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XPERIA X8 USER GUIDE Hacking-Customization-Optimization-Service

Every possible optimization is covered

-Rooting

-Custom Roms

-Custom Kernels

-Backup & Restore

-Revive options

-Customization

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12/10/2012 17:39

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Contents

-Introduction (page 2)

-Rooting (page 3)

-Recovery (page 5)

-Backup & Restore (page 7)

-Custom Roms (page 8)

-JimdemDroid Tweak Package (page 10)

-Bootloader Unlocking (page 11)

-Custom Kernel installation (page 13)

-Recovery techniques (page 14)

-Credits (page 15)

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Introduction

This guide was created for making users able, so they can modify their phone and install their favorite contents

and mods on their phones. There are included many tutorials and guides that were created by me or by other

users on the internet. After reading the guides and become familiar with what they say, you can then do the

following:

-Rooting

-Custom rom installing

-Backup & Restore

-Custom kernel installing

-Problem resolving

-Changing themes and fonts

-Improve speed and stability

-Install custom applications

-Modify system files

-Make able some apps to run correct

-Custom recovery installation

Before you begin, download this file which is needed for the next steps, go to Options->Applications-

>Developing and choose usb debugging. Also, install all the necessary drivers along with pc suite. There are

some drivers for the x8toolbox that require the following installation procedure: Turn off your phone, connect

it to your pc while holding the “back” button and wait for the installation to finish. After that, you are ready

to continue.

Moreover, ensure that you run the latest firmware version, using pc companion or update service that you have

on your computer. It is necessary that you have the latest baseband that ends with 015. (You will find it at

Options->About phone->Baseband version.) If you don’t perform the above then you will probably have

problems executing the commands shown at the next pages.

Continuing reading the pages and executing the guides, means that you agree with the below terms:

I have no responsibility for any damage that may appear on the phone, even total destruction. The steps are

checked by me and hundreds of users globally. If you follow exactly the steps, you have nothing to worry about.

Nothing is irreversible. If you don’t agree with the above terms, close the guide.

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Rooting

With root permissions we can execute apps that require administrator privileges and modify various system

aspects. Also, it is the first step that is required before we proceed.

Pros:

-Access to various aspects of the system, custom app installing

Cons:

-If you don’t take care and install malicious apps, they may harm you

Difficulty: *

To begin the process, first, connect the phone to the computer and execute the «x8toolbox» which is inside the

zip file that you have downloaded at page 2.

When it loads, choose 1 (Root) and press Enter.

Then choose 1 if you have android 1.6 or 2 if you have android 2.1. Finally, press enter to begin the process.

When it finishes, close the program and restart the phone if it is not restarted by itself. After restarting, check if

the application “Superuser” exists in the application drawer. If it is, then everything is ok. If it is not, then, re-run

the process.

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If for some reason you want to unroot your phone, press 3 “Unroot” and wait for the process to complete.

After rooting, it is recommended that you install Busybox to avoid incompatibilities that may occur with some

applications that require root permissions. Just search for “busybox” on Market, install busybox installer and it

will download the latest busybox.

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Recovery

Recovery is a very important tool that offers you many vital operations such as installing packages, creating

backups, performing system restore and much more that you will find about them at the next pages.

Pros:

-Backup creation, restoring backup, installing custom packages, custom roms, debugging and more.

Cons:

-Installing problematic packages may lead to unusable phone (brick)

Difficulty: *

To begin, connect the phone to computer and run the “x8toolbox” which is inside the zip file you have

downloaded from page 2.

When it loads, we choose 2 (Recovery). Then we choose one of the following. 1 (Freexperia recovery) mostly for

older roms, 2 (Clockwork Mod recovery) almost every new rom needs it, 3 (Dual mode recovery) it includes both

Freexperia and CWM recovery. After you make your choice (I recommend dual mode recovery) press Enter.

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To boot into recovery mode, power off the phone, power it on and when the “Sony Ericsson” logo appears,

press the “back” button many times to boot into Freexperia Recovery, or press the screen many times to boot

into Clockworkmod Recovery. When you are in recovery mode, to move up, press the increase volume button,

to move down, press the decrease volume button, to make a choice, press the center button (Home) and to

move back, press the “Back” button.

(FreeXperia Recovery) (ClockworkMod Recovery)

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Backup & Restore

Taking backups and restoring a previous backup is a very handy operation. You can take a full backup before

testing a mod or package, and if something goes wrong and the phone is bricked, you can restore your phone

programs, settings and data so it will be repaired and fully operational.

Pros:

-Really handy operation, easy to execute

Cons:

-If you’ve partitioned the SD Card, you have to delete the partitions and leave only one primary to prevent

problems

Difficulty: *

Boot into recovery mode with the way you were taught at page 4. Then, select Backup & Restore.

-Backup:

Choose backup, then press “Yes” and wait for the operation to be completed. That’s it!

-Restore:

Choose restore, then choose the backup that you want to restore and, finally, press “Yes”. Wait for the process

to be completed. All of your data will be overwritten by the data that is present inside the backup.

-Advanced Restore

Choose advanced restore and then select what you want to restore. You are able to e.g. select restore /data to

restore all your personal settings, apps and data without altering any system files. (Useful when changing rom)

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Custom Roms

Sony-Ericsson restrained our phone to run Android 2.1. This version is very old and despite the fact that many

incompatibility issues appear with applications, it is also very slow. Installing a newer version will make you see

that you can enjoy more services.

Pros:

-New functions, improved speed, better compatibility, dualtouch

Cons:

-Optical changes, rare stability problems

Difficulty: **

First, go here, and choose the rom you like. Many roms have installation instructions, but here we will see the

general installation process.

CM6= Cyanogen Mod 6 = Android 2.2.x

CM7= Cyanogen Mod 7 = Android 2.3.x

After downloading the rom you wish to install, move the file to the sd card (better to the root directory for easy

access) and boot into recovery mode. Then take a backup first and then do a factory reset (if you don’t backup,

you will lose all of your data). Next, choose install zip from sd card and select the zip you have downloaded.

Press “Yes” and wait for the process to complete. When it is completed, press “reboot now” to restart your

phone.

If you didn’t have many data or if it is easy to start from scratch, better don’t restore and start your phone as if it

was new. If you want your data, choose advanced restore and select /data. Bear in mind that if you upgrade

from an older master android version (e.g. Android 2.1 to 2.3), some incompatibility problems may appear with

your data. If you just upgrade to a minor version (e.g. 2.3 to another 2.3) you can restore your data without

negative effects.

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It should be better to remove your sim card during the first boot after upgrade, because the phone will try to

connect to the internet and it may charge you. So, when the phone boots, go to Settings->Wireless & networks-

>Mobile networks->Mobile data (off).

After the first boot, you should charge your phone to 100% (Until it says “Charged” at the lockscreen). Then,

immediately boot into recovery mode and choose Advanced->Wipe Battery Stats. Reboot and you are ready.

Every time you notice a great battery loss or you change a rom, it is good to Wipe Battery Stats with the above

way.

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JimdemDroid Tweak Package

Reaching this part, you’ve rooted your phone, installed recovery and installed a custom rom. What if you want

to go further and improve various aspects of your rom? With a simple package that I’ve created, you can have

speed improvements, improved appearance, bigger standby time and much more.

Pros:

-Fast response, bigger standby time, optical appearance Xperia 2011 Series type and more.

Cons:

-Different appearance from stock roms

Difficulty: *

To ease you, just go here and follow the instructions that you will find on the page.

If you are happy with your phone’s appearance, install the Lite version of the tweak so you will have all the

system improvements, without changing the rom’s appearance.

It is an easy way to improve all the aspects of the phone and won’t cause any damage because it is tested

personally by me. If you want to go further you may unlock bootloader and install a custom kernel. These

operations are explained at the next pages.

There is a case that you may regret installing the tweak for some reason. To make the things easy and not

having to install everything from scratch, take a full backup before installing the tweak and, if for some reason,

you regret installing the tweak, just restore the backup and everything will be as it was before!

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Bootloader Unlocking

DANGEROUS PROCESS. YOUR PHONE MAY BE BRICKED IF SOMETHING

GOES WRONG. PROCEED WITH YOUR OWN RESPONSIBILITY

If you’ve completed all the previous steps of the guide and you still aren’t pleased with your phone, then you

may unlock the bootloader. Unlocked bootloader makes possible installing a custom kernel.

Pros: Even more customization of the device

Cons: Dangerous process, may not work with all X8 models

Difficulty: ***

First of all, download the Flashtool v0.2.9.1 and install it. Then, open the folder “flashtool” and open the folder

“drivers”. Open the “ggsetup-2.2.0.10.exe” and install Gordon’s Gate. Finally, reboot the computer.

After that, download the Sony Ericsson PC Companion (if you don’t have it) and install it the RAR file that

contains the S1tool, and the files for unlocking, and unrar it.

Turn off your phone, run “S1tool.exe” and press “IDENTIFY”.

Boot your phone in flash mode (While connecting the phone to the computer, press and hold the “back” button.

When the green led turns on, without the screen turning on, we are in flash mode). Then wait for the following

text to appear:

Welcome to S1 tool.

TO CONNECT NEXT PHONES

X10 Xperia,E10 Xperia Mini,E15 Xperia X8,U20 Xperia Mini Pro

LT15 Xperia ARC,MT15 Xperia NEO,R800 Xperia PLAY

PRESS AND HOLD "BACK" BUTTON...

PLEASE ATTACH TURNED OFF PHONE NOW

RUNNING S1_EROM VER "R8A029"

SOFTWARE AID: 0001

LOADER AID: 0001

FLASH ID: "0020/00BC"

LOADER VERSION: "R4A045"

MODEL (from GDFS): X8

SOFTWARE VERSION: 1236-9291_2.1.1.A.0.6

CUSTOM VERSION: 1240-6018_R2B

FILESYSTEM VERSION: WORLD-1-8_2.0.1.A.0.47

SERIAL NO: CB511NA10Q

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SEMC SIMLOCK CERTIFICATE

Elapsed:24 secs.

After that, disconnect the phone, open it, activate USB Debugging and re-connect it to the pc.

Then, run the “msm7227_semc.cmd” and press a key to start the process (it is inside the folder with the crack

files).

Wait until the following text shows up:

process requires standard 2.x android firmware.

Πιέστε ένα πλήκτρο για συνέχεια. . .

Getting ROOT rights.

* daemon not running. starting it now *

* daemon started successfully *

1232 KB/s (585731 bytes in 0.464s)

property service neutered.

killing adbd. (should restart in a second or two)

Waiting ...

Removing NAND MPU restrictions via SEMC backdoor. Permanent. Require ROOT rights

.

376 KB/s (3087 bytes in 0.008s)

success

Waiting ...

Getting ROOT rights.

error: protocol fault (no status)

Waiting ...

Writing patched semcboot. Two step process

First, we need get access to semcboot area

1125 KB/s (8064 bytes in 0.007s)

Second, we need to write semcboot ;)

2166 KB/s (596916 bytes in 0.269s)

successfully wrote 0003ff00

Πιέστε ένα πλήκτρο για συνέχεια. . .

Finally, disconnect the phone and you have, at last, unlocked Bootloader!

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Custom Kernel installation

DANGEROUS PROCESS. YOUR PHONE MAY BE BRICKED IF SOMETHING

GOES WRONG. PROCEED WITH YOUR OWN RESPONSIBILITY

After completing the previous step which is bootloader unlocking, you may install any kernel you like. So, when

you find the best kernel for you, you can achieve better performance, less battery consumption, better stability

and more.

Pros: Very big freedom for modding the deviceΜεγάλη ελευθερία επιλογών παραμετροποίησης κινητού

Cons: May cause instabilities, dangerous as it may brick your phone

Difficulty: ***

First of all, download from here the kernel you like.

After that, power off the phone and run the FlashTool that you’ve downloaded from the previous step. Select

Flash and choose the kernel file you’ve just downloaded.

Then, connect the phone, while pressing the back button and wait for the process to complete.

Finally, disconnect the phone because you now have the custom kernel installed!

In case you want to re-flash the stock kernel, you may download it from here.

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Recovery techniques

After many modding attempts and settings, there may come the sad moment when something will pass you by

and your phone will become not operational. In this section, there are presented various techniques for the

recovery of your phone with the form diagnose-repair.

“My phone stucks at bootanimation when I boot it and won’t move forward”

One of the most common problems.

Causes: Not have performed factory reset after installing newer or older rom than the current, installation of

problematic tuning package.

Solution: Take battery off, put it again and boot into recovery mode. Look here about how to make factory reset

(you will lose your data. SD card data won’t be affected.) or here about how to restore a backup you’ve taken

earlier.

“My phone stucks at “Sony Ericsson” logo, and it won’t enter recovery mode”

Things are starting to get serious. Unfortunately, you will lose all your data (if you don’t have a recent backup).

Your SD card contents won’t be erased.

Causes: Busybox altering, problematic installation of critical packages

Solution: Open Sony Ericsson Update Service (SEUS) (you will find it here), and follow the on-screen instructions.

When it is connected, press install. It will install the official 2.1 version which means that you must do root,

recovery, roms, tweaks etc. from the beginning.

“My phone is not responding. It won’t open and none of the above methods works”

Things are very bad. Your phone is completely bricked.

Causes: Bad installation of custom kernel, bad bootloader unlocking.

Solution: Unfortunately there is nothing that a home user can do. There are some methods to recover it but

they require some expensive hardware. Contact your reseller or Sony Ericsson to send it for service

(motherboard replace).

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Credits

Information sources: http://www.myphone.gr

http://www.xda-developers.com

http://www.sony-ericsson.com

Special thanks: -iliadelo (MyPhone.gr)

-puppet13th (Xda-developers.com | X8 toolbox)

Thank you for supporting me.

-Jimdem

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