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[Q] Super noob needs a help here!

Back in old days when i had a HTC Wildfire with a few clicks i rooted it and started installing new ROMS on to it
But since i got this New Xperia Play : R800i Build NO. 3.0.1.a.0.146 {UK}
I got no clue how to do anything on it. Let me be honest here... I updated my phone using the option under the settings menu in About my phone and seems to be on 2.3.3 and look all my friends have rooted their phones but i got no clue if its even possible . Mabey im not such a noob or something but i would be really greatfull if anyoen could point me atleast to the right direction. Mabey some helpfull links to help a fellow noob

Is your phone sim locked?
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Nope... Well not that i know of, because i got my phone from vodafone and once i inserted a sim card from another operator i made a few calls and i could recieve calls too without any problems.

arian009 said:
Nope... Well not that i know of, because i got my phone from vodafone and once i inserted a sim card from another operator i made a few calls and i could recieve calls too without any problems.
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Mine was from vodafone and wasnt sim locked either. Ok you have two choices for root. You can either unlock your bootloader (there are many downsides and advantages to this so you should research it) or downgrade to 2.3.2, root using gingerbreak then OTA update to latest version. That way you will not loose root while updating.
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Seems like ol' Freddy is right after all:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eternal_return

What OTA Update Means? And please can you give some links on how to downgrade and root it please?

And btw if i use the method of downgrading my phone first will i be able to flash custom ROMs?

Logseman said:
Seems like ol' Freddy is right after all:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eternal_return
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Lmao
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arian009 said:
What OTA Update Means? And please can you give some links on how to downgrade and root it please?
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Im on my phone so i can't really link. Look in the android development section, there is a thread all about rooting 2.3.3 with a locked bootloader. OTA means over the air. Basically thats when you download and install an update using just your phone.
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arian009 said:
And btw if i use the method of downgrading my phone first will i be able to flash custom ROMs?
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No you need an unlocked bootloader to flash custom roms. But please read the pros and cons of unlocking your bootloader first. And understand what you can and can't do
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Ok mate just wanna say thanks a lot for your help and i really appreciate it. You really helped me out here. also just one more thing i need to know. By the looks of it the only cons in unlocking your bootloader seems to be that you will lose warranty and that your phone or your radio may get bricked which apparently can be fixed with restoring a backed up data using a program named omnius for se which i'm actually working on... however my only other concern is if there are any other disadvantages regarding the unblocking the bootloader that you happned to know of and be kind to share it with me Also just wanna say that i can see many tutorials as you said in the development section and i quite frankly i don't know which one applies to me since i realized one of the tutorials are for models with build number .184 where as mine is 3.0.1.a.0.145 AND I HAVE NO CLUE WHICH TUTORIAL TO FOLLOW. So i would be greatfull if you could lend me link to a right tutorial whenever you get free time on the PC

If all you want is root you can do that with a locked bootloader. You will have to downgrade to 2.3.2 (.184) then root then ota to get the latest firmware rooted. Follow the guide here. Or see this post i made here for easier instuctions on downgrading and rooting.
If you want to flash custom roms then you do need an unlocked bootloader like AndroHero has said. You dont need a specific guide to unlock your bootloader. Just go too the SE bootloader unlocking site (it gives you all the instructions you need) http://unlockbootloader.sonyericsson.com/. Then just flash doomlords kernel (which autoroots) or anything really from the development section (since i think anything can be rooted with one click with an unlocked bootloader) you will then have root and the ability to flash cutom roms.
Oh btw build number .184 = 2.3.2, build number 3.0.1.a.0.145 = 2.3.3 and build number 4.0.a = 2.3.3 (xloud version, the latest update)
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If you unlock your bootloader OTA, Pc Companion + SEUS are off limits use any of them after unlocking your bootloader and you will brick your phone. Go to the dev section for the latest updates.

Logseman said:
Seems like ol' Freddy is right after all:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eternal_return
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Looks like I've overseen your sense of humor... Very subtle... Wicked
Regards Dousan...

You won't allow me to get rowdy and yell at folks, so I have to resort to good old snark. Caveat emptor.

Dousan said:
Looks like I've overseen your sense of humor... Very subtle... Wicked
Regards Dousan...
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Logseman said:
You won't allow me to get rowdy and yell at folks, so I have to resort to good old snark. Caveat emptor.
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I got it straight away

Logseman said:
You won't allow me to get rowdy and yell at folks, so I have to resort to good old snark. Caveat emptor.
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Lmao I can't argue with that, althoug it's sneaky to post a link like that, still hilarious
Regards Dousan...

Bootloader unlock page under maintenance

I was planning to unlock my bootloader today. When I tried to open the Sony ericsson page, its showing the page is under maintenance. Are you guys getting the same response from the sever? Or did Sony completely stop the bootloader unlocking?
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Same question here. I tried it since yesterday and that feature is under maintenance till now. I am planning to unlock R800i. Did Sony Ericsson stop the bootloader unlocking and if so, any alternative to unlock bootloader may I know? Thanks in advance.

Well, we will see. Hopefully its just a real maintenance, but maybe they are fixing the hole which the guys used to unlock cdma phones.
Let's hope it comes back to life soon!
Regards

I guess they're fixing CDMA keys hole. Looks like Verizon isn't happy about it.
But I don't understand why it takes so long to modify some small piece of code to disable MEID calculator.

Maybe you DDOSed them too much ?
Regards

Thanks guys.
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Bin4ry said:
Maybe you DDOSed them too much ?
Regards
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Lol..
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Bin4ry said:
Maybe you DDOSed them too much ?
Regards
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Heh, technically, I wasn't there when it crash happened, so I gave server the opportunity to recovery from requests and free up resources

Unlock bootloader is back, wish me luck all

jasmine106 said:
Unlock bootloader is back, wish me luck all
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how did it go?

Very smoothly. Now on stock with doomlord's kernel.
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3G & WiFi missing
solitarymonkey said:
how did it go?
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succeeded, but with a little problem. Could any1 pls help me?
i followed Bin4ry's guide [How-to] Root your Play.
On the first try of flashing system with play_modded, i got some error message like android.process.acore & android.process.media has stopped unexpectedly, so I soft reset it to factory setting and flash system again and succeeded, with no error message.
But the problem is after the root process, my phone can't detect 3G network. The service provider I am using has two options, 2G and 3G, and phone can only detect 2G network.
Another problem is that although I can find WiFi networks and connect, WiFi connection is not working anymore (no data send/receive through WiFi).
If any of you know how to fix that 3G network & WiFi missing issues, kindly let me know. Thanks in advance.
One more, my rooted play is now on 3.0.A.2.184 build and when I connect it to computer, PC Companion said found new software update and ask me whether want to update or not. Rooting process will be overwritten and I will need to root it again if I update software (base 3.1.A....something I think) I would like to know.
Thank you again.
Regards,
edit : sorry if this post should be under Q & A section, please let me know and I'll open a new thread

Im assuming you have a r800i? If so, my simple recommendation would be to flash 4. Firmware. Then enter fastboot and flash dooms kernel which will automatically root it for you. Hope this helps.
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solitarymonkey said:
Im assuming you have a r800i? If so, my simple recommendation would be to flash 4. Firmware. Then enter fastboot and flash dooms kernel which will automatically root it for you. Hope this helps.
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ႊThank you. Could you please elaborate more as I am new to android, or please let me know the location (in this forum?) where I could get detail instructions, like, where to/how to get flash4.firmware, flash dooms kernel?
Thank you again.
Sorry, I forgot to mention that I've updated to 4.0.A...(i followed the instructions found here, used X10Flash Tool and Xperia_Relock_bootloader.ftf to get bootloader locked, and use PC Companion to update s/w.

jasmine106 said:
ႊThank you. Could you please elaborate more as I am new to android, or please let me know the location (in this forum?) where I could get detail instructions, like, where to/how to get flash4.firmware, flash dooms kernel?
Thank you again.
Sorry, I forgot to mention that I've updated to 4.0.A...(i followed the instructions found here, used X10Flash Tool and Xperia_Relock_bootloader.ftf to get bootloader locked, and use PC Companion to update s/w.
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For starters unlock ur bootloader again, as you need it to flash the kernel (which in my opinion is worth keeping), then go over to the developers sub forum, download the UK generic 4.0.whatever the rest of the code is firmware, flash it with flashtool, the go to doomlords thread and download his kernel. All instructions you need are in the relevant threads, easy to follow. I would link them, but I'm away from my computer at the moment. And I cant link from my phone. Sorry. Hope all goes well!
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solitarymonkey said:
For starters unlock ur bootloader again, as you need it to flash the kernel (which in my opinion is worth keeping), then go over to the developers sub forum, download the UK generic 4.0.whatever the rest of the code is firmware, flash it with flashtool, the go to doomlords thread and download his kernel. All instructions you need are in the relevant threads, easy to follow. I would link them, but I'm away from my computer at the moment. And I cant link from my phone. Sorry. Hope all goes well!
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Thank you so much. It took me like 1 hr to figure all that out, but it worth
Now on 2.3.3, 4.0...368 built and 2.6.32.9-perf doomlord's Kernel.
And thanks a lot to the development team and everybody who's enlightened me on how to play with android.
It's time for [*ROOT required] application from droid market.

It's working great, really fast.
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[Q] Unlocking 4.5.141

Yes I'm a noob and no I don't want you to hate me :laugh: I've been searching but can't quit find what I want. Can someone point out a link the safest way to unlock my boot loader on 141. I've seen threads but they really don't say for 100% they work on 141.
Thanks!

Do you have the at&t version? If so there is a video somewhere around here that i used where you can see a tutorial of an asian guy.
It says it is for the previous fw version but it also works for the .141 and thats how i unlocked mine
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Automatic_unlock_v4,3
trad444 said:
Yes I'm a noob and no I don't want you to hate me :laugh: I've been searching but can't quit find what I want. Can someone point out a link the safest way to unlock my boot loader on 141. I've seen threads but they really don't say for 100% they work on 141.
Thanks!
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I used these files from this to unlock mine this week. Loaded Mrom and it's like I have a new phone.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1385275

if you can read and click the mouse use the auotmatic unlock from here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1583199

Can you answer SOME of my questions? PLEASE? (BOOTLOADERS vs MODEMS vs ROMS)

Hi!:fingers-crossed:
1 Whats better, flash modem with bootloader or without bootloader?
2 All must be same number? number of bootloader and number of the modem? because i have a mdc baseband and my build have a custom name, i dont know my real build and i dont know my bootloader is.
3 Wich kind of android version i need to flash, what i need to think first? example.....If im in version 4.4.2 with nae baseband...
4 Wich rom you recomend me if i come from 4.4.2 with nae baseband?
Thanks in advance for your answers!

someone?

They won't help me either. Think this section is here to ignore the noobs. Lol
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steveokinevo said:
They won't help me either. Think this section is here to ignore the noobs. Lol
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Have either of you read any of the forum rules. Researching your own before along questions that are already answered will always be ignored. First you need to know what a modem is. It's your baseband. Bootloader comes with the stock rom. You can choose to have different bootloader and baseband and rom all in one. You can have mdc baseband on mf9 bootloader on nae rom. Get a phone info app from the store to learn what your phone has.

That is the problem, i read first BUT always have some questions. If you go to the university you need a Profesor right? Anyway you have allllllll books in your hands. I have a NAE baseband but when try to downgrade to MK2 The volumen die. I read what that is impossible to downgrade NAE to any other modem in whatever rom version but i want stay sure. Also find and read the coments in so many roms and im not sure what is better for me.....if you know wich rom is better for my device thanks for advance! AGAIN thanks for teach this ignorant student in all!

steveokinevo said:
They won't help me either. Think this section is here to ignore the noobs. Lol
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Wow. Keep your flame suits on. You're going to need then. Literally EVERY question asked here is answered in these forums. Every single one. Including the one you're told NOT to ask. Google is your friend too. Being snarky about people not spoon feeding you probably won't help either.

leaderbuilder said:
Wow. Keep your flame suits on. You're going to need then. Literally EVERY question asked here is answered in these forums. Every single one. Including the one you're told NOT to ask. Google is your friend too. Being snarky about people not spoon feeding you probably won't help either.
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Thx for the smart ass response but your a little late..... Thx for playing. Everyone is not a genius like you LOLZ. I'm sure you found everything 1st time, no questions asked right? Try again
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You're quite welcome. bye bye now.

CM13 on G935T with flashfire? Possible or nah

http://forum.xda-developers.com/s7-...dge-cm13-cyanogenmod-13-t3514128#post69962101
Will this work for us with flash fire or nah??
Posted question in that thread but no answer yet so I figured I would ask here.......
I just got the phone a couple days ago and dont wanna brick it already....hahah

jasons1004 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/s7-...dge-cm13-cyanogenmod-13-t3514128#post69962101
Will this work for us with flash fire or nah??
Posted question in that thread but no answer yet so I figured I would ask here.......
I just got the phone a couple days ago and dont wanna brick it already....hahah
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You're welcome to try but I'm pretty sure you need to flash the kernel too. Which you can't do.

Indeed. Just wondering if it has been tried yet...that kind of thing.

No you can not flash CM13 on the S7 with a locked bootloader.
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As the dev, ask samsung to unlock your bootloader. Than sure you can install it

Lololol ask Samsung to unlock the bootloader

Don't worry... I will try it and let you know.... Like everything else Downloading now...need a break from the Engineer/BL hack I am doing
Actually... This might go hand in hand with what I am alredy working on.. I will hold on the blind flash right now because just thinking of the simple surface mechanisms, it won't work. BUT IF... I can get done what I am doing,then it might just work... And hell if I can get it to where we can flash roms with Flashfire and saying f-it to a custom recovery which would be possible without encryption and verity and all of that crap.. then that is a score in my book.. Just dev off of the CHN stuffs and flash through FF

We look forward to your offerings.

No.
Why is this a poll now?

joe3681 said:
No.
Why is this a poll now?
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BC I thought it was funny. Does the poll bother you? Lol
BTW I guess this thread can be closed or stay open for reference....

No, I have real things to be bothered by. This is not one of them.
I guess this could serve as a reference to someone. Not everybody takes 2 seconds to read about their phones before jumping on a forum asking silly questions ... Hahah