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[Q] Please help me?

I just rooted my phone last night. I tried to flash cynanogen 10 and forgot to back up the the stock rom. I haven't done this since my last phone. But I got stuck at the cynanogen bootloader screen. I tried to get back to recovery mode but it won"t go. Can someone please help me and give very detailed instructions to get my phone unbricked pleeeeease? I don"t want to to buy another phone. Thank you.

How long did u wait at boot logo screen first boot can take a while and did u flash boot. Img? Are u t mob?
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1. Wipe
2. Flash
3. Wipe cache
4. Fastboot boot.IMG
5. Boot
6. Reboot
7. Flash gapps
8. Wipe cache
9. Enjoy the speed
Note this method will only work for hboot under 1.13

k1llacanon said:
How long did u wait at boot logo screen first boot can take a while and did u flash boot. Img? Are u t mob?
Sent from a man, using a mobile phone
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All I know is that I downloaded the ROM from here, used CWM to flash it on, phone said update installed and rebooted the phone. I waited for an hour and it still did nothing past the bootload screen. Also, yes I'm t-mobile.

Fredfly said:
1. Wipe
2. Flash
3. Wipe cache
4. Fastboot boot.IMG
5. Boot
6. Reboot
7. Flash gapps
8. Wipe cache
9. Enjoy the speed
Note this method will only work for hboot under 1.13
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If I can't get into recovery, how do I do this, or what can I use to do this?

Fredfly said:
1. Wipe
2. Flash
3. Wipe cache
4. Fastboot boot.IMG
5. Boot
6. Reboot
7. Flash gapps
8. Wipe cache
9. Enjoy the speed
Note this method will only work for hboot under 1.13
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I have hboot 1.14

Can get ur phone into bootloader mode or fastboot...if yea...then u cn save ur phone...i faced the same problem some days back...and successfully recovered my phone and nw i am using energy rom...
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Okay, let's try something.
Check your drivers on the PC, make sure you have ADB (from Android SDK or other sources).
Power on the phone, plug it in the PC.
Check if any drivers are installing/updating. Also check Device Manager to see if the device is seen in there.
If the PC sees the phone, open a cmd window and navigate to the directory where you have ADB (if using the android SDK, it should be in the tools folder of the installation directory).
In the cmd window, once in the directory containing the ADB, type "adb devices". You should see something about adb server stopping and starting, than, if everything alright, you should see the device as a number.
If you can see your phone, that means you're saved. Just run the command "adb reboot bootloader" and you're good to go.
If the phone cannot be seen by the PC, try and boot the phone holding vloume - pressed, try this with volume + too. Or simply google on how to boot the phone in bootloader mode.
Once in bootloader, again, you're saved. You can go ti fastboot usb mode and from there, do whatever you need to do.

Ruwin said:
Okay, let's try something.
Check your drivers on the PC, make sure you have ADB (from Android SDK or other sources).
Power on the phone, plug it in the PC.
Check if any drivers are installing/updating. Also check Device Manager to see if the device is seen in there.
If the PC sees the phone, open a cmd window and navigate to the directory where you have ADB (if using the android SDK, it should be in the tools folder of the installation directory).
In the cmd window, once in the directory containing the ADB, type "adb devices". You should see something about adb server stopping and starting, than, if everything alright, you should see the device as a number.
If you can see your phone, that means you're saved. Just run the command "adb reboot bootloader" and you're good to go.
If the phone cannot be seen by the PC, try and boot the phone holding vloume - pressed, try this with volume + too. Or simply google on how to boot the phone in bootloader mode.
Once in bootloader, again, you're saved. You can go ti fastboot usb mode and from there, do whatever you need to do.
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Ok, I downloaded the sdk and my computer recognizes the phone, and I can get into recovery mode, I did a factory reset but it did nothing.

Ruwin said:
Okay, let's try something.
Check your drivers on the PC, make sure you have ADB (from Android SDK or other sources).
Power on the phone, plug it in the PC.
Check if any drivers are installing/updating. Also check Device Manager to see if the device is seen in there.
If the PC sees the phone, open a cmd window and navigate to the directory where you have ADB (if using the android SDK, it should be in the tools folder of the installation directory).
In the cmd window, once in the directory containing the ADB, type "adb devices". You should see something about adb server stopping and starting, than, if everything alright, you should see the device as a number.
If you can see your phone, that means you're saved. Just run the command "adb reboot bootloader" and you're good to go.
If the phone cannot be seen by the PC, try and boot the phone holding vloume - pressed, try this with volume + too. Or simply google on how to boot the phone in bootloader mode.
Once in bootloader, again, you're saved. You can go ti fastboot usb mode and from there, do whatever you need to do.
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It keeps telling me device not ready

marcus8141981 said:
I just rooted my phone last night. I tried to flash cynanogen 10 and forgot to back up the the stock rom. I haven't done this since my last phone. But I got stuck at the cynanogen bootloader screen. I tried to get back to recovery mode but it won"t go. Can someone please help me and give very detailed instructions to get my phone unbricked pleeeeease? I don"t want to to buy another phone. Thank you.
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I git it fixed. I thank everyone for their help.

marcus8141981 said:
It keeps telling me device not ready
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Can you give me more details? Where do you see that message and when exactly? Maybe an ADB logcat?
If you can get into fastboot usb, you can easily google for flashing solutions using fastboot.

always good to say how you fixed it for others who may have similar issue--

Ruwin said:
Okay, let's try something.
Check your drivers on the PC, make sure you have ADB (from Android SDK or other sources).
Power on the phone, plug it in the PC.
Check if any drivers are installing/updating. Also check Device Manager to see if the device is seen in there.
If the PC sees the phone, open a cmd window and navigate to the directory where you have ADB (if using the android SDK, it should be in the tools folder of the installation directory).
In the cmd window, once in the directory containing the ADB, type "adb devices". You should see something about adb server stopping and starting, than, if everything alright, you should see the device as a number.
If you can see your phone, that means you're saved. Just run the command "adb reboot bootloader" and you're good to go.
If the phone cannot be seen by the PC, try and boot the phone holding vloume - pressed, try this with volume + too. Or simply google on how to boot the phone in bootloader mode.
Once in bootloader, again, you're saved. You can go ti fastboot usb mode and from there, do whatever you need to do.
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I do that and my phone just keeps flickering and goes back in to cwm recovery. Please any ideas?

[Q] Switching from CWM to TWRP: How to?

I am really confused since having to use ADB and flashboot. I am thoroughly confused that someone has not simply written step by step instructions for this in a sticky so newbies like myself can follow. With that in mind I am trying to change from CWM to TWRP. I have the files but completely oblivious on how to get things to work again. I go into a command propt and start adb or flashboot but cant seem to get it to find the device. Now I cannot find the instructions I used to install CWM. Can somoene kindly help with either a link or instructions to make this change so I can be good and flash some ROM's?
Thanks,

crazysane said:
I am really confused since having to use ADB and flashboot. I am thoroughly confused that someone has not simply written step by step instructions for this in a sticky so newbies like myself can follow. With that in mind I am trying to change from CWM to TWRP. I have the files but completely oblivious on how to get things to work again. I go into a command propt and start adb or flashboot but cant seem to get it to find the device. Now I cannot find the instructions I used to install CWM. Can somoene kindly help with either a link or instructions to make this change so I can be good and flash some ROM's?
Thanks,
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1) Power your phone off and once its off hold down power + volume down until its booted into HBOOT/Fastboot mode (bootloader).
2) Place your TWRP img file in the platform-tools folder where your adb/fastboot files are.
3) Shift + Right click inside of the platform-tools folder and open as a command prompt.
4) If you're not already, switch to fastboot mode and assure it says "Fastboot USB" or just fastboot at the top (don't remember if it says USB or not) and then in the command window type the following command and press enter: 'fastboot flash recovery name.img'. Replace "name" with the file name of your TWRP img.
5) It should say "successful" and then from there you can navigate to your new TWRP recovery via the bootloader by navigating with the volume keys and selecting the "Recovery" option by pressing the power button once its selected.
Download links for latest TWRP: http://teamw.in/project/twrp2/226
Direct download link for latest TWRP can be found here

S1L3nTShaDoWz said:
1) Power your phone off and once its off hold down power + volume down until its booted into HBOOT/Fastboot mode (bootloader).
2) Place your TWRP img file in the platform-tools folder where your adb/fastboot files are.
3) Shift + Right click inside of the platform-tools folder and open as a command prompt.
4) If you're not already, switch to fastboot mode and assure it says "Fastboot USB" or just fastboot at the top (don't remember if it says USB or not) and then in the command window type the following command and press enter: 'fastboot flash recovery name.img'. Replace "name" with the file name of your TWRP img.
5) It should say "successful" and then from there you can navigate to your new TWRP recovery via the bootloader by navigating with the volume keys and selecting the "Recovery" option by pressing the power button once its selected.
Download links for latest TWRP: http://teamw.in/project/twrp2/226
Direct download link for latest TWRP can be found here
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Really appreciate what you said but I am running into the issue in the command prompt. When I type the commands it says
error: device not found
I have rebooted both phone and computer but it never seems to find the device now and not sure what to do.
Do you have any suggestions on do I start adb and run any commands, SU, fastboot, or what? I know its working because the computer sees the devices by an external drive. The phone is able to go into fastboot on reboot as well. I just do not know where my dilemma is.

Do you have USB debugging enabled under developer options?

adavit said:
Do you have USB debugging enabled under developer options?
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yes I do and as I said it sees the device as other storage.

crazysane said:
Really appreciate what you said but I am running into the issue in the command prompt. When I type the commands it says
error: device not found
I have rebooted both phone and computer but it never seems to find the device now and not sure what to do.
Do you have any suggestions on do I start adb and run any commands, SU, fastboot, or what? I know its working because the computer sees the devices by an external drive. The phone is able to go into fastboot on reboot as well. I just do not know where my dilemma is.
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I'd assume this means you haven't installed the proper drivers? Well actually I'm not really sure these even relate to the fastboot drivers BUT worth a shot to fix your problem!
Download HTC Sync Manager from here and install it and let it install the proper drivers for your M8 (with phone powered on of course) and once they are installed and it's done make 100% sure you UNINSTALL HTC Sync Manager after, only the program, not the drivers themselves.
After that re-attempt it and also as the other guy said, enable USB debugging all though I don't think it will do anything unless the phones booted into Android(may be wrong).
Also see if you can get ADB to work while the phone is running. Instructions for testing ADB would be turn the phone on, enable USB debugging and in the command prompt type
Code:
adb devices
and if it pops up your device then you should be good. If it doesn't then it's most likely related to the drivers and I would recommend you uninstall all drivers and remove every trace of them. My prefered method of uninstalling them is using Device Manager (windows tool) to uninstall the drivers and then use USBDeview to remove the rest/traces/etc.

S1L3nTShaDoWz said:
I'd assume this means you haven't installed the proper drivers? Well actually I'm not really sure these even relate to the fastboot drivers BUT worth a shot to fix your problem!
Download HTC Sync Manager from here and install it and let it install the proper drivers for your M8 (with phone powered on of course) and once they are installed and it's done make 100% sure you UNINSTALL HTC Sync Manager after, only the program, not the drivers themselves.
After that re-attempt it and also as the other guy said, enable USB debugging all though I don't think it will do anything unless the phones booted into Android(may be wrong).
Also see if you can get ADB to work while the phone is running. Instructions for testing ADB would be turn the phone on, enable USB debugging and in the command prompt type
Code:
adb devices
and if it pops up your device then you should be good. If it doesn't then it's most likely related to the drivers and I would recommend you uninstall all drivers and remove every trace of them. My prefered method of uninstalling them is using Device Manager (windows tool) to uninstall the drivers and then use USBDeview to remove the rest/traces/etc.
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OK finally found the phone and flashed putting TWRP on it for recovery. Thank you very much. Using the ADB and FASTBOOT are things I guess I truly need to learn. So, with that I thank you and now I feel good about beginning my ROM flashing.

crazysane said:
OK finally found the phone and flashed putting TWRP on it for recovery. Thank you very much. Using the ADB and FASTBOOT are things I guess I truly need to learn. So, with that I thank you and now I feel good about beginning my ROM flashing.
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May I ask what you did to get it working? Was it the developer options? HTC Sync Manager drivers? something else?
& you're welcome!

crazysane said:
yes I do and as I said it sees the device as other storage.
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Sorry, I was kinda skimming your reply and watching TV at the same time (big mistake lol). I'm glad that you were able to get everything work.

S1L3nTShaDoWz said:
May I ask what you did to get it working? Was it the developer options? HTC Sync Manager drivers? something else?
& you're welcome!
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I basically went in and did the adb devices. Once it seemed to see it I had to do the adb reboot bootloader then do the flashboot flash recovery twrp img. Now I have it working and about to flash santod's NuSense ROM since I used it on my thunderbolt that was recently replaced by this. Wish me luck LOL.

Device stuck in Bootloop | Can Access Fastboot | Commands don't work

My Oneplus One - 64GB was running LiquidSmooth's Alpha ROM.
I hadn't used the phone in like a month. A couple of days ago i thought there'd be an updated version so i just downloaded a later version. I think I flashed the 01-22 Build.
I did not do a full wipe however. (I realize now that It would have been a good idea to do a full wipe before the flash. :s )
I assumed that since the base of the ROM was the same lollipop, all I had to do was wipe cache/dalvik and flash the update.
Installation proceeded as usual and I wiped cache/dalvik(I'm never sure when to do this so i do it before and after install) once more and then Reboot System.
But the phone went on a bootloop for like 10minutes or so.
I tried to get into Recovery but it just wouldn't. It would just show the 1+ Logo and Powered by android screen and then turn off..
I did however manage to get into the fastboot mode by pressing power +vol up.
Now the problem is, the device doesn't show up in the command prompt when i type
Code:
fastboot devices
I uninstalled all the usb drivers from my pc.
Installed the Universal ADB drivers from kouch's site but still no progress..
Device manager still shows the phone as an unknown device.
What am I doing wrong? What can i do to get the phone to be recognized so I can flash the recovery and flash a new ROM?

It's related of firmware change. After 01.17.2015 you must flash the latest CM12 rom and then flash the rom you want.
That's a known "issue". Hope it helps.

Problem is:
1. I no longer have a working recovery(can't boot into recovery).
2. Rom doesn't boot, stuck in a bootloop.
3. Can get into fastboot mode, but pc doesn't recognize device and it doesn't show up when i type "fastboot devices".
I've already installed "Universal ADB Drivers from here -> http://www.koushikdutta.com/post/universal-adb-driver
What can i do to be able to access phone via fastboot?
Should i remove these drivers and try another driver? If so, which other driver should i install and test with?
I don't have any critical data on the phone, I just want to get it working again so my family members can decide who wants the phone.

thetearer said:
Problem is:
1. I no longer have a working recovery(can't boot into recovery).
2. Rom doesn't boot, stuck in a bootloop.
3. Can get into fastboot mode, but pc doesn't recognize device and it doesn't show up when i type "fastboot devices".
I've already installed "Universal ADB Drivers from here -> http://www.koushikdutta.com/post/universal-adb-driver
What can i do to be able to access phone via fastboot?
Should i remove these drivers and try another driver? If so, which other driver should i install and test with?
I don't have any critical data on the phone, I just want to get it working again so my family members can decide who wants the phone.
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Uninstall all drivers, reboot PC, install those universal drivers again, reboot PC, connect phone in fastboot mode, try fastboot again.

timmaaa said:
Uninstall all drivers, reboot PC, install those universal drivers again, reboot PC, connect phone in fastboot mode, try fastboot again.
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That's the order I did stuff in last time I believe. I'll try it again and report back

How to install TWRP into the LG P500H from Koodo?

I have a Koodo LG P500H. I am having a very hard time installing TWRP.
Firstly Play store doesn't work. It has this old thing called "Market" that has some apps, but not all. Market eventually gets updated to Playstore, but I can't even find TWRP manager. There was another app in the Playstore that I tried called ROM Manager. It said it installed TWRP for me. I restarted the phone, and nothing happened.
Restarting and Holding power/volume down/home will show a picture that seems to be some sort of recovery mode. But it only run for 1-2 seconds before the phone restarts itself. Nothing happens.
I tried to use ADB. But after rebooting the device it just restarted without ever going into recovery mode. So the flash command just get stuck at "Waiting for Device." Does this phone even have a recovery mode?
This phone doesn't support Odin.
I am used to using TWRP. Without it I cannot flash the phone into new OS.
And every single time I fail, the whole phone seems to have reformatted. So I have to enter in my wifi password and gmail again. All of that typing on a very small keyboard takes a lot of time. I had spent hours on this phone without getting TWRP working.
Please help.

going to twrp web site here
downloading the recovery
reboot to fastboot ( bootloader ) than using terminal whit adb driver :
fastboot flash recover '' recovery.img ''

Gw4nM4n said:
going to twrp web site here
downloading the recovery
reboot to fastboot ( bootloader ) than using terminal whit adb driver :
fastboot flash recover '' recovery.img ''
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The problem is when I reboot into fastboot (adb reboot bootloader), the phone will go into "phone off battery charging mode". It never actually goes into the bootloader.

Ok I did the following and it seems fastboot and TWRP works now. Be sure to enable USB Debugging on your P500.
1) Fastboot tutorial (I did everything here. I hit "ok" on the LGMDP 1.5 tool as needed. Do not wait till the countdown timer goes to zero.)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=15122833&postcount=100)?
FastBoot Tutorial
1. Please download this (or from here) file and unzip it in to any folder.
2. Start LGMDP 1.5 tool with the phone connected (you need to have USB drivers installed) and click on Select Port
3. A separate window should appear like the one below
Just click connect
4. Another window will take shape (LGE Mobile security) with lots of options (links)
Click on the first upper right Browse and select the folder in with you have unzipped the files. You will get some errors that some image, table or headers are missing. Just click OK and in the end everything that should remain selected is Partition Table, APPSBL Image Header and APPSBL Image.
Now just close the window (click on x)
5. Now you are back on the main window and here you'll have to click on Download
6. You are almost done and from now on everything should go on automatically.
NV Backup
Autorestart in Emergency\Download mode and upgrade the files (you selected on step 4)
NV Restore (the last step) Do not disconnect the USB cable until the restore is done
Wait for the phone to restart in normal mode (your current rom).
That should be everything you need to do to get fastboot enabled.
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2) Install PdaNet+ (This was the only thing I did in this tutorial. It fixed the usb driver and the fastboot can then communicate with my PC.)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1350733
http://pdanet.co/a/
(Note: On top of Partition Table, APPSBL Image Header and APPSBL Image in step 4, I also selected the TWRP image file as my RECOVERY image. Not sure if this make a difference. )
(Note 2: I think you can also get the LG drivers here.)
3) Restart, hold down power + home to boot to the fastboot. Or in ADB type adb reboot bootloader.
4) Open ADB (while phone is still in fastboot mode) and type fastboot flash recovery twrp.img (after downloading the TWRP image, renaming it and moving it to my ADB root folder. I am using TWRP 2.8.0.1 here.)
5) Type fastboot reboot
6) After the phone restarts, type adb reboot recovery. TWRP runs for me. Power+Home+Volume Down (3 button combo) also works now. (Previously this would reset the phone.)

Hey Man, im glad it worked. I could use your help.
I bricked my phone and need the restore file, Do you think you could make a backup from TWRP and upload it?
I would be super grateful.
Thank you.
Here is a zip with CM11, twrp 3.0.2.0 and Gapps for CM11.
Its the best rom I found.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/qt7z1cxq92nhpz5/LgP500CM11V4.4.4.zip?dl=0

Hi. What is your "brick" like? Does your TWRP still run? If yes you can just copy a custom OS into your Microsd card and install it from your Microsd.
You can also use ADB push to move files from your PC to the phone.
http://www.androidauthority.com/android-customization-transfer-files-adb-push-adb-pull-601015/
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If you TWRP doesn't run, you need to install that first. Do steps 3 and 4 in the above post to boot into bootloader and install TWRP.
3) Restart, hold down power + home to boot to the fastboot. Or in ADB type adb reboot bootloader.
4) Open ADB (while phone is still in fastboot mode) and type fastboot flash recovery twrp.img (after downloading the TWRP image, renaming it and moving it to my ADB root folder. I am using TWRP 2.8.0.1 here.)

The Ultimate guide to flash and root Xperia L (aka, taoshan)

This thread will guide you to flash a custom recovery, Root the device, flash custom ROMs. Firstly, read the entire post and then start your work.
I am a noob. But I have a little experience of rooting and flashing. This device gave me nightmares which are less than as compared to the Xperia Sola which I bricked some years back.
My device has a problem. It does not help install twrp with the traditional ways we know like we can see in the Official TWRP website using "dd" method, the Cyanogenmod link using fastboot commands, the Flashify method, the RecoveryApp method whose apk I never found and the Recovery Installer Utility.
I came to know that either my phone don't have the recovery partition or the phone is overriding all the commands.
Using fastboot commands would give the error like in this post.
Using Flashify would tell me there's no recovery partition found. Rashr would complete the flash process but after booting to recovery, there was no TWRP, just the stock Android recovery.
If you read carefully on the twrp page of XL, there's a line which caught my attention late enough.
It means that TWRP may not work on your device unless you install other custom software as well.
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Flashing custom kernels with flashtool is easy and they come with recovery pre-installed and lots of amazing stuff, but they won't do any good with the stock ROM. I've tried the Extended stock kernel, the Phantom Kernel and the Thunderzap 4.15.
After surfing the web and forums of other devices, I found that there is a chance I can fix things by updating/repairing software via PC Companion. But something happened and repair also failed.
I can't tell the reason why this happened. And I didn't store the logs. But with trial and error I found some workarounds.
Actual Methods start here
Rooting the device
If you only want to root your device for various reasons, then you will need nothing but a Rootkit. Check out this post about Rooting Xperia L.
But if you are planning to install custom ROMs for your device, then skip this rooting step. It won't be necessary for this condition.
Flashing custom recovery
*Try this method only if above-mentioned method fails*
1. Download TWRP 3.2.1 img. The 3.2.2 and 3.2.3 versions work perfectly but they caused the screen to flicker like hell on my device. Rename the file to 'twrp.img'
2. Download and install adb and fastboot drivers system-wide.
3. Connect your device to PC via USB cable and enabling USB-debugging mode.
4. Open Windows Powershell/Command Prompt in the twrp download directory by pressing Shift and clicking right mouse button.
5. Use fastboot command on stock ROM without root and Unlocked Bootloader. Instead of flashing twrp image to recovery, flash to boot. Use the code:
Code:
adb devices
adb reboot fastboot
Wait for device to boot into fastboot mode. A blue LED will flash when connected.​
Code:
fastboot flash boot twrp.img
fastboot reboot
After reboot, don't boot to system. Boot to recovery by pressing volume up repeatedly when pink LED glows. Stop when device vibrates and LED color changes
Flashing custom ROMs
Once the recovery is installed, everything becomes easy. you can find different custom ROMs on the device page here on XDA.
My favorite one is The resurrection Remix Nougat. It is stable enough to be your daily driver. You can head to that page and follow their instructions. But I will also provide steps here.
When in TWRP after the last step, move the downloaded zip file of the ROM and GApps you want to install to the storage of the device by simply connecting via USB.
After that, in TWRP click on Wipe->Advanced->Tick on System, Cache, Dalvik cache. Then Do swipe to begin wipe.
After wipe, go back to main menu. Tap on install, select from the list the ROM zip. then tap on Add more zips and select the GApps zip and then Swipe to start flashing.
After flashing, reboot to system. The first boot takes time. Don't panic if it won't boot.
Install TWRP to FOTAKernel
After booting to your new ROM, you can install the TWRP to your FOTAKernel.
This can be done as following:
Get the downloaded TWRP img file and push it to the device using command line. Open command prompt in the TWRP directory and type,
Code:
adb root
adb wait-for-device
adb push twrp.img /tmp/twrp.img
Now extract the TWRP image to the FOTA partition code,
Code:
adb shell dd if=/tmp/twrp.img of=/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/FOTAKernel
Now reboot to recovery
Code:
adb reboot recovery
Note that custom ROMs often come with Root access inbuilt. If your ROM happened to be not, and your ROM is based on Lollipop or later version of Android, you can root with Magisk. Just read carefully before proceeding.
Comments are welcome!

Hi.
I'm following this thread and I'm stuck on the fifth step "... flash to boot. Use the code:
adb devices​adb reboot fastboot "​
I think my Sony Xperia L C2105 does not have the fastboot mode.
Here's what I did:
Drivers for Xpleria L are installed.
The bootloader is unlocked (I think!)
1 - installed 15-second ADB
2 - open Windows power shell
3 - Command: adb devices
Response is: "List of devices attached: ZH8001ADB3 device"​
4 - Command: adb reboot fastboot
Response is: long pause, phone booted but in normal mode, and light is red ...!​
5 - Command: fastboot flash boot twrp.img;
Response is: "<waiting for device>";
- phone still running in normal mode and the light is red.
- few minutes later, the phone is charging with green light present.​
I think the phone is rooted.
I used the code provided by the Sony website to unlock the bootloader.
Using the Root Checker Basic app, I get the info: "Congratulations! Root access is properly installed on this device!"
But if I type in the dialer *#*#7378423#*#*, and go to Service info > Configuration > Rooting status is "Boootloader unlock allowed" !!
Is that why it does not work?
I tried switching it off and doing Boot into Xperia L Fastboot Mode Using HARDWARE BUTTONS, but the phone is dark, with no picture, and the led turns blue.
Using the command:
PS C: \ adb> adb devices
List of devices attached
PS C: \ adb>
I've been trying to do that for a few days now and I still have not managed it, even using other advice.
Can someone tell me what to do?
Thank you in advance.

Everterra said:
Hi.
I'm following this thread and I'm stuck on the fifth step "... flash to boot. Use the code:
adb devices​adb reboot fastboot "​
I think my Sony Xperia L C2105 does not have the fastboot mode.
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1. When in fastboot mode, you should type in cmd "fastboot devices" to check the device connectivity. If you can't, then connect using hardware keys.
2. Blue light indicates that you are in fastboot mode. If list of attached devices are blank, that means drivers are not installed (properly). Connect your phone again in fastboot mode and check your drivers page, Win+X > M (I am assuming you must be on windows). There must be a tiny yellow triangle on your device's name. Right click on it and uninstall it and remove device. Try again installing drivers from the flashtool's folder. Disable driver signature enforcement if you are having trouble going the straight way.
3. Your bootloader is still locked because if it had unlocked then the message displayed would have been, "Bootloader Unlocked: Yes" or something like that. Try flashing your stock ROM via Flashtool. Wipe cache and data while flashing. After flashing stock Rom, try unlocking bootloader again. I believe you are using Flashtool.
4. If you are rooted, then you must have any SuperSU app installed on your device. And it's all good even if you are rooted.