Unlock Bootloader - how to

I am not Responsible if it BRICK YOUR PHONE!

1.You must have stock rom ( orginal rom from SE)2.Check Manufactoring date/code (behind batery)     
-if yo have 11W29 above  STOP     
-11W28 below  u can try unlock bootloader
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Let's Go

1. Download 
   + S1tool http://www.mediafire.com/?iwnjno9hirpgcm1
      + Unlocker  http://www.multiupload.nl/WMHJCMO38H

2. 
a) Unzip all downloaded files
b) Shut Down Phone
c) Open S1tool, Click on DO JOB, Press Back on phone, Connect it to PC.
d) Look For Line "XXXX SIMLOCK CERTIFICATE"

3. Unlock

• Turn the phone on, Connect it with PC in Debugging mode.
• if XXXX is "NOT RECOGNIZED" then sorry, it can't be unlocked
• if XXXX is SEMC then run "msm7227_semc.cmd"
• if "XXXX SIMLOCK CERTIFICATE" was not found then run "msm7227_Setool2.cmd"
• Wait...if "Press any key to continue . . ." is found, press any key. 

4. Check unlock

• Shut Down Phone
• Open S1tool, Click on DO JOB, Press Back on phone, Connect it to PC.
• Look For Line RUNNING S1_EROM VER "x8A029"
• if x is "r" then it is done, Congrats...
• if x is "R" then Sorry, Do everything again. 

Hard brick warning - read before boot loader unlock

The phones affected by the problem are units being manufactured at, and after, 11W29!


To check if your device is affected by the problem follow this simple steps:

1. Turn off the phone and open it up
2. Take out the battery
3. Look at the sticker below

If the date code on the sticker reads 11W29, or any later date (11W30, 11W31, 11W32, 11W33, ...), DO NOT attempt to unlock the boot loader.


These phones ship with a revamped chipset configuration having the security hole the boot loader unlock uses effectively closed. This means that upon unlocking the boot loader your phone will end up as a hard brick - and you will have NO means to revive the phone yourselves. You either have to send it off to Sony Ericsson for repair (recommended solution) or find a phone repair shop being able to resurrect shot devices!


The symptom you will experience when unlocking the boot loader on an affected device is like this:

• The boot loader unlock will most likely go through fine
• At restart the phone will show NO signs of life anymore.
  NO LED, NO LCD output, NO vibration.

This is the point where you can not do anything anymore yourself to resurrect the device.


You have been warned, DO NOT TRY to unlock the boot loader on phones manufactured PAST 11W29!


source: http://forum.xda-developers.com

How to Root the Sony Ericsson Xperia X8

How to Root the Sony Ericsson Xperia X8 Step By Step for Windows users:

1. Download and install the Xperia X8 USB Drivers to your Windows PC
2. Turn on USB debugging on your phone: Settings>Applications>Development>USB Debugging
3. Download the latest SuperOneClick.zip file to your Windows computer. link Download the latest version.  (I’m sorry, you’ll need to register)
4. Extract the files from the .zip file into a new folder on your Windows PC.
5. Restart both. The PC and X8 just in case.
6. Plug your phone in to your PC and turn on USB debugging. DO NOT MOUNT THE SD CARD!!!
7. Open the folder with the SuperOneClick contents and double click “SuperOneClick.exe”.
8. Run the program, click root and wait few minutes. Done.

If it doesn’t work at the first time just re-run the program once or twice.

PC Companion

Sony Ericsson PC Companion 2.0
Xperia PC Companion

PC Companion is a computer application that acts as a portal to Sony Ericsson and operator features and applications, such as phone software updates, management of contacts and calendar, and media management with Media Go (availability of applications depends on your phone and operator). Over time, more applications can be added and downloaded when made available by Sony Ericsson or your operator.

Requirements

Recommended system requirements:

• Internet broadband connection
• Intel® Pentium® 4, 3.6 GHz or equivalent AMD processor
• 500 MB free hard disk space
• 2 GB RAM
• 1 available USB 2.0 port and USB cable
• Microsoft® Windows XP™ SP2 (32 bit), Vista (32/64 bit) or Windows 7 (32/64 bit)

DOWNLOAD

Installation instructions

1. Download the installation package to a temporary folder on your PC.
2. Run the downloaded file, and follow the instructions that appear.

How to use

1. Connect the USB cable to your computer and then to the phone.
2. On the phone: Mount the memory card by dragging the status bar on the phone downwards and then tap USB Connected >Mount.
3. Wait for the phone to connect and automatically start PC Companion.
4. From the Dashboard, select the applications to start different services and get information

Note: If PC Companion doesn't find your phone within 30 seconds, disconnect the phone and redo step 1 to 3.

Sony Ericsson Xperia X8 Install Flash 10.1 on Android 2.1

Now that the latest version of Flash for Android devices has been released by Adobe, you can get it on your Sony Ericsson Xpreia X8 running Android 2.1 Éclair. Just follow these simple steps and you will be enjoying flash playback on your handset in no time.

First of all, download ‘flash_for_2.1.zip’ from the link given at the end of this article and extract the .apk file that it contains to your computer. Now connect your phone to your computer via USB and copy the .apk file to your SD card’s root folder. Make sure that you don’t copy it to a sub-folder as it will not work that way.

Next, install the ‘Apps Installer’ application, which can be found at the Android Market. Once it has been installed, launch it and follow its instructions to browse to the .apk file that you copied to your storage card, and install it.

Once the installation is finished, reboot your phone, and you’re done. You can now start browsing flash websites on your phone.

DOWNLOAD LINK: http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?tvwtb5kddhw837h

Basebands for Xperia

Kernel and baseband are related to each other, so if you have baseband 006, you'll have 2.0.2.A.0.24 kernel, and with baseband 015 you'll get 2.1.1.A.0.6 kernel.
If you try to flash latest kernel to phone with baseband 006, you'll get infinite boot loops. This can be fixed by simply flashing correct bundle (kernel/baseband).



All basebands are in Xperia X8 folder on Mediafire.
Currently, these basebands are available:
X8i - E15i
Baseband 006 - kernel 2.0.2.A.0.24
Baseband 015 - kernel 2.1.1.A.0.6

X8a - E15a
Baseband 006 - kernel 2.0.2.A.0.24
Baseband 015 - kernel 2.1.1.A.0.6

Every baseband version is: M76XX-TSNCJOLYM-534040xy where xy is either 06 or 15, depending on which baseband you flash.

Update Xperia X8 with custom firmwares or official firmwares

The Xperia X8 have 2 models, the E15a and the E15i, is very important to identify your version, because if you install a firmware for another version, the 3G connection don't work. It solves flashing the correct firmware.

The main difference in both models is:

* E15a have UMTS/HSPA 850/1900/2100
* E15i have UMTS/HSPA 900/2100



How to flash a custom firmware to your X8 with a flash tool
To flash a custom firmware, you need your phone with the latest version of Android 2.1.1, follow the previus steeps to update your phone. When done, follow this steeps.

The great custom firmware for X8 at this moment is Cyanogen Mod for mini, exist a version with Froyo (2.2), GingerBread (2.3) and HoneyComb (3.0)

With any of this firmwares, you need to update with xRecovery installing update.zip from SD Card

To update, you need:

* The latest firmware 2.1.1
* xRecovery: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=878426
* The update.zip with the desired firmware


Cyanogen mod firmwares:

* Froyo (Android 2.2) very stable for daily use: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=964223
* GingerBread (Android 2.3) beta: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=973753
* HoneyComb (Android 3.9) alpha: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=973753


To install the custom firmware follow this procedure:

1. Have the battery minimun in 50%
2. Copy update.zip in the root of SD card
3. Boot the phone and enter in xRecovery mode
4. I recomend to perform a backup of you current firmware. To do it, in xRecovery mode go to Backup and restore and select Backup
5. In xRecovery select Install update.zip from SD card to install the new firmware
6. In xRecovery select Factory reset (full wipe)
7. In xRecovery select Reboot and wait for 1 to 5 minutes while new firmware boot the phone

How to update your X8 to android 2.1 with an official firmware and provided tools

For Android 1.6 exist 1 version, for andoid 2.1 exist 2 versions, the latest firmware is 2.1.1.C.0.0

You can update your Xperia X8 with 2 differentes steeps.

1. You can update your phone using PC Companion Software
2. You can update your phone using Sony Ericsson Update Service (SEUS)


To update your phone with PC Companion follow this instructions:

1. Connect the phone to a PC
2. Open the PC Companion Software
3. The PC Companion Software show that new update is available to download and install, follow the instructions in PC Companion and you will update your phone


If PC Companion don't show the update, you must need to change the SI code of your phone, to change it follow this procedure:

1. You need to know your version of Xperia X8, if is a E15a or else E15i
2. You need to identify the correct SI for your specific version, you can use 1243-9502 for E15a or 1242-7327 for E15i
3. Open this thread and follow the instructions, use the provided codes, the linked post have another codes for E15i model. In the post #12 of this thread are a lot of codes for both versions.
4. When change the SI, follow the previus instructions


To update with SEUS, Open the program and follow the instructions, if not update is available, you must change the SI code following the previus instructions, when done, open SEUS again and follow the instructions.

If you can't update with this steps, you can flash the firmware, please see next entry.


How to flash a official firmware to your X8 with a flash tool
You can flash your phone with a flash tool, and no need to use PC Companion or SEUS in this process.

To flash the phone, you need

1. Flash tool: http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...php?p=10738467 use lates version
2. The firmware (be sure to use the correct firmware)


Firmwares to Xperia X8

* E15a android 1.6 SI 1243-5247 Claro http://www.megaupload.com/?d=R9FW86JK
* E15a android 2.1.0 SI 1243-9502 Sony http://www.megaupload.com/?d=WH2G2U88
* E15a android 2.1.1 SI 1243-9502 Sony http://www.megaupload.com/?d=U4FWILXI (2.1.1.A.0.6)
* E15a android 2.1.1 No yet but the E15i with xRecovery Works fine (2.1.1.C.0.0 latest firmware, need to flash first the 2.1.1.A.0.6 to update the baseband)
* E15i android 1.6 http://rapidshare.com/files/432487345/E15i_1.6.rar
* E15i android 2.1.0 russian ROM http://pashkovsky.com/x8/x8-2.1-rus.rar
* E15i android 2.1.1 http://www.mediafire.com/?d3pobqqc3py66 (2.1.1.A.0.6)
* E15i android 2.1.1 http://www.multiupload.com/VKNI6Q6ET5 (2.1.1.C.0.0 latest firmware)


To flash the phone use this procedure:

1. Extract the flash tool in your computer for example in C:\FLASH-TOOL
2. Extract the firmware in to folder firmware inside flash tool folder, for example in C:\FLASH-TOOL\FIRMWARE\
3. Follow this guide to flash the firmware http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...7#post10879507, first follow the 4 post instructions (Install .ftf files), then follow 3 post instructions (Install .sin files, really convert to .ftf)