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[Xperia Play General] émbe:
Yep, found the function on Gingerbreak 1.2.

Tried again and it still says there is "changed software on my unit" why it won't let me upgrade.

The only thing I could try is to reset my unit back to manufacturer settings and see if it work then...

Well... lots of retries and no luck.

Unrooting and taking off ALL additional apps I put on earlier, manufacturer reset and all that does not help.

Once rooted, the device CANNOT be upgraded via the Sony tool "Update Service" nor trying the Xperia Play internal update tool...

If anyone get it done somehow, please let me know. I would be happy to have 2.3.3 on my Xperia Play.

Regards
[Xperia Play General] waz000000:
have you unlocked your bootloader?
[Xperia Play General] ncaissie:
You may be having the same problem I have been having. Try disconnecting the wi-fi and reconnecting. There is a wi-fi widget so you can do it easily from the home screen.
[Xperia Play General] ncaissie:
I also seen this on the google news:

"

Down, down, to offline town: Sony says it's shuttered online services in Canada, Indonesia, and Thailand this morning after detecting a ne'er-do-well on the (virtual) premises. This, after a 26-day PlayStation Network outage, followed by a veritable spree of copycat hacks.

Read more: http://techland.time.com/2011/05/25/sony-admits-canadian-site-hacked-thousands-of-records-stolen/#ixzz1NNcjG9T6"
[Xperia Play General] danieljamie:
Hmm, I'm in the UK so the network outage shouldn't affect me?

Just turned off wifi and turned it back on, did the OTA update search, and it said I am on the latest version rather than telling me it cannot connect. So I guess I did have that same problem with wifi being on then off.

For the record, I've not unlocked the bootloader on mine, I'm network locked to Orange
[Xperia Play General] émbe:
Yes, I have. Using the instruction here on the forum http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1034371

And I found an (partial) answer to my question if it's possible to re-lock the phone:

http://xdaforums.com/archive/index.php/t-1035362.html
[Xperia Play General] Mozza2k11:
Well thats why you cannot use SEUS or your phone to update. Unlocking the bootloader stops the updates from SE. You will have to flash the latest version once someone posts it.

I had my phone rooted and my bootloader is locked used SUES to reinstall the original firmware (.184). Just waiting for SE to add 2.3.3 now (uk) i read on the arc forum world wide 2.3.3 will be early june. People on the arc fourm also saying the update improve battery use and fixes a few bugs in the se launcher not sure what else. Not to keen on the fb crap but like people have said you can turn it off. So i will update to 2.3.3 and just wait for a rooting method to appear.

I have read if the bootloader is unlocked and the firmware is not modified you can still update. Try flashing the .184 firmware (reinstalling the bloat) and do not root and then try the update? I think SE knows the firmware is modified because the bloat apps are missing. Which can only happen once rooted. No sure tbh worth a try or like i said just wait for 2.3.3 to be posted and then flash that
[Xperia Play General] émbe:
Thank you for the answers!

I only worry if someone modifies the 2.3.3 and puts some trojan stuff in and post it then. So everyone who uses such an image will be "remote controlled". Isn't it?

But as you say, I have to wait now anyway...
[Xperia Play General] waz000000:
well ill be using my other phone to get the software and will create a flash file with it, sticking it up in the DEV section same as i did for the old one.

oh and no resetting the phone taking off root will still not let you flash with sues or update tool
[Xperia Play General] danieljamie:
But surely if you un-root, its untraceable???

Does that mean those of us that rooted our stock 2.3.2 have to wait and flash on our own 2.3.3?
[Xperia Play General] waz000000:
roots got nothing to do with it, it's all about "unlocking" the "bootloader"

if you "unlock" you cant flash officially, if you just root you can!
[Xperia Play General] janjan:
You mean if someone just rooted their SE, they can update to 2.3.3 with out any problem. I just rooted my SE and havn´t touch the bootloader yet.
[Xperia Play General] waz000000:
Yup! just unroot to be on the safe side
[Xperia Play General] WelshPaul:
No update here, i have a UK sim free handset!
[Xperia Play General] Clyzm:
No update here yet. Sim unlocked R800a on Fido.
[Xperia Play General] WelshPaul:
The SE website states that 2.3.3 is available for the play here:

http://www.sonyericsson.com/update/?lc=en&cc=gb

All lies, all lies lol
[Xperia Play General] danieljamie:
I also saw that.. but my ota saying it can't connect again!
[Xperia Play General] WelshPaul:
I have had that issue, think it's a case of their servers getting overloaded. Hence the reason they seem to be rolling it out bit by bit?
[Xperia Play General] svenk919:
OTA says I have the latest version. (2.3.2)
[Xperia Play General] Ireas:
http://blogs.sonyericsson.com/products/2011/05/26/update-on-facebook-inside-xperia/

should be live for all devices via SEUS which are NOT bootloader-unlocked
[Xperia Play General] AriStar:
not here in canada.
[Xperia Play General] WelshPaul:
Got the update on my UK sim free handset! :D
[Xperia Play General] Ireas:
bootloader unlocked?
[Xperia Play General] The_Newtype:
No update OTA for an unlocked, unbranded R800a. Says I have the latest version directly on the device.
[Xperia Play General] WelshPaul:
I have not unlocked my bootloader and my handset has never been rooted either, it is a stock generic uk sim free handset.

There was no update showing via OTA i checked with SUSE and there it was!
[Xperia Play General] thomassafca:
Please upload the files from your blob_fs folder :)
[Xperia Play General] WelshPaul:
Where do i find the blob_fs folder?
[Xperia Play General] thomassafca:
C:\Program Files\Sony Ericsson\Update Service\db\13740270\blob_fs

And then sort the files by date and upload the files from today :)
[Xperia Play General] WelshPaul:
Got it... As requested...

Here is the blob_fs folder and it's contents taken after upgrading a UK Sim Free Xperia Play 2.3.2 to 2.3.3 which has never been rooted or had it's bootloader unlocked.

Had to upload it to megaupload as it was too big for this forum.

Download link: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=EJP0ABK0
[Xperia Play General] WelshPaul:
Sorry i never sorted the files, i zipped the entire folder and just uploaded them all!

The files you want though are included i just checked.
[Xperia Play General] ncaissie:
Does anyone know what changes are in the update?
[Xperia Play General] jkr284:
Cool thanks, so can the people with unlocked bootloaders now flash this upload somehow?
[Xperia Play General] WelshPaul:
included many improvements and fixes:

Battery performance

General software stability

Wi-Fi stability

HD Video recording performance (Xperia™ arc)

Touch responsiveness

To name a few...

Taken from http://blogs.sonyericsson.com/products/2011/05/26/update-on-facebook-inside-xperia/
[Xperia Play General] WelshPaul:
Oh there are reports of 2.3.4 coming to Xperia Play in October too! :D
[Xperia Play General] danieljamie:
I confirm the update is available, but my battery is only 40% so its charging first!

Edit:

Charged to 52%, phone STILL ROOTED, updating fine
[Xperia Play General] thomassafca:
Flashing the ftf now, will upload when its finished :)
[Xperia Play General] The_Newtype:
Anyone with R800a able to perform the update? Also, what's the best way to go about backing up the device if one is to update via SEUS? OTA?
[Xperia Play General] WelshPaul:
Out of interest what are you trying to do?
[Xperia Play General] thomassafca:
Updating my phone too :P

I got a unlocked bootloader, so I can't use SEUS..
[Xperia Play General] WelshPaul:
Ahh cool, did it work? :D
[Xperia Play General] danieljamie:
Why such a long wait lol?
[Xperia Play General] thomassafca:
It does! :D

Check out the thread here!
[Xperia Play General] danieljamie:
I have updated, whilst rooted, all working fine... not really noticing much of a difference in performance, will have to see with battery.

I'm curious if it can be rooted?
[Xperia Play General] finalaeonhsieh:


Can gingerbreak still be used to root 2.3.3?
[Xperia Play General] theclueless:
attempting #2... so likely not
[Xperia Play General] WelshPaul:
Glad i could help! :D
[Xperia Play General] Amonlym:
For anyone with a pre-order play from Vodafone uk -

flashing Xperia PLAY_3.0.1.A.0.145_UK with flashtool works without having to unlock your bootloader (although we can if we wish via the SE page) and WILL remove the 360 apps from the phone so be warned if you use them, and rejoice if not.

takes a loooong time to restart after the flash - staying calm and not watching it intently is advised.
[Xperia Play General] maxiiiamsta:
I had it days ago not touching it untill i see some feedback from users. I am secptic about all the facebook crap it has.
[Xperia Play General] Mozza2k11:
As long as you dont set up face book i.e accept its terms and conditions it doesnt run at all. Noticed a new facebook app in menu but again you need to accept its terms and conditons before it will run. So if you dont use fb at all there is no problem
[Xperia Play General] sk337sk337:
I think i must have a different version of the phone than everyone else... mine shows it is the r800at with build number 3.0.1.B.0.131 running 2.3.3
[Xperia Play General] ncaissie:
My model is R800a I see all these R800i and R800x. Will i have to wait for a model specific ROM image?

A version: 2.3.2

Baseband:7x30A-AAABQMAZM-1290_14-10

Build: 3.0.A.2.181
[Xperia Play General] The_Newtype:
The "at" at the end of R800 probably means you have an AT&T test version or something.

I have an R800a that was given out at the Google I/O conference, and I've yet to see the update and am still on 2.3.2.

Where did you get your R800a? And yeah, I hope we won't be left out in the cold regarding updates for it seems there aren't too many of these floating around.
[Xperia Play General] sk337sk337:
Off the marketplace on here :) Traded my g2x and some cash for it.
[Xperia Play General] The_Newtype:
Oh, okay.

Are you able to access the Playstation Pocket store to buy more PS1 games?
[Xperia Play General] sk337sk337:
yes i am :)
[Xperia Play General] :
Yes I have tried a few and no go
[Xperia Play General] émbe:
Xperia Play / Arc auf 2.3.3 updaten – auch mit offenem Bootloader

I have found the solution for all unlocked Bootloader units:

Just finished the upgrade, works perfect. Even that the image is marked as UK, it includes the other european languages. My is in German.

search the web for "Xperia Play / Arc auf 2.3.3 updaten – auch mit offenem Bootloader"

Thank goodness!

And also the the guy IrealiTY

Regards

embe
[Xperia Play General] Logseman:
Erm... you mean this thread, right?
[Xperia Play General] DeadlyDazza:
Now we need an update of Gingerbreak so us locked bootloaders' can regain root.

I miss my cache mate already!
[Xperia Play General] MechaBouncer:
Same here. I'm wondering if the hang up has something to do with the carrier? I'm on AT&T, but who knows if they'll ever get it for the R800a?
[Xperia Play General] sk337sk337:
Clearly :)

I have att boot animation and all
[Xperia Play General] Warudakumi:
Haha havent been on this for a minute. I traded my iphone 4 plus cash to get it from a local guy. Are u from the 707 area? If so its a small world....
[Hero, G2 Touch Themes and Apps] ice2kewl:
Hi all,

I'm currently on the V13 rom purely for the sense widgets [mail, messages, stock clock, people, etc]. I would like to move on to a 2.2 or 2.3 rom but notice there isn't quite the final working rom that supports sense. I think ChocolateFroyo 2.2 is the closest but doesn't have working camera?

Anyhow, thinking that if i update to an AOSP 2.2/2.3 rom, are there any apps in the market that provide the sense widgets feel?

Any other suggestions welcome!

Thanks
[Hero, G2 Touch Themes and Apps] FlanFlinger:
Launcherpro Plus supports themes now, there's a sense theme out for that, the guy that's done them has also made a sense style weather clock widget

http://lpsense.allo-mobile.fr/lp-sense-widgetpack-clock-widget/

http://lpsense.allo-mobile.fr/
[Hero, G2 Touch Themes and Apps] ASSK:
Also Go launcher ex with Go weather provides free widgets with there launcher. Maby you should check that out.
[Hero, G2 Touch Themes and Apps] k0zmic:
LauncherPro Plus.

Fancy Widget or Beautiful Widgets for the clock and stuff if you want.
[Hero, G2 Touch Themes and Apps] lovermed:
can someone tell me which is the best home screen clock other than the sense one ? thank you
[Hero, G2 Touch Themes and Apps] k0zmic:
Beautiful Widgets or Fancy Widget are my favorite other than Sense.
[Hero, G2 Touch Themes and Apps] ice2kewl:
Thanks guys! Gonna install the Froyd 1.7.3 rom once my battery charges then I'm gonna have me some fun with the sense theme and Fancy Widgets! :D
[Hero, G2 Touch Themes and Apps] lovermed:
fancywidget is the best
[Hero, G2 Touch Themes and Apps] lovermed:
I use fancyWidget with the sense clock and its beautiful :)
[Hero, G2 Touch Themes and Apps] ice2kewl:
Alright, got the new rom, got launcherpro plus and fancy widget [i love this!!]. So i won't bother with the LPP sense theme now. However i notice LPP doesn't have an email widget [gmail widget is useless to me]. Anyone know of a good [sense like] email widget?

Thanks!!!
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] den_breacker:
Hi,

I'm going to sent my Nexus one to the HTC repair centre, because he's been having this annoying random reboots.

My nexus has an unlocked bootloader, with a rooted custom rom. Is this going to be a problem for HTC? I mean, did I lost my warranty?

Because the problem is a hardware problem (I guess), so it has nothing to do with the custom rom...

Is there any possibility to lock the bootloader again and make the device look like how it looked when I bought it?

Thanks in advance!
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] guybanda:
are you sure this is a hardware problem? these kind of reboots are not uncommon with custom roms, have you tried chaing roms or kernels and seeing if that fixed it?
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] den_breacker:
I've changed the kernels a few times. An I had the reboots on CM7 and on Miui.

Those roms are pretty stable I guess? And I haven't heard others complaining about reboots.

the reboots occur really randomly. Sometimes after a phone call, sometimes while browsing, sometimes while taking a picture. Sometimes I take my phone out of my pocket and it has rebooted, so I have to type in the PIN-code...

I tried factory reset and a clean install, with/without a2sd. with stock kernel, or with another kernel...

I don't know what to do anymore :-)
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dude Random21:
After you flash any of these ROMs do your restore via titanium backup or similar because it happened to me once that every time I tried to open angry birds (weather it was normal seasons or beta) it would try to start then it would crash and it was no in the market and every time I would go to download it the phone would start the download then right before the install (when it hit 100%) it would go back to the cyanogen mod boot logo (I was running cyanogen obviously) so maybe it is something in your data that is screwing up and it keeps getting restored with titanium.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bassmadrigal:
When you say a clean install, does this include MANUALLY wiping the /system partition?

Anyway, to your original question, unlocking your phone does void the warranty, that being said, HTC is usually good about replacing phones when it is a true hardware defect and keeping it as a warrantied repair. Most likely, when you get your phone back (if they don't replace it with a new one), it will be locked again with the stock OS on it.

But, your warranty is void, so HTC does not have any legal requirement to fix it under warranty. I am just telling you what I have noticed from other people's experiences.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] den_breacker:
Yes, I manually wipe everything.

Ok, thanks for the answer.

Since the warranty is void, does it still matter with which rom I give them the phone?

If they see a non-rooted stock rom, maybe they won't think the problem is caused by a custom rom?
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bassmadrigal:
Probably not. For any hardware problem, I'd bet the first thing they are going to do is flash a completely stock ROM to verify it isn't some software bug.

It is just easier than trying to troubleshoot. I don't even know how many of them would turn it on and let the phone boot up as that takes away a lot of time depending on how many phones they service in a day.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Iperzampem0:
Hi!

I have the same problem and I could assure you guys that's a Hardware issue!!!

Probably the same as the HTC Desire!

From my personal experience I've sent my Nexus One 2 times and the assistance resend it to me simply reinstalling Froyo 2.2! I've sent the phone another time and, actually, I already have to do it back!

So, my Nexus is away since 2 months, counting all the 3 times! :(

I hope this time HTC have completely repaired my device. But still waiting for it...

NOTE:

I have an unlocked bootloader too, and you know that there's no way (actually) to re-lock the bootloader.

So the only thing that I do, before send the device to assistance, was to install the original Rom (Froyo or Gingerbread doesn't matter) and the original Recovery!

Obviously you must Wipe ALL (cache, partition, etc), to not encounter some kind of error's.

For the unlocked bootloader question, I don't think HTC void the warranty, because the Nexus One IS a Developer's Phone!!!

So it might be OPEN! :P

I'll post back later when I have my Nexus back with me.

Sincerely,

Matthew
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bassmadrigal:
While it is a developer phone, when you go to unlock the recovery, it does state that it voids your warranty. But I think HTC is decent enough to realize when it is a hardware issue that they are willing to still honor their warranty. I know a lot of people who got their power button repaired with unlocked bootloaders, because HTC knows it is a valid defect. BUT... they are not required to honor the warranty as it is void the minute you unlock your phone.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] den_breacker:
Where can I find the stock recovery?

I'm afraid this is also going to happen with my nexus, that they send him back, but the problem is still there. I'va read it happens to al lot of people :S

It's not even sure they can reproduce the problem. It's not like the phone is rebooting every 5 minutes...

about the reboots:

I've read a alot about it on the forums. And it seems that lots of android devices have this problem. Does anyone knows what might cause these reboots?

Maybe it has something to do with heat, which damages the motherboard?
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bassmadrigal:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=709340

Does your warranty center not support the advanced exchange? In the US, you can have them send you a new phone (while holding $520 of yours in reserve)... once you get the new phone, you send the old one back and they release your funds.

If you are that worried about it, I suppose you could just brick your phone yourself by screwing up a radio flash. That will prevent the phone from even booting, but I wouldn't/couldn't ever recommend doing this.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] den_breacker:
Tomorrow HTC is coming to pick my phone up :-)

Hopefully they can fix the problem.

I've put the 2.3.4 OTA rom on the phone

Thanks for all the advice!
[Desire Themes and Apps] ross.taylor:
I am looking for a way to queue up music to play after whatever is playing now.

Either by finding a good Music Playing App that will allow me to queue up tracks OR by customizing the stock music App. I'd rather customize the stock App as I like the way it works.

Any ideas? I have searched the forum extensively for this - have I missed it somewhere?
[Desire Themes and Apps] veitograf:
doubletwist

Doubletwist player allows to queue up music.
[Desire Themes and Apps] warlordxxx:
Could always try winamp for android http://www.winamp.com/android
[Desire Themes and Apps] ross.taylor:
Thanks I will check those out!

Anyone seen any way of customizing the stock music player to do this?
[Desire Themes and Apps] Smithyster:
Poweramp also allows you to Queue a song for playback.
[Desire Themes and Apps] wildcardspv:
The stock music app does this
[Desire Themes and Apps] Heisenberg:
MixZing does that
[Desire Themes and Apps] Da Big D:
PlayerPro also allows you to easily change the song order. It's kinda pricy (get the trial first), but you wouldn't regret using it. Tried many others, always came back to it. And IIRC, TTPod also has this. Haven't used it for quite some time, so I might be wrong. Just experiment.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xky1980:
hi guys, since I started trying gingersense roms, I alway had the same problem, wifi drops when signal is low. I never had this problem with froyo roms. There is a fix for this problem? This is very annoying for me, because in my home wifi signal is always low, but I havn't problem with other devices.

Thanks.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xky1980:
Some news, if I switch off 3g data connection, WiFi hasn't any problem, but if I turn it on, WiFi connection drops and I must go to WiFi settings and it riactivate itself.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Matiee:
Are you sure this was working on Froyo?

From my experience I can say this was the same with 2.2 (Desire stock ROM).

Not really sure this is a bug btw. If I tell my device it can use 3G networks I think I should expect it to switch to 3G as soon as Wi-Fi signal becomes unreliable...
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xky1980:
Now I'm using leedroid 2.4.1 and WiFi works great, in any place in my house, wifi signal never drops.

Yes this is the right behavior, but when WiFi drops, if I go in WiFi settings, my device automatically reestablish the wifi connection. This seems a bug!
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 325i.:
Also got the same problem here.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xky1980:
I tried to change radio to 5.17.05.23 and i've changed wifi advanced settings to improve wifi signal, but the problem is the same. When wifi signal is poor, it drops and I must go in wifi settings to reestablish connection.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Okur90:
having the same problem here... didnt have it with cyanogenmod
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ZillahGiovanni:
Try changing channels on the WiFi router.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Okur90:
I don't think I can do that with my university internet... :( and it shouldnt be the channels, the phone seems to be the problem, more specifically the ROM
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MasterBratac:
I'm having this problem also. Until Insertcoin 2.0.1 it was ok. Since the first GB releases Wifi drops much earlier than before if the signal gets worser .. atm I'm using Insertcoin GB 1.0.3
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xky1980:
Same problem with reflexs 2.0.5
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Glenn.Bre:
Hrrrm i just flashed Leedroid 3.06 just to test it here... i have no issues, i am actually able to connect to an open network down the street...

I also flashed the latest radio avail too
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xky1980:
Leedroid 3 is based on Bravo Gingerbread HTC Asia WWE 3.06.707.0

I' talking about Ace S 2.36.405.8 WWE base, Gingerbread 2.3.3 android (GRI40) based ROMs, like insertcoin or reflex s.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MasterBratac:
Yes there are many places, that I know, my Wifi is working flawlessly with Froyo ROMs (eg. my bed, in the back of my garden or the wc at work :D), and where is no connection, or where I have to connect manually with GB ROMs.

I was wondering,ifI this is a issue with my phone only ... but it seems not:eek:
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 325i.:
Is there a fix for this available?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xdad_pepper:
I'm having this problem also. I'm using InsertCoin GB 1.0.3