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[Xperia Play Android Development] droiddrums:
Stock System 2.3.3 Flash

I tried to relock my bootloader and OTA update from Verizon so i could have 2.3.3. Well I failed to re lock the bootloader an I didnt test to find out for sure if I re locked wrong. So I went ahead and let the OTA download and do its thing. That was a bad idea, Bricked my phone !

Then I found this post, which allowed me to use flashtool and unbrick my play!

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1126354&page=6

So now I was 2.3.2 and my market wouldnt download apps and my touch screen was acting funny and it would not let me select factory reset in options menu.

I came back to this page and decided to try out the "untested" 2.3.3 system image and I must say THANK YOU VERY MUCH! I was able to flash the image successfully in fastboot and then I fastboot in recovery and flashed the rootxperia.zip to install su , Now im 2.3.3 rooted r800x and I couldnt be happier with the update

Thanks to the Dev and all who help make these things available!!!
[Xperia Play Android Development] jami2976:
Hey guys just tried to flash the 2.3.3 img and no dice do I need a 2.3.3 kernel?
[Xperia Play Android Development] droiddrums:
Im not sure because I flashed the 2.3.3 right over 2.3.2 and it worked first time no problem.
[Xperia Play Android Development] ace518:
Hey Mills, I have been very busy at work this week, but was curious if you had any luck trying to get the wifi/radio working on the 2.3.4 nordic rom.

for anyone interested. If you flash our stock 2.3.2 and then just they system.sin from the nordic or uk rom, it will boot. wifi has issues, as does the radio. I was using doom's kernel. perhaps with a flash back to stock kernel, or starting from 2.3.3 vzw rom some of this may work. I want to test a bit and try to get it going, but don't have time at the moment.

could be a fun weekend project for someone familiar with flashing, that wants to learn a bit more and help out :)
[Xperia Play Android Development] jami2976:
Did you wrote the phone before you flashed 2.3.3 ? And about how long did it take your

phone to fully boot up?
[Xperia Play Android Development] ace518:
wrote the phone???

took a while to boot. also, if you do it wrong (don't ask how, i didn't have time to figure out the exact steps) you can get it to boot, but with no launcher. just start over again if that happens. Sorry for lack of info, i'm just convinced this can be done and gotten to work, and don't have time to do it myself.
[Xperia Play Android Development] droiddrums:
I think you ment "wipe" my phone? Which I did not actually.

I just booted into fastboot and began flashing 2.3.3, in the command window it went thru a few lines saying something about bootloader and then said "flashing" after it said flashing a few minutes went by and my phone just shut off. So I unplugged it and hit the power button. It booted up a little slower then normal, about the lenght of time after a complate data wipe. And once it booted I was at the Welcome Android screen and it was ready to activate and use.

After I fastbooted recovery and data/cache wipe , and I installed the rootxperia.zip to have super user and root. Worked like a charm.

Hope this helps!
[Xperia Play Android Development] jami2976:
That's pretty much what I did yesterday was just flash the image using the commands provided I did notice that while prepping to flash it said something like found 2 bad sectors don't know if that's what went wrong, however it did say flashed successfully, waited about 10 mins and it just stayed on the Sony Ericsson boot animation, not sure if I waited long enough....needed to use my phone so just restored a backup I made earlier in the day....I wonder what I did wrong
[Xperia Play Android Development] droiddrums:
Maybe the 2 bad sectors are your problem because I had 0 bad sectors.

But the command window for me never said flashed successfully, it only said "flashing" and then a few minutes the command window closed and my phone didnt turn on. I manually booted it and I was 2.3.3 running pretty nice.

Try flashing the 2.3.2 system img and after its done fastboot into recovery and do a complete data/cahce wipe of your phone . That might clean the 2 bad sectors. Then try to flash 2.3.3 again, its worth a try I think
[Xperia Play Android Development] jami2976:
Giving it another shot as I type this up, it wasn't bad sectors it was 2 bad blocks and it is still telling me I have 2 bad blocks...I wonder what causes that....hmmm hopefully it will boot this time....

ok so no dice again..just hangs at the sony Ericsson logo...tried to flash the 2.3.2 sin but also just hangs and gives me the same 2 bad blocks thing..im just going to recover my backup for now..i will probable just have to do a full system restore with the flashtool thing and re-lock the bootloader and do the ota..guess im one of the unlucky ones....
[Xperia Play Android Development] droiddrums:
Well I hope something works for you. I reflashed 2.3.3 to see if it works more then once..it did. But FPSE ran perfect on 2.3.2 and now it lags. I might downgrade
[Xperia Play Android Development] fenix4o9:
in the stock section i installed full system restore with took me to 2.3.2 my phone tried to do an autoupdate. so i turned off phone and installed 2.3.3 .. that broke my wifi everytime i try and turn it on my phone restarts
[Xperia Play Android Development] Insertnamehere12:
Thats because by downgrading to 2.3.2 on the full system restore u installed 2.3.2 system and 2.3.2 Kernel. When u flashed system.img for 2.3.3 u are still on 2.3.2 kernel which handles Wifi differently and still has locked auto-brightness.

None of the kernels floating around here will work with the R800x 2.3.3 and currently we are unable to pull the 2.3.3 kernel because of the lack of recovery partition and SE disabling PC companion on this phone.

The only way to get the kernel is by installing the OTA update properly
[Xperia Play Android Development] fenix4o9:
i had my phone remote unlocked and paid 24 bucks so if i relock boot loader i can update to 2.3.3 but then from what i understand i will not be able to unlock my boot loader unless i have it remote unlocked again correct. im just afraid if i leave my system the way it is it might auto update and i will then have a bricked phone is there anyway to turn off auto update?
[Xperia Play Android Development] Insertnamehere12:
at any point during the unlock, did they have u type fastboot -i 0x0fce oem unlock 0x############?

that code is the key to unlocking it. I unlocked mine before SE patched their servers. as long as u have that unlock code u can relock and unlock the bootloader for free as much as u want.

There is no way to turn off the auto-update, if you don't have that code then you'll have to wait till we can get the 2.3.3 kernel. Unless the person who remote unlocked can do something for u
[Xperia Play Android Development] hatcyl:
To stop auto updates I froze the mobile care app.
[Xperia Play Android Development] droiddrums:
Re-Lock r800x Bootloader

Trying to relock my bootloader and the relock ftf file isnt working for me, anyone have any ideas what I could do?

Thanks either way!
[Xperia Play Android Development] One2many:
"Stock System 2.3.3" system.img makes WIFI reboot device upon enabling

"Stock System 2.3.3

Link: DropBox

Status: Untested system img. Use this command: fastboot flash system system.img"

I flashed the 2.3.2 stock ftf via flashtool, and then I flashed this 2.3.3 system.img. Everything seems to work except wireless. When the wifi is enabled the device immediately reboots. Every time. I flash the device back to 2.3.2 and wifi enables fine. I have replicated this twice.

Is there another source of the 2.3.3 system.img update that might have working wifi? If so could you share it or perhaps update the first post? Or 2.3.3 ftf full flash?

I have an r800x with unlocked bootloader.

Thank you!

*found a work around. Flashed the 2.3.3 systemuk.sin and wifi works great. Would still be nice to see the Verizon version.
[Xperia Play Android Development] 007shark:
I copied the update_package file from cache/recovery/fota. I don't know if anyone can do anything with it, but here it is.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/35097081/update_package

If anything else, if anyone has to go back to 2.3.2, you could push this file to cache/recovery/fota to save time instead of waiting for the download.

EDIT: I just relocked my bootloader, and applied update. Everything went smooth, still have root, and was able to re-unlock bootloader.

EDIT: Here is the mtd2 image file I extracted from /dev/mtd/mtd2 if anyone with Linux wants to compile a boot.img from it so we have the stock 2.3.3 kernel

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/35097081/mtd2.img

EDIT: And here is a Nandroid backup that gives you rooted stock 2.3.3 with all original system apps. I tested it by going back to 2.3.2 by wiping data, cache, system, flashing kernel.sin and system.sin from 2.3.2 in fastboot. Rebooting to verify stock w/o root, then fastbooted recoveryPLAY.img and applied this nandroid backup. This is a way to get 2.3.3 kernel and system without having to relock bootloader, receiving ota, and then re-unlock bootloader.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/35097081/R800x_2.3.3_stock_rooted.zip

Note: This was made by me after locking bootloader, receiving and installing ota 2.3.3, unlocking bootloader, fastboot boot recoveryPLAY.img, nandroid

backup.

EDIT: This backup still results in wifi not working if still on 2.3.2 when using. :(
[Xperia Play Android Development] droiddrums:
You sir are a good man, many thanks for this. Downloading now
[Xperia Play Android Development] One2many:
Thanks for the effort!

I get an MD5 error when trying to restore. I believe when these CWM backups are copied to other builds they fail md5 check.
[Xperia Play Android Development] jami2976:
i actually just got done using this backup and it worked flawlessly, did you remember to unzip the file first then place the folder into the backup folder on your SD?
[Xperia Play Android Development] 007shark:
hmmm....I used a nandroid backup to install FTSv05 before without issues which is posted on the main page of this thread. Maybe someone with more knowledge than me can chime in on what may cause this.
[Xperia Play Android Development] jami2976:
ok so the nandroid worked great the only issue im having is when i turn wifi on it makes my phone reboot for some reason
[Xperia Play Android Development] droiddrums:
Kernel 2.3.3

The Kernel is not in the backup. Thats why wifi does not work and Fpse runs slow. Its no ones fault just like chasing a ghost anymore. Ive tried numerous ways to get the 2.3.3 kernel.

This was a nice attempt and I thank 007 for his time and good efforts. But still does not work.

Back to the drawing bored I go. I kinda just gave up with stock 2.3.3 Im using the CM7 build because the transparent app drawer is pretty cool with the live wallpaper.

I still have hopes for a kernel for CM7 and stock 2.3.3 because both run FPSe slow and both no wifi ..

EDIT : theres a newer CM7 build by FreeXperia , checking it out now on how things run!!
[Xperia Play Android Development] 007shark:
Yes, unfortunately the kernel is not backed up with my nandroid. I did noticed that before and after the upgrade to 2.3.3 the kernel build still stayed the same at 2.6.32.9-perf but they must have done some minor tweaks in it. Hopefully someone with linux can tackle my uploaded mtd2 file.
[Xperia Play Android Development] One2many:
Not sure what I did wrong the first time. Perhaps folder name matters?

I copied the files again and was able to flash within CWM. However my wifi doesnt work, identical to the system.img posted in the first page of this thread. Does your wifi enable without rebooting?
[Xperia Play Android Development] jami2976:
No my wifi is broken someone posted earlier on that it us a kernel issue, when we restored the backup it only restored the 2.3.3 ROM not the 2.3.3 kernel
[Xperia Play Android Development] zero_1_2:
have any of you been able to relock your bootloader on r800x? I have tried multiple times with multiple failures.

also, could you just push your mtd2.img and have a working kernel?
[Xperia Play Android Development] jami2976:
Unfortunately i'm having a hard time with flash tool so a +1 to that thought and also I can't flash any ROM at all through fastboot either, every time I try I always get "found two bad blocks" still haven't figured out how to fix that issue, also would anyone have a backup of the 2.3.2 system? I only ask because my phone flashes backups through cwm with ease but seems to be the only way I have of switching between systems.....
[Xperia Play Android Development] zero_1_2:
my bootloader is locked.

UNABLE TO FLASH RELOCKER WITH FLASHTOOL V0.2.4

i tried flashing it with a different version and it worked perfectly. The version I used was:

FLASHTOOL V 0.2.9.1

and it worked. I flashed it twice just to be safe, but it did in fact work. Hopefully more people can relock theirs with this info :)
[Xperia Play Android Development] 007shark:
I am planning on installing Ubuntu on my laptop to see if I can make a boot.img from the mtd2.img I posted. It will be a few days though.
[Xperia Play Android Development] droiddrums:
I had used the same 2.9.1 and 3.0, neither work for me because the method I used to unlock my bootloader. Flashing a relock does not work on mine. They have a thread for relocking the bootloader though

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That would be nice if it worked, good luck!
[Xperia Play Android Development] eximperialdragon:
I'm sorry to ask a question like this, but I've perused the board and used the search function and I keep getting contradicting answers to my queries.

My Play is a bootloader unlocked, rooted r800x and I'm still using the 2.3.2 stock ROM/kernel (I just removed the bloatware and have been happy ever since). I've been looking for the last half hour to an hour on how to do the update to 2.3.3. I know I have to relock my bootloader, but does the phone stay rooted after the update, or does it not? I found several posts where people said they kept root, and several more posts where people said they lost root. I have no idea which answer to go with. I think I have to restore all of those annoying bloatware applications to do the update (at least, that's what one post said to do) and I just want to be sure I can get rid of them afterwards...
[Xperia Play Android Development] antEris:
If you do lose root. Simply re-unlock your boot loader and hot boot doomloords kernel in fastboot. Note: don't, I repeat DON'T flash it just boot it. Doomlord posted the command somewhere in this thread. After booting it you'll reboot and be back to the 2.3.3 kernel only rooted.
[Xperia Play Android Development] frostthejack:
cant you do a backup of the full system using omnious or whatever it is called wont that give you a backup of the kernel. i thought that is what people where using to get the .ftf files.
[Xperia Play Android Development] Mills00013:
No not with omnius. Omnius will backup your TA area and thats it.

What you're thinking of is flashtool. And what flashtool can do is it can take a raw dump from SEUS (sony's update application that can only be used with bootloader-locked devices) and then it can translate that blob into a tft file. The tft file can then be broken down into subsections like the kernel.sin, system.sin, data.sin, etc.

I would be more than happy to walk someone through producing one of these files, i just cant find anyone with a bootloader locked phone who is willing to let me help them. There is no risk involved....
[Xperia Play Android Development] ijustwantthedownload:
My bootloader is unlocked (Verizon), but when I was trying to do the OTA update to 2.3.3 it failed multiple times. I used Root Explorer to find the downloaded update file and saved it to my SD card because I was tired of having to download it multiple times. I have three files

status (1KB)

update_package (55,889 KB)

update_package.dd (1KB)

If those are what you need, let me know. I'll be happy to help.
[Xperia Play Android Development] zero_1_2:
I think i can get it figured out

EDIT: not able to connect r800x to PC companion. Bummer
[Xperia Play Android Development] 007shark:
What I had to do to get the OTA to work was to lock my bootloader and use Flash Tool to flash my system to stock 2.3.2. Then it would update without failure. If I tried to simply use fastboot to flash the system and boot partitions to go back to 2.3.2, the update would always fail. After the update, I just unlock my bootloader again and root without any problems.
[Xperia Play Android Development] 216Monster:
Something like this would give us a 2.3.3 kernel right? If would could make a flashtool file from the 2.3.3 update?
[Xperia Play Android Development] iliketrains:
Don't bother relocking and updating via ota. There's

a 50/50 chance you won't even be able to update and you'll brick during the process. Verizon phones are different. I went through the whole process, relock bootloader, wipe, update...brick. Tried it many ways. Finally just pulled the kernel from a Rogers branded tft file and flashed the 2.3.3 system img. Of course now i'm on the UK firmware and loving it but if you want stock everything, that is the way I would do it. You can still reroot of you lose it. Just hot boot into cwm, flash the root zip and that's it, rooted.
[Xperia Play Android Development] ijustwantthedownload:
I just used SEUS to "repair" my phone after locking the bootloader, then I was able to install the update. After that I used CWM / fastboot to flash the rootXperia.zip
[Xperia Play Android Development] 007shark:
Are you using UK kernel and ROM? Is multimedia messaging working for you?
[Xperia Play Android Development] 216Monster:
Idk much about Xperia Play yet. Would it work flashin the 2.3.3 system ftf from the state of development and a 2.3.3 kernel from r800a_rogers? Or would my phone just hate it and not boot or bootloop or fc alot ?
[Xperia Play Android Development] One2many:
Thanks for posting this!

Are you basically saying if we can get the stock Verizon kernel 2.3.3 extracted from your mtd2.img we can use your 2.3.3 Verizon nandroid restore with working wifi???

I have a friend at work that is really good with linux and asked if he can help us tomorrow. Although if it is that simple I'm surprised someone here has not done this already.

If you already know of a Verizon 2.3.3 stock kernel somewhere please post! :-)

Thanks! Hope to report back soon.
[Xperia Play Android Development] Mills00013:
SEUS didn't update your phone up to 2.3.3 when it repaired it??
[Xperia Play Android Development] zero_1_2:
When i connected to the sony ericsson utility. It did not work at all. The only way to update the phone is OTA according to the verizon website. and the sony ericsson support chat person wasn't any help either.
[Xperia Play Android Development] ijustwantthedownload:
Nope, it just reset it to factory android, lost root, but kept my personal data.
[Xperia Play Android Development] 216Monster:
the repair update thru seus on r800x seems basically like using a 2.3.2.ftf

EDIT: I flashed doomlords latest kernel and then the 2.3.3 system image. I didnt have wifi or camera or mms but it was stock rom running 1.9ghz , pretty cool
[Xperia Play Android Development] Mills00013:
This might be the case now. Especially since SEUS doesn't seem to officially exist any longer.

Yeah thats what it should have done, assuming their servers don't have the newest software, as referenced above.

You actually got a running stock system with Doom's kernel? Thats a miracle on an R800x. The camera and the wifi are understandable, but your MMS shouldnt be affected. Unless you flashed a generic GSM 2.3.3 and not the Verizon one...
[Xperia Play Android Development] 007shark:
I installed Linux on my laptop and now working on installing java and android sdks. Once I have those up and going I am going to attempt to take the mtd2 file and make it into a boot.img file so no one else has to fool with relocking their bootloader and messing with the OTA.
[Xperia Play Android Development] CrimsonKnight13:
What's the best method to unlock the bootloader on a brand new R800x with 2.3.3? Is Omnius the onlly way?

Also, is Gingerbreak & other methods busted on 2.3.3? I tried a few but they freeze up w/ no change for root.
[Xperia Play Android Development] 216Monster:
If you get that working that would be awesome to have!

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I grabbed the 2.3.3 system img the state of development thread. Im gonna flash it again an see what happens
[Xperia Play Android Development] Mills00013:
You have to use the paid solution in the general section of the forums. Omnius won't do anything for you. You need a hardware unlocking device or you need to use someone else's (which is what the referenced paid solution is.) no exploits currently will root your phone.
[Xperia Play Android Development] CrimsonKnight13:
Thanks. I'll look into that since I'd prefer to customize Android than leave it with VZW crapware.
[Xperia Play Android Development] 216Monster:
R800x w/ 2.3.3 sys img w/ doomkernel v4

I flashed doomlords newest kernel V4 for FW 4.0.1.A.283 and the r800x 2.3.3 system.img from this thread.

The phone has no problem running 2ghz o/c , but I get the usual stuff ;

-the back camera Does Not work - the Front camera Does work without error

- wi/fi just reboots my phone - like 2.3.3 with a 2.3.2 kernel does

-mms work sending and recieving

For as little as I use camera or wifi i think this will work for now.

Im gonna flash back to 2.3.2 with the same doomkernel V4 and see if 2.3.2 will boot and give me same symptoms

EDIT: 2.3.2 does not work at all with a different kernel other then stock. Dont really matter since it out dated anyway lol
[Xperia Play Android Development] Mogul345:
Hey Mills,

Just read through the last half of this thread since Hatcyl's post about flashing stock 2.3.2 system, relocking, and getting the OTA.

Also saw your post about not being able to find someone on 2.3.2 that's locked to make a flashtool usable version of the 2.3.3 kernel, so we can avoid this whole dog and pony show.

Perhaps that would be a good thing to add to the Requests section of the first post? Saw you were asking for requests. That's probably a good one. I'd prefer not to go through that whole dance and just use flashtool to update me to 2.3.3. Especially since I saw a few posts alluding to bricks and issues with trying to relock.

I really just wish a breakthrough would finally happen with FreeXperia so stock can be a thing of the past!
[Xperia Play Android Development] 007shark:
OK, here is what I found out. The Xperia's do not have the same file system as other android phones. In dev/mtd/, there isn't a boot or recovery partition. I could find no way to extract the boot image from the phone. So the only option other than locking the bootloader, flashing to stock, and OTA, is being able to somehow decipher the OTA update file.
[Xperia Play Android Development] 216Monster:
I wish we can get this 2.3.3 kernel its killin me!
[Xperia Play Android Development] paxChristos:
With 2.3.3 rooted on a stock device, is the kernel located somewhere such that one of us can pull it from our devices so a dev can get it? (I'm a noob when it comes to android)
[Xperia Play Android Development] 216Monster:
I know if I could find someone who had a stock r800x on 2.3.3 then they could use SEUS to do a "repair update" and seus will download 2.3.3 for ur device and then we could decrypt the update and make it a flashable 2.3.3 ftf file and it should have the kernel. But I cant find anyone to help!!!
[Xperia Play Android Development] hatcyl:
You sure about that? SEUS won't update you from stock 2.2 to 2.3.
[Xperia Play Android Development] paxChristos:
For SEUS, don't you need MTP?

@hactyl, I'm already on 2.3.3

@anybody who can help! I have a locked bootloader, and am more than willing to help you get the tft. I just need directions!