[GUIDE] Z Ultra and Z1 HARD BRICK RECOVERY - Sony Xperia Z Ultra

THIS TUTORIAL IS ONLY FOR HARD BRICKED DEVICES.
HARD BRICK MEANS NO FLASHMODE AND NO FASTBOOT.
IN ORDER TO PROCEED DISASSEMBLY OF YOUR DEVICE IS REQUIRED.
IF YOU HAVE WARRANTY,STOP READING THIS, GO THE SONY SERVICE AND PLAY STUPID.
AS AFTER OPENING YOUR DEVICE, YOUR WARRANTY IS 100% VOID.
I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE.
YOU'VE BEEN WARNED.
Let's get started.
1. Download tools.7z from attachments and pack for your device.
2. Install ggsetup-3.0.0.7.exe
3. Open the back cover of your device.
4. Find the test point (See attachments).
5. Disconnect a battery, connect a usb cable. LED RED will start to blink.
6. Using the paper clip connect your test point with the GND. I used the metal shield in the middle of the motherboard.
7. Open the device manager, you should see SEMC Flash Device. If no, you did something wrong.
8. Disconnect your phone from computer.
9, Repeat the step 5.
10.Run the s1tool and select S1 MSM8974 EMERGENCY for the phone type.
11. Press the flash button, and choice the APP file for your device.
12. Press testpoint ready and repeat the step 6.
13. Remove the testpoint and press READY, when program will ask you to do so.
14. If flash was successful, you may disconnect your phone from usb, connect your battery and try to boot.You may have to charge your battery.
15. Now you can flash your device normally using software.
P.S.
I was not be able to flash on windows 8 64bit, but I flashed without problems on XP.
I would like to thank:
the_laser for making the software.
myevilface from support.setool.net for finding testpoint for c69xx.
and my poor Z Ultra which I sacrificed trying to find the test point
Actually I finished him when I wanted to fix audio jack.
Was to happy that my device is fixed and damaged the screen connector
UPDATE:
Tool for converting TA.img to TA_unbrick.SYN_FILE_SET
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If I helped you to save money, you can buy me a beer or two, which is cheaper than a new motherboard.

Maybe stupid question : Do you think with this testpoint mode there is a way of unlocking Bootlader although it is not permitted by the provider?
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Mighty_X said:
Maybe stupid question : Do you think with this testpoint mode there is a way of unlocking Bootlader although it is not permitted by the provider?
Sent from my C6903 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
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There is option to unlock boot, and it asks to do the testpoint trick, but I did not test it,as mine bootloader is unlocked and screen is dead now.

I really hope i never have to do this Thanks for the guide!

LordManhattan said:
I really hope i never have to do this Thanks for the guide!
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+1
@the_laser, there are some poor souls on the Xperia Z who have the same problem by flashing a Sammy recovery to their Z which destroyed their bootloader as well...
They still seem to have some life in their mobile reporting it as a qcom device to windows (reconnecting over and over again), if I send some or one of them over to you by pm, would you be able to help them too?

This is REALLY AWESOME. :highfive:
Call me crazy, but I'm actually a bit excited to see somebody post that they totally recovered their phone to a 100% working state :victory:
And brought to us by 2 guys that aren't even "senior members" yet LOL
[NUT] said:
+1
@the_laser, there are some poor souls on the Xperia Z who have the same problem by flashing a Sammy recovery to their Z which destroyed their bootloader as well...
They still seem to have some life in their mobile reporting it as a qcom device to windows (reconnecting over and over again), if I send some or one of them over to you by pm, would you be able to help them too?
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I'd imagine that if the the software is compatible, the only challenge is to find the test point?

zeppelinrox said:
This is REALLY AWESOME. :highfive:
Call me crazy, but I'm actually a bit excited to see somebody post that they totally recovered their phone to a 100% working state :victory:
And brought to us by 2 guys that aren't even "senior members" yet LOL
I'd imagine that if the the software is compatible, the only challenge is to find the test point?
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Right after I brick my phone, I knew that it will be fixed without motherboard replacement.
And I was exited too, when it was recovered. Too exited. Now need a new motherboard for sure.

Perhaps you should add to the guide...
"Have a steady hand and... KEEP CALM"

zeppelinrox said:
Perhaps you should add to the guide...
"Have a steady hand and... KEEP CALM"
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Michael J Fox is going to have a hard time.
(I'm going to hell for this one )
Sent from my C6833 using Tapatalk

LordManhattan said:
Michael J Fox is going to have a hard time.
(I'm going to hell for this one )
Sent from my C6833 using Tapatalk
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For that one, I had assumed that you were hell bound well before that post
@vovanx500 thanks for the hard work and the Guide, I hope I never need it.

blueether said:
For that one, I had assumed that you were hell bound well before that post
@vovanx500 thanks for the hard work and the Guide, I hope I never need it.
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Hopefully there is a same guide for Z too..
Btw good job!!

I see bootloader files for XZU 6802 and 6806. Would either work for the 6833 international LTE variant ?
I am very interested in trying this - my bricked XZU is already disassembled and I would love to wake it up. And thank you for putting all of this together !
edit: just checked C6802.7z and C6806.7z and they contain an identical file - so guessing C6833 will be the same.

Woot woot!!! I love you guys! I should have checked xda before i left for work.
Guess I need to find windows XP PC as I'm running Win 8 64.

Pure Awesomeness.

Thank you for your hard work guys
Sent from my C6903 using Tapatalk

i'm so glad & thanksfull. it works for me on z1 c6903 hard bricked after update to 4.3

asphalt30000 said:
i'm so glad & thanksfull. it works for me on z1 c6903 hard bricked after update to 4.3
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So its 100% functonal, right?
If so, you're probably the first on the planet to bring it all the way back from the grave :good:
btw did you see post 3 regarding the bootloader?

zeppelinrox said:
So its 100% functonal, right?
If so, you're probably the first on the planet to bring it all the way back from the grave :good:
btw did you see post 3 regarding the bootloader?
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yesssss iam verry happy thank you my friends I have already made ​​this method successfully the phone Z1 START as normally it is a really good thank you successful continuation

zeppelinrox said:
So its 100% functonal, right?
If so, you're probably the first on the planet to bring it all the way back from the grave :good:
btw did you see post 3 regarding the bootloader?
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absolutely yes. My phone works good. Even without any flash. In 4.3 version. Thank you guys . I love you so much . All of them.
I know in my country( iran) anybody couldn't fix this problem .

yesssss iam verry happy thank you my friends I have already made ​​this method successfully the phone Z1 START as normally it is a really good thank you successful continuation

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Touchscreen no more working after de-assemblage and re-assemblage

Hello xda guys!
Like a dumb i decided to change the front cover of my sony x10 mini, so, i decided to open it and de-assembly my phone.
It was all so easy, in few time and simply i got all the parts of my phone not mounted.
So i began to re-assembly every pieces and all looks fine, but, when i turned on my phone, after all the boot image i saw the sliding unlock command was not working good
The touch-sensor was not sensing my touch properly.
So i decided to de-assembly it again e re-assembly.
After this the phone was no more sensible at touch!!!!!
What did i brake?
What did i damaged?
Thanks for helps in advance.
Hi, As I saw on this video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpCb0oxd_3c), there are lots of wires in this device.
Didn't you forgot to plug in one of them ? Or did you damage any integrated circuits ? Must be one of these if it's a hardware problem. It can be a firmware problem too but it's kinda obvious it isn't seeing the facts.
Anyway, i guess you should go back to SE's 2.1 rom and send it back to the customer service, i fear that it would be even more damaging to open it back again :s
http://youtu.be/iyT618lVxUs
My phone is this.
Well, now, my phone is definitely a test one (warranty no more valid), so i can do tests.
I guess i damaged the circuit or the sensor abled to sense touch, just because, all the other function looks working good.
I'm not sure on a thing: should i resolve just changing the motherboard or the display?
Ah yes, I misread you're on mini, not mini pro. Well, displays are solid componants. Unless the ribbon cable is damaged. I see no point in changing it. It's easier to damage a motherboard.(did that on my pc...)
These videos are awesome but i'll never try that myself. Too afraid of loosing my phone !
Yes! This should be the way! Thanks for the precious hints!
Definitely resolved!!!
Just changed the frontal cover!!
Now my phone works like a new one!!!!
I just checked out the official SONY ERICSSON X10 MINI repair manual on a wiki homepage. If someone need the link just ask me through a email!
Assemblage...? Lol
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yetep said:
Assemblage...? Lol
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LOL
It was the first term i had in mind in the moment...
Should it be "assembly"?

[Q] Dialpad and speaker activates themselves while on call - Live Walkman WT19i

Hello all,
I have a Sony Live Walkman WT19i currently on Gingerbread.
Randomly, when I'm making a call, the speakerphone gets activated... or sometimes it's the dialpad and then I hear my face touching numbers!
Is the proximity sensor not working properly on my phone, or is this a common bug?
Don't know if this happened while my phone had the original firmware WT19a - now it WT19i , it was the only way to root it.
Any feedback to repair this, avoid it or something?
i never had such proximity sensor problem.
eventough i flashed it many times.
repair using pc companion or claim for warranty.
Sent from my Nokia 3310
chepoz said:
i never had such proximity sensor problem.
eventough i flashed it many times.
repair using pc companion or claim for warranty.
Sent from my Nokia 3310
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Tried repairing with PC Companion, but it stops in the middle saying it can't continue.
Googled the cause that PC companion could do that, and there are many many reason... tried a lot of "fixes" to be able for it to do "the repair" (wich I heard fixed this issue for some guy) and had success with none of them.
well, if your phone still ''virgin'', then claim it to service center for warranty repair.
Sent from my Nokia 3310
chepoz said:
well, if your phone still ''virgin'', then claim it to service center for warranty repair.
Sent from my Nokia 3310
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That's the other problem. My phone is far from "virgin" now.
I'll see what can I do.
ChicaAndroid said:
That's the other problem. My phone is far from "virgin" now.
I'll see what can I do.
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whoops... what have you done to it so far?? maybe you can try a different kernel or flashing a ftf of another version of firmware to see what happens.
Edit: just remembered something useful, go to the phone app and enter *#*#7378423#*#* this will take you to the service menu, select service tests and then proximity switch so it will tell you if it's working or not.
ginryu said:
whoops... what have you done to it so far?? maybe you can try a different kernel or flashing a ftf of another version of firmware to see what happens.
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As far as to have installed just now ICS and rooted it. Bootloader is still locked, but won't be for so long hehe.
ginryu said:
Edit: just remembered something useful, go to the phone app and enter *#*#7378423#*#* this will take you to the service menu, select service tests and then proximity switch so it will tell you if it's working or not.
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Tested it. It works, but it is *very* sensitive. If I move a little the phone within my ear, it will sense off. So I'll have to try to have it very still everytime I make call (I DO switch my phone a lot with my hand when talking).
Thanks a lot for your help. I see you're from Mexico? We could be having this conversation so much easier, ha!
ChicaAndroid said:
Thanks a lot for your help. I see you're from Mexico? We could be having this conversation so much easier, ha!
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You are very welcome señorita and yeah I know but the rules are the rules! Aham jejejeje
Anyways you can always pm me if you need anything else I don't think they mind Spanish on those
PS Argentina o la la
ChicaAndroid said:
Hello all,
I have a Sony Live Walkman WT19i currently on Gingerbread.
Randomly, when I'm making a call, the speakerphone gets activated... or sometimes it's the dialpad and then I hear my face touching numbers!
Is the proximity sensor not working properly on my phone, or is this a common bug?
Don't know if this happened while my phone had the original firmware WT19a - now it WT19i , it was the only way to root it.
Any feedback to repair this, avoid it or something?
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i do have same problem with my lww initially but i adjusted myself and now having a custom rom so their is no problem with this rom it wont activate any option when am answering the phone calls... i don't think its a proximity problem because in my custom rom it wont activate like what u said, so it must be a bug for sure!!! try having custom rom like miniCMSandwich or anything that u like...
sravan242 said:
i do have same problem with my lww initially but i adjusted myself and now having a custom rom so their is no problem with this rom it wont activate any option when am answering the phone calls... i don't think its a proximity problem because in my custom rom it wont activate like what u said, so it must be a bug for sure!!! try having custom rom like miniCMSandwich or anything that u like...
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Hello,
How did you adjust it? I can't find any option of configuration for that setting. Could you share how you could fix it?
Or maybe you meant it fixed with the custom ROM.. could be. I hope it's not a bug but shouldn't be fixed now that I upgraded to Ice Cream Sandwich? I wouldn't want to use a custom ROM
By the way, wich ROM do you use?
THANKS FOR YOUR INFO!
ginryu said:
You are very welcome señorita and yeah I know but the rules are the rules! Aham jejejeje
Anyways you can always pm me if you need anything else I don't think they mind Spanish on those
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Thank you, and I will. Same to you, but I guess you know a lot more than I do.
Cheers
ChicaAndroid said:
Hello,
How did you adjust it? I can't find any option of configuration for that setting. Could you share how you could fix it?
Or maybe you meant it fixed with the custom ROM.. could be. I hope it's not a bug but shouldn't be fixed now that I upgraded to Ice Cream Sandwich? I wouldn't want to use a custom ROM
By the way, wich ROM do you use?
THANKS FOR YOUR INFO!
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adjusted myself in the sense i got habituated for it and then got vexed-up with that and caught a custom rom, now its fine..
sravan242 said:
adjusted myself in the sense i got habituated for it and then got vexed-up with that and caught a custom rom, now its fine..
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Oh... I see.
I guess by your signature, the custom Rom that helped you is: miniCMSandwich
Am I correct? If so, I might try it. Please let me know.
ChicaAndroid said:
Oh... I see.
I guess by your signature, the custom Rom that helped you is: miniCMSandwich
Am I correct? If so, I might try it. Please let me know.
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s it is.... i tried so many custom roms that don't come with four cornered bubble style.. almost they all solved but some what i like this rom so settled with this rom. u can try if u like..
Thanks, will try as soon I as I'm able to unlock my booloader
thanks for all your help, you rock.
ChicaAndroid said:
Thanks, will try as soon I as I'm able to unlock my booloader
thanks for all your help, you rock.
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u r welcome!!
Know what i just found this.
Very interesting it seems it may actually be a hw related issue and maybe you will need to take it back. Still i am searching for another way to fix it if you don't want to.
how many cm needs proximity sensor to say that it works ok??
For me it about 1,5 cm and i often touch my screen when calling :/
Is there any SW solution? I'm using hybrom v16 custom rom now.

[U] Replacing SDIN5C2-8g with SDIN5C2-16g

SDIN5C2-8g is nand chip in our motherboard while SDIN5C2-16g is nand chip located in Xperia P.
Anyone thought about changing them?
XperianPro said:
SDIN5C2-8g is nand chip in our motherboard while SDIN5C2-16g is nand chip located in Xperia P.
Anyone thought about changing them?
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If you could find a way to address partitioning and such, then that'd work perfectly.
Regarding the other thread about booting a kernel whilst inside the Xperia U system, could we port things suck as LK Bootloader?
I recall it was recently ported to the Xperia T.
About boot loader its completely unprotected which means it could be changed without any problems.
Also it looks there's no RAM protection or its very low.
Any low level hacking should be easy but hard because lack of sources.
XperianPro said:
About boot loader its completely unprotected which means it could be changed without any problems.
Also it looks there's no RAM protection or its very low.
Any low level hacking should be easy but hard because lack of sources.
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Care to work together? I'm in exam period so it's hard to find the time at the moment, but two minds are better than one. Would you care to send me your current research? If any that I'm unaware of
Cheers :highfive:
Toby Benington Ingram said:
Care to work together? I'm in exam period so it's hard to find the time at the moment, but two minds are better than one. Would you care to send me your current research? If any that I'm unaware of
Cheers :highfive:
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I will send you most things I know this evening.
XperianPro said:
I will send you most things I know this evening.
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Thank you, I hope to see it working some day soon.
Also there is 32G one. If you succeed, it will be awesome
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eMMC, Sd card and usb OTG
This subject is already being discussed here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1904697 for sometime now, care to read what we have discovered and join to our "research team"?

Galaxy S2 dead ...

Hi everyone, hoping for some help.
My galaxy s2 wont power on at all.... I have tried plugging USB into the PC and pressing Vol Up but nothing - this happened after replacing the USB charge port. The power flex cable accidentally ripped off.
I plug it into my laptop and it starts installing the driver but then fails. Anyone experienced this before?
Detach battery, leave it in 5 minute and attach again , power on. I face this problem before(but the cause is not same to you ) and my phone power on after i do those steps. Hope your phone will work again.
Or you could wait for KeithHarris39 who knows what he's talking about with this stuff to read your thread (he's posted to Q&A in the last hour or two, so he's probably around somewhere) & he'll actually give you some idea of what might have gone wrong/what you can do about it.
MistahBungle said:
Or you could wait for KeithHarris39 who knows what he's talking about with this stuff to read your thread (he's posted to Q&A in the last hour or two, so he's probably around somewhere) & he'll actually give you some idea of what might have gone wrong/what you can do about it.
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i cant send u a pm ...tried it says u dont want to get disturbed..
^^^
Why would you want to send me a PM ? I have the PM system turned off by design.
MistahBungle said:
^^^
Why would you want to send me a PM ? I have the PM system turned off by design.
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something worth ur interest...
If you are describing the flex cable that is/was attached to the USB charger board.....then the 'inadvertent detachment' is likely the cause of your issues......
First, the damage that *has* taken place is likely to have caused a lack of charge reaching the battery....which is likely the reason the phone won't boot....dead battery and no way to charge it.
Second, it's likely the PC isn't installing the drivers as the damage caused is probably stopping the PC recognising the phone for what it is.....we all know PC's are dumb, if they're not told exactly how to do something, they just sit there scratching their metaphorical heads....lol
Repairing this part is *highly unlikely* to succeed........the only option....get another replacement.... the only saving grace......they're not that expensive......
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I very much doubt you have anything to say to me in PM that would be 'worth my interest'. However, if you still believe that to be the case, this thread is as good a place as any to say it.
doctor_droid said:
something worth ur interest...
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Maybe its the winner of the next Melbourne Cup..........
MistahBungle said:
I very much doubt you have anything to say to me in PM that would be 'worth my interest'. However, if you still believe that to be the case, this thread is as good a place as any to say it.
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just wanted to ask u whether u would be interested for getting a RC title..if yes then would have nominated u to the committee .
u really thought i would ask u for investing money
Thankyou for the offer, that's very kind of you to think of me that way & I do appreciate it But no, I'd rather not, thanks.
Why not ? You might be a gambling guru for all we know
doctor_droid said:
just wanted to ask u whether u would be interested for getting a RC title..if yes then would have nominated u to the committee .
u really thought i would ask u for investing money
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MistahBungle said:
Thankyou for the offer, that's very kind of you to think of me that way & I do appreciate it But no, I'd rather not, thanks.
Why not ? You might be a gambling guru for all we know
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k mate ..its ur decision c ya around here itself till my s2 lives...
keithross39 said:
If you are describing the flex cable that is/was attached to the USB charger board.....then the 'inadvertent detachment' is likely the cause of your issues......
First, the damage that *has* taken place is likely to have caused a lack of charge reaching the battery....which is likely the reason the phone won't boot....dead battery and no way to charge it.
Second, it's likely the PC isn't installing the drivers as the damage caused is probably stopping the PC recognising the phone for what it is.....we all know PC's are dumb, if they're not told exactly how to do something, they just sit there scratching their metaphorical heads....lol
Repairing this part is *highly unlikely* to succeed........the only option....get another replacement.... the only saving grace......they're not that expensive......
Sent from my GT-I9100 using Tapatalk
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Thought as much but only just got back on here. Thanks for your time. Already ordered the bits that all arrived today ( except I missed the bloody posty )
So I will let you know how my soldering skills hold up after years of being dormant! The board itself seems fine... just kicking myself for giving it that little pull and forgetting that the power button is stuck on. Doh!! The phone is my old one and now belongs to the Mrs... wasn't too happy with me lol. So much so, and I'm sorry to say she switched to the dark side.. iPhone.
Now I think I'll see what ROMs are good for the s4... easy rooted it from day one but now I feel ready for a change. First android I've never completely changed
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Ok so I reattached the parts.. but still won't boot up. I plug it into the laptop and connect to Odin.. the id:com turns blue and unknown upload mode is on screen... but it just hangs and does nothing any ideas?
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Finally!

Well, it isn't a dev edition and wasn't rooted when I got it, but I finally got my truesmart. Rooted with framaroot and installed the play store. Will be playing with it for a while and then will get to developing things.
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The prerooted "Developer Edition" is like the cake. Glad you finally got it though.
At least it was signed with engineering keys, eh ?
There is no cake. And aren't they all? Lol!
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Holy crap, finally. Glad to hear though! I hope you haven't totally given up on the thing yet, as I still use mine daily =P
Well, the Truesmart may not be dead just yet!!
ClearD was one of the Top Developers for the MotoActv and extended its capabilities beyond what most would think possible.
He will surely breathe some needed life back into this device!!!
Yes! Glad you got it ClearD
I was using your work on the MotoActv
Before we mere mortals get too excited, let's see if even ClearD can compile a bootable firmware from whatever sources are available...
Gonna be a while, getting used to it for now. Thank God for button savior though. Lack of back button is annoying as hell. First thing I'm gonna try to do is remap the buttons...
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ClearD said:
Gonna be a while, getting used to it for now. Thank God for button savior though. Lack of back button is annoying as hell. First thing I'm gonna try to do is remap the buttons...
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I tweked an existing XPosed module to remap buttons.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2714281
I believe something like that should be in by default, but I probably want more features anyway.
However, I would like to revoke other specials: the back/menu swipes (at least temporarily) as well as status bar always on (expanded desktop in GravityBox).
A fully working ROM with at least 4.3 for BTLE is also something to wish for....
Clear, if you plan on holding onto it for a while I'll hit you up later when I get my hands on more KK source.
Glad to see you finally got your watch. There are still many people who haven't. Checking the kickstarter page reveals Omate keep making promises about posting but then the tracking numbers show they have never shipped.
Perhaps if Omate hadn't diverted kickstarter watches to their commercial enterprises then all backers would now have them.
Hello Mr. ClearD . Greetings from Hong Kong Glad to hear that you have received yours !! I have also just received it last week !
I have been using your Rom for my Motoactv and it is REALLY GREAT !!!!
MOTOACTV is good at running and exercise . But when daily use, i found it is too big .
Therefore , I think OMATE is really the answer for me for daily use. I
I hope you would make a good rom for this good watch. I think Omate is almost there but without a good rom.
And till now, I cant really find a good launcher for Omate
Congratz ClearD for finally receiving the Omate!:highfive:
I still use your ROM for my MotoACTV and it was the best one out there! I REALLY hope you stick around and keep doing what you do! :good:
What version do you have? I have two omates, both 1/8 2100. One got seriously bricked when I tried getting TWRP on it. The other one I haven't dared to do anything with. But I realize I need to patch it for security sake. Have you done that yet? Is it resonably safe afterwards to use with your google account?
I will be following this closely! I have new hopes now! I´ll definetily donate if you start developing for the omate!
Cheers mate! :laugh::victory:
-Android Freak- said:
Congratz ClearD for finally receiving the Omate!:highfive:
I still use your ROM for my MotoACTV and it was the best one out there! I REALLY hope you stick around and keep doing what you do! :good:
What version do you have? I have two omates, both 1/8 2100. One got seriously bricked when I tried getting TWRP on it. The other one I haven't dared to do anything with. But I realize I need to patch it for security sake. Have you done that yet? Is it resonably safe afterwards to use with your google account?
I will be following this closely! I have new hopes now! I´ll definetily donate if you start developing for the omate!
Cheers mate! :laugh::victory:
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Seriously bricked? Totally fixable.
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kuronosan said:
Seriously bricked? Totally fixable.
Sent from my GT-P5110 using Tapatalk 2
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Well, You are probably right. But I tried reflashing it a thousand times with many different backups, my own initial backup, backup from the other watch, backup from different people on XDA. Don't know what to do else...
-Android Freak- said:
Well, You are probably right. But I tried reflashing it a thousand times with many different backups, my own initial backup, backup from the other watch, backup from different people on XDA. Don't know what to do else...
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Let's start from the beginning. Tell me what problem you're having, what caused it, and details about the unit you received. I also need to know OS version, what drivers you have, etc. Be detailed where you can.
I'd be willing to bet it can be fixed, even if you have to send it to me to fix it.
kuronosan said:
Let's start from the beginning. Tell me what problem you're having, what caused it, and details about the unit you received. I also need to know OS version, what drivers you have, etc. Be detailed where you can.
I'd be willing to bet it can be fixed, even if you have to send it to me to fix it.
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That's very kind of you.
I can't remember exactly because it was long ago but this is roughly what happened:
1/8/2100 4th shipping list (received 21st may in Europe)
Then I tried flashing TWRP and I bricked it. It wouldn't even start.
I used SP flash tool to flash my original scatter file on the watch but it is stuck at the boot logo. I have ADB shell and MTKDroid works.
Now after I restored/flashed my backup scatter file with SP Flash Tool It seems stuck at the logo... Waited 10 minutes.. no vibrating...
To be honest I'm more inclined to getting the working Omate patched for security issues than getting this watch to work.
Do me a favor and use your emmc scatter, flash the 0513 firmware from my thread in development. Flash the patch file lk and boot.img with updated twrp.
Also, post the first few entries in your scatter from the backup (preloader,mbr).
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kuronosan said:
Do me a favor and use your emmc scatter, flash the 0513 firmware from my thread in development. Flash the patch file lk and boot.img with updated twrp.
Also, post the first few entries in your scatter from the backup (preloader,mbr).
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I would love to, but I'm on vacation now and don't have access to my backup files. I do have the other working Omate with me. Can I use a backup from that one? They´re most certainly from the same batch since they arrived two weeks apart in may.
Working Omates files as requested:
Preloader http://tempsend.com/CD3063CCBF
MBR http://tempsend.com/1DAEB79D62
Edit:
Ok, tried using the working Omates scatterfile I just created and used your may shipment firmware provided in your dev thread. It now has a new NICE logo, but it's stuck there and boot loops. I'll continue investigating and trying different things.

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