Xperia Tablet S: Update to release 6a w/ root.

[zorbakun]

Hello All,

I have successfully updated my Xperia Tablet S to release 6a without losing root. Here is how you can do It...

1 You have to be already rooted.
2 Make sure you are updating from release 6 to release 6a, i.e that means incremental update of around 17.7 MB
3 Download Voodoo OTA Rootkeeper from play store.
4 Open Voodoo OTA Rootkeeper then do backup root.
5 Download and install incremental release 6a update.
6 After update installation & reboot, open Voodoo OTA Rootkeeper then do restore Root.
7 Voila your device now is rooted and updated to release 6a.

IMPORTANT:

1 This will NOT work if you are updating to 6a from any release prior to release 6, i.e release 5,4,...
2 This will NOT work if you have a full system image update, i.e >300MB + in size update file.

enjoy

 

[sengoku]

this is best news of the day .:victory:
can anybody confirm this works?
thinking about going for it my self but i'm a little shy,
i'll wait till some more pros tested it just to be safe :angel:

mean while could you explain in more detail of which root method and which firmware to start with.

 

[noriya]

hmmmm,i got rooted in R3.anyway to update it without lose root.and the R6 can root or not?

 

[stifilz]

hmmmm,i got rooted in R3.anyway to update it without lose root.and the R6 can root or not?

You need to Install r6 then root the incremental to r6a following first post

 

[nofait]

Damn thats a nice trick! anyway you can share the backup that ota voodoo root keeper made so people with r6a can root back?

I had rooted r6, i've updated to r6a and then I noticed I had lost root

 

[reptile64]

Damn thats a nice trick! anyway you can share the backup that ota voodoo root keeper made so people with r6a can root back?

I had rooted r6, i've updated to r6a and then I noticed I had lost root

You got a point! Can anyone post the files pleaseeeee??

 

[condi]

Damn thats a nice trick! anyway you can share the backup that ota voodoo root keeper made so people with r6a can root back?

I had rooted r6, i've updated to r6a and then I noticed I had lost root

guys - it cant be just restored to voodoo!
you need to have already voodoo aplied on r6, then flash incremental r6a,
which just make some changes on /system partition (not overwriting/replacing all the partition).
the same trick would be rename su to xsu or something else

so everybody who is already on 6a - not a chance.

 

[nofait]

guys - it cant be just restored to voodoo!
you need to have already voodoo aplied on r6, then flash incremental r6a,
which just make some changes on /system partition (not overwriting/replacing all the partition).
the same trick would be rename su to xsu or something else

so everybody who is already on 6a - not a chance.

DAAAAAAAAAAAAAMN!!!!

What about "re-install" r6 with the original OTA file through recovery? Is it possible!?

**EDIT**
Nevermind... I've totally forgot about the version checking
Damn Sony wankers!