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[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jave16:
I flashed everything perfect i wiped everything before i flashed the Rom so i didnt dirty flash ive been flashing roms since the first droid so i know how to flash unfortunately flashing this build of aokp didn't go to well for me
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] masully84:
I'm confused you flashed over M6 and didn't dirty flash? AOKP always recommends a full wipe. I flashed Build 3 last night, clean without a single issue. As for bricking, it's a Nexus. Kinda hard.

Sent from my Nexus 7
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jave16:
I didnt flash directly over m6 without wipeing everything first before flashing the new aokp jb b3 i think thats where people getting alil confused
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Zepius:
you said you just flashed it over.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jave16:
My mistake i was trying to say coming from m6 i flashed from that to aokp jb after i wiped everything first
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] WiredPirate:
Factory reset

Wipe cache

Wipe dalvic cache

Format system

Flash build 3

Flash gapps

Fix permissions

Reboot
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] DeenPrecious:
Hello there!

I'm questioning if there is already an existing Kindle Fire OS Port, or if it is even possible to have it on the HTC Flyer.

I'm thinking about buying a Kindle Fire for my mother, because a full Android OS would be too difficult for her to use. But then I was thinking about, if there might be a Kindle Fire OS for the Flyer, so I could just use the Flyer and give it to her.

I hope someone of you can give me an answere on that question.

~~~

Sorry for the bad english...~

Deen
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] spdie:
I hope someone of you can give me an answere on that question.

Sorry, there isn't.
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] redpoint73:
No such port exists for the Flyer, at least not on XDA.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] adee147:
Has anyone teared apart Sony Xperia U? I was thinking that Xperia 2012 devices are almost same. So there is a possibility that Xperia U can have an sd card slot but for the market sales perspective, Sony didn't put one. If that is so, there may be a possible way of adding an sd card slot or hardwiring an sd card in Xperia U.

I am ready for non-destructive tearing of my Xperia U to check if that idea works but I don't have much understanding of the design, so I don't know where to look. If I could have an expert's advice before diving in
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] iam_dragonmaster:
sd card

I was close to that though. I was wondering if by chance we could change the memory chip somehow. I guess is easier to get the blueprint of the motherboard than tear the mobile apart. May the force be with you :)
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] hnl_dk:
have a look, it should give you an idea ;)

http://www.phonearena.com/news/Sony-Xperia-U-torn-down-clears-the-FCC_id29624#1-
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] adee147:
Or that of course :)

But what about the partitions they have? I don't think they have used different memory chips for different partitions. Plus if they have hard coded the max memory address in the bios..
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] iam_dragonmaster:
There's only one memory chip. I guess if they they've the info in the bios, or in the bootloader (I'm no ninja in this subject), probably it's just a matter of changing the memory chip. You get a bootloader locked, or unlocked, 32GB Xperia U. As soon you flash it, it will be partitioned like it is right now and the rest of the space left in raw. Afterwards, with cwm you can resize the partitions or create new ones. I believe that, in theory, this makes sense, since the bootloader isn't stored in the memory card and, in fact, is all we need to make the phone flashable.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] kaito83:
Guys chech the 7th picture

Sandisk

SDIN5C2-8G

So no chance to change the memory all thinghs has been stored on/in that chip
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] iam_dragonmaster:
True, it's a SanDisk. I've seen it already. But the bootloader isn't stored there. In fact I believe that works just like

like the pc's motherboards that have a dedicated chip to store the bios. I only I had more knowledge of electronics I would may be able to identify the components...
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] kaito83:
It is very dificult to change that chip...

Need special tools
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] iam_dragonmaster:
But it's not impossible... Let's see if it isn't too expensive...
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] kaito83:
I think it is expensive need sandisk special RAM and other tools...
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] unreal3000:
well this seems really interesting... wouldnt mind trying it out since i am learning how to solder now, and after lots of practice, could attempt it...but i need someone incredibly expeirenced to try it out first :P if we can get pics and blueprints of another xperia nxt phone with similar hardware, i think it would definitly be possible... we may even find an unused gap for an sd card slot :P but we would probably have to permanently solder one on... for the software bit im sure we can get it from the other nxt phones.... they are so similar, probably flashing one of its roms on another phone would still boot it, though things may not work. so yeah....think we should start looking into this more seriously!
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Courage_:
There is no sd card on that phone
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] wildfire-s:
That being the soul purpose of this thread!!!
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] supercoolman:
just wondering...

with all of those money for the special tooling, time and effort. maybe should have bought a higher tier phone with SD card in the first place?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Gothic-4-Schiffer:
I don't think this is an appropriate or helpful comment, I mean why judge people? Personally my criteria was the size (i preferred having a smaller nxt device) so at least from where I stand it would make perfect sense to mod.

Not flaming just pointing out that maybe you should have considered that perhaps their criteria is different to yours.

p.s. This is not just to you but a lot of people here (on xda) have been pointing out things that directly contradict the intentions of the OP
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] iam_dragonmaster:
That's your point of view. And it makes sense. Now consider this:

Why not?

Why do people tune their car instead of buying a Ferrari?

Why do people put stupid bows in wallet size dogs?

And why did this community ported ics and jb to phones that came with 1.6 native?

Just for the fun of it. Every time someone says something it's impossible or useless another guy ends up doing it just to prove its possible.

Another thing to consider is the whole point of xda. If crazy ideas didn't existed we weren't be were throwing ideas to each other, which is like a gym to our brain.

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Anyone with some knowledge of electronics can shed some light on this subject for me? The memory chip is SDIN5C2-8G, the 16G model isn't easy to find, but it does exist. It costs around 32usd. Isn't this motherboard dual layer? I can't see the soldering points on the other side of the board. Another thing, can we get the model of the ram chip (assuming there is a dedicated chip for that- i can't see nothing in the pics)? It would help a lot.

Unreal- How and where is the bootloader stored (you are one more that came from g3 and I know you probably can explain it to me)

Brainstorming guys, come on! Let's learn.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] lee480:
Source and credits: http://de.aliexpress.com/item/For-HTC-Desire-HD-SDIN5C2-8G-NAND-Flash-Chip-with-FSBL/624483016.html
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] supercoolman:
did I judge people in anyway or are you trying to be a troll? I was just saying maybe 20+20+20+20+20+20+20+20+550 is not much better than 650. this is a discussion forum and I believe people should be free to express their idea/opinion as long as there is no flaming and attacking. it looks like you think otherwise.

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are you implying that people buy their car with the same capability and engine as Ferrari, but just not a Ferrari, so they can do some wiring and their car becomes Ferrari?

not sure what you are going with the dog

porting Android to android phones is not entirely impossible as long as you can do HAL properly. porting iOS to andoird phone will be impressive.

your examples and analogies went too wild.

I don't see this as a crazy idea, but if you think it's crazy, so be it.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] unreal3000:
well im no pro :P but what was mentioned earlier probably is true. we could just solder on the same memory chip, but of larger capacity onto the board. this ofcourse will be difficult for average users to do. u would need to find a pro soldering guy or practice enough to get it rite...this way the phone will behave as normal, but with extra unpartitioned space, which can be partitioned by cwm later.but will probably definitly work.but tough.

second way would be be to find some an empty sd slot bracket or pins which sony may have left free since they ddnt want to put one on this phone. then, with a little software tweaking we could make it behave like the xperia sola, both internal and external memory, that is, if their even is such a bracket. this would probably be easier to solder on. we probably may not need to touch the bootloader, or atleast for the first case. honestly i would prefer not to touch it incase of hardbricks :P but dont really know if this would hardbrick a sony phone...it would on my old g3 but maybe sony is different? :P also if we really want to do this, i suggest we use maybe a 32gb version of the chip? if we are willing to do all this hardwork, we mite as well put a decent chip in it...maybe even 64 :P either ways we need an expert like adamoutler who knows about chips and ****....or atleast someone with awsome soldering skills...
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Gothic-4-Schiffer:
The OP is asking about the "POSSIBILITY" they've neither requested the price nor the financial viability of the exercise. Therefore your initial comment is not only out of context & rather pointless but it also demonstrates poor command of logic and the inability to stay on task & on topic.

It may be a discussions thread but consider the context and value of your response. (i.e. If you know what his exact criteria are then point out a device that matches them with the addition of an SDCARD slot)

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[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] iam_dragonmaster:
It´s possible but...

So, today i do have some time to spare and i´m in the process of gathering info.

I got this really nice thread by RolF2 that did something close to an HTC Desire S (that uses the same eMMC as our XU):

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1543310

Well, the problem now is the bootloader...

We can throw a 32GB (any other card would be just to expensive like the 64gb (164usd!!)) on this but, and using wiki as source (not very reliable but i got the general picture), the bootloader is located in the boot partition in the eMMC. So, any change to this card WILL affect the bootloader.

So, the main issue is:

How to flash the bootloader?

Our fellow of the HTC forum didn´t do it. It came preinstalled with the eMMC, along with the rom (lucky), he got it from parts4repair. It came with and unlocked BL, Simfree and the latest OS at the time. So it might be easier than we though. If this store has the technology, and the know how, maybe with some good old fashioned (and sexy) talk this idea might get real.

Just mailed the store with some CRAZY questions, will post here when i get an answer. We will have to wait since they are now on China

Mid-autumn Festival and National Day holidays from 2012-09-29 through

2012-10-07.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] minori_aoi:
china guy sure are amazing ... well ... it would have been great to upgrade the memory of my U. I love the illumination light which many people think just a gimmick or battery drain. no other phone have this feature, plus unlike the other two NXT, it came in many colors.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] unreal3000:
we both stumbled on the same links :P yeah the desire S guys have it pretty easy :P i checked if the site had parts for our phone, but they dont have the emmc chip for it. (atleast not with anything pre-installed) we either have to request for one, or find a way to clone the data from our 8gb chip to the new chip, atleast to get it to boot and then do the partitioning later. or we could find a way to flash the chip after its put on the phone, through the phone. but that could be more difficult. main problem is that we need to get the bootloader onto the new chip. maybe we could find a way to flash these chips? also checked up on soldering of chips like these. not as tough as i thought.....but i will practice alot on some flashdrives before i even try somthing similar....basicaly it is possible. also seeing the prices, i may just stick to a 16gb chip :P looking at the possibilities of finding an empty sd card bracket, cant find any, comparing the internals with the sola. then again im no pro at chips so i wouldnt be able to identify one... pls do report back with your results from that chinies shop. if they can flash a bootloader onto the chip before shipping then our only worry is soldering it on, which isnt that big a problem. if i dont feel confident about soldering it myself, i may take it to a cellphone repair shop where they resolder these kind of chips all the time :P one last thing. pls keep bull**** out of this thread. only post if u have questions or contributions to deving. no posting about ETA, that its not possible or that its stupid.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] iam_dragonmaster:
Sd card

Digging a bit more i´ve found this:

http://www.stericsson.com/products/u8500-novathor.jsp

The Nova Thor platform, which is used in these models (Sony Xperia P, Sony Xperia U, Sony Xperia Sola, Sony Xperia go, Samsung Galaxy Ace 2, Samsung Galaxy Beam, Samsung Galaxy S Advance, Ontim WP8500, Yulong Coolpad CP7728,Motorola XT760 and Shanda Bambook), has, in fact, an connection for a sd card. But won´t we have to mod the software to read it? I guess it´s easier to put and sd card in the phone, but harder to tweak it afterwards...

Back to the drawing board
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] foggyflute:
BGA (Ball grid array) soldering is hit and miss sometime, even by shop. I don't think it worth unless the chip is dying already.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] monivan:
Hrm i've broken my w8 bootloader once! The phone is totally brick no respond to anything! I go to a repair shop and they write bootloader back to the emmc through JTAG, a kind of connector that is being use attach to mainboard and it's use tp transfer data or bootloader without using a usb connector nor even phone is completely brick! I don't know how he do it! It may useful to u to know! If u want to write ur bootloader to a blank Emmc!

Don't forget to hit thank, if i deserve it!
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] adee147:
Not for me :P

I have three brothers working in the profession of electrical/electronic repairing. They often do such things
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] adee147:
Well it's true but we can always re-solder it, unless turning the phone on with imperfect soldering messes up the phone pretty bad
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] adee147:
Guys a lot of thanks to all of you for considering it :o

I have worked before with micro-controllers (academic projects) and I'll study if I can clone the bootloader from on-board chip to a blank chip. But I'm more interested in having an sd-card mounted since it needs less hardware and software tweaks. If I'm going to replace the EMMC chip, then I'll go for 32GB. When the risks are high, the profit should also be high :)
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] iam_dragonmaster:
I totally agree with you about the profits. And 32gb will definitely be my choice. But I personally believe that the sd card will be harder to configure than the new emmc, since the rom isn't build to work with one and, for sure hasn't the drivers. To find the correct driver will be a major pain. At least for me. The sd card would be a better choice, if configured to be an extension of the internal memory (it has to be at least a class 6 card to work fine), due to portability and exchange-ability. But anyway, a prefer an emmc, as it´s (as i said before) easier for me to configure (God bless CWM) even in the rom. In the worst case I will have to change some values, nothing more..
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] unreal3000:
if we find the right pins to solder, we may have luck, since we can use bit of code from the xperia sola's kernel snd firmware, as both phones are almost identical except for sd card slot and front cam and touchscreen. whats the cheapest price we could get for the 16gb and 32gb chips?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] chilloutlea:
Its, better to change phone than play with that SD card ;)
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] iam_dragonmaster:
Then we will have another issue: How to flash a kernel on locked boot loader? (it´s my case, by the way. Already on ICS, already rooted :))

If I'm not mistaken it's all about kernel modules...

For 16gb around 40usd and for 32gb around 65...
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Logseman:
Assuming that the bootloader isn't stored on the memory chip, how would you flash a new firmware on the purchased bigger chip?

XUTT
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] iam_dragonmaster:
If so, then you will be able to flash it via flashtool since bootloader enables flash mode through s1boot. Anyway i'm talking with a store in china that sells chips with preinstalled roms. Being that the case it will be even better.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] unreal3000:
damn...pricy for a chip :P i think i saw 16 gb for arround 32 usd somewhere.... maybe if we all order together in bulk (say arround 5 or 10) we could get a good deal? and the bootloader is definitly stored on this chip...china shop to the rescue :P can anyone confirm that by using a bigger chip, to use the extra space, we can just partition it with cwm? not really sure about this part...though i know we have to do somthing similar..
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] iam_dragonmaster:
Well, a bit more of info:

The Nova Thor platform is limited to 32gb, so i think it will be won't need to tweak the software to use it. As far as i know CWM will do the trick... Since minitool doesn't recognize the emmc... But i guess if we run a similar program on linux we get it up to work anyway. At least it used to work with G3...

By the way, i didn't get any answer by the store. I guess they are still partying hard.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] unreal3000:
damn....we need to find a way to flash these chips....any know how?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] adee147:
I can try. But there is a small prob...

I don't wanna spoil my phone :( since I'm not in a condition to buy a new one. I know that reading the chip is not gonna hurt it but writing it on another chip and replacing that chip might.

Only if I could find broken or dead Xperia U with safe n sound Novathor chip ready to be experimented on, it would ease my life. But that's not gonna happen since this one is not that old..

I'll do it though, just need to collect enough money to buy a new one first..
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] AlenKing:
thanks man for this and look what those mother f**** idiots just did to this really nice phone grrrrr :crying:

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try it man ;) i you fail we will collect some money for your new U heheheheheh :D
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] bbshimanshu:
Really guys st25i is very great device but I missed sd card option. Any option have to change hardware setting and up to my phone memory to 8 gb(personal used).

:):):):):):):):)

I know this is impossible but my heart said so I will write.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] adee147:
Well I have found out that if a soldered chip is removed from the board, there are very high chances that it won't solder correctly again because the solder balls below the IC lose their balance. Although the new chip has perfectly balanced balls so it can be soldered correctly.

Now if I remove the chip from the board, there are very high chances that it won't sit in it's place again. So if I fail to write data on a new chip, my phone is gone...

Plus to write on a new chip, I'll have to solder the old one and the new one on a board as well. If I could find a dead Xperia U, and two beds or something like ZIF sockets for SDIN5C2, then it would be relatively less risky
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] adee147:
Did u get any answer to ur CRAZY questions? :p
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Jason Fernandes:
So its not possible.......?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] iam_dragonmaster:
Well, I did got an answer. There are currently less than 1500 chips on the market. It's easy to check, since all chips are registered. They are discontinued. So, the problem just got bigger. Have to find a dealer that has the emmc, get a copy of an unlocked bootloader, send the chip to any place that can write into it then solder it. Piece of cake hum?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] corsav6:
Oh, it's that simple.

Lets hope someone actually tries it and posts the results, it would be the ultimate mod.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Jason Fernandes:
If this mod will be successful.... 75% people with SXU on xda will attempt it..
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] noob_user_:
I will be amongst the 75%.

I don't care if I brick this thing.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Hanzo.Hasashi:
sooo why did this thread die out? did anyone manage to do it at last?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] :
Bump!!! :)
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] ljubanve:
Interesting idea to replace entire chip, but let's be honest, it hardly can be done.

I think that is better idea to use Xperia U OTG support and permanently mount some USB stick (flash drive). These drives are cheap, small and it would be easier to solder it to the USB connector on the board. Perhaps it would be possible to hide it somewhere inside the case, maybe between battery and lid.

Only I'm not sure would it be possible to use charger and OTG at the same time?!?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] silfiriel:
This is an interesting idea, most likely to be done. Today there are quite small usb chips, only problem is the same port is used for charging....but definetly worth looking into this.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] ljubanve:
It looks like there is a lot of similar ideas even on this forum. Sonic_boom made an interesting hub for his Xperia S and I think that that proves that it is possible to mount USB drive and charge phone at the same time.

https://sites.google.com/site/sonicboomworld/my-projects/otg-diagrams

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1839042

Edit: I'm looking at this diagram and I wonder how to connect this to PC then... This probably needs USB hub to work :(
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] iam_dragonmaster:
Reporting:

Reviving this tread a bit:

There is now a tool for a low level flash. That means that we now can flash a bootloader into a new eMMC. Let´s wait that someone learns how to do it safely... There are many good ideas here, and all have a chance to work somehow. Good work guys :)
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] manukohli:
The thing u guyz r trying is possible.... Coz back on a.fb. XU community yhere was a news... That some guy successfully increased the storage.. There was a SS of storage sec also
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Romiui:
what about this ?

http://www.techrepublic.com/photos/cracking-open-the-samsung-galaxy-nexus/6334013?seq=38

it build for 16 GB storage !

so, its possible to crack our Xperia u !? its NovaThor U8500 and it can handle the 32GB !

but what the price of 16GB & Also For 23GB ? and how to get it !?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] bl@ckhole:
Any news about this guys ??