SONY XPERIA U/ICS/UNROOTED
Hiiiii iam entirely new to rooting..
I have sony xperia with ICS and UNROOTED
please can anyone tell me the safe,easy and simple method to root my phone without voiding warranty on my phn..
what are custom roms and where do i get them and how to install them on my phone..?
thank u very much..
waiting for ur suggestions..
Root your ICS phone via Flashtool. Install custom roms via CWM.
All howtos and links are on the development section.
Just read.
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vinaysweetheart007 said:
SONY XPERIA U/ICS/UNROOTED
Hiiiii iam entirely new to rooting..
I have sony xperia with ICS and UNROOTED
please can anyone tell me the safe,easy and simple method to root my phone without voiding warranty on my phn..
what are custom roms and where do i get them and how to install them on my phone..?
thank u very much..
waiting for ur suggestions..
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Hi Vinaysweetheart007..
First Of All U Need To Know There Is No Way U Can Root Ur Phone Without Voiding The warranty..
But U can UnRoot It.. Then U Can Get Ur Warranty Back..
Xperia U On ICS.. U Can Root It With 1 Click..
Here's bin4ry's Thread..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1886460
Just Go to To The Thread.. Download The File Follow The Instructions..There u go Done!!!!. Easier Then Ever..
when u are Rooted U Can Install The CWM Recovery For Ur Device..
Thanq felipevsw and ahmedyar91...
that was really helpful answers to me..
can i ask one more question
what are custom roms and why they are used...?
Please do not post Q&A in the general section.
Thread moved to Q&A
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vinaysweetheart007 said:
Thanq felipevsw and ahmedyar91...
that was really helpful answers to me..
can i ask one more question
what are custom roms and why they are used...?
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First of all rooting ina way voids ur warranty buh it's a bit inda grey area...
You can root by binary method given in the above post....
Now with the custom rom.. These are tweaked Rom for better performance and stability and mods which give you more features of your device...
You gotu flash the rom which is ment for your device ONLY and it can also BRICK device if not done properly....
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hello everyone..
I have new xperia mini pro and just updated it to ICS 4.0.4 officially.
nothing is done in my phone like flashing or rooting.
whenever i try to customize it using mods it shows flash via CWM.
and with best of my knowledge CWM requires rooting and flashing.
is there any way i can flash zip files without rooting my phone.
or if have to root it please tell me the best way to do it as i think rooting with 4.0.4 is nt possible.
tankyou.
jdotk said:
hello everyone..
I have new xperia mini pro and just updated it to ICS 4.0.4 officially.
nothing is done in my phone like flashing or rooting.
whenever i try to customize it using mods it shows flash via CWM.
and with best of my knowledge CWM requires rooting and flashing.
is there any way i can flash zip files without rooting my phone.
or i have to root it please tell me the best way to do it as i think rooting with 4.0.4 is nt possible.
tankyou.
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for xperia mini(st15i) there is a temp CWM recovery that you can flash with flashtool(require unlocking bootloader) and you can flash mods and when you reboot the device CWM is gone.
search temp boot for xperia mini pro.if you find maybe usefull for you.
if you find temp boot for your device you can root your device with CWM.
Rooting is the gate to modding pal. . .
You need to do it. . .
Also bootloader should be unlocked as if u wanna install custom rom some of them are only for unlocked bootloaders. . .
Rest use search button
Happy modding
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Remember unlocking the boatloader u will loose ur warranty..
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Can you please tell me the best step by step guide to root mini pro with ics.
i googled a lot but every one suggested a different method. what would be the best method??
Thanks..
jdotk said:
Can you please tell me the best step by step guide to root mini pro with ics.
i googled a lot but every one suggested a different method. what would be the best method??
Thanks..
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Here u go..this link vl help u root..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1568792
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To use CWM you dont need to root your phone but you need to unlock the bootloader and flash a new kernel. This WILL void your warranty but if done correctly it opens a whole world of mods in android. Sony provides an official method of doig the same in their blog(jut google) but using that method makes you loose your drm. I did come across another method(on this forum) which claimed that you could do the same without loosing the drm but I havent tried it out.
You can without unlocking...
CircuitBug said:
To use CWM you dont need to root your phone but you need to unlock the bootloader and flash a new kernel. This WILL void your warranty but if done correctly it opens a whole world of mods in android. Sony provides an official method of doig the same in their blog(jut google) but using that method makes you loose your drm. I did come across another method(on this forum) which claimed that you could do the same without loosing the drm but I havent tried it out.
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Hello.
To use CWM without unlocking your bootloader, I did the following :
Start with an xperia mini pro with official ICS 4.0.4 (4.1.B.0.431)
First, I rooted my xperia following the topic : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1701357
Then I used RecoverX to install CWM without unlocking the bootloader : http://www.iphoneandroidtips.org/how-to/recoverx-to-install-recovery-for-sony-xperia-phones/
Then you restart your Mini Pro when Sony appears, keep on taping on Volume down button to enter CWM menu :cyclops:
Then I could install custom ROMs CyanogenTimescape, RealICS, AOKP (Roms that allow locked bootloaders)
I hope that can help you.
sandy7 said:
Here u go..this link vl help u root..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1568792
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Thanks for the link..
but the tutorial says for ICS 4.1.B.0.531 ONLY but mine is .431
will that work.. :S
jdotk said:
Thanks for the link..
but the tutorial says for ICS 4.1.B.0.531 ONLY but mine is .431
will that work.. :S
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It's for 431.. it will work
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jdotk said:
Thanks for the link..
but the tutorial says for ICS 4.1.B.0.531 ONLY but mine is .431
will that work.. :S
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Then you didn't look good enough in that topic.
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Someguyfromhell said:
Then you didn't look good enough in that topic.
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Sir i read it thoroughly.. but was unable to root.
wen i was trying 2b. I downloaded Xperia-ROOT.rev4.zip and executed 01-local-prop.cmd it said rooted device not found.
was there something i missed???
Thanks.
You need to have root already, before updating to ICS.
You need rooted Gingerbread in order to root ICS. Make sure ADB drivers are installed.
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hi nobody at all im an user of x10 mini
but now i got sk17i with 4.0.4
i want to root and install cwm recovery pls help make some simple methods and direct root method so it is easy , im asking u bcoz no one is perfect than u so im waiting for ur reply
1) nAa doesn't have a 2011 xperia.
2) this belongs in a Q and A secton, not development
3) this is the 2010 mini section.
4) there will already be methods for your device.
5) nAa isn't obliged to do anything, he does it because he wants to.
X10man
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x10man said:
1) nAa doesn't have a 2011 xperia.
2) this belongs in a Q and A secton, not development
3) this is the 2010 mini section.
4) there will already be methods for your device.
5) nAa isn't obliged to do anything, he does it because he wants to.
X10man
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great help thankz
fairy123 said:
great help thankz
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made my day
fairy123 said:
hi nobody at all im an user of x10 mini
but now i got sk17i with 4.0.4
i want to root and install cwm recovery pls help make some simple methods and direct root method so it is easy , im asking u bcoz no one is perfect than u so im waiting for ur reply
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http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/wiki/Sony_Ericsson_Xperia_Mini_Pro:_Full_Update_Guide
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1242
fairy123 said:
hi nobody at all im an user of x10 mini
but now i got sk17i with 4.0.4
i want to root and install cwm recovery pls help make some simple methods and direct root method so it is easy , im asking u bcoz no one is perfect than u so im waiting for ur reply
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Google it
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fairy123 said:
hi nobody at all im an user of x10 mini
but now i got sk17i with 4.0.4
i want to root and install cwm recovery pls help make some simple methods and direct root method so it is easy , im asking u bcoz no one is perfect than u so im waiting for ur reply
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1. unlock bootloader
2. with flashtool flash extended stock kernel v1 or v2
done
rooted phone with cwm recovery
more detils here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1239
kernel is here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1694027
Guys, can someone tell me if i can put custom roms on my rooted sola with locked bootloader, cause i prefer not to unlock it?
Please let me know if this is possible and whats the easiest way?
Thank you
mirost1 said:
Guys, can someone tell me if i can put custom roms on my rooted sola with locked bootloader, cause i prefer not to unlock it?
Please let me know if this is possible and whats the easiest way?
Thank you
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First of all you cannot untill you hv CWM installed on your device
You can install it acc
A) Unlocked Bootloader :
Follow the below post ans you will be able yo install CWM on your Sola
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=32419976
B) Locked Bootloader :
Works still in progress to install CWM on locked Bootloader, it's already working on Xperia U so if you wana try knock yourself out
Search Xperia U forum
Locked bootloaders can't install custom roms I guess
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I'm having same problem here... Just rooted my Xperia Sola stock ICS.. Try to flash the CWM and they said my device is NOT compatible... :/ Help me please! Thanks anyone who will help me out!
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Sherwinnn said:
I'm having same problem here... Just rooted my Xperia Sola stock ICS.. Try to flash the CWM and they said my device is NOT compatible... :/ Help me please! Thanks anyone who will help me out!
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Unlock bootloader and follow the instructions in the link ive givin in my post above
If you dont wana then wait CWM will be der for Sola locked bootloaders too
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Friends, is official update for xperia sola to ICS available in Pakistan? if no then how to falsh ICS? Plz guide me so that i could install ICS in my new Xperia sola. Plz give me complete guide. I dont wanna brick my sola. Also give me the guide for global ftf. thanx alot.
Download flashtool.(google it)
Download Sola ICS ftf. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1937792
and Flash ftf file with flashtool
flashtool guide - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=928343
neectron said:
Download flashtool.(google it)
Download Sola ICS ftf. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1937792
and Flash ftf file with flashtool
flashtool guide - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=928343
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Thanis bro, I dont want to root my device. Before this i have i have used dlashtool. I have rooted xperia x10i before this many times. I jast wanna make sure that this procedure works? Can not i upgrade using firmware upgrade tool on sonymobile website?
waqar bukhari said:
Thanis bro, I dont want to root my device. Before this i have i have used dlashtool. I have rooted xperia x10i before this many times. I jast wanna make sure that this procedure works? Can not i upgrade using firmware upgrade tool on sonymobile website?
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flashtool does not root or unlock bootloader of your device until you do it by your own.
It is a tool to install firmwares on Sony Xperia Devices.
So do not worry about it thanks to neectron for a helpful thread on Sola Development Section
lalit387 said:
flashtool does not root or unlock bootloader of your device until you do it by your own.
It is a tool to install firmwares on Sony Xperia Devices.
So do not worry about it thanks to neectron for a helpful thread on Sola Development Section
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Is it safe to upgrade to ICS? I am very confused? i have done this before but I dont wanna take risk with me new phone. Is this ICS update bug free?
And if something went wrong can i go back to my origional software?
No there isnt any risk
Ucs is always better in all means than gingerbread..
But at the same will consume a bit more ram..
Nothing goes wrong normally..
Its safe and if sumthing goes wrong flash back to gb using flashtool..
Otherwise no prob..
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happy3777 said:
No there isnt any risk
Ucs is always better in all means than gingerbread..
But at the same will consume a bit more ram..
Nothing goes wrong normally..
Its safe and if sumthing goes wrong flash back to gb using flashtool..
Otherwise no prob..
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There are many ICS TFt files on the link which one is correct one?
I am downloading this torrent file "Stock Global 6.1.1.B.1.10 -torrent". It contains two files one is ftf and other is a small md5 file. What I have to do with this md5 file?
Very very very slow. Came back to to GB. Runs like lightening. uffffff.
My Sola works great with Stock ICS and you may also use http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2034888 this link to install MIUI custom its works great but then u will have to root ur device.......
@[email protected] said:
My Sola works great with Stock ICS and you may also use http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2034888 this link to install MIUI custom its works great but then u will have to root ur device.......
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How to root? I have b.1.54.
I waited for my ICS update on Xperia U didn't came I had nothing but to use stock firmware and even Xperia 2011 Ray update came in Pakistan a week back.
I had also flashed ics b.1.54.
hi i just recently switched from an xperia x10 mini (mimi) to an XPERIA U ST25a
Android 2.3.7
firmware 6.0.B1.564
kernel 2.6.35.7+
I was palnning to update to android 4.0.4 but i was told not to since it get alot laggy.
can someone link me on how to root this device im not sure if its the same way i did
for my mimi.
and what do you suggest is the best kernel/rom for this device? (stable)
i honestly want to get the most of it. thanks for the help in advance.
I HAVE A PROBLEM WHEN TRYINT TO ROOT IT SAYS IM IN MTP MODE, and i dont know how to disable that seems like its by defautl
Just look in this section for an gbrocks and flash it it stock modified gb rom and work great and its also prerooted.
P.S. wrong section pal, it should be in Q/A section, and in future just use search button on this forum coz its been answerd a lot of times
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First of all wrong section, you may put in the Q & A section,
Secondly there is no rating for custom kernels/ROMs, every development is best in its own unique way !
Use search for rooting methods
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thank you verymuch for ur replies and sorry i found the seccion now U.U ..
i just foudn the GB rom but i believe i need to flash first dont i? and im having trouble with that i got this messege "15/016/2013 22:16:40 - ERROR - The part1 exploit did not work" im also having trouble with unlocking bootloader i found a video here in the forum but it says root ICS/JB xperia U will it be the same way for GB?
83RN15 said:
thank you verymuch for ur replies and sorry i found the seccion now U.U ..
i just foudn the GB rom but i believe i need to flash first dont i? and im having trouble with that i got this messege "15/016/2013 22:16:40 - ERROR - The part1 exploit did not work" im also having trouble with unlocking bootloader i found a video here in the forum but it says root ICS/JB xperia U will it be the same way for GB?
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You may require unlocked boot loader for rooting GB
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/Sony_Xperia_U
Look at that page !
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mrmbk said:
You may require unlocked boot loader for rooting GB
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/Sony_Xperia_U
Look at that page !
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THANKS I HAVE SUCCESSFULLY ROOTED AND UNLOCKED MY PHONE
now im trying to install CWM but on that page it shows only CWM for ICS
im running ANDROIDN 2.3.7
i tried it and when i turn off phone i rapidly prass vol down and shows the blue green blue light but then it goes back to sony logo and starts normally
Now as you have unlocked your boot loader you can flash custom kernels, most of them have pre installed CWM.
Check for GB ROMs in the development forum.
Or CM9 ROMs are pretty smooth and simple, you may flash stock ICS (ftf file) and flash a CM9 ROM.
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