[XPERIA X8 General] wilbso:
UPDATED: Saturday, February, 25th 2012

DISCLAMER:

I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE DONE TO YOUR PHONE IF YOU FOLLOW THESE INSTRUCTIONS: THOSE INSTRUCTIONS THAT ARE MENTIONED ARE WHAT WORKED FOR ME AND OTHER USERS> and when you read this thread,dont just read half or parts of it, read it properly, form start to finish!​

Hi there dear reader welcome to my guide with new questions new roms and much much more things. It's The latest guide to roms and mods for the x8!!​

1. we do not accept trolling here. i do not want a flame war here.

2. these mainly benefits me and other rom testers ect.

3.click here for my FAQ that gets updated every week

right onto the guide iitself.

Rooting​

Rooting your phone is what you need to do before you install custom roms, modules, and kernels. Rooting means you have superuser access to your phone. a bit like a special admin on a computer. having superuser rights means you also have the power to change you system stuff, delete a system app, add modifications and so on. if you wish to root your phone then click here

great, you'v rooted your phone i hope, now for the fun stuff...

Basebands and kernels​

I know that many people have baseband 006. you cant install roms with your baseband at 006 so you will have to change it to 015. unless your phone already has 015. for the baseband collection thread clickthis

i have also found a thread with a custom kernel. its linuxdx by doixanh. for the thread click here

Also a guide on building a kernel. click here for that

Roms:​

welcome to the rom part of this thread. custom roms are custom android versions, that can easily be modified and customized, they are more than just your average android. most of them are based on cm6 or cm7 or cm6 mini.

here are a couple of gingerbread roms i have found and tested.

gingerbread roms:​

Gingercruzt by frogy furnetal.

Gingerdx by doixanh

minicm7

froyo roms

froyo pro by XDA-RK

Froyobread by doixanh

sense roms by ratch

how to install custom roms:​

Now, custom roms are actually quite easy to install. as long as you follow the instructions bellow.

1. copy the rom to your sd card. no subfolder just the normal folder on its own on the sdcard.

2.boot into xrecovery (for more about recoveries click here, its my FAQ you will find info there

3.go to install custom .zip

it should come up with a load of folders you have on your phone. go to the bottom where you will find your rom and choose that.

4. install it and wait...

5. once installed, do a full wipe before rebooting or you could get stuck on rebooting.

5. your done!

Modifications.​

Right now on to the mods.

some people want dual touch or pinch to zoom for their phones.

well, guess what, you can.

if you have cypress chip on your phone (real dual touch) click here

If you have synaptics (fake pinch to zoom) then click here

If you want to overclock your phone then click here

If you want linuxdx then click Here

how to install linuxdx (and other kernels)​

I do have a thread about bootloaders and kernels but since i put it in my modifactions section i decided to put a TuT:

grab flashtool 2.9.1 (hard to get hold of but it is the only flashtool that works with flashing kernels, i do have it and i have flashed linuxdx v004 and alfs kernel v05 so i will load up the download file for flashtool 2.9.1)(click here to download flashtool 2.9.1 move linuxdx v004 .ftf to flashootl/firmwares

and open x10flashtool (works with x8 dont worry) click flash and choose file. then follow the onscreen instructions... (plug in x8 whilst holding back button, wait for a few minutes as some coding will show up on the computer screen, then it will say its done and you can disconnect your phone) once completed rebbot phone and enjoy!!!YOU MUST HAVE AN UNLOCKED BOOTLOADER TO LOAD CUSTOM KERNELS!

Recently asked questions!

Hello guys! i decided to update my thread and tell you about more recently asked questions:

How to unlock bootloader:

Answer: There is this thing called search bar, use it because there is more than just 2 threads about unlocking bootloader, actually there is a about 5

Why do i get a hard brick after unlocking my phones bootloader?

Answer: Check your date on the back of the phone: It should have a date such as 11w28 etc. If it is 11w32 and above, then stay away from the bootloader, it will only end up in tears. Many threads about this too, use the search button

Can we run IOS on our x8?

Answer: Are you crazy? check my post here for more. If your thinking of porting it or anything (not that it will ever happen ;) )

if you have anymore things you want me to add, then post a reply saying so.

also check out my FAQ

this will be updated every week.

Also, how did you get to this thread? via my sig, or via searching the forums or searching google?