Installing Custom Rom And Updating Baseband

Installing Custom Rom in W8 or X8

HI Friends again I am here to help u out for installing custom rom in Ur X8 or W8, I am also a W8 user and tried hard to root and install custom rom in my mobile without damaging my mobile. Everybody said that there is a risk in rooting and installing custom ROM, but it seems there is no fear (for me).

Ok let’s start, So U will need a USB cable, Flash Tool 0.2.9.1, Xperia X8 Driver(included in Flash Tool), Java JDK 6.

So start preparing Ur mobile for Installation of custom ROM, first of all back up all the data for example contacts, messages, notes etc. If u have not rooted the mobile yet then U can do it with the help of the tutorial. Go to Application>development and activate USB debugging by touching on that. Install all the above mentioned software to Ur Pc; you can see my rooting tutorial here.

After rooting U have to update to the latest Baseband which will allow u installing custom ROM s.

Update your phone to latest baseband before installing new ROMs.[current for W8 - 015]

Kernel and baseband are related to each other, so if you have baseband 006, you'll have 2.0.2.A.0.24 kernel, and with baseband 015 you'll get 2.1.1.A.0.6 kernel.

To check baseband -  Settings > About Phone > Baseband version. 

To update Baseband download the latest baseband here. 

To upgrade the baseband open Extract the downloaded Baseband file and copy the .ftf file to the firmware folder of Flash Tool. After that open Flashtool.exe and click on Flash and select the .ftf file firmware and click OK. Wait for some time a pop up will appear when the process will be started as shown below. But don’t click on that cancel button.

Unplug the USB cable from the phone . turn off the phone . after turning off press and hold the back key of ur phone and insert the usb cable in the mean time . The Green LED will appear , and on the pop up message click on Ok button.

It will show a message that “Found at USB/……..” , just wait for some time.

If the  “Start Flashing” message appear everything is ok …

When last message appears unplug /plug USB cable. Restart the phone and after the restart the baseband must have been upgraded.

Connect the phone after the phone starts and click on the Xrecovery , it will start installing Xrecovery , and it will show a message that successfully installed Xrecovery , after the installation click on optimize . the phone will restart and will be optimized for xrecovery.  

Then download custom ROMS from here .

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kuyaDROID v3.2.209

To install custom Rom Copy custom ROM update file to SD card.
Copy the zip file you have  downloaded to your SD card, make sure it is the one you want to install.

OK, everything is ready, you get 75% process complete. now disconnect the phone with your PC, power off your phone, press the power button, then repeatedly press the “back” key after the white “SONY” text show up. your phone will enter xRecovery, top line of the screen shows “FreeXperia X8 Recovery 001″ . Now be careful, don’t press the “home” key if you do not know what is going on.

To Back up your current system Use the volume up and volume down key to move the highlight option, use Home key to select the option, use Back key to Return.
Now follow this to back up your current system to the SD card, “Back up and restore” -> “Back up”, this may take over 3 minutes, wait for the process to complete. Then press Back key to return to the main menu.

Before installing custom ROM  Wipe your X8 / W8's default ROM and install custom ROM. Now select the “Factory Reset (full wipe)” to clear user data, then enter “Instal custom zip”, enter “choose custom zip from sdcard”, volume key move your selection, find out the custom rom zip file, and press Home key, the installation process will start, wait for 3 minutes when it shows “install from sdcard complete”, press Back key to return to top menu, select “Reboot the phone”, now enjoy your brand new custom rom.

Important Note : If you fail to update your Xperia X8 / W8, you can simply enter xRecovery, select “Backup and Restore”, select “Restore”, restore the whole system you backup before.