yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Xperia Play Android Development] waz000000:
I would count myself as pretty stupid if i didn't realise that but just for you to prove it WONT! re lock it

Action journal
21:28:54 Restore TA
21:28:54 Allows to restore the TA (Trim Area) content.
21:28:54 Operating system: Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition Service Pack 3 (build 2600)
21:28:54 Application version: 0.20.3622 (beta)
21:28:54 . The action name is 'Restore TA'
21:28:54 Selected phone type: Xperia™ PLAY
21:28:54 Selected connection method: USB EROM
21:28:54 i Instructions
21:28:54 i 1. Make sure the phone battery is charged to at least 50%.
21:28:54 i 2. Switch off the phone!
21:28:54 i 3. Remove the phone battery and wait at least 5 seconds before reinserting it!
21:28:54 i 4. Press and hold the return back button, then connect the cable to the phone!
21:28:54 . The action started waiting for the user
21:29:02 . The action finished waiting for the user
21:29:02 Connecting via SEMC USB Flash Device (USB3)...
21:29:02 Device driver version: 2.2.0.5
21:29:02 Detected chipset: MSM7X30
21:29:02 Boot mode: EROM
21:29:02 EROM version: 1241-3656 R9A021
21:29:02 REMOVED
21:29:02 Device ID: 398DFEADD33273420EBECF2DE48E75548D851A8D
21:29:02 Minimum loader AID: 0001
21:29:02 Color: Red SEMC
21:29:02 i Waiting for connection to the server...
21:29:11 Receiving news...
21:29:13 i No news
21:29:19 Sending loader...
21:29:19 Waiting for loader response...
21:29:21 Loading data from file: Xperia PLAY_locked_20110518163651_TANormal_TAMisc.opd
21:29:21 Writing TA Normal...
21:29:21 Writing TA Misc...
21:29:22 s Successfully done.
21:29:22 . The action entered shutdown phase
21:29:22 . The action reported success
---

and to prove i have a license:

Action journal
21:31:26 User account details
21:31:26 Checks connection to server and shows the details about your user account.
21:31:26 Operating system: Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition Service Pack 3 (build 2600)
21:31:26 Application version: 0.20.3622 (beta)
21:31:26 . The action name is 'Info'
21:31:26 i Waiting for connection to the server...
21:31:32 Receiving news...
21:31:34 i No news
21:31:36 Current time licences
21:31:36 i Omnius Full 1 Day
21:31:36 i One day license for unlocking and flashing
21:31:36 i State: The licence is active
21:31:36 i Valid since 2011-May-21 09:31 until 2011-May-22 11:31
21:31:36 Credit info
21:31:36 i Supreme Credit
21:31:36 i Disponible amount: 0.00
21:31:36 i Locked amount: 0.00
21:31:36 i Used amount: 0.00
21:31:36 s Successfully done.
21:31:36 . The action entered shutdown phase
21:31:36 . The action reported success

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[Xperia Play Android Development] Logseman:
Blagus, do you think you'll be able to acquire a Play/Arc/Neo anytime soon? It'd probably speed up development, wouldn't it? Perhaps something could be done about acquiring it... a bit of help from the community's side?
[Xperia Play Android Development] waz000000:
hope so would be good, I did some checking on the locked and unlocked ones myself and there are differnces according to the HEX the only thing i can think of is that omnius tool is able to backup at the moment but doesnt support writing back "properly" just yet.
[Xperia Play Android Development] Blagus:
here i have decrypted opd backup in hex very similar to simlock.ta file's format, but i need to chat with Bin4ry about that and some other stuff... still waiting for his reply... it shouldn't be hard to implement this file support in FlashTool since fxtool and this one are almost identical (address:hex style)...
[Xperia Play Android Development] Logseman:
Maybe I can brick it for you... provided that it is a restorable brick :D? I have unlocked the bootloaders, as you know well, and I flashed a modded .img in order to get root.
[Xperia Play Android Development] Logseman:
How about you let people sponsor you for it? :) Can you set up a Paypal account?
[Xperia Play Android Development] Blagus:
Wish I could... I don't have credit card... only if someone is willing to collect money for me...
[Xperia Play Android Development] waz000000:
before everyone collecting, would it not made sense for someone with a bricked phone to use a TA that is legit pay the $9 for a license and check it actually works?

because at the moment an original TA locked backup was supposed to restore the bootloader but it didn't. We dont know for sure that a TA will even fix the phones there is no existing proof on the play as yet and ive gone through *two* f*cking phones already to test this theory :/
[Xperia Play Android Development] Logseman:
You can ask XDA moderators, I would do it but I've been suggested than an XDA mod would be more trustworthy than a user.
[Xperia Play Android Development] Blagus:
I don't want to request anyone to buy license before I'm sure that FlashTool can't be modified to write decrypted OPD backup (in txt format), because that's the only way to write modified TA into the phone.
[Xperia Play Android Development] kondejm:
hello.is there any way to unlock bootloader in my xperia arc?is sim locked to t-mobile.has been debranded using flashtool and global customization rom.thanks
[Xperia Play Android Development] katsuru:
any news about this project? We still got a Xperia play here with Sim problems :(
[Xperia Play Android Development] bcool15:
i have a sim locked fone to orange uk i can provide dump :P

a question will this help in unlocking it as well?

pm if u need anythin i will b able to respond faster to a pm than going thru all posts
[Xperia Play Android Development] l3ush:
sim lock arc

Duplicated.
[Xperia Play Android Development] l3ush:
Hello

I have a Arc from Movistar Spain. the bootloader is locked (i try unlock, but BLUE LED :(

It is Unlocked Of movistar ( sim unlocked).

can you tell me where i can help you?
[Xperia Play Android Development] spida_singh:
I have a UK T-mobile Arc with a locked bootloader. I have unlocked it my self by paying a third party site for the code which worked well.

Im running the latest 145 o2 Rom. Obviously un-rooted until this gets solved....or until gingerbreak is updated.

Anything you need, just drop me a PM. Im new to all this, but im sure i could easily provide a dump using flash tool.

Regards
[Xperia Play Android Development] spida_singh:
Fine with me, let me know how :-D
[Xperia Play Android Development] Logseman:
I told you I would donate for a development device.

Enviado desde mi R800i
[Xperia Play Android Development] haydarm:
I will also donate. Just tell me what to do.
[Xperia Play Android Development] haydarm:
By the way, perhaps it would be a worthwhile idea to set up a thread for donation pledges to Blagus's development device? That way we would know how much we have raised.
[Xperia Play Android Development] Dousan:
There's already 2 threads here in xplay section for donation to you Blagus. I think it's about 325 us dollars and a xperia x1. One thread is here in dev section and one is in generel section :p :)

Regards Dousan...
[Xperia Play Android Development] Blagus:
That's psx bounty, not my donation for dev device thread...
[Xperia Play Android Development] Dousan:
Ahh sorry about that, got it mixed up :o

Regards Dousan...

e: Lol now you got 2 threads :p Nice to see it's going somewhere :)
[Xperia Play Android Development] Blagus:
frasertag PM-ed me regarding paypal. hopefully everything will be sorted out today or tomorrow...
[Xperia Play Android Development] Blagus:
Can anyone do something for me? If you have already unlocked BL, try to re-run the procedure.
[Xperia Play Android Development] mehmehmen:
what can this help to achieve for you? and what do you need from this process. just to see what happens when u try a second time

???
[Xperia Play Android Development] Logseman:
You mean re-run the bootloader unlock?
[Xperia Play Android Development] Blagus:
Yes, re-unlock bootloader. See if it works.
[Xperia Play Android Development] mehmehmen:
I tried to re unlock BL blagus

No joy, but it was a bit confusing, mainly because although i know the bootloader is unlocked now and fastboot enabled when i entered the getvar version command from the sony guide to unlock it came back waiting for device.. and also does this on the install attempt also blagus. im not sure maybe i did something slightly wrong because i couldnt even get fastboot devices command to return the device just <waiting for device> EDIT::: (and now fastboot devices command does not even bring back the waiting for device line now just enters the command and drops back to the android tools folder)

which i know i have seen before that it picked up my device on fastboot devices command :/ any ideas what the deal is?
[Xperia Play Android Development] Blagus:
Brick fix not working! Sorry!
[Xperia Play Android Development] starbearer:
Hey, sounds good when you sayits fixed...good job again...

**are we saying the fastboot will now work, no sim locked issue and offcourse the play comes back to life**

Did we try adding the simlock.ta to the package of loader.sin, preset.ta and metinfo?

I wish I had my mobile with me rite, could have tried it rite away, just informed that Sony ppl cant repair my device( lol) so eagerly waiting for the device to come back to me asap...just hope they didnt make it worse ... :(
[Xperia Play Android Development] Blagus:
Info on first post refreshed, for better understanding of what's going on in TA.
[Xperia Play Android Development] starbearer:
HEy, I attached a screenshot, if it helps....

There is box that I have made, is it the codes in the box all country codes for sim to work unlocked, it looks like that to me, what say?:confused:

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/40/rippede.jpg/
[Xperia Play Android Development] Blagus:
Send me the text, I won't retype everything into hex editor :p
[Xperia Play Android Development] baaa3:
I still didn't get what to do in here so is there a fix yet :P

So now we have the simlock.ta and the preset.ta

And I tried everything with both and still no luck :( (No Radio)

Thnx for the effort though..
[Xperia Play Android Development] starbearer:
Blagus:- what text for hex editor?

--you mean for simlock.ta?

this info in botloader isnt correct,

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/593/loaderinfo.png/

And, while checking other sin's there is catch somehow looks the dump we all have binds to a specific imei number, we need to change that imei number in this file.....edit and save and then flash, now we all know that Sony would release diff set of imei numbers in India, Us and Uk for example, so if the dump that we have if it belongs to a specific imei number, it would'nt work anywhere else????

--------------------------from apps_log from UK release package------------------

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here is more info I could dig, I just hope it all makes sense...I still crave of having my phone wid me for now, would have tested so much on it..:D:D:D
[Xperia Play Android Development] starbearer:
FYI....Phone unbricked and no sim lock...did it in front of sony service centre....shocking....ehh?

Phone works as charm...issues with Bluetooth connectivity and fastboot still remains....

more to come "how to do it"

within few hours when il be in my office..
[Xperia Play Android Development] haydarm:
I'm aware of the fastboot problems, but there are also Bluetooth issues? Can you elaborate?
[Xperia Play Android Development] starbearer:
couldnt seem to transfer files from my laptop or other bluetooth enabled phones to Xperia Play...

And yes there is way that the Xperia Play will unlock the sim issue//////(no radio)\\\\\...im working on a permanent fix for all.

soooon...

**** I need a person to help me verify the results, who's xperia play was with unlocked bootloader, did an OTA update and it bricked and now has sim locked or no radio issue*****
[Xperia Play Android Development] crispyduckling:
hey, ill help all i can

i have a device like u describe

no radio and now sim locked
[Xperia Play Android Development] haydarm:
I'll be happy to help to-- my device is as you described. Only thing is that you will have to tell me exactly what to do one step at a time. I'm not a developer and I just follow the steps you guys tell me when it comes to things like unlocking the bootloader or rooting. Otherwise, I'm good to go.
[Xperia Play Android Development] starbearer:
funny, I could actually connect my phone thru clicking back button and connecting usb cable...

-----I will help all i can, trust me who would be more happy than me to help.. lol.....----

lets get our devices backkkkk....I would post all info here or pm any one of you, could you please describe exactly what hppnd to your play and what all you tried and now at what phase/condition is it?

you could message me here or we can try on skype/whatsapp/liveprofile for instant tries...let me know
[Xperia Play Android Development] ebsglobal789:
did an OTA update and it bricked and now has sim locked or no radio issue after used "rename simlock.ta to preset.ta" method. That's my condition. Any suggestion or solution?
[Xperia Play Android Development] haydarm:
Unlocked bootloader, did OTA update, bricked phone, did Bin4ry's original brick fix (flashing phone twice with UK generic firmware but changing the name of one of the files the 2nd time around). So now I have a phone that can do everything except make calls! My phone is rooted by the way, though I can easily unroot with Gingerbreak. I'm on 2.3.2 (which, again, was the firmware used in Bin4ry's original fix). Cheers!
[Xperia Play Android Development] crispyduckling:
i didnt even know that my fone was bootloader unlocked so i did an ota update

bricked fone

did the brick fix that boots fone but breaks radio

after that i tried reflashing a couple of firmwares in flash tool

to no avail even tried repair with SE repair , still no radio

so i went back to generic 2.3.2 rooted

fone working fine but no radio etc
[Xperia Play Android Development] Blagus:
I'll work on a solution when I get the phone. Thread closed for now to prevent more useless posts.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Meddroid:
Hello everybody,

My Desire is:

AlphaRev CM7

BRAVO PVT1 SHIP S-OFF

HBOOT-0.93.1000

MICROP-031d

TOUCH PANEL-SYNT0101

RADIO-4.06.00.02_2

My SD card is partitioned EXT4 (1GB)

I updated the Hboot to "PB99IMG_bravo_cm7" (PB99IMG.ZIP) found on alpharev.nl

After I wiped all data and cache, flashed the ROM...now I'm stuck at the "Why So Serious?" screen.

Did I miss a step? Can anybody help me please?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dzumagos:
make sure your EXT4 is working.

if you used any alignment.zip it could have corrupted the ext partition

also try ext3 maybe ?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dzumagos:
and also, what recovery are you using

CWM 2.X.X.X can cause problems, try at least 3.0.0.5
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Meddroid:
I'm using v3.0.0.5 recovery.

How can I make sure that EXT4 is working?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Meddroid:
After the partitioning and when I try to copy back the data I had in the sdcard directly from the computer, it asks me to format the SDcard is it normal?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Fr_78:
You should try the new version of CWM recovery 3.0.2.8
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Meddroid:
Can you please give me a download link?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Fr_78:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1067490
[Desire Themes and Apps] akpe:
Greetings people.

Is there any app which can be used to change the way contacts are shown in Android? In example, my outlook contacts are all set up like this: (xxx) xxx-xxxx. Android somehow removes the space after the parenthesis and shows them like this: (xxx)xxx-xxxx.

I would like to change them all to xxx-xxx-xxxx, but changing them one by one will be a huge pita... any ideas? :)
[Desire Themes and Apps] akpe:
bump! anyone? :/
[Desire General] Lothaen:
Has anyone had any problems with a Nandroid Backup?

I have tried twice and had same results - when running unrEVOked 3.21 on my desire, it roots - I go into Clockwork recovery and run a Nandroid Backup which completes successfully.

I then boot up my phone and it hangs on the HTC screen and/or boot loops to the HTC screen again.

I've not actually needed the backup yet as I've flashed custom roms that I'm happy with (like now) and set up as normal and/or ran RUU to go back to stock, which I did the first time it occurred...

Just thought it was an oddity that I'd mention in case I am doing something wrong.

Cheers
[Desire General] Meaple:
Nah, I am seeing this a lot. Quite common for some weird reason. Just ignore it really. When ever I get a hang or bootloop, I just flash the thing again.
[Desire General] Lothaen:
That's fine then - just thought it was me - the first time I rooted and backed up it all worked fine - just since then..
[Desire General] francisdsa:
Similar problem here. I had done S-off with Alpharev and found that i could not backup any ROM. i had to install new roms but could not backup any. if i did backup, the phone just freezes at backing up system and thsn nothing worked. pulled battery out and rebooted, my phone just freezes at splash image. finally, i tried flashing the recovery image from CWM ver 4.0.0.5 and all seems working fine now. you should give it a try.
[Desire General] Lothaen:
so update CWM and it will work?

mine was s-on by the way.

cheers :)
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] frankie253:
Ok, I have an evo, running fresh gingerbread rom, and.....the battery still blows, i have tried most if the popular roms and was not impressed, i have set cpu as well, i dont see any change, im not really that good at this stuff so can somebody PLEASE hook me up with a method to make my phone last a day, roms, kernals, set cpu profiles, anything.....thank you all greatly
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] surrealmethod:
If you are on 4g, wireless tether, playing roms, texting, and making calls, then don't expect the phone to last more than 5 hours.

First thing you need to do is start off with a fresh rom... pick your favorite so far.

Reboot

Install kernal (I like tiamat for AOSP or Netarchy for Sense but I suggest you try your own)

Reboot

Install undervolting script

Reboot

Open Google Talk>Settings>uncheck automatically log on then log off google talk

Install SetCpu

If you don't really game or anything then lower your voltages to 125 min 700ish max (you can be more aggressive if you want, but I wouldn't)

Charge phone to a 100%

reboot into recovery

wipe battery stats

Use your phone till it dies

Recharge

I think you will now have a strong phone that can last a good day depending on how you use it
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] surrealmethod:
If you still want to increase your battery life after all that

Lower brightness

lower the updating frequency of stocks, accounts, etc

make it a habit of turning off radios when not in use or install Juice defender

Create profile in SetCPU to lower CPU when screen off
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] raiseup151z:
All really good suggestions above...

but sometimes it could be just the battery it self... if all else doesn't work try another battery. The previous stock battery was horrible for me even after trying all the settings and etc. Once I got a new battery and did all the setting changes this thing is ready for anything.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bootny:
What rom are you using? For the best battery life with a rom like cm7 I recommend using an SBC kernel from tiamat 4.0.2 SBC+ and give it a few days to settle in...then when your battery is low around 20% or less charge it for at least 4-6 hours while phone is sleeping..then turn off your phone while plugged in and charge for another hour..then unplug til green light goes off then plug in again til light goes green REPEAT 10 TIMES! then turn on phone while plugged in wait 2 minutes then unplug and battery is improved...do it every time you charge it from low %... this is for SBC kernels...also follow what the others said above me... I use an extended battery on conservative running it at 245 and 768 its been 12 hrs and I'm at 71% with moderate to heavy use...hope this helped

midget tossing is habit...2010 midwest regional champion... hw 001
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HipKat:
Click the link in my signature for a good battery conditioning technique and if you want a quick way to reduce battery drain, turn DATA off, unless you need it.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jadden:
Get tiamat sbc kernel with viperboys scripts
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] frankie253:
wow, seems pretty involved, ill give this a shot, im running Fresh 4.0.0.4 rom now, is there another rom i should be using otherwise? i dont use the tether, i just do the youtube thing, facebook,email text and call, nothin to extensive
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] scottgalit61:
Try Evodecks 1.0 or 1.2c... Very nice and everything works on it... I'm using Tiamat 4.0.2 w/ sbc, its been 23 hrs and still at 59% thats moderate use though! But just search around and eventually you'll find something that suites your taste... MIUI is also a good rom! Just my 2 cents...
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] frankie253:
Thank you sir, im gonna start checkin them out now
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HipKat:
It's not the ROM, you HAVE TO CONDITON YOUR BATTERY!!!

And get rid of SetCPU
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] frankie253:
Really, why should i dumo it? And how do i condition the battery
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] frankie253:
Dump*
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TommyNgo215:
KINGEVO R5

Netarchy 4.3.4 SBC havs more universal kernel

Juice defender ultimate (custom settings)

Turn off wifi limit

Unchecked auto brightness and set it to anything less than 50%

Turn off 4g

Use wifi if available

That's it. I would get a full day out of my battery with little phone lot of wifi usage. Text. Aim. Words with friends. FB.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HipKat:
Dumo???????

Click the link in my signature
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] frankie253:
Dump......my bad
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mfknboss:
im using cm nightly 80 tiamat 4.0.3 sbc kernal viperboy v1 -75 underclocked @ 537..runs smooth..battery life is great. im a heavy user,zynga,facebook,XDA,flash everything i can get my hands on lol..battery life doubled :D stock battery btw
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] frankie253:
Thank you, I'm probably gonna give cyanogen a go, I hear great things
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] teh roxxorz:
I agree. On CM7, and I have 18hrs 29 and at 73%. Mild gaming...texts...some music.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] frankie253:
Wow!! That's impressive, I haven't gotten there yet but I def see I huge change, I just need to figure out this kernal thing, I'm using a savage zen kernal now and it seems pretty fast and the battery is alot better
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xchompondizx:
I agree. Or you can put it in airplane mode too.:p
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tallguywes:
I'm on an Amazon $10 extended battery, and have done everything that everyone has suggested for the last 3 months. I still continue to watch my battery drain 1% every couple minutes. Doesn't matter what Tom I'm on- I flashed just sprint lovers with sbc kernel, and my battery drained in 2 hours (stock battery at the time) while trying to watch a movie with airplane mode on...

The only time I remember getting decent battery life (almost a day), was with the stock rom and stock kernel with SBC.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] teh roxxorz:
Well it takes some time figuring out what works best for you. Tiamat kernel works best for me, and its the only kernel I'll run. Along with that, I use viperboy's undervolt scripts, which are epic.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HipKat:
I think I'm gonna try his scripts, too, but my battery life is really epic now, especially after how BAD it was in the beginning....

BTW, the only thing I do, besides the battery conditioning technique, is keep my Data off, unless I need it and there's no WiFi available.