Friday, October 21, 2016
CWM Based Recovery 6 0 4 6 Touch Recovery for Xperia Z2 How To Guide
CWM Based Recovery 6 0 4 6 Touch Recovery for Xperia Z2 How To Guide
CWM-Based Recovery 6.0.4.6 Touch Recovery for Xperia Z2 How To Guide
info:This Recovery is built from CWM 6.0.4.6 sources!
I dont have this device with me and but would love to have one!...
all the testing was done remotely on users devices... thanks to @yeeson for testing on his Z2 !!![ PROOF ]
[ credits / special thanks ]
I dont have this device with me and but would love to have one!...
all the testing was done remotely on users devices... thanks to @yeeson for testing on his Z2 !!![ PROOF ]
[ credits / special thanks ]
- Koush - for the brilliant work & coding on CWM recovery
- CyanogenMod and FreeXperia Team (especially jerpelea) for too many things *
- special thanks to @yeeson for helping out with testing and risking his devices for the sake of development!!! and NO, his phone was NOT damaged during testing
- ME for creating this for u guys!
[ Requirements ]
- Bootloader unlocked
- working fastboot
- STOCK ROM FW:
- 4.4.2
- 17.1.A.2.36 - v01
- 4.4.2
[ features ]
- standard CWM recovery 6.0.4.6 - TOUCH RECOVERY!
- kernel is insecure (ro.secure=0)
- adb debugging is enabled by default in OS
- TIP: if u are experiencing very slow backup in CWM do this
[ WARNING ]
for flashing this kernel you WILL NEED TO UNLOCK BOOTLOADER! Check this thread for more info (same steps as Xperia Z1 are used for Xperia Z2)
UNLOCKING BOOTLOADER WITHOUT TA BACKUP WILL LEAD TO IRREVERSIBLE LOSS OF DRM KEYS!!!
AND YES CAMERA STILL WORKS AFTER UNLOCKING BOOTLOADER!!!
[ known issues ]
for flashing this kernel you WILL NEED TO UNLOCK BOOTLOADER! Check this thread for more info (same steps as Xperia Z1 are used for Xperia Z2)
UNLOCKING BOOTLOADER WITHOUT TA BACKUP WILL LEAD TO IRREVERSIBLE LOSS OF DRM KEYS!!!
AND YES CAMERA STILL WORKS AFTER UNLOCKING BOOTLOADER!!!
[ known issues ]
- adb is not working in recovery (can be fixed later)
[ how to flash this kernel ] (via fastboot)
- download the kernel image
- save the boot.img to the folder containing fastboot binary
- flash the boot.img using fastboot:Code:reboot from fastboot Code:
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot reboot
- the device should now start booting
- enjoy!
when you see the Sony logo and the LED light turns pink/amber/orange keep tapping/pressing VOLUME UP key
[ how to Root ]
for instructions on how to root please check this post
[ sources ]
https://github.com/DooMLoRD/android_device_sony_honami
for now recovery is same is same as honami
[ donations ]
Please do consider donating as I plan to get this device!
if u feel that this work has helped u OR u think that the work i put into making this is worthy of donations, then click on the following link for buying me some coffee/beer/etc
PAYPAL DONATION LINK
OR
you can buy one of my awesome apps from Play Store!
[ download links ]
PLEASE DO NOT MIRROR, REDISTRIBUTE, REPACK MY FILES
NEW:
Advance Stock Kernel with Recovery v01 (FW:17.1.A.2.36}
MD5HASH: 6e0c418d299780bd0ac74e69ff46a199
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