Hi.
I've got a problem. In all of the tutorials I read about how to flash ROM:s, it says that I have to flash boot.img through fastboot, then enter recovery and flash the ROM. I can not do this. When I flash the boot.img, I can not enter recovery or anything, I get stuck in a bootloop and have to restore through flashtool. When I flashed Taylor_Swift's 4.3 ROM, I flashed the ROM first and then the boot.img, it worked, I got up and running, but after that I couldn't enter recovery and therefore not obtain root access, making the ROM almost useless because the lack of the Battery Calibration app. Now I want to flash the PAC ROM, but I'm not sure how to do with the boot.img part. If it's relevant I have the lockeddualrecovery as my recovery.
Help please
Grozos said:
Hi.
I've got a problem. In all of the tutorials I read about how to flash ROM:s, it says that I have to flash boot.img through fastboot, then enter recovery and flash the ROM. I can not do this. When I flash the boot.img, I can not enter recovery or anything, I get stuck in a bootloop and have to restore through flashtool. When I flashed Taylor_Swift's 4.3 ROM, I flashed the ROM first and then the boot.img, it worked, I got up and running, but after that I couldn't enter recovery and therefore not obtain root access, making the ROM almost useless because the lack of the Battery Calibration app. Now I want to flash the PAC ROM, but I'm not sure how to do with the boot.img part. If it's relevant I have the lockeddualrecovery as my recovery.
Help please
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No special order, really, as long as the kernel (boot.img) is fully compatible with the rom.
I'd flash PAC boot.img first though. Flash boot.img, then enter recovery and flash the zip containing the rom information.
Usually you should flash the boot.img that came inside the rom's zip and it should have a recovery,than you will have to install the rom from the recovery.
Don't forget to factory reset/wipe data inside the recovery.
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Unlocked rooted xperiaz..
installed this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2190936
(tried also with cwm)
After entering recovery cwm or twrp i can choose ROM: (tried paranoid android)
I'm on the latest stock firmware btw... 244..
After flashing i only get a red light, and nothing else works.. can get to flas mode and flash stock ROM, but everytime i try a custom rom it fails..
Where am i going wrong? I Know i **** up somewhere, but can't see where...
Try flashing the Kernel from Paranoid Android by itself. Inside the rom's zip there ahould be an image called boot.img. Flash via fasboot on Flashtool.
Now enter recovery and follow the normal procedure.
First of all that link to TWRP is for locked bootloaders. You need to have an unlocked bootloader to install a custom rom
To get recovery just flash the boot.img which is inside the rom .zip folder
Code:
fastboot flash boot boot.img
Then enter recovery and flash the zip then gapps.
i rooted my phone and backed AT up, then in unloked the BL
now i thought i just install a custom recovery as i did in my DHD to flash roms but it seems they are all just for loked BL
and if they are not you can only flash stock roms??
so how do i for example flash carbon rom on my xperia z? do i use the flash tool and flash the rom the same way i flashed the 423 kernel to root?
and does anybody know where i can get carbon 1.7 the link is broken
For unlocked bootloaders the recovery is part of the custom kernal. So fastboot the kernal IMG contained in the rom zip. Reboot and press volume up and you will boot to recovery. Once in recovery do all wipes and flash the ROM....simple
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The fastboot command, for flashing boot.img files is:
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fastboot flash boot boot.img
I know last time I tried flashing a 4.4 ROM I would get some error because of some weird compatibility thing with CWM or TWRP or something like that. I don't remember which recovery it was that I needed that would let me flash, I'm trying to flash beanstalk
You should flash the boot.img from the rom zip using fastboot, then boot into recovery and flash the rom.
I would advise doing a lot more research of how to flash custom roms and how to fix potential problems before continuing on any further as it will save you time in the future in case of any problems.
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extract from the zip file boot.img
flash it through fastboot , reboot your phone and go to recovery and then flash the rom
Hi, its 11:30 and i give up!
ok i first installed cwm using the kernel, and falshed SuperSU and than wiped data and cache and dalvik and flashed resRemix so i can reboot again and flash cwm, the problem is when i flash reRemix it goes to rom but also replaces the recovery with cyanogenmod one which doens't have any flashh zip and if i re flash the kernel with fastboot it will get stuck in sony logo reboot !
if i install both without booting to rom first it will reboot in middle of setup(first time setup name etc always at activating cellular)
this time i don't know what happened but it also freezed and rebooted on the bare-rom, but it worked before that (i assume i was tired and did something wrong)
what should i do?!
kamranhaghighi said:
Hi, its 11:30 and i give up!
ok i first installed cwm using the kernel, and falshed SuperSU and than wiped data and cache and dalvik and flashed resRemix so i can reboot again and flash cwm, the problem is when i flash reRemix it goes to rom but also replaces the recovery with cyanogenmod one which doens't have any flashh zip and if i re flash the kernel with fastboot it will get stuck in sony logo reboot !
if i install both without booting to rom first it will reboot in middle of setup(first time setup name etc always at activating cellular)
this time i don't know what happened but it also freezed and rebooted on the bare-rom, but it worked before that (i assume i was tired and did something wrong)
what should i do?!
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Flash other kernel with flashtools, entry in recovery wipe cache davilk cache and data/factory reset, flash the rom with recovery and the boot.img with flashtools.
Sorry for my bad english
I have linux, ia flashtool the only way?
My problem is flashing gapps, if i want to flash it i need cwm and cwm gets replaced when i flash the rom, and xda tutorial for flashing cwm (kernel.elf) makes mt device get stuck in sony logo and bootloop!
Guizão BR said:
Flash other kernel with flashtools, entry in recovery wipe cache davilk cache and data/factory reset, flash the rom with recovery and the boot.img with flashtools.
Sorry for my bad english
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wait, what do is boot.img?! why do i have to flash it?! i have no idea what it is! this was much easier on my nexus
kamranhaghighi said:
wait, what do is boot.img?! why do i have to flash it?! i have no idea what it is! this was much easier on my nexus
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Boot.img is the kernel, you have to flashing him because the latest version of this rom is for unlocked bootloader
Guizão BR said:
Boot.img is the kernel, you have to flashing him because the latest version of this rom is for unlocked bootloader
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where can i get it? and I will get CWM with it? (for flashing gapps)
kamranhaghighi said:
where can i get it? and I will get CWM with it? (for flashing gapps)
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Is inside the rom file, you have to unpack and flashing after using flashtools, you know how to use flashtools?
Guizão BR said:
Is inside the rom file, you have to unpack and flashing after using flashtools, you know how to use flashtools?
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Im not sure, i know how to use fastboot btw! (btw i got ubuntu, if its a software or something i need it to have a linux version)
Guizão BR said:
Is inside the rom file, you have to unpack and flashing after using flashtools, you know how to use flashtools?
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i will just google flash tools and do what you said when i get the chance, will post abck if i get into trouble
kamranhaghighi said:
i will just google flash tools and do what you said when i get the chance, will post abck if i get into trouble
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You can flash kernel with normal fastboot too of course! if the kernel name and formal will be boot.img just type command in fastboot
fastboot flash boot boot.img
Spasik said:
You can flash kernel with normal fastboot too of course! if the kernel name and formal will be boot.img just type command in fastboot
fastboot flash boot boot.img
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thanks, but i don't get it, boot.img is the kernel isn't it going to be flashed with the rom?! and how can i flash the GAPPS after rebooting, because it quires me to do it after doing the first boot!
kamranhaghighi said:
thanks, but i don't get it, boot.img is the kernel isn't it going to be flashed with the rom?! and how can i flash the GAPPS after rebooting, because it quires me to do it after doing the first boot!
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Ok i will try to explain the metod i use
First of all i have functioning phone on any rom
than i flash doomkernel or williams kernel
in these two kernels there are integrated all 3 recoverys cwm twrp philz
i boot the phone to any recovery i like (i preffer cwm)
in recovery i wipe data, cache, system, and internal memory because i have zips on sd card
flash the rom
if in the tutorial of rom is to flash gapps after first boot i just boot the phone to new rom
then i power off the device and flash doomkernel/williamskernel
after that ,i flash from recovery of these kernels the gapps
after flash of gapps is complete i power off the device and flash original kernel from rom i have
viola magic is complete
Spasik said:
Ok i will try to explain the metod i use
First of all i have functioning phone on any rom
than i flash doomkernel or williams kernel
in these two kernels there are integrated all 3 recoverys cwm twrp philz
i boot the phone to any recovery i like (i preffer cwm)
in recovery i wipe data, cache, system, and internal memory because i have zips on sd card
flash the rom
if in the tutorial of rom is to flash gapps after first boot i just boot the phone to new rom
then i power off the device and flash doomkernel/williamskernel
after that ,i flash from recovery of these kernels the gapps
after flash of gapps is complete i power off the device and flash original kernel from rom i have
viola magic is complete
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thanks will try that when i see him again