i have the sony tablet s running on ICS 4.0.3 has anyone found a root method that works for the ICS 4.0.3?
Nenita25 said:
i have the sony tablet s running on ICS 4.0.3 has anyone found a root method that works for the ICS 4.0.3?
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Nothing since before it even came out : (
Stifilz
hmm that sucks i wanted to root my tab to get Ubuntu on it lol
Nenita25 said:
hmm that sucks i wanted to root my tab to get Ubuntu on it lol
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Same and also other applications D:
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"Condi for president in 2012!"
This is development section, use Q&A instead
Jimmy Thrashmetal said:
This is development section, use Q&A instead
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+1
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False advertisement.....
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for real...same as above. Put a question mark in it if it's a request.
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nismo929 said:
for real...same as above. Put a question mark in it if it's a request.
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Indeed. And don't post it in development...
Thread moved to general and thread title changed (added a [Q] at the front...)
This may help http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1887447
I personally havnt been able to get it working, but, it appears others have.
Hi,
maybe this can help us to get our Sony Tablet S ICS rooted. Until now I had no success following this procedure, bute maybe I am too stupid ...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=31941768#post31941768 e.g. Post #514
Ok, i finally rooted my chinese sgpt111cn that was on stock ics.
Now i still can't get google accounts even after changing region to Us.
Did someone try to downgrade from chinese stock rooted ics to US honeycomb?
Do you think it's risky?
I can't wait for my chinese tablet to finally become fully usable!!!
Thanks for your advices...
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prince2phore said:
Ok, i finally rooted my chinese sgpt111cn that was on stock ics.
Now i still can't get google accounts even after changing region to Us.
Did someone try to downgrade from chinese stock rooted ics to US honeycomb?
Do you think it's risky?
I can't wait for my chinese tablet to finally become fully usable!!!
Thanks for your advices...
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Have you tried to use AIO to install modded Play Store??
stifilz said:
Have you tried to use AIO to install modded Play Store??
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yes of course, no luck
seems the chinese version of the market HiMarket is not replaced and I don't find a trace of the moded market after reboot, even though Aio says everthing went well...
I also tried copying it myself with root ES explorer, but even that doesn't work. It seems the chinese version lacks the google service framework as well, so I copied and installed it... no luck.
There are so many difference between the chinese and US ICS, I think the only way is to flash a new fm...
or wait until 4.0.4 so that I don't risk a downgrade, unless someone already found a solution to change a rooted chinese stock ICS to a US one ?
prince2phore said:
yes of course, no luck
seems the chinese version of the market HiMarket is not replaced and I don't find a trace of the moded market after reboot, even though Aio says everthing went well...
I also tried copying it myself with root ES explorer, but even that doesn't work. It seems the chinese version lacks the google service framework as well, so I copied and installed it... no luck.
There are so many difference between the chinese and US ICS, I think the only way is to flash a new fm...
or wait until 4.0.4 so that I don't risk a downgrade, unless someone already found a solution to change a rooted chinese stock ICS to a US one ?
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You will need root but...
Region changer should work. Change to US then reinstall US zip...
stifilz said:
You will need root but...
Region changer should work. Change to US then reinstall US zip...
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yes that's what I'm doing, I changed the region and got the zip (signed-nbx03_001-ota-120803002)
now it's stuck because I need to change vendor prop and decrease the build # I guess.
I'll try that and let you know how this works, what could go wrong anyway ?
worst case I'll end up with US ICS unrooted and will root again with the new method that worked on my chinese 4.0.3 r1a
I'm using Aio 4.0 btw, and disable hack_recovery download from sites.google because the shell could not connect, I don't know why...
I was able to download it through browser and put it locally myself anyway. all the rest if ok until the bad sku #, so vendor prop change should do the trick !
can someone tell me exactly what values to change to be able to downgrade in the prop files (vendor/build) ?
if I mess up those files, do I risk brick my tablet ?
prince2phore said:
yes that's what I'm doing, I changed the region and got the zip (signed-nbx03_001-ota-120803002)
now it's because I need to change vendor prop and decrease the build # I guess.
I'll try that and let you know how this works, what could go wrong anyway ?
worst case I'll end up with US ICS unrooted and will root again with the new method that worked on my chinese 4.0.3 r1a
I'm using Aio 4.0 btw, and disable hack_recovery download from sites.google because the shell could not connect, I don't know why...
I was able to download it through browser and put it locally myself anyway. all the rest if ok until the bad sku #, so vendor prop change should do the trick !
can someone tell me exactly what values to change to be able to downgrade in the prop files (vendor/build) ?
if I mess up those files, do I risk brick my tablet ?
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Vendor.prop change incremental to 111104048. default aio incremental, I think. This cant brick tab But the region.zip can, tread with caution. After that AIO should a work with region changer.
Finally a root method that works!
mikeblahblah said:
This may help http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1887447
I personally havnt been able to get it working, but, it appears others have.
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Perfect - Thanks so much! This method worked and now I have a ROOTED Sony Tablet S running ICS.
Second that
astromechdroid said:
Perfect - Thanks so much! This method worked and now I have a ROOTED Sony Tablet S running ICS.
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Also worked for me! :good: Thanks
Related
Hi,
I'm currently running 4.0.A.2.335 on my Mini Pro,
I've been getting the message to update to .58 for a couple months now, but was waiting to update because I wasn't sure if I was still going to be able to root.
So simple question: update before root or after?
Grtz!
Its not important, important not to use internal wi-fi updater when bootloader unlocked. in any case you must get root after every update, because all data will be removed
swimon said:
Hi,
I'm currently running 4.0.A.2.335 on my Mini Pro,
I've been getting the message to update to .58 for a couple months now, but was waiting to update because I wasn't sure if I was still going to be able to root.
So simple question: update before root or after?
Grtz!
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You cant update your phone to .58 if your phone currently rooted. You need to unroot first then update then reroot back.
So the answer is update first, then root
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Izzy Stinson said:
You cant update your phone to .58 if your phone currently rooted. You need to unroot first then update then reroot back.
So the answer is update first, then root
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Okay, that's clear! Thanks!
RealGunjack said:
Its not important, important not to use internal wi-fi updater when bootloader unlocked. in any case you must get root after every update, because all data will be removed
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My phone is still stock at the moment, so it's safe to use the sony ericsson updater over wifi?
swimon said:
My phone is still stock at the moment, so it's safe to use the sony ericsson updater over wifi?
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That's safe.
For my own information: do you have an AZERTY SK17i, and if so, would you please do me a favour and post your /system/build.prop (after rooting of course, can't access it otherwise) here or in my thread?
I'm looking for the 'generic Belgium' CDA code Currently running a french one but it came with some very irrelevant apps and I have another issue with it.
dryhte said:
That's safe.
For my own information: do you have an AZERTY SK17i, and if so, would you please do me a favour and post your /system/build.prop (after rooting of course, can't access it otherwise) here or in my thread?
I'm looking for the 'generic Belgium' CDA code Currently running a french one but it came with some very irrelevant apps and I have another issue with it.
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Sure, I'll post after I root. (one of these days)
swimon said:
Sure, I'll post after I root. (one of these days)
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Any news? I'd really like to know what the 'generic Belgian' version number is
I think there is one more update SE have also realesed the 4.X.X.X.X.x.62 vesion for the android devices if u want u can update to that also.
Can anybody tell me wat is {phone is still stock} meaning.?
abhishekcal said:
I think there is one more update SE have also realesed the 4.X.X.X.X.x.62 vesion for the android devices if u want u can update to that also.
Can anybody tell me wat is {phone is still stock} meaning.?
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Nothing has been changed yet (phone is not rooted and hasn't been flashed yet). Stock can also mean, 'running SE firmware' as opposed to a custom ROM, regardless how the SE firmware was installed.
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dryhte said:
Any news? I'd really like to know what the 'generic Belgian' version number is
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Rooted just now!
Requested file posted in your topic, sorry for the delay.
Grtz
swimon said:
Rooted just now!
Requested file posted in your topic, sorry for the delay.
Grtz
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Thanks!
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New ICS ADB Windows drivers
http://www.4shared.com/archive/GzKGnE6o/usb_driver.html
THX to Condi
Do the old ones no-longer work ? :S
Cause I just re-installed them and haven't had an issue so far - it still changed all the buil.prop, init.d, install custom market etc from all in one tool. Unless there's some horrible disaster waiting to happen
DreadPirateDan said:
Do the old ones no-longer work ? :S
Cause I just re-installed them and haven't had an issue so far - it still changed all the buil.prop, init.d, install custom market etc from all in one tool. Unless there's some horrible disaster waiting to happen
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Maaybe you already had the new ones.
Thank you sebarkh and condi.
This fixed my driver issues on XP and I finally have working ADB in recovery.
What is the real source of these drivers? Are they available on sony's website?
sfctac said:
Thank you sebarkh and condi.
This fixed my driver issues on XP and I finally have working ADB in recovery.
What is the real source of these drivers? Are they available on sony's website?
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The source is me lol modified .inf
i still can't get AiO to work after updated to rooted ICS. no matter what i do it hangs at waiting for device...
Premium Users
I can´t download the Drivers cause they are limited for Premium Users on 4shared.com.
nuclandsux said:
i still can't get AiO to work after updated to rooted ICS. no matter what i do it hangs at waiting for device...
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the same is happening to me...i can´t root.
i still can't get AiO to work after updated to rooted ICS. no matter what i do it hangs at waiting for device...
renanterzi said:
the same is happening to me...i can´t root.
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If u r indeed on an unrooted ICS there is no way (yet) to root ur device. But if ur still on HC I'm not sure if these drivers will work for ya.
Try this instead:
Automated ADB Driver Installer for Sony Tablet S and P
Personally I still use them, even after updating to ICS. Havent really tested every function but it seems to work fine.
Lunat1c said:
If u r indeed on an unrooted ICS there is no way (yet) to root ur device. But if ur still on HC I'm not sure if these drivers will work for ya.
Try this instead:
Automated ADB Driver Installer for Sony Tablet S and P
Personally I still use them, even after updating to ICS. Havent really tested every function but it seems to work fine.
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ICS I have 4.0.3 installed in my tablet ...
It is not possible to root with the ICS yet?
renanterzi said:
ICS I have 4.0.3 installed in my tablet ...
It is not possible to root with the ICS yet?
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Not its not possible yet, sry!
im having issues with AIO v4.0.... i want to update my ICS to the newest v. but i cant get it to work. i have made the _offupdates but it does not work, AIO open and closes right away if there is a way to work around that issue please help me out thanks
excentra said:
im having issues with AIO v4.0.... i want to update my ICS to the newest v. but i cant get it to work. i have made the _offupdates but it does not work, AIO open and closes right away if there is a way to work around that issue please help me out thanks
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Do you have the Android Composite ADB Interface and Sony Tablet S drivers installed in your computer's Microsoft Windows OS and does your computer recognize your tablet is connected to it?
Well thanks for all your help I got everithing working I got to flash the updated firmware... now I came across another issue when I try to use the mods and hacks menue on AIO. I get the red screen saying that my divice needs root. Any idea what could have wrong?
excentra said:
Well thanks for all your help I got everithing working I got to flash the updated firmware... now I came across another issue when I try to use the mods and hacks menue on AIO. I get the red screen saying that my divice needs root. Any idea what could have wrong?
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Most likely what is wrong is your tablet is not rooted.
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Most likely what is wrong is your tablet is not rooted.
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Could it been that after installing the custome firmware it unrooted ? My android version shows 4.0.3 (release 1a) and I also have my super user icon an functioning.
excentra said:
Could it been that after installing the custome firmware it unrooted ? My android version shows 4.0.3 (release 1a) and I also have my super user icon an functioning.
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Okay, so you have tested your tablet and you believe it has root access. Now tell me what exactly are you attempting to do when the AiO tool tells you your tablet needs root access?
Im trying to enable the write permissions to sd, and now when ever i do a selection of any option on the AIO options non of them work and before i did the update to (release1 a) i had access to everything in the menu
super SAD i just used a root checker and i have lost my root access ... please some please tell me there is something i can do to fix this and have access once again.. can i downgrade or work away around this ?
- i had 4.0.3 and flashed to 4.0.3 r1a from the link given in the firmware link given in the AIO thread .....
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4.0.3 R1A
info.update.sony.net/ST002/nbx03_001/contents/0016/signed-nbx03_001-ota-120803002.zip
excentra said:
super SAD i just used a root checker and i have lost my root access ... please some please tell me there is something i can do to fix this and have access once again.. can i downgrade or work away around this ?
- i had 4.0.3 and flashed to 4.0.3 r1a from the link given in the firmware link given in the AIO thread .....
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4.0.3 R1A
info.update.sony.net/ST002/nbx03_001/contents/0016/signed-nbx03_001-ota-120803002.zip
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Unfortunately, you have lost root access and currently there are no methods available for you to regain root access. Your mistake was flashing your tablet using the OTA update file as-is instead of using Condi's AiO tool to pre-root the OTA update file before flashing your tablet.
ah well that really sucks..... and from what i have been reading there is no way of downgrading is there ?
excentra said:
ah well that really sucks..... and from what i have been reading there is no way of downgrading is there ?
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Unfortunately again, that is correct. Like I said, currently there are no methods (including downgrading) available for you to regain root access.
I got japan wifi+3g SonyTabletS with 3.2, and updated to 4.0.3r1a. Recently, some japanese succeed to root "4.0.3r1a", I tried it and I'v got root!
I'm not sure if other language device were able to be rooted, but you might try the method.
see below url (It's written in japanes)
ttp://qua1ia.blogspot.jp/2012/09/icssony-tabletroot.html
Yupandra2012 said:
I got japan wifi+3g SonyTabletS with 3.2, and updated to 4.0.3r1a. Recently, some japanese succeed to root "4.0.3r1a", I tried it and I'v got root!
I'm not sure if other language device were able to be rooted, but you might try the method.
see below url (It's written in japanes)
ttp://qua1ia.blogspot.jp/2012/09/icssony-tabletroot.html
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thanks for the info, but the page is in Japanese i got it translated but I'm still having trouble understanding it because some of the words are backwards and from what i read that its for Sony P i have Sony S should that matter ? also if you were working from that page and you got it to work you think you could translate what i meed for me please
excentra said:
thanks for the info, but the page is in Japanese i got it translated but I'm still having trouble understanding it because some of the words are backwards and from what i read that its for Sony P i have Sony S should that matter ? also if you were working from that page and you got it to work you think you could translate what i meed for me please
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Hi, I'm also trying to decypher the translation Google came out with. As far as I understand the author says that he proceeded the same way as with Tablet P. Yupandra2012 can you give us a short walk through how you proceeded?
hi,
i was able to access /data but the VpnFaker.apk digest seems invalid to my Tablet S (4.0.3r1a US firmware)
the logcat shows the following message
W/PackageParser( 163): java.lang.SecurityException: META-INF/MANIFEST.MF has invalid digest for AndroidManifest.xml in /data/app/VpnFaker.apk
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The auther said included "VpnFaker.apk" had adjusted certification of original "VpnDialogs.apk" in /system/app/ in Japan ver.
So I guess you must match VpnFaker.apk's certification to your oliginal "VpnDialogs.apk", but it's required rooted device.
hi Yupandra2012,
I can get the /system/app/VpnDialogs.apk without rooted, can you ask the author to re-pack the VpnFaker.apk for us? Thanks!
Yupandra2012 said:
The auther said included "VpnFaker.apk" had adjusted certification of original "VpnDialogs.apk" in /system/app/ in Japan ver.
So I guess you must match VpnFaker.apk's certification to your oliginal "VpnDialogs.apk", but it's required rooted device.
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Just got my Tablet S rooted!
I use "ZipSigner 2" to resign the VpnFaker.apk and everything works~
Thanks Yupandra2012 for the info :victory:
WonderEkin said:
Just got my Tablet S rooted!
I use "ZipSigner 2" to resign the VpnFaker.apk and everything works~
Thanks Yupandra2012 for the info :victory:
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Hi
congratulations, so it seems possible at last ..
Can you post a step by step walkthrough how you got your tablet rooted
I'm having some trouble understandig the Google translation of the japanese webpage ..
Regards
Hi,
Please go to my new post, thanks.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1886310
I know that the guys that are making the modds here for the Sony Tablet S they said that for the moment there is no way to root the 4.0.3 5a OTA cose the bootloader is closed... but... anyone... is there another way?
I just bought the Tablet S... and without root und custom rooms is just no fun.
Thanks for your efforts and with great respect for your work.... greets from Berlin
MarioNico said:
I know that the guys that are making the modds here for the Sony Tablet S they said that for the moment there is no way to root the 4.0.3 5a OTA cose the bootloader is closed... but... anyone... is there another way?
I just bought the Tablet S... and without root und custom rooms is just no fun.
Thanks for your efforts and with great respect for your work.... greets from Berlin
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on same boat like you , hope they can find out the way to root 4.0.3 r5a , this room got so much problem and i need wipe and install new rom stable
Yeah I have to say, I upgraded cause I was sick of getting the messages for months and months on end!
Upgraded on Sony Tablet S from OS v3.x to v4 R5.
Not sure why people call it "OTA" (over the air) when it definitely was downloaded via my Wifi!
So am I stuck? Am I locked? I thought this was the perfect device to experiement with!
p.s. How can we take a backup of the current ROM prior to rooting? Something I'd like to do this time when rooting my second device.
Cheers!
flipmode_10 said:
Yeah I have to say, I upgraded cause I was sick of getting the messages for months and months on end!
Upgraded on Sony Tablet S from OS v3.x to v4 R5.
Not sure why people call it "OTA" (over the air) when it definitely was downloaded via my Wifi!
So am I stuck? Am I locked? I thought this was the perfect device to experiement with!
p.s. How can we take a backup of the current ROM prior to rooting? Something I'd like to do this time when rooting my second device.
Cheers!
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Why you didn't disable the upgrade message with condi's aio tool?
I have my tablet S with r5a rooted only because condi released the Flasher but I don't really see any diference from r5 to r5a
Why? Cause I got sick of it, and I figured the newer OS would be better!
The new OS is much better. Much faster. But several apps - I wish I could remove / uninstall won't go... Plus the stupid remote and other button at top of screen ...
Where can I find a list of ROM's that will support the Sony Tablet S device?
Anyone know?
So is 4.0.3 still not rootable, even with the latest AIO?
Robtao said:
So is 4.0.3 still not rootable, even with the latest AIO?
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R5a not. Rest are rootable
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jumper62 said:
R5a not. Rest are rootable
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Where do I look to see if it is R5A? Or how do I tell? In about Tablet, Android version just says 4.0.3. It came OTA.
Robtao said:
Where do I look to see if it is R5A? Or how do I tell? In about Tablet, Android version just says 4.0.3. It came OTA.
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Settings > About tablet > Android version. If r5a is installed, it will say "4.0.3 (release5a)".
I have a sony tab s 4.0.3 release5a. I want to know weather it is rootable plz help Thanks in advance
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stevejerold said:
I have a sony tab s 4.0.3 release5a. I want to know weather it is rootable plz help Thanks in advance
Sent from my gakacy y with nemesis one hd rom using xda app-developers app
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Stock 4.0.3r5a is not rootable. Anticipating your next questions: Your tablet must already be rooted to install pre-rooted 4.0.3r5a. You cannot install or downgrade to an earlier rootable release.
Cat McGowan said:
Stock 4.0.3r5a is not rootable. Anticipating your next questions: Your tablet must already be rooted to install pre-rooted 4.0.3r5a. You cannot install or downgrade to an earlier rootable release.
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So, just to be clear:
If mine is at stock 4.0.3 r5a then it is not rootable whatsoever?
No it has a locked down recovery not rootable sorry
sent from rooted xperia tablet s thanks condi and bluechip
dex9mm said:
No it has a locked down recovery not rootable sorry
sent from rooted xperia tablet s thanks condi and bluechip
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I can't help thinking there's got to be an opening somewhere. After all, how else can Sony's engineers reflash a damaged or corrupted system?
I guess it requires a level of access not available to ordinary users, though. What a PITA....
They can sign the zip offically so a reflash for repairs shouldn't be an issue for them I would think
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dex9mm said:
They can sign the zip offically so a reflash for repairs shouldn't be an issue for them I would think
sent from rooted xperia tablet s thanks condi and bluechip
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Never thought of it that way, thanks
Root Sony table S 4.0.3 r5
Staff really still there is no way to update the sony tablet s 4.0.3 r5?
Nor has the downgrade to another rom?
I've looked almost everywhere but to no avail. help me.
yurifernandesz said:
Staff really still there is no way to update the sony tablet s 4.0.3 r5?
Nor has the downgrade to another rom?
I've looked almost everywhere but to no avail. help me.
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Please anyone can help us?
Also I have the tablet with r5a. And I want to install the new 4.1.1 inside.
PLEASEEEE
root for the 4.0.3 R5A
Legtayor said:
So, just to be clear:
If mine is at stock 4.0.3 r5a then it is not rootable whatsoever?
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hello,
I have a Sony tab s SGPT111, and unfortunately like most, stuck on the ICS 4.0.3 release 5a, no root, such tab with no root, will it finally be a solution as soon as possible, and if possible I would like to know technically what this release 5a locks in this tab, the recovery? but how? and is it reversible, or if we lose any hope ...
plzzzzz, solution, solution, solution ....
all in the same boat...
on the same boat
Sony,What a f*** company! going to sign at this page - Petition Sony: http://www.change.org/petitions/son...-root-for-xperia-tablet-s-and-tablet-s1#share
share this petition
eric1116 said:
Sony,What a f*** company! going to sign at this page - Petition Sony:
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share this petition all over everything & everywhere plz...
traxdell said:
share this petition all over everything & everywhere plz...
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we are waiting. Is impossible, is the unique firmware not rootable
It is now http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1515720