Root [ROM] FreeX10 | BETA 4 - NEW BASEBAND FIX | Froyo 2.2.1 | 1/02/2011 | xRecovery

[bigx5murf]

anyone try out beta4 yet? Lots of posts w/ problems on the xda thread, think I'll give it a little time.

 

[CuBz]

anyone try out beta4 yet? Lots of posts w/ problems on the xda thread, think I'll give it a little time.

I did and had many problems, I had to reflash to get BETA 3 back, took hours, not worth the messing about

 

[bigx5murf]

I did and had many problems, I had to reflash to get BETA 3 back, took hours, not worth the messing about

I read through the thread some more, seems it needs new kernel and baseband from SE before it will work correctly. Did you flash back to official 2.1 before flashing beta4, or did you try to flash just kernel.sin + amss.sin and then flashing beta4?

 

[KTP]

I think i will try this when i have some free time, I'm still on beta 2 lol

 

[CuBz]

I read through the thread some more, seems it needs new kernel and baseband from SE before it will work correctly. Did you flash back to official 2.1 before flashing beta4, or did you try to flash just kernel.sin + amss.sin and then flashing beta4?

Well I had semi-bricked my phone anyway, so I flashed the latest 2.1 (new baseband) and then installed beta 4

 

[bigx5murf]

Well I had semi-bricked my phone anyway, so I flashed the latest 2.1 (new baseband) and then installed beta 4

so you had many problems despite flashing the latest kernel and baseband? Or did you update kernel/baseband, since you had already messed up flashing beta4 straight away?

 

[CuBz]

so you had many problems despite flashing the latest kernel and baseband? Or did you update kernel/baseband, since you had already messed up flashing beta4 straight away?

I updated kernel & baseband then installed beta 4

 

[bigx5murf]

I updated kernel & baseband then installed beta 4

so you installed correctly, but still had many problems? Could you elaborate on what problems you experienced?

 

[CuBz]

so you installed correctly, but still had many problems? Could you elaborate on what problems you experienced?

FC, boot loops (even after trying to fix in adb) and market not working

Its basically the same as BETA 3 anyway

 

[bigx5murf]

FC, boot loops (even after trying to fix in adb) and market not working

Its basically the same as BETA 3 anyway

I see, so have you gone back to beta3 now?

 

[KTP]

i installed it earlier, had some pretty bad lag to start with but just let the phone settle itself and seems fine now so all in all i would say i updated and upgraded with no problems.

 

[bigx5murf]

I probably wont give it a try until the weekend, where I don't have to rely on my phone to get paid

 

[CuBz]

i installed it earlier, had some pretty bad lag to start with but just let the phone settle itself and seems fine now so all in all i would say i updated and upgraded with no problems.

Do you have x10i or x10a?

 

[KTP]

Do you have x10i or x10a?

x10i
i flashed the new baseband to my gf's x10i and was thinking i could still run 2.1 eminence on it but i kept getting bootloops and couldnt find a reliable version of 2.1 to work on it, the .435 i found had wifi issues so gave up and put 2.2 beta4 on her phone aswell, not a single problem with that install either.
now shes just got the work of installing all her apps lol

 

[CuBz]

x10i
i flashed the new baseband to my gf's x10i and was thinking i could still run 2.1 eminence on it but i kept getting bootloops and couldnt find a reliable version of 2.1 to work on it, the .435 i found had wifi issues so gave up and put 2.2 beta4 on her phone aswell, not a single problem with that install either.
now shes just got the work of installing all her apps lol

maybe I went wrong somewhere, but that's unlikely, and I see alot of other people over at XDA are having the same problems as I did, so maybe it's just not working for some

 

[baz@gmx.co.uk]

i also got bootloops, i ran the new firmware via flashtool (so as to have new baseband) - then i installed beta4/gapps and greenglow. worked a treat, so i made a back-up with xrecovery, then tried to recover my 2.1 - and thats when i went into bootloops! so - used the flashtool to get back to a clean 2.1, then my restore worked.!

whichever way i look at it, 2.2 is awesome, but if all future beta versions will be based on the new .54 then i think i'll wait!!!!

 

[KTP]

what did you do to get a clean 2.1? as in what version and does this modify the kernal to an older state?
i'm thinking of trying to put my gf's back to a clean 2.1 again so i can reinstall the eminence rom, i dont think shes ready for 2.2 yet but will see how she gets on with her phone today.
i also noticed my battery seems to be running down pretty fast since i installed beta4 and greenglow.
will give it proper test time but its also running slow when running linpack, sometimes 3mflops which cant be right. same thing happened last night but then it was upto 35 after a while but i cant see a reason for it being slow again, its had all night to settle itself.

just tried a reboot as i was getting ads where i shouldnt be and it seems to have sped the phone up a little. still concerned about my battery use, almost 10% in around an hour and i've not done anything apart from check some emails and take a call. again, will give it more time as i'm hoping the reboot has settled something.

 

[baz@gmx.co.uk]

I just downloaded the 2.1 global generic firmware (from xda) and flashed it with flashtool, it must do the kernal too as i am now back to the original baseband.

The ftf files with flashtool are amazing, it's like SEUS - except you tell IT what to do - not the other way around!!!

EDIT: all ftf's from here : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=920746
Credit to all the developers involved, this tool is magic!

 

[CuBz]

what did you do to get a clean 2.1? as in what version and does this modify the kernal to an older state?
i'm thinking of trying to put my gf's back to a clean 2.1 again so i can reinstall the eminence rom, i dont think shes ready for 2.2 yet but will see how she gets on with her phone today.
i also noticed my battery seems to be running down pretty fast since i installed beta4 and greenglow.
will give it proper test time but its also running slow when running linpack, sometimes 3mflops which cant be right. same thing happened last night but then it was upto 35 after a while but i cant see a reason for it being slow again, its had all night to settle itself.

just tried a reboot as i was getting ads where i shouldnt be and it seems to have sped the phone up a little. still concerned about my battery use, almost 10% in around an hour and i've not done anything apart from check some emails and take a call. again, will give it more time as i'm hoping the reboot has settled something.

I used the one below with flashtool, worked a treat

Hotfile.com: One click file hosting: 2.1_2.0.2.A.0.24_GENERIC.rar

 

[KTP]

thanks guys, i dont mind messing with my phone as i know what i'm doing if it messes up but if i break her phone she will kill me lol
i just assumed i could update the baseband and still run her current 2.1 setup but obviously not and i would rather she ran the eminence rom than most of the other ones which are fairly standard.

also on a sidenote since i rebooted this morning my battery seems to be doing well again

 

[Superbrowndude]

Hey fellas,quick question,I have

Android Version
2.21
Baseband Version
2.0.46
Kernal Version
2.6.29
semcuser@semchost #1
Build number
Freex10-beta2_Zdzihu

Im a little bit confused,I thought I was running beta3 with hotfix 1.
Im using Green Glow V 1.3,but that should only work on Beta 3 or 4.
Its working on mine,so am I using beta 2 or 3 ?

Can/Should I upgrade to beta4,is there any real advantage of doing this ?

Please help

 

[KTP]

your running beta2 and you wont be able to update to beta4 without flashing the latest baseband.
tbh i wouldnt say its worth the effort, something seems wrong with the beta4, between battery usage and general phone speed.

 

[Superbrowndude]

Would I go here for the latest baseband ?
Sony Ericsson - Support - Softwaredownloads - Detailed - Updateservice - Xperia? X10
And If I do,does this mean I will have to re root(I used Z4),and enable multi touch and all that other stuff ?
Using quadrant my speed is 1360 and Im happy with the phone right now

 

[KTP]

no, go here for the baseband:
[TOOL] [NEW 01/02/2011] Flashtool version 0.2.6 - xda-developers

post 1 is the flashtool you need and post 2 is a link to download the baseband.

 

[Superbrowndude]

Ok great,Ive been using Xrecovery to flash stuff so thats good.Would you recommend upgrading to the latest baseband and using beta3? I wont use beta 4 untill its a bit more stable.