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[Captivate General] EchoSource:
Have you tried downloading a small free app from the market? You can uninstall it right after, to see if it works. Whenever I flash a new ROM and restore apps with TiBu, the market doesn't see my restored apps. But, when I download a new app, the market then recognizes my restored ones. It's worth a shot and will only take a minute.

Edit: Sorry, didn't see you found out already, you're way is probably better too. >.<
[Xperia Play General] SE_iCEQB:
Hi,

a few weeks ago I bought the SE Xperia Play and so far I love it. But I know there is more going on in the Android world. So I browsed through the Xperia Play sections and read trough a couple of threads to get answers to most of my questions I had.

But there are still a few remaining, which are:

1) Is there a way to backup the WHOLE phone ? By "whole phone" I mean TA/GDFS areas as well. My current phone is still in it's stock form, here are a few infos:

Modelnumber: R800i

Android version: 2.3.2

Baseband version: ....-1290_14-10

Kernel: 2.6.32.9-perf

Build: 3.0.A.2.181

It's SIM Free with bootloader still in it's locked state. Is there anything special about my phone that devs might want? Just ask and I'll try to provide.

Or is there a reason not to unlock / update / root for me because of low versions that might come in handy in the future for me?

2) Is there a recovery image in development which works on the Xperia Play ? I couldn't find one, but afaik "xRecovery" seems to be the recovery image for Sony Ericsson devices. Or am I mistaken here?

3) By unlocking the bootloader, the Xperia Play loses it's DRM certificates, which makes a couple of apps useless, like Track ID. What other apps won't work anymore after unlocking ? And are there ways to reconstruct / recreate these cerificates and carry them over to custom ROMs which may appear in the future ?

4) MoDaCo released a custom kernel which enables su shell and adb remount. But he managed it w/o unlocked bootloader. How's that possible? Does it only take place in RAM ? Or did he managed to install it in flash ?

5) In a today's thread about the rooted 2.3.3 image I saw that the provided image is an UK image. Is it ok to install such image on a german device ? Or shouldn't I care about the region the FW comes from ? Could I install a US image ? Or are UK images for all european devices?

6) In case I brick my device for some reason while updating it to 2.3.3. Could I recover it by using the UK generic .184 FTF image? Or do I always have to use the latest FW I tried to install on the device?

7) Last but not least. I flashed my buddys HTC Legend with CM7 and I love this ROM. I saw that Blagus is working on a CM7 port for the Xperia Arc. The Arc and the Play seem to be identical HW / SW-wise, does it mean that his port (in case the finishes it) will run on the Play as well (given with a few code changes of course) ?.

Sweet lord, turned out to be more questions then I planned :eek: But I guess it's good to have a FAQ kinda place where noobs like me can directly go to and get most important questions answered at once rather then spread all over the place ;)

A big thanks to all in advance and keep up the work here !

Regards,

iCEQB
[Xperia Play General] DeareN:
I am noob just like you and I managed to root my play in like 10 minutes after reading some threads here. Try to find some topics like rooting for beginners and another one which says the options that you have after rooting. I used gingerbreak and managed to get root access in about 5 minutes. As for the bootloader unlock I wouldn't recommend on doing that as there are no custom roms to flash our phones yet and personally I am very hapy with the original rom. The key is to root it with gingerbreak and get rid of all the useless apps that Sony has put in your phone and by doing this you get better battery life, better response and more free space. The apps that I use after rooting are busybox, titanium backup pro(to be able to freeze some apps and not delete them as I didn't know what they were doing) , adfree to get rid of the adds and many others. As for the other questions that you have, a more experienced android user should answer you. I didn't update to 2.3.3 as I will lose the rooting option which is necessary for me right now.
[Xperia Play General] SE_iCEQB:
My questions are not about "how to root" as you can clearly see. They are rather about making 100% sure, not losing anything that might be valuable I maybe never get back, which could come in handy, like low system versions, a way to relock the bl with a TA backup, or DRM certificates.

I know how to root my phone and I know about the available options, but as I said, these questions are not about how to pull it of ;)

Thanks anyway,

iCEQB
[Xperia Play General] DeareN:
Sorry for the misunderstanding, I would also like to know these things and thats the reason why I used gingerbreak cause you have the option to unroot and you dont touch anything else. I also agree that we need an all-around FAQ topic which will include your questions.
[Xperia Play General] Mozza2k11:
Also n00b but will try... here goes lol

1. I dont think there is anyway to back up the whole phone. Best you can hope for is backing up settings when rooted. No need to hold off updating. But if you go to 2.3.3 rooting is not possible unless the bootloader is unlocked and you flash the rooted img (problem is if you leave the bootloader locked and update with SEUS it will install 2.3.3 so you will be unable to attain root, for now). No custom roms so i wouldnt unlock just yet (can unlock at anytime just will wipe your phone)

2. dont know

3. dont know (since mine is still locked)

4. dont know lol

5. If your xplay is the r800i. Cannot really see any problems :confused:. People who have confirmed the rooted img works are from around the world (uk, Hong Kong, Netherlands)

6. Again people who have used the UK generic .184 FTF image are from around the world. If the device is not sim locked (such as yours i dont think it matters :confused:)

7. I think it will, the software is basically the same so as you said a few tweaks and it should work. I think he started on the arc since the fourms are alot more active. Will possibly be unlocking the bootloader myself when some roms appear.

My bad if i interpreted your questions wrong as stated im a newb trying to learn fast lol :D

p.s you could pm the people who made the ftf files and then make a version of your own? if you want the low system version and as far as ive read its not possible to relock the bl once unlocked, yet? If you deffo know youre going to install custom roms wouldn't it be better to unlock the bootloader sooner rather than later since it wipes the phone?
[Xperia Play General] SE_iCEQB:
Thanks for your answers so far !

Your answer for the 5th question bothers me though. What different models are there ? I know of R800i and R800a and I thought the letter behind the number is just some carrier marker or something like that or are there any other differences ?

Are there more modelnumbers existing ?

Thanks,

iCEQB
[Xperia Play General] Logseman:
I hope this helps:
[Xperia Play General] SE_iCEQB:
Thank you very much for your answers !

The loss of using SEUS shouldn't be a problem in any way since FlashTool does the same job, if not better ;)

I'll contact Blagus and see if he needs something from me to get his work done.

Thanks again,

iCEQB
[Xperia Play General] Mozza2k11:
Models so far?;

r800i (uk, europe, asia?)

r800a (canada, rogers?)

r800at (usa?, at&t?)

r800x (usa? verizon?)

Z1i (china?)

I think other than r800i, others are mostly locked to phone providers? (unless bought sim free in their native country not sure tbh even the r800i is locked to some carriers i think?) I think r800x & maybe r800a are unable to unlock bootladers dues to restrictions from their carriers? Not sure tbh. I think all people in europe got the r800i? Dont know about differences since i got the r800i only ;)
[Xperia Play General] SE_iCEQB:
Thank you for answer and the nice list of modelnumbers. Yeah the problem with the few models which bootloaders can't be unlocked seems to be due to their SIM lock (at least it's the only I can find in the bootloader unlock thread ;)).

Regards,

iCEQB
[Xperia Play General] radio five:
Fantastic thread! As a new Xperia Play owner coming form a Droid 1, I'm very interested in the mod scene as it pertains to this phone. Great questions, OP!
[Xperia Play General] SuperDeform:
Great thread lets keep it growing!
[Xperia Play General] Flipfoot:
Sorry to hijack your thread. N00B here, so apologies in advance. I have read many of the threads on here since getting my xperia play and have joined just to ask a few questions if I may.

I want to root my phone to remove bloatware and more importantly remap the circle button for playing emus.

Q1. How do I know if my phone is bootlocked?

Q2. Is it as easy as run gingerbreak, delete bloatware, install apk, remap button?

Q3. Do i need to be running a certain FW, ie: can only be rooted on old FW.

Just so you can all understand, I know a grand total of sweet F-A about phones and rooting etc. Half of the abbreviations used, I've had to google to find out what they mean lol. As a 33 year old man, I'ts a strange feeling to be in my situation, its like being back at school and sitting my 1st algebra lesson!! Its all Greek and Double Dutch to me!

As in the OP, I also have a sim free phone running;

Model: R800i

Vers. 2.3.2

Base: -1290_14-14

Kernal: 2.6.32.9-perf

Build: 3.0.A.2.184

will this be a problem/is this helpful to a Dev?

Basically Im after a bit of reassurance/guidence as I really dont want to make my phone an expensive paper weight lol.

Thankyou all in advance, and agin sorry to OP for the Hi jack, but was going to post a thread with same name :)

Oh 1 last thing, if anyone lives in the South London area who knows what they are doing and fancies sorting my phone out for me, gets some drink tokens from me and a big thank you :D

Martin
[Xperia Play General] Mozza2k11:
1. If you havent unlocked the bootloader yourself it will be still be locked. No need to unlock the bootloader to root. Unlocking is only needed if you want to install custom roms.

2. Since you are still running 2.3.2 Build 3.0.A.2.184 gingerbreak will still be able to root your phone. If you update though to 2.3.3, gingerbreak will be unable to root your phone since the exploit gingerbreak uses has been patched.

If you stay on 2.3.2 all you have to do is run gingerbreak http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1044765 follow the instruction in the thread then you can uninstall any of the apps (bloat) on this thread http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1046699 using titainium backup free.

No need to root to remap the O button in emulators. In most the keypad mapping sets O to exit, all you have to do is set exit to another key then O to the key you want.

3. See 2. :)
[Xperia Play General] radio five:
May I ask why you want to re-map Circle? I had the hardest time mapping the Cross button because it's like a default Enter button. Finally, I read that if you simply use the touch screen to select the command you want to map, it will let you press the Cross button and map it.

Sorry if I'm off the mark here. That was just a big revelation when I learned that.
[Xperia Play General] AriStar:
hey hey hey hey hey!

r800a = CANADA rogers.

thanks.
[Xperia Play General] Mozza2k11:
Lol my bad :p, il change it :)
[Xperia Play General] Flipfoot:
Many thanks! I now have a rooted Play, bloatware gone, big smile on my face!!!!
[Desire HD General] sonnysoul:
So last night I got my HTC Desire HD stolen from me. :( Back to using my HTC Hero then, as soon as I get my sim.

Goodbye HTC Desire HD... it was good while it lasted.
[Desire HD General] acidspider:
Have u not tried tracing it?
[Desire HD General] sromer:
tried locking it with htcsense.com ?
[Desire HD General] chunk1982:
use pc go to android market and search for plan b by lookout labs ;)

EDITED:

link...

https://market.android.com/details?id=com.lookout.labs.planb
[Desire HD General] ToneyEricsson:
I think flooring him or them with a good right hander would of been a better idea.

Can you not now locate the phone through htcsense.com and get the police to go get it if at an address and do them in the process ?
[Desire HD General] jamiee6610:
Sense is telling me its down for maintanace, if it is you want to be cheeky and complain to HTC telling them you failed to track the phone via the web software they advertise because its not availible to you.

They failed you and you want a new phone for their failings to provide a service they advertise.
[Desire HD General] the_sugar:
u r a genius hehehehe

i agree with u , what's the point of tracking phone while this service

always under maintanance !!
[Desire HD General] jamiee6610:
That feature was one of the key selling points of buying the phone, i rang and questioned HTC about this very matter months ago.

I said what they are doing is false advertising if they cannot supply a service they are advertising, i was also pissed about the fact you pay £550 for a phone and dont get supplied the wireless DNLA link they shown in the almost 9 minute ad on their site.

UK that kind of stuff goes in the consumers favour they will and should act upon it!
[Desire HD General] Diffler:
That looks pretty amazing. :D It'll work if you're fast enough and the mugger isn't wise enough to factory reset the phone.

How about HTCsense.com? If you factory reset your phone will the ability to track it be gone too? I'd expect it to track it through IMEI or something so it couldn't be disabled so easily. And will it turn on GPS and data on automatically? What if the mugger changes the sim card? What if the battery runs out?

--

To OP, good luck getting your phone back! Be sure to try everything here, including the complaint to HTC!
[Desire HD General] lambomanx1:
HTC

will not

replace your phone. It isn't their responsibility that your phone was stolen; that is called insurance.

The best you can do is complain, and possibly get compensation. But even then, that'd be unlikely; it'd probably still be replaced by insurance in most cases.

Sent from my Desire HD
[Desire HD General] sonnysoul:
I did floor him with a few good shots to his face and head, but there were two of them so I didn't really stand much of a chance.

htcsense.com is currently down so can't do that at the moment. The PlanB app sounds good but with me now using my HTC Hero, I'm guessing it'll install to this phone. Really wish I was insured now! Lol!
[Desire HD General] Doktaphex:
Nope, you can choose which phone to send it to before it installs.
[Desire HD General] redbullcat:
Stupid htcsense.com :(
[Desire HD General] ranklepup:
Remember, when you log into HTC sense in your phone for the first time...you must enter your phone number, once HTC has that they can get all the other info. Such as IME and track the phone.

Sobs factory reset will not work. The phone is logged and saved into an HTC sense directory
[Desire HD General] trisbel:
what good does it do when the desire hd has such lousy gps reception? it can't even lock to any satellite properly and battery would be flat way before it could do so.
[Desire HD General] lambomanx1:
It would still use triangulation to tell you where it is.

And my GPS works great...have you tried a different radio?

Sent from my Desire HD
[Desire HD General] jamiee6610:
Its true its not their responsibility that the phone was stolen but it is their fault you cant trace it!...
[Desire HD General] raze599:
Thats true that it is their fault that the phone cannot be traced but being HTC they have probably already got around that problem. If somebody emails them or calls them and says that, they will just point them to the terms and conditions of HTC Sense where it will say something like "HTC reserves the right to cancel services at any time for an unspecifies period" or something like that. Damn law.
[Desire HD General] Prodelin:
Too bad there isn't any secret tracker service implemented in the bootloader so the thief can't remove it.
[Desire HD General] dlads:
If you have insurance then get yourself a brand new DHD, if you don't then it's a learning curve to make sure you do in the future.

As for GPS / wireless locating services, theyre very temperamental and work when they feel like, if you have your phone in a field and HTC tracking decides to work then i have no doubt that it will locate it straight away (providing it gets a gps / wireless lock)

Get insurance if you haven't and learn some whupp ass skills so you don't get owned by a pair of thieves again, a kick in the shin followed by a headbutt works wonders on muggers :)
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] siretnicu:
Hi there!please sokeone tell me how can i run android 2.3 full working on my xperia x10? When i say full working, i mean that i want to work all x10 features,like 8mp camera,gps,wifi,3g,etc. What rom can do this and work fine on my precios x10? Thanks for answers. Nick
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gregbradley:
Wait for	SE to release gingerbread, if they are true to their word it will be in the next month or two
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stuu.f:
At the moment, There is no gingerbread ROM with fully working camera. But there are many gingerbread ROMs with fully functioning GPS, WI-FI, BT

Stuu
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hzu:
Yes, but you might want to use a 2.2 ROM for now with Gingerbread theme. I use WB CM6.1.3 and the it works flawlessly. Oh, J has announced that CM7 for X10 will be released soon, so just wait for a while.

Edit: Good news, CM7 final has been released. But still no camera.

Sent from a public phone.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dejannn:
Can you help me to put 2.2 rom like yours....i am new....now i have oficial 2.1

Thanks
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] denenatse:
2.1 or 2.1 update 1?
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] siretnicu:
Thanks for the answers.i still have a qwestion.if i put now a gingerbread rom, when se will release the official update,i will still be able to update my phone?
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] denenatse:
yes, through SEUS
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CescVicious:
You may install a custom rom or wiat until SE release the 2.3 update (but it will be available until September or October...or November)
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] agentJBM:
Gingerbread update is scheduled for end of June / beginning of July, not Sept / Nov.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hzu:
All you need is a rooted 2.1 rom with working xrecovery. I recommend using FlashTool to root your phone and install xrecovery using it. And then flash the 2.2 rom using xrecovery(I prefer wolfbreak's 2.2 ROM. But make sure you make a backup of your system via xrecovery or nandroid.

Sent from a public phone.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Prodigy:
Just in time for my exam to finish... can't wait. :D
[HTC Aria Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Corporate Dog:
Weird stuff going on with my local cell towers and the network location provider on my Aria.

For the longest time, I'd been using the Aria Liberated R012 ROM. I never had any problems with using the network location provider in various apps (HTC Date/Weather Clock, Google Maps, Yelp, etc.) until just about two weeks ago.

I noticed that on the road from home to work, I wasn't getting ANY location fix. But when I'd take a trip out to a different location for shopping, suddenly I'd get the location updates again. GPS works fine, but I don't want to keep it on all the time for simple location data.

I thought perhaps AT&T's recent slews of OTA updates might have something to do with it. So I decided I'd do something I was planning on doing for a while now anyway: load a newer ROM which might incorporate any patches that AT&T had made.

I opted for Cyanogen 7. Installed it last night. Found it ran a little sluggish on my Aria (even after overclocking), but noted that my network location provider was working again.

I ultimately decided that I couldn't deal with the sluggishness. So this morning, I installed Cyanogen 6, AND THEN I tried out the new Aria Liberated 2.2.2 ROM. What I noticed in BOTH of these Froyo builds, was that my network location provider was once again NOT working.

I know part of this puzzle involves the configuration of AT&T's local cell towers. But what about the rest of it: why would Cyanogen 7 (Gingerbread) work, while Cyanogen 6 and Liberated 2.2.2 (Froyo) fail?

And in the case of the two Cyanogen mods, might the difference have something to do with what version of the Google Apps addon I install? When I get a free minute today, I might do some further testing on this last theory. Scratch that theory. I had previously tried installing Cyanogen 6 with a version of Google Apps from 2010. But even with a Google Apps APK from May 1st, 2011, the network location provider ain't providin'.

Regards,

Corporate Dog
[HTC Aria Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CallMeAria:
While I can't help with the actual problem, cm7 has a lot of eye candy turned on by default that can be turned off. It needs a little love but you can definitely get rid of that sluggishness and it will run very smooth and snappy.

Sent from my cm7 Aria.
[HTC Aria Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Corporate Dog:
Thanks! I'll probably take a second look at that cm7 thread when I get a chance, and might even try to reinstall it.

For what it's worth, the Aria Liberated 2.2.2 thread clued me in to the fact that AT&T also pushed a radio update when they pushed the OS update. It's possible they made some tweaks to my local cell towers that don't play nice with the old radio configuration. Guess I'll try to install that radio update next.

EDIT: And that's strike two.

Regards,

Corporate Dog
[HTC Aria Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] drumist:
Your radio only needs to be installed once. It doesn't get cleared or overwritten when you wipe/install new ROMs through Clockworkmod. You can check the version either from the HBOOT screen or from Phone settings when booted up.

It's HIGHLY recommended that you not change the radio version more than absolutely necessary as it is a very risky installation that can permanently brick your phone if it goes wrong. I'm not saying to be scared of installing it once, but just don't install it every time you install a ROM.

As for CM7 -- I find that the default launcher (ADW) lags like crazy. I always immediately switch to LauncherPro and get a much smoother experience. You should probably give that a try.
[HTC Aria Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] brswattt:
What default options are turned on?
[HTC Aria Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CallMeAria:
Surface dithering, over scroll effects, and window animations are a few I can remember off the top of my head. Turn those off and drop vm heap down to 24 (or 16 if your apps allow it) and set home to persistent and you get a nice little boost. Then there's the fact that adw is set up for looks, not performance, out of the box. Scroll and opening speeds are set rather slow.

I'm not sure about adw, but launcherpro also has advanced settings to tweak for performance gains.

Sent from my cm7 Aria.
[HTC Aria Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Corporate Dog:
Heh. Turns out I was wrong about cm7. I must've had GPS turned on at the time, because my latest test run with it isn't producing a network location fix.

Time to go 10 rounds with AT&T tech support. Should be real fun trying to explain to the level 1 script reader that there's a problem with their local cell tower.