Sony Ericsson Flashing

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1. lillerndudas
   Jan 13 at 15:24

   can my phone get destroyed?

2. Akshay
   Jan 13 at 16:19

   No your phone won’t get destroyed !
   some people randomly press random buttons those who do it will get their phone destroyed !

   Follow the tutorial , its safe ! All who followed my tutorials have had 100% success flashing ! Make sure you follow the tutorial !!

3. Peti
   Jan 19 at 09:11

   So if I hold C, plug the cable and then put my phone in a safe place on my desk then the risk of dead phone is 0.0% ?

4. Peti
   Jan 19 at 18:25

   So I update with SEUS, flash main, flash fs, upload new drivers with FAR manager.
   Is there only one w610i main out there? I mean do I have to choose the right main or there’s only one? I took a look at SE site, compared w610i and k550i and I saw that k550i has 64MB internal memory but w610i does not. Isn’t this a problem?

5. Akshay
   Jan 19 at 18:38

   Only one Main for all countries.
   just flash it. don’t take too much tension
   from my stats more then 5k people have flashed successfully . just close ur eyes and follow guide.

6. Peti
   Jan 19 at 20:51

   5k successful of “???”, how many have failed, according to your stats?XD
   What do you think about translating the site of yours into other languages? I think it would be better for Hungarian people to read this tutorial (and others as well) in Hungarian. I could do it… But I don’t know if it is possible with Wordpress.:S (Or it needs to be stored in a new blog or thread at least.)
   But tell me what is the Success ratio - [successful guys / all tries]!:D

7. Akshay
   Jan 19 at 21:11

   LOL , seriously .. 5k number was just to cheer you up !! From download and self report stats its 600. Am very confident about this. Collected from many sources. This tutorial is also available in brazilian. on orkut many many ppl have flashed.

   To translate this site you can use google translator. or any other service

   Only 1 Fellow Failed. Because he pressed wrong buttons. he got his phone fixed later. All others have been successful till date.
   if some one fails then they post their failure all over se-nse and at other forums !!

   and do u know.. in my country INDIA there are more then 400 languages. yes please check out wikipedia !
   and i know 12 languages. but sorry i know only two EU languages french and english

   man please don’t freak out … !! this is very safe. nothing is going to happen. why be soo worried.
   i flashed my k550 main and fs atleast 8 times . so many have done it.

   and many many people use XS++ to flash and debrand everyday !!

   you know at thinkdigit forum where this tutorial was originally based.. read out all posts. there you will find a 1 failure. read his mistakes there. no one else has reported failure other then him.

8. Akshay
   Jan 20 at 07:58

   well ppl who don’t follow tutorials brick phones.
   they think flashing software is just like any other softwares and press all buttons to see what happens

   now see if you put a small boy in a NASA rocket, he will press all the button in it to see what happens. that way if u don things then phone will get bricked.

9. Peti
   Jan 20 at 09:29

   So if the power doesn’t cut, then only human mistake can cause it, and only if they do not follow the instructions. That’s good to hear.
   “Our Friend has gifted use Some FS and Main !! check them out if u have one for yourself .. for your region.. an FS with your langauge.
   Click here” <- So I must use this Main and the CENT_EUROPE FS from that link?

10. Akshay
    Jan 20 at 10:30

    yes. from that link. where else. even if power goes. nothing happen. just redo whole thing. you can fix it. but in case something goes wrong. your windows xp behaves abnormally then …. wht shld i do.

11. Akshay
    Jan 20 at 10:40

    that’s it .. i removed all scary lines from tutorial
    hey you may want to check out the s500 flashing to w580. its really easy. but you must use different files

12. Peti
    Jan 20 at 11:18

    When I do this I might want to record it in a video, do you want a video tutorial?
    “Don’t try to start your phone , we are not yet done ! Customization is Must” Can I skip this one?

13. Akshay
    Jan 20 at 14:15

    customization part is must……. or else you will get a Config Error when you start ur phone !!
    i can record this….!

14. ghetto
    Jan 20 at 15:09

    im sorry but i still got desame result “Configuration error” ………after following all instruction..what should i do?

15. ghetto
    Jan 20 at 15:12

    but it already change from k550im to W610i…..

16. Akshay
    Jan 20 at 15:23

    reflash main and fs and flash the cust pack properly man .. you get config error only if finalization or customization is not done properly
    plzz do it properly again

17. ghetto
    Jan 20 at 22:11

    dude tnx for the help!!now its working!!

18. Peti
    Jan 21 at 15:58

    Hey Ashkay!
    Mistake in tutorial:
    “Backup GDFS only After You Have Updated your phone to CID52 1
    Instructions To backup GDFS”
    When I click on the link, it navigates to http.com… Check the link and delete that http part in it.

19. Akshay
    Jan 21 at 16:20

    thnx.. u still dint flash ?? common man .. i hv done it. many have done it .. see ghetto also did it .. you r turn

20. Peti
    Jan 23 at 16:49

    It’s in my plans now, sooner or later.
    I’ve the updated firmware and a GDFS backup and I tried FAR Manager. I copied unnecessary stuff to my hard drive, and deleted them from the phone. But it didn’t copy, just created 0 bytes big files, so it practically means I’ve lost my original backgrounds and other SonyEricsson stuff.XD

21. Peti
    Jan 23 at 20:44

    Flashed finally.
    W610i!(L)XD
    But you didn’t tell I was going to lose all files in FS\usb…

22. Akshay
    Jan 24 at 07:59

    hmm that was obvious .. i thought u knew it
    because flashing FS is formatting the phone ..! sorry.. i mean you know

23. Akshay
    Jan 24 at 08:00

    hey btw congrats .. u been a tough case to convince

24. Peti
    Jan 24 at 20:53

    XD
    You know I’ve always heard bad things about flashing at home… But I LOVE IT. (L)XD Walkman 2.0, new accoustics, new cam driver… wonderful.
    And thanks, by the way.

25. Peti
    Jan 24 at 22:12

    Can I upload this own_custpack with xs++ (3.1) after deleting itm files, to get rid of SE links? And can I put new drivers in the custpack?

26. Akshay
    Jan 25 at 07:36

    hey hey i hv clearly written backup everything .. see it .. i forgot tht i had written..!! u dint follow it and lost everything

    wait .. you do customization only after flashing FS ok. so you must delete .itm in own_custpack right at the first time after u flash FS. yes you can change camera driver with own custpack idea. also with FAR MANAGER and also with FSX
    see all video tutorials .. i hv put all in respective tutorials

27. Peti
    Jan 25 at 16:13

    You told I should backup, but not that it was going to format its memory. But only music that I have on my pc was gone…
    FAR Manager is a cool one, I love it. But ITM files must be deleted in customization, I’ve deleted them in FAR and I still have SE links in my menus. So I have to flash FS again??? (to do such tricks)

28. Akshay
    Jan 26 at 07:25

    yes flash FS again .. and this time during custpack flash make sure u remove the .itm files

29. Piemans
    Jan 26 at 23:00

    awsome..i was dubious at first due to the “killing my phone” part…but thought what the hell (really wanted to get rid of the operator logo)…anyway now my phone is upgraded to w610,with the ma_loud accoustics (so much better).a better cam driver…and a great flash menu….thanks so much for this tut!!!

30. Akshay
    Jan 27 at 07:09

    yeah no probs.. it just just a term of aggrement

31. Peti
    Jan 27 at 11:45

    Can we, users post tutorials on this site?

32. Akshay
    Jan 27 at 12:47

    yes you can if allow you to…lets talk on MSN
    add me every_one_says@iamcrazy.in

33. Russell
    Jan 27 at 18:58

    add my on msn. I need help adding flash menus to my w580 hastingsrussell@hotmail.com

34. Mix
    Jan 28 at 05:46

    akshay.
    I want to try and do this, but It looks intimidating. How long does it usually take? Im trying to go through the first step, but then the XS++ couldnt detect my phone so I gave up. Please help if necessary.

35. Akshay
    Jan 28 at 11:39

    hey did you try to update your phone ???
    flash drivers are not installed . so your phone won’t be detected
    i will write tutorial on how to install flash drivers i think so .. since many have problems with flash drivers

36. Mix
    Jan 28 at 20:02

    ^^^
    Oh, not yet. I am going to update it now. Umm. How to I backup the contacts? With that program you provided? So should I back up all my contacts and pictures [since they are most important to me]. Will it really delete all my contacts after this conversion. Thanks!

37. Akshay
    Jan 29 at 12:20

    google search my phone explorer and use it
    backup all stuff from M2 card in comp..
    yes you can put tha language with correct FS
    u can follow any tutorial
    u can also check out the vidoe tutorial given here
    in it a k550 is flashed to w610 [;)]

38. Joe
    Jan 30 at 22:04

    Dude, i flashed to w610 everything went just fine, had for like 3 months, but now i wanna go back to K550, and i want to use the America FS, mine has the APAC, do i have to use the apac or can i choose the one i want?

39. Akshay
    Jan 31 at 13:23

    that depends on what language you want
    if you wanted english then use it no problem

40. Akshay
    Feb 01 at 10:10

    yeah it its a good guide .. but how about the video in this tutorial .. where k550 is flashed to w610
    see the details in xs++
    http://www.akshayy.com/sonyericsson/tutorials/flash-firmwaredebrand-with-xs/

41. Mix
    Feb 02 at 04:58

    Thanks Akshay. Heres a few questions.
    1]Umm do I only make backup’s of gdfs once?
    2]Does the Europe Central FS have English language right? So I dont have to get my region?

42. Peti
    Feb 07 at 14:54

    1) Yes, it is necessary for the first time only, but place it safely, never lose it.
    2) All FS’ have English language, so if you want to use it in English then it doesn’t matter what FS you use.

    Akshay! Since I flashed my K550i to W610i I told my friends about it, and now they would really like me to flash their phones to, even with Nokias.
    Now my question is: is there a Walkman main & FS that I could flash to a K800?

43. Umar
    Feb 14 at 05:49

    i have a k550i and i flashed it to w610 and i have some problems so i wanna reflash it so how should i do that.

44. Loh
    Feb 15 at 16:29

    can u do a video to show it? pls… thanks, newbie here…video pls..

45. Akshay
    Feb 15 at 17:09

    video download from here

    http://www.akshayy.com/sonyericsson/tutorials/flash-firmwaredebrand-with-xs/

46. Mark
    Feb 19 at 15:45

    I have a k550 an I would really like to flash my phone to the w610 but I would like to know if sometime in the future I should want to revert back to my original k550 look,if would it be possible

47. Akshay
    Feb 19 at 17:12

    you obviously can flash back to k550 at any time
    just reflash main and fs

48. hoobaholic
    Feb 19 at 19:04

    hey Akshay could u plz help me with this…
    what does the display driver control…??
    I hope u got what i mean ifs/settings/display/**display.dat** what does this file do and what all changes can be made if we alter this..????? thanx in advance

49. Mark
    Feb 20 at 01:13

    Excuse me for asking a seta stupid questions but I am new to the whole flashing thing.Lets say I want to revert,would I need to download stuff like acoustic drivers and cam drivers and stuff or just reflash the the fs and main with a k550 fs an main like you said and I’d be good?,and would I have the same internal 64mb of memory or would it be different when I flash to the w610?,if you can please add me(cool3ni@hotmail.com) to your msn messenger.

50. Mark
    Feb 20 at 04:34

    Well I successfully modded my phone and I must say it looks great,no problems encountered whatso ever.

51. pratik
    Feb 20 at 10:03

    congrats mark

52. Akshay
    Feb 20 at 11:36

    hey mark just reflash FS to revert all changes
    and reflash main for k550i phone

    sid ..
    it controls brightness, color saturation, contrast etc .. all display properties
    open dat file in notepad and check out for more parameters

53. hoobaholic
    Feb 20 at 18:23

    thanx ya AKshay..!

54. Mark
    Feb 20 at 23:08

    Ok since i flash everything is great.Before i mod i had dis app name ‘google maps’ on d phone an i really like it,now after i mod an try to put it bak it keeps saying invalid application,i downloaded other apps an they work fine but that particular one isn’t,dis is not a big problem but does any one know why d phone keeps saying that.

55. Akshay
    Feb 21 at 05:48

    no idea .. flashing does not affect it .. because this flash is a clean flash
    try to install other apps .. if it does not work go for a reflash of FS and Custpack

56. Mark
    Feb 22 at 02:55

    Just like to report that i did some customizations an now d app works,thanks alot.

57. Lmbrt
    Feb 23 at 11:51

    Hi Master,
    Question 1- Instead of manually deleting all .itm files before flashing Custpack to get rid of SE annoying presence, couldn’t we just tick the case “Don’t upload SE WAP links” in XS++?
    Question 2- Does the KE550i flashed to W610i support 8 GB memory sticks (or 4GB)? That would do a hell of a Walkman…
    Humble regards from your devote admirer.
    Lmbrt
    Florence, Italy

58. Akshay
    Feb 23 at 12:25

    if you are using a custpack from XS++ Library then you must tick that option
    but you are using OWN_CUSTPACK instead of XS++ library custpacks !

    like select phone as k610 or any db2020 phone and choose Europe 5 custpack . it will work .. no need for own custpack

59. Mark
    Feb 23 at 19:03

    Just a general question about the k550.I’d like to know if anyone knows of any bugs in general in the making of the phone because before I flashed I noticed that sometimes when using the phone the whole screen just turns white and comes off an the phone restarts and it happened once since I flashed,reason I asked is because I also noticed this happen on anther k550.

60. Akshay
    Feb 24 at 05:06

    that happens to all SE phones .. when phone crashes

    NEVERMIND >> no problems you can go ahead and use it !!

61. jocke
    Feb 25 at 12:38

    very nice tut! =) but i only flashed the main ^^ do you know any patch that fix the camera lens so it activate the camera!? do you guys ever had the problem when 4.6.0 and some other buttons stops work well i found out the problem ^^ thoose buttons are the camera shortcuts so when you hold the mobile and you might touch the camera button so when that happens just check so you dont touch the camera button then 4.6.0 and the other buttons will work fine =) /// jocke

62. Akshay
    Feb 25 at 13:35

    Jocke ! No way to fix camera issue .. ! sorry !!

    yeah we know tht problem .. !! its discussed hell of times by Newbs at places like facebook, myspace and orkut !

63. scream
    Feb 25 at 14:12

    hey akshay,
    !!!!!
    i need menu.ml file, i accidentally flashed into my phone menu.ml, which is for k550fs… but i have now completely w610i, so i need w610i menu.ml
    plzzzz i need quick or i’m gonna be dead..

64. scream
    Feb 25 at 14:15

    uuups…
    deem, got that fixed, nevermind

    i flashed my friends k550 too

    my own is in the service, still.. i was told that it may not be fixed, because it has been in sea, alcohol, snow for several times.. so, i still hope it can be fixed,
    (Y) to you

65. Akshay
    Feb 25 at 15:30

    ^^ that’s provided to you in tutorial ! i mean w610 original menu ml

    you can get from
    http://www.esnips.com/web/akmenu

    hope your phone gets fixed or replaced as we get in INDIA !! btw what’s up with your phone ??

    what’s your name ?? i mean the last time you told me .. !!

66. jocke
    Feb 25 at 16:27

    well im getting used to press the button to acess camera ^^ why dont you ad a link to swflayer V1.1 where you can make your own flash wallpaper with track info ^^

67. Akshay
    Feb 25 at 16:35

    ^^^^^^ Thanks a LOT !!

    Infact i lost its link and also forgot its name

    now it will done .. ! in 2-3 days

    contacting the author for formalities

68. Akshay
    Feb 25 at 16:36

    Jocke

    oops its been removed from download at official site
    can you please upload for us ??

69. jocke
    Feb 25 at 16:57

    i searched at 4shared.com here u have a link!

    http://www.4shared.com/file/35835189/a1a7fa25/SWFLayer_v11.html?s=1

    =)

70. Akshay
    Feb 25 at 19:42

    ^^ Thanks !

71. jocke
    Feb 25 at 19:57

    Your welcome ^^ i can upload flash wallpaper pack later if u want =)

72. Jozvel
    Feb 28 at 12:12

    hey, where can i get the FS and MAIN of k550i? please send me the link to where i can download it… Thanks!

73. Jozvel
    Feb 28 at 12:28

    hmm.. after i revert back my k550i, do i still need to patch or the custpack to my phone?

74. Jocke
    Feb 28 at 13:25

    http://forums.se-nse.net/index.php?showtopic=13629&st=240

    

75. Akshay
    Feb 28 at 14:42

    now that’s a true cybershot walkman startup

76. Jocke
    Feb 28 at 15:40

    hehe =) im using it on mine

77. cool bloke
    Feb 28 at 20:10

    Hey akshay just wanted your view on this… i had initially made a backup of my k550i GDFS after updating via SEUS… the then backup file was 93 Kb and i now made another one after flashing it to w610… it was just 85 Kb in size..?! Where’s the rest of it gone…!?!

78. Nitin
    Feb 29 at 01:58

    Hi Akshay, i want to flash my k550 to w610, plz tell me which main, FS and cust pack to install, i am from bangalore..

79. Cyntax
    Feb 29 at 12:05

    Wow, i was sceptical at first, then i finally did it, i’ve updated to W610i with everything, and it works great!! The Guide is Perfect, even i could understand it!

    Many thanks from Sweden.

80. pratik
    Feb 29 at 12:07

    main & fs will be available at topseru.
    fs is ur choice … asia or europe’ll be better.

81. Akshay
    Feb 29 at 12:10

    from here
    http://www.4shared.com/dir/4145537/52d28f4c/CellPhones.html

    nitin .. use any
    or read tutorial carefully

    Congo Cyntax !! even i love trance !! its my fav

82. Jocke
    Feb 29 at 12:25

    hi akshay i have a question for u =) well i’ve seen thoose t650 light effect on the buttons do u think they work? can i damage my phone if i try to put thoose into my k550 i got the original k550 extracted on my desk so i could get the original back easy but will it damage anything? anyone who have tested this?

83. Mark
    Feb 29 at 14:27

    Could someone say what is the external memory limit on the Cybershot-Walkman,I have a 1gb memory card and I’d like to buy a 2gb but I’d want to know if it will work first because I saw somewhere where they said that there’s a 1gb limit,but I see that the k750 which is a way older model can take 2gb.

84. Akshay
    Feb 29 at 14:57

    if you are talking about hardawre mod then you might well damage .. its complicated to open phone without appropriate tools

    mark i think its 2 gb for this phone ..

85. Jocke
    Feb 29 at 15:30

    no i ment the lighteffect drivers =)

86. manndaar
    Feb 29 at 17:18

    jocke t650 does not have any light effect driver.it is just flash file which coz those light effect on key pad.download this flash file and use it as wallpaper or as screen saver n u will possibly get those effects.[it will work on ur phone only if u have multi color lights under ur keypad. …..i mean when u switch on d camera ur keypad light must turn to other color.]
    download link:
    http://www.4shared.com/file/39339581/4fc4ffc4/underWater_standby.html

87. Jocke
    Mar 01 at 00:47

    nope it dont cuz i got a k550 but i saw it had button that was like blinking when he turned on walkman player that makes me jealous

88. cool bloke
    Mar 01 at 19:14

    HEY AKSHAY YOU MISSED ON MY QUESTION
    =
    =
    Hey akshay just wanted your view on this… i had initially made a backup of my k550i GDFS after updating via SEUS… the then backup file was 93 Kb and i now made another one after flashing it to w610… it was just 85 Kb in size..?! Where’s the rest of it gone…!?!

89. Jocke
    Mar 02 at 00:23

    Hi ppl!

    use this to rename your phone to K550@W610 etc.

    http://forums.se-nse.net/index.php?showtopic=23457&start=0&#entry257715

    (sry Akshay for bombing your blog) xD

90. flipboi
    Mar 02 at 04:40

    Hi akshayy,

    I have a question. I would like to flash my k550 to w660 but my erom id is erom id 51. based on your tutorial, it has to be erom id 52. i have tried seus to update my erom id to erom id 52 but it can’t connect to its server or something. i have been trying it for days now and i can’t update my erom id 51 to erom id 52. please help. is there a tutroial for erom id 51 fs and main for k550 to w660? my msn id xero_102@hotmail.com. please help.

91. Akshay
    Mar 02 at 06:00

    ok i sent CID51 firmwares to you through email
    download and flash it using SEtool 2 lite

92. flipboi
    Mar 02 at 14:11

    hi akshay,

    i received your email but the second link is dead. also, can we chat thru windows live messenger? i need to get an in-depth tutorial for erom cid 51. would i be following the tutorial in the first link for w200 but with my firmware? where do i get w660 cid 51 fs and main? (since the link you gave me is dead)

93. Akshay
    Mar 02 at 15:06

    sorry then .. CID51 firmwares are tough to find .. you can get them only on TOPSONY for 2 Euro !

    those are only links i had to CID51 firmwares. and w660 main and fs you can try on Topse Russia
    http://www.topse.ru/
    use their english registration site

94. salony
    Mar 02 at 15:54

    Akshay please help me with this..! I was having a dark spot in the pics when i used the camera some days back.. i rushed to the service centre ppl and they said that camera module would be changed as it was a hardware problem but it was out of stock… now after 2 days it’s resolved on its own.. no dark spot now.. what should i do..!? would they replce it now coz now there’s no prob but is there a possiblilty of its reccurrence..!?????

95. Akshay
    Mar 02 at 16:30

    it could be because of dust particles on the lens or inside camera .. or mostly hardware fault.

    ask them to replace it, give your reasons that you get dark spots some times..you should have taken pictures.

    that they don’t have stock is no reason to send your phone back. ask in other service centers !

    its unlikely a software problem

    in any case problem might occur once again if not related to dust particles.

96. flipboi
    Mar 02 at 16:49

    hi akshay,

    could you help me update my erom cid 51 to erom cid 52 then? since i also have a hard time updating my k550 erom cid 51 thru seus, could i do it using setool 2 lite? seus can’t connect thru the server everytime i am trying to get it to be updated to erom cid 52. please help. i already downloaded all the tools and updating to erom cid 52 thru seus has been hampering me from having a cybershot walkman phone. please help.

97. Akshay
    Mar 02 at 17:34

    ok if you got all firmwares and tools .. !
    then flash it using Setool 2 lite
    follow the w200 tutorial that i gave
    that’s how you flash the Main and FS and Custpack !

98. Akshay
    Mar 02 at 17:35

    you can’t update EROM easily .. its tough .. and phone might die

99. flipboi
    Mar 02 at 17:48

    http://www.thinkdigit.com/forum/showpost.php?p=677181&postcount=459

    if i download the files above, would i follow your tutorial but instead have erom cid 51 fs, main and custom packs? all is well if i have erom cid 51 fs, main and custom packs and follow this tutorial, right? which means i will be starting my “project” to have a cybershot walkman, right? (which means i will be starting with flashing) if you think i should hold on for a minute before i do so, please let me know.

100. flipboi
     Mar 02 at 17:50

     should i start flashing if i have the files from this link –> http://www.thinkdigit.com/forum/showpost.php?p=677181&postcount=459

101. Akshay
     Mar 02 at 18:03

     yeah .. you can flash CID51 with Setool 2 lite
     but u can’t flash CID51 with XS++ that’s all
     yeah get those CID51 Firmware files and flash it

102. flipboi
     Mar 02 at 18:08

     alrightie then…i shall give it a whip then..if i fail for no apparent reason, what should i do? thanks!

103. Akshay
     Mar 02 at 18:13

     you won’t fail really .. it will be succes ! just flash firmware as shown
     also don’t forget GDFS backup with Setool 2 lite
     just click read gdfs.. and connect phone holding C

     then flash firmwares as shown .. its done

104. flipboi
     Mar 02 at 18:31

     here is what i have done:

     - In Phone Type i put W610
     - Click on Read GDFS
     - Now ,after pressing Read GDFS, i accidentally cliked on read flash after putting the fs, main and custom pack because my mouse went the wrong direction - would this make my flashing corrupt?
     -i clicked on flash when i set the fs, main and custom pack and up to now, it is still loading. would it take about 15 minutes to flash my k550? how long does it usually take?

     thanks!

105. flipboi
     Mar 02 at 18:35

     would there be any display of scripts being done while my phone is being flashed? all textboxes are grayed out and i don’t know if my flashing is progressing (except for the progress bar at the bottom of the setool 2 lite program)

106. Akshay
     Mar 02 at 18:52

     sucks you pressed wrong button
     something you should not ..
     now i have no idea what to do

     flashing takes only 7 minutes .. full reflash of fs and main

     hey you should just press flash .. after you set main and fs and custpack as show in that w200 tutorial

     anyway now its night here for me .. i am off to sleep catch u tom evening

107. flipboi
     Mar 02 at 19:01

     ok. my phone is still opening and it is still the same k550 i have. (it really sucks when you use a laptop sometimes. mouse cursor area can be a drag since it is such a small area) so i guess i would have to re-do it from the start. thank you for the help, man.i really appreciate it. i would let you know of the result, tomorrow. it’s 3AM here in the philippines. i also got to go to bed now. i’ll just finish this so that i will wake up a very happy man with a cybershot walkman phone. hehehehe..:-D

108. flipboi
     Mar 02 at 19:10

     hey! i am a very happy cybershot walkman phone owner now. thanks for all the help, akshay! more power!

109. dengue88
     Mar 03 at 12:37

     Hey dude!!!! I was successful in flashing k550i to w610.. I also manage to flash w880 acoustics thru peter’s w880 files.. however, d on/off functions of d acoustics didn’t showed up in d walkman player.. and d big problem now is…. THE PHONE’s drive is not detected by the computer under file transfer usb option… Anyway.. can u please HELP ME!!!!!!!…

110. Akshay
     Mar 03 at 12:41

     hiii ! you don’t get an on and off option .. you just change them for ever !

     is it ?? are you sure ?? may be you should connect phone to ONE USB PORT always .. not keep changing it .. !
     try something .. final option is reflash of Main and FS and Custpack

     Cable might be loose also .. like my usb cable is loose ..

111. dengue88
     Mar 03 at 13:39

     is dat so..?? coz.. actually Peter’s acoustics include a soft and monster megabasses, as well as a HiFi earphone system I think.. not sure… so these two megabasses (on their zip folder) included an on/off folders with there corresponding zapf files which were totally d same (I mean d monster and soft megabasses have d same filename and extensions)… Anyway i assume dat these files wud giv me on/off options for my k550i music player….

     And.. about d usb problem…. MYPHONEEXPLORER can still read my K550i.. however sonyericsson file manager cannot, same wid the usb file transfer… (Sorry 4 d long explanation dude) I’m just… going crazy over here… maybe somethin wrong happened..

     Anyway dude.. my phonr still works wid the walkman player and megabass… except 4 the usb functions w/c I mentioned… and.. b4 I forgot… I reflashed my custpack just now thru d owncustpack method w/o d own_custpack/ifs/settings/acoustic/**** zapf files here **** folders…. PLEASE HELP ME… LOL

112. Akshay
     Mar 03 at 16:56

     in case of problem .. flash full fs main and custpack ..
     no acoustics gives options … !

113. cool bloke
     Mar 03 at 19:27

     @ DENGUEE88
     The On/Off thing u’re talking about is the DRC settings…. Please read the .txt file accompanying the Peter’s acoustics package… you’ll get it clear
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     @ AKSHAY
     HEY AKSHAY YOU’VE CONSTANTLY MISSING ON MY QUESTION. POSTING THIS THE THIRD TIME MATE. PLEASE SEE THIS TIME>
     =
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     Hey akshay just wanted your view on this… i had initially made a backup of my k550i GDFS after updating via SEUS… the then backup file was 93 Kb and i now made another one after flashing it to w610… it was just 85 Kb in size..?! Where’s the rest of it gone…!?!

114. dengue88
     Mar 04 at 00:20

     owww… owkie guys.. how bout d connection problem??? my k550i can now be detected by d computer.. but its drive doesn’t appear in the my computer window….

     anyway.. I’ll reflash full FS and MAIN and post what happens… keepin ma.fingers.crossed

115. dengue88
     Mar 04 at 00:26

     when flashing peter’s acoustics.. shud I leave its folders as it appears in zip???? (I mean d peter’s acoustic/ peter’s acoustic [soft bass] folders..???)
     ………so it will appear as own_custpack/ifs/settings/acoustic/peter’s acoustic/ peters acoustic [soft bass]/***zapf files**
     correct me f I’m being stupid here dude… lol

116. Akshay
     Mar 04 at 06:15

     don’t worry .. GDFS backup size varies, its not a problem .. that time some junk values were also backed up…!

     all zapf files go in acoustics folder .. not in any subfolder .. !
     u get seprate acoustics for drc on and off .. i don’t think you can get an option in the phone to change ..

117. dengue88
     Mar 04 at 08:29

     Hey Akshay.. my usb now works… all are fine… however I’m wonderin’ how shud I unzip d acoustics since each DRC folders have d same files and extensions.. shud it be placed as it is???

118. dengue88
     Mar 04 at 13:54

     ,,,uhhh,,, hello people!!!!!!
     ,,,Thanks for all the guides and instruction, i got everything i wanted,,,,
     ,,, i just would like to ask how to delete the music player skins that i flashed into my phone coz i really hate the other skins i uploaded,,

119. kenterkril
     Mar 07 at 10:11

     oh, hi!!! i got everything from this site,, thanks but then im having problem with this flsh menus and stuffs, i flashed .swf through XS++ and copied the .thm file as you said,, but then what about the files that has .png and .xml extensions?

120. Akshay
     Mar 07 at 11:52

     .png ? and xml ?? i have no idea what you are talking
     for flash menu to work they must be coupled to work with each other .. the thm and swf !
     files with .png are images and xml are databases !

121. kenterkril
     Mar 07 at 12:42

     yah i know but i tried pairing both, the result was no flash menu, it didnt changed actually,,,

122. solerom
     Mar 09 at 12:21

     many thanks akshay! Very clear instructions and your tutorial is way better that others i have looked at!

123. anspua
     Mar 15 at 03:22

     Dear Akshay, after I unzip the customization pack I can’t find a folder named “tpa” in it, pls help, thanks.

124. Akshay
     Mar 15 at 05:16

     wel if you could find some files that’s enough. like customization.xml or customiz.xml and preloaded_config.xml ! these 2 files are important

     you create a folder structure like this

     own_cusptack\tpa\preset\custom\** those files here**

     you should basically have the two XML files put in custom folder nested inside the tpa\preset folders !

     or use other custpack !

125. Music !!
     Mar 16 at 14:50

     can i just get flash theme support for my k550i without flashing the whole phone??

126. Akshay
     Mar 16 at 14:59

     sorry no way !! flash to w610

127. Music !!
     Mar 16 at 15:15

     oooooo……..will it delete all the languages?

128. Music !!
     Mar 16 at 15:42

     erm akshay i found this >>http://www.akshayy.com/sonyericsson/tutorials/xs-fsx-tutorial/ its says can add flash menu. Or i just need to flash my phone to k550i?

129. Akshay
     Mar 16 at 15:42

     not if you flash only main !
     flash FS then you need to Use FS that has your language or add languages after flashing FS !

130. Akshay
     Mar 16 at 15:44

     it can add flash menus .. but won’t work if on k550 !
     it works on all walkman phones

131. Music !!
     Mar 16 at 15:51

     ok………..thanks!! need to think properly before flashing. Coz its so complicated……..maby i’ll try it on w800i. thx.

132. Music !!
     Mar 16 at 16:13

     erm i though of just changing the menu icon and changing the Acoustics. do i need to turn off the phone …….press c button all those steps?

133. Peti
     Mar 16 at 16:37

     Yes, you have to. Use FAR Manager to upload such stuff.
     Akshay, as I read, K550im also has Flash Lite, but only the im version, K550i doesn’t have.

134. Jocke
     Mar 17 at 03:58

     hi akshayy!
     i did upgrade my main to r8 and now also the fs but i still dont get my language i loosed them when i restarted the phone can u help me?

135. Akshay
     Mar 17 at 12:04

     hey man !! use R6BC002 Main and the FS that has your language ! please check out !
     for R8BA024 we don’t have All FS for langauges !
     sorry ! you can buy it from topsony for 2 euro !
     hardly anything that we can do here !

     please see langauge list to find out which all FS have your language !

136. Peti
     Mar 17 at 13:25

     Akshay, how about the LCDA system?

137. Jocke
     Mar 17 at 23:53

     i found my fs but it was a k550 but that dosn¨t matter my phon is now a working r8

138. Music !!
     Mar 19 at 17:38

     i flashed my phone to w610……the main was ok. but the fs got error. y i still dont have flash theme? do i need to patch?

139. Akshay
     Mar 19 at 17:42

     no you don’t have to patch
     but what error you got ? really ?
     just reflash main and fs and custpack and phone should be right

140. Music !!
     Mar 19 at 17:45

     this is the errror i got ‘ Header type: Unknown/damaged” for fs

141. Music !!
     Mar 19 at 18:05

     erm……..when selecting to flash fs file. i just click the not yet zip file ??

142. Akshay
     Mar 19 at 18:16

     fs is fbn file .. not zip file
     if its zip file then unzip it boy

143. Music !!
     Mar 19 at 18:24

     ya i already unzip it…….there are files for me to select in the fs folder……but which 1?

144. Peti
     Mar 19 at 18:29

     FS is an fbn file, there is no choice there. Only in FS region, like CENT_EUROPE. But this tutorial clearly tells what to do.

145. Music !!
     Mar 19 at 18:30

     i know wat u all are talkking about but mine dont have fbn. mine is zip

146. Peti
     Mar 19 at 18:35

     Then leave that fucking file if it doesn’t have fbn file in it.
     If Cent_Europe is good for you (contains english of course) then go to http://sek750.extra.hu/letoltes/ and downlad a firmware there. If not then try topse.ru or topsony.

147. majid
     Mar 20 at 07:41

     wow! damn man ur site topse.ru is in which language? please provide me with a gud site where i can upgrade my w850i with latest theme walkman or etc etc etc etc……!

     lol @ peti’s advice! (Mar 19 at 18:35 Then leave that fucking file if it doesn’t have fbn file in it.) lol!:)

148. Nitin
     Mar 21 at 02:38

     Hi akshay….after flashing my k550i with w610i, if in future i want to revert back to k550i i need this main… R6BC002_MAIN_GENERIC_LI and FS for this…plz give me the links for this..
     http://www.4shared.com/dir/4145537/52d28f4c/CellPhones.html..link for main is not working

149. Akshay
     Mar 21 at 05:38

     that link is working ! you got it wrong !
     also use any k550 FS and Main to revert back
     they are available in there
     and also at topse russia !
     also i have given links in orkut k550 community

150. Peti
     Mar 21 at 10:03

     Well majid, that is a useful advice. The file he has/had has/had nothing to do with flashing…

151. zl0rk
     Mar 21 at 13:37

     I’m kinda new to this and I don’t really understand this tut. You’re phone must have CID 52. But SEUS updates it to CID 53, so how do you update your phone properly from CID 51 tot 52 ???

152. Akshay
     Mar 21 at 13:47

     check your phone ! all new SE phones are CID52 anyway

153. Peti
     Mar 21 at 13:49

     Wrong. I bought my phone in november (2007) and it was CID 51 (and OTP CID is 51 anyway). It shouldn’t have been, as far as I know. So we should then let XS++ update CID51 hardware to CID52?

154. Akshay
     Mar 21 at 13:58

     yes, XS++ can’t update CID of few Phones !

155. Peti
     Mar 21 at 16:13

     But when it asks, then it is absolutely not risky?

156. Akshay
     Mar 21 at 17:11

     coz many people have reported that to fail right in that thinkdigit k550 thread !
     its not risky ..! it ask for gdfs back first .. then erom flash
     its done with a script … people can find some scripts on russian forums

157. Peti
     Mar 21 at 18:34

     I suppose I can trust you. XD

158. zl0rk
     Mar 21 at 18:36

     I’ve another question. My phone (k550i) is locked, so should I unlock him first and than change firmware. Or should I go straight to w610 and unlock him afterwards?

159. Akshay
     Mar 21 at 18:45

     first flash 2 w610
     then unlock

160. Peti
     Mar 21 at 21:15

     Because “unlocking” is applied on the main firmware which you then flash to W610 firmware so it is overwritten anyway.

161. Mikel
     Mar 22 at 03:36

     Bandwidth problem on eSnips. I want to download the w610 original Cybershot menu. Any alternatives?

162. Akshay
     Mar 22 at 05:24

     Thanks for reporting ! Will Be fixed !
     damn the Esnips ! i can’t believe that bandwidth is going down soo soon !

163. Vignesh
     Mar 22 at 05:45

     Great site…Is there a way to modify the icons in main menu (not flash based) but ordinary png icons without flashing k550i to a w610i…a article on that would be very helpful (for eg i remember ways to convert k750i to mac osx look)

164. Mikel
     Mar 22 at 06:11

     @vignesh
     I think that would be a theme.

165. Peti
     Mar 22 at 07:26

     Nope, themes don’t modify icons. This is done by modifying menu.ml file (and uploading new icons). Akshay has written a tutorial about it: http://www.akshayy.com/sonyericsson/tutorials/se-menu-modding/
     Though I have to say I haven’t found it too helpful, when I created my menu, I used google.

166. zl0rk
     Mar 22 at 20:48

     what’s the difference between w610 firmware R6BC002 and R8BA024 ? are they both good for flashing a k550i ?

167. Peti
     Mar 22 at 21:11

     Yes sure, both are good. R8BA024 is newer. So it is better, but I have to say I haven’t noticed any difference. Use R6BC002 if you cannot find R8BA024 FS for your region/language. Otherwise, use R8BA024, because it is a later release.

168. noah
     Mar 25 at 03:19

     akshay can you make a downloadable link where we can download all the files that we need in one folder?

     it seems that this tutorial is complicated and hard to follow the steps.. i’m scared to crash my fone… waaaaaa

169. Peti
     Mar 25 at 09:51

     It’s sad, but not really. We can’t because it needs pretty much space and we would also have to upload those things. :S
     By the way we… (me ) are currently working on a download page and forum that you will be able to use in early April. So don’t give up hope.
     It seems complicated, yes, I thought the same about 2 months ago, but now I too have a K550@W610… and I didn’t make any mistakes when I first flashed my phone. Anyway, if you follow this tutorial, step-by-step, you won’t crash it.

170. noah
     Mar 25 at 10:23

     can anyone who can help me to restroe my backup files like contacts? when i already convert my fone to w610i, it cannot find the COM4… pls help me!!

171. Peti
     Mar 25 at 10:59

     My Phone Explorer?
     No big deal, it always happens, so don’t worry. It is because the phone’s identifiers change, and it isn’t the same device any longer. All you have to do, is enter Setup with F2 and on the Connection tab select Search phone (while the phone is connected to the cable of course).
     (Titles may differ, as I’m using the Hungarian version.)

172. noah
     Mar 25 at 11:02

     how can i use the w880 acoustics? what is it?

173. noah
     Mar 25 at 11:04

     i have problem starts from flash menu up to the end of the instruction.. where do i find the .swf files?? help me pls..

174. Peti
     Mar 25 at 11:29

     You must upload W880 acoustics to the appropriate path in Phone’s FS using FAR Manager. It is a set of files that define how good the sound of the phone will be. By using it, the phone gets louder, and the quality of the sound gets better.
     Read the FAR Manager tutorial, swf files are in tpa/preset/system/desktop/flash directory, you can download flash menus from http://seflashing.extra.hu/?mode=dlPimp&category=flashmenus&name=Flash%20menus%20176×220.zip

175. noah
     Mar 25 at 12:35

     thank you for the info… i will apply it..

176. Nimesh
     Mar 25 at 14:13

     Hi, Your Tutorial is very good and now I have the Cybershot-Walkman phone working nicely. Thanx for that. But I have a very little question, Is there any way to make turn on the camera by opening the lens cover? (K550 style)

     Thanx in advance.

177. Peti
     Mar 25 at 14:19

     Currently not. A bunch of programmers are working on it, trying to extract the appropriate part from K550 firmware and writing it into W610, but still no success.
     It might be available someday, but not yet.

178. cyc
     Mar 26 at 02:55

     Do you have k550i R8BA002 FS APAC???

179. noah
     Mar 26 at 13:07

     peti the flash menu that you give to me is corupted..
     do you have alterative flash menu?

180. noah
     Mar 26 at 13:28

     thanx akshay!! great guide!!
     but my menu is not flashing and it seems that it looks like k550i, the only thing that changed is the walkman… please help me to change my menu..

181. Peti
     Mar 26 at 13:33

     Corrupted????!! What do you mean? It is a zip archive. In it you place the swf file to tpa/preset/system/desktop and the thm files to the usb directory or to the m2 card. It worked for me. What is your problem exactly?

182. Peti
     Mar 26 at 13:38

     cyc. No, we don’t have FS files. We also download them from topse.ru, and at http://topse.ru/files/cat319.html you can find that main, but no apac fs, you will have to add your lng and t9 file manually. The necessary tutorial is available on the site.

183. noah
     Mar 26 at 15:35

     i got it, i’m done!! thanx peti!! your the best!!

184. noah
     Mar 26 at 15:37

     is the flash menu/wallpaper will decrease my batery life?

185. noah
     Mar 26 at 15:39

     can k550i can convert to other frimware or the only firmware that will work to k550i is the w610i?

186. Peti
     Mar 26 at 16:01

     Please don’t post 3 comments until I answer at least one of them!
     1. Nope, Akshay is the best here.
     2. It depends on how much you use the phone. When you are in the menu it uses much more resources than simple menus, especially if it has vibration. But when the display goes black, all things are unloaded, so they don’t eat battery. So it will shorten uptime a little, but just a little.
     3. Only K550 and W610 firmwares can be flashed to K550.

187. Santhoshkumar
     Mar 26 at 16:30

     Hi,
     Do you have any idea how to unlock sony j110i?

     Cheers.

188. Peti
     Mar 26 at 17:51

     No idea, I couldn’t find its firmware or patches for it on the internet. Is it even possible to connect it with a DCU-60 cable? :S

189. MANnDAaR
     Mar 26 at 19:27

     k770.vkp
     VKP script loaded OK. Lines: 6
     Patch structure created OK. Determining blocks to read…
     New block #0000 added: $45BC0000
     Blocks selected OK. Reading blocks: 1
     Block @ $45BC0000 read error. Have only: 00000000 bytes
     Elapsed:14 secs.

     why do i akways get this error while patching peti?

190. Peti
     Mar 26 at 19:57

     I’d say wrong offset in the patch, probably not for the same firmware version. Open it in Notepad, and look at the first line (comment). And check your phone’s software info. Both phone type and firmware version MUST be the same.

191. MANnDAaR
     Mar 26 at 20:23

     i hv tried everything even i hv changed my firmware but still i m getting same error.

192. Peti
     Mar 26 at 20:41

     I think I know it now!! It happened to me, too, I think. So it is SeTool2 Lite. You do not check the right checkboxes, check the tutorial for the appropriate setting.

193. Ætharr-tan
     Mar 27 at 04:07

     heh, It really does work… and its awesome… though i would like to be able to get some k550i backup firmware and fs files, cos the firmware file i tried to download kept getting corrupted. i wouldnt mind some k550im files either hehe

194. Saravanan
     Mar 27 at 11:07

     Hi akshay,
     Is it not enough if we flash only the w610 main keeping the k550 fs? (Coz I used to do that in K750 to w800) . Will the camera shutter still be active? ( this is the main reason why I’m raising this question). What are the disadvantages here as against having w610’s main and fs?
     Waiting for your reply before flashing

195. Peti
     Mar 27 at 13:29

     Saravanan. You can keep k550 FS, it works that way too, but think about it. You won’t have a lot of files, like the flash menus, walkman skins, the menu itself etc. It might get a bit unstable too, so we recommend flashing FS (and backing up everything before doing it).

196. Saravanan
     Mar 28 at 15:35

     Thanks a lot akshay, I have moved to w610 completely. Wow the process seems to be soooo easy compared to the days of K750 to W800.
     Hail the developers!!
     Thanks again.

197. Peti
     Mar 28 at 17:24

     Hey, man, I’m not Akshay!! And yes, flashing a K750 to a W800 is a nightmare compared to this…

198. infra_red_dude
     Mar 29 at 18:03

     Hey Akshay, great to see you excelling in this field! Keep up the good work, dude!

     ANi

199. quicksilver21098
     Mar 29 at 20:09

     Great guide, very easy to flash my phone from k550 to w610, only thing is when I tried to add my own cust pack I put a flash theme in there, just the .swf file, in the correct directory and stuff and after I added the cust pack it wasn’t there. Any ideas?

     Oh and I used r8b fs europe 2 and r8b Main generic NA but I couldn’t find cust packs that were r8b so I used one that was r8a, does that matter? The phone still works fine, so I dont know

200. Peti
     Mar 29 at 20:18

     You could download an R8A custpack, is there such a FW version? AFAIK the custpack version doesn’t matter, because the customize.xml doesn’t contain Firmware version-related information. But you can also use FAR Manager to upload SWF files, as I did.

201. noah
     Mar 30 at 15:15

     peti can i upd8 my phone using SEUS? if i update it, can i turn back it to k550i?

202. Peti
     Mar 30 at 16:27

     Don’t use SEUS. If you do it, it will convert the phone to CID53, and that is not supported by the software we use (XS++, SeTool 2, FAR Manager SEFP, JDFlasher). Besides I’ve read a story about updating a crossflashed K550i@W610i, it said that the phone then couldn’t be connected to the PC ever again.

203. quicksilver21098
     Mar 30 at 19:55

     I can’t get Far manager to work. It opens fine but when I try to select SEFP after pressing alt + f1 it says Exception occurred the plugin must be terminated and then the program has to close. I tried finding another version of the plugin and that didn’t work either. What do I do?

204. Peti
     Mar 30 at 19:58

     Have you installed the flash plugins or SEUS?

205. quicksilver21098
     Mar 30 at 21:06

     I think so. I used SEUS before I flashed my phone from a k550 to a w610. Is there something else I need to do?

206. quicksilver21098
     Mar 30 at 21:50

     Never mind. I just got it to work. Thanks though

207. Tax
     Mar 31 at 14:29

     Hi I got a question about the acoustics.
     Should there be a ifs and other files in the custback or should i make the folders myself?

208. Peti
     Mar 31 at 14:34

     No, custpacks don’t have it, but it can be added to them, or you can use FAR Manager to upload them to the phone’s FS.

209. Tax
     Mar 31 at 14:49

     Does this work also?
     files_to_upload/ifs/settings/camera/***camera driver file here****
     and should i make the folders: files_to_upload and so on myself?

210. Peti
     Mar 31 at 17:02

     I don’t really get the question. Use FAR Manager and upload and change your drivers when you like to. Don’t waste your time with XS++, it is just for flashing main, FS and custpack.

211. Peti
     Apr 02 at 16:19

     You just have to use FAR Manager (SEFP), and upload skins in separate directories in tpa/system/multimedia/mp/skin folder. Then in Walkman, you can press the right soft key, and Settings, and Skins.