[Guide]Rooting Xperia S ICS and GB (Locked Bootloaders) (Easier new method with CWM)

Lord Takyon · Jul 4, 2012

dbappa said:
Forgive my ignorance but this should work with an O2 (UK) XS with a locked bootloader? Also being rooted means I can e.g. install apps that require root like Samba and the app that blocks adverts, install ROMs, remove bloatware etc? So if you can do all of that on root - why do you need an unlocked bootloader?

Can't install custom roms with locked bootloader.

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xperiax10.awesome · Jul 4, 2012

The title is confusing !!!
Can we root Xperia S with ICS, bootloader locked???

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rkanwar · Jul 4, 2012

You can root ics and gb with locked bootloader but you must start with gb .75 firmware

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Lord Takyon · Jul 4, 2012

xperiax10.awesome said:
The title is confusing !!!
Can we root Xperia S with ICS, bootloader locked???

sent from seXperia S

Dude, it's not confusing if you
read the thread title and the first post.

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SFU11 · Jul 4, 2012

Lord Takyon said:
Can't install custom roms with locked bootloader.

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yes because we have no CWM yet. Am I correct?

xperiax10.awesome said:
The title is confusing !!!
Can we root Xperia S with ICS, bootloader locked???

sent from seXperia S

Yes. You can have root with locked bootloader.

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btw, now I have rooted. Thx OP.
- xperia s - generic ch - locked -

Pacjonek · Jul 4, 2012

yes because we have no CWM yet. Am I correct?

Not really, you can but without flashing kernel.
Read any of the other Xperia forum on Xda
There are several ROM's for locked bootloader

lullesha · Jul 4, 2012

Hmmm, I did all the steps, never was there an error -except acore error never happened to me. Xperia Home did force closed however.

At the end I installed superuser but I couldn't achieve root acess..

Any ideas?

UPDATE: Silly me, I forgot to execute step5.bat ...

Lord Takyon · Jul 4, 2012

lullesha said:
Hmmm, I did all the steps, never was there an error -except acore error never happened to me. Xperia Home did force closed however.

At the end I installed superuser but I couldn't achieve root acess..

Any ideas?

I never got the acore error either. As for superuser, just keep trying. I got supersu working eventually.

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Mr_Porter · Jul 4, 2012

Hello

I am on build number 6.0.a.3.73 vodafone Australia ive seen people say you need to be on 75 before you start this process. if so what one do i flash to in the download section these LT26I_6.0.A.3.75_CE1.zip and LT26i_6.0.A.3.75_Generic NL.ftf.7z

or can i just start on 73

Thanks

mamboboy · Jul 4, 2012

mamboboy said:
I get numerous "error: more than one device and emulator" when I run step1. Out of ideas of what to do now

tommyrumbler said:
One device etc error- try restarting your pc,exit pcc,exit flashtool every after use.

TommyR

I've reboot but still getting the same thing. Is it normal for 'adb devices' to list two identical devices? and for them to both be offline?
Didn't think it would be so much hassle to get past step 1!

EDIT: Back of the net! Decided to unplug some peripherals (webcam, xbox 360 controller adapter) and moved the phone cable to a different, possibly non usb3 socket and it worked first time.
Fingers crossed the rest goes smoothly.

Afia2k8 · Jul 4, 2012

lullesha said:
Hmmm, I did all the steps, never was there an error -except acore error never happened to me. Xperia Home did force closed however.

At the end I installed superuser but I couldn't achieve root acess..

Any ideas?

UPDATE: Silly me, I forgot to execute step5.bat ...

Try again, it should work.

Also, There's two types in the play store, "superuser", and "superSU". To me, when finally using ICS rom. SuperSU works best to use with apps requiring root.

Mr_Porter said:
Hello

I am on build number 6.0.a.3.73 vodafone Australia ive seen people say you need to be on 75 before you start this process. if so what one do i flash to in the download section these LT26I_6.0.A.3.75_CE1.zip and LT26i_6.0.A.3.75_Generic NL.ftf.7z

or can i just start on 73

Thanks

You deffinitely need .75 (any .75). Trust me, I tried this process 5 times with .73 when I finally realised to try out a .75 ROM, and it worked first time.

asg.srtw · Jul 4, 2012

I have a question. My Xperia S is currently updated to ICS through PC Companion, official PL Plusgsm firmware.
I know I have to downgrade to GB and so on, but is there a way to finally install the same firmware I have installed now?
I didn't found ICS Central Europe ftf file, and I don't want to have CH or DE version, can I somehow make ftf file from my phone, so I can get back to my current firmware but with root?

kanchigo · Jul 4, 2012

Afia2k8 said:
Try again, it should work.

Also, There's two types in the play store, "superuser", and "superSU". To me, when finally using ICS rom. SuperSU works best to use with apps requiring root.

You deffinitely need .75 (any .75). Trust me, I tried this process 5 times with .73 when I finally realised to try out a .75 ROM, and it worked first time.

No. I tried with. 73 and rooted my phone without any problem.

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Lord Takyon · Jul 4, 2012

kanchigo said:
No. I tried with. 73 and rooted my phone without any problem.

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It's a twitchy process, I had top run a few of the bat files more than once.

I did have to end adb via task manager after each step, and obviously read the first post.

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davidht · Jul 4, 2012

hackit said:
yeah still no root.

does everyone else have to open flashtool before running each bat file?
ok so i start flashtool, then run the bat files. any ideas what would cause the error with the batch file not being able to kill the flashtool64.exe file?

Thanks

What I did was I closed flashtools after every use, making sure it was not running when I ran the batch files. It worked flawlessly the first time.

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imTigger · Jul 4, 2012

I've rooted my phone last night, and here's some hints:

You MUST wipe data after downgrade from ICS to GB, otherwise you will get "permission denied" error in step1.bat,
so make sure you have backup everything before downgrading.

Anicane · Jul 4, 2012

This ''partition exclude'' option does it have to be checked or unchecked ? cause when i check it i get error, without it it goes fine.

Sharaz22 · Jul 4, 2012

Anicane said:
This ''partition exclude'' option does it have to be checked or unchecked ? cause when i check it i get error, without it it goes fine.

It has to be checked

Anicane · Jul 4, 2012

But i get error when i do that, same with the last part of the flashing, when i check all the options in flashtool i get error and flashing stops...

Sharaz22 · Jul 4, 2012

Anicane said:
But i get error when i do that, same with the last part of the flashing, when i check all the options in flashtool i get error and flashing stops...

It works fine here with and without checking the box

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