[RECOVERY] TWRP 2.4.3 for all your {legacy}Xperias. (downloads + DIY howto)

DISCLAIMER: I own Xperia X10, Xperia J, Xperia Tipo, Xperia S and Xperia V, releases of all other phones are not personally tested by me. But since the kernel is the same in FXP/KXP ROMs I presume they would not harm your device in any way

Huge props go to all TeamWIn people like Dees_Troy and bigbiff and everyone else for developing this awesome recovery and lots of thanks to FreeXperia Team (FXP, Kali-, codeworkx, bin4ry,) for maintaining device configs for Xperias

This recovery is embedded into the ramdisk of a normal AOKP 4.1.2 bootimage. The kernels are same as the latest AOKP released by KXP team. These kernels should work with FXP's CM10, and other ROM's based of it (KXP ROM, Pac-man, officialCM10 etc). These kernels will not work on stock/cm7/cm9/blah/blah/any other ROM.


INSTRUCTIONS :
1. Download the zip file for your device (twrp2.4.3-xxxxx.zip)
2. Extract the boot.img from zip on your PC, and copy the whole zip file on device's SDcard.
3. Fastboot the kernel using the terminal command 4. To enter recovery, when LED is pink press {vol up for 2012 models} or {vol down for 2011 models}
5. Flash zip that you kept in sdcard from recovery (wifi/OTG/etc will not work without proper modules flashed).
6. Enjoy

DOWNLOADS:
Mirror1 |or| Mirror2
download according to your device name in this list
CHANGELOG :
All official changes to TWRP is found on http://teamw.in

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SOURCES:
The kernels present inside the bootimages are compiled from these sources
https://github.com/KangXperiaProject/android_kernel_sony_msm7x27a (for Tipo, J, Miro)
https://github.com/KangXperiaProject/android_kernel_sony_msm8x60 (for S,Ion,AcroS, T, V, TX)
https://github.com/KangXperiaProject/android_kernel_semc_msm7x30 (for all 2011 model phones)
The device configs are found on
https://github.com/KangXperiaProject/android_device_semc_<yourdevicename> (for all 2011 model phones)
https://github.com/KangXperiaProject/android_device_sony_<yourdevicename> (for all 2012 model phones)

you can also see our merged commits to see the precise patch we applied on each repository to be able to build TWRP
http://smartdev.com.pl:8080/#/q/status:merged,n,z

BUILD FROM SOURCE
To build TWRP for your Xperia,
1. merge the patch to enable TWRP on your own device tree (for eg. http://smartdev.com.pl:8080/#/c/239/ for Xperia T)
2. replace /bootable/recovery folder with TWRP (as mentioned here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2069242)
3. If your build folder is not from CM, switch to CM's build folder (i.e the android_build repo)
4. lunch ; mka bootimage;

PORT TO STOCK/ICS/YOU-FAVOURITE-KERNEL
A boot.img consists of the kernel image and the ramdisk (additionally and optionally RPM.bin and commandline). If you want to use TWRP for some other kernel, you have to do this
1. decompile this boot.img (for 2011 models it's a true boot.img, for 2012 models, it's actually a kernel.elf file renamed to boot.img, so you have to decompile accourdingly. you can use my kernel kitchen to do the same)
2. replace the kernel zImage with the one from the kernel you want to port to
3. replace /sbin/ramdisk.cpio with the "UNCOMPRESSED" ramdisk of the kernel you want to port this to. (usually ramdisk is compressed with gzip i.e. ramdisk.cpio.gz. you need to uncompressed ramdisk image i.e. ramdisk.cpio)
4. do not touch anyother thing
5. pack it up into a boot.img (for 2011) or kernel.elf (for 2012) and fastboot it

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BUGS AND SUPPORT
If you have any problem with this please please please post only on this thread, not on any other thread or not on PM.
Please send me the recovery log wherever possible, and also kmsg/dmesg if you can.
If you need assistance porting TWRP to your kernel, or building from source[only for Xperia phones that I have provided builds for], then also you can post here.

jerdog said:

Thanks, though in keeping with GPL you need to post your buildable source. In addition so that others can continue and support what you have done, since you obviously have no desire to do so, that is essential. Not very helpful to the community to do a "one-off" venture.

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the source is present on http://github.com/KangXperiaProject

also check the latest merged commits on http://smartdev.com.pl:8080

building with KXP_INCLUDE_TWRP := true will give you same product as I have provided here.

the kernel is built off already present sources on KXP github, so there is no GPL violation
and yes I will update the flags on BoardConfigs on all the devices after I make KXP Milestone1-R2 releases, I will sync all local changes.

but again to reiterate, to duplicate the kernel I have posted, stuff is already present on github to do so.

Dees_Troy said:

Would you mind publishing your device configuration files for this build so that others can pick it up & maintain it?

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just give me a day or two please

and I'll PM you when it's done. (I will update all 15 Xperia devices with the flags needed )

shadik555 said:

how to enter this recovery? xperia mini-smultron

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vol down when led is pink