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[Q] Xperia Pro flashing

So, finally I have managed to unlock my bootloader in ADB with the sony's method, I did this because I want to try out the ultima rom with kernel.
So I have never flashed a kernel, I only used wotan client and flashtool. I don't know how to start.
I have everything (latest android sdk, proper drivers, battery full, root, clockworkmod, kernel.img) only the knowledge how to do it SAFE, and the most important how do I flash it back to the original ramdisk and kernel?
PS.: I have an Xperia Pro MK16I,

Is there no guide in the rom thread?
Typed down from the sky with sexy LT15i

Try this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1508585

Dude, the same Ultima ROM thread has the instructions.
It's always the same.
Flash Kernel via Fastboot> Flash ROM via CWM> Full wipe.
You'll have to get the fastboot files from somewhere to flash the kernel.
Once flashed the Kernel, to flash the ROM the most common command to bring up CWM is pressing Vol - several times.
After that, you just flash the zip from Ultima.
That's it.

Unable to enter recovery mode
I am unable to enter the recovery mode by pressing the volume - key. How can i enter the recovery mode ? i am stuck on the sony logo.
I was flashing a ROM on locked bootloader and already had clockworkmod recovery. Now i can not access it

[Q] cant boot help n7100

right ima cut to the chase
i used to use cyanogen mod 10 but wanted a official rom from sam mobile so i flashed via odin and cocked up my note 2 n7100
now i can get into recovery and download mode and i have flashed the same cm10 via tw recovery and it hangs on boot animation
i then wiped and flashed via recovery SSHD rom and it also hangs at boot animation so what do you guys think is wrong?
i need this fixed it cost way too much to just thow in the junk draw espcially since i cant work anymore.
thanks
-FatBoyNate

When you change your rom you need to wipe data from recovery.

FatBoyNate said:
right ima cut to the chase
i used to use cyanogen mod 10 but wanted a official rom from sam mobile so i flashed via odin and cocked up my note 2 n7100
now i can get into recovery and download mode and i have flashed the same cm10 via tw recovery and it hangs on boot animation
i then wiped and flashed via recovery SSHD rom and it also hangs at boot animation so what do you guys think is wrong?
i need this fixed it cost way too much to just thow in the junk draw espcially since i cant work anymore.
thanks
-FatBoyNate
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Always flash custom rom through custom recoverys only (not from stock rom). Flash TWRP or CWR or Philz recovery first and then flash custom rom.
After flashing custom rom or stock rom, first wipe data and cache (as above said) before rebooting.
sent from my GT-N7100. Press thanks if I helped..

MBariya said:
Always flash custom rom through custom recoverys only (not from stock rom). Flash TWRP or CWR or Philz recovery first and then flash custom rom.
After flashing custom rom or stock rom, first wipe data and cache (as above said) before rebooting.
sent from my GT-N7100. Press thanks if I helped..
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i have flashed a custom rom through a custom recovery, i've been flashing custom roms since the htc himalaya and never had a booting problem.
i think i snuffed the bootloader can anyone give a me a stock nandroid?
OR
guide me as how to get past the 2nd boot logo, i also flashed a core 2 kernel and that's when i think the damage was done, if it will fix this, where can i get the stock kernel?
[EDIT] atm it has SSHD ROM and The SSHD Kernel i get the samsung n7100 logo and then the boot animation but then it gets stuck.

FatBoyNate said:
i have flashed a custom rom through a custom recovery, i've been flashing custom roms since the htc himalaya and never had a booting problem.
i think i snuffed the bootloader can anyone give a me a stock nandroid?
OR
guide me as how to get past the 2nd boot logo, i also flashed a core 2 kernel and that's when i think the damage was done, if it will fix this, where can i get the stock kernel?
[EDIT] atm it has SSHD ROM and The SSHD Kernel i get the samsung n7100 logo and then the boot animation but then it gets stuck.
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same has happened to me.

FatBoyNate said:
i have flashed a custom rom through a custom recovery, i've been flashing custom roms since the htc himalaya and never had a booting problem.
i think i snuffed the bootloader can anyone give a me a stock nandroid?
OR
guide me as how to get past the 2nd boot logo, i also flashed a core 2 kernel and that's when i think the damage was done, if it will fix this, where can i get the stock kernel?
[EDIT] atm it has SSHD ROM and The SSHD Kernel i get the samsung n7100 logo and then the boot animation but then it gets stuck.
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ItzMar said:
same has happened to me.
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get into recovery flash this file http://d-h.st/fWr u will loose evrything from internal memory, now after it reboot to recovery just flash your rom but dont reboot after installation.
first click fix permission
then wipe cache and dalvik atleast twice
then reboot!
it should load the rom fine, and i would suggest to stay with philz recovery and create a backup of efs and rom both the terminal way and through recovery too

shhbz said:
get into recovery flash this file http://d-h.st/fWr u will loose evrything from internal memory, now after it reboot to recovery just flash your rom but dont reboot after installation.
first click fix permission
then wipe cache and dalvik atleast twice
then reboot!
it should load the rom fine, and i would suggest to stay with philz recovery and create a backup of efs and rom both the terminal way and through recovery too
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once i flashed it i gete:error opening 'data/dontpanic'
e:error I/O error
it didnt reboot. do i click reboot system after flashing your file?

ItzMar said:
once i flashed it i gete:error opening 'data/dontpanic'
e:error I/O error
it didnt reboot. do i click reboot system after flashing your file?
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I hope u are rooted and have a custom recovery installed if yes then its a script to clean wipe the rom to start a fresh install better known as dirty flash so when u flash the zip it will wipe ur cache, dalvik, system on recover and will automatically reboot to recovery then u can proceed wth any custom rom u want the latest philz recovery is recommended.i am using my phn yo reply and already 4am morning here so be sure what you are doing , give complete info of ur phn status as wht u hv done till now if u have all as mentioned abv then u r good to go and flash, but in ur case the flash of the file was not successful so u can manually wipe all mentined above and procced as instructed.
Its an instruction for custom rom and recovery if u have stock then just wipe cache and dalvik and try booting up.
Off to sleep
If you are unsure of what u r doing then try to get hands on odin and flash stock rom ,as messing up to much may damage ur pit partition

shhbz said:
I hope u are rooted and have a custom recovery installed if yes then its a script to clean wipe the rom to start a fresh install better known as dirty flash so when u flash the zip it will wipe ur cache, dalvik, system on recover and will automatically reboot to recovery then u can proceed wth any custom rom u want the latest philz recovery is recommended.i am using my phn yo reply and already 4am morning here so be sure what you are doing , give complete info of ur phn status as wht u hv done till now if u have all as mentioned abv then u r good to go and flash, but in ur case the flash of the file was not successful so u can manually wipe all mentined above and procced as instructed.
Its an instruction for custom rom and recovery if u have stock then just wipe cache and dalvik and try booting up.
Off to sleep
If you are unsure of what u r doing then try to get hands on odin and flash stock rom ,as messing up to much may damage ur pit partition
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:angel:Saviour!:angel:
Thank you so much. All is well now. :highfive:

[Q] Problem with custom roms

so i have the desire hd and i love the phone a lot but not the os too much. so heres the deal i tryed installing cyanogenmod.I unlocked the bootloader left the s-on and installed custom recovery via fastboot without a problem. next thing is I installed 3 recoverys non touch everyone different but when i install zip file with the rom it gets stuck every time on boot screen. the thing is i tried cyanogen 7.2.0 9 and 10.1 non of them worked and got stuck right on after it at the htc green logo,. whats the problem i pulled out the battery tried with only usb nothing worked. then i got scared that it isnt bricked dowloaded the original stock rooted rom as it was and installed through the same recovery .then it worked without a problem not even a glitch . i dont get it .im confused. apologies to the admin if it isnt in the right section.
my android version is 2.3.5 withe sense 3.0 and thats it . cant figure whats the problem . i flashed ducent of phones from symbian to iphone and even java based phones and even few htc ., but never had that boot loop problem., anyone please help

Fastboot flash the ROM zip's boot.img.

bananagranola said:
Fastboot flash the ROM zip's boot.img.
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so i need to flash boot.img from the rom and flash it with fast boot then install software with custom recovery . i use boot image from stock rom or cyanogen ?

alenkosb said:
so i need to flash boot.img from the rom and flash it with fast boot then install software with custom recovery . i use boot image from stock rom or cyanogen ?
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No, flash ROM from custom recovery first, then the boot.img from fastboot. Use a custom, not stock, recovery (CWM, 4ext, or TWRP).

bananagranola said:
No, flash ROM from custom recovery first, then the boot.img from fastboot. Use a custom, not stock, recovery (CWM, 4ext, or TWRP).
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i used 3 diferent custom recoverys for desire hd. ill try the method.btw you cant install cyan with stock recovery .boot img from stock rom ?

no, the boot.img inside the zip of the Rom you´re going to flash at this moment

alenkosb said:
i used 3 diferent custom recoverys for desire hd. ill try the method.btw you cant install cyan with stock recovery .boot img from stock rom ?
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I have no idea what you're trying to say. What recoveries have you tried to flash? How have you tried to flash them? How are you trying to flash the ROM? What is "cyan," ClockworkMod (CWM) or CyanogenMod (CM)? What is a "stock recovery .boot img"? You can't flash anything from the stock recovery. You can't flash the stock ROM's boot.img with a custom ROM. Recoveries do not have boot.imgs that you need to worry about. I am saying that you need to have a custom recovery, like CWM, 4ext, or TWRP, installed. You do that through "fastboot flash recovery recovery.img." You then need to download a ROM zip, boot into recovery with power and volume-down, factory reset, and install the ROM. You then need to extract the boot.img from the ROM zip you just flashed and flash it from the computer with "fastboot flash boot boot.img."

bananagranola said:
I have no idea what you're trying to say. What recoveries have you tried to flash? How have you tried to flash them? How are you trying to flash the ROM? What is "cyan," ClockworkMod (CWM) or CyanogenMod (CM)? What is a "stock recovery .boot img"? You can't flash anything from the stock recovery. You can't flash the stock ROM's boot.img with a custom ROM. Recoveries do not have boot.imgs that you need to worry about. I am saying that you need to have a custom recovery, like CWM, 4ext, or TWRP, installed. You do that through "fastboot flash recovery recovery.img." You then need to download a ROM zip, boot into recovery with power and volume-down, factory reset, and install the ROM. You then need to extract the boot.img from the ROM zip you just flashed and flash it from the computer with "fastboot flash boot boot.img."
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Sorry for the misunderstanding. heres the deal ive had 3 clockworkmode recoverys and different versions tried 3 zips(roms) with each one and every time de same thing.BUT now thanks to your help i flashed the boot.img file and it works perfectly

[Q] About DooMKernel

How do i flash the DooMKernel through recovery?
How do i get in recovery in the first place? lol
EDIT: Btw, i have a LT26i with .96 and i have it rooted with an unlocked bootloader

Minecraftian said:
How do i flash the DooMKernel through recovery?
How do i get in recovery in the first place? lol
EDIT: Btw, i have a LT26i with .96 and i have it rooted with an unlocked bootloader
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Sony stock recovery cannot be used to flash recoveries (Even you can only boot into stock recovery using ADB commands).
Firstly you will need to flash CUSTOM recovery. this can be done via fastboot commands.
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img where recovery.img is the name of your custom recovery. (you will need fastboot drivers and platform tools, if you arenot sure what I am talking about ask in details)
Next you will need to flash kernel via recovery by holding volume+down button while sony logo shows when you restart your phone.
Or simply you can just flash kernel directly via fastboot commands without any need to flash recovery
Good Luck!

Hnk1 said:
Sony stock recovery cannot be used to flash recoveries (Even you can only boot into stock recovery using ADB commands).
Firstly you will need to flash CUSTOM recovery. this can be done via fastboot commands.
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img where recovery.img is the name of your custom recovery. (you will need fastboot drivers and platform tools, if you arenot sure what I am talking about ask in details)
Next you will need to flash kernel via recovery by holding volume+down button while sony logo shows when you restart your phone.
Or simply you can just flash kernel directly via fastboot commands without any need to flash recovery
Good Luck!
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Thanks, i figured it out. I downloaded the DooMKernel's recovery and flashed it with the flashtool. Thanks

Phone won´t boot (stock recovery)

Hi,
I am using custom rom (CM11 unofficial) and I flashed the kernel with Franco Kernel r394. The installation went fine but now I cant boot into custom rom, stuck at CM logo. Of course I used just temporary CWM and now I have stock recovery.
Is there any way to flash stock kernel or what should I do?
I tried find simmilar topic to this but without succes. I appreciate any help and any answer.
Thanks

defusiq said:
Hi,
I am using custom rom (CM11 unofficial) and I flashed the kernel with Franco Kernel r394. The installation went fine but now I cant boot into custom rom, stuck at CM logo. Of course I used just temporary CWM and now I have stock recovery.
Is there any way to flash stock kernel or what should I do?
I tried find simmilar topic to this but without succes. I appreciate any help and any answer.
Thanks
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Download the skip soft toolkit and do a fastboot flashing of stock google image of 4.3JWR66Y last official update (U can get the toolkit download that for you:good: ) and flash a custom recovery then do flash a new rom/kernel .

Ashtrix said:
Download the skip soft toolkit and do a fastboot flashing of stock google image of 4.3JWR66Y last official update (U can get the toolkit download that for you:good: ) and flash a custom recovery then do flash a new rom/kernel .
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Device mode cannot be detected.
I couldnt reinstall the drivers properly because I cant even set the USB Debugging mode when I cant boot to rom. My PC doesnt recognize the phone. I tried install it even with "Nexus Root Toolkit". Before everything was fine, ADB and the fastboot.
BTW: Should I try to install it when the device is turned off, in recovery mode (still stock, odin mode) or when its trying to boot?

defusiq said:
Device mode cannot be detected.
I couldnt reinstall the drivers properly because I cant even set the USB Debugging mode when I cant boot to rom. My PC doesnt recognize the phone. I tried install it even with "Nexus Root Toolkit". Before everything was fine, ADB and the fastboot.
BTW: Should I try to install it when the device is turned off, in recovery mode (still stock, odin mode) or when its trying to boot?
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Go to bootloader, flash latest cwm using fastboot, boot into recovery and reflash ROM..
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using XDA Premium HD app

mrgnex said:
Go to bootloader, flash latest cwm using fastboot, boot into recovery and reflash ROM..
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using XDA Premium HD app
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My PC still cant see any device in Fastboot or ADB mode, I´ll try it again tomorow.
Still thanks guys.

Try to get into odin otherwise then flash all the pit and phone files from that u can get drivers installed from the skipsoft toolkit (latest one from mskip best one) then flash a custom .img recovery to recovery partition, then flash any custom ROM :good:
P.S : First install the drivers from the skipsoft toolkit **MUST**!!

Ashtrix said:
Try to get into odin otherwise then flash all the pit and phone files from that u can get drivers installed from the skipsoft toolkit (latest one from mskip best one) then flash a custom .img recovery to recovery partition, then flash any custom ROM :good:
P.S : First install the drivers from the skipsoft toolkit **MUST**!!
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My nex is back!! Thanks guys very much!
For future googlers, this guide helped me too (only GSM): http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2065470
Now the first thing I will do is flash CWM permanently to wont let this happen again.