[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DooMLoRD:
bad news...

hmmmm.... so as the current situation stands... i contacted many devs and most confirmed that my X10 is dead and the only hope of reviving it was JTAG flashing...

here is wht the_laser said:

so after roaming around the city for 7 hours and trying to find some service centers/shops which could do this, i return with bad news and very disappointed... most had absolutely NO CLUE as to what i was talking abt... some said that they had ordered the material but would be arriving in 2-3 months... so this was a major setback...

i currently have a few alternatives...

i can order the hardware required for the above process... it would cost somewhere around ~200 USD to order it here in India and may take a month or so for it to arrive here... but i have absolute no clue as how-to use it/connectors/etc... and even if i get the hardware it will just be a trial n error types as the_laser said... so this is a far fetched option...

my X10 is anyways out of warranty (warranty got over 2 months back)... so i cant even send it to SE service center to get a "free" replacement... i can send it in and take responsibility to pay for the repairs... if they do repair it, they may replace the pcb/"motherboard" of the device which i dont have much idea as to how much time they will take and how much it will cost... my guess is if the SE service center does repair the x10, i will probably get it back in anywhere from 3-6 weeks (may be even more) and it will cost me around ~10000 INR (~200USD)...

another alternative is that i buy a new X10 (which will have one year warranty)[might be future proofing for further "destructive testing" ;) ]... new X10 costs around ~21000 INR (~430USD) [http://bit.ly/nLcbTw]... BUT paying SO MUCH for old hardware (lets face it X10 is fairly old now) is really not worth it... though the devices in India are factory unlocked (not simlocked), so i wont have any issues unlocking bootloader (by the files posted by the_laser)...

finally the last alternative is to go in for a used x10... i was searching around today and from the feedback i got from the shops, a used x10 should cost around ~12500 INR (~250USD) to ~16000 INR (~330USD)... which is ok for a used 1st gen snapdragon device... but as we all know the major issue plaguing x10 handsets is the flimsy USB port... so thats one major thing which i need to be careful of... also if the device is not sim-unlocked i may have to get it unlocked... if it was previously sim-unlocked then i have to pray that the sim-unlock is compatible with the unlock bootloader files posted by the_laser...

so thats abt it... i have some money from previous donations but its obviously not enough for any of this... if i am not able to raise enough money for getting a new (or used) x10 then i wont be able to continue my work further... rapid testing/experimenting requires me to have a working device else the whole process becomes VERY SLOW and i may eventually lose patience/interest... the process of posting test files/kernels and hoping them to work and then waiting for feedback from testers then bug hunting/fixing is VERY SLOW... :(

so i want to know wht u guys think?