Want to root your Sony Xperia device? Well the guys at the xda developers forum have made it a lot easier for you. You just need to go through this rooting guide and gain the root access on your Sony Xperia device. As off now this method is working for 21 Sony Devices including Sony Xperia Z, Zl, Tablet Z, Xperia S, Xperia P and more, perhaps more Sony Devices will be added to the supported list soon.
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Before You Start:
1. Charge your device to 75% or more and back up anything you feel is important before you start.
2. Enable USB debugging by going to “Settings > Applications > Development > USB debugging” and enable it. If you don’t see “Developer options” option then you need to enable it by going to “Settings>About device> Build number” and tap on Build number 7 times until you will see a message “You are now a developer”.
3. Back up all your important data and files.
2. Enable USB debugging by going to “Settings > Applications > Development > USB debugging” and enable it. If you don’t see “Developer options” option then you need to enable it by going to “Settings>About device> Build number” and tap on Build number 7 times until you will see a message “You are now a developer”.
3. Back up all your important data and files.
Necessary Downloads:
Procedure To Root Your Xperia Z:
1. Enable USB debugging by going to Settings > Developer Options and checking USB Debugging on.
2. Enable Unknown Sources by going to Settings > Security and checking Unknown Sources on.
3. Increase the screen timeout to 10 mins by going to Settings > Display > Sleep > Change it to 10 mins.
4.Copy thr rooting script on desktop you just downloaded.
5. Extract the rooting script by double clicking the rooting script zip file
6. Plug the phone in via USB.
7. Open the rooting script folder and double click the windows .bat file.
8. Hit Enter in the command prompt on the computer and wait for it to finish.
9. Once done, the device will reboot and you have rooted the phone.
10. To fix something with the bootloader not being able to be unlocked after using this root method, open the doomlord rooting folder then files inside that.
11. Hold shift on your keyboard and right click in any blank area of that folder and select Open Command Prompt Here.
12. Type the following into the command prompt with hitting enter at the end of each line:
adb shell
su
rm /data/data/com.sonyericsson.android.servicemenu/lib/libservicemenu.so
exit
exit
su
rm /data/data/com.sonyericsson.android.servicemenu/lib/libservicemenu.so
exit
exit
So you perfectly rooted you device successfully.
For any queries comment below.
Working On Following Models:
Xperia Z (C6602/3) {FW: 10.1.1.A.1.307} [v10 onwards]
Xperia Z (C6616) {FW: 10.1.1.A.1.319} [Bell Canada] [v19a]
Xperia Z (C6606) {FW: 10.1.1.B.0.1.166} [v17 onwards]
Xperia ZL (C6503) {FW: 10.3.A.0.423} [v12 onwards]
Xperia ZR (M35h) {FW: 10.1.1.A.1.317} [v17 onwards]
Xperia ZR (C5502/C5503) {FW: 10.1.1.A.1.317} [v16 onwards]
Xperia Tablet Z (SGP311/2) {FW: 10.1.C.0.370} [v13 onwards]
Xperia Tablet Z (SGP321) {FW: 10.1.1.A.1.307} [v13 onwards]
Xperia SP (C5302) {FW: 12.0.A.1.284} [v11 onwards]
Xperia SP (C5302/3/6) {FW: 12.0.A.1.211/257} [v16 onwards]
Xperia T (LT30p) {FW: 9.1.A.1.141} [v13 onwards]
Xperia T (LT30p) {FW: 9.1.A.1.142} (added by the_laser) [v14 onwards]
Xperia TX (LT29i) {FW: 9.1.B.1.67} (added by sj8023ld) [v14 onwards]
Xperia TX (LT29i) {FW: 9.1.B.0.411} (added by fi01) [v14 onwards]
Xperia V (LT25i) {FW: 9.1.A.1.140/142} (added by the_laser) [v14 onwards]
Xperia V (LT25i) {FW: 9.1.A.1.145} [v16 onwards]
Xperia Ion (LT28h) {FW: 6.2.B.0.211} [v16 onwards]
Xperia S (LT26i) {FW: 6.2.B.0.211} [v10 onwards]
Xperia S (LT26i) {FW: 6.2.B.0.200} [v16 onwards]
Xperia SL (LT26ii) {FW: 6.2.B.0.200} [v17 onwards]
Xperia SL (LT26ii) {FW: 6.2.B.0.211} (added by the_laser) [v14 onwards]
Xperia Acro S (LT26w) {FW: 6.2.B.0.200} [v13 onwards]
Xperia Acro S (LT26w) {FW: 6.2.B.0.211} [v16 onwards] [FIXED]
Xperia P (LT22i) {FW: 6.2.A.1.100} (added by the_laser) [v14 onwards]
Xperia Go (ST27i) {FW: 6.2.A.1.100} (added by the_laser) [v14 onwards]
Xperia Go (ST27a) {FW: 6.2.A.1.100} (added by DooMLoRD, untested) [v14 onwards]
Xperia J (ST26a/i) {FW: 11.2.A.0.21/31} (added by DooMLoRD, untested) [v17 onwards]
Xperia L (C2104/5) {FW: 15.0.A.1.31/36} (added by DooMLoRD, untested) [v17 onwards]
Xperia AX (SO-01E) {FW: 9.1.C.0.473} (added by fi01) [v14 onwards]
Xperia Z (SO-02E) {FW: 10.1.D.0.343} (added by fi01) [v14 onwards]
Tablet Z (SO-03E) {FW: 10.1.E.0.265/269}(added by fi01) [v14 onwards]
Xperia GX (SO-04D) {FW: 7.0.D.1.137} (added by fi01) [v14 onwards]
Xperia A (SO-04E) {FW: 10.1.1.D.0.179} (added by fi01) [v14 onwards]
Xperia A (SO-04E) {FW: 10.1.1.D.2.26} [v16 onwards]
Xperia SX (SO-05D) {FW: 7.0.D.1.137} (added by fi01) [v14 onwards]
Xperia VL (SOL21) {FW: 9.1.D.0.395} (added by fi01) [v14 onwards]
Xperia VL (SOL21) {FW: 9.0.F.0.226} [v16 onwards]
Xperia VL (SOL21) {FW: 9.1.D.0.401} [v16 onwards]
Xperia UL (SOL22) {FW: 10.2.F.3.43} (added by fi01) [v14 onwards]
Google Nexus 4 (JDQ39) [v14 onwards]
Google Nexus (JOP40C/JZO54K) (added by cofface) [v16 onwards]
LG Optimus G E975 v10e (added by wphungsuk) [v14 onwards]
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DeleteIs this gonna effect the phone in anyway other than rooting? Is it unlocking the bootloader deleting drm files?
ReplyDeleteI've been hesitant to root my z because I didn't wanna lose the bravia engine
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Deleteit says "C6616 not supported" what do I do?
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