How to Flash a Custom Recovery on the Sony Xperia L

Every Android device has, what is called, a recovery image on it. This is basically a part of the Android operating system that you or the manufacturer can access if your device becomes unresponsive and then use it to restore your device.

A custom recovery image, however, is a recovery image that a developer has altered that can not only help the device if it becomes responsive, but also has the added benefits of allowing us to make major changes to the operating system and have even further customizations on your device.

In this procedure, we’ll show you how to flash a custom recovery on your Sony Xperia L.

After flashing a custom recovery on Sony Xperia L, you’ll be able to:

• Perform full backups of your device (literally save EVERYTHING from it).
• Increase your device’s performance (after flashing something called a kernel
• Increase your device’s battery life.
• Flash custom ROMs (these make it possible to flash a newer version of Android, totally new user interfaces, add tons of new features, and much more).

Interested? Here’s how to flash a custom recovery on your Sony Xperia L:

I. Before You Begin

1. You must be rooted before you can do this procedure. Please head to our How to Root the Sony Xperia L procedure here or here (depending on your version of Android), finish it, then return to this procedure and continue.

2. This procedure works fine on locked bootloader as well.

II. Downloading Required Files

1. Download Recovery Installer and save it to your Desktop.

Recovery Installer (Download link’s given in the first post)

III. Flashing a Custom Recovery on the Sony Xperia L:

1. Extract files from Recovery Installer by right-clicking on it and selecting Extract here.

2. Turn ON USB debugging on your device by heading to Menu > Settings > Developer options > USB debugging.

3. Plug in your device to your PC via USB cable.

4. Double-click on install.bat available on your Desktop.

5. Follow the on-screen instructions for flashing a recovery on your device.

6. Once it’s done, you should have a custom recovery installed on your device.

7. You’re done!

All set! Now, you can head to our How to Flash a Custom ROM procedure for the Sony Xperia L to open up a whole new world of customizations for your Android device!

By the way, don’t be scared, you can always put your device back to stock by heading to our Rooting How To’s section, finding your device, and doing the How to Unroot listed for it there.