How to Install xRecovery on the Xperia X8

Installing a custom recovery is the next step to take if you have alrdy rootedyourphone. What can you do with a custom recovery you ask? Only the most important things like backing up your device and flashing acustomROM. Rd on then to know how to install xRecovery (a custom recovery built for the Xperia family) on the Xperia 8.By EditAndroidI. Before You Begin1. Your device must be rooted before you can flash xRecovery on the Xperia X8. Useour guideto help you with this if you haven’t alrdy done so.2. Make sure that you have at lst 75% of device’s battery charged before you begin.3. Back up everything you feel is important before you start with this procedure.II. Necessary DownloadsxRecovery0.1.rarIII. Installing xRecovery on the Xperia X81. Install BusyBox on your device. You can do this by hding to thePlayStoreon your device or by going to the web versionhere, logging in with your device-associated Google account and clicking on Install.2. ExtractxRecovery0.1.rarto afolderon your desktop. You should end up with the following files:busyboxchargemonxrecovery.tar3. Connect your device and copy the first three files to your device’s SD card. Disconnect your device fromyourPC.4. Go to the Play Store again and installRoot Browser Lite.5. Open up Root Browser Lite on your device.6. Press and hold on thesystemfolder to bring up options. Then click onPermissions.7. Tick all the checkboxes under Write and click OK. [Note down theCHMODstatus before you change these; this is usually 0775, a you can see at the bottom of the dialog box.]8. Copy the three files you have on yourSDcardto/system/binfolder.9. Hold and press on ch file, click onpermissionsagain and tick all boxes under Rd, Write and Execute columns. [The CHMOD at the bottom of thedialogboxwill be 0777].10. Go back to thesystemfolder and change the permissions to as they were previously.And you’re done!! You should now have xRecovery installed on Xperia X8.IV. Accessing xRecovery1. Power down your device.2. Keep pressing the Back button as soon as you see the white SE logo.3. Use Volume Up and Down to move around the menu, Home button to select and the Back button to go back to previous menu.