yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] MacSmokie:
Other host then ul.to as it is so slow we have to download for hours before it is done.

Mediafire is way better, same with many other hosts.

The reason so many of you pick ul.to is so you can make money off they revenue program...

I gotta lol as that notion just destroy any creditability you might will get...
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] doctor_droid:
do i look like a billionaire now?? :D

lol buddy

it aint me who uploaded on ul

its been uploaded by ANDROXYDE HIMSELF .. flashtool is his work not mine.. so i cant reupload it to d-h without his permission

even if a developer posts on any such website... u can show ur bit of thankness and download from there...

flashtool is a software worth paying for ;) (its free btw)

use some brain and unrestrict the link by using website unrestrict.li
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] bhumik147:
I have bricked my phone 3 times, so i guess this works for me when i brick my phone in near future ;) , thanx for the links (y)
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] dotafan:
ive soft bricked my device nd tried this.. bt it disconnects from flashtool in download mode.. nd gives error.. nd im forced to relock my bl nd update via sus to flash original firmware.. doesnt stay in fastboot for long too.. nd nw tht i use a custom rom.. im afraid i wont be able to upgrade via sus if i need to.. what should i do?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] doctor_droid:
flashmode will disconnect if

u will first connect in flashmode and then try to flash

what u need to do is

first select ur fw ...

then click on flash/ok

after few seconds flashtool will ask u to connect in flashmode

just swtich off ur phone then... press n hold vol down and connect to usb
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] dotafan:
tried that already... gives me an error saying device has disconnected nd flash is aborted. also I'm unable to flash .54 fw w/o flashing .10 first for some reason
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] doctor_droid:
Ur flashtool version??
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] dotafan:
flashtool versin 0.9.10.1

i use win xp btw
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] holacbz5:
error flash too small for current partitioning

error flash too small for current partitioning I tried flashing and I keep getting this error
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] holacbz5:
thanks for saving my phone

thanks for saving my phone:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] simiyet:
yea, idd, thanks lol
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] KgsRoCks:
This saved my life yesterday when i was trying to install a ROM with CWM with LB on my xperia P.

Thanks mate :D
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] whoami_amiu:
Saved!

You just saved my LIFE bro :D
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Zetrathoth:
I just softbrick my Xperia Sola because I deleted the Beats installer. I'm running on the 6.1.1.B.1.54 stock ROM with lock bootloader. Also the USB debugging mode is currently off. How do I solve this?:confused:

Edit: Also I'm slightly confused by these direction in the 1st post:

Which one of these settings should I left checked/unchecked? I'm sorry for having difficulty in understanding..
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] doctor_droid:
Check no final verification

Check exclude TA :)
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] dd98:
Here's the latest firmware (.FTF) files for your Sony Xperia P/U/Sola/Go

Sony Xperia P (6.2.A.1.100 - 4.1.2)

http://goo.gl/PhEgQA

Sony Xperia U - ST25i (6.1.1.B.1.100 - 4.0.4)

http://d-h.st/PeQ

- ST25a (6.1.1.B.1.54 - 4.0.4)

http://d-h.st/qIy - IMPORTANT, in flashtool after selecting file, check Exclude Baseband

Sony Xperia Sola (6.1.1.B.1.54 - 4.0.4)

http://goo.gl/jBtACW

Sony Xperia Go -ST27i (6.2.A.1.100 - 4.1.2)

http://goo.gl/p8pNLA

-ST27a (6.2.A.1.100 - 4.1.2)

http://goo.gl/p8pNLA - IMPORTANT, in flashtool after selecting file, check Exclude Baseband
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] yasser58:
thank you

Registered myself on this forum just to say thank you, thank you, thank you! my phone was bricked for two days, and i've tried everything to fix it but nothing works. Until i tried your method. Thank you so much!

edit: didn't realize there was a thanks meter i could press, so there you go...
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] doctor_droid:
feel so good to hear this.. glad to know u restored ur phone back :)
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] mreyanskie:
Hello. My phone is stuck on bootloop. I followed everything to the letter. I am trying to flash the stock ftf of xperia sola. But when everything is done and I disconnect then boot my device the bootloop still happens, any suggestions? I've tried 5 times with different stock files. Same results.

I was once able to handle this situation but now I can't seem to resolve it.

Note: I untick the DATA when wiping, because I have some important data that I was unable to backup because of the bootloop that suddenly happened. I want to get out of bootloop so I can backup that data before flashing again and wiping it clean. Thanks in advance for any help :)
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] jackeagle:
Hi...After flashing firmware ftf still u r getting bootloop because you didn't tick data wiping if data is not wiped it will continue to bootloop there is no other way...:)

--->Plz Press Thanks Button If I Helped You Instead Of Writing<---
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] dara007_168:
dude u completly wrong its not gonna brick anymore it will recover
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] mreyanskie:
Hello Jackeagle, thank you for replying. I was able to fix my phone by flashing the stock 6.0.b.3.184 GB firmware, before bootloop I was on stock ICS so I figured to flash it again to get out of bootloop but it was the older GB version that did the trick. I also left the data wiping unticked so it wasn't really an issue. After that I just flashed again the ICS this time cleaning everything and then further more upgraded to Kitkat using the cm 11 build 9. :)
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] vijay.kk0510:
I have a boot loop issue. I forgot to copy the Gapps and the CM files to the Sd card. Will this method work for the same? Before unlocking the BL & Rooting & flashing my phone was running on firmware 6.1.1.C.1.0 i guess. It was nothing with B. Can I use any ftf file for sony xperia u? I do not have much knowledge on the same. Please advice.

Last my device was on CM 12.1 & i was trying to install CM 11. I had flashed the Boot.img file, then booted into recovery and found the zip files missing.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] ruidias61176:
what is the latest flash tool refered in post 1. the link is not working
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NeXuDas:
HI all,

I've just used Wug 1.6.0 toolkit and Unlocked + Rooted (with flash cutom recovery - I dont know what it means :confused:) successfully my 4.1.2 Nexus 7.

But I feel my Nexus a bit "slow dow" after the rooting. And the worst thing is in the past few days, when use chrome surfing websites, I randomly cause "vertical line" appears on my screen, it just appears and goes away immediatlt, fast but still noticiable and annoying.

I heard that if update to 4.2.1 can fix the "vertical line" problem. Is this true ? If so, I want to update to 4.2.1

So may I ask: If I download OTA Root Keeper application on Market Play -> Protect Root. Then update OTA to 4.2, then to 4.2.1, will I:

1. keep the root after update?

2. keep my free apps after update?

3. keep my "not-free & not paid" apps after update?

4. keep my data (movies, ebooks etc....) after the update ?
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] scream4cheese:
A rooted device shouldn't have affect on it's performance. O.o

When you update to 4.2.1, you will lose root so you will have to re-root again. Yes, you will still maintain your ALL apps, music, movies and etc.

All you have to do is re-root. I don't think Wug will work until a new update comes out.

---------- Post added at 10:11 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:02 PM ----------

4.2.1 is just a minor update because users were missing December in the calendar app. So thus, the new update adds it.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EvanA:
Wug has already been updated for 4.2.

Sent from my Nexus 7 w/ PA and m-kernel
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NeXuDas:
ossdcs Formen

So the OTA rootkeeper doesn't work ?:mad:
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Groid:
OTA rootkeeper works fine. I updated through 4.2 and 4.21 and kept root and my custom cwm recovery.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NeXuDas:
Did you update from 4.1.2 (rooted) ?
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] erica_renee:
Use caution.. Read more ..

If i remember correctly when you update from 4.1.2 to 4.2 you will loose root (root keeper will not work. Because it pushed a new Boot-loader.

from 4.2 to 4.2.1 the ota root keeper does work..

with you lack of android knowledge (no disrespect intended ). Your best best might be going into the Developer threads and looking for a full 4.2.1 version of Android and flashing that with the Custom recovery... I think someone posted on there. If not the tool kit should be able to d/load and install for you .. Just be careful and read well before you move forword..

We really do not want you making a new thread im BRICKED HELP...

Good Luck. Tool Kits can get you into trouble if you do not know what they are doing.. if you do not understand a function do not click the button..

Erica Renee
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] NoobTW:
After charging for 5.5 hrs, the LED light shown. But still no resonsive....
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] mrsatan:
You need to pull the battery somehow. Try holding volume and power again

Sent from hell using Xperia-S(atan)
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] NoobTW:
Holding volume+ & power doesn't work.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] aliascruise:
Unable to enter FLASHMODE by any means to unbrick ION

I HAVE EXACTLY SAME PROBLEM.Plz someone help how to enter flashmode.tried all xda methods.flashboot tool with .ftf firmware is ready BUT XPERIA ION is just NOT BOOTING INTO FASTBOOT OR FLASHMODE BY ANY KEY COMBOS,(EVEN BATTERY REMOVAL N REINSERT).

Does any developer listening,we know how to flash firmware but how the hell we enter FLASHMODE .THE PRESS VOL DOWN BEFORE CONNECTING TO PC IS NOT AT ALL WORKING.HELP HELP HELP.:crying:
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Toledo_JAB:
Use the recover from soft-brick thread sticky'd in the general section. Or click the link in my signature. Read the OP for help then post with info about phone. Like is it rooted, unlocked, current Rom, what happened, what you have tried. You will get help there.

~Jaramie

sent by my ION
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] pharix:
I also had this problem. I disconnect the battery and reconnect while ready for connect in fastboot mode. Otherwise it can't be done. So try disconnecting and reconnecting.

Sorry for my English.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] draiken78:
I haven't seen ICS released for the bolt yet so why are we closing the threads saying it's released? As far as I can tell, it's still just vaporware officially.

Sent from my Thunderbolt
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tm24fan8:
Huh?
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] quickdraw86:
If you're referring to the "HTC thunderbolt ICS update testing in final stages..." thread, i have to believe that it was closed due to a number of "off topic posts" and because the thread itself was based on hearsay instead of verifiable evidence... ;)

If you are curious about the locking of newt's one xxx rom thread (a shame, newt and his rom are awesome), it's because the rom contains cd suite tools... See link below for more on that...

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1758154
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] draiken78:
Fair enough.

I do wonder if the bolt will ever see the update officially though. It makes me sad that it didn't get gingerbread until it had been out a full year, even though the Thunderbolt was released like 6 months after Gingerbread. It's like a repeat of history here with ICS.

Personally, I don't see how HTC and Verizon can provide support like this. For me, it's not a matter of whether ics is better than gingerbread or not (well I guess it kind of is). The way I see it though is if you buy a pc or laptop, I don't think people would except not getting the latest updates for at least the 2 years we are under contract for like with phones.

All that being said, my phone still works pretty good, but HTC and Verizon will not be involved with my next phone in March.

Sent from my Thunderbolt
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] quickdraw86:
it's doubtful. i believe HTC when they say that VZW has the finished update. IMO, the thunderbolt was pushed out prematurely to be the first on the market with 4G LTE. the unique RIL of the bolt has proven to be a mess, and has likely complicated the update process. VZW is the end party responsible for the continuing availability of their services to users and devices that subscribe to them. Serious concerns VZW may have about diminished functionality or overall stability on thunderbolts as a result of pushing the ICS update, especially for stock users (that wouldn't be able to modify or revert a bad ICS update pushed to their devices) may have stopped the thunderbolt's ICS update at VZW's gates altogether.

yes. the best thing to do is to take your money elsewhere if you're dissatisfied. the only vote that matters to VZW is that made by the consumer dollar.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] YZ:
The ICS discussion thread you are referring to was closed due to a lot of off-topic posts. The thread had been cleaned in the past, but it seems like it didn't help.

That's why the thread got closed.

Cheers,

YZ.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mike.s:
The other thread was closed by a clueless mod, who claimed that ICS had been released! Go figure. The thread was also being actively trolled, but that wasn't given as a reason for closing it.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] disconnecktie:
It has been released. There are like 4 versions.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] YZ:
Yes, my apologies. People make mistakes.

Lets continue with our lives, and stop spamming the boards with this little issue.

Cheers,

YZ.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mi7chy:
Even though HTC might finish it but there's no incentive for Verizon to authorize it since they rather lock you in with another 2-year contract then provide ICS and let you be contract free.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] draiken78:
They will not be locking me in to any kind of new contract.

Sent from my Thunderbolt
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tburns:
I'm starting to think they are having the same problems the devs were with ics and the ril along with the camera. I'm guessing Jester and liquid figured some of them out first.

I really have no idea
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] santod040:
I keep seeing people mention, that maybe they(HTC) are having issues with the camera or the Ril.

To be honest, the Ril could still be causing them grief, but not the camera.

I understand that the AOSP hacked-together roms have broken camera functionality and poor image quality.

However, that does not eliminate the fact that the camera works just fine in the Sense based ICS leak for our device.

So I find it hard to believe and even impossible that the camera would be what's holding things up.

It works in the Sense 3.6 leaked rom, as well as the custom rom I made from it.

Maybe folks don't even realize that there actually is functional ICS for our devices.

Does it have the best battery life going? Probably not!

Does my rom give ME better battery life then the AOSP ICS rom that everyone is using? It absolutely does!

I finally loaded the AOSP rom for the first time the other day and along with a broken camera, slow data, drops, overheating, 3 hours of battery life, and reboots, I came to the conclusion that the sense based roms are actually much better right now, in my honest opinion.

I know many say it has lag, it's bloated, it's slow, blah blah blah....Well everything works and a few milliseconds in response time isn't enough for me to choose semi-functional over fully functional.

Just my 2 cents....as I don't understand what everyone is still waiting for.

The only thing I could care about at this point from HTC, would be kernel source, period.

To each his own though.

I like to use my camera and don't feel like using my phone as a pocket warmer, while pretending everything is working great!

Bottom line I guess: The camera has absolutely nothing to do with the delayed ICS release.

HTC has no trouble making the camera work.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] quickdraw86:
I agree. Nusense is awesome. I've never seen the point of running custom roms that don't at least have all the basic functions of the stock experience working, (besides maybe to help a custom rom developer to identify bugs/improve the rom) I.E., calls, camera, camcorder, data, wifi, calls, SMS, mms, etc. I appreciate all of our developers, past and present, but nusense is where it's at right now for ICS.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ang1dust:
I would like to say and question at the same time...isn't the switch to ICS is a big change. Mainly the CPU/GPU driver for simultaneous use. This change for the thunderbolt is a huge battery drain from my opinion and one of the only reason HTC may be looking away from releasing an update to ICS. AND I think, as a final thought, it's no coincidence the kernel is not available. Bottom line, I love this phone, I like some sense features that Aosp doesn't but every gingerbread and ics Rom with sense have been battery hogs getting 12 hours of low low use. Maybe 1 hour of display and rest idle and radio standby. AOSP seems to be the best for this phone. if anyone can get remotely close to an aosp build in ics with our without sense is love to see it.

I have the rezound battery and under volted with liquid 3.2 gingerbread.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] disconnecktie:
With aosp ICS I get pretty much the same battery life I got with aosp gb so I don't know why people aren't getting the same results. As for sense nusense is a great ICS ROM. It is far better than that crap leak that was released. Yea the battery life isn't what it should be considering the kernel in the leak isn't a finished product but at least everything works. In my experience with infected eternity I could get around 17 hours with a rezound battery which is almost better than some of the aosp ROMs I ran on both GB and ICS.
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] jasonmiracle:
i have a friend using samsung galaxy s2, and he said he is using some special modified usb that will make the bootloader enter download mode so that he flashed original firmware into his phone after it is bricked...

for x10 mini pro is there such cable? i need it because i think my phone is hardbricked...

it is bootloader unlocked and i flashed the original stock rom into the phone(in attempt to save condition where flashing customised kernel wasnt successful and it keep bootlooping...), and now i cant root it, cant On the phone to enter usb debugging mode, i cant do anything about it, i read so many threads but really didnt help me... , i can say that i tried all of them already...the phone just keep bootlooping the sony erricson logo on and off... using SEUS also didnt help because it shows i have latest version... and now i cant even flash other kernels because flashtool will show some error :( anyone facing this problem before? before i throw my phone :( my last hope will be the special usb that i want to find :(
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] SmG67:
Samsung phones can only be flashed using special cables, that is true, but SE provided a flashmode that always works, by turning off your phone and pressing the back-button before you plug in your usb-cable... In regards to that they're miles ahead of Samsung. Do you know how to get to Repair mode in SEUS or PC Companion?
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] jasonmiracle:
:( the repair mode is something like flashing it using flashtool right? wait for the screen asking to connect with flashmode, off phone, press back button then plug in usb, but then SEUS shows i am having newest software? there is guide to make SEUS identify i am not having newest software version, but that is by turning on the phone, and getting file manager to edit something .prop files?

but sadly i really cant do that because i cant even turn on my phone now... :( what should i do? any other way to change the files inside my phone to make the SEUS detect i am not newest software so that it can download and flash the original rom inside my phone?
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] SmG67:
Try to flash THIS with flashtool, it's complete latest (2.1.1.A.0.6) firmware (Kernel and ROM) from SE.

(It comes in at about 213.5MB, although the site may report it's smaller. It will keep downloading until it's done though)
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] jasonmiracle:
alright let me try this... nice ubuntuone...fast download speed ;)
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] jasonmiracle:
not working...do i have to flash all the .sin files? this error caused by me choosing all the .sin files... last hope..
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] SmG67:
You said your bootloader was unlocked.. That doesn't seem to be the case...

Try This one, for locked bootloader instead.
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] jasonmiracle:
yup, problem i cant flash roms other than stock roms because of locked bootloader...now i can only flash stock kernel, but cant update via SEUS/PCC because it cant detect newest version, probably because of 2.1update 1 version...do you have version 2.1 stock kernel? just wanna try other alternatives... by flashing stock older rom, hopefully SEUS will update it to 2.1update1 version...so far method that you provided now, and method that i think now is the last 2 method... :(
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] SmG67:
Did you try to flash my latest suggestion and just boot up your phone?
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] jasonmiracle:
man, your BL unlocked rom works like charm!!! so far flashing fine!!! 62% now... praying that no error pops out...:D
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] jasonmiracle:
bro, THANKS for your BL locked stock firmware!!! it worked!!! my phone booted, now i am choosing languages!! where did you get that .ftf thing? really a lifesaver...

but one more question, now that i can turn on my phone, that i want to flash other roms, i have to root my phone and unlock BL flash with custom kernel, and flash other roms right? this is my first flashing thats why took so long time digging, finally i got solution from you today when i gave up hope and asked question on xda :good:
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] SmG67:
Yeh, you got it :) That is the basic procedure. As long as you follow the instructions in the kernel and rom threads carefully you should be ok.

The .ftf is made from the Sony Ericsson firmware that gets downloaded when you repair using SEUS or PC Companion. Not everyone can use the repair-option, that's why i keep it lying around :)
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] jasonmiracle:
thats really a lifesaver ... these weeks i kept digging about other ways other than SEUS... until i know that my phone is Soft bricked, i think there is other ways to solve it :victory: thanks to you flashing custom roms now :o glad that i have phones to use again waiting for the nexus
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] jasonmiracle:
but i wonder why i flashed nna's jb kernels or ics kernels, my phone got into bootloop unable to start up? bootloop at nna loader... thats the problem last time that kept me trying many things and messed up my phone.. :(
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] SmG67:
Follow the instructions carefully, for JB you need to do wipe data/factory reset (in xRecovery or CWM) before you flash the new kernel, and you have to format /system partition in mount and storage menu of CWM to get the proper partition size. After that you install the nAa's JB ROM and appropriate Google Apps, and if that is successful, wipe data/factory reset, wipe cache and in advanced menu wipe dalvik-cache and wipe batterystats... Then Reboot and wait...
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] jasonmiracle:
as what you said i only did not wipe data/factory reset, wipe cache and in advanced menu wipe dalvik-cache and wipe batterystats then Reboot after successful flashing gapps and rom...