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JdFlasher Flashing/Customization Tutorial

This tutorial discuses flashing firmware/de-branding/customization with JDflasher.

JD Flasher flasher is now full fledged flashing and patching tool. It supports db2010, db2012, db2020 flashing and patching all CIDs. PNX5230 only flashing is supported. For A2 phones check out A2uploader. You can find out about phone platform from the phone database.

You can thus perform all customizations like uploading flash menus, acoustics, walkman skins etc.

Quick Tutorial on how to use JDFlasher.

First Install USB Flash Driver.

Installing JD Flasher: Download Far Manager, either from official website or from here. Install Far manager, then copy JD Flasher folder to Plugins folder in Far Manager.
OR Download The Ready To Use JDFlasher+Far Manager !

Video Tutorial to Support This Text Tutorial. Downlaod Video

Connecting phone to JDflasher.

  1. Shutdown phone.
  2. Start Far Manger.
  3. Press Alt+F1, select JDflasher.
  4. In script, choose a phone if available else choose script as db2010/db2020.
  5. Speed select the max, and port is DCU-60 as always.
  6. Hit Jump Down Into a Large Rabbit hole.
  7. Reinsert battery.
  8. Connect phone holding C.
  9. Wait for Initialization.

Once you connected you will get at least 2 options and maximum  of 4 options depending upon your phone and depending upon the entry script. All phones will get ofs/oflash. The four options are,

  1. oflash >> Regular FW Flashing Mode to flash firmware/debrand/Crossflash.
  2. ofs >> Usual Far Manager usage mode to upload thing to FS
  3. bfs >> breakin FS mode with FS read.
  4. bflash >> breakin FW flashing mode used for vkp and mod babe flash.

Double click the correct option to enter the correct mode of operation.

Note on Exit: In order to successfully shutdown phone and disconnect, you just move to the root by clicking option at the top, and finally at the root folder JDflasher will ask if you want to quit. Always exit correctly, else all changes made will be lost.

Using JDFlasher !
Oflash/Flashing for Firmware/Debranding/flashing vkp etc.
  1. Start JDflasher.
  2. Connect phone to JdFlasher as said above.
  3. Enter oflash mode.
  4. On right side navigate to firmware location on computer.
  5. Select firmware in the right side.
  6. Press F5.
  7. Click Copy.
  8. Then Ensure that the option flash as babe image is selected. (babe for firmwares, mbn, fbn)
  9. Click “Yeah Flash it”.
  10. Wait for flashing of all blocks to complete.

You can flash main/fs using jdflasher. To debrand the phone flash both the main and fs. Also remember after flashing FS you need to add the CDA. Download CDA and copy them to tpa/preset/custom using ofs. If you forget to add the cda files to phone fs using ofs then you will end up getting a Configuration Error.

Ofs/Customization:

  1. Start Jdflasher.
  2. Select script.
  3. Connect phone as told.
  4. Enter ofs.
  5. Navigate in the file system and upload files according.
  6. Check out the video given, it shows uploading of files to phone file system.
  7. Using Ofs option you can upload flash menus, acoustics, camera drivers, skins etc
  8. To exit from OFS you should move to Root by clicking ! They finally click ok and exit jdflasher.

Important NOTES:

Note db2010 users: Make sure that the REST file for your phone is present in JDflasher Rest Directory. If not just use the mkrest2.exe to make the rest file. Just Drag your MAIN MBN file on mkrest2 to get the REST file for your phone. Mkrest2 is given with JDflasher in REST folder.

Note db2020 users: If you use any of the breaking methods while using db2020 script then you will have to re flash main firmware always before exit.

Bfs/Breakin FS: Is same as ofs but with FS read, which means you can copy files from phone FS to your computer.
Bflash/Breaking Flash: Used to apply patches, can be used to flash firmware also. Now a quick tutorial to apply patches for db2010, The tutorial to apply patches for db2020 is bit different please refer here.
  1. Connect phone.
  2. Enter Bflash.
  3. Navigate to patch on right side.
  4. Hit F5.
  5. Click Copy.
  6. Ensure the option flash as vkp is selected
  7. Click Yeah flash it.
  8. Wait for patch flash.
  9. Then apply more patches.
  10. Then Exit by moving to root.
If you wanted to remove a patch, select the patch that you had applied, press F5, Click copy, then you will find the usual options and also a option to check/select remove patch. Select the option and hit yeah flash it.
Regards
Akshay.

Related posts:

  1. CID53 Flashing/Customization
  2. Using JDFlasher with DB2010 phones
  3. Applying patches with JDFlasher (on DB2020 phones)
  4. Any/ALL CID Patching Tutorial/Guide DB2020

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  1. Philintosh says

    dinesh…i tried mod my cam driver but it can’t be patch (vkp) says error (different blocks)…i hope akshay could help us including the mega bass for k550i R6CA001 CID53..please Akshay…

  2. Akshay says

    Dinesh, its your choice ! it works.

  3. lost wanderer says

    hi .. i’ve got a sony ericsson k800i, cid 53.

    I am getting the white screen of death but the IR does not light up.

    The screen is always white

    But my PC still detects my fone. wat should i do? apart flashing it???

  4. bhuvan says

    lost wanderer
    only re flashing
    thats the way out!
    ” apart flashing it???”
    why???
    u tried it earlier??

  5. balaji says

    hey akshay,
    i have a w700 and a k750…i can store only upto 200 messages. could you help me out in increasing that capacity?

  6. bhuvan says

    balaji
    not really
    i guess patches are there for 10000 msgs
    jump to our forum for requests

  7. adil says

    how can i flash acoustics to my k810i cid 53 fone

  8. bhuvan says

    adil
    upload acoustics to ifs\settings\acoustics
    use jdflasher as ur phone is cid:53

  9. Rio says

    i want to flash my k530i (CID53) into w660i firmware … is that ‘OK’ if i just flashing the firmware without flashing the fs ??
    i just have one file named ‘W660_R8BE001_MAIN_GENERIC_FY_RED53.mbn’ , is it works??

  10. bhuvan says

    rio
    ya
    its the main
    u need fs too!

  11. Rio says

    bhuvan
    OK, thanks a lot bro… i had successfully convert my k530i to w660i using FAR + JDflasher …
    To akshay: thanks for the video tutorial, it was so awesome … great … rocks ….

  12. Huzefa says

    hi, im having a problem with my CID53 k800i. im trying to put some acoustics. i click ofs n go to ifs/settings/acoustics. but whenever i try to copy the acoustics(drag n drop) it says “file not found, cannot find executable file pkzipc’”. help would be appreciated thanks.

  13. vijay says

    hi,
    On selecting jd flasher, far manager is crashing. any help please..

  14. Akshay says

    Vijay, download it again.

  15. Tigerlily says

    Hi Akshayy,

    So I wanted to put some spiffy new flash menus/themes and walkman skins on my w880i, right…
    So, I flashed my main and fs, added the .swfs and walkman skins, and then recopied a custpack I downloaded
    too… This was all supposed to work, coz I followed this tutorial to the tee..BUT when I put on my
    phone, I get the Configuration Error- contact your service provider thingy :( ( why?? what am I doing wrong?
    I really really need my phone and I would appreciate and be eternally grateful towards you if you could help me.
    Here’s the main, fs and cutspack files I downloaded, maybe it’s the wrongs ones? I couldn’t find a custpack for
    CDA102719/158 anywhere..

    HB1_06_Gen_CDA102568_11_R5A_GENERIC_EUROPE_2
    W880_R8BA024_FS_EUROPE_2_RED53.fbn
    W880_R8BA024_MAIN_GENERIC_AI_RED53.mbn

    15:48:06| Profiling SEMC phone…
    15:48:06| Platform: DB2020
    15:48:06| OTP CID: 51
    15:48:06| EROM CID: 53
    15:48:06| EROM Color: Red
    15:48:06| Phone ID: W880
    15:48:06| Region: EUROPE_2
    15:48:06| CDA: CDA102719/158 R1A
    15:48:06| Firmware Version: R8BA024
    15:48:06| EROM: R3A022
    15:48:06| Ready for operation!

    sorry for the long comment >__>

  16. Akshay says

    Tigerlily, have you fixed yet or not or still need help ?

  17. Shan says

    i was wondering i have k810i phone.. and basically lookin at all the posts online diff diff sources i managed to mess it up now when it turns on its jus white and soo .. starting from scratch… phone .. spec.. k810 cid 53 db2020 .. my question is.. can i put in any firm ware ? like r8ba024 is what the SE Update thinggy left my phone at but inorder to do the anycid patch i will need to do.. r8bf003… can i patch it with this or will i have to do .. r8ba024 like SE did.. pls help . i want this phone bak to workin condition and alos when I DO CDA!! does it matter to get a proper CID53? cuz i cant find such a thing .. or is it jus generic only cid 53 matters for FS and Main thanks also i used akshay’s tutorial .. the only one that got me somewhere in tryin to write anything into the cid 53 phone

  18. bhuvan says

    Shan
    get a firmware compatible to cid:53
    at the end of firmware name its written 53 or 53
    get 53 one
    its upto u which one u like
    cda is not erom based
    get one according to ur region and phone
    i would recommend u to put on one which supports max no of patches
    FS is not cid dependent

  19. Shan says

    Thanks Bhuvan u answered all my questions im glad u understood all my noob questions i appreciate ur help and will post if all goes well or i have anymore questions

  20. Shan says

    ok so i install the FS for my phone .. perfect about 209 blocks.. does it .. patches fine!! then i try to go into the OFS mode to do CDA but it gave me an error sumtin 89 .. be that as it may i have few more questions.. when is a phone completely dead like i might be wasting my time.. maybe i jus screwed it up with doin wrong firmware upgrades n stuff cuz i used to be able to get into ofs modes .. but not within the last few days pls help as to some insight on these phones and when i shud give up

  21. Shan says

    setdirectory(serdir(setmode(doscript(activateloader(bad89data (code 0xf01) thats the error code sorry i didnt include it please help thanks again..

  22. bhuvan says

    Shan
    yo!

  23. bhuvan says

    Shan
    i guess acc to this error…there is problem in your firmware file
    get new one
    download whole new jdflasher..latest uploaded by akshay in filebase

    u are trying reflashing
    right?
    what problem exactly u are facing?
    sorry but we have to reply a lot of comments a day…so…i guess i understand

  24. Shan says

    not a problem bhuvan atleast im gettin a intellectual response anyway .. i paid and now have my phone CID 52 im guessin its easier to work with but the service didnt fix any erom or anything.. and when i tried to do gdfs fix i got some error 29 from .. kulenkendi fatal error then with another program i got fatal error this phone cannot be fixd i think.. regardless i will post proper mesges .. however my question to u is when do i kno to give up on the phone and throw it away .. it still retails for 300 and cheapest on ebay is 250 so im reluctant to throw it.. the condition is …. im able to flash .. main and fs when i go into OF mode to do CDA im gettin 89 error and other sorts ANd when i flash and turn on ITS white screen and constantly jus vibrates .. is it in a condition that can be revived? or shud i jus give up.. cuz its broken i wasted 17 bux cad on .. cID 52 thanks any help in right direction is very appreciated!

  25. Shan says

    as u suggested i went to http://www.akshayy.com/sonyericsson/download/ and i saw FAR manager with SEFP is that the latest

  26. Shan says

    HEy in my search to get this workin i stumbled upon many resources on this site

    And erom fixing and GDFS fixin was one of them
    so at this point i have control over the phone!! the only problem is
    tell me what order to do them all in ? gdfs .. erom. then FS, CDA, MAIN ?
    or what combination becuz the combination makes a diff i see for the phone to start up
    help on this will be much appreciated .. cuz anytine i have error i do gdfs write and i have control over the phone same wtih erom if GDfs is givin problems

  27. bhuvan says

    shan
    ya
    thats the latest
    i m am not at all getting what u wanna say!!!!
    first flash main
    then fs
    then upload cda
    if there is erom problem then for fisrt repair it
    if nothing works then upload back original gdfs

  28. Shan says

    ok i’m able to reflash FS and MAIN except CDA
    however i can fix erom with setool2lite 1.11
    and i have back up of gdfs but i think its a damaged GDFS
    Now my questions:
    1) at what point do i know that this phone is no longer fixable! ?
    2) i can successfully flash main, fs,restore gdfs, fix erom.. but cannot start phone its White screen And it buzzes( K810i) what area is the problem?
    3) ultimate unlocker changed my CID to 52 .. from 53 cost me 15 EuR but it responds much better now.. but still cant turn phone on with a proeper flash! any other suggestion?

    Pls help! or atleast let mee kno that i have maybe screwd up my phone so i give up thanks!

  29. Akshay says

    Shan, if your phone is CID52 and in good condition, then using XS++ just relfahs main +fs and cda files and restart phone. simple
    if that does not work, try to flash your backup gdfs.

  30. me2kimi says

    hi all, i’ve download far+jdflasher from here. but it cannot be run in windows vista. it say some exception (0×00004a) or something like that. so i downgrade my pc to XP. thank god it can be run now. but today when i want to run it again it popup an error when i click ‘just da flasher’ . the popup with ‘Send Error Report’ and ‘Don’t Send’. Please help. my phone is CID53, only jdflasher work this time.

  31. Akshay says

    try to run in Admin mode, else also try in Win XP compatibility mode.

  32. sakimichi says

    what is the exact executor.b for w200 r4ja011? I had run the executor in the games folder but my phone didn’t turned off after that. please help me..!

  33. me2kimi says

    hi akshayy, i’ve tried all that.but still not working

  34. bhuvan says

    me2kimi
    thats really strange!!!!
    may be ur antivirus program!really dont have any exact clue
    jump onto our forum!

  35. bhuvan says

    sakimichi
    flash to a version whose .b file is there
    upload all files…and crack down the main via executor

  36. me2kimi says

    ok thanks 4 your help. this is exactly error code for this problem. ‘The exception unknown software exception (0×0000417) occured in the application at location 0×10000df9d’

  37. me2kimi says

    Hi bhuvan. I have overcome the problem with jd flasher. after a few reformating my pc, i notice that jdflasher wont start after I’ve installed microsoft office 2007. sound wierd, but thats the fact. after I restore my windows back to before installing Office, jdflasher work again. BTW, i’m using mic. office 2007 black edition.

  38. Akshay says

    me2kimi,
    i don’t have ms office on my comp. lol, that’s funn.y

  39. bhuvan says

    @Jims,
    @akshay

    whoa!
    lol
    this solution is crazyy!
    i have office 07 installed..but no problem faced!
    akshay u use linux…right?

  40. Stefan_Germany says

    @ Huzefa
    I also had that problem with my custom file.
    You have to extract the files (your acoustics) from the *.rar or *.zip archive, than you shouldn’t have any problems with your acoustics :-)

  41. arya says

    where can i get the preloaded_config.xml file?

  42. Navjot says

    Guys the FIRMWARE folder from where we load the MAIN anf the FS..

    I dont have that folder..

    I am using w580i CID 53..

    Please help…!!

  43. bhuvan says

    Navjot
    get from
    http://www.topse.ru
    or google it

  44. Navjot says

    Yes i am doing that but what I dont know is that should search a MAIN for my phone(w580i) or should I search it for the I want to Flash it into….

  45. bhuvan says

    Navjot
    dude…i am not at all getting what u are saying
    but what i can say is this that download r8be001 53 [if ur phone is cid53]else r8be001 52 for ur w580!
    download from topse or google it or 4shared.com

  46. Navjot says

    ok ok… i am done flashing as per given in the tutorial (flash video)..

    bt now how do I install Flash Themes I mean how do I add .swf files into my phone..??

  47. bhuvan says

    Navjot
    upload .swf file to tpa/preset/system/desktop/flash
    upload theme to mem
    run .thm
    simple

  48. bhuban22 says

    AKSHAYA i wanna chat with u. plz help me for my w350i menu icons.plzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

  49. bhuvan says

    bhuban22
    whats exactly happening??
    he is off for few days

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