Sunday, September 30, 2012
SONY Xperia TIPO smartphone can now be rooted and also the boot loadercan be unlocked. So, for all those devices who have managed to unlock the boot loader, we will be discussing on a detailed tutorial which
will help you in rooting the device. In the next coming days we will be
coming up with a host of custom ROM firmwares which will help you to
make the most of your smartphone. Once the device is rooted, you can
install many custom ROM firmwares which also includes the likes of
latest jellybean 4.1.1. Unfortunately, there is no ETA as of now on by
when there will be an Official release of Jellybean.
Disclaimer: Follow all the instructions mentioned in this article so as to make sure that the update is applied successfully. We should not be held responsible or liable for any damage happened to your phone caused due to not following of instructions.
Though it’s not a compulsion but it’s recommended to back up the data
with the help of below steps so as to make sure that just in case if the
data gets corrupted or erased, the same can be restored with the help
of below steps. Alternatively, you can also create a backup using the PC
Companion tool.
SMS – Use “SMS Backup & Restore app”,Contacts – Sync with the Gmail application,Call Log - Call Log and RestoreImages, Songs, Videos, Files – Copy to internal / External SD Card,APN and MMS Settings – Note down from the path “Applications > Settings > Wireless and Network > Mobile Networks > Access Point Names”
Minimum battery should be more than 30% and also ensure that all the antivirus / firewall tools in yourcomputer are
turned off as these tools generally tend to interrupt the process of
rooting. Ensure that your computer has active COM Ports.
Procedure to Root SONY Xperia TIPO Android Smart phone:
- Download the Xperia TIPO Rooting Package in your computer and then extract the same to get the files mentioned below,
- Now, connect your Xperia TIPO device to the computer with the help of original USB cable and open the “RunMe.bat” executable file which you can get from the extracted files.
Once it’s opened, enter the number “4″ and press Enter to
follow the on screen instructions. Once the device is rooted
successfully, you will get the prompt in your SONY Tipo smart phone. You
can check on whether your phone got rooted or not from the “Root
Checker” app which can be downloaded from the Google PLAYS tore.
Do let us know in the comments section just in case if you face any
issues as we will try our level best to sort out the same.Alos, just in a
rare case if the device refuses to boot or respond to the commands, you
need to disconnect the device connected from computer and long press
the Power button to turn off the same and then follow the instructions
again from the start.
