yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] naplesbill:
You should be able to just do a repair with SEUS. I would have to guess that it was something wrong with setting permissions after you copied the file back.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sopdogg:
@Naplesbill - You think that they'll do it even though it's rooted?
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aln688:
Just as a follow up to my original question, I managed to both root and flash my AT&T X10a North American phone. I referenced this post:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=8223578&postcount=421

...as posted by a user called Grospolina. After following the procedure carefully, my phone was flashed with a generic (latin america?) ROM, then I rooted it using the same procedure in that post.

Net result? Phone is debranded (no AT&T apps present) and apps have superuser access, just what I wanted. Thought I'd post back and let anyone know what I managed to accomplish. Many thanks to Grospolina.

FYI, I don't know about anyone else's mileage, but procedures that involved using SEUS (Sony Ericsson Update Service) or PC Companion failed flat. The SEUS app continually told me my phone was up to date, with no option to "Re-install".

Now time to download the Android SDK and see what's involved in developing apps for this phone! I also have to try and remove Facebook, YouTube, etc.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] naplesbill:
Just a word of warning. That is the procedure I originally follwed with my AT&T X10a. Everything seemed good at first but after a week or so, my phone started rebooting randomly (not everyday or anything that often) and my battery life was decent but not great. I have two other X10s on my account and one of them was also debranded with the Latin America ROM and was having the same issues.

I decided to go back to the AT&T ROM, which I did before the "fixed" SEUS so it doesn't work any longer. After reloading the AT&T ROM I rooted and then decrapified the phone. I then decided to see if I could apply the Captivate non-market app fix by finding the location of the settings.db and changing the instructions accordingly. It worked like a charm. With the AT&T crap removed, the device is surprisingly snappier. I haven't had a singly issue with rebooting or really any lag, force closes, or freezes since. Also, I am easily getting two days out of my battery. This is by far the best battery life of any Smartphone I have owned.

I then suggested to my roommate that I should do the same to his X10. He was complaining about it rebooting on him. I tried several times to use the SEUS debranding method to rebrand his phone. I finally gave up and decided to create a decrypted ROM from my, now AT&T branded again, X10. I was successful in doing this and I flashed his phone and basically set his up just like mine. He couldn't be happier.

I offered this decrypted ROM to the OP of the decrypted ROM thread. I'm not sure why but it was never added to the thread. This decrypted ROM will be necessary for anyone who needs to rebrand to AT&T (i.e. send out for warranty, etc.).

I have also noticed quite a few people having issues with getting their PC to recognize their phone with ADB. ADB is required for both the single-click root apk installation and the non-market fix. What seemed to work, at least for the last guy with this issue, was to install the SEUS directly and not using PC Companion. It will be in anyones best interest to have a working ADB system.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] naplesbill:
Root will not make any difference. SEUS will see your device as an AT&T X10a and repair it accordingly. You will have to re-root though.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aln688:
Thanks for the information. I've only had it running under the Latin America ROM for one day, so far so good, although the one-click exploid method which worked well under the AT&T ROM, didn't work so well under the Latin America ROM. Do you have a link to the decrypted AT&T R2CA016 ROM, should I choose to go back? Also, which flashing method did you use to rebrand your phone?
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] naplesbill:
I have the ROM but nowhere to host it. I have packaged it with the debricker tool and it works very well.

There are definitely some things I liked being unbranded, but most of them are possible without debranding.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aln688:
It sounds like a very useful package. What about uploading it to a free Megaupload, Hotfile or Rapidshare account? I could PM you and give you an FTP address to send it to me if possible?
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nimche:
naplesbill,

I don't mind uploading the file just didn't know if you like me to do it. Let me know and I will do so tonight. For at least another month till 2.1 comes out, we will all play with these different version to keep ourselves happy.

Cheers,
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] naplesbill:
You are more than welcome to upload it somewhere. I think a lot of people could find it useful.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aln688:
Amazing. This is the only time I've actually managed to get the SEUS (Sony Ericsson Update Service) to actually do anything. Now I've gone with the Latin America ROM, I decided to run SEUS for laughs, it told me my phone is up to date, BUT if I have problems, I can install the software again, and it provided me with an "Install" button.

Looking at the "C:\Program Files (x86)\Sony Ericsson\Update Service\db\13740270\blob_fs" folder, I see it's downloading three "FILE_" prefixed files just now, presumably it's going to put R2CA016 back on the phone again. I'll likely just root the phone with the SWM and the X10root1.0.6.apk package and leave it at that.

Presumably Titanium can remove the AT&T apps, AND Facebook, once it's rooted?
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] naplesbill:
Actually, SEUS will just reinstall the version you have now (Latin America). In order to get back to the AT&T version you can use the package discussed in the post above yours to "rebrand" it back to stock. From there, you can root and do the non-market app fix.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aln688:
Guess what? You're right! I have the encrypted R2CA016 ROM, I need the decrypted one so I can flash it back to my phone.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AyDee:
OK, got my AT&T x10a today, installed & ran SEUS (phone is up-to-date; R2CA016), driver is installed, sd not mounted, & I enabled USB debugging.

Tried to load X10Root.1.0.6.apk w/SWM and my device is not recognized by SWM(no # shows)...

Any ideas? I'd like to keep the AT&T rom and just remove stuff after rooting instead of debranding to another rom, just not sure why the x10 isn't showing up...

It wouldn't kill me if I couldn't root, but not being able to load my own apps period is just plain insulting!

TIA for any insight...
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aln688:
Download the Android SDK for Windows, then update all the packages. Then copy the adb.exe, AdbWinApi.dll and AdbWinUsbApi.dll from the SDK tools folder into the same folder where the AndroidCentral-SWM.exe is, then try it again.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AyDee:
Appreciate the super-quick reply!

Followed the steps & got SWM to recognize, but when I went to install I got

[INSTALL_FAILED_INSUFICIENT STORAGE]

So do I need to delete some stuff from somewhere or wha?

Thanks again :)
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aln688:
The only thing I can think of is your phone memory is almost used up, or you don't have any room on your SD card in-case this app/script makes a backup of your existing files.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nimche:
X10Flash_ATT_Unbrick bt NaplesBill

RapidShare

X10a

R2CA016
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aln688:
Great, thanks. I've been waiting for this! I tried to find a guide on how to decrypt a ROM as I have the encrypted R2CA016, but couldn't find anything useful.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AyDee:
WOOT! ROOT!

Found a fix here:

hxxp://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=779531

I had a copy of X10Root.1.0.6 in the payload folder- i feel so dumb, lol

I really appreciate your help, aln688!
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aln688:
Glad to help. When you've rooted your phone, and it works perfectly using the method you already know about, you can then use free Titanium backup to remove apps you don't want. Alternatively you could move the files to your sdcard folder, make sure your phone still works, if it does, then just "rm" them.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aln688:
lol, I'm now back to the R2CA016 ROM, courtesy of naplesbill and Nimche, thank you. I can confirm the package Nimche uploaded to RapidShare works fine on my X10a. Next stop, the exploid one-click root, again,...
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nimche:
Uploading wasn't any hard at all. Whole credit should go to Naplesbill for putting these files together. Thank you/
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AyDee:
@naplesbill: First of all, thanks for all of your posts and especially the decrypted rom that saved my phone! :)

I'm basically trying to get my phone like yours & others in this thread..

Would you happen to remember the names/locations of the at&t apps?

I know where they are (data/app-private) and I uninstalled & deleted at&t maps because of how it was named but the rest aren't quite as obvious. Also, in the data/app folder, there are .zip files of the at&t & other apps. Can I delete those safely too?

Also, would you be so kind as to post the .db file for the non-market fix? I found your thread but I bricked my phone with a different method already and I'm really wary about doing something wrong again. Or do you think editing the db directly like you suggested is safer than copy/paste w/root explorer?

TIA

(or if anyone else can shed some light, please feel free to do so:D)

Cheers
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aln688:
I'm making a list just now of all the apps I'm going to get rid of, then I'm going to write a script that moves them to the same directory structure within a "backup" folder on the phone. If you are still interested I'll PM you the list.

For settings.db, you could use Root Explorer to find the file and edit it yourself manually, also grab a copy of Sqlite, you can do this using the .db file where it is without moving it.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AyDee:
Yes, that would be great! Please include "work email" to be moved/uninstalled- I HATE that thing, lol.

Did you remove timescape? I've heard conflicting things about whether or not it messes things up on the phone..

Well, I did this the first time I tried using SQLite Manager for Firefox. I copied to my SD then changed the correct entry to the correct value and copied it back, but "something" got messed up along the way and I ended up having to flash back to stock at&t and start over. I'll find a method I'm comfortable with...

Thanks again, al- you rock:cool:

*Edit- I found out if you uninstall the at&t apps w/Titanium backup without backing them up first(yeah I know, bad idea but whatever) it will display the file name of the apk, so I just used those to locate and delete the apks w/root explorer. All of the att-named apps were in the data/app-private folder plus mobitv, mobivideo, mobile banking, and yes, work email! Removed them all and was left with one market-installed app in app-private. The rest of installed apps seem to be in data/app. Also in data/app are .zip files for all of the apps I removed. I deleted those too and all is well so far. Still tentative about the non-market fix but gonna do it eventually...
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aln688:
Glad I could help. What I did was a "ls -R > files.txt", then moved it to the "/sdcard" folder and am going through that to find files I don't want. I've created a shell script to move all the AT&T apps (including Timescape) to their equivelant folder on the /sdcard folder. I'm testing it now, although for some reason I can't run shell scripts on my phone, from adb.exe at a Windows command prompt - odd. Once I get it running and confirm it has no effect on the stability on my phone, I'll PM you with the script and how to run it.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kapil4wm:
Is there a step-by-step guide to root the AT&T X10a (R2CA016 rom). So that the AT&T crapware can be removed. Keeping intact all other apps in the same ROM and also the ability to install new apps from the market.

Thanks....
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Diesel984:
I will write out the X10a Steps later on, I wont say that I have it down to an EXACT Science, But I have done it a Few times now, So We'll see...I want to get the general APN configuration from AT&T Before I write out the steps for all of us with the X10a, I'm Sure Naples and Nimchi will have a hand in it too ;)

Nate
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aln688:
Here's my Facebook removal script, note that su must be ran, as well as "busybox --install /system/bin":

echo "*** SONY ERICSSON XPERIA X10 - FACEBOOK CLEANUP SCRIPT ***"

dstdir=/sdcard/backup/facebook
mkdir $dstdir

cp /system/lib/libuwlopfacebook.so $dstdir
cp /system/app/Facebook.apk $dstdir
cp /data/dalvik-cache/system@app@Facebook.apk@classes.dex $dstdir
cp /data/data/com.sonyericsson.android.contentmanager.service.timescape/shared_prefs/sns-facebook.xml $dstdir

rm /system/lib/libuwlopfacebook.so
rm /system/app/Facebook.apk
rm /data/dalvik-cache/system@app@Facebook.apk@classes.dex
rm /data/data/com.sonyericsson.android.contentmanager.service.timescape/shared_prefs/sns-facebook.xml

rmdir /data/data/com.facebook.katana/lib
rmdir /data/data/com.facebook.katana

echo Completed.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] naplesbill:
Hey guys, just got back from vacation.

It looks like you have all pretty much figured things out. In regard to the settings.db, I once bricked my phone by trying to copy a previously edited settings.db and just changing the permissions. I then just started from scratch, copying the existing settings.db to the sdcard, and used sqlite via the SDK on my laptop. This is one of the methods in the Captivate thread I used as a base for this mod.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AyDee:
Thanks for the cleanup script, aln688- looking forward to more :)

I have already uninstalled Facebook via Titanium Backup so these files/folders are already gone:

/system/app/Facebook.apk

/data/data/com.facebook.katana/lib

/data/data/com.facebook.katana

but everything else is still there. It'll be great to get rid all of the stuff TB missed!

@naplesbill: I 'bricked' mine twice editing settings.db on my computer and moving it back with root explorer.(my heart dropped the first time lol) Flashed back with the decrypted att rom you provided both times and then decided the adb method was the way to go. Now I keep a copy of that script with the decrypted rom "just in case"...

A couple more questions for anyone who knows:

1) Does the att rom need a market fix as well? To get access to the full market or whatever? I've seen threads for other x10 roms but none for ours.

2) Is folder/file structure identical in all of the x10a roms(aside from carrier-installed apps?)

Cheers guys
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PavanSareddu:
Hi every one, I have been following this tread for a while but couldn't understand the exact process for removing the AT&T stuff and installing non-market apps. Diesel984 can you please post the step-by-step process asap. Thanks everyone, especially Diesel984 for your future guide.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aln688:
Actually, I've wrote enough scripts to completely strip down the phone, problem is I discovered Mediascape is dangerous to delete as it knocks out the phonebook and the dialler -so I leave that one alone.

The attachment to this e-mail contains scripts to delete AT&T specific apps, AT&T Family Map, AT&T Hot Spots, etc. You'll need root access, and Busybox already installed as the script uses "cp", which isn't on the phone by default. "Push" the scripts to the phone with "adb push <file> /sdcard", then "adb shell" into the phone, "su", then "cd /sdcard", then run a script, for example "sh rem_att_maps.sh". Remember a reboot might be needed as some app processes may be in use. FYI, "scprm.sh" and "smkdir.sh" are utility scripts I wrote, and are required by all of the app removal scripts.

Run these scripts at your own risk.

I'll post more scripts soon, to remove apps such as YouTube, OfficeSuite, YellowPages, MobiTV, etc.

To perform the fix which allows you to install non-market apps, I to do this:

1) Download and install Root Explorer and Sqlite (if you want them, PM me):

2) Using Root Explorer, navigate to "/data/data/com.android.providers.settings/databases/"...

...then edit the "settings.db" file and using SQLite, enter the "secure" table and modify the "install_non_market_apps" row to have a value of 1 instead of 0. Save the change and reboot your phone.

For the questions, on (a) I don't know, I would assume so, and (b) I think the file structure is almost the same, yes. For a while I used the Latin America ROM and the file structure was very similar to the AT&T ROM. My Facebook removal script which I developed on the Latin America ROM, worked fine on the AT&T ROM.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AyDee:
Thanks aln688 :)

Here are different methods for achieving the same:

I assume you're rooted. If not, I used the '1-click' Standalone X10 root.apk in the dev subforum.

To enable non-market apps I used naplesbill's tip here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=773392

I used the via adb method. I have attached the fix modified for the at&t x10 rom (hope nobody minds...)

If it's your first time giving adb superuser permission, have your phone unlocked and after you type su for the first time & hit enter, give yourself permission via the onscreen prompt on your phone.

An alternate method of removing at&t apps would be uninstalling with Titanium Backup and removing the apk etc with Root Explorer. I moved mine to a folder on my sd like aln688's scripts do. His scripts remove all traces of the app- the Root Explorer method is less thorough unless you know where everything is or use his scripts as a guide.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lavab:
Unlock

Hi,

I bought an xperia x10a in wisconsin with AT&T. Now i am back to india, i approached Unlockitnow.com for a unlock code. They came back saying they cannot provide the code reason they said is phone might be hard locked. Is there any procedure to break this and make the phone work in india.

Thanks,

Lava
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PavanSareddu:
Thanks aln688 and AyDee

I haven't rooted my device. I would use "one click method" after downloading .apk file what should I do...can any one of you give a link or some thing like step-by-step instructions. I am not a tech guy. To allow the non-market apps I would like to go with aln688 suggested method. Will these methods work for build no: R2CA016.

Thanks
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PavanSareddu:
Hello Every One,

I have sucessfully rooted my phone using "Newbies Guide to Rooting X10 and giving you the newest firmware" every thing works great. Thanks to "synlar" for a great tutorial. All the AT&T apps and non-market apps were taken care by this method. The only one thing is I accidental deleted the stock Sony Ericsson HOME screen. can any one of you let me know how to re-install it. B'case I don't like the ADW Home screen...Its more like Default Android Screen. I like the customized one a lot.

Thanks
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sopdogg:
Thanks @AyDee! Your txt on getting the non market apps via the adb method worked for me.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AyDee:
Glad you made it :)

Just repeating what I have learned...
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sopdogg:
For those on AT&T, have you had issues finding barnacle wifi on the market? I can't find it anywhere, wondering if you guys had the same issues and where you were able to get it.

Thanks!
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tsukiyoshi:
Here. After downloading an apk for an old version, I read somewhere that you have to be connected via wifi. Tried it and, sure enough, it was in Market's results. Replaced the old one, works fine so far.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sopdogg:
Your link doesn't work. Can you PM me with it? Thanks!
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tsukiyoshi:
Didn't give a link, I honestly don't remember where I got the apk. Have you tried searching the market while connected to wifi instead of 3g?
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AyDee:
Try the market access app here (halfway down) http://gadgets.apnafundaz.com/2010/...apps-access-on-xperia-x10-others-tips-tricks/

Change your carrier to T-Mobile US and that's how I got it.

Be sure to back up your original and restore after.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sopdogg:
Thanks again AyDee. Got Barnacle now. Looks like I got too excited and didn't read the last part of your info that you provided. I didn't back up my original. I changed my carrier to T-Mobile US and now I don't know how to change it back. Let me know if you can help!

Thanks!
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AyDee:
Yeah, no problem. :)

The sim numeric for US At&t is 310410. You can manually input it in the 'Custom' tab in the app.

Also, 44010 is a Japanese carrier so you can get Ambientime Home & Lite and other stuff we don't have.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] purav86:
can somebody please help me get my x10a rebrand back to at&t firmware, i have tried everything and it still give me an error for

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NullPointerException

at java.lang.string.<init>(unknown source)

at x10flash.test pluged(x10flash.java:103)

at x10flash.run(x10flash.java:375)

at x10flash.main(x10flash.java:417)

press any key to continue....

can somebody please please please help me with this

thank you
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] agd4life:
has anyone actually rooted this version of the x10a R2CA016.

Every method i have tried only gives shell root or nothing at all...can not get SU or full root using any method.

If you have please state what method u used

thanks
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tony_C:
Try the link in this thread, stadalone flash with all needed files

Originally Posted by batman_112

They should both be the same just a different compression was used. When you extract the files you should have close to 240mb.

You can use this one http://rapidshare.com/#!download|172l35|422517175|X10Flash_ATT_Unbrick.zip|140290
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NCX Designs:
Now that we have a working port of the new HTC Sense from the Desire HD

will we soon see more skins since this version of sense seems to be more skin friendly?

Seeing how you can have multiple skins stored on the device after you download them from HTC Hub, there's got to be a way to install custom ones using the same method, am I right?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bigheadwillie:
Pandora wont start up for me after updating to the new ota. I tried uninstalling and reinstalling it from the market since i had restored it with titanium at first. im running the odexed stock rom..

attached is a screenshot of the error
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bigheadwillie:
Bump, because i edited the post.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tws101:
No issue mine is working
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wfrandy:
Mine is working fine on Fresh 3.3.0.1.