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Installing CyanogenMod On Android

This document provides instructions for installing CyanogenMod custom firmware on a Sony Xperia S smartphone. It involves unlocking the bootloader, installing the Android SDK on a computer, obtaining an unlock code from Sony, downloading the CyanogenMod ZIP file, booting into recovery mode, wiping data and factory resetting, flashing the ZIP, and rebooting the device to complete the installation. Unlocking the bootloader allows installing non-Sony operating systems and may void the device warranty.

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Installing CyanogenMod On Android

This document provides instructions for installing CyanogenMod custom firmware on a Sony Xperia S smartphone. It involves unlocking the bootloader, installing the Android SDK on a computer, obtaining an unlock code from Sony, downloading the CyanogenMod ZIP file, booting into recovery mode, wiping data and factory resetting, flashing the ZIP, and rebooting the device to complete the installation. Unlocking the bootloader allows installing non-Sony operating systems and may void the device warranty.

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Install CM for nozomi - CyanogenMod

InstallCMfornozomi
FromCyanogenMod ThisguidewillwalkyouthroughtheprocessoftakingtheXperiaSfromstocktohavingacustom recoveryimageandtheabilitytoflashthelatestversionofCyanogenMod.

Note:DISCLAIMER
Modifyingorreplacingyourdevice'ssoftwaremayvoidyourdevice'swarranty, leadtodataloss,hairloss,financialloss,privacyloss,securitybreaches,or otherdamage,andthereforemustbedoneentirelyatyourownrisk.Noone affiliatedwiththeCyanogenModprojectisresponsibleforyouractions.Good luck.

Contents
1UnlockyourXperiaS 1.1Whatdoes"unlocking"mean? 1.1.1InstalltheAndroidSDK 1.1.2ObtainingtheBootloaderUnlockCode 2InstallingCyanogenModonSonyDevices

UnlockyourXperiaS
Whatdoes"unlocking"mean?
ThefirststepinputtinganycustomoperatingsystemonyourXperiaSistounlockthebootloader. Abootloaderistheveryfirstprogramthatrunswhenyouturnonyourdevice.Thebootloader initializessomehardwareandthenloadsthekernelandramdisk,andgetsthebootprocessgoing. Ifthebootloaderisinlockedmode,itwillensurethatonlythestockoperatingsystemcanrun. Sinceyouwillbeinstallingyourownoperatingsystem(CyanogenMod),youneedtoturnthisoff.

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Tounlockyourbootloader,youllfirstneedaprogramonyourcomputercalledadb.Onewayto getadbistodownloadandinstalltheAndroidSDK(http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html) (SoftwareDeveloperKit)fromGoogle.TheSDKisusedbyappdeveloperswhentheyrewriting programsforAndroid,andwhoknows,youmaywanttowriteappssomeday. InstalltheAndroidSDK DownloadtheSDK,perthestepsonGoogle'swebpage (http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html).Theninstallitbyfollowingthespecificinstructions foryourcomputer(http://developer.android.com/sdk/installing/index.html). ObtainingtheBootloaderUnlockCode

Note:
UnlockingthebootloaderonaSonydevicemayautomaticallywipeinternalstoragea backupofthesdcardissuggested. InordertounlockthebootloaderonyourXperiaSyouwillneedtoobtainacodefromSony.The followingprocesswillhelpyouacquirethiscodesothatyoucanflashacustomrecovery. 1. OpenthePhoneapplicationontheXperiaSandenter* # 0 6 # toobtainthedevice'sIMEI. Savethisforlateruse. 2. Putthedeviceintofastbootmode: HoldVolumeUp 3. OpenaterminalonthePCandenterf a s t b o o ti0 x 0 f c eg e t v a rv e r s i o n Ifyoureceivethemessage<waitingfordevice>fastbootisnotconfiguredproperly, pleaseseefastbootformoredetails. 4. Navigateabrowserhere(http://unlockbootloader.sonyericsson.com/instructions) Clickthe'continue'buttonatthebottomofthepage. Agreetothe'AreYouSure'and'LegalTerms'promptstocontinue. Enterthefirst14digitsofyourIMEIfromStep1,enteranameandanemailaddress. Theunlockcodeshouldnowappear,writethisdownforthenextstep. 5. InthePC'sterminal,enterthefollowingcommand:f a s t b o o ti0 x 0 f c eo e mu n l o c k0 x K E Y KEYcorrespondstotheunlockcodeyouweregiven. TheXperiaS'sbootloadershouldnowbeunlocked.

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InstallingCyanogenModonSonyDevices
Note:
SomedevicesdonothaveremovableSDcards.Regardless,thereshouldstillbea partitiononthedevicenamed"/ s d c a r d "thatcanbeusedforflashingpurposes,even thoughthecontentsof/ s d c a r d mayactuallybeininternalstorage. 1. Downloadtheprebuiltrelease(http://get.cm/?device=nozomi)ofCyanogenModyouwishto install.(Orifyou'vebuiltCMyourself,lookinthe$ O U T directoryforthe. z i p .) Optional:Downloadanysupplemental3rdpartyapplicationspackagesforthedevice youwishtouse.(Youhavetoinstalla3rdpartyapptogettheGoogleapps,likeGmail, PlayStore,andYoutube.) 2. PlacetheCyanogenModrom. z i p fileontherootoftheSDcard. Optional:Placeanysupplementalpackages'. z i p fileontherootoftheSDcard. 3. Extracttheboot.imgfromthezip,youwillneedthisfileforfastboot. 4. Putthephoneintofastbootmode: HoldVolumeUp 5. OpenaterminalonthePCandenterthefollowing:
f a s t b o o ti0 x f c ef l a s hb o o tb o o t . i m g f a s t b o o ti0 x f c er e b o o t

Whilethedevicereboots,presstheVolumerockersafewtimestoloadrecovery. 6. OncethedevicebootsintotheClockworkModRecovery,usethephysicalvolumebuttonsto moveupanddown.Onmostdevices,thepowerbuttonisusedtoconfirmyourselection, althoughforsomedevicesthepowerbuttonisusedasa"back"buttontogouponelevel,in whichcasethehomebuttonisusedtoconfirmtheselection. Optional/Recommended:Selectbackupandrestoretocreateabackupofthecurrent installationontheXperiaS. 7. Selecttheoptiontowipedata/factoryreset. 8. SelectInstallzipfromsdcard. 9. SelectChoosezipfromsdcard. 10. SelecttheCyanogenModfileyouplacedonthesdcard.Youwillthenneedtothenconfirm thatyoudowishtoflashthisfile. Optional:Installanyadditionalpackagesyouwishusingthesamemethod. 11. Oncetheinstallationhasfinished,returnbacktothemainmenu,andselectthereboot

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systemnowoption.TheXperiaSshouldnowbootintoCyanogenMod.

Note:
On2011models,thekernelwillnotupdatewhenflashedinrecovery,sothekernel mustbereflashedviafastboot.

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