First place, i unlocked the bootloader. I don't know if was unlocked cause is not mine and the guy told me that he bought it unlocked for carriers. Well, after the "unlock" the phone lasted a lot for booting up. Well, i installed a based cwm recovery and flashed SuperSu for rooting the phone.
After that, i tried to this rom http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=54537621 I went to do a reset and with the data partition it shows "Error" so it can't format it. I installed the rom, but it's the same, the phone doesn't pass from bootanimation. Any ideas?
Xperia M C1904
Firmware: Android 4.3
migui0401 said:
First place, i unlocked the bootloader. I don't know if was unlocked cause is not mine and the guy told me that he bought it unlocked for carriers. Well, after the "unlock" the phone lasted a lot for booting up. Well, i installed a based cwm recovery and flashed SuperSu for rooting the phone.
After that, i tried to this rom http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=54537621 I went to do a reset and with the data partition it shows "Error" so it can't format it. I installed the rom, but it's the same, the phone doesn't pass from bootanimation. Any ideas?
Xperia M C1904
Firmware: Android 4.3
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Did you use the CM11 CWM?
Cause you need to use CM11 kernel to flash CM11 ROM, and not from 4.3 kernel
migui0401 said:
First place, i unlocked the bootloader. I don't know if was unlocked cause is not mine and the guy told me that he bought it unlocked for carriers. Well, after the "unlock" the phone lasted a lot for booting up. Well, i installed a based cwm recovery and flashed SuperSu for rooting the phone.
After that, i tried to this rom http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=54537621 I went to do a reset and with the data partition it shows "Error" so it can't format it. I installed the rom, but it's the same, the phone doesn't pass from bootanimation. Any ideas?
Xperia M C1904
Firmware: Android 4.3
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Hmmm... I think I had the same experience as you. First thing: ALMOST every phone you will buy will have a locked bootloader, while being able to unlock it is more of a 50/50 thing. Second thing: I tried the method on sony's site to unlock bootloader, and that resulted in bootloop. Unlocked with flashtool and worked perfectly.
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i unlocked bootloader on xperia play since then my phone does not ready sim card or memory card is there a way to lock the bootloader again or is my phone just completely worthless now
Check the Dev section I'm pretty sure there is a thread on locking bootloader again
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teeto88 said:
i unlocked bootloader on xperia play since then my phone does not ready sim card or memory card is there a way to lock the bootloader again or is my phone just completely worthless now
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Had a similar problem..
Flash the latest firmware using flashtool and that should solve it...
Problem with my Xperia Play
Hi, I have an Xperia Play that I have unlocked the bootloader on and installed a custom kernel. Everything worked just fine until weeks after I did these things the screen suddenly went black and the phone turned off. I have not been able to start it since it happend, when I try to boot the phone it will just vibrate and then nothing, the screen stays black. Even if it does not boot the computer recognizes it and I can flash roms with flashtools etc. I have tried alot of different roms and returned to stock kernel, I have even re-locked the bootloader and made a clean update with SEUS but without success, nothing happens on the screen. Have anyone had the same issue? Thanks! /David
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hi, I just got a xperia play from a friend of mine. He rooted it and updated and it probably got bricked by the update. It doesn't do anything. When you push power it just buzzes. Now I don't have really that much information. but I think he unlocked the bootloader and flashed to root.
now for wat I have tried. I searched for solutions for this problem. That's when I came upon the flashtool. I tried flashing it simply with the generic_uk firmware. But it didn't do anything. Further research landed me upon a FOTAUnbrick tool. I read some of the information but I didn't really get it (most of the times I do know what i'm doing). So in my "nothing to lose spirit" i just tried it and guess what ? nothing. Now I know this is really vague and probably doesn't have a solution. But I'm keeping my hopes up for someone to bust this bugger.
i unlocked my BELL ZL and im on rogers, i recently upgraded my plan and got data which i did not have before prior to buying the phone
after i unlocked my ZL, the reception and calling has been good but today i tried to enable data on my phone but im not getting any data at all
http://hackitz.ca/droid/android_rogers_lte_tethering_settings.shtml
nvm found fix
man this phone is so troublesome.... locked bootloader, cant install stock android =[
nosebleedXD said:
http://hackitz.ca/droid/android_rogers_lte_tethering_settings.shtml
nvm found fix
man this phone is so troublesome.... locked bootloader, cant install stock android =[
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Unless you intend to flash custom Kernel, having a locked bootloader doesn't prevent you from flashing it with Flashtool unless you mean flashing CyanogenMod.
Year cyanogenmod
hi
i downgraded the phone from 4.3 to to 4.1.1 using mobile odin but now the baseband is unknown and IMEI Null
how to fix this up , please
Did you downgrade to unlock the phone? This method can't be used to unlock the phone.
the phone does not work with me
audit13 said:
Did you downgrade to unlock the phone? This method can't be used to unlock the phone.
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No . I don`t , my story with this phone is long, first time the phone has android 4.0.1 , i wanted to upgrade it to 4.3 OTA i just followed the instruction on YouTube how to upgrade
once the operation of upgrading is finished the phone rebooted and no signal nothing appear on lcd no vibration so i thought after searching that phone is hard bricked
what i did then looking for brick image to make phone up and then flash another one , i found my self in trouble unlocked phone became locked i lost everything on phone
baseband and IMEi is null and unknown ,
i bought the phone as unlocked sim phone and now nothing success with me
what i should do to fix this problem?
If you can get into download mode, flash a custom recovery to your phone and then flash an old cm11 ROM to see if you can get the phone booted.
which one to use
audit13 said:
If you can get into download mode, flash a custom recovery to your phone and then flash an old cm11 ROM to see if you can get the phone booted.
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which is best a custom recovery you advise me to use , i have a lot openrecovery-twrp-2.6.3.1-d2att and CWM-Recovery
finally working but ,
audit13 said:
If you can get into download mode, flash a custom recovery to your phone and then flash an old cm11 ROM to see if you can get the phone booted.
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dear after a couple of tries , finally i flash the 4.3ucufne4 and successfully flashed and working 100%
but the sim card locked the phone became locked although it was unlocked
how to solve this
Hi ,I unlocked My xperia m with the official method of sony all steps worked but when i tried to reboot my phone got stucked into boot animation (i know that erase all data from phone but it last since 1h30) so is my phone bricked or i need more time for the factory reset ?
Solved:Reflashed with firmware
Inreals said:
Hi ,I unlocked My xperia m with the official method of sony all steps worked but when i tried to reboot my phone got stucked into boot animation (i know that erase all data from phone but it last since 1h30) so is my phone bricked or i need more time for the factory reset ?
Solved:Reflashed with firmware
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you need to flash stock rom. right after unlcoking bootlaoder. please refer to the bootloader unlocking thread.
Yeah i see that 1H later that we need to flash the rom
Hey All!
I finally got T-Mobile to do a full carrier unlock on my device. It is not paid off, it is just 2 days out of the box. There is a long story that goes with it, which I'd be happy to provide. I do want some help though before I go through it, if you would please assist.
Before they unlocked the device; I had installed TWRP, custom kernel, and AllianceROM. Fortunately, I backed up my original stock ROM with Ktoonz kernel before flashing Alliance. The T-Mobile Unlock app does not work on AllianceROM for probably obvious reasons. ANYWHO...I flashed back to my backup, ran the unlock with them over the phone and done.
Am I safe to flash back to AllianceROM backup I made? My understanding is once unlocked, forever unlocked. I would hate to flash into my previous backup to only lose my carrier perma unlock.
Thanks for the help!!!!
Once its unlocked, it's unlocked. It makes no difference what Rom you install afterwards.
tehpud said:
Hey All!
I finally got T-Mobile to do a full carrier unlock on my device. It is not paid off, it is just 2 days out of the box. There is a long story that goes with it, which I'd be happy to provide. I do want some help though before I go through it, if you would please assist.
Before they unlocked the device; I had installed TWRP, custom kernel, and AllianceROM. Fortunately, I backed up my original stock ROM with Ktoonz kernel before flashing Alliance. The T-Mobile Unlock app does not work on AllianceROM for probably obvious reasons. ANYWHO...I flashed back to my backup, ran the unlock with them over the phone and done.
Am I safe to flash back to AllianceROM backup I made? My understanding is once unlocked, forever unlocked. I would hate to flash into my previous backup to only lose my carrier perma unlock.
Thanks for the help!!!!
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Pretty much the exact same thing with me 2 days out of the box and not paid off or even used on the network. I did wait to flash recovery and what not till it was unlocked once it is perm unlocked though you are good to go I have flashed numerous roms and flashed via odin, and even had to use smart switch recovery by serial and still unlocked.
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Pretty much the exact same thing with me 2 days out of the box and not paid off or even used on the network. I did wait to flash recovery and what not till it was unlocked once it is perm unlocked though you are good to go I have flashed numerous roms and flashed via odin, and even had to use smart switch recovery by serial and still unlocked.
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Thanks!
I went ahead and did a full back up of my unlock. Went ahead and flashed the ROM fresh over, not the backup, and reflashed the kernel. Still unlocked and good to go. Did it all through TWRP and no problems. Glad it didn't remove the unlock because I can't imagine continuing the battle! At least it is working perfectly with AT&T and has a full carrier perma unlock, rootable and bootloader unlock
tehpud said:
Hey All!
I finally got T-Mobile to do a full carrier unlock on my device. It is not paid off, it is just 2 days out of the box. There is a long story that goes with it, which I'd be happy to provide. I do want some help though before I go through it, if you would please assist.
Before they unlocked the device; I had installed TWRP, custom kernel, and AllianceROM. Fortunately, I backed up my original stock ROM with Ktoonz kernel before flashing Alliance. The T-Mobile Unlock app does not work on AllianceROM for probably obvious reasons. ANYWHO...I flashed back to my backup, ran the unlock with them over the phone and done.
Am I safe to flash back to AllianceROM backup I made? My understanding is once unlocked, forever unlocked. I would hate to flash into my previous backup to only lose my carrier perma unlock.
Thanks for the help!!!!
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please help!! i unlocked my phone permanently! however i reflash the software with smart switch and then the unlock app came back and then i tried to unlock it again it fails to unlock it!! please help!!
It makes no difference what Rom you install afterwards.
kdan8888 said:
please help!! i unlocked my phone permanently! however i reflash the software with smart switch and then the unlock app came back and then i tried to unlock it again it fails to unlock it!! please help!!
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Then you were not fully unlocked. You need to flash back to stock and call T-Mobile. Unlock app does come back after restore but it does not relock the device. It may say failed if you try to use it again as it is no longer in there system but unlock will stay.
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Then you were not fully unlocked. You need to flash back to stock and call T-Mobile. Unlock app does come back after restore but it does not relock the device. It may say failed if you try to use it again as it is no longer in there system but unlock will stay.
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you were right!! it said failed but it is still unlocked!!! thanks for reply!