[Sony Xperia C] Sahil.bandar:
Unlock Bootloader, Root Your Sony Xperia C3 Dual/LTE & TWRP Recovery Installation.

IF ANYTHING GOES WRONG WITH YOUR DEVICE THEN I'M NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT.

hii guyzzz, i'm here to give a tutorial for Unlocking Bootloader, rooting and Flashing TWRP Recovery on your Sony Xperia C3 Easily. I'm directly writing the steps cause i never want to make you bored by writing lot of theory... :D

Requirments:

Internet Connection on device

Computer

Basic Knowledge Related to command firing through Command Prompt(CMD) on Computer.

KingRoot 4.8.1.apk

Fastboot.zip

adb Drivers of Xperia C3

TWRP Recovery Image file

Unlocked BootLoader

Main Steps :

Unlock Bootloader

Rooting

Flashing Recovery

Steps for Unlocking Bootloader:

Goto Sony Bootloader unlocking Page

Click Here to Procced.

Select Your Device as Xperia Z3 Compact and Click on Continue.

on next page Give Your E-Mail ID and Click On Submit.

They Will Send Verification Mail On Your Email Address.

Open Your Mail Box, and Inside a mail Click on "Click here to proceed"

After that Put Your #1 IMEI No. and Click On Submit. to find IMEI no. dial *#06# on Mobile

on next page they will Generate one Code, Note down this code on Notepad and save it.

Now Download Fastboot.zip from HERE.

Now extract this zip on your computer.

Stay on the Extracted folder and press Shift+Right Click and select option "Open Command window here"

Now turn on Debugging mode and turn off your device.

Press and hold Volume UP button and Connect your Device to computer till the Blue LED Arrives.(Fastboot Mode)

In CMD type following Command:

fastboot devices

(shows device is connected).

if it will show the Device on Command prompt then Type Command given Bellow

fastboot -i 0x0fce oem unlock 0xUNLOCK-CODE

the UNLOCK-CODE is code which is you noted. in Command add 0x before unlock code.

After Completion Disconnect and Reboot your Device.

Please take a backup of data, after unlocking bootloader your phone will be reset.

Rooting Your C3:

Install Kingroot 4.8.1.apk

it requires Internet connection so make sure that you turn of mobile data.

it detect your mobile phone

After that click on try too root

It will take 5 minuts to complete

After 70% it will show error that unable to root

Don't worry, simply reboot your device. It will be rooted....

Flashing TWRP on C3 :

Note:This TWRP Recovery Installation guide is only for Lollipop 5.1.1, do every task very carefully I'm not responsible for the any damages to your device.....

Download recovery.img.zip from following cezer's thread... Click Here to Goto Cezer's Thread.

After downloading recovery.img.zip extract it into fastboot folder...

Now connect your phone to pc in fastboot mode as I said previous steps for bootloader unlocking.

Open cmd in fastboot folder by pressing shift+Right Click and select option "Open Command window here".

Now Check whether your device is connected or not by typing following Command.

fastboot devices

If it was show your device there then Type following Command in cmd to Flashing Recovery.

fastboot flash recovery recovery.img

MAKE SURE THAT YOUR ARE EXTRACTED RECOVERY.IMG.ZIP INTO THE FASTBOOT FOLDER.

After Completion of Flashing reboot your device.

To jump into the recovery, turn off your device and press and hold Volume down + Lock key

THANKS FOR READING ME....

XDA:DevDB Information

Rooting/twrp installation Guide for Xperia C3, Tool/Utility for the Sony Xperia C

Contributors

Sahil.bandar, Ceizer.kiran

Version Information

Status: Stable

Created 2016-04-29

Last Updated 2016-05-01