[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] matatouille96:
Rooting sony ericsson xperia mini/mini pro without unlocking bootloader:

This method is claimed to work "for all phones of Samsung, Sony, HTC, Motorola, LG Goole Nexus and more!" i ve only tried it for sony ericsson xperia mini (my current phone)...

The phone models that can perform successful root:

Sony Xperia X10 (GB firmware)

Sony Xperia Arc (4.0.2.A.0.42)

Sony Xperia Arc S

Sony Xperia Play [R800i/R800x]

Sony Xperia Ray

Sony Xperia Neo

Sony Xperia Mini

Sony Xperia Mini Pro

Sony Xperia Pro

Sony Xperia Active

Live with Sony Walkman (WT19i/WT19a)

NTT Docomo Xperia ARCO SO-02C

Samsung Galaxy S2 [GT-i9100/GT-9100P]

Samsung Galaxy S II for T-Mobile (SGH-T989)

Samsung Galaxy S II for AT&T (SGH-I777), Skyrocket (SGH-i727)

Samsung Galaxy S II LTE Rogers Canada (SGH-I727R), Android version 2.3.5, Baseband version I727RUXKJ7

Samsung Galaxy S II Epic 4g Touch

Samsung Galaxy S2 HD LTE (SHV-E120S)(korea)

Samsung Galaxy i9100G

Samsung Galaxy S [i9000B] & [i9000 2.3.3 (PDA I9000BOJV8, Phone I9000XXJVO, CSC I9000GDTMJV7) and german T-Mobile branding]

Samsung Galaxy S Plus (GT-I9001) OS 2.3.3 and 2.3.6 (I9001ZSKP6)

Samsung Galaxy Mini GT-S5570 (GB only)

Samsung Galaxy Mini Pro i5510

Samsung Galaxy W [i8150]

Samsung Galaxy Y

Samsung Galaxy Tab [P1000] (2.3.3 firmware), [P1000N]

Samsung Galaxy Note [N7000]

Samsung Galaxy Player YP-G70 2.3.5 (GINGERBREAD.XXKPF)

Samsung Galaxy Ace (2.3.3, 2.3.4 firmware)

Samsung Nexus S [i9023] (2.3.6)

Samsung Nexus S 4G 2.3.7

Samsung Galaxy Nexus S [i9020] (2.3.6)

Samsung Exhibit (SGH-T759)

Samsung Exhibit 4G (SGH-T759) (2.3.3) Build UVKE8

Samsung Captivate i897 UCKH3

Motorola Milestone 3 [ME863 HK]

Motorola XT860, Bell XT860

Motorola Defy+

Motorola Droid X sys ver 4.5.605 w/ gingerbread

Motorola Droid X2 (2.3.4) Sys ver 1.3.380.MB870.Verizon.en.US Build 4.5.1A-DTN-150-30

Motorola XT883 (China Telecom)

Motorola XT862 (Verizon Droid3)

Motorola DROID RAZR

Nexus One (2.3.6 stock)

LG Revolution

Vizio VTAB1008 Tablet

Huawei IDEOS U8150 (2.2)

Requirements:

1.install adb drivers for your device (read description below)

2.enable "USB debugging" from menu>settings>applications>development

3.enable "unknown sources" from menu>settings>applications

4.enable "stay awake" from menu>settings>applications>development

Installing ADB drivers for sony ericsson xperia mini/mini pro+other devices WINDOWS:

Get the latest java for your computer from this link:

http://www.java.com/en/download/index.jsp

download and install java...

Get the latest SDK from the link below:

http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html

download and unzip and move to the root of your local drive (Local Disk C in my case)...

Now, run SDK Manager and under the "Tools" category, check "Android SDK Tools" and "Android SDK Platform-tools", and under the category "Extras" check "Google USB Driver package" and then click "Install 3 packages..."

(If your computer recognises your device when plugged in media transfer mode, then there is no need to install "Google USB Driver package"...though i would install it anyway...)

the "adb.exe" utility will have now been installed in the "C:/AndroidSDK/platform-tools" folder.

Right click "Computer" and click "properties", then click "Advanced system settings" and choose "Environment Variables..."

then in "System Variables" scroll down till you see a variable named "Path", at the end of the value type ";" followed by the location of your"Platform-tools" folder...for me it was ";C:\AndroidSDK\platform-tools" (yes the ";" is necessary )and then click ok...

To make sure your installation went right, open command prompt (search for "cmd" in start menu) and, after plugging your device in USB debugging mode, type in "adb devices" and it should come up with something like this :

C:\Users\User>adb devices

List of devices attatched

4523454675745757576D4654	device

Now download the file from this link :

http://attachments.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=841876&d=1325678726

And now execute RUNME.bat and press any key...wait a few seconds and VOILA, your device is now rooted.

Please notice that this is not my work, i just collected the info from different places, if you liked the thread please rate and press the thanks button, if you didnt like it and you probly wont, just dont post any replies... If there is anything that you dont understand, kindly post your reply though i most probly wont be able to help you since im as lost as you are...

Next thread is about installing clockworkmod recovery ;).