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[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] Tan9890:
I have a.62 on my phone.. do i need to downgrade it to .42 or .368 before rooting?

Well..

I have upgraded my phone to .62..

I came across posts that said rooting is not possible for .62.. It seems the zergrush exploit isnt working..

So, I've been trying to get my phone to the .42 firmware. Is this necessary?

Also, I think, its necessary to flash the .42 firmware before rooting my phone, right?

SO i've been using Flashtool 0.6.7.0... but my phone just keeps disconnecting after a few seconds.. I know this issue has been discussed before..

But first I "think" I unlocked my bootloader using the testpoint method.. because my phone isn't booting up after the process..

So, i just need someone to guide me through this process.. I might be going wrong somewhere..

Thanks a lot... Appreciate all the help..
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] *boy*racer*:
Did you try the SEUS software 1st? And is it booting up?
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] nectons2000:
Hello all

Hello to all.

I was at .62 and after hard search i managed to unlock the bootloader and root the phone succesfully. Everething was PERFECT. Until i make the stupid move to flash a cwm.

After that time every try every flash every search i made i cant find a solution to my problem.

The problem is after selecting the language never keep the selection and after every rebooting the phone it asks to select language again :(

It goes to lock screen and when i unlocking the screen is going to language selection. Every single time.. damn.

What i am asking now. I tried every cook in this section and i searchead every post/thread. I just..

NEED to go back to official .62. NOTHING else. If i lost root or lock the bootloader i dond mind. I just want to go back. Offcource if there any way to keep the unlocked bootloader and / or the root this will be the greatest thing.

But my first need is to GO BACK to official .62.

Any help it will be great apreciated.

THANKS!
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] *boy*racer*:
Use a software called SEUS (Sony Ericsson update service) or flashtool.

These two will not lock your bootloader, but will lose root.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] hansip87:
you should do anything about flashing with fastboot mode. Try to flash aire's kernel (bootpe7.img) from fastboot and then try to boot from that.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] holst75:
i have to day .42 roooted Locked Bootloader.

Can i update to .62 OTA and still have rooted ray?

i have read that in Neo thread (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1489752)... will it work on ray?
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] nectons2000:
...

Apreciate. I will try asap.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] negativecr33p:
Good day, i'm new here, and I thank you guys for all the posts, they were all helpful, and i've learned alot of things for my phone. Anyway, I have a problem with a certain game on my phone, particularly shadow guardian. The graphics of the menu has a blank rectangular shape, and in game, the graphics of the blood on screen are just blank. Does anybody have a fix for this?
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] Andiiboy:
Hi guys, hopefully you have taken time to notice my plea, to cut a long story short, i had an X10i (rip old friend) an through the diamond geezers on this great site i managed to debrand and update it, recently though i have purchased an ST18i RAY which is locked to orange, unfortunately i have forgotten how to debrand, i have read the other threads but am none the wiser, all i would like to do is debrand without screwing up wifi (which seems common) or any other ability........please help an old dog learn some new tricks.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] Tan9890:
Thanks all..:)

Hi..

First of all, thanks to all those helped me.. :) my phone's workin just fine after SEUS update..

I even got a hang of flashtool, SE Extreme Tweak Installer, root explorer droidwall and stuff.. Just LOVING it!!

I have some more doubts..:)

Now that i have CWM in my phone, i want to flash a custom rom on it..

which is better? i mean where should i start? MIUI or CM7? Also, which version is the safest?

Also the tutorial says, i need to flash a kernel.. boot.img to get the rom running.. SO, when i'll have to get my stock rom back do i need to flash another original kernel? so as to "not void the warranty"?
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] KID107:
Can not access Service Menu

after mod ROM by this way:

[ROM]Xperia Ice Cream Pureness[Build 11][ICS 4.0.4][Ray][08.18][LOCKED/UNLOKED BL]

Everythings is good now, fast, beauty and new.

But I can not access Service Menu by calling *#*#7378423#*#* code

After reading sth, I guess because I may be using a MOD ROM. Is it true?

But now, is there any way to access Service Menu for reading some information of my X-ray?

Or sth is similar with it.

Thank you so much! :victory:
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] adulfo:
Here: Just don't mind how it became only 7MB.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] hafatih27:
how can i sort messages in stock sms app? i got them unsorted coz i restored hundreds of messages using sms restore app from store. i'm pretty sure this is stock app's problem coz i can see the messages well sorted in third party app like gosms.

i'm currently on stock .587 firmware. rooted, bootloader unlocked.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] Anoopnk:
No you can't ..

Flash another with service menu rom to view some information that you want !!

Sent from my ST18i
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] cult of personality:
is there a custom rom on a locked bootloader for gingerbread?

and is it safe to remove these files because I can't find the update or apks for them

*FBCalendarSync.apk --- Sony Ericsson Facebook Integration Calendar Sync

*FBMediaDiscovery.apk --- Sony Ericsson Facebook Integration Media Discovery

*FBMusicLike.apk --- Sony Ericsson Facebook Integration Music Like

*FBNotificationPublisher.apk --- Sony Ericsson Facebook Integration Facebook Notifications

*FBSetupwizard.apk --- Sony Ericsson Facebook Integration Setup Wizard (not needed to setup or for FB Integration to work).

*SEMCFacebookService.apk --- Sony Ericsson Facebook Integration Service
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] Anoopnk:
As long as you don't use then u can remove !!

I prefer to disable it instead of removing !!

Sent from my ST18i
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] KID107:
how to mod auto brightness for X-ray ICS 4.0.4

Anyone know how can mod Auto Brightness in ICS 4.0.4??? Please guide me how to do please. :(

I've tried to read at here and many others, but I can't see the clear difference.

There're many guides, but which is suitable for Xperia Ray ICS 4.0.4??
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] holacbz5:
How can I permanently delete from the system a wallpaper picture?
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] zdoe:
can't boot to recovery

xperia ray - from china. trying to get CyanogenMod on it. it reports as rooted on CWM auto-installer, says CWM is installed.

but can't for the life of me get it to boot to recovery. have tried almost all the tools that are to be found in this forum and elsewhere, except for flashtool that only seems to have crippled download links available.

running DooMLoRD_v4_ROOT-zergRush-busybox-su or se extreme tweak 1.8 nothing happens after the first few lines. screen from SE extreme:

adb shell rm /data/local/tmp/*

rm failed for /data/local/tmp/*, No such file or directory

adb push "data/install_cwm" /data/local/tmp/install_cwm

and then nothing...

maybe i'm just unable to disable fastboot - but then how WOULD i disable it?
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] adulfo:
Have you installed SDK drivers? USB Debugging ON and MSC when running that.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] zdoe:
yes, i have SDK installed and the phone shows up as "Sony sa0102 ADB Interface Driver" on the device manager. but i have NOT downloaded device-specific driver for this phone. should i? where to find it? USB debugging is ON and MSC is in use.

what's strange to me is that the sd-card shows up as an active device on the device manager - though inaccessible when in debugging mode.

two other strange things are that when ROM manager is looking for clockworkmod that it wants to download, it always fails. and i can't log onto working VPN connections to see if ROM manager's download links are behind the great chinese firewall.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] adulfo:
You should download it. It is just a few 5kb (?).. You can google that. it starts with :android_winusb.inf". Install it by right clicking it.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] zdoe:
unable to boot to recovery - xperia ray

ok - downloaded it, and have "Android ADB interface" in the device manager instead of the old sony one.

plus i was missing the path statements to the SDK, which i now added. so now at least i get:

Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7601]

Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\Users\john doe>adb devices

* daemon not running. starting it now on port 5037 *

* daemon started successfully *

List of devices attached

434235313156354D4346 device

- e.g. - SDK is recognizing the phone. but SE extreme tweaks still does nothing - the screen stays at:

------------------------------------------------------------

adb shell rm /data/local/tmp/*

rm failed for /data/local/tmp/*, No such file or directory

adb push "data/install_cwm" /data/local/tmp/install_cwm

????
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] adulfo:
Try to install busybox first.. have you enabled usbdebugging?
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] zdoe:
unable to boot to recovery - xperia ray

yes, busybox is installed (and reported correctly installed) by the steven ericsson's utility. and usbdebugging is enabled in the menus - i don't know of anything that needs to be specifically installed for it.

the captchas on this forum are too much for me! - i'm spending as much time on refreshing / trying to figure out as i'm spending writing the message.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] miguelmaldonado:
Hey..! Is there a way to use volume buttons as camera shutter as I don't use zoom..? I mean, with stock camera app.

Thanks a lot in advance..!

Sent from my ST18i
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] Anoopnk:
How do i backup only data using CWM recovery ??

I don't want system backup !!

Sent from my ST18i
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] x-ray.advance:
Do I need unlocked bootloader to install xperia cwm auto-installer(now x-part)..??

Pls help..
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] Anoopnk:
No..

U don't need to unlock boot loader to install CWM !!

Sent from my ST18i
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] RivaultUser:
if you just want to restore the data, you can choose backup and restore/advanced/restore data

But if you want to backup only the data, perhaps CWM 6 has that
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] re444:
Gallery albume update issue

Hi,

having ICS 4.0.4 on my x-ray, when I copy new photos from my pc to sd card, and after unmounting/mounting sd card to let Gallery to update Albums and photos, new photos are not recognized :( there is the same issue with music files and music player... any idea?
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] ManthanRB:
Pre-rooted kernel for Ray
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] adulfo:
Try to clear data of Media Files found on settings/apps/all, restart and wait for few minutes. This will solve missing the album art of a music, if it has already an album art.. Maybe that could solve also the ones you have with Gallery....
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] guitarfreedom:
How increase brightness notification led?

Hi!

Anyone know what's the file and the strings that I can modify in GB in order to increase the brightness of notification led (like in CM 7) ?

Thanks
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] cult of personality:
is there a custom rom for a locked gingerbread bootloader?
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] adulfo:
Follow my thread: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1842040.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] guitarfreedom:
yes...I suggest this rom:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1834106

I'm using it and It's very very stable and smooth!
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] dejanxxxx:
I'm on 4.0.4 and kernel ST18i_4.1.B.0.587 and when I want to keep me outroot this, my question is, whether the I can root ST18i_4.1.B.0.587 4.0.4 with the kernel, or do I have to back to the 4.0.3 firmware that could root.This is errors
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] guitarfreedom:
Have you unlocked bootloader ?
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] dreezz:
^^ under xperia (in settings) make sure your device is seen as mass storage.

Noob question:

i'm now (happily!) running JJ's hybrid rom 3.2, with locked bootloader.

i read a lot about custom kernels, but didn't unlock my bootloader because i'm not sure about the advantages.

who can explain me, in simple english ;), why i should flash a custom kernel?
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] Anoopnk:
Battery backup

Otg

Accelerated performance

Zram

Init.d

And many more!!

Sent from my ST18i
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] zdoe:
how to unlock the bootloader?

back a few pages ago i was trying to get to recovery mode and failing. i've since learned how to get to it (tap on screen repeatedly once "sony ericsson appears 1st time). sucks how much time it took to figure this out. but "boot to recovery" doesn't work from ADB shell via USB, or from ROM manager, et. al. perhaps because...

...now i realize that the bootloader is locked on this one, even though it was supposed to be unlocked when i bought the phone.

being a relative noob, i'm wondering if one of you more seasoned hackers could write a step by step on how to unlock it. i don't care about warranties and such, just don't like anyone holding me back in any way, after all i paid money for this phone!

also - does someone have a working download link to flashtool - this business of "wait 30 seconds / a day / etc." is a royal pain. and from what i gather, i need that software to unlock the bootloader. right?

ok - now i got flashtool. is it actually going to work?, given:

Rooting status:

Bootloader unlock allowed: No

on the configuration screen? can i proceed, or i should just return the phone and get one where it'd say Yes?

cheers.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] dreezz:
ehm,

i guess i don't need many of this, because i don't know what you mean :eek:

what i would like is a better battery life. i'm now on 806/122mhz/noop via NoFrills

can a custom kernel improve this?

and are there advantages of a custom kernel that i would understand?
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] Anoopnk:
About battery life,

Yes custom kernel has it..

Giving governer to smartassv2 is much more battery saving!!

We say custom kernel because it is highly customisable !!!

Sent from my ST18i
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] sony.xperia:
you need to read this thread if you want to unlock your bootloader:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1363847

http://androidflip.com/unlock-xperia-phones-bootloader-without-losing-drm-data-track-id-working/

I'm not sure if you can unlock your bootloader given the status of your phone.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] CaliburManiac:
Reboot when no signal.

hey guys, I got a problem with my ray. It's always rebooting when it loses signal (or straight reboot after entering PIN if it cant get any signal).

ATM running NeilDownx MIUI but I think its not a ROM issue.

I've made 2 logcats via adb (started right after booting, entered PIN and then it rebooted again), so im gonna attach them.

Would be great if anyone with big brains could have a look into it and say if theres smth that could cause this problem OR if thats an already known issue.

Thanks
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] manan.dope:
HELP!!

I tried Phandroid and CM10 FXP......

The screen fluctuates when try both.....:(
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] omegatari:
I've read a lot of thread about custom ROM but I don't know what ROM is fulfill my requirement. (@_@)"

and I've a qeustion?

Now, CWM have a problem with ICS?
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] hubayzsolt:
HELP!!! My Xperia Ray doesn't turn into fastboot...

I need help to turn my phone into fastboot. It doesn't do anything when I push the volume+ button... ST18i 4.0.4 (4.1.B.587)

What shall I do?
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] Anoopnk:
Remove battery , insert it

Hold volume+ button and insert plugged USB cable ...

If led turns blue , then you are in fastboot mode !!

Sent from my ST18i
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] kailash494:
Xperia Ray Battery issue

Just bought a Used Xperia ray few days back ... I have just found that Except battery every thing is working just fine nd well only battery is making me cry :( I m newbie to android phone and it is my First one... My phone is on GB .. I even not get a Full one day of battery backup on very LOW LEVEL use of BATTERY only texting calling very often and using wifi and even When i dont use Wifi bluetooth etc.. i turn it off aswell.

Please Help me How do I Improve Battery backup ... i dont mind rooting and doing some other stuff Let me tell you again I'm NEWBIE !!

Thanks !
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] sony.xperia:
if you turn on your mobile data connection, most likely you'll only get around 12 hours battery life. this happens to other Android devices from other brand as well (except the one with extra large capacity battery).

you can improve it by:

- reduce some widgets on your homescreen

- use light (not high resolution) wallpaper, avoid using live wallpaper

- always turn off GPS, bluetooth, WIFI if you don't need it

you may consider to change your kernel, but for this you need to unlock your bootloader (check the sticky thread for the guidelines)
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] kailash494:
ICS ??

Let me tell you that Whenever I switch off and open th set again .. I get notification that My Data traffic is Disable... it means i have made Turned off my Mobile data connection , isn't it . ?

And Do I update to ICS .. ? will this help me for improving th battery .. ? and Make assure I won't get LAGGY phone as on GB it's working Awesum No lags very Smooth... !

Thanks
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] jagannn:
try to upgrade to ICS 4.0.4 : 4.1.B.0.587, its not laggy.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] negativecr33p:
can somebody help me, i am getting a black screen on my ray when i wake the screen with the power button, i thought the problem was the rom i flashed but i have alread flashed almost every rom (custom and stock) on here and the problem with the screen is still there
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] sony.xperia:
yeah.. when you disable the mobile data you'll get such notification. that means at that time your phone doesn't have internet connection. any apps which require the connection won't work properly (you won't get mail, fb, twitter updates, and so on). but, I'm pretty sure your phone will last longer.

if you use your phone a lot for gaming, I suggest you to stick on GB. it is smoother than ICS.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] aatifsumar:
Hey just got the XPERIA Ray. Is on stock GB. Unable to update to ICS as it says I am running the latest version of my phone software. Even tried using the PC Suite. My version number is 1252 6049. How can I force install ICS?
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] ForsakenNGL:
If you want to update via PC companion only, try to edit you SI number on the build.prop file, here's the list of the official number that have the update:

http://talk.sonymobile.com/thread/38358
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] Web_E:
unloking bootloader

I did all the steps into unlock bootloader using test point and receiving error for my xperia ray :crying:

Here is the log

Welcome to S1 tool.
That is small and crippled subset of SETOOL2 service tool.

DETACH USB CABLE FROM PHONE
REMOVE BATTERY FROM PHONE
ATTACH TESTPOINT
PRESS "READY", THEN ATTACH USB CABLE TO PHONE

PROCESSING ...
REMOVE TESTPOINT NOW, THEN PRESS "READY"

qcReceivePacket: can't get packet start.
Elapsed:24 secs.

Any help?

Boot loader unlock allowed : Yes

Build date 12W23

Can go to flash mode.

----- Update ----

Not possible because of new security feature by sony on the new build models. :mad:
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] vasek.x1:
GB ROM extracted files

Hey all,

will there be sombedy who could upload somewhere extracted GB ROM files, please? I might need just \system\etc\bluetooth, but I don't know yet; the bluetooth HF bug may be somewhere else... I would do it by myself, but I can't extract the system.bin file by using yaffey etc.

Thanks,

Vasek
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] riboswitch:
Since I installed ICS on my xperia ray I don't get a internet connection.

The Wlan icon will stay grey, sometimes I get a connection...

Maybe I have to change some settings from my router, but I dont know what.

on GB everything went smooth.

ribow
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] adulfo:
Have you Unlocked your BL?..Flash again the kernel..
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] riboswitch:
I fixed the problem finally!

To let u know:

open your router with ur browser, then change the frequenzy.

I changed it to n+b (or g) then all worked like a charm!

The frequenz was mixed before, which caused a loop in connecting imo.

Have a good day Misters
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] adulfo:
Good to know that....
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] RivaultUser:
Learning to be a developer

Hello you cool DEV out there!

I'm trying to be a developer now, I've searched in the entire xda but I cannot find a guide to actually edit / mod .apk( there are, but some of them use different kinds of example that I don't understand)

So I will start with basic thing like :

How can I change the search engine that this widget uses to searched things that I want it to search? ( Hope you understand X.X)

This is the link of the widget https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bgoog.android.search

Please help!!!!!!:fingers-crossed::fingers-crossed::fingers-crossed:

I'm a newbieee^^
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] hubayzsolt:
HELP!!! My Xperia Ray doesn't turn into fastboot...

I've tried it many times, and it's not working. Only charging and nothing else... What shall I do then?
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] Parkside:
Need a bit more info really.

Have you already rooted your device or are you trying to root.

Silly thing to ask, but you have enabled USB debugging right?
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] -Jesco-:
press and hold volume down and plug the usb cable into your phone ! done~
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] hubayzsolt:
Yes it's enabled, and I can't root this phone.. I want to try with an earlier stock rom... 4.0.2.A.0.42, I hope it will work... It doesn't work in fast boot mode, only I can flash it... and it is not enough for me!