I am looking to return my Xperia Play which is rooted with the Generic North American R800a firmware at 2.3.3 with bootloader locked back to the Stock at&t firmware that came with as R800at. If anyone knows where i can get that so i can flash my phone back to stock and remove root in the process which is a Gingerbreak root kept by doing a OTA update from 2.3.2, i would be very very grateful. I will be returning my xperia play and forking over the money for a samsung galaxy s2 skyrocket on at&t since i am still within my 30 day return policy. Thanks again for any help with this matter.
voidlogik said:
I am looking to return my Xperia Play which is rooted with the Generic North American R800a firmware at 2.3.3 with bootloader locked back to the Stock at&t firmware that came with as R800at. If anyone knows where i can get that so i can flash my phone back to stock and remove root in the process which is a Gingerbreak root kept by doing a OTA update from 2.3.2, i would be very very grateful. I will be returning my xperia play and forking over the money for a samsung galaxy s2 skyrocket on at&t since i am still within my 30 day return policy. Thanks again for any help with this matter.
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The galaxy s2 isn't all that but I hope you enjoy it. Just do a factory reset and delete super user app, they won't even bother looking at your software version or kernel (they wouldn't even know if it's right or wrong anyways).
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Someone with that model would need to make an ftf file for flashtool, as far as I'm aware.
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Someone did make an at&t ftf he posted in the general section but you need to copy and paste the link into your browser
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Hello, I have a Sony Xperia Play model R800at from AT&T that originally ran 2.3.3 out of the box, and I read that you can root a Sony Xperia Play by flashing the firmware to 2.3.2 then rooting it and afterwards upgrading back to 2.3.3.
So here's the kicker, I mistakenly downloaded the 2.3.2 firmware for the Sony Xperia Arc, and my phone refused to boot after flashing. Next, I downloaded 2.3.2 firmware for Sony Xperia Play from here, and after flashing that my phone was able to boot but "android.process.media" is force closing every few seconds.
I gave up on trying to root my phone and just wanted to make my phone normal again so I went in search of my phone's original firmware in order to flash that in hopes of bringing the phone back to normal and stopping "android.process.media" from crashing so much. So after searching up and down and high and low for my original R800at 2.3.3 firmware from AT&T, I couldn't find it anywhere! Does anybody have it or does anybody know how to fix my phone?
TL;DR: Stupidly flashed wrong firmware, can't find right firmware to flash. Firmware I'm looking for: USA Sony Xperia Play model R800at Android version 2.3.3 from AT&T.
Just flash the north American 2.3.3. Its way better then the att version.
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Can you please tell me where I may get that firmware from?
EDIT: Will it come with the bloatware that came with my phone? Because I got different bloatware when I flashed the generic UK firmware and believe it or not I miss my old bloatware.
Not much bloat really. It's in the development section I think.
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Apparently my phone was still under warranty, so I sent it in and got a new one for free so everything is all fine and dandy now. Of course, I didn't tell them that my phone was acting up because I flashed the firmware.
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HighJeep said:
Just flash the north American 2.3.3. Its way better then the att version.
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Were you able to access 4G with Generic 2.3.3? (Did the "H+" appeared?)
hey guys, I put the generic version of N. A. firmware on my play (r800a-fw) but to be honest i kinda like the stock att firmware more (i know-i'm crazy). I was sure i would like the generic i did not back up my original firmware. So does anyone have or know where i can get the stock at&t 2.3.3 firmware??????
thanks in advance for any help leading to a solution
Pretty sure there's no FTF of it yet. Since you didn't back it up, you'll just have to wait I guess
R800a is exactly the same as r800at except the bloatware you can download off the market, minecraft you'll have to buy now, and that stupid H+ symbol is now H but the speeds are still the same . Now you can tether and mobile hotspot with the r800a, something att blocked.
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I am looking to return my xperia play and need to know where i can find the stock at&t R800at firmware that came with the phone originally. I have since purchasing it put the R800a firmware on it (Generic North American) and since i am within my 30 days i would like to return it but want to flash it back to stock so to prevent any lash back from an at&t rep.
If you have any info on this subject i would be very grateful. My at&t Xperia Play is running the generic N.A. 2.3.3 firmware which i have gingerbreaked but still have the bootloader locked.
Good luck! The R800AT users are the very minority in this place and no one seems interested or cares to make a ftf of the R800AT. Just look at a couple people requesting the ftf a week ago.
Well your wait is over. Here it is straight from SEUS. Working, tested on my own phone.
multiupload.com/B9CI6MH39N
Ok fantastic it finally surfaces thank you!!!!!!!:-D
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thanks - been looking for this for a while
I used this and for some reason either my phone didnt take the FW or it was wrong. The phone read that it was still R800a. It had nothing to do with AT&T FW??
I'll be trying it myself here soon.
Can that flash tool be used to flash a non-ATT firmware to an ATT phone without unlocking the bootloader? Or even a custom ROM for that matter?
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Can that flash tool be used to flash a non-ATT firmware to an ATT phone without unlocking the bootloader? Or even a custom ROM for that matter?
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Only Sony signed roms I believe.
Yay! Thanks for the file, now all models are covered in my Super-Compilation! COuld someone tell me the Android build version (aka is it 2.3.3 or 2.3.4)?
Logseman said:
Yay! Thanks for the file, now all models are covered in my Super-Compilation! COuld someone tell me the Android build version (aka is it 2.3.3 or 2.3.4)?
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The most current AT&T build released is still 2.3.3
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Guys, I'm sorry to load the noob questions on you but in a nutshell, I want to be able to update my phone to the 2.3.4 update that Verizon isn't allowing us to have.
I want to be able to purchase games without having to go through their sh*tty v z app, I would like to update to other official releases like 4.0 when it arrives.
Right now my concern is 2.3.4 I've read about boot unlockers and roots. Which do I want to do, if either?
Thanks in advance
To get 2.3.4 on verizon, you must unlock your bootloader because only custom roms or stock UK roms have 2.3.4+. You can still update to 4.0 once it comes out, by using flashtool
http://xperiagamer.com/Beginners-Guides/
Very nice guide(s) to rooting, unlocking your bootloader, etc.
There is currently no working ROM for 2.3.4 on Verizon play. You never have to buy apps they Verizon (if you root the phone you can remove the Verizon store) (in fact, they get taxed if you buy them through Verizon instead of the Android market)
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A few weeks back I purchased the R800at model of the Xperia Play planning to root and overclock. I found out that it's very hard to root the phone with the firmware it was running, so I unlocked the bootloader and flashed a firmware for the R800i. Not ten minutes later I realized that the firmware I just flashed onto my device is also near impossible to be rooted. The build number for what I'm currently running is 4.0.2.A.0.62, and I can't find the previous firmware versions for the r800i anywhere. It almost seems that they've all been removed from the internet by Sony. If someone could please help me that would make my day.
TechAddiction said:
A few weeks back I purchased the R800at model of the Xperia Play planning to root and overclock. I found out that it's very hard to root the phone with the firmware it was running, so I unlocked the bootloader and flashed a firmware for the R800i. Not ten minutes later I realized that the firmware I just flashed onto my device is also near impossible to be rooted. The build number for what I'm currently running is 4.0.2.A.0.62, and I can't find the previous firmware versions for the r800i anywhere. It almost seems that they've all been removed from the internet by Sony. If someone could please help me that would make my day.
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Use eRoot to root .62+ firmwares.
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Thank you so much that did the trick, I thought I had explored all the options for rooting!