Okay, here's the tutorial and downloads for all you x10 mini (e10a) people out there who want to root + debrand + update to 2.1
Here's a link to a vid i made for this procedure and the outcome once done:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIojWZkraZ0
Here's a link for the software to root your phone and add customisation:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=8976947&postcount=1
Here's a link to root Explorer.apk:
http://www.4shared.com/file/IdOkM8of/Root_Explorer_Vs_2102.htm
Here's the link to the claro build.prop file:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=820009&page=4
Here's a link to the problem i faced and how i resolved it:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=854457
here's a link to sony's update utility:
http://www.sonyericsson.com/cws/sup...eserviceapplication/xperiax10mini?cc=gb&lc=en
procedure:
1. download and extract to you descktop the newest GUI flashtool
2. in your phone go to settings ->applications-> and check unknown sources
3. in settings ->applications-> development-> check usb debugging
4. in you extract flashtool folder that should be on your desktop you will see a flash.bat file, open it to start program.
5. click on root and follow the procedure to start z4root and allow it to root and restart your phone, do not manually restart you phone, z4root will automatically restart your phone for you.
6. once your phone is completly restarted and functional, colse the flash.bat program and re-open it from the extracted program.
7. click on customise and allow it to fully install the applications, it will tell you finished when done.
8. mount your phone's sd card to your pc
9. download the root explorer.apk file from the download link provided and save it on you desktop.
10.copy the root explorer file from your desktop to the root of your sd card (do not put it in any folder)
11. unmount phone to computer
12. you will see on your phone that you have a program called astro, open the program,
13.in astro, navigate to your sd card and install root explorer.apk
14. once installed, exit out of astro
15. mount you phone again to your pc and create a new folder on the root of your sd card called new build, and create another folder called old build.
16. download the two build.prop files supplied in my download link and save it to your pc's desktop.
17. now open the build folder on your desktop and you will see two files, one called build.prop.claro and another called build.prop.vivo.
18.delete the build.prop.vivo file.
19. right click and rename the build.prop.claro file to build.prop (delete the .claro part)
20.drag and drop that file to you new build folder you created on your sd card.
21.unmount your phone from you pc.
22. on your phone, open root eplorer
23. scroll down to SYSTEM
24. find the build.prop file and copy it
25. back out of the SYSTEM folder and scroll down to the SD CARD
26. paste the copied build.prop file to the old build folder you had created on your sd card (its basically a backup in case you ever mess up)
27. now in root explorer, go to you SD CARD and copy the build.prop file from your new build folder that you initially downloaded and renamed.
28. scroll back to SYSTEM and click on the r/w button on the top left of screen
29. then past and overwrite the file
30.now exit out of the program and restart you phone.
31. don't worry if you phone menu system looks kinda wonky or doesn't really work properly once your phone has restarted. just make sure its fully rebooted
32.download and install the sony ericsson update service program from the download link supplied.
33. accept the terms and follow the instructions... (it will ask you to put your phone in recover mode by turning off your phone and pressing the back button while plugging in your phone via usb) you can make this process quicker by simply already having your phone plugged in and simply pressing and holding the top power button+back button+home button until the green light remains on.
34. the program will tell you that there is new software available for your phone
35. install and enjoy 2.5
Extras step to making the experience even better!
i personally don't like the boot animation of the new 2.1 update and would rather not have the claro operator logo at the boot startup. the way to do that is:
root your phone again by following my instructions earlier, and install the root explorer.apk file again from your sd card. once your have root explorer installed and working navigate to SYSTEM and then to MEDIA. in media you will see a bootanimation.zip file, simply delete it.
Now for removing bloatware (operator specific applications):
to remove application that may be of annoyance, just go into root explorer again and navigate to SYSTEM and the to APP and dele and .apk files that are programs like ei: claro.apk... make sure you press the r/w button whenever you want to delete or overwrite something in SYSTEM. And be aware that if you don't know what your doing, you can brick your phone. SO BE CAREFUL!
And finally, as most would already know, this is all at your own risk. Sometimes its better to leave these types of hacks alone if you don't know what your doing.
I take no responsibility or credit for any of these hacks. thanks to all the members on XDA Developers for your support and help.
There are steps to make it simpler ... which is independent of the version they have in the cell (2.1 Uk or other ... 1.6) is achieved by having the American firm ... thus reduce it without diminishing the tutorial: alex0983
1. Planet app install
2. Find and install z4root
3. Permamente root install and follow instructions, the phone will reboot ...
4. In Planet app also find the Root Explorer and install ...
5. Connect the phone and copy the build.pro (Claro) to the SD and disconnect
6. Open root explorer and if I get a message to: super user ... allow him ....
7. mounted R / W. ... go the SD route where the build.prop copy and recopy this time from root explorer and find the path: / system and replace the phone ....
8. Turn off the phone ....
9. Connecting to Seus and select repair ...! and ready ... your phone now is American again! And firmware 2.1
10. To remove things Claro, just make the points 1,2,3,4! then the path / system / media to copy the boot loader found in the forum and in the path / system / app to delete the applications they say. clear (remember to mounted R / W)
I hope you find it useful! And that worked for me! Obviously, thanks to your tutorial alex0983 which also served me as a whole, but I found the quickest way!
Sorry for my bad english!
re:
hey no problem, i'm glad you found it useful. Sorry for the 35+ steps... I just wanted to make it easy to follow for people who had never done something like this before. Just trying to help ppl.
Actually the tutorial is very well prepared but no longer so necessary to the root from the phone! And for that we are in the community to help and facilitate the process to other users!
Kudos for you alex0983 and kloriahdez, thanks for your posts!!!
hi alex,
im stuck at no 22.
when i try to open root explorer, i get:
root explorer has not yet managed to obtain root access. because of issues with superuser, this often happens the first time the app is run but is usually fine from then on.
im new to android phones, that is why im relying on your step by step tutorial. but now im stuck with superuser/root explorer issue
This...
I will take a Xperia X10 mini later (my new phone,now i have widfire, but is tu big ) , i will try to root in this night, let ou guys the results
Good damn!
Work, perfect, but when i wass try to install app2sd after my phone, won t let install any apps, and ...lol no wirless conection Wi Fi , or GSM . ( free space on phone 173 Mb ).
I manage to resolve all with a repair from update , on Zeus ( good luck i wass made this update first ... but i think it can be working for the first update ).
i will try this night again , and i will send results later.
Yes good damn now my phone enter in boot looping ..... on the first boot won t start after that i wass tryng to repair with Sony repair and tell me the soft is still not availlble . How ca i arestore to 2.1 ? i put the build.prop like you write ... and now i can even start my phone. How i can make the old again?
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Finaly managed this with flash tools . guys don t try this with already upgraded version to 2.1 ( you will be stuck in boot looping), is god to root, but only this in my case.
Root work.
noob with problem
I'm getting some problems in open the root explorer. The x10 mini is rooted (i run the rom manager without error), but when i run the root maneger, i recive the error "Root explorer has not yet managed to obtain rot acces. /because of issues with superuser, this often happens the first time the app is run but usually fine from then on. /click ok and restart the app to try again. /makesure you respond correctly the superuser prompt". I've got this erro always i open the program. I've reinstall it and the problens still. What i'm doing wrong?
Sorry the bad english, and thx to the help
Hi
I have 2.1 update 1 version
Should this procedure work with this or it won't work
If not, how to root the phone?
I mentioned that kingoldstyle had the same problem. I also updated the phone prior to doing this procedure.
So, maybe kingoldstyle can help me with rooting?
How to use flashing tools?
Thanks.
problems
im stuck ant no 28, whats a r/w button? and when i try to paste the build tells me: you cannot paste here because the file system is read-only. help me please
So I'm trying to test out the OC Kernel for UD, downloaded the 1.5.1 Kernel tbz2 file, moved it to my Archos, but when I tried to move it to my /data/urukupdate I find that it is missing (the whole urukupdate dir is just not there). My /data is completely empty. Any ideas on how this could have been wiped out and how to restore it without having to wipe and reload everything?
If you have an empty /data directory, you bootet into the wrond android.
You booted into std Android and there you have no root, therefore you can't see anything.
Boot into Developer Edition.
You have to enable root explorer in the filexpert settings and the data folder is the one on the root and not on the storage.
EDIT : To enable root explorer in filexpert:
-Press menu key then press more
-Press settings and go to File Explorer settings
-Scroll down and check "Root Explorer" accept the root acces and you're done
Sorry for my bad english
@ fzelle Actually I uninstalled the android OS, so that I can only boot into UD.
@ Starman this worked! Thanks for your help. I usually use ES file explorer or Astro and I've never had to grant SU access manually before so hadn't thought to look. Thanks!
Ok so i had this problm myself and after forever of trying to fix this i finaly have!
The issues are as follows.
When you turn your tablet off then back on it reverts back to factory settings, nothings saved and no apps, the space available is 0.00b ad you cant instal new apps.
How to fix this!
root is needed! use uberizer to gain root acess..
options C - 0
then..
I used my pc to resolve this problem. Root is needed for this to work.
1) Make sure divers are installed and your tablet is detected in device manager. (PDAnet had the drivers I needed).
2) Download, install and run "Android commander".
3) Once android commander is opened it will show files on you phone. (if you don't see files you have a driver problem)
4) Browse the directory /system/Xbin/ and tick busybox. Copy the file busybox to /system/bin
5) Once busybox appears in system/bin, right click and click properties to check the permissions. Everything should be ticked except "group - write" and "all - write"
6) restart tablet.
Job done happy days!
Tablet reverting to factory settings on reboot
I followed the process as outlined.
1. I used Kingoroot to get access to the root directory of my tablet. The Superuser app was installed and I was asked to allow full permissions which I did.
2. I installed the drivers from PDAnet.
3. I then installed Android Commander & got access to all the system files.
4. I found /system/xbin/busybox & copied it to the /system/bin directory. This was done using the right panel of Android Commander. The copy program showed it being copied.
5. The file busybox could not be found in the /bin directory.
6. I then noticed that Android Commander said at the bottom "Root Access = No". I could not perform any copying etc from the left panel of android Commander which has both the PC & Android device file directories but I was able to copy busybox onto a directory on the PC but cannot copy back to the Android device.
7. I checked Kingoroot & it said the device was rooted.
8. Tried the process several more times including unrooting & rooting but still Android Commander says Root Access = No.
9. The Android Commander website is down so I am stuck.
Can anyone suggest another process or offer a fix for this.
Thanks
Ok..so this is my first post and I hope it's in the correct spot. I've found a way to root the Verizon wireless galaxy s4 with android 5.0.1 lollipop build LRX22C.I545VRUGOF1 with kingoroot (not kingroot) and then replacing kingoroot superuser with chainfire's supersu and removing the annoying kingoroot.
Notes: 1. I was playing around with this for a while with different versions of the kingoroot app before I got all the steps right so I'm not sure if this method will work with the latest version of kingoroot as they have updated it to remove some of the tampering problems I believe to keep you using their app but I didn't delete all of the kingroot.supersu folders as described in step 7 when I had the latest version installed and it wouldn't let the SuperSu app update the binaries it just stayed on the updating screen. It may work with the latest version if you delete the folders following step 7 I just had the earlier version installed when it worked. I'm rooted with SuperSu confirmed by Root Checker. I will list the apps I used and versions below. 2. The galaxy s4 with android 5.0.1 build LRX22C.I545VRUGOF1 from verizon can't flash twrp or cwm that I know of at the moment so I couldnt use NonStickAtom785s method as i couldnt select the correct kernel. I thank him for his info though. I may be wrong and there may be an easier way to root or switch from kingoroot superuser to SuperSu. If there is please comment. This is just the way I figured out how to root mine by combining information I found here on xda from all the awesome users. 3. You may want to scan your phone with an Antivirus app after you download the below apks and before proceding just to make sure your don't have any vulnerabilities. Here we go!
Step 1. Download and install ES file explorer from play store if you don't already have it. Current version as of this post and what I used was 4.1.6.7.9.
Step 2. Download kingoroot.apk version 3.0 (or latest version..see notes above) and the supersu version 2.79.apk
Step 3. Make sure you have unknown sources checked in your phone settings and install kingoroot. The earlier version, version 3.0, says this app may be harmful but just click on more info and click allow install. Once installed open kingoroot from your apps launcher. Press the one click root button and wait for it to finish rooting the phone. Once that is done back out to your home screen.
Step 4. Open the superuser app from your apps launcher that kingoroot installs while rooting and use it to remove/uninstall what you can of the KNOX system apps. They usually have a little shield beside of them. Once they are uninstalled close superuser.
Step 5. Open ES file explorer and open the menu from the top left. Scroll down until you see the root explorer switch and tap it to turn switch it on. Grant kingoroot permission to have root acess. Now tap the words root explorer to open up the root explorer menu and select mount R/W. Change the paths / and /system from RO to RW and click ok. Open the menu again click local then download or navigate to where you downloaded the supersu.apk. Rename supersu-2.79-xxx.apk to base.apk. Long press base.apk and select copy at the bottom of the screen. Open menu at the top left again and under local select device. Then click on the data folder and then select app folder. Find the folder listed kingoroot.supersu and open it. Select paste at the bottom of the screen and it will ask if you want to overwrite base.apk. Select continue to overwrite. Now back out of ES file explorer and restart your phone. When it restarts it should say android updating and under that it'll say apps 1/1. It only takes a few seconds, what it's doing is adding supersu to your app launcher.
Step 6. Once phone is booted open ES file explorer again and navigate back to the kingoroot.supersu folder and open it local/device/data/app/kingoroot.supersu
Click on the file base.apk and selet the android package installer to install supersu. Once installed back out to your home screen and restart your phone again.
Step 7. Once phone is booted up open es file manager one more time. Navigate back to local/device/data/app. You should now have a folder named eu.chainfire.supersu. Open the menu and click local and then click device. Now use the magnifying glass at the top right to search for kingoroot.supersu. It should find some file folders and one icon with a .png extension. Delete these file folders and icon with ES file manager by long pressing on one of the folders and then check marking the rest and clicking the trash can at the bottom. DO NOT use a Uninstaller to remove kingoroot superuser, use ES file explorer to manually delete these. Once those are deleted back out of or close ES file explorer.
Step 8. Open your app launcher and open the app SuperSu. It will tell you that the su binaries need to be updated. Select continue and then select normally. It should say updating binaries and even though you have uninstalled all of the KNOX components you may get a pop up message asking if you want SuperSu to disable KNOX. If it does select ok and you should receive a message saying KNOX disabled. The binaries should update and it will recommend that you restart the phone. Select restart now or ok and back out to your home screen and then reatart. I backed out to home screen and restarted manually. Now you s4 is rooted and you have supersu as the superuser app and you can uninstall the kingoroot app from your apps launcher. Also look under the application manager of your phone under all apps and see if kingoroot superuser is listed with a blank icon...if it is just click it and click uninstall. You can also now go to play store and update your SuperSu app to the latest version which is 2.82 as of this post. That's it. Please feel free to post or message me if you have any problems and I will help you the best I can.
Step 9. Optional: You can go back to es file explorer and open up the root menu and select Mount R/W and change the paths / and /system back from RW to RO. I recommend this unless you plan on writing to these particular paths.
Hello Everyone,
I have an SM-T860 WiFi, with the stock T860XXU3BTJ2 update. I was able to root it with Magisk. When I initially opened Magisk, it needed to reboot to complete the rooting. I then installed a few apps, and got prompted for root. I approved it, and was able to browse root.
Usually I will go for an AOSP rom, but I was considering the idea of just removing the APK's I don't want (Google, Samsung), and replace them with alternatives.
I tried a few different things, but *it appears that* every time I modify the /system/app-priv folder, and I reboot, my Magisk changes to "NA"! For some reason, reflashing the Magisk_modified file I made in Odin doesn't return root to the device.
At one point, I used Material File manager to mount the root directory as read/write, so I could delete the APKs. I assume flashing the CSC file will mean the / mountpoint will mount as read only, moving forward.
I also downloaded and used the debloat Magisk Module. It appeared to complete successfully, but I have the same Magisk problem when I reboot.
Here's how i flash the Odin Image:
1. Downloaded the firmware with Frija (Really amazing app after first trying Sammobile).
2. Modified it on the tablet with Magisk Manager, copied it back off the device.
3. Flashed Device with BL, Modified Magisk AP, and no CSC (without the "HOME" option) (My understanding is this will delete all data on the device).
4. After Odin finishes, I immediately hold Volume + and Bixby. I immediately get to the recovery, and run a factory reset.
5. Go through initial setup
6. Use ADB to install Magisk Manager apk to Device
7. Upon opening Magisk Manager, it doesn't prompt me to reboot and complete installation (like I saw before), it just says "N/A".
I appreciate your help!
edit-- I ran ls -la on / with adb, and got the line below, so I think that confirms we are read only.
drwxr-xr-x 22 root root 4096 2008-12-31 09:00 system
hello,
how did you root it?!
stock T860XXU3BTJ2 for me it dont work?