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[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mapekz:
How to Turn the ThunderBolt's Boot Sound into a Ringtone/Alarm/Notification:

1) Grab the FinalThunder.mp3 file and place it on your /sdcard.

2) Install Ringdroid or a similar ringtone maker app from the Market.

3) Find "FinalThunder" in Ringdroid and open it.

4) Select only the parts of the sound you want to keep (if you want to keep the entire sound make sure Start = 0.0 seconds and End = 8.42 seconds) and save it as a Notification sound with whatever name you want it to have in the Settings menu.

This file now is modified for notification purposes and can be found in /sdcard/media/audio/notifications/<WhateverYouNamed>.mp3.

You can choose right then and there to make it your default notification sound or you can choose it later from the Settings->Sound->Notification Sound menu.

Enjoy!
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] madroix:
Not what I was asking but good info though. I want to replace the boot sound with something custom.
[XPERIA X10 General] omnikam:
Okay the bootloader hasn't been cracked but don't let that get you down because the great Dev's have been working on it and now there may even be a workaround.

Bin4ry has managed to get his own kernel to load with custom image included, and although at this early stage the touchscreen and usb don't work this is definitely 1 big step closer to opening up our beloved x10's

Update - custom kernal has been loaded and touch screens working, confirming the workaround :p

I changed the title to better reflect what's been done
[XPERIA X10 General] Byrana:
Wow, although I can't believe what I am reading if that is true...wow great news and thank you devs for your hard work :-)
[XPERIA X10 General] aR_ChRiS:
good luck to our saviours =)
[XPERIA X10 General] PoTi_96:
"almost" is such a big thing... maybe there are some other problems coming, when TS and USB are fixed...

i hope i'm wrong :)

PS: don't forget bin4ry as VERY good dev :) i would say one of the best! he wrote that he wants to buy a newer phoneto play around but we won't forget him and his work :)
[XPERIA X10 General] Mister J:
Wow this is awesome to hear!!!! I'm really excited to see how this unfolds
[XPERIA X10 General] omnikam:
I believe that the bootloader is crashed out at some level, then the custom kernel is loaded, so it's more of a workaround but should offer the same end.

And definitely big thanks to All the Dev's that have kept working on solutions...
[XPERIA X10 General] QAM:
Hola

this is really good news to hear after almost of year of our dev team hacking away at this monster.

I do hope that Bin4ry will not get that new phone too soon :)
[XPERIA X10 General] Mr. Clown:
Moved as not android development
[XPERIA X10 General] Nagarebozhi:
And way start this thread? If binr4y have news he can let us know? This thread is useless, and the information you provide us is already in the bootloader Dev thread.

Sorry don't mean to disrespect you in any way but this thread is for me spam..

Best regards

Sent from my ARCified X10i with CM 7.0 RC2 Gingerbread Or my CM 6.1.3 Froyo
[XPERIA X10 General] omnikam:
^

Hey don't want to step on anyone's toes, but I Really think this is news for us x10 users. I felt that my post might inspire some people to hang on to there x10's. As for this being spam, no its not as the news is in the Dev's only forum while this is for general public, plus I don't think it's doing harm.

If Bin4ry has issues with including his breakthrough then I'm sure it will be deleted

PS, i Don't find it useless, not everyone reads the bootloader thread, so I think this may be very interesting

Best regards
[XPERIA X10 General] karlos77x:
i'm happy with the news but it's kind of sad to read how just a little step after all these months make us all excited;when i just read last night that the htc thunderbolt bootloader was cracked after 2 or 4 days of its released.

i will support all the effort the dev and you ppl put into this but so disappointed wwith the way sony works,much like apple in my point of view.Is not bad coz they protect their products or intelectual whatever its call,but isn't the whole point of android os to be completly custumisible? if sony doesnt want us to do that or if in the near future the bootloadre is cracked,would they sue the dev?

why they don't create their own iphone then?

so disapointed,after using sony cellphones the last 6 yrs,this is the last for a while i think for me.but im so grateful for all the work and support of the dev and members.peace.:)
[XPERIA X10 General] Bwyan Benton:
Im kinda on the fence with this post....but i have to lean towards the next "bootloader" post should only come when/if its cracked.
[XPERIA X10 General] omnikam:
There's never been a phone with such a secure protection, and if this phone has an exploit then chances are new model's won't. This news though not complete is the closest the Dev's have come to finding a workable exploit. And what Bin4ry has done is show that we can have custom kernel's, this is a win in my eyes
[XPERIA X10 General] cruzin_cruzing:
I wouldn't worry about the Thunderbolt, I'm sure the devs over at the Atrix forums are having a harder time than us. :)
[XPERIA X10 General] arcturusx:
This sounds to good to be true. ;)

It would be awesome!
[XPERIA X10 General] Khimera:
Touchscreen working in the latest Kexec kit from bin4ry :D I guess thats closest to getting the bootloader hacked :D Though it seems temporary for now ;)
[XPERIA X10 General] Flo95:
Yeah, that's great.

Hopefully we'll have custom kernels with removed 32fps cap and oc soon.

Then my X10 would be perfect @ 2.1, 1.2GHz and super smooth, because of the removed cap :D
[XPERIA X10 General] jimbo77:
It is NOT hacking the bootloader it is just ignoring it... Like doing a side loading of the Kernel. Unfortunately if you reboot your phone the phone will boot as normal with Original SE files....

Never the less it is great news, if he can get a script to start the kexec tool in every reboot the bootloader will be totally ignored and we can load the custom kernels.

Jim
[XPERIA X10 General] CoopZor:
Why not 2.3 ?
[XPERIA X10 General] Khimera:
I understand that man, thats why i said closest to getting the bootloader hacked
[XPERIA X10 General] zabihjan:
Posting stuff about bootloader on facebook could make devs jobs difficult
[XPERIA X10 General] The Gingerbread Man:
Tbh they probably monitor here, we are the source of their hatred lol
[XPERIA X10 General] qwer23:
Don't be ridiculous, SE is following this forum anyway. Sometimes there are even users that officially show themselves as SE employees. Think about that guy Jeff from SE (forgot username) or unknown13x, who was quite helpful when 2.1 update was about to come.

They know exactly what's going on. But what would they want to do? No passkeys were published and no laws were violated afaik ;)
[XPERIA X10 General] omnikam:
Don't believe it's considered illegal, not in the USA or Australia. SE only went after geohot because the ps3 is still protected under the millennium act. Mobile phones are not. So I think the Dev's will be fine. It seems even supreme court judges like to pimp out there phones :p
[XPERIA X10 General] Hanzo.Hasashi:
its legal.

trust me, I'm a lawyer;)
[XPERIA X10 General] The Gingerbread Man:
I'm not questioning your a lawyer but what kind of laws are broken and how can organisations like cyanogenmod exist if they are based on cracking bootloaders and breaking laws to use their firmwares? Just curious...
[XPERIA X10 General] -- X10B --:
testing bootloader progress............

no multitouch

no wifi

no radio

battery level ok

bb52 cm7 j rom

.......

if my insticts are right we are very very close.

:D

edit: on legal basis i think bypassing bootloader is not illegal...

just wondering what if i erase my sony ericson text logo under earpiece... what am i? a hacker or stupid? hahaha...
[XPERIA X10 General] qwer23:
As Hanzo.Hasashi said, they can exist because it's legal. There's nothing illegal about using custom ROMs and opening bootloader.

Where does CM break laws to use their firmwares? It probably could be problematic if CyanogenMod would use Touchwiz or Sense UI, since these are protected by the manufacturers. But if you clone the look of them or create something yourself (like MIUI) there's no law violated. That's the spirit of Open Source Android ;)
[XPERIA X10 General] mayank.1love:
You are absolutely true about that.

But if SE update its update tool with some hidden calls/functions to update the bootloader(if at all possible) that will be even better for us as we can then use the SE flash tool functions/jars to write our custom bootloader to our SEX10.
[XPERIA X10 General] The Gingerbread Man:
Sorry I misread the post I thought he sad illegal, my bad!!
[XPERIA X10 General] qwer23:
Hey you're right, good idea! But if that is possible we have to be very careful. I don't know if that is possible but imagine they kinda block the backdoor they use to update bootloader right after flashing. Then we're ****ed. I'm pretty sure that this won't happen. But we're talking about SE here, you know? You can get kinda paranoid if you know their philosophy ;)

These things happen ;)
[XPERIA X10 General] mayank.1love:
Currently SE is screwing up my mind,I am searching for some out of the box method to access the bootloader.

The devs are doing a very superb job right now but I think we must also have some other alternative open for future.

Lets see what SE has for us in the future to protect SEX10 from running custom firmware.

Whatever be the case our counter techniques will always be better than SE :)
[XPERIA X10 General] ImS0Raw:
On FB SE tells to trust all devs on xda lol... For updates in the future. Fail
[XPERIA X10 General] PoTi_96:
LMFAO!! SE told us to trust xda? OMG

se really fails :O

(i mean xda is great and sure we should trust xda... but SE told that...)
[XPERIA X10 General] The Gingerbread Man:
Link to the page?
[XPERIA X10 General] Bwyan Benton:
I second that....link please
[XPERIA X10 General] Blagus:
It IS possible to update bootloader via flash mode. If AID and S1Boot updates, I'll buy the best Android phone at the time to someone who manages to downgrade such phone without EMMA/FlashGordon II access. Yes, I'll do that if someone manages to downgrade S1Boot to lower AID when it updates using FlashTool, as an user said two pages earlier.
[XPERIA X10 General] ImS0Raw:
Sorry man, I didn't save that link. I'm really sorry... Someone posted it here in the General... But I don't know which thread.
[XPERIA X10 General] dragoonxy:
well if that is true then SE must feel really bad abandoning the updates for the x10 family.:eek: or maybe not:D
[XPERIA X10 General] MarylandCookie:
Well...

This is for you then SE:
[XPERIA X10 General] kunalgahlot:
Even Rikard from Sony blog has recommended XDA...in some of the comments..!!
[XPERIA X10 General] Chillaxed:
Hmm why are they suggesting xda? What are they saying exactly?
[XPERIA X10 General] The Gingerbread Man:
Can you post a link please?
[XPERIA X10 General] DooMLoRD:
GB on X10 confirmed officially

http://blogs.sonyericsson.com/products/2011/03/25/update-on-xperia™-x10/

one of the "limitations":

DRM keys for protected content on your phone will be lost in the upgrade process.

i hope atleast now they can release/open bootloader
[XPERIA X10 General] The Gingerbread Man:
So in theroy we wont have such a difficult bootloader to crack / by pass if they go ahead with this after updating?
[XPERIA X10 General] qwer23:
I'm pretty sure they only refer to DRM on audio/video.

As I asked in another thread also: Any chance they're blocking our bootloader bypass with this upgrade? Is this technically possible?
[XPERIA X10 General] LJE:
so either sales are down on their new smart phones because no one trusts SE anymore or they simply waited for the devs to put the hard work in, then come in and swooped on the work done by the devs here....

"ahhhh yeah... Jep... i mean.. Rikard finaly worked out how to give you all gingerbread... we respect you all and have only ever had your best interests at heart. We never thought you'd work out.... i mean... we never realised the x10 had the processing power to run GB"

*%&*&% *%#*% at sony ericsson.... time for a drink

*hahaha their new update will be CyanogenMod-7.0.0-RC2-X10-J011
[XPERIA X10 General] zabihjan:
Great news http://via.pulsene.ws/16uRR x10 officually to get 2.3.3
[XPERIA X10 General] laill:
Perhaps not.

Kexec method is still being used in moto devices(correct me if I am wrong)

If technically,moto would have done something on it....

I think SE made this decision,bringing us gingerbread,must have some relations with the success archeived by Bin4ry and other devs.

Again,SE need to take what they said back:rolleyes:

cheers,

L
[XPERIA X10 General] agentJBM:
Unfortunately for the haters, corporations don't work like that. They could never decide to suddenly update over a couple of days. Clearly by Rikard's statement, they have been at this a while. If this was in response to bypass, there wouldn't be so much detail. It's probably nearly finished. Don't forget they just gave us 2.1 four months ago. ;)
[XPERIA X10 General] aR_ChRiS:
hidden roadmap FTW=)
[XPERIA X10 General] Tjotte:
I'm not a hater of SE, never was. But i would'nt be so sure this has been on the table for some time, regarding the similarities of arc and x10 if should'nt be to hard for them to port the OS to our device, so this may very well be a response to the bypassing progress and also why only the big x10 gets the upgrade. No other new hardware is similiar enough for them to do this relatively quick. Anyhow, i'm happy :-)
[XPERIA X10 General] GreatBigDog:
Agreed, SE is making this ROM for X10 because they believe that making it will be better for their bottom line than not making it. Not that this is a bad thing, after all they are in business to make money, not be a charity.

If it gets us a newer ROM then good for us and if SE can hold it up and say "Look we take care of our customers", then good for them.
[XPERIA X10 General] agentJBM:
The bypass is of no use at this point.. It looks promising, but the testers haven't even been able to completely duplicate Bin4ry's results yet. Why would they really care about that anyway? This is for the people who wanted further SE updates.

Did you read the whole blog by Rikard?
[XPERIA X10 General] LJE:
Why wouldn't SE care about this work the devs are doing?

All this time they've been saying the x10 has reached its limits, and in the background they are being made to look like fools. Sooner or later the majority of people see something on youtube and question SE's statements.

Any company trying to save face would bring out a statement saying "look we have put the effort in and we have looked after you. We just realised the x10 isn't dead but can infact handle everything we throw at it. We did this all for you"

Bottom line is they are trying to cover their lies

had to happen sooner or later with the devs we have here
[XPERIA X10 General] The Gingerbread Man:
This reminds me of how supposedly our x10 couldn't do multi or dual touch, and that whole arguement. Yet it can handle gingerbread perfectly.....
[XPERIA X10 General] shaunbu:
Most people may not get this update then and they'll blame it on the operators, well many ppl will have to get the update via xda anyway.

Whoever said about them stealing xdas work could be right (lol), or there just being lazy/ want to give people a reason to get their new phones.

Anyway back on topic, who will be first to release a fully stable 2.3? XDA or SE?
[XPERIA X10 General] pngface:
I wonder if they loaded Wolfbreak's 2.3 rom and took that picture (note the notifications bar is different)
[XPERIA X10 General] LJE:
made me laugh
[XPERIA X10 General] Bwyan Benton:
LMAO!!!
[XPERIA X10 General] GiZmo80:
J´s Rom V11 can take Pictures... but nly in LOW RES and only with Camara Illusion Pro by the way
[XPERIA X10 General] agentJBM:
Once again you change the subject to fit your argument, and you are completely making stuff up about what SE said. We were talking about the bypass, not whether or not the X10 could handle 2.2+. SE could care less that the smallest minority of users MAY be able to use their own ROMs. We've been doing that for months. This is Android after all. They even provide the files on their website.

How about SE made a mistake, and now they are trying to make up for it? They are doing the right thing. It's you that are wrong for passing misinformation to fuel this debate.
[XPERIA X10 General] pngface:
I mean took a picture of that ROM loaded onto the phone. It was meant to be a joke

LOL
[XPERIA X10 General] GiZmo80:
My mistake

I should read properly before posting....

however, in the fact the Cam has functions om J´s
[XPERIA X10 General] LJE:
???

stop arguing with me... im happy with my phone because of XDA. You keep writing crap that doesnt make sense and ive just pulled an allnighter so im runnin on fumes... 2 days off.... yeeaahhhhh bbbooooiiiiiii
[XPERIA X10 General] bazji:
Brilliant mate,
[XPERIA X10 General] rashcool46:
SE to release 2.3 on X10 ..........

hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha cant stop laughing.......

"couple of days back we were discussing on SE reaction :- bypassing boot loader"

SE has gone crazy after lauching Xperia family ......

Still i will be loyal and faithful to XDA developers & their custom ROM........They work harder stronger for making are **** life more simple....

SE need a serious help......:p
[XPERIA X10 General] compumasta:
The biggest thing that people seem to be overlooking is how much easier this could make the developers jobs. This update will likely include a new kernal which would be easier to work with than porting everything to the 29 kernal. That's the biggest benefit here. That and we will have a set of files already working instead of making them from scratch or porting the 2.1 files.

Sent from my Delorean using a flux capacitor!
[XPERIA X10 General] Bwyan Benton:
Finally!!! Someone notices the light! Great post!

A side note, if you still hate your phone and SE after this announcment, then seriously go get a samsung or htc.
[XPERIA X10 General] shaunbu:
I'm sure many will when their contracts run out, I don't hate my phone just think there's much better out there, but I do hate SE, they just piss me off with all the crap they say!
[XPERIA X10 General] nan_a:
Totally agree with your decision, they SE are behind Samsung and HTC with theirs phones and updates. They start to get agitated after the discovery of the bootloader baypass cracks, so I support the devs work and wait to see the best working rom and how will deliver first.
[XPERIA X10 General] aR_ChRiS:
Not long after, all gingerbread roms would be working perfectly =)
[XPERIA X10 General] im_iceman:
SE's crap isn't really any different to all the other manufacturers.. in fact they seem to communicate much more than HTC do..
[XPERIA X10 General] CM-PRo:
Well will the devs still look to crack the bootloader? Or will they sit back as they are already getting the 2.3 on x10? Hope they crack the bootloader!

Thanks to all the devs for the awesome work...!!!
[XPERIA X10 General] agentJBM:
Maybe it's flying right over your head because you're running on fumes. Get some sleep, and stop posting in your condition.

PS. To all those who think SE conjured this up over night because of this currently theoretical bypass.... Unknown13x posted that they have been working on this since January, before we had any mostly working ROMs (FreeX10 beta 1, January 4th). This is due to customer response, not fear of shame of the xda devs. Remember that our guys are free to do whatever they want. The SE devs have project managers to answer to, and other devices to work on. Give SE the credit they deserve for admitting their mistake and making things right, which is more than I can say for some of us.
[XPERIA X10 General] Blagus:
Don't you understand that this update will close probably all security holes, plus there will be no downgrade? This was ALWAYS happening in past, ever since CID16 was cracked on oldest SE devices. But OK, update because you'll get 2.3.3 which is your dream ;)
[XPERIA X10 General] The Gingerbread Man:
Upgrade with seus for new kernal and then downgrade with flashtool to older baseband excluding the kernal.sin might be possible?
[XPERIA X10 General] Meraklis56:
and there will be a way,to override this and downgrade to 2.1 if you want.

Everytime, there was a way ;)
[XPERIA X10 General] agentJBM:
Wake up and use the flash tool, just like 1.6 to 2.1. Really, some people will say anything to keep from admitting they were wrong. Well, at least SE has the balls to.
[XPERIA X10 General] -- X10B --:
hi agent if the update came out please do a video while flashing. thank you
[XPERIA X10 General] omnikam:
I think we will all get this upgrade through XDA sources, it's only a matter of time before someone has a copy of the rom for dl. My concern would have to be if sony has found a way to prevent xRecovery exploits, they mentioned that there recovery mode will no longer be present. I guess time will tell, i wonder if the camera they said we will get with there gingerbread will support HD video recording.. let's see where this all goes
[XPERIA X10 General] agentJBM:
Don't need to. It will be same as before. SEUS or PC Companion will not downgrade, but you can still use the flash tool to flash back to 2.1 here on xda. Come on, everyone is praising how much better our dev is than SE's, but suddenly flashing a different ROM is not possible.
[XPERIA X10 General] MJ_QaT:
I would love to agree with you here, unfortunately many here can't understand this point of view and go with their opinions even if it was wrong

Credits go to Sony Ericsson for admitting and correcting things
[XPERIA X10 General] DeViL_DiCe:
If this is true, then i have to take my hat off for SE. Listening to their customers is the best publicity they´ll get. It makes me a happy customer, but people saying (including me) that this update must have been due to the xda devs is just because of the timing of the announcement, nothing more... But according to you we´re just being too picky =) so once again, thanks SE.
[XPERIA X10 General] Cablekevin:
Kevin Hoogeveen (@Cablekevin) has shared a Tweet with you:

"Mathieulh: Strings, Strings, Strings ! "Boot Loader SE Version 2.5.2 (Build ID: 3358,36041, Build Date: 2008-10-29_11:54:49)""

--http://twitter.com/Mathieulh/status/51804887402561536

Doenst look like PS3 to me, i can be wrong.
[XPERIA X10 General] Bwyan Benton:
Oh...whats this?
[XPERIA X10 General] The Gingerbread Man:
An se employey / ex out for revenge?:-D
[XPERIA X10 General] Bwyan Benton:
Did u change your user name??? Lol
[XPERIA X10 General] The Gingerbread Man:
I did yes, I was formerly Steve.adams.x10, that's why I kept my avatar so not make people I had completely dissapeared.

My new name is much better don't you think ;-)
[XPERIA X10 General] Bwyan Benton:
Yes, i knew who you were...thanks to the display picture. I just needed to confirm i wasnt going crazy lol.

Much better name....not to say your last one wasnt, but it shows your excited :)
[XPERIA X10 General] The Gingerbread Man:
Happy to be running it more like 2.3.3 cm7 ;-)
[XPERIA X10 General] CM-PRo:
When can we expect the bootloader to be bypassed?
[XPERIA X10 General] Quadgem:
Think it's not gonna be for tomorrow :( cause I guess Geohot would have already done it :D
[XPERIA X10 General] pcfanboy142:
Would you guys get off geohot's **** already. Stop treating him like a god damn wizard.
[XPERIA X10 General] Quadgem:
err... by the way did you ever cracked a PS3 in your life, an iPad or stuff like that ? Think you'd better wait to have his level of skill before critisize :rolleyes: