Boss

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Though it may look like im a noob, I have been on this website for so long, and these are the types of things that get me through the long and hard times with my phone

Helped!

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This really helped me to get CM7 mod and some more, but one little detail was hard for me to do, that was with Command center with my PC, but I worked it out.

hi guys i have just one question so i have official GB and i must just root it with superoneclick or z4root and install busybox and then xrecovery ? and after this i can install custom zip ?

and a little bit OT what rom is the best ? thank you

Originally Posted by Blackdawn112

hi guys i have just one question so i have official GB and i must just root it with superoneclick or z4root and install busybox and then xrecovery ? and after this i can install custom zip ?

and a little bit OT what rom is the best ? thank you

Hi,

Root your phone, and install xRecovery with flashtool (sticky in dev section) it's fast & easy.
I recommend FeraLab (which I'm using right now), cause it's fast & bugfree + Xperia S themed

Originally Posted by LzVebz

Hi,

Root your phone, and install xRecovery with flashtool (sticky in dev section) it's fast & easy.
I recommend FeraLab (which I'm using right now), cause it's fast & bugfree + Xperia S themed

what is xperia s theme?

Nice its really helpful

will it work

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Originally Posted by clozecall

Hey everyone I decided to make an in depth video tutorial so that no matter which version of Android you're running you can follow along until you reach the part of loading a custom ROM (in this case zdzihu's final Cyanogenmod 7).

This was made so that even the biggest noob can follow along this video tutorial if you're stuck with the X10 due to a contract why not get the most out of it?

Q: Have a an error? Got stuck?
A: Please use XDA search since I didn't do any of the developing!

Q: Why start from Android 2.1 and show every single step until finally flashing the custom ROM?
A: This was done intentionally so that no matter what version of Android you're on, if you find the video part that is like running the same version of Android as your X10 then you can follow along from there.

Q: Doesn't it seem a bit too long? I've seen shorter videos.
A: Again, this was done intentionally so that even if someone is currently on Android 1.6 or 2.1 they can follow along. I want to show people how to backup apps before losing eveything, its pretty annoying otherwise.

Q: Why bother showing every step?
A: My g/f and two friends are stuck with the X10 until their contracts allows them to hardware upgrade until next summer, I want to help other people get the most out of their phone. I don't care about donations, if this helps one person out I'm happy with that. It sucks paying tons of money for a device that is laggy and be stuck with it for years. XDA members have helped me many times, I just wanted to contribute back somehow, the more people share knowledge for free, then the world slowly becomes a better place.


In part 1:
-How to backup contacts (like I said, for newbies )
-How to install a driver for the computer
-How to root
-How to backup apps
-How to upgrade to the official Sony Gingerbread


In part 2:
-How to root Official Sony Gingerbread
-Downloading XRecovery
-Installing the Android SDK
-Installing Xrecovery
-Downloading xRecovery update
-Downloading Cyanogenmod 7 files


In part 3:
-Download Cyanogenmod 7
-Restoring apps via root method

I take no credit for any of the rooting methods, or making the cusom ROMs, this is simply a video tutorial, all necessary links are in the Youtube video description.

Will this work for Arc alsow

Thanks for this wonderful tutorial mate...

Problem with flashing - upgrading

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Hi Guys,

I'm a noob ... I spent more than a day reading lot of stuff and the end is what I experienced after 10 minutes.

I can't flash my X10, can't unlock the bootloader and upgrade new rom, kernel.

I have the xrecovery ... I saved everything, I still have the old 2.1 saved ... of course all my data are obsolete on that version, so it would be better to upgrade the existing 2.3.3 with the 2.6.29.6 EWJET xkernel.

I copied here the "results".

Rooted X10i
Bootloader locked according to S1 Tool:

RUNNING S1_EROM VER "R8A013"
SOFTWARE AID: 0001
LOADER AID: 0001
FLASH ID: "002C/00B3"
LOADER VERSION: "R4A024"

MODEL (from GDFS): X10i
SOFTWARE VERSION: 1227-4612_3.0.1.G.0.75
CUSTOM VERSION: 1241-1846_R1C
FILESYSTEM VERSION: WORLD-1-4-8_3.0.1.G.0.75
SERIAL NO: ....

SEMC SIMLOCK CERTIFICATE
Elapsed:13 secs.

I started the flashtool:


24/029/2012 18:29:43 - INFO - <- This level is successfully initialized
24/029/2012 18:29:43 - INFO - Flashtool Version 0.6.9.1 built on 2012-04-09 19:22:19
24/029/2012 18:29:43 - INFO - You can drag and drop ftf files here to start flashing them
24/029/2012 18:29:49 - INFO - Device connected with USB debugging on
24/029/2012 18:29:49 - INFO - Connected device : X10
24/029/2012 18:29:49 - INFO - Installed version of busybox : BusyBox v1.19.0.git.adrynalyne (2010-12-21 22:03:30 MST) multi-call binary.
24/029/2012 18:29:49 - INFO - Android version : 2.3.3 / kernel version : 2.6.29.6-ewjet-xkernel-001.7.1
24/029/2012 18:29:49 - INFO - Root Access Allowed
24/031/2012 18:31:39 - INFO - Selected FeraKernel.ftf
24/031/2012 18:31:39 - INFO - Preparing files for flashing
24/031/2012 18:31:40 - INFO - Please connect your device into flashmode.
24/031/2012 18:31:44 - INFO - Device disconnected
24/032/2012 18:32:14 - INFO - Device connected in flash mode
24/032/2012 18:32:15 - INFO - Opening device for R/W
24/032/2012 18:32:15 - INFO - Reading device information
24/032/2012 18:32:15 - INFO - Phone ready for flashmode operations.
24/032/2012 18:32:15 - INFO - Start Flashing
24/032/2012 18:32:15 - INFO - Flashing loader
24/032/2012 18:32:15 - INFO - Ending flash session
24/032/2012 18:32:15 - ERROR - ERR_SEVERITY="MAJOR";ERR_CLASS="SECURITY_CLASS";ER R_DYNAMIC="SIN header verification failed"
24/032/2012 18:32:15 - ERROR - Error flashing. Aborted
24/032/2012 18:32:15 - INFO - Device connected in flash mode
24/032/2012 18:32:16 - INFO - Device disconnected
24/032/2012 18:32:18 - INFO - Device connected in flash mode


At this point the green led disappeared and the charging sign appeared... nothing happens ... I pushed the power button (still connected)


24/032/2012 18:32:41 - INFO - Device connected with USB debugging off
24/032/2012 18:32:41 - INFO - For 2011 devices line, be sure you are not in MTP mode

Probably it's very clear to somebody what did I wrong ...

Another problem: the Flasher does not contain the Bootloader unlocking ... Ive read, that it should be under Plugins ... but that is empty for me.

(I started with the latest Flasher, than I red somewhere to try also with the previous version ... the same everything)

Could You explain?

Thanks for the help!

goooooooooooood work, thank you !