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[Q] help with xperia sl and pacman

hello
sorry for bad english
will i've follow the steps to install pacman ROM on my sl
" nozomi_PAC_JB_4.2.2-v20.1.0_Themed v2 "
now i wont to install " XZXperience_2_3 "
i've downloaded it and copy the zip file to sdcard ,, open recovery mode in CWM and install it
the problem that when i started the phone the pacman logo appers and after that give me black screen and nothain happen
tried also the stock 6.a.2.55 as zip in the same way and give me the same thing
help plzzzzzzzzz
what can i do to restore my phone ?!?!?!?!!

Pull the boot.Img from the pac zip and fastboot it. Then install the zip via twrp recovery. Make sure you wipe cache, dvalik, android secure, and data (everything but internal storage)
Then flash.
Then boot up.
Then reboot back to recovery and flash gapps
Then boot up again
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now you want to install XZXperince yeah?
try this
1.Backup all your data
2.Flash Stock ICS ROM(6.1.A.2.50) or custom ICS Kernel(Like XSX or Advanced ICS Kernel
3.Go to recovery(If no,try custom ics kernel
4.Wipe Data,Cache ,then Flash XZXperince
5.Reboot
6.Enjoy

Ben36 said:
Pull the boot.Img from the pac zip and fastboot it. Then install the zip via twrp recovery. Make sure you wipe cache, dvalik, android secure, and data (everything but internal storage)
Then flash.
Then boot up.
Then reboot back to recovery and flash gapps
Then boot up again
Sent from my 4.2.2 Xperia S via Tapatalk
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Speka-3- said:
now you want to install XZXperince yeah?
try this
1.Backup all your data
2.Flash Stock ICS ROM(6.1.A.2.50) or custom ICS Kernel(Like XSX or Advanced ICS Kernel
3.Go to recovery(If no,try custom ics kernel
4.Wipe Data,Cache ,then Flash XZXperince
5.Reboot
6.Enjoy
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thank you both
i've soved it myself
with flash tool
flash the orgnial ICS .55 and install recovery ics14.elf by fastboot and the installed the ROM
thanks ^_^

Hi all, I also want to try the PAC 4.2.2 Rom, so like a good little noob I've been searching everywhere to find out if I need to open the zip in my pc & fastboot the .img first as I have a different/wrong kernel, I've got cm10 fxp 212 on my xperia s.
So far this is the only place I've seen it mentioned.
Could anybody confirm it please?
& the run command if you know it.
Thanks.
Noobs of the world unite!

Memethecat said:
Hi all, I also want to try the PAC 4.2.2 Rom, so like a good little noob I've been searching everywhere to find out if I need to open the zip in my pc & fastboot the .img first as I have a different/wrong kernel, I've got cm10 fxp 212 on my xperia s.
So far this is the only place I've seen it mentioned.
Could anybody confirm it please?
& the run command if you know it.
Thanks.
Noobs of the world unite!
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1. Open zip file and copy boot.img to fastboot folder
2. Right click and select " Open cmd here" (Win7)
3. Type these commands
- fastboot flash boot boot.img (Wait when its done after few sec)
- fastboot reboot ( or unplug the cable and turn on your phone)
4. Now, boot into CWM to flash Rom
Take notice that you have to install fastboot driver first. Good luck :fingers-crossed:

Memethecat said:
Hi all, I also want to try the PAC 4.2.2 Rom, so like a good little noob I've been searching everywhere to find out if I need to open the zip in my pc & fastboot the .img first as I have a different/wrong kernel, I've got cm10 fxp 212 on my xperia s.
So far this is the only place I've seen it mentioned.
Could anybody confirm it please?
& the run command if you know it.
Thanks.
Noobs of the world unite!
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if you have a CWM Recovery in your kernel(like FXP's CM9 or CM10 kernel)
just copy the zip(you download from the PAC thread) to the internal storage
then boot into CWM, wipe,flash the zip,enjoy
recovery will flash boot.img automatically
if no work, try flash the boot.img manually, like the way on 6# reply

Lilude & Speca, thank you both for a quick reply, btw, your English is perfect.
Wow! So a different kernel can be flashed with the rest of the packet from recovery/cwm without needing a pc, (except for copying to sd card) .
A new bit of knowledge for me!
I'd click your thanks buttons if I knew how, but as you can see I'm new to the forum & still finding my way about.
Noobs of the world unite.

Both ways are fine but better flash separately in such situation. It definitely helps you avoid a broken CWM happening after that such as : can't backup the current Rom, can't mount system as well as can't flash anything, etc.. aside from having to reflash Stock Rom,otherwise the phone gonna get stuck on boot . How terrible !
Make your choice and do not mess up your phone, huh ?
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If you say flashing the boot.img from my pc first is the safest option then I'll use that method.
I've already messed up several times when I was in stock, without a recovery, luckily EMMA came to the rescue.
Since custom rom cm10 I can't flash updates or anything else without a factory reset, partition & dalvic wipe is never enough.
So taking my time for this rom, download tonight, fingers crossed
______
Xperia s : fxp 212 nozomi
++++++++++++++++++
OK!
flashed boot.img
wiped everything
fixed permissions
mounted system
flashed PAC
rebooted
went back to recovery
flashed gapps
rebooted.
Works perfectly so far!
also I reinstalled my own apps manually instead of using titanium back up. I read this hint in the PAC v22 thread / dev section.
maybe this is 1 of the reasons I'm not having the odd problem that a few others are experiencing. who knows?
thanx all for helping
......................
Xperia S : PAC v22

[Q] Will installing new ROM wipe X-Parts CWM?

Hi, question: I failed time and again to get CWM working, but finally got it to work using x-parts. However, x-parts is keen to point out that it is not a fully fledged recovery and that "if you wipe the system partition for any reason, it will be gone!".
Does this not mean that if I boot into recovery and install a new ROM (Going for the FXP CM10 one, if it matters), then when I wipe the phone beforehand I'll also wipe my CWM install, thus completely bricking the device? Would appreciate any thoughts, thanks

Artemicion said:
Hi, question: I failed time and again to get CWM working, but finally got it to work using x-parts. However, x-parts is keen to point out that it is not a fully fledged recovery and that "if you wipe the system partition for any reason, it will be gone!".
Does this not mean that if I boot into recovery and install a new ROM (Going for the FXP CM10 one, if it matters), then when I wipe the phone beforehand I'll also wipe my CWM install, thus completely bricking the device? Would appreciate any thoughts, thanks
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Yes, if you wipe the system partition there will be no more CWM. For CM10, you need to flash a custom kernel for it to work. This custom kernel will usually come with a CWM recovery so it will not be wiped when you flash a new ROM.
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Thanks. But, to clarify, once I flash new CM10/Jellybean Kernel, my current Gingerbread install will also completely cease to function right? And I'd need to flash back to something earlier to get it to work, if I so desired?

Artemicion said:
Thanks. But, to clarify, once I flash new CM10/Jellybean Kernel, my current Gingerbread install will also completely cease to function right? And I'd need to flash back to something earlier to get it to work, if I so desired?
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Is your bootloader unlocked?
And yes you will have to flash GB ftf using flashtool
Sent from my LT18i

Yeah, I unlocked the bootloader and rooted it ages ago, but have since neglected actually updating the ROM, decided I can't live in a GB world anymore though.
So, as I understand it, process would be flash a new GB kernel to get CWM > Wipe Everything > Install the relevant ROM and GApps > Done? Does this ROM installation include the update to JB kernel then? Thanks

Artemicion said:
Yeah, I unlocked the bootloader and rooted it ages ago, but have since neglected actually updating the ROM, decided I can't live in a GB world anymore though.
So, as I understand it, process would be flash a new GB kernel to get CWM > Wipe Everything > Install the relevant ROM and GApps > Done? Does this ROM installation include the update to JB kernel then? Thanks
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If I am not mistaken the kernel boot img should be inside the ROM zip. Check the ROM zip. Just flash the boot img using fastboot, boot into CWM recovery and flash ROM & gapps.
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Ah, ok, well this brings me full circle. Because I'm trying to follow the boot instructions to do so, but:
fastboot -i 0xfce flash boot boot.img
doesn't work. I've taken the boot.img out of the ROM, and put it in the platform-tools folder. But whenever I try this line, it says it can't boot it, and quotes "no error" (no longer at home so can't quote the exact error, but it's something like that). I assumed the problem was me lacking CWM, hence was trying to install that first. Fastboot devices DOES show the device, and both fastboot and adb commands work in a terminal, but I just can't get it to boot into the ROM recovery for Cyanogenmod. Driving my crazy! Thanks

fastboot flash boot boot.img, if I'm not mistaken, is the right command. I use flashtool
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Artemicion said:
Ah, ok, well this brings me full circle. Because I'm trying to follow the boot instructions to do so, but:
fastboot -i 0xfce flash boot boot.img
doesn't work. I've taken the boot.img out of the ROM, and put it in the platform-tools folder. But whenever I try this line, it says it can't boot it, and quotes "no error" (no longer at home so can't quote the exact error, but it's something like that). I assumed the problem was me lacking CWM, hence was trying to install that first. Fastboot devices DOES show the device, and both fastboot and adb commands work in a terminal, but I just can't get it to boot into the ROM recovery for Cyanogenmod. Driving my crazy! Thanks
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You don't need to add -i 0xfce to the command. Just type fastboot flash boot <name of boot image>.img
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tangosierra_ said:
fastboot flash boot boot.img, if I'm not mistaken, is the right command. I use flashtool
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Thanks, I'll give that a go, not going to be able to try for a few days now, but will. FYI, I took the line of code I was trying directly from the Cyanogenmod wiki for Anzu

tangosierra_ said:
fastboot flash boot boot.img, if I'm not mistaken, is the right command. I use flashtool
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Ok, so finally got home to try this, still throwing this out: "error: cannot load 'boot.img': No error"
I've got the right boot.img in my platform-fools folder, the relevant CM build on my SD Root along with GApps. Drivers are definitely installed correctly as fastboot devices shows the device, as do adb command when it's on - anyone got any suggestions? Would be immensely grateful if this confounded problem could be solved. Thanks

Artemicion said:
Ok, so finally got home to try this, still throwing this out: "error: cannot load 'boot.img': No error"
I've got the right boot.img in my platform-fools folder, the relevant CM build on my SD Root along with GApps. Drivers are definitely installed correctly as fastboot devices shows the device, as do adb command when it's on - anyone got any suggestions? Would be immensely grateful if this confounded problem could be solved. Thanks
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What is the name of the .img file? It can't have any spaces inside.
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popthosegaskets said:
What is the name of the .img file? It can't have any spaces inside.
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Looks to just be "boot.img" to me, no spaces or anything.

Have you tried flashtool?
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tangosierra_ said:
Have you tried flashtool?
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No, guess I'll try that next. As I remember, that's what I used to flash in order to root it ages ago. Thanks

installing super jelly bean

So im not quite fammiliar with xperia devices but im trying to install the latest sjb rom, i dont get the part to flash the kernal before flashing the cwm recovery and the rom. I download fusion kernel v5.5 but i get a .img file, the flashtool wants a.sin file(when i tryto use "select kernal to flash"). I tried to do a full wipe, then flashing sbj trough cwm recovery but it just goes into a bootloop. Flashed 0.537 firmare to get it to normal status again. bootloader is unlocked,atleast it said "bootloader unlocked allowed=yes" in phone info.

1. Did you set Flashtool to fastboot mode?
2. Is the kernel compatible with the ROM?
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its this rom http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2134257&highlight=recovery
i dont understand step number 2
0.Only for unlocked bootlader
1. Copy super jelly bean and gapps to sd card
2. Flash any jb kernel for neov via fastboot.. i recommend fusion kernel 5.4 (present inside the zip file )
3.[OPTIONAL] flash stock ics .587 ftf excluding kernel and simlock.ta files..
4. boot into recovery
5.Perform Full Wipes
ie :
wipe data / factory reset
wipe cache partition
wipe dalvik cache
in mounts and storage , wipe system , data and cache
6.Flash Super Jelly Bean Rom
8.Flash the patch for your respective devices.
7.Flash gapps , Provided in download page
8.Boot
9.Let the rom settle for 15 to 20 minutes
10.Reboot at least once in 2 days
11.Enjoy

pitastrudl said:
its this rom http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2134257&highlight=recovery
i dont understand step number 2
0.Only for unlocked bootlader
1. Copy super jelly bean and gapps to sd card
2. Flash any jb kernel for neov via fastboot.. i recommend fusion kernel 5.4 (present inside the zip file )
3.[OPTIONAL] flash stock ics .587 ftf excluding kernel and simlock.ta files..
4. boot into recovery
5.Perform Full Wipes
ie :
wipe data / factory reset
wipe cache partition
wipe dalvik cache
in mounts and storage , wipe system , data and cache
6.Flash Super Jelly Bean Rom
8.Flash the patch for your respective devices.
7.Flash gapps , Provided in download page
8.Boot
9.Let the rom settle for 15 to 20 minutes
10.Reboot at least once in 2 days
11.Enjoy
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Well you need to unlock boatloader... Simply having unlock allowed yes won't do... Once you unlock you can flash the required kernel in fastboot...
Sent from my Xperia Neo V using Tapatalk 2

Attitude.SSJ said:
Well you need to unlock boatloader... Simply having unlock allowed yes won't do... Once you unlock you can flash the required kernel in fastboot...
Sent from my Xperia Neo V using Tapatalk 2
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but why does it want to flash a kernel for neo v? lol a different device. also why would i need to unlock bootloader since i already installed a perfectly working cwm and rooted the phone?

pitastrudl said:
but why does it want to flash a kernel for neo v? lol a different device. also why would i need to unlock bootloader since i already installed a perfectly working cwm and rooted the phone?
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Flash jb kernel for your device only... You need unlocked boatloader to flash custom kernel... Custom kernels are needed to boot non stock roms... With cwm you can flash rom but that doesn't mean it will boot without the corresponding kernel...
Sent from my Xperia Neo V using Tapatalk 2

You guys have no idea, what this topic is about.
pitastrudl said:
the flashtool wants a.sin file(when i tryto use "select kernal to flash").
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Open the window, where you are supposed to choose the kernel file from. At the bottom of that window, look for a small drop-down clickable menu (by default there is *.sin written). Open the menu, choose *.img from the list and then you can flash the kernel.
EDIT: Unlock your bootloader first as well. It must show "bootloader unlocked: yes" in the menu.

Someguyfromhell said:
You guys have no idea, what this topic is about.
Open the window, where you are supposed to choose the kernel file from. At the bottom of that window, look for a small drop-down clickable menu (by default there is *.sin written). Open the menu, choose *.img from the list and then you can flash the kernel.
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Ya that's true but he seems to have a locked bl in the first place...
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Attitude.SSJ said:
Ya that's true but he seems to have a locked bl in the first place...
Sent from my Xperia Neo V using Tapatalk 2
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Missed that, edited my post. Cheers!

thanks for the answers, but i already gave the device back to my friend, i was forced to install a custom rom based on ics so had no time to unlock bootloader. he needed it for work. i will probably get it again some time and unlock the bootloader. thanks again for your answers and time. I've done alot of rooting different devices but this one has giving me a hard time, maybe coz i didnt search very thoroughly and my lack of time. cheers and have a good day
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i just install SJB8.0 on yesterday and found after i reboot device all shortcut in desktop that i move data to SD card disappear
but for shortcut that the data keep in phone no have any problem.
anyone can help me for this problem.
sorry for poor english

If I understand properly, you cant access files/apps that you previously backed up to sd card?
Anyway guys, Im having a really weird problem with SJB 8.0, I downloaded rom, gaps, patch and kernel, then copied everything except kernel to sd card, flashed kernel (and it worked), then I did full wipe but when I tried to flash rom, I got an "installation aborted error (bad)".
The interesting thing is that when I try to extract the rom (AND gapps) on computer, I also get an error for both of the files (the file is damaged/corrupted etc.).
So is there a problem with files (rom and gapps) on dev-host or what? It's wierd cuz patch for arc can be either flashed or extracted on computer.
Please help. :/
EDITED:
Okay problem solved, the gapps and rom files were corrupted so I had to download them couple of times to get it working (tried to extract it first on comp. to check) and then it worked while flashing too, so everything's good now.

[Q] Stuck on sony logo

Hello,
my friend's xperia arc is stuck on sony logo and can't seem to get it to boot to cwm. Can boot it to fastboot mode and the computer regonizes it.
It got stuck like this after I had rooted the phone, installed cwm, and then unlocked the bootloader. After that I booted to cwm, wiped and tried to flash cm9 rom but it failed. Then I just decided to reboot cwm, but now I can't get there anymore. I have full nandroid backup from stock rom.
So is there something I could try here?
Edit:
Okay I got to boot a cwm after I used fastboot to flash LuPuS-ARC-CM9.img http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1878728
So it seems that the recovery is wrong for the device and that's why it won't flash cm9. It "says": assert failed getprop( ro.product.device )
Now I'm restoring the stock rom back from the nandroid backup.

Try flashing the Kernel which is there in cm9 rom zip...boot to recovery... Then install rom...
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Attitude.SSJ said:
Try flashing the Kernel which is there in cm9 rom zip...boot to recovery... Then install rom...
Sent from my D5503 using Tapatalk 2
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I think I got a right cwm in and was able to flash cm9 but it got bootloop. So now I just flashed some stock firmware with cwm and restored the backup. Seems fine now, maybe when I have more timm ill get cm rom in it.

Don't wipe /system. Causes error on installing CM and thereby CM is not installed and phone has no OS to boot up.
Also, Xperia Arc phones may require flashing Arc S ICS firmware first to correct the partitions.

Someguyfromhell said:
Don't wipe /system. Causes error on installing CM and thereby CM is not installed and phone has no OS to boot up.
Also, Xperia Arc phones may require flashing Arc S ICS firmware first to correct the partitions.
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Oh, which arc s ics should I flash then? And after that I just flash cm9, cm-9.1.0-anzu.zip?

leripe said:
Oh, which arc s ics should I flash then? And after that I just flash cm9, cm-9.1.0-anzu.zip?
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Flash 4.1.B.0.587 FTF.
Then flash CM9 kernel.
After that flash CM9 Anzu.zip
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popthosegaskets said:
Flash 4.1.B.0.587 FTF.
Then flash CM9 kernel.
After that flash CM9 Anzu.zip
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Any chance that you could give link to the right kernels? There are so many for this device.
Or are these the right steps that I need to do?
Step-2) Download & Flash Xperia Arc-S 4.0.4_587 ftf pack, just exclude two things
1. simlock.ta
2. Kernel.sin
http://d-h.st/cyw
After flash power up your phone and let it start completely, now copy rom zip into SD card , and Power off your phone
It will give you 440-MB internal memory and 419-MB System Rom memory
If you already have 419-MB System memory then you can skip this step
3) Download and flash Baseband From Post no 2 as per your device
http://www.mediafire.com/?k4oo21646u9i39m
[KERNEL]ARC/S-Advanced stock-4.1.B.0.587-[ROOT+INIT.D+CWM+SD-EXT] FW-4.1.B.0.587
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1266637&d=1345231174
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1273583&d=1345565020
4) Go into recovery and wipe these things
4.1- wipe factory data
4.2- wipe cache partition
4.3- wipe dalvik cache
4.4- Wipe System ( you can find it in mount & storage option in recovery)
5) Now flash The Main rom after flash Tick unknown source
rom: http://download.cyanogenmod.org/get/jenkins/7072/cm-9.1.0-anzu.zip
gapps: http://goo.im/gapps/gapps-ics-20120429-signed.zip
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leripe said:
Any chance that you could give link to the right kernels? There are so many for this device.
Or are these the right steps that I need to do?
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The kernel is the boot.img inside the ROM zip.
And yes, those steps are correct.
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Xperia Z1: Stuck In Bootloop After Trying To Flash ROM In TWRP

Bootloop Sony logo
oook, this was my first time that i tried to flash a rom with twro ... aaaand i messed all up.
i rooted my phone 2 days ago with kingroot then i used the [XZDualRecovery] to get twrp on my phone.
then i made a backup and wiped cache, dalvik cache, system and data ... then flashed a cyanogen mod
the only problem is that flashing cm put my phone on a bootloop on sony logo (not led neither vibration) and i can't enter the recovery neither flashmode.
sorry for the bad english

XDarkira said:
oook, this was my first time that i tried to flash a rom with twro ... aaaand i messed all up.
i rooted my phone 2 days ago with kingroot then i used the [XZDualRecovery] to get twrp on my phone.
then i made a backup and wiped cache, dalvik cache, system and data ... then flashed a cyanogen mod
the only problem is that flashing cm put my phone on a bootloop on sony logo (not led neither vibration) and i can't enter the recovery neither flashmode.
sorry for the bad english
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Unlocked or locked bl? Do you know why it failed? Wrong device for ROM, or...?

levone1 said:
Unlocked or locked bl? Do you know why it failed? Wrong device for ROM, or...?
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bootloader unlocked with the official method (i can't link it but the one from developer sony mobile)
... and it didn't fail it says that concluded succesfully then he asked to be rooted 'cause it wasn't (... i was ) and for a brain fart i swiped for start the rooting sequence (i guess i don't remember exactly)
edit:
while installing cm i couldn't install gapps ...

XDarkira said:
bootloader unlocked with the official method (i can't link it but the one from developer sony mobile)
... and it didn't fail it says that concluded succesfully then he asked to be rooted 'cause it wasn't (... i was ) and for a brain fart i swiped for start the rooting sequence (i guess i don't remember exactly)
edit:
while installing cm i couldn't install gapps ...
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Can you get fastboot mode?

levone1 said:
Can you get fastboot mode?
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i'm an idiot, yap it enter in fastboot

XDarkira said:
i'm an idiot, yap it enter in fastboot
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You can use fastboot on PC, if adb installed, to flash kernel and recovery IMG, then boot into recovery, and flash new ROM or restore backup. I have Z1c, so don't have any files for you, but easy to find in forums.

levone1 said:
You can use fastboot on PC, if adb installed, to flash kernel and recovery IMG, then boot into recovery, and flash new ROM or restore backup. I have Z1c, so don't have any files for you, but easy to find in forums.
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thank you, that was very usefull

ok, probably i messed up even more:
i wiped evrything from the phone (... again) and re failed to flash (yaeh, i'm so lucky/dumb)
now it stop before the Sony logo and simply stay with the black screen i can still enter fastboot mode but neither Emma Sony flashtool can reconize it ... but fastboot devices from cmd reconize it

XDarkira said:
ok, probably i messed up even more:
i wiped evrything from the phone (... again) and re failed to flash (yaeh, i'm so lucky/dumb)
now it stop before the Sony logo and simply stay with the black screen i can still enter fastboot mode but neither Emma Sony flashtool can reconize it ... but fastboot devices from cmd reconize it
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Download a ROM file, (try a prf if no luck with CM), copy it onto sdcard, put sdcard in phone, download a CM boot.img to computer, (get it from a ROM zip file), and a twrp recovery.img. fastboot the 2 imgs, boot recovery, and flash ROM. Do you know why Roms aren't working? Are you using right files for your phone?

levone1 said:
Download a ROM file, (try a prf if no luck with CM), copy it onto sdcard, put sdcard in phone, download a CM boot.img to computer, (get it from a ROM zip file), and a twrp recovery.img. fastboot the 2 imgs, boot recovery, and flash ROM. Do you know why Roms aren't working? Are you using right files for your phone?
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before i do something stupid again ..
i have to follow this step?
1) Download a ROM
2) Put it in the microSD
3) Download latest nightly form the official page of xperia z1c on cyanogenmod.org (can't link the page)
4) exctract the boot.img from the zip
5) download a twrp recovery.img
6) put them in the fastboot folder
7) open a cmd in that folder
8) fastboot boot [cm_boot filename].img
9) fastboot recovery [twrp_recovery filename].img
then reboot in twrp and flash from there?

XDarkira said:
before i do something stupid again ..
i have to follow this step?
1) Download a ROM
2) Put it in the microSD
3) Download latest nightly form the official page of xperia z1c on cyanogenmod.org (can't link the page)
4) exctract the boot.img from the zip
5) download a twrp recovery.img
6) put them in the fastboot folder
7) open a cmd in that folder
8) fastboot boot [cm_boot filename].img
9) fastboot recovery [twrp_recovery filename].img
then reboot in twrp and flash from there?
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That's right, but I think I see where your problem might be, (unless it's just a typo). Your commands should be: for boot, 'fastboot flash boot (name of file).img; and for recovery, 'fastboot flash recovery (name of file).img.
Try again with that. There's some good files in this thread - a http://forum.xda-developers.com/sony-xperia-z1-compact/general/root-stock-5-1-ub-t3203247
(Sorry, for some reason I thought you had a Z1. I would have linked it sooner).

levone1 said:
That's right, but I think I see where your problem might be, (unless it's just a typo). Your commands should be: for boot, 'fastboot flash boot (name of file).img; and for recovery, 'fastboot flash recovery (name of file).img.
Try again with that. There's some good files in this thread - a http://forum.xda-developers.com/sony-xperia-z1-compact/general/root-stock-5-1-ub-t3203247
(Sorry, for some reason I thought you had a Z1. I would have linked it sooner).
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it wasn't a typo ... thank you

ok, thank you ... i get back to twrp so now i can flash a rom throught it ... do you have a link on a good one? or a stock unbanded?

XDarkira said:
ok, thank you ... i get back to twrp so now i can flash a rom throught it ... do you have a link on a good one? or a stock unbanded?
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I prefer to start from scratch, but I have tried some custom stock- based Roms. Of those, I would recommend anything by Munjeni, (he has a few KK and one LP ROM in the Dev forum), or DstrikerZ1. CM based Roms are great for customization and smoothness, but tend to be worse on battery, and very iffy with Xposed.