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WARNING: ROOTING YOUR PHONE VOIDS YOUR WARRANTY, I'M NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT YOU DO TO YOUR OWN PHONE!!!

Hi HF,
I've decided to make a tutorial on rooting Xperia devices (and some others + tablets) because there isn't one already here!

Confirmed working on:
Sony Xperia : S, T, P , Acro S, Ion , Tipo , Tablet S, Go, Sola, U, Xperia Play R800i (Thanks LithiumSyntax)
Google: Nexus 7 [UK Firmware]
XTouch: X401
Jiayu G2-S
LG: P705, P7510
HTC: One S, Sensation XL [ICS 4.03], Desire S
Kyocera: Rise & Hydro
Samsung: Galaxy S2
Ainol: Novo 7 Tornado 7
Prestigio: MultiPad PMP5197D 9.7 ULTRA
HDC: I9300 S3 clone

Let's do this!

1. Check USB-Debugging by going to 'settings > developer options > check: usb debugging'

2. Check Unknown Sources by going to 'settings > security > check: unknown sources

3. Plug your phone in your computer.

4. Download the root toolkit from HERE and remember where you saved it.

5. Navigate to the place you saved it. Now to prevent errors coming up, hold ctrl+shift and right click anywhere in that folder and click 'open command window here'.
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6. Now type in: 'stuff\adb devices' and press enter, you should see your phone appear. This means you're properly connected. Something like this:
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(Just a bunch of random numbers and letters but that is your phone, if nothing shows up, your phone isn't connected properly and you should install the right drivers for your phone HERE)

7. Now type in the same command prompt: 'runme' and press enter, this should show up:
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8. 1. Xperia phones = Normal mode
2. Sony Tablet and similar = Special mode
Go ahead and choose the one you need.
Type in '1' or '2' (depends on what you need) and press enter.

9. It'll do a lot of stuff and blabla, but after a couple seconds the backup and restore manager on your phone should show up. (something called 'rootme') In the bottom of that program on your phone is a button 'restore'. Hit that button.

10. After that, it'll say 'Good! It worked' and some other shit. Now your phone will reboot. (first boot can take some time, about 1/2 mins)

11. Good job, you've rooted your phone! To check if it's rooted look into your apps and you should see a new app called 'superuser'.

If you find this tutorial helpfull, please leave a reply. If you didn't, tell me what to change about it!

Best regards and good luck,

THL

-If you need any help, post here and pm me. I can also help via TeamViewer-

[Jay‌]

I am pretty sure this should be in the android section

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I am pretty sure this should be in the android section

I'll try to move it to there, i also had my doubts lol

EDIT: Am i even able to do that?

Nevermind i've copied this thread and made a new one in there.

[V For Vendetta.]

Nice tutorial! Also, what exactly does rooting do? :S

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Nice tutorial! Also, what exactly does rooting do? :S

Thanks! Rooting basically bypasses the 'security system' on the phone allowing you to customize whatever you want and remove bloatware.

[V For Vendetta.]

Thanks! Rooting basically bypasses the 'security system' on the phone allowing you to customize whatever you want and remove bloatware.

So it's NOT like jailbreaking like on an IOS system?

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So it's NOT like jailbreaking like on an IOS system?

Yes i think it is, but most people jailbreak their apples to get free apps. But on android you can get free apps without rooting your phone..

[V For Vendetta.]

Yes i think it is, but most people jailbreak their apples to get free apps. But on android you can get free apps without rooting your phone..

Could you please educate me on how that is possible :O

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Could you please educate me on how that is possible :O

You mean getting free apps on android that are normally paid ones?

Ofcourse! No problem, i'll send you a pm :)

Edit: pm'ed you

[V For Vendetta.]

You mean getting free apps on android that are normally paid ones?

Ofcourse! No problem, i'll send you a pm :)

Edit: pm'ed you

Thank you so much bro! I really appreciate it! :)

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Thank you so much bro! I really appreciate it! :)

No problem man, anytime :) Just pm'ed you with the other things you asked me btw

EDIT: Thanks for the +Rep!

[LithiumSyntax]

This works with the Xperia Play R800i just did this on it.

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This works with the Xperia Play R800i just did this on it.

Thanks for confirming! I'll update it :)

EDIT: Updated it with your name next to it, thanks again