[Custom Recovery] Xionia Clockwork (CWMA v1.2518.6)

[incarceration]

Where exactly am I supposed to be entering in these commands? I have the full Android SDK and the adb\su package. I've tried typing and copying them into terminal but nothing happens except "No such file or directory" errors

What am i doing wrong?

EDIT: nevermind, figured it out. i wasn't putting "./" before my commands and didn't know i had to do adb root then adb shell

 

[crlamke]

I was stuck in the clockwordmod recovery loop after doing a factory reset on my rooted phone. Your xionia recovery worked for me. Thank you. You saved me a lot of time and irritation.

 

[kcerica]

hello after i but in cat /sdcard/flash_image > /system/bin/flash_image i get canot create /system/bin/flash_image: ready-only file system same thing after the chmod 755 /system/bin/flash_image comand i get read-only file system

I have the same error as this poster had they said they ended up getting it installed but didn't say how. The terminal has superuser # and bot& images are in the root of SD card & the card is mounted. I've been at this for couple weeks but can't get it.
Another question I'd there suppose to be a certain amount of memory to be free for this to work?
Thanks for any help & suggestions!
I also tried rom tools found here but couldn't get root using that i never got a superuser request when trying it that way

 

[PFCLand]

I downloaded the One Click root and used it and now i wanna get a custom recovery so i can put a custom rom on my phone . My question is how because idk how to flash and were to get adb shell or anything can some one please explain this in Steps and easy for me to understand thanks .

Like i said i just rooted using the 1 step root guide called gingersnap . idk what to do now

 

[ichihollow]

I downloaded the One Click root and used it and now i wanna get a custom recovery so i can put a custom rom on my phone . My question is how because idk how to flash and were to get adb shell or anything can some one please explain this in Steps and easy for me to understand thanks .

Like i said i just rooted using the 1 step root guide called gingersnap . idk what to do now

Google for and download the android sdk then let it update then post that that's done it will probably be tomorrow but ill walk you through the steps to get you set up. You can do it through the phone but not as user friendly.

 

[PFCLand]

Ok i am downloading it right now

 

[PFCLand]

Ok i installed Android SDK

 

[basketthis]

Cool.

My recommended rom is cm7 for advanced stuff. Reborn for full functionality/stability. Good luck!

 

[PFCLand]

Well im off to town for a bit while android sdk downloads its requried files . Then some can explain to me what to do to get custom recovery then how to install a rom . Now this is not my first time with a rooted phone but I was on a motorola droid and the proccess was a whole lot easier so was the steps on the guidehow to root was too . Lol so there go I am waiting on the next steps how to do this then I thinki will make a really really easy guide for folks that explains step by step even little ones that are common sense . Anyways

PFC Land

Sent from my LS670 using Tapatalk

 

[ichihollow]

Well im off to town for a bit while android sdk downloads its requried files . Then some can explain to me what to do to get custom recovery then how to install a rom . Now this is not my first time with a rooted phone but I was on a motorola droid and the proccess was a whole lot easier so was the steps on the guidehow to root was too . Lol so there go I am waiting on the next steps how to do this then I thinki will make a really really easy guide for folks that explains step by step even little ones that are common sense . Anyways

PFC Land

Sent from my LS670 using Tapatalk

there are already several of those guides for this phone. next you need to remember where you installed the sdk to because you're going to open up cmd and your going to cd into that directory, mine is c:/android/platform-tools/ additionally you need to cd into the directory that contains adb.exe which will be platform-tools once the sdk is fully updated. once you've cd to that folder just follow the instructions listed on the front page of this thread. I'm off to work let me know if you need more help and i'll get it to ya or pm me

 

[Rynbritt]

is there anyway to download this straight to my phone, because im following the how-to root,recover,rom without touching a computer, and i cant find this anywhere to dl straight to phone.
i could dl the other recovery straight to my phone, just not this one..
anyhelp?

 

[ichihollow]

is there anyway to download this straight to my phone, because im following the how-to root,recover,rom without touching a computer, and i cant find this anywhere to dl straight to phone.
i could dl the other recovery straight to my phone, just not this one..
anyhelp?

i'd start with the links directly below the screen shots in the first post, but i get enough complaints about being an a$$ so here and here you go. please keep in mind you're going to need an file explorer that can handle .rar files. if you're not able to do that pm me your email address and i'll email you the files directly.

 

[Rynbritt]

well thanks for the tip, but already tried thos links. and are you talkin file explorer as in astro file manager, witch supports .rar?
cuz i tried that too, and it says the phone dont support that file type when i dl from those links...
and your not an ass, just straight forward. lol
im new to the whole android thing. so if youd be kind enough to email me the files, check ur pm's
Thank you.

 

[hman333]

When using this recovery to partition the sd card through recovery does it partition the card with a ext4 or ext2 file system?

 

[Rynbritt]

Didn't send sent again

 

[vernidad]

So I downloaded the files to my computer, unzipped them, then moved them to my SD card. When attempting to run the second line, cat /sdcard/flash_image > /system/bin/flash_image, receiving error: /sdcard/flash_image: No such file or directory. How do I get past this?

The flash file is on my SD card (not the rar file...the actual file). I copied and pasted the text directly from the post so that I didn't miss any spaces. Any help would be appreciated.

 

[PFCLand]

Ok well i installed Android SDK and then i i let it download all the necessary files needed for android sdk . Ok then i took the Flash image and the xionia flash and placed them on my sd card withough. Then i went to CMD cd C:\Program Files\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools>ADB>adb shell>su> gave it super users permisson . Ok now onto the instructions

# mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock5 /system
# cat /sdcard/flash_image > /system/bin/flash_image
# chmod 755 /system/bin/flash_image
# mv /system/etc/install-recovery.sh /system/etc/install-recovery.sh.bak
# mount -o remount,ro -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock5 /system
# flash_image recovery /sdcard/xionia_cwma_12518.6.img
# reboot recovery

Nothing happens they all go in there and fine and when i hit reboot recovery nothing happerns at all.

i even tryed adb reboot recovery and it says no file found or something .

So what am i am doing wrong or is there something i missed , I used the 1 click to root So should i root the normail way and try ? Or is there something i am missing /


Thanks
PFC Land

 

[PFCLand]

Ok well i re rooted the cmd way , now i did the same thing for the custome recovery now i rebooted but the phone didnt so i rebooted the phone and did the key comboo Home+ Volume key Down+Power and it rebooted into recovery only problems is i didn't see the Xionia clockwork just looked like normal recovery . unless it worked right it says Android System Recovery <3e>



Edit: Ok i figured out why LMAO i made a noob mistake i was just copying the commands so it looked like # # whatever it was i copied when in realitly it should just be one # then the command so i got it working now so thanks

 

[airizzy]

Ok, I'm feeling mighty dumb. I have been trying to install this recovery all night. I have extracted the two files and loaded them on the sdcard, I have entered in the code, and when I "reboot recovery" at the end I get the xionia recovery screen. I can even make a backup. However, the next time I boot into recovery it is the stock android recovery. I am typing in the code through an emulator and have tried several times. Please, someone help.

 

[jlopez2848]

I need serious help. I tryed to restore my phone (LG Optimus V) because I accidentally erased everything, but I have a backup. And restored but Clockwork was the only thing showing up after i reboot. I tried to install this custom recovery but my phone now only shows a LG screen with no option to do anything, ADB does reconize it. I need help, plese.