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[Q] I think i bought a bricked X8 - help!

hi,
I bought a X8 by mail delivery from the internet and got a bricked phone (so it seems)!
Symptom is phone doesn't connect to GSM network, and although i can scan for networks i can't connect to them. Tried several networks, same result. Everything else seems to work fine.
I'm completely newbie to Android phones, and only bought this one to try to avoid to stay behind, but this was a lousy way to start. I've been browsing through the forum, but there's too much info which only makes it more confusing to me.
I tried connecting the phone to S1tool and msm7227setool but i can't find the SEMC flash drivers, and although i browsed through the forum stickies for them i didn't find them.
So, my questions are:
1- Can someone provide a link to the drivers?
2- Is the following link the best way to solve my problem?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1304258&highlight=no+network
3- I also want to debrand the phone, from the 360 apps i assume the phone is from vodafone. Can you recommend a fast ROM with full features support? And a good noob proof flash tutorial..
4- Will any of the above operations remove my SP unlock?
Sorry if most (or all) of this questions are a repetition of past threads, but starting with a phone this way, i honestly feel like a donkey looking at a palace! (Portuguese proverb, not sure you'll understand)
Thanks, Regards!

madz78 said:
hi,
I bought a X8 by mail delivery from the internet and got a bricked phone (so it seems)!
Symptom is phone doesn't connect to GSM network, and although i can scan for networks i can't connect to them. Tried several networks, same result. Everything else seems to work fine.
I'm completely newbie to Android phones, and only bought this one to try to avoid to stay behind, but this was a lousy way to start. I've been browsing through the forum, but there's too much info which only makes it more confusing to me.
I tried connecting the phone to S1tool and msm7227setool but i can't find the SEMC flash drivers, and although i browsed through the forum stickies for them i didn't find them.
So, my questions are:
1- Can someone provide a link to the drivers?
2- Is the following link the best way to solve my problem?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1304258&highlight=no+network
3- I also want to debrand the phone, from the 360 apps i assume the phone is from vodafone. Can you recommend a fast ROM with full features support? And a good noob proof flash tutorial..
4- Will any of the above operations remove my SP unlock?
Sorry if most (or all) of this questions are a repetition of past threads, but starting with a phone this way, i honestly feel like a donkey looking at a palace! (Portuguese proverb, not sure you'll understand)
Thanks, Regards!
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I have a X8 on Vodafone, and when I repairded my X8 in PCC it removed the vodafone apps and icon from Settings :-D
Sent from my tablet running Honeycomb

IrishStuff09 said:
I have a X8 on Vodafone, and when I repairded my X8 in PCC it removed the vodafone apps and icon from Settings :-D
Sent from my tablet running Honeycomb
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Just 4 curiosity how to make the vodafone icons appear again??just4fun
Sorry for off-topic thing
As irishstuff said u should try to update your phone with pc companion(google it) and try to update the software.After that if u want to root your phone and install recovery search in xda for x8toolbox , is the most noob-friendly thing u will find

X8invisible13 said:
Just 4 curiosity how to make the vodafone icons appear again??just4fun
Sorry for off-topic thing
As irishstuff said u should try to update your phone with pc companion(google it) and try to update the software.After that if u want to root your phone and install recovery search in xda for x8toolbox , is the most noob-friendly thing u will find
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Thanx for clarifying that.
But, if i update the phone via PCC, won't i lose the sp unlock? I'm saying this cuz i read that the no network problem is due to sim lock protection.

madz78 said:
Thanx for clarifying that.
But, if i update the phone via PCC, won't i lose the sp unlock? I'm saying this cuz i read that the no network problem is due to sim lock protection.
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sp unlock? You mean "SIM unlocked"?
No, you won't lose the unlocked SIM by simply flashing back to Stock through PC Companion (in case PCC tells you that there's no update available you need to resort to the Flashtool method).
As for the drivers ... best method would be to install PC Companion. However, if you don't want that crapware on your system I can upload you the drivers (out of PCC) in a ZIP - then you have to point Windows manually to the directory so it can find the appropriate driver (EDIT: shouldn't be much of a trouble if you're familiar with installing drivers by pointing Windows to the directory or the INF file).
The only situation where you might lose your SIM unlock is at unlocking the boot loader to enable installation of custom kernels, but before you head into that you better check the manufacturing date of your phone (sticker below the battery) and then look through this forum to work out if it's a candidate for hard bricking or not.

B.Jay said:
sp unlock? You mean "SIM unlocked"?
No, you won't lose the unlocked SIM by simply flashing back to Stock through PC Companion (in case PCC tells you that there's no update available you need to resort to the Flashtool method).
As for the drivers ... best method would be to install PC Companion. However, if you don't want that crapware on your system I can upload you the drivers (out of PCC) in a ZIP - then you have to point Windows manually to the directory so it can find the appropriate driver (EDIT: shouldn't be much of a trouble if you're familiar with installing drivers by pointing Windows to the directory or the INF file).
The only situation where you might lose your SIM unlock is at unlocking the boot loader to enable installation of custom kernels, but before you head into that you better check the manufacturing date of your phone (sticker below the battery) and then look through this forum to work out if it's a candidate for hard bricking or not.
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Yup, it says up to date, just clicked repair to see if it works. crapware.. lol, yeah i'd appreciate that zip file, thanks.
I think the issue is exactly that, a bad boot loader unlock, at least all symptoms point to that.. all i see in no network threads seems to be pointing there.
Thanx!
P.S.- SP (service provider) Unlocked.

madz78 said:
yeah i'd appreciate that zip file, thanks.
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Download here
The Sony Ericsson X8 (and possibly other SE phones) Android drivers (ADB / Smartphone / USB Flash Device) for Windows (incl. x64 Editions) out of the latest and greatest PC Companion crapware.
madz78 said:
I think the issue is exactly that, a bad boot loader unlock, at least all symptoms point to that.. all i see in no network threads seems to be pointing there.
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Errr... no. A "unsuccessful" boot loader unlock would turn your device into a hard brick (no lights, no vibration, no screen). As you're able to boot up into Android the bootloader and kernel seems to be intact.
IF the previous owner (in case you bought it used) tinkered around with boot loader unlocking ...
Use the s1tool to verify if the boot loader is locked or not. If it's unlocked simply follow the tutorial in the Development section to relock the boot loader or try the trick deedii posted about first (she had the same problem that GSM radio went dead after unlocking the boot loader).
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*ping* driver ZIP download link inserted

Holy crap!
Thanx for the zip btw..
I hit Repair in PCC and it re-flashed the phone. Now, instead of no network, the phone doesn't recognize ANY SIM card!!
I checked boot loader with S1tool, and the phone is locked (i see R).
I'm starting to think maybe it's a hardware problem and not from ROM.
Any ideas? Thanks.

madz78 said:
Thanx for the zip btw..
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No problem, you're welcome.
madz78 said:
I hit Repair in PCC and it re-flashed the phone. Now, instead of no network, the phone doesn't recognize ANY SIM card!!
I checked boot loader with S1tool, and the phone is locked (i see R).
I'm starting to think maybe it's a hardware problem and not from ROM.
Any ideas? Thanks.
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Yes, the "R" means the boot loader is locked.
As for the mSD card ... here's where we enter "trouble reloaded":
- What card? Class? Size? Brand?
- Does the card hold any important data? If not try to reformat the card (FAT32!!!). If Android refuses to format the mSD simply use a card reader and re-format the mSD in Windows.
EDIT: Also, just to make sure everything's vanilla: could you please take a look into Settings -> About phone to confirm you're running the genuine SE baseband/kernel and not some custom kernel?
EDIT 2: Errrrrrrrr.... never mind ... I somehow misread "SIM card" as "SD card". My fault!

X8invisible13 said:
Just 4 curiosity how to make the vodafone icons appear again??just4fun
Sorry for off-topic thing
As irishstuff said u should try to update your phone with pc companion(google it) and try to update the software.After that if u want to root your phone and install recovery search in xda for x8toolbox , is the most noob-friendly thing u will find
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I actually don't have a clue, but I was glad when thety went
I dont like operators branding the phone with the software
The only apps i had by the operator (vodafone IE) were
Gold Rush, Vodafone Music Store, SIM Settings and SIM Toolkit <- I have GDX and i still have toolkit. XD
I had the 'vodafone 360' option in Settings
Sent from my tablet running Honeycomb

B.B.- M76XX-TSNCJOLYM-53404015
kernel- 2.6.29 [email protected] #1
Thanks again.

madz78 said:
B.B.- M76XX-TSNCJOLYM-53404015
kernel- 2.6.29 [email protected] #1
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Yes, that's definitely the genuine baseband and kernel.
However, no matter how hard I think it through I don't see a good reason why it won't accept ANY SIM card, as a SIM unlock (or carrier/operator unlock if you want to put it that way) is as good as permanent unless you play around with unlocking the bootloader and either do something wrong or face the problem that it suddenly reverts back to the original SIM lock (in case it got unlocked and didn't ship unlocked by default).
The only problem I know about is ... if you live in a region where you would actually need a E15a baseband but happen to have the E15i baseband (you know, has to do with the frequencies that get used to transmit between your phone and the tower) flashed - or the other way around - you won't be able to connect to the GSM/3G network - but even then the phone won't reject the SIM card but simply fail to find any network.
In that case the problem resolve would be as easy as swapping out the baseband through flashing by Flashtool.

Good morning,
This keeps getting more and more confusing... thank god you've been such a valuable help BJ!
Dunno if it's "don't accept SIM" as much as don't recognize them.. I usually remove PIN codes from all my SIM's but today i've popped a new one to see if anything different happened.. The phone asked me for pin and validated it, but after this it doesn't recognize it anymore, i get a SIM with a red "!" on top of it in the upper right corner of the screen (same icon you get without SIM in phone).
As for all the other cards, it doesn't appear such icon, the phone starts normally and then asks for language and after asks to "insert SIM and restart phone"..
I don't think baseband is the problem, i think it's definitely related to SIM card reading.
NOTE: Before seemed irrelevant but now seems important to say, before, when i scanned for networks and tried to connect to one (same from SIM), phone gave me a message saying something like "your SIM card doesn't allow connecting to this network".
The problem seems to be definitely SIM card reader, the big doubt is if it's HW or SW.
My best guess is SW, because he can read PIN's but then just locks.. Where is the SIM card reader "driver"? baseband, kernel, ROM? should i try to update all those?
Thanks again!

hello again,
i found this in SETool forum which seems to be exactly my problem.
E15i - (x8) it doesn't read sim card and hangs during unlocking
I've had a problem with XPERIA X8 (E15i) for a long time now and I can't fix it.
I was trying to unlock it. I updated Android to v. 2.1. I have credits, I turn on debugg mode, I installed drivers. I push 1,2,5 and press Unlock/Repair.
Unfortunately it didn't finish, the program froze and switched off (on Vista). It took 5 credits. After turning it back on it wouldn't log to the network, even though it saw the network. But it shows that the phone is unlocked. By Setool I installed the version form after the update. After that it stopped detecting the sim card.
In hosting I read that I should repeat the unlock. I reinstalled the drivers, downloaded setool's previous version (v1.1106), but the program hangs every time in the same place and it doesn't go to the end (see screen below). With v1.1107 there's the same problem. I tried on Vista and XP – no difference. I installed setool on my other computer, where there are no boxes, drivers or antiviruses and still I couldn't succeed.
Does anyone have some expirience with the x8?
Thx in advance for help.
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1.
reflash phone with generic 2.1 firmware, repeat unlock procedure.
2.
to restore phone to original state, write as script most earlier secunits backup from backup\%imei% folder
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Could this be a bad unlock problem?
Thanx.

IrishStuff09 said:
I actually don't have a clue, but I was glad when thety went
I dont like operators branding the phone with the software
The only apps i had by the operator (vodafone IE) were
Gold Rush, Vodafone Music Store, SIM Settings and SIM Toolkit <- I have GDX and i still have toolkit. XD
I had the 'vodafone 360' option in Settings
Sent from my tablet running Honeycomb
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Sim toolkit is on every phone,not only on vodafone

Been reading more and more, and this seem to be a very common issue in SETool SIM unlocking. can anyone suggest a solution?
Thanks.

Hello again,
I've been trying to run msm7227 setool2 and semc, but seem to be getting nowhere.. enters debugging mode and nothing else. What am i doing wrong?
Also, i've read in the following thread that sometimes boot is unlocked and S1tool says it's locked, but i can't find SEUS to download anywhere in the forum..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1404148&highlight=sim+card
HEEELLP!!!
Thanks.

Hi, madz ...
To pull it together:
- The "SIM reader" is a software that comes as a part of Android in the form of a system app (inside /system/app). You can't exchange the related parts as they are specific to the Android version, in case your thoughts are running into this direction.
- The problem with "SEtool" is more like this ...
Let us assume the phone was originally SIM locked (bound to only allow SIMs of a specific operator/carrier) and then got SIM unlocked. The original SIM lock will jump back into place once the the boot loader got unlocked.
My observation is that this problem should actually go away once the boot loader got re-locked again. That being said I also read various threads where the SIM lock didn't vanish and the phone had to be unlocked anew.
On another note, it also depends on how the phone got unlocked ... there's a difference if it got SIM unlocked through SEtool or through Omious (<-- I hope it's spelled right)
The one fact that remains: simply querying the boot loader status ("R" vs "r") does not make the SIM lock to fire.
- SEUS ... well ...
I found Update Service (SEUS) 2.11.10.7 in the depths of my hard drive. Going to slap it on MultiUpload for you in a minute - though I can't guarantee that it still works; all I know is that SEUS got discontinued (or something along that line). Wait for the edit of the download!
EDIT: MultiUpload swallowed the file --> Download link
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Missed this one ...
madz78 said:
I've been trying to run msm7227 setool2 and semc, but seem to be getting nowhere.. enters debugging mode and nothing else. What am i doing wrong?
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Shouldn't you connect the phone in flash mode instead of USB-Debugging mode?
Flash Mode means:
- Pull the USB cable out of your computer but leave it attached to the phone
- Turn the phone OFF
- Start the software
- Press the Back button and connect the USB cable to the computer
KEEP THE BACK BUTTON PRESSED UNTIL THE PHONE IS RECOGNIZED!
(Note: Windows may want to install the "SEMC Flash Device" driver)

Hi BJ,
The phone is not locked! it accepts pin from all networks, but after this, simply doesn't read the cards anymore. I only talked about this because the thread i found in SETOOL forum explains in detail what's happening to me.
I dunno if what happens to people who have no network or sim locked due to bad boot loader unlock is the same or not. It would be nice to know, but in my thread no one except you steps up.
If unlocked, i believe it's SETool and not Omnius because i only see threads with this issue in SETool support (dozens of complains) and found nothing in Omnius.
I still believe that maybe there's a solution other than unlocking it again, but due to inexperience i fail to see it.
about msm7227: i'm sorry, i meant flash mode, and it detects the phone, sometimes.. but always hangs in 2nd line (can't remember what said, but i'll try it again in a while and post here).
Where exactly is the phone unlocked? ROM, kernel, baseband? Do you think re-flashing it could solve the problem?
Thanks again friend!
Regards.

madz78 said:
The phone is not locked! it accepts pin from all networks, but after this, simply doesn't read the cards anymore. [...]
I dunno if what happens to people who have no network or sim locked due to bad boot loader unlock is the same or not. It would be nice to know, but in my thread no one except you steps up.
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My X8 came SIM unlocked by default. Since it's old enough, and therefore safe for boot loader unlocking, I gave it a try (even been as daring as to unlock while having GDX v021 flashed).
Connected and checked with s1tool that it's suited for unlocking: Pass
Unlocked the boot loader: Pass
Booted up (SIM does not have PIN1 set)...
Connecting to the GSM Network: Pass
Connecting to the APN for 3G Internet access: Pass
Reboot (to make sure it didn't brick): Pass
Re-locked boot loader: Pass
Checked with s1tool that boot loader is locked: Pass
Device still able to connect to GSM/3G: Pass
I didn't try to flash a custom kernel but just stayed with the stock kernel. During the whole testing scenario - from unlocking to re-locking - I didn't have any problems with GSM/3G network connectivity or troubles reading the SIM.
Like I wrote above the PIN1 check was disabled because sometimes GingerDX shows the "Network unlock" screen after inputting the PIN ... that's more-or-less a bug workaround.
madz78 said:
If unlocked, i believe it's SETool and not Omnius
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Thank you for correcting the spelling of "Omnius" ... I was typing it from the top of my head and failed to recall how it's spelled.
madz78 said:
Where exactly is the phone unlocked? ROM, kernel, baseband? Do you think re-flashing it could solve the problem?
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If you refer to "how is the SIM lock lifted" then I think the best persons to answer this question are the guys who cracked the boot loader. I don't know enough about how the low-level init of the phone really works ... the boot loader guys aren't very chatty about telling us how the low-level boot of the X8 works.
Since, in my case, the SIM unlock prevails when flashing a custom ROM on top of the stock kernel (keep in mind I never flashed a custom kernel, so I never altered the "baseband" partition) the unlock can't reside in the ROM partitions.
But ... as the problem only arises when tinkering around with the boot loader but didn't affect my phone during boot loader unlock / re-lock ... and this is now purely guessing ...
The boot loader unlock only replaces the boot loader binary with a altered one. So if the thing that tells the phone that it's SIM unlocked resides in the part of the NAND where the boot loader / kernel / baseband is located it can only be a digital certificate or some sort of a binary that gets loaded through "Stage 1" init (during which the boot loader and kernel gets loaded and all the security checking stuff happens). It can't be in the higher init routines where the initialized kernel is boot strapping the ROM as that would disable the SIM unlock when flashing a custom ROM.
If blagus or the kernel devs have some ideas it would be great to read a few lines from a source knowing about the low-level init routines (to actually understand how the X8 comes to life once the power button is pressed).
On another thought ... the msm7227 CPU also must have some kind of firmware (think of it similar to a BIOS like a PC has) to init itself and the hardware ... maybe the SIM unlock is somewhere in there?
EDIT: On a third thought ... it would seem almost logical that the SIM unlock stuff is stored somewhere in the "security" related part of the NAND (somewhere deep down at the low-level init). If the phone came locked and got unlocked at some point the original SIM lock will most likely spring back into place at boot loader unlocking - so the SIM locked/unlocked thingy has to be somewhere in the low-level boot init; otherwise it wouldn't disable a "soft unlock" once the boot loader got unlocked and replaced past the cracked one which bypasses a whole lot of the security checks so unsigned boot binaries (kernel) can be loaded and executed.

Unlockable botloader after soft brick?????

Hi to everybody.
After soft bricking my sim-unlocked X8 due to install attempt of the lates tGingerbread v23 rom with alfadons and overclock-module, I had to use SEUS to flash an OEM rom and baseband.
Now I tried to re-root and unlock the bootloader several times but unfortunately the last string in cmd window is: not recognized simlock... or something similar.
After doing a lot of forum search there are plenty of hints telling that there's nothing to do. no possibility to install custom rom.
I tried it anyway and still soft brick (SE logo appears and nothing else..)..
So I decided to re-flash the OEM Rom and use the phone this way BUT......it works fine only WITHOUT a sim card inserted. If the sim card is inserter no icons appear, no button working. The only thing you see is the background immage...
Can anybody help me??????

sputnik81 said:
Hi to everybody.
After soft bricking my sim-unlocked X8 due to install attempt of the lates tGingerbread v23 rom with alfadons and overclock-module, I had to use SEUS to flash an OEM rom and baseband.
Now I tried to re-root and unlock the bootloader several times but unfortunately the last string in cmd window is: not recognized simlock... or something similar.
After doing a lot of forum search there are plenty of hints telling that there's nothing to do. no possibility to install custom rom.
I tried it anyway and still soft brick (SE logo appears and nothing else..)..
So I decided to re-flash the OEM Rom and use the phone this way BUT......it works fine only WITHOUT a sim card inserted. If the sim card is inserter no icons appear, no button working. The only thing you see is the background immage...
Can anybody help me??????
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Visit this link and read every step carefully..
It might help u...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=10879507#post10879507

sputnik81 said:
Hi to everybody.
After soft bricking my sim-unlocked X8 due to install attempt of the lates tGingerbread v23 rom with alfadons and overclock-module, I had to use SEUS to flash an OEM rom and baseband.
Now I tried to re-root and unlock the bootloader several times but unfortunately the last string in cmd window is: not recognized simlock... or something similar.
After doing a lot of forum search there are plenty of hints telling that there's nothing to do. no possibility to install custom rom.
I tried it anyway and still soft brick (SE logo appears and nothing else..)..
So I decided to re-flash the OEM Rom and use the phone this way BUT......it works fine only WITHOUT a sim card inserted. If the sim card is inserter no icons appear, no button working. The only thing you see is the background immage...
Can anybody help me??????
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did u flash/downgrade to stock rom before unlock bootloader?
if not u should unlock bootloader with stock rom but not custom rom

According to that threat you linked me....I permanently bricked the phone as my phone was sim-unlocked with a tool different from semc or setc2 tool and I tried to unlock to bootloader....
No I'm really pi...ed off....
If I'm right I have to buy a new phone....

sputnik81 said:
According to that threat you linked me....I permanently bricked the phone as my phone was sim-unlocked with a tool different from semc or setc2 tool and I tried to unlock to bootloader....
No I'm really pi...ed off....
If I'm right I have to buy a new phone....
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No, you dont have to buy a new phone.
Just go to the store and say that this happened when im updated my phone with pccompanion.
My buddy did that twice and they did believe him, and hes phone got repaired for free.
Skickat från min ST18i via Tapatalk 2

Unfotunately that's not possible as yhe phoen is an "3 italia" sim-locked phone bougth in italy obviously and I moved to germany now..... The bill is still at home in Italy....
3 Italy would immediately notice the phone has been sim-unlocked...and I would have to pay the whole listing proce of the period when I bought the phone and would have to pay a high penality too...
That woudl be more than 400 euro in sum.....not worth....
Thanks to everybody who tried to help me

sputnik81 said:
Unfotunately that's not possible as yhe phoen is an "3 italia" sim-locked phone bougth in italy obviously and I moved to germany now..... The bill is still at home in Italy....
3 Italy would immediately notice the phone has been sim-unlocked...and I would have to pay the whole listing proce of the period when I bought the phone and would have to pay a high penality too...
That woudl be more than 400 euro in sum.....not worth....
Thanks to everybody who tried to help me
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Have you tried re-locking your phone? ONLY IN STOCK ROM, PLS!

How can I sim-lock it again?

sputnik81 said:
Unfotunately that's not possible as yhe phoen is an "3 italia" sim-locked phone bougth in italy obviously and I moved to germany now..... The bill is still at home in Italy....
3 Italy would immediately notice the phone has been sim-unlocked...and I would have to pay the whole listing proce of the period when I bought the phone and would have to pay a high penality too...
That woudl be more than 400 euro in sum.....not worth....
Thanks to everybody who tried to help me
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Don't take it to the 3 store. Take it so the Sony Ericsson store and tell them what DevStaffAndroid said. You will need to have warranty though.
Sent from my X8 using xda premium

sputnik81 said:
How can I sim-lock it again?
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1) Download the original stock rom. run flash tool to flash the stock rom.
2) Run S1 tool, press " RESTORE" button!
At the stage, no harm trying!

[Q] Xperia Z IMEI number problem

Hi,
I am in serious problem with my xperia Z. One of my friend took the device for use. After his returning i have found that the wifi is not working and when i enter a sim card the device could not detect the sim card network (a red cross in the network bar) but its camera, audio, video is working as usually. After checking the settings i found that there is no IMEI number, its hust Blank! i contacted with the xperia customer care they said i would have to change my motherboard, which will cost nearly the phone's price!
Is there anyway i can put IMEI number in the device? I have the IMEI number in the box.

Sazadur said:
Hi,
I am in serious problem with my xperia Z. One of my friend took the device for use. After his returning i have found that the wifi is not working and when i enter a sim card the device could not detect the sim card network (a red cross in the network bar) but its camera, audio, video is working as usually. After checking the settings i found that there is no IMEI number, its hust Blank! i contacted with the xperia customer care they said i would have to change my motherboard, which will cost nearly the phone's price!
Is there anyway i can put IMEI number in the device? I have the IMEI number in the box.
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You can try with flashing new ROM via Flashtool, just find .ftf file that works for you (check your model and build number).

Sazadur said:
Hi,
I am in serious problem with my xperia Z. One of my friend took the device for use. After his returning i have found that the wifi is not working and when i enter a sim card the device could not detect the sim card network (a red cross in the network bar) but its camera, audio, video is working as usually. After checking the settings i found that there is no IMEI number, its hust Blank! i contacted with the xperia customer care they said i would have to change my motherboard, which will cost nearly the phone's price!
Is there anyway i can put IMEI number in the device? I have the IMEI number in the box.
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Ask your friend what he did with the phone...
Besides that do what was mentioned earlier: flash a stock .ftf file and see if it changes

Sazadur said:
Hi,
I am in serious problem with my xperia Z. One of my friend took the device for use. After his returning i have found that the wifi is not working and when i enter a sim card the device could not detect the sim card network (a red cross in the network bar) but its camera, audio, video is working as usually. After checking the settings i found that there is no IMEI number, its hust Blank! i contacted with the xperia customer care they said i would have to change my motherboard, which will cost nearly the phone's price!
Is there anyway i can put IMEI number in the device? I have the IMEI number in the box.
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Are you rooted by any chance with CWM recovery there might be a solution if you are :highfive:

Sazadur said:
Hi,
I am in serious problem with my xperia Z. One of my friend took the device for use. After his returning i have found that the wifi is not working and when i enter a sim card the device could not detect the sim card network (a red cross in the network bar) but its camera, audio, video is working as usually. After checking the settings i found that there is no IMEI number, its hust Blank! i contacted with the xperia customer care they said i would have to change my motherboard, which will cost nearly the phone's price!
Is there anyway i can put IMEI number in the device? I have the IMEI number in the box.
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Changing the motherboard he is idio*:silly:
Just flash FTF with flashtool
Dont forget to backup your data before you do!

The IMEI is stored in the TA partition. If that has somehow been corrupted, then the only fix is to replace the motherboard. Flashing an FTF will not help in that case.
Similar case here. Lots of solutions tried, but the motherboard ended up being replaced.
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Now I can use camera, audio, video everything except network & wifi. If i flash the device then is there any chance that it would be permanently bricked?

Sazadur said:
Now I can use camera, audio, video everything except network & wifi. If i flash the device then is there any chance that it would be permanently bricked?
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It's very very unlikely that you'll brick your phone with Flashtool. I've never seen anyone say it's happened.
It uses the same method as the official Sony tools to flash firmware to your device, so it's safe.
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Could any of you please help me with which flashtool i need to to install?
1. i have tried following the procedure mentioned in sonymobile/developer site. i have installed this flshtool given there. when i connected my device it said "Locked bootloader".
2. then i have unlocked the bootloader following sonymobile\unlockbootloader. then i connected the device again
3. now it says "No available services matched the connected device".
did i installed wrong flashtool? what should i do now?

You need the unofficial Flashtool.
www.flashtool.net
By unlocking your bootloader without making a backup of your TA partition, you invalidated your warranty and lost the unique DRM keys from your device forever. You should have asked here before doing that.
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My warrenty period is over already. Anyway i have installed flashtool that you have mentioned in the earlier comment. So now i have to download the .ftf file for my device. how can i choose which .ftf file will work for me? can you please recommend me one? i cant understand which one to download.my device is c6602 Build number 10.1.1.A.1.253.

Sazadur said:
My warrenty period is over already. Anyway i have installed flashtool that you have mentioned in the earlier comment. So now i have to download the .ftf file for my device. how can i choose which .ftf file will work for me? can you please recommend me one? i cant understand which one to download.my device is c6602 Build number 10.1.1.A.1.253.
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which country u live in?

Bangladesh

Sazadur said:
Bangladesh
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/xperia-z/general/ftf-10-5-0-230-c6602-c6603-journalist-t2759636 download your model specific FTF

Hey I have flashed my device with the C6602_10.5.A.0.230_Customized_US.ftf from your given link. but it has got worse. when i have powered ON the display flashed couple of time then the sony, Xperia logo passes by, then the blue Xperia Z screen for couple of minutes then it restarts again and again.. it is in a boot loop. I had to flash it with the previous C6602_10.1.1.A.1.253_GLOBAL-HSPA.ftf because the battery was draining down... still network and wifi broken

Sazadur said:
Hey I have flashed my device with the C6602_10.5.A.0.230_Customized_US.ftf from your given link. but it has got worse. when i have powered ON the display flashed couple of time then the sony, Xperia logo passes by, then the blue Xperia Z screen for couple of minutes then it restarts again and again.. it is in a boot loop. I had to flash it with the previous C6602_10.1.1.A.1.253_GLOBAL-HSPA.ftf because the battery was draining down... still network and wifi broken
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try flashing only the baseband from the global hspa ftf

I tried flashing the Baseband, but no luck
if i root the device, or flash it with CM ROM would it help ?

Sazadur said:
I tried flashing the Baseband, but no luck
if i root the device, or flash it with CM ROM would it help ?
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as @kingvortex said replacing mo-bo is the only way then

Sazadur said:
I tried flashing the Baseband, but no luck
if i root the device, or flash it with CM ROM would it help ?
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You can give CM11 a shot but i dont think it will help

androidtweaker1 said:
You can give CM11 a shot but i dont think it will help
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You can use edit button instead of making two posts in a row.

[Q] Help: Problem constant Restart

Hello friends, I hope you can help me on this, I'm Venezuelan so I translated this into google, I have an Xperia ZR, the problem is that it does not accept the firmware that put him just begins to reiniciciarse again and again, the one who accepts is the version 4.1.2 but it does not work the phone nor WiFI, also recognizes the Sim Card and placed in the nuemérico keypad * # 06 # not show the IMEI. There will be some solution for this? Is Xperia ZR C5502, they hope can help me.

Eduardo3107 said:
Hello friends, I hope you can help me on this, I'm Venezuelan so I translated this into google, I have an Xperia ZR, the problem is that it does not accept the firmware that put him just begins to reiniciciarse again and again, the one who accepts is the version 4.1.2 but it does not work the phone nor WiFI, also recognizes the Sim Card and placed in the nuemérico keypad * # 06 # not show the IMEI. There will be some solution for this? Is Xperia ZR C5502, they hope can help me.
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Have you tried repairing your ZR using Sony PC companion? Have you unlocked bootloadter by official or unofficial method without backing up DRM keys and TA partitions?

sourabhp said:
Have you tried repairing your ZR using Sony PC companion? Have you unlocked bootloadter by official or unofficial method without backing up DRM keys and TA partitions?
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Hello friend, sorry for the time to respond, never try to unlock your bootloader and you try to repair the PC Companion, there will be some form of recueperar my IMEI and thus fix my Xperia ZR ?? Or some way to repair the TA carpetetas? I hope you can help me

Eduardo3107 said:
Hello friend, sorry for the time to respond, never try to unlock your bootloader and you try to repair the PC Companion, there will be some form of recueperar my IMEI and thus fix my Xperia ZR ?? Or some way to repair the TA carpetetas? I hope you can help me
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I am not able to understand the words like carpetetas or recueperar? you can take your phone to local service center and ask them to see what is wrong. First take backup of your phone like contacts, sms whatsapp data etc. then visit service center. If everything is okay ( DRM Keys and TA partitions ) they will flash latest 4.4.4

If yiu didnvt unlocked the bootloader then try to install arom for ur region but if u unblocked bootloader i think you have lost ta partition so the imei doesn't show up when u call *06#

I think so too. May be you have unlocked bootloader without backing up TA partition and DRM keys thats why you are not able to upgrade your phone to version 4.3 or 4.4.2 or 4.4.4.
There was same question some time back. Someone unlocked bootloader without backing up and now stuck on 4.1.2. Sony refused to help as he lost warranty of the phone by unlocking. He had no knowledge about unlocking and warranty.

sourabhp said:
I think so too. May be you have unlocked bootloader without backing up TA partition and DRM keys thats why you are not able to upgrade your phone to version 4.3 or 4.4.2 or 4.4.4.
There was same question some time back. Someone unlocked bootloader without backing up and now stuck on 4.1.2. Sony refused to help as he lost warranty of the phone by unlocking. He had no knowledge about unlocking and warranty.
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Greetings from new friend, well I got the phone when using it a while and I andubo pretty well until I skip the update to Android 4.2.2 and in doing so by PC Companion problems began not recnocia the operator sim card and alli what flashee with flashtools but not the phone began to reboot every time. Now the phone will not funcionala network sim card is not detected, does not turn on WiFi, no funcioan the Bluetooth, does not display the IMEI and also in Settings-About Phone, Says Baseband Version Unknown. It will be a logic board problem ???, I substitute another ???

Eduardo3107 said:
Greetings from new friend, well I got the phone when using it a while and I andubo pretty well until I skip the update to Android 4.2.2 and in doing so by PC Companion problems began not recnocia the operator sim card and alli what flashee with flashtools but not the phone began to reboot every time. Now the phone will not funcionala network sim card is not detected, does not turn on WiFi, no funcioan the Bluetooth, does not display the IMEI and also in Settings-About Phone, Says Baseband Version Unknown. It will be a logic board problem ???, I substitute another ???
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Frankly speaking, I do not understand non-English words that frequently appears in your posts. Having that said, I can pretty much grasp the gist from your posts, although that may not be 100% what you intend to mean. Combined with answers by previous forum members, i offer you suggestions to your problems point by point.
Okay enough of this bull****. First I want to say that if you are unfamiliar with things here on XDA, read the guidelines before you do anything. You probably unlocked the bootloader of your phone, but did not backup anything. In that case, you HAVE to install a kernel everytime you try to switch rom (including a stock-based, or stock for that matter). Your numerous problems above suggests a kernel problem to me. What you do now is to follow UB way to flash a AOSP or whatever rom (not stock) and report if it solved your problems

paulson881 said:
Frankly speaking, I do not understand non-English words that frequently appears in your posts. Having that said, I can pretty much grasp the gist from your posts, although that may not be 100% what you intend to mean. Combined with answers by previous forum members, i offer you suggestions to your problems point by point.
Okay enough of this bull****. First I want to say that if you are unfamiliar with things here on XDA, read the guidelines before you do anything. You probably unlocked the bootloader of your phone, but did not backup anything. In that case, you HAVE to install a kernel every time you try to switch rom (including a stock-based, or stock for that matter). Your numerous problems above suggests a kernel problem to me. What you do now is to follow UB way to flash a AOSP or whatever rom (not stock) and report if it solved your problems
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He is using google translate to convert his question for us to understand. but google is getting better of him by throwing such smart n hard words at him.

paulson881 said:
Frankly speaking, I do not understand non-English words that frequently appears in your posts. Having that said, I can pretty much grasp the gist from your posts, although that may not be 100% what you intend to mean. Combined with answers by previous forum members, i offer you suggestions to your problems point by point.
Okay enough of this bull****. First I want to say that if you are unfamiliar with things here on XDA, read the guidelines before you do anything. You probably unlocked the bootloader of your phone, but did not backup anything. In that case, you HAVE to install a kernel everytime you try to switch rom (including a stock-based, or stock for that matter). Your numerous problems above suggests a kernel problem to me. What you do now is to follow UB way to flash a AOSP or whatever rom (not stock) and report if it solved your problems
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Friend regret that I can not understand what I write, I apologize, also thanks for your help, I'll do what you recommended me, be installing a kernel or room cooked AOSP, I have installed the root in the only version that works on my ZR which is 4.1.2, then be installing the Recovery to test a kernel or room. Could you tell me which room should I install? You can give me the links? Thanks in advance for your help

Eduardo3107 said:
Friend regret that I can not understand what I write, I apologize, also thanks for your help, I'll do what you recommended me, be installing a kernel or room cooked AOSP, I have installed the root in the only version that works on my ZR which is 4.1.2, then be installing the Recovery to test a kernel or room. Could you tell me which room should I install? You can give me the links? Thanks in advance for your help
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CM11 or AOSP based rom, check development section for ZR

sourabhp said:
CM11 or AOSP based rom, check development section for ZR
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Amigo antes de flashear una room CM11 o Aosp debo abrir el Bootloader?

SIM not working

Hi all, yesterday I flashed .101 using Flashtool (from .222) but the Flashtool binaries were corrupted and something went wrong and got bootloop. Today I used a different PC and at least it has been possible to install a custom ROM (.222) but the network is not working now. The PIN is requested but sometimes it fails and sometimes it just accept the PIN but there is no network. WiFi works fine. I have used this Xperia for more than a year and working well. My device is C6603 bootloader locked.
Thank you!

victor141516 said:
Hi all, yesterday I flashed .101 using Flashtool (from .222) but the Flashtool binaries were corrupted and something went wrong and got bootloop. Today I used a different PC and at least it has been possible to install a custom ROM (.222) but the network is not working now. The PIN is requested but sometimes it fails and sometimes it just accept the PIN but there is no network. WiFi works fine. I have used this Xperia for more than a year and working well. My device is C6603 bootloader locked.
Thank you!
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First of all, you can't flash a custom FW without unlocking the bootloader. If you so choose to unlock it, make sure you backup TA partition - it's used for DRM storage which is used for advanced camera functions (like noise canceling in pics, bravia engine and other sony stuff). Second just flash a proper FW with flashtool, wipe everything and see if it works.

Sebi673 said:
First of all, you can't flash a custom FW without unlocking the bootloader. If you so choose to unlock it, make sure you backup TA partition - it's used for DRM storage which is used for advanced camera functions (like noise canceling in pics, bravia engine and other sony stuff). Second just flash a proper FW with flashtool, wipe everything and see if it works.
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Yes, you can flash a custom ROM based on stock with locked bootloader. It's what I have done successfully dozens of times, but my problem is as described in the OP, now I have a 5.1 android installation running well except the network data that doesn't work at all.

victor141516 said:
Yes, you can flash a custom ROM based on stock with locked bootloader. It's what I have done successfully dozens of times, but my problem is as described in the OP, now I have a 5.1 android installation running well except the network data that doesn't work at all.
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You could try to use sony pc companion to repair your phone. Sometimes, when it comes to corrupted data, flashtool won't do much good - it's something related to the TA partition that pc companion is good at fixing (I had some bootloops caused by bad root and flashtool couldn't help). You could try it and see if it works and if it does, use flashtool after to flash the rootable 5.02 and continue with the root.

Sebi673 said:
You could try to use sony pc companion to repair your phone. Sometimes, when it comes to corrupted data, flashtool won't do much good - it's something related to the TA partition that pc companion is good at fixing (I had some bootloops caused by bad root and flashtool couldn't help). You could try it and see if it works and if it does, use flashtool after to flash the rootable 5.02 and continue with the root.
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OK, I just did it and didn't work, but this thing happened: Just after repair (using PC Companion) it booted and the text was chinese! I'm spanish, my PC language is spanish, my previous smartphone language was spanish... I don't know what is happening here but I thing this chinese thing is related to the SIM problem.

victor141516 said:
OK, I just did it and didn't work, but this thing happened: Just after repair (using PC Companion) it booted and the text was chinese! I'm spanish, my PC language is spanish, my previous smartphone language was spanish... I don't know what is happening here but I thing this chinese thing is related to the SIM problem.
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Somehow related but it isn't uncommon. I had an Xperia ZR bought from an official local retailer and when I opened the box I had a weird charger and first boot was in chinese. Sometimes they bring phones made for hong kong or signapore and sell them on european markets. 5.11 update might have different api s for the sim card, so different regions might not be compatible. This is only a speculation. Pc companion flashes the latest FW acording to your phone boot version, ets and customization. Imma PM you for more details.