Hello everybody I have an Sony Xperia Arc S (LT18i), I come from HTC,Samsung and Kindle Fire so I'm new with Sony devices.
The Arc S is a second-hand from my brother, I thought I would give it an ICS ROM so I flashed FXP 133 CM9 and it works great without any problem (with flashing), but it wasn't as smooth as I wanted it to be and I don't want to use a buggy CM10 yet.
So I did some research and I found a reply somewhere that flashing the CM9 Baseband 72 would make the ROM smoother, so I flash Baseband 72 via FlashTool and then it won't go pass the boot animation. I thought that maybe the ROM corrupted and so I flash CM9 Stable ROM and Kernel but it's still the same, stuck at CM9's boot animation, and I wiped it clean before flashing
I know you're suppose to wait a while in first boot, but it's 20 minutes and still no boot, I can put it to fastboot,flash mode and CWM, but if you can't power it on, you can't flash it with FlashTool right? And I can't charge it, whenever I plug my Arc in the charger, it boots to the bootanimation and stuck there again.
I doubt it's something wrong with the partition or whatever it is cuz' CWM gives me "no MTD partition: userdata" and "no app2sd partition found"
Conclusion: I can't flash a firmware (maybe cuz' I can't power it on, hope there is another way) but flashing a ROM or Kernel just won't work, right now I'm plugging my charger in but still the CyanogenMod man is looking at me.
HELP NEEDED! PLEASE!
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Hello everybody I have an Sony Xperia Arc S (LT18i), I come from HTC,Samsung and Kindle Fire so I'm new with Sony devices.
The Arc S is a second-hand from my brother, I thought I would give it an ICS ROM so I flashed FXP 133 CM9 and it works great without any problem (with flashing), but it wasn't as smooth as I wanted it to be and I don't want to use a buggy CM10 yet.
So I did some research and I found a reply somewhere that flashing the CM9 Baseband 72 would make the ROM smoother, so I flash Baseband 72 via FlashTool and then it won't go pass the boot animation. I thought that maybe the ROM corrupted and so I flash CM9 Stable ROM and Kernel but it's still the same, stuck at CM9's boot animation, and I wiped it clean before flashing
I know you're suppose to wait a while in first boot, but it's 20 minutes and still no boot, I can put it to fastboot,flash mode and CWM, but if you can't power it on, you can't flash it with FlashTool right? And I can't charge it, whenever I plug my Arc in the charger, it boots to the bootanimation and stuck there again.
I doubt it's something wrong with the partition or whatever it is cuz' CWM gives me "no MTD partition: userdata" and "no app2sd partition found"
Conclusion: I can't flash a firmware (maybe cuz' I can't power it on, hope there is another way) but flashing a ROM or Kernel just won't work, right now I'm plugging my charger in but still the CyanogenMod man is looking at me.
HELP NEEDED! PLEASE!
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now I am guiding to you an almost new territory here but try this :
Download JJ hybrid 3.2 stable from here : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1535971
Download ICS stock recovery kernel from here : http://www.mediafire.com/?t75gje77zciea6x
Remove your SD card..read it through a card reader and extract the jj hybrid stable zip and copy the extracted folder into \clockworkmod\backup
Now put SD card back into the phone and keep the phone turned off
Keep the Menu button(the right most button) pressed while attaching the USB cable to the phone. No need to turn the phone on. U will notice a blue led light on the side of the phone. it means the phone has been connected into the fastboot mode.
Open the flashtool. Let it identify the phone. Then click on the lightning icon on top and choose 'fastboot mode'
On the next screen click on 'select kernel to flash'
Direct the browse screen to the ICS stock recovery kernel which u downloaded.
Once its done in a few seconds, remove the usb cable and turn on the phone.
As soon as u see the SONY logo press volume key down to enter into CWM
Wipe data, wipe cache, wipe dalvik
Then go into backup and restore >> restore >> choose the folder you had copied which should be there.
reboot when done..it would flash JJ hybrid on your phone which is a good enough ROM..but if you need CM9 you can proceed after that..Atleast you have a restore now to get back to normal in case something goes wrong..
iwarind said:
now I am guiding to you an almost new territory here but try this :
Download JJ hybrid 3.2 stable from here : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1535971
Download ICS stock recovery kernel from here : http://www.mediafire.com/?t75gje77zciea6x
Remove your SD card..read it through a card reader and extract the jj hybrid stable zip and copy the extracted folder into \clockworkmod\backup
Now put SD card back into the phone and keep the phone turned off
Keep the Menu button(the right most button) pressed while attaching the USB cable to the phone. No need to turn the phone on. U will notice a blue led light on the side of the phone. it means the phone has been connected into the fastboot mode.
Open the flashtool. Let it identify the phone. Then click on the lightning icon on top and choose 'fastboot mode'
On the next screen click on 'select kernel to flash'
Direct the browse screen to the ICS stock recovery kernel which u downloaded.
Once its done in a few seconds, remove the usb cable and turn on the phone.
As soon as u see the SONY logo press volume key down to enter into CWM
Wipe data, wipe cache, wipe dalvik
Then go into backup and restore >> restore >> choose the folder you had copied which should be there.
reboot when done..it would flash JJ hybrid on your phone which is a good enough ROM..but if you need CM9 you can proceed after that..Atleast you have a restore now to get back to normal in case something goes wrong..
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Thanks, it works. Now my Arc is alive again
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hi i am new here because i usually use the forum iandroid...this is israeli forum and my english is awful so i am soory for that (and that is also a reason why i using the israeli forum).
i have a problem and i think the people here can help me more.
i changed my firt time rom to cm7 rco and everything worked excellent (cm7-i will donate to you in the future don't worry ). and now i tried to change to rc1 v2. and i did it in this way: backup, wipe data, wipe cache, wipe in the advanced, and then install from a sd card zip- the rom and then and google apps. and finally reboot but here goas the problem:the phone started to do loop he turn on and turn off, and blue led was showing and after it the green and no led, and again the blue, green, nothing. i entered the boot menu and there i did boot and then normal. the phone wasn't even opened at all! i take off the battery and put it. and from nowhere the motorola log was showed and a white led and new loop was started: white led with the motorola log, no led no log, blue led with log, green led with log, white led with log and again and again. so i enered the recovery and did a restore, and then reboot but the loop with the white led appeared again. now i entered the bootmenu.
what i can do from here? i hope i was clarfied my self.
I think you'd better start from scratch.
1. Since you have a backup of everything, I suggest you flash Nordic in the bootmenu using RSDlite.
2. Boot into the OS, copy 2ndinit 1.4.2.apk, cm7 rc v2 and gapps to your SD card.
3. Then root using superoneclick (usb debugging ON), reboot, install 2nd init, turn usb debugging OFF, reboot twice, in the second reboot, set default boot as 2nd init, wipe cache, wipe data, flash the files from recovery and you are good to go..
Hope this helps
hi
thank you for your help
but i the rsdlite doesn't recognize my Defy, i entered the bootloader and it's said battery low cann't programm. i will try first of all to bring my battery back to live ( isaw in this forum one way to do it with USB cable). and then i will try to flash the nodrich with rsdlite.
i succeed to save my phone i flashed nodrich and i charged my battery with that way http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=892026&highlight=battery+low.
now i will do root and then 2ndinit recovery and then flach the rom.
wolvish i did in the seond reboot what you have told me to do: set default boot as 2nd init and now the phone isn't opened at all...why? only the M logo is being showed. i didn't have time to wipe or change rom...
what should i do now?
i don't how but i succeed to get to the boot menu again but this time i did in the boot normal and phone opened successfully, wolvish is it must open with boot-> 2nd init? or it is o.k that it is opened with boot->normal?
HI,
Ever since installing CM 7.2 I cannot flash any other roms, I get constant HTC screen or staying on Android logo. I am not new to flashing custom roms .
I have done all wipes before an installation and after to see if that makes any difference (sadly not) The only rom that works is CM 7.2!
Anyone got any ideas what to do
thanx pp
Try removing Battery and then again switch on the phone
then same
vol dwn + power
recovery
then flash new rom
Try installing an official ruu then after that try another custom rom.
still no joy ! unrooted back to stock then rerooted and still the same
Perhaps you need a GoldCard to install a ruu official ROM.
seems my device cannot handle OC roms! any ideas why??
I had the same problem, and even CM7 stopped working....don't think my phone likes overclocking either, even if i install the overclocking kernel on stock rom, the phone goes mad!
to get back to stock:-
-if you are able to get to CWM recovery, go to that first and clear all cashes, format all drives, just basically choose EVERY "clean", "clear" and "format" option to wipe everything from the phone.
-use the same directory you used for the htcdev unlock (usually c:\android)
-search this forum for a thread called "s-on gsm how to upgrade to 2.3.5" or something like that, and download the file "Gingerbread 2.3.5 (v2.13.401.2).zip".
-extract this file and find within it "rom.zip"
-extract rom.zip to the same folder you're using (e.g. c:\android)
-you should now have files called C:\android\boot.img, c:\android\recovery.img, and c:android\system.img.
-open up a command prompt window and navigate to c:\android\
-turn your phone on while holding down the -vol key to get to hboot menu
-choose "fastboot"
-connect your phone to your pc via usb, you should see it say on your phone screen "FASTBOOT USB" or something like that, in red letters.
-now, on your pc, use the following commands to flash everything back to stock
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
fastboot flash system system.img
after this is done (usually only a few minutes), exit the command prompt, power off the phone and restart.
you should now have a fully restored back to stock and working ROM (although you will have to set up all your contacts, all your home srceens, options, settings, and re-download all your apps etc.
-if it's confirmed working, i reccommend then IMMEDIATELY installing CWM recovery, and making a full backup, then next time things go drastically wrong, you should be able to wipe everything then just install this backup (remember to store the backup on your pc, don't just keep it on your mem card).
good luck, this method worked for me, so hopefully you will at least get a working phone again, and if you then want to try other custom roms, you can....but i think some phones are more picky when it comes to overclocking.....i can't run anything that overclocks without the phone freezing/crashing/needing battery pull and reset.
thanks. i will give it a try
i installed CyanogenMod 7.2 RC3 on my Xperia Arc S (2.3.4) and the CM didnt load it just kept repeating itself, so before i had made a backup of my stock rom with apps installed (such as Titanium Backup, Rom manager, etc.) but when i restored it, it still was stuck at the SE boot logo and i have no idea what to do
my phone has a unlocked bootloader and its rooted on firmware .42 so i no CM stuffed my phone up cause it was probably not compatible with my Arc S
does anyone have any solutions to this (my phone is not bricked, its just stuck at the SE logo)
Please help me
Are you restoring the backup with the kernel you backed up on? If not then that's the reason for bootloops.
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i dont no, i think CM 7.2 RC3 didnt support on my xperia arc s (vers. 2.3.4) and i dont even know if i installed a kernel
but by the way is therer CyanogenMod working for my xperia arc s?
and if a kernel is need to run CM
I am nearly 100% certain, from what you have said about Sony Ericsson logo, that the reason you are stuck is because you are still using the kernel from the (official Sony) .042 firmware.
You need to use Cyanogenmod's own kernel which is inside the zip that you used to install CM7. File you need should be named boot.img
Download the attachment below and unzip it to your hard drive.
Place boot.img in the same place you unzipped the attachment.
Open a command prompt and change directory to the where you unzipped attachment.
Power off your phone.
Hold down menu button and insert data cable.
Notication LED should turn blue, indicating you are in fastboot mode.
In the command prompt type "fastboot devices" . This is just to make sure that the PC and phone are communicating okay. It should give a serial number if all is ok.
To flash the kernel type "fastboot flash boot boot.img" .
After a few seconds the command prompt window says "finished total time...". At this point you are done.
Unplug data cable and start up phone. You will probably see a different logo than Sony now and CM7 should now boot up properly.
Hope this helps.
i did exactly what u said before, i extracted the boot.img from the CM7RC3.zip to the fastboot folder of my android SDK, and then i put the CM7RC3.zip on the root of my Xperia Arc S SD card
then i used CWM to install the .zip from my SD card, the reason i think my phone was stuck on BL is because CM7 only works with gingerbread 2.3 my version is 2.3.4
build.prop of FXP124_CM7.2_RC3 indicates that it is 2.3.7
CM7 is classed as Gingerbread also, just that it is built completely from the Google open source code, rather than from anything officially released by Sony.
If using CWM you wiped data and installed the CM7 zip, plus you also flashed the CM7 kernel file, there should be nothing left of the older 2.3.4 for CM7 to clash with.
Wipe data is very important before installing ROMs. Failing to do so is often the cause of bootloops or causing other failures of a ROM to start up (such as when it just sits there doing nothing for a long time instead of loading up to the homesecreen).
hi guys,
today i made a huge mistake. i was trying to deinstall the cm9 by just wiping my phone. accidentaly i made a "system wipe" with my recovery. now my phone ist stuck in the "this build is for development purposes only" screen. i tried to reboot into recovery via the aio kit - error: device not found. (led not flashing, not even when i connect it to the "normal" loading adapter). i just read another thread which ended in sending the device back to htc. i wonder if there is any possibility to safe my phone from that.
greetz bow111
Are you able to acces the Bootloader by closing the phone and restart it by keeping pressed at same time VOLUME DOWN + POWER ?
Be careful: Do NOT press volume UP!, Do not hold Volume Down for too long!
Once you are in the bootloader you should be able to:
A:Go into recovery and repair it from there in you have the ROM on your SD card.
B:If you are unable to acces recovery mode from bootloader, try to use the All In One Tool and flash the TWRP Recovery (the one in the right part of the window) also, note that there are too version, CDMA and GSM, if you have a sim card flash GSM, if you do not have a simcard use CDMA.
Let me know how it went
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Are you able to acces the Bootloader by closing the phone and restart it by keeping pressed at same time VOLUME DOWN + POWER ?
Be careful: Do NOT press volume UP!, Do not hold Volume Down for too long!
Once you are in the bootloader you should be able to:
A:Go into recovery and repair it from there in you have the ROM on your SD card.
B:If you are unable to acces recovery mode from bootloader, try to use the All In One Tool and flash the TWRP Recovery (the one in the right part of the window) also, note that there are too version, CDMA and GSM, if you have a sim card flash GSM, if you do not have a simcard use CDMA.
Let me know how it went
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ok. my phone just quick restarted. it directly went back to the "htc quietly brilliant" screen. pressing volume down + power button for a few seconds doesnt work to get into bootloader. i tried it serveral times. im not even able to turn the phone off. holding the power button only wont help at all.
thanks for ur help.
edit: i feel.. pranked now it worked and i went from bootloader to recovery (twrp already installed). can u tell me what to do now? thanks a lot already
Hm,
Well since you cant remove the battery on this phone, id suggest to just let it finish with what it has left off of the battery. once it is closed try to recharge it and then try to boot in recovery, ofc you might not be able to do this today, depends how much battery you had left when the problem started, but it's a chance, also if it's rooted you bootloader will be unlocked so i doubt HTC will grant you warranty for it (not 100% about this though). let us know if you manage to do any progress with it after you manage to make it close.
cheers
rzarectha said:
Hm,
Well since you cant remove the battery on this phone, id suggest to just let it finish with what it has left off of the battery. once it is closed try to recharge it and then try to boot in recovery, ofc you might not be able to do this today, depends how much battery you had left when the problem started, but it's a chance, also if it's rooted you bootloader will be unlocked so i doubt HTC will grant you warranty for it (not 100% about this though). let us know if you manage to do any progress with it after you manage to make it close.
cheers
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i just edited my post. managed to get into recovery (twrp). what do i have to do now?
Download a new rom and transfer it to your sd card, then flash it from your recovery.
If u have the ROM in the SD card just flash it and reboot other wise as he mentioned above
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Ok, last night i went to sleep.
You now need to find a way to put a ROM on your SD card. whatever ROM you choose make sure you have the correct kernel for it (in every post for ROMs you will find a download link to the correct kernel aswell).
So what you do now (after you have the ROM .zip file on your SD card and your Kernel file in your PC) is:
-Put your phone into Bootloader, Select fast boot and connect the USB cable, and make sure it tells on your phone "FASTBOOT USB"
-Then in All in One select "Flash Kernel" and browse to the correct Kernel, and flash it.
-Reboot your phone in Recovery mode, you have the option in the fastboot screen.
-In the Recovery menu select Factory Reset -> Wipe System.
-While still in recovery go to "Install update from SD card" (or something similar) and choose the ROM .zip file, wait for it to be flashed
-reboot your phone (1st boot is always a bit slower, could take up to 5 minutes).
-after you get to your main screen, reboot the phone again and flash a Google Apps (gapps) .zip file. You will find the correct version from your ROM in the official thread of the ROM. You DO NOT run a factory reset, wipe system or anything like that for flashing Gapps.
Good luck.
got my phone working again. additionally i tried to "re-stock" my phone via a ruu.exe. now i have a new problem ( -.- ;D). my phone wont connect to wlan. it always hangs on "authenticating with wifi (dont know if translated it the right way)". some has an idea how to solve that problem?
p.s. sry for answering this late. had to do a lot of stuff for my finals :/
edit: was a problem with my router
flash a proper kernel
Sent from my One V
Well, first of all, Hello
It seems like I am pretty screwed up.
I have an Xperia Ion LT28h. I have unlocked the bootloader and rooted it. This happened when I tried install a Custom ROM. This one specifically
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2157980
The instructions said to
Flash boot.img from CM10 ZIP - Did it with flashtool.exe (through Windows)
Boot to CWM (Volume Down button) - Rebooted, but wasnt certain if it was CWM - I had a black light screen (Should have known!!!)
Wipe Data/Factory Reset - Ignored
Wipe Cache & Dalvik Cache - Did it through Flashtool.exe
Now, after rebooting, I got the FreeXperia Boot Image and a purple light. I did not know what to do next, and the phone when to the black light screen - and is staying there.
When I connect the phone to PC and turn on flashtool, I get 'USB Debugging Off' - So I cant even flash the stock kernel back.
What can I do now?
Solved (phew)
Its back on
I ran flashtool.exe - It did show 'USB Debugging Off'
After 10 seconds, it asked for my Phone Model
I selected Ion
It then showed in the log window that my phone was in recovery mode with root access.
I rebooted it in fast mode and flashed a stock elf.
Phew