[Xperia Arc General] sandroidnz01:
My escape route when in trouble!

Was reading thru some threads when I came across some newcomers crying out for help stuck in bootloops while flashing custom roms.

Since I was free.Thought maybe write my own experiences down and what I did to get out of trouble.

Hope this not so short essay help someone new to XDA.

Let me begin with ClockWorkMod recovery.

I for one,have installed two types of Recovery to be on the safe side.

Anyways having the two does not in anyway hinder either.

Therefore it is only and added advantage.

If that wasn't enough there are kernels which come with preinstalled CWM of their own.

At the moment I've got 3.

I switch roms very often.Many a times in the beggining I often made mistakes and always had to redo the whole procedure all over again.

That means from scratch.Flashing custom roms,rooting and then delve in CWM -

X-Parts by pvyPARTS

which I had to keep downloading again and again from market.

Real pain in the ass!

Now where did I stop in the procedure,yes,after CWM installation,fastboot flash the kernel and now use the CWM to flash the roms and the other zips.

Then came across another recovery tool.

RecoverX by LEDelete.

Awesome tool.Does the same more or less as X-Parts except you need to run this on your PC and bind it to your device.

Color is bright neon blue.Very nice visually.

So now what are my choices.Do I retain one and let go of the other.

Made some enquiries about having 2 recoveries.Feedback,no problems. Sweeeeet. I'll take both!

Then came the kernels with their own recoveries i. e -

mechmetal for FusioN kernels

Did the dancing act at the beginning and very stable versions now.

Thank you.

I'll have that too.The more the better since it was not corrupting my device in any ways.

Presently,very few mistakes in flashing roms. So less frequent flashing stock roms. Mind you,it does require me,at times,to do complete clean installs once in awhile.

For that I have learnt a few tricks.

Flashing stock roms-the usual flashtool.

Since I have the bootloader unlocked,rooting takes less than 2 seconds. Simply a marvellous tool.Thanks to:

AutoRoot by bazoocase

Can't escape downloading from Google play store though OR is there a way?

There is!

Am learning that now but I'm actually trying to get only my most needed apps such as Titanium backup,Astro File Manager, and one or two more apps with its contents and data.

Jesus H Christ,this is only the beggining.There's a whole lot more to learn.But I'm liking it!

So newcomers,this might help you in your stay here at XDA.If via this lengthly passage I am able to help A newcomer I am satisfied.

Note:This are pointers for newcomers who have problems during flashing custom roms and start CRYing when stuck in bootloops.

PS: All the above are true facts.

I learnt by making mistakes here and there.

I did a lot of reading,searching,sending out PM's not getting replies and reading,searching and putting forward questions all over sometimes in wrong threads too.

For that I had been abused and bombarded collectively.But hey,that made me be extra careful.

These would happen to you but don't give up.Practice makes perfect.Don't shy off from making decisions.

You are already here.People can teach your everything but at the end of the day you are the one who is going to press that execute button.

It will for work for some cos they did exactly what was needed to be done.It might not work for some cos they didn't.

sandroidnz@gmail.com

Xperia Arc LT15i

(nowadays it reads LT18i)

Custom ROM: FXP206 CM10

Custom Kernel: Arc FusioN 4.3

Bootloader: Unlocked