[Xperia Arc Android Development] DooMLoRD:
so here is a Advanced Stock Kernel for stock SE 4.0.2.A.0.42/.58/.62 FW... all the features in this and TONS more are there in my DooMKernel... this is ment for those users who do not want to use my DooMKernel (for what ever reason)...

the main kernel zImage is from Xperia ARC FW 4.0.2.A.0.62 only the ramdisk has changes and some awesome features!!

[ disclaimer ]

I AM NOT TO BE HELD RESPONSIBLE IF U DAMAGE UR PHONE / SPILL UR COFFEE / MISS UR ALARMS / ANY OTHER CALAMITY/MISHAP

[ WARNING ]

"Partition SDCard" option in CWM5 WILL WIPE UR SDCARD!!!

[ features ]

[v01 onwards] added my modCWM-v04 TouchEdition Recovery

[v01 onwards] will create /sd-ext mounting point (for actually mounting the partition use an init.d script)

[v01 onwards] added some mounting tweaks

[v01 onwards] added support for bootsounds (currently broken on stock rom but same code works perfectly on CM7 so i will work more on this later)

[v01 onwards] added some tweaks for sdcard performance, Virtual Memory teaks, task killer tweaks

[v01 onwards] added support for init.d scripts (/system/etc/init.d)

[v01 onwards] added support for userinit scripts:

if sd-ext is mounted then it will execute /sd-ext/userinit.sh & shell scripts in /sd-ext/userinit.d/ folder

also scripts in /data/local/ will be executed... it will execute /data/local/userinit.sh & shell scripts in /data/local/userinit.d/ folder

[v01 onwards] autorooting (prerooted)

su binary & superuser.apk will automatically be installed by kernel :D

busybox already installed in /sbin/

[v01 onwards] insecure ramdisk

ramdisk is insecure (ro.secure=0)

adb server is persistent

usb debugging enabled

rootfs and /system mounted as rw (thank you Blagus for the tip ;))

[ credits for features ]

refer to my

Arc kernel

thread

[ requirements ]

stock SE 4.0.2.A.0.42/.58/.62 FW

bootloader unlocked

working fastboot

[ how to install this kernel ]

download the boot.img

save the boot.img in the folder with fastboot binaries (fastboot.exe files)

power down device

start device in fastboot mode

use the following command to flash the boot.img

fastboot flash boot boot.img

reboot phone and enjoy the kernel ;)

Incase you are installing this over kernel other than stock, you may run into wifi not working issue... in that case flash the wifi modules for stock kernel via recovery to get it working again...

[ how to enter recovery ]

entry key is the BACK button

there are multiple notifications to tell u when to press the entry key:

LED will light up to BLUE

Key backlight will start glowing

the phone will vibrate when its waiting for keypress

thats it you should now enter my custom recovery

[ how to use/navigate in recovery ]

BACK button to GO BACK

MENU button to SELECT

VOLUME UP button to GO UP

VOLUME DOWN button to GO DOWN

[ donations ]

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

[ downloads ]

<NEW>

[ARC/ARC S] Advanced Stock (FW: 4.0.2.A.0.42/.58/.62)

[ MD5HASH: 18e5311f119b505132c5ea65bb1a8f8c ]

[ for modders/themers/others ]

hey guys here i am attaching a template update.zip which has been tested to work on the recovery provided here... u can add ur stuff to that file and edit the updater-script so that the u can flash ur files via this recovery...

basically it contains the correct combination of update-binary & mounting syntax...

this file is NOT required for normal/general users

TEMPLATE UPDATE.ZIP (v1)

cheers!