This is a long shot, but this is something I've love to know whether it is possble or not. I have heard a couple people say that they pulled this off.
Obviously, the R800x Xperia Play on Verizon is the stripped down version of the UK version. The R800i has the whole Sony Experience, and I wish to have that on mine. So I thought to myself, couldn't I just flash the R800i 4.0.A.2.368 UK ROM found here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1221105
onto my R800x Xperia Play? And before anybody says it, I KNOW that the network won't work, no phone and no sms. Only Wifi would work. That is fine by me. I would be perfectly fine with this just being an Android WiFi gaming device with the whole Sony Experience that the R800x lacks.
I've tried flashing this R800i ROM with FlashTool, and it keeps failing. Which sort of surprises me, because a couple of others in the thread in the link I posted above claim that it worked for them. (I can't post there. Dev section. Not enough posts yet)
Is is just a fantasy that will never come true? Or am I simply doing something wrong? If I was not very clear about something, please let me know, and I will edit this post with corrections. Thank you for your kind advice or suggestions.
(trying to avoid buying an unlocked GSM Xperia Play)
i think its been confirmed that itll brick it someone tried to see if they could enable the sim card slot flashing a generic rom to the r800x yes the r800x has a sim card slot has a plastic thing covering it right behind/on top of the sd card
edokassiah said:
i think its been confirmed that itll brick it someone tried to see if they could enable the sim card slot flashing a generic rom to the r800x yes the r800x has a sim card slot has a plastic thing covering it right behind/on top of the sd card
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Well I'm not trying to enable the sim card slot. I just want the ROM on there so I can replace the horrible VCast with the Playstation Store, give me the Sony Ericsson widgets, basically all of the stuff that the R800i gets to have.
And since this phone is just my backup (WiFi only) device anyway, no network access does not concern me at all.
TSBroich said:
Well I'm not trying to enable the sim card slot. I just want the ROM on there so I can replace the horrible VCast with the Playstation Store, give me the Sony Ericsson widgets, basically all of the stuff that the R800i gets to have.
And since this phone is just my backup (WiFi only) device anyway, no network access does not concern me at all.
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yeah i get what ur saying but im sure itll brick it
i mean it if it was that easy why is there gsm roms and cdma?
keep trying is your bootloader unlocked? if not prolly y ur getting a failed error
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Well I'm not trying to enable the sim card slot. I just want the ROM on there so I can replace the horrible VCast with the Playstation Store, give me the Sony Ericsson widgets, basically all of the stuff that the R800i gets to have.
And since this phone is just my backup (WiFi only) device anyway, no network access does not concern me at all.
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Actually, yes, this! I may not want the whole she-bang, but if I can find a way to replace the framework that wants to pull everything from the VZWapps store *shudder* then I would be a tad happier. Just replacing the "Play" app doesn't do it. So where is the framework that tells it where to go?
Second, I know there are portions of the SE Experience framework still in the R800x, as some of the widgets, when installed, still work. Also, there is something blocking the normal facebook app from installing an account hook like on other stock phones, even though the rest of the r800x is "stock". I think we can pretty much all see that the R800x was not "Stock" but rather just stripped. Almost all the hooks are still there, plus some that are VZW specific.
UPDATE:
I have gone ahead and tried this, done some testing. So far, I'm making progress!
I have gotten the European R800i ROM on my R800x Xperia Play.
It boots up just fine (new boot animation).
However, I am stuck at one spot. I cannot do anything except bring down the notification bar, view the Xperia Play games when I slide out the gamepad (VCast is gone!), and change USB options when plugged into the computer.
Here are the steps that I have taken:
-Full stock restore with FlashTool
-Flashed doomlords boot.img with the command "fastboot flash boot boot.img"
-Flashed frasertag's system.img with the command "fastboot flash system system.img"
-Flashed the system.sin from the R800i Firmware (I extracted it) with the command "fastboot flash system system.sin"
-Disconnected USB then turned the phone on. It boots just fine.
Now the reason that nothing actually functions at this point is because I only flashed the system.sin from the R800i firmware (this is just a theory!). Trying to flash the whole ROM in FlashTool will result in an error and fail. I have read in another post that a trick to bring full functionality (besides the network) is to create a Nandroid backup before flashing all of this, delete the system.img from the backup, then restore the Nandroid backup after all of the flashing is done. The restoration part has got me stumped so far..
I will keep trying, and will ask the guy who I got this idea from how he got past the restoring backup stage (where I'm stuck).
I am determined to make this work! haha
edokassiah said:
yeah i get what ur saying but im sure itll brick it
i mean it if it was that easy why is there gsm roms and cdma?
keep trying is your bootloader unlocked? if not prolly y ur getting a failed error
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Yes my bootloader is unlocked.
dam thats badass been alot of confirms that itll brick do us a favor and try inserting a sim card take the batt cover off and right under the sd card theres a sim card slot a piece of plastic is covering easily comes off see if it detects it
edokassiah said:
dam thats badass been alot of confirms that itll brick do us a favor and try inserting a sim card take the batt cover off and right under the sd card theres a sim card slot a piece of plastic is covering easily comes off see if it detects it
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During my experimentations, I bricked my Xperia Play a couple times. Luckily it must have been a "soft brick" or something, because I was able to restore it by doing a full restore to factory stock. Nothing else would register in the bricked state.
I do not have a SIM card for this phone at the moment. The only SIM card I have on me is the 4G card for the Droid Charge.
I tried restoring the Nandroid backups without including the system.img in the restore, and it still wouldn't fix the problem.
Here are a few theories I have on why it didn't work, and what might work:
-The Nandroid backup was from factory stock, and NOT rooted.
-The inability to do anything on the homescreen may be due to the lack of a launcher.
So what I'm going to try next is:
-Do a Nandroid backup while in a rooted state, and all of the Verizon related software removed. Try restoring that.
-Download the system dump from the R800i, and install the Launcher APK via ADB Shell.
Not giving up.
I have succeeded in putting the Sony Ericsson Experience from R800i onto the Verizon R800x.
I'll post pictures a little later.
Sent from my SCH-I510 using xda premium
TSBroich said:
I have succeeded in putting the Sony Ericsson Experience from R800i onto the Verizon R800x.
I'll post pictures a little later.
Sent from my SCH-I510 using xda premium
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post tut buddy and try to include any important info
Posted edited. Scroll down.
how did you manage to flash it. can you help me with the procedure
please post step by step method. please,.. for everyone...
Search in development about using flashtool.
Sent from my R800x using XDA App
NahuXtrme said:
how did you manage to flash it. can you help me with the procedure
please post step by step method. please,.. for everyone...
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I am sorry for "abandoning" this thread, but I got incredibly busy with school. Here is what's going on. I got good news, and bad news.
Bad news, I got the ROM to flash onto the R800x, but encountered problems to the point where it's not even worth posting anything for.
Good news, so instead, I took a good chunk of goodies from the R800i dump, and put it on the R800x. A good number of the stuff works, but some doesn't. All these apps/widgets come straight from the R800i.
I am not taking the credit for any of these finds. I am just sharing things that I have found after searching the internet high and low.
First is the SE launcher. This will make your phone look and act a lot like the R800i. This includes the SE app drawer, the folders, the dock and the "jiggly" movements. Everything works except for the themes. Here is a download link:
http://www.mediafire.com/?zuq8hsexodjk3bx
Next is the Playstation Pocket/Suite app. This is the official Playstation app from SE. On the R800x, the widgets work perfectly, the app works fine, and the game launcher looks beautiful. The only problem is that when going to the section to buy more games, it doesn't show any games available for USA. But that's what PSXperia is for. If you aren't familiar with PSXperia, you must check it out.
Here is the link for Playstation Pocket:
http://www.mediafire.com/?mmhduygvlmsjdim
Here is the Media Shortcut widget. This just lets you select music, wallpapers or videos all in one widget. This of course comes from the R800i.
http://www.mediafire.com/?w41bp8wr7d81rb8
Here is the Photo gallery widget. I really like this one. It revolves in a circular motion with your fingers. Works fine in portrait mode, but does not work in landscape for me.
http://www.mediafire.com/?1yuvjhf2f7m1b4l
[ROOT REQUIRED:] And lastly for now, here is the Sony Xperia Play game launcher WITHOUT the VCast. You must remove the Xperia Play game launcher, and VCast. You can remove these using Titanium Backup. Then install this one. This removed VCast for me, and instead gave an icon in the corner that takes you to the Xperia Play optimized games from the Android Market.
http://www.mediafire.com/?5kmog06w4s3qn3i
UPDATE: jgregoryj1 has posted a better and easier method to remove VCast. See his post below (it's #18). It's way simpler, but know that root is still required.
I cannot seem to get the SE R800i music widget to work without crashing. But of course, the R800x stock one and others work like normal, so oh well...
Again, I am not taking any credit for these finds. I just tried these things for myself, and I am now sharing them with any who are interested in making their Verizon R800x's look and feel like the way the Xperia Play was MEANT to look.
In closing, I just want to reiterate, I am very sorry about not accomplishing the task of getting the ROM to work 100% (it was still unusable). But for anybody who wants the R800i look, these should tide you over.
Thank you guys for your understanding, and thanks to everyone for making XDA such a good place.
Travis
I wasn't even aware that verizon held out on these features. Thanks for getting then out there.
These features were indeed stripped from our model(s), and it was very disappointing to learn that they didn't include the Playstation Suite on these. Oh well, for I'm glad I didn't return it now. I love this thing.
Sent from my R800x using xda premium
TSBroich said:
I've tried flashing this R800i ROM with FlashTool, and it keeps failing. Which sort of surprises me, because a couple of others in the thread in the link I posted above claim that it worked for them. (I can't post there. Dev section. Not enough posts yet)
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Don't use flashtool. Use Fastboot (ie Fastboot flash system system.sin)
Also the radio will still work if you flash chevys nandroid backup after flashing the UK firmware.
Sent from my R800x using XDA App
I was able to get rid of the vcast market in the xperia play launcher by removing the vcast app from the /system/app folder and rebooting. If thats all you want to get rid of then just do that. The android market will then be in plce of the vcast. Although I have flashed te UK rom and have the full Timescape rom onmy phone for a few weeks now. Its pretty sweet and fast. But kudos for posting the helpful information
iliketrains said:
Don't use flashtool. Use Fastboot (ie Fastboot flash system system.sin)
Also the radio will still work if you flash chevys nandroid backup after flashing the UK firmware.
Sent from my R800x using XDA App
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Also you need to flash Doomlord's kernel for 3.0.1.A.0.145 found here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=15805471&postcount=2
Then apply chevy's FTSv05 CDMA Patch v2. You will have a fully functional phone with the exception of multimedia messaging.
None of this works with 4.0.A.2.368 Roms though. I have been working on trying to get the radio functional on the newer Roms.
Or you could pull the kernel from a tft file like I did. dooms kernel had too many problems for me. No wifi, low volume, etc.
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Edit I found the solution. You need the developer driver from the SE website directly. Couldn't find this info anywhere else.
Link is included below
I have a R800X Verizon
with 2.3.2 Build number 3.0.E.2.89
USB debugging enabled
I tried DooMLoRD V3 and it stops at *daemon started successfully*
I tried SuperOneClick 2.3.1 and it stops at *daemon started successfully*
I tried gingerbreak and it went for over 10 minutes without doing anything just the same "please wait message"
None of the root methods are working
Any advice? or am I doing something wrong here.
When I try to install the drivers with superoneclick nothing happens at all.
Thanks for any help
Hogwarts said:
I have a R800X Verizon
with 2.3.2 Build number 3.0.E.2.89
USB debugging enabled
I tried DooMLoRD V3 and it stops at *daemon started successfully*
I tried SuperOneClick 2.3.1 and it stops at *daemon started successfully*
I tried gingerbreak and it went for over 10 minutes without doing anything just the same "please wait message"
None of the root methods are working
Any advice? or am I doing something wrong here.
When I try to install the drivers with superoneclick nothing happens at all.
Thanks for any help
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When you say you tried DooMLoRD V3, you have an unlocked bootlaoder? Or do you mean the zergRush method?
And why are you still on 2.3.2?
My boot loader is locked. Its a stock Verizon phone
I just bought it brand new never opened from ebay and it had 2.3.2 on it
I decided against updating it because of fear of not being able to root.
I just need root
The doomlord uses zergrush script automated i thought?
Hogwarts said:
My boot loader is locked. Its a stock Verizon phone
I just bought it brand new never opened from ebay and it had 2.3.2 on it
I decided against updating it because of fear of not being able to root.
I just need root
The doomlord uses zergrush script automated i thought?
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Update your phone to 2.3.3, make sure you have the sdk, and then use SuperOneClick again.
Sent from R800x
I have the SDK and everything is updated
however i think the problem is the drivers
where can i get the adb driver for this phone?
I tried using the google drivers and they wont install
and windows search can't find them either
when i do adb.exe reboot
it says device not found
so i'm guessing none of the programs cant see the phone as connected
you got any idea where I could get the driver?
For anyone reading this in the future
you will need these drivers to root your R800X
http://dl-www.sonyericsson.com/cws/..._neo_arc_acroIS11s_acroSO-02C_USB_drivers.zip
I am in the same situation, I will try it right now and I will post my results.
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It worked!
As simple as:
Install drivers,
Download Superoneclick
Root!
Awesome!
With this we have now root. But what about unlocking the bootloader? I have being reading and some people says is possible and others says is not. Do you know what is the truth(I mean apart from trueinter.net)?
Thank you again
From what I researched and found out through 1 week of reading and writing XDA members, The only way possible costs 25$ because of "unlock codes" that are sold by a third party and the guys on the forum are just charging what they have to pay.
Furthermore....If you have the bootloader unlocked the R800X can't do very much because of incompatibility between the R800i and R800X. I mean to say the R800i has had much more development done for it because of it being "unbranded".
Sadly for us users stuck with verizon S#!T we are left with a crippiled device that nobody wrote custom Roms for
Conclusion: Even if you have a unlocked R800X. none of the roms work properly with it so you are still stuck using the crap of verizon.
Best follow my advice and save yer money. Spend it on a nice case. Root your device (I believe you did already) and get the latest titanium backup PRO
It has a new feature to move / freeze apps from dalvik cache. It would be prudent to do this. My device is free of bloatware 288mb free internal space and only 10 apps in the drawer now. with my games installed and such.
Hogwarts said:
From what I researched and found out through 1 week of reading and writing XDA members, The only way possible costs 25$ because of "unlock codes" that are sold by a third party and the guys on the forum are just charging what they have to pay.
Furthermore....If you have the bootloader unlocked the R800X can't do very much because of incompatibility between the R800i and R800X. I mean to say the R800i has had much more development done for it because of it being "unbranded".
Sadly for us users stuck with verizon S#!T we are left with a crippiled device that nobody wrote custom Roms for
Conclusion: Even if you have a unlocked R800X. none of the roms work properly with it so you are still stuck using the crap of verizon.
Best follow my advice and save yer money. Spend it on a nice case. Root your device (I believe you did already) and get the latest titanium backup PRO
It has a new feature to move / freeze apps from dalvik cache. It would be prudent to do this. My device is free of bloatware 288mb free internal space and only 10 apps in the drawer now. with my games installed and such.
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I'm currently working on a CDMA version of BlendMIUI, along with a ROM based off stock 2.3.3 with the LunarUI theme than CM7 users can enjoy.
Also ICX is planning a CDMA release.
At this moment, CM7 is the best ROM for ALL plays, and is worth the $25 for an unlock.
Sent from R800x
Leraeniesh said:
I'm currently working on a CDMA version of BlendMIUI, along with a ROM based off stock 2.3.3 with the LunarUI theme than CM7 users can enjoy.
Also ICX is planning a CDMA release.
At this moment, CM7 is the best ROM for ALL plays, and is worth the $25 for an unlock.
Sent from R800x
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Sweet man sounds good
Appreciate that
I can confirm this is all correct. I finally got rooted on my R800X by going to shortfuse
SuperOneClick 2.3.2
Used th update driver button. Kept usb debugging off to get the *daemon started successfully* to show.
About 70 lines of log and viola!
I have a R800X on 2.3.3, software ver VERIZON_3.0.1.E.0.88
Boot version 1241-3656 R9A021 (no option to unlockd bootloader).
Working on getting this damn SD card parted so I can move my cache (although I shouldnt complainbecause I have a cache of 108MB and 82 user apps installed)
Just got a Xperia Play CDMA, flashed GSM baseband on it on accident and i dont have a backup to go to, went to cellcom with a bogus story, saying a friend borrowed the phone and tried updating it to 2.3.4 when in reality i messed it up, it wasnt rooted or anything when i took it in so i think im in the clear, but incase they cant fix it and give it back to me i would like someone to link me to a generic CDMA baseband, besides it would be great to have for future issues. Cellcom is out of wisconsin. also any help getting ICS on it would be greatful, just PM me if you can.
Maybe this will help. PaxChristos made some CDMA ICS roms: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1640066, and CM9 is also compatible with CDMA: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1447542
i tried the 2.3.3 verizion FTF but it still wouldnt let me activate my phone. tried the ICS roms too but as i dont have an unlocked bootloader (yet) i cant really do it, was kinda hoping to find a free way but it looks like imma have to pay.
So I just recently got my GN with VZW and put JB on it, is there anyway yet I can put Google Wallet on it? Thanks
Not quite sure why you're even asking. Install the apk.
If you can't find it in the Play Store, simply download it from the thermes and apps forum and install it just as you would anything else.
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Not quite sure why you're even asking. Install the apk.
If you can't find it in the Play Store, simply download it from the thermes and apps forum and install it just as you would anything else.
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Wallet working fine for me on 4.1.1 JB Verizon (Toro)
I have been trying for months now to install the unofficial CM13 for Xperia Play R800x, but to no avail. Everytime I try to install the rom, it tells me that my device is not supported. It's looking for the R800i, R800a and the R800at. As stated before, mine is the R800x. I have scoured the internet for months trying to find a version that supports the R800x, but have found nothing. I even tried editing the updater-script with notepad++ but I still get errors when installing through CWM. Is there anyone that is still around that could help me with this?
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I have been trying for months now to install the unofficial CM13 for Xperia Play R800x, but to no avail. Everytime I try to install the rom, it tells me that my device is not supported. It's looking for the R800i, R800a and the R800at. ByAs stated before, mine is the R800x. I have scoured the internet for months trying to find a version that supports the R800x, but have found nothing. I even tried editing the updater-script with notepad++ but I still get errors when installing through CWM. Is there anyone that is still around that could help me with this?
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I think that you are not doing things right, as I know you can only change name of r800a to r800i un the buildprop archive. Because they have the same hardware.
Yours is r800x, this one is the CDMA version then you do not have sim card slot and the way to work in network hardware is different than other models.
You can only install a few ROMs I think. The only ones that have CDMA version or have a fix for that.
I'm a newbi and maybe I'm wrong, if it is any r800 dev can correct me. I want to learn too.