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[Q] 4.0.A.2.368

has anybody who is in canada on rogers figured out how to unlock the bootloader for this phone? or is there a rooted generic world version of 4.0.A.2.368?? ive tried everything and cant get fastboot working

The trick that was needed in order for my system to use fast boot was to disconnect the phone from USB, turn off the phone, and then when powered off, select the menu button (the button to the right of the home button), and hold the button down while you plug in the USB cable. The light above the usb slot will turn blue.
once that is done, use the code that Sony/Ericsson provides, and use that with fastboot.

zombiej79 said:
has anybody who is in canada on rogers figured out how to unlock the bootloader for this phone? or is there a rooted generic world version of 4.0.A.2.368?? ive tried everything and cant get fastboot working
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Both questions have been answered numerous times and your second question is a piss take!

I've seen the rooted IMG of this firmware but has there been a ftf of it done for world generic? I'll try that trick and see if I get fastboot
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tried unplugging it from usb powering it off and holding the menu button. my pc makes a noise telling me something is hooked up but the light on my phone turns green once the screen lights up with the sony ericsson title the screen goes off after thet but the light stays green.

zombiej79 said:
I've seen the rooted IMG of this firmware but has there been a ftf of it done for world generic? I'll try that trick and see if I get fastboot
Sent from my LT15i using XDA App
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Have a browse of the section you're most likely to find it, and have a browse of the namaste thread. ;-)
Sent from my LT15i using XDA App

still havent had any luck getting my bootloader unlocked. tried some stuff from the namaste thread de branded flashed the north american generic firmware did a ota update after rooting but it is only .145 and not the new .368 do you know if there is a rooted .365 ftf file? im pretty new to this and cant find alot of info for rogers phones

So far i know the only way to unlock rogers band xperia arc bootloader is using the setool. I am rogers xperia arc too and unlocked the bootloader already XD

athris said:
So far i know the only way to unlock rogers band xperia arc bootloader is using the setool. I am rogers xperia arc too and unlocked the bootloader already XD
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thats awesome do you have a link on how to do this?
ive read somehwere but cant find it again if you use the custom hk firmware you can get the new .368 ota update i tired the generic north america one and only got up to .145

first of all, setool is not free software. If you want to know more about setool, you can google search "setool".
If you just want a root version of 4.0, i can suggest just flash a hk version 2.3.2, do gingerbreak, then OTA to 4.0.

ill try the hk firmware then ota. is there a specific hk firmware? or just the generic 181 hk firmware?

flashed the generic .181 hk firmware used gingerbreak and did the ota update to .368 and now im one happy guy. not in a rush for the bootloader. thanks for the info

Recovery help

Hello everyone, I was recently able to purchase an Xperia play at an amazing price and love it. It is a Rogers sim locked phone so I am not able to open the bootloader and I have rooted the device by flashing UK R800i firmware followed by gingerbreak. Now all I need is recovery. I've read Bin4ry's thread on recovery but am confused on how to install it. Can anybody direct me to a thread with a working recovery or how to install Bin4rys? Thx in advance.

First you need a unlocked bootloader for CWM (ClockWorkMod - custom recovery) to work on your phone.
Second you can't install/flash Bin4ry's version, but only boot it. If you flash it you'll brick your phone (the play has no recovery partition afaik, it's part of the boot.img).
Doomlords kernel got it by deafult, but i don't know if that's compatible with your play model (my guess is you have an R800a).
So as your phone is sim locked i don't even think you can get into fastboot?
Bin4ry's bootable CWM should work on your phone if you can get it into fastboot and unlock your bootloader.
Regards Dousan...

Dousan said:
First you need a unlocked bootloader for CWM (ClockWorkMod - custom recovery) to work on your phone.
Second you can't install/flash Bin4ry's version, but only boot it. If you flash it you'll brick your phone (the play has no recovery partition afaik, it's part of the boot.img).
Doomlords kernel got it by deafult, but i don't know if that's compatible with your play model (my guess is you have an R800a).
So as your phone is sim locked i don't even think you can get into fastboot?
Bin4ry's bootable CWM should work on your phone if you can get it into fastboot and unlock your bootloader.
Regards Dousan...
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Thank you for clarifying things. Looks like I'm gonna have to get my phone sim unlocked because I'm not able to get into fastboot. Do you know of any trusted unlockers? Appreciate your time...thx again.

Aphex33 said:
Thank you for clarifying things. Looks like I'm gonna have to get my phone sim unlocked because I'm not able to get into fastboot. Do you know of any trusted unlockers? Appreciate your time...thx again.
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You're welcome
Check this thread out, it's gonna cost you some money, not sure howmuch but around 15$ afaik (well not to check it out, obvious, lol):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1232050
Regards Dousan...

Dousan said:
You're welcome
Check this thread out, it's gonna cost you some money, not sure howmuch but around 15$ afaik (well not to check it out, obvious, lol):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1232050
Regards Dousan...
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Rather than this method, can I use a internet service to unlock my sim....then unlock the bootloader using the SE website?

Aphex33 said:
Rather than this method, can I use a internet service to unlock my sim....then unlock the bootloader using the SE website?
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I take you have an R800a model since you live in Canada. I'm not sure if you can unlock your bootloader with the method on SE unlocking site. Further more i don't think it's enough to just sim unlock to get fastboot working, afaik it's not.
You could always pm @Alejandrissimo about it and ask him if his way is the only way for you to unlock your bootloader (I've only heard good stuff about him).
You could also pm @Blagus about the same issue as he does the same thing as @Alejandrissimo.
About the sim unlock through internet i can't advice on that since i just don't know.
Regards Dousan...

Dousan said:
I take you have an R800a model since you live in Canada. I'm not sure if you can unlock your bootloader with the method on SE unlocking site. Further more i don't think it's enough to just sim unlock to get fastboot working, afaik it's not.
You could always pm @Alejandrissimo about it and ask him if his way is the only way for you to unlock your bootloader (I've only heard good stuff about him).
You could also pm @Blagus about the same issue as he does the same thing as @Alejandrissimo.
About the sim unlock through internet i can't advice on that since i just don't know.
Regards Dousan...
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Yes my phone was originally a R800a until I rooted with the UK firmware method. I've pm'd Alejandissimo and will be getting it unlocked through him. Once again I appreciate you time and will see you around, cheers

You're welcome once again and glad you sorted it out. Will see you around
Regards Dousan...

I got a glossy black brick... I think.

Hi everyone, on this past week I've been trying to get me XP back to life... but with no success.
For starters I woke up one day to find that my phone has powered off by itself (no root nor unlocked bootloader), tried to power it on but no response, had to remove e reinsert the battery for it to boot up. Some days later same thing but when i turned it on it started a bootloop, repaired with SEUS.
This week it made the same thing and i had to repair it with Wotanserver, but when i let it alone it would reboot... everytime it entered the sleep mode it would crash and reboot. Tried flashing some roms on the forum with no luck... now wotan sees my phone as a R800i when it really is a R800a and SEUS keep saying that me phone have the latest update.
Yesterday it stopped bootlooping... it don't even show the "Sony Ericcson" phrase.
I'm new to android phones got this phone in oct/2011, didn't installed CWM.
So if someone could try to help me i would really apreciate.

Ok so, download flashtool and flash the latest r800i firmware or the any r800a firmware. As long as you can enter flash mode, your phone is fine. The reason the roms didn't work is your locked bootloader.

Nevermind, Potato13 beat me to it before I finished typing.

Thanks for the replies.
Yes I tried flashtool with several rom's either R800i and R800a from .42 to .62, from US to HK. Neither made my phone show any signs of beeing better.

4ageu said:
Thanks for the replies.
Yes I tried flashtool with several rom's either R800i and R800a from .42 to .62, from US to HK. Neither made my phone show any signs of beeing better.
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try to unlock your bootloader.. then flash r800a fw..

So to get this right - You already flashed different stock firmwares to it and that stuff still happened?
Should actually not happen... to me that would indicate that there is some kind of hardware problem since you never rooted the phone nor unlocked the bootloader to really mess things up.
I would send it in

ezadsyafiq99 said:
try to unlock your bootloader.. then flash r800a fw..
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Isn't unlocking bootloader only for custom rom's? Well thats what i think it is.
sashake said:
So to get this right - You already flashed different stock firmwares to it and that stuff still happened?
Should actually not happen... to me that would indicate that there is some kind of hardware problem since you never rooted the phone nor unlocked the bootloader to really mess things up.
I would send it in
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Yes I was thinking on doing so but i already flashed other Fw's on this phone isnt my warrant already void? I'm saying this because I dont think I would have the money to pay the repair service.

As far as I am concerned, only rooting and unlocking the bootloader voids your warranty. You have done neither so you should be fine .
I asked Sony Customer support once how to handle my not booting phone and they adviced me to flash stock firmware - So I would figure they can't deny you services because of doing so.

sashake said:
As far as I am concerned, only rooting and unlocking the bootloader voids your warranty. You have done neither so you should be fine .
I asked Sony Customer support once how to handle my not booting phone and they adviced me to flash stock firmware - So I would figure they can't deny you services because of doing so.
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Ohh I see thanks for the answer, really appreciate.
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Sent the phone to SE as sashake recommended, and turn out that the problem was with the hardware itself.
SE gave me a new unit as it was still covered by warranty.

xperia play 800at owners

hey att play owners. it doesn't seem like i can unlock or unroot the att phone. what kind of things have you done? i was able to tether my phone which was pretty cool.

legacygt777 said:
hey att play owners. it doesn't seem like i can unlock or unroot the att phone. what kind of things have you done? i was able to tether my phone which was pretty cool.
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I also have the at&t version. What i did was flash the R800i stock rom with flashtool. When you have the r800i firmware you can root it with flashtool also. About the boot loader, you cant unlock it manually, you have to pay Alejandrissimo to do it for you. Still there are some roms that dont need the boot loader to be unlocked, like gin2jellybean, which I'm currently using.
hope this helps you.

rafanugent said:
I also have the at&t version. What i did was flash the R800i stock rom with flashtool. When you have the r800i firmware you can root it with flashtool also. About the boot loader, you cant unlock it manually, you have to pay Alejandrissimo to do it for you. Still there are some roms that dont need the boot loader to be unlocked, like gin2jellybean, which I'm currently using.
hope this helps you.
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I never got ahold of alejandrissimo. I used this site instead
http://www.wotanserver.com/en

ViperX or Custom rom install on htc one x with carrier lock

Hi there guys, im sorry if this is already asked, i have been searching but my english is not great and i havent found anything regarding this matter, i have an htc one x international version, it is locked by carrier, my carrier, i am wondering, if i install a custom rom like viperx, wich is the one i want, will i have any problem regarding the fact that it is lock by my carrier? i do have the sim of the carrier coz i use it, but i dont want to mess up, thank you all in advance!

Yes you can use it, the only thing you might lose is the phones warranty because you have to unlock the bootloader.

Thanks
MarcelHofs said:
Yes you can use it, the only thing you might lose is the phones warranty because you have to unlock the bootloader.
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Thank you very much for the fast answer!. I really dont mind about the warranty issue, but one question though, if you go back to stock they can tell you unlocked the bootloader before? i mean even if u lock it again? thanks so much, very noob here with htc haha

Yes your bootloader is now locked, when you unlock it says ... Hahah unlocked ! And when you re-lock it again ... It's says .......
Relocked ! :thumbup:
It will never go back to locked.
Ow and please make a nandroid backup from your stock rom after unlocking the bootloader and flashing the custom recovery. You will need it when you want to go back to stock. And copy it to a safe place !