[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] maistora:
LT26i (Xperia S) - ICS 4.0.4 - No luck

I may be in the minority with presta87 where the rooting doesn't work on a bog-standard Xperia-S, but it's not a good thing when a whole bunch of gurus here seem to have no clue what is happening and why it doesn't work?

I originally tried V.2 of the script, then V.5 (each of them multiple times) got slightly different logs but the same result: no root. Each time, among other things, I did:

- delete the RecoverMe installed in the previous fail

- manually force-stop and fully disable Avast (my mobile antivirus app)

- clean remnants from previous installations from any folders I have permissions for (without root)

- ensure I run the script with administrator status in Windows

The on-screen messages from the script joyfully congratulate me each time, but the result is just a removed wallpaper and wasted time.

Here's what the script was reporting - version 2:

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

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

= (14.09.2012) =

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Device type:

1) Xperia T

2) LT26,LT22 etc.

3) Other

Make a choice: 2

LT26,LT22 etc. mode enabled!

Please connect device with ADB-Debugging enabled now....

2608 KB/s (1085140 bytes in 0.406s)

21 KB/s (22364 bytes in 1.000s)

2510 KB/s (843503 bytes in 0.328s)

4608 KB/s (73728 bytes in 0.015s)

Please take your device, open Backup and Restore App from Menu. Select the backu

p named RootMe and restore it!

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

Good, it worked! Now we are rebooting soon, please be patient!

Waiting for device to come up again....

mount: permission denied (are you root?)

remount failed: Operation not permitted

/system/xbin/su: cannot open for write: Read-only file system

Unable to chmod /system/xbin/su: No such file or directory

/system/app/Superuser.apk: cannot open for write: Read-only file system

Unable to chmod /system/app/Superuser.apk: No such file or directory

rm failed for /data/local.prop, No such file or directory

You can close all open command-prompts now!

After reboot all is done! Have fun with Root!

Bin4ry

Press any key to continue . . .​

And version 5:

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= 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 =

= (19.09.2012) =

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Device type:

1) Normal

2) Tablet S

3) LT26,LT22 etc.

x) Unroot

Make a choice: 3

LT26,LT22 etc. mode enabled!

Please connect device with ADB-Debugging enabled now....

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

* daemon started successfully *

3229 KB/s (1085140 bytes in 0.328s)

1397 KB/s (22364 bytes in 0.015s)

2928 KB/s (843503 bytes in 0.281s)

2304 KB/s (73728 bytes in 0.031s)

cannot stat 'stuff\ric': No such file or directory

Please take your device, open Backup and Restore App from Menu. Select the backu

p named RootMe and restore it!

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

Good, it worked! Now we are rebooting soon, please be patient!

Waiting for device to come up again....

You can close all open command-prompts now!

After reboot all is done! Have fun!

Bin4ry

Press any key to continue . . .

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Happy to provide any detailed info on both the PC and the phone configurations and environments, step-by-step what I did (basically what I was told by bin4ry, nothing more), what I observed and what 2 different root checkers are reporting ('no root', what else?). Ask and I will share full details!

COMPETENT Android hacker urgently wanted!

Thanks