You will now learn how to root your Sony Xperia T android device. When you root your android device you will have to install the CWM recovery image too. In this article, you’ll find the root instructions and the CWM recovery installation. Make sure you understand all of the present instructions before you begin to apply them. This present guide is for Android Advanced Users who have the basic know how of the process. You can apply the root only if your device has the unlocked bootloader. .
In the next section, you’ll find step by step tutorial for your device to successfully apply the root on your Sony Xperia T android smartphone
This root tool features are: busybox, autoroot, ini.x support, insecure, debugger and the CWM Recovery image.There we don’t know any bugs reported, but is in insecure kernel and there you can have some errors after you rooted your device. So all you will do is on your own risk, make sure that you know the risks and what you’re doing.
Before you begin, you need follow some prerequisites that are required to be followed before to apply the rooting tutorial on your Xperia T device.
- This tutorial and all instructions from here are only for Sony Xperia T device. So don’t install this root on other devices, you risk to brick them.
- Unlock the Sony Xperia T bootloader, if you don’t have the bootloader unlocked, you can follow the instructions listed here.
- After your bootloader is unlocked, you can move to the next step at our guide.
- When you unlock the bootloader, the smartphone’s warranty will be void.
- Backup all your data and for this, you can move your entire important file on your PC via USB cord. Sync your contacts with your Gmail account, and you can check out from the next link.
- Now from the device menu, enable USB debugging option.
- Install the Android SDK on your PC.
- Charge your device battery, if the battery isn’t sufficiently charged, your device can take a forced shut down in the middle of the rooting or CWM installing process.
- Apply this root only if you’re an advanced Android user.
- You shouldn’t blame us in case you lose the data. Reread all above information and instructions carefully and make sure you clearly understand them. Now I think you can continue with the next section.
How to root Sony Xperia T – guide:
- First download the ‘Root pack and the CWM Recovery’ archive from here and save the archive on your computer.
- Now extract , the zip archive content into the ADB and fastboot folder
- Launch CMD (command prompt) in that folder.
- Now connect your Sony Xperia T to your computer using the USB cord.
- In the CMD windows enter the next command lines:
- fastboot flash boot kernel.elf
- After you enter the above command, the rooting and flashing CWM process will start.
- The Sony Xperia T will take a reboot, and after that you can disconnect it from the PC when the home screen is displayed by removing the USB cord.
Note: The restart will take longer than normal, it can take around 5 minutes to first boot after the root was applied. It doesn’t boot or enter into a boot loop you need to apply a forced power off and after the smartphone is stopped.
Now, to verify if the root was applied on your device, download the “root checker” app, which is available on Google Play Store and check the root state of your smartphone.
Congratulations, these are the steps, you successfully learnt how to root and install the CWM recovery in your Sony Xperia T device.