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[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] Contrarian:
+++

works fine on 1.xx0.8. Use titanium backup to uninstall apps/bloatware (you'll need to download the latest busybox, which is done automatically when "problems" is hit.)

Thanks again guys - I'm sure SE will headhunt you soon with lucrative job offers/contracts.
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] :
I have made another version of the exploit that is suitable for the cautious. It gives you a root shell without any modifications to /system at all. A reboot of the phone restores it to original. Of course, you may still alter /system manually and wreak havoc once you're root, including but not limited to bricking your phone.

I won't provide a binary because you shouldn't run binaries from untrusted sources (such as myself) on your phone. Besides you need to recompile to specify the password. Compile it with Android NDK.

The other stuff is not really needed to get a root shell, just adb push the exploid binary to a suitable location and run it. Toggle wifi and there should appear a rootshell executable. Use it to gain root.
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] Az@el:
ok, but in the root permanently if flash with SEUS....back the original?

sorry for my English :p
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] rvictorg:
Complete root?

Will this method root the bootloader as well??
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] Komanche:
ha. it worked now :) thank you
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] mperkovic:
Possible Tether

Hello, I just wanted to thank all responsible for this successful root. I am coming from an iPhone to Android and am learning many techniques in the community. One feature I would really enjoy is the possibility to tether. I travel a lot in places where Wifi might not be available. My goal is to connect the iPad to the x10 mini. Is this tethering something that will work once more people root their device and a new app is developed?

I see that the apps available are not yet catered for the x10 mini unless I am missing something and I can manually install some apk to get the wifi tethering to work.

Thank you
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] skyleth:
I have rooted the new version 1.1.A.0.13 for the mini pro. the ones with 1.1.A.0.08, don't be afraid of upgrading the phone, it's still rootable
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] parthabhatta:
@mperkovic

You can use Easy tether - free version (doesn't require ROOT) which I am using since a month and works well. For secured site you have to buy the app for $10. For rooted phones there is Pdanet (not free) which I have not used.
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] ijv:
a have the version 1.0.A.1.38, i kant root
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] mr.vercetti:
I've installed Android SDK and downloaded the root files.

Now the next step is open the CMD.EXE in Windows: DONE

Then put the first line to access the folder cd c:\exploid_x10mini: DONE

Now when i input the next command line it tells me ADB it's not a recognisiable internal external command...

Why is that?

Can anyone show me the way?

Thx in advance...
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] Phenombox:
Copy the adb.exe and required .dll files from AndroidSDK/tools into C:\exploid_x10mini
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] Mitchio:
I've gone through all the stages and everything seemed to go ok.

I'm at the last stage and I've run the adb shell once again but I'm not sure what is meant by the "su command"...do I simply type in "su" and enter the command; because it's showing as unrecognised when I do that.

What does it mean?
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] 71baker:
Just type su then press enter. The command you are executing is siply called su , nothing more...
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] Mitchio:
Nothing is happening when I type in su, I simply get...

'su' is not recognized as an internal or external command,

operable program or batch file.
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] thabobo:
you need to cd into android sdk/tools.

then :

adb shell

su
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] Mitchio:
Thanks, that worked I believe.

It asked me on the phone and I selected allow.

On the cmd prompt I got permission denied pop up when I selected allow, is that ok or does it mean something has gone wrong?

$ su

su

Permission denied
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] thabobo:
im not sure about that pop up on cmd prompt, but try to install a root-required app and see if it works.

The allow pop-up on the phone is a good sign tho.
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] thabobo:
You should get a # after the su command
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] K3N:
Exploid Works like charm! Thx

K3N

U20i (X10 Mini Pro) from XDA App
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] Mitchio:
Installed drocap2 and it works, the Superuser app is also showing up and appears to be functioning fine.

Thanks for your help and kudos to the root creator.
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] mr.vercetti:
Just wanna say thanks to Phenombox, i did what you told me and now i got my X10a rooted, with this simple method. :)
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] tapan_chugh:
Can it be removed.

Can the root be removed ?

Also how do i backup my phone before rooting
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] darebak666:
re:

my x10mini is rooted now, excelent!!!! let's rock'n'roll :D
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] professordes:
Fixing WPA-PEAP on a rooted X10 mini pro

Now that root is in wild one immediately useful thing to do is fix the WPA-PEAP which is missing. I need this for the eduroam university network at work.

So, with the phone connected and usb debugging on/wifi toggled off, from the androidSDK on a PC (Windows,Linux,Mac) get a shell.....

1) adb shell

2) su

3) cd /data/misc/wifi

4) busybox vi wpa_supplicant.conf

(to edit the wpa configuration file)

5) add this at the end

network={

ssid="eduroam"

key_mgmt=WPA-EAP IEEE8021X

eap=PEAP

identity="MYIDENTITY"

password="SECRET"

phase1="peapver=0"

phase2="auth=MSCHAPV2"

priority=7

}

or similar, where MYIDENTITY is your eduroam login ID and SECRET is your password. This is taken verbatim from another phone (HTC Desire, Android 2.2) which does work OK. You could also edit the file off phone and adb push it on, just watch ownerships and permissions don't get munged up.....

6) save

7) log out

8) connect and surf, it works for me :)
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] LiveDeviL:
Thank you for the great work!

It works flawlessly on my U20i. Titanium backup, ShootMe works fine too. What's haven't work so far is apps2sd.

Anyone successfully moved all installed apps to sd using rooted x10 mini or x10 mini pro?

Thanks again...!
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] Contrarian:
Might be wrong but I don't think it's possible using xploid method of rooting. That's why Bin4ry and others are still working on a root to flash the ROM without bricking.
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] darebak666:
req

can anybody post the whole system/apps folder somewhere? just as a backup if somebody mistakenly erases something which will lead to some issues. Or is there any other way how to restore deleted apps from the sys folder? :rolleyes:
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] account1:
here you go

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=712496&page=5

post #48
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] ayewhy:
MANY THANKS

I have successfully rooted my Mini Pro - I am using a terminal app on the device itself and that now allows me to run SU commands without having the USB plugged in using ADB :)
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] link87:
Hi,

please I need help.

I have followed all the steps in the kabaldan's web to get root, and, aparently, I haven't had problems during the process, but when I try to do su to test it I get "permision denied" message.

Thanks to kabaldan and bin4ry for the hacks

And sorry for my bad english
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] ayewhy:
Try following my newbie friendly version of the steps, you may have missed a step which is causing this error.

http://xperiaminipro.blogspot.com/2010/08/how-to-root-your-mini-mini-pro-newbie_02.html
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] link87:
thanks for your help ayewhy, and congrats for your great blog.

But I continue with the same problem. I follow all the steps and everything seams to go ok, but when I try it with su I get the "Permission denied" message, and the Superuser.apk doesn't run on my x10 mini.

I have followed the steps in linux, not in windows, but I think it doesn't matter, or am I wrong?

I have seen that the Superuser.apk is in my menu, so it is installed, so I don't know where is the error.

thanks for the help.
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] abhi98228:
how to install busybox?
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] thabobo:
After all the steps you have to cd into Android sdk/tools

After that, type.

adb shell - enter

su - enter

They seem to forget to put that in the guides.
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] link87:
Yes, I know it. But when I type su I get "permision denied"
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] malcite:
been tinkering a little now and from what i can tell, (i got a very limited knowledge about these things) using rm command only removes the app from the phone correct?

The reason i say this is because it doesn't actually uninstall the app which again leads to the crap still being in the applications list on the phone.

Is there a way that actually removes that too? I hate all these demo games they stuff in that is impossible to get out.
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] jeslas:
strange thing, i got permission denied also, but then i tried a little bit later (i was planning to try again), then i noticed you need to awake the phone and Accept root access on the phone screen.. - that worked for me :)
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] jean001luc:
Hi all

Great to have root access to the X10 Mini but I have a question; what can one do with this? Is it possible to upgrade to a new version of the OS or is it early days yet?

If not then what is the purpsoe of rooting?

thanks
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] benjymous:
Removing the apk from /system/app will totally kill it from your phone - there just seems to be an issue with stuff getting cached (I saw the same thing when I removed the Edge demo from mine - it still showed up on the homescreen, and I could even launch it.) If you reboot the phone (or kill the homescreen app through a task manager) it should sort itself out and stop showing these zombie apps!
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] Baffe_dw:
Rooting the mini worked very well.

Question is what to do next?

What commands is there to use? Regular Linux commands?

Cant seem to find any folders or files when typing "list".

edit: yeah, it's "ls" not "list" *doh*

I (as everyone else) want to kill all useless apps on my x10-mini.

But after that? WHat do you do with your root access?

THanks for a great forum.
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] benjymous:
I just noticed that the exploid process has been running continuously eating up all the free cpu time since I rooted yesterday (I wondered why my battery seemed to last a lot less today)

So it seems a good idea to reboot after rooting (or kill it with ps if you're comfortable in the shell!)
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] Rille:
Grabb EStrongs File Explorer from the market then you open the app and do this:

Press Menu>Manager>App Manager>Press Menu again>Press Show all and find the app you had deleted but still is in applications list and long press and select uninstall.

This worked for me when I deleted and found that the app still was listed and if I tryed to select it I got a error.
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] Rylo:
I'm currently experiencing the same 'problem' in windows xp

I've followed the newbie friendly blog and the original root page, all steps went perfectly fine except for this final one.

I tried it twice, there's no confirmation popup showing up either.

If i have to provide any other information that will help to understand this 'error', i'll gladly provide.
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] LiveDeviL:
Turn off your wi-fi first, then do the final check.
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] malcite:
neat, thanks. That makes it so much better to look at.:)

I didn't get a chance to check it out, but since you made it work i guess this is the no-reboot option for the same problem. However rebooting worked just as fine and was a bit nicer since the rooting made the X10 a bit sluggish.
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] PsymonDK:
You can use root to run market enabler and some tethering applications.
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] link87:
OK, I finally succeded . What I did was to restart the phone to factory from PC Companion. Then I followed the steps of guide and I got root.

I don't know where the problem was. Probably some application I had installed on my phone? I don't know.

Now I have to config the phone and install the apps again.

Thanks everybody for the help.

And sorry for my poor english again.
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] Rylo:
This didn't work. I'm gonna try a factory reset aswell, howeever i didn't install any programs yet, so it shouldn't matter.

When i connect my phone i choose 'charge' insteda of PC companion, does that matter?
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] LiveDeviL:
Hmm... Weird... Anyway, you're already doing the right thing. Use 'charge only' option. Good luck :)
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] link87:
Try what I did. Use "repair" option with PC COMPANION, then follow the root guide again.

good luck
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] bingobadgo:
I just rooted mine with this, quick simple and painless (although i do have a bit of experience in Linux which helps with the terminal commands).

Where to now? Are there any must have apps for rooted phones? I am looking to personalise it with fonts/themes etc, are there any options for this or is everything at too early a stage?
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] Eseb0:
Thanks a lot for the root, worked great. Had to do it twice - SEUS "updated" my phone after my first root ^^

You can DL fonts I believe and remove those annoying apps you can't otherwise uninstall but that's about it for now.
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] TheDeadCPU:
Thread stickied.

Also, kabaldan. Could you instead of just linking the thread add the instructions to your post?
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] ts113294:
Got root access:) That's gr8!!! Can someone post the commands how to remove SE rubbish/demo apps (Createtouch, Roadsync etc.) cos I couldn't find the solution yet

Thank you!
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] Eseb0:
Go ino ADB shell like you did when you rooted it:

su

mount -o rw,remount /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system

cd /system/app

ls

Look around for the apps you want removed, but be VERY careful because if you remove the wrong thing you can brick your phone.

rm -r appName.apk
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] ts113294:
I still can't remove them, I got read only fs... $ sign changed to # so I should be logged as root. Take a look at the shot that i took:

Mttp://img831.imageshack.us/img831/1549/21583482.png
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] Eseb0:
Yeah, the /system dir is read-only. The mount command should have remounted it as read-write. Are you sure you put it in right?
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] ts113294:
Now after remount works like a charm! Thank you so much!!!
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] realmattez:
This is my first post, so in first place THANKS A LOT for this place! :-)

My Q: Which apps are the 'essential apps' for our X10 mini? Is somewhere some list of default apps with description what does they do, what they are good for? Which are essential and which not?

Thank you!
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] Eseb0:
I'm not quite sure but I've deleted Bebo, Facebook, Roadsync, User Guide, Sony Ericsson's proprietary sync app whose name I can't remember (there's also one by Google which manages your Google mail, calendar, contacts syncing, though I left that in) and I think that's about it.

Have a look in the forums, I think I've seen someone else post a list somewhere, too.
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] realmattez:
'Safe list' thread & list of default apps found

Thanx for tips. I find that thread: TuT| Removing Apps from X10Mini/Pro + 'Safe List' (url: "xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=740338" )

In post # 2 is a link to list of default apps url: "10mini_resources.iouri.net/remained.txt"
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] norberto_:
HI!

I have a following problem with rooting:

at this step:

adb push exploid /sqlite_stmt_journals/exploid

i get this :

D:\X10\exploid_x10mini (1)\exploid_x10mini>adb push exploid /sqlite_stmt_journal

s/exploid

failed to copy 'exploid' to '/sqlite_stmt_journals/exploid': Permission denied

Can anyone help me solve the problem?

I have FW 1.1.A.0.8 on the x10mini.

Thanks for help!!

BR, Norberto
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] yn0724:
Please confirm directory path accurancy or permission of /sqlite_stmt_journals by ls -l command
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] norberto_:
Thank you!

Now i have root! :P

Thanks again
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] Rylo:
still getting permission denied, even after restoring :\

edit:

formatting my storage card + a factory reset seemed to help

and somehow i think i kept typing: ./busybox cp busybox/system/bin/ instead of ./busybox cp busybox /system/bin/

so that might be the problem aswell :P

--

Thanks!
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] dopeless:
Hi, thx for this root

i can get in su, but can't get r/w with adb remount (i can get r/w with rootexplorer) why? (((
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] UlrikS:
Rooting worked like a charm, but I don't manage to delete apks for some reason.

I used this command:

adb shell

su

busybox rm -r /system/app/Dagbladet.apk

resulting in this "busybox: not found"

Does anyone care to help out a noob?

EDIT: Figured it out. I should not type in busybox in front of the rm-command.
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] listylister:
Thanks a lot for this - worked great. It took a few tries but managed to get it working on my X10 mini in the end.

Would love to see more stuff like this.

By the way: If your having problems downloading try Internet Explorer.
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] abdullah1982:
hey i tried this method to root my xperia x10mini. everything went fine on pc and when i disconnected my phone. i saw a app Superuser permissions installed on my phone. my prob is when i open superuser i cant see any options. only on the top is written superuser permissions and below that the whole screen is blank. please help me out.....please.

after this i tried universal androot and it said phone is already rooted. cant understand what went wrong........

PLEASE HELP someone
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] Contrarian:
Nothing is wrong - your phone is now rooted. Superuser apk is installed as part of the xploid package and allows you to install root only apk's such as titanium backup (use this to remove unwanted applications) and terminal emulator.
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] jean001luc:
Cant find my paid apps

Hi

Ive had to reset my phone (it had already been rooted). Now when I go to the market to download all the apps I had paid for I find they are not in on the list.

Not only that but I cant even pay for them again as I cant find them on the market at all

Help please

thank you
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] Blulmn:
@jean001luc

Look for an app called Market Access.
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] royalbloodvi:
i keep getting

"failed to copy superuser.apk to sdcard/superuser.apk" message..

why?
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] Eseb0:
Is there an SD card in your phone?

Is developer mode on?

Did you unmount USB storage from the notifications?
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] royalbloodvi:
nevermind i fixed the problem, after superuser runs and asks for permission i said ok.

then afterwards, i opened titanium backup, still permission denied for root... whats wrong?
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] royalbloodvi:
nvm fixed it, just had to reinstall titanium and update boombox inside titanium backup for it to work..
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] jean001luc:
Market issues on x10 mini rooted

Hi

Will this allow me to see apps from outside of my country or will it also allow me to see apps from my country which I can no longer see after rooting. My problem is that, after rooting, I cant see any apps that I previously purchased. Not sure why but that is the case

thanks
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] r3tr0g4m3r:
Works with Xperia X10 Mini from Entel in Chile, supereasy!

Thanks a lot!
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] jean001luc:
Missing apps from the market

I posted similar thread earlier but probably didnt fully qualify my problem

Have successfully rooted my X10 mini.

Did a complete reset (not related to rooting - but for a different reason).

After reset I find that on the market, most of the apps that I had purchased originally are no longer available under the 'Download' tab. Not only that but I am unable to find the apps anywhere on the market (even though other people can see them).

I have tried Market Access but dont think this will resolve my problem as I am not looking to change location. In stead I just want to see the apps that were available previously - for the same location (UK - O2)

thanks
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] Blulmn:
Market Access just lets you emulate a different sim card - you can set it manually to change or you can set it to automatically emulate a different sim card at start up.

You'll find that depending on your location you see a different number of apps on the market, so getting an app like Market Access just changes your location for as long as you need to browse the droid market.

I've noticed that i see more apps once i've emulated a US sim than when i use my own.
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] jean001luc:
My problem is that after ROOTing I am unable to see a lot of apps I could originally even though before rooting they were available without Market Access. Does ROOTing the phone prevent you from seeing apps that you could see before? Also, it means under the download tab I am not seeing the apps that I had originally paid for
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] jean001luc:
UNrooting

Is it possible to Unroot the phone? Ive lost access to all my paid apps (they were available without Market access before but no longer - not even with Market access). Not only that but with Marke access I can not see the apps that I could before rooting
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] sherman:
Goes perfect with spanish vodafone's x10 mini pro updated today with "Update Service" from Sony Ericsson's web!
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] LUCA LUCA:
is there any different roms for the x10 mini? like the desire?

many thanks
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] krumcake:
I need to be able to connect to eduroam also, but I am a noob. My phone is rooted. I copy-pasted steps 1-5 (I pasted the last step directly after the text in the cmd window).

Now how do I save? I didn't know how to navigate from step 5 so I just closed the cmd window :)
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] ranteo:
How to wipe battery stats for x10 mini pro rooted with exploid?

Or how should I calibrate my battery? Most guides online dictate to turn off the phone while charging. unfortunately, the x10 mini pro automatically turns on when charging.
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] madkat:
Woo! I got an x10 mini a couple of days ago from Orange as an upgrade, along with a 25% discount off my 20% discounted Racoon 25 and 60 more texts a month... (£15/month for 300 xnet anytime mins, 160 xnet texts... plus £5 for 500Mb data.)

When I got the phone I was somewhat disappointed that I couldn't uninstall any of the Orange crap (the only Orange product worth having is Your Orange which is free in the app store) so I rooted the bugger and pulled out everything! :D Well, nearly everything. It's nice not to have to put up with 20 crappy demo things and crappy orange web links.

I'm still stuck with the Orange homescreen sucking up 1.7Mb of my device.

After successfully deleting everything and a few reboots later, plus installing heaps of stuff from the Market, I can "adb shell" and then "su" but when I try to "busybox rm /system/app/Homescreen.apk" (I believe HomeScreen.apk is the SE one and Homescreen.apk is the Orange nonsense? Can anyone advise appropriately?) it tells me the directory is read-only? Did I miss something? On a previous run I managed to rm the SE homescreen which terminated itself and left me somewhat UI-less, so I had to reflash. Oops!