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Installing Android 2.3 Gingerbread on SonyEricsson Xperia X10 Mini Pro If it ain't broke, tweak it September 29th, 2012 I have had the SonyEricsson Xperia X10 Mini Pro for about two years, and its age is really starting to show. One weakness is the fact that it's still stuck with Android 2.1 (Eclair) with no update in sight.

But before ponying up for a new phone, I wanted to see if there was any way to remedy this. And luckily, there is! This may be old news to some, but the nice people over at have found ways to install custom Android firmwares, often including newer versions than your manufacturer offers. Read on for a short how-to on how to root and flash your phone with such a firmware.

About CyanogenMod Android cannot just be installed on any device, it needs to be customized for your phone first. Typically, this is done by the manufacturer itself. However, many manufacturers are slow or unwilling to release updates to their phones since it costs resources and they would obviously prefer that the customer buys a new phone instead of updating their existing one. So what to do when your phone is capable, but the manufacturer not? Answer: CyanogenMod. It is a customized version of Android - thank god for open source - with some nice extra features added by the community, like USB tethering and CPU overclocking. A large number of devices are supported, fortunately including an Android 2.3.7 version for the Xperia X10 Mini Pro.

Much further customization is also done over. Some useful links: • (very active with lots of great tutorials and a good place to start) • • (has a link to the firmware download) CyanogenMod typically delivers pretty much a pure Android experience, which you may or may not like. The user interface of the X10 Mini Pro was customized to work well on a small screen. For example, you have application shortcuts in each corner of the screen, and each widget uses up a whole page. This will change after the update, unless you find a firmware (or possibly market app) with these special customizations. The standard user interface of the phone. Only one widget per screen is allowed and there is a shortcut in each corner.

A word of warning Performing these steps will wipe all your data, void your warranty and may brick your phone, so don't do it. But you knew that already.;) The steps below probably only work with the SonyEricsson Xperia X10 Mini Pro, although the process for other phones may be similar. Also, this is the way I did it.

There may be better or safer ways. I recommend checking the links above to get a better understanding of the procedure before continuing. Some things (other than only the user interface) may not work after the update. My phone has a physical QWERTZ-keyboard and after the upgrade, I noticed it behaved like a QWERTY-layout. There are fixes though, check the.

How to: Steps overview • Make a backup. Optional, but a good idea. • Root the device.

This will allow applications to do a few interesting things, like changing system files. • Install BusyBox.

Needed for the next step. • Install xRecovery. This program will perform the actual upgrade. • Downloading the update. There are several compatible firmwares, available directly from CyanogenMod or XDA Developers. • Performing the update.