Hi,
Whilst waiting for ICS 4.0+ to be ported to the Xperia X8, I thought you guys might want to try another fast and stable Gingerbread ROM. I have been using this ROM for a few weeks now, I must say this ROM is slick, fast, stable and light on battery usage.
This is a new Gingerbread 2.3 port is based on GingerXperia v22 by xperiafan13, modified by kopbem37. It incorporates fully working SONY Bravia Engine and xLoud modules on stock kernel.
DISCLAIMER: Please use the information below at your own risk with no warranty of any kind if you "brick" your phone.
ADDITIONAL FEATURES:
- LauncherPro
- SONY Bravia Engine
- xLoud
- Multi-touch support
- Overclock CPU 748 MHz
- Optimized ROM for battery life
- Smooth 2D and 3D rendering
GingerFast v3
A lot of bug fixes
Improved 3D/2D performance
Faster UI
FEATURES IN GingerFast v2
3 megapixel camera
Wired headset control (Answer / end calls, play / pause music ...)
WiFi
LED Nodification
Expand ***** 2 ZOMM
No error restart! (SD safe to delete)
Video Recording
FM Radio
Apps2SD native Froyo
Market works well
Camera button (with the previous release)
brightness
Online load
Headphone Jack
Audio Mixer
Video Playback
YouTube, with or without HQ
GSM/3G/HSPA/Data/SMS
sensors
sound
open GL/3D
SD card
vibration
GPS
Bluetooth
USB Storage
Mute button on the call
compass
DOWNLOAD
GingerFast v3 OR GingerFast v3
GingerFast v2
PREREQUISITES <-- IMPORTANT!!!
1) Rooted and xRecovery installed on your Xperia X8.
2) Baseband xxxxxxx15 - check <settings><About phone>
3) Xperia X8 Stock Kernel
METHOD
A) BACKUP STOCK ANDROID ECLAIR 2.1.1
Step 1: Make a backup copy of your Android Eclair 2.1 using xRecovery
- check that your phone's SD Card has at least 650MB of free space
[SD card free space is to hold both your phone original backup ROM and the 2.3 ROM]
- shutdown your X8 and wait 5 seconds -> <reboot> your phone.
- when you see the words [Sony Ericsson] on the phone screen -> start pressing the back button on your phone multiple times and you will enter the xRecovery Menu.
- select <backup and restore><backup> from the menu
NOTE:
- This will create a backup file in your SD Card <SD/xRecovery/backup>
- After you have completed the backup using xRecovery, it will return to the menu screen.
- Now choose <reboot> - your X8 phone should restart
B) DOWNLOADING CUSTOM ROM
Step 2: Download GingerFast v2 ROM
- <mount> your Xpedia X8 and copy this file <gingerfast v.2.zip> into SD card
- <unmount> and shutdown your Xpedia X8
C) CUSTOM ROM INSTALL
Step 3: Installing the 2.3.5 ROM on your Xpedia X8
- <boot> Xpedia X8
- when you see the words [Sony Ericsson] on the phone screen -> start pressing the back button on your phone multiple times and you will enter the xRecovery Menu.
- <select><factory reset (full wipe)>
- <select><wipe cache partition>
- scroll down and hit <install custom zip>
- select <gingerfast v.3.zip> from your SD card & hit <yes>
- xRecovery will start to install the ROM on your phone.
- when it is done, xRecovey will go back to the startup menu
- <click><reboot>
Now you can start using your phone
CREDITS
If you have decided to keep and use the Gingerbread 2.3.5 ROM...
DO send a big THANK YOU to the developers @ XDA for their hard work building this custom 2.3.5 Gingerbread ROM
DEVELOPERS
xperiafan13
kopbem37
END NOTES
Ice Cream Sandwich Lock Screen
Ice Cream Sandwich Wallpapers
Ice Cream Sandwich Live Wallpaper
cheers
gabeyong
Whilst waiting for ICS 4.0+ to be ported to the Xperia X8, I thought you guys might want to try another fast and stable Gingerbread ROM. I have been using this ROM for a few weeks now, I must say this ROM is slick, fast, stable and light on battery usage.
This is a new Gingerbread 2.3 port is based on GingerXperia v22 by xperiafan13, modified by kopbem37. It incorporates fully working SONY Bravia Engine and xLoud modules on stock kernel.
DISCLAIMER: Please use the information below at your own risk with no warranty of any kind if you "brick" your phone.
ADDITIONAL FEATURES:
- LauncherPro
- SONY Bravia Engine
- xLoud
- Multi-touch support
- Overclock CPU 748 MHz
- Optimized ROM for battery life
- Smooth 2D and 3D rendering
GingerFast v3
A lot of bug fixes
Improved 3D/2D performance
Faster UI
FEATURES IN GingerFast v2
3 megapixel camera
Wired headset control (Answer / end calls, play / pause music ...)
WiFi
LED Nodification
Expand ***** 2 ZOMM
No error restart! (SD safe to delete)
Video Recording
FM Radio
Apps2SD native Froyo
Market works well
Camera button (with the previous release)
brightness
Online load
Headphone Jack
Audio Mixer
Video Playback
YouTube, with or without HQ
GSM/3G/HSPA/Data/SMS
sensors
sound
open GL/3D
SD card
vibration
GPS
Bluetooth
USB Storage
Mute button on the call
compass
DOWNLOAD
GingerFast v3 OR GingerFast v3
GingerFast v2
PREREQUISITES <-- IMPORTANT!!!
1) Rooted and xRecovery installed on your Xperia X8.
2) Baseband xxxxxxx15 - check <settings><About phone>
3) Xperia X8 Stock Kernel
METHOD
A) BACKUP STOCK ANDROID ECLAIR 2.1.1
Step 1: Make a backup copy of your Android Eclair 2.1 using xRecovery
- check that your phone's SD Card has at least 650MB of free space
[SD card free space is to hold both your phone original backup ROM and the 2.3 ROM]
- shutdown your X8 and wait 5 seconds -> <reboot> your phone.
- when you see the words [Sony Ericsson] on the phone screen -> start pressing the back button on your phone multiple times and you will enter the xRecovery Menu.
- select <backup and restore><backup> from the menu
NOTE:
- This will create a backup file in your SD Card <SD/xRecovery/backup>
- After you have completed the backup using xRecovery, it will return to the menu screen.
- Now choose <reboot> - your X8 phone should restart
B) DOWNLOADING CUSTOM ROM
Step 2: Download GingerFast v2 ROM
- <mount> your Xpedia X8 and copy this file <gingerfast v.2.zip> into SD card
- <unmount> and shutdown your Xpedia X8
C) CUSTOM ROM INSTALL
Step 3: Installing the 2.3.5 ROM on your Xpedia X8
- <boot> Xpedia X8
- when you see the words [Sony Ericsson] on the phone screen -> start pressing the back button on your phone multiple times and you will enter the xRecovery Menu.
- <select><factory reset (full wipe)>
- <select><wipe cache partition>
- scroll down and hit <install custom zip>
- select <gingerfast v.3.zip> from your SD card & hit <yes>
- xRecovery will start to install the ROM on your phone.
- when it is done, xRecovey will go back to the startup menu
- <click><reboot>
Now you can start using your phone
CREDITS
If you have decided to keep and use the Gingerbread 2.3.5 ROM...
DO send a big THANK YOU to the developers @ XDA for their hard work building this custom 2.3.5 Gingerbread ROM
DEVELOPERS
xperiafan13
kopbem37
END NOTES
Ice Cream Sandwich Lock Screen
Ice Cream Sandwich Wallpapers
Ice Cream Sandwich Live Wallpaper
cheers
gabeyong