yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Theonew:
In that case, you could try this: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1229558 then use a wireless tether app: https://market.android.com/details?id=android.tether&feature=search_result to share the internet with Computer [2].
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nalt:
The universal solution is here:

http://mhotspot.com/

I found it here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1229558
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Theonew:
That does not work on Windows Xp.
[Xperia Arc General] datagubben:
New method of rooting your Arc (zergRush method) press this link.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1312859

Warning: use .184 first or you will brick your device.

There are so many threads calling for 2.3.4 and Root and the information is spread all around the forum. I will therefore give a straight answer here: 2.3.4 can be rooted now.

Flash UK.184-> Generic_World(Nordic).181 ->Root + OTA = Rooted 2.3.4

Here is the link for the .181 firmware: http://www.mediafire.com/?y9s73andrl4bllc

This method with .184 first, always works for me.

I made it safe with the LED/battery problem, so I flashed the UK.184 first before I flashed the one above (.181) and I had no problem with LED/battery!

-Turn off your phone and flash to UK.184 firmware (wipe data).

-Start your phone and agree to the normal stuff (note: no battery problem now).

-Turn off your phone once more.

-Flash Generic_World(Nordic).181 and start your phone again (wipe data).

-Plug in your USB-cable to the computer and phone again (ignore PCC companion set-up).

-Make sure USB-debugging is activated in the settings menu.

-Install Gingerbreak 1.2 and press "Root the phone".

-The phone reboots by itself in about 30 seconds after pressing Root (if not, pull down notification bar and press on mass storage and push mount SD-card - it works everytime)!

-After reboot and a long wait, go to settings and install OTA.

-Phone collects firmware OTA and reboots many times.

-Now Its working and you have rooted 2.3.4 :-)

Don't touch anything else during this procedure.

UK.184 firmware is here: http://www.multiupload.com/LEA95XC5J0

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Read also this:

Edit 26/9: this is my findings after reading all posts:

After reading all posts I am getting an idea of the problem (but no solution if you already have problem).

(a) Some people had .368/.145 and flashed to .181 with Root and then OTA to 2.3.4 and it worked fine, (but they will probably get LED-problem next time they need to flash down because they obmitted the .184 step). :(

(b) Some people already had 2.3.4 and flashed to .181 and got LED-problem right away. :(

(c) Some people had .368/.145 and flashed first to .184 and then .181 with root before OTA to 2.3.4 and they seems to be fine. :)

(d) Some people (including me), already had 2.3.4 and flashed to .184 before flashing again to .181 with root and OTA to 2.3.4 and there was No LED-problem. (I also tried several times to flash down again without trouble, but always with .184 first). :)

Edit 3/10

(e) Some people coming from 2.3.2 can flash .2.3.2 again and root + update OTA to 2.3.4 (But ofcourse, when you want to go down again, be careful).

-So it seems that .181 alone makes the LED-trouble if you want to upgrade your firmware with root to 2.3.4.

-But a combination of .184 and .181 seems to work, when done the first time only!!! It is too late if you did any other way in the beginning.

I therefore don't think it is by chance or random to get LED-trouble, it depends on what you did in the first instance?
[Xperia Arc General] Retrosid:
There's no other way to do it without flashing? I ain't got the knowledge to flash, plus I don't really trust this method cuz if I make something wrong, the only way to fix it is seus
[Xperia Arc General] jatt101:
flashed back to 2.3.2 without any problems :)
[Xperia Arc General] Flo95:
If something goes wrong you can flash it with FlashTool, too and uncheck "wipe data" if you don't want to reflash with SEUS because of losing data.
[Xperia Arc General] SXUsr:
Well you're in the best place to learn. ;)
[Xperia Arc General] jatt101:
nvm guys, dont try this, i ran into the 0% battery, but the first time i flashed it, it was fine, but the second time this happened, and now im getting an replacement device from rogers
[Xperia Arc General] datagubben:
I am not sure you understand or if you read everything posted here on xda-forum?

Read my post sciptum in the post, It says: "better to flash down to UK.184 first so you don't get battery problem"!! :p:cool:
[Xperia Arc General] jatt101:
ahahahahaha man i totally didnt see that, i guess i was to excited :(, bro can you post the uk firmware as well though?, but the funny thing is i flashed the .181 firmware the first time without any problems, and i kinda messed up so i had to flash it again and thats when i ran into the problem, i suggest you post a proper procedure people like me might be to excited and might not read what you wrote LOL
[Xperia Arc General] datagubben:
UK.184 is on the sticky thread on top of the Arc forum called "firmware index", but I will provide it here for you, lazy bugger! :p:p:D:D

http://www.multiupload.com/LEA95XC5J0
[Xperia Arc General] jatt101:
ahahha thanks man, so basically what you want us to do is flash the generic uk .184, and then flash the world generic .181, and then use gingerbreak to root it, and you have a rooted 2.3.4, but one thing that i dont understand is how does flashing the uk firmware prevent the battery problem, and why does it even occur?
[Xperia Arc General] datagubben:
Yes, do that! And the the UK.184 stops the battery problem. Why? I don't know. It just works. You need people who tries different combinations and this time my combination worked. :cool:
[Xperia Arc General] grat_master:
nvm !

so flashing uk .184 first, then global generic .181, root, then ota to 2.3.4 !

thx for that solution ! you are THE man ! (or woman ?)
[Xperia Arc General] rubenswing:
okay datagubben i am suffering from the battery problem and if i flash to .184 then .181 and then to 2.34 does the battery problem go away?
[Xperia Arc General] datagubben:
Coming from 2.3.4 already:

Yes, flash UK.184 first then Generic_World(Nordic).181 + make Root and then OTA. You will then have rooted 2.3.4 and being a happy man/woman without battery problem.

Did you not read the first post? :p:p
[Xperia Arc General] datagubben:
I only have one "thanks" for this discovery :(
[Xperia Arc General] rubenswing:
First of all thank u for telling us all the proper way to do it, secondly yes i read your first post but i guess u skipped where i said that i am suffering from the battery problem and if i did ur method of flashing would my existing problem go away, well i tried it nevertheless and it still remains ..... but thank u once again for pointing out the correct way of doing it. :)
[Xperia Arc General] Pynzeta:
:) thanks bro :D now i have root in 2.3.4.
[Xperia Arc General] datagubben:
Ok, here we go:

-Turn off your phone and flash to UK.184 firmware.

-Start your phone and agree to the normal stuff (note: no battery problem).

-Turn off your phone once more.

-Flash Generic_World(Nordic).181 and start your phone again.

-Plug in your USB-cable to the computer and phone again.

-Make sure USB-debugging is activated in the settings menu.

-Install Gingerbreak 1.2 and press "Root the phone".

-The phone reboots by itself in about 20 seconds after pressing Root.

-After reboot and a long wait, go to settings and install OTA.

-Phone collects firmware OTA and reboots many times.

-Now Its working and you have rooted 2.3.4?

Don't touch anything else during this procedure.
[Xperia Arc General] AuspeX225:
My arc keeps telling me "could not update" at the ota part of the procedure. Any suggestions?
[Xperia Arc General] zup2sky:
Can anyone confirm whether this method will work or not?

I have unlocked rogers arc.
[Xperia Arc General] datagubben:
As far as of today, (I just read a new post on Swedroid forum, and he was also coming from 2.3.2 and flashed 2.3.2 again and it was no problem). But coming from 2.3.3 or 2.3.4 is a very sensitive issue or problematic when going back to .181

Still not known why or any complete fix readily available.

Therefore I can not answer the question, since I only used this (uk.184) method from 2.3.3 and 2.3.4

Maybe somebody else? ;)
[Xperia Arc General] Manneman32:
I followed the instructions from top to bottom and it worked really well. I´m on OTA and upgrading to 2.3.4 now.

I really don´t understand how anyone can haste through the guide without reading it once, twice and then again a couple of times. As long as it is followed it works really well.

In my case I had already upgraded to 2.3.4 so it was straightforward for me.

A big "THANX" from a fellow swede!

// Manneman, Kristianstad
[Xperia Arc General] centi50:
Get 2.3.4 root With Locked Bootloader

I had 3.0.1.A.0.145 Generic Saudi Arabia i flashed with wotanserver to 2.3.2 - 3.0.A.2.184 then root with gingerbreak. When i tried OTA I can Update i guess to 2.3.3 (4.0.A.2.368) according to http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1225257.

My question is If i want to Still have root on 2.3.4, do i have to flash to Generic world .181 Nordic to be Able to get OTA update to 2.3.4? If Yes, do i have to unroot then flash to .181 or i can just flash to .181 without unrooting and still be able to Update OTA to 2.3.4.

Can i use wotanserver Generic Trade Nordic as alternative to the .181 file offered on the post.

Advice will be appreciated

Thank you
[Xperia Arc General] Atlantis!:
I really appreciate your answer, I guess I'll follow the tutorial step by step so I can be 100% sure.

Greetings.
[Xperia Arc General] datagubben:
As long as you don't omit the uk.184 step described in the first post.
[Xperia Arc General] _cpg:
I just got my Arc last week and successfully completed the described procedure, going from 2.3.3 (145) to 184 to 181 and with fota to 2.3.4 (283).

I am fairly familiar with phone hardware/software and i must admit i was a little nervous, since there's no known reason why 184 seems to be necessary.

Gathered from the several posted logs, the bq27520 battery fuel gauge is the problem. There are different firmware versions for this chip in different roms and if the version in the chip doesn't equal the expected version at boot time, a flasher utility makes sure it does. If this flasher fails, the chip stops working correctly.

Since 184 and 181 share the same firmware version, 181 skips the update if 184 already did it. Based on this you'd think the update process in 184 is more reliable, thus being a safer option than going straight to 181. However, comparing the kernels and system images of both, there aren't any meaningful differences; the kernel only has some different timestamps and the system image has some different files, but nothing related to the bq27520.

It's possible the other parts of the phone firmware affect the updating process, and amss is certainly quite different, but that would require quite an effort to figure that out.

I was hoping to get a more conclusive answer to if/why 184 is necessary, but this is what i found so far.

Either way, it worked for me, thanks for the guide!
[Xperia Arc General] :
I'm just wondering if someone tried this without wiping data l, I know I can uncheck wipe data but I just wanna know if it affects anything and one more thing cause this is my first time to own an android phone wat is the good of rooting phones?
[Xperia Arc General] SXUsr:
Google "what is rooting and why should I do it".
[Xperia Arc General] St0rmer66:
Just to say... I used the method as in the original post and it's worked flawlessly. I'm now on 2.3.4 rooted and with no battery gauge issue :) .
[Xperia Arc General] Bazoocaze:
I'm running rooted Generic World LT15i 2.3.3 on my bootloader-locked Arc, and yesterday I got OTA update notification. I accepted it and successfully updated my system to Android 2.3.4, with functional root access. I think people already running rooted 2.3.3 (Generic World firmware) can safely OTA to 2.3.4 insteady of downgrading the firmware.
[Xperia Arc General] kenking125:
that mean i flash back Generic World firmware 2.3.2 then root it and OTA it also can get 2.3.4 rooted ?
[Xperia Arc General] visarya:
be careful, lot of folks have bricked there devices if they downgrade to 181 directly , downgrade to 184 first and then 181 to get root .

safest way to do it would be to unlock bootloader root via recovery and relock bootloader
[Xperia Arc General] itsup:
This doesn't work for me it always have 0% battery. Do I ever need to do something on the phone, just click next to the confirmations after flashing? Do I ever need to take out the battery? Thanks.
[Xperia Arc General] kenking125:
i now have 2.3.3 rooted hk firmware........i also can this way(flash .184 first,then 181) to get 2.3.4 rooted?
[Xperia Arc General] xperiax10.awesome:
Strange!! Donno wats wrong?? Any suggestions??

I tried the same procedure on my frnds Xperia Arc[I did it successfully 2 days back on my Xperia Arc], everything is Ok and now I have rooted 2.3.2 n now when I am trying for OTA:

1. Whole package is getting downloaded.

2. Its restarting several times.

3. Finally its showing, software NOT updated !!!

EDIT: I tried to repeat, now phone is not starting :(

S1_Cust_Root_9603";SIM_LOCK_ROOT="S1_SL_Root_c422";HW_CONF_ROOT="S1_HWConf_Root_08af";BIM_STATE="DISABLED";

07/052/2011 00:52:23 - INFO - Flashing adsp.sin

07/052/2011 00:52:26 - INFO - Flashing kernel.sin

07/052/2011 00:52:27 - ERROR - Error flashing. Aborted

07/052/2011 00:52:27 - INFO - Now unplug the device and power it on

07/052/2011 00:52:27 - INFO - Then go to application settings

07/052/2011 00:52:27 - INFO - turn on Unknown Sources and Debugging

EDIT AGAIN

:

Recovered my phone and again did the same thing, it worked fine :) But when I did the Factory Reset -> the CENTRE button STOPPED working :) Gonna repeat the whole process tonite, no factory reset after that...
[Xperia Arc General] datagubben:
Follow instructions on the first post, is it so difficult to understand??
[Xperia Arc General] rubenswing:
LOL :D datagubben started a simple thread to help folks out, by having 2.3.4 with root and most of the times I have seen him repeatedly saying,

in some variation(s)...sorry no disrespect here to u datagubben....but I just couldn't help having a good laugh....sometimes ppl really can't read the instructions clear enough or rather have some difficulty understanding them....but nevertheless u have done a pretty decent job of educating them..:)
[Xperia Arc General] ZyxeLa:
Do you remove some system apps? If yes, flash again and then try
[Xperia Arc General] rubenswing:
Try this http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1126358 or use SEUS to repair the phone
[Xperia Arc General] mohammed1978:
Hi All,

I have rooted 2.3.3 in UK firmware (Rooted) and I need to change the number in the build.prop to Generic World firmware so I can updated thru OTA? can any one make the update thru OTA with Generic World firmware to check the number in the build.prop.

I try this number but dosent work 1247-1061
[Xperia Arc General] rubenswing:
Have a look at this http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1096394&highlight=change+number+in+build.prop

Try this for world generic: 1247-0875
[Xperia Arc General] Bazoocaze:
I can confirm, I'm using in bluid.prop

ro.semc.version.cust=1247-1061

and successfully OTA from rooted 2.3.3 to 2.3.4
[Xperia Arc General] datagubben:
It is interesting to read all the posts, about people trying to obtain Root, other than the method described in the first post! :cool:

Hopefully it is because they try to find an optional solution to the LED/battery issue, or maybe they just don't know how to read? :p
[Xperia Arc General] Bazoocaze:
In my case, it is much simpler to use OTA directly than to downgrade the firmware first and run the risk of the battery problem. In addition, due to my laziness ;), making the update over the air results in less work than to downgrade and reinstall the system.

Sure it would be much simpler just to unlock the bootloader, but in my case I want to wait to make sure that the DRM issue in unlocking will not affect the functioning of a future official Netflix App.
[Xperia Arc General] kenking125:
who u can edit it? i cant change it ,it keep say it read-only~
[Xperia Arc General] Bazoocaze:
You can edit build.prop using the newest version of flashtool.
[Xperia Arc General] datagubben:
I understand, but what will you do once you have 2.3.4 already on the phone and you need to re-flash, perhaps due to a modding/permission mistake you made? ;)

The problem is not going up to 2.3.4 but going down from 2.3.4 once you made it wrong the first time - So I hope Sony Ericsson in Rio De Janeiro have lots of spare motherboards on hand...
[Xperia Arc General] rubenswing:
Yep I completely agree
[Xperia Arc General] kenking125:
how can u teach me? i cant click build.prop editor in my flashtool~it just white colout cant click it
[Xperia Arc General] picaron1:
Excellent tutorial, i doing step by step from .145 in LT15a that buy unlocked in USA and no led light problem, for Latin America i recommend this tutorial!!!
[Xperia Arc General] Bazoocaze:
To edit build.prop using flashtool, try this:

-Download this flashtool version 0.2.9.1 from here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=920746

-On the Arc, activate usb debuging on the Storage menu in Configuration app.

-Conect Arc in USB on your PC. Ignore PCcompanion message.

-Open flashtool, and wait to detect Arc.

-Search the option "Build.prop editor". It is grayed and cannot be clicked.

-Click the button "Ask for root permission" (your Ark must be rooted). Look in the phone display and allow permission.

-If the message do allow permission doesnt display on Arc screen, open the notification slider and choose to "disconnect memory card" and next choose "disconnect". Try again to ask root permission, and this time the message will popup on the Arc screen. Allow the root access.

-Now that flashtool gets root permission, you can use de build.prop editor to edit the settings.
[Xperia Arc General] kenking125:
Finally done the rooting~just follow the step,everything ok~thz
[Xperia Arc General] mohammed1978:
thank you but it didn't find any update for 2.3.4 thru OTA

---------- Post added at 08:38 AM ---------- Previous post was at 08:16 AM ----------

thank you, but also didn't find update for 2.3.4 thru OTA but when I try SE PC ubdate it dose find it but I didn't updated since I need it with root???
[Xperia Arc General] sebasgl1:
rooted, but for some reason myarc don't detect the OTA
[Xperia Arc General] caqo71:
I'm just wondering if someone here are from the old school of flashing SonyEricsson phones...

All related to flash old phones (K750, K800, C905, etc.), is said that in every flash, or modification of the phone, the battery has to be released and put again after a seconds, but this MUST be done before starting the phone for the first time after a flash or modification.

In this case, When I flashed the phone to .184 (I use this firmware because takes less time to get rooted), I take out the battery, and then put it back, AND THEN, I start the phone for the first time.... AND THEN I do the OTA thing to 2.3.4.

I never had the 0% battery problem, so I think that during the proces of flashing, phone changes from one ROM, to another, so the battery level gets confused. The act of release the battery for a while before switching on the phone for the fisrt time after flashing, solve the problem.....

Hope this help.....
[Xperia Arc General] xperiax10.awesome:
Guys, I just got new Xperia Ray today, just wondering if I can use the same method to ROOT and for 2.3.4 for RAY??!!!??
[Xperia Arc General] centi50:
Will I encounter problem downgrading from 2.3.4

Hello to everyone.

I followed the tutorial in this thread to get rooted on 2.3.4. I was having 2.3.3 3.0.1.A.145 generic saudia Arabia. All went well without problem. My question is if i decided to downgrade to 2.3.2 then root and OTA to 2.3.3 -4.0.A.2.368. will i get the 0% battery issue. I want to test .368 coz i find on 2.3.4 my battery drains faster than on 2.3.3 - 3.0.1.A.145.

My arc is Locked Bootloader rooted with gingerbreak

Thank you
[Xperia Arc General] mixterz:
worked for me rooted thanks :)
[Xperia Arc General] ashgan4ever:
My first ever try with rooting and its a success. Thanks to wonderful tutorial out here, was so easy.

145->Uk 184-> .181 World root + OTA= 2.3.4 rooted .

Tested by noob

BTW the OTA update was 102 MB
[Xperia Arc General] gallardo5:
can I use this method to root my Xperia Arc S?? or is there any other method to root Xperia Arc S without unlocking bootloader?
[Xperia Arc General] Emrul:
Thx mate. It seems working method. Now on OTA update for rooted 2.3.4 after following ur guideline. Hope everything gonna be ok. Thx.
[Xperia Arc General] AxoO69:
Hi

I have a problem with the tutorial

I follow steb by steb the tuto but when i do OTA it update me the 2.3.3 firmware, 4.0.A.2.368 BUT I have 2.3.4 option like Xloud theme ....

And now i have media crash and don't have screenshot option

Solution plz ?
[Xperia Arc General] nujhum:
With global you should not have problem ota to the latest .283.

.386 is before .283, its has xloud but not screen shot and panorama.

Try reflashing again. From uk generic .184 > global .181, gingerbreak > ota...

Should work fine.

Make sure you wipe data.
[Xperia Arc General] AxoO69:
Can't do without wiping data ?

---------- Post added at 05:28 PM ---------- Previous post was at 05:26 PM ----------

I also try to update but it's said that 2.3.3 is the lastest firmware..
[Xperia Arc General] AxoO69:
Now i have a new problem, gingerbreak 1.2 doesnt root my phone, i wait 30min... ^^"
[Xperia Arc General] SXUsr:
If it hasn't worked after 5/10mins, reboot and try again.
[Xperia Arc General] buzzinkeegs:
i followed the thread to a tee it worked 1st time thank u !
[Xperia Arc General] vmcuong:
Thank so much

I follow this this thread and it work perffectly
[Xperia Arc General] datagubben:
You can press "thanks" in the first post. :-)
[Xperia Arc General] D.greatOne:
Just wondering, can i use this method to root my Arc S LT18i? by the way, Hi, I m new to this..
[Xperia Arc General] datagubben:
No, you can not!
[Xperia Arc General] D.greatOne:
Thanks for the warning. I thought since Arc S LT18i have similar build with Arc LT15i maybe this way could be possible. Well, thanks anyway. I used to own LT15i where i did the flash and root and update to 2.3.4 and encounter the battery 0% and shut down. Send over to the company i purchased from, and they know nothing of such problem. Solutions they gave me, trade in with LT18i. :) anyways, thanks. which i read this post before i root my previous LT15i. :(
[Xperia Arc General] ArionSA:
Not working with mine either :(

---------- Post added at 03:47 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:20 PM ----------

Gingerbreak isnt rooting my phone, I wait at least 10 minutes, as soon as I run it, at the top it says 'sd card safe to remove', is it supposed to do that?
[Xperia Arc General] eccomania:
thank you very much :D i needed that kind of guide for my arc :D
[Xperia Arc General] datagubben:
Restart, try again. And yes, it's supposed to do that.
[Xperia Arc General] caqo71:
It's incredible that no one comment my post. I really wanna know if the 0% battery problem is related to my own post.

cheers again.:rolleyes:
[Xperia Arc General] _cpg:
I had the same when I rooted my arc, and figured since the rooting is related to the sd card, I connected it to the computer and it rebooted within seconds. This might help.
[Xperia Arc General] bolochan:
So, I rooted and upgraded my arc to 2.3.3 a couple of months back. I think in that process i used firmware 181. No sign of 184 on my machine, so, does that point to a potential LED problem should i try the upgrade detailed on the first post?

Thanks
[Xperia Arc General] AxoO69:
You just have to reformate your SD card :p
[Xperia Arc General] _cpg:
Ah, i didn't have to, sd card still had everything that was on it by default. The phone just rebooted and was rooted after i connected it.

It seems Gingerbreak would have gone on forever if i hadn't.