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[Xperia Play General] Snow755:
Cindy: You will still be getting the update.

You: oh ok thanks

You: do you no if this will get android 2.3.6 or 4.0?

Cindy: It will be 2.3.4.

You: ok

You: by the way why is 4.0 not on the list of upgrade for this phone

You: i sure this phone can take it

Cindy: Probably because it will not update to 4.0.

You: ok

Cindy: Actually, it will eventually upgrade to that.

You: sweet

You: is there a date

You: onn that

Cindy: There is not.

You: ok

Cindy: Is there anything else I can help you with today?

You: do you no if it will get any more updates be for android 4.0 like 2.3.6?

Cindy: I do not.
[Xperia Play General] Rogue Leader:
I believe earlier in this thread it was said if your Rom was altered in any way it won't work (ie if you converted system apps, deleted, etc) I restored all mine haven't tried the update yet.
[Xperia Play General] ozzmanj1:
If you have removed any of the system/apps then OTA will fail. All system/apps must be present in order for OTA to work.
[Xperia Play General] kelvenha55:
no i did not, i flashed back to 2.3.3 with stock ftf, rooted with zergrush, accepted OTA
[Xperia Play General] ozzmanj1:
OK, if you are rooted and try to do the OTA, it will fail every time. You must remove root in order to update.
[Xperia Play General] cell128:
I keep getting failed update I reinstalled all the bloat too and did the temporarily unroot with rootkeeper I guess I have to tft to stock with no root to update. Anyone try to root 2.34 yet?
[Xperia Play General] ozzmanj1:
Over at teh 2.3.4 R800x thread on Dev section there are alredy people with root on 2.3.4 and someone will be posting a nandroid backup on the thread here sometime today hopefully. You can restore the nandroid but you must flash the VZ 2.3.4 kernel in addition to the nandroid in order for it to work, also DoomKernel is already working on a custom kernel from the new 2.3.4 OTA

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=25548785#post25548785

In order to restore a nandroid from 2.3.3 must have root and a custom kernel or installed the CWM Auto Installer from the Google PLAY store for Xperia Devices

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.pvy.CWMinstaler&hl=en

Then from the recovery restore nandroid for 2.3.4, however no one has tried this yet, I might give it a shot tonight if I have some time tonight... as of now the nandroid is not uploaded yet,
[Xperia Play General] Rogue Leader:
Did you try to convert any apps you may have converted to user apps that were system apps back to system apps?
[Xperia Play General] 216Monster:
I did the same thing, contacted Alejan, and get little red riding hood on the phone and had a refurb shipped out.. either way I need Alejan i guess..
[Xperia Play General] cell128:
I backed them up then uninstalled them originally now I restored them I'm almost sure this its why it didn't update.
[Xperia Play General] droidjunkie:
So can anyone confirm that rooting the stock 2.3.3 and making no changes then updating ota keeps root access?
[Xperia Play General] ozzmanj1:
From what I have seen only people who had unlocked bootloader via the testpoint method were able to retain root when they OTA's from 2.3.3
[Xperia Play General] ATTACK:
I tried it twice and it didn't work for me.[Locked Bootloader]
[Xperia Play General] droidjunkie:
what about this guy
[Xperia Play General] ozzmanj1:
kelvenha55 posted on the other thread at Dev for 2.3.4 that he was making a nandroid and that he would that nandroid right away but then logged out. If he does upload a download link for it or someone else I will post it here. :D
[Xperia Play General] CrimsonKnight13:
To put it simply, VZW fails horribly. I'm quite unamused with this release & the only thing I expect to get out of it is the baseband/firmware update. :mad:
[Xperia Play General] Leraeniesh:
Totally agree with you there

Sent from my CM9 Kindle Fire
[Xperia Play General] ozzmanj1:
I would agree. I just feel its totally half a$$ed. And I'm pretty sure VZ will not be releasing ICS for our devices, and if that is the case then VZ should just release all the sources and make it so we can unlock our bootloaders (for those who have not already) and release a cdma patch and let us use Sony's ICS rom when it comes out....... but doubt that will ever happen. VZ will want us to be locked down and out of the ICS loop in hopes that we will walk back into their doors and get a new phone that will have ICS....ppffff
[Xperia Play General] KeiranFTW:
Wait for FTF, which will contain stuff needed, fw, baseband. Bootloader can be skipped, I think VZW have patched it.

Seriously, they remind me of kids...

Are we unlocking our boot loader to pirate games? No.

Are we unlocking our boot loader to personalise our device? Yes.

Verizon, its a good job you don't have developer bridging on here like Sony do, you would get every profane word thrown at you.

I've bricked a Sony device before, without a warranty, and they replaced it. I messed up S1boot on an X10 mini.

Verizon just don't like people not using their stuff.

Someone should start a boycott, isn't AT&T meant to be good?
[Xperia Play General] :
And do you got the ICS ???
[Xperia Play General] ozzmanj1:
Honestly the treatment of Verizon is how all carriers in the US treat their customer, at least the big 4, AT&T Verizon, Sprint, T-Mobile. We americans love getting our hands tied and treated like 5 year olds who dont know any better.......oh and I was AT&T for 5 years before switching to VZ due to most of my family members being on VZ. But I am seriously unhappy with them, when my contract expires I will be jumping ship, probably back to AT&T....but dont know... reason for AT&T is because I can unlock the phones sim and use a local sim card for when my wife and i go visit the in-laws in China (her family).

And the FTF would be cool to have, I know DoomLord mentioned using SEUS to get a FTF from a system repair.....
[Xperia Play General] KeiranFTW:
From what I've heard, AT&T are the least bad atm. I've heard they won't allow you to use unlocked phones on their network, as in SIM unlocked, but they allow the manufacturers to use the boot loader unlock method.

Why is boot loader locked? For security? At least allow unlock. That's like sitting me in a mansion and only letting me discover I'm permanently locked in after I have ran out of food. Its disgraceful.
[Xperia Play General] ozzmanj1:
Yeah I guess you can say AT&T isnt as anal about their stuff. When I first switched to AT&T after 6 months into a contract if you are in good standing an been paying your bill each month they will unlock your phones sim for you, so I guess AT&T is the least pita then the others, VZ being the most uptight. Also the reason VZ insists on locking the BL is because they swear that unlocking it compromises their radios in there devices and they afraid it will affect their network.... and make it so people can hack their CDMA network...total rubbish in my opnion
[Xperia Play General] KeiranFTW:
They are probably worried you will hack the software to connect a new antenna and new baseband as well as enable the sim slot.

Its all BS as a developer. I hope Sony never let Verizon near their stuff in the future.
[Xperia Play General] ozzmanj1:
For the Sony part...agreed. My last 2 phones were Motorola's and I hated their anti-android community approach, total locked BL. Sony on the other hand has been fantastic in my opinion and other manufacturers should follow. Even though Sony doesnt have the recognition that other more popular makers do, I am totally pleased with their approach to android being totally open and even helping devs make custom firmwares, like CyanogenMod, SE gave a bunch of phones last year to them and even gave them source material and additional files to help them make CM for our devices, no other company has done that and for that I am proud to have my Sony Xperia PLAY
[Xperia Play General] hairdewx:
nonononono I'm stuck with Verizon for coverage issues so they need to keep releasing Sony phones on Verizon :D
[Xperia Play General] Wii89:
Nerdgasam :P download started. YAY!!!
[Xperia Play General] ozzmanj1:
Be advised Wii89, if you are rooted and have a unlocked bootloader, one or the other you will lose both permanently for the time being. Just fyi, so all those system bloat apps no one wants, you will not be able to remove those. And if you are unlocked and you OTA you will brick your phone. Also if you are rooted and do not remove the root prior to OTing you will not be able to OTA. But again, once its updated say goodbye to root and any chance to unlcok your bootloader.
[Xperia Play General] University of Pi:
I'm tempted to OTA and try CWM Root method...

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1130639

anyone try that yet?

have to flash back to stock

so give me time but I'll post my progress

Status:

✔installing flashtool

✔flashing

Rebooting
[Xperia Play General] ozzmanj1:
If you OTA all ability to root is gone, so is any ability to unlock your bootloader. You must be rooted to use CWM auto installer. So if you OTA you are toast. And be advised 2 devs bricked their phones due to a bad download from the OTA and are now getting replacements and will have to pay again to have their new Xperia PLAY's unlocked for bootloader. So best case is to wait it out. There are devs already have the OTA files and are trying to compile an FTF so that everyone can get 2.3.4 and still have root and an unlocked bootloader.
[Xperia Play General] CrimsonKnight13:
I found RedBendEFDPackage in the FOTA package through a hex editor. I'm trying to figure out how to unpackage it but I'm hitting dead ends.
[Xperia Play General] ozzmanj1:
I have been trying to find out how to access that file all day, with no luck. DoomLord says its compressed, like a zip, but its a proprietary format and so far a no go. He is going to see about doing the FTF via SEUS system repair to then acess the downloaded FTF for 2.3.4, once we have that ftf we can flash the ftf and kernel and still maintain root and or a unlocked bootloader....
[Xperia Play General] Wii89:
Is there SE framework? What's the civil alerts? And connected devices?
[Xperia Play General] Wii89:
Never mind, all I want to know is Sony Ericsson framework.
[Xperia Play General] ozzmanj1:
SE framework should be in there but probably limited to VZ selected items, I honestly cant say as I have not OTA's because I do not want to lose my root and bootloader. Just keep watching this thread and the other thread I have in the Dev section for current info.

Dev

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1629795

Sorry I cant give you more info, hopefully pretty soon things will look good and we can have more access to other roms as a benefit of some of the features in this new release
[Xperia Play General] Leraeniesh:
Any news on that nandroid backup?

Sent from R800x
[Xperia Play General] University of Pi:
somehow I failed to remember that

and managed to reflash my phone

\facepalm\facepalm\facepalm\facepalm\facepalm\facepalm\facepalm\facepalm

ah well I'll reroot it

at least I get a new chance to start fresh other than my update to cola a few weeks ago
[Xperia Play General] ozzmanj1:
Not a word. If I see it, i'll let ya'll know.....
[Xperia Play General] ozzmanj1:
Look on the brightside, at least you didnt OTA.... you can still root.... and a fresh install can be good sometimes. I do it every so often.
[Xperia Play General] 216Monster:
Alenjandrissimo is the best. Im fixed, un bricked and OTA'ing with unlocked bootloader , perfect :D
[Xperia Play General] ozzmanj1:
Can you detail how so that others can know what to do?

And that's awesome news!
[Xperia Play General] Wii89:
Hey guys. I can confirm ps store works, but there is nothing in it (purchase wise.) http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1310999
[Xperia Play General] :
i forgot to post that i updated my phone. sadly i had to reflash and lost my apps
[Xperia Play General] 216Monster:
I had to download Alejans package from his site, then he had made run the usb program and the team viewer , then connect flash mode .. he did some stuff, then connect test point again, and he did some stuff, then it booted and here I am waiting for ota to finish :D
[Xperia Play General] luebbers:
Ok here's what I did, I flashed back to 2.3.3 fresh and then rooted right away without doing anything else.

After the root I updated to 2.3.4 without any problems.

I'm still rooted. In the process of restoring my apps + data with titanium right now.
[Xperia Play General] Leraeniesh:
For the love of god, can someone PLEASE do a nandroid backup and upload it here
[Xperia Play General] luebbers:
otemant camel

Sure I can try. What folder does the system store nandroids in?
[Xperia Play General] SenseOffender:
Really? That kinda sucks....

So it doesn't help us at all? Are they supposed to be releasing this officially sometime soon, or something?
[Xperia Play General] Leraeniesh:
/sdcard/ClockwordMod/backup/

The folder is titled of when you did the backup.

Zip up that folder, and send it over this way.
[Xperia Play General] Wii89:
Don't know, I hear if you make an account with the area UK or Japan you have a few games, as of yet, it is useless to the US.
[Xperia Play General] 216Monster:
if you dont have one by the time im able, Ill post one!
[Xperia Play General] Leraeniesh:
That probably has to follow with tomorrows gaming announcement.

Sent from my CM9 Kindle Fire
[Xperia Play General] luebbers:
Ok I just need a place to upload this to.
[Xperia Play General] ATTACK:
HOLY CRAP!!, Its true 2.3.4+ROOT

*First i restored FTF 2.3.3

*I let the Update[2.3.4] download

*Then I rooted (SuperOneClick)

*ReBooted

*Installed 2.3.4

And i still retained ROOT with 2.3.4!!
[Xperia Play General] Leraeniesh:
netizenmt just beat you to it.
[Xperia Play General] twiley1:
just use mediafire
[Xperia Play General] cell128:
Nandroid backup is up http://forum.xda-deveandroidcom/showthread.php?t=1630348

Verizon R800x 2.3.4 Nandroid

but I think we need a new kernel too. Anyone know which one to use?
[Xperia Play General] luebbers:
That's ok just happy to have attempted to help lol.
[Xperia Play General] droidjunkie:
Is your bootloader unlocked or locked?
[Xperia Play General] luebbers:
Locked.
[Xperia Play General] droidjunkie:
Sweet!
[Xperia Play General] 216Monster:
If anyone cares you wont need rootkeeper, just instal Su zip in recovery

http://downloads.androidsu.com/superuser/Superuser-3.0.7-efghi-signed.zip
[Xperia Play General] :
can someone post the camera.apk from 2.3.4. i'm tired of switching versions and i just want the r-trigger
[Xperia Play General] ozzmanj1:
If you want just the right trigger there is an app in the Google PLAY store that lets you do that. Also the nandroid restore om 2.3.4. is nice.... everything works....I still have root and an unlocked bootloader
[Xperia Play General] :
yah but doesn't it have ads?
[Xperia Play General] paxChristos:
What's your Baseband reading as?

(Also, just a heads up for people, It was a FOTA Brick from an OTA. I've got my phone back to working order, but be very careful if you did a testpoint unlock)

Pax
[Xperia Play General] ozzmanj1:
My baseband reading is:

7X30A-AAABQMAZM-1290_10-03
[Xperia Play General] paxChristos:
No problems calling/texting? (You're running the .88 baseband with .57 libs if you're on Netz's nandroid)
[Xperia Play General] ozzmanj1:
Calls work good, and I do not have a text plan, thats what Google Voice is for..... I have tried using DoomKernel and it works no issues but no matter what wifi module I use wifi see the network but will not connect.
[Xperia Play General] Snow755:
i dont get it it seems like evere one is geting the 2.3.4 update other then me
[Xperia Play General] ozzmanj1:
Everyone is restoring the nandroid backup that made by netizn, you can still keep root and unlocked bootloader with it.....

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1630348
[Xperia Play General] Snow755:
keeps saying that my phone has the lastes software updates

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thanks i will give this a try

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do i need too hock up my USB from my phone too the PC too make this work
[Xperia Play General] Wii89:
Hopefully
[Xperia Play General] Rogue Leader:
So if I use flashtool to flash back to stock that will wipe all my apps correct? But then I can use Titanium to restore them (well the ones I backed up anyway)?

Tried to download the update and it failed on install, not sure why, it seems to have worked for others who are rooted with unlocked BL
[Xperia Play General] ozzmanj1:
We are all using the nandroid backup from netzn, restore via recovery nandroid restore, then wipe all data and factory reset. Then boot. I am using 2.3.4 and running doomkernel, though for doomkernel wifi see my network but doesnt connect
[Xperia Play General] paxChristos:
Have you tried with a static ip address to see if that works?
[Xperia Play General] Rogue Leader:
Yeah but that backup is with an unlocked bootloader, mine is locked, will that screw it up?
[Xperia Play General] luebbers:
making junistr

Really if you have the time just try backing your stuff up with titanium and doing the flash 2.3.3, root then update thing.
[Xperia Play General] ozzmanj1:
Tried it, still the same. Everything else works great, its just no wifi connection, it sees it but nothing... hmmm... I think last time I had a similar issue i went to the file under system/libs/modules and long pressed and changed the permissions as they were not right, tried that tonight but the permissions were already set to what I was going to change it to, so same boat
[Xperia Play General] swebosdev:
Silly cdma users when will you learn, you will always be shafted. Cdma network providers are hardcore to ensure you stay branded.
[Xperia Play General] DieB4uwake:
rooted 2.3.4

did mine a little different, I used SE Update Service to get back to stock 2.3.3 because my BL is locked, and I didn't backup my original before I deleted a bunch of Verizon bloatware. Then I downloaded the update. I then rooted with SuperOneClick and once rooted I applied the update and it worked!!

Now have the newest 2.3.4 on a rooted R800x with a locked BL....Now I gotta go and delete all that Verizon bloatware that came with it
[Xperia Play General] Rogue Leader:
This is what I am doing right now. I also Ti - Backedup all my games, so I will be restoring them and then whacking some bloatware

Edit: Seems to have worked, lost my activation which is weird... checking on root now

Edit 2: It worked!
[Xperia Play General] FH-CS:
I rooted my R800x with SuperOnceClick the day I got it (a few months ago). I installed OTA RootKeeper when this thread showed up. I haven't done any tinkering with the bootloader as I've been fairly contempt with stock (oddly enough, I flashed just about every ROM I could back when I had Windows Mobile). I have not messed with any system apps (that means: no deleting or moving to SD card.)

The update downloaded just fine for me and installed without any problems. I didn't have to unroot before doing either task, and it appears that I still have root after the update (OTA RootKeeper wasn't necessary).

Like DieB4uwake mentioned, the only thing I lost was my activation, but that's not an issue whatsoever really - just a few minute call and everything was back to normal.

I know this isn't the best way to measure things, but in the "all" tab under applications, it appears that I've lost 10MB of space due to whatever apps and updates Verizon installed. It would also appear that Madden can now be moved to the SD card, which gives back that 10MB lost in the update (maybe I'm wrong, but I could have sworn we couldn't move Madden to the SD card before the update).

I'm not entirely positive on this one either, but I believe Swype may have received a small update as well. If someone still on 2.3.3 wouldn't mind, could you post what version of Swype is installed so I can see if I'm right?
[Xperia Play General] Selim873:
I got the update, kept root with OTA RootKeeper, my boot loader has always been locked so it didn't really matter. Can't wait to see new 2.3.4 locked roms! That is if there'll be any. XD
[Xperia Play General] Rogue Leader:
Definitive instructions how to update to 2.3.4 if you are Locked, Rooted, and the OTA Update will not complete for some reason. This will also save all your apps without individually backing them up.

1. Reboot your phone into CWM and take a nandroid backup of its current state.

2. Reboot and use flashtool to flash the stock 2.3.3 ROM

3. Reboot, activate Phone, upon activation it will start downloading 2.3.4, let it complete and when it does, choose "Remind me later"

4. Use SuperOneClick to root via Zergrush method.

5. Install 2.3.4 update.

6. Activate phone again, then go into Android Market and re-download Xperia CWM Auto Installer, Run it and install CWM.

7. Reboot Phone into CWM and go to "Restore", "Advanced Restore" , and then "Data".

8. Reboot Phone

When this is done, all your apps, contacts, etc will be back to how they were before the update, and you will have 2.3.4 rooted on your phone.
[Xperia Play General] Rogue Leader:
Bizzarely Madden has disappeared off my phone. I'm pretty sure it was there when I updated, but when I restored my data its now gone. I didn't back it up either as I never really play it, so its no great loss, but it would be nice to still have it.

Edit: OK.... Rebooted my phone and now it shows up, and its moved to the SD card. I had never moved it. Deleted some verizon bloatware and gained no space... This is getting weirder and weirder.....
[Xperia Play General] lightningdude:
I would really like for my computer to actually flash the .88 ftf file to my phone, but it keeps getting an error while flashing system.sin. Anyone else get errors?

Edit: I guess I'll leave some info. I'm running Ubuntu 11.04, using FlashTool version 0.6.8.0. Do I need to update, or is there something else preventing me from going back to stock?

Edit number 2: Strangely enough, I changed the log output from info to debug, and it actually worked on the first try after switching. Strange. Very strange...
[Xperia Play General] Rogue Leader:
Another thing, Facebook Sync says it works now, but it doesn't do anything.

Will need to continue to use Fsync...
[Xperia Play General] beez1717:
So would rootkeeper help here so I wouldn't have to use superoneclick?
[Xperia Play General] beez1717:
Is there an equivalent of flash tool for macs or are Mac users screwed?
[Xperia Play General] lightningdude:
I hate to hijack this thread for something else entirely, but has anyone tried using the mods and themes that were originally made for 2.3.4 for the other R800 phones? If not, guess what I'm about to do? :D

If anyone already has, you'd better warn me before I start, otherwise I'll be just another guinea pig! ;)
[Xperia Play General] ozzmanj1:
I have a really cool ICS themes for my 2.3.3, lost the update files and cannot find it, lockscreen sliders are clear with ics blue lining around them. I have however not tried the themes for 2.3.4 yet,

If you try it and it works can you let us know? Thanks
[Xperia Play General] lightningdude:
In the process of performing a nandroid right now, will let you know when I've actually tested.
[Xperia Play General] droidjunkie:
Is there something official that says Facebook sync works out are you going off of my post saying it worked? Facebook accounts now appear in the accounts section of settings and in the contacts app and you can even set it to sync all contacts but the Facebook app still is not giving the option which i'm sure is needed for Facebook contact sync to work