yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Nexus 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Grajey:
I cannot believe companies still get away with this inadequate device "killing" type of software. Did no-one at the company do any testing before release?????

Rant over, onto solution - for me anyway.

The issue I had was that I could not get ADB to be of any use so switched to fastboot. Should have used fastboot from the getgo. Hohum.

So, into recovery with android on it's back with red triangle and reboot into fastboot.

Connect N10 to PC with USB cable.

Downloaded "Minimal ADB and Fastboot"(MAF)

Downloaded Lollipop for Nexus 10 - image-mantaray-lrx21p.zip and saved to c: drive (this saves loads of typing at command prompt)

File path for update is c:\image-mantaray-lrx21p.zip

Open MAF and ensure folder path points to your MAF install folder..

At command prompt type fastboot update c:\image-mantaray-lrx21p.zip

If you want to wipe device prior to update then type fastboot -w update c:\image-mantaray-lrx21p.zip

This may take a while so go make a drink - or something.

If all goes well, mine did, you should eventually be presented with the lollipop opening screen and a working device.
[Nexus 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shleim:
Just finally got it working!

ROM updates from ADB Sideload or Fastboot failed every time for different reasons.

What I had to do is to flash custom recovery (latest TWRP) with "fastboot flash recovery <recovery.img>" command.

From TWRP flashing the official ROMs also failed. But flashing Lollipopalooza as sl2222 suggested finally succeeded.

Thanks for all the help!
[XDA Assist] sly_ts:
Need help!

I rooted my Samsung Galaxy S2 (GT-i9100) with CM11 custom ROM. And now I needed to restore my Contacts backup, which i created using Kies. But now, Kies won't detect my phone, and I urgntly need to restore that backup.

How can I restore it??
[XDA Assist] Darth:
Hi,

You'd be best served asking for help from the experts who own your device, here,

> Samsung Galaxy S II I9100 > Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting > [Q&A][SGS2][Newbies][Experienced Users][RCs] New members friendly Q&A thread

In the future, if you save contacts to your Google account... You should never lose them... Even if you move to another device. ?

Good luck!
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rmin89:
Hi, i would like know what is the best ROM now for SP? AOKP CM Existenz ecc? A summary of ROM can be useful.

Sorry for english

Thanks
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danielhariri:
sir, u got death wish?
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] krca069:
After many tries best for me is stock rom :D
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] floreks:
I've used quite some roms and kernels. For now the best two would be pacrom and Crystal PA rom. They are stable, have some additional features compared to cm11 and they are fast. With williams kernel they work smooth.
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ya7hu:
If you are looking for stock based then in my opinion eXistanZ Ultra with Williams v7 would do.
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vinay_FXG:
Here's what I think about the different ROMs out there!

CM11 - Great support, lots of MODs, very stable. But tends to get laggy very soon.

AOSPA - Some great unique features, great Audio, better touch sensitivity ( All the [MENTION=4350492]neXus PRIME[/MENTION] ROMs have these features.

PAC - Loaded with all the goodness from all the ROMs, but had some random reboots but that might be my problem only!

OMNI - The ROM which is the most close to AOSP. Almost the pure android experience.

AICP - Loaded with features and honestly, overloaded. Gets very laggy, really soon.

AOKP - I'm not an AOKP lover, had random problems with AOKP.

Vanir - 4.4.2 version was absolutely brilliant. It was THE fastest and most responsive ROM out there. With 4.4.4 came lots of bugs.

CM 11s - A very nice ROM. Stable and good battery life upto an extent.

SlimKat - Extremely stable for me

Stock Based - They are really stable and provides improved functionality over the Stock FWs. But no KitKat love for them!

CM 12 - Alpha Stage and unstable obviously!

Out of all these I personally prefer the OMNI or SlimKat.

P.S : All these are my opinions and may NOT be how the ROM works out for others. I respect all the developers who worked behind them :)
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rdlegy:
I have a question. When 4.4.2 vanir rom was the fastest why don't we still use it? Please reply me
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vinay_FXG:
No problems in using 4.4.2 but we don't want to stick with an earlier version when you have later ones, do we? ;) Still it's a good option!:fingers-crossed:
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] XsTrikerSL:
I've got a xperia sp, unlocked bootloader device. I've installed CWM recovery. Recently I tried to install CM 11 and I changed the update binary file since I couldn't flash the rom due to set_metadata error. ( A fix I found in a XDA Thread ). Now the device is on a boot loop at sony logo. I had this issue previously and I just flashed my stock rom using flashtools.

Now the issue is, when I connect my device to the pc while holding the volume down key, the green light ( indicating the device in flashmode ) comes up and it stays for few seconds and the device boots normally going into the boot loop.

I have installed the drivers for xperia, since I rooted and installed the cwm recovery on the same machine the day before. I prepared the ftf file and when flashtool prompted me to connect the device I connect. Windows does not indicate a device connecting with the usual sound.

I tried every possible way of connecting the device in flashmode but it doesn't stay for more than 5 seconds. The same for fastboot too.

any ideas on how I can recover my devce without giving it to a service center? :)

Thank you.
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] neerajhh73:
Firstly, power off the device if stuck in bootloop.

Take off your back case. Take a pen,pencil or similar object. Hold the small yellow button at the bottom of the device with the nib of pen or the object you are having. Hold that button until the device vibrates thrice

If you have flashtool.. Download stock ftf from http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2311964 and place it in Flashtools>firmware. Connect your device in flashmode( Volume Down and connect). Click on the Lighting Button> Flashmode and flash. [ BACKUP YOUR INTERNAL MEMORY AS IT GETS FORMATTED]

But note that you will lost Root Access. You have to root your Xperia SP again. And if you have unlocked bootloader then it will remain unlocked. No need to unlock again.
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] XsTrikerSL:
The problem is that I tried doing that! when flash tool requests to connect the device in flash mode, I power off the device and while holding the volume down connect. But there is no sound from pc of connecting a device.! The device turns green for 5 seconds, then starts to boot again. I tried installing the drivers again but the drivers are already there!
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] neerajhh73:
Are you able to enter CWM ?

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Try this. [ I am not sure about this. I haven't tried this ]

Connect your Xperia SP with pc. And hold that small yellow rest button for 5-6 secs. It should connect your device in flashmode.
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aqua9teen1:
It just my opinion. If flashmode does not work why not try in fastboot? Just download any custom rom. Extract the zip file and flash it boot.img. Enter the recovery by pressing vol+. Install the custom rom. After finishing you can try back to flash the stock rom using flashtool.
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] neerajhh73:
The problem is that as he is connecting his device in flashmode or fastboot mode..it just doesnt work. The device starts up again.
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ireaper4592:
silly answer but try using a different usb cable worked for me before and also in flashmode when i flash ftf files my green light doesnt stay on either it only comes on when it connects to pc then as soon as flash starts it goes back off so just try a different cable hope it helps

:p

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[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TechnoSparks:
This seemed to be a hardcore drivers problem. I can't pinpoint you to the right direction as I am not a Windows user (and also prolly lazy to reboot my laptop right now lol)

On your own computer

Open Device Management, and uninstall all related drivers of Xperia SP. These also includes flashmode and fastboot mode drivers. Then execute the "drivers" installer within Flashtool install directory (which is default C:\Flashtool). Then attempt to flash again.

Try on another computer.....

...to see if it works. But make sure to install the drivers first, as mentioned above. Attempt flashing again/

fastboot a CWM-ready kernel

You could also alternatively use a quicker flashing process, which is fastboot WIlliams kernel v7 (the kernel's .elf is in the zip). I can assure it only takes lesser than 4 seconds. For broader steps you may refer here: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=56907083&postcount=3
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] XsTrikerSL:
Hi, I just tried this method and it worked. I switched from sony cable to samsung cable and it detected the device fine. I wonder what makes this issue. The cable works fine.
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xperia.sp.lbl.rr:
flashtool

:confused:

The thing is for me

1) I cant see the small yellow button that you are talking about.

2) My device is nto connecting to the flashtool, it keeps on telling me to press the 'back button' -which my xperia sp c5303 does not have.

3) your volume down and connect does not do anything. Apparently there's supposed to be a green light as well and I dont see that.

This question is really to anybody knowledgable about this... Can you help?

I have Flashtool. And the stock firmware in the right place as well. But nothing else seems to be working.

My phone shows the Sony icon when I plug it in to teh computer and press the power button, otherwise when turn it on, it just shows a red light.

:confused:
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kaffeetrinker:
1st

I think he means the reset button. It's more copper or gold than yellow.

2nd

Don't look for back button. In the SP, vol down is Flashmode, vol up is Fastboot.

3rd

Press the button before connecting USB, hold it and release when light becomes green.

4th

I would recommend the Sony program "Emma". Make sure you get the latest version. Earlier versions didn't support the SP.

Google for "Emma chip.de Download".

You'll get to a German site. Just click through the download buttons ;)

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Sony Xperia SP - Cyanogenmod 12.1
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xperia.sp.lbl.rr:
Thanks Ill try this. I'd heard of Emma before but I used it. I'll try it anyway.

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one more thing, its says I need an unlocked bootloader but on some other threads where they were using flashtool they said that having an unlocked bootloader was bad and that it can severely damage your phone. Either way I cannot unlock my bootloader so it doesnt matter. I'll try it using Androxyde's Flashtool first and then yours if it does not work.
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xperia.sp.lbl.rr:
It didnt become green, and also there is no reset button, there is only a yellow bit of plastic in this little hole, and it says OFF. But I dont think that does anything.

I think I need some more specific instuctions and need to know where that button is.
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kaffeetrinker:
Didn't read your bootloader is locked. Then forget Emma! It won't work.

The off button is the reset button.

Do the following.

When flashtool asks you to put your phone to flashmode:

- Unplug the phone

- Turn it off if it isn't off

- Press and hold the volume down button

- Keep holding it!!!

- Plug your phone to the PC. Don't usw usb 3 port.

- Light will turn green, flashing will start

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Sony Xperia SP - Cyanogenmod 12.1
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] exothermic_tzy:
Actually to use EMMA your bootloader has to be unlocked, but if you can't use flashtool or EMMA, you can try the original Sony PC Companion. Go to the repair phone section, identify phone, and it can help you to flash your stock firmware. From there you can restart flashing.of ROMs and all. Worked for me
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xperia.sp.lbl.rr:
This would work except for the fact that my phone's bricked. I deleted the system part of the phone using TWRP. So yh.

I have used the repair thing before though, when I deleted the download manager on my phone and literally could not download anything. So I can recommend that definitely.
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] somberchocks:
Have you installed all the necessary drivers via FlashTool? All 3 of 'em i.e fastboot drivers, flashmode drivers and SP (huashan) drivers?

I know its a rudimentary question and you probably have but you'd be surprised how often people get stuck cause they haven't installed requisite drivers.

If the above fails, well you already seem to have TWRP installed so why don't you just boot into it and flash a ROM? Unless you really need to return to stock firmware for some reason, that's a viable solution to your problem.
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xperia.sp.lbl.rr:
I think the root is gone, that was part of the thing/whatever I did using TWRP to the system. So using any custom recovery is out of the picture anyway cos it wont work without root and then that's without the fact that I cant access the recoveries in the first place. Every time I try and turn my Xperia SP on, the illumination bar lights up red two or three times and that's it. All the time. Sometimes when connected to the PC it shows the Sony logo, in bootloop.

On flashtool, I made sure specifically to install the SP driver and the flashmode driver. I'm still trying though...

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But coming back to what you said, I have a nandroid TWRP backup already. And it's of the stock OS. Is there some kind of shortcut that anybody knows to fixing my phone that's been bricked and currently has no firmware or recovery installed?
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] somberchocks:
Why did you delete the system via Twrp? Also when you say you can't unlock your bootloader, does that mean you don't know how to or its not unlockable at all? Is your phone being detected in fastboot and is it showing up in Device Manager?

Well if your system's gone, root access is the least of your worries. On the bright side though, your phone's recoverable since as you have mentioned, its alteast showing the Sony splash screen occasionally.

You need to get Flashtool to detect your phone cause Sony PC Companion won't work since you don't have a working system and I read above that Emma needs an unlocked bootloader. Also if your bootloader's not unlockabke, you can't flash a custom recovery and what good's a nandroid backup when you don't have a recovery to restore it from?

If you can't get your phone recognized on your PC, get on someone else's, one preferably running 7 if you don't want to go through all the disable driver enforcement nonsense and install FlashTool, install drivers and flash stock firmware. Like I said, as long as you can see the Sony splashscreen, your phone ain't dead.
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xperia.sp.lbl.rr:
Me deleting TWRP was an accident, I dont know exactly how I did it, but I'd attributed it to wiping my system. Or by removing root, which I did somehow. I think removing root, kinda makes a custom recovery useless.

My phone's bootloader unlock permissions are set to no. So I cant unlock it.

And every time I try to flash a stock firmware .ftf file onto it, the phone is not recognised and I make sure to press the volume down button when I connect the wire to the phone.

And yeah, the SONY logo shows itself when my phone is charging. It's been like that for the whole time just on SONY. Also the illumination bar is red. But is it not supposed to turn orange and then green if it is fully charged.

And no, I have been able to flash a custom recovery without having unlocked my bootloader. It's how put TWRP on it in the first place- though I need to find it again. Hopefully, soon, Ill be able to install it and then flash my NANDROID backup onto it.
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] somberchocks:
NO it certainly does not. Nor does wiping your system remove your recovery. You are getting your terminologies jumbled up I am afraid.

I am not really familiar with LBL procedures but I suppose with a locked bootloader, root access is needed to run the recovery installing program cause unlike UBL's, you can't flash things via fastboot, but once its done, irrespective of whether your system has root access or not, or even irrespective of whether a system is present at all., your recovery should still be there.

A custom recovery is what you turn to when things go pear shaped and/or you want to install stuff including SuperSu/Superuser for root access so there wouldn't be much point to installing one if it was rendered useless by the very problems it supposed to help you fix, now would it?

I am guessing that while fiddling around with Flashtool, you inadvertently messed up the recovery you flashed and that's the reason you can't boot into it. Nothing happens when you mash the Vol Up or Vol Down when you are booting up right?

If the Sony splash screen does pop up when you have your phone connected to your PC, have you tried pressing the Vol buttons to see if it gets you into recovery then?

Did you try it on a different PC? Maybe a different cable cause the guy who originally started this thread swapped his cable out and his phone was detected.

Also how did you go about installing Twrp in the first place?

Like I said FlashTool's your best friend right now. If you can't get 'em working on your machine, try someone else's. Cause once everything is set up properly, there's no way your phone won't be detected by FlashTool. I had an Xperia M with similar problems ( actually it didn't even show the splash screen) and finally getting it recognized by FlashTool again, revived it. Once that's done, you can go about installing Twrp again and restoring your nandroid backup.
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xperia.sp.lbl.rr:
So once it gets recognised by Flashtool, I have to flash the stock firmware ftf file. And then root it. Then install the custom recovery. Then the Nandroid backup.
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] somberchocks:
Yup that's pretty much it. Good luck.
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kaffeetrinker:
This can be a terrible problem.

Nobody on the whole internet ever figured out why this happens exactly.

You've done everything right, you just have bad luck.

What CAN help:

- Use an old XP notebook. No USB3, no 64bit (clean install is best)

- Charge your phone completely before trying

- Try another cable, the thicker, the better

- Put a passive USB hub between USB port and phone

- Combine the options

- Pray to the god you believe in

It will works, you just have to find out what works for you.

I have an 2003 HP notebook with a clean XP Home (it has an USB1 port) and an Amazon Basics 60cm USB 2.0 cable and I am almost always lucky.

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Sony Xperia SP - Cyanogenmod 12.1
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kaffeetrinker:
Which of my tips did you try?

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Sony Xperia SP - Cyanogenmod 12.1
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] somberchocks:
You mean the stock kernel of the LBL ROM you use? So if a full wipe is removing the recovery as well, is it part of the ROM?
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xperia.sp.lbl.rr:
I did it. Somehow. It just happened. I randomly tried it.

I tried it first. It didnt work. The next time it didnt even properly get to the flashing in flashmode.

The third time it worked. But it did it by itself. A pop up came telling me to press the back button and something, but I did not even touch it. It connected in flashmode, with a green flash, then with no light but still connected. And it worked.

THANK YOU for all the help. Especially KaffeeTrinker. I appreciate it.
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Axiim:
I have the exact same problem as you described, and already tried 5 different cables, and 3 different computers 1 runing win 7 ultimate x64 another windows 10 x64 and currently a win 7 pro x86 with no result.... i wiped all internal os and everything when attemping to install a generic ROM cause Telcel added so much ****ware, and after wiped all i turned off accidentally ....and now im stuck, i would apreciate your help

please, and sorry for my bad gramatical skills, if:confused:
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xperia.sp.lbl.rr:
Well I would recommend using the cable given to you by your manufacturer or any good brand. I used the cable from my old Blackberry. So its of good quality.

Also, which flashtool are you using? I have two*. One by Androxyde and the other one, which is the original by Sony.?? I can give you a link to both. Or you can obviously search them both up. The Flashtool by Androxyde is on Github and the original flashtool can be gootn through Sony's developer site.

Also what I'm not sure but I think you're trying to flash the stock .ftf file onto the xperia right? Also install a custom recovery (TWRP, CWM. etc) and then back it up.

If you already have a NANDROID!! backup (using a custom recovery), then you can flash it back on to your device, after youve fixed it. If you root it with towelroot.apk (google it) then you can use system app uninstaller from googleplay or root control to uninstall all the crapware that telcel has put on your phone.

Anymore questions dont hesistate to ask.

:)
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alz_uk:
Hi all, if anyone is having trouble flashing with flash tool because usb debugging isn't enabled error then do this procedure.......

1. Dowload latest flash tool 0.9.18.8 and also version 0.6.6

2. Try use the latest version first to Flash the tft rom. NOTE: remember the file it has error flashing e.g on my experia sp file system.sin was not able to Flash bcoz usb debugging error (enable usb debugging and unknown sources) ALL THE REST of the files flashed ok!

3.try flash again the rom but this time tick system.sin ( or error file) in flashtool to exclude it from flashing. Make sure all other files are included. Also tick all wipe caches options and flash rom without system.sin (or error file).

4. Flash procedure will work. Now disconnect phone and leave it off without restarting it.

5. Uninstall flashtool latest version 0.9.18.8 and install flashtool 0.6.6 old version and open it to Flash the same rom BUT THIS TIME only select the system.sin file (or error file) to be flashed and rest excluded. Make sure all wipe options in flashtool are enabled and Flash! THE FLASH WILL WORK WITHOUT USB DEBUGGING ERROR and your phone will be fixed!

Press thanks if it helped!

Last edited by alz_uk; Today at 03:25 AM.
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] k|Mp|n:
I have the same problem, the phone is off when I connect the usb cable and I put it in flashboot mode the green led comes on a few seconds later, it shows the sony logo with red led, and it repeats the green again, and it stays that way Restarting and I can not install anything
[General Topics] westcoastpj:
hey guys,

I just got my MDA,and ben reading this forum for a while.Well,I want to put all these applications on it,but I dont kno how!Like for example,I wanted a freeware,but dont konw where to save it!

also,can someone help me unerstand what ROM and everything else I need to know.I also wanted to know how to change up the soft key functions,like I want the left for contacts,and right for something else.

Thanks got the help!