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this my first post here in xda since i got my new amazing htc evo 3D and i want to share with mates here how to flash the kernels in a soooo easy way and trusted even for s-on users
1. download and extract files attached to your pc
2.open androidcontrol.exe AS AN ADMINISTRATOR
3. after openning the androidcontrol.exe you will find 3 tabs go to the 3rd tab which is flashing
4.then you will find several flashes for radios recoverys kernels etc.....
go to the flash boot image file:
then select the boot.img that u will find in the same folder u downloaded and extrated to your pc
6.now go to your phone connect it to usb ( dont go to bootloader ) and make sure the usb debugging mood is checked ( go to settings>applications>>development>)
7. now the final step is to click on flash boot image and the magic will start to happen
when u got dialog box sayin flashing is done ur phone will restart leave it till it boots up then restart it again to recovery select ur kernel and congrats u got the kernel flashed now
i did it and worked with me i hope u all got this working on ur devices
Hi, I have a HTC & Asus transformer TF101 and was blissfully unaware that other android devices have convoluted and complicated root / flash procedures, till I was handed my wife's ST15i to root.
I managed to unlock the bootloader and downgrade from ICS stock to gb .42 firmware and rooted using doomlord's zergrush. Then loaded CWMRto the phone (now on .42 gb rooted stock).
I am stuck from here as anything else I flash (custom Rom, upgrade to ICS) gets me to a soft boot (stuck at SE boot logo) or lose root and CWMR on ICS ROM. The help guides, tutorials etc on this forum or elsewhere do not even tell the keypress or tool to use for fastboot, CWMR or how to enter boitloader / recovery. I am no noob on android, adb and rooting, but working with this phone has brought me to tears!
Is the boot IMG and kernel necessarily flashed separately from the ROM on Xperia phones?
My aim is to get to a rooted ICS, non miui ROM for my wife. Please help and /or guide me to achieve this. At this rate, I feel like giving away my HTC to the wife and exchange the Xperia for a more user friendly phone.....
Sent from my HTC Incredible S
Okay, so:
The kernel is seperated from the rom. If you have unlocked the bootloader you can flash a kernel. In most kernels, cwm is included, so you flash the kernel and then you can boot up. While booting you press the volume down button again and again, to come to cwm. There you can install a zip file, in which the rom is.
Are you really sure the bootloader is unlocked? Did you do it by testpoint or sonys official method?
To flash a kernel, you need the boot.img. Before you start flashing the kernel, put the downloaded zip file of the rom on your sd card.
Then, and I would do it like this cause with the normal command line by windows it's the same, you open sony flash tool. There you click on the flash, select fastboot mode and on the right side there is select kernel to flash. There you choose the boot.img. Then you have to shut down your phone, and while you are holding volume up key, you connect phone to pc. There will light up the blue led and flash tool will automaticly flash the kernel. READ THE LOG BEFORE YOU PLUG OFF DEVICE!! If the log is ok (there are no errors), you can plug off device and turn it on. While booting, you press volume down again and again. Then you have to follow the tutorial to the rom (what has to be formatted or wiped and how to install the rom itself. Cause after flashing the kernel, you must install the rom or your device won't boot up!
Okay, now we could do an example:
If you want an ics rom, I would take cyanogenmod 9. Here's a guide:
Download the zip file from here.
Then you extract the zip file, so you have one packed zip file and one unpacked. The packed zip file you copy to your sd card.
In the unpacked, there's a boot.img. If it isn't named boot.img rename it, so it's name is "boot", but windows detects as an image file.
You open sony flash tool and click on the flash, select fastboot mode and then choose "select kernel to flash". Choose the boot.img (make sure it is named boot and it is an image. In flashtool the image you choose should be named boot) and shut down phone. Hold volume up key that the blue led shines, and the kernel is flashed after seconds. Now see the log, if there's no error, plug off the device and power on. While powering on you press the volume down button again and again.
Now you are in cwm. There I would do a backup first. When the backup has finished, you make a factory reset and wipe cache partition.
Then select install zip from sd card and choose zip. There you choose the cm9 zip you copied to your sd card. If it finished installing (don't power off device while installing, sometimes you could think it stuck, but normally it won't. Just wait and drink a coffee!) you can reboot device and normally it should work.
YOU DO THAT ON YOUR OWN RISK. FOR ME ON MINI PRO IT WORKED, BUT I CAN'T PROMISE!
Hope it works and keep up! In the end you will hopefully enjoy your rom (maybe cm9)
Greets
Michael
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Michi_optimus_me said:
Okay, so:
The kernel is seperated from the rom. If you have unlocked the bootloader you can flash a kernel. In most kernels, cwm is included, so you flash the kernel and then you can boot up. While booting you press the volume down button again and again, to come to cwm. There you can install a zip file, in which the rom is.
Are you really sure the bootloader is unlocked? Did you do it by testpoint or sonys official method?
To flash a kernel, you need the boot.img. Before you start flashing the kernel, put the downloaded zip file of the rom on your sd card.
Then, and I would do it like this cause with the normal command line by windows it's the same, you open sony flash tool. There you click on the flash, select fastboot mode and on the right side there is select kernel to flash. There you choose the boot.img. Then you have to shut down your phone, and while you are holding volume up key, you connect phone to pc. There will light up the blue led and flash tool will automaticly flash the kernel. READ THE LOG BEFORE YOU PLUG OFF DEVICE!! If the log is ok (there are no errors), you can plug off device and turn it on. While booting, you press volume down again and again. Then you have to follow the tutorial to the rom (what has to be formatted or wiped and how to install the rom itself. Cause after flashing the kernel, you must install the rom or your device won't boot up!
Okay, now we could do an example:
If you want an ics rom, I would take cyanogenmod 9. Here's a guide:
Download the zip file from here.
Then you extract the zip file, so you have one packed zip file and one unpacked. The packed zip file you copy to your sd card.
In the unpacked, there's a boot.img. If it isn't named boot.img rename it, so it's name is "boot", but windows detects as an image file.
You open sony flash tool and click on the flash, select fastboot mode and then choose "select kernel to flash". Choose the boot.img (make sure it is named boot and it is an image. In flashtool the image you choose should be named boot) and shut down phone. Hold volume up key that the blue led shines, and the kernel is flashed after seconds. Now see the log, if there's no error, plug off the device and power on. While powering on you press the volume down button again and again.
Now you are in cwm. There I would do a backup first. When the backup has finished, you make a factory reset and wipe cache partition.
Then select install zip from sd card and choose zip. There you choose the cm9 zip you copied to your sd card. If it finished installing (don't power off device while installing, sometimes you could think it stuck, but normally it won't. Just wait and drink a coffee!) you can reboot device and normally it should work.
YOU DO THAT ON YOUR OWN RISK. FOR ME ON MINI PRO IT WORKED, BUT I CAN'T PROMISE!
Hope it works and keep up! In the end you will hopefully enjoy your rom (maybe cm9)
Greets
Michael
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That won't work if you have no unlocked bootloader! Do this only if you are sure, the bootloader is unlocked!! If it works, it'd be nice if you could tell me!
Michi_optimus_me said:
Okay, so:
The kernel is seperated from the rom. If you have unlocked the bootloader you can flash a kernel. In most kernels, cwm is included, so you flash the kernel and then you can boot up. While booting you press the volume down button again and again, to come to cwm. There you can install a zip file, in which the rom is.
Are you really sure the bootloader is unlocked? Did you do it by testpoint or sonys official method?
To flash a kernel, you need the boot.img. Before you start flashing the kernel, put the downloaded zip file of the rom on your sd card.
Then, and I would do it like this cause with the normal command line by windows it's the same, you open sony flash tool. There you click on the flash, select fastboot mode and on the right side there is select kernel to flash. There you choose the boot.img. Then you have to shut down your phone, and while you are holding volume up key, you connect phone to pc. There will light up the blue led and flash tool will automaticly flash the kernel. READ THE LOG BEFORE YOU PLUG OFF DEVICE!! If the log is ok (there are no errors), you can plug off device and turn it on. While booting, you press volume down again and again. Then you have to follow the tutorial to the rom (what has to be formatted or wiped and how to install the rom itself. Cause after flashing the kernel, you must install the rom or your device won't boot up!
Okay, now we could do an example:
If you want an ics rom, I would take cyanogenmod 9. Here's a guide:
Download the zip file from here.
Then you extract the zip file, so you have one packed zip file and one unpacked. The packed zip file you copy to your sd card.
In the unpacked, there's a boot.img. If it isn't named boot.img rename it, so it's name is "boot", but windows detects as an image file.
You open sony flash tool and click on the flash, select fastboot mode and then choose "select kernel to flash". Choose the boot.img (make sure it is named boot and it is an image. In flashtool the image you choose should be named boot) and shut down phone. Hold volume up key that the blue led shines, and the kernel is flashed after seconds. Now see the log, if there's no error, plug off the device and power on. While powering on you press the volume down button again and again.
Now you are in cwm. There I would do a backup first. When the backup has finished, you make a factory reset and wipe cache partition.
Then select install zip from sd card and choose zip. There you choose the cm9 zip you copied to your sd card. If it finished installing (don't power off device while installing, sometimes you could think it stuck, but normally it won't. Just wait and drink a coffee!) you can reboot device and normally it should work.
YOU DO THAT ON YOUR OWN RISK. FOR ME ON MINI PRO IT WORKED, BUT I CAN'T PROMISE!
Hope it works and keep up! In the end you will hopefully enjoy your rom (maybe cm9)
Greets
Michael
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That won't work if you have no unlocked bootloader! Do this only if you are sure, the bootloader is unlocked!! If it works, it'd be nice if you could tell me!
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Bootloader IS unlocked from SE website. I used the unlocking-relocking toil by quaghi. Wow! So many steps in this phone..... And thanks, CM7/CM9 was also one of my choices, though the wife prefers smulrronic..... Thanks a ton you guys......
Sent from my HTC Incredible S
Tried all methods, flashtool, adb & fastboot commands, and everytime I get to a softbrick/stuck at bootloader.
Facts:
1. Bootloader is unlocked (unlock method SE official). Checked by *#*# SERVICE(7378423) #*#* & got no output.
2. Am able to downgrade to .42 firmware and root that firmware (stock gb).
From that point onwards, when I try to flash a new kernel (boot.IMG), or a custom ICS ROM (smultronic & real ICS 5.2) I end up losing boot, root and end up at bootloop. It's all as clear as mud!
I suppose I have to relinquish this phone to my wife,while I try to find out a way to get a rooted ICS ROM up and running on the Xperia ST15i. Any help from this community will be gratefully accepted.
Sent from my HTC Incredible S
But you can use it with the stock bootloader and gingerbread?
With this your phone boots up?
mihahn said:
But you can use it with the stock bootloader and gingerbread?
With this your phone boots up?
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Tried that too. Does not boot.
Sent from my HTC Incredible S
So the device is bricked up atm?
Can you enter cwm or does it vibrate if you try to turn it on?
Have you tried multiple kernels right now?
Device is ok till I root on .42. Firmware. Thereafter I can't seem to get any custom ROM to boot. After installing CWMR and flashing a custom kernel (x-kernel, krish kernel) & thereafter wipe data, system, cache &dalvik & flash smultronic or clean ICS 1.5 thru aroma, I always seem to end in a bootloop (that too with the gb boot showing Sony Ericsson, not the Sony - Xperia ICS boot). To get back, I have to flashtool the .42 ftf and use the doomlord zergrush exploit to re-obtain root. What am I doing wrong?
Sent from my HTC Incredible S
You should install Android Android 4.0.4. You have to flash it with flashtool.
NEVER UPDATE OVER THE AIR IF YOU HAVE AN UNLOCKED BOOTLOADER!!!
So just flash Android 4.0.4 . Download an android 4 kernel like Extended Stock Kernel from here and download the android 4 rom (4.1.B.0.431) for your xperia mini here. Then you download Real Ics from here.
Then flash the kernel in fastboot mode and without restarting flash the android 4 rom in flashmode.The rom isn't rooted, but you don't need to root, cause cwm is included in the kernel! Then restart. If it restarts you can go on. Shutdown and enter cwm.
There you don't wipe anything!!! Don't format system etc!
You just install the zip from sdcard and after the installation is complete and before you reboot you make a factory reset and wipe dalvik cache...
Then you restart.
Normally it should work!
Greets
Michael
@Michael,
Dankeschön. Will give the way you describe one last try.
Edit....
My wife connected her phone to the laptop and the SEUS updated the phone to stock ICS 4.1xx. Not a big problem I assume, coz I downgraded from that very version.
Sent from my HTC Incredible S
I SOLVED IT!!!! You guys on the Xperia 2011 section are quite unkind to noobs & neophytes. I was wondering... 'After all it is the same Android OS. What can be so difficult in this device?' I did some more research and decided to give it another try:
1. Starting point... ST15i at stock ICS 4.1.B.0.431 firmware with locked boot loader (after a mistaken connection to laptop and SEUS updated to locked boot loader ICS firmware... iI think it is the Sony Smultron WWE equivalent).
2. Ran SE Boot loader Unlocking v1.6 by quangnhut123 (Excellent tool BTW). Got boot loader unlock from SE Official method.
3. While in the same boot loader Locking/Unlocking tool, flashed EXtended Stock Kernel - v2 for 4.1.B.0.431 from fastboot (Blue light, vol up and insert USB?). The kernel is pre-rooted with busybox and has DoomLord's version of CWMR.
4. Viola!!! Root on Stock ICS firmware with CWMR. Here's to you boors who told me that ICS on this phone could not be rooted!!!!
Thanks Michael, you helped me think while every other thread advised outrageous actions and i was quietly led up the garden path (Auf Eis gefurht!!!)
Presently wife prefers stock and wishes only to delete bloat system apps and use hostfiles to block ads.... Hope others find my post helpful to root their devices too....
Sent from my Incredible S
can anyone make a tutorial about how to install cwm with SE Extreme Tweak Installer v1.8
it says suerimission denied
On which firmware are you? 4.0.2.A.0.62?
Is your device rooted? Because permission denied meens, that you have no root.
If you want to install clockworkmod on lww, check this out. It will automaticly install cwm, but I don't know if it works on locked bootloader...
For SE Tweak installer you could check this out. It's a tutorial
how to root it then?
On which firmware version are you? 4.0.2.A.0.62?
Check out this here
But go to settings -> about phone -> build number and tell which version please!
Simplest Guide to install cmw !
As is usual with most updates, the Sony Ericsson Walkman Live lost root access after its recent update to Android 4.0.4. The guide below will show you how to obtain root access on this device running the 4.1.B.0.431 version of the OS and install ClockworkMod Recovery, enabling you to flash custom ROMs and do other things that require root access.
I. Before You Begin
1. This will not erase any data from your device, but as a precaution, do a backup of what you feel is important just in case.
2. This solution works by flashing a modified kernel that will provide root access. If you are not okay with this, do not proceed any further.
3. You will need a device with an unlocked bootloader for the procedure to work.
{ 4. If you want to install custom rom then download the custom rom and extract it. then there would a boot.img and replace it with the below bootextended blah blah.img } not understood? obviously... read full and then come back to this step.
II. Necessary Downloads
1. boot_EXtendedStockKernel_WT19i.img.
2. Fastboot Files
III. Flashing the Modified Kernel
1. Extract the fastboot-win32.zip file you downloaded above to a folder in your C:\ drive. You should end up with a folder named C:\fastboot-win32 containing fastboot.exe. Rename folder to fastboot for ease.
2. Copy the boot_EXtendedStockKernel_WT19i.img file you downloaded above to the same folder. Rename the file as boot.img for ease
3. Power down your device and put it into Fastboot Mode. To do this, press and hold the Volume Up + Power buttons until it enters the Fastboot mode. Blue led will glow.
3. Open up a Command Prompt window. To do this on your Windows 7 PC, click on the Windows Start button, type cmd in the search box and hit enter.
4. Run the following commands: (Get into . fastboot directory first ):- It should look as this
c:\fastboot\ fastboot flash boot.img
That’s it! You should have a rooted device after a reboot!
pls hit thanks if i helped.!
rachit.rc96 said:
As is usual with most updates, the Sony Ericsson Walkman Live lost root access after its recent update to Android 4.0.4. The guide below will show you how to obtain root access on this device running the 4.1.B.0.431 version of the OS and install ClockworkMod Recovery, enabling you to flash custom ROMs and do other things that require root access.
I. Before You Begin
1. This will not erase any data from your device, but as a precaution, do a backup of what you feel is important just in case.
2. This solution works by flashing a modified kernel that will provide root access. If you are not okay with this, do not proceed any further.
3. You will need a device with an unlocked bootloader for the procedure to work.
{ 4. If you want to install custom rom then download the custom rom and extract it. then there would a boot.img and replace it with the below bootextended blah blah.img } not understood? obviously... read full and then come back to this step.
II. Necessary Downloads
1. boot_EXtendedStockKernel_WT19i.img.
2. Fastboot Files
III. Flashing the Modified Kernel
1. Extract the fastboot-win32.zip file you downloaded above to a folder in your C:\ drive. You should end up with a folder named C:\fastboot-win32 containing fastboot.exe. Rename folder to fastboot for ease.
2. Copy the boot_EXtendedStockKernel_WT19i.img file you downloaded above to the same folder. Rename the file as boot.img for ease
3. Power down your device and put it into Fastboot Mode. To do this, press and hold the Volume Up + Power buttons until it enters the Fastboot mode. Blue led will glow.
3. Open up a Command Prompt window. To do this on your Windows 7 PC, click on the Windows Start button, type cmd in the search box and hit enter.
4. Run the following commands: (Get into . fastboot directory first ):- It should look as this
c:\fastboot\ fastboot flash boot.img
That’s it! You should have a rooted device after a reboot!
pls hit thanks if i helped.!
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But that's for unlocked bootloader only! With the method I posted, you can root without unlocking the bootloader...
@OP Please tell us which build number you have! You must go to settings -> About phone -> Build number and tell us the number (or at least the 3 or 2 last numbers). If .42, .58, .62, .69, .432, .578! Otherwise we can't help you
First off, greetings to all. Not trying to hijack the thread but I have a quasi-related question.
Have a LWW WT19i, with Android 4.1.B.0.431 rooted as per the instructions here, with a locked bootloader (unlock allowed: no). I want to install Real ICS r5.2 which states it works with a locked BL, however the instructions ask me to use CWM which I can find no clear tutorial on how to install (most guides suggest installing new kernel).
Any help would be appreciated. Also fini13, if you're as new to this as I am, the guide I listed should help you at least with the rooting.
Dark_Az_ said:
First off, greetings to all. Not trying to hijack the thread but I have a quasi-related question.
Have a LWW WT19i, with Android 4.1.B.0.431 rooted as per the instructions here, with a locked bootloader (unlock allowed: no). I want to install Real ICS r5.2 which states it works with a locked BL, however the instructions ask me to use CWM which I can find no clear tutorial on how to install (most guides suggest installing new kernel).
Any help would be appreciated. Also fini13, if you're as new to this as I am, the guide I listed should help you at least with the rooting.
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When your phone is rooted, you sould install cwm with the Extreme Tweak installer. But make sure you select your phone, otherwise it could brick.
Give it a shot
mihahn said:
When your phone is rooted, you sould install cwm with the Extreme Tweak installer. But make sure you select your phone, otherwise it could brick.
Give it a shot
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Sir I've installed cwm using xparts and I'M ABLE to get into CWM recovery mode using the one click button in xparts..bt i CANT do the same while swithing on the fon,by pressing (also tried tapping) vol down key, after seeing the blue light sensor..i've tried many times&many ways as explained in many threads..bt coudnt... :crying:
why its so?? Can u once again say the correct combination of keys pls?
live with walkman..locked bl..stock rom&kernal..just rooted..
EDIT: TAP POWER BUTTON TO ENTER INTO RECOVERY MODE....Its not vol down key now in pvyparts 5.5.0.4
follow
fini13 said:
can anyone make a tutorial about how to install cwm with SE Extreme Tweak Installer v1.8
it says suerimission denied
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first root by this method by doomlord
only follow 1 and 2 steps if u wan Gingerbread
and all for Ics
link- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1695514
then insall cwm
download CWM v5.02.7 from here:
http://www.mediafire.com/download/73xv18tht0e8zt4/CWM-Install.rar
requirements:
rooted device
how to install CWM on any xperia
1.turn on USB debugging
2.connect your phone to comp
3.download tthe above file and extract it
4.install-cwm2 for (xperia mini/mini pro/
active/live with walkman)
5.switch off your device
6.turn on the device and wait till "SONY
ERICSSON" logo appers
7.after "SONY ERICSSON" logo appears just
tap the volume down button repeatedly till
CWM open.
The simple method is, try to unlock yor device then install custom kernel that support autoroot and cwm, much tutorial for that in xda. :thumbup:
Hi!! First I have search over google and dont find any solution, so sorry if someone has written it yet. I have a new xperia U maybe 1,2 month with bootloader unlock status: NO. I update to stock ICS firmware with the sony software (companion) Then I flash one kernel.elf, root the phone with the method of bin4ry. And then i flashed the stock kernel. Well at this point I have the phone rooted. I can do everything on phone but that stock firmware is too slow, hang up .... I want to flash one firmware from free xperia project. In order to install it I have to flash boot.img with fastboot mode. Here comes the trouble my device dont boot in fastboot mode. I think isnt driver problem I have installed drivers from tutorials but in device manager doesnt appear any new device (and I dont hear the sound that a new device has plugged in) To boot in flashmode no problem when sony logo press infinitely vol buttons. To boot in fastboot press vol up and then plug in usb cable. But only appears sony logo and then the battery charging. Some question i asked me is if have bootloader unlocked:NO i can run in fastboot mode? then I can root phone but cannot install custom rom? If not how can I boot into fastboot mode??
NOTE: I have cwm-touch 5.xxx
NOTE: I have donwloaded some CWM v6 I found on google and install it via install zip from sd card on my CWM and then the phone bricked! I have to use the restauration option from companion software.
Well first of all, you should unlock your bootloader........if you want to flash custom kernels.....and the fastboot part try searching on the general section....
Sent from Space!
Check this thread to see how you can unlock bootloader: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1527159
In case you device's bootloader can't be unlocked, you can download some cwm for blocked bootloaders. You can find them on sony xperia u development thread.
The one you tried to install, from Free Xperia Projects, need an Unlocked bootloader.
For now, i think the best thing to do is install stock ics rom via flashtool and try to unlock the bootloader.
@ op
U cant install that rom by fxp
Ur bootloader cannot be unlocked
Bt u can use atis112's patch to install it on a locked bootloader
And bro u wont b able to flash any boot.img files on ur xu
drsanket_xperia_u said:
@ op
U cant install that rom by fxp
Ur bootloader cannot be unlocked
Bt u can use atis112's patch to install it on a locked bootloader
And bro u wont b able to flash any boot.img files on ur xu
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That's true bro, but by installing a cwm for block bootloaders at least he will be able to install some custom roms
DaRk-L0rD said:
That's true bro, but by installing a cwm for block bootloaders at least he will be able to install some custom roms
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Yup only the stock based ones or the ones that dun require a custom kernel
thanks!
Hi!!!!!! thanks all you helped me in learning some concepts I didnt know. The athi's patch solve the problem I installed cm9 from FXP in 5minutes!!
Thanks all!
hi, a quick guide how to revert from kitkat on xperia ray, should be about the same for most xperia 2011 devices.
if you managed to get to kitkat you will manage to understand this quick guide
pre requirements
1) flashtool
2) original full ics tft file of .587
3) eroot
3) cm10.zip (this what i used to revert to)
1) go to fastboot mode
2) in flashtool select flashmode, select that tft file, and be sure to select no final verification!!!
* you can finish here if you want stock rom
3) let ics load, then enable:
a) develop option->usb debugging
b) xperia-> usb method->msc
c) security-> allow from unknown sources
4) run eroot (one click method) to root your device
5) install x-parts from google play and install cwm recovery
* you can finish here if you want stock rom+root+recovery
6) reboot to fastboot and instal boot.img from the custom rom!!!
7) reboot to recovery and install zip
8) profit...
It is not necessary to flash stock ftf file. Usually when I want to downgrade from cm11, I just flash the respective kernel and do the required wipes (system, data, cache and dalvik cache) and then flash the rom. This method certainly works for me and much easier than always flashing stock ftf.
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SimonK9 said:
hi, a quick guide how to revert from kitkat on xperia ray, should be about the same for most xperia 2011 devices.[...]
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3)a) develop option->usb debugging
b) xperia-> usb method->msc
c) security-> allow from unknown sources
4) run eroot (one click method) to root your device
5) install x-parts from google play and install cwm recovery
those steps are really useless if u switch to a custom rom, bcuz
for a) b) c) u dont need this to enter fastboot. only usb debugging may should be needed for flashtool. but i use flashtool like this: prepare all files till it says ''connect device'' then i connect (powered off) device to flashtool AT LEAST. it works on stock ics without ticked usb debugging -for me-
4) & 5) really useless mostly any custom rom comes prerooted. just a waste of time but maybe u add it below ''*finish here if u want stock.ics'' then u can write it for those who want CWM & root on STOCK.ics
anyway thx for ur effort in making this, im sure it helps many , i just also wanna help so dont take this as a complainment
peace
i wrote this after trying to downgrade and failed with other methods.
flash rom from recovery needed older kernel
flashed kernel but than couldnt get to recovery (might flashed wrong kernel though) was stuck on bootloop.
so i wrote this as a fool proof method, would work for many other cases if you have software problems.
Nice guide yes you may add "*finish here if you want rooted stock ICS & cwm" between 5 & 6.
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