I have searched and read and tried 100 things - so I apologize in advance as I know there are 100 threads about this... but I can't seem to get around this one.
I rooted my Girlfriend‘s Xperia X10 in July 2012. I got SuperUser on it and it would stay persistant. Right? I installed titanium backup and backedup her text messages etc – so it had to be persistant?
Anyway - I flashed and updated it to:
Android version – 2.3.3
Baseband Version - 2.1.71
I tried at that time to put Wolf_Xperia_7.0.0d or something on it... but it just never worked for me and I ran out of time. She needed the phone back.
I think this is the directions I followed in July
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1012380[/url
Anyway – GF complained about the phone getting laggy so I started searching and fell in love with what I read about FeraLab v30.6. Looks awesome right?
I looked around and dialed in the secret code *#*#7378423#*#* and found that my boot loader looks locked. It didn’t exactly look like any of the examples – but it certainly didn’t say unlocked. So I followed the LB instructions... Using it as a USB drive I copied the FeraLab files to the SD card.
Well – I fiddled for a while and just couldn’t seem to get into recovery. but then I don’t remember what – but I got to the xRecovery console... So using the volume rocker etc I chose the FeraLab_v30.6_Final Rom then quit aroma and installed the LB FeraKernal-v16-GB. It was all going good.
But first reboot – stalled and Sony Ericsson logo.... I have been stuck there ever since. I think that I let it cook at the logo for 5 minutes... but maybe not that long – could that have fubar’d it?
My other theory is that the sd card is 2 gb and had 1.8 gb used on it. But that was after I put the rom on the card so – it still had some room on it...
My last fear is that xRecovery isn’t exactly the same as CWM? But isn’t CWM what I installed in July when I rooted? I should have taken better notes then.
Using X10 Flashing Tool Version 0.2.9.1 by Bin4ry & Androxyde I have tried reflashing:
X10 2.3.9 FeraKernel v2.7 - ERROR - Error flashing. Aborted
Sony Ericsson X10a 2.1.65 Baseband Only kernal + baseband = SE logo lockup
X10i 3.0.1.G.0.75 1241-1846 = SE logo lockup
X10 2.3.3 DooMKernel-v06-1113-BootManager-v2.0 = ERROR - Error flashing. Aborted
X10 aZuZu - Kernel UpGrade Generic = SE logo lockup
X10 aZuZu - Kernel Downgrade Generic = ERROR - Error flashing. Aborted
Second try - X10 aZuZu - Kernel Downgrade Generic – SE logo lockup.
I can’t enter recovery following these directions:
To enter xRecovery menu: Reboot and as soon as "Sony Ericsson" appears hit power button on top of phone or start tapping back button until xRecovery Menu appears.
I have also tried: (once Sony Ericsson appears)
a. Hold volume down and tap back repeatedly
b. Hold volume up and tap back repeatedly
c. Hold volume down and power and tap back repeatedly
d. Hold menu and tap back repeatedly
Next tidbit of info – I have looked at the SD card in windows using a card reader and I have a xrecovery tar that I made before I fiddled with this.
Maybe the simple answer is force into the xRecovery console and push that back on?
Any help in rescuing me from the Sony Ericsson logo lockup would be appreciated.
Thanks in advance,
try to flash ftf rom with newer flashtool if don't have one search on the rom development area and if u got the solution then post it here bcoz i too have one dead x10i.
Un Bricked!!!
Latest Moves:
I fired up another PC with Win7 on it. I get leary running my work PC without an antivirus and searching through Google...
So probably just my paranoa.
Speaking of which - Turn off completely your antivirus!... It deletes part of the rooting program... I saved the zip files after installing.... Everytime I turned AV back on - it deleted that part of the program again.... so then you have to reinstall from the zip file instead of downloading again.
Anyway - here are all the things I tried:
Using Sony companion - went through the steps to fix phone. Sorry - no downloads available...
On new PC downloaded new flash tools Version 0.9.13.0 and tried flashing
X10 aZuZu - Kernel UpGrade Generic = SE logo lockup
X10 aZuZu - Kernel Downgrade Generic = SE logo lockup
Then here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1749426
I found a 2.1 firmware file half way down the page. The link is http://d-h.st/wJU
Downloaded this file:
Sony Ericsson X10i / 2.1.A.435 / GLOBAL-GGL GENERIC 1232-9897
Moved it to the firmware folder and flashed it and Voila!!! I have a phone.... Charging it now before moving on.
I still have my flashtool session open and I have enabled Debugging mode and unknown sources on the phone -
so I reconnected - in Charge Only.
Clicked Root
Tried superuser - not superSU
reboot while connected... superuser is there!
Now - I am feeling much better...
BUT - I'd love to get FeraLab Rom working. So if anyone has thoughts on what I did wrong there - let me know.
Should I unlock the bootloader?
I dialed *#*#7378423#*#* and nothing happens...
Should I let Sony Companion do updates before anything else?
I am just questioning everything now.
Anyway - thoughts and suggestions are appreciated. Also - I hope that my struggles helps someone else.
Thanks,
Okay - Duh.
I finally figured out that I should flash
X10a_3.0.1.G.0.75_AMERICA-US GENERIC 1233-8200.ftf
Found that here also :http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1749426
So then I followed this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=928343
Everything works up to installing xRecovery. It just errors with "To Be Implemented".
I tried all sorts of things. Searched on "To Be Implemented" and couldn't really find much.
So I followed the instructions here to install xRecovery the old fashion way:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1773227
now I have xRecovery on the phone and that seems to have installed well.
Now using the flash tool - I clicked on BLU and ran through unlocking my boot loader.
That seemed to work fine too.
So re-read the instructions for FeraLab here...
downloaded the kernal for UL bootloaders.
Flashed the .ftf file using the new Flashtool. That was easy.
FeraLab splash screen now !!!
Now my kernal version in my about phone is 2.6.31.15.1-FeraKernel
Build 3.0.1.G.0.75
Following Fera's instructions - I rebooted twice.
Held my breath and then booted into recovery.
Fera recovery popped up! It said it was based on CWM so that made me breathe easier.
Installed FeraLab GB v30.6 Final that I put on my SD card yesterday
The Fera installer ran and I answered all the questions...
and BAM!!
Sweet Speedy ROM. Looks awesome!
Worked for me!
Hope that helps you!
Good luck!
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I installation xRecovery, but it does not work, boot while holding back would have been stopped at the Sony Ericsson screen, I think my installation steps are not wrong, because I have two Xperia X10, an old date is 10W28 can enter xrecovery, the new date is 10W48, can not enter xrecovery has been stopped at the Sony Ericsson screen. What is the problem? The new machine not support recovery？who can help me? Looking forward to your reply! Thank you.
PS: I am Chinese, and this post is translated by Google, I hope you can understand
Hi men! I am with same problem! I can not install xrecovery
Why is it? Nobody could understand it!
Thanks for Attention !
Try installing it using the manual method.
You are not suppose to hold back key. Just press it some times until xrecovery screen appears when you see SE logo on screen.
Ive got the same problem, Ive tried everything! To push the back button once, two times, three times, held it forever, waited more than 5 minutes, maybe 10? Still being stuck at Sony Ericsson screen.
I read somewhere, that a person erased all his files in the SD memory card, and put the files in the root of SD card.
And it worked for him. I will give that a shot when I get home, but I dont think it will solve it actually.
Ive rooted my phone, completely, installed busybox (it also confirmed that my phone was rooted), afterwards I installed xRecovery without problems.
Just the last part, being, crazy.. !!! HELP
Got the same frezze se
Igot the SAME problem over here rooted x10 xrecovery installed (bouth methods manual and auto) and when i try to restart in r-mode i only get frezze SonyEricsson screen i have to pull out the battery
Any explanation ??
Help!
just got a replacement x10 through and puting on xrecovery to et my rom back and its doing this, same xrecovery ive had on my sd card for ages that worked before. phones on orange uk fw again nowgoing to flash generic 2.1 then go back and try xrecovery, but worked fine before
Found a solution!!! I used root explorer to delete /data/local/temp/recovery folder then use the method script to load recovery and re install x recovery 2 scripts ran it in that order an got xrecovery fully functional hope can help
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Hey guys, I think i made a pretty nub mistake just now, and im just looking for a solution at this point. I have an x10a on At&t, and I finally got fed up enough with 1.6 to try and update to 2.1 or higher. First option was the official update that came out at the end of May, so i went ahead and downloaded pc companion and attempted an update. Companion recognized the phone fine, but when i hit update, it said my phone was "up to date" which is BS, i was on 1.6 under the phone's settings. IDK why it didnt recognize it as 1.6 (possibly due to a failed root attempt i had done a few months back) but regardless, i went onto xda to find an alternative.
This led me to flashtool and the noob guide. went through it, downloaded the at&t baseband update, as well as the generic 2.1 update and the tool itself. I wasnt sure about the order, so i went ahead and just installed the baseband update first. (i dont remember the exact numbering of the original baseband, but it was something like 1.xx.xxx, as far as i remember...) flashtools flashed 2.1.65 (X10a - AT&T) successfully, but once i was suppose to unplug the USB cable, restart the phone, and enable the debugging mode, the phone was already bricked. It now boots to the white lettered 'Sony Ericsson' on a black background, then the screen goes dark, and the LED in the top right corner turns white, and the process repeats.
Help me out guys!
Much appreciated.
You have to flash generic firmware 2.1.A.0.435 first. Then if you really want baseband 2.1.65, you flash it over firmware. I don't recommend flashing the AT&T 2.1.65 baseband, because there are known text message problems and it limits data to 3G. You will get "H"-HSPA or 3.5G.
Btw, the baseband is not a separate requirement from the firmware. The firmware includes the designed baseband. The baseband on X10A generic 2.1.A.0.435 firmware is 2.1.54, which works great for ATT and you will be ready for the official 2.3.3 Gingerbread update directly from SE when available.
Here's a good noob thread for updating ATT X10a.....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1012380
Good to go, thanks so much. finally satisfied with my phone!
Not me. upgraded 2.1 to2.2 using flashtool and now..
random_people said:
Good to go, thanks so much. finally satisfied with my phone!
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Hi, glad you sorted your problem. Mine is stuck in a boot loop.
when I connect in flash mode with flashtool displaying its screen, the tool detects my x10a and does its stuff...trying to install busybox ..etc. I have attached a cut n paste into text file for a log of what is happening.
the disconnects are the phone.. not me unplugging.
the phone has not got any motherboard probs. its restarts are soley due to this flashtool fail.
now put a second log with debug level selected
I got this phone from ebay, and it worked a few days before I flashed it so I know it's not hardware or a bad flash on their part because it was stock when I got it. Anyway, I flashed the generic fw through flashtool and it was working fine for awhile until one day it froze and nothing was responsive. The battery died, and I recharged it and threw it into flash mode to repair the firmware through SEUS, and it got it working for awhile until it happened again. So instead I went ahead and used flashtool to put AT&T's fw back on the phone. After I did that, the phone now only vibrates when I turn it on and then does nothing. If it does do something, it just continuously vibrates until I pull the battery. I tried using SEUS and Flashtool to flash another fw because I can get it to flash mode, but it says failed everytime no matter what firmware I use. And SEUS fails right up front when trying to repair. Any ideas?
Pull out the battery....plug the usb cable...run latest flash tool...click on flash button..when it is searching for the fone then put back the battery with pressing the return key.
Recheck the latest driver for 2.3.3
Did it work?
Dude are you aware of rooting procedures?
First you should flash the stock rom back in, then you flash some pre-rooted GB rom. Threads on X10 Android Development are full of options.
jeancca said:
Dude are you aware of rooting procedures?
First you should flash the stock rom back in, then you flash some pre-rooted GB rom. Threads on X10 Android Development are full of options.
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Dude did you even read my post?
I've been a member here for 3 years and have been flashing Android to phones ever since then. I have looked at the troubleshoots but they were all giving a failed flash. Not to mention this has nothing to do with root or GB, I was talking stock firmware, this brick happened before SE pushed out the GB update.
To subhanker.ds, thank you for the input, I'll give it a shot.
EDIT: Just got the same error
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As per your screen shot, debugging mode is of....but it is not possible to on now as ur phone is dead.
I think somehow jeancca is correct...use rooting process..(no need to flash any rom)..it will automatically turn on debugging mod & then you flash ur rom...
Hope ur prob will be solved dear...
I've tried several rooting methods that and they all state I should turn on Unknown Sources and Debugging. But I cannot do this, is there a way that will force it into usb debugging as you said?
Actually at the time of flashing debugging mode automatically turn on...
Anyway i'm not getting any clue...although you can try to flash only system.sin file.then see what will happen....best of luck...
I've tried everything I can think of and I still can't get it to work. A new symptom has came up though, when I try and connect it to my PC, it will go into flash mode but after awile the LED goes off but is still recognized by the PC as being in flash mode. Same goes for when I plug it into the charging cable.
Bump.
Sorry for doing it, but is there anyone out there that can help me?! I had to think I have a $200 paperweight.
Hi..... I mentioned this on another post but thought I might see if this might help you. Although I didn't mention the use of other Flashtools in the other thread, I did end up trying Flashtool 2.8.0 and 2.9.1 and the latest edition. In the end I ended up going with the 2.8.0 to start fresh and since that was the one that was used for An Android 2.1, I flashed back to 2.1. With a few instances like those you mention I tried this and worked out.
What I did was open my devices and printers (control panel) and noticed the SEMC USB or IDE blah blah......The device pops up when connecting my phone. I would flash my phone and the go to the "Turn on phone and check debug" and ..... Same as you green light (Flash) would go on and then nothing.
What I did was unplug my phone and Uninstall the device used (SEMC USB or IDE, it named itself differently on an occasion or two) and then started my Flashtool then tried again. Goto Flashtool and prepare your Flash and wait for it to load up (took some time once or twice but....) connect your phone and try again.
I have been messing around with a bunch of apps and FW's and ROMS and lately Unlocking the BootLoader.
Some you can just goto Task Manager and Stop the ADB.exe processes but this uninstall worked excellent for me when needed.
Hope this solves your issue. Good Luck. Oh you may not need the other Flashtools but I have them on file just in case because 2.9.1 gave me a problem before when doing something. You might be able to do with whatever Flashtool you are using but just thought I would share my experience.
I have the same problem . i I flashed it with X10i rom but work for while and after 1 or 2 hours hanged and when i remove the battery it's hang in sony ericsson .
After that I flashed it with SEUS and upgrade to official rom 2.3.3
and has the same problem .DO THINK IT IS A HARDWARE PROBLEM
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Hi..... I mentioned this on another post but thought I might see if this might help you. Although I didn't mention the use of other Flashtools in the other thread, I did end up trying Flashtool 2.8.0 and 2.9.1 and the latest edition. In the end I ended up going with the 2.8.0 to start fresh and since that was the one that was used for An Android 2.1, I flashed back to 2.1. With a few instances like those you mention I tried this and worked out.
What I did was open my devices and printers (control panel) and noticed the SEMC USB or IDE blah blah......The device pops up when connecting my phone. I would flash my phone and the go to the "Turn on phone and check debug" and ..... Same as you green light (Flash) would go on and then nothing.
What I did was unplug my phone and Uninstall the device used (SEMC USB or IDE, it named itself differently on an occasion or two) and then started my Flashtool then tried again. Goto Flashtool and prepare your Flash and wait for it to load up (took some time once or twice but....) connect your phone and try again.
I have been messing around with a bunch of apps and FW's and ROMS and lately Unlocking the BootLoader.
Some you can just goto Task Manager and Stop the ADB.exe processes but this uninstall worked excellent for me when needed.
Hope this solves your issue. Good Luck. Oh you may not need the other Flashtools but I have them on file just in case because 2.9.1 gave me a problem before when doing something. You might be able to do with whatever Flashtool you are using but just thought I would share my experience.
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Thanks a lot, I will give this a shot as soon as I get home. I'll keep my fingers crossed that this may help me and the others having this sort of issue.
Mobark, I don't think it's a hardware issue. For awhile I was thinking it was a dead screen, but from the people I have heard that did indeed have dead screens, they have lines in the center of the screen while my screen just doesn't turn on.
Hi everyone i am having the same problem my phone only vibrates for sec and the green led just flash for sec than nothing but my phone goes into flash mode but the flash aborts i have also made a thread in which i fully listed my progess and software i used http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1257581
Nope, didn't seem to work. I think my problem is the phone doesn't want to stay in Flash mode for some reason.
I fix this error, i download and flash this, next i updated in SEUS, my phone is Xperia Play
Sorry for my bad english.
Ok, so I upgraded to 3.0.0 and tried flashing the generic fw again to no avail. And as far as above, the firmware isn't for the x10, it's for the Play, Arc, and Neo.
This is what i did
Not sure if this will work for you but this is how I fixed my phone.
When I first changed the rom on my phone i was on baseband 435. I never changed the baseband with the custom rom install.
My friend factory erased the phone and then it would take 45 - 50 mins to finish booting (would turn on i would see se logo and 50 mins later I'd get to a stock "slide to unlock screen" upon doing so i would get a black bg with the custom batt meter and clock at the top. it also dected the sd wasnt plugged in.
While the phone was on, Sony Ericsson pc Companion would say please mount sd card, and that i couldnt do.
While trying to use flashtool 2.9.1 it would say please put the phone in debuggign mode.
At this point, your ss shows you making it further than i did. because mine wouldnt make it past the date/time (yours starts flashing an fails some way through).
I tried 4 roms and none of them worked.
Then i found http://www.multiupload.com/9H20YEXEHR and After updating to flash tool 3.0.0, and using the stock rom that i posted the link to, It worked. but i had to try a few times. At http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=920746 There are 3 different stock roms for x10a (I used the first one in the x10a list)
I used the one that matched my baseband. Try an match yours if you know it.
When i connected usb, the phone would not turn on. The phone would only turn on with batt in. So i connected usb, held back and put batt in.
Doing this worked, I held the back button until the flash completed.
Also as a note, I did not change the bootloader, that could be why it would boot after 50 mins or so.
I hope this helps.
-Mike
Sorry, but my english is bad
I full wiped my x10 mini pro to install a new ROM, I was with a 2.1 ROM
I've gone to Advanced option in xrecovery and I would like to format the Cache, but I formated the System and I rebooted the phone
Now my x10 does not pass of Sony Ericsson Logo, and I don't have Xrecovery.
The phone don't loop, just stay there on Sony Ericsson logo.
I've put the cable on PC and used the SEUS, but said that my phone has the lastest software.
I can turn on phone on flash mode, just this.
Can anyone HELP ME, PLEASEE???????????????????????
SEUS is saying you have the latest software because you do..it's just not working properly anymore.
The program says something similar to "You have the latest software and don't need to update. Are you sure you want to anyway?". Just click on "Yes" and it'll load the latest official firmware back onto your phone.
Simple.
No it didn't appear, sony won't let upgrade
After 4 hours I got,
I connected the phone on Flash Mode, I flashed and I put the 2.1 firmware, avaliable for you (XDA)
Little hard, but I got.
Now I installed CWM Recovery, and everything works fine.
Thanks for the help and thanks for you, XDA developers for doing a good joob.
Odd. Oh well, at least you got your phone back in the end.
Yes, I'm an X10 mini n00b.
I'm sorry to post this, but I've been mucking around the net for over two days trying to find a solution, this is my last hope.
To the point:
I've an X10 min - e10i.
I had firmware 2.1.1.a.0.6 on it, and did all the steps towards installing a custom firmware.
I installed recovery, and it worked, so I created a NANDROID backup, then I rooted it, I hacked the bootloader. Everything was fine.
Then I came to put the minicm7.2, and everything stopped working.
The phone would not boot anymore past the Sony Ericsson logo wouldn't even go into recovery.
I mucked around a bit with flashtool, s1tool and others and got to the final position I'm in right now -
Phone boots, but the model now is e15i (no idea how that got there), and the buttons won't work, the sim and sdcard are unrecognized.
How do I fix this? I can't find the generic firmware for the A.0.6 anywhere, and non of the ftf's I downloaded were any help.
Tried to flash the E10i_2.1.1.A.0.6_Sony Ericsson.ftf one (220mb) and it shows me the unplug/plug your phone dialog.
Neither Pc Companion nor SEUS were any help.
Plz help...