I want to flash my Xperia Arc with the 2.3.3 xLoud update and with 2.3.4 afterwards.
I have two questions regarding the flashing;
1. Will flashing delete my installed apps and other files?
2. There are two versions available for flashing with 2.3.3; one is UK generic and the other one is Global generic. I've seen reports that the Global generic version has some 3G and WiFi problems......so is there any problem if I flash with UK generic?
NOTE: I have brought my handset from India and am living here as well.
Thanks in advance!
The guides are quite clear, so pick one and flash it.
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ok.....
okay, this almost answers my query
Now, installing a rom like cyanogen mod performs a hard reset and delets everything on the phone.
So will flashing my arc with the se firmware also perform a hard reset or will my apps, contacts etc. still remain?
Just unthick "wipe userdata" in FlashTool and you'll keep everything.
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Yoy didn't say what's your current version.
Just don't downgrade if you are on 2.3.4 already or u'll f*ck ur phone.
You can downgrade, but with special method.
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Good day to all,
i've installed a new ROM (IceLite ICS) on my Xperia Arc.
The ROM is pre-rooted, and via flashtool it seems I have root permission.
The phone has the bootloader unlocked, CWM 5 and the baseband is the stock .64.
But apps which need root (like SetCPU) don't work, and SuperUser never ask for permission. I thought about a baseband compatibility problem with the new ROM, so I've tried to flash .70 baseband, but Flashtool always stuck at "Unplug phone, set off, push and hold menu, plug usb" window.
Any idea of what's wrong with this?
Thanks
Don't know about that Rom but baseband is not connected to superuser.
Also bb64 works fine with ICS.
Use flashtool 0.7.x not earlier for flashing anything ICS related.
Good luck.
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[Solved] My bad, I've found that the problem were a bad usb cable. Replaced, and voilà! All ok.
Thanks for the reply ;-)
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I am sorry if this is in the wrong place, but i could not find a pro specific forum.
Anyway i have a potentially huge problem. I tried to install CyonagenMod 9 on my phone but now it just shows a black screen.
I had previously applied the official SE ICS update(build 4.1.b.0.431, i think), but it was really draining my battery and decided to try CyonagenMod.
Everything was going smoothly i unlocked the bootloader, then i flashed the boot.img and restarted the phone but nothing happened.
Is it because these instructions were meant for 2.3.x? Or something else?
And is my phone permanently damaged because of this?
Thanks for the help.
genericuser72 said:
I am sorry if this is in the wrong place, but i could not find a pro specific forum.
Anyway i have a potentially huge problem. I tried to install CyonagenMod 9 on my phone but now it just shows a black screen.
I had previously applied the official SE ICS update(build 4.1.b.0.431, i think), but it was really draining my battery and decided to try CyonagenMod.
Everything was going smoothly i unlocked the bootloader, then i flashed the boot.img and restarted the phone but nothing happened.
Is it because these instructions were meant for 2.3.x? Or something else?
And is my phone permanently damaged because of this?
Thanks for the help.
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1.Does the flashing of the kernel went smoothly? Does it says "0 bad blocks encountered?" if not, maybe ur pc does not have some of the drivers needed to flash the kernel. This can be resolved by downloading and installing the appropriate drivers.
2.try flashing ur phone with stock sony .ftf firmware using flashtool.(doesnt matter its 2.3 or 4.0) and then try again installing cm9 rom if u wnt to
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maliceomalice said:
1.Does the flashing of the kernel went smoothly? Does it says "0 bad blocks encountered?" if not, maybe ur pc does not have some of the drivers needed to flash the kernel. This can be resolved by downloading and installing the appropriate drivers.
2.try flashing ur phone with stock sony .ftf firmware using flashtool.(doesnt matter its 2.3 or 4.0) and then try again installing cm9 rom if u wnt to
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Yes kernel flashing wents smoothly 0 bad blocks.
I tried what you suggested and got my phone to work again. Then tried to install CM9 again, but got the same result as before.
There's a separate pro version for CM9. Are you flashing the arc version instead?
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xtacy! said:
There's a separate pro version for CM9. Are you flashing the arc version instead?
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No i am sure it is the right one. The developmenname for pro is iyokan and it says that on the zip file i am using.
cm-9.0.0-RC1-iyokan
Oh, did you flash the Officiall CM9? The Kernel is Broken, use FXP CM9 Kernel.
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Hey everyone,
i'm having some problems with my xperia arc. I tried to install cm9 by following a tutorial on youtube named: [HOW-TO] Install Cyanogenmod 9 RC1 on Xperia arc & arc S [HD & HQ]. (can't post the link because i'm new)
I flashed my device using his rom and now it won't start up. Basically, it just shows a black screen and the background-light is on. It's probably because i didn't reset my device before flashing.
How do i get my phone working again? I prefer to go back to the stock software, because i'm too noobish for this anyway.
thanks
If your bootloader is locked, you can use SEUS to help you restore the stock software.
Likewise, you can use flashtool to flash a ftf file of the stock firmware.
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Hi there,
I definitely can't install any latest ROMs on my ARC (Ultimate HD 3.x, Zelly Cream,...) using CWM.
The latest ROM that doesn't hang during boot or just give black screen is Ultimate HD 2.0.3 (Ultimate HD MOD works either)!
- I've tried different kernels like Lupus, Fusion, RUSH as recommended in several threads but without any chance with latest ROMs...
- I've also tried re-download ROMs and kernels... No change.
- I've also tried rebooting without SD in case it sucks... No change.
For info I'm not noob, I use custom ROMS since HTC Legend...
I obviously erase /CACHE /DATA /SYSTEM /SD-EXT also dalvik and battery stats each time I install custom roms and always do clean install. No upgrade.
- My bootloader is unlocked,
- I've got one sd-ext partition,
Did I missed any new process that 100% require to use flashtool instead of CWM to flash latest ROMs? If so it suck
I don't really understand the issue this time except hardware failure but I don't have any issue of any kind with any previous ROM. No hang, no bootloop...
Any help would be very welcome
Thanks
Have you tried flashing original Stock. tft then flashing?
SevenD2 said:
Have you tried flashing original Stock. tft then flashing?
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Hi,
Thanks for your reply.
Nope. Never had to do so for any ROM since the day I unlocked my bootloader. And it's a so sudden behavior...
Do you think it could work ? I mean is there any specific reason that it could solve the problem? Does the latest ROMs use some brand new drivers or something else that may require that?
I'll give a try because I've checked my baseband and I'm 70 while you're 83... Am I wrong or some ROM do change the baseband while some other don't ?
I did use flashtool but only to update the baseband. not for flashing custom rom... That may be the problem
I start feeling ashamed LOL !!!
yeah, try flashing the latest firmware / baseband first.
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yeah, try flashing the latest firmware / baseband first.
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Flashing the latest ftf should include the baseband anyway so you shouldn't need to flash separately unless flashing something different.
Yeah I'm sure it will do the trick... I'm definitely noooooob to forgot that baseband stuff... T_T LOL
I'll confirm tonight.
Thanks everyone !
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Hi guys,
I've flashed the latest baseband (83) and it didn't change anything!
I've flashed RUSH kernel and install Viper Xperia V4 + modules + baseband 83 libs and it still hang at the same moment. with this ROM it freeze during the boot animation (4th times xperia logo appears if this detail can be useful).
RUSH works fine. Once again if I install Ultimate HD 2.0.3 I've got no issue at all...
I definitely don't understand what's going on...
Odp: Can't install any latest ROM and no I'm not noob !)
Did you flash LT15i ftf or LT18i ftf?
All new ROMs are getting more features and they are getting bigger in size. Arc allocates less space to /system - maybe that's the reason.
When I was on CM10 on LT15i firmware I had about 1MB free space on /system after clean install.
Try flashing LT18i ftf before flashing any custom ROM.
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michel_666 said:
Did you flash LT15i ftf or LT18i ftf?
All new ROMs are getting more features and they are getting bigger in size. Arc allocates less space to /system - maybe that's the reason.
When I was on CM10 on LT15i firmware I had about 1MB free space on /system after clean install.
Try flashing LT18i ftf before flashing any custom ROM.
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I flashed LT18i one from papayayoghurt
http://goo.im/devs/papayayoghurt/anzu/Basebands
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So how did it go?
You okay now?
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No I'm not
Flashing LT18i baseband 83 + libs didn't change anything...
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Okay.Try doing it this way.
Flash stock 0.587 ftf.
Fast boot kernel that you want.
I presume the ROM that you need is already on your sdcard.
Go into recovery.Wipe data then go to mount/storage- format/system.Then choose the ROM zip and flash.
Tell me what happens.
For now do not choose any other baseband.Just use stock 77 which is included in the stock ROM.
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sandroidnz01 said:
Okay.Try doing it this way.
Flash stock 0.587 ftf.
Fast boot kernel that you want.
I presume the ROM that you need is already on your sdcard.
Go into recovery.Wipe data then go to mount/storage- format/system.Then choose the ROM zip and flash.
Tell me what happens.
For now do not choose any other baseband.Just use stock 77 which is included in the stock ROM.
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Ok I'll do so! But I won't be able to do it before EOD Paris time.
Thanks for helping.
No luck...
I've reflashed stock 587.ftf, boot ok on stock at this point.
Then flashed Rush kernel, wiped everything as I used to do and flashed Viper V4...
It's still hanging at the very same point during boot animation! :silly:
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im_bol2riz said:
No luck...
I've reflashed stock 587.ftf, boot ok on stock at this point.
Then flashed Rush kernel, wiped everything as I used to do and flashed Viper V4...
It's still hanging at the very same point during boot animation! :silly:
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Try AOKP m1r3 rom with ArcFusioN4.4 kernel.
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sandroidnz01 said:
Try AOKP m1r3 rom with ArcFusioN4.4 kernel.
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It boots! Does this ring the bell regarding what's happening ?
I'll don"t really mind to give a try to this ROM but I would love to understand what goes wrong
Anyway a big thanks for helping.
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Always consider evry custom ROMs instruction. Like in Viper thread, did you note the procedure in flashing the stock firmware?
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Re: Can't install any latest ROM and no I'm not noob !)
I am pretty sure that there was nothing wrong in all your attempts earlier.
Sometimes flashing a new rom takes a bit too long to boot up.
I do change roms very often but when I first started I had the very same problems that you faced.
We are so eager to use the newest rom that we do not give a chance for it to read the entire stuff that we've got in our device.
Sometimes first boot takes such a very long time.This is where we make our mistake.
We presume its not working.Or there's something wrong with the rom and a host of other things runs thru our head.
I for one was a impatient guy.Not so now.I just leave the phone alone after flashing.Use my secondary,much cheaper phone, till I feel I've given my arc ample time to sync completely with latest rom.
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sandroidnz01 said:
I am pretty sure that there was nothing wrong in all your attempts earlier.
Sometimes flashing a new rom takes a bit too long to boot up.
I do change roms very often but when I first started I had the very same problems that you faced.
We are so eager to use the newest rom that we do not give a chance for it to read the entire stuff that we've got in our device.
Sometimes first boot takes such a very long time.This is where we make our mistake.
We presume its not working.Or there's something wrong with the rom and a host of other things runs thru our head.
I for one was a impatient guy.Not so now.I just leave the phone alone after flashing.Use my secondary,much cheaper phone, till I feel I've given my arc ample time to sync completely with latest rom.
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coldmoonbeam said:
Always consider evry custom ROMs instruction. Like in Viper thread, did you note the procedure in flashing the stock firmware?
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No guys, I'm 100% sure that it sucks. No offense to you but as I've said on my first post I'm not that noob on flashing ROMS, rooting devices... Even if I've left some stuffs due to the time I didn't changed my baseband... Indeed I read each ROM instruction I know the basic rules of the forum. Anyway I either don't take any offense and I understand why you write that...
I did precise at what time the boot process hang but it definitelty goes onto boot loop whatever the recomended kernel has been flashed.
I've left my phone rebooting several times knowing that it won't stop nut just in case, I've also cleaned all caches just before first boot...
Honestly I felt ashamed enough having forget that baseband stuff to not double checked if I did something wrong
I gave another try to Viper ROM some times after successfully boot onto AOKP M1R3 and obtain the same hang and bootloop.
Thanks all :highfive:
Last status...
I managed to install "Xperia T ICS Rom V7.1.0 For Arc / Arc-S" which looks interesting therefore I think I'll keep it.
coldmoonbeam may be right regarding that stock ftf... I did retrieve one from other source and maybe it wasn't the right one compared to the one I've got from Xperia T ICS Rom thread...
I'll try to flash VIPER again now and post the result. Then close the thread.
SOLVED!
That ftf stuff was the problem. It works with the one I used to flash Xperia T ICS Rom.
Thanks all for your help :highfive::good: