[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] Androman117:
I guess I have to go to the service center after all. Let's give this one last shot though.

If you've followed this thread from the beginning, you know my phone wasn't booting. So, I installed SEUS and clicked update while my phone was connected. SEUS downloaded and installed the latest official ICS ROM. My phone started and was working alright(I anticipated all the lag and instability, no surprises there). Now, I tried to downgrade back to GB, specifically to the .42 build. My phone came with .62 out of the box. .42 since I was going to root, then do an OTA update to .62. There. A happy, rooted GB phone. Now, I have everything needed to flash it. Tried flashing it to GB .42 but alas. here is my log:

13/041/2012 00:41:47 - INFO - <- This level is successfully initialized

13/041/2012 00:41:47 - INFO - Flashtool Version 0.9.9.0 built on 2012-11-13 22:53:30

13/041/2012 00:41:47 - INFO - You can drag and drop ftf files here to start flashing them

13/041/2012 00:41:54 - INFO - Device connected with USB debugging on

13/041/2012 00:41:54 - INFO - Connected device : ST18

13/041/2012 00:41:54 - INFO - Installed version of busybox : BusyBox v1.18.5 (2011-07-18 07:43:28 PDT) multi-call binary.

13/041/2012 00:41:54 - INFO - Android version : 4.0.4 / kernel version : 2.6.32.9-perf / Build number : 4.1.B.0.587

13/042/2012 00:42:12 - INFO - Selected Xperia Ray (ST18i)_4.0.2.A.0.42_CE.ftf

13/042/2012 00:42:12 - INFO - Preparing files for flashing

13/042/2012 00:42:33 - INFO - Please connect your device into flashmode.

13/042/2012 00:42:39 - INFO - Device disconnected

13/043/2012 00:43:19 - INFO - Opening device for R/W

13/043/2012 00:43:20 - INFO - Start Flashing

13/043/2012 00:43:20 - INFO - Processing loader

13/043/2012 00:43:20 - ERROR - Drivers need to be installed for connected device.

13/043/2012 00:43:20 - ERROR - You can find them in the drivers folder of Flashtool.

13/043/2012 00:43:20 - INFO - Checking header

13/043/2012 00:43:20 - INFO - Ending flash session

13/043/2012 00:43:20 - ERROR -

13/043/2012 00:43:20 - ERROR - Error flashing. Aborted

13/043/2012 00:43:21 - INFO - Device connected in flash mode

13/044/2012 00:44:02 - INFO - Device disconnected

13/044/2012 00:44:21 - INFO - Device connected with USB debugging off

13/044/2012 00:44:21 - INFO - For 2011 devices line, be sure you are not in MTP mode

13/044/2012 00:44:37 - INFO - Device disconnected

13/044/2012 00:44:46 - INFO - Device connected in flash mode

13/044/2012 00:44:54 - INFO - Selected Xperia Ray (ST18i)_4.0.2.A.0.42_CE.ftf

13/044/2012 00:44:54 - INFO - Preparing files for flashing

13/045/2012 00:45:06 - INFO - Please connect your device into flashmode.

13/045/2012 00:45:08 - INFO - Opening device for R/W

13/045/2012 00:45:08 - INFO - Reading device information

13/045/2012 00:45:26 - INFO - Unable to read from phone after having opened it.

13/045/2012 00:45:26 - INFO - trying to continue anyway

13/045/2012 00:45:26 - INFO - Start Flashing

13/045/2012 00:45:26 - INFO - Processing loader

13/045/2012 00:45:26 - INFO - Checking header

13/045/2012 00:45:26 - INFO - Ending flash session

13/045/2012 00:45:26 - ERROR - Error in processHeader : 2 : The system cannot find the file specified.

13/045/2012 00:45:26 - ERROR - Error flashing. Aborted

13/045/2012 00:45:26 - INFO - Device disconnected

13/045/2012 00:45:43 - INFO - Device connected with USB debugging off

13/045/2012 00:45:43 - INFO - For 2011 devices line, be sure you are not in MTP mode

13/045/2012 00:45:53 - INFO - Device disconnected

Please. I'd rather not go to the Service Center. They'd ask questions and make me feel uncomfortable. My dad is not in station. Mom can't take me out she's not well. I'd rather try to fix all this mess myself. Help me.