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I flashed a pre-rooted ics rom without changing kernels now phone is on boot logo loop. it wont get past sony logo. i can get fast-boot tho so how do i revert to a working rom again.
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Press and hold volume up and the power button until you get 3 vibrations, your phone is now switched off, now flash again
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Press and hold volume up and the power button until you get 3 vibrations, your phone is now switched off, now flash again
i dont know what rom will work
i was on 2.3.7 when i bought the phone.
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Here's uk generic .75 GB, Si 1257-3114 that I made as a backup.
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Or if you wait a little while I'm uploading uk generic ICS.
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If you didn't change kernels,just flash a ginger bread Rom.
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If you didn't change kernels,just flash a ginger bread Rom.
i don't know if i changed kernel... i don't know what i am doing... i first used flash tool in fast-boot mode and selected system.sin to flash then that just did nothing but reset my phone to factory... i then tried flash a pre-rooted ics rom with ics kernel and now my phone isn't working properly cause i didn't upgrade firmware maybe?. could you could help me over team-viewer please. i just bought this phone and now i f**ked it. i can still get into fast-boot and flash-mode. usb debug is off tho.
please reply asap. thanks
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Don't panic, just flash a stock rom with flashtool, but flash it in flash mode, you haven't bricked your phone yet
You can get some stock roms from here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=24844156
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Don't panic, just flash a stock rom with flashtool, but flash it in flash mode, you haven't bricked your phone yet
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you fixed it
i flashed it to ics 4.0.4 only thing to do is add root but how do i do this. any guides?
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To add root you flash a custom kernel with fast boot.
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Just to let everyone know DoomLoRD's kernel is for GB only
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rooted with ics 4.0.4. i unlocked boot loader then updated my phone to a legit 4.0.4 rom then flashed a pre-rooted kernel (not the rom just a .elf file) now its working smoothly.
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