[Sony Xperia E3] adneon0:
Finally , a noob friendly tutorial to get ROOT and CWM Recovery on Xperia E3 . !

SImple.. Fast.. Easy...

ESPECIALLY FOR MODEL D2202 and D2212.

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--Requirements--

1. JAVA Runtime Machine

2. Flashtool

3. SuperSu[ROOT]

4. Recovery[CWM]

5. Minimal ADB and Fastboot

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Now, Install 1 , 2 & 5

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--Procedure--

NOTE:- FACTORY RESET WILL TAKE PLACE -- BACKUP YOUR DATA

POWER OFF your phone

1.BOOTLOADER UNLOCKING

-Go to C:/Flashtool/drivers. Execute flashtool-drivers.exe and install Flashmode & Fastboot drivers.

-Open Flashtool.

-Click on BLU icon.

-Connect phone by usb cable to pc by pressing VOLUME DOWN button.Wait for flashing to get completed.

-Unplug device after new window appears then again plug in holding VOLUME UP button.

-A new window will appear with IMEI number of your device .Copy IMEI number and click on GET UNLOCK .

-Now,Official Sony page of bootloader unlocking will appear on your browser . Select Xperia E3 from the devices list,Enter your email-id in box provided.Now you will receive mail from Sony.

-Check your email and click on link in the mail.You will be redirected . Now paste you IMEI number and proceed by agreeing all terms and conditions .

-A new page will appear with unlock code.

-Copy and paste unlock code in window of Flashtool.And then click on UNLOCK.

-Wait till process gets completed.

-Finally , your phone will reboot.

-DONE. :) :D

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TO CHECK:-Switch off your device, click on BLU, press VOLUME UP button and plug the device to PC, if a window appears with RELOCK button then your BOOTLOADER IS UNLOCKED.! :cool:

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2.INSTALLING RECOVERY[CWM]

-SWITCH OFF DEVICE.

-Go to C:\Program Files\Minimal ADB and Fastboot

-Copy and paste .img file(Recovery)(provided in download link) in this folder.Rename file to boot.img .

-Hold SHIFT and RIGHT CLICK on window ,, then select " Open command window here ".

-in command window type- fastboot flash boot boot.img

-Connect device to PC by holding VOLUME UP button .

-Wait till the process gets completed . Disconnect when command window tells to ...

-SWITCH ON device and keep on clicking VOLUME UP and VOLUME DOWN buttons to boot into RECOVERY.

-DONE.

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3.GETTING ROOT[SuperSu]

-Copy paste SuperSu in SD Card or Internal Storage.

-Reboot into Recovery.

-Choose "install zip" .

-Now flash SuperSu.

-Choose "reboot system now" and then select "Yes".

-Done

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TO CHECK:-Use ROOT CHECKER application.

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DOWNLOADS

1. JAVA Runtime Machine - https://java.com/en/download/

2. Flashtool - http://www.flashtool.net/index.php

3. SuperSu[ROOT] - http://download.chainfire.eu/636/SuperSU/UPDATE-SuperSU-v2.37.zip

4. Recovery[CWM] - https://mega.co.nz/#!5Z93wa6a!qs9_WOPLkJb-HqrKE83lb3s58NT9xvqFKfbMnvRYZa0

5. Minimal ADB and Fastboot - https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1S0LCuXCnnmOWhnUk1ZWVdQakE/view?pli=1

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CREDITS ;) TO ALL DEVELOPERS WHO BROUGHT ABOVE AMAZING STUFF FOR US.

[MENTION=4302939]Raproid[/MENTION] especially :)