So I downloaded CWM Rom Manager and whilst messing around on the "Backup current ROM" menu I was asked to install a CWM Recovery.. Scrolling through the menu I accedentally touched "Samsung Galaxy ACE" which Actually installed. which has left me slightly fearing to allow my battery Die (Only installed about 20mins ago!), Will this cause any errors because I now noticed that Sony Ericsson isn't on the list Goddamit!
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So I downloaded CWM Rom Manager and whilst messing around on the "Backup current ROM" menu I was asked to install a CWM Recovery.. Scrolling through the menu I accedentally touched "Samsung Galaxy ACE" which Actually installed. which has left me slightly fearing to allow my battery Die (Only installed about 20mins ago!), Will this cause any errors because I now noticed that Sony Ericsson isn't on the list Goddamit!
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Wrong thread to post this question in it should be in Q&A you will get alot more attention in that forum. Ive posted in here before and they came looking for me with spades and forks
To your question the only thing i would do in your situation is see if it reboots ok if not i would try fastboot (power off hold search key then plug ur usb in see if it turns blue) if so you are in fastboot then try to flash a kernel that is suitable to your rom, If it is a stock rom on your phone i would sit and cry as you will need to use flashtool to flash a stock tft file etc like this one http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1313505
Hope that helps anyone who thinks im wrong correct me please
The easy way to recover your phone is to flash a stock rom:
- Power off it,
- keep pressing the "search key" and pluging in the USB cable.
- The blue light will appears on the power botton you are now in "Fastboot mode"
- Flash your device now!!
This is the fundamental thing about reading and understanding before doing anything. I just hope you have fastboot enabled. Or on reboot hope you can access flashmode. You may be lucky
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There is no recovery partition in the Xperia Play. ROM manager works by replacing the recovery with CWM. Thus, ROM manager doesn't work in the Xperia Play and nothing has happened.
Have any of you people used a Xperia Play?
Well as It seams no changes have ACTUALLY been made! I've tried every combination of keys;
Power+[HOME]/[BACK]/[MENU]/[SEARCH]/[UP VOL]/[DOWN VOL]
AND nothing shows up ^_^ but yet in CWM rom manager it allows me to back it up? it boots on and off as normal so its all cool
Although I'm running Standard rom It's HEAVILY modified, bloatware removed, standard loaders removed and swapped out for another type.
EDIT:: as above nowt's happn'd
I've built a custom ROM or two in the past for a Wildfire, Elonex TouchPad/Zenithink Ruby V1.2Motherboard Tablet and a partial for a Galaxy ACE based upon the CM7 stuff so hopefully I'll get my ass into gear BUY another R800i and flash this one to shiznit..
Install doomlords kernel, it installs the correct cwm and you can back-up your rom
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My phone was working fine until evening. But when i install the new SPRINT LOVERS rom on it, it takes horribly long time to boot up and just stay on the white "HTC EVO 4G" screen for considerable amount of time. When it finally booted, i was not able to use the touch screen. It is not responding to my touch at all.
Though the hardware keys (POWER & VOL KEYS) are working fine in the recovery mode.
I tried installing 3-4 different roms but none of them helped.
Now it is not even showing the red led light on connecting the usb cable.
PLus it takes horrible long time to start up.
As i mentioned before, that it works fine in recovery mode.
And the biggest mistake i made was that i forgot to do nandroid backup and i deleted my previous nandroid backup files like a week ago.
Help me out guys, I know ur best. I am feeling like an handicap without my phone.
good luck bro!
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Do a complete wipe before flashing a new rom.
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If I were you I would try starting from scratch and flashing the original Sprint RUU
flash a different ROM or kernel
krazyflipj said:
Do a complete wipe before flashing a new rom.
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Remove battery and replace.
Reload Amon_Ra's recovery.
Reload a new copy of the rom and reflash. Move it to your sdcard in adb (mount, push ) or simply take the sd chip to your laptop.
You do get one shot at loading your "old rom's" apps from market, after the first invoke of market it will only remember the paid and loaded apps at closing.
Who's recovery were you using ?
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Remove battery and replace.
Reload Amon_Ra's recovery.
Reload a new copy of the rom and reflash. Move it to your sdcard in adb (mount, push ) or simply take the sd chip to your laptop.
You do get one shot at loading your "old rom's" apps from market, after the first invoke of market it will only remember the paid and loaded apps at closing.
Who's recovery were you using ?
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Has already tried all that but even the complete fresh install didnt even work.
But my phone is not letting me install rom through RUU, It says that phone is not detected.
But when i plug in the charger, i can see the symbol of charging and usb debuging in the notification area.
I am using clockworkmod recovery
You need to switch to aman ra recovery. That will help. Clockworkmod recovery doesn't play nice with the new software and hardware and doesn't wipe as good. You will save alot of headaches by switching recoveries. Do a search on here and you should be able to find a flashable zip you can load from the bootloader.
T-Mobile SGH-T989. Will power on, splash screen will appear, and screen will go black. No further activity allowed. Can use vol up/down + power to get into Android System Recovery, but wipe data/factory reset OR wipe cache partition options change nothing.
Daughter states OTA Update was in process, when she drove into area without signal. (The OTA Update occurred 02/06/13). Phone would not leave OTA status. She took out battery, and the above condition began.
No attempts have been made to manually change/upgrade ROM on phone.
DownloadedKies, and the phone is not recognized/not connect to PC
And of course, T-Mobile is no help, only offering to sell me a new phone.
Curious if others have/had similar issues, and if so, how they corrected. Otherwise, would like some assistance in installing a new ROM is possible.
(p.s. I have searched forums/threads and did not discover anything similar)
Seems like power button is funk up
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T-Mobile SGH-T989. Will power on, splash screen will appear, and screen will go black. No further activity allowed. Can use vol up/down + power to get into Android System Recovery, but wipe data/factory reset OR wipe cache partition options change nothing.
Daughter states OTA Update was in process, when she drove into area without signal. (The OTA Update occurred 02/06/13). Phone would not leave OTA status. She took out battery, and the above condition began.
No attempts have been made to manually change/upgrade ROM on phone.
DownloadedKies, and the phone is not recognized/not connect to PC
And of course, T-Mobile is no help, only offering to sell me a new phone.
Curious if others have/had similar issues, and if so, how they corrected. Otherwise, would like some assistance in installing a new ROM is possible.
(p.s. I have searched forums/threads and did not discover anything similar)
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Try to boot into recovery mode or download mode, if you can then there's still hope. Try this: http://www.icsforums.com/forum/showthread/6351
If u can get into download mode you can Odin a recovery and then flash a ROM of your choosing, including stock gingerbread or ice cream, just as the phone was prior except with a custom recovery.
In short....follow tutorials on rooting your phone. When it comes time to "flash ROM" flash to whatever u had before the incident - only if u want to.
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Badwill said:
T-Mobile SGH-T989. Will power on, splash screen will appear, and screen will go black. No further activity allowed. Can use vol up/down + power to get into Android System Recovery, but wipe data/factory reset OR wipe cache partition options change nothing.
Daughter states OTA Update was in process, when she drove into area without signal. (The OTA Update occurred 02/06/13). Phone would not leave OTA status. She took out battery, and the above condition began.
No attempts have been made to manually change/upgrade ROM on phone.
DownloadedKies, and the phone is not recognized/not connect to PC
And of course, T-Mobile is no help, only offering to sell me a new phone.
Curious if others have/had similar issues, and if so, how they corrected. Otherwise, would like some assistance in installing a new ROM is possible.
(p.s. I have searched forums/threads and did not discover anything similar)
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Yeah, you can get a stock ROM that can be flashed via Odin usually in a thread talking about unrooting (or returning phone to stock thread in development and/or general section).
Download the file (should be a good 200-300M area)
Basically, you need Odin (2.65 I believe and yes Odin version matters so if one doesn't try another).
Then, this is tricky, have USB cable connected to computer and other end of the same cable in your hand right as you boot the phone holding the vol keys as you would to enter recovery but plug the USB in as soon as you feel the boot vibrate (there is a real trick to it, it may take a few good tries until you get it).
You will then see a warning screen stating not to disconnect it or power off phone during the flash should be vol down to enter download mode.
Now you should see a driver install go on on computer. If it fails be sure to install Samsung kies and that has the drivers if not installed.
Now open Odin, you should see a yellow square appear on one of the com port boxes meaning it sees the phone.
Click the browser button to select the ROM in the pda box in Odin and hit flash or start or whatever.
Be patient, it may seem like it's taking too long at times don't touch the phone or computer, just wait the status window in lower left of Odin will say when it's done.
Just follow any unrooting guides as stated for a stock ROM file and the correct version of Odin.
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Here is the thread you want. View the very first page and post and that should give you all the files and directions in detail: http://forum.xda-developers.com/sho...WTO]Restore to Stock/Recover from a Bad Flash
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Firstly I did look for similar threads but I couldn't find my problem with entering recovery mode.
So I get to the bootloader and I hit "recovery" to go into recovery mode to back up before I start flashing roms. All that happens for me is it loads into a black screen with a phone in the middle and a green arrow pointing down into the phone with two green arrows circling the downard arrow, then it flashes black, then comes up with the same screen except it's now a red triangle over the phone with an exclamation mark in the middle. I'm assuming this is to represent an error occuring.
The phone won't do anything after this and I have to restart the phone by holding the power button for long enough (7 seconds?). This brings me back into my phone as if I hadn't done anything. I don't want to start flashing things if I can't backup my phone, I don't know how to get around this. Oh and I have installed ROM Toolbox and the same thing occurs when trying to enter recovery mode through this app. Any help will be amazing!
P.S: My phone is rooted, and I left the bootloader unlocked, would not locking it after rooting be a problem? I'm new to all of this :/
did you flashed the correct recovery?
Incase u didnt . Head here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2372372
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Firstly I did look for similar threads but I couldn't find my problem with entering recovery mode.
So I get to the bootloader and I hit "recovery" to go into recovery mode to back up before I start flashing roms. All that happens for me is it loads into a black screen with a phone in the middle and a green arrow pointing down into the phone with two green arrows circling the downard arrow, then it flashes black, then comes up with the same screen except it's now a red triangle over the phone with an exclamation mark in the middle. I'm assuming this is to represent an error occuring.
The phone won't do anything after this and I have to restart the phone by holding the power button for long enough (7 seconds?). This brings me back into my phone as if I hadn't done anything. I don't want to start flashing things if I can't backup my phone, I don't know how to get around this. Oh and I have installed ROM Toolbox and the same thing occurs when trying to enter recovery mode through this app. Any help will be amazing!
P.S: My phone is rooted, and I left the bootloader unlocked, would not locking it after rooting be a problem? I'm new to all of this :/
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most probably, you didnt flash a custom recovery...try flashing that... u can find the steps to flash in the original android development section..
gulsher said:
did you flashed the correct recovery?
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How do I know which is the correct recovery to flash?
Pranav Sharma (PS) said:
most probably, you didnt flash a custom recovery...try flashing that... u can find the steps to flash in the original android development section..
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I tried flashing CWR v 5.8.4.5 but that wouldn't install through ROM Toolbox so I tried TWRP v 2.5.0.0 (and the previous versions), none of them brought me any further than the red triangle :/
So I decided to try ROM Manager, I then flashed CWR 5.8.4.5 (successfully) and rebooted into recovery, it brought me to the circling arrows with a loading bar that got not even 1/4 through then it changed to a question mark over the phone and restarted itself within 5 seconds. This is the most progress I've made. Any ideas on what to try next?
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download it from here http://projectsmyrna.com/PRIMOU/RECOVERY/cwmrecovery6.0.3.3touch.img
try from beginning, take a cwm recovery into fast boot folder
place it there, restart your htc one v and goto bootloader then fastboot option
open command prompt there in the folder by holding shift key and type "fastboot flash recovery cwmrecovery6.0.3.3touch.img"
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I tried flashing CWR v 5.8.4.5 but that wouldn't install through ROM Toolbox so I tried TWRP v 2.5.0.0 (and the previous versions), none of them brought me any further than the red triangle :/
So I decided to try ROM Manager, I then flashed CWR 5.8.4.5 (successfully) and rebooted into recovery, it brought me to the circling arrows with a loading bar that got not even 1/4 through then it changed to a question mark over the phone and restarted itself within 5 seconds. This is the most progress I've made. Any ideas on what to try next?
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i dont know what the rom toolbox or rom manager does because i dont use much of these apps and rom manager had a great reputation on xda forums that it bricks the device....
try the manual way..
download revovery (appropriate) [would recommend cwm but twrp is also good]
boot into bootloader mode (I'm sure you know this)
connect device to the computer via usb cable
then paste the recovery image in th fastboot folder located on your computer (if u have a rooted device I'm sure u must know what a fastboot folder is..)
then rename recovery to recovery.img
then open command prompt
type cd C:\fastboot (C:\fastboot is the location of your fastboot folder on your pc.. it can be any other location also)
then type--- "fastboot flash recovery recovery.img" (but without the quotes)
your recovery wil be flashed..
there are other recovery flashing guides also u can refer to them in case u understand/are not familiar with all these things...
hope it helps..
good luck..:good:
Pranav Sharma (PS) said:
i dont know what the rom toolbox or rom manager does because i dont use much of these apps and rom manager had a great reputation on xda forums that it bricks the device....
try the manual way..
download revovery (appropriate) [would recommend cwm but twrp is also good]
boot into bootloader mode (I'm sure you know this)
connect device to the computer via usb cable
then paste the recovery image in th fastboot folder located on your computer (if u have a rooted device I'm sure u must know what a fastboot folder is..)
then rename recovery to recovery.img
then open command prompt
type cd C:\fastboot (C:\fastboot is the location of your fastboot folder on your pc.. it can be any other location also)
then type--- "fastboot flash recovery recovery.img" (but without the quotes)
your recovery wil be flashed..
there are other recovery flashing guides also u can refer to them in case u understand/are not familiar with all these things...
hope it helps..
good luck..:good:
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Thanks Heaps! I did hear about how Rom Manager is infamous for bricking phones so I thought it would be safe enough to flash a recovery (it's not phone bricking stuff is it?) But Rom Toolbox is kind of a lot of different apps in one that seems pretty legit. To be honest I was just trying to be lazy and not bother learning all of this the manual way but it sounds like I might have to just do it the manual way haha, manual is often the best way with a lot of things anyway.
Thanks also for the little tutorial, you're quite right, even though I'm new I'm a fast learner and I've had plenty to do with computers so I know what all of the commands are doing and the terminology but thanks for covering the bases It's nice to see a noob friendly community around, not too common these days.
So yeah, flashed CWR touch, and got into it with no problem, created my nandroid with no problem. Now I'll set to flashing roms (the manual way) Thanks to everyone here for helping me you're all great
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Thanks Heaps! I did hear about how Rom Manager is infamous for bricking phones so I thought it would be safe enough to flash a recovery (it's not phone bricking stuff is it?) But Rom Toolbox is kind of a lot of different apps in one that seems pretty legit. To be honest I was just trying to be lazy and not bother learning all of this the manual way but it sounds like I might have to just do it the manual way haha, manual is often the best way with a lot of things anyway.
Thanks also for the little tutorial, you're quite right, even though I'm new I'm a fast learner and I've had plenty to do with computers so I know what all of the commands are doing and the terminology but thanks for covering the bases It's nice to see a noob friendly community around, not too common these days.
So yeah, flashed CWR touch, and got into it with no problem, created my nandroid with no problem. Now I'll set to flashing roms (the manual way) Thanks to everyone here for helping me you're all great
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your welcome buddy..
i also remember the days when i was new to this stuff..but now i am quite used to such terms and feel comfortable with them,...althought to reach this stage it took some time..
Hello everyone. I know that before I should create a thread I should search the site more to see if there are similar threads. I have but unfortunately I've only found a few with no solutions.
This is about my phone which I flashed Ultimate HD 3.0.2 last June(mid). Everything was going well. I didn't have to restart my phone as much as when I had cyanogenmod. Last Sunday while trying to take a photo my phone died because of low battery. When I got home I charged it but would only get stuck at the Sony logo. To sum it up.
- When turned on/charged, the arc s would only get stuck at the Sony logo(no red LED light). The screen would get brighter, then dimmer, then blank, then go back to the Sony logo. I 'd gladly boot to CWM but nothing happens no matter what button I press. (Maybe I'm doing it wrong? No one clearly knows how to boot into bloody CWM. Almost everyone seems to say, errrr keep pressing back/menu/volume down/power after the Sony logo appears. If someone could clear it up on how to really boot into CWM, that would be great thanks)
- Tried Flashtool, PC companion, SEUS, but the phone also seems to have connectivity problems with the pc. It would slightly detect it then disconnect again. I try to flash a different kernel using Flashtool, the phone's LED turns blue(clearly indicating that it's in fastboot mode), but when I select a kernel, flashtool claims that I have to be in fastboot mode even when my phone's LED is blue.
I can't use any of the 3 tools(SEUS, PC, Flashtool) because it can't even be detected by the pc.(BTW I've fully charged the battery using an independent charger)
I fear this is a hardware problem but I hope it can be fixed. I'd really appreciate help. I've missed college to fix my phone just like I have before but this one won't budge. Thanks.
Flash the stock firmware manually
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Flash the stock firmware manually
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How would he do that, if he clearly said
I can't use any of the 3 tools(SEUS, PC, Flashtool) because it can't even be detected by the pc.(BTW I've fully charged the battery using an independent charger)
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To OP: Does the phone go into flashmode or fastboot mode? Do you have the drivers installed properly?
bryangld27 said:
Almost everyone seems to say, errrr keep pressing back/menu/volume down/power after the Sony logo appears. If someone could clear it up on how to really boot into CWM, that would be great thanks
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From my experience, if you install CWM on a rooted phone but with a locked bootloader it uninstalls as soon as you flash a new ROM and you have to reinstall CWM over again every time you do so.
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From my experience, if you install CWM on a rooted phone but with a locked bootloader it uninstalls as soon as you flash a new ROM and you have to reinstall CWM over again every time you do so.
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Not exactly uninstall, the CWM for locked bootloader is installed on /system partition. This partition is wiped every time a new ROM is flashed, therefore removing CWM from your phone.
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skaveelicious said:
From my experience, if you install CWM on a rooted phone but with a locked bootloader it uninstalls as soon as you flash a new ROM and you have to reinstall CWM over again every time you do so.
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Not exactly uninstall, the CWM for locked bootloader is installed on /system partition. This partition is wiped every time a new ROM is flashed, therefore removing CWM from your phone.
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Some (if not most) ROMs, which are available for locked bootloaders, also include recovery already on the /system partition. At least I have seen custom recovery files listed in AROMA installation files for locked bootloader options.
I have not tested it myself (the freedom of unlocked bootloader ), so I am not sure though
Hey people, got this cute little phone from my wife, was delighted initially because it seemed like custom rom haven and it really is cute little piece of functional white plastic (I meant, it was), but didn't last a day in my "new to Xperia" overconfident hands.
Anyway, I couldn't find any page that was foolproof and really explaining all the details step by step, so it kindaaa seeeems that I forgot the "unlock bootloader" part. I did several unsuccessful attempts at flashing official last version TWRP via terminal emulator and recommended app (can't remember name) - both seemed to do the work but couldn't boot into recovery, just regular reset. Then I tried Rushr app and flashed that TWRP image I had on SD card. I ran Reboot to recovery option - the thing just turned off. Now, what happens is that it vibrates for a second if I hold power button, but no go from there. If I connect it to PC blue light is on and PC says something like SP1FastBoot device connected or something like that.
So the big question is, is this soft or hard brick? What should poor bastard do in any case?
EDIT: Now I realized I get blue indicator light ONLY if I hold volume up before connecting to pc. If not, nothing lights. If I hold volume DOWN, I initially got "SEMC flash device connected", something like that.
your phone is completely alright, just install flashtool,its drives unlock the bootloader(there will be an option) and install recovery, after that flash a rom or stock backup
Thanks a lot, that's great news So in order to minimize risk of such noob mistakes I made (although still not sure what went wrong), I can use Flashtool for all my custom rom needs? Also, where can I download it, the links I found on XDA are dead, and googling brings out Sony's flashtool Emma. I really have no idea if it's the same thing or not, but from description it sounds like a tool for flashing stock roms, not customs. I need to be sure this time
EDIT: On XDA page dealing with TWRP installation: http://forum.xda-developers.com/xperia-m/orig-development/recovery-twrp-xpe it is specifically mentioned NOT to use Flashtool for flashing TWRP. Now it all gets confusing What does it mean, better chose CWM recovery or what?
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your phone is completely alright, just install flashtool,its drives unlock the bootloader(there will be an option) and install recovery, after that flash a rom or stock backup
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Would you by any chance have some specific recommendations regarding recovery and rom combination? I prefer CM, but for instance, they say new CM 13 is for specific version of firmware (4.x, not sure which), and since my device is bricked, I have no way of checking what I have. Is there some combination of recovery/rom that's basically fool/brick proof? I found Flashtool, but I have to put roms in its folder, it doesn't come with or doesn't download firmwares from server or anything right?
I'm running in circles here, I'm stuck with Flashtool, and flashing Fota TWRP via Flashtool isn't recommended so... you see my problem
EDIT: I tried to unlock bootloader via Flashtool, I got middle finger: 08/042/2016 21:42:25 - INFO - Your phone bootloader cannot be officially unlocked
What does it mean? Am I doomed with stock firmware (even if I knew how to recover it) with "no custom roms" diet forever, or is there some "unofficial" solution?
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EDIT: I tried to unlock bootloader via Flashtool, I got middle finger: 08/042/2016 21:42:25 - INFO - Your phone bootloader cannot be officially unlocked
What does it mean? Am I doomed with stock firmware (even if I knew how to recover it) with "no custom roms" diet forever, or is there some "unofficial" solution?
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I have tried it with my device and i unlocked my bootloader successfully , just bootloop once , donno why is this happening with you maybe flashtool cannot recognise properly so try reinstalling the drivers from the flashtool folder!
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I have tried it with my device and i unlocked my bootloader successfully , just bootloop once , donno why is this happening with you maybe flashtool cannot recognise properly so try reinstalling the drivers from the flashtool folder!
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There's nothing in .flashtool folder or subfolders, just a basic empty tree Seems Flashtool is a no go in my case, I think I'll try Sony's PC Companion, I think it's intended to recover stuck rom. And it requires 5 gigs of space on hard disk, so I guess it comes with everything already in the package
Fixed! Sony's Xperia tool is nothing short of miracle. Did the whole job, completely recovered device. Good job, Sony!