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[Q] cwm 6.1 for tipo is out, can I use it with my german tipo?

cwm 6.1 for tipo is out. See >>HERE<<
Well, I am unshure to use it.
Will it brick my phone?
My Sony Xperia Tipo is german from Telekom.
- bootloader is locked
- firmware is 11.0.A.0.16
- rooted
Does a locked bootloader block installing CWM or cause trouble in any way?
Are there german users out there who have succesfully installed the mentioned CWM already?

killerhippy said:
cwm 6.1 for tipo is out. See >>HERE<<
Well, I am unshure to use it.
Will it brick my phone?
My Sony Xperia Tipo is german from Telekom.
- bootloader is locked
- firmware is 11.0.A.0.16
- rooted
Does a locked bootloader block installing CWM or cause trouble in any way?
Are there german users out there who have succesfully installed the mentioned CWM already?
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If you're rooted already, you're good to go.I suggest flashing 4.22 though, it is really noticeably better in performance.You can root that with UnlockRoot, and install CWM/TWRP afterwards, whichever you'd like.

Steam. said:
If you're rooted already, you're good to go.I suggest flashing 4.22 though, it is really noticeably better in performance.You can root that with UnlockRoot, and install CWM/TWRP afterwards, whichever you'd like.
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Good news. Thank you for your encouraging answer.
As I have so far noticed documentation on this forum, in the case of error doing recover attempts are made with windows software.
I am running linux, if windows is nescessary, does recover software work at a virtual machine running Windows XP with USB piped through? Or is there even linux software to manage that?
And, can you advise a good location I can read and follow instructions in the case of CWM installation problems?
Please excuse my nooby questions, my fone is the very first and only one I could afford and I have no experience so far.
I'd like to prepare as much as I can to avoid having a bricked device asking questions at a lost situation.

Cwm is fine for you take care while flashing a rom though it can cause a mess but dont worry I have been messed up before I got my tipo back running in 17 minuts
I got sollution very quickly and stepwise you are not a noob but I am so just sharing my xperience????
Sent from my ST21i using xda app-developers app

killerhippy said:
Good news. Thank you for your encouraging answer.
As I have so far noticed documentation on this forum, in the case of error doing recover attempts are made with windows software.
I am running linux, if windows is nescessary, does recover software work at a virtual machine running Windows XP with USB piped through? Or is there even linux software to manage that?
And, can you advise a good location I can read and follow instructions in the case of CWM installation problems?
Please excuse my nooby questions, my fone is the very first and only one I could afford and I have no experience so far.
I'd like to prepare as much as I can to avoid having a bricked device asking questions at a lost situation.
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It's hardly brickable by root procedures, the only thing you could've run into was not getting the files copied to system, but since you're rooted you don't have any probs.Just DL the zip from the CWM thread, extract the files in some folder, connect phone with usb debugging on, and double click the start.bat
it will tell you when it's done, you can press any key to continue.at this point, disconnect the phone from the USB cable, power off, then start it up and tap volume down at the Sony logo.

Steam. said:
It's hardly brickable by root procedures, the only thing you could've run into was not getting the files copied to system, but since you're rooted you don't have any probs.Just DL the zip from the CWM thread, extract the files in some folder, connect phone with usb debugging on, and double click the start.bat
it will tell you when it's done, you can press any key to continue.at this point, disconnect the phone from the USB cable, power off, then start it up and tap volume down at the Sony logo.
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Success!!!
Thank you so much, tusharkulkarni008 and Steam.
There were no errors at all, though I had to fetch an adb executable first which I checked working with "adb shell".
I successfull opened cwm and did my very first full system and data backup!
Splendid, now I am able to do more exciting things with my fone!
So, I learned, installing CWM is nothing but copying files to system partition. It does not depend on an unlocked bootloader, it just needs a rooted fone.

unlocked BL is only required for flashing a custom kernel, which is required for most custom roms around here, they are all based on FXP release,CM10.

[Q] Tipo Dual Questions (relock, copy fw from another phone)

Hello everyone,
I have learned a lot from these forums and am thankful for everyone's hard work here. I have a Tipo Dual that was originally with firmware 11.0.A.6.5 (ST21a2, not i2). I installed GIMLO, which is generally good, but I have some issues with it (LED doesn't light for E-mail or charge, play store and games crashing, little things like that). The phone is rooted and boot loader is unlocked (all with tools from here!). I did not make a backup of my original system before I flashed (I thought I had, but it is not there, not sure how I failed at that).
I have two questions: I have tried a lot of times to relock my boot loader so I could use SUS or PC Companion to reload the firmware. It won't relock with any of the methods I have found here. Is there a reason for that? I have reloaded a stock firmware, and even then I could not relock boot loader. Anything I should look for to allow this?
I would like to put the a2 firmware back on but the firmware I find here is always the i2 version; I understand the difference is little tweaks in how the phone deals with the GSM network, and as phone connectivity is important to me, I'd like the original a2 version again. My wife has the identical phone (with ST21a2 & 11.0.A.6.5 -- or maybe 11.0.A.8), and she has not done anything to hers. Can I root, make a nandroid backup of her phone, and somehow import/flash that to my phone? I have my contacts backed up, so I'm not worried about that, and I have all my apps, so a clean install would be fine with me. If I can do this, how do I get the backup off of her phone and onto mine? Am I right in assuming that if I manage to do this, it will replace the kernel, too (I currently have the gimlo kernel)?
Do the experts here have any advice for a noob on these two questions?
Thanks, and thanks again for all your hard work here!
Fred

RealFred2 said:
Hello everyone,
I have learned a lot from these forums and am thankful for everyone's hard work here. I have a Tipo Dual that was originally with firmware 11.0.A.6.5 (ST21a2, not i2). I installed GIMLO, which is generally good, but I have some issues with it (LED doesn't light for E-mail or charge, play store and games crashing, little things like that). The phone is rooted and boot loader is unlocked (all with tools from here!). I did not make a backup of my original system before I flashed (I thought I had, but it is not there, not sure how I failed at that).
I have two questions: I have tried a lot of times to relock my boot loader so I could use SUS or PC Companion to reload the firmware. It won't relock with any of the methods I have found here. Is there a reason for that? I have reloaded a stock firmware, and even then I could not relock boot loader. Anything I should look for to allow this?
I would like to put the a2 firmware back on but the firmware I find here is always the i2 version; I understand the difference is little tweaks in how the phone deals with the GSM network, and as phone connectivity is important to me, I'd like the original a2 version again. My wife has the identical phone (with ST21a2 & 11.0.A.6.5 -- or maybe 11.0.A.8), and she has not done anything to hers. Can I root, make a nandroid backup of her phone, and somehow import/flash that to my phone? I have my contacts backed up, so I'm not worried about that, and I have all my apps, so a clean install would be fine with me. If I can do this, how do I get the backup off of her phone and onto mine? Am I right in assuming that if I manage to do this, it will replace the kernel, too (I currently have the gimlo kernel)?
Do the experts here have any advice for a noob on these two questions?
Thanks, and thanks again for all your hard work here!
Fred
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Yes the nandroid backup would be fine but you will need to reflash the stock kernel with flashtool i don't no if theres any difference between the kernels of i/a. plus even if you relock your bootloader you still might brick your device flashing with Seus & pcc.

gavster26 said:
Yes the nandroid backup would be fine but you will need to reflash the stock kernel with flashtool i don't no if theres any difference between the kernels of i/a. plus even if you relock your bootloader you still might brick your device flashing with Seus & pcc.
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Thanks for responding to my question, I appreciate your help.
Do you think it's better then to just do something like flash this if I want to go back to stock:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2270976&highlight=+tipo+dual+
and just forget trying to make it retail again? As long as Sony doesn't change and bring out an OTA/PCC update to JB, I guess there's no reason to worry about anything else in being bootloader locked, right? Especially if I can brick the thing by trying.
This is all very new to me (if I'd realized the limitations of the Tipo Dual and cm10, I would have bought the Tipo single!), but I hope to be able to play more with Android and with roms because of this excellent forum.
Thanks again,
Fred (no, not really)

RealFred2 said:
Thanks for responding to my question, I appreciate your help.
Do you think it's better then to just do something like flash this if I want to go back to stock:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2270976&highlight=+tipo+dual+
and just forget trying to make it retail again? As long as Sony doesn't change and bring out an OTA/PCC update to JB, I guess there's no reason to worry about anything else in being bootloader locked, right? Especially if I can brick the thing by trying.
This is all very new to me (if I'd realized the limitations of the Tipo Dual and cm10, I would have bought the Tipo single!), but I hope to be able to play more with Android and with roms because of this excellent forum.
Thanks again,
Fred (no, not really)
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If thats the firmware you want then by all means flash that bro. The nandroid backup from your wifes phone will be just the same. the backup will be on her sdcard in the file /clockworkmod/backups/ just copy it and paste it to your sdcard. restore it then flash the kernel.

There's an ftf file available im the forum to relock the bootloader.
Flash it in fastboot mode.
I myself have flashed it to relock the bootloader on my st21i2.
After that use pc companion to get your firmware.
I have relocked and then used pc companion without any problems using this method.
Should work for you too.
All the best.
Sent from my ST23i

c4cyro said:
There's an ftf file available im the forum to relock the bootloader.
Flash it in fastboot mode.
I myself have flashed it to relock the bootloader on my st21i2.
After that use pc companion to get your firmware.
I have relocked and then used pc companion without any problems using this method.
Should work for you too.
All the best.
Sent from my ST23i
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Thanks, c4cyro; I managed to relock with flashtool (it had not worked when I had tried before, but suddenly it did); even so, I can't load from pc companion. Did you also unroot your phone? I've seen elsewhere that that can have something to do with it. I'd like to do this just because so far I haven't been able to (and I hate not being able to do stuff, even when I'm a noob).
Thanks again,
Fred

no i did not unroot. if sony pcc does not recognise your phone, you should try doing that on another system maybe.
to unroot you can use "unlockroot" program.
also, did you check this? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2001567

c4cyro said:
no i did not unroot. if sony pcc does not recognise your phone, you should try doing that on another system maybe.
to unroot you can use "unlockroot" program.
also, did you check this? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2001567
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I wonder if it's because it's a Tipo Dual, and the firmware that Gimlo is based on for the Dual is the latest (11.0.A.6.8); even when it's locked and unrooted, pc companion just says it doesn't have any software for my phone. Really strange (and annoying). I might try loading an older firmware, locking everything up, and trying again. Or maybe I'll just reinstall Gimlo and see if I can get it to work the way I want it to!
Thanks again for your help, c4cyro,
Fred

RealFred2 said:
I wonder if it's because it's a Tipo Dual, and the firmware that Gimlo is based on for the Dual is the latest (11.0.A.6.8); even when it's locked and unrooted, pc companion just says it doesn't have any software for my phone. Really strange (and annoying). I might try loading an older firmware, locking everything up, and trying again. Or maybe I'll just reinstall Gimlo and see if I can get it to work the way I want it to!
Thanks again for your help, c4cyro,
Fred
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maybe. does it recognise that it's a tipo or it just says that there's no software available?

c4cyro said:
maybe. does it recognise that it's a tipo or it just says that there's no software available?
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It picks it up as Tipo Dual (listed as St21i2 instead of St21a2 bc the Gimlo .3 firmware -- which is the right one for the dual -- is the "i" version).
I've just found this firmware, which seems to be stock, so I'm going to try this:
1) try out this firmware (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2044944; 11.0.A.6.5 stock) and see what it is and how it works;
2) then install the base stock for the Tipo Dual for Gimlo (which for the dual is );
3) then install the Gimlo firmware and ROM, and see if I can get it to work the way I want (going mostly stock except for the loader, which I really like the one I'm using on Gimlo);
Will report back on how things turn out and what I end up sticking with!
Thanks again for your help, it's good to feel like I'm not hopping about on one foot on my own.
Fred

All the best!!

NEED HELP ASAP! Unlocked Bootloader Issues with XE

Hey everyone, I just unlocked my bootloader, only THEN to read that after doing so, I lose something called 'DRM keys'. And now my phone is refusing to boot (soft brick). I fear re-installing the android OS will permanently make me lose these keys, as I never had the chance to back them up. Is there any way I can still get these keys back??? AND ANY WAY TO GET MY PHONE WORKING?
PLEASE respond ASAP, I need to make calls with this phone for my job.

Ok I see your phone is on bootloop... you have to flash stock firmware if you don't know what file was removed/modified who knows haha
Download the latest FTF file for your device, check here Xperia E Official Thread [ROMS, MODS, ROOT, FTFS, HOW TO]
You have to flash that file with FlashTool, if you don't know how to use this, check here [TUTORIAL] HOW TO FLASH STOCK ROMs WITH FLASHTOOL is for XZ but it's the same procedure for XE and all sony devices...
Finally DRM Keys...
Some time ago, we talked about the importance of backing up the TA partition on Sony Xperia devices. Doing so on Sony Xperia devices saves your DRM keys. Why is this important? These keys are required in order to use a few proprietary software bits such as Bravia Engine in the Gallery app and OTA updates.
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Source: XDA Portal
Hope you can get back your device, have a good day / night!

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2631456
Sent from a bad phone

Reflash stock FTF - that always works.
Oh, wait... MatsPunt's guide tells you to do exactly that... whoops.

Soft Bricked; Need Nand :(

I did a stupid thing. I flashed the lollipop update and wiped everything without making a nandroid on my D6603 model Z3. Does anybody have a nandroid of a stock D6603 system or something I can flash to get my system back? I can'e seem to find one anywhere unless I am totally blind missing it and flashtool refuses to download the firmware for my phone on this computer. I hope someone can help. I'll love you forever :angel:

Is ur bootloader unlocked?? If so you can manually flash aosp roms.
If you should seriously find a ftf file if you don't have a unlocked bl, there is a thread in the z3 general section that has a collection of FTF files.
Also check the xperia firmware downloader it's some where in XDA.
And I doubt anyone would share a nandroid backup with you especially when it contains sensitive data. Thus, restoring like that, the risk of hard bricking your device is even higher.

How can I root my flashed Sony Xperia XZ Premium ?

Hello everybody,
As you can see in the title I am searching to know how i can root my Sony Xperia XZ Premium G8141 47.1.A.12.34, that I have flashed thanks to this thread : https://forum.xda-developers.com/xz...shtool-0-9-t3736217/post75276892#post75276892
After Flashing the photo camera doesn't take pictures anymore (take green photos but video works) but I know that this is a DRM problem. I find a tutorial on XDAdevelopers that tell you how to root and fix the DRM on a Sony Xperia XZ Premium : https://forum.xda-developers.com/xz...hack-mod-sony-xperia-xz-premium-twrp-t3695171
I Checked first if my Sony was compatible with this tutorial, read everything before doing stupid things and all seams to be ok. I downloaded the XperiFix, installed it and put my device on fast boot mode before I launched the program. But after the rooting process, when my device was rebooted, the camera problem was still present and my device wasn't rooted too.
So I want to know if anyone have the same problem or know how to fix that or have an alternative solution. Is it the flash tool that I used that isn't compatible with the Xperifix software or something else ?

MashNuke said:
Hello everybody,
As you can see in the title I am searching to know how i can root my Sony Xperia XZ Premium G8141 47.1.A.12.34, that I have flashed thanks to this thread : https://forum.xda-developers.com/xz...shtool-0-9-t3736217/post75276892#post75276892
After Flashing the photo camera doesn't take pictures anymore (take green photos but video works) but I know that this is a DRM problem. I find a tutorial on XDAdevelopers that tell you how to root and fix the DRM on a Sony Xperia XZ Premium : https://forum.xda-developers.com/xz...hack-mod-sony-xperia-xz-premium-twrp-t3695171
I Checked first if my Sony was compatible with this tutorial, read everything before doing stupid things and all seams to be ok. I downloaded the XperiFix, installed it and put my device on fast boot mode before I launched the program. But after the rooting process, when my device was rebooted, the camera problem was still present and my device wasn't rooted too.
So I want to know if anyone have the same problem or know how to fix that or have an alternative solution. Is it the flash tool that I used that isn't compatible with the Xperifix software or something else ?
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Well you unlocked your bootloader.
unlocking the bootloader will erase the TA partition which includes camera features (DRM), and now they are deleted along with whats left in TA partition.
now you can not go back to a natural device.
good news is if you follow the procedure properly on this link:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/xz...hack-mod-sony-xperia-xz-premium-twrp-t3695171
(2. Use XperiFIX to get what you want)
then you should get your DRM fix patch, read the thread carefully, youre gonna have to do it all over again as you lost TA partition which you can never get back now.
So go do procedure 1 + 2 carefully, you will get it fixed and you will also have a rooted phone
if its not working try to flash a previous version FW that supports xperifix im not sure the one you have is supported but most likely it is, then redo the process in the thread and see if it works out.
hit the thanks if I was a help

madshark2009 said:
Well you unlocked your bootloader.
unlocking the bootloader will erase the TA partition which includes camera features (DRM), and now they are deleted along with whats left in TA partition.
now you can not go back to a natural device.
good news is if you follow the procedure properly on this link:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/xz...hack-mod-sony-xperia-xz-premium-twrp-t3695171
(2. Use XperiFIX to get what you want)
then you should get your DRM fix patch, read the thread carefully, youre gonna have to do it all over again as you lost TA partition which you can never get back now.
So go do procedure 1 + 2 carefully, you will get it fixed and you will also have a rooted phone
if its not working try to flash a previous version FW that supports xperifix im not sure the one you have is supported but most likely it is, then redo the process in the thread and see if it works out.
hit the thanks if I was a help
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Thanks for the help and for the very quick reply !
I'll try too flash a older version firmware for my device, but I didn't find links to download the right version for my actual firmware (G8141 47.1.A.12.34), so I want to no if it's a problem to take an other version (as exemple G8141 47.1.A.12.34 from XperiFirm) and flash it to my device ?

MashNuke said:
Thanks for the help and for the very quick reply !
I'll try too flash a older version firmware for my device, but I didn't find links to download the right version for my actual firmware (G8141 47.1.A.12.34), so I want to no if it's a problem to take an other version (as exemple G8141 47.1.A.12.34 from XperiFirm) and flash it to my device ?
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i rechecked and i think the xperifix should work on any firmware so try it out
if you are unlocked just download the xperifix on that link and just run it as instructed and it should work
also check if you followed correctly:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=8&v=XeYlIHnSuOM
also check if you installed the firmware that suits your device G1841/G1842 they are 2 different things
flash whats suited.
if that didnt work, you can download the firmware in the video using xperifirm and do the procedure again.
and to answer your question, i dont really understand you already have 47.1.A.12.34 why would you want to install it again? im not getting the question...