Do i need ics on my phone to flash cm 9

[Greyjawripper]

Im was on Gingerbread stock rom recently.... Then i flashed it with cm 7.2..... But now i wanna try Cm 9.1 so does my phone needs to be in stock ics rom before i can flash cm 9.1 or can i just flash it over cm 7.2???
And one more thing.... Is it neccessary to flash the kernel that came with cm 9.1????

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[premsrj]

Im was on Gingerbread stock rom recently.... Then i flashed it with cm 7.2..... But now i wanna try Cm 9.1 so does my phone needs to be in stock ics rom before i can flash cm 9.1 or can i just flash it over cm 7.2???
And one more thing.... Is it neccessary to flash the kernel that came with cm 9.1????

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You don't need to be running stock ICS to flash CM 9.1 .But you have to do a full wipe before flashing CM 9.1. And yes you definitely have to flash the kernel of CM 9.1.

 

[sashank]

All you need is a custom recovery to flash whatever version of Android that's available for your phone. You don't need to be running a stock version prior to it. And you need to flash the CM9.1 kernel before flashing the ROM. Kernels get flashed along with the ROM usually, but some phones need the kernel to be flashed separately due to partially unlockable bootloaders. When the bootloader is fully unlocked, the boot.img can be flashed to the /boot partition in recovery itself. But for phones with only partially unlockable bootloaders, the boot.img has to be flashed separately using a computer.

 

[Greyjawripper]

Thanx for the reply..... I have an u locked boot loader but i guess in Xperia devices kernel cant be flashed with Cwm recovery.......

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