Hey guys,
I've bought a SE Xperia Mini Pro a week ago, and I've been thinking on installing a Custom ROM. Is it worth it? I mean, I'll lose the device's warranty... Can you guys give me a complete guide to do this? I want to install CM10, I think it's the best...
After installing the Custom ROM, is there a way to "recover" the warranty? If I need to repair something on the phone, can I put the Xperia on it's original state? Stock ROM, without ClockworkMod Recovery...
Help me please, I've already install some CRoms in Samsung, HTC and LG, but I've never did something like this on a SE.
Thanks, and sorry for my bad english.
emanuelparedes said:
Hey guys,
I've bought a SE Xperia Mini Pro a week ago, and I've been thinking on installing a Custom ROM. Is it worth it? I mean, I'll lose the device's warranty... Can you guys give me a complete guide to do this? I want to install CM10, I think it's the best...
After installing the Custom ROM, is there a way to "recover" the warranty? If I need to repair something on the phone, can I put the Xperia on it's original state? Stock ROM, without ClockworkMod Recovery...
Help me please, I've already install some CRoms in Samsung, HTC and LG, but I've never did something like this on a SE.
Thanks, and sorry for my bad english.
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Installing custom rom usually will need a custom kernel,installing custom kernel need an unlocked bootloader,and when you unlock your bootloader,your DRM keys and the warranty will gone,and there are no ways to recover back since you list DRM keys and modified the phone (which have been stated that modifying the device will void the warranty)
Well,it should be no problem for you since you have done something like that before...but,you should responsible yourself if your device broke when in the process of unlock bootloader,installing custom kernel/rom..just remember : If your device are in bootloop/won't start,try to give it a try by flashing stock ftf file using Flash Tool
EDIT : I'm a former member of this community,don't worry
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Warranty isn't lost if you use custom roms which can run on stock kernel thus locked bootloader(there are several with this feat, cm10 is not one of them unfortunately)
If it's worth it it's up to you, what you're looking for from your phone and what roms have to offer.
There are several ways of unlocking bootloader and some keep drm keys thus not loosing warranty, do some reading in the faq at the beginning of this thread, ome searching around and then make your choices.
Please read the stickies for help, in my signature there's a how to install custom roms, too
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I've just checked if my could unlock the bootloader of my SE and... I can't :s
Bootloader unlock allowed: no
What can I do? I want to install CM10 :/ Some info about my SE:
Modelo:
SK17i
Versão do Android:
4.0.4
Versão de banda base:
8x55A-AAABQOAZM-203028G-77
Versão do kernel:
2.6.32.9-perf
[email protected] #1
Número de compilação:
4.1.B.0.587
I think I'll buy this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1896553
Is this safe?
unlock through wotan server is your only option
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unlock through wotan server is your only option
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Thanks mate. I'll buy that in December or January, i don't want to void the warranty now, I've only bought the phone a week ago...
I'm glad that this has a solution, even though I've to pay for it. But it's cheap and it also unlocks the SIM...
Can anyone port the jelly vanilla Rom to xperia mini pro running .587?? At least please tell how to port Roms from one phone to another
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aneel3692001 said:
Can anyone port the jelly vanilla Rom to xperia mini pro running .587?? At least please tell how to port Roms from one phone to another
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Search search search search search search SEARCH BEFORE POSTING dude! there are lots and lots of guides explaining porting Roms!
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Search search search search search search SEARCH BEFORE POSTING dude! there are lots and lots of guide explaining porting Roms!
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To aneel : The person above me have told the answer,you can make a search on google or xda how to port rom...
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thanks goutham both the tutorials i reffered were damn good and pretty simple and as u said "NOOB FRIENDLY" :good:
and one big request do u knw someone who can actually port the jelly vanilla GX1.1 rom for xperia mini pro running ics 4.1.B.0.587 i tried to get in touch with emails i dont get replies, that is the reason for posting in here:fingers-crossed:
aneel3692001 said:
thanks goutham both the tutorials i reffered were damn good and pretty simple and as u said "NOOB FRIENDLY" :good:
and one big request do u knw someone who can actually port the jelly vanilla GX1.1 rom for xperia mini pro running ics 4.1.B.0.587 i tried to get in touch with emails i dont get replies, that is the reason for posting in here:fingers-crossed:
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If you are talking about this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1921766 rom then it's already out for lww, all you need to do is add dev files for your device. If you don't know what those are open any rom with aroma (or just the patches for other devices from roms like pacman) and copy those files taken from source for your device to installation zip.
Any other methods to port coz I'm damn confused by lookin at diff methods
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Any other methods to port coz I'm damn confused by lookin at diff methods
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Porting isn't easy as it look/ ABC...
And even there are another way,it'll be the same...
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To be precise, There isn't a "proper way" to port Roms. One method might work and one might not. You have to create your own ways of porting for each kind of Rom by taking the other guides as just a reference. You should be able to interpret logcats and understand the errors while testing a ported Rom. You need to research a lot!!! As the comment above me said porting is not easy! Read read read research research research debug debug debug and at last you may see the wonderful moment of your ported Ron's boot animation! (after that you might still have errors though)
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emanuelparedes said:
I've just checked if my could unlock the bootloader of my SE and... I can't :s
Bootloader unlock allowed: no
What can I do? I want to install CM10 :/ Some info about my SE:
Modelo:
SK17i
Versão do Android:
4.0.4
Versão de banda base:
8x55A-AAABQOAZM-203028G-77
Versão do kernel:
2.6.32.9-perf
[email protected] #1
Número de compilação:
4.1.B.0.587
I think I'll buy this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1896553
Is this safe?
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please write your post in English
sssaliii said:
please write your post in English
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Yes, but I think we all know what he means
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Rudjgaard said:
unlock through wotan server is your only option
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:good:
According to this forum you have failed, a lot of over caffeinated teenagers with too much time on zheir hands, and basment dwellers will repeatedly tell you to search and read before posting.
Let me put it this way - search, google, wiki, ask friends to help you. You're ****ed. Searching for correct Kernel and ROM is hard as **** beacuse if you misunderstood something say goodbye to your device.
As one experienced user on this forum said - we are developers this not a spoonfeeding site.
I could see that guys boner while he wrote that ****. Google your questions, here you will not find the droids you are looking for.
4eye5 said:
According to this forum you have failed, a lot of over caffeinated teenagers with too much time on zheir hands, and basment dwellers will repeatedly tell you to search and read before posting.
Let me put it this way - search, google, wiki, ask friends to help you. You're ****ed. Searching for correct Kernel and ROM is hard as **** beacuse if you misunderstood something say goodbye to your device.
As one experienced user on this forum said - we are developers this not a spoonfeeding site.
I could see that guys boner while he wrote that ****. Google your questions, here you will not find the droids you are looking for.
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Lol I wonder how you can see the boner
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hi xda developers and friends.. i m new to using android and i have sony xperiax10 i...... any one can help me to upgrade 2.3 plzzzzzzzzzzzzz i have baseband .54 and i want to upgrade 2.3 cyagone cm7 plzzz tel me how to do with full information
http://tinyurl.com/3s6nc8e
Is ur phone rooted...if not use Flash tool to do so and install xrecovery aft that follow installation guide of cm7 thread
i would suggest u to follow the guides in sticky threads ....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=908791
How to use custom roms
Hi.
Search for flashtool in this forum... it will help you root your phone and get xrecovery and busybox installed. You will need that to install custom roms.
Custom roms will also be found in this forum, so a little search will help.
Keep in mind that GB for X10 does not have full camera implemented. I have Froyo (MIUI) which works like a charm for me.
PlayGunsta said:
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Classic!! lol...
Check this out
You'll find that most people here are willing to help out, but you are expected to do your homework also. As you can see, all the questions you might have have been asked before. If you search first you'll find most of your answers faster than posting a new thread. AND if you still don't find what you need people will be a lot more willing to help seeing that you tried before. Enjoy!
To be fair I tryed using the search function yesterday numerous times and it didn't work. Kept saying come back in 20 minutes.
Really frustrating and I always seem to need help when its not working.
Sort it out xda
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This is priceless, thank you!
LMAO
Can someone upload .42 kernel in .ftf file ?
Or older ?
Please.
jonke11 said:
Can someone upload .42 kernel in .ftf file ?
Or older ?
Please.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1504700
Pls search
Why creating new thread, when you have your own thread?
I flash it, but my phone writes its .62
And both kernels file sizes are same 4.37 mb
I dont know what to do, because its not my phone..
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See !! They even search wtf:s there is a general chat to ask and not to start a new thread !! Or look into the neo/neo v topic
jonke11 said:
I flash it, but my phone writes its .62
And both kernels file sizes are same 4.37 mb
I dont know what to do, because its not my phone..
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So why do you use someone else phone ??
Iam flashing .ftf via flashmode in flashtool
Do i need to flash via fastboot?
My pc cant recognize phone in.fastboot
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Because iam doing this for my friend
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jonke11 said:
Iam flashing .ftf via flashmode in flashtool
Do i need to flash via fastboot?
My pc cant recognize phone in.fastboot
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NOO with flashmode and can you friend do this on his own ??
fastboot is for unlocked bl !!
jonke11 said:
Because iam doing this for my friend
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You seem to have one disaster after another! Why don't you - sorry, your friend - just use the phone and stay stock. It is very good as is. You are not experienced enough to do any of this.
I realise you only learn by trying, but there is a limit... you may be on a one-way road to Bricksville
LenAsh said:
You seem to have one disaster after another! Why don't you - sorry your friend - just use the phone and stay stock. It is very good as is. You are not experienced enough to do any of this.
I realise you only learn by trying, but there is a limit...
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Agreed
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He dont learning, he just ask and if then is goes wrong he blaim it on us,
further i agreed to withyou LenAsh
No, iam trying, because i want to learn, iam useing xperia neo, and i dont want another phone, because i dont need it.
Iam not blameing anyone.
You guys realy helped me for other things.
Now iam stuck in rooting problem, so iam trying to solve it.
Really thanks for help.
Now about rooting.
When iam flashing sony ericsson original kernel, i dont need bl unlocked?
Its true or false - i can install .42 kernel via flashtool and then i will be able to root my phone?
Sorry for bad english
And iam sorry, honestly, iam learning.
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ok...am not new to androids, infact i do a bit o' developing. now, a friend of mine sold me his x10 (white, unlocked, international version).
i have had LG's and Samsung's before, but never have had the pain as such. rooting and installing CWM and then installing a ROM was effortlessly simple.
am thinking of
1. unlocking the bootloader
2. installing an OC kernel
3. then testing out the awesome ROMs u all have....AND
4. port the superawesome PRADA ROM to the x10.
so, if any of you might kindly consider showing me the way round here, i shall be grateful.
P.S. - i tried to follow the tutorials on the general section, but i feeel am gonna mess it all up (and i frankly don't have much time getting it back again and start over from scratch). so please....
awaiting answers,
regards,
achyut.
Actually wt u mean?
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use flashtool to root, install recoveryand unlock bl that's all u need
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Superman said:
Actually wt u mean?
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i mean what should i EXACTLY do for getting a custom ROM and an OC'able Custom kernel up and running??
laneyofdeath said:
use flashtool to root, install recoveryand unlock bl that's all u need
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might posting some links mate??..i know it's annoying to do it, but the forum of x10 is very mature with multiple threads on similar topics. might be hard to pinpoint the needed thread.
achyut said:
i mean what should i EXACTLY do for getting a custom ROM and an OC'able Custom kernel up and running??
might posting some links mate??..i know it's annoying to do it, but the forum of x10 is very mature with multiple threads on similar topics. might be hard to pinpoint the needed thread.
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http://androxyde.github.com/Flashtool/
It's a sticky in x10development thread
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achyut said:
ok...am not new to androids, infact i do a bit o' developing. now, a friend of mine sold me his x10 (white, unlocked, international version).
i have had LG's and Samsung's before, but never have had the pain as such. rooting and installing CWM and then installing a ROM was effortlessly simple.
am thinking of
1. unlocking the bootloader
2. installing an OC kernel
3. then testing out the awesome ROMs u all have....AND
4. port the superawesome PRADA ROM to the x10.
so, if any of you might kindly consider showing me the way round here, i shall be grateful.
P.S. - i tried to follow the tutorials on the general section, but i feeel am gonna mess it all up (and i frankly don't have much time getting it back again and start over from scratch). so please....
awaiting answers,
regards,
achyut.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=928343
HERE
voila
I guess what you mean is how to start right?
maybe:
1. download the rom you'd like to go for and copy it to SD card
2. download the kernel flash using Flashtool
3. install the rom using Recovery
whether OC or not depends on the kernel, so watch out and pick up the right one.
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Seriously??? Dude just google it or see the stickies in the forum!!!
Google bootloader unlock official and go to Sony site than google root xperia and root your phone than google how to flash kernel flash jb kernel xperia than look at instructions in Pac thread
Optimaxed Ray @ xda
It's on my grandmother phone and its a cheap way to get Google now as her eyesight is grave
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Sony site has an excellent guide. I was/am noob and it was easy to follow.
I found sony's guide quite confusing as they don't guide about the Android SDK.
This is much easier http://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/wiki/Sony_Ericsson_Xperia_Ray:_Full_Update_Guide
Thanks to Cyanogenmod again
here is the link..unlock bootloader
http://unlockbootloader.sonymobile.com/instructions
pac rom..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1803076
but some people prefer unlock bootloader using testpoint method
http://www.jictechnology.co.uk/multiunlocker_guide/index.htm#page=Xperia_Test_Point_Unlock.htm
It is unbelievable how can you be too lazy to look for these info in RAY thread.
all information ( also for noob ) u can find in RAY thread, you just have to read
For google now you don't have to unlock the bootloader and you probably don't want to give your grandma a phone that isn't working perfectly, so you probably want to stay with ICS and most preferably a stock based ROM....try this for google now:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1916926
jareee said:
It is unbelievable how can you be too lazy to look for these info in RAY thread.
all information ( also for noob ) u can find in RAY thread, you just have to read
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I know, right! .. I don't get it because it takes no longer to post the question in the correct place ... I guess it really does boil down to people just not giving a **** about observing rules.
I have problem with my Samsung Galaxy S2, my s2 was unlocked in version 4.0.4 than i updatet in 4.1.2 i downloaded official rom from sammobile i flashed with odin and than my phone asked for sim network pin. than i flashed again with 4.0.4 the same problem. Please help. How can i fix this.
VIGANJASHARI said:
I have problem with my Samsung Galaxy S2, my s2 was unlocked in version 4.0.4 than i updatet in 4.1.2 i downloaded official rom from sammobile i flashed with odin and than my phone asked for sim network pin. than i flashed again with 4.0.4 the same problem. Please help. How can i fix this.
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By searching the forum
This is what i done. Flash stok 4.0.4. Siyaa Root it, go to unlock s2 in market. Make sure to back up ur efs folder. Then flash a custom jb i did militant its the BEST stock like rom, and it shouldnt remove the network unlock.
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Thanks
kuljit55 said:
This is what i done. Flash stok 4.0.4. Siyaa Root it, go to unlock s2 in market. Make sure to back up ur efs folder. Then flash a custom jb i did militant its the BEST stock like rom, and it shouldnt remove the network unlock.
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I I sent in unlocking servise, maybe they can`t fix, and then you will help me a little to fix. Thanks.
VIGANJASHARI said:
I I sent in unlocking servise, maybe they can`t fix, and then you will help me a little to fix. Thanks.
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Why didn't you search the forum?
You got like 50 posts on how to unlock your device.
And these guys you took your phone to must be searching THIS FORUM right now, so they can unlock your device. ALL thanks to xda.
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VIGANJASHARI said:
I I sent in unlocking servise, maybe they can`t fix, and then you will help me a little to fix. Thanks.
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That is absolutely ridiculous.
Look children, this is what happens when you cant be bothered to search, you go and pay some idiot to do what you should have done in first place, ie search, read, learn and do.
If you had search you would have found many topics that recommend various unlocking apps from play store or on xda and unlocked you device in seconds.
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Questions like this have been asked before and can be answered by doing a little research (searching).
If you plan to advance in your knowledge of android you are going to have to learn and not just expect help on already answered questions.
~ The-Captain