Bootloader unlocked, now...confusion.

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I'm having trouble getting this POS rooted. Got it unlocked with little problem, but now that it comes to rooting, it's extremely confusing to follow the tutorials. Is there any working one-click methods? I'm no stranger to Android OS, I had my Dinc2 rooted in about 5 minutes after unboxing. But this abomination is really working my nerves. Help please?

There is no "One-Click Root"
But rooting using the given instructions is not difficult at all.
Its as simple as downloading a few files, and typing a few codes.

what have you tried so far? and what firmware are you running?

Since you unlocked your bootloader,here is how you get Root

http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1130639

download the .img ,put it in your fastboot folder

download the rootxperia.zip to your SD card

Turn phone off,plug into your PC/Laptop and hold search button ( might take some tries) ,you should get BLUE LED

SHIFT+RIGHTCLICK on fastboot folder and open in command window (assuming your usiing vista/win7) and type

fastboot boot recoveryPLAY.img


wait 2 minutes,it takes time.

Apply zip from SDcard and you are rooted

Originally Posted by Cat_On_Droid

Since you unlocked your bootloader,here is how you get Root

http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1130639

download the .img ,put it in your fastboot folder

download the rootxperia.zip to your SD card

Turn phone off,plug into your PC/Laptop and hold search button ( might take some tries) ,you should get BLUE LED

SHIFT+RIGHTCLICK on fastboot folder and open in command window (assuming your usiing vista/win7) and type

fastboot boot recoveryPLAY.img


wait 2 minutes,it takes time.

Apply zip from SDcard and you are rooted

the wait for recovery to load is HORRIBLE!! lol. push the menu button once in a while if you are unsure. i did. it makes the wait (for me) less painful :P but installing the .zip and rebooting successfully with a rooted phone is AWESOME!!

Thanks for simplifying it for me Cat. I'm sitting here with my blue LED, my blank screen and my command window that now says "waiting for device" so that's what I'm doing. Waiting. Smoke break time.

Originally Posted by chattguy

Thanks for simplifying it for me Cat. I'm sitting here with my blue LED, my blank screen and my command window that now says "waiting for device" so that's what I'm doing. Waiting. Smoke break time.

God this is painful. It's doing nothing. Should I unplug and try it again? it's been over 10 minutes.

Originally Posted by chattguy

God this is painful. It's doing nothing. Should I unplug and try it again? it's been over 10 minutes.

are you sure that you installed the "S1Boot Fastboot" driver completely ?

cause i had some problem like yours ... just go to my computer=> right clik => manage=> devicce manager


and check if it's already install or not (( other devices ))

Originally Posted by mehdi.moha

are you sure that you installed the "S1Boot Fastboot" driver completely ?

cause i had some problem like yours ... just go to my computer=> right clik => manage=> devicce manager


and check if it's already install or not (( other devices ))

Sony Ericsson sa0102 is installed, but I'm not seeing anything in my device manager about S1 Fastboot. Hmm...how would one go about installing it? I have the fastboot folder on my desktop. It has two subfolders, Fastboot and USB_drivers .

Originally Posted by chattguy

God this is painful. It's doing nothing. Should I unplug and try it again? it's been over 10 minutes.

In this case if it's either still 'waiting for device' or trying to boot recoveryPLAY.img, then you're safe to try again since nothing is being flashed

When connected next time, in fastboot mode, before booting the .img, type this:

fastboot devices 'enter'

It will show a list of devices attached.

It might be that your missing some drivers so fastboot is not working correctly and won't detect your device. Have you pc companion installed? I don't remember if there came any drivers with the fastboot download but check that, there might be some drivers you didn't install.

Regards Dousan...