How to Flash a Custom Recovery on the Sony Xperia Mini and Mini Pro

If you are fond of flashing custom ROMs and own an Xperia Mini or Mini Pro phone, then you should install the widely famous ClockworkMod Recovery on it. By doing so, you will be able to easily install any custom ROM available for your phone as well as you can backup your current ROM to be in the safe side. Following is the guide showing you how you can install CWM Recovery on your Sony Xperia Mini and Mini Pro devices.

I. Before You Begin:

1. You must have rooted your Xperia Mini or Mini Pro smartphone. Please head to our how to root Xperia Mini procedure first, finish it, then return to this procedure and continue.

2. You must be running on the Android 2.3 Stock Firmware.

3. You must have ADB installed on your PC. Please refer to our how to setup ADB guide for the installation steps.

II. Downloading Required Files:

1. Download the ClockworkMod Recovery File from here.

III. Installing ClockworkMod Recovery on Xperia Mini and Mini Pro:

1. Download and place the Recovery file on the Desktop of your PC.

2. Extract files from the Recovery archive and place them on the Desktop.

3. Enable USB debugging on your phone by heading to Menu>>Settings>>Applications>>Development>>USB debugging, tick-mark the box.

4. Connect your phone to your PC using the USB cable.

5. Now, double-click the install-cwm2.cmd to begin the process of flashing recovery.

6. Follow the instructions displayed on your screen.

Congrats ! You have successfully flashed the ClockworkMod Recovery on your Xperia Mini Device and from now on, you are free to flash any custom ROM.

If this procedure helped you, then please head to the official thread over at XDA forum to thank/donate to the original developer of this recovery installation method !

4 thoughts on “How to Flash a Custom Recovery on the Sony Xperia Mini and Mini Pro”

  1. Pratik Bantawa

    I used this in my phon now myarte but i realized that my phones android was 2.1 but this was only for 2.3 . After i did a rest my phone only displays Sony Ericssion and stays like that. Is there any thing that we can do to get it fixed?

  2. I’ve xperia mini that runs on 4.0.4 kernal(4.1.B.0.587) and it’s previously rooted can i go on with this tutorial, or i’ve to search for my version’s method ?

  3. bro can you pls help me , i am on the way of intaling the jellybean in my sony ericsson x10 mini pro but when its all procedure done and its going to be reboot my clockword mode recovery has been crashed, i have been using cwm3 and now i dont understand how to reintsall cwm in my phone. My phone just stuck on ” SONY ERICSSON ” logo. bro pls help me in this.

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