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Finally, rooting my Sola!

Kaspro — Thu, 22 Nov 2012 15:47:06 GMT

Ok, i gave up that Sony will release the ICS for my phone, and decided to root my phone today following @uliwooly's link

http://talk.sonymobile.com/thread/41609

Just want to make sure that when i'm rooting my phone with the original firmware that won't void the warranty and i can later install the software in the Support Center, and that i will still recieve any updates!!!!!

Re: Finally, rooting my Sola!

tbb1mb — Thu, 22 Nov 2012 15:51:30 GMT

are u using GB or ICS ?

Re: Finally, rooting my Sola!

Kaspro — Thu, 22 Nov 2012 17:00:35 GMT

Nop still on GB

Re: Finally, rooting my Sola!

tbb1mb — Thu, 22 Nov 2012 17:34:30 GMT

If you can't wait go to http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1937792 and flash the Stock Global ICS, and then u root it with this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1886460, and u can still get the updates

As for GB I guess you have to unlock ur bootloader 1st which voids ur warranty then flash a custom kernel, but there's a chance you won't get to install the updates in Service Center

Re: Finally, rooting my Sola!

Kaspro — Thu, 22 Nov 2012 22:54:23 GMT

I don't know man, i guess it's better to sell the phone as it is, maybe to someone who dont care about updates and check the new one, instead of runing my phone then won't be able to sell it!!!!!!

Re: Finally, rooting my Sola!

Tilden — Fri, 23 Nov 2012 01:04:51 GMT

You can root your phone without touching he bootloader setting. You can also re-root it using the rooting tool from XDA. Therefore it should not void your warranty.

However if you want to flash a custom rom, then you need bootloader in unlocked mode. You can check your bookloader status by dialing *#*#7378423#*#* and choose Service info > Configuration > rooting status. If it is "unlock allowed" then you can flash to custom roms without touching the bootloader. Uou can flash back to your original ROM and your waranty won't be voided as well. However if the rooting status is unlock not allowed", then you need to unlock your bootloader before flashing custom roms. And you will void your warranty by doing so. Unless it is a confirmed hardware problem, Sony won't be responsible for repair a unlocked device.

Re: Finally, rooting my Sola!

life-after-dead — Fri, 23 Nov 2012 01:39:11 GMT

hello i checked as u told n see my sola status : unlock bootloader allow = yes

that mean i can root my sola without unlock my bootloader ? pls tell me a detail how to root my sola, am on Gb now.

Re: Finally, rooting my Sola!

Kaspro — Fri, 23 Nov 2012 06:26:13 GMT

Thank you for your helpful answer really, i checked the status of my phone, and it's unlock allowed, anyway i don't need a custom rom i need the original one, so i guess i'm gonna go for it.

Thank you!

Re: Finally, rooting my Sola!

Kaspro — Fri, 23 Nov 2012 06:45:29 GMT

Just need to make sure about something coz i'm not totaly sure what to do, if i'm on GB now, should i flash my phone with the flashtool, or there's something i need to do about the bootloader first?

Re: Finally, rooting my Sola!

Tilden — Fri, 23 Nov 2012 07:20:04 GMT

I missed the point that you are on GB. For GB, there is no way to root without unlocking the bookloader.

To manaully update to ICS, you can refer to the link shown below:

http://talk.sonymobile.com/thread/39322

If you are on ICS, you can find out how to root from the URL below:

http://talk.sonymobile.com/thread/41609

Re: Finally, rooting my Sola!

Kaspro — Fri, 23 Nov 2012 07:34:46 GMT

OK!!!, So just flashing will work fine for my phone!!!!

Re: Finally, rooting my Sola!

Kaspro — Fri, 23 Nov 2012 08:14:15 GMT

Ok, i started flashing, and in begining it showed me a msg (Fils is ignored : simlock.ta)??

Is this something bad!!

Re: Finally, rooting my Sola!

Kaspro — Fri, 23 Nov 2012 10:48:14 GMT

Well i flashed my phone with a global ICS firmware from XDA, at the begning it was lagging and very slow then i had to reset the phone to factory settings more than once, and now everything seems working fine and it's fast and i got around 140mb free memory, Still i hate Sony for having me to do this

Re: Finally, rooting my Sola!

Kaspro — Fri, 23 Nov 2012 10:48:44 GMT

And by the way thanks @uliwooly for his guide for it helped me to flash my phone!

Re: Finally, rooting my Sola!

Tilden — Fri, 23 Nov 2012 14:27:52 GMT

If it is still laggy, suggest you to do the following:

uninstall McAfee or anyother antivirus which is useless if you download only from Google Play
uninstall OfficeSuite which always residence in the memory and make your phone lagggy. If you need to access Word, Excel etc, suggest you install Kingsoft Office
disable Twitter or anyother apps that you don't use
Don't use active wallpaper
don't install task killer or task management tool which will make things worse

Re: Finally, rooting my Sola!

Uliwooly — Fri, 23 Nov 2012 17:49:54 GMT

anytime

Re: Finally, rooting my Sola!

life-after-dead — Sat, 24 Nov 2012 01:29:04 GMT

hi i try to install sony usb driver by enter fastboot but i stuck at that step. i cant enter to fastboot. my sola on Gb . pls help me

Re: Finally, rooting my Sola!

Uliwooly — Sat, 24 Nov 2012 02:49:48 GMT

fastboot? why are you trying to get in fastboot?

Re: Finally, rooting my Sola!

life-after-dead — Sat, 24 Nov 2012 03:04:23 GMT

to install latest usb driver then to unlock bootloader

Re: Finally, rooting my Sola!

Rocio — Sat, 24 Nov 2012 04:16:05 GMT

I just rooted my phone i was on ICS now what??........i mean what are the things i can do with rooted phone , do i get perfomance enhancement ??