[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] jordan0001:
Hi a|\|droid_user

What you are saying makes sense.

S1tool gives me the error

llbug:[\\?\USB#Vid_0fce&Pid_e161#43423531315632314D4C#{a5dcbf10-6530-11d2-901f-00c04fb951ed}] open error: "The system cannot find the file specified"

Here is my log for flashtool, the first is for the basic Nordic fw pack, which I read worked for other people. The second is for A fw which I think is right for my phone and the next is for B fw. The only one which seems to start to flash is the second one.

20/011/2013 13:11:22 - INFO - <- This level is successfully initialized

20/011/2013 13:11:22 - INFO - Flashtool Version 0.9.10.1 built on 2013-01-09 19:49:47

20/011/2013 13:11:22 - INFO - You can drag and drop ftf files here to start flashing them

20/011/2013 13:11:30 - INFO - Device disconnected

20/012/2013 13:12:44 - INFO - Selected XperiaTimes.com-ST18i_4.1.B.0.431_kernel.ftf

20/012/2013 13:12:44 - INFO - Preparing files for flashing

20/012/2013 13:12:44 - INFO - Please connect your device into flashmode.

20/012/2013 13:12:54 - INFO - Device connected in flash mode

20/012/2013 13:12:54 - INFO - Opening device for R/W

20/012/2013 13:12:55 - INFO - Start Flashing

20/012/2013 13:12:55 - INFO - Processing loader

20/012/2013 13:12:55 - INFO - Checking header

20/012/2013 13:12:55 - INFO - Ending flash session

20/012/2013 13:12:55 - ERROR -

20/012/2013 13:12:55 - ERROR - Error flashing. Aborted

20/012/2013 13:12:55 - INFO - Device connected in flash mode

20/013/2013 13:13:07 - INFO - Log written to C:\Flashtool\flashtool_2013-02-20_01-11-22.log

20/013/2013 13:13:22 - INFO - Device disconnected

20/014/2013 13:14:12 - INFO - Selected ST18i_4.0.2.A.0.62.ftf

20/014/2013 13:14:12 - INFO - Preparing files for flashing

20/014/2013 13:14:25 - INFO - Please connect your device into flashmode.

20/014/2013 13:14:30 - INFO - Device connected in flash mode

20/014/2013 13:14:31 - INFO - Opening device for R/W

20/014/2013 13:14:31 - INFO - Reading device information

20/014/2013 13:14:31 - INFO - Phone ready for flashmode operations.

20/014/2013 13:14:31 - INFO - Current device : ST18i - CB511V21ML - 1252-5986_R3I - 1248-9545_4.1.B.0.587 - WORLD-i_4.1.B.0.587

20/014/2013 13:14:31 - INFO - Start Flashing

20/014/2013 13:14:31 - INFO - Processing loader

20/014/2013 13:14:31 - INFO - Checking header

20/014/2013 13:14:31 - INFO - Flashing data

20/014/2013 13:14:34 - INFO - Loader : S1_Loader_Root_773f - Version : R4A066 / Bootloader status : NOT_ROOTABLE

20/014/2013 13:14:34 - INFO - Processing kernel.sin

20/014/2013 13:14:34 - INFO - Checking header

20/014/2013 13:14:34 - INFO - Flashing data

20/014/2013 13:14:36 - INFO - Processing fota1.sin

20/014/2013 13:14:36 - INFO - Checking header

20/014/2013 13:14:36 - INFO - Flashing data

20/014/2013 13:14:36 - INFO - Ending flash session

20/014/2013 13:14:36 - ERROR - Read error :31 : A device attached to the system is not functioning.

20/014/2013 13:14:36 - ERROR - Error flashing. Aborted

20/014/2013 13:14:36 - INFO - Device connected in flash mode

20/014/2013 13:14:47 - INFO - Log written to C:\Flashtool\flashtool_2013-02-20_01-11-22.log

20/014/2013 13:14:54 - INFO - Device disconnected

20/015/2013 13:15:50 - INFO - Selected ST18i_4.1.B.0.587.ftf

20/015/2013 13:15:50 - INFO - Preparing files for flashing

20/016/2013 13:16:24 - INFO - Please connect your device into flashmode.

20/016/2013 13:16:35 - INFO - Device connected in flash mode

20/016/2013 13:16:35 - INFO - Opening device for R/W

20/016/2013 13:16:35 - INFO - Reading device information

20/016/2013 13:16:35 - INFO - Phone ready for flashmode operations.

20/016/2013 13:16:35 - INFO - Current device : ST18i - CB511V21ML - 1252-5986_R3I - 1248-9545_4.1.B.0.587 - WORLD-i_4.1.B.0.587

20/016/2013 13:16:35 - INFO - Start Flashing

20/016/2013 13:16:35 - INFO - Processing loader

20/016/2013 13:16:35 - INFO - Checking header

20/016/2013 13:16:35 - INFO - Flashing data

20/016/2013 13:16:35 - INFO - Ending flash session

20/016/2013 13:16:35 - ERROR - Read error :31 : A device attached to the system is not functioning.

20/016/2013 13:16:35 - ERROR - Error flashing. Aborted

20/016/2013 13:16:35 - INFO - Device connected in flash mode

Thanks for looking into this.