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[Q] Unable to root Arc S

Hi I am unable to root my Arc S Phone, i tried using this link and attached log file.
any help
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1601038

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=18445331#post18445331

are your adb drivers enabled? i tried tooting my arc s before and i thought that if i connect it and install the drivers i can go to rooting but then i found out that my windows don't enable the drivers automatically so i had to do it manually.

Thanks for sharing so much information. We'll definitely help you now.
Seriously. Give us more information, what phone, what firmware, what method you are trying to use. Otherwise - No.

Flash stock ROM .587
Set Settings->Xperia->USB Connectivity to MSC
Set USB Debugging
Enable Unknown Sources
flash the ready to root kernel .431
apply the root toolkit
flash stock .587 kernel
It worked for me
vijay.gvk said:
Hi I am unable to root my Arc S Phone, i tried using this link and attached log file.
any help
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1601038
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[Q] arc updates

hI,
i m using xperia arc , 4.0.4 build number 4.1.b.0.431 rooted. when i try to update to version 4.1.b.0.587 through OTA, i m getting the error "could not install"
so please guide me to get updated to that.
thanks in advance.

Have you installed any mods, or CWM?
That might prevent you from updating OTA. You can root 587 directly though by doing the sane process as 431.
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Prerequisites:
- Instert .587 fw in Flashtool/firmwares
- Insert .431 and .587 kernel in Flashtool/firmwares
1. Open flashtool. Press the thunderbolt / scar or whatever it is. Select firmware .587.
2. When it is prepared, power off ur phone. Press back key and connect it. Flash it.
3. When the device has rebooted, do the same but flashing the 431 kernel
4. Root the phone with DoomLord toolkit
5. Flash the .587 kernel by the same method
U will have rooted 587
I don't know if there is any newer method, since I have ul bootloader and I root by flashing kernels
Hope it is useful for u

If your BL is unlocked
you must lock it again.:fingers-crossed:

[Guide] Easy Way To Root Xperia S 6.1.a.2.55

ONLY FOR UNLOCKED BOOTLOADERS... Hi Guys... Here's a simple new method to root the new Xperia S LT26i Firmware [6.1.a.2.55] inspired actually by an easy way to root SGS II... and i don't know why nobody has mentioned it yet...
all the credit of course goes to its respective owners...
First of all you'll need the Following...
1- {Recovery} FreeXperia - Xperia S from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1596285&highlight=mirror
2- SuperSU Update zip from here http://download.chainfire.eu/310/SuperSU/UPDATE-SuperSU-v1.04.zip
Now all you need to do is...
1- copy the Supersu zip to your device
2- flash the recovery via fastboot and apply the zip
3- flash back the kernel.sin extracted from the Rom's .ftf you want to root... and it's all done your Rom is ROOTED...
Good luck...

AW: [Guide] Easy Way To Root Xperia S 6.1.a.2.55
Hi,
Very good Guide you wrote there, but if got something that's easier here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2133063
...sent from my awesome Galaxy Note...

very nice... an automated way to do the same job for noobs.. good effort

AW: [Guide] Easy Way To Root Xperia S 6.1.a.2.55
Bash said:
very nice... an automated way to do the same job for noobs.. good effort
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Mhm.
Some people can't handle fastboot...
...sent from my awesome Galaxy Note...

Yeah, other noobs sometimes cant use cmd.exe/command prompt
Sent from my LT26i using xda premium

Bash said:
Now all you need to do is...
1- copy the Supersu zip to your device
2- flash the recovery via fastboot and apply the zip
3- flash back the kernel.sin extracted from the Rom's .ftf you want to root... and it's all done your Rom is ROOTED...
Good luck...
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hi well when i try to flash by cmd or flash tool it always says "FAILED <remote: The Device must be rooted first>"

z3balawi said:
hi well when i try to flash by cmd or flash tool it always says "FAILED <remote: The Device must be rooted first>"
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Is your device bootloder unlocked. If not you cant access fast boot.
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z3balawi said:
hi well when i try to flash by cmd or flash tool it always says "FAILED <remote: The Device must be rooted first>"
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as Li-polymers said that error means that your device isn't Bootloader unlocked... u need to unlock your bootloader here http://unlockbootloader.sonymobile.com/ before try to flash custom kernel...

[Q] Problem trying to root my ZL (10.3.1.A.2.67)

Hi everyone,
Im new to rooting so dont shame me here, be nice
I followed the steps by DoomLord to root my ZL, downloaded the ADB drivers properly (when tested, it shows my model number),
also flashed .423 kernel as instructed
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2458268
Everything went well until i tried the 1 click DoomLord root and i got this error as attached.
When i checked after that using rooter checker, my phone is not rooted.
Can someone help me? Thanks

In there the phone detected that your phone is on 2.67....are you sure that you flash. 423 correctly...?
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jordiang said:
Hi everyone,
Im new to rooting so dont shame me here, be nice
I followed the steps by DoomLord to root my ZL, downloaded the ADB drivers properly (when tested, it shows my model number),
also flashed .423 kernel as instructed
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2458268
Everything went well until i tried the 1 click DoomLord root and i got this error as attached.
When i checked after that using rooter checker, my phone is not rooted.
Can someone help me? Thanks
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YEp. Looks like there was an issue with the step that tells you to flash the .423 kernel ftf.
Try re-downloading that ftf file and flashing it again (then set USB debugging & Unknown sources to ON) and run the DoomLoRD Rooting Kit v18 again.
I had the same error and ends up I flashed the other kernel ftf file by accident.

[Q] root 4.3 on xperia m

plzz help me out..i have unlocked my bootloader.
nd trying different methods but not succesfull..
m on latest stock firmware....
thnkx in advance

Which methods did you try?
The method that worked well for me (does not require Unlocked Bootloader) is the following:
- flash 4.1.2 using FlashTool
- Root it: Install Framaroot, select SuperSU and Gandalf exploit
- Install BusyBox
- flash 4.3 using FlashTool, but exclude System or your 4.3 won't be rooted.

-FliP- said:
Which methods did you try?
The method that worked well for me (does not require Unlocked Bootloader) is the following:
- flash 4.1.2 using FlashTool
- Root it: Install Framaroot, select SuperSU and Gandalf exploit
- Install BusyBox
- flash 4.3 using FlashTool, but exclude System or your 4.3 won't be rooted.
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plzz elaborate for 4.3....i have done using command prompt...but my phone gets bricked so again i have to flash to stock rom

nileshpandey84 said:
plzz elaborate for 4.3....i have done using command prompt...but my phone gets bricked so again i have to flash to stock rom
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Find the appropriate .ftf files for your device. You will be looking for a 4.1.2 ftf and a 4.3 ftf, just google them.
This is the Guide I used: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2709911