Is there a way to install a custom kernel or recovery on Acro S rooted with locked bootloader or do we need root + unlocked bootloader?
naelmnael said:
Is there a way to install a custom kernel or recovery on Acro S rooted with locked bootloader or do we need root + unlocked bootloader?
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Custom kernel no you need unlocked bootloader for that. As for recovery have you tried the CWM for locked bootloaders?
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I have an R800i that is factory sim unlocked. It is rooted, using the zergrush exploit, but I havn't installed any recovery or tried to boot into recovery. Does this mean that the bootloader is unlocked?
Can I install a recovery using the auto installer method? (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1437840) Will this stop my phone from booting?, as I have heard that the recovery is installed on the kernal or something, and you need to flash a kernal to access recovery and boot up
RiThBo said:
I have an R800i that is factory sim unlocked. It is rooted, using the zergrush exploit, but I havn't installed any recovery or tried to boot into recovery. Does this mean that the bootloader is unlocked?
Can I install a recovery using the auto installer method? (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1437840) Will this stop my phone from booting?, as I have heard that the recovery is installed on the kernal or something, and you need to flash a kernal to access recovery and boot up
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If you have not attempted to unlock your bootloader, it is not unlocked.
But since you have a factory unlocked R800i, you can unlock your bootloader from here.
If your bootloader if unlocked you can flash custom kernels, and custom recoveries.
However, ClockworkMod Recovery is accessible from the auto-installer, and does not require an unlocked bootloader/custom kernel.
So if I use the auto installer, the stock rom will still boot. If I flash a rom from that recovery, will the recovery still be there afterward seeing as it is on the system part of the stock rom. Will a custom rom include the recovery seeing as it includes the kernal?
My bootloader cannot be unlocked, so I use this recovery and I tried to flash custom roms (cyanogenmod and slimkat) but when it's flashed I try to start my phone but it won't start just vibrate
maddboss said:
My bootloader cannot be unlocked, so I use this recovery and I tried to flash custom roms (cyanogenmod and slimkat) but when it's flashed I try to start my phone but it won't start just vibrate
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Since You cannot unlock bootloader, You cannot use the V 4.4 ROM's as these require unlocked bootloader. You can use ROM's which support Locked bootloader. Look for [LB] in the ROM threads. Y
Is it possible for a S3 to have a locked bootloader with a custom ROM and recovery?
I don't remember ever unlocking the bootloader, yet I have a custom ROM installed; AFAIK, I have to have an unlocked bootloader to flash custom ROMs. Yet when I ran the Synergy IMEI backup script, it skipped the process due to a locked bootloader.
This paradox is hurting my head.
Its not locked
Device: Sony Xperia M Dual (C2004)
OS: Jelly Bean 4.3 (15.5.A.1.5)
Rooted, bootloader unlocking allowed but locked yet,I have the code.
So I want to install custom ROMs which need. Now to flash them I need TWRP.
To get TWRP I need to unlock my bootloader, right?
The thing is I don't have the bandwidth to download the stock ROM to flash after unlocking the bootloader as it is around 700 megabytes.
So what I want to ask is whether is it possible for me to unlock bootloader and flash recovery directly and then flash the custom ROM?
Also considering my bandwidth limitations, how should I unlock my bootloader?
cp101da said:
Device: Sony Xperia M Dual (C2004)
OS: Jelly Bean 4.3 (15.5.A.1.5)
Rooted, bootloader unlocking allowed but locked yet,I have the code.
So I want to install custom ROMs which need. Now to flash them I need TWRP.
To get TWRP I need to unlock my bootloader, right?
The thing is I don't have the bandwidth to download the stock ROM to flash after unlocking the bootloader as it is around 700 megabytes.
So what I want to ask is whether is it possible for me to unlock bootloader and flash recovery directly and then flash the custom ROM?
Also considering my bandwidth limitations, how should I unlock my bootloader?
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Unlock your bootloader... Its not mandatory to install stock rom after unlocking bootloader... You can flash cwm or twrp using adb... Google it... Then directly flash custom rom
Is there any way to unlock k012 bootloader? I want to install recovery twrp/cwm or a custom rom may be. Thanks