Hi. So, I have a SONY XPERIA S with bootloader locked. I recieved a mail from SONY with the unlock bootloader key. The next step should be to download the SDK. But since the SDK is almost 500 MB in size and I have a slow connection, and a limited data plan I cannot download the SDK. My question is : Is there another easy way to to this? To unlock my bootloader?
i'm not sure if this help, but just trying to help
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=42407269
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Alin Theron
Any advantage of unlocking?
This is general section, pls post question on Q&A section... Tq
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The advantage is that with unlocked bootloader I can make root
AlinTheron said:
The advantage is that with unlocked bootloader I can make root
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Mmm, did you know that you can 'root' with locked bootloader also?... the real advantage is that you can use custom kernels
I tried, not working.
Any ideas on how to root with locked bootloader?
AlinTheron said:
Any ideas on how to root with locked bootloader?
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Yes.
AlinTheron said:
I tried, not working.
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Would you mind sharing more feedback of what you have already tried for rooting?? and which steps are you failing at? so we can help you out :cyclops:
I've tried a zip package from doomlord
i'm using XAS, base on .200 ROM, all i do to root was this.
1. UL BL
2. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2309117
3. place this SuperSU-1.25-Busybox-1.20.2-UPDATE.zip file from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=42005929&postcount=3 onto internal storage
4. flash SuperSU-1.25-Busybox-1.20.2-UPDATE.zip in recovery
that's what i did on both XAS
I'll try it right now
Done. SOLVED
Now it works just fine.
SOLVED
How to get the key from Sony?
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http://unlockbootloader.sonymobile.com/instructions
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Hey all!
I am quite new here so yeah.. At first i post a thread about some questions but still i don't understand some.
1: How do i unlock my bootloader without SE detecting it as a unlocked bootloader. Some say use SETooL/Omnius but i am still not sure about that. I don't want SE to detect my phone's bootloader as unlock. I know if it does my warranty is as good as dead.
2: Flash? What is flash? More importantly how do i flash roms onto my LT18i? I need a clear step by step instructions. What do i need to have before flashing? ADB Drivers? PC Companion? Is there a video that can teach me how to flash roms/kernels clearly? Give me an example on how to flash using a rom that can be flashed on Xperia Arc S.
These things might be hard to answer as it is in every noobs mind. So please help me understand, these things. How? What is needed? Example? I need answers. It is hard to search for answers as i am busy with my school and i am having Common Test (Sort of an important Test that is counted in my Exams). I am willing to learn more about this Android development thing.
Thanks,
LeParkour012
1. Contact Jinx13
2. With recovery or FlashTool
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Examples please. Maybe a screenshot? A video?
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LeParkour012 said:
Examples please. Maybe a screenshot? A video?
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... SEARCH.
... SEARCH.
... SEARCH.
Flashing (FlashTool):
Flashing (Wotan Server):
Rooting:
Bootloader:
I am unable to check the links on my phone. So I will do it later. Quick question. Will the link on bootloader allow me to unlock my bootloader without SE detrcting it?
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You might be new, but you can search a bit alone.
BlueChip found it also, because he searched...
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BluechipJ said:
... SEARCH.
... SEARCH.
... SEARCH.
Flashing (FlashTool):
Flashing (Wotan Server):
Rooting:
Bootloader:
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But! But! I don't get it! How about on my Arc S?! Is a free method available without removing the DRM stated in your video? Mine says BootLoader Unlock Allowed: Yes. But if i use the paid method (SETool 2) will i need to like connect the testpoints or something. This is for my Xperia Arc S
Success! After some experiments I finally unlocked my bootloader and I flashed an ICS Rom!
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You Can be on the latest firmware with root ....
Update OTA after Rooting ........
a) Your Boot loader should not be unlocked (Default setting by Sony Ericsson)
b) Root your phone which is running on .42 firmware using the latest Flashtools v 0.6.8
Note :
i.First install Flash tool.
ii.Connect the phone in Flash Mode
iii.Flash it with 4.0.2.A.0.42
iv.Turn on the phone when flashing complete
v.Connect the phone with usb debbuging enabled.
vi.Open the Flashtool
vii.Then press the lock icon on flashtool.
viii.Phone will automatically reeboot after done
c) After rooting update your phone OTA
You can try using Wifi/3G/Edge
hi,
i have searched for an answer all over the internet including this website. can someone please tell me how i can root my xperia arc that has the software mentioned in the title. if you can post a step by step guide that would be great. thank you.
shoaib12 said:
hi,
i have searched for an answer all over the internet including this website. can someone please tell me how i can root my xperia arc that has the software mentioned in the title. if you can post a step by step guide that would be great. thank you.
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Check here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1560777
what do i do if i have the unlocked bootloader
shoaib12 said:
what do i do if i have the unlocked bootloader
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just flash doomkernel vx.x {whatever u want}
Use this one:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1558114
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how do i flash from .62 to .42? if i unlock my bootloader do i need to flash back? if i unlock my bootloader what procedure do i take to root my phone?
shoaib12 said:
how do i flash from .62 to .42? if i unlock my bootloader do i need to flash back? if i unlock my bootloader what procedure do i take to root my phone?
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you can flash any prerooted ROM after unlocking the bootloader
Sad-Clown said:
you can flash any prerooted ROM after unlocking the bootloader
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im sorry, but that made no sense to me. i dont know what a prerooted ROM is. im sorry im such a noob and sorry for being a hassle by asking these questions but i dont want to ruin my phone the first time i root.
shoaib12 said:
im sorry, but that made no sense to me. i dont know what a prerooted ROM is. im sorry im such a noob and sorry for being a hassle by asking these questions but i dont want to ruin my phone the first time i root.
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You have to unlock the bootloader to flash a prerooted Rom (a Rim that is rooted) but i don't recommend this methode since you have to unlock the bl
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so what is the best method for me to use as a noob with a sony erricson xperia arc version 2.3.4 build .62
anyone got an answer?
shoaib12 said:
so what is the best method for me to use as a noob with a sony erricson xperia arc version 2.3.4 build .62
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If you have bootloader locked you will need to down grade your firmware to build 42 do this download program called flashtools available on xda.
Download from xda the .42 file use flashtools to load on to phone.
Then root with either zergrush method or from flashtools.
Once rooted use ota to update to latest build 62
if bootloader is unlocked then do as described in previous posts.
All software and tools are available in general or q&a sections.
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shoaib12 said:
anyone got an answer?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1558114
Use this if you downgraded your phone
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okay, so i have unlocked bootloader. can someone give me a link to how i can root my phone. if i root my phone will i loose everything? like how i lost it all when i unlocked bootloader.
shoaib12 said:
okay, so i have unlocked bootloader. can someone give me a link to how i can root my phone. if i root my phone will i loose everything? like how i lost it all when i unlocked bootloader.
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There's nothing to be lost.. Dont worry.. And u can always relock your bootloader and get the warranty back.. But u wont be able to get the drm keys back..
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I have the same problem...
With the same spec, how the best tutorial for noob like me..?
So today after watching tutorial videos and reading about it I finally made my mind and decided to flash/root my xperia arc. The build no of my stock was .431 now what I did was download the '.431 ready to root ftf' and flashed my phone, now when I tried to root it it gave me several errors mkdir failed for tmp, File exists and rm failed for *, No such file or directory and to make thing worse the memory card messed up and I had to format it and lost all the data. Now I've recovered the phone using pc companion but I failed very badly
I have no idea what exactly did I do wrong?
assassin8 said:
what exactly did I do wrong?
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Not a clue, the memory card shouldn't have been affected so god knows. Just start over.
XperienceD said:
Not a clue, the memory card shouldn't have been affected so god knows. Just start over.
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is there any other way of rooting my device? like if I unlock the bootloader will it be easier to root it? and how do I go about cfw/kernel/mods in a unlocked bootloader?
assassin8 said:
like if I unlock the bootloader will it be easier to root it?
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Yep.
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and how do I go about cfw/kernel/mods in a unlocked bootloader?
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Read the stickys, and the individual threads for instructions.
Go to setting after flash the ready to root 4.0.3. Click at xperia. Click connectivity. Click USB connection mode. Choose MSC. The default is MTP if i not mistaken. Then root your phone and flash back 4.0.4 kernel.
This method i using when i root my phone last week. Before that it was giving me so many error.
Im on LOCKED BOOTLOADER while doing that
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is there any other way of rooting my device? like if I unlock the bootloader will it be easier to root it?
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Yes, after unlocking the bootloader flash a kernel, and then install a custom rom that's pre-rooted. Much easier way if you don't mind not sticking with stock.
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Yes, after unlocking the bootloader flash a kernel, and then install a custom rom that's pre-rooted. Much easier way if you don't mind not sticking with stock.
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what kernel and ROM should I get?
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what kernel and ROM should I get?
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Normally I use the Arcknight kernel (Get version 3.5.1 or 3.3 because 3.6 is broken), but since Sony released the new .587 build I'm sticking with this kernel for now.
Now with Roms I suggest you go with this one its really good .
Okay I just rooted it sucessfully but I kept the bootloader locked.
How do I flash Arcknight 3.5.4 on my locked bootloader?
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How do I flash Arcknight 3.5.4 on my locked bootloader?
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You can't.
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XperienceD said:
You can't.
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So how do I go about getting 'Xperia Ice Bean 4.0.4'?
If that's not possible then can you please recommend some good ROMs for locked BL if there are any?
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So how do I go about getting 'Xperia Ice Bean 4.0.4'?
If that's not possible then can you please recommend some good ROMs for locked BL if there are any?
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If you're going to root then you might as well unlock the BL. If IceBean needs a custom kernel then you can't use it, if not follow the instructions.
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I unlocked the bootloader and now running cyanogen mod
however the usb transfer speed is rather slow, around 2.5mbps?
Hi, i'm looking if there still exists any method to unlock a bootloader (status: no), i don't really care if it's paid or not anymore, i just want to know if it exist..
Thanks
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Not that I'm aware of.
[email protected] said:
Not that I'm aware of.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2053466
The link about me is a dangerous method and has a 50% chance to hard brick your device, 95% chance that its not gonna work and 100% it will disable radio, OP said it worked for one guy
I'd like to keep my phone safe in the process if it's possible...
you can unlock it on sony's dev site
boyheadkick said:
you can unlock it on sony's dev site
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Read op
[email protected] said:
Read op
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oops, i missed the status=no part lol
Hard Reset
Hi
I am having a problem where I can't get my phone (xperia S) into fast boot mode althow it's rooted, and it's starting to run a bit slow. So am wondering if a factory reset wold solv the problem, and if a wold loos my rooting. (I'm wondering if it was my rooting with messed it up and in that case it wold solve it).
Plese awnser this and excuse my english.
/ Isak Ågren
isse26 said:
Hi
I am having a problem where I can't get my phone (xperia S) into fast boot mode althow it's rooted, and it's starting to run a bit slow. So am wondering if a factory reset wold solv the problem, and if a wold loos my rooting. (I'm wondering if it was my rooting with messed it up and in that case it wold solve it).
Plese awnser this and excuse my english.
/ Isak Ågren
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How do you root your phone??
Factory reset just wipe /data & /cache. You shouldn't lost root.
If you want to backup app data, use Titanium backup.
The Phone won't go into fastboot mode
cities516 said:
How do you root your phone??
Factory reset just wipe /data & /cache. You shouldn't lost root.
If you want to backup app data, use Titanium backup.
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- Isak - The big problem is that I can't get it into fastboot so I can't install clocworksmod recovery, witch I realy needs so I can flash Jelly Bean on it and get Google Now and al those cool tings, and a performance boost. You don't hapen to know a program that installs clockworksmod recovery "automaticly" (like a exe-file or somthings) where you just put in the informatin, klick go and wate for a bit. That wold realy help sins I can't do it automatically for some reson.
/ Isak
isse26 said:
- Isak - The big problem is that I can't get it into fastboot so I can't install clocworksmod recovery, witch I realy needs so I can flash Jelly Bean on it and get Google Now and al those cool tings, and a performance boost. You don't hapen to know a program that installs clockworksmod recovery "automaticly" (like a exe-file or somthings) where you just put in the informatin, klick go and wate for a bit. That wold realy help sins I can't do it automatically for some reson.
/ Isak
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You can use RecoverX to install CWM w/o entering fastboot.
Or if your bootloader is unlocked, flash a custom kernel which includes recovery mode.
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You can use RecoverX to install CWM w/o entering fastboot.
Or if your bootloader is unlocked, flash a custom kernel which includes recovery mode.
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That's probably what he wants to do, install a kernel.
To the guy asking: is your bootloader unlocked? Did you set up the fastboot drivers properly? Are you on Windows7 64 bit or Windows 8? It takes some looking up to get it working .
You can do it .
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I'm having problems getting my Rooted, unlocked Xperia S LT26i into fastboot mode, so i can't install the drivers. I got the required "code" to unlock the boot loader, but when i run the program that is suppose to unlock it, it says device not found. My goal is to install clockworksmod recovery so I can flash an other Rom with Jelly Bean. If anyone could tell me what to do that wold be awesome! Please answer to this post, or. Email me at [email protected]
Thanks in advanced and excuse my English
/ Isak Ågren, Sweden
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I have a locked bootloader, and the unlockable status says 'no'. But I also got an unlock code for it from Sony, and I already paid to have the sim lock released.
So I have a sim free phone (Acro HD, the Japanese Acro S), a bootloader which says 'no' to being unlockable, and an unlock code fro my phone's bootloader from Sony. Can I unlock it?
isse26 said:
I'm having problems getting my Rooted, unlocked Xperia S LT26i into fastboot mode, so i can't install the drivers. I got the required "code" to unlock the boot loader, but when i run the program that is suppose to unlock it, it says device not found. My goal is to install clockworksmod recovery so I can flash an other Rom with Jelly Bean. If anyone could tell me what to do that wold be awesome! Please answer to this post, or. Email me at [email protected]
Thanks in advanced and excuse my English
/ Isak Ågren, Sweden
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I am using windows 8 64 bit, but I have access to a windows vista 32 bit if that would be necessary
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Hey guys!
I just bought my Z1 Compact two days ago and gonna love it,and today i'm spending all day long
just to find out how to root it.I found a tutorial on this forum how to do it,since this is my very first rooting i'm
pretty much confuse,right now my phone is jammed and keep booting on and sometime "Sony" logo
appeared for so long until i turning off my phone "Volume Up+Power" since the "Power" button won't work properly.
I think i have delete whole android system file and i don't make any backup.
Can i get my phone run as normally back?
I need help.
heartbroke said:
I found a tutorial on this forum
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can you post the url of this tut?!
The solution will probably be to flash a stock FTF with Flashtool, but this is the Xperia Z section, so your thread shouldn't really be here.
You should ask in the correct forum for your device - Xperia Z1 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting.
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__raptor__ said:
can you post the url of this tut?!
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here is the link : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2620794
kingvortex said:
The solution will probably be to flash a stock FTF with Flashtool, but this is the Xperia Z section, so your thread shouldn't really be here.
You should ask in the correct forum for your device - Xperia Z1 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting.
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what do you mean by "flash a stock FTF with Flashtool" ?
how to do it? what files i need to download? thanks for your kind reply.
My problem is solved as i can get my phone running back.
heartbroke said:
My problem is solved as i can get my phone running back.
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what have you done to make it work?
I download this TFT file.It's a android jelly bean for my Z1c.
Code:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2615874
and flash it using Flashtool
Code:
http://www.flashtool.net/download.php
So after finish flashing in order to get my phone rooted i download CWM
to unlock my bootloader.
Code:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2620794
After bootloader is unlocked i'm installing supersu to get rooted.
Code:
http://download.chainfire.eu/supersu
And then i do a simple backup using this method
Code:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2292598
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Before this i thought i have delete my whole system but i was wrong
because i unlock my bootloader using fastboot
and download false version of CWM (14.3.A.0.681) since
my current android version is 14.2.A.1.114.So it does not fits
together.
@ kingvortex nice to see you here :good:
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So after finish flashing in order to get my phone rooted i download CWM
to unlock my bootloader.
Code:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2620794
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And then i do a simple backup using this method
Code:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2292598
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Why did you take a TA backup after unlocking bootloader? You realize that you already lost your DRM keys / warranty?
zxz0O0 said:
Why did you take a TA backup after unlocking bootloader? You realize that you already lost your DRM keys / warranty?
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This