yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] AnrgKrshn:
Try to flash a different kernel and access recovery.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] hchimanshu:
Just gonna try that...

Thanks
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] ADDICT.ANK:
try flashtool for flashing the rom

or use the ftf version of recovery for flashing in flash mode

or use fastboot.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] hchimanshu:
Still can't access the recovery and i never flased any rom through flashtool....always used CWM recovery....

stuck in bootloop after flashing the kernel

can you please post a link how flash ROM via FLASHTOOL....

Thanks
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Gold_Phenix:
Where I find tutorial how include ramdisc to new xperia s stock kernel .96 in windows. I want use stock kernel and twrp recovery. Sorry for my English.

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[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] hesaps1234h:
I guess we havent got any custom rom which is aviable to flash via flashtool. But you can flash stock .96 ftf
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] ADDICT.ANK:
flash recovery using fastboot..

Vol up when connecting the device..
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Gold_Phenix:
I cant install trwp recovery in stock kernel I must install -include special ramdisc to kernel. Only custom kernel have include ramdisc. But I want use stock kernel and I must include ramdisc to stock kernel. I'm from Poland sorry for my English.

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[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] AnrgKrshn:
I believe there's a cwm for lb somewhere in the development thread.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Gold_Phenix:
Yes it's cwm for lb I have cwm cray-doze 2.5 mod cwm 6.0.3.2 for lb and is stable and work perfect recommended ;) , because I can't port latest cwm 6.0.4.4 to lt26i and no buddy want make this port :( i want test latest twrp recovery with file manager on latest Sony kernel :) .

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[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] AndrianVienna91:
Media wont load in Album,Walkman,Video .

1 : i just flash existenz ultra rom and my picture , song and video wont load even they in my sd card and ex sd card . i try flash back my original firmware and it goes the same . can anybody in here help me pleaseee ??? :(

i'm using Lt26w , existenz ultra 1.1.5 now.

#sorry for my bad english . :D
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] cyberdynesystem101:
:D

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2054486

there you go :cyclops:

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did you try to plug your sd card into the computer or maybe you can try sd card mounter :cool:

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maybe you can try a soft reset by holding power+volup button hold it until there is three times of vibrate and sorry for my bad english :cool:

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you can try viper for android if you are rooted
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] DolDrum:
installing recovery problem

Hello,

I have got a HTC Wildfire S and a HTC Sensation, both rooted, and now I've got a Xperia S.

I really like it. So I decided to root it and put a custom ROM on it.

Because it's not unlocked (I thought I could do without) I've put a CWM on it via http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1756346.

It worked, put Nature Xperia Advance on and rocked it.

But now it seems CWM is gone! It won't open.

I have installed it again, won't work.

Is it advised to Unlock Bootloader first, as all the CWM I can find are for unlocked.

I do want to make a backup first, but I'd need CWM for that...

Any ideas?:confused:
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Dev.7:
There is thread by Doomlord which has cwm for locked boatloader by cray_doze.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] DolDrum:
Thanks, but I've tried that.

It gives me an error and a headache. I'll give a screenshot tomorrow.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] ADDICT.ANK:
Use cwm by crazy doze.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] hesaps1234h:
Before unlock your bootloader backup your TA partition. Than you can use 6.0.2.7 version of cwm which is done by doomlord.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] pierre80:
i'm using xperia SL and facing a problem. All my media files (song,video,picture) suddenly cannot be read by walkman or album or video,there was no files, but strangely i can access them via file manager. how to fix this problem? Thank You
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] cyberdynesystem101:
an easy way just reinstall those apps and boom mission accomplished
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Gold_Phenix:
How delete history - list download files in Android stock internet browser or chrome?

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[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] DolDrum:
This is the error I keep getting.

I've also installed Busybox via Play Store, but it's no help.

Is there an other CWM for locked bootloader?

Or an other way to install it, perhaps manually?

Or isn't it compatible with Nature?

Thanks!
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Gold_Phenix:
Try cwm for LB - cry_doze 2.5 recovery have new cwm , doomlord have old version cwm .

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[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Ecka149:
[HELP] Cant install system app

Hello,

I need help, i accidently deleted downloads manager, luckly i were seted when deleting something do a backup, but the problem is i cant install it, tried to put in /system/app seted r/w to system, still no luck
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] hesaps1234h:
You have to set to perms to rw-r-r
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Ecka149:
still same :(
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] plusboy+:
what shold i do to install busy box on acro s 1.96?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Dark Wraith:
Google play store...;)
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] ADDICT.ANK:
i guess rerooting is the best way for busybox instead of playstore.

either use doomlord's rootkit or flash the zip via cwm
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] DolDrum:
Where can I find this version of cwm?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Gold_Phenix:
Look PM

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[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] veiron144lww:
Hi

i have a noob question :o

I'm in Syria and I have a Xperia ion (lt28h to be specified) rooted and locked bootloader.. been using stock rooted ICS flawlessly since i bought it and all good.. BUT i flashed it with stock jellybean frimware and while on the stock jelly bean i have a strange proplem.. i turn wifi on but it doesn't show any wifi network unless i remove my sim card (i tried airplane mode, didn't work..). flashed back to ICS the problem is gone and wifi works again

I mean that the wifi turns on but keeps searching for network.. :confused: somehow when i take the sim out it will reboot and wifi works fine and find networks preventing me to use it as daily driver.. :silly:

I did: change the favorite network (didn't work), flash a stock based rom (existenz.. wifi didn't work) Google for it (surprisingly didn't find any thing related)

could it be that jelly bean just doesn't allow Syrian sim cards any more on this device?? (JB on my Xperia P is Perfect :rolleyes: )

is it a kernel problem?

would flashing CM help? (i don't wanna void my warranty :p )

any help will be awesome :highfive:

sorry for making this so long, using so much smilies and for my English.. this is my first post :cyclops:
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] ADDICT.ANK:
Try setting wifi manually.

Or

Clear data of wifi from settings-app-all.

And see
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] SaironJG:
HELP! :(

Hey Guys! I need help with my Xperia Acro S. Rooted and Bootloader Unlocked.

Last Monday, I tried to update my cwm recovery, download the zip file, reboot into recovery then flashed the zip file. But unfortunately I flashed a recovery that wasn't for my device. then after rebooting, my phone won't start No LED, Won't turn On

Then someone adviced me to charge it until GREEN LED appear so I let it on charge, after an hour the RED LED appeared. And now, after 4 days of charging it is still in RED LED. and sometimes RED LED disappears. I'm trying to connect it on my pc but pc doesn't recognize phone. I can't go into Flashmode nor Fastboot mode. What should I do guys? Really NEED HELP
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] veiron144lww:
well... this is a little deeper level of soft brick.. and this is a link that might help you.. :D

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1849170 I hope your devece is fixed

And please hit thanks if i helped.. sorry for my english :o
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] ADDICT.ANK:
Connect the device install the drivers from flashtool dir.

select the last 2 options both fastboot and flashmode drivers, install them

start the flashing again, if it aborts flash again, it will recognize the device and will flash the stock rom..

if that doesn't work then, use fastboot and flash the stock kernel only..

and post here.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Mat97:
Hello,

I have a Sony Xperia S, I unlocked the bootloader using the method from Sony.

I'm on Miui v5 and I'm looking for a way to update the rom via OTA. In the guide from Sony is strongly advised not to accept OTA after unlocking bootloader or you may brick your device. Is this true also for Miui? Can I flash OTA updates through CWM? Is there any way to update the rom via OTA?

Thank you very much
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] AnrgKrshn:
Usually, ota updates save the update in a folder, so when you update through ota, you have to flash the update through cwm anyways. Sony says a lot, but don't worry, we have xda :P as usual, make sure you make a backup before making any changes to your ROM. Even if you're just updating your ROM. Safety first!
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Dark Wraith:
No!!Dont install the ota update with an unlocked bootloader as it will hardbrick your device..ota updates use the fota partition on your phone and this bricks The device as you have an unlocked bootloader and a custom rom.if you wanna install via ota..just flash stock fw..relock bootloader and then go for the ota update..however better option is to download the ftf package and flash via flashtools
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Mat97:
So I must update the ROM by installing the whole ROM but which wipes will be needed?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] AnrgKrshn:
[MENTION=3764441]darkwraith[/MENTION]

I think he's talking about an MIUI update. Sony warns you so that you don't flash SONY'S ota with an unlocked boot loader. Sony's ota won't be pushed to mm an miui ROM, so I'm sure its just an MIUI update.

[MENTION=5576585]Mat97[/MENTION]

Download the package through the ota updater, flash in recovery and wipe cache and dalvik.

If you have any issues in the ROM, do a clean install.

Do NOT flash a ROM like MIUI on a locked boot loader under any circumstances.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] ADDICT.ANK:
download the update and flash it via cwm.

Good and easy way
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Mat97:
Yes I was talking about miui weekly OTA update. Thanks everyone for your answer.?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] AnrgKrshn:
Any time bro, xda is a community. We just try to return the love. Help as many people as you can :)
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] ADDICT.ANK:
Always welcome bro
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Dark Wraith:
Lol yeah..misread it...:-p
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] IAmTechFreq:
Xperia ion help still...

yeah thats my problem tho, i just recently backed up my comptuer and did a fresh clean install of windows 7 , but instead of seeing the SEMC error , i got S1 Boot Download and then Device unplugged

what am i missing? and i cant do fastboot since my bootloader is locked, and i installed al drivers from the flashtool directory, even the fastboot/flashmode drivers.........i tried just a few moments ago and that came up. soooo oand my phones doing the screen or backlit on and off and then constant red situation.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Dark Wraith:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1554632...Try this to install correct drivers....and then try to flash stock ftf via flashtools
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] fer2503:
hi, in your opinion what's the best custom rom for Xperia S, i'm locking for a stable,fast and not much battery drain. i try trinity hd 4.0 (4.1 link is down) with his kernel (UB) but now the phone is slow. any suggestion?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] hesaps1234h:
You should try existenz ultra
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] AnrgKrshn:
If you have unlocked boot loader, you have to try KitKat.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] IAmTechFreq:
xperia ion almost

ok so right after i installed the flashtool drivers i immediately restarted my pc , it turns back on, balalhaha , i started up flashtool immediately and i was trying to flash the whole rom this time , seeing if its any different, but today i had some success, my phone had no led on it and it hasnt turned into a green led on the wall charger since today , so it took like 32 hours + i guess to charge it to get that response. so as soon as i saw flashtool ready to flash the whole rom i guess , i plugged my phone in and waited a bout 5 minutes , and then my phone went and turned into green led at the top i saw it , and it was bright lol , and my phone detected the computer (opposite lol ) and my computer installed the SEMC driver and my phone stayed on for a bit longer than just 2 seconds it was like at least 10-15 - 20 seconds before it shutoff and went away, so my flashtool couldnt flash it exactly, so i mean im goign to this time just flash the kernal itself i guess, just the kernal.sin,and loader.sin, and hopefully after i charge it i can just flash the whole rom but i forgot to save the log so i cant really say what happened, it just said aborted because the phone went off to fast i guess.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] fer2503:
Kitkat is a Alpha version. It isn't stable
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] AnrgKrshn:
It's pretty stable imo. Only thing that's broken is hd video playback.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Fedexm:
Xperia S Remap Buttons

Okay, so before creating a new thread, I'll ask here.

My brother broke the phone upper housing of the phone, you can see it here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GYZE6Y6quc but lets go to the point: There is no power button, I can still wake up the phone with the help of a needle or something... or at least I could...

I was trying to remap the power button to the camera button, I ended up rooting my phone, it required some searching and trying, but finally I rooted the phone and then I tried this button remaping app with no succes.

Then I started to search for another way of doing it, I ended up using the Root Browser and editing stuff with the text editor in /system/usr/keylayout, since I had lots of .kl files, I edited one by one, only changing the lines where the power button was included and changed it for the camera button, and then reboot the phone

Results? Now, none of the keys work, neither the hardware keys or the touch keys of the screen.

The thing I dont understand is that I did a back up of all the .kl files before editing them, and I tried to replace them now that I have this problem but when I reboot the phone, the buttons are still not working

any ideas? Thanks in advance!
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] ADDICT.ANK:
Copy the original backed up files and paste them in their original path and set the permissions to rw-r-r.

and reboot..

also make sure that u make a backup just in case.

and instead of editing u may use xposed framework and gravitybox for swapping keys..

and post here
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Fedexm:
Thanks for the help!

Did that, but the keys are still not working after rebooting, I went to the /system/usr/keylayout folder and its empty

EDIT: I tried again with anoter back up I had, this one had the buttons edited, I rebooted the phone and now it works, and it also changed the power button to the camera buton, thanks a lot for your help!
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] ADDICT.ANK:
ur welcome anytime.

and with empty files keys wont wwork and u know y?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] tolga29:
please help me!

I installed false ta backup v4 after reboot my xperia not open.my xperia s not dead just working qhusb_dload mode (I try install SEMC flash device ı open flashtool==>Device connected with Usb Debugging Off)
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] syphontk:
getting back to stock and unroot from custom rom and root

I am using xperia ion lt28h on official JB 6.2.b.0.211(updated via PCC) i am about to install BlackZax'7 rom for LB (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2367422) So as this a stock based rom and i wont be unlocking my bootloader, if i want go back to stock rom after flashing will it be ok if i just repaired my phone using pc companion ? repairing it will unroot my phone and also CWM recovery would be gone after repairing ? am i right ? I am really new to this rooting / flashing custom stuff so plz help me clear my doubts. :o
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] ADDICT.ANK:
It will not gonna help unless ur using stock rom for repairing via pc companion.

Instead of that its better that u use flashtools.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] syphontk:
ok so after flashing stock firmware if i repair my device using sony PCC my phone would be unrooted and also CWM would be gone ??
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] ADDICT.ANK:
yes, both will be wiped off

cwm and root access will be lost.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Mat97:
Hi guys, I just want to ask you a question that has been in my head for a lot of time. I'm on Miui v5 and I'm very happy with it but sometimes I notice big lags and a big delay opening apps such as whatsapp,youtube,phone,messages,etc... Does this problem persist also on CM based roms?? And just another question can flashing many roms and kernels damage the phone?? Thanks
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Fedexm:
Im not sure of what you are asking me, sorry, maybe I can answer if you reformulate the question.

Any chance you guys now why I cant type numbers or delete letters with the stock keyboard and dialer? I had to download another dialer from the playstore, also, I cant type numbers when putting passwords, for example, I cant login with facebook because when putting my password, the numbers just doesn't work, this problem persists if I change the original keyboard to swype keyboard
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] syphontk:
Hey actually i wanna avoid flashing stock firmware because all the stock firmwares for ion out there has a known video lag bug but for some reason wen i updated via PCC my firmware didnt had that bug.. i can record (HD) smoothly. My question is if i root(doomlord kit)>>install CWM6 for JB(ganeshbiyer) i can backup my stock rom n use it later to rollback to stock after i flash a custom rom. So if i restore to stock rom using CWM can i then use PCC for repairing /updating etc...??
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] deepanshunamdeo:
i have been facing a problem,i have installed "OpenSEMC-mr2-alpha2"

when i control my brightness the illumination bar light remain full

but in stock ROM when i reduce my brightness the intensity of that illumination bar light also decreases .

it is very annoying if you are doing something in night with low brightness and the illumination bar light is full.

please help:(
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] ADDICT.ANK:
Yes that will work, U can use pcc after that

U can backup using cwm and restore the nand also

but make sure after the backup, check the folde of cwm that it should be having all the backed up data in there.

also copy the lib file of the camera and keep it on ur sdcard, it'll come in handy in replacing it with the lib file of laggy cam hd recording bug.

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try using the illumination bar app. it'll help in setting the brightness level of illumination bar.

as the illumination bar sets acc. to brightness of screen by default.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] bilal.shilar:
Xperia S memory not detecing after USB connect

I have android version 4.0.4 rooted and I install USB OTG Helper on my Xperia S and my memory isnt detecting after connecting by usb. Phone is detecting by windows, but memory isnt mounting
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] AnrgKrshn:
Disable USB otg mode.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] bilal.shilar:
how I do that
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] syphontk:
Where will get the lib file??? Path?

Btw thnks a lot for answering my queries
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] ADDICT.ANK:
under the folder system/lib

u'll get the camera files.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Fedexm:
I uploaded a video showing my problem

[YOUTUBE]46ekUvQfeLg[/YOUTUBE]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46ekUvQfeLg
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Haoh:
^^ factory rest
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] aka.lander:
Hi! I've got my phone Xperia Ion LT28i with ublocked bootloader soft-bricked and then successfuly flashed to stock firmware and after this point I'm stuck.

1. flashing any of the first three elves changes nothing - I can't start CWM by tapping on the SONY logo during startup.

2. I can't root the phone with DooMLoRD_Easy-Rooting-Toolkit_v17_perf-event-exploit. I have installed adb drivers, checked USB Debugging and Unknown sources but when I'm pluging the phone to PC as the toolkit asks nothing happens. Tried this with both locked and unlocked bootloader.

3. Root_with_Restore_by_Bin4ry_v33 didn't work too.

What do I need to do to install CWM?

Update

Partialy solved by manualy installing ADB drivers for my phone. Now trying to root.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] exampl2000:
Notification Bar

I recently installed the LeOpArDx RoM V4.6 and my notification bar has disappeared. how can i get it back
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] IAmTechFreq:
Xperia ion LT28AT - soft brick - month

its been a month since ive had this phone bricked , my problem is that i left my phone charging on friday since the afternoon, i come back today at 4-5 ish and get y phone and it had no led the red led was off and there was no green led to show or whatever, i started up flashtool because i thought if i downgrade to the old one it would work best for this model of the phone but instead flashtool gives me an eror with no details and a abort message.....and then windows pops up "S1 Boot Download" - "Device unplugged", so idk what to do now its been a month and im tired of doing this honestly, is there a different way or someone could help me get out of this, this is seriously bugging the **** out of me. right now im downloading flashtool 9.13 and afterwords installing every drivers and then restart it and hopefully tomorrow afternoon i can flash the phone again.but maybe not the whole rom maybe just the kernal and the loader . sin instead. but idk anybody please help?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Dark Wraith:
Did you try this....open flashtool folder...go to drivers.>run the file inside it...first select and install drivers for your phone(normal one) from the list. Then go to the bottom of the list. Select and install flashmode and fastboot drivers. And which version of windows are you on?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] ADDICT.ANK:
swipe up and down to see does it works.

as it should.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] flefethon:
Sony Xperia tablet S (sgpt12) bricked with Android Tuner!

Hi everyone.

I have a rooted sgpt12 and I was messing around with Android Tuner apk.At the "system manager"section under the "cmw backup" tab (if I remember correctly) there are 5 to 6 options that supposed to make the system run faster,smoother and with redused langs.I clicked them on and everything was alright so far.Near the ON tabs of these options,there are 2 or 3 of them wich also have tabs named ON BOOT,but when I clicked them on,the tablet stucked for over 5 minutes.I ve tried to power it off but it was not responding.then I did a hard reset and it closed.After 15 minutes I ve tried to power it on again but nothing happened.There is no splash screen,no sony/android logo and there is no boot loading.I cant even perform a hard/soft reset again or to flash the bootloader with a flash tool since my pc cant recognise the tablet anymore.I ve installed plenty of usb debugging drivers and flashtools,none of these worked....

If anyone knows what to do or faced the same problem and managed to fix it,please share the info with me...

Thank you in advance...

...sorry for my bad english...:)
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Fedexm:
I did it, but the problem persists