[Xperia Play General] mattnmag:
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Hi Everyone,

The Cydia Impactor root method (discussed

in this thread

) appears to be a really easy and quick way to root our Xperia Play phones. I have searched the Xperia Play threads and couldn't find any other posts discussing this root method for our phones, so I'm starting this thread to share information about it with my fellow Xperia Play users. (Since I can only test it on the R800x, it would be great if others could test it to confirm that it works for other versions of the Xperia Play...but I believe it should. I have 2 Xperia Play phones (one with a locked and one with unlocked bootloader. I tested this method on both phones running 2.3.3 & 2.3.4 Gingerbread and it worked as expected in each test).

:):D:good:

CREDITS:

I take no credit for this root method. All credit and thanks should go to saurik for creating the Cydia Impactor, and to Chainfire for SuperSU. Also, thank you to karandpr for starting the other Xperia thread, where I first learned about this method. (If I've forgotten anyone, please PM me and I'll add you).

DISCLAIMER:

If you choose to download and install any of the linked files to your computer or phone, then you are choosing to take full responsibility for any risks or potential consequences that come with rooting and tinkering with your phone. Neither I, nor anyone else in the linked threads will be liable for anything that you choose to do with your phone or computer. Please don't proceed with this root method if you don't agree.

Prerequisites:

For the below method to work, you must have the Xperia Play drivers installed on your computer to allow your phone and computer to communicate with each other.

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STEPS:

1. Download the Cydia Impactor zip file:

(FOUND HERE)

to your computer and unzip it. (On my computer, I created a folder called "Cydia Impactor Root Method," and then used 7zip to unzip it into that folder).

2. Enable USB debugging on your phone and connect the phone to your computer with a USB cable

3. On your computer, navigate to where you unzipped the contents of the Impactor zip file. Right click on the Impactor application and open it with Administrator rights.

4. Click Start and let the root exploit do its thing.

5. On your phone, go to the Google Play Store and install Chainfire's SuperSU

(Link)

, then open SuperSU and update the SU binary. (I chose the "Normal" option to update the SU binary and it worked).

That's it! Your phone should now be rooted with SuperSU installed. This worked great for me and I'm hoping that others will find this information helpful. :)

PS: This root method doesn't install Busybox, so you'll need to do that if you plan to stay stock rooted. Here's a good app to help you install it if you're not familiar with Busybox: Link

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Sreenshot of the Cydia Impactor program after opening it on the computer:

Screenshot after Cydia Impactor rooted the phone & placed SU binary into system/xbin:

Screenshot of SuperSU asking if you want to update binary with "Normal" or Custom Recovery method:

Screenshot of SuperSU confirming successful installation of SU binary update: