HOW TO INSTALL A CUSTOM ROM IN YOUR XPERIA DEVICE - FULL GUIDE [FROM SCRATCH]

I have many posts in this blog regarding installing custom ROM in your Xperia device.. But Many people still faces problems in installing a custom ROM . So I decided to create a post which explains how to install a custom ROM in your Xperia FROM GROUND ZERO.. this post covers everything that you will need in installing a custom ROM in your New Device..

THIS TUTORIAL IS FOR NOOBS,. ;-) SO I GUESS NO ONE WILL FACE ANY PROBLEM IN UNDERSTANDING THIS... :-)

I am a Sony Xperia User, so this post is all about Xperia devices.. The procedure for installing a ROM is same in all devices, only the installation files does matters..

THINGS TO UNDERSTAND
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• To install a custom ROM, you will definitely need a phone (? :P ) and You will need a PC or laptop
• I guess You have phone which is neither rooted nor unlocked.. If you want to install a custom ROM in your device, you may have to unlock your boot loader.. There are certain stock [ie the Rom the manufacture provides]  based roms which does not need an unlocked bootloader.. Stock based custom ROM means, the developers modifies the stock rom according to their tastes and make it as a rom..

BUT, most of the custom roms out there needs an unlocked bootloader..



ROOTING Means, Gaining access to the full potential of your phone, You can do whatever you want.. For example, you can even uninstall system applications like Camera.. That's the power of rooting.. So If you have a rooted device, there are a lot of advantages, and of course there are risks.. Suppose a malicious application in your phone have root access, then Your Phone is completely compromised.. The app can do anything with your phone.. That's why Manufactures like Sony says Rooting Will Void Warranty.

SUPERUSER: It is just an application which allows you to manage the applications that will need root access.. ie, if you have installed Titanium backup, then when you open titanium backup, The super user will ask you whether to allow root access to Titanium backup or not..So by using this, you can save your phone from malicious applications..

UNLOCKING THE BOOTLOADER : In normal state, your phone(Xperia devices) cannot install any custom roms,.. Only Stock ROMS and some stock based custom ROMs can be installed with locked boot loader . So if you want to Install custom roms like cyanogenmod, you will definitely need an unlocked bootloader.. If You unlock your boot-loader, the phone can install even unsigned roms and it can damage your phone If you do it improperly...

CUSTOM KERNEL: Each Custom rom may require it's own kernel.. You will need to flash the kernel specified for your rom.. Usually the kernel file is "boot.img" the name can vary. If you have installed a custom kernel which is not compatible with your current rom, then you cannot boot up your phone, Either your phone will keep restarting or it will be stuck at the logo.

CLOCKWORKMOD RECOVERY [CWM]: It is a recovery that will allow us to install custom roms, Using CWM We can format our system, we can backup our current rom, and restore it whenever it is necessary.. It is a must if you have a rooted and unlocked phone.. We will be installing the zip files using clockworkmod recovery...

FLASH TOOL: It is a software which allows us to flash our xperia phone,.. We can flash ONLY stock roms using flash tool.. Flash tool also is a must..We will install custom roms using flash tool..

In this post I will be installing Cyanogenmod 9 in my phone which is sony live with walkman.. As I said above, the procedures for different phones are same, only the installation files are different...

DOWNLOAD LINKS

1. Flash Tool HERE
2. Zip file of ROM for your device,. I said that i will be installing Cyanogenmod 9 in my live with walkman,..
You can download cyanogenmod from http://get.cm/?type=stableIt will open a web page where you can find the stable cyanogenmod for all the supported devices,.. The devices are specified by their code name.. So in order to download the rom for your phone, you will have to find the code name of your phone..


CODE NAMES

• Xperia Ray          - urushi
• Xperia Active      - satsuma
• Xperia mini          - Smultron
• Xperia Mini Pro   - Mango
• Xperia Pro           - Iyokan
• Xeria Play            - zeus
• Xperia Neo         - hallon
• Xperia Arc          - anzu
• Live with walkman-coconut

To get the full list of names, go http://semcblog.com/codenames/

Now you have downloaded the zip file of your rom.. COPY THE ZIP FILE TO THE ROOT OF YOUR PHONE'S MEMORY CARD.. Now we have all the files required for installing a custom rom.. Let's start..

HOW TO DO ALL THESE?

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MAKE A FULL BACKUP OF YOUR PHONE,.. THESE THINGS MIGHT ERASE ALL THE DATA FROM YOUR PHONE..

UNLOCK THE BOOT LOADER:-

1. Sony allows us to unlock our phone's boot-loader easily..  But KEEP IN MIND THAT, YOU WILL VOID YOUR WARRANTY by unlocking the boot-loader.. I am not responsible for anything that can happen by you following all these instructions...
   
   Go to http://unlockbootloader.sonymobile.com and you can see all the instructions that you will need to unlock the boot loader.. Open the link in a new tab and start unlocking your boot-loader.. Read every instructions twice, and think twice before you do anything,,... Once you complete unlocking the boot loader, come back here..

INSTALLING A CUSTOM KERNEL:-

1. As I said, we will have to install a custom kernel to work with a custom ROM..  Open the zip file downloaded using winrar and copy the "boot.img" from the archive to desktop..
2. Hope you have installed flashtool.. Normally, it will be located at C drive.. Open flash tool folder, and you can see a few folders, open the folder named drivers and install the exe file.. It contains the required drivers for our phones,.. Tick all and install all the drivers,. [ or at least install flash and fastboot drivers].. You will be prompted whether to install the drivers or not,,.. Click install, and install all the drivers.. 
3. Turn off your phone.. Open flashtool..
   [connect the usb cable to your phone, DON'T connect cable to PC/lap top yet..] 
4. Press and hold the volume up button and connect your phone to the pc via usb cable.. Now flash tool will say that the device is connected in fastboot mode.. now release the key.. If your phone is not detected, then you might have not installed the drivers properly..
5. Now click on the first icon, ie a thunderbolt icon..  And choose the fastboot mode.. It will show a menu, then click on "Select kernel to install".. it will ask you to browse for the img file.. We have previously copied the kernel [boot.img] to the desktop..  Select it and click open.. Wait for a few seconds and you can see the info in flash tool main window,.. You have successfully installed the kernel for cm 9.. And all the custom kernels come with a recovery pre-installed.. You have now successfully installed clockwork mod recovery [CWM Recover]

INSTALLING THE ROM:-

1. Press the power button to turn on your phone, don't take your eyes off the phone.. Once your phone starts to show the logo [now, your phone might be showing the free xperia logo.. ;-)] Repeatedly press the "volume down" key to enter the recovery..
   [ More specifically saying, Keep looking at your phone after you pressed the power button,. now at some particular instant, your phone's led will glow, Now press the volume down key, and you have now entered in the clockworkmod recovery.. ]
   
   NOTE: If volume down key doesn't work for your phone, the remove the battery and then insert it, start your phone again and press the "back key" repeatedly..
2. Now you are in CWM- ie clockworkmod recovery..This recovery is used to install almost all the custom roms.. This recovery is not touch enabled.. You can use your volume up and down keys to navigate through different options.. And menu button or power button to make a selection..
3. First you have to do is, press the volume down key and select "wipe data and factory reset" and then choose "yes-wipe everything" 
4. Then wipe cache partition.
5. Then choose advanced and then wipe dalvick cache.. These three wiping are very important.. If you did not wipe data, your phone will not boot up..
6. Now select "install zip from sd card" and select the zip file of cm 9..
7. Wait until it is finished..  Once the installation is finished, you can reboot your phone.. First boot is a bit long, so be patient.. And once you boot up, enjoy.. 

YOU CAN INSTALL ANY ROMS JUST LIKE THE ABOVE.. WHAT YOU HAVE TO KEEP IN MIND IS THAT, YOU WILL NEED A COMPATIBLE CUSTOM KERNEL FOR YOUR ROM YOU ARE GOING TO INSTALL.. THANKS FOR READING.. :-) IF YOU HAVE ANY DOUBTS, THEN DROP A COMMENT BELOW AND I WILL DO MY BEST TO HELP YOU

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HOW TO ADD A FLOATING LIKE/SHARE BOX TO YOUR BLOG

Facebook and other social networking sites are great solution to promote your business,. Your traffic and thereby revenue can be increased using these sites,.. 

Here i will help you to get a floating like / share box  for your 

blog.. You can see the floating box at the right side of my blog...

Features:--

• Facebook like and share button
• Twitter tweet button
• Google's +1 button
• Digg button
• Stumble button..

It really is an awesome Feature that will help you to grow your  blog...

To get the floating like/share box,..

1st you need to copy and paste the following code to your web site's source Code...

<!--SideBar Floating Share Buttons Code Start-->
<style>

#pageshare {position:fixed; bottom:15%; right:10px; float:left; border: 1px solid black; border-radius:5px;-moz-border-radius:5px;-webkit-border-radius:5px;background-color:#eff3fa;padding:0 0 2px

0;z-index:10;}

#pageshare .sbutton {float:left;clear:both;margin:5px 5px 0 5px;}

.fb_share_count_top {width:48px !important;}

.fb_share_count_top, .fb_share_count_inner {-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;}

.FBConnectButton_Small, .FBConnectButton_RTL_Small {width:49px !important; -moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;}

.FBConnectButton_Small .FBConnectButton_Text {padding:2px 2px 3px !important;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;font-size:8px;}

</style>
<div id='pageshare' title="Share This With Your Friends">
<div class='sbutton' id='gb'><script src="http://connect.facebook.net/en_US/all.js#xfbml=1"></script><fb:like layout="box_count" show_faces="false" font=""></fb:like></div>
<div class='sbutton' id='rt'><a href="http://twitter.com/share" class="twitter-share-button" data-count="vertical" >Tweet</a><script src='http://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js' type="text/javascript"></script></div>
<div class='sbutton' id='gplusone'><script type="text/javascript" src="https://apis.google.com/js/plusone.js"></script><g:plusone size="tall"></g:plusone></div>
<div class='sbutton' id='su'><script src="http://www.stumbleupon.com/hostedbadge.php?s=5"></script></div>
<div class='sbutton' id='digg' style='margin-left:3px;width:48px'><script src='http://widgets.digg.com/buttons.js' type='text/javascript'></script><a class="DiggThisButton DiggMedium"></a></div>
<div class='sbutton' id='fb'><a name="fb_share" type="box_count" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php">Share</a><script src="http://static.ak.fbcdn.net/connect.php/js/FB.Share" type="text/javascript"></script></div><br/><div style="clear: both;font-size: 9px;text-align:center;"><a href="http://www.teq2day.com/2012/02/how-to-add-floating-likeshare-box-to.html" target="blank"><font color="black">[Get This]<font></font></font></a></div></div>

<!--SideBar Floating Share Buttons Code End-->

Goto
Blogger
>>  design
>>  Add gadget  
 choose html/java script   then paste the above code and save......

If you like the post, just click on the like button .... :D

Thanks for visiting my blog :)

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HOW TO MAKE YOUR BLOG BETTER, AND INCREASE THE TRAFFIC..

Blogging is a Good and decent way to make money online,.. It increases our knowledge,.. But many of us don't know where to start,.. Some of us have  good blog posts, but they don't know how to get good traffic...

Either you are a blogger or someone interested in blogging,.. Anyway  thanks for reading these... :)
                   
                 Here i am going to share you some of the tips that helped me a lot,...  These tips are from my personal experience, So Read it, think over it and  accept if you think its true,... or just give it a try,.. It will help you, trust me...... These are not meant to advanced bloggers,. :P

1. Before you start blogging, choose your subject, ie your area of interest...,Your Niche....
2. Then choose a Name for your blog,... it must be easy to remember,.. And easy to type,..  People don't try to memorize your blog name if it is a long and a hard one,.. Try to avoid confusing names..

   Once you selected your blog name, Don't change the blog name ever...  If you change your blog name continuously, Your previous links in facebook and other sites to your posts become useless...

3. Now you have a name,.. Then you need a good template for your blog...
    go to  btemplates.com  or any other sites who provide free blogger templates... And choose a good template of your choice,...  There are tutorials available on how to use these templates...  Edit the code properly and make it as suitable to your blog


HOW TO INCREASE THE TRAFFIC


4. I assumes that you have some good blog posts and you want some traffic...  Use catchy headings for your blog....

5. Then ping your blog... Pinging means stimulating the search engines to index your web pages,... Pinging helps you to appear your blog posts in search results...  But the position of your page on search results depend on the page rank of your site....

        goto these sites   googleping.com
                                  pingoat.com
                                  pingomatic.com

   and ping  with your blog address...  I am sure that this will help you...


6. Continuously bookmark your site with online bookmarking sites...
       ie, goto   digg.com
                      stumbleupon.com

      And add your web url...
      stumbleupon   works great, Yes you can see the stat increasing rapidly by using this....
   
      I prefer you to use templates having social bookmarking buttons like stumbleupon and digg

     see the image below..

   

7. Make back-links:  BackLinks are key to increase the traffic... Comment on forums and other respected blogs with your site address....

8. Use social networking sites like facebook, twitter   and don't forget to use Google+... I think google plus is just great because of the +1 function....


The above are some tips that i think, will be useful to you.... Share the post if you like it...

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CREATE A MASTER CONTROL LIST ON YOUR DESKTOP ( GOD MODE IN WINDOWS 7)

Here is a trick to make a shortcut from where you can control Almost all the system settings... That is a master settings short-cut....
You can also access each of these settings from different options in control panel, But what makes it different is that, Full control from one place...


Each setting is categorized into different easy to understand category,.

To create a master short-cut, you don't need any software,.
This will be useful, I am sure.... Just give it a try...




ok, Now let's create a short-cut..

In desktop, right click and create new folder

Now Rename it to   MASTER SETTINGS.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}


Actually you can give any name to that folder,. But don't forget to put a dot after the folder name...
I prefer you to copy the above code including the name and paste it to the folder name box...
One more thing that we will get confused is that     0  means zero not the letter 'O'   :P

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MAKE YOUR SYMBIAN'S HOME SCREEN LOOK LIKE ANDROID, USING VHOME 4.5 SIGNED

Here i am going to give you an awesome software  vhome 4.5 signed  for your symbian s60v3
You may know about this software,. But I have 35 different home screens...
I am damn sure that it will Make your symbian BETTER and smarter,...

THIS IS FOR SYMBIAN S60V3 ONLY... :
IT'S SIGNED, NO NEED TO HACK YOUR PHONE OR NO NEED TO sSIGN THE APPLICATION
vHOME 4.5 have features like

• Weather--  It includes many of the local places,..
• News feed-- You can read the news feeds from different categories like technology, sports etc.. news feeds from cnn, techcrunch etc make YOur fone really smart...
• Social-- you can tweet to twitter directly from your home screen...
• You can Customize the Operator logo,.. You can add your own text as operator logo
• Smart dialing -- it predicts the Contact number or name when you just type it at home screen

Download The .zip package from HERE      [comment below for broken links]
Extract And Install the application...

Now In the settings, You can see only 5 Templates,.. to get all templates,.. extract the templates into Your phone's   C:System\Apps\HDesktop\theme_pkg       using x-plore  or y-browser
if you extracted them into any other loaction, u cannot use these templates....

If you cant find the system folder,.. Open xplore or ybrowser then goto settings, tick show system files and folders...


You are ready to go...

Above are the some of other home screens that you can use....

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HOW TO CREATE A "SAFELY REMOVE HARDWARE" SHORTCUT

Most of the time I feel sorry about the Sloooow response of the Safely REmove hardware icon,.... What about You??
Does  it work good for you? OK, no problem,....  Then this post is for people like me. :)


I will tell you how to create a shortcut for safely remove hardware,.. It's very simple as always :D

1.Right click on desktop
2. Create new>> Shortcut
3. Paste the following into the box for location to the shortcut

               RunDll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL hotplug.dll

4.Press next >> Give a Name for Your shortcut..

DONE!!!!  

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HOW TO ADD FLYING TWITTER BIRD TO YOUR BLOG

You can see a cute bird flying over the contents of my blog,.. Want to add one to your blog??
it's very simple,..

Just copy and then paste the below html code to the source code of your blog,..

To get the source code of your blog,.. Go to blogger.com, Then click on design,. Then click on edit html,...

Find the </body> tag from the source code,.. For that, press Ctrl+F  then type </body>

Paste the code just after the </body> tag,..




<script src='http://bloggerblogwidgets.googlecode.com/files/way2blogging.org-tripleflap.js' type='text/javascript'>
</script>
<script type='text/javascript'>
var twitterAccount = &quot;YOUR USERNAME&quot;;
var tweetThisText = &quot; <data:blog.pageTitle/>: <data:blog.url/> &quot;;
tripleflapInit();
</script>
<span style='font-size:11px;position:absolute;'><a href='http://www.way2blogging.org' target='_blank' title='Blogger Widget by Way2blogging.Org'><img border='0' src='http://img1.blogblog.com/img/blank.gif'/></a></span><a href='http://www.spiceupyourblog.com' target='_blank'>Twitter Bird Gadget</a>








Replace "YOUR USERNAME" with your twitter username,...  And save your template,... That's it,...

Now you can see the Cutie flying over your site,... :)


NOTE:
If any thing goes wrong, You better copy the above html code to notepad,.. Add  the username And copy the whole code from Notepad to your blog's source code....

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HOW TO ADD YOUR NAME IN TASK BAR OF YOUR SYSTEM

Here is a simple trick to add your name in the task bar of your computer,... Many of you people may know this, but this is for those who don't know about this,...
The procedure is very simple,...

IN WINDOWS 7,..

>>Click on the time in the task bar,..
>>Change date and time setting,.
>>Again change date and time setting...
>>change calendar settings
>>Click on  the time tab,

There you can see AM symbo and PM symbol,..
Change it according tou your need.....
>> Click Apply>> OK

DONE!!!!

IN GENERAL

1. Go to start then Control panel
2. Regional and language option
3. click on customize >> select Time tab
4. Change the AM and PM
symbol from AM and PM to  the text that you want to add to the task bar........
5. >> Click Apply>> OK


Now you can see your name in the task bar.... :)

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RAJNIKANTH'S SITE DOESN'T NEED INTERNET CONNECTION !!!!!!!!!!!!!

Guyzzz,   U may think that it's also a joke,.. We heard many joke's about Rajni,.. The man who deletes Recycle bin,  Earth rotates in his finger,.. etc,etc,...........

But Now, this is serious,.  seriously I am not joking........... :)
When U enter the site, U will get a welcome message saying, "He is no ordinary man,.. This is no ordinary website"

The only way You can enter the site is switch off the internet connection,..
If u disconnect the internet connection, You Will be welcomed by "Aye macha! Vanakkam Ayyappam....

And if you reconnect the network connection while browsing,.. U will get a message saying "Aiyyo,...This is unexpected, To keep browsing, Turn off your internet connection"

This awesome idea is done by Gurbaksh Singh, The creative director of webchutney..  He said, "The unbelievable spectacle of running a website without the internet is a tribute to Rajinikant's larger than life image,"

tHis has became viral in the internet just after the Launching if the website,.. The world's first website that works without internet....


Wanna try this,???  goto   www.allaboutrajni.com


Share the post..... :)

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BROWSE THE INTERNET ANONYMOUSLY USING PROXIES

Proxy server hides your  identity ( Not completely).. Proxy server acts as an intermediate between client (user) and server,..
Proxy servers send requests to the server according to client's requests , and receives data and send back to the client....
There are thousands of proxy servers are available, both paid and free,... You can use them to browse internet anonymously,...

Some of the famous proxy services are
1.www.proxybrowsing.com
2.www.proxsafe.net
3.www.boomproxy.com
4.www.proxyace.info






TO SET-UP PROXY IN FIREFOX:--


Choose a proxy address and port according to your needs,...
Now open firefox browser,...

>> Click options
>>Advanced  > Click on the Network Tab
>>Click on settings,..   And put Your proxy address in the space provided...
Click OK...

That's it....!!!!

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