[How To] Flash Custom xrecovery On Sony Ericsson Xperia X10

Well the Xperia X10 guide for rooting has been done if you have not checked it out then have a look at it because flashing a custom recovery needs a phone to be rooted. The procedures below will install a custom recovery called xrecovery on your Xperia X10 and this recovery happens to be one of the best recoveries for this device.

 

Flashing Custom Recovery:

Requirements:

  • Phone must be rooted
  • Install Busybox from the Android market
  • Download xrecovery from here

Procedure:

  • Download the xrecovery.apk from above and install it in your device and click on ‘install xrecovery’
  • If it does not install then we also have an alternate manual method to install:
  • Rename the above downloaded xrecovery.apk to xrecovery.zip
  • Unzip xrecovery.zip
  • Find the ./res/raw folder inside
  • Check for these 3 files inside: chargemon, busybox and xrecovery.tar
  • Take these 3 files and copy them in this location: /system/bin using root explorer
  • Remount system/rw
  • Xrecovery has been installed

How To access xrecovery:

  • Power off device
  • Switch the device on
  • Hit back button continuously until a black screen with a smiling android appears with z written on it and stuff written in blue appears.
  • Now you can toggle the options using Volume UP, Volume Down, Home to select and back to go back.

 

 

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