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[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] maxee23:
maybe its a dumb question, but have you tried with pc companion or flashtool?
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] boonwuilow:
I have ask my fren to flash it with flashtool but still cannot...

Maybe he flash it wrongly or dun have patient...

I haven't get the phone yet...
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pipi14:
Download latest flashtool and install flash and adb drivers. Search for xperia x8 stock firmware .ftf file. Try flashing with flashtool.
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] anthonyng:
can your phone boot into recovery? any type of it
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] boonwuilow:
Thanks for reply guys...

There an update, just now my friend flash it with PCC, and successful, no error...

But still the same, stuck on white SE text and keep rebooting...

When the charger is pluged in, off line charging shows up, the silver colored battery...

I will do that 2night when i got the phone.

Btw, just now my friend flash it without sdcard, there ntg to do with that right?

Nope, cannot...
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lohtse:
Do you have recovery flashed?

If not then read how to do it and get it done then wipe all caches inc the dalvik in advanced menu..
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] boonwuilow:
I think it has, or might doesn't have, cause i dunno what that phone shop did to the phone.

Furthermore my fren has flash the phone with FlashTool for a few time already, which i think all the data has been wiped...is it correct?

Hmm...Can i install recovery that the phone that cannot boot?
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] silvergiri:
follow this link guide.And do it ur way..

If i helped press thanks ....

http://mkasharingiscaring.blogspot.in/2011/11/guide-how-to-unbrick-xperia-x8-d.html
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] boonwuilow:
OK

Definitely will try it out...
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] boonwuilow:
UPDATE again:

Just now after flashing with SEUS, still stuck at the se logo and keep rebooting... :confused:
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] boonwuilow:
Update again...

This morning i was able to flash the phone with 1.3.A.0.62 stock firmware...

But one weird thing is i it state baseband as unknown...

but i still can receive sms and calls...

after that i flash it with 2.1.1.A.0.6 stock rom, and it stuck at the white SE logo and keep rebooting...:confused:

Help guys...
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] demonshouter:
I dont really know bout the condition. Usually works with seus or flashtool. Maybe something has been changed, like kernel or/and baseband. Maybe u would need to flash stock kernel and baseband too. Try flashing them and hope it ll work.;)

Sent from my E16i
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] boonwuilow:
Hmm...

The stock kernel and baseband comes together with the ftf file package right?

Where can i get the stock kernel and baseband?

thanks...
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CKKnot:
try this X8_E15_2.1.1.C.0.0_generic.ftf.7z

Make sure your flashtool is at it's lastest version

Flashtool-0.6.9.1-windows.exe

Tips: Just double click the firmware during flashing operation and ignore second second windows that shows information about the .tft package & press ok
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] boonwuilow:
I am using latest flashtool to flash with the dl link that u provided and still the same, stuck at SE logo...
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] boonwuilow:
Video Added

Here is a video of how my brick looks like...

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[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gagan_sj:
Here's a tutorial.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7B-7tDaB5U

Press thanks if it helped :)
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zlewe:
You are using lucastan txt am I wrong? LOL.

@boonwuilow

-> follow the step

1. Flash donut 1.6 ftf

2. Flash 015 baseband

3. Root

4. Unlock Bootloader(surely must depend on your manufacture number)

5. Flash Custom kernel

6. Flash custom rom

7. Sit down and test

Send from my E15i using xda premium.

Press thanks if helped ;)

*Xperia X8 Black @ ICS miniCM9 3.0.2 on nAa ICS 03 kernel *

Thank you very much nAa!
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zlewe:
Edit: Accidentally posted. Ignore this.
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] boonwuilow:
Nope, is Xperia Mini ST15i

Thanks for the step by step guide...

based on your step means i no need to use back 2.1 ftf?

My manufacture no is 10W48
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zlewe:
Since you stuck in there and don't stuck in donut, try straight flash baseband 015 from donut.

Send from my E15i using xda premium.

Press thanks if helped ;)

*Xperia X8 Black @ ICS miniCM9 3.0.2 on nAa ICS 03 kernel *

Thank you very much nAa!
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] boonwuilow:
Ok

Btw, what causes my phone not to boot with 2.1 stock firmware?
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zlewe:
I'm not sure. Maybe 2010 model?

Send from my E15i using xda premium.

Press thanks if helped ;)

*Xperia X8 Black @ ICS miniCM9 3.0.2 on nAa ICS 03 kernel *

Thank you very much nAa!
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] boonwuilow:
Ya my phone is 10W48

is 2010 model...

Last time i got another X8 which is 11W2X, that phone already comes with 2.1 firmware, not sure previous owner got update it or not...
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] boonwuilow:
@zlewe

I have follow the step, after i flashing the 015 baseband, the phone cant start up properly, after finish booting, it doesn't show the welcome screen (the screen that let u choose your language, and no signal.

2nd try, I flash 1.6 ftf, let it boot up done all the 1st time setting, then flash the 015 baseband, during bootup i can see the lockscreen but no signal and homescreen, it just stuck there
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zmuhammx:
Just some random thought.are u sure u flash a right baseband?What ver are u phone is ,E15i or E15a?
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] boonwuilow:
I flash 015 baseband

my phone is E15i

this is my pic of my X8 with 1.6 stock rom

babeband stated unknown... :eek:
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zmuhammx:
just to make sure:)

there are 2 type of baseband:

15i and 15a

check on backsticker behind battery which ver ur phone really are.

flash only the matching baseband

model no. shown in ur phone is not really accurate.its depends on a rom.
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] optimusprime1:
Install the latest drivers, that ought to help you,

hit thanks for the help
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] boonwuilow:
Yup, i have double checked my model no. , is E15i

and the 015 baseband that i flash is X8i

the baseband is stated unknown but i still can make phone call and sms...
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dark.Kaiser:
Well, left only one option then.

Send it to SE Support Centre!

:D :D :D : D

* Running on nAa-ics kernel, IScreamDX v.002. :D
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] boonwuilow:
Got think about that also...

Are they going to charge me?

the phone warranty is over already...:(
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zlewe:
I'm afraid that's the reason why we want to repair ourselves :)

Send from my E15i using xda premium.

Press thanks if helped ;)

*Xperia X8 Black @ ICS miniCM9 3.0.2 on nAa ICS 03 kernel *

Thank you very much nAa!
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] boonwuilow:
hmm...

My other choice would be sending it to phone shop to repair, i am being told that they would use SETools Box and RIFF box if SETools Box was unable to repair...
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zmuhammx:
Btw,why dont u go to earlier phoneshop that ur friend go & make them responsible for it.they just cant simply escape...
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] boonwuilow:
My friend from Sabah, same goes to the phone shop...:(
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vinmac:
I read the whole thread,

I want to ask did you updated the phone or

you just flash the whole firmware using SEUS!

And another thing, if it is not possible to install xrecovery in 1.6.

If it is possible try formatting system and then flashing another rom.
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] boonwuilow:
Thanks for reading the whole thread...

First, when I got the phone, I try the repair option in PCC, that doesn't work.

Next, I flash the firmware by using SEUS, doesn't work either... :(

Since i found out that it can boot with 1.6 stock rom, then i try to update it to 2.1 by using PCC, still the same...:eek:

During updating or flashing, it does not produce any error, and flash/updated successfully, when power on, it just won't boot.:confused:

I have rooted the phone with Super1Click with Xrecovery installed, working fine...

Yesterday i have install 2 older Custom Rom based on Froyo, but both of the ROM i installed stuck at Sony Ericsson Logo, doesn't have any bootloop...just stuck there...

Then I use the recovery to restore the backup to 1.6...
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zlewe:
Custom rom need custom kernel or latest stock kernel. What u say is stuck in se screen means u didn't unlock bootloader and flash custom kernel.

Send from my E15i using xda premium.

Press thanks if helped ;)

*Xperia X8 Black @ ICS miniCM9 3.0.2 on nAa ICS 03 kernel *

Thank you very much nAa!
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] boonwuilow:
Both the rom that i try is old custom rom based on froyo, i not sure it need to have a unlocked bootloader...

This weekend i will try flashing a rom via xrecovery then flash 015 baseband to it and check it can bootup or not...

Btw...What can SEToolBox do to a phone like this?

Can it repair dead baseband?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] svprm:
I'm trying to install a KA07 Xperia SSpeed Rom.

But i stuck at boot animation.

What i did?

Unlocked the Bootloader.

Flashed Xperia S .76 FTF.(It is booting).

Then flashed the Advance stock kernel form DOOMLord.

Booted into .76 FW,its working.

Then Rebooted into recovery.

Wiped Dlavik Cache.

Wiped Factory Reset.

Installed KA07_Xperia_SSpeed.zip

But it stuck at boot animation.

Why?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] tofclaire:
hello ;) (and sorry for my bad english)

try this (that's what i do and it's ok) :

-flash76 ftf with flashtool and reboot for a while (10mn, try if all is ok)

- flash 76 preroot with fastboot and reboot for a while...

- install doom kernel (v1a, wifi modules, etc...v4a...aroma..) and boot for a while

-boot in doom recovery for wipe dalvik cache and install ka07 with aroma...

-boot for a while, try the rom,

-boot in recovery and format cache, wipe dalvik

I have done this and , for my phone, all is ok... :)

I have read some people have installed first the ka6 then ka7...

I wish it can help you...
[Motorola Droid 4] droidian1441:
6.16.208 is available, I will post its information and download link in a few minutes.
[Motorola Droid 4] nowell29:
I know initially people will say no, but i am wondering if there is someway to slip root in here since a few of us have lost it.

I am on 206 and missing my superuser.

we cant disect the package because of the signature stuff, but I am still wondering....
[Motorola Droid 4] droidian1441:
Did you make an su backup using OTA rootkeeper?
[Motorola Droid 4] nowell29:
yeah, if you look over on droidforums you can see a few of us talking about it. The su backup is outdated and is looking for a function or something called _maketemp but is not found, so the su that it restores cannot execute. If there was someway to inject a newer or unfaulty su binary into this update that would be awesome! but doing so would break the signature and it will not install

ironically it could be done for anything in safestrap, but the catch 22 is that you need root to begin with to have safestrap!

hey, FYI, it failed for me 3 times. I am debating on doing a reset and then trying, but i dont want to start over (again) if I can avoid it
[Motorola Droid 4] mj084:
any possibility yet to get root on 206 ics leak?

backuped root from gb an restored in 206 ics leak and backup again with rootkeeper..should work?
[Motorola Droid 4] Rennert:
Works install 208 directly over 219Gingerbread? And keeps root with ota rootkeeper?

...Tapatalk
[Motorola Droid 4] wheels01:
How is this new leak .208 working, has anyone had the opportunity to test it?
[Motorola Droid 4] droidian1441:
If I could install .208 over .206 I would tell ya how it would run. Ugh.
[Motorola Droid 4] droidian1441:
Sounds like you're done. :(
[Motorola Droid 4] nowell29:
I could not get 208 to install last night, tried four times. The only thing i havent done yet is wipe, and I think i will hold off on that.
[Motorola Droid 4] tcrews:
Did you install from internal or external storage?

I thought I had read elsewhere that to install from internal storage you need the .crc file along with the .zip.
[Motorola Droid 4] wheels01:
I tried fallowing the tutorial from .200 to .206 to get to .208, it did not work at all. I just ended up re flashing .206. I was also only willing to try three times b/c this is the only phone I have so I stopped trying.

I don't think its the tutorial, I'm just too much of a noob :(

I like the way.206 works, only thing I can't do is add facebook (my gallery) to my accounts, every time I do the gallery app crashes with the error that friendfeed has stopped working.

I'm glad I took the leap to the leak!

Thanks
[Motorola Droid 4] tcrews:
You'll have to wait until the process is updated with the newer files.

The process fastboots the latest kernel (.206) but the current system (.219) giving you a non-bootable mix up. Since the OTA updates will update the current version (.219) and itself (.206) it works.

The new .208 required files will need to be used to replace what is in the current "recover .200 to .206" procedure.

That way you'll have the .208 kernel and .219 /system and the OTA should update itself (.208) and current official .219.
[Motorola Droid 4] GermanGuy:
Can somebody post a link to the latest leak? Link in OP not working.
[Motorola Droid 4] tcrews:
Here's the info to add to the OP..

System Version:

6.16.208.XT894.Verizon.en.US

Baseband Version:

CDMA_N_05.11.00RLTEDC_U_09.11.00

Webtop Version:

wt-3.0.0

Kernel Version:

3.0.8-gf863077

hudsoncm@il93lnxdroid86 #1

SMP PREEMPT Wed May 30 01:30:01 CDT 2012

Build number:

6.7.2-180_DR4-16_M2-28

Build Date

Wed May 30 01:19:32 CDT 2012
[Motorola Droid 4] gdeeble:
Well if it's because it's looking for 219 and not 206 to upgrade from, why not have find someone who's installed it, and is rooted and can back up their "factory wiped" 208 install, and post it. If we did that, couldn't we just do an advanced restore from safe strap and only restore the system? Or is it because the kernel change from 206 to 208 that it might not work?
[Motorola Droid 4] wheels01:
I'm rooted on 206, any info that I can provide that would help?
[Motorola Droid 4] gdeeble:
Curiosity, with anyone on 208, do you have better or better signal? I noticed that 206, my 4g signal is now much poorer than with GB. Also my other wonder is if if I use a previous flash(219) if 208 will install.
[Motorola Droid 4] droidian1441:
A new download link for the 6.16.208 leak has been posted. Also have posted a new link for users on 6.16.206 to get to 6.16.208.
[Motorola Droid 4] tcrews:
Once you are on the ICS train, you can not get off. Flashing .219 will "brick your phone"

If you want to go to .208 from .206 you have to use the method outlined in the "go from .200 to .206" thread...but you'll need to replace the boot.img with one manually patched from .219 to .208 instead of the one included. Then you'll have to apply the .208 OTA before booting.
[Motorola Droid 4] gdeeble:
Right I understand. What I was saying, if I use a back up of an original 219 flash and just restore the "System" under safe strap, would that be enough to force the upgrade through, but my though is saying no, because the "preinstall" directory doesn't have the same files or MD5 won't match up. My Biggest thing is, 1 I don't want to lose root, and 2 I don't want to lose my data. I'm not worried about the brick, because even if I hard brick it, I can get it replaced by Best Buy and they won't say a word.

---------- Post added at 03:59 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:16 PM ----------

Also looking at the script, it say that it should work for either the old(219) or the new(208) but not 206, now comes the question if we update our build prop to change the final number from 6 to 8, would it hurt anything other than a potential soft brick?
[Motorola Droid 4] JKingDev:
So now that a root method is out upgrading from leak to leak and keeping root is possible. Is there any benefit? I am on 200 right now. Does 208 offer any compelling improvements?
[Motorola Droid 4] droidian1441:
Better radios (for me), overall improvement is better (again for me). Idk, it depends on each device as I've seen 208 do good and bad for some of us.

On a non-related note, the new emoticons are awesome! :D
[Motorola Droid 4] tliebeck:
Now that root is available, I'm tempted to try this. Have been using a GNex for the past week but am severely missing the Droid 4 keyboard and superior battery life.

Once I do this, I fully realize I can never return to Gingerbread (at least for the foreseeable future).

What I'm curious about though is whether there's any way to recover the device back to a working state in the event that I screw things up in the future? Are there any full image / SBF files available for the ICS leaks? Or are we again on "thin ice" where bricks are permanent as we were before the Gingerbread SBF leak that came out a month or two ago?

Thanks for any suggestions and appreciate all the work that's gone into this!
[Motorola Droid 4] Rick#2:
Yeah, it's not nearly as risky as it was a few weeks, or even days ago. Obtaining root permissions is no problem and I can tell you firsthand that it's entirely possible to go from a completely unbootable and borked device to one that is fully functional again on the latest leak.
[Motorola Droid 4] tliebeck:
Were you able to get things back in shape using only the bootloader, or was the recovery (i.e. Safestrap) available to help flash a new image?
[Motorola Droid 4] dewhashish:
is there a 1% battery mod for this yet? i hate only getting increments every 10%
[Motorola Droid 4] Rick#2:
I only needed to use the AP Fastboot interface and manually flashed the required partitions and patched kernel image with the moto-fastboot command line utility, then applied the leaked update .zip file in the stock Recovery from an external sd-card.

After re-rooting, it's just a matter of reinstalling Safestrap and restoring your data partition through the Advanced Restore menu if you want.
[Motorola Droid 4] tcrews:
What may be nice...though harder to do with no change logs.... would be to also list the differences/Improvements/Changes from .200 to .206 to .208, etc...

Most would be from users impressions, some more detailed as they did .200 to .206 to .208 while others only did .200 to .206 or .206 to .208......or just .208, etc...

We know .200 is the first leaked ICS for the Droid 4 so that would be simple...

Example....

.200

ICS !!, All phone features appear to work, Smart Actions has a few issues under certain conditions.

.206

Smart Actions now working correctly, battery life seems to be better, blah blah...

.208

Animations/Transitions appear to be smoother, blah blah.....

Any new feature or improved features over stock Gingerbread as well would be nice.
[Motorola Droid 4] xredjokerx:
not possible since they're beta, YMMV. and you're asking someone to review every single option, even if may not even be relevant to them.
[Motorola Droid 4] tcrews:
Completely possible :) Especially for what I was asking.

What is different/new/better/worse between .200, .206 and .208. This shows where improvements are being made, IF someone would want to worry about moving from .206 to .208, etc... And information not from one person, from anyone that has installed one version or more than one version.

We all know what ICS is and what it's basic features are. We all don't know what ICS/Blur has.
[Motorola Droid 4] Grizzy3:
OR people can just update to the newest leak and see for themselves. Especially since now there is a root method there is no reason not to update.
[Motorola Droid 4] tcrews:
Unless something in the newer leak is worse/broken from the previous. Since these are leaked builds.....they could have made code changes that broke something that was working. New leak doesn't always mean better, it's still a leak and not the final version.
[Motorola Droid 4] Grizzy3:
Aright well its not right to expect others who don't mind taking the risk in the first place to do even more work by giving a rundown of the features for those who are scared to jump on the leak. Obviously if something was broken then those of us on the leak would mention it to help those who aren't on the leak yet. But to expect people to go into detail about improvement and such is a little much.

Plus since our leaks usually follow the razr leaks I thinks its safe to assume that they are probably functional and eachleak should be an improvement of some kind.
[Motorola Droid 4] mj084:
got more points in quadrant benchmark :-P

3037 vs. 28xx (208 vs. 206)

reason could be the deactivated apps with titanium backup (since new root method)
[Motorola Droid 4] danifunker:
Cool. I have my apps disabled through the OS, with everything closed I got 2953
[Motorola Droid 4] dewhashish:
i got 3093 in .206, i disabled a lot of apps using the built in ICS function
[Motorola Droid 4] Die Bruine:
2908 on .208 with 8 programs running in the background.
[Motorola Droid 4] Grizzy3:
6207 on antutu on the 208 leak
[Motorola Droid 4] Grimace78:
I can't figure out for the life of me what I am doing wrong... See red. I have tried everything I can think of and can't even get the FB to finish correctly :mad:
[Motorola Droid 4] Grizzy3:
Are you trying to go from one leak to another? I'm pretty sure I got some errors too while fastbooting to 219 but I just ignored them and went on and flashed the 208 boot image and then the update zip and it worked fine.
[Motorola Droid 4] zadops:
does this upgrade ROM enable GSM radio?
[Motorola Droid 4] Grimace78:
I'm on the 219 leak from a while back. I haven't been able to upgrade at all, but I only tried 208.
[Motorola Droid 4] Grizzy3:
Yep. It has a "global" mode.

Oh if you're on 219 you should easily be able to use rsd light to fastboot 219 then go into stock recovery and flash the update zip to 208.
[Motorola Droid 4] zadops:
so does anyone try to use it with un-verizon sim card? can I use it with vodafone UK sim?
[Motorola Droid 4] danifunker:
I'm using a Rogers SIM card, works fine! I get speeds up to almost 6mbps

Sent from my XT894 running ICS
[Motorola Droid 4] zadops:
hello danifunker, so it doesn't need any unlock code like Droid 3 to work on un-Verizon SIM card, right?
[Motorola Droid 4] danifunker:
That's correct, the Droid 4 has never asked for an unlock code. But do note that it says unknown sim card after every boot.

Sent from my XT894 running ICS
[Motorola Droid 4] nowell29:
Grimace78

I probably did the flash back to GB with the method you are speaking of, probably 10 times before it completed. But I am a testament that it works. After that, I did the kernel flash, and then the 208 install and root.

I was one of those that lost root because of the funky _mktemp problem, but this intrusive way of flashing to 208 resulted in a 208 install, with root again acquired, and now safestrap 2. I wish there was rom I could use on a safe system, but at least I have a nandroid backup and titanium backup of all my apps on ICS vs my old GB backups.
[Motorola Droid 4] droidian1441:
I have found a new ICS leak to build number 6.16.211, I will post as soon as I have it! :DD
[Motorola Droid 4] danifunker:
We're gonna need a new kernel to flash it up to, right?

Sent from my XT894 running ICS
[Motorola Droid 4] Rick#2:
Awesome!
[Motorola Droid 4] wheels01:
These new leaks are why I'm waiting to do more updates and flashing, I'm on .206 and it works fine, so I'm just waiting till things play out. I'm glad to see these leaks and so much progress because it means things are in the right direction.

THANKS FOR THE HARD WORK!