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[Q] SE ARC help.

Hey all, I’m pretty new to this, have been reading throughout this forum and others for weeks. I got a few things I would REALLY appreciate some help with.
I have a SE ARC lt15A running 2.3.3 with 3.0.1.a.0.145 firmware. (I’m in Canada, phone is with Rogers) I bought it locked and unlocked it as I used it for a recent trip to europe no problem there.
It seems very slow like when I press the button for my contacts it takes about 5 seconds to open, so this brings me to where I am now, I’d like to put cyanogenmod on it and get rid of all the pre-loaded stuff.
Do I need to update the firmware before I put on cyanogenmod?
If so I can’t seem to get FastBoot to recognize phone.
But I can get Wotanserver to recognize my phone, there are different firmwares but none from Canada, can I use another region firmware on my phone and have it still work on with my carrier?
I don’t know if this matters but I was trying to flash firmware earlier and phone stopped working, was able to restore it with SEUS, can that lock my phone again?
Could be that i missed a thread that answers my questions, if so would appreciated being pointed in right direction.
Thanks again

homeygomey said:
Hey all, I’m pretty new to this, have been reading throughout this forum and others for weeks. I got a few things I would REALLY appreciate some help with.
I have a SE ARC lt15A running 2.3.3 with 3.0.1.a.0.145 firmware. (I’m in Canada, phone is with Rogers) I bought it locked and unlocked it as I used it for a recent trip to europe no problem there.
It seems very slow like when I press the button for my contacts it takes about 5 seconds to open, so this brings me to where I am now, I’d like to put cyanogenmod on it and get rid of all the pre-loaded stuff.
Do I need to update the firmware before I put on cyanogenmod?
If so I can’t seem to get FastBoot to recognize phone.
But I can get Wotanserver to recognize my phone, there are different firmwares but none from Canada, can I use another region firmware on my phone and have it still work on with my carrier?
I don’t know if this matters but I was trying to flash firmware earlier and phone stopped working, was able to restore it with SEUS, can that lock my phone again?
Could be that i missed a thread that answers my questions, if so would appreciated being pointed in right direction.
Thanks again
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mate i have the same issue. the thing is that once we (you) bought the phone locked the bootloader is locked and it cant acces fastboot - even if u got the unlocking code and even if uwill flash debranded firmware. there is no way to do so now. all u can do is root it and get rid of some bloatware. - yes root it without unlocking the bootloader. check out android dev section and DOOM'S version for windows! perfect and easy.
thats the only thing u can do so far - the same as me. just wait.
thanks

What's doom's version for windows? Can you point me to it? Is it better/easier to use than Gingerbreak?
Also can i update the firmware with a different region without screwing up my phone/provider? Is it possible to get 2.3.4 on a branded phone or do i have to wait for SE to release it for my region?

homeygomey said:
What's doom's version for windows? Can you point me to it? Is it better/easier to use than Gingerbreak?
Also can i update the firmware with a different region without screwing up my phone/provider? Is it possible to get 2.3.4 on a branded phone or do i have to wait for SE to release it for my region?
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here u go mate
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1320350
follow the instructions - this is the easiest root ever made for android!
hit the thanks button if i helped you!

homeygomey said:
What's doom's version for windows? Can you point me to it? Is it better/easier to use than Gingerbreak?
Also can i update the firmware with a different region without screwing up my phone/provider? Is it possible to get 2.3.4 on a branded phone or do i have to wait for SE to release it for my region?
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Make a backup of your ROM with PC Companion or Update Service then flash the latest firmware and root.
You can flash any arc firmware onto any arc.

If you still want fastboot enabled then contact me

i did...thanks god u r here..

Thanks guys i'm installing Doomlord.
For anyone else like me who dont know much of what their doing, i flashed 2.3.4 US on my phone with wotan but then had to add apn for rogers to get 3G back.

Blue Xperia Play 4g, need baseband..having problems

Hey guys, I was hoping I would'nt have to do this but i'm at a loss now.
I own the blue xperia play 4g phone and currently using it with straight talk service with their unlocked sim. Everything was fine until I decided to start trying out custom roms.
No matter what I tried, I could get them to load, work , function ect BUT I had weird issues where people could not hear me for the 1st call, but if I called them right back they could. It just seemed to be random and I could'nt put my finger on it.
So I flashed back to the stock 2.3.3 R800AT firmware, and then updated thru their Sony patch they made me do on the phone...and everything was fine again.
Well I got adventurous again, and UNLOCKED my bootloader. So NOW....after doing custom roms, I CANNOT reload my old R800at 2.3.3 firmware and get the OFFICIAL update from them. So i'm stuck with an upgradeable working 2.3.3 (this is the 2.3.3 before the update they put out, I know it does'nt go to 2.3.4. but its some kinda 2.3.3 update) with NO further updates.
So after tons of research i'm HOPING its the baseband I need ??? I dont know what else to do. Only other option is if some kind soul wants to send me over their AT&T r800AT 2.3.3 UPDATED firmware I'll just go back to stock but i'd prefer to keep using my custom roms!!!
***maybe if someone who has the blue xperia play 4g version, would post the "baseband" version they see on their phone, even that would help!!!***
Any help would be great and more than appreciated.
God bless and thanks guys,
Jason

jaygrae said:
Hey guys, I was hoping I would'nt have to do this but i'm at a loss now.
I own the blue xperia play 4g phone and currently using it with straight talk service with their unlocked sim. Everything was fine until I decided to start trying out custom roms.
No matter what I tried, I could get them to load, work , function ect BUT I had weird issues where people could not hear me for the 1st call, but if I called them right back they could. It just seemed to be random and I could'nt put my finger on it.
So I flashed back to the stock 2.3.3 R800AT firmware, and then updated thru their Sony patch they made me do on the phone...and everything was fine again.
Well I got adventurous again, and UNLOCKED my bootloader. So NOW....after doing custom roms, I CANNOT reload my old R800at 2.3.3 firmware and get the OFFICIAL update from them. So i'm stuck with an upgradeable working 2.3.3 (this is the 2.3.3 before the update they put out, I know it does'nt go to 2.3.4. but its some kinda 2.3.3 update) with NO further updates.
So after tons of research i'm HOPING its the baseband I need ??? I dont know what else to do. Only other option is if some kind soul wants to send me over their AT&T r800AT 2.3.3 UPDATED firmware I'll just go back to stock but i'd prefer to keep using my custom roms!!!
***maybe if someone who has the blue xperia play 4g version, would post the "baseband" version they see on their phone, even that would help!!!***
Any help would be great and more than appreciated.
God bless and thanks guys,
Jason
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Oh my friend, you are in the same boat as me. xD
All you need to do is get the stock 2.3.3 AT&T firmware, But you can also use r800i firmwares and update to 2.3.4 with the latest firmware.
Theres a thread somewhere containing the firmware, if not you can find it on google.
(Which is what im doing right now with straight talk) only negative thing I see is so far H instead of H+.

Dito on the baseband, the flashtool links with FTF 2.3.3 is down my phone is softbricked though

Cetus90 said:
Dito on the baseband, the flashtool links with FTF 2.3.3 is down my phone is softbricked though
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If alejandrissimo unlocked your phone you should have OTA updates. If you unlocked it with another method then im not sure what to tell you, gotta find the updated FTF files.

Guys good news here
I was correct in thinking it was the baseband on our phone that is causing the problem. I think its due to the fact we are 4g rather than 3g.
So how did i fix this problem??? Simple. I was able to use the doomkernel v13 (any seem to work), actually install the rom of choice, (i'm using Jokawild 2.5), and then downloaded/installed baseband file -36.
I also installed the -36 libs package that was somewhere posted on here its the new .386 version.
Everything is working now and i'm happy. Going to save the baseband/lib files so i have them forever incase something happens.
Take care, God bless and thank you for your input/time. I could'nt go another day with them stock at&t roms!!!!

jaygrae said:
Guys good news here
I was correct in thinking it was the baseband on our phone that is causing the problem. I think its due to the fact we are 4g rather than 3g.
So how did i fix this problem??? Simple. I was able to use the doomkernel v13 (any seem to work), actually install the rom of choice, (i'm using Jokawild 2.5), and then downloaded/installed baseband file -36.
I also installed the -36 libs package that was somewhere posted on here its the new .386 version.
Everything is working now and i'm happy. Going to save the baseband/lib files so i have them forever incase something happens.
Take care, God bless and thank you for your input/time. I could'nt go another day with them stock at&t roms!!!!
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Hello hello, I need your help. I've got the generic North Am. 2.3.4 (.42) and I'm having this problem. I've got an unlocked bootloader and I want to install the baseband file. Can I do that with a generic rom? What is the process for installing a baseband file and libs package? Where can I get these files? Thanks.

SonyFanboy said:
Hello hello, I need your help. I've got the generic North Am. 2.3.4 (.42) and I'm having this problem. I've got an unlocked bootloader and I want to install the baseband file. Can I do that with a generic rom? What is the process for installing a baseband file and libs package? Where can I get these files? Thanks.
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I think I have the same or a similar problem. I frequently encounter a similar situation where it could take 10+ seconds before the other person can hear me speak, but I can hear them the whole time. By now most of my friends and family know how to deal with it, but before they would just hang up on me. Then they could hear me if I called them. If I reboot the phone, it fixes it for a while, but then it comes back after some time and takes another reboot to resolve.
My phone is a SIM unlocked, bootloader locked Xperia Play R800a model from last year's Google I/O. It uses the same frequencies as AT&T for 3G and 2G and I'm using it on AT&T as well. I have the Generic North America 4.0.2.A.0.42 (Android 2.3.4) ROM installed, and it has Baseband 8x55A-AAABQMAZM-203028D-56.
I found a separate thread with the -36 Baseband here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1469473
I'm considering flashing this over my current -56 Baseband to see if it improves the situation. As I recall, I never had this sort of trouble when I first got the phone. It's really only been since I updated to Firmware .42 that I've had these problems. Is it safe to do this?
Thanks!

MechaBouncer said:
I think I have the same or a similar problem. I frequently encounter a similar situation where it could take 10+ seconds before the other person can hear me speak, but I can hear them the whole time. By now most of my friends and family know how to deal with it, but before they would just hang up on me. Then they could hear me if I called them. If I reboot the phone, it fixes it for a while, but then it comes back after some time and takes another reboot to resolve.
My phone is a SIM unlocked, bootloader locked Xperia Play R800a model from last year's Google I/O. It uses the same frequencies as AT&T for 3G and 2G and I'm using it on AT&T as well. I have the Generic North America 4.0.2.A.0.42 (Android 2.3.4) ROM installed, and it has Baseband 8x55A-AAABQMAZM-203028D-56.
I found a separate thread with the -36 Baseband here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1469473
I'm considering flashing this over my current -56 Baseband to see if it improves the situation. As I recall, I never had this sort of trouble when I first got the phone. It's really only been since I updated to Firmware .42 that I've had these problems. Is it safe to do this?
Thanks!
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I wanted to add that on Friday I installed the -36 baseband with mine and I'm getting 4G+ (I hit 12MBs at mobilespeedtest.com). And my calls have stopped being cut off.

SonyFanboy said:
I wanted to add that on Friday I installed the -36 baseband with mine and I'm getting 4G+ (I hit 12MBs at mobilespeedtest.com). And my calls have stopped being cut off.
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Awesome! That's also funny because I also installed the -36 baseband last night. So far, so good. Calls and data both work as normal. I'll need to do more testing to be sure whether it fixed my problem or not.
Now did you just install the baseband or did you also flash or push the libs to it as well? All I did was use Flashtool to flash the baseband .ftf file.

[Q] Flashing ROM - Rooted but locked bootloader At&t

I have an At&t version of the Xperia Play (R800at). I have the phone rooted but the bootloader is still locked. I hate the bloated ROM that At&t has and wanted to flash a new one. I really like the Cola rom but it does not work on At&t. Is there a ROM I can flash on the stock At&t kernal that does not have all the bloat? I really just use the phone for calls, texting and games (mostly emulators). Can I go to another stock ROM? I would like 2.3.3 so I can run all of my converted PS1 games, I really don't want to reconvert them for 2.3.4. I do not know what info from my phone I would need to figure out what ROM to download and use. Any information would be greatly appriciated.

I have the same thing except my bootloader is unlocked. I've tried many of the roms on here myself but the baseband from AT&T doesn't give me the "can hear the other person but they cant hear me half the time" problem from the stock rom and I can get 4G on it whereas the other roms do not. Is there any roms that use the baseband from AT&T and get rid of the bloat or is there one that can just use the baseband from the stock rom? I used to have a Galaxy I so not being able to flash different basebands all the time is new to me.
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After poking around and ignoring some things different stuff said, I was able to get cyanogenmod 7.2 (freexperia) on my phone and I then installed the -36 baseband and libs after and everything appears to be working good so far. Going to test a bit with phone calls yet, but as long as I can get online and my phone calls arent messed up this is exactly what I wanted because I love cyanogenmod, I just know it kept saying I needed to have a specific set up but that never worked for me with the baseband, I just went for it and I think the problem I always had was not having the lib files to upload after flashing cyan

devi59 said:
I have the same thing except my bootloader is unlocked. I've tried many of the roms on here myself but the baseband from AT&T doesn't give me the "can hear the other person but they cant hear me half the time" problem from the stock rom and I can get 4G on it whereas the other roms do not. Is there any roms that use the baseband from AT&T and get rid of the bloat or is there one that can just use the baseband from the stock rom? I used to have a Galaxy I so not being able to flash different basebands all the time is new to me.
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After poking around and ignoring some things different stuff said, I was able to get cyanogenmod 7.2 (freexperia) on my phone and I then installed the -36 baseband and libs after and everything appears to be working good so far. Going to test a bit with phone calls yet, but as long as I can get online and my phone calls arent messed up this is exactly what I wanted because I love cyanogenmod, I just know it kept saying I needed to have a specific set up but that never worked for me with the baseband, I just went for it and I think the problem I always had was not having the lib files to upload after flashing cyan
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Sorry, don't mean to hijack the topic, but could you describe the issue where you can hear the other person but they can't hear you a little more? I seem to frequently encounter a similar situation where it could take 10+ seconds before the other person can hear me speak, but I can hear them the whole time. By now most of my friends and family know how to deal with it, but before they would just hang up on me. If I reboot the phone, it fixes it for a while, but then it comes back after some time and takes another reboot to resolve.
The phone itself is a SIM unlocked, bootloader locked R800a model from last year's Google I/O. It uses the same frequencies as AT&T for 3G and 2G and I'm using it on AT&T as well. I have the Generic North America 4.0.2.A.0.42 (Android 2.3.4) ROM installed, but it has Baseband 8x55A-AAABQMAZM-203028D-56 and not -36. Is -36 the best to use with AT&T?

same phone
I have the exact same phone and I had the exact same problem. TrueAncestor v. 1.4 worked wonders. It was easy to do, it was nicely themed, and the bloatware is all gone! I really recommend.

Here is a list of ftf files: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1589399
Try flashing a Generic, I dont know how the R800at response to generic R800i, but i have a R800a that has no issues when flashing it with R800i, also i think you could clean the bloatweare with Flashtool, might want to try it.

Last night I installed the -36 baseband from this topic:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1469473
So far, so good. Calls and data both work as normal. I'll need to do more testing to be sure whether it fixed my problem or not.
I should also note that all I did was use Flashtool to flash the baseband .ftf file over top of my already installed North American Generic 4.0.2.A.0.42 that I got from this topic:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1326459
There's another topic on this same thing and it sounds like using the -36 baseband with the .42 firmware is a good way to go for the Xperia Play 4G (R800at). You can find that one here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=26972055#post26972055

[Q] Question about firmware

Hello everyone,
This is my first post here although I have gotten plenty of helpful information from the site in venturing off into rooting and customizing my ION.
I have the Xperia Ion LT28at, which is rooted. I just had a warranty exchange on the phone due to the microphone completely going out. On my previous ION I rooted it and flashed the lt28i firmware to get rid of the att firmware. I noticed a problem after flashing lt28i firmware that I don't believe I encountered before. If I were to be listening to spotify or pandora with head phones or speakers plugged in, if I got a call during or even hours after of listening to music, I would get this weird underwater, alien sounding voice and I sounded the same way to the person on the other end. Has anyone else experienced this? With the new phone I have I'd like to put the deodexed lt28i firmware so I can do a few mods that require it to be deodexed and of course limited to roms due to the locked bootloader. Any Ideas?
Thanks

It might be, as I could be wrong, that it is caused by the cross flash of basebands. Try flashing every bit of int. fw except for baseband (or flashing the att baseband only)

Thanks. That thought actually crossed my mind today about flashing the att baseband only after installing the other firmware. Now is there a difference between the lt28h and lt28i firmware? I see here it states if you want the lt28h over the lt28i firmware with lte then flash just the baseband after installing the lt28h. I was just curious if there was a difference or advantage of one over the other since there is specific instructions in case someone would want the h over the i.

Not knowing what exactly to search for when I originally asked the question I wasn't sure if there was anything on here related. After browsing around a little I ran across 2 post answering discussing both of my questions, no answers on the baseband issue but I'll continue to follow. Thanks for the help. This could be deleted.

^^i too became aware of this problem yesterday...
Your scratchy garbled thing is a known bug with any LT28i ICS firmware being used on a Lt28at. To my knowledge; no one has been able to completely remove it unless running gingerbread or stock AT&T ICS....or the hybrid thing of Lt28h firmware with att baseband...
the weirder part, though, are these baseband flashing issues. That is the difference between the LT28h and i. The 'h' doesn't support LTE, and its firmware's baseband doesn't utilize it. So guys would run LT28h with an AT&T baseband, and NOT have this garbled thing, yet still have LTE.
So some of us figured running any AT&T baseband with LT28i firmware would remove the bug, right? Flashtool seemingly won't do it...it says the flash of the baseband is successful, but it doesn't change anything on the phone...
either way...I'd say just deal with it for the next week or so...JB will be out, and we'll have plenty of other bugs to figure out too haha.

We did indeed flash the at GB base band for the h ics firmware. I will say that the problem was still there with this setup though not as frequent. The only confirmed rom on at devices to not do it are the stock roms from att. Why we can not flash it now I have no idea. I also wounder if it still works for the h roms now?? I will also add that I did notice the issue more when going in and out of 4g. Now that 4g is on all over town it has not done it. I say that and it will tomorrow haha. All we can do is wait now and with two firmwares being leaked it cant be long before a ftf shows up somewhere.

has anyone tried flashing the ATT GB baseband over an LT28i ICS? I only tried ATT ICS baseband, which didn't change the version number (but i haven't had a garbled call since?)...

[Q] [HELP] Problem with network (R800i GSM)

Greetings!
I managed to get myself a used Xperia Play R800i (I'm from Bangalore, India).
It came with a Custom ROM and it didn't take my Vodafone IN SIM.
Hence I flashed 'R800i_4.0.2.A.0.62_phoenixvendor.ftf' using the Androxyde Flash toolkit.
It still didn't take Vodafone but it took Airtel IN.
Hence I started flashing other ftf's but obtained the same results.
I then decided to stick to Airtel for time being and look for a solution.
I currently run on Lupus JB kernel with SuperJB v7.
On this ROM I came across the baseband version in "About Phone".
It is as follows "8X5AA-AAABQMAZM-20302204-36"
I guess its running on baseband 36.
Also there is a weird thing that happens, at home I get no problem making voice calls (2G mode) but as soon as I take it out I randomly lose the ability to make outgoing calls even though the signal status shows full reception. I can though, send SMSs and establish EDGE connection.
Can the baseband be the cause?
If so, where do I find other Baseband files and how do I flash?
Any help in this regard is much appreciated!
Thanks in advance!