Are you flashing your device using the fastboot tools provided with flashtool?
As long as your bootloader is unlocked, you should be able to flash this Kernel... I didn't think 'root' was required for flashing Kernels as I thought it was related to the ROM only.. Although someone, please correct me if i am wrong!
It's been so long since I first started flashing Kernels to my Play so now it's simply a case of plug in, fast boot, and flash! I've forgotten if i had to do anything specific the first time round.
Are you following Doom's instructions in the first post?
[ how to install this kernel ]
1.download the boot.img & modules update.zip
2.save the boot.img in the folder with fastboot binaries (fastboot.exe files)
3.save the modules update.zip to sdcard (on phone)
4.power down device
5.start device in fastboot mode
6.use the following command to flash the boot.img
Code:
Code:
fastboot flash boot boot.img
7.reboot phone and enter recovery
8.flash the wifi modules update.zip for my kernel
9.reboot phone and enjoy the kernel