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[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SubScorpion:
Hi everybody,

I've attached a full (detailed) log from Flashtool 0.9.0 when trying to flashing rom LT15i_4.0.2.A.0.62.ftf - this one failed in the system.sin.

With this rom, the Sony Ericsson logo appears on the screen, but right after that a warning icon is presented and the device turns off.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] creative_md:
I have anwser to both q

1st if he is on unlocked bl he Cannot use pc companion to update it will brick his device and only applying patch can solve it I think or it may give error

2nd if he is on gb as I guess and tried to flash ICS CUSTOM ROMS as he said he tried rom(S) he cannot.

Because ics rom requires ics kernels.

And yes about custom roms I was wrong as I know NOW that he tried stock roms
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] creative_md:
here is your solution http://www.icsforums.com/comment/210181#comment-210181
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SubScorpion:
Sorry, it's not 100% clear to me what was your suggestion. But I tried to check the "No final verification" option, used a LT18 rom and even followed that specific steps to flash first everything except system and then system only. Same results all the time:

I really thank you guys for all suggestions. I spent several nights trying to fix my phone and I really appreciate your effort to help me.

I never imagined that the official software update may end up with my phone bricked. I'm really, really disappointed with SE. The worst thing is, I bought my phone in the US, but I live in Brazil and our local SE only provides support for devices bought in Brazil. In other words, they won't even try to repair my phone. I'll think twice before buying other SE phone.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] creative_md:
did you check the md5 sum of ftf file?

if not check it and confirm its a complete file.....

---------- Post added at 01:59 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:33 PM ----------

also try to flash it in safe mode....
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SubScorpion:
Hi creative_md,

The ftf files are not corrupted. And I re-tried in safe mode a few minutes ago, but it had the same results.

FYI, here are the list of roms I tried until now - they failed when flashing amss.sin or system.sin:

LT15a arc_v2.3.4, 4.0.2.A.0.42_Generic America

LT15a_2.3.4_US generic

LT15i_4.0.2.A.0.42_(1247-1041)

LT15i_4.0.2.A.0.42_Generic Global

LT15i_4.0.2.A.0.62

LT15i_4.1.B.0.431[Generic World FR]

LT18_4.1.A.0.562_NCB

Is there any other way to flash the .ftf files? I would try fasboot, but I didn't find an .img with stock rom or a reliable way to flash all .sin files that are inside of .tft roms.

Thanks!
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] creative_md:
i searched a lot for you and most of times this problem got solved by ticking "no final verification box" and in your case its not working even though you tried .42 too. so at last try this:

start flashtool >get in flashmode > choose ftf you want

now tick boxes

wipe cache >exclude system >flash ftf

after flash again do 1 step with these boxes tick:

exclude baseband > exclude kernel >flash ftf

finally this:

wipe data >exclude kernel >exclude system > exclude baseband

if it didnt worked i suggest you now to do some modifications to your phone:silly:

i.e unlock your bootloader and flash roms using cwm i will tell you all how to do it. pm me for that

remember it will void your warrenty and it doesnt matter bcoz you dont have se service in brazil as you said:D
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SubScorpion:
Thanks, creative_md. I was finally able to make the phone boot - here are the steps, if someone faces the same issue:

1. Flashed everything in the .ftf file using Flastool, except system (system.sin).

2. Opened the .ftf file using 7zip and extracted the system.sin.

3. Rooted the phone.

4. Flashed the system.sin using fastboot: fastboot flash system system.sin.

Unfortunately, I think there's really something else wrong with the phone, as it restarts randomly, several processes stop to work unexpectedly and it's not possible to update some apps (maps, facebook, flash player and youtube) - when installing the updates, the phone restarts. This behavior happened with two different stock roms.

This weekend, I'll try to flash some custom roms.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] creative_md:
make sure you do nandroid backup before you do anything
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tekadbulat:
Fix with the latest FlashTool 0.9.9.0 (maybe bug on version 0.9.8.0) I got the same problem, SEUS brick my W8 when I try restore to stock. Retry several time stuck ini 15% progress. Get same result with Flashtool 0.9.8.0 with lot of ROM, always stop when flash system.sin part.

Just download and try latest Flashtool 0.9.9.0 maybe it solve the problem.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] uchiha1995:
try to flash this firmware LT18_4.1.A.0.562_NCB.ftf
[HTC Inspire 4G] maskaros:
Hello,

My name is Luis and I'm sick and tired of AT&T's policies, now I have started a petition and if you agree then I'd like for you to sign it. Also, if there's anyway you could show it on your blog (if you have one), or your social network I'd greatly appreciate it, if there's anyway you can help me I'd appreciate it very much.

Sincerely,

Luis

http://www.change.org/petitions/at-t-stop-telling-customers-how-to-use-the-services-they-pay-for
[HTC Inspire 4G] Moscow Desire:
Although a lot of people don't agree with ATT, some do.

I'll close the thread, and if anybody wants to join the petition, they can access it.

MD
[HTC Wildfire S] jparnell8839:
Running HTC Wildfire S (marvelc) on Virgin Mobile network.

so I flashed a rom (from http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1633198 ). Almost a perfect ROM. Only CM9 I've seen that has both camera and bluetooth functional. Since then I have not been able to receive any SMS. I can send them just fine, just not receive. I think I've narrowed down the problem: my MIN is different from my phone number.

Only problem is, ##847446 doesnt work for the maintenance code any more to set that right. I dont think I had this problem when I flashed a custom ROM and didn't wipe my dalvik cache. I

DO

still have a backup of my stock (but rooted) image I can restore with CWM to see if I can get my texting back, but it seems like a lotta hassle to reflash, reset MIN, flash back to CM9 without wiping dalvik (especially since my backed up ROM is on my WHS which currently has RAID drives ripped out so I can configure an Ubuntu server).

Is there any way I can access the maintenance menu of my phone without reflashing back to stock? I would post in the developer thread, but apparently, Im too new :eek::silly:
[HTC Wildfire S] jparnell8839:
btw, thanks to any answers you can give!
[HTC Wildfire S] jparnell8839:
ok, after restoring back to my stock backup, i can receive texts. I'm fairly certain it's the image... but I cant post in the dev forum because I dont have enough posts up. Anybody care to shed some light on the subject? preferably modpunk, since this is his ROM, but I'll take any I can get.
[HTC Wildfire S] SargentRudy:
I had the same problem when i was running alpha 6. No problems in alpha 7, though.
[HTC Wildfire S] jparnell8839:
Alpha 7 is giving me the problem... as well, just realized on my lock screen it says "Roaming Indicator On". I do have my sms set up to autoretrieve while roaming, but the R symbol above the signal on top is missing and inside my about phone -> Status, under Network it says Roaming Indicator On and under Roaming it says Not Roaming.

really wish i could get this fixed... i dont want to go back to stock rom, but i needs my texts...
[HTC Wildfire S] SargentRudy:
Roaming is always on in alpha 7. If u want data u have to enable data while roaming. As for the texts, what fixed it for me was to reflash it. Then it worked perfectly fine.

If it is mms, or bigger than 3 messages and converting to mms, then that would be why. Mms isnt supported yet on marvelc.
[HTC Wildfire S] jparnell8839:
I have mine set not to convert X amount of SMS to MMS and to auto retrieve even when roaming. i've flashed to this rom (and a couple others) about 10 times in the past week.
[HTC Wildfire S] danielstar13:
maybe you have frozen the mms.apk
[HTC Wildfire S] SargentRudy:
I know on vm, even though they say unlimited, they sometimes email you if you go over 3000 texts(not usually). Otherwise, i would try flashing stock ROM and see if the problem persists.

Link to stock ROMs, just in case you dont have a backup: http://www.filefactory.com/f/7b4aa0a541dcf00f/
[HTC Wildfire S] jparnell8839:
Ok, so after work, I re-set up my WHS and flashed back to stock. Was able to send and receive SMS. Flashed back to ALPHA 7 and again no incoming SMS, but I can text out. I'm all outta ideas... Has to be the ROM......
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Crawshayi:
Hello everyone, I'm trying to do a buddy of mine a favor by upgrading his Vibrant to something a lot better (he's on stock) but I'm a bit unclear on a few things. First of all let me get out of the way that I'm a Fascinate (Verizon) owner that recently modded my own phone to run AOKP ICS Milestone 6 with great results, so I figured since he pretty much had the exact same phone I could do it for him. The problem I'm running into is the procedure I used to flash my phone doesn't seem to apply to the Vibrant (or at least what I was searching for) so I just wanted to clear up a few steps before I try to flash his phone.

He's not a very tech savvy guy, so he won't be updating ROMs on the bleeding edge or anything, he just wants his phone to run better so I figure ICZen is the way to go right, considering it's based off of what I'm using now (AOKP M6)? Everything needs to work, so that pretty much rules out any JB right now because of the GPS issues. Okay now onto the specific flashing questions:

1) This thread seems to be the go to thread for flashing the Vibrant, but it hasn't been updated since Dec '11, so would I just follow the same procedure for the newer ICS roms?

2) Here is the guide I used for my Fascinate (see section 4), which has a few extra steps that I notice are lacking for the Vibrant... namely installing cwm4 fixed for cm7 first, then installing THS Build 2, then flash over that with whatever ICS Rom you need.

3) Devil Kernel is what's considered best on my phone running AOKP M6... is that true as well for ICZen?

4) Since the Vibrant never got 2.3, what is the best modem to be using? On the Fascinate the EH03 (GB) stock modem is best, but I'm unsure what the deal is for the Vibrant since they never got an official GB update. Also along the same topic, Verizon has a code you can input that updates your PRL and improves reception... does T-Mobile have such a code or not?

I appreciate any and all input, as I want this to go as smoothly as possible. Thanks
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Toast6977:
You seem to have a pretty good grasp on what your doing.

From stock, install gingerbread bootloaders then go to recovery via volume rocker down and hold power button, until the logo. Might have to practice it a couple times.

Once in recovery click reinstall packages, might have to do it s couple of times. This installs your update.zip

From here I always perform wipes and flash a custom Froyo ROM. Maybe overkill but, only takes a second and I don't mind.

From here I flashed the latest CM9 nightly and on to Helly Bean.

Do your wipes in between flashes, and you should be fine.

I haven't ever heard about a T-Mobile code for tower updates, I think its automatic.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Crawshayi:
Well I didn't have to worry about bootloaders on my Fascinate since I was already on GB, so that's a bit new to me... but doing a quick google search I found this guide. Is that an accurate guide to follow? Alright so basically what you're saying is before I root at all I need to do this?

Also like I was saying earlier, he wants everything to work so I think Helly Bean is out of the question because of GPS, right? I was thinking ICZen looks the cleanest, with everything working nicely, and it's based on what I'm currently using on mine.

Can you clarify on why you're flashing a custom froyo rom? I won't mind to do that either, if it has any benefit.

Also, I checked his phone last night and it's on stock 2.2, not 2.1 if that makes any sort of difference. Thanks again
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samsgun357:
First root and get cwm recovery then flash bootloaders. The vibe never got an official GB, so that's why boot loaders are recommended. The guide you have is fine. Second the GPS on the vibrant has been notoriously hit or miss. I have a captivate, the GPS works great but my vibe couldn't get a lock to save my life.

Now as far as iczen or hellybean, you have to weigh the options:

Iczen is a great ROM and might have a better chance getting a GPS lock. IMO if you can get a lock with ICS you will probably get a lock with JB. But with ICS you have to be concerned with the EU bug. What's that you ask:

There has been an issue with people randomly looking at phone and a message saying encryption unsuccessful press to reset. If you press the button you have basically just locked up your internal SD card. If you don't press you MIGHT be able to recover it. There is a workaround if this happens, to use ext SD only but your friend will not like that.

I'm currently running hellybean on both of my devices and I love it. Like I said, cappy gps works great and my vibrant not so much. If you really want stable go with bionix as toast recommended or one of moped Ryder's ROMs . If you want to be wowed, go with hellybean.

There are some things you can try with it to get a GPS lock. The general consensus is turn on GPS, reboot, wait it out till you get an initial lock. After that locks will be quicker. I hope this helped in some way, if so hit thanks. As far as the guides etc you are good to go.

its peanut butter jelly(bean) time
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Crawshayi:
That did help quite a bit, thank you. I have never even heard of that bug, do you know if that's Vibrant specific or can that happen on any of the others? I have been wanting to try Helly Bean on my Fascinate, but unfortunately my sdcard isn't very stable and I don't trust to flash anything until I can buy a new one. Honestly, I don't even think he cares much about the GPS, my original point was more along the lines of that I wanted to give him as much of a glitch-free experience as possible, so my fault for not being more specific. If Helly Bean is as stable as you're saying, then maybe I'll just do that instead then, especially after you explained that glitch. Also, since I don't have any Helly Bean experience myself, does it offer as much customization as AOKP? I've grown quite fond of all the little tweaks they include
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] skinzy98:
Hellybean is pretty stable. When I did my vibrant I didn't have to use a boot loader I went straight to ICS then jellybean. If you want ICS then you may want to try aokp for his vibe its nice. If you end up trying aokp milestone 6 and have unknown baseband let me know and I'll link you to a linario build that should fix that
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Woody:
I have a complete guide to install ICS ROMs in my signature if you feel so inclined. PM me if you need any of the files or I may just host them on my Dev-Host account. I'll be out most of the day, but I can upload them later on tonight.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ZieferD:
When I need to go back to stock and root and flash cwm I use the AIO toolbox. I just put the rom on the internal flash and then use AIO to get cwm on it from the flash custom rom option. Then cancel the file and the phone will reboot into recovery where you install packages twice and should end up in cwm.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samsgun357:
The EU bug has hit vibrant and captivates that I know of. It seems rare though, if you think about the number of users compared to the reported number of cases of the EU bug, its a small percentage.Hellybean doesn't have nearly as much customization but it does offer theming and some launcher/lock screen tweaks. You could always use a custom launcher. There are a few other jellybean ROMs you could try. Honestly any way you go will be better than stock!

*I forgot to tell you, you will need to Odin back to stock 2.1!

its peanut butter jelly(bean) time
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Toast6977:
Yeah.. I don't think root is actually necessary to do any of this. You'll be rooted when the process is complete however. The custom ROMs come with root access.

But to elaborate on Samsgun357's last post, if you are currently on Froyo 2.2 stock, you'll need to Odin back to stock 2.1 prior to starting, because Samsung fixed the bug that allows installation of custom recovery when they released 2.2

It's simple to do, search the forums and you'll find a guide on Odining back to JFD. That's stock Eclair. If I have time in a few I'll locate it for you and post it.

There are YouTube videos about it with links to the files as well. I think djeddie1west posted a good one with links to all files needed, if they are still working links.

Edit: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1117990

There's the link for installing GB bootloader.

Also, I am on my phone and haven't tested links, but as long as they work, near the bottom of the post you'll find the files needed to Odin the JFD files.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Crawshayi:
Eh, I just gave up and told him to go get an iPhone instead, to increase his hipster status. :cool:

Or... that's right, I'd rather be dead than own one of those ugly bricks.

You have all been extremely helpful, and I think I have more than enough to go on. I think for now I'll just throw ICZen on his phone since it's based on the rom I'm most familiar with... and when I have more experience with Helly Bean (I finally ordered a new sdcard that's on the way, so I can play with it on my own phone soon enough :good:) I'll just flash his again. He'll be okay with the risks mentioned so far in this post, and honestly his upgrade is coming up soon so I'm sure I'll be drooling over his S3 when that time comes.

@Woodrube That guide you made to install ICS was exactly what I was looking for, and I wish I had found it earlier so thank you for making such an excellent post.

I'll post back here with the results, thanks for all the help once again
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kylebenton:
I just switched from dad bamf 4.9 to eternity 8-4 on my HTC Thunderbolt. When I try the Wi-Fi hotspots it shows the network is connected, but won't connect to the internet. Is this a known bug that has a fix, or do I have to keep switching roms to use the hotspots?

Also, is there an over locking app to boost the processor?

Thank-you

Kyle
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] disconnecktie:
What are your wifi hot spot settings currently? If you're restoring the settings from tibu that could be why it doesn't work. You may try updating the app.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kylebenton:
You mean like the security settings in the hotspot app? The security, user name, and PW are all the same as before I loaded the new rom. My kindle fire shows that it's connected to the hotspot, I'm just not getting any internet signal. How would I update the app?

Thank you

Kyle
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kylebenton:
Edit: Ok So I downloaded an app called WiFi Tether v3.2 from

http://code.google.com/p/android-wifi-tether/downloads/list

there's other versions, but I got the newest. It opens and says it's operational, but on my Kindle, it just keeps saying "obtaining IP address" and won't connect... I have the credentials the same as they were in the stock hotspot app.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] disconnecktie:
You probably need to change the device profile. I don't know whet the kindle uses but try setting it to Google nexus one. Also make sure routing fix is checked
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kylebenton:
I set the device profile to "Thunderbolt (CDMA/LTE)," changed the channel to 10, and clicked the "Routing Fix" radio button. It's working! However, it will stop working after a while, then I have to reboot my phone to get it to start again. Thank you so much for your Help, disconnecktie.

Are you currently using the Eternity InfectedROM? If you are using it, or are pretty familiar with the ROM, I have a couple more general questions about it.

Thanks Again.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] disconnecktie:
I ran it for about 2 months. I prefer the r248 build over the newer ones. What's the question? Oh and make sure you change your wifi sleep policy to never and that might help with the connection issues you're having.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] rnehrlf:
Everytime I put a new song + videos to my external SD Card, the files will not play properly. All i hear from the music are scribbles and videos won't even show up on the video app.

But the files run fine when i put them on the internal memory.

Any suggestions?

I am currently running KyanRom 1.28

with Sammy Kernel
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] ghost77:
What kind of micro sd card you got ? and i would recommend formatting it from within the phone.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] rnehrlf:
I've done that, and also o nthe computer to FAT32

none of the solutions worked.

Maybe a faulty sd card? I got it off of ebay.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] werdna87:
So i was talking to joelz and said that he was willing to dev and help myn and team warm on warm fourpointzero. He is an amazing dev and did some incredible work on HTC Rezound, HTC Droid Incredible, Verizon Galaxy Nexus, HTC EVO 3D, HTC EVO 3D GSM, HTC EVO 4G, HTC EVO 4G LTE, HTC Desire HD, and HTC Inspire 4G plus probably some i am forgetting. anyways LETS GET JOELZ A GS3!!!

It looks like the cheapest ones are going on swappa for around $500 so lets set that as a goal.

All the money is for the developer, to get the phone. Please post what you have donated so we can keep track of who is helping out

Heres his Paypal link http://xdaforums.com/donatetome.php?u=3449508 just post and say how much you have donated so i can keep track of it

Donations:

Marcismo55-$20 (48L915611J763661R)

jaben2-$25 (90326963SG355761N)

dagnisaun-$15 (69e77945k77958130)

mikeew83-$26 (6JG95563DJ001763P)

Jshokamp-$100 (5WK011893874960H)

Cordell12-$15 (5R915424NK7453347)

Hesh.monster-$15 (41S18051DH864593T)

Jaben2-$25 (55E489633N032730S)

Dovigoldberger-$20 (8UX80260M2657024M)

Droidstyle-$27 (7EC40057XX368633D)

Thanks to other donations given to joelz

TRUE TOTAL: $300 (I believe that includes Paypal fees)

NOTE: the total is actually a little less due to Paypal fees

UPDATE: a deal has been worked out for the device.it should be shipping tomorrow BUT we still do need $50 more

UPDATE: We have gotten all the money as well as found a very cheap device. Thanks to everyone who has donated
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] The Archangel:
Everything checks out. Continue on
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] werdna87:
No one would even consider it?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Marcismo55:
I would love to see Joelz developing over here even though he said the VZW was a flop because of the locked bootloader :p. Warm loving would be nice too!

I sent $20 his way towards a device. Confirmation number: 48L915611J763661R
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ChrisNee1988:
It has been unlocked.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Marcismo55:
Yes, I am quite aware of that bud. Initially, he said he would not getting the device because of the locked bootloader which is where my previous statement came from.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] werdna87:
I think just about everyone knows its unlocked now :P
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] piiman:
What's unlocked :cyclops:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] myn:
We have the keys to the kingdom and it has been unlocked :)

Only prob is Joelz needs an SGS III to enter the kingdom to join Team Warm's journey to excellence on the SGSIII.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] renzo.olivares:
Thanks =D by the way if i dont reach enough money i will refund the donations