Hi there to everybody.
I have an x10. I rooted it a while ago. Installed xrecovery, busy box and finally custom ROM. However now, I want to get back to the android 2.1 to make it ready for an update to android 2.3 via PC companion, but the problem is, I don't know how to get back to the 'factory settings', I mean those real ones, cuz when I click restore factory settings it just removes all the stuff from my phone and leaves me with the custom rom. PC companion is not working either for a repair. I don't really know what shall I do.
I was trying to find a thread like that but I could not find it.
cheers
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=920746
Flash 2.1 firmware with the flashtool, or use SEUS to get back.
Do u have a backup of ur original rom in xrec. What I did was wipe the usual and restore my se backup then let sues do its stuff
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thank you very much for the reply. I think there is no backup with xrecovery cuz when I reset the phone and start xrecovery (the one where you use sound buttons to navigate) and i click factory reset, it resets the phone to custom rom. I think that flashtool will do it as I understand. I will give me the original software and it will let me to unroot the phone so I can easily upgrade the phone to android 2.3 via pc companion. That's what I understood and I hope it is right .
btw, in that link that 'hasei' posted, there is a list of generic firmwares. Does it mean if I just download and install 'Generic version 2.3.3 build 3.0.1.G.0.75' using xrecovery and is it the same as android 2.3 installed via pc companion. Is there any difference? Is any of them any better from the other? Is it identical to the one made by sony ericsson? Cuz I think that what the word 'generic' stands for. Sorry for the silly questions but I wanna make sure and I will appreciate any answers.
I just installed 2.1 firmware using flashtool, so there is 2.1-update1 installed. However using pc companion I still cannot upgrade my software to 2.3 using pc companion. Don't know what to do.
n0rbas,
"Generic version 2.3.3 build 3.0.1.G.0.75" is the SE's official 2.3 firmware. "Generic" only means that it's not carrier-branded and nothing was added by a carrier. I guess you could say "pure" Sony Ericsson.
If you are not hell-bent on upgrading the firmware through PC Companion, you can flash the 2.3 firmware through the flashtool, just as easy as you did 2.1. I would take this route if I were you.
hasei said:
n0rbas,
"Generic version 2.3.3 build 3.0.1.G.0.75" is the SE's official 2.3 firmware. "Generic" only means that it's not carrier-branded and nothing was added by a carrier. I guess you could say "pure" Sony Ericsson.
If you are not hell-bent on upgrading the firmware through PC Companion, you can flash the 2.3 firmware through the flashtool, just as easy as you did 2.1. I would take this route if I were you.
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thank you for the reply.
I tried to do it, but that 2.3 version is not the one provided by sony ericsson, the graphics is different, I just want to be able to install the sony ericsson one and cannot even If I have a 2.1, it says that it is up to date when using pc companion. Shall I unroot the phone or what? I have no idea.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1186045
It really depends on what version of X10 (X10i or X10a) you have and where you are. There are so many kinds of 2.1 firmware, branded or otherwise. You just have to have the right combination of a customization number/unrooted 2.1 firmware to upgrade through the official means.
I don't know what you meant by "the graphics is different," but with all due respect, you are incorrect. All the firmwares shown in that flashtool thread are unchanged sony ericsson ones. But if you think it's different, go with the PC Companion thing by all means.
If you have an X10a, it will be a long wait if any.
Ok, i checked it and it is apparently not out yet for my version. What I mean by the graphics. When you unblock the screen with the slider, the 2.3 has got the new one, the nice one and the one I installed it as a firmware has the 2.1 slider. There are many kind of things that are not in generic 2.3. To be honest I want 2.3 for its graphics. I will try to find 2.3 somewhere else and install it. If it won't work I gonna wait. cheers
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
read through many posts, still unable to flash to stock rom(can flash stock kernel, but unable to update through SEUS or PCC) because SEUS and PCC identifies me as the latest version(and my roms are 2.1update1, thats latest version)
but problem is that i dont have the Install or repair option at the bottom after connecting to SEUS or PCC in flashmode
thats why i cant flash with stock rom, even though i had flashed it with stock kernel
so i wanna try to flash it with older version that is android 2.1 for x10 mini pro, so that hopefully SEUS and PCC detects that i have older rom, and download the new rom for it...
being diggin xda devs and tried all sorts of solution and in vail...
I'd like to restore the stock 2.3.3 ROM on my X10, but SEUS (or SUS now) doesn't support this model anymore. Is there any other way to do it?
It did five days ago, as I just reset my XPERIA X10i phone.
Admittedly, I didn't download a new version of SUS, but just used an existing version that does check for current version.
Used it to upgrade an XPERIA M a month ago, so know it's latest version.
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Sony Update service.
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Could you provide the source of your SEUS setup (or if you are somehow in possesion of the setup file, could you upload it for me)? I'd be awful grateful.
i've already unlocked the bootloader, and i'm using a custom miui rom..
any idea how to flash it back to stock rom?
I've already given it a try, but there's no option for X10.
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I own an Xperia Ray running 2.3.4 stock gingerbread. I'm on the O2 UK network so I can't update to ICS because O2 does not allow the update to be pushed to the phone. How do I update to ICS?
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I own an Xperia Ray running 2.3.4 stock gingerbread. I'm on the O2 UK network so I can't update to ICS because O2 does not allow the update to be pushed to the phone. How do I update to ICS?
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wtf?? i diónt think thats truth ?!?! just download sony update software (pc companion i guess) for pc & update it to ICS. i dont think o2 is in the position to decide zhis. even theres no law for this. also googeling doesent show anything about this. i guess its some kind of rumor......
if that not works (it doesent showed me an update for the 1st time as i bought my arc new) you can flash ICS throug flashtool :
download & instructions here http://talk.sonymobile.com/t5/Andro...y-Bean-ICS-Ice-Cream-Sandwich-and/td-p/154389