Hi guys, my first post in xda forums.
I'm a newbie I don't know anything about rooting, xRecovery, Custom ROMs which you guys talk about. (Yeah, I know what you're thinking now )
I just want to install Gingerbread on my X8
It's running 2.1 with the latest update 2.1.1.A.0.6
So guys, if anyone is eager to help me understand more about these things, and hopefully install Gingerbread on my X8 could you guys please explain clearly??!!!
BTW Is the whole process of rooting and installing gingerbread dangerous? Like...if anything goes wrong will my phone be useless?
Thanks in advance.
If something goes wrong you can reinstall stock Sony Ericsson firmware by SEUS. Which one gingerbread ROM you want?
1. Root your phone http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=906195
2. Install xrecovery http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=878426
There are also two video on youtube; search for: "How to root Xperia X8 on 2.1.1 and install BusyBox" and "How to install xRecovery on Xperia X8 2.1.1" by TechNewsWeeklyMMXI
you can try it, but in your own risk ) .. but I my experience if you have xrecovery installed in your X8, you can always back to the previous ROM.. with no problem..
@ dbts25
Thanks for the links. As for what Gingerbread ROM, I didn't know there were many of them. Can you send me a link where I can see them and decide what to choose?
Here you can find rom from racht http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=914513 and here from jerpelea http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=973753
Let's say I choose "2.3.3 CM X8 J005 HACKDROID", then what do I do? :S
A few points:
1: make a backup of your current setup before you flash something else. This is done by running xRecovery and selecting backup. The backup will be in a folder named by the date and time of the backup. This backup you can copy to your pc and then delete from sdcard if you need the space. Backups are in: /sdcard/xrecovery/backup/<backupfolder>
2: you can always use SEUS to get back to stock. Then root and go again
There's 2 ways right now that ppl use for flashing. Some distribute a backup and others distribute an update.zip. Freexperia and mini is distributed as update.zip while racht releases his as backups. If you want to flash a backup then just copy the backup-folder into /sdcard/xrecovery/backup/
If you choose that one you'll download a big file. Inside that file is a few zip files and a folder. The folder contains the sony ericsson stuff you'll need on the phone (basically 2.1.1.A.0.6 afaik). Copy the update.zip to your sdcard and enter xRecovery by pressing back button when the sony ericsson text appears when you boot. Then choose <install update.zip>. If you copy the other two zip's aswell you install these using <install custom zip> option. 1 of them contains live wallpapers, and one contains gapps installer.
Let me get this straight
If I root my phone following this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=906195
And install xRecovery and the Gingerbread custom ROM following these videos
1) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ls10Og6W89s
and
2) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJIU5qIdC-w&feature=related
will I successfully install Gingerbread on my X8?
Oh and something else,
I have heard of some options in xRecovery menu. I'm referring to the factory reset (full wipe) and wipe cache partition. Do I need those?
Yes you need do factory reset in xrecovery before you install custom rom.
If you want to install gingerbread from racht here is steps how to install it:
1. Root phone, install xrecovery
2. In xrecovery do backup of your current rom
3. Download rom and extract it to /xrecovery/backup
4. In xrecovery do factory reset then select backup/restore => restore and select rom
You must have latest firmware from Sony Ericsson (2.1.1.A.0.6)
Will I lose all my data? In that case I should make a backup.
Yes you loose it
Thank you for your time, I'm ready to install the Gingerbread Custom ROM now.
Oh sorry I forgot something.
Do I put the four files of the ROM into SD/xrecovery/Backup
or the folder that contains these files? (cm7-j)
You must put folder there
Ok, no more questions. Thank you so much. I'll start the process right now.
Can you post pleas if all went good and how does it work. Im a newbie as well =)
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Hey I just installed it. I had some errors during root process, installing busybox and xRecovery <--- couldn't open it at first, but all went fine after those. All are working fine. Just some FC here and there. It's pretty fast and smooth. Yeah, I finally did it!
I have some links in my previous posts in this thread. Check them out. You'll find out how to do it.
HAVE FUN!
Okey ..thanks mate. I will try to do it when i come home =) thanks again =D
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I rooted and installed xrecovery on my x10i. Now I could not delete or remove the xrecovery. I also cannot boot into seus. I wan update into android 2.3. HELP ~~~
Plzz help me i have root my arc 2.3.4 42 and installed cwm installer and installed recovery after I download a rom Ics and update it, so it retryed know it frezzing on sony ericsson i waited 1 hour nothing happend, I update back to normal use -updater servies after I trying again update new rom Ics is frezzing again what to do
Unlock bootloader Yes
Supercharger v6 not installed
did you flashed a compatible Boot.img? It seems that you've missed that part.
Flash either Stock Advanced ICS Kernel or Doomlord's ICS Kernel V4 and from there install the update.zip
Did u clear all cache and so on?
How to UNBRICK/ROOT/install Xrecovery on Xperia X8/W8/X10/X10Mini/X10MiniPro
how you bricked your phone
1. you install the wrong software
2. you install a 'broken' rom
3. you install a recovery that isnt supported for our phone
4. or you were tried unlocking your bootloader
check out this video...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRwwE6brAEY
We kinda have some threads about this and no one uses xRecovery anymore.
Sent from my X8 to your screen
Hello there,
I tried to create a ftf by a downloaded .364 -Version for my device.
Downloaded all files and created a ftf by flashtool (0.9.23.2 on my MacOS or 0.9.24.4 on my Windows PC).
But after flashing I´ll get everytime a bootloop.
Can someone help me?
Kind regards,
Chris
dhchris said:
Hello there,
I tried to create a ftf by a downloaded .364 -Version for my device.
Downloaded all files and created a ftf by flashtool (0.9.23.2 on my MacOS or 0.9.24.4 on my Windows PC).
But after flashing I´ll get everytime a bootloop.
Can someone help me?
Kind regards,
Chris
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Which ROM are you coming from? If not stock, you might want to wipe first. Also, what happens, do you get to Xperia logo and it never boots, or do you get stuck on Sony logo? Also, can you check and post FT log?
levone1 said:
Which ROM are you coming from? If not stock, you might want to wipe first. Also, what happens, do you get to Xperia logo and it never boots, or do you get stuck on Sony logo? Also, can you check and post FT log?
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Yes, I came from Omnirom 8.1 and wiped all options (Cache, Dalvik, System, Data and Internal Storage).
Should I try a reflash by Sony EMMA first?