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[XPERIA X8 General] dbts25:
If you want to reinstall firmware with SEUS or with FlashTool you don't need to turn phone on. Try to look here maybe this will help you:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=12442257#post12442257
[XPERIA X8 General] ricktza:
I've attempted this also, it doesn't detect the phone. I will give it another attempt in a moment... FINGERS CROSSED. Other wise i will try and get a replacement.

Update: I'm now sending it away for repair, i've tried everything i can find to repair it... It's obviously completely DEAD!
[XPERIA X8 General] BIG JD:
m8 try holding back key(the on on the right )and plug in the usb in at the same time seus should find it just did it 2 my old phone to try and help u

sooooo hold back button and plug in your usb while holding the back key untill phone driver install just done it less than ten min ago ( my old phone didnt turn on no se logo or anything i think this is the same as you and it may help you ps it take a bit of time like 2min to start but it work back to factory 2.1
[XPERIA X8 General] ricktza:
Okay i will give this a try, Hopefully it recognizes that it's plugged in if i wait.

Mine doesn't even light up when plugged in to the charger or pc.
[XPERIA X8 General] ricktza:
This didn't work either, i think it's completely dead since it does nothing at all.

I'm sending it away for repair, will they know i used a custom filmware though it's dead?
[XPERIA X8 General] LG_fuad92:
erm... maybe use pc companion?
[XPERIA X8 General] -FliP-:
I have the same problem. I got my phone back from repair (mainboard was changed) and decided to install the floyo v0.25 ROM. Installed it succesfully, but then my phone freeze and I took the battery out, same as he did also. After that my phone was dead, the SE logo wont appear. I tried to repair it with SEUS, but It didnt change anything.

Flashtool didnt work for some reason, said that I should turn my phone on and enable something..
[XPERIA X8 General] ricktza:
I installed that rom just before mine broke...

i will stick with 0.20 :)
[XPERIA X8 General] -FliP-:
so 0.25 is bricking everyones phones. Good to know ._.

If I manage to fix my phone somehow I will stay on original firmware. Thanks to the 0.25 developer
[XPERIA X8 General] goonsquadx8:
One thing ive seen you all state that made it go kaboom more or less is that you remove the battery, also i belive it isnt the FW you put in since im using 0.25 without any hickups or any bugs at all (well battery icon <60% but its fixable).

So don't blame the developer, you put this in with full knowledge it could brick your phone.

Try and think about what you did and what went wrong, because i seriously doubt that you did it 100% like you should, Backup org ROM->Restore 0.25 ROM-> wipe cache->factory reset->reboot into 0.25.

Also on a side note, dont be afraid to root and put in custom ROM, learn something from it instead. every "negative" experience is GOOD experience since you learn what NOT to do then :)

Best of luck to you all in the future and may the custom ROM gods be with ya ! :)
[XPERIA X8 General] HC21A:
Mine is partly dead...

Hi all,

A few days ago installed the newer floyo v0.25. For a day or 2,donno how long,but till my battery flatted out completely,did not have any probs with the rom.Than after recharge,think it was not a full recharge,turned on and left it on till next morning. Still everything ok,started music app and could not turn off music (pause) as the touchscreen didnt respond. Nothing helped yet so far to get it working properly.Did a restore,full wipe did a Seus update back to stock Eclair. Now at this point lemme mention that I`ve made service tests and everything was in mint order Yes the touchscreen too.(!) :confused: Started to be happy,could do a few things like making calls,navigating within menu,then it just went back to its sad state.Cannot even unlock the screen,as there is no reaction whatsover...No matter which backup am restoring,all of them reproducing the error. Now 2 things I`ve learned so far.

1.) when I installed (restored from xRecovery) floyo v0.25, did an advance restore and restored system only,as it was mentioned in other post,its possible,because I am upgrading from floyo v0.20

2.) did not make a full wipe AFTER restored custom rom.

I donno if these 2 mistakes lead me where I am now,just hoping I need not a new motherboard or dont have any hardware issue.

Sorry for the long post,hopefully someone can learn from it,also could help me to move forward,as am still working on it to make the touchscreen back in properly.
[XPERIA X8 General] -FliP-:
I also had the music issue and touchscreen not responding. After removing the battery and rebooting it worked at first, but then the phone froze and didnt want to reboot after I removed the battery the second time.

There is really no sollution to fix the problem?
[XPERIA X8 General] ricktza:
So that filmware killed it :(, thing is my phone was only just over a month old...

I've sent it away for repair will they know i used a custom filmware on the phone?

Since it's dead really they shouldn't be able to find out.
[XPERIA X8 General] HC21A:
The think is,they will know,sorry to say this.Unless you pushed back the stock rom.
[XPERIA X8 General] dbts25:
It seems that your phones have faulty hardware. There are many people who are using Floyo 0.25 and don't have such problems as you. Custom ROM is only software. Installing of custom ROM is same as installing windows or linux on computer. And I never heard that operating system can damage motherboard.
[XPERIA X8 General] Georg1992ad:
With a single program that has acces to all hardware parameters (in other words: root acces), one could - for example - fry up the motherboard or anything else.

So, in general, software can actually damage hardware.

Sent from my Xperia X8
[XPERIA X8 General] dbts25:
Yes software can, but operating system itself can't do this (as I said I never heard that operating system damaged motherboard). And custom ROM is operating system. If Floyo is causing this, there is many people with this problems including me.
[XPERIA X8 General] ricktza:
Yes but it's fried so they shouldn't really be able to find out but maybe...

I don't fully blame the rom, since it did mess up after i installed something... i removed battery then tried to flash and got some errors and it wouldn't come on.

But from day one it was crashing ETC... thats the main reason i done some research and found the floyo rom which worked great! then i upgraded to the newer one and installed this app from online and it kept force closing everything. After then it was dead so who knows...

Hopefully for me they don't check and replace the dead board!
[XPERIA X8 General] HC21A:
When you take a phone back to service and it was obviously flashed,rooted etc, but you pushed back the stock rom,is there any way they would find out you messed with it? On some other forum saw that you need to edit a few numbers in build.pop file. Donno if this has to be done,as far as I know,updating by Seus,or PCC it all goes back to virgin.;)
[XPERIA X8 General] ricktza:
May i ask how you knew it was from virgin, unless i posted that in the first post i'm not sure, anyways i got this back from them.

This email is just to let you know that your phone has been processed at our repair centre and we've now sent it back to you.

We've sent it by Royal Mail Special Delivery and you should receive it tomorrow, at the address you gave us.

The phone was completely dead so i don't think they will even bother checking that far and if they did they failed since they have repaired it.

Plus now i know to be more careful :D... So glad it's been repaired i wonder if it's new or repaired since i had a few scratches on the screen LOL!

This thread will come in handy for others with problems.

Thanks for all the help but it was DEAD main board i'm guessing :).
[XPERIA X8 General] puppet13th:
Everybody should not blame the developer nor the rom.Starting from root,it all your own resposbility.
[XPERIA X8 General] ricktza:
Yes i'm aware of that and i know it wasn't the rom that killed it. it was obviously the application i installed onto my phone since after that it killed the rom along with my phone.
[XPERIA X8 General] HC21A:
LOL :D I meant the phone will be virgin aka original aka will have stock rom etc. Anyway it was a question I asked.In case someone who rooted flashed etc. modded the phone and sending back to repair service,anybody,commonly, will they realise the modification,if the original firmware had been restored by Seus? In the sevice menu after I checked everything looked normal,no sign of modding.Do they get anything from the build.pop file out?
[XPERIA X8 General] ricktza:
Well as far as i'm aware if the stock rom is on there and not modded they shouldn't know it was modded before hand. and the other question i cannot answer.

I'm not really sure someone else might be able to answer. :) (Y)
[XPERIA X8 General] ricktza:
Okay thats strange it turned out to be the battery, all they did was flash the orginal filmware back on since the phone i had on there messed up.

Got a usb cable running to the pins for now LOL!
[XPERIA X8 General] HC21A:
Can you rewrite this? It is not really clear what happened to your phone.
[XPERIA X8 General] ricktza:
Well my phone stopped working after i installed a application, i tried to flash etc.

It turns out the battery wasn't working but it was fully charged. It wouldn't even attempt to turn on. I sent it for repair and they flash the orginal stock rom 2.1 on there.

Sorry i was a little confused my self of what was wrong really i should of sent my battery with it for testing.
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] InfiniteRefrain:
So I gave the SuperOneClick root a shot and a couple of things happened:

1. "Running a SU test..." - Nothing happened

2. Downloaded Barnacle [the wifi tether app I used on my DX was no longer there] - Three times attempting and failure messages all three times

3. Downloaded ROM Manager -- Clicked 'Flash ClockworkMod recovery' and I get a message saying that it was successfully downloaded. No message about it being flashed.

Also, I never get anything saying that a specific app is requesting su permissions. This leads to a couple of questions:

Q1 - Did the root, in short, fail?

Q2 - If so, should I try to unroot and then attempt to root again?

Q3 - If the same thing happened to others, what steps did you take to correct it?

Update

Rebooted one more time and now ROM Manager got SU permission but still no flashing of cwr
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] azafred:
Hey guys,

I am not sure if this has been attempted before or if it even remotely possible.

The end result however would be neat.

In essence, I want to be able to unlock my tablet, finger a widget and have it tell my phone wirelessly to turn on the hotspot feature so that I magically have internet on my tablet. Needless to say, both are Android and rooted.

My initial idea was to use tasker and create a profile using "bluetooth connection" so that on my tablet I would have a widget (Extended Controls) and could talk to my phone using that, so that if I want the hotspot to be activated on the phone I simply turn on the BT on the tablet. However, I can pair the two devices but they never actually connect up. Therefore that plan won't work, and I am wondering if any of you have any ideas...

I know I can setup BT tethering, and that it would be better for battery life, but it is also a lot slower than Wifi, and at that point would wonder what the benefit of 4G would be!

Anyway, if you have an idea, feel free to let everybody know!
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SeanCCD:
I've actually developed an app to do that; it's called AutoTether and is available on the market. If you care to give it a try, feel free to PM me with any problems you encounter while using it.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] azafred:
Shame on me...

...for not finding this little gem!

I am glad you went ahead and did this. Sadly, it doesn't seem to work for me.

When looking for other devices, it does find my phone, but when trying to initiate the tethering form the tablet, I get the messages "Sending Command..." followed by "Cannot find target device".

I am assuming you are using bluetooth as a communication channel between the two devices, and I am wondering if it could be the kernel on my phone missing some module (LeanKernel Normal from imoseyon). I will poke more into this shortly once I get adb shell hooked up.

Let me know in the mean time if you think there is something else I am missing.

Assuming I get it working, it will have been one of the best purchased made so far ;)
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] azafred:
Mea Culpa

Okay, not my day.

Really sorry. I think the app works fine and the problem was with my phone.

Reboot fixed it. Before reboot wifi was reporting "error" status for some reason or other...

Anyway, good job, well done and thanks again!
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SeanCCD:
Enjoy it, and if you like it please don't hesitate to review it or send me any feedback or feature requests you have. You should really check out the screen monitor mode, too: it completely automates everything by only turning the hotspot on when the screen is on! I always find myself forgetting to turn off the hotspot manually, so this has saved my phone's battery more than once.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SexyTechy71:
This is a must have app!!!!!!!

I have never posted to any of the forums. I have browsed every page of of every section of the the Asus Transformer section and of the 300 apps I have installed on my TF this one just moved to my all time favorite. My TF and my Evo now work seamlessly together. I love the simple 1x1 widget it does not draw attention to its purpose and adds an illusion of 3g built in connectivity. Hats off to you.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] azafred:
Just a quick thing, would it be possible to re-enable wifi when the hotspot is deactivated?
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] silenceforus:
Doesn't seem to be working for me. I run a Droid 2, stock rooted, and TF 3.1.

I normally tether via bluetooth, but the app doesn't seem to offer bluetooth auto-tethering.

I'll keep the app purchased, as I'm getting a new phone soon and I'd like to be able to use this app in the future.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SeanCCD:
Thanks for the feedback folks! I'm going to look into the problem with your Droid 2 (please don't hesitate to PM me any details you can, since that'll help me get it working).

About automatically reenabling wifi: that's high on my list of priorities to add. It was originally part of the program, but I encountered a lot of bugs and had to take it out. It's good to know that you'd like the feature, and you can count on seeing it in the near future.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] robkonz:
Wow

Auto Tether works great. Thanks. I have Samsung Vibrant and Transformer. I gave it 5 stars and a nice review.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bbilko:
Fantastic, Installing and testing now!

EDIT: Works perfectly

Greatest thing for Tablets so far!

This must go on the Required applications list!!
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Schroder08:
I'm interested in this, but my phone is an HTC Hero CDMA running aospCMod 2.3.4 and under Wireless & Networks it only lists Tethering, not hotspot. Under Tethering it only mentions USB tethering, no Wifi. Which leads me to my question...

Is it possible for this to work with the Wireless Tether app instead? I expect it won't, but it can't hurt to ask. Thanks!
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jefbal99:
Awesome, HTC Supersonic running CM7 and TF104 running Prime 1.4, works great.

Awesome App!!!
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SeanCCD:
For anyone still following this thread, I've just released a small update for AutoTether that allows wifi to automatically re-enable itself when tethering is turned off (if it was previously enabled).

Everything should be quite seamless. Thank you for you ongoing feedback!
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jateelover:
Will this work on sense phones? I have a mytouch 4g, and this is an awesome idea, but i could imagine sense getting in the way...
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SeanCCD:
I can't guarantee it will work on a phone if the manufacturer has modified the hotspot function. If you have a Sense-enabled phone and you'd like to try the app out, you can PM me your name and I'll make sure you get a refund if things don't work (outside of the normal refund window).

I think the new 15 minute refund window is horribly unfair, especially for an app as complex as this one.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] akarol:
Tasker will easily do this. :D
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jefbal99:
Couple suggestions, not sure if possible...

Ability to enable/disable wifi on the client when enabling/disabling tether on the server

Ability to choose the connection on the server (mobile data/3g vs. 4g)
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bbilko:
Care to elaborate?
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jefbal99:
I've started getting FCs from autotether randomly, what can I give you for logs to help diagnose the issue?

Also, can screen monitor be disabled when using the widget to enable Tethering? Maybe make it a configurable item in the settings?
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SeanCCD:
If you've got a stack trace of the actual crash, that would be helpful. Rest assured that I'm aware of one force close issue (which is probably the one you experienced) and am in the process of fixing it: I believe that's what you experienced, and it shouldn't be happening frequently.

EDIT: In response to your second question, you can use the 2x1 widget to enable and disable tethering manually if you prefer not to have the screen monitor active.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jefbal99:
I get two back to back, happened last night and again this morning (after a reinstall because my TF104 reset itself...)

How would I go about getting a Stack Trace? I can keep an eye out if it happens again
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SeanCCD:
Don't worry about it too much. The back to back force closes are a know issue (actually the only crash that I've seen since the last bugfix). They should occur pretty infrequenty, and only when there are widgets on the home screen. That one will be all fixed up in a few days.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] azafred:
Hey Sean,

That was very quick! Good job!

I too have noticed the FC issue on the tablet side, and i think it is coming from the widget. Works great on the phone side though!

If i could, i have one last feature request, and I am not even sure if it is possible, but it would be great if tethering (when in auto mode) only got enable when /if the tablet can't find any of it's known access points.

Anyway, just a thought!

Keep up the good work!
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] terrytpot:
I was kinda hoping Sean's neat app would be the solution to my problem but it doesn't appear to be that simple :( I've got a HD2 running off [30.DEC.10][DFT]LEO "Stock Desire" NAND Android ROM (its an oldie I know but after so much ROM swapping to finally get the NAND that did "what it said on the tin" I've been reluctant to get back into all that flashing lark again) which happily connects to wifi hotspots out and about and at home but just doesn't want to know about the one my phone puts out even though my laptop happily uses it any time I want to. As my phones webby is all I have access to tonight it was a real chore getting the app to my eee pad (had to use a virtual router on the lappy making that into a hotspot while feeding itself from my phones hotspot) but whilst my phones server enables and the client tether on my pad enable,I cant access the web on the pad from the phone and when I try and turn the tethering off on my pad it actually turned the mobile web on my phone off,not just disabled the server :( looks like I may have a ROM that uses an adhoc wifi hotspot from what I've read so far?
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ToyTank:
This is a pretty slick app. Had a few FC on 3.1(DINC and ASUS TF) but not many. If I may make a request, I think a vibrate on connection option would be sweet. Maybe custom parameters on when to autotether.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SirSid:
This app is brilliant!
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SeanCCD:
You know, I was just thinking about a vibrate on connect option yesterday; seems like it could provide really nice feedback. Fixing the occasional force closes are currently my top priority, followed by Tasker integration, followed by vibration. I'm really happy that you're finding the app useful, and you can expect an update in the next couple of days!
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hagba:
Will this work with phones other than Android,say like HD2 WM 6.5.which Im using now?.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SeanCCD:
Sorry, AutoTether requires both an Android phone and an Android tablet.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hagba:
Ok thanks ,looks like I will have to switch to Android from my HD2's SD card,whenever tethering is needed.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SeanCCD:
As promised, I've released an update that should have fixed most of the widget force closes. Thanks again for your support!
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jefbal99:
Any thoughts on a configurable setup for the widget for enabling or disabling the screen monitor. It is not a feature I use so I've stopped using the widget because it always the screen monitor.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SeanCCD:
That's a very good question. As you've probably noticed, AutoTether's 2x1 widget manually toggles the hotspot without engaging the screen monitor and I think it will work best for your purposes.

Perhaps I can also provide you with some insight into my design decisions with respect to the 1x1 toggle widget. The reason that it cannot manually toggle the hotspot is that it could easily "desync" from the server if the user overrides it by manually changing the hotspot's state on the client or server device. In that case, the visual cue on the toggle widget could indicate that the hotspot is on, even though it's been turned off (or vice versa). Worse, the user would have to press the widget twice to turn the hotspot back on (or, in the inverse case, to turn the hotspot off).

In a perfect world, one of two things would be the case: either users would ONLY interact with their phone's hotspot using my app, or Google would release an API supporting the mobile access point. The latter option would allow me to add a lot more cool features to the app and actually support phones that aren't running stock Android. It would also let me poll the state of the hotspot so that the client could actually TELL whether tethering were enabled on the server (and thus the 1x1 widget could remain synchronized). As soon as this is feasible, I will implement it.

But I digress, and who knows? Perhaps Ice Cream Sandwich will finally allow this. It is still bewildering to me that Google has chosen not to officially support interaction with the hotspot. I suspect that the incredible number of workarounds required to achieve that relatively simple interaction explains why AutoTether is the only app of its kind.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jefbal99:
I had never tried the 2x1 widget, the section of the screen i was using was 1x1. So I never gave the 2x1 any thought. :)

I'm good now and thanks for the great explanation of the issue and background. Developers like you are why I like the Android community so much
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rpavich:
I would love to use autotether but evidently on the phone rom I'm on...it won't work.

does autotether work with a 3rd party tethering software such as barnacle?