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October 13, 2014

How To Root Your Xperia Z1

Someone from XDA found how to root xperia z1, before you do see the instruction carefully. Happy rooting pals.

Disclaimer:
Rooting will modify your android, so you modifyind your android on your own risk and you will broke your guarantee and I am not responsible if tool is not working on your device or if tool make your android malfunction or brick, you doing everything on your own risk!


Pre-requirements:
You must have installed usb drivers! Just simple install Sony PC Companion, if your windows device manager detect unknown device than probably you must point drivers installation to search for propertly driver C:\Program Files\Sony\Sony PC Companion\Drivers directory. When your windows device manager detect your phone propertly than you are ready for rooting/unrooting 

How to install (Windows users):
1: Download and extract newroot.rar
2: Enable USB Debugging
-You can do this by going into Settings>About Phone and tapping the Build Number multiple times to activate Developer Options 
-Then Settings>Developer Options and check USB Debugging 
3: Plug in your phone your PC
4: Run the root software [Pay close attention to your phone]
5: A pop-up will come up on your phone. Allow it
6: Let it do its thing
7: It will reboot and you're rooted
8: Enjoy

How to install (Linux users):
0. First of all you need adb for Linux, I not gona explain where you can download adb for Linux since you need to search XDA and found them byself, everybody know about adb and I not going to explain adb basic things, you need to help byself on that since adb you will need in future for sure 
1: Download newroot and put to the same folder with adb binary
2: Enable USB Debugging
-You can do this by going into Settings>About Phone and tapping the Build Number multiple times to activate Developer Options 
-Then Settings>Developer Options and check USB Debugging 
3: Plug in your phone your PC
4: Run the root software [Pay close attention to your phone] a pop-up will come up on your phone. Allow it! Commands for runing root software is:

Code:
adb push newroot /data/local/tmp/
adb shell chmod 755 /data/local/tmp/newroot
adb shell /data/local/tmp/newroot doit
Allso there is a option for unrooting:
Code:
adb shell /data/local/tmp/newroot unroot
6: Let it do its thing
7: It will reboot and you're rooted
8: Enjoy

Newroot work with all kitkat firmwares but doesn't work with latest kitkat .133 firmware or with old JB firmwares!!!


 Thank to Recognized Contributor / Recognized Developer at XDA Xperia Z1

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