[DEV][How-To] Get Back to Stock Even With Broken / Damaged USB Port

• Pre-rooted
• Busybox installed (@ /system/xbin/ )
• Working recovery (FreeXperia Recovery)

• busybox binary
• busybox symbolic links (from /system/xbin/)
• su binary
• Superuser.apk app (from /system/app/Superuser.apk)
• Recovery files (from /system/recovery/ & others)
• chargemon & charger file (from /system/bin/)

• This will work on ALL available custom/stock/modded roms
• Make sure that u have a working recovery
• SD Card reader / wifi explorer / some way to transfer big files to SDCARD
• Know wht is the current baseband on ur phone (Settings -> About Phone -> Baseband Version)
• Get/Find the true SI number of your phone. Its on the sticker below the battery or it will be on the original box of the phone. Its basically looks something like this: 1264-7894. This is required to get ur X10 back to original branding/region/
• Highly recommend using Root Explorer (paid app from market) to change SI number. If required I will provide a shell script, to do this.

|- FIRMWARE -|- BASEBAND -|
---------------------------
2.1.B.0.1    -  2.1.67
2.1.A.0.492  -  2.1.65
2.1.1.A.0.28 -  2.1.61
2.1.1.A.0.16 -  2.1.58
2.1.1.A.0.6  -  2.1.55
2.1.A.0.435  -  2.1.54
2.0.2.A.0.24 -  2.0.49 / 2.0.52
2.0.A.0.504  -  2.0.46

1. GLOBAL GENERIC 2.1 [ X10i_2.0.A.0.504_stock.rar ]
   (MD5 hash): aaa70f592f7eebe1d996a656d42ac1ef
   
   
2. GLOBAL GENERIC 2.1 [ X10a_2.1.A.0.435_stock.rar ]
   (MD5 hash): db9ef9292aeab439ffb3791559c64603
   
   
3. AT&T Branded 2.1 [ X10a_2.1.A.0.492_AT&T_stock.rar ]
   (MD5 hash): e281bbf1bde077f90d106fafe98d7c63
   

• extract it to a temporary folder on ur PC
• the temporary folder will now have a new folder with 4 files:
  • cache.img
  • data.img
  • system.img
  • nandroid.md5
• then connect the SDCARD of your X10 (sdcard reader/wifi explorer/samba file sharing app/etc)
• place the extracted folder in /sdcard/xrecovery/backup/
• [VVVIMP] verify the directory/file structure on sdcard. So e.g. if u have used X10i_2.0.A.0.504_stock.rar then the directory structure on ur sdcard (after copying the files) should be:
  • /sdcard/xrecovery/backup/X10i_2.0.A.0.504_stock/cache.img
  • /sdcard/xrecovery/backup/X10i_2.0.A.0.504_stock/data.img
  • /sdcard/xrecovery/backup/X10i_2.0.A.0.504_stock/system.img
  • /sdcard/xrecovery/backup/X10i_2.0.A.0.504_stock/nandroid.md5
• Make sure that the above is correct and that there are no spaces in the file names else u WONT BE ABLE TO RESTORE THIS BACKUP

1. verify that u have all the files in place from the above step.
2. if u want take a backup of ur current ROM because the following procedure will WIPE ur SYSTEM & DATA (it wont touch sdcard)
3. reboot into recovery and :
   • "Backup and Restore"
   • "Restore"
   • select the extracted image name (X10i_2.0.A.0.504_stock OR X10a_2.1.A.0.435_stock OR X10a_2.1.A.0.492_AT&T_stock)
   • now the restore process will start
   • it will take some time
   • after restore is complete Reboot Phone
4. once the device restarts u will now get stock 2.1 SE rom
5. DO NOT INSTALL ANYTHING RIGHT NOW
6. reboot device to verify that u can still access recovery
7. once u have verified that recovery is intact now reboot phone into android OS
8. now u need to change the SI number in /system/build.prop... keep ur original/true SI number at hand... i suggest that u use RootExplorer to do this modification... u can check this thread on where exactly u need to make the changes... once changes are done save the file and exit RootExplorer...
9. using Root Explorer navigate to '/system/' then "mount r/w" and long press on 'build.prop' file and select 'Permissions'... make sure the permissions are as follows:
   
   
10. sometimes RootExplorer creates backup file /system/build.prop.bak remove that file
11. once that is done reboot the device and check if everything is working
12. now uninstall RootExplorer

[ STEP 4 ] FINALLY!!! Doing the MAGIC!!!

• Well now we came to the LAST step
• once u have made changes to build.prop now just reboot into recovery
• flash master_uninstaller_2.1only_v8.zip
• it will take some time as there are many files to be deleted ~360 files
• once its done just reboot phone and viola!!! u should have a clean & unrooted stock SE 2.1 ROM
• u can check that the su binary is no longer present in /system/bin/ and u can no longer access recovery!!!

• remove/uninstall all user installed apps (if any) especially those who require root
• Turn off/uncheck installing unknown apps from: Settings -> Applications -> Unknown Sources
• Turn off/uncheck USB Debugging from: Settings -> Applications -> Development -> USB Debugging

• Rooted the OS using SuperOneClickv1.7-ShortFuse which also installs busybox... it installs the busybox symlinks to /system/xbin/ and doesnt disturb /system/bin/toolbox symlinks...
• Installed Recovery using FlashTool v0.2.9.1
• Finally booted into recovery and took backup

• i dont know exactly how to remove the rageagainstthecage & psneuter exploit
• if someone can help me with that we can truly CLEAN the complete rom

• Since the rooting exploit is not yet removed u can use z4root app to root phone again
• Busybox Installer from market to install busybox links
• xRecovery installer to install recovery
• BUT IF U DO THIS THE UNINSTALLER SCRIPT WILL NOT WORK. THEN U WILL NEED TO RESTORE THE ABOVE PROVIDED BACKUP VIA RECOVERY

Adolf1994 said:

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