yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] drvijayanand:
Yes tried that too.. on my XPERIA U

1. step 1

2. flashed LT26i ROM (6.1.A.0.452).

and this is what i get!!

01/008/2012 19:08:21 - INFO - <- This level is successfully initialized

01/008/2012 19:08:22 - INFO - Flashtool Version 0.8.6.0 built on 2012-06-13 08:08:54

01/008/2012 19:08:22 - INFO - You can drag and drop ftf files here to start flashing them

01/008/2012 19:08:31 - INFO - Device disconnected

01/009/2012 19:09:26 - INFO - Selected LT26_6.1.A.0.452_Generic_CH_1257-3740_.ftf

01/009/2012 19:09:26 - INFO - Preparing files for flashing

01/009/2012 19:09:48 - INFO - Please connect your device into flashmode.

01/009/2012 19:09:55 - INFO - Device connected in flash mode

01/009/2012 19:09:55 - INFO - Opening device for R/W

01/009/2012 19:09:56 - INFO - Reading device information

01/009/2012 19:09:56 - INFO - Phone ready for flashmode operations.

01/009/2012 19:09:56 - INFO - Start Flashing

01/009/2012 19:09:56 - INFO - Flashing loader

01/009/2012 19:09:56 - INFO - Ending flash session

01/009/2012 19:09:56 - ERROR - ERR_SEVERITY="MAJOR";ERR_CODE="0019";ERR_DYNAMIC="SIN header verification failed";

01/009/2012 19:09:56 - ERROR - Error flashing. Aborted

01/009/2012 19:09:56 - INFO - Device connected in flash mode

01/009/2012 19:09:57 - INFO - Device disconnected[/SIZE]

Guess FLashtool doesnt like to flash XPS rom on XPU

What do i do?:crying:
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] kanchigo:
:cyclops:thanks so much. finally I got root on my phone.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] st3v3nhai:
I tried many many time but still no success, just wonder if anyone successed could post an video guide for this will be better :confused:
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Hayden18:
I would also like a video guide :)

edit - finally it works (forgot to update FlashTools to latest version LOL) im such a n00b
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] kaibird:
I got this error on Flashtool after doing step3 & 4 & 5.bat

http://i.imgur.com/ctdcf.jpg

Does anyone know how to solve it or I have to start from the beginning again?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] tommyrumbler:
For Xperia U users getting error below:

0019";ERR_DYNAMIC=" SIN header verification failed"

this means the loader.sin of XS is not compatible with your device. can you try flashing xperia S ICS ROM but put a check on "exclude loader.sin" then retry the procedure.

mine went ok even when i was getting the same message but in partition.img - my solution was to exclude partition during the initial flashing.

TommyR
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] waiflih:
Now we have rooted our phones, how do we install recovery? can we?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] tommyrumbler:
try redoing the process - during step 3, make sure you let adb finish its process, it should auto close when it's done.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Pacjonek:
How do to exclude loader.sin and partition.img ?

Flashtool doesn't have this option.

Delete this files by 7-zip?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] indesisiv:
I get an error flashing aborted if i exclude the partition???

Any ideas?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] tommyrumbler:
you just have to check the choices before start flashing using flashtool - right on the page where you choose the ftf file to flash -

check "exclude - ..." whichever option you want to exclude

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what phone are you using? what ftf are you trying to flash? what's the actual error?

what step are you on?

i'm asking these as there are other users on xperia U on this thread.

it's kinda difficult to visualize your situation with incomplete details.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] hellonasty:
Step 1

have this message!!

Run step 1 and have a lot of failed!!!
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] freddy_krueger:
Does this method work for unlockable bootloader ( but not unlocked ) ?

thanks a lot
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Deniz.S:
should do, i imagine the exploits it uses will be there.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] tommyrumbler:
wow...awful lot of returned errors you got there.. maybe you missed a step somewhere...try retracing what you've done so far and make sure you do everything listed in the OP...

if i were you: i would back up all my data/apps, reset device to factory default, enable debugging and allow non market apps, exit PCC on computer,ensure all drivers are updated, read and make sure to follow the OP, then do step 1.

several xperia S owners have succeeded rooting their devices on ICS (even with BL locked) using this method - so i'm guessing it's more an error between you, your phone settings, and your computer environment - rather than an error on the process itself..

just my two cents
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Colinn789:
Worked for me!! Thank you!!

Bootloader unlock allowed: No...ROOT yes!!!

But now...so much power, I don't know what to do with it! :P

So...no custom ROMs for now, right? In order to get my device smoother should I remove bloatware? Which can I remove safely? Which app should I use? :)
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Cholek3:
A little bit confusing. Do we have to tick Exclude partition to exclude it, if it's there, or not?

I did exclude partition from ICS rom and root works on my phone.

Wysłane z zajebistego Sony Xperia S za pomocą Tapatalk 2.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Cholek3:
You are the star. Thanks mate.:-)

Wysłane z zajebistego Sony Xperia S za pomocą Tapatalk 2.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] number08:
you must on 2.3
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] hellonasty:
I have install the New ICS!!
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] frost.:
you need to be on GB stock rom for the first step.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] tommyrumbler:
Can you try going back to gb 2.3? Folder locations are much different on both OS. The reason why the .bat file cant find path to folder/file.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Felimenta97:
You just have to flash GB over ICS, right?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] indesisiv:
Doing it on xperia s. was on stock gb.

Everytime i tried to flash with exclude partition it just said error, no other messages.

Did the full procedure without excluding partition and i now have full root. :laugh::D
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] tommyrumbler:
Make sure you reset to default first then flash back to gb. All via flashtool.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Felimenta97:
After step 4, it says that some process would force close. Well, I may have done something wrong, as this dialog didn't appeared.

Forget it, worked.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] kevin.26:
How can I uncheck the famous "Exclude loader.sin" ?

I can't find it :S
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] davidht:
Worked like a charm the first time.

Thanks a lot.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] frost.:
you can't. for that you need to remove it from the .ftf file
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] tommyrumbler:
Go to first post..you see all those boxes that needs to have no checks?one of those is loader.sin - find it and make sure its checked.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] kevin.26:
loader.sin doesn't appear there in my case
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Felimenta97:
I'm the only one who can't use the Download Music Info from the Walkman app? There is some way to check if I lost DRM keys?

EDIT: And how I should install SuperSU? Install it then unistall Super User or unnistall SU first then install SuperSU?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] kevin.26:
I just removed loader.sin from inside the .ftf and it keeps bringing the same error
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] soo55:
?

great thanks Sharaz;

when you say: "Make Sure You are on gingerbread stock rom" this means that if we are in my case updated to ICS official ROM, we can't use this method ?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Damoedge:
Could you please share with us how you are going to do this??

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Confirmed working on meteor sxs Ireland,

People just read the instructions a few times before you start the process so you know the next step in your head!!

Thanks man fairplay to ya!!
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Sharaz22:
Yes you need to flash gingerbread first for this to work.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Damoedge:
Sharaz can we get into recovery with this? and can we overclock the cpu using setcpu?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] soo55:
thanks Sharaz;

excuse my noob question! It means that we can downgrade to Gb 6.0.A.3.75 ?

is there any link to download the official ROM ftf file (6.0.A.3.75) ?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Pacjonek:
Unfortunately, unless you have to wait to get out ICS for you Xperia U (if SE doesn't fix this bug), or wait for another method. This is strange because works flashign Xperia Acro S firmware for Acro HD.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] soo55:
I found the link:

http://www.xdafileserver.nl/index.php?dir=Sony+(Ericsson)/SE+Xperia+S+(LT26i)/STOCK+ROMS/GB

so my question is: can I just falsh it using flashtool ?! or I need to do something before?! flash kernel or something like that ?

great thanks in advance ..

soo
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Sharaz22:
You need to download the ftf and just flash it with flashtool and follow the instructions.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] drvijayanand:
I trying on xperia U

IF you see the screenshot of flashtool, there is no option to exclude

loader.sin
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] frost.:
it's not working on Xperia U.

flashtool doesn't want to flash the XPS rom on XPU :(
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] soo55:
just that! excellent ... I remember when I was using the Iphone, it was very hard to impossible to downgrade versions! ... I love this OS :D
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] xerox89:
Totally work .

Even at the half way flash wrong GB rom .

Then i flash ICS again before bat3 and it still work after i done all the steps .
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] HackitZ:
can someone post this link

http://xdaforums.com/show....php?t=1723610

it's not working on the front page.

thanks
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Deniz.S:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1723610
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] frost.:
the link is not complete
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] HackitZ:
Thanks.

I have looked and i dont see anyone from canada on rogers doing this, so when it says generic gb, do i need to first install generic gb? or is rogers gb ok?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Sharaz22:
I Have added new link to flashtool and stock roms in the first page.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] HackitZ:
Ok I'm almost ready to start this, just would like some clarification.

I have a branded xperia s from rogers in Canada, so i first need to flash (LT26i_6.0.A.3.75_Generic NL.ftf.7z 265232KB Jun 22 2012). can i use flash tool to flash this? or do i need to use pc companion first?

now once i have the generic gb installed i can then use flash tool and this guide to install (LT26_6.1.A.0.452_Generic_CH_1257-3740_.rar 343198KB Jun 22 2012). then i will have ics and root.

Thanks
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Kiefels:
I just used my generic UK GB that I was using and it worked for me. :)

The way I'm interpreting this tut is...

THe Exploit is enabled in ANY GB (Gingerbread) rom then activated by flashing the CH ICS rom Then...

Exploited files are transferred to whichever ROM you wish to use,

be it GB OR ICS

I flashed back to my UK Generic GB and I now have ROOT.

So I'm guessing even a carrier tweaked GB will work as all they do is add their bloat and logos to it and don't really touch the main coding.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Sharaz22:
yes you need to flash with flashtool
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] kaibird:
I reflashed back to 2.3.7 and start from begining

when I got to the last step flashing 4.0.4 rom, still gets this error when connecting Flashtool (phone is not turned off and USB is connected to PC)

I ignored it and kept flashing, first time got stuck on 1% and I redo everything and still got error and ignored again and I got root this time
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] pel.89:
Noob question but after you are ROOT and you install CWM Recovery you can flash custom ROM right?

Even though no CWM recovery for U yet but i hope we will get this before it gets fixed :D
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] HackitZ:
Ok So i'm basically going to flash the ics rom twice, that sound about right.

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No cwm for locked bootloaders yet.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Pacjonek:
You have locked or unlocked bootlaoder?

If you have unlocked bootlaoder YES in 100%.

No CWM for locked bl yet, but if it happens YES but adapted to this ROM that are not have custom kernel.

You rooted Xperia U this method?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Afia2k8:
I go through all the steps perfectly fine, but I still don’t have root access. And I never came across the message: ‘acore process closed (stopped working) unexpectedly’

Can someone please tell me what I’m doing wrong? Here’s what I did:

1.	Run step1.bat, (then press any key until it auto shuts down).

2.	Power off device, then disconnect.

3.	Run flashtool, then connect device to flash ICS CH, with only “No final verification ticked”.

4.	Disconnect, close flash tool, power on phone.

5.	Connect phone, and run step2.bat (then press any key until it auto shuts down)

6.	Power off phone, disconnect.

7.	Run flashtool, then connect device to flash ICS CH, with only “No final verification ticked”.

8.	After complete, disconnect phone, close flashtool, and power on. This is where I don’t see the “acore process closed message”. Is the phone suppose to reboot itself (because it never does).

9.	Then I do the rest of the steps...

How do you know if your phone is rooted or not? I tried Root check on market and it basically says im still not rooted.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Malner27:
Worked for me first time awsum guide thanks dude
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Lord Takyon:
I took my time and double read the instructions. Went smoothly and I'm now rooted.

Only weird thing is that superuser works fine, but supersu for ics does not.

I'm not bothered, I disabled some stuff via ics, and the rest I removed with root explorer.

Sent from my XperiaS via transwarp beacon.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Felimenta97:
SuperSU works fine here. Did you entered the app and downloaded the needed files?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Lord Takyon:
I've tried, but it always says installation failed.

Sent from my XperiaS via transwarp conduit.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] HackitZ:
Ok I'm going nuts here, i can't seem to get past step 1, i run step1 bat and it says daemon not running, starting it now on port 5037, then daemon started successfully. it stops there.

if i open xperia flasher it shows device connected with usb debugging off, i know it's on, at least it's checked in settings.

just crazy, i'll be bald when this is over.

oh yeah battery is 100%
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Afia2k8:
when it says "daemon started successfully" just wait a couple of minutes.

It will start.

For me, during the step1 batches file, I read something like mkir failed. is that why it isn't working? What are the cmd prompts suppose to say?

I'm really pulling my hair out. the whole process goes smoothly (apart from Not seeing the "acore process" message.) and yet its still not rooted. If someone could do a video, or please screen skype n help me out I'd be ever so grateful!
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Icecube1125:
Hey, I have a Rogers Xperia S and got it rooted two nights ago.

It always did say debugging was off even though it was definitely on. As for the step1.bat thing, I ended up running stuff so many times. If it says ADB server is out of date and takes forever it just means ADB.exe is already running and you should end it in task manager. When it did run for me, I just pressed any key to start, waited til it said to press any key again, then it closed and I guess that worked.

Also, I'm not sure if it's my own problem, but using Rogers Xperia S with FlashTool64, partition was causing a problem. Many times I would check the box to exclude it but during flashing two things would happen. If it did exclude it, I would get stuck at Reading Device Information. If it didn't exclude it even though I checked the box (happened many times despite reopening FlashTool64) it would just give me an error and abort the moment it said flashing partition. I got around this by opening the FTF file with 7zip, and just deleting the partition-image.sin file from the archive. In FlashTool it no longer gives the option of excluding partition, and everything worked after.

I used the ROM linked in OP, LT26_6.1.A.0.452_Generic_CH_1257-3740_.rar on top of my stock Rogers GB Xperia S.

Bit long, hope this helps someone. Good luck fellow Rogers victim! :good:
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Felimenta97:
It stops or it says something run out of time and is being killed? If it is the second option, then wait. When the process ends, it will auto close,and you can proceed to the next step of the process.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] HackitZ:
I never auto closes, once it showed the model of device. Ill try again.

Do all the bat files auto close?

Sent from my little computer, Xperia S.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] hellonasty:
here Rooted!!!

Thank You
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] HackitZ:
ok I'm back to the same window and this is what it says

### STEP1ÅIù╣ü⌠

--- LT26 6.1.A.0.452 dataôÖé≡wipeé╡é╚éóé┼Å─éóé─é¡é╛é│éóü⌠

Press any key to continue . . .

Ok I hit continue and the window closed, i open xperia flasher and hit flash, i select the lt26 file i downloaded and power of the the device and now im being asked to disconnect and hold the back button to continue. obviously i missed some thing.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Lord Takyon:
So press a key.

Sent from my XperiaS via transwarp conduit.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] frost.:
press any key and continue.

reboot into flashmode and flash ics, as stated on step 2...
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Lord Takyon:
Press and hold volume down as you connect the USB. It will tell you when to let go.

Sent from my XperiaS via transwarp conduit.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] frost.:
it's not the back key, it's volume down...don't you know how to use flashtool on flashmode?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Lord Takyon:
Apparently not ;-)

Sent from my XperiaS via transwarp conduit.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] HackitZ:
LOL, i'm used to htc, i have not had a se phone since my play, i then had a few htc phones. android is the same but all the manufacturers are different. such a pain.

I'm at step 3 and this is where im at

Press any key to continue . . .

--- ADBDé╠ì─ïNô«

* daemon not running. starting it now on port 5037 *

* daemon started successfully *

--- ADBé┼é╠É┌æ▒æ╥é┐

adb server is out of date. killing...

* daemon started successfully *

just waiting now, as the guide says to make sure the screen does not go off, i expect this step to take more than 30 mimutes.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Spectre51:
So this only works going from GB to ICS correct? Is it possible to do this from stock GB to Stock GB? I ask only because I would like to try this process on the ion if GB to GB can be done as we don't have ICS yet for the ion.

or is there some exploit being taken advantage of that only appears when going to ICS from GB?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] HackitZ:
Ok my phone came with gb, i only downloaded the ics rom and followed the steps to step 3 and after 51 minutes nothing changed.

let me recap what i did.

step one phone is on (flash tool running) and ran batch 1, it finished i removed the usb, turned off the phone, connected in flash mode, ran flashtool, updated to ics (closed flash tool). let phone settle in as i just went from gb to ics (took about 30 minutes). after about 30 minutes i moved to step 2

step 2, phone is on (flash tool running) and i connect to usb and run bat 2. after batch is done , disconnect phone power off and run flashtool again (closed flash tool). phone reboots and i let it settle in again. i did not get any errors about acore process as the guide suggests you might.

step 3, phone is on (flash tool running) and i run batch 3, i seem to have missed something as i waited for 51 minutes and nothing happened.

As of now i have an xperia s with ics, hope i dont have to go back to gb and start over again.

I have a win 7 64 bit machine and if i did not start flashtool first none of the batch files would run.

If anyone has a suggestion I'd be very grateful.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] clarkgrizz:
I successfully rooted my Xperia S using the method in this thread, ran into no issues. Utilized Windows XP SP3 with the latest flashtool, also on Rogers.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] HackitZ:
ok maybe someone can share what happens when you run the batch 3. how do you know it's done?

Thanks

Ok I'm done for the night, after reading the thread again, i'm sure i need to start over and go back to gb, can i use the LT26i_6.0.A.3.75_Generic NL.ftf gb file from the link on the first page to go back to gb.

Thanks again, be back tomorrow night.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] naruto20007:
This thread should be made sticky. Thanks so much
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] hololodilolo:
My one also same. So I installed Superuser. Then try again with supersu and everything's going fine. Then uninstall superuser :D

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When I run batch 3, it's the fastest step in whole process (less than 1 min) and it closed itself (didn't show "press any key to continue" like other steps). :D
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] fathulwahab:
tested and works with my ICS egypt firmware

thanks.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Lord Takyon:
You are probably best starting again.

Good luck. I can't offer more help as I had no issues.

Sent from my XperiaS via transwarp conduit.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] frickinlandez:
Awesome news! Thanks for the comprehensive guide. Haven't been on xda in a while but the results so far are encouraging. Deffo giving this a go tonight.

Oh, anyone had any joy on a UK xs on Orange? Keen to get some of their hopeless bloatware off!
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] frost.:
flash a generic rom and you are golden in bloatware busyness :)
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] brunsman6229:
thanks for this VERY usefull guide...

Xperia S rooted ! :D
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] kanchigo:
@@ Still no CWM....
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Afia2k8:
Finally! My phone's rooted! Thanks Sharaz22!

A couple of things that may have helped me:

It's important to have Stock GB .75, NOT .73.

I also downgrade my Flashtool from 8.6 update to 8.5.

Other thing is, when it says daemon started successfully, just wait a few minutes, it will work. If it doesnt work in 5 minutes, then restart the whole process again. Make sure you do have the needed ADB drivers installed for the process to work.

To check if it all worked, download SuperUser from play store. Then, download "Root Check Basic"

I also referred to this guide to help me out:

http://www.thespicygadgematics.com/2012/07/root-xperia-s-lt26i-without-unlock.html
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] dogefresh55:
Is it possible to root ics 6.1.a.0.452 de with unlocked bootloader?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] derbaron:
Works Perfect fro my XPeria S LT26i:

Firmwares Used:

LT26I_6.0.A.3.75_CE1 (for GB Part)

LT26i_6.1.A.0.452_Generic_DE (for ICS Part)

Superuser works fine

Thanks Guys!
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Lord Takyon:
I almost forgot setcpu. Battery life is even better now it can slow down to 192.

Anyone know why Sony prevent it dropping below 384?

Sent from my XperiaS via transwarp conduit.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] BoSib:
Rooted, thx!
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] xperseus:
Need the same thing for P. If someone has succeeded in rooting P with locked bootloader, please make a threat with detail tutorial. P users would appreciate that.

Thanks in advance.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] gorillaz1:
I have a Galaxy note and I have lived by Darkside Wipe so long now... Wanted to know if it's safe to use?