`m comfortable with flashing custom kernels & roms, that means my bootloader is unlocked etc... /talking about U20i/
2. I` ve done extensive search on this forum and elsewhere
3. I went through SEUS update
4. I`ve got latest flashtool, but tried also older versions, tried on various PCs
5. There`s only this one .ftf in the firmware folder
5. I` ve got the right kernel file, triple-checked that, re-re-downloaded, md5
matches, nobody else reported this problem
When I try to flash it with flashtool, it gives me this error line:
ERR_SEVERITY="MAJOR";ERR_CLASS="MEMORY_CLASS";ERR_STATIC="HASH_VER";ERR_DYNAMIC="Failed to init erase"
After that, I can flash ANY other kernel w/o problems.
Questions:
1. Is there anybody with the same problem?
Talking about this: http://www.mediafire.com/?ish1obpr8mtxdh6 , but you could possibly have the problem with other kernels too
2. Is there a possibility that my boot partition is somehow corrupted?
3. Is there a way to check for that and make some repair?
4. Am I loosing my mind? /I am, no need to answer to this,
thank you /
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I guess u want an ISC kernel (nAa kernel) for an nAa's MiniCM9...
try this buddy

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Naa released an new version of his ics kernel. Take a look to this site
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1636504
This iss U20_naa_ics_02
I hope my post helped you good luck

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Thank you all. I'm using nAa's ics kernel and miniCM9 since the day it was released for our devices, so the above problem doesn't really matter no more. But the question remains - how such thing as described could possibly happen at all, when everybody else had no such problem with the same kernel and I am dead sure I had the right one and did everything I should. Well, **** happens and it's not always possible to explain why, obviously.
Sent from my U20i using xda premium

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drfr said:
Thank you all. I'm using nAa's ics kernel and miniCM9 since the day it was released for our devices, so the above problem doesn't really matter no more. But the question remains - how such thing as described could possibly happen at all, when everybody else had no such problem with the same kernel and I am dead sure I had the right one and did everything I should. Well, **** happens and it's not always possible to explain why, obviously.
Sent from my U20i using xda premium
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Seriously? Since the day it was released for your phone.. While you could not flash the kernel? Why didn't you say it had worked or something like that and close this thread as solved?

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SmG67 said:
Seriously? Since the day it was released for your phone.. While you could not flash the kernel? Why didn't you say it had worked or something like that and close this thread as solved?
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I can see I'm being misunderstood. The problem I described doesn't get solved if I flash OTHER kernel. The question remains the same: how could that thing happen at all? OK, I don't need that kernel mentioned in OP anymore, but still I hoped I could hear from people whether they hadn't experienced such things with other kernels and what could be possible solution. This would be useful if somedy in the future will search forums for help, don't you think?
Sent from my U20i using xda premium

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Ah, you managed to flash the ICS2 kernel instead of ICS1, is that right?
I guess sometimes things fail for some reason, it seems this was a random bug that not many people experienced.
Have fun anyway with your new Rom, glad it worked out in the end.

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SmG67 said:
Ah, you managed to flash the ICS2 kernel instead of ICS1, is that right?
I guess sometimes things fail for some reason, it seems this was a random bug that not many people experienced.
Have fun anyway with your new Rom, glad it worked out in the end.
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As you say, for some reason - I hoped somebody could try to explain the nature of the actual reason. As nobody did, we can conclude it was, as you say, a random bug and close this thread, OK.