hiya,
this involves kernels, bootloaders and roms. PLEASE FIX THE PROBLEM THAT I AM TOO STUPID TO FIX!
when i enter the code to get to the service menu and check rooting status i get bootloader unlock allowed: yes, not bootloader unlock: yes. and yet whenever i try to unlock the bootloader either with SE tool or with sonys official guide i get " FAILED (remote: Phone is already unlocked!)
finished. total time: 0.000s" even though trackid etc works and my bootloader clearly isnt unlocked. also i have reflashed with the generic ics .ftf file, just to make sure that it is not carrier branded.
also when i try to intall the latest cm 10.1 nightly from cwm io get error 7 or something (if you need the exact transcript i can get it for you) i found out that this was from not having the correct kernel installed, and so i tried to install the kernel which apparently was succesful until i tried to boot my phone into recovery in order to wipe it, and install cm 10.1 at which point the phone vibrated repeatedly whilst changing the LED colour from pink, to blue, to green and then finally resting on yellow (at which point the screen was an illuminated black colour) and when i connect it to my computer when in this state, flashtool says that it is connected with USB debuggin off, even though when i root it it is turned on and left on.
so after all of that i reflash the ftf ICS file, re-root using eroot and reinstall CWM using RecoverX and thats the stage i am at now.
i really need help
please
n64gk said:
hiya,
this involves kernels, bootloaders and roms. PLEASE FIX THE PROBLEM THAT I AM TOO STUPID TO FIX!
when i enter the code to get to the service menu and check rooting status i get bootloader unlock allowed: yes, not bootloader unlock: yes. and yet whenever i try to unlock the bootloader either with SE tool or with sonys official guide i get " FAILED (remote: Phone is already unlocked!)
finished. total time: 0.000s" even though trackid etc works and my bootloader clearly isnt unlocked. also i have reflashed with the generic ics .ftf file, just to make sure that it is not carrier branded.
also when i try to intall the latest cm 10.1 nightly from cwm io get error 7 or something (if you need the exact transcript i can get it for you) i found out that this was from not having the correct kernel installed, and so i tried to install the kernel which apparently was succesful until i tried to boot my phone into recovery in order to wipe it, and install cm 10.1 at which point the phone vibrated repeatedly whilst changing the LED colour from pink, to blue, to green and then finally resting on yellow (at which point the screen was an illuminated black colour) and when i connect it to my computer when in this state, flashtool says that it is connected with USB debuggin off, even though when i root it it is turned on and left on.
so after all of that i reflash the ftf ICS file, re-root using eroot and reinstall CWM using RecoverX and thats the stage i am at now.
i really need help
please
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
If kernel installation was successful, then your bootloader is unlocked.
And for CyanogenMod, you do not need to install CWM, it is already inside the kernel.
CM ROMs have some issues with stock recovery. Install any other custom kernel, install CM via recovery and then install the CM kernel.
When I try and install the Rom without the kernel first I get error 7 and it aborts the install and I get stuck at the Sony logo when I boot and have to install the tft again
Can I send you some videos screenshots etc so then you can help out
Install another custom kernel, Fusion for example. Then enter recovery and install the ROM.
Do not have any other recoveries, that means do not install any from the Market/Play Store.
Could you send me a link for a kernel that will work with cm 10.1
n64gk said:
Could you send me a link for a kernel that will work with cm 10.1
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1926299
I take it I use the arc fusion. Also can you write out a step by step process so then I don't get it wrong please
will this work with the arc s
right, it worked and has now flashed but the rom is a piece of ****, there is pacman and crap all over the place. btw will this kernel work with any JB ROM for arc s
Related
Hi guys,
I just unlocked my bootloader with fastboot.
There was not any problem in unlocking. But after unlock when i turned on my phone.
I've noticed that my home button is not working. It is physical normal and not damaged.
If i press home button when my phone screen is off, it can turn on screen. But after turning it on. It's not doing anything. Like is not even working or exist.
My phone was .42 FW Stock ROM and rooted. ( I've changed few things in bootanimation and status bar etc with root explorer but i think i didn't change anything important and it was working perfect)
PS: I've just noticed that my Camera is not working at all. If a press camera icon in Launcher. Phone's screen is turn black and nothing happens. Also camera button not working too. ( OMG- Maybe i shouldn't do that Bootloader unlocking thing
Guys please help.
Thank you so much for reading.
Best Regards.
Try instal some custom rom (MIUI, CYANOGENMOD)
What if i want to use Stock ROM ?
Thank you for answering.
Tried reflashing the firmware with FlashTool?
Sent from my iPad 2 using Tapatalk
I can't flash any ROM using flashtool. It says unplug your phone, enable usb debugging and unknown sources. I checked again and again they are already enabled
do you have drivers instaled properly?
Yes. I can use fastboot commands. Programs can see my ARC in fastbootmode or flashmode. But flashtool can't flash it as i said :/
Now i have CM7 kernel with CM7 installed. My home button works normally. I want Flash to SE Stock ROM. How can i do it without using Flashtool ? (fastboot, recovery mode etc.)
I used wotan server to flash Sony Ericsson Stock ROM (.42). Rooted again with easy root.
Thank you for answering.
Thread can be deleted.
Best regards.
why dont you stay on cyanogen if your bootloader is unlocked
I liked Cyanogen Mod. But when i flashed lastest version (7.0.2). It stuck at BootAnim.
Then i flashed v7.0.1 it worked normally. But in that process i decided that CM7 is not complete for ARC yet and i have to wait a bit more for fully function and stable
Probably i will flash it soon but not now
you still have MIUI rom, it is good to
it happened to me when i unlocked my bl and flashed doomlord's kernal
to correct it i relocked my bl & updated via seus and unlocked bl again
and the problem was gone
everything was working normally again.....
OK i've been trawling the forums but so far i've not found an answer.
i've got a T-mobile branded arc and its bootloader is unlocked. it is running .62 firmware.
i'm trying to flash the generic uk .42 firmware but i keep getting the following error:
ERR_SEVERITY="MAJOR";ERR_CLASS="SECURITY_CLASS";ERR_STATIC="SIN_HEAD_VER";ERR_DYNAMIC="Failed to verify sin header";
i've tried a couple of different firmwares, and i've definitely got my phone in the right mode with usb debugging enabled.
can anyone help?
Thanks
Me again... I remembered a similar thing with someone's x10 a while ago, it was caused by low battery while flashing. The resolution was to repair the boot, which for the x10 meant a service centre. But you can use fastboot to do it, just connect in fastboot and use the erase command, erase boot, erase userdata, erase system. I'd give that a try.
sinkster©
Thanks for the response. Following something I'd read on the X10 forums I did consider doing a repair via pc companion but I wasn't sure what implications it might have following having my boot loader unlocked.
I'll give this a go and let u know if it works.
Thanks again!
ok could really do with some help now. still has the same problem with the added fact that my phone is now bricked.
Please help!!!!!!
after 'erase boot' have you tried booting a new .img?
D/L a rom that's cwm flashable to your sd card, boot into doomkernel and try flashing the rom(if you haven't already)
thanks for the quick response.
i've tried flashing the cyanogen boot image but sadly that fails. sorry to sound like a noob but i went to the github site to download doomkernel but for the life of me i couldnt find the boot image.
in the latest flashtool need to install the drivers or not? inside drives folder one..
I'm really sorry but i don't understand. I don't have any driver issues if thats what your getting at.
Are you able to boot kernels with fastboot?
hey sinkster.
ok managed to install different boot images (tried a few just to check) and all that happens is that i get the splash screen and it stays there.
still can't install any roms using flashtool. and to be honest i'm not sure how to do it using fastboot
any ideas?
thanks
Once you have installed the kernel, disconnect the phone from the pc and turn it on. When you see the kernel image, press the back button. This should send you into CWM and from there you can install a rom like "update.zip". On my girlfriend's x8 after flashing nAa kernel I was also surprised that it did not boot again to stock rom, but afterwards I pressed the back button which led to CWM and flashed a rom. Try to wipe data, cache, dalvik and battery stats also. The rom should work. If you notice any problems, just reinstall the rom again wiping data, cache, dalvik and battery stats (first time I got wifi issue and battery drain issue - android was taking 46% ) ). All the best. I hope I helped.
For flashtool just d/l a rom file(ftf), put it in the firmware folder, power down phone, run flashtool, click flash, select firmware. When it says connect then connect usb while pressing back(led is green) and rom should flash with a log on screen. this will flash an entire rom and kernel, or a baseband. For fastboot, open fastboot folder, move kernel(s) to folder, shift&right-click and select 'open command window here', power down phone and connect usb while pressing menu(blue led). In cmd window you can type 'fastboot devices'to check the phone is connected, to boot a kernel then type 'fastboot flash boot boot.img', or whatever the kernel file is called(I have 4or5 so name them individually)
so first use flashtool and flash the file here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1359303
that gives you stock rom/kernel; if you want a custom rom put it on your sd card to flash with cwm. if you want or need a custom kernel the fastboot doomlords kernel
These are the basics, you probably know all the above but just in case.
Gents thank you for your help. got somewhere finally. managed to flash BLENDMIUI onto phone andd got it working. for some reason SE Tweek does not want to work.
sinkster thank you for the summary.i originally mis-typed. when i said i didnt know how to flash a rom with flashtool i actually meant fastboot. but i'm now fully up to speed using cwm.
and thank you valy_cta, that got it working in the end.
its strange that i still get the same error when flashing any roms with flashtool though. tried about 6 or 7 different ones and i still get the initial error.
if i repair the phone with pc companion, would it lock the bootloader again?
other way round, you need to lock the bootloader before you update. Just unlock again, it'll be the same code.
sinkster©
ah the problem with that was that i had to get jinx13 to unlock it.
really what i want to do if flash a stock rom, which i still can't seem to do.
EDIT: since flashtool doesn't seem to work for me I found out from one of DooMLords threads that you can extract the ftf files and flash with fastboot. job sorted.
(Just expaining how i got to the screen...in a lot of detail) Okay so yesterday i unlocked my bootloader through sonys website and everything was fine. Then i decided to try to put CM9 on it from a tutorial i found, didnt work. I then flashed back to verizons 2.3.3 through flashtool and everything was fine...but then i decided i wanted to go back to ZeuscNXTLite rom, i was lazy and used the recoveryPLAY.img to go to CWM. I forgot to clear the cache, data, etc. and i thought it was in a hard-brick because i could hold the power button all it would do is vibrate and i could still put it into flash boot(or whatever the green light means) but the screen always stayed black. I left it on my charger all night hoping it would magically come back i guess...today i got home to find the green light on it flashing faintly and quickly. I decided maybe its working now if i flash the .ftf so i did. Nothing happened so i thought maybe it was the bootloader so i tried using a bootloader relocker .ftf file but that just made my computer inable to recognize my phone. It would flash red a few times now when i plugged it into flashboot then go to flash mode and i could use flashtool. I tried adding the 2.3.3 .ftf back to my phone but it failed halfway through. So about 4 mins after doing this i look at my phone and see the Sony Ericsson screen but after that screen i see a triangle with an exclamation point inside of it and a phone under it. It keeps booting to this screen then shutting off over and over again. Now my question...does anyone know how to fix this? I dont really think its still in a brick since it goes to this weird screen.
Sorry for the extensive explanation. Also sorry if this was a repeat i tried searching but honestly have no clue what to search or even call this.
If you can still use flashtool follow this great guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2054512 so you can fastboot a kernal and get into cwm then you can flash a new rom after wiping everything. :fingers-crossed:
The yellow triangle means you're in download mode, but I don't know what to do since I never had it on the Play.
Flashing the ftf will fail sometimes, you can keep re trying, its finicky so you have to make sure to use a good cable, preferably on a USB port that is not 3.0, and have few other USB devices connected at the sametime as possible.
The reason why CM9 didn't work because sometimes the kernel included does not boot. The boot.img from the FXP152's CM9 rom is one of the working one, you can separately flash it using fastboot.
I flashed a bootloader lock ftf file so wouldnt installing a kernel brick my phone again? Also could flashing the stock ftf file again while my phone is in download mode brick my phone? I'm just being extra careful now...dont want a hard bricked phone.
bandoncontortion said:
I flashed a bootloader lock ftf file so wouldnt installing a kernel brick my phone again? Also could flashing the stock ftf file again while my phone is in download mode brick my phone? I'm just being extra careful now...dont want a hard bricked phone.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Did flashing the bootloader lock ftf file work? you need to find out if your bootloader is locked or unlocked.If you have phone off, and hold on to search and you plug in USB to computer and get blue light your bootloader is unlocked (flashboot mode)If its unlocked just flash a kernel wipe and install a custom rom
If it is locked and you can use flashtool you can flash a stock ftf. Kernal is included in stock rom which you can find on forum
Ok i just put the stock ftf on it through flashtool. I tried to turn it on and it shows the Sony Ericsson screen and then the Android screen the turns off. Any help? It's at least showing the charging screen right now...
Also bootloader is locked. Just checked with the fastboot.exe
bandoncontortion said:
Ok i just put the stock ftf on it through flashtool. I tried to turn it on and it shows the Sony Ericsson screen and then the Android screen the turns off. Any help? It's at least showing the charging screen right now...
Also bootloader is locked. Just checked with the fastboot.exe
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
That good :good: Not bricked did you wipe data & cache in flashtool when you flashed ftf?
Yes i wiped cache, app log, and data. Im also using an older version of flashtool...maybe upgrading will help? Gonna check
now before you tell me off, I have looked around on the forum and nothing has helped me.
xperia arc s originally running android 4.04
right,
I am fairly new to android rooting etc, and I recently rooted my phone, installed X-Parts then I followed all the instructions and formatted my phone, and then installed cm 10.1 and got error 7, I think it was. so I decided to restore the nandroid backup that X-Parts had done and it completed successfully, so then I clicked restart but it gets stuck at the "Sony" logo but it will still go into fastboot, but windows 8 says it doesn't recognise it, or it wont install or something like that.
thanks for your help
getting a bit worried as this is my phone and it was quite expensive
again thanks
install the adb drivers inside the folder of flashtool like this Flashtool>Drivers>Drivers.exe(i think)
ramsen23 said:
install the adb drivers inside the folder of flashtool like this Flashtool>Drivers>Drivers.exe(i think)
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I don't have flashtool yet, could you provide a link?
don't worry, I got it from androxyde. please anyone could I have a step by step guide on how to undo or fix what I have done. thank you!!!
how do I install the adb drivers
download flashtool then find the stock ics in .tft format then flash it to your cellphone in flashboot..Thats what i did when my arc s got bricked
Just out of interest, if I do that will it remove carrier branding
right, new problem. i have fixed all of the above and now i have downloaded cm 10.1 for arc s. i have copied .zip files for rom and for gapps, and have flashed the kernel succesfully, and now i want to boot into recovery (which i have installed on my arc s) and when i turn the phone on in order to boot into recovery, wipe the phone and cache, and flash the rom the phone vibrates and the LEDs change colour, finally finishing on yellow and then it does nothing. why?
n64gk said:
right, new problem. i have fixed all of the above and now i have downloaded cm 10.1 for arc s. i have copied .zip files for rom and for gapps, and have flashed the kernel succesfully, and now i want to boot into recovery (which i have installed on my arc s) and when i turn the phone on in order to boot into recovery, wipe the phone and cache, and flash the rom the phone vibrates and the LEDs change colour, finally finishing on yellow and then it does nothing. why?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Reflash kernel and try again.
僕のLT18iから送られてきた
I have tried it numerous times to no avail. I have started a new thread listing the complete symptoms and what I have done about it. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2272429
n64gk said:
I have tried it numerous times to no avail. I have started a new thread listing the complete symptoms and what I have done about it. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2272429
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Did you enable USB Debugging?
僕のLT18iから送られてきた
Of course!!
Hi Friends . Recently I Decided To Tinker With My Xperia Play Phone And Now I Can Put It In To flash and fast boot once to try something but then all I get is blinking red light and to be able to do it again I have to pull battery. Ok so here is the dumb thing I did I unlocked bootloader though sony which by the way I can relock if I need to . then I got excited about all the things I could do so I was bouncing between this site , free xperia , and some junk site with bad guides . So Im Reading and jumping around getting a custom rom and reading how to to use flash tools and im reading this vague guide on flashing a custom rom . I flash it and then in the guide it says to boot in recovery but I didn't now it at the time that you need to install a recovery I thought sony had a stock recovery like the boot and flash mode.. so now im stuck in a bootloop. So I got on this website and started digging . most of what I read is that I can save it by flashing stock firm ware with flash tools . everytime I try to flash it when it gets to system.sin I get a blocked verifaction error. Ive tried it with and without final verifaction checked. also ive tried different stock firmwares and on some of the firmwares they are compressed in a .rar file and when extracted it says file corrupt or broken. ive tried all the sony services PC Companion with bootloader locked again and it says no software available if bootloader is unlocked it says my phone has been modified . ive tried there update engine no software available And there flash tool EMMA no services available . Tried wotan I think but the client just keeps closing. So after all the flashing and stuff im where I mentioned in the beginning one flash attempt then red lights pull battery and try again.
I really think if some one knows why im getting the verification block error in flash tools and could give me the stock firmware I need id be set but im at an end and this is my cry for help . please ill try anything if it might work
phone breakdown -Sony Xperia Play R800x The Verizon one It was running GB 2.3.4 bootloader unlocked and not rooted
Thanks in Advance
All roms/kernels/firmwares are at
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2184897
Please note that kernel and recovery is in same file (you can't flash them separately). All custom kernels have recovery build in, but not stock kernel. And, important when choosing wich kernel to flash, flash kernel that match rom you are about to install (example, lupus ics/gb is for ics and gb roms, but not for jb roms).
To flash firmware, use flashboot mode in flashtool. Select firmware, and when asked, (phone turned off) hold back button and insert usb cable to xPlay.
To flash kernel, power off, hold search button and insert usb port to xPlay. Choose kernel from flashtool and wait few seconds. Power on and keep pressing back/volume down (depends on kernel), it will enter recovery. Choose "flash zip" in recovery and wait few minutes (again, kernel must match rom you are installing or you'll get "kernel bootloop" (kernel logo shown, then it restart).
Edit: what is your model? R800 x,i,a?
Sent from my R800i using xda app-developers app
solved
Easy Fix Changed usb Cable Flashed no problem