Hi guys.
This is my x10a:
es.tinypic.com/view.php?pic=6854cj&s=8
(I guess I cant post some links, I hope you can see the picture)
I dont know what to do next. It has xRecovery, and its Rooted, both things via Flashtool. I guess its Ginger 2.3.3.
So I need the Bootloader Unlock. S1tool says I have to unlock something with Setool2. The problem is i cant find Setool2 ANYWHERE.
Im a bit lost indeed. Im new with Xperias.
Please, please, my phone is slow, laggy, the camera does not work, it gets freezed. Can someone indicate me what to do next? I want to install a custom rom, to improve my phones perfomance, but I cant do it because of that Bootloader thing. Please some advices please!
Thanks for all.
EDIT: At least, I want to re-install the 2.3.3 Stock Rom. I have the ROM TFT file. What should I do? Just flash it with Flashtool? No kernel issue or something rare like that? Dont want to brick it. Please help!
Flash it : http://www.mediafire.com/download/g261sds11dt91ug/Xperia+X10_2.3.3_Generic.rar
Unzip the rar file and flash the ftf with flashtool. It's a french firmware : you must change the language to spanish
If you just want install a new custom rom, put your phone in flash mode and clic unlock bootloader on flashtool. Read the instructions and your phone will reboot two times. Once done, flash your new kernel and new rom
Thanks
dekefake said:
Flash it : http://www.mediafire.com/download/g261sds11dt91ug/Xperia+X10_2.3.3_Generic.rar
Unzip the rar file and flash the ftf with flashtool. It's a french firmware : you must change the language to spanish
If you just want install a new custom rom, put your phone in flash mode and clic unlock bootloader on flashtool. Read the instructions and your phone will reboot two times. Once done, flash your new kernel and new rom
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Thanks for your answer friend, but it seems to be that my bootloader cannot be unlocked. Ive already tried that. I flashed a Generic 2.3.3 Stock ROM, Rooted it, then installed the xRecovery and so on. Flashtool keeps sayin: "Cannot identify your SL. Aborting". So I guess it cant be unlocked, or, if it can, its risky.
Do you know some "locked bootloader roms"?
tristanldc said:
Do you know some "locked bootloader roms"?
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I know its dangerous unlocking your BL. Try to flash the file i gave you it works with both BL, locked or unlocked
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Hello, I'm seriously considering unlocking my bootloader using test point so I don't run into problems later with certificates and FOTA updates, but just in case, I would like to have the original .62 kernel file in hand, so I can flash it back and relock bootloader to receive updates.
Anyone has this file, I searched all over and couldn't find it.
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Hello, I'm seriously considering unlocking my bootloader using test point so I don't run into problems later with certificates and FOTA updates, but just in case, I would like to have the original .62 kernel file in hand, so I can flash it back and relock bootloader to receive updates.
Anyone has this file, I searched all over and couldn't find it.
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You should have FW file and then extract it (via winrar, winzip,7zip,...) there's a file named "Kernel.sin" copy that in to fastboot folder and then run this command:
PHP:
fastboot flash boot kernel.sin
Another noob question, can I flash the old kernel (the one before .62 that has zergrush exploit) even with locked bootloader and mantaining the new fw?
The reason is I REALLY need root to recover a backup (changed from an U20a to a new SK17a recently).
I have unbranded SK17a with fastboot enabled.
nightcrawlerbr said:
Another noob question, can I flash the old kernel (the one before .62 that has zergrush exploit) even with locked bootloader and mantaining the new fw?
The reason is I REALLY need root to recover a backup (changed from an U20a to a new SK17a recently).
I have unbranded SK17a with fastboot enabled.
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You can. However you have to unlock the bootloader. If you want to lock the bootloader again, simply you can
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1460072
Hi and sorry for my bad English :S
Actually on my Xperia Mini Pro SK17i I mounted the RealICS 4.1 but I would see the official 4.0.4! I have unlocked bootloader but I have a big problem: I can't flash with Flashtool because It always return me an error when It's flashing the system!
Can I flash the official 4.0.4 with PC Companion or Sony Mac Bridge? (I have a Mac!)
What will I do if the flash give me an error? I'm confused...
After that can I lock my bootloader? I unlocked that with the testpoint metod :S
PS: Can i flash this (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1772120) on my RealICS 4.1 or Can i have the notification on the lockscreen like in Gingerbread?
Thanks thanks thanks at all :laugh:
What error does Flashtool give?
You need to install the drivers and make sure your phone is in flashmode.
It has always worked and I have everything installed correctly
It give me "Flashing aborted. Error flashing system.sin"
With all the official ROM!!!
marekiaro_17 said:
It has always worked and I have everything installed correctly
It give me "Flashing aborted. Error flashing system.sin"
With all the official ROM!!!
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Try another computer:good:
Or lock your bootloader & use SUS:good:
I can't use another computer
How I lock my bootloader with the testpoint metod? Should I search into the forum?
PS: my principal question is: "What will do if I use "repair" of PC Companion or Mac Bridge?
marekiaro_17 said:
I can't use another computer
How I lock my bootloader with the testpoint metod? Should I search into the forum?
PS: m principal question is: "What will do if I use "repair" of PC Companion or Mac Bridge?
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It may brick ur device...!!
If you unlocked it via test point, you should be able to use PC Companion without relocking it.
Can I use the function repair of PC Companion or I brick my phone? I don't understand
marekiaro_17 said:
Can I use the function repair of PC Companion or I brick my phone? I don't understand
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means using repair on an unlocked device will brick your phone so if you want to flash official firmware and you have unlocked your boot loader then first lock your boot loader by following this method http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1324703 and then update to latest official firmware
Incorrect to all of this.
If you unlocked via official method,
Installation will not start at all! Update Service/PC Companion can see if you're bootloader is unlocked via official method or not. If it is, you just get error and software won't be edited at all. Relocking bootloader allows the installation to continue, so relock if you want to repair/update with PC.
If you unlocked via test point method,
Installation will work and your device won't get bricked!
Now, solution to your Flashtool - What version are you using of Flashtool? Were you able to install THAT firmware earlier also to your phone?
Someguyfromhell said:
Incorrect to all of this.
If you unlocked via official method,
Installation will not start at all! Update Service/PC Companion can see if you're bootloader is unlocked via official method or not. If it is, you just get error and software won't be edited at all. Relocking bootloader allows the installation to continue, so relock if you want to repair/update with PC.
If you unlocked via test point method,
Installation will work and your device won't get bricked!
Now, solution to your Flashtool - What version are you using of Flashtool? Were you able to install THAT firmware earlier also to your phone?
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Just remember this, do not try to update OTA if you have unlocked boot-loader by any method. It will (might) brick your phone. (That's an actual brick. You will need to use un-bricking ftf to repair phone)
Known Issues:
It is currently not possible to unlock the boot loader for CDMA phones.
Some customers with unlocked boot loaders have experienced problems when they are accepting over the air upgrades (FOTA - Firmware upgrade Over The Air). For customers that have unlocked the boot loader, please do not accept any over the air upgrades.
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@someguyfromhell: Change the font of your sig where you advice us to use search button, if possible. It's a bit childish [IMO].
Oh good! I can use the function repair,great!
I used all the Flashtool version and I reinstalled all the driver but nothing. It give me the same error..
I flashed all version of Gingerbread (2.3.3 and 2.3.4.) and also 4.0.4...
Any solutions?
No solutions??? Thanks at all for everything! You're the best!
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hmmm...using flashtool, try flashing system.sin only....if you keep getting error then flash stock kernel first before flashing your phone again....
See This
See the Attached Picture
I have taken it from sony forums a long time ago ,and tested it and it works and my device isn't broken
Now
But now I have the RealICSv5...sure I can't brick my phone? Ok i will do that with Sony Mac Bridge
Sup peeps!
I have an idea to root the above firmware build for 2011 xperia devices but i have no idea how to develop things or if its even posible so i pose this question:
I dont really want to downgrade, root and then update back to .62 but would it be posible to use the testpoint method to unlock the bootloader then in fastboot mode create an update.zip that simply places the super user files directly on to the NAND?
My reason for this is that I've looked all over for ways to root and one that i saw said download a file "recoveryNeo.img" then run "fastboot boot recoveryNeo.img" and from there then flash an RootXperia.zip but when i attempt to use the fastboot boot command it comes up with an error saying:
"FAILED (remote: The Device must be rooted first)"
then i realised that theres an update command in fastboot so i tried that using the RootXperia.zip file that i had already download and it gave me this message:
"error: update package has no android-info.txt or android-product.txt"
is there a way to put those 2 files into the .zip?
and if there is is then posible to use my idea?
Here is one of the many copys of the tut im talking about:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1431033
Thanks in advance! :fingers-crossed:
I think it is not possible because of lack of Official Signature for zip file.
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I think it is not possible because of lack of Official Signature for zip file.
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Thats why i unlocked my bootloader so the phone should not need it to be signed should it?
CNibbler said:
Thats why i unlocked my bootloader so the phone should not need it to be signed should it?
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Also is there no way to sign it? I mean if developers can sign full roms why cant they sign an update.zip?
If you wanted root, why did you update to .62 in the first place :-?
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If you wanted root, why did you update to .62 in the first place :-?
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I was on rooted .42 then the update came along and it kept failing when i tryied to do it OTA (at this point I still had a locked BL) so i plugged into my Laptop and updated through PC companion but i didnt realise at the time that it would remove my root. So now i have an unlocked BL (Via the testpoint method) And now i want root but i dont wanna lose my data.
Unlocked BL = possible root for any firmware version
Your idea is same as instructions in the thread you linked, so not sure where is difference
Hotboot/boot kernel with CWM like recoveryNeo.img, and flash superuser.zip from this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1678690
Madfysh said:
Unlocked BL = possible root for any firmware version
Your idea is same as instructions in the thread you linked, so not sure where is difference
Hotboot/boot kernel with CWM like recoveryNeo.img, and flash superuser.zip from this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1678690
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OMG! Thanks for making me attempt to unlock my bl again lol it worked finally!! it was because it hadn't been unlocked properly. Maybe b'coz i was doing it at 2am lastnight lol
Thanks!
Hello there
Yesterday i did the root trick for 6.1.1.B.1.54 with flashtool, where you downgrade to an earlier kernel (.544) in flashmode, push superSU and then upgrade again to .54.
In the dev forum for the Xperia P i have found the Sliding_XP kernel, which i want to install.
The question is, do I need an unlocked bootloader to do this? Or is it just flashable via flashtool?
Also, it says in the kernel's thread that the package also contains CWM recovery. That removes the fastboot mode, right? (since it is accessible via vol down, same as for fastboot)
Sorry for sounding like an xda-noob (Yeah, i've seen the video and I should hate myself).
Thanks in advance!
It doesn't remove anything.
Volume down is for flashmode btw.
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Oh, sorry. I rechecked and yeah, it is the flash mode. fastboot is volume up.
The question remains: Do i heed an unlocked bootloader to install this?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2002202
As I said, i have the rooted 6.1.1.B.1.54 update, and my bootloader is locked, no other hacks have been done to the phone
youfail144 said:
Oh, sorry. I rechecked and yeah, it is the flash mode. fastboot is volume up.
The question remains: Do i heed an unlocked bootloader to install this?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2002202
As I said, i have the rooted 6.1.1.B.1.54 update, and my bootloader is locked, no other hacks have been done to the phone
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As per my knowledge you will have to unlock your bootloader to flash kernels.......
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As per my knowledge you will have to unlock your bootloader to flash kernels.......
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I see. I know that OTA updates are no longer available upon unlocking your bootloader, nor some services such as trackid (which doesn't bother me), or Download muic info in the walkman app. Are there any more disadvantages?
Also, when Sony releases the official promised JB update, the only way to update it will be with the ftf file, right?
youfail144 said:
I see. I know that OTA updates are no longer available upon unlocking your bootloader, nor some services such as trackid (which doesn't bother me), or Download muic info in the walkman app. Are there any more disadvantages?
Also, when Sony releases the official promised JB update, the only way to update it will be with the ftf file, right?
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First of all OTA updates not available and others you know that.....
next is your warranty will be void most probably......
Sony officially said that it wont release JB for SOLA so anyhow you wont require OTA for that......
and i bet you will get JB only through XDA.......
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First of all OTA updates not available and others you know that.....
next is your warranty will be void most probably......
Sony officially said that it wont release JB for SOLA so anyhow you wont require OTA for that......
and i bet you will get JB only through XDA.......
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I don't have a sola, i have a P
Alright, so I have unlocked my bootloader. (Horray.) It did delete everything, but for some reason, SuperSU is still there.I hope that rooting before unlocking the BL did not do anything bad to it.
As a total noob who doesn't want to brick his phone, someone please tell me what exactly i need to do now in order to install the kernel mentioned above
In other words, how exactly do you install kernels? With recovery? I don't have that installed in my phone. Also it says that the kernel comes bundled with CWM. This confuses me.
What mode do I need to select in order to flash it on my Xperia P? Flashmode or Fastboot?
Also, in case anything goes wrong and my phone gets bricked while flashing, is there any chance that the phone might be permanently bricked, as in not revivable via either entering fastboot or flashmode to flash a new official fresh firmware file?
youfail144 said:
I don't have a sola, i have a P
Alright, so I have unlocked my bootloader. (Horray.) It did delete everything, but for some reason, SuperSU is still there.I hope that rooting before unlocking the BL did not do anything bad to it.
As a total noob who doesn't want to brick his phone, someone please tell me what exactly i need to do now in order to install the kernel mentioned above
In other words, how exactly do you install kernels? With recovery? I don't have that installed in my phone. Also it says that the kernel comes bundled with CWM. This confuses me.
What mode do I need to select in order to flash it on my Xperia P? Flashmode or Fastboot?
Also, in case anything goes wrong and my phone gets bricked while flashing, is there any chance that the phone might be permanently bricked, as in not revivable via either entering fastboot or flashmode to flash a new official fresh firmware file?
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Slowdown dude, your to fast...it depends on the kernel,if its .img just flash it via fastboot if its a .zip file flash it via cwm recovery,i assume you have a non recovery, coz your using a stock kernel, i recommend you to flash sliding xp kernel,it has cwm recovery built in,...happy flashing,
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Ok guys, I'm in deep sh*t -- let me start off.
I have an Xperia U rooted and locked BL, ever since JB was ported I wanted to try it, so I unlocked my BL by this method using flashtool --
1. Install Flashboot and Fastboot drivers of Flashtool (setup file will be on C:\Flashtool\drivers or similar place).
2. Turn on your phone, and connect with usb debugging on.
3. Go to Plugins-> Bootloader Unlock option, start it.
4. Now it will ask to disconnect your phone and reboot in FLASHMODE.
5. Again reboot your phone in FASTBOOT mode.
6. It will show a window with your IMEI number, insert your unlock key and click "unlock".
7. The device will reboot and you are done!
Everything was fine, I rebooted my phone. Download music info was FCing and I knew this was normal coz we lose our DRM keys when we unlock BL (Right?) So, After I did that, I wanted to try out Sliding XU kernel for XU so I downloaded it and flashed the .zip via CWM. Now the problems begin -- My phone didn't boot up at all, no Sony logo nothing, just 1 vibra ( Soft-Brick right? ). That shouldn't have happened right? Coz I was bootloader unlocked.
So I got worried and thought of reverting back to stock, So I reflashed stock generic ftf via flashtool ( B.54 ftf ). I wanted to root and install CWN so that I could restore my nandroid backup ( Yes! I made a backup ), But now my phone wouldnt root! I tried binary's root ( any droid and nothing, no root! (Error was -- "RECONNECT EXTERNAL MEMORY & TRY AGAIN"). I couldnt install CWM either ( atis112's). I used that coz all this time I used mods made for locked BL, I didnt know which to use for unlocked BL (noob regarding BL).
Started getting even more worried, So i tried flashing a custom pre-rooted kernel, even that didnt happen via flashtool, Here the error was " Root Required" or something, dont remember properly. I thought once I unlocked my BL, I could flash any kernel without root! (am I wrong?).
I dont even know if my BL is unlocked properly or not, since there is no way to know its status. So I tried download music info via walkman, It worked! Isnt it not supposed to work? I did it till 1% only of 524 songs ( Bad data plan, couldnt afford to lose bandwidth )
Now i dont know what to do bout rooting, unlocking BL or anything, BTW the phone is fine with B.54 firmware, just no root. Please Help!
P.S -- Long post, but please take a couple of minutes to help me out, sorry and thanks
Sorry bro, lemme help.1 You have to do some wipes in CWM when flashing kernels. 2 You can't root B.1.54 unless you flash .10 kernel, root then flash 54 kernel. 3 Yes you need root to flash a kernel
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Strike_Riku said:
Sorry bro, lemme help.1 You have to do some wipes in CWM when flashing kernels. 2 You can't root B.1.54 unless you flash .10 kernel, root then flash 54 kernel. 3 Yes you need root to flash a kernel
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Ok, thanks for your help, but first things first-- need a lil' more help from you
1. How do I root B.54? You said flash .10 kernel, I've never flashed a kernel before and I don't know how to do it, so help here.
2. Is my BL locked or unlocked now? Any way of knowing its status?
3. Since .89 firmware came out recently, Isnt it better to install that rather than B.54? And the method to root it is the same right?
4. Finally, Is the method I mentioned earlier to unlock BL correct? Did I do it right?
Well you have to flash 6.1.1.B.1.10 in flashtool, exclude everyting except the kernel. Turn it on, enable USB debugging (everything will look weird) ,root it then flash .54 kernel in the same way
Dial *#*#7378423#*#* and go into customization. It should say Bootloader Unlocked: Yes
You can flash the latest, it is stabler. Root the same way.
Yeah, if it says you did it in service menu.
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You did not unlock bootloader because you booted phone into flashmode.
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Thank you!
Another noobish question, After unlocking BL, If i restore my older nandroid backup, will my BL still be unlocked? (or locked?)
kushalsv said:
Thank you!
Another noobish question, After unlocking BL, If i restore my older nandroid backup, will my BL still be unlocked? (or locked?)
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unlocked