I thought that I was no longer a noob after having rooted and used custom ROMs on my Desire Z and Nexus S but the Xperia Play is (apparently) very different.
My device is rooted with Doomkernel and I was under the impression that this would also give me CWM. So I booted with power + vol+, no CWM. Booted with power + vol-, no CWM. Booted with rommanager -> boot into CWM, no CWM.
I'm on .69 by the way.
What am I missing here?
DooMLoRD said:
[ how to enter recovery ]
entry key is the BACK button
there are multiple notifications to tell u when to press the entry key:
LED will light up to BLUE
the phone will vibrate when its waiting for keypress
thats it you should now enter my custom recovery
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this is for doomkernels GB & ICS
Thank you good sir!
I think Auto-CWM might be interfering, because the back-button isn't doing what it's supposed to do.
Rantanplan1980 said:
Thank you good sir!
I think Auto-CWM might be interfering, because the back-button isn't doing what it's supposed to do.
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with auto-CWM app and fxp kernel you can enter CWM recovery by pressing volume key when the light turned on
Perfect, thank you!
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Why is that everytime I reset my phone it goes to Recovery? When I go to reboot system now and click on power button and nothing work. I have 5.0.2.7 Clockwork Mod.
myang080 said:
Why is that everytime I reset my phone it goes to Recovery? When I go to reboot system now and click on power button and nothing work. I have 5.0.2.7 Clockwork Mod.
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the power button is now the back button in clockwork mod. The home button is the new select button on cwm 5.0.2.7. Koush changed the key mappings
graffixnyc said:
the power button is now the back button in clockwork mod. The home button is the new select button on cwm 5.0.2.7. Koush changed the key mappings
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I never understood this. Doesn't make any sense to me. But Graffixnyc, could you answer my question over in my other thread?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1332492
You look like you might know the answer
hi, guys. im sorry if im posting in the wrong thread but i need help w/ booting into recovery for my arc s.
ive downloaded and installed CWM but whenever i tap "reboot into recovery", it simply reboots the device and doesnt give the command prompt-esque sceen.
help needed real badly. thanks in advance.
Press back buton a few times as it's booting
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hm... tried that but it just boots the phone normally.
tried just pressing and holding "BACK" and consecutively pressing "BACK" to no avail.
Have you installed cwm from market then installed into phone.
What I mean is cwm has a 2 stage install 1 install app
2 open app and then click install on to phone.
The shut down menu will not show reboot option. you have to shut down then restart manually when you see sony logo press/spam the back button constantly until cwn loads, if this not work try using down volume button again spam/ pressing continually
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make sure that CWM is installed correctly
On xperia Arc S you need to press a few times the VolumeUp and VolumeDown buttons as soon as you see the FreeXperia logo. You'll notice that the led becomes violet when you're entering into recovery mode.
got it working, guys.
downloaded Xperia CWM Auto-Installer from market and worked like a charm.
thanks for all the help.
utonto said:
On xperia Arc S you need to press a few times the VolumeUp and VolumeDown buttons as soon as you see the FreeXperia logo. You'll notice that the led becomes violet when you're entering into recovery mode.
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works great
First you'll need a rooted and CWM supported kernel. Shut down the device. Press the power button and wait. When the boot logo came wait for a little vibration. Then press the Back or Volume Down button several times. There you go. You're in Clock Work Mode Recovery.
hadi.jarehan said:
First you'll need a rooted and CWM supported kernel. Shut down the device. Press the power button and wait. When the boot logo came wait for a little vibration. Then press the Back or Volume Down button several times. There you go. You're in Clock Work Mode Recovery.
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Solved boot into CWM RECOVERY for SE Xperia LT18i
download kernel for LT18 here
Recovery installation
Hi guys
I have the same question... I want to install a custom ROM on my LT18i and i already installed ROM Manager but it says that requires a custom recovery..
In the option of install or update recovery it says that my device is not listaed. .
Can you help a newbie ???
Thanks
Mapinto said:
Hi guys
I have the same question... I want to install a custom ROM on my LT18i and i already installed ROM Manager but it says that requires a custom recovery..
In the option of install or update recovery it says that my device is not listaed. .
Can you help a newbie ???
Thanks
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Flash a custom kernel that comes with a recovery. How to do it? Use the search button. This question has been asked a million times.
僕のLT18iから送られてきた
my phone is xperia lt18i
i installed cm11 previously, it was installed properly and it had a problem that, battery discharging very fast
later i installed update version of cm11
first i installed zip file in recovery by pressing buttons
later i installed boot.img (karnal) using minimal adb and fast boot
now my mobile had a problem
if i press power button it will show only legecy xperia
if i press power button and volume down it will show only recovery simble (hat)
it is also not varying
can anybody help for this problem
how to go boot loader :crying::crying::crying:
[email protected]
padmaprakashjain said:
if i press power button it will show only legecy xperia
if i press power button and volume down it will show only recovery simble (hat)
it is also not varying
[email protected]
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Flash old kernel from 5/2015 build, then make a factory reset, then flash new kernel.
i'm new to this unit Xperia S , can you guys suggest me what is the best kernel, recovery, and custom rom to installed? thanks.
Those questions are subjective. I think there is a rule against this kind of question.
But, just so you know, recovery is integrated with kernel (no separated recovery partition). That means you have the recovery that the kernel has bundled.
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alright thanks sir, sorry for the quest. but i have one more question about my xperia s. what is the best ics version for xperia s? 6.1.A.2.50 , 6.1.A.2.45 or 6.1.A.0.452?
thanks.
6.1.A.2.55. The latest. About my first answer, I didn't wanted to be rude, but it is a fact. It's subjective. What is good for some its bad for others. You gotta test them all.
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alright, thanks again... , for my final question i want to install or flash the Xperia SSpeed kernel for my phone but the installation said flash the kernel in recovery, how to get into my xperia s stock recovery to flash that kernel or do i have to install other version of recovery in order to flash that? once again thanks sir,
bigthree said:
alright, thanks again... , for my final question i want to install or flash the Xperia SSpeed kernel for my phone but the installation said flash the kernel in recovery, how to get into my xperia s stock recovery to flash that kernel or do i have to install other version of recovery in order to flash that? once again thanks sir,
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Unlock the bootloader. If you do that, you will already have fastboot set up. Inside the zip of the kernel, there should be a file with extension .img or .elf, I'm not sure which one, but will be any of those.
Extract that file to the fastboot folder. Make your phone enter fastboot mode (hold volume up while connecting the cable), then on cmd type:
fastboot flash boot FILE-NAME-WITH-EXTENSION-HERE (for example boot.img)
Wait for the process (won't take more then 5 seconds) then type.
fastboot reboot
The phone will reboot.
To enter recovery: Both the LED and Transparent Bar will light up (actually, depends if the dev implemented the bar to light up, but you got it). When that happens, press the volume button a few times so you can enter recovery.
If you don't want to enter recovery, just don't press anything and wait for boot. Emily the kernel.
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you mean sir press the power first and then release it when led light or the bar lights up and press the volume down or up??
bigthree said:
you mean sir press the power first and then release it when led light or the bar lights up and press the volume down or up??
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Press and hold power to turn it on. During the kernel logo, the lights will turn up. To enter recovery, press volume up while the lights are on 3 times or so. It will enter recovery.
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alright no further questions. thanks
If you're unlocking the bootloader then flash a Jellybean rom
Jellybeer is a very nice clean simple Jellybean rom. Very fast and smooth. Once the rom is flashed, Flash the latest nova kernel as it fixes volume issues
Sent from my Jellybean Xperia S
I flashed ignorance rom and forgot to flash kernel too. Now its stuck, cannot enter hboot by power and volume down or adb. Any suggestions?
Flash kernel
Flashing kernel on one v is not possible unless it is S-off , u have to flash it via recovery ....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1996665
or u can use http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2471243 ...
Search around in the forums for more info
junshong said:
I flashed ignorance rom and forgot to flash kernel too. Now its stuck, cannot enter hboot by power and volume down or adb. Any suggestions?
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I just want to make sure, do you keep holding vol-down while turning on the phone? I suppose it should load hboot when doing this. Keep trying maybe?
kvestas said:
I just want to make sure, do you keep holding vol-down while turning on the phone? I suppose it should load hboot when doing this. Keep trying maybe?
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I tried doing that for an hour, nothing happened.
junshong said:
I tried doing that for an hour, nothing happened.
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I doubt a bit if this is because of the wrong kernel. I suppose this function is called in the boot loader phase and should not depend on a kernel. I might be wrong of course.
Could it be that you have the volume button broken? Just a guess...
kvestas said:
I doubt a bit if this is because of the wrong kernel. I suppose this function is called in the boot loader phase and should not depend on a kernel. I might be wrong of course.
Could it be that you have the volume button broken? Just a guess...
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My power and volume button is not as sensitive. Wanted to go to fastboot and flash kernel but i cannot go into hboot.
junshong said:
My power and volume button is not as sensitive. Wanted to go to fastboot and flash kernel but i cannot go into hboot.
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That might seem to be the problem, Do this, Hold down the power button and try to Power off the phone.. If you did that successfully, now hit power button and volume down button immediately And this will get you to Hboot, now flash the appropriate kernel and reboot the phone.
junshong said:
My power and volume button is not as sensitive. Wanted to go to fastboot and flash kernel but i cannot go into hboot.
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Install that app on PC and flash kernel: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2471243
parthinhell said:
That might seem to be the problem, Do this, Hold down the power button and try to Power off the phone.. If you did that successfully, now hit power button and volume down button immediately And this will get you to Hboot, now flash the appropriate kernel and reboot the phone.
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Works and Thanks to everyone for their suggestions!
I have a c6506 and can't get into fastboot for the life of me. I have the correct drivers installed on my Win7 PC (after installing Sony PC companion) and can access the internal storage fine.
When attempting to hold up on the volume button and plugging in the usb cord, the LED turns red for a moment and goes away. Nothing else happens.
Any ideas? I'd like to quickly root this device. I have an unlocked bootloader already.
download flashtool and install fastboot drivers
anagramgenius said:
download flashtool and install fastboot drivers
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I tried with a Windows VM and I am able to fastboot. I just flashed a boot.img from the Advanced Kernel by doomlord and am soft bricked now.
dunderball said:
I tried with a Windows VM and I am able to fastboot. I just flashed a boot.img from the Advanced Kernel by doomlord and am soft bricked now.
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have you unlocked bootloader?
anagramgenius said:
have you unlocked bootloader?
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yeah i unlocked without a problem. i might've done something stupid and flashed a recovery for the xperia Z onto my xperia ZL.
in any case i used flash tool to go back to stock 4.3
i'd really like to find an easy comprehensive tutorial on how to root. i'm unlocked and can reach flash mode/fastboot but have no idea where to find the files i need.
dunderball said:
yeah i unlocked without a problem. i might've done something stupid and flashed a recovery for the xperia Z onto my xperia ZL.
in any case i used flash tool to go back to stock 4.3
i'd really like to find an easy comprehensive tutorial on how to root. i'm unlocked and can reach flash mode/fastboot but have no idea where to find the files i need.
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flash this kernel.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2641695
enter into recovery and flash this supersu.zip to root
http://download.chainfire.eu/447/SuperSU/UPDATE-SuperSU-v1.99r4.zip
anagramgenius said:
flash this kernel.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2641695
enter into recovery and flash this supersu.zip to root
http://download.chainfire.eu/447/SuperSU/UPDATE-SuperSU-v1.99r4.zip
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thanks. i just flashed the kernel without bricking my device. how do i get into recovery though? holding power and down gets me into safe mode. power and up gets me nowhere except the normal home screen.
dunderball said:
thanks. i just flashed the kernel without bricking my device. how do i get into recovery though? holding power and down gets me into safe mode. power and up gets me nowhere except the normal home screen.
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nevermind i see you have to keep tapping the vol up/down buttons
dunderball said:
thanks. i just flashed the kernel without bricking my device. how do i get into recovery though? holding power and down gets me into safe mode. power and up gets me nowhere except the normal home screen.
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when you power on the device, sony logo appears and the LED light turns purple and the device vibrates. now press vol. up/down thrice.
anagramgenius said:
when you power on the device, sony logo appears and the LED light turns purple and the device vibrates. now press vol. up/down thrice.
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Great I believe I'm rooted now. I just got the super su dialog when opening root explorer. Thank you!
dunderball said:
Great I believe I'm rooted now. I just got the super su dialog when opening root explorer. Thank you!
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anytime!:good: