[Q] Recovery - Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go

Today I rooted my device,my next step is installing recovery, which is the simpliest,fastest method for installing!?with easy steps or tutorial? on x10 flashing,rooting etc. was much simplier than on S, and on x1 was easy too...I am planning to install CM 10 ...
4.0.4 .45

piponxs said:
Today I rooted my device,my next step is installing recovery, which is the simpliest,fastest method for installing!?with easy steps or tutorial? on x10 flashing,rooting etc. was much simplier than on S, and on x1 was easy too...I am planning to install CM 10 ...
4.0.4 .45
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Go to dev section and in the search write cwm and you will find a .bat file for cwm... Install it... Super easy
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Installing any custom kernel you will have CWM automatically

Thanks guys it works!!!... my last question is how will I install .img or any other rom (.img) file, now when I have recovery , Do I have to put .img on my phone or .zip or I installit through cmd? and what with kernel? Tried theese steps but it wont work http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1780338

piponxs said:
Thanks guys it works!!!... my last question is how will I install .img or any other rom (.img) file, now when I have recovery , Do I have to put .img on my phone or .zip or I installit through cmd? and what with kernel? Tried theese steps but it wont work http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1780338
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Nope, flash through fastboot mode. Copy .img file to fastboot folder and open cmd there, then type : fastboot flash boot boot.img ( boot.img is the name of .img file )
Kernel on the latest CM rom (137) is provided in .zip file. Remember that this kernel (boot.img) is flashed last, after wiping & installing Rom successfully
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lilude56214 said:
Nope, flash through fastboot mode. Copy .img file to fastboot folder and open cmd there, then type : fastboot flash boot boot.img ( boot.img is the name of .img file )
Kernel on the latest CM rom (137) is provided in .zip file. Remember that this kernel (boot.img) is flashed last, after wiping & installing Rom successfully
I cant enter fastboot mode..after blue led comes up,phone turnes on
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piponxs said:
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Did you install fastboot driver ? Or could flash .img file through Quick Img tool
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where to find the latest boot img

title says it all. I'm not sure where to find the latest boot img
help? links would be best.
The boot.img from the latest stock rom? Can't you unzip the rom and get it or use flash gui?
can't use flash gui, phone is stuck at boot.
I'll try unzipping, thanks!
I'm not too familiar with ADB stuff but you might need to use that. There's guides for that in the dev section.
Extract the kernel from the Rom you flashed. Once you have the boot image, place it in you adb tools folder or SDK and connect to pc. Open the terminal and navigate to the folder and type fastboot flash boot boot.img
Well there ya go!
werd. Ok, I'm working on it. Thank you.
You misspelled word.
You misspelled "I'm a grammar nazi.".
I couldn't resist...
Well then, shouldn't the "g" and "n" be capitalized? - "Grammar Nazi":silly:
I am a grammar Nazi, and proud of it!
I have a program called boot.IMG flasher in Original Dev that has the latest boot.IMG, modules, and will even flash it for you if stuck in bootloop or in bootloader.
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-viperboy- said:
I have a program called boot.IMG flasher in Original Dev that has the latest boot.IMG, modules, and will even flash it for you if stuck in bootloop or in bootloader.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1917106 ^^^^^ he said
What is the image for or what does it do?
Thanks
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It's the kernel and all related files packed into a file called an image file

Xperia Sola Can't Reboot into Clockworkmod Recovery

Hello,
I am a complete noob when it comes to dealing with phones.
I have a Sony Xperia Sola (firmware 6.1.1.B.1.54 ICS)
I downloaded Rom Manager via Play Store and want to flash a custom rom.
But whenever I try to select the option "Reboot and Install", only a normal boot happens.
How do I reboot and install the rom?? I have tried the button combos (power+volume - and volume +) but nothing works.
Please help!
PS
I am
-rooted
-bootloader unlocked
-clockworkmod recovery via recoverX
-rom is [ROM] Unoficial JellyBean stockrom 6.2.A.0.400 Sola
I understand that the rom you mentioned is recently ported and also deleted from development section of sola (munjeni rom).
According to his instruction, you need to do following thing:
Enter fastboot mode (off phone then hold volume up and plug cable)
Flash boot.img in zip Rom file to phone (fastboot flash boot boot.img)
Turn on phone and enter recovery menu (on phone then spam the volume down)
Do the clear data, cache... then install the zip file (rom)
Done.
Why was the rom deleted from the development section? Any clue? It was such an useful rom (using it myself)
And no, the original instruction only said to flash the zip file. Not fastboot the kernel before that. Fastbooting is only necessary I you get boot loops on normal flashing
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zombiegenerator said:
Why was the rom deleted from the development section? Any clue? It was such an useful rom (using it myself)
And no, the original instruction only said to flash the zip file. Not fastboot the kernel before that. Fastbooting is only necessary I you get boot loops on normal flashing
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I finally got into recovery mode yesterday (CWM touch), but today when I tried to do it again, only a stock recovery occurred. What happened?? I can't go back into cwm touch recovery
You have not flashed your kernel (boot.img) properly
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Why was the rom deleted from the development section? Any clue? It was such an useful rom (using it myself)
And no, the original instruction only said to flash the zip file. Not fastboot the kernel before that. Fastbooting is only necessary I you get boot loops on normal flashing
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I finally got into recovery mode, but when trying to flash the JB rom, it says something about a (Status 7 error) Flash aborted. how did you successfully flash yours?
First, you flash the stock ICS rom of sola. It will create the compatible partitions for JB in sola.
Second, you enter recovery mode and wipe all data, cache.... (maybe flash boot.img is required to entering this mode)
Finally, you install the zip file (rom).
Good luck.
k66473 said:
First, you flash the stock ICS rom of sola. It will create the compatible partitions for JB in sola.
Second, you enter recovery mode and wipe all data, cache.... (maybe flash boot.img is required to entering this mode)
Finally, you install the zip file (rom).
Good luck.
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I have flashed stock ICS, but even after I wiped/factoy reset, it still says Status 7 error
Maybe you should try to flash the boot.img in the zip file of munjeni before entering recovery mode and wipe all data, cache.
Regards,
k66473 said:
Maybe you should try to flash the boot.img in the zip file of munjeni before entering recovery mode and wipe all data, cache.
Regards,
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The hash is mismatched, he needs to download the zip file again
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Unable install cwm for my sola
zombiegenerator said:
The hash is mismatched, he needs to download the zip file again
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Sir,
I have tried to install cwm for xperia sola .
it locked boot loader
now running .54 stock
rooted
please give me detail steps : how to install cwm recovery ??
or any other manually how i can install the cwm for sola ?
tired of searching in internet from morning today
i have tried with recoverx.zip . it wasnt running on windows 8 it seems
sidrockzz said:
Sir,
I have tried to install cwm for xperia sola .
it locked boot loader
now running .54 stock
rooted
please give me detail steps : how to install cwm recovery ??
or any other manually how i can install the cwm for sola ?
tired of searching in internet from morning today
i have tried with recoverx.zip . it wasnt running on windows 8 it seems
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First you will need to have root, then you can try one of the following links
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2020893&highlight=cwm+recovery
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1953584&highlight=cwm+recovery
may I know how to flash boot.img for Xperia Sola?
This is my current issue
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2541786
Anyone can assist on it? @@
Thanks a lot
How do you flash boot.img?
k66473 said:
Maybe you should try to flash the boot.img in the zip file of munjeni before entering recovery mode and wipe all data, cache.
Regards,
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How can one flash boot.img when we can only select .ftf or .sin files in flashmode???
nofear246 said:
How can one flash boot.img when we can only select .ftf or .sin files in flashmode???
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You flash in fastboot mode, or with recovery, but you must have unlocked bootloader, or it will brick your phone.

[Q] Xperia U CWM status 7 - installation aborted

Hello! I just rooted my xperia u today and now I'm trying to flash a custom ROM. The problem
is that I keep getting error/status 7 in cwm when trying to do this. I have searched around,
but can't find a solution. Any help appreciated!
Info:
Xperia U ST25i
Stock kernel
Stock ICS 4.0.4
CWM 5
Fixed it by following this:
1) Extract the contents you will get 3 things in it .... boot.img (file) , system(folder) , meta-inf (folder)
2) Leaving the boot.img out repack the other two folders (system,meta-inf)
3) fastboot the boot.img file via fastboot by this command "fast boot flash boot boot.img" without quotes
4) then place the new packed zip file
The one without the boot image
5) try flashing it
6) factory reset and wipe delvik cache and reboot
step 2?
blackjacknapper said:
Fixed it by following this:
1) Extract the contents you will get 3 things in it .... boot.img (file) , system(folder) , meta-inf (folder)
2) Leaving the boot.img out repack the other two folders (system,meta-inf)
3) fastboot the boot.img file via fastboot by this command "fast boot flash boot boot.img" without quotes
4) then place the new packed zip file
The one without the boot image
5) try flashing it
6) factory reset and wipe delvik cache and reboot
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Hi, i'm what you call a noob and I could really use your help.
Could you explain to me what you mean by step 2 'repacking the other two folders (system,meta-inf)'? And do I put all the files in the fastboot folder?
Thanks a lot!!
blackjacknapper said:
Fixed it by fooowing this:
1) Extract the contents you will get 3 things in it .... boot.img (file) , system(folder) , meta-inf (folder)
2) Leaving the boot.img out repack the other two folders (system,meta-inf)
3) fastboot the boot.img file via fastboot by this command "fast boot flash boot boot.img" without quotes
4) then place the new packed zip file
The one without the boot image
5) try flashing it
6) factory reset and wipe delvik cache and reboot
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Yeah, u should flash the kernel first
I have..
MT27i said:
Yeah, u should flash the kernel first
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I flashed the kernel via the cmd promt fastboot flash boot boot.img. The device is rooted and bootloader is unlocked.
But when i reboot the phone into recovery mode it doesn't get the FXP screen it just gets the sony logo.
Then when i try to instal from zip I get status 7. I placed the gapps and cm zip files on the sd card.
What am i doing wrong?
I really appreciate the help:good:
blackjacknapper said:
Hello! I just rooted my xperia u today and now I'm trying to flash a custom ROM. The problem
is that I keep getting error/status 7 in cwm when trying to do this. I have searched around,
but can't find a solution. Any help appreciated!
Info:
Xperia U ST25i
Stock kernel
Stock ICS 4.0.4
CWM 5
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Watch this video (start watching at 8:05).
youtube.com/watch?v=O52IeX93Jek
In this video, he is showing how to flash cm9, but you can also use other custom roms.
What software are you trying to flash?
@Buddha's belly
Have you flashed the kernel that's in the ROM zip?
And you can look at the log to see what exactly fails.
ChikeD said:
@Buddha's belly
Have you flashed the kernel that's in the ROM zip?
And you can look at the log to see what exactly fails.
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@ChikeD is rights.
try to flash the kernel from rom zip.

[Q] Xperia U not turning on please help! Flashing went wrong!!

I wanted to unlock my bootloader and install a custom rom but my windows won't recognise the fastboot mode so I started up with linux
I saw tutorials of recoveryX.exe and flashtool which only works for windows so I was searching for a manual way so that I could do it in the terminal ..
so I found some tutorial online which told me to flash some file something like
fastboot flash boot xyz.inf I don't remember the extension perfectly but it wasn't a zip or an img ..
and after that my phone turned off, I can still go for fastboot mode but I don't see anything on the screen please help me
I do not have windows so I cannot use flashtool or recoveryX.exe
awaisthebest said:
I wanted to unlock my bootloader and install a custom rom but my windows won't recognise the fastboot mode so I started up with linux
I saw tutorials of recoveryX.exe and flashtool which only works for windows so I was searching for a manual way so that I could do it in the terminal ..
so I found some tutorial online which told me to flash some file something like
fastboot flash boot xyz.inf I don't remember the extension perfectly but it wasn't a zip or an img ..
and after that my phone turned off, I can still go for fastboot mode but I don't see anything on the screen please help me
I do not have windows so I cannot use flashtool or recoveryX.exe
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using flash tool flash the boot.img present in the rom zip
and install the rom
awaisthebest said:
I wanted to unlock my bootloader and install a custom rom but my windows won't recognise the fastboot mode so I started up with linux
I saw tutorials of recoveryX.exe and flashtool which only works for windows so I was searching for a manual way so that I could do it in the terminal ..
so I found some tutorial online which told me to flash some file something like
fastboot flash boot xyz.inf I don't remember the extension perfectly but it wasn't a zip or an img ..
and after that my phone turned off, I can still go for fastboot mode but I don't see anything on the screen please help me
I do not have windows so I cannot use flashtool or recoveryX.exe
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Congrats for the brick.
Can you still get into fastboot/flash mode?
I've yet to hear about someone who used rexoveryx and it worked, forget all about it.
There is flashtool for linux, you can use it.
BTW, the only files you flash with fastboot, are with img, elf or sin extention.
ChikeD said:
Congrats for the brick.
Can you still get into fastboot/flash mode?
I've yet to hear about someone who used rexoveryx and it worked, forget all about it.
There is flashtool for linux, you can use it.
BTW, the only files you flash with fastboot, are with img, elf or sin extention.
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yes yes I can still get into the fastboot and flash mode both!
and yes the file was elf format I remember now.
P.S : I'm downloading the flashtool for linux right now, I just hope it works, its of my friends' and I took it with a guarantee that I'll give you with a better firmware :/ He's been calling me since morning lol .. I'm doomed :/
guys? is there any hope?
bharathbondfire said:
using flash tool flash the boot.img present in the rom zip
and install the rom
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Thank you for your reply
I'm downloading flast tool for linux right now and I'll then flash the boot.img present in the rom itself..
anything else that I can try if this doesn't work?
can anybody give me a link to CWM recovery's file and a way to flash it :/
P.P.S : I'm really really sorry for being sucha noob/dumbas* :/ but I just finished downloading flashtool and I cannot seem to install it I mean gosh! Linux is soo complicated.
I have downloaded a 7z file .. in which there's a file of tar extension which after I double click directs me to a folder named Flash Tools in which there are multiple forlder that include custom, deviced, drivers, firmwares etc
awaisthebest said:
Thank you for your reply
I'm downloading flast tool for linux right now and I'll then flash the boot.img present in the rom itself..
anything else that I can try if this doesn't work?
can anybody give me a link to CWM recovery's file and a way to flash it :/
if u have downloaded the flash tool copy boot.img to flash tool folder
enter fast boot press ok press on select a kernel to flash
and choose the kernel
and press enter.
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bharathbondfire said:
awaisthebest said:
Thank you for your reply
I'm downloading flast tool for linux right now and I'll then flash the boot.img present in the rom itself..
anything else that I can try if this doesn't work?
can anybody give me a link to CWM recovery's file and a way to flash it :/
if u have downloaded the flash tool copy boot.img to flash tool folder
enter fast boot press ok press on select a kernel to flash
and choose the kernel
and press enter.
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I have downloaded flash tool for linux but I cannot get it work .. I cannot get it to install or anything
isn't there a way to do all this manually through Terminal Fastboot commands?
That's the only thing that I can manage to work.
Edit : I have flashed the boot.img file from the downloaded ROM I did it this way (fastboot flash boot boot.img)
and now fortunately the phone starts and also now can be charged but the OS doesn't start .. I think this can be because I haven't flashed the OS but only the boot img?
what can I do now?
P.S : I cannot use the Flashtool or RecoveryX :/ so if there's a way to do it via fastboot or something it will really be appreciated
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awaisthebest said:
bharathbondfire said:
I have downloaded flash tool for linux but I cannot get it work .. I cannot get it to install or anything
isn't there a way to do all this manually through Terminal Fastboot commands?
That's the only thing that I can manage to work.
Edit : I have flashed the boot.img file from the downloaded ROM I did it this way (fastboot flash boot boot.img)
and now fortunately the phone starts and also now can be charged but the OS doesn't start .. I think this can be because I haven't flashed the OS but only the boot img?
what can I do now?
P.S : I cannot use the Flashtool or RecoveryX :/ so if there's a way to do it via fastboot or something it will really be appreciated
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if u have rom in the sd
flash boot.img and flash rom
remember to wipe full system
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bharathbondfire said:
awaisthebest said:
if u have rom in the sd
flash boot.img and flash rom
remember to wipe full system
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I finally flashed the CM9 4.0.4 rom thankyou for all of your help I appreciate everything
P.S : The led bottom light still doesn't work I don't know why, but the phone and the OS is working perfectly fine! Thank you again
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Togari stable installation problems

I am trying to install cyanogenmod togari (stable) on my xperia z ultra. But every time i failed. I tried this through twrp and cwm. But both are failed to install cyanogenmod on my xperia z ultra. I thought the downloaded zip file is corrupted, so i have download cyanogenmod togari stable, many times (minimum 5 times i downloaded the same zip file) but every time the cwm said
"E: Error in /data/media/0/Downloads/cm-10.2.0-togari.zip
(Status 7)
Installation aborted"
So...what i will do now?
My devices is Sony Xperia Z Ultra
Model number: C6806
Remember to flash boot.img before you flash the ROM.
LordManhattan said:
Remember to flash boot.img before you flash the ROM.
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Cannot understand! Please explain!
Open the zip and extract the file "boot.img". Flash it first. Reboot again in recovery, flash ROM. All done John.
StreamingMT said:
Open the zip and extract the file "boot.img". Flash it first. Reboot again in recovery, flash ROM. All done John.
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This.
Remember to only open the zip , and not extract it. Then extract boot.img, or drag it out of the zip and flash it.
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LordManhattan said:
This.
Remember to only open the zip , and not extract it. Then extract boot.img, or drag it out of the zip and flash it.
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Flash it in fastboot mode using flashtool or quickimg or adb
blueether said:
Flash it in fastboot mode using flashtool or quickimg or adb
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Remember to... hmm... I'm out.
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dear friend, how to flash boo.img?
what is the command?
or any way to flash boot.img through flashtool?
dear friend, how to flash boo.img?
what is the command?
or any way to flash boot.img through flashtool?
LordManhattan said:
Remember to... hmm... I'm out.
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dear friend, how to flash boo.img?
what is the command?
or any way to flash boot.img through flashtool?
LordManhattan said:
This.
Remember to only open the zip , and not extract it. Then extract boot.img, or drag it out of the zip and flash it.
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dear friend, how to flash boo.img?
what is the command?
or any way to flash boot.img through flashtool?
LordManhattan said:
Remember to flash boot.img before you flash the ROM.
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dear friend, how to flash boo.img?
what is the command?
or any way to flash boot.img through flashtool?
Amazing! Dude, next time use "edit" fonction, and "mutli-quote". Don't make 4 posts like that...
Write: "xperia flash boot.img" on Google, first link send you on XDA again:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1963961

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