Flashing Sony Ericsson phones with XS++ (K750, W800, K790, K800, K810 and others)

Flashing a Sony Ericsson phone is a pretty easy and straight forward process. I’ll be covering Sony Ericsson’s K750, W800, K790, K800, K810 in this guide, although this guide is generic and works for flashing nearly all of the currently available phones.

You’ll be needing a flashing program (XS++ v3.1 in this case), a DCU-60 cable (the USB cable that you got with your phone) & the two flash files (Main + FS). So first

Get the flashing program, XS++ v3.1 from here (go to the applications folder to get it)
If you own a K790, K800 or K810, get its flash files (Main + FS) from here (go to the Firmware folder and select the subfolder for your specific phone. No download the MAIN and FS files. In my case I chose K790_R6BC002_FS_America_2_RED52.rar & K790_R6BC002_Main_generic_EV_RED52.rar . Notice the difference in the two files, one is FS and the other is Main, both FS & Main should be the same version (R6BC002 in this case) and both files are CID52 (see? the files end with RED52).If you own a K750/W800, you can get you FS file from here and Main file from here directly. If you own some other model of Sony Ericsson, you’ll have to google search for its FS & MAIN files.
Extract the FS & Main files to a temporary folder if they are compressed

Next we’ll start the flashing process by starting XS++, just extract the XS++ file that you downloaded earlier. Click on the ‘connect’ button, then turn off your phone and press the while keep pressing the ‘c’ button on ur phone connect the cable. XS++ should detect your phone now and you’ll see a screen like this:

If XS++ is unable to detect your phone, don’t worry, google search for USB flash drivers for your specific phone and try again then.

Once your phone is detected by XS++, its time to select the FS & Main files in XS++, then select your phone model from the dropdown box below, tick ‘flash Main firmware’, ‘flash file system’ & ‘customize file system’ and click the ‘Flash’ button.

After that, wait patiently till XS++ flashes your MAIN and FS files one by one. XS++ will finalize the flashing in the end. Just DO NOT unplug the phone or turn off the PC before XS++ asks you to do so.

After XS++ asks you to disconnect your phone, do so and take out your batter, put it back in and switch on the phone.

You are now a happy owner of a reflashed fresh sony ericsson phone. Hope this guide helps you out in your quest.