So I found a custom ROM that would work on the R800x. Its DarkForest ROM, I flashed it and it said it installed successfully. I rebooted it and it sat at the Sony Ericsson screen and didn't move. So I did a battery pull and tried again, still nothing. I then tried to get it back into ClockWorkMod recovery and it won't go anywhere except the SE screen. Can someone please help me because I need my phone
If you need more information let me know and I will post it.
Your phone is bricked. Use flashtool, pc companion or seus to fix it.
I never installed that Rom, but you may need to factory reset or wipe cache in some roms after installing. If it isnt that you may be on wrong baseband or kernel and if not that you would need flashtool to go back & flash another firmware. Good luck.
Ios suckkss.
i dont have any help to offer, but were you able to get a functional backup of the stock rom working? i know pc companion can always fix it as long as it can see the phone, but i wanna keep all my apps and stuff if i decide to do anything like a new rom/kernel and gotta go back. i cant figure out how to boot into clockwork mod even tho i have the Xperia CWM Auto-Installer installed and it said it was successful (i uninstalled the app after. should i have left it?) and rom manager (after leaping through hoops getting it to even allow me to try) just reboots with no recoveries available when i try to make one. i know, more work for you, but you can get far enough to flash roms, so i was hoping you could tell me what i need to do?
UPDATE: finally got CWM to work! lol. it wouldnt work til i used the volume buttons. lol. im gonna keep several copies of my current rom just in case. lol. sorry.
This will happen to you for not unlocking your bootloader if u didn't. Thia happenes.to.me once and.I.reflashed the verizon. Tft fike with flashtool. I will reply with a better explaination later
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Hello everyone,
I've always rooted my Xperia Arc, but beceause that little icon that is screaming out, UPDATE ME, I updated en rooted again. And beceause I was searching for how to root 4.1.B.0.587, I saw some things about custom roms, and I was trying to install one. After I succeeded I wasn't tottaly happy with the rom, so I found MooDed ICS, and now I want to try that rom. But the problem is, the installation of the rom failes.
1.First I wanted to install DooMKernel, so I tried using fastboot tool, (The one you type in flashboot fast boot boot.img), but that didn't work. It kept saying Waiting For Device (Unlocked Bootloader, ADB Drivers, USB Drivers, Unknown Resources, USB Debugging, Tried both on Windows 8 as on Windows Vista) So once I gave up on that one, I tried it with flash tool, and it succeeded (At least it said it did) (Attachment 1, the one with a picture of flashtool doing his thing) (Can't upload photos cause this is a new account so need to attach)
2. Then I Booted up my phone, and it gave errors like, proces,android stopped, just the ones you get when you are going to root your phone (First put the 4.1.B firmware on it, then an unstable one which is giving errors then you root but after that you put a stable kernel back) That was weird but I was still hoping the MooDed ICS was going to work.
3. But then when I choose the zip file from the DooMKernel recovery, it gave an error like this, and my phone didn't get past the DoomLord booting logo. (Second attachment, the photo of my phone)
So I dont know what to do now, my only guess is that DoomKernel doesnt want to work on 4.1.B, but that would be strange cause on youtube videos of that kernel with that version are working.
(Third attachment, Flashtool menu)
These are the kernels I use (First flash the full version, then downgrade to root, after that flash the working kernel back)
[KERNEL][ARC/ARC S] DooMKernel {ICS} [Rel:v5][Dt:18/MAY][FW:ICSBeta/.562(LEAK)]
It's an old kernel, use something else or find an old ROM to work with it.
XperienceD said:
[KERNEL][ARC/ARC S] DooMKernel {ICS} [Rel:v5][Dt:18/MAY][FW:ICSBeta/.562(LEAK)]
It's an old kernel, use something else or find an old ROM to work with it.
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But shouldnt it work with the normal kernel(the last one I flashed using flashtoo) then, cause I get the same.error?
That doesn't look like MoodedICS, you're trying to install.
And search on the forum, these errors have been discussed so many times.
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That doesn't look like MoodedICS, you're trying to install.
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I'm sure it is, I downloaded it from there thread /showthread.php?t=1526717
And search on the forum, these errors have been discussed so many times.[/QUOTE]
Of course I've searched but I couldn't find it....
First of all, yes, I am an idiot, and yes, I have looked through the forums but just have to make sure I am downloading the correct thing.
So, a while ago, I rooted my t-mobile galaxy s3.
Today, I wanted to download a root-compatible app, it didn't work, turns out that my root somehow became disabled ( I might have accidentally wiped the superuser binaries)
So, I try to re-root my phone...several times. I finally think I have it rooted (using the official xda guide on how to root), and everything was fine, until i try to use superuser and it turns out that I am not rooted...for whatever reason. I do a hard reset a couple of times, it still shows that I am running alternate software and cannot update. I try to flash a stock rom to my phone, and that just simply fails on odin.
Now, I have completely formatted the SD and internal storage (probably very stupid), and I am just wondering how I could possibly flash a stock rom onto my phone, and if you could please link one because I believe the one I tried was not for my device.
If not, please provide some suggestions on what I should do. My device works, so it's not really time-sensitive, but I do want to re-root my android after I revert to stock roms, properly this time.
Thank you for your time and help!
Fixed
Fixed the problem, will be posting tutorial in the morning for anyone who might have the same issues!
Waiting for u!!
Hello,
First of all, I did try to look for other topics about this issue. However, working through sometimes a couple of hundred pages in a thread and to sift through all the topics here could mean I missed something. If so, I'm sorry, feel free to point me to a fix, and then I'll try that.
So here's my problem,. While trying to root my SE Arc S I seem to have put it in some kind of situation I can't fix: I'm now stuck at running stock ICS 4.04 (4.1.B.0.431), lost my root (and looks like i also lost CWM recovery), can't flash anything and can't root the phone again.
So, would anoyone know how to fix this? Please, keep any instructions as easy and clear as possible. As you'll probably see in the rest of my post i'm pretty new/noob at this stuf.
Here are the things I did to get to this point (before all this I started out with ICS 4.04 build 4.1.B.0.587)
- First I unlocked my bootloader, that seemed to work. I followed the steps on the sony instruction page
- Second, I rooted the phone, by following a combination of the steps in this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1683957 and on another non xda page (the steps seemed similar, but the non xda page was a little clearer/easier/more noob friendly for me.) That also worked, since I could use Titanium Backup (can't now)
- Third, I installed CWM with RecoverX. That worked, since I could enter CWM.
- Fourth, I tried installing different ROM's (cyanogenmod) by storing it on my sd card and installing it via CWM. That's where the problems started.
First of all I couldn't install any of the ROM's i tried. CWM would start installing it and then gave a status 7 error and aborted the installation. After trying the same process a couple of times my phone got stuck on the Sony screen after rebooting.
To fix this i flashed a stock android thingy (not sure if it's a rom, kernel, or whatever, anyway it's the version i'm running now) That worked and my phone at least functioned again.
However, since I don't wanna run this version I looked for ways to flash/install a different one. That's when I noticed I lost my root (an app i dl'ed that needs superuser privilleges didn't work) I tried rooting the phone again, but found I couldn't even flash anything. If i tried that, flashtool would give an error about not recognising the phone and stopped the flashing process. Then i tried to unlock the bootloader again, to see if that might work. But that didn't work either cause again my pc didn't seem to recognise the phone. I also tried using the doomlord root app. That seemed to work, but somehow after finishing it i didn't end up with root priviliges (again, I checked this by trying to use a root required app)
So, now I can't unlock the bootloader, I can't flash anything and I can't root my phone. All I can do is use it. And thought that's obviously the most important thing, I would like to be able to do more with it.
So, does anyone know how to fix this? It all seems to boil down to my phone not getting recognised while in fastboot/flash mode. But I wouldn't know how to fix that...
A lot of thanks in advance for any help!
ilporro said:
Hello,
First of all, I did try to look for other topics about this issue. However, working through sometimes a couple of hundred pages in a thread and to sift through all the topics here could mean I missed something. If so, I'm sorry, feel free to point me to a fix, and then I'll try that.
So here's my problem,. While trying to root my SE Arc S I seem to have put it in some kind of situation I can't fix: I'm now stuck at running stock ICS 4.04 (4.1.B.0.431), lost my root (and looks like i also lost CWM recovery), can't flash anything and can't root the phone again.
So, would anoyone know how to fix this? Please, keep any instructions as easy and clear as possible. As you'll probably see in the rest of my post i'm pretty new/noob at this stuf.
Here are the things I did to get to this point (before all this I started out with ICS 4.04 build 4.1.B.0.587)
- First I unlocked my bootloader, that seemed to work. I followed the steps on the sony instruction page
- Second, I rooted the phone, by following a combination of the steps in this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1683957 and on another non xda page (the steps seemed similar, but the non xda page was a little clearer/easier/more noob friendly for me.) That also worked, since I could use Titanium Backup (can't now)
- Third, I installed CWM with RecoverX. That worked, since I could enter CWM.
- Fourth, I tried installing different ROM's (cyanogenmod) by storing it on my sd card and installing it via CWM. That's where the problems started.
First of all I couldn't install any of the ROM's i tried. CWM would start installing it and then gave a status 7 error and aborted the installation. After trying the same process a couple of times my phone got stuck on the Sony screen after rebooting.
To fix this i flashed a stock android thingy (not sure if it's a rom, kernel, or whatever, anyway it's the version i'm running now) That worked and my phone at least functioned again.
However, since I don't wanna run this version I looked for ways to flash/install a different one. That's when I noticed I lost my root (an app i dl'ed that needs superuser privilleges didn't work) I tried rooting the phone again, but found I couldn't even flash anything. If i tried that, flashtool would give an error about not recognising the phone and stopped the flashing process. Then i tried to unlock the bootloader again, to see if that might work. But that didn't work either cause again my pc didn't seem to recognise the phone. I also tried using the doomlord root app. That seemed to work, but somehow after finishing it i didn't end up with root priviliges (again, I checked this by trying to use a root required app)
So, now I can't unlock the bootloader, I can't flash anything and I can't root my phone. All I can do is use it. And thought that's obviously the most important thing, I would like to be able to do more with it.
So, does anyone know how to fix this? It all seems to boil down to my phone not getting recognised while in fastboot/flash mode. But I wouldn't know how to fix that...
A lot of thanks in advance for any help!
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I had the same problem. First of all if you have bootloader unlocked it is still unlocked even if you had flashed another rom.
What rom did you exactly flashed? What OS do you use on your computer? When I started to flash different stock roms and then to root them then I unlocked my bootloader then the same problem appeared on Windows 8 (I could find no way to make my phone recognisable - don't know why). I tried to flash rom again on another one running on Winows 7 and after instaling drivers from flashtools and instaling sony companion phone started to be recognized.
So try to connect your phone to another Pc (if possible) and then flash any stock rom (for example ICS 4.04 build 4.1.B.0.587) and then (if you have unlocked you bootloader) flash any pre-rooted kernel (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2159411).
ilporro said:
Hello,
First of all, I did try to look for other topics about this issue. However, working through sometimes a couple of hundred pages in a thread and to sift through all the topics here could mean I missed something. If so, I'm sorry, feel free to point me to a fix, and then I'll try that.
So here's my problem,. While trying to root my SE Arc S I seem to have put it in some kind of situation I can't fix: I'm now stuck at running stock ICS 4.04 (4.1.B.0.431), lost my root (and looks like i also lost CWM recovery), can't flash anything and can't root the phone again.
So, would anoyone know how to fix this? Please, keep any instructions as easy and clear as possible. As you'll probably see in the rest of my post i'm pretty new/noob at this stuf.
Here are the things I did to get to this point (before all this I started out with ICS 4.04 build 4.1.B.0.587)
- First I unlocked my bootloader, that seemed to work. I followed the steps on the sony instruction page
- Second, I rooted the phone, by following a combination of the steps in this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1683957 and on another non xda page (the steps seemed similar, but the non xda page was a little clearer/easier/more noob friendly for me.) That also worked, since I could use Titanium Backup (can't now)
- Third, I installed CWM with RecoverX. That worked, since I could enter CWM.
- Fourth, I tried installing different ROM's (cyanogenmod) by storing it on my sd card and installing it via CWM. That's where the problems started.
First of all I couldn't install any of the ROM's i tried. CWM would start installing it and then gave a status 7 error and aborted the installation. After trying the same process a couple of times my phone got stuck on the Sony screen after rebooting.
To fix this i flashed a stock android thingy (not sure if it's a rom, kernel, or whatever, anyway it's the version i'm running now) That worked and my phone at least functioned again.
However, since I don't wanna run this version I looked for ways to flash/install a different one. That's when I noticed I lost my root (an app i dl'ed that needs superuser privilleges didn't work) I tried rooting the phone again, but found I couldn't even flash anything. If i tried that, flashtool would give an error about not recognising the phone and stopped the flashing process. Then i tried to unlock the bootloader again, to see if that might work. But that didn't work either cause again my pc didn't seem to recognise the phone. I also tried using the doomlord root app. That seemed to work, but somehow after finishing it i didn't end up with root priviliges (again, I checked this by trying to use a root required app)
So, now I can't unlock the bootloader, I can't flash anything and I can't root my phone. All I can do is use it. And thought that's obviously the most important thing, I would like to be able to do more with it.
So, does anyone know how to fix this? It all seems to boil down to my phone not getting recognised while in fastboot/flash mode. But I wouldn't know how to fix that...
A lot of thanks in advance for any help!
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1. Why did you use XParts? Unlocked bootloader means you can flash a stock kernel with CWM in it.
2. CM ROMs use different kernel, that's why you get status 7. Maybe you can Google a bit on CWM status 7 error? To install Cyanogen ROM, use the included kernel or look for a list of recommended kernels.
3. Flashtool should still work. Can you enter flashboot? Connect your cable to the PC, hold down the back button and connect your cable to it. A blue light means it's successfully connected in flash mode.
僕のLT18iから送られてきた
Thanks both for the different bits of advice. I dunno how, but it finally works now! In the end I installed sony's pc companion, switched off antivirus and then all of a sudden i could flash things again. Then i just followed the steps to rooting the phone for the second time, and it finally worked. Got my root back and also managed to install a ROM from CWM.
Again, not sure how, maybe i should have just turned off my antivirus from the start, or maybe in retrying all the steps I somehow stumbled across the sollution, but at least it works now
popthosegaskets said:
1. Why did you use XParts? Unlocked bootloader means you can flash a stock kernel with CWM in it.
2. CM ROMs use different kernel, that's why you get status 7. Maybe you can Google a bit on CWM status 7 error? To install Cyanogen ROM, use the included kernel or look for a list of recommended kernels.
3. Flashtool should still work. Can you enter flashboot? Connect your cable to the PC, hold down the back button and connect your cable to it. A blue light means it's successfully connected in flash mode.
僕のLT18iから送られてきた
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What is XParts? I don't think i used that program. The steps i previously followed might have been redundant in part, but I wanted to be on the safe side and just try all options i could find.
I tried googling for the CWM status 7 error, but couldn't really find any sollution i could work with. And anyway, it's fixed now (i hope, didn't try CM again though)
Flashtool didn't work yesterday. Or at least, it did work but i just couldn't flash anything cause it didn't recognise my phone.
Anyway, thanks again. This is fixed now
ilporro said:
Hello,
First of all, I did try to look for other topics about this issue. However, working through sometimes a couple of hundred pages in a thread and to sift through all the topics here could mean I missed something.
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Which is why senior members in all sections create guides like - [GUIDE] All Things XPERIA - Debranding - Rooting - BL Unlocking - Theming to make it easier for People like yourself, and in those guides you'll find things like...
XperienceD said:
Rooting:
UPDATE: One click root [4.1.B.0.587 /.431 /.562 ] All 2011 Xperias
- What is rooting and why should I do it? The pros & cons of Android rooting
Rooting methods for the XPERIA line of Phones has constantly changed from apps to Pre-Rooted ROMs and Kernels. A Google search of "root -insert device name-" should help to find the specific method for your Phone but the following link is well worth reading - [How-To] Rooting guide for 2011 xperia devices
References:
[Arc/S] [PRO] Root for 4.0.4 ICS Update [4.1.B.0.431+4.1.B.0.587]
Root MANY ANDROID! [Upd: 18.12.2012]
[ROOT+BB+CWM] ICS and non rootable GB build
[ROOT][NOOB GUIDE][for unlock BL] For Official ICS 4.0.4
[HOW-TO][FTF] Root and CWM with the latest 9.0.1.D.0.10 firmware
[ROOT&MORE]Xperia 2012 line Flashtool + prerooted system.img + Sony fw FTF + addons
[Tutorial]Root.Xperia 4.0.4 ROM [all h/m(dpi)] | 4.1.B.0.431
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...so when a new members start new threads about something that's been covered a gazillion times, it can be quite frustrating.
XperienceD said:
Which is why senior members in all sections create guides like - [GUIDE] All Things XPERIA - Debranding - Rooting - BL Unlocking - Theming to make it easier for People like yourself, and in those guides you'll find things like...
...so when a new members start new threads about something that's been covered a gazillion times, it can be quite frustrating.
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Well, I did follow the steps in at least one of those guides. And that worked. So the problem wasn't in working out how to root the phone, but in fixing what went wrong afterwards. The first attempt at rooting worked, but then flashing a ROM failed, the phone stopped working and after fixing that i lost the root and couldn't find a way to reroot it (even ater following all the steps in the guides i previously used, it just didn't work)
So, with all do respect to those guides and their usefullness, as far as I can tell my problem/question wasn't answered in them.
Hi all, I could not find any similar discussions myself so apologies if someone has answered somewhere - maybe you can point me in the right direction because I am stuck. My E6883 phone sits with the white Sony screen during normal boot. In Xperifirm it is now identified as "Current device : E6633 - CB5A2BPCDE - 1299-6237_R10C - 1295-6630_32.2.A.0.253 - GENERIC_32.2.A.0.253 which is not correct following my customising efforts and since this does not match the phone Xperifirm bombs out. I have customised many previous Sony devices but this is the first time its gone so far wrong. I've had this Z5 Premium for a while and kept it as standard, until yesterday when I decided to root it and go for a custom ROM. I chose RXSW Moonbreakers Edition Custom ROM and having unlocked the bootloader I got what i thought was a matching kernel for my system which was 32.2.A.0.305 (originally HK). The kernel came from XDA forum and already modified with TWRP. I also loaded the appropriate SuperSU zip. TWRP loaded fine as did the SuperSU and on first boot like that I appeared to have root, although it was very slow to identify it. I loaded the custom ROM zip and two add-on packs together and during the installation TWRP found errors so did not load the Moonbreakers. On reboot from that the phone was unresponsive, cycling through red and yellow LED's only. Today my plan was to revert back to an older system or the 305 again so first I started with 32.2.A.0.224 again with a matching kernel - both downloaded independently, But Xperifirm said that bundle did not match, then when I used the official 305 Sony sin file Hong Kong bundle it is being prepared ok then the message that the phone is now E6633 appears. And all stops.
My knowledge of how this identity switch has occurred is zero. Please can anyone help me to recover the phone's original identity but hopefully still load a nice custom ROM. Obviously Xperifirm still recognises it so there is hope, and i can still boot the phone into TWRP recovery. Presumably adb will also work but haven't tried that. Thanks in advance for any and all advice. If you need more information I will try my best to provide it.
I had the numbers switch on me a few times too when doing custom rom installs. So long as you stay in the 68xx varients, you are okay since those are the P versions. It sounds like the moonbreakers version you installed changed you to a z5 which is why it crashed. The way I got around this when using a z5 rom was to also get a z5p kernel to flash in TWRP and also edit the custom rom to change the phone version to 68xx. I hope this helps. The best thing to do is re-flash the correct version of the original firmware and get the phone working first.
flash the proper VARIANT's firmware again via Flashtool, and you will be good to go!
Thanks for the input all. I will revisit this issue and try to get the phone back up. Must be one correct combination of kernel which will work.
Update
Due to various other issues I delayed applying the suggestions. I can get the phone to work very unstably as E6653 using Flashtool and a stock Sony ROM but it’s not a good setup. It is barely usable. There seems no obvious way in Flashtool to force it to accept E6883 back in even though I have these available. The default Flashtool identity check blocks it. I have tried various boot images from E6883 to no avail. Is there a known way of returning the phone to E6883 identity so I can either return it to standard or install a guaranteed E6883 custom ROM? Where does the identity reside and is it editable via ADB for example? An ideal ROM would be one which covers both E66xx and E68xx with a selection at first install. Am I asking too much? TWRP still works too. As for editing ROMs and img files I have no experience of how to do that. Reubenbrown suggested that as a possibility but I don’t know where to start. So appreciate quite detailed help if anyone has the skill and time to help. Thanks again. It’s such a great phone but needs reviving.