Ah damn wish we had the luxury of moving to such a build
I want to root but I don't want to move down to 1.6 need 2.1 more..
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2.0.A.0.504 is actually Eclair (2.1). It may be possible to go back to 1.6 then modify build.prop and update to 2.1 (2.0.A.0.504) via SEUS or PC Companion. The thing is that as I mentioned above I have a X10 Mini Pro, not a X8 so I don't know if the process is the same but these are the general steps I followed:
- Download the X10 Flash Tool by Bin4ry here
(I have no idea if this also works on X8):
http://www-stud.uni-due.de/~sfanmakr...0Flash-2.1.zip
- Then download a decrypted 1.6 ROM. This one works at least on the Mini Pro
(don't know if it works on X8): U20i NL 1.6 >>
http://www.mediafire.com/?gg5lptk6h5yoaks
- Unzip the X10 Flashing Tool and inside the FlashToolRelease folder create another folder named Firmware and decompress the ROM there.
- Run x10flash.bat, click on Flash and choose the firmware folder you created (should be the only one listed)
- After flashing the 1.6 ROM, root your phone using any method that works on 1.6.
- Then modify your build.prop accordingly or get the one from another device (that gets the 2.0.A.0.504 update) somewhere else and replace yours with it using Root Explorer, it should be under the '/system' folder.
- Connect your device to PC Companion or SEUS and run the update by following all the steps.
Again these are general steps that work on the Mini Pro and since the build numbers are the same I assume it could work on the X8 as well. Try at your own risk.
If after updating your phone your keyboard layout is changed and keys seem misplaced then search this forum because there is a way to fix that by editing or replacing the keyprint.xml and mimmi_keypad.kcm.bin files. Once the phone is rooted, install Root Explorer and replace those files, it should be very simple. Just make sure you edit the file permissions and give all permissions to those two files.
The previous fw of urs 2.0.a.0.504, izzit 2.1? How do u revert back from latest fw to previous fw? Wht significant chg did u notice on the new fw?
According to this site,
http://www.ptcrb.com/ctiastaff/complete/view_complete_request.cfm?modelid=17877 , the previous fw for x8 is 2.0.A.0.504, b4 they came out with the fw tht we got now, but izzit possible to find the previous fw mentioned on tht site?
Yes, the 2.0.A.0.504 build is 2.1. If you want to go back to 1.6 read this post from the beginning because the process I described above may work for X8. Regarding changes, besides the keyboard layout and a few apps that were in Portuguese, everything is the same, of course excluding the changes from 1.6 to 2.1.
One last thing. Before updating to 2.1 make sure you get the right build.prop for your region because you may end up breaking your data connection.