Okay, I tried to unlock the bootloader but after that my play didn't boot anymore so I flashed a new firmware. Root acces was no problem but I am not able to install cwm on my phone anymore. I run the script on my pc, there are no errors but I just can't get into the recovery menu. Could this have something to do with my unlocked bootloader? I tried to find out, how to install cwm on unlocked bootloaders, but I did not find something satisfying
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Just download cmw installer from the market and install it that way. No computer necessary.
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i have a question . Im currently in a custom rom and rooted but i want to upgrade to a ICS rom, when i enter the sony site to unlock bootloader i check my status to see if i can unlock it...but it says no. what does it means? do i have to wait or something or should i go on and flash anyway.
jerses said:
i have a question . Im currently in a custom rom and rooted but i want to upgrade to a ICS rom, when i enter the sony site to unlock bootloader i check my status to see if i can unlock it...but it says no. what does it means? do i have to wait or something or should i go on and flash anyway.
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If it say "bootloader unlockable: No" then u cant unlock it. Not by their methods anywy. There are other wys to unlocked ur bootloader.
Jst need to Find It!!!
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A month or two ago I unlocked my bootloader and rooted my R800X on 2.3.2. Ever since 2.3.3 has came out, I've wanted to update, but I cannot due to my bootloader being unlocked. Thanks to some very helpful instructions by a fellow XDA member, I did the instructions to relock my bootloader, but I am still rooted. Is that normal? How can I check to see if my bootloader is locked? I really want 2.3.3
You can check it by trying to use fasboot. If your locked, fastboot commands won't work (they'll come back with "you need root first" or something like that). Also, I think you need to do something to get rid of root and put the rom just like it was stock or the install might fail. Might try a factory reset. Good luck!
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does rooting causes the bootloader to unlock ??
androidnerd2 said:
does rooting causes the bootloader to unlock ??
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No if you root your phone that's all that will happen
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I think it would be best if you flash your stock firmware to your phone first....as i have seen i lost both root & bootloader unlock after i did so...
Hi,
first of all, I am pretty new to smartphones and android.
I have my arc s, 2.3.4, .42 firmware, rooted, locked bl for two weeks now.
I am really interested in mods since i dont want to unlock bootloader for custom roms...
My problem is: In almost every thread i look people say you have to apply mods via recovery (?) and this is only possible with bl unlocked,
but i managed to apply the statusbar widget mod (sorry for no link) via root explorer..
is this possible with every mod?
thanks in advance and a happy new year!
This depends "modification"
Flashing via recovery is fastest and easiest way. Via root explore you must do all work manually.
Sometime this work, sometime not.
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taaviu said:
This depends "modification"
Flashing via recovery is fastest and easiest way. Via root explore you must do all work manually.
Sometime this work, sometime not.
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How to flash via recovery?
Xperia Arc (rooted)
you can instal CWM recovery on LOCKED BOOTLOADER with SE TWEAKER.
It will work just fine, but you cannot flash custom ROM since your BL will be still locked.
taaviu said:
This depends "modification"
Flashing via recovery is fastest and easiest way. Via root explore you must do all work manually.
Sometime this work, sometime not.
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if it doesnt work, will it mess up my phone? and if it does, will i be able to fix it?
By reflashing it.
But install recovery with SE tweaker, do a backup and then you can always restore "system" when a mod messed the phone up and it just bootloops.
Or unlock the bl and flash a kernel with recovery, it's worth it
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and what happens if se tweaker messes up my phone?
Reflash the firmware with FlashTool
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Doesn't FlashTool need unlocked bootloader to work?
xzizz said:
Doesn't FlashTool need unlocked bootloader to work?
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No, it doesn't, only the device in flashmode.
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Flashboot saying my xperia is not rooted, BUT IT IS
i am trying to install doom kernel but having no luck anyonw know how to fix because my device is rooted with super 1 click and i have even downloaded a root checker and said it was rooted HELP HELP HELP
AM I MISSING SOMTHING
See if shell has root access
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In order to flash custom kernels onto your device you need to unlock your bootloader first.
timour79 said:
In order to flash custom kernels onto your device you need to unlock your bootloader first.
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This guy is right. When it says you have to be rooted... Its not in the sense as root for superuser... Its more the bootloader. Meaning your bootloader has to be unlocked.
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Yea
Lordomn said:
This guy is right. When it says you have to be rooted... Its not in the sense as root for superuser... Its more the bootloader. Meaning your bootloader has to be unlocked.
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Umm unlocked boot loader is like you can put any sim card in right!?
No I think that's sim unlocked. Not for r800x. But not sure if it unlocks sim when you unlock with Sony method with other xplys.
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Hey guys can anyone tell me how to install cwm in my xperia ion.i recently rooted my jb with locked bootloader.
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Doomlord is working on that to make one for us. Right now there is no way for those who has Locked Bootloader to get CWM (including me). So we just can wait. If u want something to install, maybe u can just copy it straight away to system and change the permission.
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Doomlord is working on that to make one for us. Right now there is no way for those who has Locked Bootloader to get CWM (including me). So we just can wait. If u want something to install, maybe u can just copy it straight away to system and change the permission.
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Ok lets see....
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In my case, when i installed CWM @ locked bootloader .55 FW, the CWM didn't work properly. So I suggest you to unlock bootloader & flash doomkernel which is pre loaded with CWM and TWRP.
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avik6123 said:
Hey guys can anyone tell me how to install cwm in my xperia ion.i recently rooted my jb with locked bootloader.
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Pushing the files to the system and changing the permissions is hectic than flashing through recovery. If any error happens it can result in unexpected accidents.
You can unlock the boot loader (u will lose bravia engine) and flash a custom kernel using flash tool.
In the development section you can find some cool kernels with build-in recovery.
If You don't want to unlock , then wait for someone to make a recovery for phones with locked boot loaders.
can i install cm11 with my bootloader locked?...how?...i cant unlock my bootloader because the configuration say bootloader unlock allowed : no :c
STOP SPAMMING WITH THE SAME QUESTION THAT'S BEEN ANSWERED.......NO YOUR BOOTLOADER HAS TO BE UNLOCKED!!!
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henowere was
cant be done on your phone i'm afraid
what phone do yo have?
the best i can do is recovery
but you should root the phone by one click root or just viruses because one clik roots are virues
i did this on xperia e1 locked bootloader