[Q] Is there "one-click" rooting for 4.3 (.290) firmware?

obender said:

Simple pragmatism, the only thing I want is root access, no flushing any ROMs or anything of that nature

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obender said:

So it seems there is not simple VROOT or Kingo Android ROOT style rooting available for those who don't want to unlock the boot loader.
Anyone came across anything similar that works?
I'm aware of this thread http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2588331 and the instruction in there, this is not quite the same as what I'm looking for.

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obender said:

Simple pragmatism, the only thing I want is root access, no flushing any ROMs or anything of that nature

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BreakShadow said:

Okay. I'd like the same too just for App Ops/Greenify. I love stock. But there's no one click solution yet.

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TagEHeuer said:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2572988

Otherwise just downgrade to .257, then update back to .290 OTA

Some other helpful links:

http://techbeasts.com/2013/12/18/how-to-unlock-bootloader-of-sony-xperia-devices-guide/

Otherwise you'll be waiting a while

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Just2Cause said:

OTA to 290 is useless. You only get partial root and that means you don't have much to do.

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xasbo said:

Agreed. It's better to flash a pre-rooted stock-ish ROM from the dev forum.

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Just2Cause said:

Useless, I already tried iHackers (pre-rooted stock-ish) on locked bootloader and got partial root access because Sony's RIC is in the kernel now. So whatever you do, you will only get partial root unless (somehow) you disable it. And currently there's no way to do it with a locked bootloader.

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