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my X10a isnt updated to latest build number?

hello
from what i have been reading build number should be R2BA026.
mine is still R2BA023, is this normal?
i have ran SEUS, and the "software update" on my phone and they all show its updated

Are you branded or unbranded
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Yes its normak if you have a brandet version. That means your carrier need to send out the firmware to seus. They maybe just eaitet fir the android 2.1 update. Instead of rolling 26 aswell
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i have a X10a through telstra, its also rooted.
wonder if i'll ever get updated?

aussiesausage said:
i have a X10a through telstra, its also rooted.
wonder if i'll ever get updated?
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mate, u will either need to debrand completely, or flash your phone with a different ROM
(or is that basically the same thing !) i flashed my optus branded x10 with global generic (i think its UK or Nordic) and all is good.
another benefit of this is that u wont have to wait for Helstra to get their finger out and have a 2.1 branded ROM for you. if you have a generic rom, then you get the 2.1 update as soon as its available (via seus obviously)
cheers, tim
edit: when you run SEUS - it checks what version you have (telstra) and then looks in the dB for the latest telstra rom available. telstra have only published/released up to the version you are running, therefore "no updates available". If you were running a generic version, when you connected up to SEUS it would be looking for a different version. hope that is a bit clearer

if i completly debrand it, and something happens to it, can i just brand it again and send it back, kinda like. rooting then un-rooting ect
?

mrtim123 said:
mate, u will either need to debrand completely, or flash your phone with a different ROM
(or is that basically the same thing !) i flashed my optus branded x10 with global generic (i think its UK or Nordic) and all is good.
another benefit of this is that u wont have to wait for Helstra to get their finger out and have a 2.1 branded ROM for you. if you have a generic rom, then you get the 2.1 update as soon as its available (via seus obviously)
cheers, tim
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I'm also with optus, do I need to flash mine? or is optus quick with releasing updates.
Also does you optus My account widget works in your phone, coz mine doesn't show data usage.
I contacted optus to find out why and they had no idea that we got a widget in the first place

aussiesausage said:
if i completly debrand it, and something happens to it, can i just brand it again and send it back, kinda like. rooting then un-rooting ect
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sure can mate, look at the decrypted ROMS page in the DEV section. But unless something serious goes wrong, you will never load a telstra rom on it again
HQXU said:
I'm also with optus, do I need to flash mine? or is optus quick with releasing updates.
Also does you optus My account widget works in your phone, coz mine doesn't show data usage.
I contacted optus to find out why and they had no idea that we got a widget in the first place
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I found that optus were the quickest of the Aussies, but still they would be a few weeks behind. You will NOT get the update within the same day as it gets released - put it that way.
re: widget - yeah mine never worked but now im on generic i dont have it anyway

wow, i just had a look through that thread, and theres pretty much nothing that would walk me through it, so basically i think i would screw my phone
unless ofcourse you feel like helping me, it sounds good!
could you help me out with what i need to get started or a tutorial or something?

aussiesausage said:
wow, i just had a look through that thread, and theres pretty much nothing that would walk me through it, so basically i think i would screw my phone
unless ofcourse you feel like helping me, it sounds good!
could you help me out with what i need to get started or a tutorial or something?
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right, im gunna want a bit of confirmation from others here....been a while since i did this.
using Bin4ry's post http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=711907 i grabbed the latest files from the fileshare websites listed. basically the files that Bin4ry and the other guys have created are a script (batch files) that prompt you step by step. i know the method is called ROOT but its the same process. To ROOT in this original method, you had to flash back to an older revision of the firmware and then update. When you flash back to the older version, it is a generic version. Then you can simply use SEUS to update to newest. KEEP IN MIND that doing ANY kind of firmware update will completely erase anything on the internal memory. This is NOT the sd card, so pics and such will be ok but contacts - msgs - settings will all be gone. might be best to do the one-press root, install titanium backup first and then backup your phone book and other important apps that you may have.
main thing is to ask questions. there are sh!tloads of ppl on here with heaps of knowledge. be safe in the knowledge that you cannot, CANNOT completely screw your phone. you can always flash another firmware back onto it using SEUS. once ppl hack the bootloader, this will be a different story but until then just get in there and have a go
good luck and happy modding!!

mrtim123 said:
right, im gunna want a bit of confirmation from others here....been a while since i did this.
using Bin4ry's post http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=711907 i grabbed the latest files from the fileshare websites listed. basically the files that Bin4ry and the other guys have created are a script (batch files) that prompt you step by step. i know the method is called ROOT but its the same process. To ROOT in this original method, you had to flash back to an older revision of the firmware and then update. When you flash back to the older version, it is a generic version. Then you can simply use SEUS to update to newest. KEEP IN MIND that doing ANY kind of firmware update will completely erase anything on the internal memory. This is NOT the sd card, so pics and such will be ok but contacts - msgs - settings will all be gone. might be best to do the one-press root, install titanium backup first and then backup your phone book and other important apps that you may have.
main thing is to ask questions. there are sh!tloads of ppl on here with heaps of knowledge. be safe in the knowledge that you cannot, CANNOT completely screw your phone. you can always flash another firmware back onto it using SEUS. once ppl hack the bootloader, this will be a different story but until then just get in there and have a go
good luck and happy modding!!
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thankyou, but my phone is already rooted, does that mean i can install a diffrent ROM? or has other stuff gotta be done to isntall a diff one?

mrtim123 said:
I found that optus were the quickest of the Aussies, but still they would be a few weeks behind. You will NOT get the update within the same day as it gets released - put it that way.
re: widget - yeah mine never worked but now im on generic i dont have it anyway
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a few weeks thanks I will try to flash it.

aussiesausage said:
thankyou, but my phone is already rooted, does that mean i can install a diffrent ROM? or has other stuff gotta be done to isntall a diff one?
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main reason that you would root first is so you can use titanium backup to backup your apps and settings. You will still need to flash to a non branded firmware, jerplea has a few ROMS on his posts, probably best to have a look in those threads and ask the masters
i am by no means an expert, i just fumbled my way through it

mrtim123 said:
main reason that you would root first is so you can use titanium backup to backup your apps and settings. You will still need to flash to a non branded firmware, jerplea has a few ROMS on his posts, probably best to have a look in those threads and ask the masters
i am by no means an expert, i just fumbled my way through it
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heh, i just bricked my phone trying the SEUS way lol, fixed it though
i got no need to back up, nothing on there as its a pretty new phone anyway
trying that flash tool thing from the decrypted roms thread
confusing as hell

oh man, i give up. i got no idea how to do this from any of the posts.
just tryed the flash tool thing and it wont work either.
i give up

aussiesausage said:
oh man, i give up. i got no idea how to do this from any of the posts.
just tryed the flash tool thing and it wont work either.
i give up
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when you say wont work....what do you mean? When running the flash tool are you following the prompts on screen? you need to have USB Debugging enabled on the Settings=>Applications=>Development enabled. let me kow where it is failing and we might be able to get it working for ya....if you are still keen anyway

just been reading through the original post from Bin4ry again (the flashing/rooting one)....i think that you should post on it exactly where the problems are, where it is failing and what you are doing. There are several active users on there that are very knowlegable on flashing
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=711907

i have debugging enabled.
i turn my phone off, hold down back, plug it in. and the green light lights up ( as it says in the read me ), i start X10flash.bat, and then it says C:/andrew/downloads/X10flash.jav -jav. ( or something like that ) is not a valid internal or external command, press enter to exit

aussiesausage said:
i have debugging enabled.
i turn my phone off, hold down back, plug it in. and the green light lights up ( as it says in the read me ), i start X10flash.bat, and then it says C:/andrew/downloads/X10flash.jav -jav. ( or something like that ) is not a valid internal or external command, press enter to exit
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it sounds like a java problem actually.....do you have java installed?
what OS are you on? if its Win7 64bit (or Vista 64bit), there is a 64bit java fix that you need to run also. have a look at this thread - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=713457
if you are on a 32bit machine then chances are its a deviceID issue but from what you have posted above - it looks like the java problem.

win64 bit, and i think i got java cant remember lol.
will check it out though soon thanks

Request: How to Update to Generic 2.3 from Custom ROM

I am guessing this might be coming from someone once it's released, but it's been a while since I played with my phone and I'm not that tech savy on the latest on these as things are constantly moving/changing.
I'm running a 2.2 Custom ROM and would like to upgrade to the stock generic 2.3 GB once it's released and I have no clue as to the best way to do this. So once it's out, if we can get a decent step by step how to, that would be great.
Thank you.

i would say use the flashtool thread in the dev section, flash a world generic rom and the corresponding baseband. don't root it or anything like that.
sign in, then connect to pc companion and see if the update hits.

Flash stock 2.1 firmware
update your x10 thru SE software

ensure your phone is rooted and xrecovery installed then wait for pre-rooted gb update to come out on here. It will be almost certainly simply bea case of flashing kernal and baseband using flashtool and custom update using xrecovery.
i certainly would not recommend flashing your phone back to stock 2.1 roms at this point in time - if you update to stock gingerbread then rooting may become more tricky and you may well have to go back to 2.1 rooted before you can get a rooted gingerbread - we simply dont know what security fixes will be included in the gingerbread update - so we dont know how easy it will be to root it once you have updated to stock 2.3

step 1. wait for the rom to launch
step 2. go to the gingerbread thread and read!!
step 3. read before posting the same question that's been asked thousands of times already!!

Do you guys know 2.3 update is out?
http://androidos.in/2011/07/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-gingerbread-update-rolling-out-now/

lekhwani said:
Do you guys know 2.3 update is out?
http://androidos.in/2011/07/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-gingerbread-update-rolling-out-now/
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Read this.
step 2. go to the gingerbread thread and read!!
step 3. read before posting the same question that's been asked thousands of times already!!
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Then read the stickey in the general section.
Then read the Product Blog.
The 2.3.3 update HAS NOT been rolled out!!!
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lekhwani said:
Do you guys know 2.3 update is out?
http://androidos.in/2011/07/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-gingerbread-update-rolling-out-now/
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you might want to read here >> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1186953

Phantasm4489 said:
ensure your phone is rooted and xrecovery installed then wait for pre-rooted gb update to come out on here. It will be almost certainly simply bea case of flashing kernal and baseband using flashtool and custom update using xrecovery.
i certainly would not recommend flashing your phone back to stock 2.1 roms at this point in time - if you update to stock gingerbread then rooting may become more tricky and you may well have to go back to 2.1 rooted before you can get a rooted gingerbread - we simply dont know what security fixes will be included in the gingerbread update - so we dont know how easy it will be to root it once you have updated to stock 2.3
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I'm going for this route as well, wait for a flashtools rootable 2.3. But i don't think it will take much long, the x10 gingerbread rom is based on the one SE worked for the Arc and that was rooted pretty quickly, no?
For those still with stock 2.1 i can understand all the excitement, but for me, i've been using a custom rom with basically the same UI and features for a while, I can wait a little longer.

They were only able to root arc/play/neo 2.3.2 they are still working on a way to root 2.3.3 so far no luck.
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thatsupnow said:
They were only able to root arc/play/neo 2.3.2 they are still working on a way to root 2.3.3 so far no luck.
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If you are referring to using an easy one-click method to root, then yes you are correct.
But there are other ways to achieve root on 2.3.3 which involves flashing.

hush66 said:
If you are referring to using an easy one-click method to root, then yes you are correct.
But there are other ways to achieve root on 2.3.3 which involves flashing.
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Yeah, I was reading the post 2 above this one swearing & shaking my fists, because I'm running j's 2.3.3 rooted rom right now....2.3.3 can be rooted, it's just gonna be a little while before it's a one-click. That's always how it goes
Now that arc, neo, play & x10 are all gonna be 2.3.3, maybe it'll get the ball rolling a little faster on one-click solutions. We do have the largest Xperia dev community in the X10 section, afterall

We can simply "repair" the phone with SEUS. SEUS will download the last version for your device and install it automatically.

Gugoo said:
We can simply "repair" the phone with SEUS. SEUS will download the last version for your device and install it automatically.
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maybe, but only with an unrooted, unbranded generic 2.1 rom SE says to use PCC, which means it will most likely be available for SEUS, too (IIRC, they use the exact same database for the rom updates)

Good info so far. I might sell my phone (or lend it to a friend) and it would obviously sell best with an OEM 2.3 unlocked ROM which is assumingly bug-free for the most part.
So SEUS looks at what is currently on the phone and repairs it to that?

cwepruk said:
Good info so far. I might sell my phone (or lend it to a friend) and it would obviously sell best with an OEM 2.3 unlocked ROM which is assumingly bug-free for the most part.
So SEUS looks at what is currently on the phone and repairs it to that?
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SEUS does the same thing PCC does, but it actually works every time like it should
It reflashes your firmware....and it's saved my ass many, many times If it weren't for SEUS I'd have a bricked phone at least a dozen times over lulz

To update direct to 2.3.3 offical just flash my ftf with flashtool
link below

wesvista said:
To update direct to 2.3.3 offical just flash my ftf with flashtool
link below
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is this the official stock UK 2.3.3 rom?

check the dev section, everyone
doomlord uploaded a flashable pre-rooted GB, not as easy as one-click-root but it's here

confused :s please help

i have an r800i that i have sucessfully rooted and unlocked the bootloader but in doing so i have downgraded my firmware to 2.3.2 from 2.3.3 when i connect my phone to the computer my pc companion automatically picks up a software update . if i update my phone to 2.3.4 via pc coompanion will this affect my root at all and can it potentially brick my phone please help

There is a chance (a pretty big one) that it will brick your phone, but could be recovered.
To get to the new update, search Firmware 4.0.A world etc and download Flash tool 2.9.1. Look around in XDA development for play section
Drag the firmware (4. 0). To firmware folder in the flashtool. Go to drivers and install ggaetup22. Click ok (files from google drivers required, you should've kept the files you had from unlocking bootloader.
OK once that's done click on X10 flashtool, click flash, highlight all . sins from the firmware, then do what the flashtool says.
You will not lose your root.
my from my Xperia PLAY R800i using XDA App

thanks for the help my man glad somebody could be a help also do you know of any tested and working kernels and cooked roms that can be installed on the phone without losing any of the functionalitys

If you successfully unlocked your bootloader then it is a better to just flash the newest modded rom with root included already. Do Not update when your bootloader is unlocked...
Sent from my XPlay using XDA App.

thanks ive found a new rom and kernel for my phone today and im in the stages ov installing it to the phone so i will let you know how i get on

I want the new ICS rom, but where do I start?

How do I install it? I swear I've searched....I can't really find a thread that tells me how to unlock, install clockwork, and flash this rom. I've never had a problem finding this information with my old phone.
Any help would be appreciated.

This is a good start:
http://blogs.sonymobile.com/wp/2012...e-for-unlocked-2011-xperia-smartphone-models/

Try using your eyes. As I write this the top thread in the Arc dev area covers this.
If you can't glean the info you require from that, then maybe you should avoid beta software.
Sent from my Arc via transwarp beacon.

Can someone say what different partition tables actually means. Is this something permanent or will a flashing a stock ftf fix the partition tables again? I want to install on my arc and other have done it with success but SE says you shouldn't.
From SE dev site "You must be using Xperia™ arc S, Xperia™ neo V or Xperia™ ray, running the latest Xperia™ software release (which is 4.0.2.A.0.42). Please note that you can’t use the original Xperia™ arc or Xperia™ neo, as they have different partition layouts."

there maybe a reason se state that,if they say no thats mean no,if you ended brick your phone just dont blame se and dont ever thinking of getting in here,just wait for new release if i were you..
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I don't get it either. Why is there not a thread that just tells you how to unlock, install clockwork, and flash roms?
All I see is stuff about fast boot and have no idea what that is.
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p00rcakemix said:
I don't get it either. Why is there not a thread that just tells you how to unlock, install clockwork, and flash roms?
All I see is stuff about fast boot and have no idea what that is.
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... FAIL. Talk about lazy...
There's a search button. Use it. And even if there wasn't...
It's the FIRST thread RIGHT at the top of the forum: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1304634
Bootloader unlocking and frequently asked questions [FAQ] (paid method, works on ANY phone):
Bootloader unlocking (free method for unbranded phones ONLY):
ClockwordMod:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1437840

brian85 said:
How do I install it? I swear I've searched....I can't really find a thread that tells me how to unlock, install clockwork, and flash this rom. I've never had a problem finding this information with my old phone.
Any help would be appreciated.
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Bro.... I use 2 day to walk trough most post at XDA Xperia Arc/s forum to learn how to unlock/root/flash/fastboot/recovery it mean u need to really look hard to get wat u want
So far i know
1. [Firmware] 4.0.2.A.0.62 unable to root so need to flash back 4.0.2.A.0.42
- use flashtool v0.6.7.0 & firmware 4.0.2.A.0.42
2.[Unlock] Follow this SONY OFFICIAL way to unlock ur phone http://unlockbootloader.sonymobile.com/
3.[Root] Use flashtool v0.6.7.0 just ONE CLICK wil do
4.[ROM] find ANY ROM at forum, they mostly will told u use which "Kernel" & also provided links (most of their modify Kernel should with a recovery function like clockwork)
- Im Using this arconium ICS v1
after fastboot Kernel into your phone then u can access recovery function at the boot of your phone, then u can flash main ROM from the recovery mode
5. if got any thing happen and make ur phone brick just do the whole step again

X8 stuck at sony ericsson logo, please help

Hi,
I've been running XGin 4 on my X8 for some time now with no issue at all and I recently decided I'd like a change so I had a look on the cyanogenmod website to get cm7.1 as referred by friend. I tried following one or two guides on how to install it and failed every time. I gave up and left it a few days. I turned my phone off last night for the first time since and now it can't get past the Sony Ericsson logo screen. I can't boot into xRecovery or anything so I've no idea what to do. I know most of you in here can probably help me and it would be greatly appreciated.
P.s. If it wasn't the attempted installs that killed my phone, it could have been a busybox updater that I downloaded from the market?

You can use seus or pcc if you can go into flash mode. In seus click repair and follow the steps.
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Probably this guide will help you...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1011071
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Darkostica said:
Hi,
I've been running XGin 4 on my X8 for some time now with no issue at all and I recently decided I'd like a change so I had a look on the cyanogenmod website to get cm7.1 as referred by friend. I tried following one or two guides on how to install it and failed every time. I gave up and left it a few days. I turned my phone off last night for the first time since and now it can't get past the Sony Ericsson logo screen. I can't boot into xRecovery or anything so I've no idea what to do. I know most of you in here can probably help me and it would be greatly appreciated.
P.s. If it wasn't the attempted installs that killed my phone, it could have been a busybox updater that I downloaded from the market?
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Wassup bro
unfortunately, that your lovely x8 now is on soft-brick condition,,
no worry bro only the small matter..what do you have to do now is,,
1 = get a flash-tool, you have to flash back your x8 to stock rom,,
flashtool -> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=986697
then you have to find out the shakira stock rom ftf file to flash back using flashtool
2 = SEUS, you try it before?? so easy,, let SEUS repair your x8 problem
after you finish all the step above,, the you have to root back your x8..
your x8 still on stock kernel?? unlock your bootloader??
fell free to visit this thread
-> http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1436924
Have a Luck bro!

Thank you so much! That thread is a life-saver! And now I finally have CWM which I could never install properly before! Thank you!

the phone now turns on but my wifi doesn't work and I can't access my sd card from my computer anymore?

Darkostica said:
the phone now turns on but my wifi doesn't work and I can't access my sd card from my computer anymore?
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What method did you use??
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