yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] blackmatrix64:
Thank you for your answers. I should have cited that I didn't initiate the flashing process. For example, you start the Flashtool, and you don't touch anything in there, then you connect Xperia U via USB cable holding volume down, which turns on the green lights indicating that the flashmode has been enabled, the log shows that the "Device connected in flash mode", and if you wait there for around 45 seconds the green light will turn off, the flashmode disables itself, and the phone shows battery icon, and the log shows that "Device disconnected", is this normal or not?

As you can see after around 45 seconds the flashmode disables itself in my case (I suppose maybe because it's not used?)

>>24/036/2012 19:36:40 - INFO - Device connected in flash mode

24/037/2012 19:37:24 - INFO - Device disconnected<<

Is this normal or not? Does it happen with your devices aswell?

Thank you in advance,
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] neectron:
It shouldn't disconnect and show battery icon .:/
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] blackmatrix64:
Thank you for your answers.

Anyway I just started the flashing process, and in this case the flashing mode didn't disconnect, and flashing process finished successfully. Now I'm using Stock ICS.

One difference I noticed is that, temperature is higher in ICS, while using and charging reaches 41 C. What is the safe limit for the device?

Thank you once again and all the best.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Xede:
Im not sure if this post is meant to be here, but im really new to android is there something of installous equivalence on the android?

how do i get the games i want from playstore for free? thanks.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] KidCarter93:
You can't. Getting paid for games/apps for free is called warez, which is against forum rules.

"My badboy megazord whip's got more features than iOS5"
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] neectron:
Check out the manual,:)

Edit:It is not in manual nor in white paper.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Felimenta97:
Technically, he can. What is against form rules is to tell how to do it.

"What really matters in this world, anyway?"
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] KidCarter93:
Yeah but I'm not gonna explain it to him, as even discussing it is against forum rules :)
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] tuto_vn:
[Sony Xperia Sola] Lost Google Play and google account after root

Hi, I'm new here .

I used to root HTC's device but this is the first time I have to handle about my girl friend's Sony Sola . She sent it to other people for rooting and after it has been rooted completely, there weren't Google Play store neither google accounts on it . It also contained some Chinese sofwares, so I thought that phone has been used with ROM Asian version .

How I get to make these important applications come back ? Use another ROM and how to install (I heard that with Sony phones, the software on PC is used for copying and installing files is Flashmode ???) . Do I have to reset factory . The Android ver. is 2.3.7 (GB)

Please give me the detail to do . I appreciate all your feedbacks .

Regards :good:
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Mirhawk:
Glad I could help You out. Unfortunately I don't use titanium backup app, so I don't have much knowledge there. Still I will try the app once to check it out.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] rattlesnake200591:
ok that's not much trouble, you've already saved my ass and i've bothered you enough by theese two days :D i didn't have lot of stuff inside my phone :)

next time i'll flash something else i'll come here before doing anything on my own

again thank you ! thank you ! thank you ! :D
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] l2d4y3:
Ubuntu Touch?

I want to make a Ubuntu Touch rom based on OpenSEMC-U. What do I need to learn?

Also, Is it possible to base it on AOSP lollipop?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Mirhawk:
You can have a look here.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Jackov15:
Problem with FHD movie

Hi

I've got a little problem when I try to watch FHD movie on my Xperia S. The video is freezing(on MX Player) and its played very slowly and its hard to watch.. Resolution of this movie is 1920x1080p. Any idea what the problem is?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Mirhawk:
Do mention which ROM You are using, any mods applied etc.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] semirr:
Hello everyone,

So my friend borrowed my phone to take a selfie and returned it shortly afterwards(im giving this info because i cant say if it shut down while my friend was using it or while it was in ny pocket). I just put it in my pocket and after about 20 minutes i wanted to see the time and it wouldnt turn on.

I tried pressing only the power button and nothing, i tried power + vol+ it didnt work, waited to get home to recharge, put it on my charger and no led no nothing.

I am just wondering what could be the problem and is there a way to fix it? Is it the battery? Im asking to see if it is worth to spend money to repair it as i bought a new phone.

Also the water damage indicator on the back is pink but i have never exposed it to water. (That has been pink for over a month before it died).
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Mirhawk:
Can You try the rubber band method from here?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] semirr:
Okay thanks for the reply, ill try the method as soon as i get my laptop back from repairs. I have read the thread that you suggested, but i didnt quite understand the rubber band trick, after some research i finally got it :P thanks again :)
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] HRSE:
Xperia Ion (LT28h) driver, flash, etc.

My brother's Xperia Ion (LT28h, unlocked bootloader, root, stock ROM)

bricked

recently and I'm trying to recover it using the tips & tricks from [GUIDE] Recover 2012 and newer XPERIAs from SOFT-brick,

hopefully without erasing user data

. Currently I'm not successful yet, so I just want to make sure all the steps and preparations are done correctly. I'm not an expert in smartphone, but previously I've been able to follow the guides and unlock bootloader, root, and flash custom ROMs for Xperia Ion and Xperia J. I'm kind of frustrating now, so please bear with me for the unorganized questions.

Driver

Windows 7 x64

Installed latest Sony PC Companion

Installed FlashTool ver 0.9.18.4

Installed all drivers from \Flashtool\drivers\Flashtool-drivers.exe

Q: Do I need additional divers for FlashMode/FastbootMode?

FlashMode/FastbootMode

Enter FastbootMode: Turn off phone. Press and hold [Vol+], plug in USB cable when prompted

Q: Is it correct? Where can I find the guide for Xperia Ion FastbootMode?

Enter FlashMode: Turn off phone. Press and hold [Vol-], plug in USB cable when prompted

Q: Is it correct? If my phone is bricked (only red led), do I sill need to find a way to turn if off?

Q: What is the side effect if I un-tick the option "Erase User Data" and tick the option "No Final Verification""?

When trying FlashMode, FlashTool shows

Q: Is it an indicator that the phone is not turned off, or it is a normal behavior for bricked phones?

Hardware Reset/Shutdown

Hardware Reset: Hold [Power] and [Vol+] for 5sec

Hardware Shutdown: Hold [Power] and [Vol-] for 10sec

Q: Are these steps correct?

Thanks for viewing/helping.

Kelvin
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] maddboss:
please answer this question

I posted it here just because no one answered it so please answer
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] nageswarswain:
can i flash other country's firmwires?

can i flash jb .96 firmwire of United kingdom on my xperia s lt26i (india)....what are the difference in indian jb and Uk jb?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] semirr:
It has been charging for 44h, still no red LED. Still plugged in, is this normal? For how longer should i try charging it before i give up? How much time did you guys charge yours?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] HRSE:
i guess it is different for every case. My Xperia Ion can show red LED in a few hours, but I can't reset / shutdown / flash / fastboot :rolleyes:
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] semirr:
Hmm im just waiting for the red LED to show. Since yours is showing, I have been reading a lot about this in this thread, and as I read, you have to wait some more till the light goes off, than try the rubber band trick and flash the kernel first than charge some more than flash the whole rom..

The strange thing in my case is that i was stock everything. Wasnt installing any roms or anything and it just wont turn on... It was 80% when it died..
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] HRSE:
thanks for the suggestion. I've waited till the red LED turned off, and tried the rubber-band trick overnight but not succeeded. I will try one more time before disassembling the phone to disconnect the batt.

I have been also using stock FW for 2 years. Last known working state was charging with 6% batt. Seems like lots of people also having this problem, I don't even know if this is the hardware issue with the batt or software/firmware issue.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] semirr:
Yeah i was wondering the same, still, i want to try to fix it myself cause i dont feel like giving money away xD you know, world crisis and all that xD
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] tiborrr:
~ # ←[6n

Dear Developers,

I'm trying to increase my data partition through this guide http://xdaforums.com/xperia-s/s-development/tutorial-increase-data-partition-t2821058 but I'm getting stuck at trying to open a shell in TWRP and making commands. When I open up a shell on my PC it only gives me back

~ # ←[6n

. Nothing more. When i try while booted i get

shell@nozomi:/ $

, which is what i should see when doing the same thing in TWRP.

How do i get adb shell to work in TWRP?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Mirhawk:
This is

~ # ←[6n

what is shown when You try to use adb in TWRP. So just run commands on it as shown in the tutorial.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] tiborrr:
Increase data partition

Dear community,

I'm trying to expand my data partition trough this guide: http://xdaforums.com/xperia-s/s-development/tutorial-increase-data-partition-t2821058. but i'm stuck.

Apparently my phone recognizes my data partition, but doesn't recognize my sd partition. But why? This is how my partition table looks right now. Am i doing alright?

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/block/mmcblk0p1 1 65 2048 f0 Linux/PA-RISC boot
Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary
/dev/block/mmcblk0p2 * 65 81 512 4d Unknown
Partition 2 does not end on cylinder boundary
/dev/block/mmcblk0p3 129 768 20480 48 Unknown
Partition 3 does not end on cylinder boundary
/dev/block/mmcblk0p4 769 954240 30511104 5 Extended
Partition 4 does not end on cylinder boundary
/dev/block/mmcblk0p5 785 800 512 46 Unknown
/dev/block/mmcblk0p6 833 928 3072 4a Unknown
/dev/block/mmcblk0p7 961 1056 3072 4b Unknown
/dev/block/mmcblk0p8 1089 1184 3072 58 Unknown
/dev/block/mmcblk0p9 1217 1376 5120 70 Unknown
/dev/block/mmcblk0p10 1409 1664 8192 83 Linux
/dev/block/mmcblk0p11 1665 2176 16384 f0 Linux/PA-RISC boot
/dev/block/mmcblk0p12 2177 34944 1048576 83 Linux
/dev/block/mmcblk0p13 34945 42944 256000 83 Linux
/dev/block/mmcblk0p14 42945 292945 8000024 83 Linux
/dev/block/mmcblk0p15 292946 954240 21161432 c Win95 FAT32 (LBA)

What can i try so my phone recognizes the SD partition again?

Furthermore, I have already tried formatting my SD partition again trough TWRP.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] vishals16:
You managed to install the rom after increasing the data partition right?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] tiborrr:
Yes i was, and my ROM does detect my data but not my SD.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] vishals16:
If formatting from storage is not working, try doing the process again. And make sure you successfully save the new partitions.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] tiborrr:
I will... btw can i flash stock ftf without flashing FOTA so i keep TWRP?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] vishals16:
You don't need to flash stock ftf. You already have twrp. You can start the process again from here itself.

You will just be touching partitions 14 and 15, so it should be fine.

:)
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] tiborrr:
Thanks for the help, i eventually got it done. Sooo simple:silly:.... I just needed to press the format SD card button in the OS. I did do the partitioning right :)
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] vishals16:
Yeah, that is what i meant by formatting from storage in settings. Anyway enjoy the big partition [emoji4]
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] whmgreen:
I'm sorry for the dumb question but is there a simple way to install twrp or cwm? I'm already rooted and I want to flash a custom Rom. I'll do more investigating but I thought I would ask because so far it doesn't seem to be a very straight forward process. Thanks!
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Mirhawk:
You can easily follow the method from here to flash TWRP.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] whmgreen:
Is unlocking the boot loader a prerequisite to flashing a custom recovery and ROM?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Mirhawk:
If You are flashing a stock based ROM (Android 4.1.2), then no need to unlock bootloader and You can use recovery for locked bootloader. If You want to flash any ROM with version greater than 4.1.2(4.2.2, Kitkat, Lollipop) then you need to unlock bootloader as they use different kernel which is in the ROM itself.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] whmgreen:
Thanks for your help! I'll let you know how it goes. I'm a bit rusty on modding Sony phones (had the x10). Too bad there isn't a tool for this but I'll commit some time and surely be successful. I'm using this phone as a webcam IP for my soon to be born baby's baby room, so again thanks! Hopefully putting a kit Kat or lollipop ROM on the ion will breath it new life, as it seems pretty slow on ICS.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Mirhawk:
Ah are You using Xperia Ion and have last official version as ICS? Then You can use only ROM which are based on ICS on locked bootloader. To simplify, You can use custom ROM's on locked bootloader which have same android version as Your current official android version. Don't You have Jelly Bean(4.1.2) upgrade for Your phone? If Yes, then update it and then use Jelly bean ROM's on locked bootloader too. Also, camera quality on Kitkat and Lollipop suck due to no good camera apps. So do check out the thread of respective ROM for camera quality.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] frankfurt069:
backup and restore app

Hello,

everytime I switch to another rom I restore my apps like many of you with titanium backup

It works for every app very fine but...

Now I have a app that I restore

with its data

but it starts like I installed it completely new and have to sign in etc.

Do you faced this problem, too?

What solved this problem?

This is the link to the app, germans maybe know it: Jodel App

I would be very thankful for your help. :fingers-crossed:
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Mirhawk:
If You install any app after wiping data, it will treated as fresh install. Unless that app has facility to store data on sdcard, and provided You don't wipe sdcard, It can read the data from sdcard and then act as before.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] frankfurt069:
But didn't titanium backup exactly these data which are wiped by fresh instal?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Mirhawk:
Do You mean Titanium backup backuped the data of the apps? If yes, then I don't know as I haven't used the Titanium Backup app. I use this app to backup app data and restore it.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] skynetko:
Xperia S dead by accident

Hello everybody,

I am glad to see this thread is noob friedly, because I made a big mistake rooting my xperia S. I managed to get the CWM recovery to work, but I forgot to copy CM11 ROM into internal memory and this device has no external memory. Is there any chance to flash ROM from PC through USB?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] vishals16:
So you wiped your sdcard or something like that?

Reboot in recovery and connect your phone to the PC. Place the rom and gapps in platform tools or adb folder(whichever you have) and rename them to rom.zip and gapps.zip. Now open cmd in platform tools folder and type the following commands.

adb push rom.zip /sdcard/

adb push gapps.zip /sdcard/

If this doesn't work. You can download the advanced stock kernel. I remember that mount usb storage works in this kernel. Just flash it using fastboot or flashtool and reboot in recovery. Connect to PC and mount usb storage. You can then just transfer the rom and gapps to sdcard and then you can easily flash them,
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] skynetko:
Thank you very much. With kernel you posted I was able to mount storage as you mentioned and from there it was no problem. You rock!:good:
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] vishals16:
Glad it helped. :)
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] reagen88:
Putting files to SD Card in recovery mode

Update-So I found this from the FreeXperia recovery thread:

After that your phone will now always boot into recovery!

To boot again normal Rom you have to flash the stock Sony kernel.sin (can be found in ANY Rom ftf, just extract ftf as zipfile)

Reflash stock Rom:

fastboot flash boot kernel.sin

I tried it, but cmd shows "Waiting For Device" only. Tried reboot system and even hard shut-down, still doesn't work.

---------------------------

Hello, everyone.

I think my problem is a bit similar to the one above me, but since I'm not sure I'm gonna ask anyway.

I'm feeling adventurous with my Xperia S this week and finally decided to try a costum rom.

Which is this: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2393889

So...bootloader unlock and root was done some years ago, no problem on that side.

Recovery...I search around and follow this instructions

-Copy the recovery-nozomi.img file to the folder that’s called Fastboot. Insert the USB cable inside the laptop, pressed the Volume on the phone while plugging the cord to the phone.

-Run "Command prompt” as administrator, type in:

cd c:\Fastboot

fastboot flash boot recovery-nozomi.img

-Type in

fastboot reboot

Got it working, did a backup of my system then because I assume I only have to copy the ZIP into the phone and then Wipe Data/Factory Reset, Wipe Cache partition and Dalvik Cache, and finally Install the ROM from the ZIP file located in SD Card.

But then comes the problem....now .everytime I turn on the phone I boot into the recovery mode (CWM Based Recovery v.5.5.0.4). Can't seem to return to usual phone mode. Thus copying the ZIP file to further install the ROM is not possible.

So the question: I wonder if there's a way to put files into the card even in recovery mode, and just to make things more interesting somehow MTP USB Device driver install always failed.

I would also love to know if I can just boot back to regular phone mode.

Other simpler solutions to my problem is also welcome.

Your help is needed and much appreciated.

Thanks anyway
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] vishals16:
Assuming you were on stock jelly bean rom you can flash the stock kernel using flashtool. Then your phone will boot up. You can then transfer the zip of the rom. Now since you mentioned that the rom is already rooted, what you need is recovery. So download this. Extract the zip. Then connect the phone to the PC and run the file “cwm-install-en.bat“ from the extracted folder. Rpvide super user access when prompted. You will successfully install recovery this way. You can now reboot into recovery (by pressing volume up button while booting).

Alternatively you can just download the doom kernel. Extract the zip and flash the kernel.elf using flashtool or fastboot. You phone will be able to boot and it already has a recovery. So you can boot up the device transfer the rom and then reboot into recovey and flash the kernel.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] reagen88:
Update: I should've waited for further advice.

To end the endless loop, I proceed to restoring the backup data I thought I had. The process stuck at "Restoring boot image" and then I got sent back to the main menu. Thinking it finished, I rebooted, and now only the SONY logo welcome me. It's not even a loop anymore, is this what people call brick? Is there a way out of this and install that ROM that I want?

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Thanks very much for the fast reply. I did what you told me, although using the advanced stock kernel.

It worked, I then copy the ROM, Wipe Data/Factory Reset, Wipe Cache partition and Dalvik Cache and install ROM from ZIP. Now I'm stuck on a boot loop even though the Recovery said the flashing succeed. :p I wonder why....
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] vishals16:
Did you flash the advanced stock kernel or the 6.2.B.1.96 kernel?

Try flashing the 6.2.B.1.96 kernel using flashtool and see what happen because the rom you are trying to flash uses stock kernel (I think). Force shut down the phone first and flash using flashtool.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] reagen88:
Was just about to post another update.

So I did this before I saw the post:

-Go into Fastboot mode and flash the Advanced Stock Kernel again. This didn't fix the problem. But at this point, I started to think that maybe only the ROM is needed, because the Kernel install work fine. So...

-Go into Flashmode and install LT26i_6.2.B.1.96_World. I think it is a ROM, but maybe also a Kernel. I'm not sure, it's around 450MB. Anyway, I flashed this, and now the phone works. It got a whole different version of Android running too.

As you can see, I just got lucky trying stuff out right there.

But yeah, reading from that post of yours...I should be OK flashing that ROM I want now because what I got running is stock (Presumably)?

I'm just guessing again, but what I need to do know is:

-Install the Recovery from the link you gave me

-Enter Recovery, Wipe Data/Factory Reset, Wipe Cache partition and Dalvik Cache

-Install ROM from ZIP in Memory Card

And it should work properly, yes?

I'm really sorry for all this confusion of mine, just new to all this stuff. Having really great fun learning all this, though. :)
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] vishals16:
You flashed the whole rom. You are on stock jelly bean now. If you want to root and install recovery and flash the rom you wanted you can follow this tutorial. The tutorial descibes how to root and install cwm recovery in stock jb. Just flash the rom after installing recovery. That will do.

Guide for rooting

Guide for installing cwm recovery
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] reagen88:
Did as written, and Thanks to you I'm now playing with my shiny new ROM.

So what went wrong at my first try of flashing it was I got the wrong kernel, eh?

Anyway, thanks a lot for all the help. You just made my day! :good::laugh:
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] vishals16:
I think it was because you flashed the ics kernel with the jb base rom. That should be the reason of the boot loop.