[Q] Locked bootloader roms - Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I'm currently running on stock kernel android version 2.3.4 and my bootloader is locked
rom is gin2jellybean
Where can i find other compatible roms that i could flash using Cwm5

Most stock based GB ROMs are compatible with locked boot loaders. Just look at it this way if it doesn't require a new kernel, its compatible unless it says its not for your model I.e. you have a r800i and its for a r800x. Also some ICS ROMs now work on stock kernel..
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crazymonkey05 said:
Most stock based GB ROMs are compatible with locked boot loaders. Just look at it this way if it doesn't require a new kernel, its compatible unless it says its not for your model I.e. you have a r800i and its for a r800x. Also some ICS ROMs now work on stock kernel..
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ahh ok thanks! but are there any ICS or JB roms that doesn't require a custom kernel?
I shall try to search for it myself too :

Why don't you just unlock your boot loader? Quick and easy. If you need a guide,they're all over the place. But I don't think there's a stock JB for stock kernel, but there is for ics
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Miixxerr said:
ahh ok thanks! but are there any ICS or JB roms that doesn't require a custom kernel?
I shall try to search for it myself too :
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There are a few ICS ROMs that work on stock GB kernel just search the xperia play android development seaction for ICS roms
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With a locked bootloader your only asking for problems for your device.

crazymonkey05 said:
There are a few ICS ROMs that work on stock GB kernel just search the xperia play android development seaction for ICS roms
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Mmmmmmmm?????!!! A name will be usefull, he's new here and i think he don't want a bricked phone after the first week here.
Well i have a locked bootloader and i tryed all stock based gingerbread roms here... well, for me the best roms are XPERIA NXT 1.3 by Krisdee, it's very stable, smooth and very good NXT look; AURORA PLAY by spizzy01, beautyfull and very nice graphics with his adreno booster mod, games almost no lags; and NXT2JELLYBEAN by sewer56lol, the fastest rom here, very light, plenty of ram and very very good sound with headphones. :good:
But it's just IMO, the performance and stability may be diferent in diferents devices...
Ah!! @Miixxerr welcome to XDA and enjoy.

romeo_charly said:
Mmmmmmmm?????!!! A name will be usefull, he's new here and i think he don't want a bricked phone after the first week here.
Well i have a locked bootloader and i tryed all stock based gingerbread roms here... well, for me the best roms are XPERIA NXT 1.3 by Krisdee, it's very stable, smooth and very good NXT look; AURORA PLAY by spizzy01, beautyfull and very nice graphics with his adreno booster mod, games almost no lags; and NXT2JELLYBEAN by sewer56lol, the fastest rom here, very light, plenty of ram and very very good sound with headphones. :good:
But it's just IMO, the performance and stability may be diferent in diferents devices...
Ah!! @Miixxerr welcome to XDA and enjoy.
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Thank you soo much for helping me out + I appreciate the warm welcome

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[Q] [POLL] Which rom do you use? (vote pls)

Which rom do you use? (vote pls)
IS YOUR ROM THE MOST USED ONE?
p.s.:
i tried to include all roms..
i wish i didnt forget any...
thanks for ur votes...
I used Arconium till Saturday, but I tested now the new Arconium ICS Beta v1.
I'm using xperia mod 7. With doomlord kernel v19
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tomatos said:
I used Arconium till Saturday, but I tested now the new Arconium ICS Beta v1.
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+1
Enviado desde mi LT18i usando Tapatalk
Normaly stock .62 with removed bloatware and undervolted, v18.1 doomkernel.
Now playing around with ics lite .
arconium ics,i like the UI for this new se ics,beta but feels perfect for me
from the ARC
rashid.fairus said:
arconium ics,i like the UI for this new se ics,beta but feels perfect for me
from the ARC
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+ 1
Sendo from my LT 18i using XDA PREMIUN
I'm using the SE ICS beta - please add to the list.
Stock SE ICS beta for me also for the mean time. I won't go back to gingerbread anymore cause almost everything seems to run fine atm using this ics beta.
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Rycon33 said:
Stock SE ICS beta for me also for the mean time. I won't go back to gingerbread anymore cause almost everything seems to run fine atm using this ics beta.
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Same for me. Used t. E. A. M. before ICS beta, I'd love to see TEAM for ics.
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Hello, nice post . Really I test all ROM and use many of them, like Arconium, CM7 and XperiaMod also I love to test different kernel. Actually I want to test all ICS ROM, but at the moment I´m testing IceLite ICS.
se tweaked, then ICS arconium, now going back to se tweaked
At the moment IceLite.
But i arrive from a long time with CM7.2
Arco 7.1 + Doom v19 = very good!
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cm7 then cm9..now going back to cm7...
SE.TWEAKED
I'm using TEAM Stock @Xperia.
I don't have too many rom options becouse I have locked bootloader
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rec71 said:
I'm using the SE ICS beta - please add to the list.
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ur rom is listed as "DEV - Official Sony Xperia ICS Beta"
Using Zdzihu's AOSP ICS on Xperia Neo! (DEV - ICElite)
... and will keep using it 'till a fixed CyanogenMod9 release.
cm9 always in my heart,but currently using ics beta
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[Q] New to xperia play just one question

hi guys new o xperia play i have a r800i model and its rooted and cwm installed but im not sure what rom to download im looking for the latest gingerbread rom with nice tweaks not looking for ics till a official one is released can someone help thanks
Darkforest rom I would say nice tweaks maybe cm7 if your not a gamer
mileyxperia said:
Darkforest rom I would say nice tweaks maybe cm7 if your not a gamer
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hi thanks ya i like playing the games main reason chose a xperia play really does the controls not work on that rom or something
Try TEAM rom And if you want the xperia s look try Dixperia rom.
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U should get something that improves performance. Maybe,... was the rom called cola from hogwarts? I'm not sure but its okay. If u want the ics look get gbtweaked.
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Try DiXperia Monster with DoomKernel v11 it's stock based but gives you a fresh feel of Xperia S or NXT series. But only problem is with the 2G/3G data but I mostly use WiFi so I can deal with it until official ICS release.
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[Q] disadvantages of updating xperia arc s to ICS

hey guyz,
i am using sony ericsson xperia arc s (LT18i). current OS android gingerbread 2.3.4. when i connected to pc companion it showed an update. but i heard that ICS is not suitable for xperia arc s. there are some prb with updating arc s to ICS. i mean after updating arc s to ICS there occurs some bugs related or other problem after updating xperia arc s. so can anyone tell me in details. lyk wat are the disadvantages of updating arc s to ICS.
thank u.....
Well stock ICS is pretty bad and laggy so you can look for custom roms like CM... Sony didn't make a very good ICS update even though they released it early. I recommend custom roms However if you want to keep your BL locked, there are roms that are for you too just search and you shall find
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trax7 said:
Well stock ICS is pretty bad and laggy so you can look for custom roms like CM... Sony didn't make a very good ICS update even though they released it early. I recommend custom roms However if you want to keep your BL locked, there are roms that are for you too just search and you shall find
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can u give me a proper custom room link which will not slow down the phone or cause any prb and the full process of installing custom rom, cz i never did this before.....
thank u
samveer said:
can u give me a proper custom room link which will not slow down the phone or cause any prb and the full process of installing custom rom, cz i never did this before.....
thank u
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I'm assuming your phone's bootloader is locked (which is normal), so here's 2 roms that are pretty popular, based on ics, and makes your phone run like dual core
Jelly Sandwhich
Xperia Ultimate HD
samveer said:
can u give me a proper custom room link which will not slow down the phone or cause any prb and the full process of installing custom rom, cz i never did this before.....
thank u
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Take a look here, it´s guide i did for Xperia Ultimate HD and root.
Read carefully if you haven't done anything like this before.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1955248
It may seems a bit much, but it's worth it
trax7 said:
Well stock ICS is pretty bad and laggy so you can look for custom roms like CM... Sony didn't make a very good ICS update even though they released it early. I recommend custom roms However if you want to keep your BL locked, there are roms that are for you too just search and you shall find
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You are so wrong the latest ics rom stock rom is great the first two sucked. Custom roms are also ****e.
samveer said:
hey guyz,
i am using sony ericsson xperia arc s (LT18i). current OS android gingerbread 2.3.4. when i connected to pc companion it showed an update. but i heard that ICS is not suitable for xperia arc s. there are some prb with updating arc s to ICS. i mean after updating arc s to ICS there occurs some bugs related or other problem after updating xperia arc s. so can anyone tell me in details. lyk wat are the disadvantages of updating arc s to ICS.
thank u.....
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Don't listen to these helmets bad advice stock 587 is great. Stay clear of supercharger it will cause a tonne of lag on ics.
lofty5 said:
You are so wrong the latest ics rom stock rom is great the first two sucked. Custom roms are also ****e.
Don't listen to these helmets bad advice stock 587 is great. Stay clear of supercharger it will cause a tonne of lag on ics.
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Custom roms based on stock ics is better than stock ics.
lofty5 said:
You are so wrong the latest ics rom stock rom is great the first two sucked. Custom roms are also ****e.
Don't listen to these helmets bad advice stock 587 is great. Stay clear of supercharger it will cause a tonne of lag on ics.
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I don't know how you use your phone or what you do to it but for me CM is soooo much better than any version of stock ROM especially since it's based on JB
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My opinion is upgrade to ics and install Potomac custom rom
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lofty5 said:
You are so wrong the latest ics rom stock rom is great the first two sucked. Custom roms are also ****e.
Don't listen to these helmets bad advice stock 587 is great. Stay clear of supercharger it will cause a tonne of lag on ics.
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I agree with lofty, the stock ICS .587 is working great. Very stable and everything works 100%. My own experience with custom roms and super duper extremely fast scripts is also that they create more problems and makes your phone unstable or cause other unexepected behaviors.
It is an "old" phone with single core and no super scripts or custom roms will make up for the single core and low memory. And yet it is my preffered phone on .587 even compared to my wifes experia S.
I have no issues with the stock rom. I updated andreo libs (gpu drivers)
Now the rom is even more faster
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Just like TheHaso, I am using stock ICS rom and tweaked it a bit... It works perfectly. Have a look at my signature
kAcA. said:
Just like TheHaso, I am using stock ICS rom and tweaked it a bit... It works perfectly. Have a look at my signature
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It is not as smooth as GB for me. Fairly laggier, do you guys agree?
+1, had been using stock Ics and custom roms for sometime then back to arconium gb. It's still the best rom for my arc S.
I'm using 587 fw on my Neo and is running very smooth ( almost like GB) but it is almost unusable for hard games. But i'm not using it for gaming, i'm using it more for media, and with the latest apps from Xperia T, is awesome. So if you want to use it more for gaming, stay with Gingerbread, otherwise upgrade to ICS because IMO is way better than Gingerbread. BTW, i've tried almost every custom rom, and always i've returned to stock, because it's simply the best.
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samveer said:
hey guyz,
i am using sony ericsson xperia arc s (LT18i). current OS android gingerbread 2.3.4. when i connected to pc companion it showed an update. but i heard that ICS is not suitable for xperia arc s. there are some prb with updating arc s to ICS. i mean after updating arc s to ICS there occurs some bugs related or other problem after updating xperia arc s. so can anyone tell me in details. lyk wat are the disadvantages of updating arc s to ICS.
thank u.....
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Stock ICS .587 is excellent. There are a lot more features in it than in GB, I didn't notice any speed difference between GB and ICS other than the Google voice search and Recent apps (hold menu button) take a bit longer to start up the first time (they are quick after that).
I would recommend rooting ICS using this guide: http://talk.sonymobile.com/thread/41119?start=0&tstart=0
Rooting will allow you to run an app from the Play Store which can uninstall those pesky bloatware apps.
And if you suppercharge ICS it's even better - even if you only supercharge 50%!!!!
Supercharger V6: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=991276
Cheers.
Enjoy the update!
Johnsmith12345 said:
It is not as smooth as GB for me. Fairly laggier, do you guys agree?
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It's laggy thanks to bloatware and not being fully optimized. Custom ROMs and/or tweaking at your own will remove lag problem!
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Johnsmith12345 said:
It is not as smooth as GB for me. Fairly laggier, do you guys agree?
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Hmm not really. Maybe in some games... Just root, de-bloatware, update adreno libs and install supremacy script, and the GB smoothness is there
Stock ICS is ram hungry and not meant for phones like arc s lacks.
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Stock ICS is ram hungry and not meant for phones like arc s lacks.<br />
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True, stock rom,bloated its very ram consuming,but debloated, it becomes the best ICS rom (160-170
mb of free ram)
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[Q] [PRO] Which rom and kernel do you recommend ?

I want to install a ROM which has the best customization options of the UI and a kernel which has the best performance.
Currently I'm on Xperia Ultimate HD rom with Ultima ICS kernel.
Was that the best choice ?
Regards
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EDIT: mod plz move to the Q&A sub-forum, I posted here by mistake
The best is Stock Sony ICS, rooted + removed Junk Apps! So smooth and perfect
Wandoou said:
The best is Stock Sony ICS, rooted + removed Junk Apps! So smooth and perfect
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+1 I much prefer a tweaked stock to CM.
Sent from my CM9'd Ray
The best is ROM CM10 FXP and kernel FUSION 3.9
AOKP M1 with Fusion 3.9 :cyclops:
Is it possible?
Wandoou said:
The best is Stock Sony ICS, rooted + removed Junk Apps! So smooth and perfect
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Does anyone know if it's possible to have the Stock Sony ICS and have the GB wifi module flashed to it? I'm asking because when I updated my mk16a I lost the Access Point functionality and it is very important for me to have it. I really love ICS but I had to go back to GB because of this issue. Thanks in adavnce!
in fact, is the kernel for arc /s work on xperia pro?
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rooted 2.3.3 to ics how to?

I have tried everything to get to a fully working ics I have tried cm9 and 10 and doomkernal but i can't get service i can get wifi but no service for calls? I am on 2.3.3 rooted with a unlocked bootloader i have kernal 2.6.32.9-perf build number 3.0.1.e.0.88. If somebody could point me to how to upgrade and ics it would make my new year!!
thanks..
Well I'm pretty sure all JB ROMs have full network support...are you on a off brand carrier?? I.e. not Verizon, att, etc...
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verizon
Well just go to the slimbean thread or p.a.c.man ROM thread both are good roms
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is this the right rom http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1952220
Miui Australia gives best gaming performance for me as well as being really awesome lol
Tried all jb roms not as stable as miui though
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stumms said:
is this the right rom http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1952220
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Yes it is and be sure to flash the correct kernel too
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thanks it will be LuPuS v5 kernal correct? I will try and flash the kernal and install the rom thanks alot monkey..
No v6 is the latest and if you have a r800i you need to flash a special file too or you will bootloop
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ok v6 lupus and gsm not cdma correct with verizon.
well i found v5 but no v6? http://www.mediafire.com/?iv5ujs3y2iecr which one should i download?
cdma=verizon=r800x
GSM=UK area=r800i
and im pretty sure the r800at=at&t
and im pretty sure r800a=mexico
so if you are on the r800x just flash the kernel, if you have anything else you need to flash a special .ftf for the kernel to boot just refer to the offical thread here
i flashed kernal but stuck on lupus boot screen won't go into recovery? I installed cw recovery before I flashed..
stumms said:
i flashed kernal but stuck on lupus boot screen won't go into recovery? I installed cw recovery before I flashed..
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pres back key instead of vol down
got everything to work boot no mobile newtwork?? i can't make calls or 3g i'm on verizon i have wifi..
You need to apply some APN's call Verizon and ask them for some apn's to set up your phone and they will give them to you
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well i reflashed for the mean time back to 2.3.3.. what number should i call and what do u say just hey i need APN's? thanks for all the help..
stumms said:
well i reflashed for the mean time back to 2.3.3.. what number should i call and what do u say just hey i need APN's? thanks for all the help..
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Just call the normal Verizon support number (I don't remember it off hand) and tell them that you need to set up your phone for their network and they will either
a) walk you through a manual program which probably won't work on JB as most ROMs took this part out or disabled it or whatever it just don't work.
Or
b) give you the apn's to set up the phone.
I would try and go with b as its much simpler to do
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one thing i noticed was when i went to mobile network i kept getting error even under apn? I tried manual and automatic just kept saying error.
Well then I suggest trying a different ROM or contacting the ROM creator and telling him/her what's up with the ROM and they may assist you further
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