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Rogers X10a can now be updated to R2BA020 using SEUS

Good news everyone,
People who have the Rogers X10a can now be updated using SEUS.
1. Download SEUS:
http://www.sonyericsson.com/cws/download/1/110/61/1275980198/Update_Service_Setup-2.10.6.21.exe
2. Follow the onscreen instructions
Happy Updating!

Great News! I hope the devs know about this, so they can update the x10a baseband for the root. This would mean no more audio jack problems for some X10a..s that get root!

Hows the in-call volume? Did it get a boost? Currantly cant hear well when theres noise around.

Is that the 2.1 or just a firmware update? I can't tell since i never got an update
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No 2.1 with this update. All improvements listed in changelog thread present.
Excellent update.
In-call volume marginally improved.
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Wht exactly gets depeted from the phone with
this and how do we prevent it.

Thanks for the heads up! By the way where do I find the change log thread? Where is it exactly?

Did you try rooting it after the update?

@forzanerazzuri
Nothing gets removed. Settings, contacts, email etc stay the same as prior to the update. There are two choices through SEUS. "Update" and "Factory Reset and Update". Choose Update and all remains set-up.
@Zaslav
Changelog thread is here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=709650&highlight=changelog

augie7107 said:
@forzanerazzuri
Nothing gets removed. Settings, contacts, email etc stay the same as prior to the update. There are two choices through SEUS. "Update" and "Factory Reset and Update". Choose Update and all remains set-up.
@Zaslav
Changelog thread is here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=709650&highlight=changelog
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Great thanks for the help bro. Have a good one!

hey guys so has anyone with a debranded rogers x10a gotten an update this way yet? cuz mine is still saying up to date >_< I have the generic R1FB001 brazil fw from when I debranded...do you think I should rebrand and if so..how? _-_'
Thanks!!

help!! my one is vodafone nz version.i am trying to update it today through US with official process and at the end it says update fail! (please unplug and check your battery level first then try again) but then i found i can power it up but can't get into the system,just stucked after "sony-erricon". what happen??

xchaotiKittenx said:
hey guys so has anyone with a debranded rogers x10a gotten an update this way yet? cuz mine is still saying up to date >_< I have the generic R1FB001 brazil fw from when I debranded...do you think I should rebrand and if so..how? _-_'
Thanks!!
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I swapped my firmware from the R1FB brazillian to the R1FA014 Argentinian and then SEUS recognized an upgrade available.

Great update. Its like a new phone. Love the fade effects. Much faster and the battery is awesome. 5 hours with wifi on and I'm at 91%. Normally id be around 70%. Thanks SE.

Thanks! uabtodd that worked =D just finished charging, i'm excited to see the battery difference =D

uabtodd said:
I swapped my firmware from the R1FB brazillian to the R1FA014 Argentinian and then SEUS recognized an upgrade available.
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Thanks for that. I went from AR firmware to BR. Then switched back to Rogers for the update. Ill debrand again using AR then

Battery life is definitely better, though I wish I was getting the kind of life others seem to get. before the update, I would take phone off charger at about 6am and by lunch time would be at 20%, have to charge it up at work just to make sure it would make it home before dieing. Today, after update, I took it off charger at 6am and i just now plugged it up to charge at 5% (9:30 pm). At least now it makes it through the day without a midday recharge.

I'm pissed, I did the update, everything went fine. Everything was normal. However, the software was telling me that there was another update available, right after I updated. So I let it run again. Turns out that second update, whatever it was, did a hard reset to my phone and I lost everything... Software now tells me my phone is up to date, thanks a**hole!
I'm gonna call Rogers telling them i'm pissed and I'll have to use half of my monthly's allowed date to reinstall everything because of their update.. I only have 150mb on my data plan, no wifi at home (wifi modem/router died 2 weeks ago) I'll see if they do something for me...

You should use the Sony Sync every few days and back up all your important stuff to their free online storage....I always do just in case

Wow just bricked my phone doing this.
When I used SEUS it downloaded the thing, then as it was installing it gave an error and canceled
Any help?
Going to call SE tomorrow

Flashing firmware asian to european- for ppl who have flashed

Hey guys in my earlier thread some ppl told me that i could update from asian firmware to european firmware. I would like to knw if there would be any problems by doing that, and would like to know ur experiece after flashing.. Thanx for ur replies. I don mind waiting an extra month for asian firmware release if u feel flashing can be problematic, if not i'll b happy to flash.
Ps: I knw a thread like this is available but there are no conclusive answers there. Thanx.

I like to know too. I hope no issue here other than losing the Asian keyboards. I assume one could still get a third party keyboard for say, chinese characters input.

Ya i recieved a reply in hardware zone forum, ppl have upgraded their firmwares from dd or dx to xx, xw (european). No problems were found, infact performance increased a little bit. One of the guys told me not to update cause firmwares released in europe tend to be buggy like beta versions, only final versions are released in asia and other places thats why updates are few. So if i were u i'd wait for firmware to release in my region.. Wat's u take on this? Do u still wanna flash ur phone or do u wanna wait a month extra......

I personally haven't had any issues with the euro fw to speak of. Like doomsdaycs mentioned I definitely experienced performance increase and even more once i installed the modaco rom. I ran the latest JG3 for a few days and it was great then i wanted the modaco rom so I reflashed with JG1 and it's still had no problems. Hope that helps...

doomsdaycs said:
Ya i recieved a reply in hardware zone forum, ppl have upgraded their firmwares from dd or dx to xx, xw (european). No problems were found, infact performance increased a little bit. One of the guys told me not to update cause firmwares released in europe tend to be buggy like beta versions, only final versions are released in asia and other places thats why updates are few. So if i were u i'd wait for firmware to release in my region.. Wat's u take on this? Do u still wanna flash ur phone or do u wanna wait a month extra......
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That's utter rubbish.
Went from APAC to Euro firmwares, and never looked back.

Let me ask you guys who have gone over to the European firmware a few questions:
1) Has it fixed the 3G/wifi connection problem? (I hope you do not dispute that there is problem )
2) Has the lags/pause gone away? Or just minimized?
3) Has your GPS started to work accurately yet?
4) Does your email still takes ages to load? Or just become less slow?
5) Does the music playing still pause/freeze once in a while?
6) Anyone still able to install stuffs like Chinese keyboards from the Android market place after adopting the Europe firmware?
7) Do you have problem with the market place like what these people say?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=7232231#post7232231
Thanks for sharing.

Let me ask you guys who have gone over to the European firmware a few questions:
1) Has it fixed the 3G/wifi connection problem? (I hope you do not dispute that there is problem )
Answer: You need to create a new APN in order to use the 3G network. As for WIFI.. I am able to connect to any WIFI as long as I have the password.
2) Has the lags/pause gone away? Or just minimized?
Answer: Kinda but you will still experience it even with the JG5 firmware.. rumor has it that samsung will release an official fix for this on the end of july but there is no official word from samsung.. all we can do is cross our fingers and hope or best alternative.. use modaco's fix.
3) Has your GPS started to work accurately yet?
Answer: Yup, compared to the stock firmware, it is able to identify my location within a 5 meter radius.
** upgrade to the latest google maps version.
4) Does your email still takes ages to load? Or just become less slow?
Answer: Google.. first time setup.. yes. But now, depending on your location and signal strength.. takes about 8 - 15 seconds.. longer with 2 bars on my phone.. about 30 seconds or so. [GMAIL]
5) Does the music playing still pause/freeze once in a while?
Answer: When I am playing Let's Golf with very low volume then listening to music using the default player at level 6 - 7 volume. I do experience it sometime..
6) Anyone still able to install stuffs like Chinese keyboards from the Android market place after adopting the Europe firmware?
Answer: I am able to install Google Pinyin.. the qwerty keyboard still shows ABC but when you press each letter.. it will show the chinese character equivalent.
7) Do you have problem with the market place like what these people say?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=7232231#post7232231
Answer: Weird case, never experienced that issue on my SGS after doing 3 firmware upgrades.
And no, I haven't rooted my phone yet.. hoping to hear from samsung by the month's end to know if they finally release a firmware fix for the memory transfer issue [NAND].

kenkiller said:
That's utter rubbish.
Went from APAC to Euro firmwares, and never looked back.
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I second that.
The ASIAN version to be honest.. is full of crap from the TELCO's which renders the phone perform slower.. and I'd like to add that, my phone starts and loads faster now without the singtel crap.

Thank you M3keni. I'm glad it looks so positive.

kenkiller said:
That's utter rubbish.
Went from APAC to Euro firmwares, and never looked back.
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eaglesteve said:
Thank you M3keni. I'm glad it looks so positive.
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You are welcome bro.
Disclaimer though.. other users may have a different take on my experience with my SGS.. hehehe.
..seriously, samsung should fix the NAND issue with an update firmware soon.
..but we have hardworking developers to go to for MODS.. iLike!
Before you decide and buy the SGS, visit your nearest telco showroom to try and feel the phone. Will help in your decision.
Have a good weekend!

Thanx for the info i'll be flashing madoco rom too.. cheers..

I'm waiting for the Froyo that's supposedly 3 times faster than iPhone 3GS. As it is now, it is a lot slower than even iPhone 3G. The black screen and long pauses is beginning to get to me.
I'm hesitant to root now as I'm uncertain about the hardware aspect of GPS, and my fear that the process might not be fully reversible, hence voiding the warranty potentially.

i have a question that how to upgrade the firmware from Asian to EUR use kies without root??????
i want to change that but have no idea, thx

yes please, even I need to know how to flash my Singtel FW to the eu version like the friends above mentioned. Mainly I want to do this without rooting...!!
And once after upgrading, will it allow me to upgrade to froyo when it is officially released!!! via Kies or OTA.

kenkiller said:
That's utter rubbish.
Went from APAC to Euro firmwares, and never looked back.
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Can you suggest the fw number of the official euro firmware that you are using now so I can install as well.

No problem at all dude.
Flashed from DDJF3 to XWJG1 (Indian to some European country)... JF3 had major issues... JG1 is good... not great though. Most of the problems of the stock firmware were resolved by Modaco's Custom ROM... try it out!

You guys should give the new firmware JM1 or JM2 a twirl. The difference is night and day...no joke..and that's before root and any modifications.
@netboyhk I initially used this as my starting point http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpWcM44On88
Note that in the video he says it HAS to be on a specific com port....ignore that part. It's all relative to how many usb ports u have and how many devices plugged in etc etc. From my experiences it's REALLY hard to brick this phone but your mileage may vary

I think you mean JM1 and JM2 - unless Samsung's moving faster on firmware than I thought...

flamingpitofhell said:
I think you mean JM1 and JM2 - unless Samsung's moving faster on firmware than I thought...
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Yea thanks.
Sent from my GT-I9000 using XDA App

eaglesteve said:
I'm waiting for the Froyo that's supposedly 3 times faster than iPhone 3GS. As it is now, it is a lot slower than even iPhone 3G. The black screen and long pauses is beginning to get to me.
I'm hesitant to root now as I'm uncertain about the hardware aspect of GPS, and my fear that the process might not be fully reversible, hence voiding the warranty potentially.
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I can confirm that it IS FULLY REVERSIBLE. You just need to reformat using ODIN while putting an official ROM.

UK T-Mobile 2.2 firmware upgrade warning

(posted this also on t-mobile support forum but incase of it being edited)
http://support.t-mobile.co.uk/discu...3763ab0b007e4e&filter=ALL&messageit.offset=60
I wouldnt normally signup to this type of forum but its important. (ignore this bit... posted that on the t-mobile forum)
Anyone reading this dont upgrade!
Anyone reading this dont upgrade!
Anyone reading this dont upgrade!
I liked the phone before the upgrade with only GPS being a slight problem which got fixed after changing gps.conf (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=731462).
Now the games I used to play and even movies slow down. Games like "Tower Raiders" struggle to run at full speed but the biggest problem is the UI. Its no longer smooth scrolling and the idle screen lock sometimes does not unlock the instant when swiped. This is not nit picking but when your using the phone as a phone… I want to make calls NOW not in a few minutes after the UI resets.
Ive always modded my phones and this one I didn’t want to because I liked the default system. Now I need to back level the phone due to its unusable interface. Not sure if this is something T-mobile will assist with but most likely need to do this myself. I wanted a factory phone and ended up being forced back down the mod firmware route.
dont upgrade!
GT-I9000
Firmware 2.2
I9000BOJP3
FROYO.BOJPB
just wish I wrote down my old firmware details.
message for the XDA members
Does anyone know how I can back level the firmware? I dont know what it was before kies did its stuff.

have you done the ole faithful factory reset have upgraded 2.2?

No Problems
Ran the upgrade last night, phone runs much better with many things now working as they should have before the upgrade

robos said:
Ran the upgrade last night, phone runs much better with many things now working as they should have before the upgrade
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Your last post was regarding vodafone 2.2 with the kies. Which firmware are you using, vodafone or tmobile. god knows about vodafone but know tmobile from the support pages have changed this firmware in some fashion.
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not thought about factory reset, thanks i'll try this tonight as I use the phone for business. Games I can live without but for me, 2.2 brought very little over the loss of UI speed. I might have missed something outstanding in 2.2 (flash support not being one of them) but hope clearing the phone before retrying helps speed things up. All I can say is that before the 2.2 upgrade I was very happy, now im to be honest a little naffed off.

samsung phone repair - not completely happy.

Hey guys,
I had to send in my phone for repair, USB slot completely messed up, phone wouldn't shut down, it said it was charging when nothing was plugged in, PC wouldn't recognise etc
OK, here's why im not happy:
My unlocked XEU SGS2 has been returned with:
1. Locked (to a network I don't use or never have - T.MOBILE)
2. It has a product code I've never had, certainly not XEU
3. Boot screen animation for T-mobile
4. Auto Brightness is VERY low (I've only ever used auto, and this one is wayyyy too low on auto)
I've flashed UK XEU 2.3.4 which I know is the latest for my region, this has removed the boot screen animation. (Browser still has loads of T-Mobile bookmarks though which is strange, after flashing an unbranded firmware)
I phoned my network (orange) for an unlock code, as this phone was factory unlocked on purchase & told them its been in for repair & is now locked. (They said I should receive it via email in 3-4 days aagghhhh)
As for auto brightness issue, I'm lost. I flashed the speedmod kernel to see if it was stock T-Mobile kernel that was messed up, and auto brightness is the same. very very low indeed.
As for changing product code back to xeu, I thought my unbranded firmware would allow me to do this, but even with the *#272 IMEI code, I still only received the one option which is something like TPU or something. (I forget)
im happy they have fixed my phone, but sending it back locked when it is a factory unlocked model, with a different product code is annoying me.
Some advice please.

Hi,
My phone is also under repair and they've lent me another i9100, which is...different.
The auto-brightness is also much lower, but the display is better overall (no banding at all, out of the box).
On the other hand the GPS isn't half as good and takes much longer to get a fix.
In other words, get me MY i9100 back (fist batch, I guess, since I got it the day it came out).

Hate to be stating the obvious, but are you sure they returned the same phone?

I would call them up and get ahold of someone that can help you. That's not acceptable in any way. I would demand a replacment. Being as how by there actions they have forced you to void your warranty if you choose to reunlock it and change roms. I would advise being nice to the people who help you out. It's safe to say its probably not there fault. Depending on how many lines you have, a solid threat of termination of contract could start to swerve them towards making it right.
I would seriously see what they can go though, be it new phone or a bill credit or early upgrade.

bazzag said:
Hate to be stating the obvious, but are you sure they returned the same phone?
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First thing I checked was my IMEI & it matches.
But I still think its a new phone, even my screen protector was removed and there's no need for them to do that, a screen cannot be opened up.
Hopefully the unlock code orange will send will fix it, & I'm sure I will still be able to change the product code back to XEU, but as for the auto brightness, I'm not sure if its fixable.

There are more than one "batch" of screens, if you use voodoo screen tuning r&d from the market you can see which one you have, as they each seem to have a different brightness curve and Gama leveles.
Its possible your new screen is different to your old one.
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I've read somewhere that newer S2 batches have lower overall brightness than earlier ones, so it's possible that the auto-brightness setting wasn't calibrated accordingly. Someone in here posted a way to modify the auto brightness values, can't find that topic though.

ok,
phone is now fully debranded, no t-mobile boot screen, no t-mobile bookmarks & now on XEU UK product code.
My only problem now, is the very low auto brightness (although, at first glance it now looks better now its been fully debranded, will look into it, hopefully its now sorted) and the fact they have sent back a network-locked phone to replace the factory unlocked model i sent in.
Orange BTW want £20 to unlock my phone, i told em to stuff it as i had a factory unlocked model a fortnight ago, i now await samsungs reply.

If you are rooted, you can possibly unlock for free
I got my code out of the phone using the method posted in the dev forum that I assisted odia with testing

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If you are rooted, you can possibly unlock for free
I got my code out of the phone using the method posted in the dev forum that I assisted odia with testing
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LOL pulser, that post doesnt even make sense to me.
hash codes and hex editors lol. EH?
LMAO
I tried Chainfires unlock app, it didn't find an unlock code.

My phone is being fixed now for the exact same issue, they told me if its a hardware issue then it would be replaced. Hope they don't give me a refurbished one. Also I hope they don't notice the custom kernel counter in download mode, because the USB jig didn't work due to the stuffed USB connection. Thanks to mobile Odin I was able to flash back to stock though. Thank you Chainfire.
Edit: To OP, I hope that isn't your knee in your avatar.

That app failed for me too but galaxy_s unlock by helroz on the market worked for me. Give it a shot
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bungknees said:
My phone is being fixed now for the exact same issue, they told me if its a hardware issue then it would be replaced. Hope they don't give me a refurbished one. Also I hope they don't notice the custom kernel counter in download mode, because the USB jig didn't work due to the stuffed USB connection. Thanks to mobile Odin I was able to flash back to stock though. Thank you Chainfire.
Edit: To OP, I hope that isn't your knee in your avatar.
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Its a hardware issue yeah, I think they have replaced all the guts in mine, I think only my back cover & button are the same (only things left with protectors on)
I wouldn't worry about the custom count, mine was on zero but mine had villainrom (including Vr boot screen) and ninphetamine kernel installed, they still fixed it. (Sort of ... it is locked to a network I can't use lol)
Good job they did, as I wasn't aware of a mobile Odin, and there was nothing I could do with the USB slot knackered.
And yes, that 'was' my knee.

PurpleFries said:
That app failed for me too but galaxy_s unlock by helroz on the market worked for me. Give it a shot
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I've heard that app can be dangerous... ?

chrisjcks said:
Its a hardware issue yeah, I think they have replaced all the guts in mine, I think only my back cover & button are the same (only things left with protectors on)
I wouldn't worry about the custom count, mine was on zero but mine had villainrom (including Vr boot screen) and ninphetamine kernel installed, they still fixed it. (Sort of ... it is locked to a network I can't use lol)
Good job they did, as I wasn't aware of a mobile Odin, and there was nothing I could do with the USB slot knackered.
And yes, that 'was' my knee.
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Nice injury, and I thought my xray was bad.

galaxy_s unlock by helroz,
I'd heard some bad things about this app.... but sod it, I tried it.
IT WORKED!!
it didn't give me a code, it just rebooted my phone - but my orange sim is now working, and my IMEI is safe and correct.
So...
I'm now on latest UK unbranded firmware, with XEU product code, no T-Mobile boot screen or branding at all, & its now unlocked.
Perfect!
Woop Woop

[Q] New Nexus 10 - System update.. Should I do it?

Just opened up my new Nexus 10 - sealed in box, bought off another guy locally who happened to get 2 of them for Christmas (lucky guy haha, I believe it considering the neighborhood I picked it up from!)
Turned it on and it has a system update. Im one who tinkers, rooting and customizing etc... I rooted and flashed my Galaxy nexus within hours of opening it... and every android phone has been the same way. Im gonna try to keep the device stock for a bit though as I do have a handful of defects that people seem to be complaining about, but they're issues that aren't bothering me if functionality is fine
Issues I do have:
Inconsistent backlight - it is noticably darker near the camera at the top of screen
Strange buzzing noise from the back of the device.. "behind" the left speaker / near the power button corner.. It is definitely eminating from the rear of the tablet. It gets MUCH louder when the brightness is turned down (in fact I can't even hear it with brightness locked @ 100%, but it is really irritating with brightness at minimum)
And the device has a weird smell lol... this will probably go away though, might be from the plastic
Will updating the device make it harder to root the device for flashing purposes? Or is there any odd things from said update that I should know about before proceeding? I don't see any "DO THIS INSTEAD IF YOU HAVE XXX VERSION INSTALLED" type of posts yet so my assumption is no but I feel the need to ask anyway...
Thank you

No. The update will take you to 4.2.1 then you can proceed with rooting. It works the same no matter the version.

The update is minor so all the rooting techniques will work for either version. Every ROM available is using the latest revision, so I would suggest updating via play store before rooting.

To clear up any confusion, take the update. It's okay. It won't do you any harm.

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To clear up any confusion, take the update. It's okay. It won't do you any harm.
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Thank you guys for the answers, exactly what I was looking for

I think the only thing it added was December to the calendar. That was an embaressing mistake by Google.
My Nexus 10 is better than your tablet. Hah.

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Thank you guys for the answers, exactly what I was looking for
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Update makes it easier to root I think actually. Either way just what the others are saying, it will not make it tougher for sure.

thacounty said:
Update makes it easier to root I think actually. Either way just what the others are saying, it will not make it tougher for sure.
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This was definitely the opposite case on my HTC G2 (well not mine in particular as I heeded this caution) but G2's that were updated to 2.3.5 would have to force the device to downgrade to 2.2 before they could flash a rooted 2.3.x ROM
Samsung Galaxy S 2 - aka T-Mobile Vibrant - same story.
That was exactly why I asked

I rooted mine with 4.2.1 using mskip's toolkit before it was updated to support it.
There were instructions in the toolkit thread to just use the 4.2 image option for 4.2.1
It was a breeze.