UPDATE: Sony Ericsson Update Service links removed, Don’t Update your phone with SEUS.
In this tutorial we discuss how to apply patches
Using patches you can improve the features of your phone and also change the graphics of the phone. You can remap folders in FS to phone memory and change acoustics, camera drivers and other stuff easily. With patches you can also disable many messages and bypass them to continue. For example you can bypass the “Insert handsfree message” to start the radio without the handsfree. And many more.
Patch is a piece of code which is applied to the Main firmware. By Applying a patch the parts of main firmware are modified. Main firmware consists of many flash blocks. Each flash block has an address and information stash. A patch is applied to a particular flash block to change the variables and codes in the flash block. A patch contains the address of the flash block to be patched and the code to be changed in a flash block
Patching with db2020 bypass security takes lots of time. Hence den_po came with the idea of quick access patch and implemented in his Jdflasher. Which was then taken by the_laser and implemented in his Setool 2 lite.
db2020 phones are k530 k550 k610 k770 k790 k800 k810 and w580 w610 w660 w710 w830 w850 w880 etc.
Patches for firmwares are available here english or here russian
I have included the video tutorials in the Setool 2 lite download archive. Here we have the text tutorial with explanations of actions and important information.
The Tutorial
Direct Download Download Link.
UPDATE: SEUS now updates all phones to CID53 hence disabling SeTool 2 lite and XS++ support for your phone. So Do Not update your phone with SEUS. SEUS was used to install USB Flash drivers, now we have to manually do this.
Hence now Please follow this tutorial to install USB Flash drivers !
2. Shutdown phone. Reinsert battery.
3. Choose Your phone in Phone type. Click Read GDFS.
4. Connect phone to Setool 2 lite holding C.
5. Wait for few seconds. Leave C when phone is detected.
6. When Setool is done it says “Elapsed:xx secs” , Then unplug phone. Reinsert Battery.
Note: Backup of GDFS to be made only for the first time. Backup GDFS once with Setool 2 lite and also once with XS++ if you have not done yet. Then store your GDFS safely. You can also go through GDFS backup in tutorial section for more on gdfs.
In phone Model you can choose any db2020 model .. if you have a k770 .. you can choose phone model as w610 or w880 or any db2020 phone mentioned earlier !!
Apply Quick Access Patch
First we enable quick access patching for your firmware using db2020 security bypass and from then on apply other patches using quick access patch.
Drag and Drop your Main Firmware on qamaker.exe , it will generate the quick access patch .vkp for your firmware. Qamaker is included in the Setool 2 lite download archive.
Note. Download the Main firmware for your phone from Topse.ru if you don’t have. Or Goto Contact Section of this website and make a request for the Main firmware for your phone. I will get back to you.
Now start SeTool 2 Lite
In Files box click add and add the main firmware you used to generate quick access patch.
Now in Misc Files click ‘….’ and add the quick access vkp patch generated.
Check Bypass db2020 Security ! Press Flash. Reinsert Battery and connect phone holding C. Leave C when phone gets detected and operation starts. Wait for db2020 security bypass operations
When done setool 2 lite asks you to unplug phone, reinsert battery, Press READY and then connect phone holding C. Do it in order, Correctly.
SeTool 2 lite Flashes the Main. When main is flashed it starts to apply the patch.
It asks you to Click NO to apply the patch and YES To Remove the Patch. Hence Click No. Wait for a few minutes. Patching will complete and you have successfully applied the quick access patch.
Once you applied quick access patch you apply all other patches by the method given below
Patching
Now get patches from mobilefree.ru (from here) . Patch is basically a text code.
Find out patches for your firmware. If your firmware is a w610 R6BC002 then look out for w610 R6BC002 patches.
Copy the code in notepad and click ’save as’ and in Save as type choose >> ‘All Files’ and then save it as >> patchname.vkp give any name of your choice
Start Setool 2 lite. Select Phone Model. Check use “quick access” patch.
In Misc Files click ‘….’ and select the patch that you want to apply. the patch that you just now saved as patchname.vkp
Click Write Script.
Reinsert battery and connect phone holding C, Leave C when phone is ready . Then setool 2 lite asks you to click No to apply the patch and click yes to remove the patch. Hence click no. If it says some patch values differs then click yes and continue applying the patch.
The patch will be then applied. After patching is done setool 2 lite says .vkp executed disconnect phone reinsert battery and start your phone.
Also go through the video tutorials included in the setool 2 lite 1.1 archive. !
You must also know how to extract an FS because some patches require that you place some files in M2 Card. Such as to use a patch that replaces /tpa/preset/system/desktop to /usb/other/flash
you must first create folder “flash” in Other folder in phone using file manager and then copy the contents of FS/tpa/preset/system/desktop To /usb/other/flash and then apply the patch or else phone might fail to start the menu !!
So Learn to Extract an FS from here and study the FS of a phone
Links For Patches !!!!!!!! Firmware Specific !
NOTE: There are problems if you access the russian sites using google translator, the code that you copy is copied twice over. So while copying codes use the russian version of the sites.
K530 SW-R8BB001
K550 SW-R8BA024
K610 SW-R1KG001
K770 SW-R8AA018
K790 SW-R1GB001
K790 SW-R6BC002
K790 SW-R1KG001
K790 SW-R1JC002
K800 SW-R1KG001
K800 SW-R8BA024
K810 SW-R6BC002
W580 SW-R6BC002
W580 SW-R8BA024
W610 SW-R6BC002
W610 SW-R8BA024
W660 SW-R8BB001
W710 SW-R1GB001
W710 SW-R1JC002
W850 SW-R1JG001
W850 SW-R1KG001
W880 SW-R8BA024
Z610 SW-R6DA001
Z610 SW-R1ED001
Important >> Always press correct button. Many have killed their phones by pressing Write GDFS instead of Write Script. See that you press Write SCRIPT button while patching !
Note : If you make a mistake, your phone will mostly get bricked ! In that case you should reflash your main with XS++ or SeTool 2 lite ! If Your phone is completely dead when no Tool like XS++ or SeTool 2 lite can detect it or when red light blinks ! Red Light blink problem can be fixed ! Please be careful and don’t use wrong files and wrong button !
For applying sysgrafix path use JDflasher, Its faster and better in every respect and ease of use once you used it 
!
That’s it folks !
Regards !!
Akshay
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Good day, Akshay
can u please tell me what i am doing wrong?
1. I done the Quick Access Patch (first) (second)
then my phone was unlocked.
2.After that i turn on my phone i got configuration error.
3. I used Configuration Error Solution to fix it once fix i turn back on my phone and my phone is locked again. please tell me what i am doing wrong!
can u tell me step by step what 2 do please.
…… meaning example which Tutorial to use and i will find them…
Thank you its been a good learning experents for the first time doing this.
thanks 4 ya time!
hi Akshay,
i found out were i went wrong with the flash and why my phone lock back up. Dam i think i done a good job 4 de first time doing this. I would like 2 say thank u for your tutorial and helping me. 4 when they say a woman cant do that or this, i say its nice 2 b a independent woman….lol
Truly i thank u, please keep u de good works. U will b bless in other ways.
@Dina
first unlock your phone fully
then re flash it with a simple firmware
now try other patches
@Dina
lol
nice to see a woman!!!!
enjoy
Hi akshay, cheers for the great tutes.
Unfort I ran the SEUS app on my k750i before I came across your site, now XS++ doesn’t want to play nice.
I have a backup of my GDFS before I ran SEUS, can I use that to get back to an older firmware and apply an unlock patch?
@acid
no way!
after updating whats your erom now?
you can check it through xs++ log!
well now u can patch anycid so nt big deal!
look in anycid patching guide
@bhuvan
thanks, after rebooting my pc XS++ is happy again now, not sure what caused that but it’s definitely still CID Red49 after using SEUS. I realised I was reading the wrong tute as my k750i is DB2010, following this one and was able to successfully patch a sim unlock. Thanks for the great site!
Friends i tried patching k810, and while doing i got an error message. and was not able to apply the quick access patch..
then when i tried to reconnect it using se tool it said,
Welcome to SEtool2 ( LITE edition ) v 1.11
supported DB2010/DB2012 CID49/50/51/52, DB2020 CID49/51/52
Loaded 51 flash descriptors
if you like LITE edition – please visit http://www.setool.net and buy FULL.
ChipID:9900,EMP protocol:0301
PHONE IS RED RETAIL PRODUCT
FLASH CID detected:52
Speed:921600
Flash ID check:2019
Flash props sent ok
OTP LOCKED:1 CID:51 PAF:1 IMEI:35315302547685 CERT:RED
FLASH CID:52 COLOR:RED
set_gdfs_props failed, exiting
Elapsed:4 secs.
Does any one know the solution for this??
what should i do??
saravana
reflash…
now do the same with jdflasher…
@ bhuvan
reflash???
any tutorial available?.. please help me out friend.. i am frustrated..
And what should i do with JD flasher???
please mail me yaar..
my mail id is..
saravana_thoda@yahoo.co.in
please reply ASAP
saravana
yup…agagin installing the firmware
are u there at orkut too?
Welcome to SEtool2 ( LITE edition ) v 1.11
supported DB2010/DB2012 CID49/50/51/52, DB2020 CID49/51/52
Loaded 51 flash descriptors
if you like LITE edition – please visit http://www.setool.net and buy FULL.
Will backup GDFS now.
ChipID:9900,EMP protocol:0301
PHONE IS RED RETAIL PRODUCT
FLASH CID detected:53
Speed:921600
OTP LOCKED:1 CID:51 PAF:1 IMEI:35536301445307 CERT:RED
FLASH CID:53 COLOR:RED
Can’t build loaders chain ;(
Elapsed:6 secs.
That is what i get when i try reading my gdfs.
Any ideas?
Shane Williams
use jdflasher for patching!!!
as u got cid:53 phone
Hi akshay,referring to the conversion of a quick access Main firmware, i have been tying to convert it with qamaker,but everytime i press enter nothing happen, so i have tried opening the mbn file with qamaker.exe. it created a file with a different icon, however the extension remain the same (MBN) it didnt change to VKP. I wanted to know if this process is correct and the file generated is usable
Thanks and great tutorial
Nilesh
whats the size of that file??
which os are u using??/
drag n drop do not works?
Thanks for the reply Bhuvan,
The file generated is same as the original MBN file (29,454 KB),
OS:Windows XP Pro SP 2
Drag and drop does not work at all.
Cheers and regards
Nilesh
post back whole stuff again!
i have to deal with so many comments a day…so i forgot what was exact problem!
I flashed 790i(CID52) with R8BF003 main+R8BF003 FS_C_Asia+K790CDA102568_Z_R1A Generic & found “Insert Correct SIM” prob. Created a patch using SIMLockPatchGen2.2(for main), flashed with main & FS bypassing security(no cust pack). Found “Configeration Error”. Again Flashed FS + Custpack, still “Config Error”. Didnt used quick patch because my SElite1.11 doesnt have Qamaker.
Q. How to fix it?
Q. Did i pick rith custpack(How to identify correct custpack as there is no common number like in main & fa)?
Q. I m also considering to unlock parmanently 2 790i using TestPoint Full Unlocker. Can anyone plz tell if it impects performance of phone & options of further customixation?
Any guidence will be greatly apprehiated & plz dont be pissed if i sound a little crazy. Here i only wrote d last part of story. Brifly only slept around 7 hours total in last 72 hours. PLZ >>>
sorry i posted in the wrong thread first!! i wanted to know know where to put the drivers(gigabass etc) using a2uploader..mine is w595…i wanted to know the exact directory paths nd the best drivers(for ex incresing volume)..ty nyways
Welcome to SEtool2 ( LITE edition ) v 1.11
supported DB2010/DB2012 CID49/50/51/52, DB2020 CID49/51/52
Loaded 51 flash descriptors
if you like LITE edition – please visit http://www.setool.net and buy FULL.
ChipID:9900,EMP protocol:0301
PHONE IS RED RETAIL PRODUCT
FLASH CID detected:49
Speed:921600
OTP LOCKED:1 CID:49 PAF:1 IMEI:35170801103466 CERT:RED
FLASH CID:49 COLOR:RED
LDR:061201 1314 HANCXC1329129_DB2020_FLASHLOADER_R2A005
Flash ID check:897E
Flash props sent ok
phone CID not supported in that mode
Elapsed:13 secs.
Hi, i cannot get any further than this when trying to apply the first pacth. All i want to do is unlock the phone so I can have my SIM card in it. Can anyone please help?
Thanks
Daniel, CID53 phone, so use jdflasher, not setool2 lite.
Please help me.i want file manager patch or elf to my K530i R8BB001 CID 52.i mean want manage file in internal FS without computer.please give me a download links.
@lahiru
for stuff jump onto our forum
request there
Hi.i had K530i with R8BB001.can i apply w660i R8BB001 patch for my phone…?
Lahiru
no!
patches are firmware dependent
I have got this patch to my K530i…
; K530 SW-R8BB001
; tpa/prset/system/menu ->
tpa/user/other/menu
; (c) ValX
; (p) catalin2402
+44140000
016E36E6:
7000720065007300650074002F
00730079007300740065006D002F006D
0065006E0075 75007300650072002
F006F0074006800650072002F006D
0065006E0075000000000000
Q1.did i copy whole code to save as VKP patch. Q2.if i change its file path to another one is it work.?
Q3.what is the black list and whit list.?
Lahiru
i really dont understand ur first question
but let me tell u…ya…copy whole code to notepad and save file as same name and at the end write .vkp
and and under save as select all files
Its ok bhuvan i understood Q1.now i have new prob..i all ready download W660i R8BB001 main and Fs .but they get upto 28mb total size. But my K530i had total 26.3mb.how i it cross flash to W660i .??
rajkumar.neelam
post for once!
well post whats happening here
error u are facing
Lahiru
it will do that
because old firmware gonna get out from ur phone…n new one will be replacing it
Please bhuvan can u upload or email qamaker.exe for me . I cant find it in my setool 2 lite archive. Please help me.
bhuvan i got this data from Sonyericcson web site.
Flash Lite version 1.1 ; Flash colour
depth, 16-bit (536 colours) ; Flash in
Screensaver ; Flash in Wallpaper ; Flash
in browser ; Heap size for Flash per
content type (MB) 1 ; Language support
for device fonts and input: Latin-1
based ; Enabled sound formats for
Flash: Midi its mean ..can i use flash files in my K530i..???
thanks buddy, it works perfectly fine, though it takes some time to get onto it, finally I unlocked my mobile phone myself. It was really nice documented and all information is provided very neatly. Thanks for putting all of this together.
~Ami