Hello guys, this is my first post in the forum, but I've been using CM for around 1 year... in the past with a Samsung Galaxy 5 and now with an Xperia Ray... I hope I can help out in many ways to the devs community.
I have some questions for you, as I'm a newbie with my Ray... I am reading and reading posts in XDA, and now I'm in a strange situation. I want to flash CM7 (hope CM9 soon) in my Ray, but since the Bootloader unlock allowed:NO message comes to my phone I feel very sad about it. I tried to boot into Fastboot, but the phone simply refuses to do it and only starts with the orange led and starts charging, but no Fastboot...
The first thing I tried was Root the Ray, and the I managed to do it with a simple tool (you can find the latest version here)
[Xperia 2011 Easy Rooting Toolkit [v4.0](zergRush Exploit)] (can't post links yet)
Still my Bootloader is locked... so I think the CWM installation was impossible, later, I found this tool:
[SE Extreme Tweak Installer v1.8] (can't post links yet)
Then, I had installed CWM onto the Xperia Ray, without unlocking the Bootloader yet... (yes, it works at boot having the vol- key pressed as well) and yes, you can flash files (actually I modded some things on the original rom from CWM)...
The question is... Am I missing something to flash CM7/9??
Can I flash CM7/9 now??
Do you think this method will work for Xperia models??
Do you have any sugestions on this??
What if I don't unlock the bootloader and flash CM7/9??
My phone is operator locked, is this a problem to flash CM7/9??
If I flash the CM7/9 rom, will my phone be bricked??
My bootloader still says Bootloader unlock allowed: No :S. By the way, I do have a Xperia ST18a not a ST18i.
PD: I do not own any of those tools. I am only telling my method, so I you think this is a valuable information please says thanks to the developers above (and if you want, me too )
gvelasquez85 said:
Hello guys, this is my first post in the forum, but I've been using CM for around 1 year... in the past with a Samsung Galaxy 5 and now with an Xperia Ray... I hope I can help out in many ways to the devs community.
I have some questions for you, as I'm a newbie with my Ray... I am reading and reading posts in XDA, and now I'm in a strange situation. I want to flash CM7 (hope CM9 soon) in my Ray, but since the Bootloader unlock allowed:NO message comes to my phone I feel very sad about it. I tried to boot into Fastboot, but the phone simply refuses to do it and only starts with the orange led and starts charging, but no Fastboot...
The first thing I tried was Root the Ray, and the I managed to do it with a simple tool (you can find the latest version here)
[Xperia 2011 Easy Rooting Toolkit [v4.0](zergRush Exploit)] (can't post links yet)
Still my Bootloader is locked... so I think the CWM installation was impossible, later, I found this tool:
[SE Extreme Tweak Installer v1.8] (can't post links yet)
Then, I had installed CWM onto the Xperia Ray, without unlocking the Bootloader yet... (yes, it works at boot having the vol- key pressed as well) and yes, you can flash files (actually I modded some things on the original rom from CWM)...
The question is... Am I missing something to flash CM7/9??
Can I flash CM7/9 now??
Do you think this method will work for Xperia models??
Do you have any sugestions on this??
What if I don't unlock the bootloader and flash CM7/9??
My phone is operator locked, is this a problem to flash CM7/9??
If I flash the CM7/9 rom, will my phone be bricked??
My bootloader still says Bootloader unlock allowed: No :S. By the way, I do have a Xperia ST18a not a ST18i.
PD: I do not own any of those tools. I am only telling my method, so I you think this is a valuable information please says thanks to the developers above (and if you want, me too )
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You have to unlock your boot loader .........then only you can flash cm or any other rom
Sent from my ST18i using XDA
Any ideas on how to do it?.
I've tried the testpoint method, but no success... I simply can boot in fastboot. Does it matters if the phone is network locked?...
gvelasquez85 said:
Any ideas on how to do it?.
I've tried the testpoint method, but no success... I simply can boot in fastboot. Does it matters if the phone is network locked?...
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Your phone is sim locked. You have to get it unlocked so it can accept any sim 1st before you unlock bootloader. Then it will say Allowed yes
Sent from my Xperia Ray using xda premium
OK, so I will go to my operator and unlock it as well... they gave me the code, but it simply doesn't works, the said:
dial #987654321# and a menu will appear and you can enter the code there... NOTHING !!!
I'll talk to you guys when I have my phone unlocked...
Solved!
Hi guys, after 25 days my operator finally unlocked my phone (it looks like they locked the phone with 5 wrong codes... and have to do the magic on the SE Support Service). Then, that was easy... not the unlock bootloader with the wire trick (took me more than I expected) but now everything is ok!
I'm a proud owner of a CM9 Xperia ray!... anyway, do you know if the Xperia Ray supports USB-OTG?
Any thoughts with HDMI? mini HDMI? or MHL interface on the Xperia Ray?
Please let me know if you think I can help out with something... or If you have questions just ask and I'll do my best...
The USB port on the ray is not MHL
if the USB port on Ray is not MHL, so we don't have any options to export the Ray screen to any display/TV?. Even with the dock?
Hi guys, first off, I'd like to apologise if this is not the right place for this thread- feel free to move it to the right place if so!
Secondly, I'd like to ask if there's a method for unlocking a bootloader that is locked... do I need to unlock the tablet from the EE carrier first? Or is there another method of doing so?
I tried to root the device for hours on end and nothing managed to work at all!
Any help at all would be appreciated!
Thank you,
Amro
dizzij said:
Hi guys, first off, I'd like to apologise if this is not the right place for this thread- feel free to move it to the right place if so!
Secondly, I'd like to ask if there's a method for unlocking a bootloader that is locked... do I need to unlock the tablet from the EE carrier first? Or is there another method of doing so?
I tried to root the device for hours on end and nothing managed to work at all!
Any help at all would be appreciated!
Thank you,
Amro
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if you have an operator market device, 99% you will not be able to unlock your bootloader.
You can look in Service Menu if your device bootloader is unlockable.
But even if it is not, you can root your device easily, just look for instructions on XDA.
The only thing you won't be able to do with unlockable bootloader is install custom (e.g. CM, FXP) firmwares on your device.
Hi, im trying to get CWM in my LG L5 2 e451G from Argentina, i tried with this Post but not work http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2722720 . i want tro try this http://forum.xda-developers.com/optimus-l3-l5-l7-l9-ii/development/cwm-lg-l5-iie450-t2885266 for the LG L5 2 (E450), but probably my phone get bricked.
Anyone know another form to get CWM in this Model E451G?
Thanks
Hexynos said:
Hi, im trying to get CWM in my LG L5 2 e451G from Argentina, i tried with this Post but not work http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2722720 . i want tro try this http://forum.xda-developers.com/optimus-l3-l5-l7-l9-ii/development/cwm-lg-l5-iie450-t2885266 for the LG L5 2 (E450), but probably my phone get bricked.
Anyone know another form to get CWM in this Model E451G?
Thanks
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Hi, I can confirm that CWM for locked bootloader is working (as in, device not bricked) on E451g. You just need busybox and root, and of course to execute the adb script. There's no other way for now, since trying to unlock the bootloader DOES BRICK your device. Good luck.
I heard that there was an Amazon devices with locked bootloader and guys managed to flash working CM on top of it(as well as successfully boot it). How is this possible? Why isn't it possible on the LG G4, for example?
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What type of device is ???
Can you please let me know its info.
Hello. I need little help. I want to install CM 13 on 620 ,(5.0.2) and i don't know how to unlock bootloader. I rooted the device
HTML:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2224020
This method is working for me? Or should I try other?
Sorry for the fact that i am noob
andrewg25 said:
Hello. I need little help. I want to install CM 13 on 620 ,(5.0.2) and i don't know how to unlock bootloader. I rooted the device
HTML:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2224020
This method is working for me? Or should I try other?
Sorry for the fact that i am noob
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Don't even try this method on D620, you can brick your phone. For unlock bootloader use this forum. Do it on your own risk and pick up right zip for your device.