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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.
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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.

[Q] How to roll rooted Z back to original state? (TRICKY)

Hi,
my Xperia Z got damaged and I need to ship it back for service repair. But I already rooted it so I can't apply my guarantee atm. So my question is how to roll it back to the original state that nobody can find out? The problem I am having is that half of my display got cracked (itself - seriously!) and is not responding to any touches (just right half). So after I turn on my phone I am obviously stucked on my own maze lock unable to unlock it. Also I am not able to log in via my google account to prevent the maze lock (can type but the crack is near the button Send so I am not able to send my credentials). Rotating the display doesn't help either. Luckily, I installed CWM recovery which uses only hardware buttons so I should be able to use WIPE DATA/FACTORY RESET option which will wipe the maze lock so I should be able to connect it via Sony Companion. But then I am not sure if I would be able to roll it back to the original state after. I don't know what would WIPE DATA/FACTORY RESET do to root and CWM. Is Sony Companion able to repair/restore my phone to the very original state? Would CWM still be installed on the phone? Would I have a root?
Here is a list of things I did with my Xperia so far after rooting:
- Uninstalled Sony Movies app by Titanium Backup (I didn't backup my phone before - stupid).
- Upgraded to SuperSU Pro (don't think it matters)
- Installed CWM
- Flashed [SOUNDMOD]PureXAudio (I am still able to revert this via CWM and and the stock audio flash)
So I am looking for a best way to restore my phone to the original state before I will send it to the service. My phone is from Japan if it matters to kernel or firmware. If you would suggest me to use some kernel/firmware could you provide me a link please?
Thanks in advance!!!

Not tricky at all
Rooting does not invalidate your warranty. But if you are outside of Japan, and your phone is japanese, you won't be covered by warranty anyway.
If you still wanna get the phone back to original, just flash with Sony Update Service. If SUS detects modified software and refuses to flash, which it probably will, you always could flash with flashtool.
Flashing will bypass the pattern unlock and rewrite everything back to stock.
If there is important info you might wanna save before flashing, connect a mouse to the Xperia Z and use it to unlock the pattern.

Rooting does not invalidate your warranty.
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Are you sure about this statement? I've always read it MIGHT affect a warranty.
But if you are outside of Japan, and your phone is japanese, you won't be covered by warranty anyway.
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Why? My phone was ordered from Japan, came from Hong Kong, was delivered to UK by my gf and will go back the same way...
If you still wanna get the phone back to original, just flash with Sony Update Service. If SUS detects modified software and refuses to flash, which it probably will, you always could flash with flashtool.
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How can I flash via flashtool? Where can I get kernel/firmware?
If there is important info you might wanna save before flashing, connect a mouse to the Xperia Z and use it to unlock the pattern.
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I do not posses a mouse with micro USB

Are you sure about this statement? I've always read it MIGHT affect a warranty.
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Yes. Taken many rooted Xperia devices to service.
Why? My phone was ordered from Japan, came from Hong Kong, was delivered to UK by my gf and will go back the same way...
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OK, I thought you were taking your phone to a local Sony Service. Warranty is only valid on the country the phone was bought.
How can I flash via flashtool? Where can I get kernel/firmware?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2275632
I do not posses a mouse with micro USB
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USB OTG cable comes in handy.

If warranty is denied, claiming user neglect, then root doesn't matter - you will have to pay. If they believe screen cracked by itself and honor warranty, then root also doesn't matter as rooting won't crack the screen
Sent from my C6603 using xda app-developers app

mrzzzak said:
Hi,
my Xperia Z got damaged and I need to ship it back for service repair. But I already rooted it so I can't apply my guarantee atm. So my question is how to roll it back to the original state that nobody can find out? The problem I am having is that half of my display got cracked (itself - seriously!) and is not responding to any touches (just right half). So after I turn on my phone I am obviously stucked on my own maze lock unable to unlock it. Also I am not able to log in via my google account to prevent the maze lock (can type but the crack is near the button Send so I am not able to send my credentials). Rotating the display doesn't help either. Luckily, I installed CWM recovery which uses only hardware buttons so I should be able to use WIPE DATA/FACTORY RESET option which will wipe the maze lock so I should be able to connect it via Sony Companion. But then I am not sure if I would be able to roll it back to the original state after. I don't know what would WIPE DATA/FACTORY RESET do to root and CWM. Is Sony Companion able to repair/restore my phone to the very original state? Would CWM still be installed on the phone? Would I have a root?
Here is a list of things I did with my Xperia so far after rooting:
- Uninstalled Sony Movies app by Titanium Backup (I didn't backup my phone before - stupid).
- Upgraded to SuperSU Pro (don't think it matters)
- Installed CWM
- Flashed [SOUNDMOD]PureXAudio (I am still able to revert this via CWM and and the stock audio flash)
So I am looking for a best way to restore my phone to the original state before I will send it to the service. My phone is from Japan if it matters to kernel or firmware. If you would suggest me to use some kernel/firmware could you provide me a link please?
Thanks in advance!!!
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just flash the orginal firmware via flashtool
rooting your phone does not void your warranty .. unlocking the bootloader do

[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

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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?

[Q] What's wrong with my camera, HELP please

Hi
I am running stock 14.5.A.0.270, rooted and bootloader unlocked. Sony Xperia Z1
My camera app opens up, the camera button on the side of the phone even works. You push the capture area and front camera freezes and normal camera just shows me two buttons and won't do anything.
Please help I do not know what to do. There were a few other threads with a similar problem but I haven't found the resolution yet. Is it because bootloader is unlocked, I have read that I should restore the ta partition and relock my bootloader but I thought I will try here first.
I thought it would be fun rooting and flashing phones but so far just a big timewasting headache. I was on CM12.1 before , nightlies they were good but then it wouldn't recognise my sim card.
RR I tried but I got stuck on the bootloop.
Now I am back on a stock and my camera doesn't work
Help me please, I want to learn more
Many thanks for your time

Nooberoid said:
Hi
I am running stock 14.5.A.0.270, rooted and bootloader unlocked. Sony Xperia Z1
My camera app opens up, the camera button on the side of the phone even works. You push the capture area and front camera freezes and normal camera just shows me two buttons and won't do anything.
Please help I do not know what to do. There were a few other threads with a similar problem but I haven't found the resolution yet. Is it because bootloader is unlocked, I have read that I should restore the ta partition and relock my bootloader but I thought I will try here first.
I thought it would be fun rooting and flashing phones but so far just a big timewasting headache. I was on CM12.1 before , nightlies they were good but then it wouldn't recognise my sim card.
RR I tried but I got stuck on the bootloop.
Now I am back on a stock and my camera doesn't work
Help me please, I want to learn more
Many thanks for your time
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Sorry I'm a bit late it seems but i had the exact same problem, camera wont focus and take pictures, video did still work depending on firmware but unfocused. Chances are your asking here because you lost your TA partition and DRM keys, which is most likely the cause
Solution:
make sure your phones bootloader is UNLOCKED
1. Grab flashtool
2. open Xperifirm via flashtool
3. look for 14.3.A.0.757 firmware (for journalists and media) (MUST be downloaded via xperifirm)
3. Download and unpack automatically, let flashtool do its thing til its ready
4. Relock your bootloader, DO NOT start your phone or touch your phone, keep it in flashmode
5. flash the firmware you just downloaded (14.3.A.0.757)
6. start your phone, camera SHOULD be working
7. Unlock bootloader and Flash any .ftf you like, tick EXCLUDE in the box that says .TA when you flash / if its available
8. Enjoy

Is this weird or normal?

I searched high and low for solution of my problem but i couldnt find the right solution to my problem that's why I'm starting this thread.
Phone- Xperia Sp C5302
Stock Kernel
Rooted
Philz Touch recovery installed
Nandroid backup made using TWRP
Tried to unlock bootloader- Problem starts from here........
Initially phone rebooted normally but couldn't detect sim and signal.
Then phone started rebooting after few minutes . Stay on for a while then reboot again till battery died.
Now battery not charging, phone showing no life, no led, no vol up+power, vol- power , vol up+vol down+power work
Tried everything I know plz help and plz explain slowly and calmly.
THANKS IN ADVANCE.
EDIT:
Used wall charger 2amp for charging left overnight no red led or anything as described in other posts
Connected to laptop left for about 4 hours no nothing.
Tried to connect in fast boot not detected.
Any more ideas guys at least give some pointer for what to do or is my Sp is actually dead ? And I can't restore my backup? Plz guys help
EDIT: Pressed the small button at the back and the phone came back to life YESSSSS........

Now the phone isn't showing imei no. or sim or network. But when restarted it imei and network came back magically. So I thought the problem is solved to confirm it I switched phone off again then switched on then imei and network gone again and also baseband isn't showing too (I'm sorry if it is the same thing I'm a newb to this stuff)
Then again I restarted the phone number it came again. I don't know what to do in this situation. I just wanted to unlock bootloader and install xenon hd rom in my Xperia Sp.

Zeemanv2 said:
Now the phone isn't showing imei no. or sim or network. But when restarted it imei and network came back magically. So I thought the problem is solved to confirm it I switched phone off again then switched on then imei and network gone again and also baseband isn't showing too (I'm sorry if it is the same thing I'm a newb to this stuff)
Then again I restarted the phone number it came again. I don't know what to do in this situation. I just wanted to unlock bootloader and install xenon hd rom in my Xperia Sp.
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Try flashing stock ftf with Flashtool.
If the problem gets solved, then start with the new ROM.

Zeemanv2 said:
Now the phone isn't showing imei no. or sim or network. But when restarted it imei and network came back magically. So I thought the problem is solved to confirm it I switched phone off again then switched on then imei and network gone again and also baseband isn't showing too (I'm sorry if it is the same thing I'm a newb to this stuff)
Then again I restarted the phone number it came again. I don't know what to do in this situation. I just wanted to unlock bootloader and install xenon hd rom in my Xperia Sp.
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Use the method answered by the previous post. But I will add into that
You can use the flashtool to flashing everything stock but please dont flash System and Kernel. If you flashed a custom recovery and want it to stay untick Fotakernel as well.
This should fix your problem without having to deal with the stock ROM.
But if problem persists then I would suggest a complete stock ROM flash.
Huge chance that the process of unlocking your bootloader is faulty. Are you sure that it went without errors? Anyway you might also wanto to try to relock and then unlock the bootloader again

@Zenith I left the phone idle for sometime now it's OK ish . I've made a nandroid backup but can u tell me plz which folder contains imei and other important stuff so I can make a backup of it too.
BTW I think my bootloader is not correctly unlocked coz pc companion is detecting my phone bravia engine is there gracenote is working. But in service menu under configuration I found: Bootloader unlocked: Yes.
Previously it was Bootloader unlock: Yes. So is it unlocked or not if not then how to unlock?
I've followed sony's official unlocking method.

Zeemanv2 said:
@Zenith I left the phone idle for sometime now it's OK ish . I've made a nandroid backup but can u tell me plz which folder contains imei and other important stuff so I can make a backup of it too.
BTW I think my bootloader is not correctly unlocked coz pc companion is detecting my phone bravia engine is there gracenote is working. But in service menu under configuration I found: Bootloader unlocked: Yes.
Previously it was Bootloader unlock: Yes. So is it unlocked or not if not then how to unlock?
I've followed sony's official unlocking method.
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You don't need to backup imei. It will stay the same no matter what ROM you use.
and You can use Titanium Backup to backup all your important apps and data. But do not backup/restore system apps.
and in the service menu;
"Bootloader Unlock allowed - Yes" means that your Bootloader is Locked, and you can unlock it.
"Bootloader Unlocked - Yes" means that your Bootloader is unlocked.
Bravia engine shouldn't work if your BL is unlocked, so something must have gone wrong in the process.
Follow what's said in post #4.

@Zenith Thank you for your wonderful suggestion i will do as u say. bt one big noob ques- Do i have to dload a ftf file to flash to stock cant i use my backup or someyhing from it to restore?
@TechnoSparks yeah i think you are right about my bootloader bt isnt there something to check if BL is unlocked correctly. Btw when i requested to unlock BL in fastboot nothing really happened apart from
<Bootloader > Unlock phone requested
OKAY [15.725s]
finished. total time: 15.725
Then restared approx every 10 min or so till battry went flat and phone being dead untill i reseted it via pin

Zeemanv2 said:
@Zenith Thank you for your wonderful suggestion i will do as u say. bt one big noob ques- Do i have to dload a ftf file to flash to stock cant i use my backup or someyhing from it to restore?
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Yes, you have to download the ftf file.
Use this one.
and don't use the latest version of Flashtool, use the "0.9.18.5" version.

@Zenith Thanks bro bt my model is C5302 will it be compatible?
And i just dloded 0.9.18.6 version. its not latest 0.9.19.0 ver is latest.
So do i have to dload again? (connection limited bandwith n slow speed)

@Zenith Sorry bro for bugging you again n again bt u r the only person who showed some intrest in this post and helping me.
Btw ive founded this"https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-mh6JO-ztBfaGZ6UE1QanFzRTg/edit?usp=sharing" C5302 Indian generic 12.1.A.1.201 [FTF] Is it better?

Zeemanv2 said:
@Zenith Thanks bro bt my model is C5302 will it be compatible?
And i just dloded 0.9.18.6 version. its not latest 0.9.19.0 ver is latest.
So do i have to dload again? (connection limited bandwith n slow speed)
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You should flash ftf specified for C5302 then.
Download the C5302 variant that you prefer from here.
And try flashing with the Flashtool you have. If it doesn't work properly, then uninstall it, and install the 0.9.18.5 version.
Some members including me faced some problems on the next 2 versions of flashtool. So yeah..
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Zeemanv2 said:
@Zenith Sorry bro for bugging you again n again bt u r the only person who showed some intrest in this post and helping me.
Btw ive founded this"https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-mh6JO-ztBfaGZ6UE1QanFzRTg/edit?usp=sharing" C5302 Indian generic 12.1.A.1.201 [FTF] Is it better?
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It's okay
And as I have a different model, I can't actually assure you that it works or not.
So try and see what happens.

Thanks bro will surely let u know.

Zeemanv2 said:
@Zenith Sorry bro for bugging you again n again bt u r the only person who showed some intrest in this post and helping me.
Btw ive founded this"https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-mh6JO-ztBfaGZ6UE1QanFzRTg/edit?usp=sharing" C5302 Indian generic 12.1.A.1.201 [FTF] Is it better?
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Even you can flash C5303 ftf on C5302. I personally use Singapore variant .207. It has got least bugs and it is fast and much bloatware free.
P.S. Dont flash .201 it has got a lot of bugs.