yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hasoon2000:
I unlock phones but Sony phones are very expensive to do.

Sent From My HTC Amaze 4G via Someone's Room ;)
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CtrlAltDelIrl:
Now what would the logical explanation for that be?
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hasoon2000:
He wants the cheapest price to unlock it. There isn't gonna be one.

Sent From My HTC Amaze 4G via Someone's Room ;)
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] leonleonleon:
So tell me what is the unlocking price
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CtrlAltDelIrl:
Don't believe all you read here about it being expensive to unlock sony phones.. That's just BS..

Any local phone shop here in the UK will do it for 10 pounds sterling!

Steer clear of the rip off merchants online who can hide away after ripping you off!

Tell your network supplier that you're moving abroad for 6 months and you need to use the phone there with a different sim.. They should give you the NAC code for free.. Most will anyway..

---------- Post added at 11:31 PM ---------- Previous post was at 11:06 PM ----------

You could also try this..

UNIVERSAL-SIM-UNLOCK-CARD

Remember to steer clear of the over-priced rip-off merchants online.. They just want your cash quick..

---------- Post added at 11:59 PM ---------- Previous post was at 11:31 PM ----------

Or if you are creative and good with a soldering iron..

JTAG Clip with Medusa Box
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] leonleonleon:
The phone is locked only to Vodafone SIM cards, it works in Greece just with Vodafone.

At the eBay link I cant see the x8 at support list. So is there any other was to unlock it for all sim cards ;
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CtrlAltDelIrl:
Then you didn't read it correctly..

Why don't you try searching google like I did for you?
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] leonleonleon:
I am not home to search it from pc. I'm connecting from phone and I can't get to Google, too slow connection.
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CtrlAltDelIrl:
You can post here but you can't google?

Troll alert!
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dimitrisioa:
Hello mate . I searched and just found this : 12$ only to unlock it.Check here :

http://www.fastgsm.com/en/sonyericsson/se/xperia-x8/unlock-network/network-unlock/flashing-debrand
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] leonleonleon:
I am using xda app as you can see below. + that for every byte I am paying, searching at google and websites I think will cost me a lot.

And the posts are not just for me, they are for everyone. Mabel I am not the only one that needs information, someone that has the Samoa problem can just watch the post and find the solution. + that here at community people know more and better ways that I will find at google
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] leonleonleon:
Thanks a lot my friend, με; γλύτωσε;ς από πο;λύ ψάξιμο; :p
[General Questions and Answers] jithinab:
hi everyone......

has any body got custom rom for samsung galaxy ace s5830i... note that its s5830i... not s5830
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] rferrerca:
Hi. Im selling the Galaxy Nexus and I'd like you to recommend me a stock jelly Bean Rom quite simple but fast and stable. What do you recommend me? Thank you so much
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] n1noob13:
Hi if your selling it. How much?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] slim1991:
Wrong wrong wrong
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] rferrerca:
Whats the problem?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] chopper the dog:
Well first off, ummm stock is stock. Just get the stock image from google. And take the sale talk to the market place.

good day.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] JediNinjafication:
r u jellin if Toro plus
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] MamomaN:
Hello ,

i need this attached weather + clock widget

i am using Apex launcher and i really need it

could anyone help ?
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] YR1J89:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1663679

Enviado desde mi GT-I9100 usando Tapatalk 2
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] tower666:
This weather + clock widget will not work on any other launcher apart from TW.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] MamomaN:
so bad it's not working at Apex .. so is there anything similar to it works with apex ??
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] rod catterall:
Yes you need to look for uccw. Plenty on here what's been done. That's what i have
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] irfan.zee:
Please.. Need help.. I have 2 phone, one is Xperia Active (ST17) with stock GB 2.3.4 kernel and rom, and the other is Xperia Mini Pro (SK17i) with EXtended stock kernel and ExMIUIv4 2.8.10 ROM from expeacer. My active is recognized as adb driver by windows xp everytime I plugged it in (USB Debug enabled), but everytime I plugged in my mini pro, windows doesn't recognized it as ADB driver (yes, USB Debug enabled), it only recognized as removable media. Looking into device manager, i found sk17i under other devices (screenshot attached). Thanks in advance...
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] mihahn:
So does your phone boot up or is it bricked? Is it recognized in flashmode?
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] irfan.zee:
Yes it is boot up and recognized in fastboot and flash mode.. Any idea what went wrong? :confused:

Update:

I've just install PC Companion from se, but still no luck....
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] irfan.zee:
Anyone???

,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

sent from my st17i

using Tapatalk 2 beta-5
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] mihahn:
But when it is recognized in fastboot mode it should normally work in adb, too. But for what do you need adb?

Maybe download adb drivers in this thread...
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] irfan.zee:
Thanks. I've tried the driver, but without success

I have also tried these:

- sdk/extras/google/usb_driver directory

- I tried installing PdaNetA302.exe

- I tried installing flashtool_drivers from doomlord

- I selected 'install from specific location' -> choose a driver -> 'Android Phone' but it had none listed and the aforementioned driver directories did not work either when I selected them as 'Have Disk' options.

- Following this guide

- I also tried uninstalling all related devices and do the whole connecting thing again, but without success.

Actually what i need is DDMS command inside android sdk for taking screenshots of my phone during recovery mode. But since DDMS use adb interface, then it wouldnt be possible to use DDMS if my phone doesn't recognized by adb isnt it?

Help please?:confused::confused:
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] kuisma:
Is the phone running /sbin/adbd? Check with "ps".

Is the prop ("getprop") service.adb.tcp.port set to something?
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] irfan.zee:
One question. How can i do that? Sorry, i'm still n00b afterall.....;)
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] kuisma:
Open a terminal shell window (ConnectBot app), use the commands "ps" and "getprop".
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] irfan.zee:
Thanks for your advice, but apparently i dont need to do that.

I've just reinstall my windows xp sp3 and reconnect my phone. When driver for my phone was asked, i'm using flashtool driver from doomlord which i've extracted earlier using universal extractor.

But thanks again for all your attention... :good::good:
[Asus Transformer TF700] Vo01985:
The time in my bottom right corner is not updating. Right now the time is 18:26, but in the bottom right it says it is 18:14. When I press it, it pops up and says it is 18:03.

Anyone have any idea what this could be? It's quite annoying.
[Asus Transformer TF700] 4square999:
Same here... seem to be fixed after a reboot.... dont know why... anyone have an idea
[Asus Transformer TF700] Thats OK:
Is the wifi connecting ok after reboot or screen on from idle?

I know my time widget only updates every hour.
[Asus Transformer TF700] Vo01985:
Yes rthe wifi is connecting just fine. I did not try the reboot yet, will let you know if I do.
[Asus Transformer TF700] Vo01985:
Well it works again, I rebooted and everything seems fine.Weird bug...
[Asus Transformer TF700] fatpandas:
i had this happen too. haven't figured out what caused it but i did see that it only happened when i had it docked. once i removed it from the dock, the time would update again. not sure if it's the same for you but check that out if it happens again.
[Asus Transformer TF700] pbrauer:
I have been noticing the bug too, and can confirm it seems to only happen when docked.
[Asus Transformer TF700] snyph3r:
Happened to me a few times and I don't have the Dock...If you try to change the time in the setting, it will get fixed without re-booting...definitely a bug...I've also tried not to use the network time as the wifi disconnects when the tablet sleeps...
[Asus Transformer TF700] masiegel:
I had this issue once with .22 Firmware

now with .26 (since a few weaks) I don't have that issue anymore
[Asus Transformer TF700] Vo01985:
It seems I have to reboot about one a day to get the time working again.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] incisivekeith:
I have an Apex launcher theme which doesn't stick after a reboot. After reboot, it always goes back to the default TW theme. Does anyone know why this is?

Criskelo 4.04 ICS LRK v11.2, LRK Modem, speedmod k3-13 kernel, Carrier: AT&T (US)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] incisivekeith:
Any inputs?

Criskelo 4.04 ICS LRK v11.2, LRK Modem, speedmod k3-13 kernel, Carrier: AT&T (US)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jonpaslim:
If you click the apex launcer pro in the setting there is a help there that says you can put your apex apk in the system/app, see if it helps, read it yourself there to be sure. I never try it myself because my apex is just fine, do it at your own risk friend.:angel:
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] incisivekeith:
I believe that was the solution for widgets, not the whole theme, correct?

If people have other ideas please provide your input.

Criskelo 4.04 ICS LRK v11.2, LRK Modem, speedmod k3-13 kernel, Carrier: AT&T (US)
[Xperia Play General] TheCraig:
http://www.sonymobile.com/global-en/products/phones/xperia-sl/specifications/ - My next phone!

Tell me what you think and if you are interested in this phone, I certainly am!
[Xperia Play General] narflynn619:
i think TX is better AFAICR? :D
[Xperia Play General] anmiman:
but i thought that..

:p :D
[Xperia Play General] TheCraig:
I thought that too, but thats a sexy phone :P
[Xperia Play General] D.Spirit:
Baaaaaaad decision and a lost deal !!!!

htc OneX plus is better, cheaper and sexier

Quad core cpu@1.7GHz + cheaper + the beauty itself
[Xperia Play General] tilal6991:
Cheaper? How did you figure that one out? Has a price been announced for the SL?
[Xperia Play General] D.Spirit:
Sony products are known as the most expensive.
[Xperia Play General] ridder215215:
You could just buy a normal One X and overclock it.
[Xperia Play General] wuby:
Yep. Xperias are so bad, tested it @ o2, deleted all widgets from the stock launcher and it was still laggy ;D (Xperia S), and the HW buttonz are so bad. Nthxbye
[Xperia Play General] sufy1000:
Nothing new. All it is, is just a slightly upgraded version of the Xperia S.

I love my PLAY by the way ( ha it rhymes :cool: )
[Xperia Play General] TheCraig:
Might consider Sony's next flag ship (GX, Haysbusa?) since I want a Snapdragon S4 :P
[Xperia Play General] cloudelamerz:
Is there a FTF file for the Xperia SL? I might wanna try flashing it on my Xperia S ;)
[Xperia Play General] kayz73:
Xperia SL

Got my SL couple of days ago. I had Galaxy SII earlier. Although, SII is a beast but this isn't a bad deal at all. Great phone, Superb Excellent display.... It rocks....

Couple of things which I didnt like are :

1. The buttons are not responsive. Sometimes you have to click 2 - 3 times to get it work. But I got a trick that instead of pressing the button, just swipe it downwards and it works like a charm.

2. The usb connector is on left side which is sometimes very awkward. Should have been at botton like GSII.

Rest all is cool....
[Xperia Play General] Lordomn:
It is still a sexy A$$ phone! I saw this phone a month ago & I still like/want it.
[Xperia Play General] leo025:
mod rom?

CM10 run perfect and the hdmi out is good?
[Xperia Play General] eksasol:
This device is still using the Qualcomm S3, which is a cpu from carrier locked SII, its hopelessly underpowered regardless of clockspeed. It'll have trouble with newest 3D games and some HD movies. The Galaxy Nexus OMAP and SII Exynos 1.2Ghz are faster. And this thing is still running ICS which is not acceptable being released today.

One thing Sony need to do for people to buy their phone is keep up with the hardware and software technology.

Sent from my R800at
[Xperia Play General] Justinchi:
Yea, it seems to be a Sony Mobile trend to release outdated stuff. I guess they rely too much on their "Sony" reputation, and not enough on actual quality. Shame, they could do so much better.
[Xperia Play General] nickholtus:
the phone is already old.

you are not forced to buy it, so why is it a shame?

let them do what they want!
[Xperia Play General] chick3n564:
wait till the xperia Z/yuga comes out. muuuuchhhh better choice.
[Xperia Play General] CrypticRook:
Na I'm waiting for a Sony nexus
[Xperia Play General] Justinchi:
They can do whatever they want. I'm just stating my outlook on it. If you like it, you like it. I don't have to, not one bit.
[Xperia Play General] LordBattleBeard:
Something I learnt over time with these forums is that people can't hear an opinion that they themselves do not possess without jumping on the poster of it.

I think its perfectly reasonable to consider buying something and find critique with it, or to buy something, enjoy it but still find critique with it. These are the actions of a balanced man. Unfortunately you find this is a minority view on the internet, where the general consensus is that if you own something you must consider it perfect and without fault and then proceed to waste your days defending said inanimate object until all other people agree with you or give up trying to have a reasoned discussion.
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] vipul12389mehta:
After the ICS was leaked, it bought some good news and as well some bad news..

Some of our user have just bricked their mobile after performing a wipe data thru recovery..

The cause of error is yet unknown..

Out user vijai has published some of the known causes...

The credit goes to vijai for pointing it out

This definitely doesn't mean that all galaxy R handset are brick bug or you may encounter such problem..

Only a few have encountered the problem and the cause is yet unknown. This definitely, doesn't stop you from flashing ics..if you want to flash keep these things in mind.

Also, please do not completely rely on brick bug app from play store because the app (imo) is not supported to our device (correct me if i am wrong)

(i am no developer, just heard from my fellow user )

Currently there are only two users who have hard bricked their phone after flashing ICS.

As you might be aware by now that the emmc brick bug app is not compatible with our phone.

The most elite developer Entropy512 wants to make it compatible and hence wants some sample..

Note: I dnt recommend you to brick your phone

(thanks m.kochan, callmeventus, cooleagle)

A big thanks to entropy for showing interest to our device
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] vipul12389mehta:
Caution:

Here's what to say from a user who bricked his phone

*******UPDATE********

Here is the new fix method

We have got one lucky user who is enough brave and tested this method
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] vijai2011:
And I forgot to add that It is not necessary that brick occurs once you do the above said things....for example,brick may occur at 10th factory reset,100th flash etc....And it is safe to flash anything with Odin as it shouldn't invoke MMC_CAP_ERASE from kernel when flashing.
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] vipul12389mehta:
Yes i do agree..d problem may arise on 1st or on 100th wipe...

Bt the cause is yet unknown...

So imho, all the noobs shldnt do..who knows they get it for the first time...
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] Fusrodah:
Seriously? Removing large size files from sdcard can brick my phone?
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] vipul12389mehta:
Dont know...but i have tried deleting large files as 1gb game data...such as max payne and asphalt7

No brick...
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] vijai2011:
Yes....sometimes.....it was reported by like 2 users have galaxy Note.While deleting large files,the phone stuck and force reboot caused damaged sdcard.
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] Fusrodah:
Well, how much reports from Galaxy R users with bricks? I see one from mj.vikram. Anyone else?
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] vijai2011:
So a little story now.

From where has this infamous brick bug appeared??

Analysis by kernel devs say that MMC_CAP_ERASE command in kernels are present from gb periods.But why hasn't it been causing problems in GB?That's because it was disabled as Google didn't see the need for it.

But in ICS they feel that just removing files causes security problems.so they thought of enabling MMC_CAP_ERASE command which will completely wipe instead of removing.

So why should it need to brick our devices?

That's because,one of the Google engineer said that our mmc uses buggy firmware that initiates wrong process when the kernel receives MMC_CAP_ERASE command.

Actually MMC_CAP_ERASE command and mmc buggy firmware are harmless on its own.But when both are combined the result is super brick.
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] m.kochan10:
This is not the worst scenario. In worst case you're gonna get hardbrick with no possibility to turn your device on.

MMC_CAP_ERASE on - wasn't present in every ICS version, at least not for S2 (I know that NOte users had bigger problem with that). All previous 4.0.3 were totally safe. Latest 4.0.4 - unfortunately not. It's not really buggy firmware that causes any problem here. According to Entropy512 (I guess the best xda-expert in that matter) MMC_CAP_ERASE was activated in order to improve writing speed. Hard brick occur if the all three conditions are fulfilled here:

1) You have a faulty (brickable) emmc-chip

2) If MMC_CAP_ERASE command is activated in kernel

3) If you perform wipe/restore nand backup/install roms (wipe-type) where:

a) cwm recovery - very high risk

b) stock recovery - lower risk but still not equal 0.

So faulty emmc chip is a bomb, mmc_cap_erase is a fuse, wiping in cwm - is a trigger or fire!

Not all devices are endangered, only those with brickable emmc-chips. In regard to Note or S2 it's easier because those devices have great dev support and there were thoroughly examined. So there are known some ways to bypass this problem. In case of SGR is much harder. First of all ... we don't know which chips are really sane and which are not.
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] 'cooleagle':
Just two as of now so don't panic !

You can use ICS 4.0.4 but till the cause of the bricking is confirmed just don't preform any Wipe data / Wipe Cache / Factory reset operations while on ICS 4.0.4 ROM.

As per mkochan if you want to go back to the stock ROM for giving it to the service center / etc then directly flash GB / 2.3.x ROM without wiping the cache / data using CWM.
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] Fusrodah:
Okay, we must wait for kernel with disabled MMC_CAP_ERASE. I hope we'll get it. Thanks for the information.
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] Birki96:
Oh my god

I did factory reset in ics because my keyboard dissappeared. Will my device hard brick?

I cannot understand why Samsung realeses a firmware which should make our mobile dead! What is this function even for?
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] m.kochan10:
You can find sort of explanation on the previous page :)
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] Google86:
Just wondering should I worry about this if the bug eMMC app reports that I have a sane chip?
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] xlm13x:
I think app is not working for SGR, both user have used this app and app shown sane chip yet those both guys devices are bricked.

We should contact dev of app to make comp with SGR.
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] CallMeVentus:
Damn it , I knew this would happen.....

"Friends forever." - Ventus
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] vijai2011:
Guys actually you could check if you have any bad blocks in any partition through gpartrd in adb.Just looking its info.will post when I find some.
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] mj.vikram:
OP please add this also,

Caution:

when you are running ICS on you mobile do not downgrade directly to GB using ODIN, if you flash any GB ROM ROM (Stock/Custom) using ODIN your mobile will be bricked.

Live example is myself i have bricked my mobile by do this.

TO avoid this first you restore previous backup using CWM and then flash what ever you want using ODIN.

even Unbrick your Galaxy R. 2. Downgrade bootloader to v2.0 guide wont help you, I have followed it but no use I have successively flashed stock rom by using this method but still no luck ..

Sorry i have't seen this thread and created new one, so if you think i have created duplicate one please ask Justin to delete it....
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] chandrus1983:
Dude i dont have a GB Backup (CWM BACKUP) :eek: :eek: :eek:

and dude, what you gonna do now, how will you get back your phone ???
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] vipul12389mehta:
As far as my understandin says, emmc chip fault is at stock ics kernel level...

So if ssc ppl replce ur motherboard 10 times n if u flash stock rom...u r subjected to a risk..

Now this risk can occur 1st time or for the 100th time..the emmc brick bug can b trigger at any time...

If u survived for 1st 10 times it isint sure that u may or may nt will survive 11th wipe...

Hope it helps
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] Entropy512:
Removal MMC_CAP_ERASE is 100% safe - however Samsung doesn't want to go that way due to potential performance impacts. So they proposed another solution which would allow non-secure erase (supposedly safe) through - But no device has had this solution deployed yet. The last time my contact sent me a patch it was incomplete.

Yup. If you wipe 10 times in a row without writing to the partition - you'll never brick if you survived the first wipe - there needs to be data on the partition you're wiping. I tried multiple times to demo it in-person to Samsung and failed - but as you can tell, plenty of people are experiencing bricks.

Can someone who experienced damage and still has their device contact me via PM? One of my contacts wants to collect a few damaged devices.
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] 'cooleagle':
Thanks for the continued interest in our case sir.

@vipulmehta

Kindly add this to the OP in bold & large size, so that everyone can be aware of this.

It may help us in near future as it may lead to finding the cause, effect & hopefully a solution to put an end to this bug.
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] ardatdat:
Maybe you will get JB 4.1 when you get back the phone :good:
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] parajsinghal:
Really? I thought it was otherwise. As per my understanding there's no ploblem with having MMC_CAP_ERASE in kernel. Its there for a purpose. Nor there's any issue with CWM. It's the combination of buggy emmc + kernel + CWM (wiping data) that causes the issue. And we are just trying to clean Sammy's emmc mess with custom kernels. So as per my understanding there's no surity for it to happen again once emmc is replaced

Please it may sound a bit annoying but really want to understand the issue coz I still feel the tests we are performing right now won't help us much unless we know which are the faulty chips.
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] The-Droidster:
Thnx a lot Entropy for your interest in our device!:thumbup:

It's really heart warming to see great devs working for devices that they don't even possess. Hats off buddy!

Looking forward to some kernel magic from you!;):D

Tapatalked from my Galaxy R GT-I9103 using XDA Premium App :p

I don't go to sleep until I utilize my quota of 8 thanx a day!