Update xperia x8 to gingerbread

All the process can be summarized in four main steps. Links to more specific tutorials are provided below. Backup everything that you may need.

My suggestion is to backup: phone contacts use an app or a sync tool , sms i forgot to do that! Disclaimer 1: all the information contained in this post is referred to the Xperia X8 [E15i] with the latest, official, Android 2.

Disclaimer 2: any operation that you may perform is at your own risk. Once installed, it will allow to access a rescue menu at the boot time to backup, recovery and install alternate ROMs. Suggested method:. Newest versions of Android will let you install application on the SD card if the phone is rooted. This may require partitioning the SDcard. If you are on Linux, use a tool like GParted : make an additional partition of mb or less.

Then use an app like link2sd to save to the SD all the apps that you want to keep. It is fast and fully functional. On the other side, Gingerbread 2. Turn off your Sony Ericsson Xperia X8.

Run s1tool. Hold down the Back button on your phone as you plug in your phone into the computer using a USB cable. That means you can safely unlock the bootloader. Close s1tool. Run FlashTool on your computer. It will automatically detect your phone. You will be asked to put the device in flash mode. Follow the onscreen instructions. Towards the end of the bootloader unlocking, the phone will automatically reboot. Once it reboots, FlashTool will try to detect it. If FlashTool detects it successfully, the bootloader unlocking has been successful.

Close FlashTool. Run FlashTool. Click the lightning icon in FlashTool. You will see a list of available flashable firmware files. Select the kernel file. Press the OK button. I had only one problem with this ROM, Skype is not working. It throw an error and then even reboot the phone. But I guess it is not exactly problem of this ROM, it is probably problem of Skype and its gingerbread compatibility. I am working at sony care center in india.. Its true…. Plezzzz,,… Dont root ur phone..

Hai harish…is it rue sony will give 2.