hi there
so i have been trying to use flashtool to downgrade my arc from 2.3.3 / 145 to 2.3.2 / 181 to finally root it.
but every way i try it, it doesn't work.
I enabled usb debug and programs, i connected from back of pc, running seus and pc companion, everything is done following namaste guide, shut down antivirus, closed all programs, tried it with version 3.0 and 2.8 of flashtool.
what am i doing wrong ?
battery was at about 50% when attempting this.
also i have another problem with it. Since beginning, randomly my sms doesn't reach my contact. I receive every sms sent to me, but the sms i send not always get through. I already sent phone to sony for repair, I got it back today, and same problem again. I was attempting to root to see if this solve my problem, but either root and sms work tonight.
What do you suggest me ?
thx
What is the error message that you are getting?
it says :
flashing error - aborted
now unplug your phone
then power on
go to setting and enable usb debugging and all programs.
that is the error message for flashing.
otherwise, for sms problems, it says that my messages are all sent correctly but my contact don't receive them. I was using a blackberry this morning and everything is good, as soon as I use my Arc, sms problems back again.
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Hi,
Today i bought the xperia arc.
I love the quality of the phone but have 1 main issue.
I'm not able to send an sms.
It keep saying "sending" and after a few minutes i get the message that it failed.
I can receive an sms fine.
I can also send/receive mms without any problems.
When i put another sim card in my phone, i have the same issue so it's not sim card related. Both sim cards can send sms in other phones.
I did a factory reset, this didn't help.
I also connected the phone to SE pc companion and did a software reset, but this still doesn't help.
Anybody had the same issue?
Nope, didn't have the same issue, but what you can try is download SEUS (Sony Ericsson Update Service) from official site and try to repair through that tool.
Hope it works out, and in case it doesn't, bring the device back for replacement, cuz something simple as sending an sms has to work out of the box.
Nirak said:
Nope, didn't have the same issue, but what you can try is download SEUS (Sony Ericsson Update Service) from official site and try to repair through that tool.
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Hi,
That's what i tried, but for the xperia arc the software is called "SE pc companion" instead of SEUS.
So i guess i will exchange the phone tomorrow
no, that's not correct, you have PC Compagnon and SEUS, lemmie see if i can provide the correct link brb
wow, that was hard to find.
it's for a different model, but same version as i have on my computer, so you coud give it a go.
if it doesn't work, lemme know i'll upload my file somewhere for you
http://www.sonyericsson.com/cws/sup...loads/subject/updateservice/w880i?cc=gb&lc=en
Hi,
Thanks for the link.
When running the software i got the message that the latest version was already on my phone.
So i picked the "repair" option , after a few minutes, i booted the phone, tried sending an sms but no joy.
So i'll be bringing it back tomorrow
Thanks for the help
The sales guy told me this might have to do with the Sim card being to old.
Was only 6 month so i wasn't sure this would be the case but i asked my provider to swap the cards.
After 2 days i received the new card and i was able to send text messages, so this was the issue
wow that sounds crazy because my card may be older then 6 or 7 years old now and I never had that problem .
Hey there,
I am having the following problem and I hope that someone on this lovely Board will be able to help me solve it.
I have updated my Arc s to ICS yesterday. The Flashing Process worked very well, thanks to the Guide on the Board. After the last Reboot of my Phone I was greeted with the new Start Animation Logo and the Guide to Customize some Options, including Wifi settings. I skipped it. When the Process was finished, I went to the Settings Memu to Setup my Wifi on my Device, entered the Password (no Typos, Triple-Checked), touched Connect and....it shows "Authentification Problem". Every Time I try to connect. Before the Update everything was working perfectly nornal.
Then I went to look through the Board, found a Theread were a Fix was offered. I downloaded it to my PC. Now for the Tricky part:
As I have mentioned, I don`t have a Wifi Connection with my Phone. So, how do I Install .apk files onto my Phone? I neither have Bluetooh on my PC, nor do I have a File Manager installed in my Phone.
Thanks in advance
Jack
There can be problems with .70 baseband. Try flashing .66 baseband with flashtool.
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Hi,
I am experiencing a strange problem with a Xperia Arc, LT15i, which one of my friends asked me to 'fix'. The scenario is as follows:
- The phone has no warranty
- The phone had a stock ROM from 3 here in Denmark, 2.3.6, not sim locked, not rooted.
- Whenever I try to make a phone call, it immediately hangs up
- The same happens when a call is received, no ringtone or any other indication of an incoming call, phone hangs up immediately.
- The phone is unable to receive messages
- When I try to send a message, it fails
- Messages sent to the phone are not received
- 3G and internet work fine
I thought that this was some kind of a software bug related to the stock rom, so I tried to install stock ICS on it by following one of the widely available guides, the ROM installed fine, problem persists.
I have not been able to find any information on other people experiencing the same problem on google, nor here on XDA. Does anyone have any ideas on how I can trace the root of the problem? Can it be radio FW related? Can I get any useful information by rooting the phone, installing busybox and tracing the system logs, dmesg, etc. ?
Any suggestions and ideas are welcome!
Best regards, Denis
DeniTCH said:
Hi,
I am experiencing a strange problem with a Xperia Arc, LT15i, which one of my friends asked me to 'fix'. The scenario is as follows:
- The phone has no warranty
- The phone had a stock ROM from 3 here in Denmark, 2.3.6, not sim locked, not rooted.
- Whenever I try to make a phone call, it immediately hangs up
- The same happens when a call is received, no ringtone or any other indication of an incoming call, phone hangs up immediately.
- The phone is unable to receive messages
- When I try to send a message, it fails
- Messages sent to the phone are not received
- 3G and internet work fine
I thought that this was some kind of a software bug related to the stock rom, so I tried to install stock ICS on it by following one of the widely available guides, the ROM installed fine, problem persists.
I have not been able to find any information on other people experiencing the same problem on google, nor here on XDA. Does anyone have any ideas on how I can trace the root of the problem? Can it be radio FW related? Can I get any useful information by rooting the phone, installing busybox and tracing the system logs, dmesg, etc. ?
Any suggestions and ideas are welcome!
Best regards, Denis
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If everything is stock, bootloader still locked, then try to repair your phone with sonyericsson PC Companion. But backup all your contacts and messages, because it delete al your data.
There is no data on the phone, so I am free to experiment as much as I want. I will try to see what the Sony Ericsson companion can do, but I am quite sure that the guy who's phone it is already has tried that, which resulted in the stock operator ROM from 3 being reinstalled. I am not exactly sure on whether the bootloader is locked or not, I have not played around with SE phones this much before, as I am used to HTC Is there a quick way to find out?
Hello,
I'm experiencing the same problem but with SIM cards from only one carrier (TMN Portugal). Its works fine with VODAFONE and OPTIMUS.
I can get 3G and internet but "No Service" for calls and SMS. When I try to call I get "Out of Service Area".
The TMN SIM cards work on another handsets, not in mine.
Did you solve your friends problem? If so, how?
Thanks in advance m8.
Gonçalo
so I flashed Lifeless rom v14 a, the ZVB Radio Update M9615A-CEFWMAZM-2.0.1690: and Joker kernel. I was coming from lifeless v11 and old radio. ever since flashing i cant send short text messages they fail to send 75% of the time if I send a complete sentence it goes through no problem. I tried restoring with a nandroid i had from twrp with efs backed up it didnt fix it and now my wifi wont connect to home network even though it recognizes it as saved. I reflashed lifeless v14 and new radio, wifi works again but text has same issue. I downloaded Go sms pro and set send settings to send through smsc with sprints # , still wont fix it. I had sprint send a refresh signal didnt work. I have an older nandroid through cwm recovery that i want to flash but I get a md5 mismatch . I tried to fix md5 through adb but my computer wont pick up usb debugging in charge only mode only when media sync is enabled. I deleted and re-installed the drivers, different cables and ports still wont work. Any ideas for either issue guys?[/B]
Ever get it fixed? i can't send any texts and it was working fine with several roms till yesterday. Even called sprint and got one text to send and then it stopped again.
I recently unrooted my m8 and reverted back to the stock os and now everything works great. I had a wifi issue when going through the stock process but I found the problem. Now the phone is usable, but every time I connect it to my PC, it shows up but this is all I see.
http://imgur.com/a/0U2y6
I should also note that when I try drag something into the phone directory it gives me an error saying "The device has either stopped responding or has been disconnecting" and on HTC sync manager my phone shows up for a split second and then gives me "device unavailable. Please reconnect your device. [4]"
Edit: Some Apps like facebook, hangouts are also not updating. Not sure if that has anything to do with the syncing problem.
Thanks!
deenoking said:
I recently unrooted my m8 and reverted back to the stock os and now everything works great. I had a wifi issue when going through the stock process but I found the problem. Now the phone is usable, but every time I connect it to my PC, it shows up but this is all I see.
http://imgur.com/a/0U2y6
I should also note that when I try drag something into the phone directory it gives me an error saying "The device has either stopped responding or has been disconnecting" and on HTC sync manager my phone shows up for a split second and then gives me "device unavailable. Please reconnect your device. [4]"
Edit: Some Apps like facebook, hangouts are also not updating. Not sure if that has anything to do with the syncing problem.
Thanks!
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Can u plz give more info about your device? Carrier, where the phone was made for (US, Canada, etc) what modifications did you made and what rom were you running. Can you get the device to be recognize by the computer via adb or fastboot?
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deenoking said:
I recently unrooted my m8 and reverted back to the stock os and now everything works great. I had a wifi issue when going through the stock process but I found the problem. Now the phone is usable
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Can you be more detailed about how you reverted to stock ?
also what firmware version ? rom version ?
When you connect your device to PC what connection protocol you used ( MTP or PTP ) ?
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