[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LordKitsuna:
hey guys im new here and i was wondering about rooting my x10 so far i have tired superoneclick and one click root neither worked D: it says its rooted but i cant use anything that requires root (like setcpu) what am i doing wrong?

edit:also just tried universal androot also didnt work

Edit2: log from the universal androot

Go for root !

Version: Universal Androot - v1.6.2 beta 5

Detected OS version:4

ls -l /system/etc

-rw-r--r-- root root 3365 2010-07-04 22:08 init.es209ra.bt.sh

-rw-r--r-- root root 735 2010-07-04 22:08 gps.conf

-rw-r--r-- root root 96 2010-07-04 22:08 01_qc.cfg

-rw-r--r-- root root 97721 2010-07-04 22:09 NOTICE.html.gz

-rw-r--r-- root root 7353 2010-07-04 22:08 event-log-tags

-rw-r--r-- root root 25 2010-07-04 22:08 hosts

-rw-r--r-- root root 177 2010-07-04 22:08 pvasflocal.cfg

-rw-r--r-- root root 197 2010-07-04 22:08 pvasfstreaming.cfg

-rw-r--r-- root root 87 2010-07-04 22:08 mount_iso.sh

-rw-r--r-- root root 1971 2010-07-04 22:08 vold.conf

-r-xr-x--- root shell 1176 2010-07-04 22:08 init.goldfish.sh

-rw-r--r-- root root 458 2010-07-04 22:08 pvplayer.cfg

-rw-r--r-- root root 2037 2010-07-04 22:08 bookmarks.xml

-rw-r--r-- root root 4217 2010-07-04 22:08 AudioFilter.csv

drwxr-xr-x root root 2010-07-04 22:08 firmware

drwxr-xr-x root root 2010-07-04 22:08 wifi

drwxr-xr-x root root 2010-07-04 22:08 dbus_bt

drwxr-xr-x root root 2010-07-04 22:08 bluez

-rw-r--r-- root root 1719 2010-07-04 22:08 loc_parameter.ini

-r--r----- bluetooth bluetooth 935 2010-07-04 22:08 dbus.conf

drwxr-xr-x root root 2010-07-04 22:08 semc

-rwxrwxrwx root root 1688 2010-07-08 20:13 apns-conf.xml

drwxr-xr-x root root 2010-07-04 22:08 ppp

drwxr-xr-x root root 2010-07-04 22:08 permissions

-rw-r--r-- root root 275 2010-07-04 22:08 pvextensions.cfg

drwxr-xr-x root root 2010-07-04 22:08 dhcpcd

drwxr-xr-x root root 2010-07-04 22:08 security

ls -l /system/bin/reboot

lrwxr-xr-x root shell 2010-07-04 22:08 reboot -> toolbox

cat /proc/sys/kernel/osrelease

2.6.29-rel

getprop ro.product.model

X10a

getprop ro.product.brand

SEMC

getprop ro.product.name

X10_1237-3761

getprop ro.product.manufacturer

Sony Ericsson

getprop ro.build.product

SonyEricssonX10a

ls -l /sqlite_stmt_journals

-rws--x--x root root 16224 2010-12-30 06:02 rootshell

ls -l /data/local/tmp

opendir failed, Permission denied

ls -l /app-cache

/app-cache: No such file or directory

run mount

rootfs / rootfs rw 0 0

tmpfs /dev tmpfs rw,mode=755 0 0

devpts /dev/pts devpts rw,mode=600 0 0

proc /proc proc rw 0 0

sysfs /sys sysfs rw 0 0

tmpfs /sqlite_stmt_journals tmpfs rw,size=4096k 0 0

/dev/block/mtdblock2 /system yaffs2 rw 0 0

/dev/block/mtdblock3 /data yaffs2 rw,nosuid,nodev 0 0

/dev/block/mtdblock1 /cache yaffs2 rw,nosuid,nodev 0 0

DxDrmServerIpc /data/DxDrm/fuse fuse.DxDrmServerIpc rw,nosuid,nodev,user_id=0,group_id=0,allow_other 0 0

/dev/block//vold/179:1 /sdcard vfat rw,dirsync,nosuid,nodev,noexec,uid=1000,gid=1015,fmask=0702,dmask=0702,allow_utime=0020,codepage=cp437,iocharset=iso8859-1,shortname=mixed,utf8 0 0

run df

/dev: 137304K total, 12K used, 137292K available (block size 4096)

/sqlite_stmt_journals: 4096K total, 16K used, 4080K available (block size 4096)

/system: 361088K total, 197660K used, 163428K available (block size 4096)

/data: 476160K total, 109248K used, 366912K available (block size 4096)

/cache: 113920K total, 17716K used, 96204K available (block size 4096)

/sdcard: 1913216K total, 1384480K used, 528736K available (block size 16384)

/data/DxDrm/fuse: Permission denied

Preparing Exploit ... :true

Preparing busybox binary ... :true

User selected: Eclair

Preparing Su binary ... :true

Preparing Superuser apk ... :true, resid:2131034118

Preparing root toolkit script ... :true

Trying to get mount point:/data

/dev/block/mtdblock3 /data yaffs2 rw,nosuid,nodev 0 0

Trying to get mount point:/system

/dev/block/mtdblock2 /system yaffs2 rw 0 0

mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock2 /system

mkdir /system/xbin

cat su > /system/xbin/su

chmod 04755 /system/xbin/su

ln -s /system/xbin/su /system/bin/su

mount -o remount,ro -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock2 /system

mount -o remount,rw,nosuid,nodev -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /data

mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock2 /system

rm /system/bin/su

rm /system/xbin/su

Preparing to execute exploit, do chmod

Executing exploit..

cmd: /data/data/com.corner23.android.universalandroot/files/getroot /dev/block/mtdblock3 yaffs2

[*] Android local root exploid (C) The Android Exploid Crew

[*] Modified by shakalaca for various devices

[+] Using basedir=/sqlite_stmt_journals, path=/data/data/com.corner23.android.universalandroot/files/getroot

[+] opening NETLINK_KOBJECT_UEVENT socket

[+] sending add message ...

[*] Try to invoke hotplug now, clicking at the wireless

[*] settings, plugin USB key etc.

[*] You succeeded if you find /system/bin/rootshell.

[*] GUI might hang/restart meanwhile so be patient.

Wifi enabled ...

mkdir failed for /system/xbin, File exists

rm failed for /system/app/Superuser.apk, No such file or directory

mount: Device or resource busy

rm failed for /data/local/tmp/rootshell, No such file or directory

Exploit delete success

Install/Uninstall rootkit: true

ls -l /sqlite_stmt_journals

-rws--x--x root root 16224 2010-12-30 06:03 rootshell

ls -l /data/local/tmp

opendir failed, Permission denied

ls -l /app-cache

/app-cache: No such file or directory

run mount

rootfs / rootfs rw 0 0

tmpfs /dev tmpfs rw,mode=755 0 0

devpts /dev/pts devpts rw,mode=600 0 0

proc /proc proc rw 0 0

sysfs /sys sysfs rw 0 0

tmpfs /sqlite_stmt_journals tmpfs rw,size=4096k 0 0

/dev/block/mtdblock2 /system yaffs2 rw 0 0

/dev/block/mtdblock3 /data yaffs2 rw,nosuid,nodev 0 0

/dev/block/mtdblock1 /cache yaffs2 rw,nosuid,nodev 0 0

DxDrmServerIpc /data/DxDrm/fuse fuse.DxDrmServerIpc rw,nosuid,nodev,user_id=0,group_id=0,allow_other 0 0

/dev/block//vold/179:1 /sdcard vfat rw,dirsync,nosuid,nodev,noexec,uid=1000,gid=1015,fmask=0702,dmask=0702,allow_utime=0020,codepage=cp437,iocharset=iso8859-1,shortname=mixed,utf8 0 0

run df

/dev: 137304K total, 12K used, 137292K available (block size 4096)

/sqlite_stmt_journals: 4096K total, 16K used, 4080K available (block size 4096)

/system: 361088K total, 197848K used, 163240K available (block size 4096)

/data: 476160K total, 109236K used, 366924K available (block size 4096)

/cache: 113920K total, 17716K used, 96204K available (block size 4096)

/sdcard: 1913216K total, 1384480K used, 528736K available (block size 16384)

/data/DxDrm/fuse: Permission denied