yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] razholio:
two bugs for Runme.sh:

1. on line 117 there is poor indentation, and a missing 'fi' below

2. the subdir 'stuff' is empty making the path for many of the files involved invalid.

On my xperia ION with stock AT&T 4.0.4, I'm seeing nothing from the bogus restore when I'm supposed to look on my device to confirm the restore.

---------- Post added at 01:52 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:52 PM ----------

two bugs for Runme.sh:

1. on line 117 there is poor indentation, and a missing 'fi' below on line 118.

2. the subdir 'stuff' is empty making the path for many of the files involved invalid.

On my xperia ION with stock AT&T 4.0.4, I'm seeing nothing from the bogus restore when I'm supposed to look on my device to confirm the restore.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] lqtdc:
sorry i tried the version i have. today i will try with newsest
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] razholio:
Another bug in Runme.sh:

on lines 88 and 102 '==' is used for string comparison instead of '='

I'm still having an issue with the restore and when I run that command by hand I don't see anything on the screen of my xperia either.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] J_B204:
Same here, also mine is a uk tablet s 16gb wifi region changed to US during a previous root with Condi's AIO. Tried Bin4arys script but didn't work, did full factory reset and then set up but selected uk during set up and the script wouldn't root again. Did yet another factory reset but left the tablet set up as US, this time root worked. Don't know if the two are linked but thought it worth writing in case it helps anyone here.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] spida_singh:
Just for info, tried latest version over existing root (UK Xperia T on o2), still get the reboot when mounting system folder as RW using root explorer.

Will completely restore and let you know if this changes. Thanks for your work Bin4ry!.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] CrazyPeter:
v12 failed, v9 worked. Xperia S.

Annoyingly still installing an obsolete version of busybox, and I have to mess around updating it, because MyBackup Pro complains....
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] thenrz:
Tf201 - restore app hangs. Sym link for file 99 exists, but not the file itself. Have busybox with proper permissions in xbin, but su is screwed up permission wise. Rx. R. R. Anything to try? Logcat needed?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] spida_singh:
Did a full restore using pc companion, tried V12, said successful, but no SU app installed, what do you need to look deeper? logcat etc.

Xperia T UK FW
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] MobiDroid™:
asus tf300t

has anyone tried this on asus tf300t?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] tsukot:
connected in normal mode, it says connect your phone in usb debugging mode.

but nothing happens. :(
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] hx4700 Killer:
Im in the same boat as you.

I see the file99, sometimes its called file44 though.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] SFU11:
Report.

v12 doesnt work on xperia s 2.50.. but v11 works like a charm ;)
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] visser:
v9 worked with the Sony Xperia Sola (Pepper - MT27i) :)
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Bin4ry:
Thanks i corrected them now i v13, hope i got them :)

@All others:

v12 was buggy in windows AND unix, i hope i got all problems fixed in v13 now :)

Regards
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] pioloo:
Hi Bin4ry.

Thanks for the great work! :)

I wanna ask you if this method works on Xperia 2011 ICS devices too or only on 2012 devices. (I've got an Xperia NEO and if it works i wanna try on it).
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Bin4ry:
No sorry in actual ICS release for 2011 line this exploit is not working, maybe if sony pushes a newer version ;) We have to see.

Regards
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] amitb96:
Worked!

I tried version 2 but it didn't worked for me, now I tried v13 and it worked like a charm!
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] guap:
confirmed v13 working on Sola ICS official ;)
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] pioloo:
Ok! Thanks anyway! :)
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] sijav:
v13 works for me ... ICS sola :)

So many thanks
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] gusmao100:
Hi Bin4ry.

Thanks for the great work!

I wanna ask you if this method works on motorola xt687 4.0.4 ICS firmware 2_27D_2009 ?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] xxbeanxx:
file44 is the first file that the restore app creates. It never gets written to and is always 0 bytes. This is the only file that gets created in the directory since restore hangs on that one. I have tried modifying that file, tried renaming it, tried changing the restore directory.. It never gets written to.

Can anyone confirm that doing a restore with a valid backup file works on the prime?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] ssuper2k:
Works Fine on Xperia U just updated to ICS

Thanks!!
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] mousis:
Guys i read all of these posts, but i can' t understanding if this method works fine or not to xperia S.

I have unlock bl, cm 10 rom and kernel from cm.

I want to get back to stock .50 firnware.

I know how to use flashtool for flashing the 50, but after that what i need to do.?

Only i following the instructions?

And which version needs to download for the root?

Thanks
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Kornezije:
Hi guys...first to say i tried to serch but cant find it...how do i install cwm rec after root by this method. thanks in advance.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] slackerzz:
Running RunMe.sh v13 i get

Device type:
1) Normal
2) Special (for example: Sony Tablet S, Medion Lifetab)
x) Unroot
Make a choice:
1
Normal mode enabled!
Checking if i should run in Normal Mode or special Sony Mode
Please connect device with ADB-Debugging enabled now ...
* daemon not running. starting it now on port 5037 *
* daemon started successfully *
54 KB/s (4535 bytes in 0.081s)
1257 KB/s (147059 bytes in 0.114s)
Found Sony Backup-Restore.apk
LT26,LT22 etc. mode enabled!

Please connect device with ADB-Debugging enabled now ...
[B]./RunMe.sh: line 87: 1: command not found[/B]
Pushing busybox ...
6483 KB/s (1085140 bytes in 0.163s)
Pushing su binary ...
6332 KB/s (91980 bytes in 0.014s)
Pushing Superuser app
6905 KB/s (996704 bytes in 0.140s)
Pushing ric
1 KB/s (57 bytes in 0.040s)
Making busybox runable ...
[B]./RunMe.sh: line 101: 1: command not found[/B]
Now unlock your device and confirm the restore operation.
Please look at your device and click RESTORE!
If all is successful i will tell you, if not this shell will run forever.
Running ...

On the phone nothing happens, Backup-Restore doesn't start
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] razholio:
thanks for the work on that. I have a problem that I've seen since v11. I don't get any response from my phone when I use adb to perform the restore. I have an AT&T ion on 4.0.4 stock, I've verified that backup-restore.apk is in /system/apps, but I cannot find it in the app drawer, or get any response from it with the adb restore. I downloaded that apk, and installed it as backup-backup-restore.apk (as perinstructions) and can now use it inside android, but still don't get any response via adb. any ideas?

thanks,

raz
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] z4520ft:
working GREAT on xperia u ics.

silly me after 2 times in 1 hour using flashmode (flash rom and relock bootloader), i try running the script while connecting in flashmode too. no wonder the script stuck. took me 6 times of failed trial till i realize this method is very easy it didn't involve flashing/flashmode. heheh
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] spida_singh:
Works well here :D, SU installed, no more reboots, may thanks!

Xperia T O2 .303
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] robimarko:
Works on Xperia U ICS too.But when any app requires root acces i select allow and su always crashes but root acces is allowed
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] fareed_xtreme:
I am not able to root my Xperia U.

Following error is persistent

Can someone tell me what i might be doing wrong?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] nuts70:
i just rooted my x s with my new 2.50 ftf work great thanx
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] fareed_xtreme:
My Fault... dint install Flashtools... No ADB Drivers.. how will it handle? :P LoL Silly me... Thanks..
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] tarbyonline:
Thankyou so much Bin4ry. Beer money on way!
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] effry:
same problem, i have installed flashtool drivers (the installer in "drivers" folder) but if i do adb devices nothing is shown... any help?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] mousis:
Some in here have made root their phones.

Why not upload one rooted ftf;
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] crazymister:
Because there is a one click solution for root
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] fareed_xtreme:
Download and Install Flashtool from here.

http://androxyde.github.com/

This will eliminate the need to install the drivers yourself.

I had an issue flashing it with Win7 x64. So had to use a Virtual Machine to get this done.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] mousis:
yes dude but some here have problem with it.

so its easy to upload a prerooted ftf file.

its easyer to flash the ftf file
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] erik07:
can i use this root tool to root my gb running xperia U? thanks. :)
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] gazhead:
No.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] hnl_dk:
Hello Andreas

It is tested and working fine on my Sola.

But you should update adb, adb.exe, AdbWinApi.dll and AdbWinUsbApi.dll
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] ldeleeuw:
I can confirm it does work on LG Optimus L5, using v13. I did not run it as administrator and had the phone in only charging mode.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] ShadowSora13:
Worked fine on ICS Xperia Sola...btw can i install cwm after this or?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] atif_afzal:
XPERIA S

THANKS ALOT V13 works like a charm. Whitn in minute i have root access. Thanks alot bin4ry you did a marvlous job amazing. Great work
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] hx4700 Killer:
I messaged bin4ry yesterday trying to get a better understanding of how/why this works but I guess he is busy.

I am trying to understand why it doesnt work on my Transformer Prime.

I can see the restore occur, the files get created (file 44 and file99 in /data/data/com.android.settings.a) I can even get the symbolic link created from file99 to data.prop. What is the purpose of the symbolic link?

After the link is created the script just reboots. The followup steps fail on the busybox copies with the "Are you root?" question.

What step is it that gives allows busybox to copy on the reboot? what are the purpose of the symlinks?

Thanks!
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Hamodi:
i'v root my fm 45 now i'v flashed the new frimware but when i do the reroot it stop on the

Running .... !!!

what i have done wrong !!?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] binsauer69:
I have a Problem to root an Xperia U ST25i with ICS

================================================== ====================
= This script will root your Android phone with adb restore function =
= Script by Bin4ry (thanks to Goroh_kun and tkymgr for the idea) =
= Idea for Tablet S from Fi01_IS01 =
= (20.09.2012) v10 =
================================================== ====================

Device type:
1) Normal
2) Special (for example: Sony Tablet S, Medion Lifetab)

x) Unroot
Make a choice: 1
Checking if i should run in Normal Mode or special Sony Mode
Please connect your device with USB-Debugging enabled now
2301 KB/s (147059 bytes in 0.062s)

Found Sony Backup-Restore.apk
LT26,LT22 etc. mode enabled!

Pushing busybox....

After that nothing more works on the screen
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] holybabel:
Cool...finally root with my Amoi N820 V6 ROM. THX for this one...
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] darktanget:
confirm for xperia sola

v13 is going great... xperia sola rooted n super man su installed, btw i must say i like the way su was installed
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] ciberwizard:
Root_with_Restore_by_Bin4ry_v13 for XPERIA S:

Which option should I select

Normal or Special?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] crazymister:
Normal

Did I help? Then please don't forget to press the thanks button.

Is your question solved? Then mark your question solved in your title.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] mattyyzac:
XPERIA TX Rooted!

Thanks friend :D
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] MaluNoPeleke:
I think line 87 is missing a "=" and it should look like

if ("$type" == "2"); then

instead of

if ("$type" = "2"); then
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] reptile64:
Not working on Xperia Tablet S... is it supposed to work on the old Tablet only? :/
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Sirence:
Is this method for locked bootloader?

Gesendet von meinem LT26i
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] awshengxiang:
Thanks!

Thank you so much Bin4ry for your work! This helped me so much as i often need to reflash my firmware due to mods i did. This is like a one-click root solution! Thanks alot!
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] sky016:
I can confirm this and I noticed that this is happening only if language is different from English(USA), for example->Croatian.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] leipy:
Asus prime

tried it on my asus Prime jellly bean. did not work.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] OverdiveKill:
device type for Xperia Go?

St27i
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] rassha:
ZTE Grand X rooted

Successfully rooted ZTE Grand X (U970, 4.0.3 IML74K) using v13 script.

Thanks a lot...
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] horstolot:
On my Xperia S it stopped at:

"If all is successful i will tell you, if not this shell will run forever.

Running ......"

Can anyone help me?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] SteBanVe:
Great!!:good:

It works perfect on my Xperia S with new ROM 6.1.A.2.50
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] hx4700 Killer:
Did you go to the tablet and click on "restore" ? Do you have a restore password set and if so did you enter it?

If none of the above apply I would suggest rebooting the tablet and trying again from the beginning.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Tyler DeLarge:
but htc one s? D: D: D:
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Laurentwb:
Did not work on my Asus Transformer Prime . :crying:
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] alexpraga:
Are you pressing the restore button after selecting the restore file?

That happens to me and then I felt really dummy when I found out.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] xdapak:
Can you see android number on cmd prompt?

If you don't see it, it's not gonna work.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Bin4ry:
Hi people, i will do an update to new version tomorrow (Saturday German Time), currently i am not home and so i dont have a pc with me.

Regards
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] spflo:
Worked perfectly for my Xperia T (LT30p) with Software 7.0.A.1.303.

Thanks a lot :)
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] theronkinator:
Doing nothing with my U, drivers are fine, adb is fine (tested and it lists the device).

Yet when I run the batch file it instantly skips through it all in seconds as soon as I make my initial selection. Get the exact same thing on two PC's.

Make a choice: 1
Checking if i should run in Normal Mode or special Sony Mode
Please connect your device with USB-Debugging enabled now
The system cannot find the path specified.
The system cannot find the path specified.
The system cannot find the path specified.
The system cannot find the path specified.
.

Normal Mode enabled!
Could Not Find C:\Windows\system32\build.prop

The system cannot find the path specified.
Pushing busybox....
The system cannot find the path specified.
Pushing su binary ....
The system cannot find the path specified.
Pushing Superuser app
The system cannot find the path specified.
Making busybox runable ...
The system cannot find the path specified.
The system cannot find the path specified.
Please look at your device and click RESTORE!
If all is successful i will tell you, if not this shell will run forever.
Running ...
The system cannot find the path specified.
Successful, going to reboot your device!
The system cannot find the path specified.
Waiting for device to show up again....
The system cannot find the path specified.
Going to copy files to it's place
The system cannot find the path specified.
You can close all open command-prompts now!
After reboot all is done! Have fun!
Bin4ry
Press any key to continue . . .

*edit* Sorted it, had this problem when double clicking the bat, or right clicking and doing run as admin. Instead I opened CMD, navigated to the folder and ran the bat from the cmd window and it worked fine.

New problem, Xperia U reboots everytime I close an app that needs root.

.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] plantunes:
I need help to sort this thing out...

I own an Xperia Sola....installed the ICS .ftf file that was unveilled here...

Then I put debugging ON...

I run the runme.bat....click the number 1 option.

It says to connect the phone into the laptop...I do so (and the laptop recognizes the usb connection as being an Xperia SOLA) but then nothing happens.

What am I doing wrong?

I'm using the v.13
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] sparkym3:
Bin4ry, when you get a chance, would you explain exactly what this is doing at a very detailed technical level. This may help some of us who are trying to get other devices working determine exactly where it is going wrong.

Thanks in advance.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] jirka607:
Please help multipad 5197D Ultra run app and nothing happen
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] rmk152:
Ok, i rooted my Xperia T with the above method but when i change something in the System folder the phone Reboots and puts it back to how it was

any ideas??

Build 7.0.A.1.303

----EDIT----

Working perfectly now. I just installed V13.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] hx4700 Killer:
+1

I am able to follow the script and have tried stepping through it one line at a time. I have even had some success getting past some points the script hangs on with some modifications for my TF201 but without knowing what is exactly suppose to happen and in what order it makes it tough to understand why it fails =/
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] jirka607:
i cant apply this because my device has yellow trialnge in device manager what drivers should i use for WIN8? thank you
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] kazzxtrismus:
works on KROSS android 10.1 gy-m1004 tablet...

connect adb using this driver

http://www.arctablet.com/blog/featured/adb-driver-update-for-archos-arnova-devices/
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] mousis:
Works great v13 :)
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] kala123:
Worked on xperia go.

thank you :)
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] gusmao100:
Motorola xt687 firmware 2_27D_2009 Kernel: Apps_3.0.8-perf

= This script will root your Android phone with adb restore function =

= Script by Bin4ry (thanks to Goroh_kun and tkymgr for the idea) =

= Idea for Tablet S from Fi01_IS01 =

= (02.10.2012) v13 =

======================================================================

Device type:

1) Normal

2) Special (for example: Sony Tablet S, Medion Lifetab)

x) Unroot

Make a choice: 1

Checking if i should run in Normal Mode or special Sony Mode

Please connect your device with USB-Debugging enabled now

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

* daemon started successfully *

remote object '/system/app/Backup-Restore.apk' does not exist

367 KB/s (5884 bytes in 0.015s)

.

Normal Mode enabled!

Pushing busybox....

3082 KB/s (1085140 bytes in 0.343s)

Pushing su binary ....

1437 KB/s (91980 bytes in 0.062s)

Pushing Superuser app

2966 KB/s (996704 bytes in 0.328s)

Making busybox runable ...

Please look at your device and click RESTORE!

If all is successful i will tell you, if not this shell will run forever.

Running ...

Successful, going to reboot your device!

Waiting for device to show up again....

Going to copy files to it's place

mount: permission denied (are you root?)

You can close all open command-prompts now!

After reboot all is done! Have fun!

Bin4ry

Pressione qualquer tecla para continuar. . .

Some help:confused::confused:
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] nitrunter:
i give error with v 14.2 in Xperia sola, but work fine with v13, thanks
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] thenrz:
2nd for this thanks in advance.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] babu.rajiv2007:
V13 works perfectly fine on Xperia U :thumbup:

You're a legend!!
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] CiscoX:
Hi kala123.

How did you manage this to work on your Xperia go? What version do you have on your phone? 184 or the newest one?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] sayaranu:
want to confirm it's work like a charm on my x go use v 13.

if i use v14 after reboot my x go change to dark..
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] mehdi.xterra:
hi bin4ry i have sony tablet s with 4.0.3 r1 and kernel build #10 and i cant root this device i realy need root for change region and install update r5 can u help me?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] diavits:
Hello!

Does anybody know if it works on a Sony Tablet S bought in china? I need to take this chinese room out of the tablet and install some other room with google apps.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] saishibu38380:
PLease help me. My fone is Xperia U with ICS. nothing is happening after this.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] sanzNya:
same here....
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] lestercute08:
same as my Xperia U, i cannot see anything, Very DARK!

---------- Post added at 11:23 PM ---------- Previous post was at 11:17 PM ----------

Try to Restart your Computer then

on USB Debugging Mode on your phone.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] gusmao100:
Thank success Bin4ry:victory::victory::victory:

Motorola xt687 firmware 2_27D_2009 Kernel: Apps_3.0.8-perf

= This script will root your Android phone with adb restore function =

= Script by Bin4ry (thanks to Goroh_kun and tkymgr for the idea) =

= Idea for Tablet S from Fi01_IS01 =

= (02.10.2012) v13 =

======================================================================

Device type:

1) Normal

2) Special (for example: Sony Tablet S, Medion Lifetab)

x) Unroot

Make a choice: 1

Checking if i should run in Normal Mode or special Sony Mode

Please connect your device with USB-Debugging enabled now

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

* daemon started successfully *

remote object '/system/app/Backup-Restore.apk' does not exist

5 KB/s (5884 bytes in 1.000s)

.

Normal Mode enabled!

Pushing busybox....

3396 KB/s (1085140 bytes in 0.312s)

Pushing su binary ....

1919 KB/s (91980 bytes in 0.046s)

Pushing Superuser app

2399 KB/s (996704 bytes in 0.405s)

Making busybox runable ...

Please look at your device and click RESTORE!

If all is successful i will tell you, if not this shell will run forev

Running ...

Successful, going to reboot your device!

Waiting for device to show up again....

Going to copy files to it's place

You can close all open command-prompts now!

After reboot all is done! Have fun!

Bin4ry

Pressione qualquer tecla para continuar. . .
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] theronkinator:
I've unrooted and re-rooted with 14.2, my Xperia U is still rebooting everytime I exit or stop an app using root.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Zonk76:
Tried to root Xperia P with v14 - now the screen is very dark, phone works only veeeery slow. Looks like major problem with v14 :(
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] sanzNya:
Now i try w/ v13 and all works fine..:)

best regards

sanzNya
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] entdre:
success rooting xperia tipo dual with Root_with_Restore_by_Bin4ry_v13
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] saishibu38380:
should i have ADB drivers in my PC?

i tried after restarting the pc and also resetting the phone's settings. still nothing happens :(

i'm using ST25i France ROM. USB debugging is not getting detected on the PC
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] moxtrom:
in v14 process worked, in theory, but nothing happened on the phone (however i restored the file, but i got an error about the external storage, even though i don't have one).

Now, bluetooth is not working, the phone runs very slow.

After this, i used v13 and rooted, everything worked again and the phone is back to normal speed.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] saishibu38380:
now i get error like this.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] deathscyther:
successfully rooted my Xperia S (stock ICS .45, locked bootloader) using v13.

there's a problem in v14.2, after the rooting process finished, my phone was still unrooted & became very slow & laggy.

btw, for those who r still wondering on how to install CWM on ur XPS with locked bootloader, u can do that with RecoverX
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] tenchi0205:
Does this work for Sony Arc s on 4.0?