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[Q] Installed cm9...not able to restore gingerbread..plz help

I am on Xperia Arc with unlocked bootloader, with CM 9.0 & CWM Recovery 5.
Before flashing to CM 9.0, I made full backup of my stock ROM through CWM Recovery.
Now I want to go back to my original firmware (i.e. 4.0.2.A.0.42).
When I try to restore backup from within CWM recovery, my phones is stuck at boot after free-xperia logo. Only black screen with nothing on it.
Someone please help me, how can I restore my backup of stock ROM.
i want my phone as it originally came....
plz help....
thanks in advance..

hero199122 said:
I am on Xperia Arc with unlocked bootloader, with CM 9.0 & CWM Recovery 5.
Before flashing to CM 9.0, I made full backup of my stock ROM through CWM Recovery.
Now I want to go back to my original firmware (i.e. 4.0.2.A.0.42).
When I try to restore backup from within CWM recovery, my phones is stuck at boot after free-xperia logo. Only black screen with nothing on it.
Someone please help me, how can I restore my backup of stock ROM.
i want my phone as it originally came....
plz help....
thanks in advance..
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You must flash the compatible kernel for that firmware
Doomlord's kernel for stock rom for example.
As you mentioned, you already restored the GB stock rom; you only need the proper kernel now for it to boot properly.
FXP kernel works for CM only.

hero199122 said:
I am on Xperia Arc with unlocked bootloader, with CM 9.0 & CWM Recovery 5.
Before flashing to CM 9.0, I made full backup of my stock ROM through CWM Recovery.
Now I want to go back to my original firmware (i.e. 4.0.2.A.0.42).
When I try to restore backup from within CWM recovery, my phones is stuck at boot after free-xperia logo. Only black screen with nothing on it.
Someone please help me, how can I restore my backup of stock ROM.
i want my phone as it originally came....
plz help....
thanks in advance..
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You must first flash .42 firmware and then install CWM or doomkernel(it comes with pre-installed CWM) and then perform the restore

tryed SEUS?

I also wanted to restore my GB Rom, but I got an md5 mismatch Gosh I hate when that happens

thanksss
thankss a lot guys....
m using my original os now...
wanted to know one more thing...
if i hav to remove doomkernel from my phone..so that is would start as it orginaly came..and have to relock it...what should i do...???

what link did you use for .42 FW?
all the ones i find are dead!

yo-meister said:
what link did you use for .42 FW?
all the ones i find are dead!
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follow this link...
http://api.viglink.com/api/click?fo....A.0.42)</b>&jsonp=vglnk_jsonp_13261245541301
download boot.img file...
fastboot it...
you will get the doomkernel...

yo-meister said:
what link did you use for .42 FW?
all the ones i find are dead!
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He had the backup I guess.

hero199122 said:
thankss a lot guys....
m using my original os now...
wanted to know one more thing...
if i hav to remove doomkernel from my phone..so that is would start as it orginaly came..and have to relock it...what should i do...???
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There is no need to relock the bootloader.Just flash the firmware and you'll get back to original kernel and the doomkernel well be gone

hero199122 said:
thankss a lot guys....
m using my original os now...
wanted to know one more thing...
if i hav to remove doomkernel from my phone..so that is would start as it orginaly came..and have to relock it...what should i do...???
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You may try to relock your bootloader, use SEUS to flash the phone. There's an option in SEUS that you can select and it will not wipe your data.
OR
Extract the kernel.sin from an ftf and flash it via fastboot, then you can return to your original kernel

Acro S JB 6.2.B.0.211 ROOTED. No pre-rooted ROM required.

Hey,
I just upgraded my Acro S firmware by Sony PC Companion to the newest JB 6.2.B.0.211. I liked the ROM, WORLD version, and I wanted to root. But at the same time, I didn't want to have to download and install the pre-rooted ROM.
I kept looking everywhere for a way to make it happen but nothing, until it happened!
I installed this kernel first:
Stock JB 6.2.B.0.211 Kernel with CWM + TWRP recovery http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2309117
Then I tapped the screen many times to access the TWRP recovery. I did a backup for my current ROM and I choose to reboot the system. On my way out, a message appeared telling me that my device isn't rooted and if I'd liked to root it and install SuperSU, and I went for it.
The system booted up and I found a new app called "Install SuperSU"
Follow3e the instructions and my Acro S JB is fully rooted!
Hope that works for you guys.

I assume that this is for unlocked BL?

I got this error message:
FAILED (remote: The Device must be rooted first)
finished. total time: 0.010s
Don't know what to do next....
d0littl3 said:
Hey,
I installed this kernel first:
Stock JB 6.2.B.0.211 Kernel with CWM + TWRP recovery http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2309117
Hope that works for you guys.
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tino926 said:
I got this error message:
FAILED (remote: The Device must be rooted first)
finished. total time: 0.010s
Don't know what to do next....
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unlock your bootloader

hey thanks for the info... BTW which file did u flash in the recovery?

guyderam said:
hey thanks for the info... BTW which file did u flash in the recovery?
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I was trying to flash a new rom.
Btw, bootloader has to be unlocked. I'm trying to find something for locked bootloaders.

d0littl3 said:
I was trying to flash a new rom.
Btw, bootloader has to be unlocked. I'm trying to find something for locked bootloaders.
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Locked bootloader can't flash custom kernel (which included root and recovery) so you have to flash prerooted ROM, have no other ways at this time.
Sent from my LT26w

ngonchan said:
Locked bootloader can't flash custom kernel (which included root and recovery) so you have to flash prerooted ROM, have no other ways at this time.
Sent from my LT26w
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Yes, there is:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=42676864&postcount=21
but you should have .200 not .211, but DoomLord is working on a method for .211

d0littl3 said:
I was trying to flash a new rom.
Btw, bootloader has to be unlocked. I'm trying to find something for locked bootloaders.
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Thanks... But i meant which kernel file did u flash? the .elf from cobrato? Fastboot method?

Dude it worked perfectly well... Awesome... Thanks a bunch mate..
Easiest root ever.. hehe

d0littl3 said:
Hey,
I just upgraded my Acro S firmware by Sony PC Companion to the newest JB 6.2.B.0.211. I liked the ROM, WORLD version, and I wanted to root. But at the same time, I didn't want to have to download and install the pre-rooted ROM.
I kept looking everywhere for a way to make it happen but nothing, until it happened!
I installed this kernel first:
Stock JB 6.2.B.0.211 Kernel with CWM + TWRP recovery http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2309117
Then I tapped the screen many times to access the TWRP recovery. I did a backup for my current ROM and I choose to reboot the system. On my way out, a message appeared telling me that my device isn't rooted and if I'd liked to root it and install SuperSU, and I went for it.
The system booted up and I found a new app called "Install SuperSU"
Follow3e the instructions and my Acro S JB is fully rooted!
Hope that works for you guys.
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Edit your thread dude. .this is for UNLOCK BOOTLOADER only. .

[Q] Trying to install Xperia Play Z final version, very confused. (r800a)

Hey guys, as the post title says, I'm trying to install the xperia play z rom, and I'm hitting a lot of road blocks. First one is, I don't even know if my phone's bootloader is unlocked! I'm pretty sure it is, because I thought all r800a's came with an unlocked bootloader, and I also used the flashtool, unlock bootloader tool, and it said it was already unlocked.
So, naturally what I do, is I flash the firmware in the guide (located here - http://www.android-hilfe.de/root-cu...a-play/417392-rom-xperia-play-z-v1-1-0-a.html), and after that I want to root it so I can install a recovery. But when I try to root it, it always fails on part 1. So I tried to install cyanogenmod recovery without it. But after the apk is installed, i'm not able to install the actual recovery because it is not rooted.
My main problem with the guide is that it says to just boot into clockworkmod recovery, but I don't know how to. I turn on the phone and press the up button, but without installing the CWM/X-parts recovery, there's no way I can expect it to come up.
Any help please? I'm totally lost here. I know how to get roms that are based on gingerbread, but for some reason, Ics/Jellybean roms don't work at all, and I don't know if it is whether because my phones bootloader isn't unlocked (even though it says it is), or it's something else, like me missing a tutorial specifically for ics/jellybean roms.
Thanks in advance.

fishvtt said:
Hey guys, as the post title says, I'm trying to install the xperia play z rom, and I'm hitting a lot of road blocks. First one is, I don't even know if my phone's bootloader is unlocked! I'm pretty sure it is, because I thought all r800a's came with an unlocked bootloader, and I also used the flashtool, unlock bootloader tool, and it said it was already unlocked.
So, naturally what I do, is I flash the firmware in the guide (located here - http://www.android-hilfe.de/root-cu...a-play/417392-rom-xperia-play-z-v1-1-0-a.html), and after that I want to root it so I can install a recovery. But when I try to root it, it always fails on part 1. So I tried to install cyanogenmod recovery without it. But after the apk is installed, i'm not able to install the actual recovery because it is not rooted.
My main problem with the guide is that it says to just boot into clockworkmod recovery, but I don't know how to. I turn on the phone and press the up button, but without installing the CWM/X-parts recovery, there's no way I can expect it to come up.
Any help please? I'm totally lost here. I know how to get roms that are based on gingerbread, but for some reason, Ics/Jellybean roms don't work at all, and I don't know if it is whether because my phones bootloader isn't unlocked (even though it says it is), or it's something else, like me missing a tutorial specifically for ics/jellybean roms.
Thanks in advance.
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Well you have to flash an ICS kernel first and it will already have a cwm recovery in it. Then you can just boot to recovery and flash the rom
Sent from my Xperia Play (r800x)

abdel12345 said:
Well you have to flash an ICS kernel first and it will already have a cwm recovery in it. Then you can just boot to recovery and flash the rom
Sent from my Xperia Play (r800x)
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OHHHHHHHHH. Thank you so much. But how am I supposed to flash the boot.img for the modified doomkernel v3, which it says it includes in the guide? Am I supposed to extract it from the rom zip or something? Thanks again.

fishvtt said:
OHHHHHHHHH. Thank you so much. But how am I supposed to flash the boot.img for the modified doomkernel v3, which it says it includes in the guide? Am I supposed to extract it from the rom zip or something? Thanks again.
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yes, boot.img is inside the zip. Unpack just that file and flash it with flashtool (in fastboot mode). But you must have unlocked bootloader to be able to flash any custom kernel

Bakisha said:
yes, boot.img is inside the zip. Unpack just that file and flash it with flashtool (in fastboot mode). But you must have unlocked bootloader to be able to flash any custom kernel
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Alright. Thank you so much. So that's what I was missing.

Bakisha said:
yes, boot.img is inside the zip. Unpack just that file and flash it with flashtool (in fastboot mode). But you must have unlocked bootloader to be able to flash any custom kernel
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Sorry, another question. What happens is that when I try to flash an ics kernel, it goes into an infinite bootloop, but when I flash a gingerbread kernel, it works fine. Is this a sign of a locked bootloader? Cause I thought you wouldn't be able to install any kernels if it was locked.

fishvtt said:
Sorry, another question. What happens is that when I try to flash an ics kernel, it goes into an infinite bootloop, but when I flash a gingerbread kernel, it works fine. Is this a sign of a locked bootloader? Cause I thought you wouldn't be able to install any kernels if it was locked.
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If you flash ics kernel, you won't be able to boot your old gb rom. Ics kernel only boot into ics rom.
When you flash ics kernel, go to recovery and install ics rom.
Sent from my R800i using xda app-developers app

Bakisha said:
If you flash ics kernel, you won't be able to boot your old gb rom. Ics kernel only boot into ics rom.
When you flash ics kernel, go to recovery and install ics rom.
Sent from my R800i using xda app-developers app
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Thank you so much. Worked like a charm.
For future readers -
a. The r800a indeed does come with bootloader unlocked
b. It is normal for the phone to bootloop, Just go into recovery like normal and install the rom .zip. (It's usually tapping back while starting the phone, but if that doesn't work, try up volume or down volume)

[Q] Help and idiot out? ARC S Flashing

Hello,
I would like to do the following to my Arc S.
Flash new recovery
Flash new kernel (fusion)
Flash SJB latest version (7 i think)
I have been going arround the forums for 2 days now trying to figure it out but have been unable to do so.
The steps i need help with are as follows:
Where do i get recovery image for my ARC S?
i understand that using fastboot to flash it onto phone is rather easy.
As i understand after i get new recovery i can flash kernel and new rom from recovery mode?
How do i revert to android 2.3.4 4.0.2.A.0.62 if i dont like new rom / kernel?
GREAT BIG THANKS!

AshrakTheWhite said:
Hello,
I would like to do the following to my Arc S.
Flash new recovery
Flash new kernel (fusion)
Flash SJB latest version (7 i think)
I have been going arround the forums for 2 days now trying to figure it out but have been unable to do so.
The steps i need help with are as follows:
Where do i get recovery image for my ARC S?
i understand that using fastboot to flash it onto phone is rather easy.
As i understand after i get new recovery i can flash kernel and new rom from recovery mode?
How do i revert to android 2.3.4 4.0.2.A.0.62 if i dont like new rom / kernel?
GREAT BIG THANKS!
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First of all you have to unlock the bootloader and you have to be on ICS
Then you can flash the kernel[with flashtool].
after flashing the kernel u can enter the recovery by presing the volume down buton until it brings you to cwm.
and the follow the instruction for instaling the rom
Good luck

theanelfro said:
First of all you have to unlock the bootloader and you have to be on ICS
Then you can flash the kernel[with flashtool].
after flashing the kernel u can enter the recovery by presing the volume down buton until it brings you to cwm.
and the follow the instruction for instaling the rom
Good luck
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Thanks for answer.
If my bootloader is "unlock available: yes" is that ok?
Will the fusion kernel 5.4 work with default rom's ? like GB 2.3?
how do i revert to stock kernel after flashing fusion? Emma?
Is recovery stored on a seperate partition that is not the rom / system partition? so i will always have recovery available?
Thank you!

AshrakTheWhite said:
Thanks for answer.
If my bootloader is "unlock available: yes" is that ok?
Will the fusion kernel 5.4 work with default rom's ? like GB 2.3?
how do i revert to stock kernel after flashing fusion? Emma?
Is recovery stored on a seperate partition that is not the rom / system partition? so i will always have recovery available?
Thank you!
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Yes it is, but you must unlock it.[search in the forum]
fusion is for jelly bean roms, not for GB so far i know,.
if you want to revert to from ICS to GB you just have to flash the ftf.file from gb .62
if you have any problem tell me i will try to help you.
press thanks if i helped you!
Here is step by step how to unlock it

AshrakTheWhite said:
Thanks for answer.
If my bootloader is "unlock available: yes" is that ok?
Will the fusion kernel 5.4 work with default rom's ? like GB 2.3?
how do i revert to stock kernel after flashing fusion? Emma?
Is recovery stored on a seperate partition that is not the rom / system partition? so i will always have recovery available?
Thank you!
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Bootloader can be unlocked
No. Fusion works with only custom JB ROM. For stock ROM use stock kernel.
You can use EMMA or Flashtool to flash an FTF file. Note that this will wipe your personal data.
No. The recovery that you're using now can either be stored on /system partition or merged with kernel. The one stored in /system requires root before you can install it.
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Hey i got it done! i love sjb 7 its sick fast!
I first unlocked bootloader, after which the phone would no longer go past SE logo ( i had installed CWM for default rom and bootlocker blew up the kernel probobly)
after which i flashed Fusion 5.4 with fastboot
and then i applied SJB from SD card.
I did not think it would be that easy. it was.
Thanks to all and everyone who posted here got a Thanks

AshrakTheWhite said:
Hey i got it done! i love sjb 7 its sick fast!
I first unlocked bootloader, after which the phone would no longer go past SE logo ( i had installed CWM for default rom and bootlocker blew up the kernel probobly)
after which i flashed Fusion 5.4 with fastboot
and then i applied SJB from SD card.
I did not think it would be that easy. it was.
Thanks to all and everyone who posted here got a Thanks
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congz

[Q] eXistenZ v2 Error 7

Hi guys i have a problem when I instaling the eXistenZ v2 on LT26. I rooted my phone i have recovery and when i install a rom have error nr 7 in revovery, any ideas?

Flash the kernel file from the rom itself
Try flashing the kernel from the rom itself bro this works most of the time Extract it first from the zip file of the ROM you want to install then install the kernel usually it is the boot.img file Flash it via fastboot mode using flashtool then voila you have the kernel of the ROM you want to use and most of the time the recovery comes with it too :good:

ksmalcuga said:
Hi guys i have a problem when I instaling the eXistenZ v2 on LT26. I rooted my phone i have recovery and when i install a rom have error nr 7 in recovery, any ideas?
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Are You on stock firmware? Existenz requires You to be on stock 6.2.b.1.96 firmware. Also, You have to flash v1 and then flash v2, not the v2 directly.
11:55 said:
Try flashing the kernel from the ROM itself bro
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Do check, this ROM is stock based, so it doesn't have a separate kernel.

I flashed witth stock 6.2.b.1.96, and try to flash V1 witch recovery v6.0.3.0 but still error ''Error in /sdcard/xperia_s_existenz_v1.zip (status 7)'' Maybe try with other kernel?

ksmalcuga said:
I flashed witth stock 6.2.b.1.96, and try to flash V1 witch recovery v6.0.3.0 but still error ''Error in /sdcard/xperia_s_existenz_v1.zip (status 7)'' Maybe try with other kernel?
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Huh, weird. Just to verify, could You try downloading the v1 again? Or else, do You have a unlocked bootloader? If yes, then You can flash the DoomKernel.

Yes, i downloaded rom again, and i have lock bootloader witch no posibly to unlock 'allowed-no'' something like this, but this rom can be flash without unlocked bootloader.

ksmalcuga said:
Yes, i downloaded rom again, and i have lock bootloader witch no posibly to unlock 'allowed-no'' something like this, but this rom can be flash without unlocked bootloader.
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Well, since You have a locked bootloader, You can't flash other kernels. Try this recovery, If even this one doesn't work, then try going back to full stock(no root, no recovery) and root using DoomLord's method and try above recovery again as it had worked for Me earlier.

ksmalcuga said:
Hi guys i have a problem when I instaling the eXistenZ v2 on LT26. I rooted my phone i have recovery and when i install a rom have error nr 7 in revovery, any ideas?
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This is waaaay late but, may help someone.
As I understand it, this is an issue with the kernel/recovery you have. You need to flash a boot.img with a combined kernel/recovery that is compatible with the rom you wish to flash. You use fastboot for that:
Code:
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot reboot
So, for official CM11, grab boot.img from the rom zip file and you should get (a rather old but fine for CM11) CWM recovery.
For many other Acro S (hikari) roms you find - e.g. @deedwar's BeanStalk - you will get TWRP recovery if you flash the included boot.img file.
Once you've got the kernel/recovery flashed, then you flash the full rom after the reboot.

MiyagiSan said:
This is waaaay late but, may help someone.
As I understand it, this is an issue with the kernel/recovery you have. You need to flash a boot.img with a combined kernel/recovery that is compatible with the rom you wish to flash. You use fastboot for that:
Code:
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot reboot
So, for official CM11, grab boot.img from the rom zip file and you should get (a rather old but fine for CM11) CWM recovery.
For many other Acro S (hikari) roms you find - e.g. @deedwar's BeanStalk - you will get TWRP recovery if you flash the included boot.img file.
Once you've got the kernel/recovery flashed, then you flash the full rom after the reboot.
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I think You didn't notice, but He said He has locked bootloader. So He cannot follow the procedure You mentioned.

Mirhawk said:
I think You didn't notice, but He said He has locked bootloader. So He cannot follow the procedure You mentioned.
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Yes, this is for unlocked bootloader only.
Just noticed OP mentions a locked bootloader in a later post.