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[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] puppet13th:
FTF from Sony Ericsson Update Service / PC Companion

FTF from Sony Ericsson Update Service / PC Companion

before you update your device using Sony Ericsson Update Service / PC Companion check firmware folder

Sony Ericsson Update Service :

"C:\Program Files\Sony Ericsson\Update Service\db\13740270\blob_fs"

PC Companion :

"C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Sony Ericsson\Update Engine\db\13740270\blob_fs"

delete/move all files "FILE_?????????"

after you update your device check that folder again,there should be 3 files like that

example :

67.498 FILE_278020564

175.145.913 FILE_278544903

15.610.683 FILE_278545001

copy all of that files to any folder

move the smallest file (FILE_278020564) to loader folder

run loader.cmd to extract loader.sin

move loader.sin back to that folder

use flashtool to make ftf

Flashtool --> Advanced --> Decrypt Files

point to the folder with loader.sin

add 2 files "FILE_?????????"

on bundle creation

add all files

Fill "Device" "Version" and "Branding" field(this will make the ftf file name and info when flashing)
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] puppet13th:
Flashing FTF Without cache/data/system

Flashing FTF Without cache/data/system

1. Start Flashtool

2. Click Flash button

3. Select flashmode -- ok

4. Select firmware

5. Tick "Exclude system"

6. Untick "Wipe User Data" and "Wipe Cache"(this will preserve all user data)
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] puppet13th:
still working : uploading files . . .

completed . . . ready to go. :-D
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] the-osiris:
hi puppet13th,

thanx for doing such effort :D

finally, my Xperia mini got rooted (4.0.2.A.0.62) !!

it's a long way to achieve it, but it worths !

just want to add @ step 10, install busybox again via Flashtool before step 11.

and one more thing, to close flashtool before executing *.cmd to avoid problems :)

thanx again !
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] Rieken Yuki:
yeah.. :D im try it master.. thx :D
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] mo22i:
I would love to try this but i dont know where to start. :(

Where can i get all the required files? The rootable firmware package which is flashable via flashtool?
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] puppet13th:
there is 2 missing source :

1. rootable ftf firmware

2. latest firmware

for rootable firmware you can use any firmware number upto firmware 4.0.2.A.0.58 for your device

you need to find this file

for latest firmware can be obtain using Sony Ericsson Update Service or PC Companion.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] baiclark:
Its very complicated...i cant understand anything..
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] sonu3377:
sony ericsson pc companion updated to sony pc companion...so i cant find the blob_fs folder
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] puppet13th:
this structure on windows xp :

if you're using windows 7 maybe it have diffrent structure.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] sonu3377:
i found the blob_fs folder and deleted the files then i opened the sony ericsson pc companion to update my phone, but the software upgraded to SONY pc companion (not sony ericsson). All the folders in sony ericsson got deleted(including blob_fs folder). the new SONY folder does not contain the blob_fs folder. So any new method to root .62?
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] melander:
Based on my understanding,

This process is basically for rooted devices having older firmware than 4.0.2.A.0.62.

It is clearly indicated that you have to create a backup.

Meaning you need to have CWM on the phone, which is only available when phone is rooted.

To summarize, this is actually for updating to a recompiled .62fw that was downloaded thru SEUS or PC Companion.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] puppet13th:
this is up --> down --> up solution :)

1. up --> to latest firmware version

- to get firmware files from Sony Ericsson Update Service / PC Companion

- to make update zip (system partition) for later use

2. down --> to rootable firmware version (upto firmware 4.0.2.A.0.58)

- we can root and install cwm-recovery

- install update.zip from step 1 via cwm-recovery

3. up --> to latest firmware version using flashtool

- decrypt firmware files from step 1 to make flashtool firmware file(ftf)

- flash firmware excluding system partition(we already flash system partition from cwm-recovery)
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] puppet13th:
Sony PC Companion blob_fs on Windows XP
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] the-osiris:
Update your handheld using SEUS :

sonymobile.com/global-en/tools/update-service/

and Updated firmware would be in (Win7):

C:\Program Files\Sony Ericsson\Update Service\db\13740270\blob_fs
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] puppet13th:
Great finding,i have been looking for this link for ages :-D
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] flrscnt:
thanks.. :D

finally, my device have been rooted
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] bluemeda:
same with me,

to many step
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] n4s:
I managed to follow the tutorial and root but I had a small problem. In the end nothing was working for me because Busybox was not installed. Flash tool was not able to see root so I couldn't install busybox. I had to instal from market.

Thanks for this tutorial :)
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] puppet13th:
you might try another solution here :

Root .62 firmware solution in SK17i [XPERIA MINI PRO] (ACCIDENTLY SOLVED)

Rooting live WT19i 4.0.2.A.0.62 above without unlock bootloader for Noob
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] rod.oboe:
Hello,

Would it be possible to add update.zip content to ftf file or create a ftf file of cellphone rom?

Thanks.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] puppet13th:
I afraid that not possible.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] krstep:
I'm buming this old thread because I've did everything but the part to flash stock frimware. I was planing on using Wotanserver again but it's no longer free - ouch :/.

How the hell I'm going to flash .58 now ?
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] melander:
you could probably download a .42 fw here.

cant seem to find a .58 for your phone...
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] AryanAkanskh:
Well, for mini here's the instructions for downgrading and rooting..

Testd on my mini... Hopefuly if u manage to get the ftf 42 firmware for mini pro then u cn folow the instructions..

Else wotan server if u are ready to pay
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] AryanAkanskh:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1626215

Heres t link
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] jud1cat0r:
hi puppet13th,

my xperia active has the latest firmware already when i got it last year. is it still possible to root it using the procedure above?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danysan2002:
Hello Guys! I bought a Prestigio MultiPad PMP7070C tablet (it was really bad with the first launcher + pre-installed apps). I updated it to the last FW, changed launcher, but I'm very limited due to 256 mb of RAM.

I want to know how can I root it (I know there are tuts how to root froyo, but I know they are for every device particularly. After that I want to instal another ROM (official or custom), which is as clear as it can be. I want to get rid of the basic apps, but I need root to do that.

Can you help me please? Thanks!

FW version: 2.4.82 (Android 2.2.1)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danysan2002:
Bump! Can anyone help?
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jonnyboyC13:
So I saw today Android fork got merged back to the Linux mainline. Will this mean anything for atrix kernel development?
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jonnyboyC13:
surely someone must have some idea how this effects our beloved phone
[Wildfire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Danbarizer:
Hello, I Have a problem. I'm on CyanogenMod-7.1.0.1 and Screens Animations when you turn off/on doesn't work but before, the animations works perfectly. I havn't do special thing before the animations do not work. So, it's very strange. Do you know why? :)
[Wildfire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] usaff22:
You mean the CRT ON/OFF (screen off and on animations?) They arent on that build. They are on the latest nightlys though.
[Wildfire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Danbarizer:
Thanks, but Can I get the animations on this rom?
[Wildfire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] usaff22:
What ROM are you using? On CM7 Nightlys you can, most (if not all) Sense ROMs don't have it, CM7 stable I don't think has it either. The ROM developer might be able to include it in an add-on if you ask him kindly though :)
[Wildfire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Danbarizer:
I'm using Cm7 stable.
[Wildfire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] usaff22:
Nope, CM7 Stable doesn't have it. Now I remember not having it when I was on stable too.
[Wildfire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LucidSomnia:
CM7.2 RC1, is working flawlessly and the on/off animations work too. Have a try.
[Wildfire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Danbarizer:
Thanks, I will try this :)
[Wildfire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MattDN93:
I can confirm both CM7.2 RC1 AND CM9 RC0 have flawless CRT on/off animations. CM7.1 stable had very intermittent animations, sometimes it worked, sometimes not!
[Wildfire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] usaff22:
How do you enable the CRT animations in CM9?
[Wildfire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LucidSomnia:
Same way as with cm7 i guess.
[Wildfire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Danbarizer:
CRT on/off animations are working perfectly on Cm 7.2 :D
[Wildfire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nishantsikri13:
Having same problem
[Wildfire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gilbert_Sarip:
:)Thanks for the information:)
[Wildfire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LucidSomnia:
True about 7.1 , getting really frustrated at times.
[Wildfire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] usaff22:
Nope, it isn't in the sane place, I don think they have it in CM9
[HTC EVO 3D] animal7296:
So I just came across a story that I found interesting. Sanford C. Bernstein analyst says that bankruptcy for Sprint is "a very legitimate risk".

http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20120319-707703.html
[HTC EVO 3D] royshero:
That's what happens when u spend a billion dollars on iphones
[HTC EVO 3D] Rydah:
Doesn't say much really...

Sent Using My HTC Evo 3D, On The Now Network From Sprint!
[HTC EVO 3D] hegemon13:
Perhaps eventually, but they are a long way from the total shutdown type of bankruptcy. At worst, they'll do a restructuring bankruptcy, but I don't even think it will come to that. They have made some bad decisions, but in the very important metrics of customer satisfaction and retention, they are doing quite well. A company can recover from bad technology investments (Lightsquared, ClearWire). When they start hemorrhaging customers, that's when you really have to worry.
[HTC EVO 3D] eXplicit815:
It's LightSquared's fault... That, and putting all their eggs into the iPhone basket. But to be honest, it hasn't had a chance to bounce back from it yet.
[HTC EVO 3D] SoraX64:
A lot of people have been thinking about this, but no one has wanted to say it.
[HTC EVO 3D] Riff76:
Sprint will get bailed out if they were ever forced to close up shop. At&t and verizon are too big to be the only consumer choices.
[HTC EVO 3D] Overstew:
This is true. Just as the government's been helping banks.
[HTC EVO 3D] sgt. slaughter:
it has 0 to do with the iPhone...They already stated they were on track for meeting the iPhone goals much much sooner than the deadline. I think over a year sooner than scheduled...

the thing is the analyst is missing some key things when he went on to spout about spectrum as that is NOT a problem for sprint with clearwire and also their own 800MHz LTE with 1900LTE they will be on par with Verizon at the least bit...

The one thing that is a little concerning is the maturities of the debt due in 2015...Doesn't give NetworkVision much time to show its wings and get more customers...Though with any other piece of debt they likely will not have much trouble rolling that amount to a later date paying a lil more premium...
[HTC EVO 3D] xjman:
I've been hearing this same tune every few years about Sprint. I've been with Sprint 11 years now, and to be honest I'm considering switching carriers for the first time.

Over the past 2 years my personal experience with their customer service has extremely poor. I've considered VZW but I have to take into account data limits.
[HTC EVO 3D] sgt. slaughter:
If you've stuck around that long like I have then you might as well wait another year and see the effects of NetworkVision rollouts as they have already started and should greatly help most if not all issues like slow speeds and such...
[HTC EVO 3D] ronartest2005:
Well I can say that personally from my experience with the "NetworkVision" rollouts that they have done nothing in my area. They completed 1 data speed upgrade and 3 data capacity upgrades (I live 1 mile from a sprint tower) and they have done NOTHING to help voice/data services. My phone actually defaults to roaming now, so I will just wait for sprint to cancel me.

If sprint wanted to avoid this they should've began their "NetworkVision" rollout before they launched the iphone...Hell they should've done it before they launched the OG Evo 4g. They had NO business having smartphones on their dumb network. Now they are scrambling because people are saying screw it and they are paying an extra $20-$30 a month to go to verizon or at&t.

I really, really hope sprint can make it. But from what i've seen from these tower upgrades they haven't made anything better in my area.
[HTC EVO 3D] sgt. slaughter:
Those are NOT NetworkVision rollouts that your seeing on that website showing "data capacity upgrade" and such...those are mere lil band aid patches and should not be used in reference to what networkvision rollouts are...the NV rollouts involve a complete revamp of the cabinets and backhaul that will make dramatic differences in most of the troubled areas...

To put in perspective the backhaul changes are all being re-done to fiber or microwave based and the current backhaul is using the ancient bundled T1 based...

S4GRU.com has been putting up the rough rough schedule of the cities being done so far btw...
[HTC EVO 3D] efan3719:
not trying to be rude. just making an observation. the majority of the time i hear of people with bad things to say about sprint's customer service it's from customers that have been with sprint for roughly ten years. i've personally had no problems with sprint at all, but i've only been with them for 2 years. is sprint just not that friendly to it's long time customers?
[HTC EVO 3D] A2CKilla:
no, people just expect more then the average person which is dumb in my opinion, it's like buying a car and expecting it to fill itself up for you, but if the gas pump is crowed then you should be ahead of everyone else just because you want gas -_-, i've been with sprint for 5-6 years now and my parents have been with them for 13+ i've never seen an issue and if there was, either i took care of it or i gave sprint a call for a simple refresh, people that complain about sprint service probably complain about their drinks being too cold at a diner -_-
[HTC EVO 3D] ronartest2005:
Ah, I got ya. I just wonder how long (or if) for that matter sprint will do that where I live. Verizon currently has LTE here and it is fast, 20mbs down. But I am not in a large enough city that I think sprint will upgrade their towers within the next couple of years here. I really hope they do. Because I really don't want to leave for verizon. But it get tougher as each day goes by.
[HTC EVO 3D] wardfan220:
In my area VZW has LTE, USC is revamping all towers for LTE rollout, and Sprint still has about 100k download speeds. At the best I see 300k, it's getting old, it's been this slow for almost 2 straight years now. Unlimited....? Sure you can have all the data you can use, it's as slow as a dial up connection, but have at it,lol.

As far as the comment about Sprint meeting the iCrap expectations, yes they are meeting the expectations on selling them, but (and it was posted here somewhere) they are still losing money on the whole iCrap thing and will be for at least 2 years. Just because they're meeting the sales expectations doesn't mean it's making them money.
[HTC EVO 3D] aweskelo:
I was a fan of sprints until i.started consistently getting 70k down the past 15 months, hoping it would get better, hoping....hoping.....never happened. I'm willing to pay the extra dollars for the bandwidth on VZW. What good is unlimited data at a trickle? I'm out when this contracts up. I like sprint, really...but no data speed on a smartphone ain't gonna cut it.
[HTC EVO 3D] sgt. slaughter:
Where are ya located?

NetworkVision is going to be complete in a couple years, at least the tower upgrade and backhaul parts with most if not all being complete during next year...

They have already started up in NJ, Chicago, and a bunch others...I wouldn't pay much attention to the network.sprint.com site as the stuff there is nothing releated to the NetworkVision upgrades...

Just for an idea, those areas where you have horrid speed with great signal and its because the tower is over capacity...the backhaul change will make a huge difference.

Each T1 line is capable of about 1.5Mbps and bundles T1 lines is what's used now...microwave based backhaul is capable of over 1Gbps....each is going to microwave or fiber so that's a giant leap in capacity...
[HTC EVO 3D] BreatheHT:
Im sure Verison is happy...
[HTC EVO 3D] dannyboyex:
I don't really have an issue with the 3G speeds im getting from sprint. If you really want bad speeds go to T-Mobile. When i switched last year it was like night and day.
[HTC EVO 3D] Aersaud:
I've been with Sprint for about ten years as well...never had any problem with them. :D

I guess they love me haha.
[HTC EVO 3D] ronartest2005:
I am in Terre Haute, Indiana about 60 miles southwest of Indianapolis. Verizon launched LTE here a few months ago. We do have 2 big colleges here, but other than that its not a huge city or anything so I really don't see sprint making a big push in the near future for this area.
[HTC EVO 3D] xjman:
My actual service coverage is stellar, the customer service is crap. I've been fighting with them for over a year about re-upping my contract without my approval. I purchased the Nexus S full price just so I didn't have to up my contract again. Along with that the phone was activated on a 3rd line on my service, it took me WEEKS to get them to fix it. As a person who relies on their cellphone as an actual phone it was a big issue.

Then even after they fixed it and moved the phone to my line, they refused to cancel the third line without charging me ETF. It damn near took a lawyer to fix the issue, an issue that should have never happened if they paid attention to what the hell they were doing, or even gave 2 ****s about their customers.

Now as it sits I am again under contract, a situation I purposely tried to avoid, because the inept bastards who work for them.

I expect nothing besides honesty, and they are not giving me that anymore.
[HTC EVO 3D] Xenocide23:
I have good experiences over the last year or so with Sprint customer service but I agree with others that their 3g speeds are pretty poor. In addition, Wimax has been a massive disappointment to me and, as result, I rarely use it do to its poor connectivity and lackluster speeds (usually around 2mbs).
[HTC Wildfire S] matt5eo:
Please talk here about GSM and CDMA:
[HTC Wildfire S] thesnaz:
What would you like to know? GSM phones have SIM cards, CDMA do not.
[HTC Wildfire S] Tectas:
He doesn't need any advice, there are some guys flooding his rom thread with a fight about which is better, that's why he opened this one.

But thx anyway :)
[HTC Wildfire S] greavous420:
Its pretty harsh really. From what info I've gathered the CDMA WFS is easy to S-Off, no XTC-Clip needed, but then harder to code custom ROMs for or something like that so they get less options. Brilliant idea by HTC[sarcasm].

It's like, they dangling a carrot in front of CDMA users but inside the carrot is super-aids! Not cool HTC, not cool at all!

Anyone know if there are any other advantages to the CDMA version other than you can S-Off without the Clip. Does not having a Sim-Card make any big difference? GSM/CDMA for battery life?
[HTC Wildfire S] kagevazquez:
I have a cdma phone and I heard its slightly smaller than the gsm so we need smaller cases
[HTC Wildfire S] *se-nsei.:
What I've always wondered is - do CDMA owners have a choice before they buy? If so, why didn't they go for the GSM option?
[HTC Wildfire S] btyork:
No, Verizon and Sprint are only	CDMA carriers. They do not offer a GSM service.
[HTC Wildfire S] *se-nsei.:
How pathetic. That explains a lot now. (I never knew why Sprint & Verizon & At&T had their own models).
[HTC Wildfire S] :
Very good to know.

Sent from a Time Lord, using his TARDIS.
[HTC Wildfire S] :
Anyway, to sum things up:

GSM = Good Sized Mobile

CDMA = Crazy Diabolical Massive Android
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] RobyRc:
Who is better?

I know galaxy player isn't phone..

I want a good devince for games..

Pls awn!:mad:
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] Tacsi566:
If you want a large screen and you want to play with your device.i think the Galaxy Note is your device...
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] RobyRc:
I don't have money :))
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] i n f a m o u s:
The Galaxy Player is basically the Galaxy S without AMOLED and phone capabilities.
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] exodus454:
Why have you started THREE different threads on the same topic?

SGP5 is the best bang for your buck, anything else you'll be paying a premium so you can not use the cell aspect of the device. There's tablets too, but those are much more expensive and not pocket friendly. SGP will run almost all games with a little tweaking.
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] Tacsi566:
well then go with the Galaxy Player i have it since the beginning of february and i love it!I use it for gaming,to listening to music and watch a Smallville on it.The games run smooth,the sound is very nice (thy to SoundAlive) and the movies look good on it because of the resolution.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] XDAcat62:
So I've been getting worse battery performance lately and decided to do some looking into what's going on with my battery. I've tried the battery calibration trick (wiping out the battery stats file), but I read somewhere that this shouldn't have any effect on the performance of your battery.

I've been using the program BatteryMix to monitor what's going on to see if I can find anything that's draining the battery. I only have a USB charger, so I don't know if this makes a difference, but there's an option where you can see at what time the device goes to what percentage, the temperature at that time, and the voltage of the battery. What's somewhat troubling to me is that the reported voltages at different battery percentages don't seem to match at all. For example, 3.90V was reported both at 43% and at 59%, with lots of fluctuations in between, both up and down. I wasn't really seriously using the phone at all during this time, I believe it was probably just sitting there charging in fact.

I'm just trying to figure out how to interpret this. If this is normal, what does the battery percentage even mean? And when the device plugged in at 100%, is it normal for that voltage to fluctuate? I have an OEM battery that's been in use for half a year and the program reports it as "GOOD", whatever that means. Can someone explain this or direct me to a site which explains how the OS deals with charging? Should I be getting an AC charger?