Root your X10 and run android like it's supposed to be!

Been asked a few times to stick the root guide for Xperia X10 on here, so here it is.

Again, like my LG Root Guide I take NO CREDIT for this. This is all done by a highly skilled android community and all thank can go to them HERE.

I have simply copied and pasted this guide from XDA.

Please follow this guide carefully and if you require help, join XDA and ask there.

If you do this successfully it would make sense to check out CM7.

The rooting part is for Stock SE 2.3.3 FW... 

The installing recovery part is for all ROMs based on SE 2.3.3 FW... if the Dev of ur ROM has not yet included the latest xRecovery posted by Z ONLY then install the recovery! else wait for the ROM dev to include it in that ROM..

i am posting this because many ppl are getting confused over the slightly "complicated" process...


i have personally verified all the below steps atleast 4 times! and it works properly! please follow the below instructions step by step...


[ Credits ]

1. Bin4ry & Androxyde for their work on Flashtool
2. aZuZu for finding this rooting solution! aZuZu u are super awesome!!!
3. zdzihu for fixed xRecovery-0.3 for GB! thanks Z u are a life saver 
4. me, for making it friendly 

PLEASE DO NOT FORGET TO THANK THE ABOVE PPL FOR MAKING THIS POSSIBLE!


[ Requirement ]

1. Stock SE 2.3.3 firmware/custom 2.3.3 ROM (if u want to update/install xRecovery the simple way)
2. my modified Flashtool package posted below

[ Whats Included? ]

1. modified Flashtool 0.2.9.1 package
2. aZuZu's FTF files posted for rooting
3. zdzihu's xRecovery-0.3-GBready (with all fixes made by Z)

[ Downloads ]

FlashTool_0.2.9.1-GBready_root_xRec [ Mirrors ]

1. Just download and double click on the downloaded file
2. it will ask where u want to install/extract, browse to that folder then click on "Extract"
3. once its extracted go into that folder and u can now launch Flashtool using X10FlashTool.exe

[ How To: Root ] (all credits for finding this method go to aZuZu)

looking at the files posted by aZuZu i can tell u that this will work on ALL BRANDED/GENERIC/REGIONAL 2.3.3 GB FWs... provided that the kernel.sin file remains same (which it will for all 3.0.1.G.0.75 FW)

Will asteroid Apophis hit Earth in 2036?

Shengping Gong, Junfeng Li, and Xiangyuan Zeng of Tsinghua University in Beijing, China, have published an article in Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics (RAA), proposing to place a small spacecraft with a solar sail into a retrograde orbit to prevent an asteroid from colliding with the Earth in 2036.

Near Earth Asteroids have a possibility of impacting with the Earth and always have a thread on the Earth.

The asteroid Apophis – which is 270 meters in diameter – will approach Earth at a distance of 37,000 to 38,000 km in 2029. In 2036, Apophis may come back and collide with Earth on April 13, 2036.

Using a solar sail in a H-reversal trajectory (retrograde orbit), the team proposes a way of changing the trajectory of the asteroid to avoid the impaction.

The impact velocity depends on two important parameters: the minimum solar distance along the trajectory and lightness number. A larger lightness number and a smaller solar distance lead to a higher impact velocity.

Could intelligent aliens be a threat?

Astronomers who have been searching for extraterrestrial intelligence for decades are suddenly saying such an encounter might not be a happy one.

Aliens might destroy life on Earth or plan to eat or enslave humans if they sense our civilization was expanding too rapidly and could harm others, according to a latest study.

The scenario was brought up in a joint study by Seth Baum, Jacob Haqq-Misra and Shawn Domagal-Goldman.

Researchers say extraterrestrials might behave the way we humans have behaved whenever we have discovered other previously unknown intelligent beings on Earth, like unfamiliar humans or chimpanzees and gorillas.

"Just as we did to those beings, the extraterrestrials might proceed to kill, infect, dissect, conquer, displace or enslave us, stuff us as specimens for their museums or pickle our skulls and use us for medical research," according to the study, which was published in the journal Acta Astronautica.

Why should we worry about aliens? The simple reason is that if they can find us, they would be more advanced than humans.

"A core concern is that ETI will learn of our presence and quickly travel to Earth to eat or enslave us," the study says.

The authors speculate that extraterrestrials might try to spread their beliefs through evangelism or to use humans for entertainment.

Woman attacked by "500-year-old vampire"

Texas police have arrested a teen after he broke into a woman's apartment and attacked her, making hissing sounds and claiming to be a 500-year-old vampire.

Lyle Monroe Bensley, 19, of Galveston, allegedly entered the woman’s bedroom early Saturday morning and bit into her neck as she lay on the bed.

Wearing just a pair of boxer shorts and covered in tattoos, Bensley then reportedly dragged the woman out of her unit where she managed to run away and get into a nearby vehicle.

She later called the police who said Bensley climbed two fences to get away from them, yelling that he "didn't want to have to feed on humans".

Bensley told the police that he “needed to feed,” and then said that he has been “alive for 500 years.”

He was taken to Galveston County Jail where he told guards to restrain him for their own safety, police said.

He has been charged with burglary with intent to commit assault with a $40,000 Bond.

Story and source: Yahoo

Boy 8, trapped in chimney

This is the eight-year-old boy who spent six hours trapped in a neighbours chimney after apparently trying to climb down to look for a drink.

Emergency services had to rip out the wall of Richard and Sandy Draper's home in West Valley City, Utah, when they discovered Stephen Hopkins stuck inside.

The youngster, who had been playing with the couple's grandchildren, later told police he was thirsty had been trying to get inside the house to find water.

Asked by Mr Draper how he had got into the chimney, Stephen said he had climbed up a tree in their garden to reach the roof, ABC News reported.

He had managed to wriggle nearly 30ft down the flue, before getting lodged by the basement of the house.

Firefighters were only able to get him out by breaking through a wall in the Draper family's living room.

West Valley City Police Sergeant Michael Powell told ABC: 'He was definitely stuck inside there. Our officers did a fabulous job comforting him ... letting him know everything was going to be okay.'

Mr Draper told the network: 'I'm just glad he went down foot first.

'What's haunting for us is what could have been ... who would look in their chimney for a missing child?'