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Flashing problem

Hey guys!
My Xperia Arc S is kinda new - 1 month old.
I was on Xperia Ultimade HD Rom for a while and wanted to install another rom, so i did via CWM Recovery.
All fine.
I wanted to restart my phone but it got stock in Sony Logo.
Because my bootloader cant be unlocked i rooted with kernel downgrade and CWM is not there after flashing due to the wipe.
So i flashed stock .tft with Flashtool and phone booted again.
Now when I'm trying to flash anything my phone gets always stuck in Sony Logo (even when i try Eagleboy's mode without wiping!).
Anyway: I'd like to install a custom rom.
Does anyone how to fix this?
Bootloader: Locked
Phone: LT18i
Rooted: yes
... and I have the 4.0.1.B.0.587 firmware installed right now.
Thanks in advance!

Phone Flashing problem
That's the only problem with locked bootloader's:crying:When you install some stock custom roms you have to wipe system to do a clean install which by default wipes cwm because it is installed in system for locked bootloader's.So if you have a problem with a install you have to flash another .ftf because you wiped cwm recovery.
When I first had arc I had a locked bootloader and it was a pain if something went wrong while flashinghaving to flash again etc! etc! It just got to stage where I had enough and took the plunge and unlocked the bootloader.:good:
I'm afraid it's one of those things you have to live with unless you unlock your bootloader:crying: ( I know you said you can't )there are quite a few stock roms that work but like I said if anything goes wrong you have to flash .ftf again.Probably a case of just trying each one Jader's rom alway's seemed to boot nice:good:

tallman43 said:
That's the only problem with locked bootloader's:crying:When you install some stock custom roms you have to wipe system to do a clean install which by default wipes cwm because it is installed in system for locked bootloader's.So if you have a problem with a install you have to flash another .ftf because you wiped cwm recovery.
When I first had arc I had a locked bootloader and it was a pain if something went wrong while flashinghaving to flash again etc! etc! It just got to stage where I had enough and took the plunge and unlocked the bootloader.:good:
I'm afraid it's one of those things you have to live with unless you unlock your bootloader:crying: ( I know you said you can't )there are quite a few stock roms that work but like I said if anything goes wrong you have to flash .ftf again.Probably a case of just trying each one Jader's rom alway's seemed to boot nice:good:
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Hi, thanks for your answer
I tried to install 3 different roms till now - i wiped everything.
Then: Boot till sony-logo - I have to flash another tft with flashtool, Root again, and this takes time and is quite annoying.
I came from Samsung Galaxy S there wasn't the problem with the "bootloader" which is really annoying.
So: What should i do now?
I mean my CWM is not persistent and till now no rom worked.

Galaxy3User said:
Hi, thanks for your answer
I tried to install 3 different roms till now - i wiped everything.
Then: Boot till sony-logo - I have to flash another tft with flashtool, Root again, and this takes time and is quite annoying.
I came from Samsung Galaxy S there wasn't the problem with the "bootloader" which is really annoying.
So: What should i do now?
I mean my CWM is not persistent and till now no rom worked.
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Hi totally agree it is frustrating!:crying: When you install some of these custom rom's they use Aroma installer are you unticking the reboot option in aroma installer and rebooting from cwm?Because you need to reboot that way (you seem to be doing everything right )
(1) Boot to cwm
(2) Wipe cache/Data/Advanced Dalvik cache
(3) Mounts & Storage format data/cache/system (NOTHING ELSE!)
(4) Install .zip on Sd card
(5) Choose options Aroma Installer
(6) Untick reboot option
(7) Reboot from cwm

tallman43 said:
Hi totally agree it is frustrating!:crying: When you install some of these custom rom's they use Aroma installer are you unticking the reboot option in aroma installer and rebooting from cwm?Because you need to reboot that way (you seem to be doing everything right )
(1) Boot to cwm
(2) Wipe cache/Data/Advanced Dalvik cache
(3) Mounts & Storage format data/cache/system (NOTHING ELSE!)
(4) Install .zip on Sd card
(5) Choose options Aroma Installer
(6) Untick reboot option
(7) Reboot from cwm
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Yes i know , but thats what i did !
Wiped & formatting these settings and unticking reboot in aroma.
But it still doesn't work

Galaxy3User said:
Yes i know , but thats what i did !
Wiped & formatting these settings and unticking reboot in aroma.
But it still doesn't work
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:crying:Like I said you seem to be doing everything rightHave you tried this rom http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1994135 it's a two part installation but if I remember right this one seemed to install ok:good:

tallman43 said:
:crying:Like I said you seem to be doing everything rightHave you tried this rom http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1994135 it's a two part installation but if I remember right this one seemed to install ok:good:
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Haha i know. Thats why it seems strange for me too. But i need a custom rom and normally i would need a different kernel too.
But thats not possible. Sadly.
So nobody knows what i could change?

Galaxy3User said:
Haha i know. Thats why it seems strange for me too. But i need a custom rom and normally i would need a different kernel too.
But thats not possible. Sadly.
So nobody knows what i could change?
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Only other thing you could try is changing your base firmware/ftf I notice you are using .587 base ftf try changing to another one, although Some of the custom roms recommend that firmware
Maybe someone else as any ideas

Απ: Flashing problem
If you accidentally formatted system then you removed the cwm. Try flashing the official ftf, install x-parts and redo everything without wiping system partition.
The other choice is to unlock your bootloader and you'll never face this problem again. I voided my warranty less a month after taking my phone, I knew that any problem will come up I could fix it myself
Sent from my Xperia Arc

Retrosid said:
If you accidentally formatted system then you removed the cwm. Try flashing the official ftf, install x-parts and redo everything without wiping system partition.
The other choice is to unlock your bootloader and you'll never face this problem again. I voided my warranty less a month after taking my phone, I knew that any problem will come up I could fix it myself
Sent from my Xperia Arc
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Yep sure - but my CWM is gone when i wipe data. And I tried this: I flashed stock .ftf and installed xparts, then flashed a ROM without wipe - but doesn't boot and I cant access CWM again :/
And as I said i can't unlock my bootloader.

.. But the strange thing is just:
I even get bootloop when I install EAGLEBOYYS MOD (!) without WIPING anything! (just the recommended for sure)
That should not happen.

Why can't you unlock bootloader? Doing that would solve most of the problems you are facing. You don't have to downgrade to re root. Flash the stock kernel, install a new recovery then try again.
Sent from my Xperia Arc S using xda premium

If I go in service menu it says: Bootloader Unlock Allowed: No !
If I flash stock .ftf root is gone (?) -- RootChecker says that root is gone too.

Galaxy3User said:
Yep sure - but my CWM is gone when i wipe data. And I tried this: I flashed stock .ftf and installed xparts, then flashed a ROM without wipe - but doesn't boot and I cant access CWM again :/
And as I said i can't unlock my bootloader.
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Galaxy3User said:
If I go in service menu it says: Bootloader Unlock Allowed: No !
If I flash stock .ftf root is gone (?) -- RootChecker says that root is gone too.
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First of all - this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1683957
I advice you to take step by step STRICTLY.
Or you can try to root with the FlashTool but I'm not sure if it will work with locked BL.
After that: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1955248
And for additional info: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1955248

TopperBG said:
First of all - this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1683957
I advice you to take step by step STRICTLY.
Or you can try to root with the FlashTool but I'm not sure if it will work with locked BL.
After that: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1955248
And for additional info: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1955248
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Thats how i rooted my Arc S!
Thats the only method that is working with locked BL.
And well, i took all the steps mentioned in the second topic you posted..
If you can't get it to work (stuck on Sony logo), then flash this in flash tool and then root again and do it one more time.
It´s ICS and kernel for Arc S but works fine on regular Arc. I use it myself on my Arc.
http://www.mediafire.com/?r0anos8emtx4iiy password is MMAS (If asked for)
Good luck and have fun with your superfast Arc with Ultimate HD™ ROM 2.0.
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And this download link doesnt work :/

Galaxy3User said:
Thats how i rooted my Arc S!
Thats the only method that is working with locked BL.
And well, i took all the steps mentioned in the second topic you posted..
And this download link doesnt work :/
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Here it is:
https://www.box.com/s/yu3dbp760kkyw7osoo41
https://www.box.com/s/9prbhnvkmyrglyoyl20j

TopperBG said:
Here it is:
https://www.box.com/s/yu3dbp760kkyw7osoo41
https://www.box.com/s/9prbhnvkmyrglyoyl20j
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I flashed these files already after i got stuck at SONY logo but doesnt help..

Galaxy3User said:
I flashed these files already after i got stuck at SONY logo but doesnt help..
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What does mean "doesnt help" ?
What are you trying to do and dont work, what is messages, what happens, did you have newest version of FlashTool, did you have installed ADB drivers, what's the error ?

TopperBG said:
What does mean "doesnt help" ?
What are you trying to do and dont work, what is messages, what happens,
did you have newest version of FlashTool, did you have installed ADB drivers,
what's the error ?
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I mean when i flash this .ftf and reroot and install CWM all works fine.
But when I try to flash any ROM and doing all wipes etc. correctly it still gets stuck at SONY logo!
I have newest version of flashtool and ADB drivers installed. In flashtool there is no error.

Galaxy3User said:
I mean when i flash this .ftf and reroot and install CWM all works fine.
But when I try to flash any ROM and doing all wipes etc. correctly it still gets stuck at SONY logo!
I have newest version of flashtool and ADB drivers installed. In flashtool there is no error.
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Which ROM are you trying to flash?
Is that ROM for locked BL ?

[FIXED] Xperia Stuck at Logo and more

So, Hello. I will tell you the story:
After 2 days of searching on my own, instead of starting a topic, but just searching for a topic, i am starting a topic myself, because i dont know what to do know anymore.
Here is how it started:
I rooted my phone with Doomlord root, worked fine, Tried installing CWM recovery, Didnt work fine at first, but found an simple app which gave me CWM recovery version 5 ( Outdated, i know)
Then i was trying to flash Xperia Ultimate HD on it, so i did it, cleared everything and booted up, worked, but glitchy ( Buttons too high, didnt look like how it was promised on screens) I readed again, and found out that i just flashed the ROM Ultimate HD, and that you needed Ultimate HD 3.0 installed first, So i did what it said, and installed Xperia Ultimate HD 3.0 ( i suppose there is a modified kernel inside that ROM and thats why you need that first), wiped everything again, and installed The ROM i already installed before, again. And from this point on, it was stuck. I see the FREE XPERIA Logo, and then it goes black, i can get into Recovery ( with CWM Recovery) and i can get into Flashmode and Fastboot, although everytime i go into flashmode and try to flash back to stock with an stock ftf, it says Flash failed! Now turn on phone and enable USB debugging
Also EMMA doesn't work as it wont recognize my device, and Update service won't work either, because that doesnt recognize my device either.
Does someone has a fix for this? :-$ I hope so! Is there maybe a way to flash something with CWM?
Please let me know!
Thanx!
Tico

Hi ! First, is your bootloader unlocked ?

xdlol123321 said:
Hi ! First, is your bootloader unlocked ?
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Yes. And Rooted

humm free xperia logo? have you flashed kernel yet?I am not sure UHD 3.0 used free xperia kernel(CM kernel). Search and flash ICS kernel http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1867265 from fastboot and go to CWM recovery and install UHD 3 again.you might have flashed wrong kernel.

shoeseat said:
humm free xperia logo? have you flashed kernel yet?I am not sure UHD 3.0 used free xperia kernel(CM kernel). Search and flash ICS kernel http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1867265 from fastboot and go to CWM recovery and install UHD 3 again.you might have flashed wrong kernel.
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Thanks! I flashed Vengeance Kernel and it worked! Thanks for saving my phone, mate!
This topic can be locked
Cheers!

Tlcoman said:
Thanks! I flashed Vengeance Kernel and it worked! Thanks for saving my phone, mate!
This topic can be locked
Cheers!
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No problem.Try to read descriptions of ROMs before flashing it,you need to flash compatible kernel(if you don't have already) before flashing ROMs. Happy flashing

[Q] Sony xperia Lt18i Bootloop big problem

Hey guys so I'm in boot loop. Yes I know there are many guides all over saying how to fix it but I have tried many of them and they didnt work.
What happens is I start the phone, it shows the boot image and then restarts after a time.
I can boot into the Recovery mode by spamming the back button when the Logo comes. And can install zip files from the SD card.
I also have tried flashtool to restore it to stock but when i try flashing it detects my device "Device connected in flash mode" but when i try toflash it, it gives an error "Error flashing. Aborted".
I tried many many room whit kernels but stuck on bootloop every time, no way. I have never seen this problem before. Maybe bricked bootloader ?
I tried to relock the bootloader but doesnt help either.
Any help?

Ok, since you can boot into recovery can you flash you ROM.zip and try to boot into ROM? I also need some details:
- ROM you were using
- Kernel you were using
- How you got bootloop
Flashtool should work, try to recover using flashtool.
僕のLT18iから送られてきた

popthosegaskets said:
Ok, since you can boot into recovery can you flash you ROM.zip and try to boot into ROM? I also need some details:
- ROM you were using
- Kernel you were using
- How you got bootloop
Flashtool should work, try to recover using flashtool.
僕のLT18iから送られてきた
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Before this happened i was using Ultimate HD 4.0 and Vengeance kernel ayame. The telephone was crashed and i didnt any backup. I tried to upgrade it to android 4.2 or 4.1 and the probleme begin I relocked the bootloader but doesnt help. I flashed it but doesnt accept any firmware, show Error flash bla bla bla Flash aborted. tried almost roms and kernels but doesnt help. I can install rooms and flash kernels, and boot up to recovery but after that is just stuck on boot animation or bootloop.:crying::crying::crying:

During the upgrade to JB, did you flash the kernel that came with it?
I assume you wanted to update to CM10/10.1? Vengeance Kernel is not compatible with JB. You need to flash UHD4 back to /system partition if you want to stick with UHD or flash the boot.img that came with the JB ROM.zip.
Do a clean install. Your phone should be working again if you do the steps correctly.
If you still have problems, you can reply to this thread or send me a PM if you wish to be more private about it.
Regards, 日焼けさん.
僕のLT18iから送られてきた

popthosega-skets said:
During the upgrade to JB, did you flash e ä'ökernel that came with it?
I assume you wanted to update to CM10/10.1? Vengeance Kernel is not compatible with JB. You need to flash UHD4 back to /system partition if you want to stick with UHD or flash the boot.img that came with the JB ROM.zip.
Do a clean install. Your phone should be working again if you do the steps correctly.
If you still have problems, you can reply to this thread or send me a PM if you wish to be more private about it.
Regards, 日焼けさん.9
僕のLT18iから送られてきた
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Thank you very much but i need steps . Plzz
Best regards

popthosegaskets said:
During the upgrade to JB, did you flash the kernel that came with it?
I assume you wanted to update to CM10/10.1? Vengeance Kernel is not compatible with JB. You need to flash UHD4 back to /system partition if you want to stick with UHD or flash the boot.img that came with the JB ROM.zip.
Do a clean install. Your phone should be working again if you do the steps correctly.
If you still have problems, you can reply to this thread or send me a PM if you wish to be more private about it.
Regards, 日焼けさん.
僕のLT18iから送られてきた
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Sorry but i want tell you that the last i tried is this but doesnt help, stuck on boot animation. I gone be crazy.
OBS !!!!!! When i install rom and not working whit me i look on SD on pc if the installation files are there but nothing just the rom zip. I changed the SD but the same happened

Having issues realted to this one. Here's my device info. Hope it helps.
Device:
-> never been modded.
-> all stock rom.
-> stuck on a bootloop due to bluetooth.
It doesn't even have a recovery mod. So I'm pretty much stuck.
Can you help me out? And another thing, sorry for bringing this
old topic back. Haha.

FastBoot Problem

Hello , I have arc s and i practically flashed all the custom rom successfully without fail . recently i had to re install my windows (7) and install flashtool again. Then the problem happened. I installed flashtool version 0.9.15.0 and also driver from its folder. When i flashed via flashmode using official ftf file ...its working fine . Also everytime i install something(Kernel) in fastboot , it flashes .Now i go to cwm and install custom rom(zip) with full wipe .what i get after is infinite bootloop. i never get pass the kernel image. not even bootanimation shows up.I tried everything and its frustrating that i can't install custom Rom now. Any help from pros would be really appreciated. Thanks

redprince said:
Hello , I have arc s and i practically flashed all the custom rom successfully without fail . recently i had to re install my windows (7) and install flashtool again. Then the problem happened. I installed flashtool version 0.9.15.0 and also driver from its folder. When i flashed via flashmode using official ftf file ...its working fine . Also everytime i install something(Kernel) in fastboot , it flashes .Now i go to cwm and install custom rom(zip) with full wipe .what i get after is infinite bootloop. i never get pass the kernel image. not even bootanimation shows up.I tried everything and its frustrating that i can't install custom Rom now. Any help from pros would be really appreciated. Thanks
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Are you flashing the correct kernel? Or are you hotbooting the kernel by mistake?
Sent from my MT11i using Tapatalk 2

Thanks for reply , i was flashing correctly . so far i've tried Iridescent_Zed_III (ics-lupus) , Xperia UltraKat v2.0.1(KK-provided kernel) but no luck . But i tried TouchwizRom 1.4v with superfusion kernel. it worked great. i don't know whats the problem.

Q) Xperia S l26i rooted,unlocked bootloader. Now stuck in bootloop. Please HELP

Hi Everyone,
I wanted to install custom recovery in my Sony Xperia S L26ii , So rooted it a week ago. It is rooted for sure., I installed titanium backup and backed up everything. Yesterday I did unlock my bootloader so that I can install a custom recovery and custom rom. I followed the procedure of official way of unlocking bootloader by getting the key and unlocked it using fastboot command.
Till This everything works fine.I could boot into my device.
I flashed Twrp recovery adb fastboot. After this I wanted to backup my Stock rom. While I try to perform backup i got an error "unable to mount data" and it was unsucessfull.
I tried to reboot the system and shocked that it is stuck in boot loop now. I am seeing the word "Sony " and again it is rebooting,
I tried whatever I can by browsing internet. It seems I cannot use pc companion since I unlocked bootloader and installed custom recovery.
i tried to download tft file from somewhere and tried to flash through flashtools and got an error "ERROR - Processing of loader.sin finished with errors."
Dont know what to do. Any help would be highly appreciated. All I could access is TWRP recovery . currently I powered off the phone.
Please help me in the right direction.
Regards,
Suresh

ssuresh005 said:
Hi Everyone,
I wanted to install custom recovery in my Sony Xperia S L26ii , So rooted it a week ago. It is rooted for sure., I installed titanium backup and backed up everything. Yesterday I did unlock my bootloader so that I can install a custom recovery and custom rom. I followed the procedure of official way of unlocking bootloader by getting the key and unlocked it using fastboot command.
Till This everything works fine.I could boot into my device.
I flashed Twrp recovery adb fastboot. After this I wanted to backup my Stock rom. While I try to perform backup i got an error "unable to mount data" and it was unsucessfull.
I tried to reboot the system and shocked that it is stuck in boot loop now. I am seeing the word "Sony " and again it is rebooting,
I tried whatever I can by browsing internet. It seems I cannot use pc companion since I unlocked bootloader and installed custom recovery.
i tried to download tft file from somewhere and tried to flash through flashtools and got an error "ERROR - Processing of loader.sin finished with errors."
Dont know what to do. Any help would be highly appreciated. All I could access is TWRP recovery . currently I powered off the phone.
Please help me in the right direction.
Regards,
Suresh
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It is the "ftf" file, not "tft". Try Flashing the stock ftf file immediately again after You get the error, it will work. You get the error first time.

Mirhawk said:
It is the "ftf" file, not "tft". Try Flashing the stock ftf file immediately again after You get the error, it will work. You get the error first time.
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Thank you bro for replying and correcting me. Yes ftf file. I am downloading stock ftf from XDA forum (thanks for the member) and Will try to flash it (by pressing volume down and connecting usb cable to it) and will let you know.
Im just wondering , yesterday when I saw the phone in bootloop , I paniked and try to perform factory reset couple of times . Though it did not help in anyway. Will it disable usb debugging? If so is there any way we can reenable it from recovery or any other way?
-Suresh

ssuresh005 said:
Thank you bro for replying and correcting me. Yes ftf file. I am downloading stock ftf from XDA forum (thanks for the member) and Will try to flash it (by pressing volume down and connecting usb cable to it) and will let you know.
Im just wondering , yesterday when I saw the phone in bootloop , I paniked and try to perform factory reset couple of times . Though it did not help in anyway. Will it disable usb debugging? If so is there any way we can reenable it from recovery or any other way?
-Suresh
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Nah it won't affect You while flashing the ftf file. You can always flash the ftf file using flashtool by fastboot, no matter what.

Mirhawk said:
Nah it won't affect You while flashing the ftf file. You can always flash the ftf file using flashtool by fastboot, no matter what.
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Bro, You are great. That worked. It did revoked my root and locked bootloader though. But that is fine. I could do root and unlock the bootloader again..
A quick question. It all happened when I flashed TWRP recovery in this phone using this link (http://techglen.com/2014/02/12/install-twrp-custom-recovery-on-xperia-s-lt26i-nozomi/2/). I have already flashed TWRP in another HTC but it never caused this issue.
Is there any issue in installing TWRP in xperia sl ?
Should I use only CWM recovery?
If i can use Twrp , is there any good way/post or steps you recommend.?
Many Thanks again:good:
-Suresh

ssuresh005 said:
Bro, You are great. That worked. It did revoked my root and locked bootloader though. But that is fine. I could do root and unlock the bootloader again..
A quick question. It all happened when I flashed TWRP recovery in this phone using this link (http://techglen.com/2014/02/12/install-twrp-custom-recovery-on-xperia-s-lt26i-nozomi/2/). I have already flashed TWRP in another HTC but it never caused this issue.
Is there any issue in installing TWRP in xperia sl ?
Should I use only CWM recovery?
If i can use Twrp , is there any good way/post or steps you recommend.?
Many Thanks again:good:
-Suresh
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Weird. It should not lock Your bootloader, since locking bootloader has different procedure. Anyways, TWRP works fine with Xperia SL. Even My phone is a SL and I always use twrp. Which version where You using of twrp? Use this version. And flash it using the command by connecting Your phone in fastboot mode:
Code:
fastboot flash boot openrecovery-twrp-2.8.0.1-LT26i.img

Mirhawk said:
Weird. It should not lock Your bootloader, since locking bootloader has different procedure. Anyways, TWRP works fine with Xperia SL. Even My phone is a SL and I always use twrp. Which version where You using of twrp? Use this version. And flash it using the command by connecting Your phone in fastboot mode:
Code:
fastboot flash boot openrecovery-twrp-2.8.0.1-LT26i.img
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Bro. I flashed this recovery and now after reboot phone is going to recovery only. I manually tried to reboot it to bootloader and it is getting to TWRP recovery only. I tried to flash a Kitkat rom which was in my internal memory as zip file it failed with error " error executing updater binary in zip" did google search on it and got to know to overcome this error I had to be on TWRP 2.8.0.1 but we are already in that code, I dont know why I was still getting that error.
So I used the ftf file again to flash . I followed the forum "http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=28305266&postcount=3" to get the ftf file. I could see there are ftf for ginger bread and ICS , but I could only flash Ginger bread since I am getting error when I flash ICS ftf. not sure why.
Now having stock Ginger Bread rom rooted and bootloader unlocked.
I am happy that you brought me this far. It Would be great if you could guide me to proceed further to install any custom recovery and any custom rom of Jelly bean and higher. :good:
- Suresh
I also wanted to try something before you come online . so flashed the custom recovery which you have provided and flashed cyanogenmod 9 latest nightly and current status is
Rooted, bootloader unlocked, installed custom recovery(TWRP){with your wonderful assistance} , flashed cyanogenmod 9 nightly(ICS)
All I need now is a jelly bean rom or KITKAT rom (preferable )

ssuresh005 said:
All I need now is a jelly bean rom or KITKAT rom (preferable )
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My Bad, that procedure installs a Kernel, and since it was not compatible with the ROM You were using, it only booted to the twrp. Copy the file to Your internal sdcard and use these following commands on Terminal Emulator app from playstore:
Code:
su
dd if=/sdcard/fotakernel.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p11
where fotakernel.img is the name of Your .img file.
It was weird that You go that error while flashing a Kitkat ROM. Which ROM were You trying to flash? If You wan to flash a Kitkat ROM, then follow the procedure here, no matter which Android version You are on, no need to do anything else.