Just installed the new ROM, but nowhere is any information what changed. Can anyone say what the major and important updates are? Thanks.
do you asked sonyericsson support?
[email protected] said:
Just installed the new ROM, but nowhere is any information what changed. Can anyone say what the major and important updates are? Thanks.
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Which new rom replaced which old rom? Most chefs here make a list of programs and tweaks they added/changed/removed (for as far as they still remember, sometimes the list is too long to remember); if you're talking about the official update from R1A*** to R2A*** you could ask SonyEricsson but I doubt that they will tell you much other than: "stability updates" or something like that.
Thnaks for your input. We asked SE but did not get a useful answer. My Xperia is now on R2A but I see not differences in functionality. Is it than worth to go trough with it?
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Hi,
I would like to upgrade the rom on my Qtek 9100 as getting a hermes seems like a waste of time(not enough new developments) Can anyone reccommend a good rom and provide a link to it? - I cant find farias rom anywhere. I have the earliest revision of radio and os rom avail as I got my 9100 last December.
Please help as I think upgrading ROM would be much preferable to upgrading phone.
P.s do the new roms fix the screen calibration and alarm wakeup problems
Many Thanks,
Darko2006
darko2006 said:
Hi,
I would like to upgrade the rom on my Qtek 9100 as getting a hermes seems like a waste of time(not enough new developments) Can anyone reccommend a good rom and provide a link to it? - I cant find farias rom anywhere. I have the earliest revision of radio and os rom avail as I got my 9100 last December.
Please help as I think upgrading ROM would be much preferable to upgrading phone.
P.s do the new roms fix the screen calibration and alarm wakeup problems
Many Thanks,
Darko2006
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It is highly unlikely that you will find Farias ROM as he has removed it from the general population. You need to read for about a week or two and after that you may be ready to upgrade your phone. I don't know if the new ROMs fix the problems you are talking about because I never had those problems to begin with.
Good Luck,
Kirby
rkwhyte2 said:
It is highly unlikely that you will find Farias ROM as he has removed it from the general population. You need to read for about a week or two and after that you may be ready to upgrade your phone. I don't know if the new ROMs fix the problems you are talking about because I never had those problems to begin with.
Good Luck,
Kirby
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Do you have the info on what was in Farias ROM?
I don't want the ROM, but I'd like to see what he was doing. It's a shame that someone had to be an arse and ruin for other people, but then again, it's as a shame that people let people get to them over the interweb.
juanschwartz said:
Do you have the info on what was in Farias ROM?
I don't want the ROM, but I'd like to see what he was doing. It's a shame that someone had to be an arse and ruin for other people, but then again, it's as a shame that people let people get to them over the interweb.
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The best way to find out what his ROM had in it is to go to the first post in his thread and find the link that will show you his first post in the very first thread about this whole thing. He talks in detail about what the ROM contains.
Kirby
rkwhyte2 said:
The best way to find out what his ROM had in it is to go to the first post in his thread and find the link that will show you his first post in the very first thread about this whole thing. He talks in detail about what the ROM contains.
Kirby
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I went there and got 404...
darko2006 said:
P.s do the new roms fix the screen calibration and alarm wakeup problems
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It seems screen calibration is a hardware problem...
I had got this, was forced to visit service center (to replace the whole display). New screen is fine
Vladimyr said:
It seems screen calibration is a hardware problem...
I had got this, was forced to visit service center (to replace the whole display). New screen is fine
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crap, looks like getting a hemes would be the way to go then.
Is it much better than the wizard? - the only thing I can see different is 3G which I dont really need anyway(I dont watch corporate media or TV)
rkwhyte2 said:
It is highly unlikely that you will find Farias ROM as he has removed it from the general population. You need to read for about a week or two and after that you may be ready to upgrade your phone. I don't know if the new ROMs fix the problems you are talking about because I never had those problems to begin with.
Good Luck,
Kirby
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Cheers, I have the knowledge to update my rom now, I just need to know a suitiable one with the minimum of hassle and problems with good apps already installed e.t.c. the rom I have now is fully unlocked and ext rom visibe e.t.c. but it is version 1.1.7.5 I hear there is a great speed dufference in the later revisions - is this correct?
darko2006 said:
Cheers, I have the knowledge to update my rom now, I just need to know a suitiable one with the minimum of hassle and problems with good apps already installed e.t.c. the rom I have now is fully unlocked and ext rom visibe e.t.c. but it is version 1.1.7.5 I hear there is a great speed dufference in the later revisions - is this correct?
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You might want to take a look at what Molski has to offer. He has a fairly clean ROM that is quite stable.
Kirby
juanschwartz said:
I went there and got 404...
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I forgot about that try it using IE.
Kirby
rkwhyte2 said:
I forgot about that try it using IE.
Kirby
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The original thread was removed after being trashed by an idiot..
kyphur said:
The original thread was removed after being trashed by an idiot..
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Dang you are right what a bummer.
This is very strange I know - but I have flashed a few roms recently to find the one I liked the best and now I cant remember which one I ended up with !
Is there an easy way to see which one it is ?
duhh - sorry
Jim
jcarey said:
This is very strange I know - but I have flashed a few roms recently to find the one I liked the best and now I cant remember which one I ended up with !
Is there an easy way to see which one it is ?
duhh - sorry
Jim
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Got to Settings>System>Device information
Hi,
that tells me the various levels , radio etc - but not which actual cooked rom it was - eg davideukv4 etc
Jim
jcarey said:
Hi,
that tells me the various levels , radio etc - but not which actual cooked rom it was - eg davideukv4 etc
Jim
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You don't have "ROM version"?? It's the first value in that page
sorry - I am not being clear - my bad
what I want is to know if it is your cooked ROM package, panosha's etc
I know that I could probably find it by going through the first part of the flash procedure and stop when it tells me what is being replace ? But is there a simpler and less dangerous way
cheers
Jim (and thanks for sticking with me on this
jcarey said:
sorry - I am not being clear - my bad
what I want is to know if it is your cooked ROM package, panosha's etc
I know that I could probably find it by going through the first part of the flash procedure and stop when it tells me what is being replace ? But is there a simpler and less dangerous way
cheers
Jim (and thanks for sticking with me on this
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You can try that, it's not so dangerous if you don't go over there. But for example I've not setted anything for those informations, and in this case it will show only "1.00".
did you try to do a soft-reset and check the booting screens? some of the cooks put some starting images which let you know the ROM version number/type etc.
think i've found it by checking features in the threads for each of the roms on which features, roms etc and have found which one it is by comparing back to mine
A nice feature I saw from one of the cooked roms was that it filled in the ExtRom description so that the Device settings would show that - maybe a nice way for any cook to document their rom on a PDA ?
cheers - and thanks all for the help - appreciated
Jim
Hey Guys,
First off, my immense gratitude for all your hard work! So much information and development, really make me appreciate the massive cost that went into the Xperia !
Before posting this thread, I did my research, read and saw as much as I could, before I posted any questions about Flashing. Thankfully, I have most of the answers, but have a few left. I am sorry if the answers to these questions already exist here, I tried to find them, but couldn't quite find the exact answer, so I apologize in advance for offending or upsetting anyone, I mean great respect to all of you . So, here are my questions:
1. Is it fair to assume that ROMs and Firmwire, could be used as synonyms? They are both essential system files, placed on the ROM portion of the device. I am asking this question, because I want to make sure I have all the pieces of information, in case, something goes wrong during Flashing my custom ROM. I want to have ALL the stock components that came with my Xperia, therefore, I need to understand if Firmware is different from stock ROMs, here. If so, what is the difference and where can I get the proper firmware?
2. Here is all the information I could download from my phone:
Software Id: 1213-6450
Software Version: R1AA017
Customization Version: R15A
Customization Variant: GENERIC_UK
Version:
ROM version: 1.02.931.3
ROM date: 08/29/08
Radio version: 1.06.25.29
Protocol version: 52.43.25.24U
Based on this info, can you guys help me locate this EXACT ROM, if someone has it on XDA? I would really appreciate it! I tried going through the stock ROM threads, but I cannot find the EXACT match. I also wanted a second pair of eyes, more experienced eyes to let me know what information is referring to what and if I have had EVERYTHING needed, before I flash to a custom ROM. If the exact version of the ROM from my phone is not available here, then I guess I'd have to back up my ROM, using the instructions from here. Can anyone confirm this? Also, please don't be surprised by how old this version must be, LOL, I got one of the earliest models and I never touched it .
3. In choosing a custom ROM, I have decided to go with the popular choice, that is Itje's Touch-IT v4.5 Landscape. If I understand this correctly, the Manila (TF3D) on this is ported from the BRAND NEW HTC devices, the Diamond 2 and Pro 2, which use Manila 2, as I understand it? If this is correct, then is it also safe to assume that Themes from Blackstone or something, will NOT run on this Manila 2? I also assume that TF3D Config would also be ineffective on this?
4. What application do you guys recommend for the most comprehensive back up of the Xperia, that is, Emails, Text Messages, Pictures, and so on, and once backed up, can they be restored to another Xperia or any other WM 6.1 Device, including the text messages?
I really want to thank everyone in advance for reading my questions and post, and would again like to apologize if I have offended anyone. It really was not my intention, and please understand there's a myriad of information here, LOL, so just cause most of you our Gurus, us mere Mortals may not always know where to dig it from . Thank you again for your patience, I look forward to your responses.
Regards,
ProFragger.
1) Yes. There's several kinds of Read Only Memory in your device that you can modify. 1st is the SPL, second is the Radio and third is the OS. "Images" for the latter two are referred to as ROMs.
2) Back it up if you want to be sure.
3) Most of your assumptions are correct. I cannot comment on wheter tf3dconfig will work or not.
4) PPCPimBackup (comes with Itje's ROM too)
Thank you very much Angelusz, for your response and help. I have learned, just from those few lines .
I guess I will go ahead and start backing up my stock ROM. If anyone can help me identify, if the ROM already exists online, based on the info I provided in my post earlier, then I would appreciate that too.
Thank you again guys.
Hello,
i suppose everyone in here are using a custom ROM.
And also everyone here goes through the forum to see for any updates...
Is there a way to have an application that would notify us for specific updates for every ROM? It would've been cool to see how many downloads each ROM has, also any new updates and thus through this it would be easier to understand which ROMs are downloaded the most...
I am not a developer so i don't know if this is possible.
Thanks
Fekish said:
Hello,
i suppose everyone in here are using a custom ROM.
And also everyone here goes through the forum to see for any updates...
Is there a way to have an application that would notify us for specific updates for every ROM? It would've been cool to see how many downloads each ROM has, also any new updates and thus through this it would be easier to understand which ROMs are downloaded the most...
I am not a developer so i don't know if this is possible.
Thanks
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=909566
The developer has to integrate it into his/her rom though.
Here new RUU for Vivo
http://www.filefactory.com/file/ca6...0802U_38.02.01.17_M_release_176741_signed.exe
Enjoy!
What do all these region specific roms do? Is there any advantage or extra goodies having one rom over another?
Crazy, this is the one for my carrier. Although the phone is not yet released, I think it is coming in April. I have my upgrade coming up this summer sometime and will get this phone to replace my Nexus One if I can root and install a Vanilla gingerbread rom on it like CM. I'm not into sense at all. But if All else fails, I will still get the phone for an upgrade, unlock it, and sell it and continue to use my N1
Mirrors
rapidshare
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=9RL3HQV2
http://www.zshare.net/download/88438946f043b67a/
http://www.multiupload.com/2ZGXV280J0
MD5
Code:
44623BE7858F2A859D212B8913EA5897
have anybody tried this? is this gingerbread? i have got one bought from singapore but wanted UK ROM>> can anyone help me on this please?
@dryspuri, no this is 2.2
@Football, maybe an idea to make 1 post with all standard roms?
system.img only
http://www.multiupload.com/28UB2N65NH
Hi,
does anyone know if a non-european rom like that from canada should work on a european version of the IS?
Will european languages be missing when you install this or get you in trouble with specific radio settings?
I got a little bug and was looking for a new firmware (when you open the phone application, normally you get to see the latest calls on top of your contacts and you can quickly navigate through the list by T9 search. However the list is completely empty until I press a key and delete it again.. then the list is displayed and I can search through it)
Thank you!
It doesn't include any information about EU APN's and all this material.
The language is inside without any preset except english
totalcmdext said:
It doesn't include any information about EU APN's and all this material.
The language is inside without any preset except english
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Thank you
Thanks for the file.