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[Q] Captivate Glide is Rooted. Or not..?

So recently I rooted my phone to ICS, using an AT&T leak. I flashed it, and all has been working until now. I tried to boot into download mode, and it won't work. I have tried many various tutorials to try and get it into download mode (For reference, I want to boot into download mode because I plan on using dman's cyanogenmod 10 glide release, and wanted to make sure all was working before I rooted again). So, knowing that something was wrong, I tried using various programs and apps to attempt to uninstall the current ICS ROM. However, all apps that I tried claim that I'm not rooted. I've done a few factory resets, and I made sure to check that my 'About Phone' settings did in fact say I was on 4.0.4. I know it is the leak, because the baseband clearly says I'm on I927UCLG9. Would be willing to upload any screenshots if necessary. Can anyone help me figure out what could be wrong? Would it be possible to simply wait for the official ICS update from AT&T, or would I have to unroot to do so? The main problem for me is that everything says I'm not rooted in any way, yet I know I clearly am. Sorry to be a complete idiot, just began rooting, and didn't think I would run into problems based on the replies to the original forum.

Just because you flashed the AT&T leak does not give you ROOT. you need to get root in 1 of 2 ways.
1. VIA CWM Install the Super User package.
2. VIA CWM install a Rooted ICS Kernel (Like Lite Kernel).
Both methods listed require CWM (Clock Work Mod) which you need to install via ODIN in PDA mode.
If you can find it you can also via Odin install a Rooted ICS Kernel (Not same file as used in CWM).
More info can be found here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1983201
JB

[Q] Returning Xperia Play R800i To Stock UK GB Rom

Hi
My xperia play is currently on jb 4.1.2 (paranoid android rom 2.57.1-wedges with the turbo kernel) and very nice it is too,
I however want to restore it to the original uk stock rom that allowed games to be played etc so i can sell it as i have bought an xperia t.
Do i just use flashtool (Using the guide in the general section) and install the original GB stock rom 4.0.2.A.0.42 or is there anything else i have to do / beware of / Will this also flash the kernel back to stock. I am assuming that the turbo kernel wont work with a stock GB rom.
Thanks
dfh101

use the returning to stock firmware guide in my signature
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2054486

Thanks
fma965 said:
use the returning to stock firmware guide in my signature
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2054486
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Thanks
Worked fine, the only issue i had was the phone wanted to update, but it kept giving me a message in pc companion that it could not update as it had been modified, I unrooted it and tried again same error, so tried a full flash again with the .42ftf, same error again. Finally reflashed with the .62. ftf, its not trying to update anymore. I think there is a problem with the root as it says its not rooted anymore but flashtool says it still is
Now to work on my new xperia t.
dfh101

MIUI V5 Cant boot into Recovery

Hi All
Today i was curious to try out the MIUI firmware so i flashed it to my Xperia S which has a locked bootloader. The phone is currently on the 6.2.B.1.96 kernel.
Now i dont like it and i want to revert back to the stock firmware but the recovery mode wont start up when i press volume up when it boots. I made a Nandroid Backup of my stock firmware and Nandroid Manager still detects that i have CWM 6.0.30 installed on my phone
Before i installed MIUI my phone was rooted and i had installed CWM 6.0.30 for locked bootloaders onto it. I was thinking of flashing the 6.2.B.0.211 kernel onto the phone using flashtool by bin4ry, rooting it and then reinstalling CWM 6.0.30 but i dont know if i should do it or not
Does anyone know what i should do?

[Q] how to go back to stock rom or...

hi guys,
first of, forgive me If I cannot utilize google or xda's search engine for looking a good solution to my issue, I just cannot think of the right keywords to look for.
for several months now, I currently have CM11 fxp334 by pencam and Bootloader is unlock. Recently Im encountering random reboot issues and I think its getting worst and I am not sure if it has something to do with my link2sd, because at times when it does randomly reboots, I lose some apps that are link to my sdcard after booting.
1) Im thinking of either updating to the latest CM11(or CM12) nightly builds (I have cwm obviously) to assume that latest builds have less bugs
2) or is it possible to use cwm in trying to install/flash stock xperia M firmware because CM seems to be a power hog based on my own observation vs stock sony 4.3 JB. If this can be done, can some good soul point me to the right direction please.
I have my rest days, I hope I can use it by fixing my phone. Thank you.

Just flash your stock .ftf file to go back to stock.
You will have to reflash recovery tho.
*blink*

RedLedLight said:
Just flash your stock .ftf file to go back to stock.
You will have to reflash recovery tho.
*blink*
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flash by using cmw, or flashtool? can cmw recognize a *.ftf file?
and when you said that I will have to reflash recovery, I can still use the cmw recovery that Ive previously used with my CM11 together with stock sony rom?

prince10t said:
flash by using cmw, or flashtool? can cmw recognize a *.ftf file?
and when you said that I will have to reflash recovery, I can still use the cmw recovery that Ive previously used with my CM11 together with stock sony rom?
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flash .ftf using flashtool flashmode
afaik cwm only support .zip file for flashing
you can have cwm on stock rom when you flash stock kernel that includes cwm
flash it with flashtool fastboot mode
just press thanks if it's helps instead of typing it

[HELP] Xperia M IMEI/IMEI SV Exclusion?

!!NEED HELP URGENT!!
So, I have a XM SS.
What I did is, took backup of TA before unlocking bootloader.
After unlocking, phone went in a soft brick condition. So I flashed stock ftf and luckly the baseband and imei got restored automatically.
(There was some notification about restoring TA on notification bar)
The problem start here,
I flashed twrp recovery and then wiped system+data+cache and flashed ROM.zip and wiped dalvic+cache and reboot.
Phone started normally and the ROM was beautiful. But the network said 'No Service'. Then I checked sim status and imei in settings, it says 'Not Available' BUT baseband was shown in the settings.
Then I again flashed stock firmware and the baseband+imei got restored automatically. (There was some notification about restoring TA)
Now I want to use this ROM+sim card. What should I do? Any ideas will be appreciated.
OR
Can I Exclude files/partition related imei while flashing zip?
Should I backup any other thing before flashing ROM. So that I can restore it after flashing. I have heard about backing-up imei file, will it work?
Any Help or Suggestion will be appreciated!
Thanks.
Regards,
hitman-xda

Help threads must be posted to Q&A, Help, and Troubleshooting subforum.
Custom ROMs use the 4.3 baseband, so you have to be at least in 15.4.A.0.23. Try flashing a 4.3 FTF. Also, if you are to go back to stock ROM and relock the bootloader, it must be from the same firmware, or you'll get a soft brick.

Okay! I think your right!
What I did is, took backup of TA while running latest 4.3 and
after UB I got soft brick and flashed stock 4.1 ---> twrp ----> ROM.zip (5.1.1) (wiping everything)
The problems I'm facing, due to this?
So, I need to follow below steps right?
1. Flash latest 4.3 ftf
2. Flash recovery
3. Then flash 5.1.1 ROM.zip
So following this, I'll not get imei issue, right?
Can I take update from Sony. I have one system update in Update service.
Can you give me a right link for 4.3
Which will work for me in India!

If your bootloader is already unlocked and still not on 4.3, then flash a 4.3 FTF. You can find the appropriate FTF on XperiaFirm, but the FTF file size is ~700 MB, so it requires a lot of bandwidth. Afterwards just flash a custom recovery and ROM and you're good to go.

Done the same. Works fine. Thanx