Thursday 14 June 2012

Installing FreeXperia on a Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini

  1. Unlock bootloader using official Sony method
  2. Download flashtool, latest FXP release, and latest CM baseband ftf
    1. Download any CM addons (gapps etc)
  3. Install flashtool
  4. Copy FXP release onto SD card
  5. Extract boot.img from FXP release onto PC
  6. Boot phone into flashmode (power off, volume down and plug in USB cable)
  7. Flash CM baseband ftf to phone
  8. Boot phone into recovery (power on, tap volume up when LED goes blue)
  9. Factory reset, wipe cache, wipe dalvik cache, wipe battery stats
  10. Install FXP .zip
  11. Boot phone into fastboot (power off, volume up and plug in USB cable)
  12. Fastboot boot.img onto phone
  13. Boot phone into recovery and install any CM addons