GApps & Root for AOSP KK ROMS Noob-Friendly (Guide) - Sony Xperia L

To root AOSP Based Roms :& Flash GApps.
1. Get any Kernel with a recovery which is from JB 4.2(kernel for example ThunderZap by @varun.chitre15 )
2. Flash it via fastboot. To flash download Flashtool from here.
• Important Note : After flashing kernel don't reboot directly to system and disconnect the phone from PC, then boot and press the required keys to boot to recovery.
3. Boot into Recovery, by pressing vol +or- key when led glows while booting.
4. Download Flashable package of Super SU from here {Official Site)(Also Attached as a Zip flash it by using recovery via install zip option. and then Power Off.
5. Now fastboot again and flash the original supplied kernel and boot the device.
6. Enjoy now you have Super Su check with any root app to confirm root.
•>> Thank me if it helped you And this method is checked thrice by me.
TIP: You can also use this method to flash GApps
Credit : @Me_Shazzy for telling me to make this guide more N0Ob friendly
•>> Added QR of this thread scan to view it on Mobile Devices

For Drivers for PC to connect XL go here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=46681093
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Thanks it works!
But you should have provided more noob friendly guide..
Anyways Appreciate your work

@Me_Shazzy can you elaborate it what all thing can i add to it to make it noob friendly and just press thanks for my efforts
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Navneet Suresh said:
@Me_Shazzy can you elaborate it what all thing can i add to it to make it noob friendly and just press thanks for my efforts
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Ha pressed !
Make step alot clearer and easier Like this
Download the update-su and keep in sd card
1. Flash A kernel with CWM by booting your phone to Fastboot (vol+) To flashtool (by Androxyde ) And flash the the kernel's boot.img
2. Go to recovery And flash update-su
3. Pull out the battery so that the phone turns off
4. Boot into fastboot again and flash KK boot.img
5.wipe cache and Dalvik cache
wait for it to boot

@Me_Shazzy thanks bro for your tip consider it done i will take your points into consideration
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Pleasure is mine

I am currently on aospa beta 5 with phantom kernel v5 and my phone apparently doesn't have root :s :/ i can't flash the super su update because in the recovery it doesn't show up anywhere..i can't restore backup ,i literally am stuck!What should i do?:crying:

Do this
arjit mehra said:
I am currently on aospa beta 5 with phantom kernel v5 and my phone apparently doesn't have root :s :/ i can't flash the super su update because in the recovery it doesn't show up anywhere..i can't restore backup ,i literally am stuck!What should i do?:crying:
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Take out your SD card and insert in your PC
Download Super Su Flashable Zip
Put it in your root of SD card
Flash it.

Navneet Suresh said:
Take out your SD card and insert in your PC
Download Super Su Flashable Zip
Put it in your root of SD card
Flash it.
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I don't have a card reader to put the sd card in the computer! :/

hmm
arjit mehra said:
I don't have a card reader to put the sd card in the computer! :/
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Backup flash JB then put the Super su then restore then root via that zip

Navneet Suresh said:
Backup flash JB then put the Super su then restore then root via that zip
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NAndroid backup?And flash JB as in?stock rom?

yep
arjit mehra said:
NAndroid backup?And flash JB as in?stock rom?
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Yep take a nandroid backup then flash stock rom get the zip onto root of sd card and then restore to Kitkat

Navneet Suresh said:
Yep take a nandroid backup then flash stock rom get the zip onto root of sd card and then restore to Kitkat
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Wait wait wait ..i'm confused ..won't flashing the stock rom unroot my device and remove everything?

arjit mehra said:
Wait wait wait ..i'm confused ..won't flashing the stock rom unroot my device and remove everything?
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Well do this get the zip file via pc connect you xperia l(kitkat) in MTP mode to the pc get that zip to the root of the sd card and then reboot recovery flash zip reboot then download super su from the playstore open it it will automatically fix root
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Navneet Suresh said:
Well do this get the zip file via pc connect you xperia l(kitkat) in MTP mode to the pc get that zip to the root of the sd card and then reboot recovery flash zip reboot then download super su from the playstore open it it will automatically fix root
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"Root of your sd card" ? There isn't any such folder when i connect it to the pc.

Try to pull the zip with adb to external sdcard(sdcard1).Then flash from external in recovery).
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arjit mehra said:
"Root of your sd card" ? There isn't any such folder when i connect it to the pc.
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I meant put that super su zip in the sdcard directly not in any folder
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It's already in the external card but in recovery it doesn't show up

hmm
arjit mehra said:
It's already in the external card but in recovery it doesn't show up
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Weird if you want to flash via external card just go to recovery flash via external card option is there see it.

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[UNOFFICAL] CWM RECOVERY 6.0.2.7 Tested

Newest CWM build from CM10.1 source.
Tested on GB and JB
Not work on Froyo - tested
Not support RFS
Future work:
Need fix graphic
*DO IT AT YOUR OWN RISK*
INSTALL GUIDE:
-Download tar file
-Go to Download Mode
-Open Odin Multi Downloader
-Choose BENI.ops
-Tick One Package option
-Click One Package button and browse to tar file
-Start
-Done​CREDIT
CyanogenMod
CWM
Me - just compile​NOTICE
Small chance mess up boot flags.
Mount /system before install anything..
HOWTO fix: flash stock rom zzz or will find other way in future
​
Will test on GB...Thanks for this...:thumbup::thumbup:
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Bro great
great job...:good::good:
Where`s the download link
Update info about recovery loop
-I don't know what reason make CWM ruin boot flags so Device will boot to recovery instead of normal boot.
to minimal the chance you should manually mount /system
-Will test on new update script. The old script marks as error in cwm error log...
Tried using custom graphics source for recovery ?
Nice waiting for it for so long....btw shudnt this be in original development section
So,I can start to install roms and other things with this recovery but just mount /system before do it?
Happy New Year!
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CWM-based Recovery v6.0.2.7 i flashed the image using recovery flash utility it flashed successfully ... i wiped my device then installed cm10 rom,,,,but when i " reboot system now " the recovery itself reboots ....it moves no further it reboots into recovery again and again as i click reboot system.... Somebody help on this....
mni ANKIT said:
CWM-based Recovery v6.0.2.7 i flashed the image using recovery flash utility it flashed successfully ... i wiped my device then installed cm10 rom,,,,but when i " reboot system now " the recovery itself reboots ....it moves no further it reboots into recovery again and again as i click reboot system.... Somebody help on this....
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U should have read first post. ...!!
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droider007 said:
U should have read first post. ...!!
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My bad ,,, can provide me previous versions of CWM.zip flashable file...
mni ANKIT said:
My bad ,,, can provide me previous versions of CWM.zip flashable file...
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Go to fit original development section.....there you will find it......it's by tj_style....
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droider007 said:
Go to fit original development section.....there you will find it......it's by tj_style....
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whereever i searched i got only .tar files with an image file in it ....i cannot use odin hence i need a .zip file flashable by current recovery......
zcop dude any updates as in are you still with this project or have you abandoned it.
no rush just asking.:good:

Get your own CWM recovery for newer devices and dont beg anywhere - 2 simple steps

Those who struggle to get CWM recovery for thier newer devices and who are facing problem on romdump your stock rom to get stock recovery.img here you have 2 simple steps to get your CWM recovery for your new device
Step -1
Creating A Dump\Backup
Note: Root Required
1. Set "Settings" -> "Display" -> "Sleep" -> "10 minutes"
2. Install or update "Busybox" from play store
3. Set your phone to "Airplane" mode
4. Make sure that the card is not less than 2Gb of free space
5. Use any one of the following:
BakupTool_sdcard.zip saves a backup copy on the path: /mnt/sdcard/backup_v2
BakupTool_sdcard2.zip saves a backup copy on the path: /mnt/sdcard2/backup_v2
6. Extract the BakupTool_* to sdcard. Full path to the file should be: / sdcard / gscript
7. Install program: /sdcard /gscript /"GScriptLite.apk"
8. Open the program "GScriptLite". Press "Menu button" -> "Add Script"
9. Set tick "Needs SU"
10. Click "Load file" and select "back_mt657x.sh"
11. Click the button "Save"
12. Tap on a new script, "back_mt657x.sh". After that give the program root permissions if asked and wait for 5- 10 minutes. Do not use the phone during the process.
A sign of a normal shutdown of the script is:
Message in the terminal:
100% Backup Complite!!!
Saved to / sdcard/backup_v2/GGGGMMDD-ChChmm
Star Time: hh: mm: ss; End Time: hh: mm: ss
The appearance at the root of SD-card phone the following structure of folders and files:
backup_v2
YYYYMMDD-hhmm
* BDRS-YYYYMMDD-hhmm
boot.img
cache.ext4.tar
data.ext4.tar
nandroid.md5
recovery.img
system.ext4.tar
* misk
cache.img
cmdline.info
config.info
cpu.info
nvram.img
nvram.tar
ram.info
rom.info
* over
expdb.raw
full_preloader_part.raw
misc.raw
pmt.raw
sec_ro.raw
seccfg.raw
unknown.raw
boot.img
dsp_bl.img
ebr1.img
firmware.info
MT6577_a4_v2c.info
logo.img
mbr.img
preloader.img
recovery.img
system.img
uboot.img
data.img
step - 2
upload your stock recovery.img to get cwm recovery
kaushik Dutta has developed a clockworkmod recovery builder on the official site....
http://builder.clockworkmod.com/
so upload your stock recovery.img and get exact cwm recovery.img of ur device....and flash it.
if yours is a new devicw please select new device column.
thanks for this awesome build.
- after u upload your stock recovery.img on clicking fro new device just click on Build icon on the last of the page.....
- then u will be qued and u will gwt build number please save it for further refference...
- click proceed to that server and find ur build number,,,if it finished successfully u will see green icon on the left
- then click on your build number then click status there u will get something like this
Project recovery
Last Successful Artifacts
android_device_lge_cayman.zip 5.12 MB
inputrecovery.img 16.00 MB
manifest.xml 53.95 KB
recovery.img 6.92 MB
finally download recovery.img which is ur cwm recovery and flash it via Mobileuncle MTK tools which can be downloaded from playstore
If something goes wrong u can revert back ur rom or stock recovery itself by flashing ur stock recovery.img from the back up folder...or u can flash ur rom back using SP FLASH tools
IF i helped u please press thanks :victory::victory::victory:
anybody tried???
meanwhile how to extract stock recovery.img from stock ICS
I did test it. The image build does boot for me. But the build recovery i got this way did miss some *.ko files my device needed
The site is not new by the way..
Read here how to dump you're recovery...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1935162
Re: clockworkmod for newer devices - now get CWM recovery for every android
[email protected] said:
I did test it. The image build does boot for me. But the build recovery i got this way did miss some *.ko files my device needed
The site is not new by the way..
Read here how to dump you're recovery...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1935162
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Dumping rom is bit confusing....because I'm a dentist...
Can u please explain in simple steps to get stock recovery.img
I'm having intex aqua flash which is new in the market but it has all the feature of high devices...
One more thing can I do this in windows? Or should I need linux?
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Trying this right now. Hope the recovery.img from a stock nandroid works.
Re: clockworkmod for newer devices - now get CWM recovery for every android
McJesus15 said:
Trying this right now. Hope the recovery.img from a stock nandroid works.
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Share in simple steps to extract stock recovery.img after u successfully get ur cwm
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Re: clockworkmod for newer devices - now get CWM recovery for every android
drganbds said:
Share in simple steps to extract stock recovery.img after u successfully get ur cwm
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My device is different. Technically I have cwm recovery already. It's just only accessible through a fast boot command. This allows me to have a nandroid back up already so I just took the recovery.img from a stock back up
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check this thread is updated...
I tried this for a Lenovo IdeaTab A2109 to try and build a touch recovery. It already has a unofficial cwm recovery non touch, so I used that as the recovery.img. It put out 2 recovery.img's. One was a recovery.img and the other inputreovery.img. I'm not sure what one I should flash or if I'm supposed to flash both. Would it put out errors if it didn't work?
Thanks for this post and any help you can give.
linsalata28 said:
I tried this for a Lenovo IdeaTab A2109 to try and build a touch recovery. It already has a unofficial cwm recovery non touch, so I used that as the recovery.img. It put out 2 recovery.img's. One was a recovery.img and the other inputreovery.img. I'm not sure what one I should flash or if I'm supposed to flash both. Would it put out errors if it didn't work?
Thanks for this post and any help you can give.
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Inputrecovery.img is wat u uploaded and recovery.img is wat u get as cwm recovery.
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drganbds said:
Inputrecovery.img is wat u uploaded and recovery.img is wat u get as cwm recovery.
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Oh OK. What about the question I asked about errors? Will it give any errors if the recovery wont work?
Thanks for the quick reply.
linsalata28 said:
Oh OK. What about the question I asked about errors? Will it give any errors if the recovery wont work?
Thanks for the quick reply.
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If it gives error like black screen or volume key unfunction means it is not compiled properly but don't worry your device won't brick and u can revert back ur recovery by placing original.img on the root of phone storage and flash through mobileuncle tool..all the best
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Three Questions and I'm gonna try this out:
1. If the CWM recovery I build from CWM builder doesn't work, can I flash back the stock recovery by Mobile Uncle Tools, I mean won't it brick the device, can I still boot? I have a MT6577 device.
2. Does the script provided here backups up the stock recovery on Ice Cream Sandwich?
3. What else does this script do? Backup the whole phone?
ApplePriest said:
Three Questions and I'm gonna try this out:
1. If the CWM recovery I build from CWM builder doesn't work, can I flash back the stock recovery by Mobile Uncle Tools, I mean won't it brick the device, can I still boot? I have a MT6577 device.
2. Does the script provided here backups up the stock recovery on Ice Cream Sandwich?
3. What else does this script do? Backup the whole phone?
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1. Yes u can reflash you stock recovery back via mobile uncle tool
2. Yes it will work on ICS
3. I have shown that wat the backup folder will have...it does full backup of your phone....
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Okay, Thank you.
I will try and update you on this.
Edit: After flashing recovery, I got blank screen in recovery mode.
thanx mate , really a helpfu guide i have Xtouch x714 with Allwinner A13 chip
before i tried many A13 CWM none of them worked not even boot , they nearly damage my tablet
thank god there is Phoneixcard i was able to revive it .
Anyway , your methode of getting the recovery.img from [gscript] did not work for me , it kept give me errors
even though it shows 100% complete
so i used another method to get my recovery.img , hence my tablet is an Allwinner A13 chip, so
i used [ Rom Dump ] which a small and powerful tool run it in Windows from [ http://www.techknow.me ]
it uses ADB so u have to be rooted and enable developer mode in your device and have ADB drivers in your PC
it backup image of your system and boot.img , recovery.img and data
so i used the extracted recovery.img in the site you provide me and i got my new recovery.img and flash it to my tablet via NovoTools 1.0
and i test it , it works like charm , thanx again mate really helpful
step 2 no working....website down?
Black Screen
When I flashed recovery made through it, it gave me a black screen Is there any way to fix this??
the online one is not working
i tried twice for micromax a84... i got the CWM recovery and flashed it via mobile uncle tools...but it didnt work
?
after hitting "build" it states
your build has been queued.The
build id is
9b42b141e21a35c4007c250f45ab2039
continue to the build sever
view the current build output
when i hit either option i get "HTTP ERROR 404.
can anyone else see my build id and if so can you download it and link it to me via PM.
or what can i do to get my image

HTC one s

Ok I tried to install cyanogenMod rom on to my HTC one and it failed, all I get now is the team win recovery project, I was able to drag and drop the ville 4.1 rom onto the sd card according to the computer, what do I do from here ?
how do I re install the ville rom
First you have to wipe data, cache, dalvik cache, system. Then go to install and then install a rom zip than flash it. Than boot into bootloader and than into fastboot than you have to flash the boot.img you can find it when you open the zip file with you pc and than extract it than you have to put fastboot drive to the direction of the Boot.IMG than open the cmd in this direction by pressing shift and right click than write in "fastboot flash boot boot.img" than reboot
If i helped you plese hit thanks Button
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sGollSv said:
First you have to wipe data, cache, dalvik cache, system. Then go to install and then install a rom zip than flash it. Than boot into bootloader and than into fastboot than you have to flash the boot.img you can find it when you open the zip file with you pc and than extract it than you have to put fastboot drive to the direction of the Boot.IMG than open the cmd in this direction by pressing shift and right click than write in "fastboot flash boot boot.img" than reboot
If i helped you plese hit thanks Button
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Ok I wiped everything how to I install a rom to the phone tried the copy and paste method does not seem to show up in team win install
nash211 said:
Ok I wiped everything how to I install a rom to the phone tried the copy and paste method does not seem to show up in team win install
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Don't you have it already on your phone ?
But please don't wipe the sdcard. And make sure if you have dropped the zip on your phone that the folder don't have a "." Before it otherwise the folder won't be shown.
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was uteFro
All fixed
Thanks
sGollSv said:
Don't you have it already on your phone ?
But please don't wipe the sdcard. And make sure if you have dropped the zip on your phone that the folder don't have a "." Before it otherwise the folder won't be shown.
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Qmobile A500 Custom ROM help

Hello guys, I'm new to this and I have absolutely no knowledge about these things. I have a (Un-Rooted) Qmobile A500 and I want to flash it and get a custom ROM. I have made backup (Simple one with copy and pasting all files in storage) Can someone help me and post step by step on what to do before I can install the custom ROM?
(I'm thinking of flashing to this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2479608
Thank you in advance.
([{ P.S if this thread belongs anywhere else, please tell me. Thanks! }])
Anyone? Please?
Yarizmass said:
Hello guys, I'm new to this and I have absolutely no knowledge about these things. I have a (Un-Rooted) Qmobile A500 and I want to flash it and get a custom ROM. I have made backup (Simple one with copy and pasting all files in storage) Can someone help me and post step by step on what to do before I can install the custom ROM?
(I'm thinking of flashing to this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2479608
Thank you in advance.
([{ P.S if this thread belongs anywhere else, please tell me. Thanks! }])
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First u need to root then to install custom recovery...
u can find guide for root and recovery here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2475234
After you are rooted and installed custom recovery (use non touch recovery) goto recovery mode and use it using up and down Volume keys and power button then goto backup and restore and then backup after backup is complete copy rom u want to flash to sd card then goto recovery and Format data factory reset...After that goto install zip from sd card..Choose zip from sd card and choose the rom file after that press yes....When rom installed press reboot and you are done...first reboot may take some time about 5-10 min...
hamsam said:
First u need to root then to install custom recovery...
u can find guide for root and recovery here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2475234
After you are rooted and installed custom recovery (use non touch recovery) goto recovery mode and use it using up and down Volume keys and power button then goto backup and restore and then backup after backup is complete copy rom u want to flash to sd card then goto recovery and Format data factory reset...After that goto install zip from sd card..Choose zip from sd card and choose the rom file after that press yes....When rom installed press reboot and you are done...first reboot may take some time about 5-10 min...
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Thank you very much! I'm doing this, I'll post after I do this any problems! THANKS!
hamsam said:
First u need to root then to install custom recovery...
u can find guide for root and recovery here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2475234
After you are rooted and installed custom recovery (use non touch recovery) goto recovery mode and use it using up and down Volume keys and power button then goto backup and restore and then backup after backup is complete copy rom u want to flash to sd card then goto recovery and Format data factory reset...After that goto install zip from sd card..Choose zip from sd card and choose the rom file after that press yes....When rom installed press reboot and you are done...first reboot may take some time about 5-10 min...
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Super SU is greyed out.. I did ROOT on bottom left.
Yarizmass said:
Super SU is greyed out.. I did ROOT on bottom left.
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make sure drivers are installed and usb debbugging is enabled on your phone and phone is connected to pc.

Flashing kernel

can i flash custom kernel??? if yes , how to flash thunderzap kernel???
Firstly you have to have unlocked bootloader via flashtool (here's how to do it)
http://www.modaco.com/topic/364335-...sh-tool-unlockingrelockingflashing-stock-rom/
Then download Thunderzap zip file so put it into internal storage. From that zip extract .img file which you need (kk - kitkat, jb - jelly bean) and type of recovery - TWRP or CWM. That file flash via fastboot mode in flashtool. Then boot into recovery and install that zip which you have in internal storage.. follow instalation progress instructions. That's all.
If youre complete beginner and absolutely don't know what to do do not flash custom kernel you can damage your phone.
Kosa02 said:
Firstly you have to have unlocked bootloader via flashtool (here's how to do it)
http://www.modaco.com/topic/364335-...sh-tool-unlockingrelockingflashing-stock-rom/
Then download Thunderzap zip file so put it into internal storage. From that zip extract .img file which you need (kk - kitkat, jb - jelly bean) and type of recovery - TWRP or CWM. That file flash via fastboot mode in flashtool. Then boot into recovery and install that zip which you have in internal storage.. follow instalation progress instructions. That's all.
If youre complete beginner and absolutely don't know what to do do not flash custom kernel you can damage your phone.
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can u give me extracted .img for jb????
Here is it
Kosa02 said:
Here is it
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thanks, can u give me thunderzap kernel???
RootLord said:
thanks, can u give me thunderzap kernel???
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It's included in the post above, flash it via flashtool & install the zip file in recovery.

			
				
Joery360 said:
It's included in the post above, flash it via flashtool & install the zip file in recovery.
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zip file is included in it.I should extract it???
First copy that zip file copy to internal storage in phone. Then flash the kernel as @Joery360 said. Then boot into CWM and install that zip. You have to install it because of wifi modules. Without this install you wouldn't have working wifi.

			
				
Joery360 said:
It's included in the post above, flash it via flashtool & install the zip file in recovery.
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Kosa02 said:
First copy that zip file copy to internal storage in phone. Then flash the kernel as @Joery360 said. Then boot into CWM and install that zip. You have to install it because of wifi modules. Without this install you wouldn't have working wifi.
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In brief??? its a img file??
But u didn't give me zip file??? I don't know much about it so asking plz help
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Here is link to zip file. http://forum.xda-developers.com/devdb/project/dl/?id=4856 download it and the rest is above.
I'm just browsing thru here trying to become more educated in all this.
I'm just saying, none of the explanations make sense in this post.
Really?
Flash this, install that, extract, etc etc.
Please rephrase.
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