[SE Live with Walkman] Installing MESA Kernel over Extended Stock Kernel - Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A

Hello
I am a newbie Android user though I flashed Real ICS r6 and Extended Stock kernel a few months back. The ROM is great, the kernel works fine. But I wanted to Overclock and use Swap File which isn't enabled in extended stock so, I wanted to install MESA which is compatible with Real ICS as well as my phone. But I have no idea how to flash a NEW kernel.
If I flash a new kernel does my ROM get erased too?
I need a detailed step by step tutorial about flashing MESA and replacing Extended Stock with it, without removing Real ICS r6. Any help is appreciated guys. Also, please take note that I cannot brick the phone as I won't get a new one for years if that happens.
Thank you in advance.

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AW: [SE Live with Walkman] Installing MESA Kernel over Extended Stock Kernel
No it won't erase the ROM
See my "how to install a custom kernel/rom", there you can see how to flash the boot.img using flashtool
Sent from my Nexus 7 running Android 4.2.1

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The steps is so easy,
1-Download the kernel, extcract if it is a zip file
2-Get boot.img
3-And put it in your fastboot folder
4-Open cmd and navigate to fastboot folder,
Or simply click on start search for cmd and drag it in fastboot folder then open it
5-shutdown your phone
6-hold on volume up and connect the usb from the phone to pc
7-it will ask you for drivers ( skip if you already done so)
8- in cmd run the following commands
Fastboot devices
Fastboot flash boot directorytoboot boot.img
Replace directorytoboot with actual directory
It will not earse your rom.
And btw xperia 2011 is hard to be bricked
Click thanks if I helped you
Sent from my Xperia Mini using xda app-developers app

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Thank You
Thank you to the both of you, I have successfully flashed MESA 3.2 on my Live with Walkman. So far so good.

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Try MESA Hybrid v3.6 kernel. It's better. Flash kernel via Fastboot and then flash mesa-hybrid-stock.zip via CWM.

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only recovery and mesa kernel
live with walkman
i am only left with mesa kernel and its recovery..
i accidently wiped system while trying to install real ics ir6 yesterday..
now when i tried to flash ics r6 through recovery it i flashed but restarts and shuts down.
i read in a post that i need to have preinstalled stock rom in order to flash custom rom..
is this true??
if yes kindly help me, what should i do now,
can i fastboot flash the stock rom .ftf or whatever be the method please please some1 help me.

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ballackcool said:
live with walkman
i am only left with mesa kernel and its recovery..
i accidently wiped system while trying to install real ics ir6 yesterday..
now when i tried to flash ics r6 through recovery it i flashed but restarts and shuts down.
i read in a post that i need to have preinstalled stock rom in order to flash custom rom..
is this true??
if yes kindly help me, what should i do now,
can i fastboot flash the stock rom .ftf or whatever be the method please please some1 help me.
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Firstly flash stock ftf using flashtool in flashmode or just place any rom.in ur sdcard which can run in this situation for e.g. my rom xperia nexus and flash it
Press THANKS if I helped,
Best Regards,
AJ

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alokbina said:
Firstly flash stock ftf using flashtool in flashmode or just place any rom.in ur sdcard which can run in this situation for e.g. my rom xperia nexus and flash it
Press THANKS if I helped,
Best Regards,
AJ
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Thanx for the reply
i wanna tell u the exact situation
there is no os in my phone just mesa kernel and recovery,
yesterdayas u said i tried to flash .ftf stock but it showed me header error
so do i need to switch back to stock kernel first in order to flash stock rom ..
thanx inadvance..

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ballackcool said:
Thanx for the reply
i wanna tell u the exact situation
there is no os in my phone just mesa kernel and recovery,
yesterdayas u said i tried to flash .ftf stock but it showed me header error
so do i need to switch back to stock kernel first in order to flash stock rom ..
thanx inadvance..
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Nopes flashtool automatically flashes the stock kernel with it anyways did u try installing any other rom on the mesa kernel?
Press THANKS if I helped,
Best Regards,
AJ

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hi. if you encounter header error ,
you must install (fastboot, ...)driver correctly
then go ahead.(its right)