[Q] Debrand unlocked phone - XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hey guys,
first post here. =D
I have a Vivo branded phone (Carrier from Brazil). It's unlocked, but I can't yet update to 2.1 because unlocking does not unbrand. =/ Vivo is only releasing the 2.1 on the last week of november.
There is a lot of information here in the forum, but I found it a little confuse - too much information.
So my question, is there a safe way to unbrand my 1.6 X10a without rooting it?
Thanks!

jufranz said:
Hey guys,
first post here. =D
I have a Vivo branded phone (Carrier from Brazil). It's unlocked, but I can't yet update to 2.1 because unlocking does not unbrand. =/ Vivo is only releasing the 2.1 on the last week of november.
There is a lot of information here in the forum, but I found it a little confuse - too much information.
So my question, is there a safe way to unbrand my 1.6 X10a without rooting it?
Thanks!
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YES, i do it

mipepim said:
YES, i do it
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Sorry, what would it be?
Does the replacement method on SEUS works?

jufranz said:
So my question, is there a safe way to unbrand my 1.6 X10a without rooting it?
Thanks!
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Install this - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=825675
Use this to change region - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=828163

XperiaX10iUser said:
Install this -
Use this to change region - [
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Tks! But to do that I need to root right? Another question (sory, i'm new to the android plataform) I must update prom 1.6 to, 2.1 World generic then change the code to 2.1 Brazil generic, right?
How can I save the Branded Firmware if I need it in the future?

So, can anyone confirm that the SEUS method to debrand the X10 still works?

jufranz said:
Tks! But to do that I need to root right? Another question (sory, i'm new to the android plataform) I must update prom 1.6 to, 2.1 World generic then change the code to 2.1 Brazil generic, right?
How can I save the Branded Firmware if I need it in the future?
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1- if you update your phone from 1.6 to 2.1, the code will stay the same (Brazil stays Brazil) unless you use the flash tool to upgrade with another firmware.
2- You can try to download the flash tool with the right firmware if it's available, else, just use the 12XX-XXXX code on your phone (under the battery on the sticker) and rebrand using the different methods available on XDA.

jufranz said:
So, can anyone confirm that the SEUS method to debrand the X10 still works?
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If you mean the one where you have to quickly replace a file while it's updating, no it doesn't work anymore.

BingoRingo said:
If you mean the one where you have to quickly replace a file while it's updating, no it doesn't work anymore.
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It doesn't, sad =/ LoL
Let's root and unbrand then =D
How can I backup my actual firmware?
Tks!

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[Q] Please help me upgrade

I would like to upgrade to 2.1, I have a South African X10.
Am I correct in thinking I must flash the 1.6 Nordic firmware and thereafter flash the 2.1 firmware?
Can someone please help me with the steps I need to take (my phone is not rooted), as reading the development section, there seems to be a lot going on and I am not quite sure which thread to follow, etc..
Thanks so much.
PookyPooka said:
I would like to upgrade to 2.1, I have a South African X10.
Am I correct in thinking I must flash the 1.6 Nordic firmware and thereafter flash the 2.1 firmware?
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Yes. - X10 R2BA026 Nordic Flashtool
Thanks, does my phone need to be rooted first?
Actually, you can just go straight to 2.1 now http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=825201
AyDee said:
Actually, you can just go straight to 2.1 now http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=825201
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So I don't need to do anything except follow that post?
Do not flash your phone.... it is way too complicated in my view... let the default sony ericsson programme do it... try this post...worked for alot of people
Debrand to Nordic Combined (B) Quick and update to 2.1

Why change region?

Hi everyone,
I'm in canada and own an x10 with rogers.
Last week, I loaded the global fw on it and rooted it. So far everything works great.
Reading up on other posts, it seems like some ppl who updated prematurely regardless of their regions are planning and coming up with ways to update according to their regions once the official updates roll out.
The question I have is, why? My x10 works fine although it's not x10a anymore. So is it necessary to switch?
Hi man, I just finished to re-flash my X10a with the new Brazilian FW (X10a 2.1) i choose to match Phone Version(X10a) with FW Version(X10a)....reflash is so easy why not?
Btw with GlobalFW my bluetooth dosent work with the laptop (1.6 do) but now with the correct FW works great again (placebo effect? idont kown)
maybe beacuse people want to keep their warranty...
Skrba said:
maybe beacuse people want to keep their warranty...
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yeah is morelike a just in case
XlipZ said:
Hi man, I just finished to re-flash my X10a with the new Brazilian FW (X10a 2.1) i choose to match Phone Version(X10a) with FW Version(X10a)....reflash is so easy why not?
Btw with GlobalFW my bluetooth dosent work with the laptop (1.6 do) but now with the correct FW works great again (placebo effect? idont kown)
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Hi can you post your build.prop? I'm trying to put my 2.1 back to Brazil but I must have missed something, cos PC Companion can't download the file. I might have made a mistake with the version numbers...
Rogers will release 2.1 tomorrow.
Or at least this is the rumor.
Sent from my X10i
dpk0875 said:
Hi everyone,
I'm in canada and own an x10 with rogers.
Last week, I loaded the global fw on it and rooted it. So far everything works great.
Reading up on other posts, it seems like some ppl who updated prematurely regardless of their regions are planning and coming up with ways to update according to their regions once the official updates roll out.
The question I have is, why? My x10 works fine although it's not x10a anymore. So is it necessary to switch?
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It's very unlikely, but, some users also like/want their carrier/region specific bundled applications.
And, like, yeah, warranty.

[Q] Noob Questions About Rooting and Updating

I have the X10i from China and it's in 1.6
I did the "official" update to 2.1 but lost Marketplace and everything relating to the West (youtube, facebook, twitter).
I wanted to know if I can go back to 1.6 and use the 1 touch root app to root the cell that way.
After I root it, how can I update the Android OS? Also what is the highest OS that can be run on the X10? Can we use 2.2 if we root the cell?
Thanks.
necrogodomega said:
I have the X10i from China and it's in 1.6
I did the "official" update to 2.1 but lost Marketplace and everything relating to the West (youtube, facebook, twitter).
I wanted to know if I can go back to 1.6 and use the 1 touch root app to root the cell that way.
After I root it, how can I update the Android OS? Also what is the highest OS that can be run on the X10? Can we use 2.2 if we root the cell?
Thanks.
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Flash to nordic or global FW then... There is a tutorial at the Development thread. Use z4Root after you upgrade it too 2.1
Thanks, I'll give it a try.
Thanks, worked.
Still running on the Chinese Android 2.1 though, no market.
At least it's rooted well enough that I can just add files if I want if I can find them.
Thanks for the help.
necrogodomega said:
Thanks, worked.
Still running on the Chinese Android 2.1 though, no market.
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Had you of flashed the Global or Nordic you wouldn't be and would have the Market.
i am a new user and a total noob to linux and android
XperiaX10iUser said:
Had you of flashed the Global or Nordic you wouldn't be and would have the Market.
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ok i have considered debranding my phone from at&t i'm running an experia x10 a sadly i was bought into the idea of an update to 2.1 so i figured y not and got my phone but sadly as we all know no update so is there a way i can debrand my phone flash to a nortic firmware and root it when i get the seus update without bricking my phone? please help me out i tried rooting it but if it's not sourced in the market the security blocks it so i'm not sure what the deadl is at&t needs to get with the program and take a **** on steve jobs desk and demand we get our just desert with se se needs to have google **** down their throats if they all worked togeather it would be a good thing
gothicasshole said:
so is there a way i can debrand my phone flash to a nortic firmware and root it when i get the seus update without bricking my phone?
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Yep, see here - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=825201, when you've done search the Market for z4Root and root with the app.
i have a problem as well, i updated my phone but the firmware still says 1.6 ..
help please?
hey it says its not compatible with 1.6 so idk whats gonna go on at&t hasn't released the eclair yet am i just going to have to wait or what? and z root didn't root titanium backup said not rooted and i couldn't download busy box so yea idk it's on lock down by at&t
ok my basic need is i need to flash the nortic so i can update useing seus then once i get 2.1 i can root it but i have 1.6 i need a flash tool to get the nortic so i can upgrade this pos
gothicasshole said:
ok my basic need is i need to flash the nortic so i can update useing seus then once i get 2.1 i can root it but i have 1.6 i need a flash tool to get the nortic so i can upgrade this pos
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Reading posts might be a start...
XperiaX10iUser said:
Yep, see here - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=825201, when you've done search the Market for z4Root and root with the app.
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Well I did try to flash it to the Global 2.1, but even after it flashed, it was still the same Chinese one. So I guess it's something I did totally wrong then.
So I'll just keep it as it, I'm not sure what else I can do besides constantly trying to flash every copy of global 2.1 I can download and hoping that one of them will take.
Thanks for the advice though.

Change 2.1 Nordic to Netherlands Vodafone

Hey guys,
I want to change my Nordic region xperia x10 running 2.1 to 2.1 The Netherlands Vodafone.
We have a update here, my friend got it, but I have not. we're both running 2.1, but he has just bought it yesterday, so its still from The Netherlands..
How Do I change it back? Plus, does this factory reset it?
Thanks in advance!
Blackvibes said:
Hey guys,
I want to change my Nordic region xperia x10 running 2.1 to 2.1 The Netherlands Vodafone.
We have a update here, my friend got it, but I have not. we're both running 2.1, but he has just bought it yesterday, so its still from The Netherlands..
How Do I change it back? Plus, does this factory reset it?
Thanks in advance!
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Hey bro,
This topic belongs to Android general.
Go to this link, its the X10i rebrand foruns specifc threads:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=824711
Just folow tutorial and everything will go as you wish.
best,
pedro
Check this trhead
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=872298 It has the firmware of vodafone from neatherland on android 1.6
oalf170892 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=872298 It has the firmware of vodafone from neatherland on android 1.6
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Shame they're after 2.1
XperiaX10iUser said:
Shame they're after 2.1
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Blackvibes does not look for critics, he is trying to find answers to his problem. So if you're not trying to help, do not post.

[Q] Australian X10a - Debrand & Update

Hi All,
I've recently purchased an X10 and while its quite a nice phone, I'm sure it would be a hell of a lot nicer if it was running 2.1 - some things which are "missing" in 1.6 have started to annoy me haha.
To this end, it would appear Telstra are about the slowest telco on the planet to release an update. My current firmware is as follows:
X10a
Country: Australia, Brand: Telstra
Phone Software Version: 1227-4612_R2BA023 GENERIC
I understand that if I follow a tutorial such as the "Debrand your Xperia X10 [Tutorial]" on xperiax10.net (google finds it, I'm not allowed to link yet sorry!) and debrand it, SEUS will then automatically update my phone to 2.1 next time I try to update.
Can anyone tell me what is a good X10a firmware for use in Australia? Note that it needs to be X10a since I use an 850MHz "nextg" network. The list on the link above appears to give me a rather limited set of choices, none of which sound generic or australian (what makes latin america latin america??).
If anyone could give me some hints that would be most apprecitated!
Thanks,
Tom
draget said:
I understand that if I follow a tutorial such as the "Debrand your Xperia X10 [Tutorial]" on xperiax10.net
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Which no doubt stems from xda, so you might as well use the original guides from here.
X10Flash 2.1 final & 2.1 Firmware (Update Flasher 14.11.2010)
That will debrand and update you to 504 firmware, then you can install xRecovery, then install a prerooted .24 which is the latest FW, which can't be rooted in the usual methods just yet.
And give this a read too - Step By Step Flashing 1.6 - 2.1
Aside of Xperiax10user advice. After you are done with the upgrade to. 504 2.1 version I recommend you to follow this easy thread to install Xrecovery, delete Junk apps and install Zdizihu's JIT v2...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=895351
After that you'll be set to start enjoying your X10...
Jim
Sent from my X10i
jimbo77 said:
Aside of Xperiax10user advice. After you are done with the upgrade to. 504 2.1 version I recommend you to follow this easy thread to install Xrecovery, delete Junk apps and install Zdizihu's JIT v2...
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Do that after getting to .24
draget said:
Hi All,
I've recently purchased an X10 and while its quite a nice phone, I'm sure it would be a hell of a lot nicer if it was running 2.1 - some things which are "missing" in 1.6 have started to annoy me haha.
To this end, it would appear Telstra are about the slowest telco on the planet to release an update. My current firmware is as follows:
X10a
Country: Australia, Brand: Telstra
Phone Software Version: 1227-4612_R2BA023 GENERIC
I understand that if I follow a tutorial such as the "Debrand your Xperia X10 [Tutorial]" on xperiax10.net (google finds it, I'm not allowed to link yet sorry!) and debrand it, SEUS will then automatically update my phone to 2.1 next time I try to update.
Can anyone tell me what is a good X10a firmware for use in Australia? Note that it needs to be X10a since I use an 850MHz "nextg" network. The list on the link above appears to give me a rather limited set of choices, none of which sound generic or australian (what makes latin america latin america??).
If anyone could give me some hints that would be most apprecitated!
Thanks,
Tom
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1. Watch this tutorial.
2. Go here and download the flash tool and the X10a 2.1 world generic.
3. Flash the firmware as in the tutorial.
4. Enjoy!
Tom, I had exactly the same issue with Telstra. My brother is with Optus and had his months ago. I finally cracked it and de-branded my phone, installed 2.1 and it all went fine. Trust me its worth it. Then i rooted it and have'nt looked back... goo luck mate
Hi,
Thanks for the advice! I followed the tutorial and updated to 504, then flashed again to .24, however on both of these my bluetooth does not work :-/ Windows 7 shows nothing in the services menu and the phone seems to pair with devices but never connect. Also the .24 ROM available appears to have been a X10i ROM, this doesn't seem to have mattered though as 850MHz HSDPA still seems to work.
Any thoughts on fixing bluetooth?
I haven't installed the rooted version btw and I'm not quite sure what xrecovery does? Thanks!!
Fixed BT - turns out it didn't like to talk to my MacBookPro on Windows - updating Boot Camp drivers to 3.2 fixed that.
As for xrecovery, what does it do? And how does one root 0.24?
Thanks for the help!
Tom
draget said:
=I haven't installed the rooted version btw and I'm not quite sure what xrecovery does? Thanks!!
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You could have saved time and flashed straight to it using SEUS if you didn't want to root.
draget said:
As for xrecovery, what does it do?
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Allows you to flash to the phone at boot, so you can install custom and user ROMS, themes, and pretty much anything else.
draget said:
And how does one root 0.24?
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XperiaX10iUser said:
X10Flash 2.1 final & 2.1 Firmware (Update Flasher 14.11.2010)
That will debrand and update you to 504 firmware, then you can install xRecovery, then install a prerooted .24 which is the latest FW, which can't be rooted in the usual methods just yet.
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So you need to use the flashtools to flash back to 504, root, install xRecovery, then install the Pre-rooted .24.
batman_112 said:
1. Watch this tutorial.
2. Go here and download the flash tool and the X10a 2.1 world generic.
3. Flash the firmware as in the tutorial.
4. Enjoy!
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Thanks for clarifying - it seems to be working nicely now so I'm pretty happy haha I'll get bored and have a go at rooting it eventually! After putting 504 on SEUS told me I was up to date, but all is good now

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