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Easy Tutorial Install ClockWorkMod Recovery For Sony Xperia Sola

Posted by muamar Selasa, 31 Desember 2013 0 komentar

Sony Xperia Sola is announced at end of march 2013, and its become one of the Sony smartphone flagship model, in this post i will show you my experience on install custom recovery and this time i choose clockworkmod recovey for my Sony Xperia Sola. But Before you start install cwm recovery on your sony xperia sola first you need to unlock the bootloader first.

Unlock Bootloader Sony Xperia Sola

Actually Sony Officially has released the procedure to unlock the bootloader, although it is from sony but you must note that it still will void the warranty. If you want to get back the warranty you can flash the stock rom / firmware. Then you will get back the warranty. Here is the official tutorial from sony :

How to unlock bootloader Sony Xperia Sola

In practice, this procedure can be official unlock the bootloader to other smartphones such as the Xperia P, and Xperia U

Once you have unlocked the bootloader on your smartphone, you can for example change the recovery, like by install CWM Recovery on your sony xperia phone, so you can install an alternative firmware or custom rom

How To install CWM Recovery On Sony Xperia Sola

If you want to try the ClockworkMod recovery on your Sony Xperia Sola but don't know how to do, today we offer the complete guide, it is also quite simple.

In this case, in fact, after unlocking the bootloader using the Guide found at the beginning of the article, what you need to do is install a modified kernel that already includes the recovery inside.

The installation is quite simple, as long as we have already said, I have already unlocked bootloader.

Download the kernel file to your device
Download fastboot then install
copy the file and put the file to your fastboot installation folder
Rename the file with the name "kernel.elf"
connect your smartphone to your Windows PC with USB charging cable
Open a command prompt from where you place the kernel file, by press shift + right click open command prompt here, and type: fastboot flash boot kernel.elf
At this point type, always from the command prompt on Windows, the command :
fastboot reboot.
In this way your smartphone will restart and you will be free to use the new recovery to change firmware.