Language help W550i

[imaturity]

Alright, Here's basically the problem..
I don't know how all this shiz works, but what i've figured out so far is that the phone I bought off a friend is an International phone. And with that, once I reflashed it, and reset to default all the settings, I lost my english language, leaving just 3 others (russian, hungaria, and chinese). Well, to have T9, apparently, i need the english setting on their. So, how do I go about doing that?

Phone: Sony W550i.

How do I get the english language on my phone?
What do I flash it with?
What program do I use?
What flash CDA, or FS, or whatever do I use?

Honestly, I wasn't able to find anything super exact online, just lots of round about stuff. All I want is to put the english language on so I can text with T9, and obviously, i wasn't smart enough to do it myself. Any help would be greatly appriciated.

Thanks a Ton.

edit: I think what i need is the AMERICA_2 pack. I would like American english on the phone. Thanks again.

[japan6]

What do you mean "once I reflashed it"? Are you refuring to a master reset? cause you also ask how to flash it, yet you said you flashed it already. And I have no idea how your missing english, because english is in all the FS versions! The only way I even see possible that you have just those languages is that the person you got it from customized the whole thing because those languages don't exist together on any FS. What I suggest you do is look here for a FS for your phone that has the languages that you want. Then download that FS, a MAIN of the same firmware version (normally just the Generic but if your wanting Chinese your going to need to use something like CHINA_MAIN or TAIWAN_MAIN or something like that) you will also need the customization file to go with that as well. this is a pretty good tutorial on how to do it all. Read it all first before you do anything.

[pimpster]

W550_R4CB020_MAIN_EU_EMEA-------------->MAIN
W550_R4CB020_FS_EMEA6------------------->FS
W550_CDA102426_106_EMEA_6-------------->CUST.PACKS

Download the above three flash using XS++ you will get back english and few other european langs.
BackUp al ur pics and vids.......

[load4000]

W550_r4cb020_main_eu_emea-------------->main
W550_r4cb020_fs_emea6------------------->fs
W550_cda102426_106_emea_6-------------->cust.packs

[imaturity]

Alright, first off, i'm really happy for yall's help. It's nice to get some responses.

Well, Alright, I downloaded the Main thing, but couldn't find the FS or CUST.PACKS anywhere.. So can someone please direct me to those? I really need to see if it works now... I'll tell you why.. In that tutorial thing, it said first to backup your GDFS. So I did, and it went like this...:

10:25:07| XS++ v3.1 (Darwin) Ready !
10:25:07| Executed on Microsoft Windows XP
10:29:29|
10:29:29| Attempting to open the interface...
10:29:29|
10:29:29| TURN OFF PHONE!
10:29:29| Hold 'C' button on phone and connect phone NOW.
10:29:29| You have 30 seconds...
10:29:29|
10:29:54| Baseband ID: 8040
10:29:54| Protocol Version: 3.1
10:29:54|
10:29:54| Sending db2010_cid00_prodid_p3l.bin...
10:29:54| Applet ID: 061113 1250 ALUCXC125872_COMPACTPRODUCTION_ID_LOADER P3L
10:29:54| This is a PRODUCTION_ID loader
10:29:54| Activating GDFS...
10:29:54| Phone name detected!
10:29:54|
10:29:54| Profiling SEMC phone...
10:29:54| Platform: DB2010
10:29:54| OTP CID: 49
10:29:54| EROM CID: 49
10:29:54| EROM Color: Red
10:29:54| IMEI: 35744200xxxxxx
10:29:54| Phone ID: W550
10:29:54| Region: EMEA_4
10:29:54| CDA: CDA102415/39 R6A
10:29:54| Firmware Version: R4CB020
10:29:54| EROM: n/a
10:29:54| Ready for operation!
10:41:59|
10:41:59| Sending db2010_cid49red_cs_p3t.bin...
10:42:01| Applet ID: 070417 1739 NPACXC1327364_COMPACT_SEMC_CS_LOADER__P3T
10:42:01| This is a CHIPSELECT loader
10:42:01| Activating loader...
10:42:01| Activating GDFS...
10:42:02| This loader is UNLOCKED
10:42:02| Backing up the GDFS...
10:42:06| Stated variables: 1400
10:43:06| Variables found: 894
10:43:08| Variables found: 330
10:43:09| Variables found: 176
10:43:09| Wrote backup to .\Backup\W550_35744200xxxxxx_GDFS_BACKUP.bin
10:43:09| GDFS was backed up successfully!
10:43:09| GDFS operation was successful
10:43:11| Disconnected... Unplug the phone

So I assume that means it went pretty flawlessly.. Well, Here's the sad part. When that was over and done, I unplugged the phone.. and wammy.. White Screen. And Obviously, it's not unheard of, but it sucks. Now, I can't power it on, transfer something, do anything without it just being white screen of death, infact, i Can't do the SEUS or even a restore of the GDFS... If I Try the GDFS, it always gets these erros:

21:39:34| Failed: Block 0x04 Unit 0x17B1

So, basically, where i had a phone that worked, all except for the T9 on english, now i have a 100% frozen phone. Can you advise me on a course of action other than tossing it out the window or into the nearest abyss? Oh, and if you could tell me where to ge the FS and the Custom pack too, that'd be cool.. cause i might be stupid enough to try this again....

Thanks again Guys.
Danny

[safd]

I had the same problem, what ive done is take the battery out connect it to the pc (XS++ is running) and hold C(logically.lol)and put batterie back.my phone wasnt recognized but after i put it away and start it agAin --white screen.THen take the battery out agaIn and hold the power button while putting back the battery. i dont know what happend (if the gdfs was automatically repaired by the phone, or what ever happend) but now my phon worked again (and i now never will RE-write my gdfs again .lol)

[imaturity]

I appriciate the reply... But If it's a " my phone automatically did it, or whatever" it's probably not going to work. But I /did/ try it, and it didn't work for me. And I tried flashing it again with SEUS, it's gets to 97% and hangs... sucky. Maybe, if i try flashing it with main/fs/cust.pack all at once, it'll work, but so far, nothing is working.