Flashtool is a flashing software that can be used to :
- Flash original Images (Android 1.6, 2.1, 2.3 Images)
- Root your phone
- Install Recovery, Busybox, custom kernels
- Clean your Rom (remove /system/apps apps of your choice) (Be careful, unless you really know what you do, do not modify the default list. This can make your phone stuck at the SE Logo)
- Clear dalvik cache
- Optimize (install of JIT v2) (Disabled in 0.4, will readd it as a plugin for 2.1 phones only)
- Customize (installs apps found in the custom/apps folder of the flashtool)
- Clean uninstalled (remove any references to system apps removed in the Clean (root needed) step)
- Edit any text file on the device
- Rebrand your device
Before downloading and even installing, disable your antivirus. The package is virus free. Antivirus complains about psneuter and zergRush root exploits and I still haven't found how to fool the antivirus.
- Windows version :
- Install the full install Flashtool 0.6.9.1 package
- Apply the latest update (each update is cumulative)
Updates will not install if full 0.6.9.1 is not installed
- Linux version :
- Unpack the tar.7z package
- Check that libusb-1.0 is installed. On 64bits system, both 64bit and 32bit should be installed.
- Add these rules to /etc/udev :
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ACTION=="add", SYSFS{idVendor}=="0fce", SYSFS{idProduct}=="*", MODE="0777"
