[REQUEST] recovery/repair image Xperia Play

johnsongrantr · Apr 18, 2011

can someone who has not unlocked their bootloader go through the "repair" process in either one of the software updaters located here

http://www.sonyericsson.com/cws/sup...teyourproductsoftware/xperia-play?cc=gb&lc=en

when it downloads the repair image for your phone it will stores it on your computer probably somewhere in this folder

C:\Program Files\Sony Ericsson

or

start>run> %temp%

the file will be ~100mb or more

if someone can download that file and upload it to any media shareing website it would be greatly appreciated

I and we will need this for custom roms, root, and recovery if something goes afoot.

many thanks,
grant

EDIT: just an FYI this is different than the system.img /system dump that is floating around the recovery contains the boot.img, nv.img radio.img and among other things

jason52034304 · Apr 19, 2011

hi johnsongrantr i just bought an xperia play sim free locked bootloader. I am new to the android front (newbie) been an iphone user for a while, if you explain what i need to do to get the recovery img i am more than happy to help

regards

Jason

waz000000 · Apr 19, 2011

C:\ProgramData\Sony Ericsson\Update Engine\db\13740270\blob_fs

is where it will be and it will be called something like: FILE_277919341 and will be 157MB

Just done it but that file cant be opened even with magiciso like other roms can.

there is this as well:

http://www.sonyericsson.com/cws/sup...etailed/updateservice/xperia-play?cc=gb&lc=en

interestingly the above software tells you to press the back key before plugging in the usb!

johnsongrantr · Apr 19, 2011

waz000000 said:
C:\ProgramData\Sony Ericsson\Update Engine\db\13740270\blob_fs

is where it will be and it will be called something like: FILE_277919341 and will be 157MB

that's the file I need

can you zip that folder or upload the file and host it somewhere, I'll have a crack at opening it

waz000000 · Apr 19, 2011

NO problem ill stick um on megaupload

gonna take about 40min to upload but it's on its way will post link when done about 180mb at 66Kbps

johnsongrantr · Apr 19, 2011

waz000000 said:
NO problem ill stick um on megaupload

gonna take about 40min to upload but it's on its way will post link when done about 180mb at 66Kbps

thanks, if you or anyone else is following along at home, universal extractor http://legroom.net/software/uniextract can extract *most* archive files unless it is heavily encrypted... then more digging I must do.

BUT... if that works, how to inject root access to a already compiled boot.img + ram disk have a look at this guide

http://android-dls.com/wiki/index.php?title=HOWTO:_Unpack,_Edit,_and_Re-Pack_Boot_Images

read the whole article but pay attention to the "alternative method" where you modify default.prop and change the line ro.secure=1 to ro.secure=0

that's basically all there is to it. Lets hope we can cleanly extract the contents of that file shall we

waz000000 · Apr 19, 2011

Already tried that as well bud just shows me a log file and thats it.

Need to rename it to use uniextract but nothing is accepted it fails on all

I litterly have no idea how we get the image file short of jtagging it!

how did they get it for the arc?

johnsongrantr · Apr 19, 2011

waz000000 said:
Already tried that as well bud just shows me a log file and thats it.

Need to rename it to use uniextract but nothing is accepted it fails on all
I litterly have no idea how we get the image file short of jtagging it!

how did they get it for the arc?

well I'll just have to look at it then

shouldn't need jtagging, might be able to get an unsecure x10/or arc boot.img to boot enough to pull the info we need, but I don't want to even start messing with that junk yet

was this before or after the source for the arc was released?
http://developer.sonyericsson.com/w.../download/so-01cgingerbread30d279?cc=gb&lc=en

they might have just compiled from source.... sadly, the play doesn't have it's source out yet

EDIT:x10/ or arc

waz000000 · Apr 19, 2011

not sure been following the arc threads for a while they havent rooted yet but they are leaps ahead of us we cant make stage 1.

cant get an answer yet as to how they got it, ive posted but waiting on a reply

waz000000 · Apr 19, 2011

Originally Posted by waz000000
Guys and gals, where did you get your system.img from over in the play forums we are trying to root as well but we cant seem to figure out how to get our grubby hands on an system.img to work from.

Any help will be met with much kudos.

answer:
Decrypted SEUS firmware. System.sin extracted from .zip and converted to .img using sin2img.

and here is the guide ive found:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=730282

and here as promised are the files:

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=5T6KWVB8

johnsongrantr · Apr 19, 2011

waz000000 said:
Originally Posted by waz000000
Guys and gals, where did you get your system.img from over in the play forums we are trying to root as well but we cant seem to figure out how to get our grubby hands on an system.img to work from.

Any help will be met with much kudos.

answer:
Decrypted SEUS firmware. System.sin extracted from .zip and converted to .img using sin2img.

and here is the guide ive found:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=730282

and here as promised are the files:

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=5T6KWVB8

sweet!

your phone is a r800i unbranded correct?

waz000000 · Apr 19, 2011

johnsongrantr said:
sweet!

your phone is a r800i unbranded correct?

yeah GSM model sim free

johnsongrantr · Apr 19, 2011

waz000000 said:
yeah GSM model sim free

different time zones -0500 here, downloading now, so hopefully I'll bear good tidings in the AM

megaupload download eta 4hrs -_-

time4nap

NielDK · Apr 20, 2011

If you go to "downloads" on top of that page, the sourecode for Gingerbread Xperia (Arc AND Play) are there, the one you link is not Arc. Seems all Xperia (new) is compiled from same source.

johnsongrantr said:
well I'll just have to look at it then

shouldn't need jtagging, might be able to get an unsecure x10/or arc boot.img to boot enough to pull the info we need, but I don't want to even start messing with that junk yet

was this before or after the source for the arc was released?
http://developer.sonyericsson.com/w.../download/so-01cgingerbread30d279?cc=gb&lc=en

they might have just compiled from source.... sadly, the play doesn't have it's source out yet

EDIT:x10/ or arc

Sent from my Nexus S using XDA App

NielDK · Apr 20, 2011

And the source link
http://developer.sonyericsson.com/wportal/devworld/downloads/download/30a2181182tarbz2?cc=gb&lc=en

Sent from my Nexus S using XDA App

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