I was on official ICS till now, and I'm not very familiar with android's custrom roms, rooting, etc. I wanted to get JB via CM10 on my phone, so today I unlocked my bootloader on my Xperia S LT26i using this link (unable to post links so google it) Xperia S : Update to Android 4.1 Jelly Bean with Cyanogenmod 10 on androidlegend .com
It was mentioned that I should be having clockwork mod recovery on my phone and used this link to get it - How to Install ClockworkMod Recovery on Sony Xperia S on android.gs
I haven't rooted it, now it's stuck on clockworkmod and I don't know what I should do! Am i bricked? please help
ps: i used cmd to flash nozomi-recovery.img
Do you have cm10 downloaded on your fone already as a zip file? Or was it last still running ics?
Sent from my Jellybean Xperia S
It was still on official ICS, only with an unlocked bootloader, didn't do anything else! I'm a noob to all this so please bear with me
On a laptop/pc. Download advanced stock kernel and follow the guide here - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=23181182#post23181182
Then you should be able to boot to ics again and be rooted with cwm. (keep pressing volume up when the lights come on on boot up)
Then if you already have cm10 downloaded on your fone just choose flash zip from sd. If not. Boot back up and download the rom before booting into recovery and then flash zip
Sent from my Jellybean Xperia S
Is it okay if I directly download JB rom and flash it via cmd fastboot instead of downloading stock ICS and flashing it?
As far as I'm aware you can only fastboot the kernel file. Hence y if you were on ics you need an ics kernel so you can boot up to download the cm10 rom to the sd card
Sent from my Jellybean Xperia S
So now I'll need to download stock ICS rom, flash it via fast boot and then download CM10 JB and then flash it via CWM? Thanks for taking your time to help me out..
You might find that just fastbooting the ics kernel will make it all work again as you've technically not changed the rom yet. Just the kernel file. If not just download a stock ftf firmware file. Flash with Flashtool and then start again using advanced stock kernel first.
Always keep a copy of the advanced stock kernel zip on your sd card. It's very useful even if you're on cm10 as some of the cm kernels wont flash properly
Sent from my Jellybean Xperia S
go Binary... root it first and then install recovery for xperia s
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Do you just flash a kernel/ROM or something ?
I have rooted my phone
Download pvyParts Xperia CWM Installer from Google Play.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.pvy.CWMinstaler
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You got to flash a kernel through fastboot on your pc first.
Most kernels will have recovery(CWM) on them which you use to put a new ROM on.
Hi, I have a unbranded, unlocked Arc S, running ICS, and I want to flash the 4.04 image, which comes as a CWM zip.
Everything is currently stock but rooted.
The 4.04 update is a ZIP (rather than a FTF), so I think I need CWM installed to flash the update. I can't find anything that tells me how.
I found a easy installer, but it categorically says don't use it with ICS.
HELP!!!
CWM Auto-Installer
Try CWM auto-installer, you can find it in Play Store and it worked to me.
Look in the dev section for the stock ics kernel with cwm is the simplest way.
Sent from my LT18i using XDA
Use fastboot to boot either a custom kernel like ArcNight or DoomKernel, or cobratos modded stock. They contain cwm, on boot repeatedly press any of the h/w keys to enter cwm and flash the zip on the sdcard.
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Look in the dev section for the stock ics kernel with cwm is the simplest way.
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I only ever found the old beta kernel for ICS, not the final one. Got a link?
I tried the auto CWM installer, and yes it did install onto stock ICS, and I managed to install the 4.04 ZIP, but now it just hangs on the Sony startup screen.
Any advice on how to get back to something that works?
Sorry I haven't looked at that Rom as it's a dev Rom thats been ported, before installing that Rom did you make a cwm backup? Otherwise you install another Rom.
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CrazyPeter said:
I only ever found the old beta kernel for ICS, not the final one. Got a link?
I tried the auto CWM installer, and yes it did install onto stock ICS, and I managed to install the 4.04 ZIP, but now it just hangs on the Sony startup screen.
Any advice on how to get back to something that works?
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Before flashing a ics rom in zip format you need to flash a complete ics (ftf file) via flashtool /pc companion /seus.
Hello i Would Like To Make A Fast Stable Rom Based on Stock GB i extracted the ftf file using this method http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1849867 put the root in there and everything but when i try and boot it it dosent work first i thought it didnt boot cause i deleted a important app but it still wouldnt work when i put all the apps there the rom installs succesfully but dosent boot its based on .58 enhanced
does anyone no how to put init.d support on stock kernel for locked bootloaders For when i get it booting??
or could someone upload a pure cwm flashable stock rom based on .58 ehanced thats booting so i can do it that way
A few months ago I flashed xzxperience 2 rom and RaymanFX kernel, this was before official Jellybean rom from Sony was released. My bootloader is unlocked and I want to install official the Jellybean update now. I tried DooMlords rom but it wont flash.
What do i need to do? I dont think I backed up stock kernel as I cannot find it, only stock ICS rom I backed up using clockwork recovery (does that back the kernel up I wonder?)
Can I just use Sony PC companion or OTA update?
Thanks.
No, you can't use PC companion or SEUS when you have an unlocked bootloader.
Have a look in the FAQ of the XPERIA S Development forum and see if there's a ICS ftf
There should be some ICS .45 and .55 ftf files around somewhere.
I believe you can now root .55 so it should speed up your progress to an install of the pre-rooted JB ROM.
That said, DooMLoRD provided a few fastboot 'elf' kernels that you can use to get CWM recovery mode access and then flash the JB pre-rooted ROM.
Best to have all the zip files you need on your phones /sdcard before you start any process though.
If you can't flash the pre-rooted official 6.2.B.0.200 ROM, you can install a leaked version of JB, then install DoomKernel, and you should be able to install the pre-rooted official 6.2.B.0.200 ROM and then DooMKernel again. that's the long way of doing it.
I believe if you're getting a status 7 assert failed, DooMLoRD has a fix for that too, with an ICS kernel/CWM recover of some sort.
I believe there are pointers in DooMLoRDs pre-rooted JB ROM install procedure.
As an aside, I had RaymanFX GPU/CPU over-clocked kernel installed too and found it really good.
You can use EMMA tool from Sony for unlocked bootloaders to go back to stock rom or flash a .200 ftf file with flashtool.
Other option is to flash Doomloards prerooted ROM with CWM or in case you don't have CWM (or CWM on ICS kernel and errors during flashing), first flash Doomlords advanced stock kernel which includes CWM via fastboot / flashtool and than his ROM with CWM.
thanks for the replies guys, I managed to get the doom stock jb rom working in the end, followed the tips in the thread and had to flash Advance Stock Kernel with Recovery v01 (FW 6.2.B.0.200) (CWM 6.0.2.7) before I could install the rom
I will remember in future then if I want stock rom to relock the bootloader.
hi guys,
first of, forgive me If I cannot utilize google or xda's search engine for looking a good solution to my issue, I just cannot think of the right keywords to look for.
for several months now, I currently have CM11 fxp334 by pencam and Bootloader is unlock. Recently Im encountering random reboot issues and I think its getting worst and I am not sure if it has something to do with my link2sd, because at times when it does randomly reboots, I lose some apps that are link to my sdcard after booting.
1) Im thinking of either updating to the latest CM11(or CM12) nightly builds (I have cwm obviously) to assume that latest builds have less bugs
2) or is it possible to use cwm in trying to install/flash stock xperia M firmware because CM seems to be a power hog based on my own observation vs stock sony 4.3 JB. If this can be done, can some good soul point me to the right direction please.
I have my rest days, I hope I can use it by fixing my phone. Thank you.
Just flash your stock .ftf file to go back to stock.
You will have to reflash recovery tho.
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Just flash your stock .ftf file to go back to stock.
You will have to reflash recovery tho.
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flash by using cmw, or flashtool? can cmw recognize a *.ftf file?
and when you said that I will have to reflash recovery, I can still use the cmw recovery that Ive previously used with my CM11 together with stock sony rom?
prince10t said:
flash by using cmw, or flashtool? can cmw recognize a *.ftf file?
and when you said that I will have to reflash recovery, I can still use the cmw recovery that Ive previously used with my CM11 together with stock sony rom?
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flash .ftf using flashtool flashmode
afaik cwm only support .zip file for flashing
you can have cwm on stock rom when you flash stock kernel that includes cwm
flash it with flashtool fastboot mode
just press thanks if it's helps instead of typing it