[ROOT][ICS][Locked bootloader] for ics 4.0.3, baseband .562, found on ARC development

nroberto13 · May 30, 2012 at 8:56 AM

here's an already rooted rom

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1679658

mirkuma · May 30, 2012 82 7 0

nroberto13 said:
here's an already rooted rom

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1679658

Thanks, but I'm looking for the solution in case of locked bootloader and offical SUSE 4.0.4 installed. Also root method should not disable option to repair the phone trough Sony PC companion.

It seems that I will have to wait a little bit more for root method that works on stock 4.0.4...

snailboykh · Mar 26, 2012 3 0 0

Cant Root My Phone Xperia Ray ICS 4.0.4

I cant root my xperia ray ICS 4.0.4 even i use Doomlord or Root_v5 when m rootin it said permission denied.... plz i need help

zizaziz · Jun 3, 2012 5 0 0

asertyio said:
This procedure works on 4.0.3 on Arc S, Neo V and Ray. It also works on Unlocked and Locked Bootloader.

Requirements:

1.install adb driver (or reinstall it from adb sdk)
2. needs USB Debugging on
(optional) activate Mass Storage Mode (MSC), some users reported trouble using MTP mode
3. connect the usb cable to the phone ->run .bat file from zip
4.press any key
5.the phone will turn off, wait to switch on again (see the lockscreen)
6.press any key again
7.the phone will reboot again(same as 6th step)
8.press any key ...again
9. same as 6th step
10.press any key, the bat closes...and there you are...working superuser, need to install busybox from market

i've found the root file on arc development section, i don't remember in wich one

also, CWM from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1346190 is compatible

Hit Thanks button if it works for you

i did everything as described but nothing happens...im running official ICS 4.0.4 and i wat to root my phone jus to remove unwanted apps and stop unwanted apps to run n gain permissions....m new to android and want to sort this out n learn....thanks in advance for helping a n00b

twaarrd · Apr 17, 2012 3 0 0

zizaziz said:
i did everything as described but nothing happens...im running official ICS 4.0.4 and i wat to root my phone jus to remove unwanted apps and stop unwanted apps to run n gain permissions....m new to android and want to sort this out n learn....thanks in advance for helping a n00b

I don't think this method works with 4.0.4. You need to flash the 4.0.3 kernal from the ftf file, root then re-flash 4.0.4 kernal. There's a thread here about it: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1682224

cushcalc · Jun 7, 2012

*boy*racer* said:
What I do is delete su in system/bin. Then delete superuser.apk.

Sent from my Xperia Ray using xda premium

On my phone it is system/xbin, and in that folder there is busybox, dexdump, sh and su

(ICS 4.04)

sally2dix69 · Jun 24, 2012 10 0 0

Question

Will this work on an htc phone running ICS?

emmanueldmc · Jun 26, 2012 at 8:39 PM

I can root my xperia sk17a with the oficial firmware 4.1.B.0.431 (ics), with this program?

SE_Xperia · Jun 27, 2012 3 1 0

Thanks!

Thanks!
All works perfectly on my SE Xperia Ray with stock firmware 4.1.A.0.562!

Go-Kung · Jan 10, 2011 4 0 0

Still waiting for 4.1.B.0.431 root

EvilHeart · Jul 4, 2012 at 9:44 PM

help

error my os 4.0.4 sony ericsson expreia arc

failed on '/data/local/tmp' - Permission denied
link failed File exists

CubicX · Jul 13, 2012

Is someone working on rooting the latest official rom?

I just want to update my current rom (rooted official 2.3 rom) to Ice Cream Sandwich with the PC Companion tool from Sony...the latest official rom is 4.0.4, am I correct (I'm in Europe, don't known if that matters though). I want to root only for removing the crap bloatware, my current rom is also rooted and thats enough for me

.

Will this work on my phone after updating to 4.0.4?: http://androidadvices.com/root-sony-xperia-ray-official-ics-404-firmware-tutorial/

heartrix · Jul 23, 2012

Figured out why it didn't work now. My phone is on 4.0.4

BTW, if I ever use flashtool to flash the entire rom, will I have to reroot the phone again or is the root permanent? Sorry for a newbie question.

tintin100 · Jul 23, 2012 at 11:07 PM

I found this page http://talk.sonymobile.com/thread/41119?start=0&tstart=0 helpful. Also http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1682224 also has all the needed instructions and files in one place.
Basically 4.0.4 is not directly rootable by DoomLord s technique, so we have to downgrade the kernel to 4.0.3 then root it and flash the 4.0.4 kernel back again.

---------- Post added at 03:37 AM ---------- Previous post was at 03:23 AM ----------

heartrix said:
Figured out why it didn't work now. My phone is on 4.0.4

BTW, if I ever use flashtool to flash the entire rom, will I have to reroot the phone again or is the root permanent? Sorry for a newbie question.

No you dont have to flash the whole rom, only kernel is needed.

Also found out a nice tutorial on how to create a backup of your original firmware.

1. you must have SUS

2. run SUS and repair your phone (you will lose all data)

3. go to C:\Program Files\Sony Ericcson\Update Service\db\13740270\blob_fs\

4. Copy the 2 largest files you'll find there and paste to a directory (say C:\dump)

5. Run FlashTool

6. Click Advanced > Decrypt Files

7. Source folder : C:\dump

8. From Files, select all (Click & Ctrl + A) and click -> to move the 2 files to "Files to convert"

9. Click OK

10. Wait patiently till it finishes...

11. From Folder list, select all (Click & Ctrl + A) and click -> to move the 2 files to Firmware content

12. If it is ICS, tick the Disable Final Verification Check

13. On Device write the model [ex. Xperia Ray (ST18i)], on Version write the firmware version and/or the Android version [ex. 4.1.B.0.431 (ICS_4.0.4)], on Branding write the region and your name if you wish.

14. Click OK

15. On Device Selection choose the device it is for (ex. ST18i)

16. Wait very patiently...

17. When it finishes the firmware .ftf file is located on C:\Flashtool\firmwares

You can choose to make only kernel .ftf file if you choose the kernel file in step 11

berbez · Dec 12, 2010 10 2 0

it works well on c905 acho ics 4.0.3 I love you, of France ^:good:

thank you, thank you,thank you ,thank you :victory:

goodnightPal · Aug 1, 2012 at 9:09 PM

why cannor root my Ray?

why cannor root my Ray?

log:
failed on '/data/local/tmp' - Permission denied
link failed File exists
Wait until reboot is fully complete and when phone asks for sim lock
password, press any key. (2 more left)
A folytatáshoz nyomjon meg egy billentyűt . . .
/system/bin/sh: cannot create /data/local.prop: Permission denied
Wait until reboot is fully complete and when phone asks for sim lock
password, press any key. (1 more left)
A folytatáshoz nyomjon meg egy billentyűt . . .
uid=2000(shell) gid=2000(shell) groups=1003(graphics),1004(input),1007(log),1009
(mount),1011(adb),1015(sdcard_rw),3001(net_bt_admin),3002(net_bt),3003(inet),300
6(net_bw_stats)
Wait until reboot is fully complete and when phone asks for sim lock
password, press any key.
A folytatáshoz nyomjon meg egy billentyűt . . .
remount failed: Operation not permitted
failed to copy 'files\su' to '/system/xbin/su': Read-only file system
Unable to chmod /system/xbin/su: No such file or directory
Unable to chmod /system/xbin/su: No such file or directory
Removing changes except ROOT
rm failed for /data/local.prop, No such file or directory
rm failed for /data/local/tmp, Permission denied
failed on '/data/local/tmp.bak' - No such file or directory
failed to copy 'files\superuser.apk' to '/system/app/superuser.apk': Read-only f
ile system
Press any key to exit and have fun with your rooted phone.
A folytatáshoz nyomjon meg egy billentyűt . . .

tolakos100 · Aug 4, 2012 at 10:00 PM

tintin100 said:
I found this page http://talk.sonymobile.com/thread/41119?start=0&tstart=0 helpful. Also http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1682224 also has all the needed instructions and files in one place.
Basically 4.0.4 is not directly rootable by DoomLord s technique, so we have to downgrade the kernel to 4.0.3 then root it and flash the 4.0.4 kernel back again.

---------- Post added at 03:37 AM ---------- Previous post was at 03:23 AM ----------

No you dont have to flash the whole rom, only kernel is needed.

Also found out a nice tutorial on how to create a backup of your original firmware.

1. you must have SUS

2. run SUS and repair your phone (you will lose all data)

3. go to C:\Program Files\Sony Ericcson\Update Service\db\13740270\blob_fs\

4. Copy the 2 largest files you'll find there and paste to a directory (say C:\dump)

5. Run FlashTool

6. Click Advanced > Decrypt Files

7. Source folder : C:\dump

8. From Files, select all (Click & Ctrl + A) and click -> to move the 2 files to "Files to convert"

9. Click OK

10. Wait patiently till it finishes...

11. From Folder list, select all (Click & Ctrl + A) and click -> to move the 2 files to Firmware content

12. If it is ICS, tick the Disable Final Verification Check

13. On Device write the model [ex. Xperia Ray (ST18i)], on Version write the firmware version and/or the Android version [ex. 4.1.B.0.431 (ICS_4.0.4)], on Branding write the region and your name if you wish.

14. Click OK

15. On Device Selection choose the device it is for (ex. ST18i)

16. Wait very patiently...

17. When it finishes the firmware .ftf file is located on C:\Flashtool\firmwares

You can choose to make only kernel .ftf file if you choose the kernel file in step 11

Greetings to all wonderfull people of this forum,

Just bought my Xperia Mini and i'm trying to root it.
Any help about the SUS?
What is this and, maybe, where i can get it?

Thanks in advance!

Chris_S_PEI · Aug 19, 2012

goodnightPal said:
why cannor root my Ray?

log:
failed on '/data/local/tmp' - Permission denied
link failed File exists
Wait until reboot is fully complete and when phone asks for sim lock
password, press any key. (2 more left)
A folytatáshoz nyomjon meg egy billentyűt . . .
/system/bin/sh: cannot create /data/local.prop: Permission denied
Wait until reboot is fully complete and when phone asks for sim lock
password, press any key. (1 more left)
A folytatáshoz nyomjon meg egy billentyűt . . .
uid=2000(shell) gid=2000(shell) groups=1003(graphics),1004(input),1007(log),1009
(mount),1011(adb),1015(sdcard_rw),3001(net_bt_admin),3002(net_bt),3003(inet),300
6(net_bw_stats)
Wait until reboot is fully complete and when phone asks for sim lock
password, press any key.
A folytatáshoz nyomjon meg egy billentyűt . . .
remount failed: Operation not permitted
failed to copy 'files\su' to '/system/xbin/su': Read-only file system
Unable to chmod /system/xbin/su: No such file or directory
Unable to chmod /system/xbin/su: No such file or directory
Removing changes except ROOT
rm failed for /data/local.prop, No such file or directory
rm failed for /data/local/tmp, Permission denied
failed on '/data/local/tmp.bak' - No such file or directory
failed to copy 'files\superuser.apk' to '/system/app/superuser.apk': Read-only f
ile system
Press any key to exit and have fun with your rooted phone.
A folytatáshoz nyomjon meg egy billentyűt . . .

I have exactly the same problem and exactly the same error output.

I'm pretty sure I did the downgrade to 4.0.3 correctly because PC Companion reports that version (instead of 4.0.4) USB Debug is on, mock locations on, unknown sources on and set to MSC. No idea what I'm doing wrong.
EDIT: I went so far as to fully downgrade to 4.0.3 (not just Kernal for 4.0.4 method) and I still get the same errors. But for some random reason I cannot explain the super-one click method worked for me. Maybe you too gnp.

zakengen · Jul 31, 2006 96 1 0

berbez said:
it works well on c905 acho ics 4.0.3 I love you, of France ^:good:

would you pleas give me the drivers for the c905 acho
i want to try this root

if you don't mind mediafire or any English based file host pleas

i cant read a single word of chine's web thanks in advanced

glenster · Jun 13, 2012 20 1 0

Good day... i tried the procedure, can anyone tell me if my phone is already rooted? can't locate the superuser on my phone...

Thanks!

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