How to flash a rom ending with .rar not.zip? - XPERIA X8 General

I know how to flash a rom ending with .zip with Xrecovery but i dunno about .rar
Can someone please advise me?
Thanks

You can't flash that rom. You can only restore it from xrecovery.

You unrar it and copy the content to xrecovery.

chrismt said:
I know how to flash a rom ending with .zip with Xrecovery but i dunno about .rar
Can someone please advise me?
Thanks
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you can extract the file and save it to xrecovery>backup folder then perform backup instead..

Okay....for dat u need to make a recovery by yourself which can flash rar..
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[Q] How to install roms on Xperia X8?

Hi,I'm really looking forward to install those new sense ui roms from racht,but I don't know how to do that...Can someone help me,and explain how to install new roms on my X8,I would be very grateful for that...Thanks in advance!
xRecovery
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=881614
can you help me?when I try to copy xrecovery.tar,busybox and chargemon files to system/bin folder it says "you cannot paste here because the file system is read-only"...Help please!
you must be rooted, installed busybox(from market), and try the automatic installation!
ok,I installed xRecovery and downloaded 2.1 sense rom that racht made,and put the files in the backup folder,I created a new folder in backup folder and named it sense rom and put the rom files in that folder but when i try to backup it said md5 files mismatched...how to fix it?
Fixed it,thanks for help!
antimadridista1 said:
Fixed it,thanks for help!
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no problem!
antimadridista1 said:
Fixed it,thanks for help!
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Could you explain it how did you fix it??
So I have to put it in the backup folder and then what?
just extract rom you downloaded in folder xrecovery/backup on your phone,reboot your phone and when you open xrecovery go to backup and restore and choose restore...
antimadridista1 said:
just extract rom you downloaded in folder xrecovery/backup on your phone,reboot your phone and when you open xrecovery go to backup and restore and choose restore...
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It can't be simplier then that
Use xrecovery, you can backup and restore with that tool
sorry im the noobest in Android, Xrecovery es an App for the x8 or is for windows?
an app for x8
that same app install roms?
EL_BELLACO said:
that same app install roms?
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Yes, install custom .zip(theme)
ERROR
Hey,
I got the following error.
Checking MD5 sums...
MD5 mismatch!
Plz help me,
m using Free Xperia X8 recovery V001 (Is this correct one recommended by you?)
My Phone is rooted and meets up all the requirements.....
PLZ HELP....!!!!
vermanki said:
Hey,
I got the following error.
Checking MD5 sums...
MD5 mismatch!
Plz help me,
m using Free Xperia X8 recovery V001 (Is this correct one recommended by you?)
My Phone is rooted and meets up all the requirements.....
PLZ HELP....!!!!
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Dont change the backup folders name..
,
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[Q] how can i flash this rom?

htc wildfire vodafone Spain stucks on white screen. it has the latest rom in it.
i went to shipedroms.com & downloaded the latest version vodafone spain from there but turns up to be a non- *.exe file. it's *.zip OTA_Buzz_Froyo_Vodafone_SPA_2.24.164.1-1.36.164.1_release_161303bpvlsx8vcjr4fbkj.zip
i extracted the file but i don't have any idea on how to flash it.
any help would appreciated guys
regards
Plz if anyone could provide the *.exe would be great
Regards
Did you try renaming it to .exe?
kevin2516 said:
Did you try renaming it to .exe?
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Yes, it s not a .exe file at all
Anyone has this file as .exe?
plz i need this rom as .exe file or solution to this problem.
Plz it s so urgent. I need to solve this problem
try renaming the file to update.zip and copy it to sdcard.
then goto recovery and choose update from zip
warning:you may loose root and become stock
or
use the android kitchen to get a correct signed flash-able zip

how do you install camera fix / mddi fix / compass ?

i've extracted the zip files, but no clue where to put them :|
(system stuff goes into the system folder, but what about the META-INF folder?)
install it with xrecovery.
Bigfoot9983 said:
install it with xrecovery.
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thanks, was hoping to avoid using xrecovery, didn't feel like rebooting 3 times
guess there's no alternate way then..
ah custom.zip
What he said
zaberisk said:
i've extracted the zip files, but no clue where to put them :|
(system stuff goes into the system folder, but what about the META-INF folder?)
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camera n compass u flash it in xrecovery. u can flash both then reboot without having to reboot after each flash.
as for mddi u need to do it manually for now i don't think doixanh made a xrecovery zip yet
the meta-inf folder basically just contains a script to tell xrecovery where to copy the files.
zaberisk said:
i've extracted the zip files, but no clue where to put them :|
(system stuff goes into the system folder, but what about the META-INF folder?)
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Dont extracted .zip.....just. zip to sdcard when u download them, and reboot in xrecovery to choose custum.zip
he's using MINICM. Ponovan came up with a flashable zip for mddi.
zaberisk said:
i've extracted the zip files, but no clue where to put them :|
(system stuff goes into the system folder, but what about the META-INF folder?)
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Let me help you...,dont extrated the file ..just rename its update.zip ..,put its to sd card dont to folder.,just sd card...,go to xrecovery and select update zip and choiche update.zip ...,wait and finish ...good job.
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does anyone have those update.zip?if yes please attach n pm me cuz i need that zip
thanks before

Install custom rom - in rar format?

Excuse the noob question but I wanted to try out the FlipDroidmod 2.1 but the download is a rar file.
How do I install that using Recovery - I thought it had to be a zip file?
Thanks
you need to extract the .rar file and place the folder in the same folder as
your nandroid backups and restore it from recovery

Cant istall rom

Hi.
I recently installed sdsl 1.1 but now i want to go back to mu4ik 2.3.7 swift droi but recovery wont install the rom.
Does anyone knows why and what i have to do
could you explain what you mean by it wont install the ROM?
When i install zip in recovery it aborts.
I downloaded swiftdroid ASIS zip file,inside that zip there is a recovery.img and an update....zip
If i try to flash a asis file it will just abort
.if i use the update.zip will say bad file or something
xixorro said:
When i install zip in recovery it aborts.
I downloaded swiftdroid ASIS zip file,inside that zip there is a recovery.img and an update....zip
If i try to flash a asis file it will just abort
.if i use the update.zip will say bad file or something
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Firstly you have to install update.zip extract it from the rar/zip you have download and copy that file in the root of your sd card.
Also check if you have download the file properly and there are no spaces in between the name of the file.
And lastly try using a 2+ recovery.
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sanmit said:
Firstly you have to install update.zip extract it from the rar/zip you have download and copy that file in the root of your sd card.
Also check if you have download the file properly and there are no spaces in between the name of the file.
And lastly try using a 2+ recovery.
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jeah, and also, i prefer to flash ROM via fastboot .... .img filez(bcos it seems to me to be cleaner, better , and there is not so much errors)
sanmit said:
Firstly you have to install update.zip extract it from the rar/zip you have download and copy that file in the root of your sd card.
Also check if you have download the file properly and there are no spaces in between the name of the file.
And lastly try using a 2+ recovery.
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solved. uziped and renamed the file again and worked. thanks guys
... you are using a unzipped fastboot file....
bs828 said:
... you are using a unzipped fastboot file....
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The file was corrupted, that was the reason
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