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[Xperia Play Android Development] DubleJayJ:
I wanna know this before I flash this.
[Xperia Play Android Development] ozzmanj1:
scratch that, stock wifi modules do not work, however the phone seems to run fine with DoomKernel, just no wifi....

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I just flashed the nandroid to my rooted unlocked bootlaoder 2.3.3 I didnt even flash stock kernel, still on doomkernel. And it works great, but no wifi... need to flash the right wifi modules most likely....

Used doomkernel wifi modules v01 and I have wifi now with DoomKernel on 2.3.4 and root

Just flashed stock 2.3.3 kernel and all seems good. Couldnt get wifi to work with DoomKernel, for now. So am on stock kernel.
[Xperia Play Android Development] savage24x:
How can I update from stock 2.3.3 and DooMKerneL v02 test 2 1.6GHz and not lose data?
[Xperia Play Android Development] Leraeniesh:
Backup 2.3.3

Restore 2.3.4

Advanced Restore Data from 2.3.3

Flash DooMKernel
[Xperia Play Android Development] ErisKlown:
Am i supposed to extract the file from the zip and place it in the CWM backup file and restore it as a nandriod file or do i just flash the zip like i would a complete rom?? I tried it as a nandroid backup and got MD5 mismatch. i and on 2.3.3 stock with root and a locked bootloader.

EDIT......

OK i got it. I believe that i got a bad file or when i tried to extract it through astro, something went wrong. I ended up redownloading it through my computer and using winzip and got a file with a totally different name.
[Xperia Play Android Development] ozzmanj1:
Unzip an place folder in sdcard/clockwork/backup/

Then go into recovery and I did a nandroid backup in case, then wiped data and factory reset, wipe dalvik ,then go to restore and restore the nandroid for 2.3.4

I did that and its going good no issues... and I have root and unlocked bootloader with DoomKernel
[Xperia Play Android Development] Rogue Leader:
When you do advanced restore Data what specifically does it bring back? Apps? Or just things like contacts/etc.

Trying to decide whether I need to go one by one through 40 damn games and ti backup them
[Xperia Play Android Development] beez1717:
Would I still need an unlocked bootloader to get a new kernel? I'm assuming yes.
[Xperia Play Android Development] Leraeniesh:
userdata and .android_secure portions

Sent from my CM9 Kindle Fire
[Xperia Play Android Development] netizenmt:
That's what my results were. This is a nandriod backup you restore using cwm.
[Xperia Play Android Development] ozzmanj1:
Hey netizenmt thank you so much for bringing out this nandroid backup, thanks to you I have root 2.3.4 and doomkernel. I'll be hitting thanks on your threads for a while... :p
[Xperia Play Android Development] DooMLoRD:
@all using this NANDROID backup

friends we cannot flash kernels using recovery (atleast on Xperia 2011 devices)

so u are essentially using older 2.3.3 kernel on newer 2.3.4 ROMs

so some functions might be broken, u will have to do lots of testing for that

incase someone gets hold of the kernel.sin for 2.3.4 update kindly send it to me via p.m. then i can updated my kernel ramdisk to support it...

regarding changes in android 2.3.3/2.3.4:

WIFI - the way DHCP (dynamic ip addess) is handled is different in these two versions, the dhcp server requires different parameters in each

so device will see wifi but might not get dynamic ip addess so as a workaround u can use static I.P.
[Xperia Play Android Development] ErisKlown:
Did you get Wifi to work with stock 2.3.3 kernel on the 2.3.4?? For some reason my phone just scans but wont connect to it.
[Xperia Play Android Development] ozzmanj1:
Nope its doing the same, scans but doesnt connect, just read what Doomlord just wrote about dhcp.....need to try static
[Xperia Play Android Development] netizenmt:
@DooMLoRD - after the FOTA, the kernel name has not changed. Wouldn't that mean it's the same? Also, the modified stock kernel by Hactyl which supports OC up to 1.6 Ghz works, if that helps anyone.

So far, everything is working like normal Gingerbread.
[Xperia Play Android Development] DooMLoRD:
name may not change but easiest way to check if the fota updated replaced kernel is to run the following command on both stock VZW 2.3.3 and 2.3.4:

adb shell uname -a

that should print a "time stamp" on when the kernel was compiled
[Xperia Play Android Development] ErisKlown:
So correct me if im wrong, but people will be screwed on wifi (other than through Static IP) since the stock 2.3.3 kernel wont work on the 2.3.4 and with having a locked bootloader they wont be able to flash a working kernel once one is built ?
[Xperia Play Android Development] ozzmanj1:
I have teste pax's kernel, doomlords kernel and hactyl's kernel. All our working no matter what way I try it wifi does not work, testing all the different wifi modules on DoomKernel does not work, it will see the network but not connect, onyl way around that and correct me if I am wrong Doomlord is if we use static IP..... so far though I have had no luck in getting wifi working
[Xperia Play Android Development] ErisKlown:
Is anyone else having the camera force close ??
[Xperia Play Android Development] DooMLoRD:
yes precisely...

if i get time today i will post a slightly modified kernel for wifi dhcp to work on the new update 2.3.4

tell me which of my kernels currently works the best (except for wifi) for the 2.3.4 update? a link to that kernel will be best for me ;)
[Xperia Play Android Development] Leraeniesh:
That seems to be my only error when running stock 2.3.3 kernel with 2.3.4

My wifi connects just fine

Sent from R800x
[Xperia Play Android Development] netizenmt:
My wifi and camera work just fine. In fact I haven't had any problem at all.

Sorry, guys. I thought I did something useful for a change. :(

EDIT: OK, so, just so you know I love you guys, I'm going to restore my 2.33 ftf and then my Nandroid to see if it breaks my phone.

@DooMLoRD - 2.3.4 kernel, adb resuls were Linux localhost 2.6.32.9-perf # 1 PREEMPT Fri Oct 14 20:17:28 2011 ARM71 GNU/Linux

and for the 2.3.3 kernel, the adb results were Linux localhost 2.6.32.9-perf # 1 PREEMPT Wed Jun 22 19:16:36 ARM71 GNU/Linux

so yeah, they are different. Now if I know how to get the kernel extracted, I would do that.

Continuing my tests... expect another edit later today. (time to head for the gym)

EDIT#2: CONFIRMED - WiFi fails to get a signal and Camera FCs as previously reported when using the older 2.3.3 kernel.
[Xperia Play Android Development] One2many:
This is useful so thanks!!

Although it reminds me of when 2.3.3 first came out. Same story... I would love if you could extract the stock 2.3.4 kernel.sin from your updated device!! Perhaps someone could post the best way to obtain that.
[Xperia Play Android Development] crono141:
Can't the kernel be obtained with fastboot? We can flash with it. Can we read the kernel with it?
[Xperia Play Android Development] DooMLoRD:
OMG!!!! so VZW had the firmware with them since roughly mid-Oct of last year!!

they are SO FREAKING SLOW...

at this rate ICS will hit R800x almost 4-5 months after its released for R800i/a, thats is if at all they bother :p
[Xperia Play Android Development] ozzmanj1:
I have ran 3 different versions of your kernels and all seem good. The one i am running now is the latest one you releaed for CDMA with touch screen recovery,
[Xperia Play Android Development] toppdogg93:
lil help

hey im on stock 2.3.3with no custom rom and my bootloader is lock,, but i do have cwm installed aswell as being rooted ..... So my question is what will happen if i update .... will it just take away my root.... will it brick..... Or should I just freeze my update?
[Xperia Play Android Development] netizenmt:
If you would read through the thread before posting, you would see that wifi and the camera do not work, probably other things as well, when restoring the Nandroid over the older 2.3.3 kernel.

Your best bet is to make sure you are fully stock, meaning nothing removed, and then allow the FOTA.
[Xperia Play Android Development] lightningdude:
I think the information he wants is what will happen if he takes the fota. Since you're stock rom and locked bootloader, you should be fine. It seems most people have been able to keep their root through the fota. Might want to check the thread about the fota in the general forum to make sure, though.
[Xperia Play Android Development] ozzmanj1:
I am using the latest CDMA DoomKernel from DoomLord and I have working camera app, although I use the modified camera app from ICS on my phone and it works not issues, only problem I have is no wifi, and DoomLord said if he had time he woul look into it some time today.

What we really need is for someone to use SEUS to do a repair on their 2.3.4 phone and get the FTF files that is saved to the PC from the SEUS, then pass that to one of the Devs to have them pick it apart and get the kernel.sin pulled so that DoomLord and others can make cool ROMs and sweet modded Kernel's for us to enjoy!!! But in time... it will happen.... this is XDA people!
[Xperia Play Android Development] Rogue Leader:
If you are bootloader locked don't use this thread. If you do the OTA it may work, it won't brick your phone if it doesn't work. If it doesn't work follow my method here:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=25572068&postcount=503
[Xperia Play Android Development] netizenmt:
Well, if that was a hint, it worked. I'll try SEUS, although I have never used it before.

EDIT: Sorry to dissappoint but SEUS says I already have the latest software after I reinstalled 2.3.3 via the FTF file. So then I went to try to force the Update again, and Verizon tells me I am up to date on 2.3.3 :(

VERIZON - YOU LIE !!!
[Xperia Play Android Development] lightningdude:
That's what you get for trying to cheat the system! :p
[Xperia Play Android Development] netizenmt:
I'm sure you're joking. I wasn't cheating the system. I was using the system. The system just doesn't work right. But then again, it IS Verizon. :rolleyes:

Actually, you could say, this is what I get for trying to help my fellow PLAYers out. My Daddy always said "If it ain't broke, don't fix it!" (So he might not have been an English major, but he was still a wise man!)

Think I will probably go back to one of the ICS Beta builds later today. 2.3.3 or 2.3.4, it's all Gingerbread.
[Xperia Play Android Development] lightningdude:
Indeed, I kid. What I meant was, Verizon doesn't like you trying to get an update from someone else, hence, cheating their system.
[Xperia Play Android Development] netizenmt:
OK... maybe I am confused... but I was trying to get the update from Verizon, not anyone else. After all, I'm the one who had the work Update and posted the Nandroid to begin with! Maybe it's just 1 to a customer, lol!
[Xperia Play Android Development] ozzmanj1:
Sorry I should have added, dont do an update, just do a "Repair" on your phone from SEUS and will download the files for the 2.3.4 FTF to the PC, then try to install. We just need it to download the files, I hope you were able to restore nandroid back to 2.3.4
[Xperia Play Android Development] tommoose:
Does this mean that the verizon aggravation level is gonna go past elevated :D

Net, would it be worth you flashing the 2.3.4 nandroid then advanced restoring your data over the top? Or am I just being a dumb redhead? :rolleyes:

edit: looks like jgregoryj beat me to the nandroid suggestion :D
[Xperia Play Android Development] netizenmt:
Nope - broke me good. LOL. Not a biggie. I'll work on this more possibly later tonight.

BTW - take a look at my Verizon Frustration level now.
[Xperia Play Android Development] ozzmanj1:
I read somewhere you can do that, I tried it and seemed to work but the phone felt glitchy to me, I am trying to restore via TB and on some of the restores its like it freezes and doesnt restore, I have to force close TB and then try it again.... and is anyone else having an issue with Madden saying its deleted, after I attempted to uninstall only to have it pop back up..?

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Haha...... you can use it, just uses @#*!
[Xperia Play Android Development] tommoose:
i have that problem with TB when i jump between firmwares. i end up making a note of what it got stuck on then turning the phone off and back on then batch restore without the app that made it hang

i think net's gonna go boooom lol
[Xperia Play Android Development] Rogue Leader:
What do you then do about the app that screwed up? just redownload it and say crap I lost? :)
[Xperia Play Android Development] One2many:
DONT take the OTA update if you are unlocked! :-)

I tried that already. Does the same thing as 2.3.3 OTA originally did. Soft bricks the phone.

Its easy to un-brick though if you saved that old file: Xperia 2011 Range_FreeXperia_ALL.ftf

As mentioned this nandroid with 2.3.3 stock kernel doesnt pull dhcp for wifi, and usb data transfer fails. I dont want to give up on trying this 2.3.4 with an unlocked unit.

SAME QUESTION. Can anyone provide the method to pull the stock 2.3.4 kernel.sin from his updated device?
[Xperia Play Android Development] ozzmanj1:
To my knowledge someone would need to use SEUS to make a repair on your phones firmware, it will then downlaod the OTA files to the PC as a FTF, then you give that to the Devs to rip out the kernel.sin, but so far no one has been able to do that as SEUS says your phone is current at 2.3.3
[Xperia Play Android Development] tommoose:
pretty much yeah, if its a free app then i aint losing anything and any paid apps show up as "purchased" on the play store anyway. before it gets to that i usually try restoring "app+data", then just the app and if that dont work i try the "extract from nandroid" option in TB. if it wont restore after all that then there's probably a reason why it wont restore :D
[Xperia Play Android Development] Rogue Leader:
Ahh I'll have to check that one out.... Although the only app I lost was Kindle and I don't particularly need it anyway, just would be interested to see it work.
[Xperia Play Android Development] netizenmt:
So unless I've missed something, it doesn't appear that DooMLoRD or anyone else has developed a 2.3.4 kernel for the Verizon 2.3.4 update. Anyone know anything differently?

Anyway, After I got all my work caught up at work, I used flashtool to go back to the 2.3.3 ftf file. Once I booted up, my phone began downloading the 2.3.4 update without me begging for it. :D Once I get it updated, I'll try to figure out the whole SEUS Repair thing and see if there is a way to get the FTF files JGregory mentioned. I'm trying here, guys!

EDIT: OK, so there is no option to "Repair" in SEUS that I can find. I tried PC Companion as well, and all it says is I need to update PC Companion, but it also says PC Companion is up to date. :confused::confused::confused:

Dagnabitflobbin' Verizon And Triple-Dog-Dagnabitflobbin' Sony! Lookin' forward to sticking it to The Man!
[Xperia Play Android Development] lightningdude:
I'm pretty sure they aren't able to until someone is able to do the SEUS thing.
[Xperia Play Android Development] DooMLoRD:
i am ready to make a modified kernel for u guys to resolve the wifi issue but i still did not receive any feedback as to which existing version of my kernel works on the VZW 2.3.4 update perfectly except for wifi DHCP issue...

let me know at the earliest so that i can post test kernel :)
[Xperia Play Android Development] netizenmt:
JGregory said he is using the "latest CDMA DooMKerneL" - whatever that is. I personally couldn't get any kernel besides Hactyl's and the stock 2.3.3 to work, but that might have been me overlooking something. I just tried again with the boot image PLAY-CDMA-DooMKernel-v01-working-lower-boot.img and also PLAY-CDMA-DooMKernel-v01-lower-test2_boot.img. In both cases, I hang at the DoomKerneL boot logo for a bit and then it goes blank on me. This was after I cleared data, cache and dalvik cache.
[Xperia Play Android Development] lightningdude:
I'm at work, otherwise I'd do this myself, but why don't you try one if the gsm kernels? iirc, there was a time that the 2.3.4 GSM DooMKerneL worked on CDMA plays.
[Xperia Play Android Development] netizenmt:
OK, I personally cannot get any DooMKerneL to boot with 2.3.4.

I did get FXP117's boot image to boot 2.3.4. However, and not surprisingly, screenshot, WiFi and camera do not work, and probably any of the other improvements as well.

At this point, I am forced to ask - "Does it matter?" Does anyone out there want to run 2.3.4 Gingerbread on their Play now anyway, when they could be using CM9 or an ICS Beta? The only thing I haven't got working reliably on the ICS Beta now is 3G, and frankly, I use WiFi much more frequently than 3G anyway.

I'd love to get this resolved; love to have an ftf file like the R800x 2.3.3 one, just to be able to go back to it for possible future updates. But I'm not convinced there will even BE any future updates from Verizon.
[Xperia Play Android Development] lightningdude:
Thanks for trying, netizenmt. While I agree regarding the advantages if cyanogenmod, there are people out there that like to run stock. I believe TLRtheory is one, buy I'm not sure. I hate to sound callous or holier-than-thou, but just because you think something's better, that didn't mean everyone else does.

I'm sure you knew that, and I do appreciate your contributions to the Play community. Just thought that other stuff needed to be said.
[Xperia Play Android Development] ozzmanj1:
If it helps later this morning I will post what doomkernel I am using by providing the link to it. Again wifi for me was not working and my 3g signal was white so that would he why gtalk has issues.
[Xperia Play Android Development] netizenmt:
Yep, don't disagree with you a bit. That's why I asked the question. I'm going to continue to run 2.3.4 myself. After 3 days of work and 2 installs of 2.3.4, I'm not ready to blow it back off just yet. I just didn't want to keep posting in the thread if no one else was interested.
[Xperia Play Android Development] ozzmanj1:
K, this is the kernel I am use with 2.3.3 and tried the most with 2.3.4, I did try older alternate DoomKernels and all seemed to work the same, the only difference was I either had no wifi working or had it working but not connecting depending on what wifi module I used (DoomLords wifi modules or stock modules, stock wifi did not work, the following kernels gave me wifi signal but again not connecting.

Link:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1368636

PLAY-CDMA-DoomKernel-v01-modules_CWM.zip

PLAY-DoomKernel-v8-modules_CWM.zip

I even tried a couple of the modules for ICS and they worked but again no connection.

I am currently on V2 of DK wifi modules, same as above.. all due to DHCP issues

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Hey Netizenmt, were you rocking the net on a Commodore 64/128 in 1986? My first computer was a Commodore 64, then a 128. And i was rocking the net with a suckingly slow modem (but those were the days) , then an Amiga 500 (i think), Tandy 1000, home built 386 DX (played Wing Commander to death on that bad boy)

All those computers are gone except the 64 & 128, love those machines.... still run great. Done with the nostalgia bit, oh and for those wondering I am 33. Got my first C64 when I was 6.
[Xperia Play Android Development] netizenmt:
First, I tried the same driver but I can't get it to boot past the doomlord logo.

Second, my first computer was an Atari 400. I was 29. That was followed by a Radio Shack 1000 HX, then a custom built 386SX, custom built 486 DX/2, and several others I've since forgotten. Currently we have 5 PCs, a Wii, 2 Nntendo DS Lites and 4 smartphones accessing a wireless network.

Yeah, I'm addicted! :D
[Xperia Play Android Development] lightningdude:
You guys... Thank you for making me feel young! :D

Only twenty-five here, and my family didn't own our own computer until... hmm, the days of Windows 98, I believe. Maybe it was 95? Either way, the only access I had to a computer was at school. That, along with the fact that I had every form of GameBoy all the way up 'til the Nintendo DS, has sort of kept me away from learning development of any kind. My first console was the NES, followed by the GameCube some years later.

Android is my world now, though. Currently following pax's guide to building my own kernel, but this one will be for CM7, as the lack of options in the kernel was the only thing I disliked about CM7. I hope it doesn't take too long for kernel sources to be released for 2.3.4, then maybe some real development can take place for us X users.
[Xperia Play Android Development] paxChristos:
Really? I'm the same age and have been using computers since dos/3.1 (not as long as netz/jgregory, but long enough to not be a n00b ;) )

Good luck on building the kernel, it gets fun :D (I sent you a pm with my gtalk, hit me up if you need any help)
[Xperia Play Android Development] KeiranFTW:
I only got into development last november :)
[Xperia Play Android Development] paxChristos:
Even still, you have all of us beat on Android dev time :P
[Xperia Play Android Development] DooMLoRD:
so does PLAY-CDMA-DoomKernel-v02 work the best except for WIFI issues?
[Xperia Play Android Development] netizenmt:
Well - jgregory says it works for him, it does not work at all for me (just hangs on the doomkernel logo), and no one else seems to have any interest.

So that's 1 yes vote, 1 no vote and 1 undecided vote. :rolleyes:
[Xperia Play Android Development] DooMLoRD:
did u try 1.6Ghz version?
[Xperia Play Android Development] netizenmt:
Yes, that's always what I start with. I don't usually OC anyway.
[Xperia Play Android Development] ozzmanj1:
So far. Although maybe someone can tell me this. I have gone back to 2.3.3 nandroid that I made, for now. But about 3 times a day my wifi will work then not work, it will see the wifi but cannot connect. I have done a full wipe prior to the restore. Wiped cache, data, system reset. Then gone into mounts and storage and format system, data , cache. Whenever I do a restore I am totally anal and always do factory reset, cache, data. then formatting data,cache and system the nI do the restore.

Any ideas? I go into the permission for the module under system/lib/modules and its got the right permissions.... im stumped. only thing that fixes it temp ir to restore the nandroid again.

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I only ever use the 1.6 kernels.... and I never OC any higher then 1.2, my first android phone I OC'd too much and moments later a POP sound then that was it, so I always only do 1.6, kernel
[Xperia Play Android Development] DooMLoRD:
DooMKernel v02 CDMA (2.3.4) - TEST1

DooMKernel v02 CDMA (2.3.4) - TEST1

ok so here is a test kernel with modifications for getting wifi dhcp to work on android version 2.3.4

recovery should now work... please test!!!

[ download link ]

[PLAY][CDMA] DooMKernel (v02) [2.0 GHz version] (will show up as #2)

MD5HASH: f6bc2320af12cb8a3661049ead2ee24e

[PLAY][CDMA] DooMKernel (v02) [1.6 GHz version] (will show up as #1002)

MD5HASH: 38e42a4960d4e29d0899cc03de2e472f

[PLAY][CDMA] DooMKernel (v02) WiFi modules

MD5HASH: 5e9ee519fe8a3ed2fe91d19c6a92bc3a

i only checked if it booted on my R800i... so please check it out and let me know asap!

please check if this kernel resolves the wifi DHCP issue!

enjoy!!
[Xperia Play Android Development] cell128:
I can't download the kernels it will take me to this long script page.I downloaded the wifi module just fine though
[Xperia Play Android Development] paxChristos:
Hop on a PC, right click & save link as

Pax

Sent from my phone, please excuse any Swypos.
[Xperia Play Android Development] cell128:
I flashed the 2.3.4 nandroid backup and tried to flash the kernel but I cant find it on my card. it saved as a .img file maybe thats why CWM is looking for a .zip file so do I just add a .zip to the kernel? or how do I flash this .img

Edit: nevermind I think you need to flash in fastboot. I don't have a micro usb cable right now though I will have to try again some other time