Root XPS (63 & 67 FW) [Update: 20.03.12]
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hey guys,
at the moment im sitting at a pool on palma de mallorca, spain, with my new awesome Xperia S (i am supposed to be at scholl right now, but my mum told me to f*** off school and gifted me 2 weeks of vacation here) thhotels wlan is like 80 god'damn kb/s, but can i root my phone without any PC ? is that possible ??? i dont want to wait one more week, friday i am going back home...
at the moment im sitting at a pool on palma de mallorca, spain, with my new awesome Xperia S (i am supposed to be at scholl right now, but my mum told me to f*** off school and gifted me 2 weeks of vacation here) thhotels wlan is like 80 god'damn kb/s, but can i root my phone without any PC ? is that possible ??? i dont want to wait one more week, friday i am going back home...
Hi there.
I have a brand new Xperia S and I've been reading all about this bootloader unlocking and rooting...
So far I'm getting a bit disappointed because my bootloader isn't unlockable. I've checked it.
Now, my question is: can I root my device in any way, even with a locked bootloader?
EDIT: In the meantime I found the answer... XPS isn't rootable with ICS installed in it, but a workaround is being developed.
I have a brand new Xperia S and I've been reading all about this bootloader unlocking and rooting...
So far I'm getting a bit disappointed because my bootloader isn't unlockable. I've checked it.
Now, my question is: can I root my device in any way, even with a locked bootloader?
EDIT: In the meantime I found the answer... XPS isn't rootable with ICS installed in it, but a workaround is being developed.
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Look around more I'll try and get back on here later if I get the chance, hard work to try finding and posting the link on phone.I have a locked bootloader with root and have been running miui for a few weeks-android 4.0.1,You can root but a lot of the custom roms need bootloader unlocking, not All though.
Just try a search for Miui rooted.
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Just try a search for Miui rooted.
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47For unlocked bootloaders only!
Please use the recovery now to root any firmware!
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1596285
Just flash the SuperSU cwm zip with recovery and your phone will be rooted. To download SuperSU visit this thread:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1538053
Regards11
No you are getting the idea wrong
Long ago we discussed alot with SonyEricsson and together decided this is the best way of doing it.
The reason is simple:
Rooting alone does not give you access to all partitions etc. pp See X10 Forums for that. Sony is very good in hiding partitions
With a bootloader unlock we get fully workable fastboot. We are able to write all partitions and change what we want. (Root too)
Also Sony(Ericsson) is able to track who unlocks and who not AND is able to provide a check mechanism to forbid unlocking of phones which are not owned by the user (for example provider branded phones in contract, the phone is usually property of the provider).
So this is the reason. Unlocked bootloader gives us nearly full access, so no need to worry I am in this game since X10 times (like you or not ?)and we always got the phones working like we wanted.
Our work for CM9 on XPS has started now too.
Regards8For unlocked bootloaders only!
Download:
http://eddy.uni-duisburg.de/bin4ry/system_xps_prerooted_63fw.img
Connect device in fastboot mode (blue LED).
Open Command prompt and type:
fastboot flash system system_xps_prerooted_63fw.img
This will give you root immediatly after reboot!
A nicer way will come soon. But this should solve first problems
Regards
ERRRR u beat me to it6Can someone re-post the img without root explorer in it then ? pleaaaase !
Done it properly with make_ext4 rather than with my experiments further up the thread
No hidden extras, it contains only the files in Bin4ry's original img, just re-sized the partition to 1073741824 bytes (see screenshot above)
download from hotfile or ul.to
sys_xps_root_67_1g.img md5sum: df5c0170f7b03a82809b41c71decb9bd
Usual disclaimers apply, use at your own risk..4
Hint, use make_ext4fs to create a "sparse" image for fastboot.
I already built a system.img and proved work as following link.
LINK REMOVED BY MODERATOR.
