How to fix a Hardbricked X8
I have worked out how to fix a hardbricked X8 WITHOUT using PC Companion or Flashtool. You can even use it if xRecovery doesn't work!
First, Download the executable here
Install on a Windows PC
Once installed, Update Service should start automatically. If not, find it in the Start menu.
Find the X8 from the list
It will ask you to connect your phone by taking out the battery, waiting 5 seconds before putting the battery back in again, then pressing and holding the Back button while inserting the MicroUSB cable into the X8
Release the back button when told to do so
Update Service will download the latest ROM, then flash it to your phone
Unplug your phone, then turn it on and it is guaranteed to work if you follow the instructions step by step
I hope this helped, and if it worked for you, hit the Thanks button!
SEUS isn't supported by SE anymore, but it works better than PCCompanion for fixing our phone
Everybody knows this and why do you say you don't need SEUS if you are actually explaining how to use it?
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NathanBookham said:
How to fix a Hardbricked X8
I have worked out how to fix a hardbricked X8 WITHOUT using PC Companion, Flashtool or SEUS. You can even use it if xRecovery doesn't work!
First, Download the executable here
Install on a Windows PC
Once installed, Update Service should start automatically. If not, find it in the Start menu.
Find the X8 from the list
It will ask you to connect your phone by taking out the battery, waiting 5 seconds before putting the battery back in again, then pressing and holding the Back button while inserting the MicroUSB cable into the X8
Release the back button when told to do so
Update Service will download the latest ROM, then flash it to your phone
Unplug your phone, then turn it on and it is guaranteed to work if you follow the instructions step by step
I hope this helped, and if it worked for you, hit the Thanks button!
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First why did you post tutorial how to use SEUS every fool could use it it can read letters.
Second if I'm no wrong SEUS is not supported by SE anymore.
Any update?
Is this really work?
Yes it does.
Why do you post this? It's really already posted like a thousand times
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my friend have hardbrick x8..cannot run flash mode...no respone from x8 went holding back button and plungin usb using SEUS..phone also cannot turn it on..
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Sorry for my late reply as I have been finishing off my Android app and helping with CyanogenMod on the.Ace. I mainly posted this, not as a guide, but a way to download the latest version of SEUS, as it is hard to get hold of. I got this off a Sony Ericsson employee, and thought others may find it useful.
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silentw said:
SEUS isn't supported by SE anymore, but it works better than PCCompanion for fixing our phone
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SilentW, this version of SEUS was recently released internally, and is still supported by Sony Ericsson.
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Seus suport x8,just they move it from official page for x8
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hi
I have also problem on my x8. When i switch on the phone, it displays only "sony ericsson" can't go further than that. This problem started when i was trying to update my android version to 2.3.7 cyanagenmod with invavid xrecovery. I also try the update service, but nothing happens.so plz help me to find the solutions. Thank you
Whai if kernel crashes ?Not even turning on?What should one do then ?
seazon4u said:
I have also problem on my x8. When i switch on the phone, it displays only "sony ericsson" can't go further than that. This problem started when i was trying to update my android version to 2.3.7 cyanagenmod with invavid xrecovery. I also try the update service, but nothing happens.so plz help me to find the solutions. Thank you
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try PCC to repair phone or use flashtool
G.Trenchev said:
Whai if kernel crashes ?Not even turning on?What should one do then ?
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I got one x8 die brick after not succes unlock bootloader..cannot on,no led when usb connect to pc,cannot run flash mode..i send back to SE Center because still under waranty..today i got it back in original condition...
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XperianPro said:
First why did you post tutorial how to use SEUS every fool could use it it can read letters.
Second if I'm no wrong SEUS is not supported by SE anymore.
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Hi, I've seen in your signature that you achieved a Quadrant Score of over 1700: what smartphone have you achieved this score on? If it's an XPeria X8 what have you done on it to achieve such a high score? I've never been able to get past about 1025-1030 (my X8 is both rooted, overclocked @ 729.6Mhz and JIT enabled, plus nAa kernel and bootloader unlocked). With that I've too never been able to get a Quadrant score above 1025. So would be curious to know what you have managed to do on this smartphone to get such a high score.
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Hi, I've seen in your signature that you achieved a Quadrant Score of over 1700: what smartphone have you achieved this score on? If it's an XPeria X8 what have you done on it to achieve such a high score? I've never been able to get past about 1025-1030 (my X8 is both rooted, overclocked @ 729.6Mhz and JIT enabled, plus nAa kernel and bootloader unlocked). With that I've too never been able to get a Quadrant score above 1025. So would be curious to know what you have managed to do on this smartphone to get such a high score.
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in adb shell or in terminal emulator write this:
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mount -t tmpfs tmpfs /data/data/com.aurorasoftworks.quadrant.ui.standard
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or if you have quadrant advanced write this:
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mount -t tmpfs tmpfs /data/data/com.aurorasoftworks.quadrant.ui.advanced
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I don't understand the difference between SEUS and PCC
I always use PCC. Whats so good about SEUS?
_Sparks said:
I don't understand the difference between SEUS and PCC
I always use PCC. Whats so good about SEUS?
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for me, its kinda a little bit faster.
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Thankkkkkkkkkkk you a lot !!
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Hi everyone, after some attempts to flashing 2.1 on my x8 (it's a prototype) i can't boot again, i get the sony ericsson logo that loops forever..
I've tried to repair it using seus, but it says that there are no updates for my phone and i don't get any repair options..
So i'm trying with bin4ry's flash tool, but with no luck, i've almost put every rom found here on xda but after the flashing process ends with no errors, i reboot the phone and nothing happens. the only thing i can access is xrecovery, but I have no backup to recovery from.
can someone help me??
Cheers
Luca
It also happen to me. Did you tried with pc companion? Go to software update, and click repair. This will install a clean android 2.1
savin2 said:
It also happen to me. Did you tried with pc companion? Go to software update, and click repair. This will install a clean android 2.1
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thanks for the reply, but i can't connect to pc companion because the phone doesn't start, so i can only go in flash mode, no debug or usb..
Try to find prototype (brown) fw somewhere... if you know someone with setool box, i think he can get you prototype fw from support area...
Sent from my X8 with bootloader removed
blagus said:
Try to find prototype (brown) fw somewhere... if you know someone with setool box, i think he can get you prototype fw from support area...
Sent from my X8 with bootloader removed
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mmmh i'm looking for a brown firmware but still with no luck..
but having xrecovery working is not possible to just recovery with someone else's backup?
blagus said:
Try to find prototype (brown) fw somewhere... if you know someone with setool box, i think he can get you prototype fw from support area...
Sent from my X8 with bootloader removed
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ne slušajte purgera :hiha:
btw. use flasher.
Tehouster said:
ne slušajte purgera :hiha:
btw. use flasher.
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? i'm using the flasher, the point is to find a prototype compatible rom i think...
When you go to flash your phone with X10FlashTool, select the option wipe data user, (or something like that, i can't remember now).. at least, it works for me.. XD
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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.
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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.
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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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ok short and to the point.............i was on oodies prime rom got stuck on stupid and flashed the ftf from wolfs new rom....i had unlocked bootloader....now phone is stuck looping on the muiu neon rt screen.....tried pulling out battery holding back button replacing batter and plugging in...green light flashes then straight to battery icon.....what have i done and how do i correct it..........
torontoninja said:
ok short and to the point.............i was on oodies prime rom got stuck on stupid and flashed the ftf from wolfs new rom....i had unlocked bootloader....now phone is stuck looping on the muiu neon rt screen.....tried pulling out battery holding back button replacing batter and plugging in...green light flashes then straight to battery icon.....what have i done and how do i correct it..........
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you just need to flash the doomkernel v06 for stock based roms...
get it from doomkernel thread
gregbradley said:
you just need to flash the doomkernel v06 for stock based roms...
get it from doomkernel thread
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cant even get into flashtool....
torontoninja said:
cant even get into flashtool....
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repair phone using pcompanion then.
gregbradley said:
repair phone using pcompanion then.
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cant find phone it says...........
Bricked or not wrong section !
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Install ggsetup.exe in flashtool drivers directory
shahkam said:
Bricked or not wrong section !
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is this not general questions section?????
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sahibunlimited said:
Install ggsetup.exe in flashtool drivers directory
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ok done.....now whats next?
torontoninja said:
ok done.....now whats next?
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Use flashtool to flash this
sahibunlimited said:
Use flashtool to flash this
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ok....i pulled the battery, pressed back button inserted usb cable green light came on and battery icon....whne i press the power key it loops on the muiu logo....how do i get flashtools to recognise it?
torontoninja said:
is this not general questions section?????
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Nope you should post your questions in Q&A section not in general this thread will be locked anytime soon.
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fine how can i move this tread then?
torontoninja said:
ok....i pulled the battery, pressed back button inserted usb cable green light came on and battery icon....whne i press the power key it loops on the muiu logo....how do i get flashtools to recognise it?
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Attach phone to computer whilst phone is on, run flashtool, see if flashtool finds the phone.
Then flash the file given by sahibunlimited.
gregbradley said:
Attach phone to computer whilst phone is on, run flashtool, see if flashtool finds the phone.
Then flash the file given by sahibunlimited.
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grr im such an idiot why did i do this.............phone still stuck on damn miui logo....why did i ever leave wolfs rom
What does flashtool say when you attach yout turned on phone to the computer?
I'm an Idiot
Just want to thank everyone for their help......i figured it out......i never tried to actually flash it since the flasher didnt find it.....but i clicked flash and bam its done................Thanks
Hi, I downloaded SEUS, can someone tell me what is the difference between SEUS and PCC?
Can I use SEUS even with custom kernel and unlocked bootloader?
And is SEUS used to flash stock ROM?
After flashing stock ROM will my bootloader be locked again?
PLEASE ANSWER ALL MY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU.
i always use flashtool to falsh stock rom/kernel.
bootloader will remain unlocked
Yes you can... and bootloader will not be locked
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Its best solutions to back on stock
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milenkokg said:
Its best solutions to back on stock
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hw abou PCC? and what is the difference?
pcc and seus are different because pcc is a programm used for other stuff as well. pcc dosnt reapir as GOOD* as seus. seus is kinda outdated** but pcc is useless for helping you when youv bricked your x8 (hard brick)
seus is very good cuz you dont even need your phone turned on! you just need it in flash mode
*it can repair your x8 but it is more or less useless to do. its harder, but is a easyer software to get hold of
**yes, you heard me, outdated. its been around for a long time i suppose, so SE thoughtlessly created pcc, to replace our beloved seus. you can find an seus download on google. i used to have it but i installed linux mint 12 os on my netbook (small laptop, DUH) and it wiped all of my data (which i am glad of cuz i had to much crap on windows 7 (starter) ) hope this helped
if it did please press the thanks button
wilbso said:
pcc and seus are different because pcc is a programm used for other stuff as well. pcc dosnt reapir as GOOD* as seus. seus is kinda outdated** but pcc is useless for helping you when youv bricked your x8 (hard brick)
seus is very good cuz you dont even need your phone turned on! you just need it in flash mode
*it can repair your x8 but it is more or less useless to do. its harder, but is a easyer software to get hold of
**yes, you heard me, outdated. its been around for a long time i suppose, so SE thoughtlessly created pcc, to replace our beloved seus. you can find an seus download on google. i used to have it but i installed linux mint 12 os on my netbook (small laptop, DUH) and it wiped all of my data (which i am glad of cuz i had to much crap on windows 7 (starter) ) hope this helped
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Thank you very much!!!
TheUnknownCopy said:
Thank you very much!!!
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Your welcome
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wilbso said:
pcc and seus are different because pcc is a programm used for other stuff as well. pcc dosnt reapir as GOOD* as seus. seus is kinda outdated** but pcc is useless for helping you when youv bricked your x8 (hard brick)
seus is very good cuz you dont even need your phone turned on! you just need it in flash mode
*it can repair your x8 but it is more or less useless to do. its harder, but is a easyer software to get hold of
**yes, you heard me, outdated. its been around for a long time i suppose, so SE thoughtlessly created pcc, to replace our beloved seus. you can find an seus download on google. i used to have it but i installed linux mint 12 os on my netbook (small laptop, DUH) and it wiped all of my data (which i am glad of cuz i had to much crap on windows 7 (starter) ) hope this helped
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so u mean that seus is better at repairing than pcc right?
Yes point off seus is only update-repair software. Pcc,for example don't work with unlocked bootloader
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TheUnknownCopy said:
Hi, I downloaded SEUS, can someone tell me what is the difference between SEUS and PCC?
Can I use SEUS even with custom kernel and unlocked bootloader?
And is SEUS used to flash stock ROM?
After flashing stock ROM will my bootloader be locked again?
PLEASE ANSWER ALL MY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU.
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First time i hear for SEUS. I'm using flashtool and SE PC Companion. SE PC Companion has drivers that you can connect your phone to pc. Without companion you can just cry!
HI,
How can i downgrade from ICS to android 2.3.x? Please help. Thanks
thehao511 said:
HI,
How can i downgrade from ICS to android 2.3.x? Please help. Thanks
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If you want to return to the stock rom 2.3.3 uses PcCompanion
http://www.sonymobile.com/gb/tools/pc-companion/
press support zone--->update phone-->repair and follow the guide
if you want to go back to a 2.3.x you just flash the rom with respective FlashTool
Use the repair option in PC companion to go back to stock unrooted 2.3.3
computer cannot recognize my xperia x10
hi,
PCCompanion can detect my phone, but it said i have to mount my phone. i stuck in this step. dont know how to mount phone in ICS. it does not have anything scroll down and tap usb connect... like in android 2.3.3. Did you actually try? Thanks.
thehao511 said:
hi,
PCCompanion can detect my phone, but it said i have to mount my phone. i stuck in this step. dont know how to mount phone in ICS. it does not have anything scroll down and tap usb connect... like in android 2.3.3. Did you actually try? Thanks.
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use sony update service.
in that use the repair option
and when asked connect the device in flash mode as per the instructions
you can find the download over here.
OR
you can flash stock kernel and then the stock firmware using the flashtool
i think it is because of build.prop becauz in cm9 i think it is xperia x10 instead of X10i or a
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Hi guys,
Thanks for your help. I choose repair instead of update and it works. have a great day.
are you using stock ics rom?
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is it possible to repair or update x10 in SEUS when youre on unlocked bootloader?
Kaito_Kuroba said:
is it possible to repair or update x10 in SEUS when youre on unlocked bootloader?
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yes, but ur bootloader will remain unlocked which is a good thing. who will want to lock bootloader? :fingers-crossed:
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yes, but ur bootloader will remain unlocked which is a good thing. who will want to lock bootloader? :fingers-crossed:
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THANKS!