yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[XPERIA X10 General] -PiLoT-:
how can they be merged if they are still seperate

ive looked at the editing logs of both threads

in this one there is no history at all. not even any deleted posts and no merging

in his thread it says i closed it and that was it

also if you look next to myimmortals name it has OP in bold this means she started thread

ALSO

if i had merged it then he would still be op as it goes chronologically

AND as per the way vbulletin works if you delete the first post the remainder of thread goes with it

looking at your post history it is evident the only thread you replied to was this one.
[XPERIA X10 General] agentJBM:
My bad then......

Ask myimmortal if she replied to that thread.... That is what appears to be her inspiration for this thread.

Btw, her frustration and info is not entirely correct... which I have linked twice...
[XPERIA X10 General] -PiLoT-:
Nah her post history is the same. only this thread.
[XPERIA X10 General] agentJBM:
It doesn't matter, and sorry for taking thread off-topic....

Regardless, thread should be closed or corrected. INFO is wrong if you have recovery.
[XPERIA X10 General] kozxmartt:
Info is correct. You didn't get her post.
[XPERIA X10 General] iridaki:
Now I'm confused too... :confused:

I didn't reply anywhere else, I just made the thread.

Anyway, there seems to be a confusion with Doomlord's way to unroot with a broken USB port.

That method is to be used when you want to get your phone to a service center in an unrooted state.

You still can't flash baseband and kernels in xRecovery.

I hope this clears things up a bit.

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[XPERIA X10 General] agentJBM:
Well, I guess I am wrong about what happened in this thread, however.....

We are still confused about DooMLoRD's method. It IS not to get you unrooted. As a matter of fact, it gets you back to stock prerooted, so the title is not correct.... you can "reflash"... but you are correct that you can't upgrade baseband.
[XPERIA X10 General] iridaki:
I opened this thread because people were asking about ways to upgrade without USB port

and ways to unbrick a phone that will not turn on and/or will not enter xRecovery.

Those two things are impossible and that is, unfortunately for many, a fact.

I am trying, granted in a sarcastic way, to be informative and to give a straight answer

that will once and for all clear out the confusion and eliminate the new threads popping out asking about the same thing.

Making this thread 3 pages long instead of just saying in one post

"hey My_Immortal, you forgot about one possibility: if you have xRecovery, you can go still go back to stock firmware that is compatible to your kernel and baseband"

is not helping anyone. And in fact, I did add to the OP about this method, since I obviously have nothing against it.

Only it is in no way a method to upgrade the firmware and it concerns a very small amount of users,

because -let's face it- if you have a working xRec, you probably have a nandroid backup of your own,

and if you are on a custom/rooted ROM, you probably want to stay that way,

so you don't even need to resort to DoomLord's method.

That's exactly why this method has derived from the need to get your phone back to a state acceptable by service centers and that's why later on Doom explains how to unroot and get rid of almost all evidence of tampering.
[XPERIA X10 General] DooMLoRD:
hello agentJBM...

the thread which i have on "get back to stock with broken USB port" does the following:

provides u a prerooted recovery backup which can be restored using recovery

there is a update.zip which u can flash via recovery to REMOVE:

su files

/system/xbin/su binary

/system/app/Superuser.apk app

recovery files

/system/bin/chargemon file

replaces original chargemon to /system/bin/chargemon

removes /system/bin/xrecovery.tar (or corresponding FreeXperia recovery files)

busybox files

/system/xbin/busybox binary

all symlnks to this binary in /system/xbin/

now for those of u how dont know wht "rooting" & "installing recovery" does... it basically uses an exploit to place the above mentioned files in correct locations...

so wht i have provided to u is a solution to get back to unrooted stock system... the exploit it not removed but "root" related files are removed...
[XPERIA X10 General] Frosty666:
Oh my, how embarrassing... ;)

Sent from my x10, rocking Wolf's 2.3.3 + DooMKernel, overclocked to 1.2 GHz...
[XPERIA X10 General] riginal:
But still I don't see the point of this thread Iris,I mean should we put up a thread for every frequently asked question? (be it sarcastic or not)

Not to mention that it wasn't even that frequent
[XPERIA X10 General] iridaki:
Since the GB update I've seen this question more than 20 times

be it in a new thread or an existing one.

I fail to understand why it is not crystal clear to everyone,

so I thought that this thread would be somewhat helpful.

I don't care if it's closed, moved or trashed,

I was only trying to save people wondering about it some valuable time!

And I do get your point, it is not absolutely correct to open a new thread

for each frequently asked question, but it also strikes me as wrong

to see the same question being repeated over and over again,

when the answer and the explanation is as simple as: "No." :D
[XPERIA X10 General] scoobysnacks:
Hmm you know what could make this thread very useful? Turn it into an easy answers for common questions thread
[XPERIA X10 General] Frosty666:
They have one of those as a sticky in the devs section.

Sent from my x10, rocking Wolf's 2.3.3 + DooMKernel, overclocked to 1.2 GHz...
[XPERIA X10 General] scoobysnacks:
Well moreso I mean one that would stay current though!

There are so many threads about "bricking" etc ugh lol
[XPERIA X10 General] Frosty666:
Sure were talking about the same thread?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1236189

Sorry if I'm being redundant or anything ;)

Sent from my x10, rocking Wolf's 2.3.3 + DooMKernel, overclocked to 1.2 GHz...
[XPERIA X10 General] scoobysnacks:
That's a good thread I just meant like not a q & a thread but a thread with generic/borderline ridiculous questions answered in the first post
[XPERIA X10 General] Frosty666:
Oh I see what you mean now. Pretty sure I saw one of those somewhere too, can't remember where though.

Sent from my x10, rocking Wolf's 2.3.3 + DooMKernel, overclocked to 1.2 GHz...
[XPERIA X10 General] -PiLoT-:
well if someone want to have a "quick reference for people who fail at life" thread, i will sticky it
[XPERIA X10 General] scoobysnacks:
Haha it has to have that name lol
[XPERIA X10 General] Devin-J:
A little doubt pls

i was just wondering how you could charge your x10 if the micro-usb port of ur phone is not functional? sounds impossible unless u take out the battery and charge it with a charger - if so, how do one get such a charger? pls clear my doubts. thank you.
[XPERIA X10 General] Frosty666:
Ebay.

I got a wall charger and 2 spare batteries for $11 AU. They're Chinese imitation batteries but they work ok. The wall charger is excellent.

Sent from my x10, rocking Wolf's 2.3.3 + DooMKernel, overclocked to 1.2 GHz...
[XPERIA X10 General] Devin-J:
fake batteries?

:D

i heard fake batteries explode. recently in my country, newspaper said a man was charging his phone containing fake batteries and the phone ringed and he took the call and the battery exploded. he was in a critical health condition after that.
[XPERIA X10 General] iridaki:
I bought an original SE battery charger (EP-900) from my local SE center, was kind expensive comparing to eBay prices (about 20$) but it works OK. Charges the battery slower than the phone (takes 3 hours from 0-100%), but I feel safer using it. I plug it in at night and charge my second battery. ;)
[XPERIA X10 General] Frosty666:
Haha maybe ;)

I'm safe though. I have no friends to talk to, so the calling explosion issue doesn't apply to me :P

I have got a spare OEM battery from my friends old x1 (screen-cable broke) which I usually alternate between with my original one. I only really use the fakies when I'm desperate, plus only ever at stock clock speeds.

Sent from my x10, rocking Wolf's 2.3.3 + DooMKernel, overclocked to 1.2 GHz...
[XPERIA X10 General] iridaki:
You are contradicting yourself there... :p :D
[XPERIA X10 General] Frosty666:
I am utterly bewildered... :P

Sent from my x10, rocking Wolf's 2.3.3 + DooMKernel, overclocked to 1.2 GHz...
[XPERIA X10 General] agentJBM:
ASSUME makes an ASS of U and ME.

I for instance don't use nandroid backup via xrecovery due to space issues on SD Card and they are worthless for restoring apps and data. It's easier and safer to do a fresh install, then restore with Titanium Backup Pro.
[XPERIA X10 General] scoobysnacks:
Why??

You can restore fine with titanium, I have for every rom I've ever flashed. Just don't restore data if you are going from one android version to another (2.2 to 2.3 for example).

The batch restore is fast, and 100% safe
[XPERIA X10 General] agentJBM:
That's what I said..... Most of us don't use xRecovery (nandroid backups) because of problems restoring apps and data..... I said use TB. Confused

Edit : I am saying that the OP is assuming everyone has an xRecovery backup, when that is not the case, so her thread is still wrong. You can "REFLASH" without usb cable. That is what the files doom created.
[XPERIA X10 General] scoobysnacks:
ohhhh totally my mistake, I apologize!!

I misread, and thought you said it was easier to do a fresh install and not to use TB (just to install the apps manually)

Sorry dude!
[XPERIA X10 General] iridaki:
OK. What's your point then?

Can we or can we not upgrade/un-brick a phone with no xRecovery access

without a USB working port? That's the point of this thread.

You keep filling this thread with arguments against me

and, frankly, it's getting really old...

If you don't have access to xRecovery, you can't do anything.

DoomLord himself posted in this very thread trying to explain to you what his method does.

This thread is correct, it's not closed, no one disagrees apart from you,

so deal with it or simply move on.
[XPERIA X10 General] kokbiel:
My old x10 sufferd from this broken usb issue. I never even thought about "updating through recovery". I just made a complete backup, then whiped everything from x-recovery. Complete format of everything, then reboot it into nothing. No system, no nothing to boot.

Sent it to se with the comment "usb port died while updating phone".

1 month later, new x10...
[XPERIA X10 General] jayman1986:
Smart thing to do.
[XPERIA X10 General] stan.s:
So no one has ever seen the OTA file in all this time? Has any phone from any oem gotten a ota kernel update?
[XPERIA X10 General] iridaki:
Gingerbread update is not and will not be available via OTA, it has been clarified multiple times by SE.

As far as other OEMs go, I think Samsung (or HTC?) pushed GB update via OTA, so yeah, technically it is possible.

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[XPERIA X10 General] scoobysnacks:
HTC does ota too
[XPERIA X10 General] agentJBM:
The point is that you can "REFLASH" to stock without usb, as long as you have xRecovery and DooMLoRD. You say that you can not ever...

Just saying that your title is misleading....
[XPERIA X10 General] stan.s:
So "technically" possible. But no one knows what's exactly in the file and what is wrapped around the tft data to boot the phone and install from the sd card. No hints in the SE or Google sources of what file to expect?
[XPERIA X10 General] iridaki:
I think that the very first root method on 1.6 exploited an OTA "security hole".

Since then, I haven't heard of anything OTA related

and perhaps this hole has already been secured.

Some developer could look into it, but I doubt anything useful will come out.
[XPERIA X10 General] agentJBM:
Yes, possibly via wifi, as adb wireless works. Hmmm?
[XPERIA X10 General] stan.s:
wifi, huh? I can understand adb doing some parts of the firmware and apps, but using adb to install the kernel? Do you mean just to push the package to the sdcard?
[XPERIA X10 General] agentJBM:
I am not saying that I know how to, or that you can push via adb. Just that it seems possible in some way to flash OTA with wifi and a computer. I emailed the dev of adb wireless. Hopefully he'll respond.
[XPERIA X10 General] OmegaRED^:
Note to USB less x10 users.

You have perfectly good Bluetooth and Wi-Fi connections. ;)

You can do allot with ADB. ;)'

With a modified adb.exe you may be able to accomplish more.

Is there any source for adb?
[XPERIA X10 General] aR_ChRiS:
Doom's method just removes all root related stuff, but not the exploit itself.
[XPERIA X10 General] so.say.we.all:
My phone was subjected to everything SE would disapprove of (rooted, custom rom/kernel, etc). It then started giving me USB problems (not charging properly, a pain to connect it to my PC).

I got a little worried, made a nandroid backup, wiped everything, then hooked it up to SEUS for a restore. I then sent it to SE who apparently just swapped out the motherboard and sent it back. I'm quite sure my screen and body are the same (screen protector has the same scratch in the corner). The IMEI on the back sticker and within the OS however is different.

Best part is they sent me a spare battery for no apparent reason. Picked up an EP900 and now use the USB port only for PC hookups. Hopefully that will extend the port's longevity.

Worst part, my phone was locked to Orange and since the IMEI has changed, Orange won't give me an unlock code. SE refuse to talk about it as they have some sort of contract with Orange to let them deal with unlocking. I'm actually on holiday at the moment and am left with a PDA (its either that or an insanely high roaming bill). Fail.

Moral of the story: Take care of the USB port. And if you don't, remove all incriminating evidence and contact SE.

UPDATE: After kicking up a bit of a ruckus at SE they've now decided to offer me a replacement handset.
[XPERIA X10 General] the_awsam:
Pretty obvious, no usb = no charge or xfer :-(

Has anyone replaced a port yet? Is it a simple solder?
[XPERIA X10 General] Sparhawk76:
Got a second X10 with a broken usb port ... a buddy of mine who is far better at soldering than I should be putting on a new usb port, will let you know when I get it back if it worked or not.
[XPERIA X10 General] Devin-J:
wall charger

this is wrong: (no usb = no charge)! you can use a wall charger.

:)

original SE battery charger (EP-900)

from local SE center

about 20$

works OK

Charges the battery slower than the phone (takes 3 hours from 0-100%)
[XPERIA X10 General] Sparhawk76:
Another option for charging the battery in a pinch is to cut an old USB cable, and tape the +5v wire to the positive terminal, the ground wire to the negative terminal, and then plug it into one of the AC-usb chargers ... did this on my other X10 for a while before I got my new one. Best not to hook it up to a computer's usb port though. Keep an eye on the battery's temperature ... if it gets too hot, unplug it.

Sparhawk
[XPERIA X10 General] c903jerk:
Good thing I have a working USB port to fix my X10 and X8 when bricked.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] typhoone:
Got a dx2 a couple days ago. Verizon has that nice little 14 day trial run. The bionic comes out on the 8th. the 8th is day 13 for my trial run. :) going to go switch it out and keep on truckin. :)

just thought it was cool. :)
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sativa-psyche:
Hello all!

I've recently rooted my TF101 via rebound821's "one-click" method (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1198303). I did this through shell command on my linux machine. This particular root method offers an automatic installation of CWM, which i opted for upon execution. I've confirmed that the tablet is indeed rooted.

Now that i've been freshly rooted, I am trying to reboot in to recovery mode so that I may make a backup and start flashing. However, when recovery is up and running, it will not allow me to mount sdcard, preventing me from backing anything up, flashing, etc. It also will not allow me to mount USB storage. All other mount options work.

I'm guessing that when this recovery was initially flashed to my device per the script listed above, it was perhaps flashed on to the incorrect location. Could this be the case? Are there any solutions to this problem?

Thanks in advance.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sativa-psyche:
problem solved. please delete this thread.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RAMBO29:
Please also make it a habit to write how you solved it as well, for the benefit of any one might have this issue.
[myTouch 3G Slide Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mingolianbeef:
Okay so as the slide community knows, I am creating a Rom (fantasy 3G). So, I am editing the build prop file and wondering what I need to put in order to unlock all market apps. I know that many people would love to have ALL apps show up on the market, and I want to make that possible from the get go, so does anyone know how to do this. Thanks in advance for your posts!

P.S. I dnt know if its just my phone or not, but i downloaded (and am using) netflix AND it works, check the market to see if you can download it!
[A7 General] deathcry30:
My wifes A7 wont connect to the android market place now keeps saying no connection but it will connect to websites and is connected to our wireless network. do i just have to update the market app? please help
[A7 General] TheZedo:
Not sure if this is your problem too, but mine was doing that exact thing today. For me it turned out that if I got to an area of the house with a weak Wifi signal, it stilled showed connected to my network, with 1 or 2 bars, but would not connect to gmail or the market. It kept telling me to log in to my gmail account, when I already was. I walked to the other side of the house, near the wireless router, and everything started working again.

Apparently, there is a bit of a false indication going on there as far as having a "good" wireless data connection.
[A7 General] deathcry30:
Yeah i thought that might been case but I was right by my router when still wouldn't connect.

I found out the problem was the system time was not correct and once I manually changed it, everything works fine.

Thanks for suggestion and help improve appreciate it.
[A7 General] cedaracres:
I have never been able to access android market with my elocity a7.. have found apps from

various sources but would like android market too! Tried every suggestion, when trying to download app., says no phone associated? Oh, what to do... lots of bars, close to router, time has been set...thanks so much for your suggestions..please help!
[A7 General] deathcry30:
what i did was go to this site tabletroms.com and look for A7 forum. there is a mod there by dexter that will enable the A7 to use the android market. it is version 1.42, just have to do a factory restore and install update from a micro sd card.
[A7 General] speculatrix:
I am SO happy to have found this post. I have a Samsung Galaxy Wifi 5 which was behaving very oddly. It was part sync'ing, could access internet, but gmail said no connection (despite being able to access email), and picasa sync failed.

Then through various guesses I came across this thread, and everything worked after setting the time again.

I realise what happened was that the Gal Wifi was completely dead having flattened the battery totally by accident, so it lost its clock.

I imagine that when the apps talked to Google, there would have been a failure validating SSL certs or related, and it produced an error which wasn't being trapped and thus producing the meaningless "unknown" errors.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] dimsim001:
SAPPHIRE PVT 32B SHIP S-ON G

HBOOT-1.33.0007 (SAPP10000)

CPLD-10

RADIO-2.22.19.26I

JUL 31 2009,15:49:25

Android system recovery <2>

Build: CyanogenMod v1.4 + JF

Tried to flash Cyanogen 6 Stable image (update-cm-6.1.0-DS-signed.zip ) using apply sdcard:update.zip Said was successful but hangs on vodafone splash screen at start-up. I was watching a how to video on theunlockr.com at the time which said to wipe data/factory reset prior to flashing the rom but it neglected to tell me to backup first. does this look like a problem with the 6.1 rom I've flashed or something else?
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] mumilover:
Just wipe everything from recovery and flash the rom once again. You should be ok.

You will also lose all your info and apps.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] danthepan124:
Why are you flashing through sdcard:update.zip use apply zip from sdcard
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] dimsim001:
I did a wipe/factory reset after that and re-flashed the same ROM but it still hung on start-up. I'll try and use the apply any zip from sdcard and see if that works as suggested by danthepan124. If that doesn't work could I change the recovery image to AMON-RA as recommended by cyanogenmod wiki? Would that make a difference? Is there a way I can start a fresh with HBOOT and Recovery images that are known to work?
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] dimsim001:
ok, have just wiped and re-flashed cyanogen 6.1.0 and no changes, still hangs on Vodafone Splash screen and have to remove battery to turn off. I've wiped again and rebooted then flashed the other Cyanogen 4 (update-cm-4.2.15.1-signed.zip) and 5 (update-cm-5.0.8-DS-signed.zip) ROM for the HTC magic and the v5 ROM hangs at splash also whereas the v4 goes through to a black screen that looks staticy then eventually fades to black. Do i need to flash with a new recovery image like AMON-RA?, will that make a difference? How do i change the recovery image when i dont have access to Terminal, only hboot and current cyanogenmod v1.4 recovery image?
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] mumilover:
Download my fastboot commander from my signature and provide here all device info.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] dimsim001:
Feedback, criticism, ideas, improvments, thanks and appreciations are welcomed on the forum-thread.

............................................................

Operating system: Windows.

Tools folder found.

Windows fastboot tools found.

The folder containing the IMG files was not found.

No Nandroid folder was not found - "Restore" button disabled.

STARTING PRINT OF DEVICE INFO.

-----------------------------------.

SPL/hboot version: 1.33.0007.

Radio version: 2.22.19.26i.

Main software version: 1.89.179.1.

cid: vodap022.

cpld: 10.

product: sapphire.

mid: sapp10000.

security: on.

build-mode: ship.

-----------------------------------.

Print of device info SUCCESSFUL.

This device does not have s-off nor eng hboot.

ARE YOU SURE THAT THIS IS THE RIGHT TOOL FOR YOU?.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] danthepan124:
Google ezterry cyanogenmod he made this port of CM that fixes the hanging of the boot screen problem, you gotta update spl though