yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] rhumbus:
Unlock Bootloader new 2012 security

Does anyone know how to unlock the bootloader on 2012 new security Xperia handsets? I know the official method works, but I want tot avoid as long as there's another way of doing it.

cheers.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] RivaultUser:
Where I can find the settings/apps/all ??? I've checked using root explorer and I don't find any settings?

Well I'm using ES File Explorer, and I also change it in the Xperia S music player...

Thx a lot, I'm going to try that. I'm going to tell you the result after....^^:D
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] Kratellismorru:
KERNEL problem

Good day sir, I wanna know why does my phone do not accept other kernel except for the kernel provided in the Custom ROMS (I Have used, jj's ROM, Rayonium ICS and now KA20.1), I want to overclock and undervolt my phone but the due to the problem, I just can't do it,..

Anyway, my problem is that, everytime I install other kernel except for the provided, my phone goes into boot loop (Sony logo then bright screen then black and Sony logo again), any help would be so much appreciated!) :laugh:
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] Wechy77:
I think you have locked bootloader. Only on unlocked bootloader can you flash custom kernel. If your phone is sim free, then you can unlock your bootloader by testpoint method.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] j sta:
Anybody? please, I cant find the ui board with microphone in any shop, the only two places that stock it say 6-8 weeks!

right now I have to carry the headset in my pocket to make or receive calls.

if I could

make the secondary mic a default one

for the time being, that would help a lot.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] Kratellismorru:
KERNEL problem

I Have my bootloader unlocked through the official method(yeah I know it sucks, but being a newbie in android shall explain), and my phone is also sim free,

Any idea?
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] MarkMRL:
I need help fixing a small issue I have in Gingerbread.

My phone doesn't scan for wireless networks automagically anymore. I have to manually go to wifi and do a scan, then it finds networks and it auto connects to my router. Also, when I turn on wifi, it takes a LOOOOONG time before it detects any access point.

I think this happened because I modified something related to wifi as instructed on some optimization I have read somewhere, but I honestly don't remember.

I don't want to do a repair because I'm too lazy to re-mod GB the way I like it, and also backupping apps and contacts is a major pain in the ass.

Any one of you experts know what might have gone wrong and where? I'd like my phone to scan for networks and autoconnect without me having to go all the way in the settings to force a manual scan.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] j sta:
Tiwlan.ini

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:laugh:

Sorry to hear that mate...:laugh:

Seriously tho, attached is my tiwlan.ini try it, might help. My wi-fi is snap. GB 2.3.4
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] RivaultUser:
Kernel

Hi everyone, thx for this thread. I have questions about Kernel, I've search all that I can about Kernel in XDA but I didn't find anything that explain what is kernel and the function of kernel.

So, my questions are :

- What is Kernel?

- If I want to change my ROM, do I have to change my Kernel to?

I'm a newbieee:fingers-crossed:
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] ForsakenNGL:
Is the core of any OS, communicates between the software and the hardware.

http://www.androidcentral.com/android-z-what-kernel

Not necessarily, just don't mix Gingerbread with ICS kernels because it won't work.

Read in each ROM's thread the recommended kernel.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] Benny.L:
0% battery but not charging

Hi,

I seem to have something weird going on with my ray (unlocked boot loader, test pin method, used to run Aires kernel and the repack ROM), it went dead during the night (possibly battery ran flat), now it doesn't charge (although the LED turns red), I've tried pretty much everything (I think), right now I've updated through SEUS with factory reset so I'm on latest version ICS but still the same problem (Battery 0%, charging A/C, 1 min 2 s on battery - but nothing of this changes). The cable should be fine as the device doesn't power off (which it does if I boot it without the cable plugged in) - it gets what it needs to run but doesn't charge the battery..

Any ideas on what to do? I noticed there was some similar issue with Arc's where they relocked the boot loader and patched somehow, is there a similar process for Ray?

Thanks,

Benny
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] j sta:
Hello Benny, so what you say is it runs on a cable only and not on the battery, and doesnt charge the battery?
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] vdubjim:
disasembly?

Ive been watching this russian video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pylypRqumTM

what are they doing at 0:46

i cant get that side off, and dont want to break it.

I dropped it, now it boots to kernal screen(xray) and shutsoff, like its a power problem. sometimes it make is alittle farther. Ill have to pop the battery out and in to reboot, same thing. tried the up volume to get to the loader screen, and it pops up, then shuts off. worked fine before the drop.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] imsudheer98:
By any means anyone are trying to port jelly bean for ray???????????????
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] Benny.L:
Yes, just checked with another ray, nothing wrong with cable or charger. Battery doesn't seem to be it either, even if it was in bad shape it should still charge (increasing battery %).
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] SEXperiaRay:
Shutter Sound menu on Xperia Ray

hi good day!

just wanna ask if there's a way to recover the camera shutter sound option on camera menu? i rooted my phone with this guide > http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1601038 and the only thing i noticed is that camera shutter sound doest have a off option (doesnt have the shutter sound option at all), it has the said option before i rooted it and to be honest i dont wanna do the repair>re-rooting process again. hope it can be helped.

edit:

fixed it, seems to be the problem was on tw firmware.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] j sta:
When you had another ray at hand, did you actually swap the battery -if have acces to, shouod try that first: known good charger, known good cable, known good battery, different wall outlet. If no difference, then it leaves just phone's internal (hardware or soft).

Batteries fqn develope a short, wouldnt boot or charge then.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] Wechy77:
Have you installed cwm? If yes, then you problem is maybe that in cwm thread first post is battery charge "defect" in offline mod.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] :
Hello,

Some strange problem here... The FM radio doesn't give sound just very very very silent. It can search and recognise channels. Music, ringtones, etc. all work. I was on KA21 and installed the walkman music player when it first appeared, then I changed to JJ'rom (without walkman) and still same problem... I've changed kernel too. Must say that when i installed the walkman, it wasn't working properly.

Verstuurd van mijn ST18i met Tapatalk
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] Sunra:
data encryption

I have a question regarding data encryption on ICS.

From some google searches I got the impression that ICS has an option for data encryption under settings->security->encrypt phone.

My problem is that I don't have the encrypt phone setting on my official SE ICS updated phone. I guess this has been disabled by SE.

Is there a rom with this option enabled?
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] :
I do not find this on my phone, I'm on JJ's rom. Never heard that was possible.

Regarding my fm radio problem, it seems to be something with sirkay's latest kernel. There are others with the same problem, so I'll stick to older kernel till it's fixed.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] shahroze24:
Help with Wifi

Okay, so whenever i install any based ics rom on my phone, google services such as Google play stop working, because they fail to sign in. Wifi generally works for websites and stuff but things like gmail and other google services dont log in. over all wifi also tends to disconnect more often. i dont really know much about basebands so i flashed a newer one

.70 to .72 but that didnt seem to solve anything either

any help, any opinions on what the problem might be?
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] desaturated:
Is there Newest CWM installer for our ray,

the update that doesn't have off charging bug on ICS?

thank you
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] j sta:
Seams like sony took to account the processing power of the specific phone regards the encryption. Not all phones have it.

There's Encryption Manager on PlayStore -uses AES. Might try that, see how your phone (and sd card) copes.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] Raider_:
I just installed the lg launcher posted here->http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1755346 and the widgets look weird can some one help me :/
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] geekoo:
I switched a few roms yesterday trying to make things work. Moved from Stock GB to Stock ICS, and then tried 3-4 MiUi which did not work and finally went to Rayonium 7 which too did not work, and after another try, it worked.

So finally I am on Rayonium 7 ICS. However now my WiFi works erratically. WiFi MAC Address and Bluetooth Address in the phone status shows unavailable. Is this normal?

When I turn wifi on, it gets stuck in the turning on status for many minutes and there is no way to turn it off. I have to reboot the phone.

Anyone have any idea on what is happening?
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] ForsakenNGL:
http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=27011466&postcount=48
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] ghazalaksaharak:
Camera work such as NeoV?

hi there all dear.

there is any ROM or App that in witch camera work as NeoV or etc.?

while taking Picture camera's flash work(turn on and then automatically turn off)?
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] RivaultUser:
Hey man, I wanna ask something.

I'm going to do something with my Ray, but I already prepare a cwm backup.

If something happen to my ray, then I can use that backup to restore my Ray right?

restore it perfectly like at the moment I created that backup

Am I correct?????

I'm a newbieee:confused:
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] *boy*racer*:
that is 100% correct mate
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] borg17a:
Swap Partition for more ram on our xperia ray?

Is there any kernel who supports a swap partition on xperia ray to get more ram? I am wondering why not all ROMs support swap by default :confused:

Thanks!

PS: I know the disadvantages of swap partition on a slow SD-card.

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I don't think so. But you can use the app Vignette!
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] -Jesco-:
Yeah ! Is there any ics kernel that support swap partition for more ram ? oo
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] nischal.m:
4.1 on ray?

will xperia ray be receiving 4.1 update? very excited about project butter! :D
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] RivaultUser:
Hey guys, I wanna ask something.....

I want to mod my Ray with these :

-http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1448552 (Version 1)

-http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1479724

But I don't know how to do it, well I know but I'm not sure and I'm to scared to bricked my phone( kinda silly, but I'm a newbie-.-)

Sooooo, correct me If I'm wrong okay :

1. Download those

2. Move to SD card

3. Flash via cwm

4. And if anything bad happen, use restore via cwm

And I wanna ask how to remove them?

Thx a lot^^, appreciate your answer:o.

I'm a newbieee:fingers-crossed:
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] radoy1995:
Can someone help me with this bug in TempleRun

I am on custom rom RayOniumICS.v7 and sirkay custom kernel

P.S. I have repair it with force gpu rendering from dev options :)
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] adulfo:
For all of you who want to format the phone number of your phone to have your country code, example 09123456789 to +639123456789. Go to this site.

http://splitbrain.github.com/googlephonefix/..

Be sure that your phone is online and sync is on... At first try only few are formatted, so just go back or refresh the page, it will load the other contacts that is not in correct format.

This will result to duplicate contact to your phone, so just "merge duplicate contact" if you have that feature. This MMS. apk have that feature. http://www.mediafire.com/?nx9bgl4j7lad494, from jjdoctor addons..

Just sharing....:D
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] smidge99:
Hello there,

Basically this is my first post and yes I am indeed a noob to this and quite honestly I feel way way out of my depth. Anywho after doing numerous research I have come to a conclusion that I am very confused and need to seek help/advice on this matter.

Basically I want to be able to flash custom roms on my xperia ray and remove all that bloatware in all making my device run smoother on a whole. I am confused when it comes to the extensive amount of things to download and just do not know where to start. Having read many guides I have also noted that the andriod version and build number can complicate things so i'm posting mine : Andriod- 2.3.4, build number:- 4.0.2.a.0.62.

I throughly appreciate any one that will take the time to reply to this as i'm well aware that it is a burden, if someone could please give me a checklist of what i need to download and where to start which brief steps to help me with that aim:fingers-crossed: it will be very much appreciated, Thank you for your time in advance.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] qazishehryar:
Help!!!!

Hello guys :) .... I am new to this forum and android world and i bought xperia ray 3 days ago which is my 1st Android Phone ...... it is currently running stock android 2.3.3 build number: 4.0.A.2.368 everything on stock ..... now i want to install this custom rom: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1679658

... The problem is i am very new to this android stuff, rooting, installing custom rom and kernel etc ..... i spent two days trying to figure out what to do.... i have successfully unlocked the bootlader (i don't know what that is either lol :p) via sony's official method..... i want to install the above stated rom... the guy has given three files 1. Rom in .zip, 2. a .ftf file (i don't know what is that and what to do with it) and 3. Link to kernel ..... Now i have learned somewhat how to use Flashtools and have downloaded the o.8.6.0 and installed it in my pc.... now please can any one guide me how to upgrade my stock 2.3.3 to the above stated rom.... please guide me step by step..... Thank you and wonderful forum :)
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] RivaultUser:
Dude, I need help.....

My friend is already root my phone( I don't know the procedure) & I have SuperUser installed. He also has done a lot of things :

-Change my music player with Xperia S music player

-Change my status bar to Statusbar widget mod

But with this root checker, It says that :

http://postimage.org/image/r87mv0c45/

http://postimage.org/image/yyc9a3t0z/

http://postimage.org/image/m9hyqfmwj/

So? Am I rooted? And if I want to get rooted, should I just rooted it again?
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] adulfo:
If you just want the ICS, you can use the Sony PC companion but you just have unlocked the BL so just try this. This is for locked bootloader but I think this will work for unlocked bootloader also. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1682224

It's perfect cause you already know Flashtool, just read the comments in the thread.

JJ's rom is the Official Stock ICS but rooted, there are lots of way to root your phone...

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Dude you are rooted!!! Try running Titanium back-up, busybox, root explorer etc, it would run only on rooted phone. You can't change system apps if you are not ROOTED....
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] RivaultUser:
Hey guys, I just wanna ask :

if I trapped in a boot loop, what should I do?

Can I use restore in cwm?

I'm a newbieee:fingers-crossed:
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] adulfo:
Yes as long as you have back-up. You can even use advanced restore if you know what went wrong, could it be in the system, data....
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] RivaultUser:
Hey guys, I wanna ask this :

I want to flash a new keyboard to my Ray, but before I want to flash it through cwm. Can you tell me how to uninstall it?

( This keyboard is just for an example though, can you also please tell me how to uninstall permanent apps like McAfree from my Ray ???)

I'm a newbieee:fingers-crossed:
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] bo6o:
Hi, my girlfriend dropped her Ray, being in a bag, in the sea just for a second. Two seconds after that I pulled out the battery and started cleaning the wet. Then we put it in a cup of rice(it absorbs water very good) for two days. The wet indicator is 1/3 red(even less). We couldn't start it anyway. When we got back, I plugged it to the PC and with some skills, I managed to reinstall the firmware - it all went well, but it doesn't start.

When I put the battery back and push the power button, the led blinks 3 times red and nothing happens. So obviously, there's still some hope to start the phone(the warranty is out of question). Does anyone know what the 3 red blinks means?

Please, send me a PM also, if you know. Thanks.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] Yungfu:
Ok, i flashed to ics real lite v1.1 and am using rage kernel. Its a clean install and didnt use any backups. I only restored my contacts via memory card backup and messeges via sms backup app.

My problem is sometimes when i get a call, i get a black screen. I press the power button to turn my screen on then i unlock my screen then answer the call. When i do that i get an error bout "com.android.phone" not responding. Whenni click ok, my prone drops the call and i cant even see the caller via call log, its so frustrating. Ive read around and ppl suggested i delete a few messages from "reject call with message", but i cant find a delete command in there. Secondly, there was this suggestion about clearing the contacts cache and stuff via app manager. This only deleted my whole contact list and was never able to get it back till i did a reinstall of the rom. I dont use facebook or some other app, my setup is bone dry basic, i only use sms backup app.

I also tried using another rom, the full version of real ics v4, still nothing. Any help would be appreciated as i really like this rom.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] qazishehryar:
Thanx a million :d

Dude you rock man ..... i successfully flashed my Xperia Ray to ICS and rooted it and installed CWM using your given link... Thanks bro
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] seljachina:
is there way to automatically receive files over bluetooth (android gingerbread), without confirming every time?
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] ForsakenNGL:
If you want custom roms, custom kernels are highly recommended. You have to know to unlock your bootloader for that (testpoint method and official method by Sony), you choose which one you want.

Read also how to use Flashtool, and the general FAQ.

Also, check how to root your build, there are several methods and not all apply to all builds, the threads are here.

It's a must to have CWM recovery and be ready with backups in case some goes wrong.

Once you unlock your bootloader you should go through the available roms here, Gingerbread or ICS, it's your choice.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] j sta:
Get "Bluetooth File Transfer" from play it does that and more - only way for me to connect with galaxy sii and with kodak kiosks to print pictures... Before, the phone would say paired, not connected, would send files that would never have arrived.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] adulfo:
You can uninstall/delete system apps in system/apps, be sure to mount R/W a restart is needed afterwards to fully delete it.

Originally from hansip87's tutorial:

Browse to /etc/customization/applications and /etc/product/applications with Root Explorer. This is the storage of additional bloatware from the distributor that will get installed on next reboot. Delete any of the unneeded apps here.

You can find McAffee either in those directory.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] RivaultUser:
Hey guysss, I want to have a new ROM on my Xperia Ray, and I want to ask few things before I flashed it. Things that I want to ask :

1. Is changing ROM dangerous? Will it make my phone brick by any chance?

2. What does it mean by "If you want a clean install of the main ROM"?

3. Why should we wipe all the cache? ( What's in there ?)

4. I've prepared a cwm backup. If something happens, I should be able to restore it to my old ROM right ?

5. What is a fastboot? (function, how to get it there, is it same with recovery ?)

Thx again y'all !

I'm a newbieee:cowboy:

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Hey man, thx for your reply. I've tried what you tell me to do, and this is what happened :

1. I opened /etc/customization/applications -----> empty.

2. I opened /etc/product/applications -----> found it but couldn't delete it.

What does it mean by "be sure to mount R/W" ?????

Thx a lot man!
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] adulfo:
1. Yes, if not properly done, but as long as you have ClockWorkMod, you can restore your back-up. Don't worry.

2.In CWD, factory reset; wipe data,system, dalvik cache..

3. You can google for what is cache, it is a small storage of the apps that you are recently using for ease/fast of access/running.

4.Yes. Just post if you can't.

5. There are many ways to access fastboot, I just use Flashtool.. You can find it in threads in the dev section.

Like this.. See attachment.. You can't delete system apps if it is only mountedR/O(read-only). R/W means read write..
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] RivaultUser:
what kind of root explorer that you use? I use ES Root explorer and I don't have that kind of choice 0_o

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What kind of root explorer that you use? I use ES root explorer and I don't have that kind of option? 0_o
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] adulfo:
I use Root Explorer (File Manager). This. http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?t5ocf6zim4epa2y...

You ca also download it in 4shared.