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Disclaimer: I shall not be held responsible if you attempt to do this on your phone and it doesn’t work or because of this, you brick your phone. For example, do not under any circumstances attempt this on any HTC phone as remote use of fastboot and adb shell aren't aloud due to security restrictions. This includes any HTC phone such as the Google Nexus 1, T-Mobile G2 etc. Get sighted assistance and use ROM Manager and clockworkmod on the phone instead. All of the methods used on this web page have been tried and tested on the Sony Xperia phones and do work. You should always strictly follow the recommendations as laid out for your phone on the Cyanogen ROM Mod page for your phone and only install recommended boot images etc. I can’t say what kind of results you may experience on other phones. Note: if you don't want to get into any of this because it's a bit too technical then, feel free to drop me an E-mail. I can do all of this for you, for a very reasonable fee. My contact details are on this page. please feel free to read the information on our: Page. Thanks to Andreas Makris (Bin4ry) from the freexperia team for helping us troubleshoot this and for help with creating the script for the Talkback.zip. Also, thanks to Tuukka Ojala for pointing me to a tutorial on: That enabled me to obtain various files used for signing the Talkback.zip files on this page Installing softwareNote: if you currently have access to your phone then, enable USB Debugging and plug-in the USB cable and copy the FXP.zip for your particular ROM, Gapps.zip, Spiel.zip and Talkback.zip files to the memory card on your phone. You will find links to download the Gapps.zip and .zips for the Spiel and Talkback screen readers on this page. Tip: after copying the FXP.zip for your ROM to the SD Card, rename it to: Update.zip Now, Install the following software before doing anything else: 1: Flashtool after you've installed that run the drivers executable file: Flashtool-drivers.exe If you have installed Flashtool on the root of your C drive then, you will find this file located in: C:\Flashtool\drivers\ Check all of the drivers required for your particular Xperia phone or check all if you are unsure what to install. 2: The INF file from Follow the instructions on Sony's website with regard to how to install the inf file. This file is required as it contains some aditional lines of code for Xperia phones. 3: And Java JRE from Page. Note: Choose the offline installer. ROM And Software1: The appropriate FXP Rom from XDA developers. In this example, we will post the link to the Xperia Pro ROM info for Cyanogen ROM Mod 9 for Ice-Cream Sandwich::
For your convenience, I have posted the list of supported ROMS below. For example, the ROM for the Pro is called: iyokan List of Supported Xperia Devices And ROM Names
2: Up to date baseband for Cyanogen ROM Mod 9 Ice-Cream Sandwich for Sony Xperia phones:
3: GAPPS Google Aps for Ice-Cream Sandwich, Jellybean 2.1 and Jellybean 2.2: Note: once you click on the link to this folder, choose the GAPPS file that you require. 4: Spiel screen reader. Spiel(1.38MB) 5:Talkback. There are 3 versions of Talkback available on this website. If you want to be able to use the set-up screen under Ice-Cream Sandwich and as part of that, process, add your Google account without Talkback crashing out then download the Talkback3.02.zip file. If you are happy to complete the set-up screen and add your Google account afterwords then, download the Talkback-v3.0.8_r47.zip file. If you are a Jelly Bean user and you want to install Talkback into a ROM that doesn't have it then, downloadn and install the Talkback-v3.0.8_R68.zip file. Note: if you choose to install both Spiel and Talkback then when you draw the rectangle, they will both come up talking.Links for Talkback are below:
6: Optional, download the
Unpack the Update.zip and place all of the apk files that you want to include in the: Update/system/app Folder. Tip: If you are going to build your own Gapps file anyway then, there's no point using the Spiel or, Talkback.zips on this website. Instead, simply copy the Spiel or Talkback.apk files to the:
Folders and create a .zip. Name the .zip: Update.zip and place that in the same folder as the: testsign.jar File that you will have downloaded from: Then, open a command prompt in the folder where you have placed the: Update.zip and the .jar and sign the Update.zip with the following command: java -classpath testsign.jar testsign update.zip update-signed.zip Rename the Update.zip file to something else like YourGapps.zip and Place the .zip on to the SD Card of your phone. 7: Optional, Update a gapps.zip Unpack the Gapps.zip that you have downloaded from else where and place all of the apk files that you want to include in the: Gapps/system/app Folder. Tip: If you are going to build your own Gapps file anyway then, there's no point using the Spiel or, Talkback.zips on this website. Instead, simply copy the Spiel or Talkback.apk files to the:
Folder:and delete the following files:
Update.zip and place that in the same folder as the: testsign.jar File that you will have downloaded from: Then, open a command prompt in the folder where you have placed the: Update.zip and the .jar and sign the Update.zip with the following command: java -classpath testsign.jar testsign update.zip update-signed.zip Rename the Update.zip file to something else like gapps-jb-20130301-signed-modified and Place the .zip on to the SD Card of your phone. Unlocking the boot loader1: In order to do this, you need to get the unlock code from Note: you will require your IMEI number. You will find the IMEI number on a sticker on the phones packaging. Tip: if you haven't unlocked your phone and you have a working OS then, you will also find the IMEI number in the about option. Just use the first 14 digits of the imei in the input box in the form on Sony's website. Remove any dashes in the number as they are not required. Also remove the last number because it's not relevant. 2: Plug one end of the phones USB cable into your PC. Now, with the phone turnned off, push the menu button (xperia pro) and connect it whilst holding the button down to the other end of the USB cable. the menu button is the right button on the screen where the 3 buttons are. It's the volume up key on the xperia mini pro .
3: Your computer will ask for drivers. select the folder where the inf file is located. also the usb_driver folder in the android sdk/extras/google folder. Select the android adb interface 4.0.0 driver when you are prompted for it. 4: go to the command line and go to the android sdk folder and go into the platform-tools folder. 5: test the connection to the phone with the following command: fastboot.exe -i 0x0fce getvar version You should see something like version 0.3 etc. 6: Unlock the bootloader with that command, replace KEY with the key you received from sony: fastboot.exe -i 0x0fce oem unlock 0xKEY it should print something like this: (bootloader) Unlock phone requested
Updating The baseband1: place the .ftf file that you wish to flash into the \Flashtool\firmwares Directory. 2> Disconnect the phone from the pc and remove the battery. wait a minute or so.
Windows 32 bit c:\program files\java\bin\jre\java.exe java -Xms128m -Xmx512m -cp x10flasher.jar gui.FlasherGUI -console --action=flash --file=yourfile.ftf Windows 64 bit: c:\program files (X86)\java\bin\jre\java.exe java -Xms128m -Xmx512m -cp x10flasher.jar gui.FlasherGUI -console --action=flash --file=yourfile.ftf Note: the above-mentioned code should be in one line.that should show you a display in percentages as it goes through and when its finished, you will see something like the following output: 07/056/2012 13:56:17 - INFO - <- This level is successfully initialized
Now, disconnect the phone and remove the battery. Wait for around 20 seconds then, put the battery back into the phone. Using the Flashtool Java Thing Doesn't WorkO dear. That doesn't work. Flashtool has bombed out on me. I was afraid you were going to say that! You have a couple of options. If you are a Jaws user then, this is really easy. Download the: HotSpotClicker Sets For Flashtool [15KB)Note when using these, you will need to use HotSpotClicker available over on: The HotSpotClicker WebsiteAlternatively, use the method below:
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