[Xperia Play Android Development] mozzy:
thanks again for the reply

i flashed rom62 on to my play finally!

when it came to unlocking bootloader i followed the steps below, taken from another thread, it gave me a failed message and said my bootloader was already unlocked???

so then i tried to flash the kernel but got this message

C:\Documents and Settings\MAS\Desktop\fastboot>fastboot flash boot boot.img

sending 'boot' (6320 KB)...

(bootloader) USB download speed was 16342kB/s

OKAY [ 0.813s]

writing 'boot'...

(bootloader) Download buffer format: boot IMG

(bootloader) Flash of partition 'boot' requested

(bootloader) S1 partID 0x00000003, block 0x00000280-0x000002e3

(bootloader) Erase operation complete, 0 bad blocks encountered

(bootloader) Flashing...

(bootloader) Flash operation complete

OKAY [ 1.266s]

finished. total time: 2.078s

C:\Documents and Settings\MAS\Desktop\fastboot>

THEN I GET THE SAME PROBLEM LIKE BEFORE, BLACK SCREEN

so i flashed rom62 back onto my play, i have included the details below if they may help anyone

18/025/2012 03:25:16 - INFO - <- This level is successfully initialized

18/025/2012 03:25:16 - INFO - Flashtool Version 0.6.9.1 built on 2012-04-09 19:22:19

18/025/2012 03:25:16 - INFO - You can drag and drop ftf files here to start flashing them

18/025/2012 03:25:17 - INFO - Device disconnected

18/025/2012 03:25:22 - INFO - Selected R800i_4.0.2.A.0.62_(1253-4437).ftf

18/025/2012 03:25:22 - INFO - Preparing files for flashing

18/025/2012 03:25:43 - INFO - Please connect your device into flashmode.

18/025/2012 03:25:55 - INFO - Device connected in flash mode

18/025/2012 03:25:55 - INFO - Opening device for R/W

18/025/2012 03:25:56 - INFO - Reading device information

18/025/2012 03:25:56 - INFO - Phone ready for flashmode operations.

18/025/2012 03:25:56 - INFO - Start Flashing

18/025/2012 03:25:56 - INFO - Flashing loader

18/025/2012 03:25:58 - INFO - Loader : S1_Loader_Root_773f - Version : R4A066 / Bootloader status : ROOTED

18/025/2012 03:25:58 - INFO - Flashing adsp.sin

18/026/2012 03:26:01 - INFO - Flashing kernel.sin

18/026/2012 03:26:03 - INFO - Flashing amss_fs.sin

18/026/2012 03:26:03 - INFO - Flashing fota1.sin

18/026/2012 03:26:04 - INFO - Flashing fota0.sin

18/026/2012 03:26:05 - INFO - Flashing amss.sin

18/026/2012 03:26:16 - INFO - Flashing cache.sin

18/026/2012 03:26:17 - INFO - Flashing system.sin

18/028/2012 03:28:25 - INFO - Flashing userdata.sin

18/028/2012 03:28:28 - INFO - Opening TA for writting

18/028/2012 03:28:28 - INFO - Closing TA

18/028/2012 03:28:28 - INFO - Ending flash session

18/028/2012 03:28:28 - INFO - Flashing finished.

18/028/2012 03:28:28 - INFO - Please wait. Phone will reboot

18/028/2012 03:28:28 - INFO - For flashtool, Unknown Sources and Debugging must be checked in phone settings

18/028/2012 03:28:28 - INFO - Device connected in flash mode

18/028/2012 03:28:30 - INFO - Device disconnected

18/028/2012 03:28:31 - INFO - Device connected in flash mode

18/029/2012 03:29:11 - INFO - Device disconnected

18/029/2012 03:29:42 - INFO - Device connected with USB debugging off

18/029/2012 03:29:42 - INFO - For 2011 devices line, be sure you are not in MTP mode

18/036/2012 03:36:00 - INFO - Device disconnected

I then did a little reading up and found out that if i type *#*#7378423#*#* and get into the service menu i can check to see if my bootloader is unlocked or not,

heres what mine says:

Rooting status:

Bootloader unlocked: Yes

Whats goin on here?? Am i doing something wrong or missing any steps??