How to Root the Sony Xperia L running 15.0.А.2.17 firmware

The Sony Xperia L has been available now for more than three months now and for those waiting for a rooting solution for this mid-range device featuring a 1GHz dual-core processor and a 4.3 inch display, stop waiting as it is here.  The procedure itself is pretty easy and you should be off to installing root-only apps in no time!  Read on then if you want to root your Xperia L.

I.  Before You Begin

1.  This procedure works on any Sony Xperia L with a locked bootloader and running 15.0.А.2.17 firmware; do not try this on any other device or firmware as you may end up bricking your device.

2.  Back up everything you feel is important before you start.

3.  Charge your device to 75% or more before you begin.

II.  Necessary Downloads

1.  Xperia_L_ROOT_15.0._.2.17_2.zip [Link available in this post]

2.  remountrebootfix.rar [Link available in this post]

III.  Rooting the Sony Xperia L

1.  Enable USB Debugging on your device.  You can do this by heading to Settings > Development Options > USB Debugging and checking the tickbox next to it.

2.  Enable installation of non-market applications.  To do this, go to Settings > Security and check the Unknown Sources tickbox.

3.  Connect your device to your Windows PC using a compatible microUSB cable.

5.  Extract the Xperia_L_ROOT_15.0._.2.17_2.zip file that you downloaded above to a folder on your desktop.

6.  From the extracted folder, double-click on run.bat to run the rooting tool.

7.  Follow the on-screen instructions and wait for the process to be complete.

At this point, you should have partial root.  Open up your app drawer and check to see if you have the Superuser or SuperSu app installed.

8.  Extract remountrebootfix.rar to a folder on your desktop.

9.  From the extracted folder, double-click on supersu.bat if you have the SuperSu app or superuser.bat if you have the Superuser app installed.  Confirm root access on your device when prompted.

10.  Reboot your device.

How to Root the Sony Xperia M (C1905)

The Sony Xperia M was released last month and can be called a mid-range smartphone as it features a 4-inch touchscreen display, a dual-core 1GHz CPU, 1GB RAM and a 5MP camera.  Rooting this device is bound to get something more out of it and if this is what you want, go head and read the guide below.

I.  Before You Begin

1.  Back up everything you feel is important before you start.

2.  Charge your device to 75% or more before you begin.

II.  Necessary Downloads

Framaroot-1.6.0.apk [File attached to this post]

III.  Rooting the Xperia M

1.  Connect your device to your PC and copy the Framaroot-1.6.0.apk file you downloaded above to your device’s SD card.

2.  Use a file manager app (Astro or ES File Explorer, for example), navigate to the location of Framaroot-1.6.0.apk, and install the application.  Make sure you have enabled installation of apps from unknown sources by going to Settings > Security and ticking the Unknown sources checkbox.

3.  Go to your app drawer and open up the Framaroot app.

4.  Select Install Supersu.

5.  Select Gandalf on the next screen and wait for the success popup.

6.  Wait for the phone to reboot.

How to Root the Micromax A50 Ninja

Voice assistant isn’t a new thing as almost every smartphone users’ day begins with saying Good Morning to Siri if on iPhone or the same greeting to the Google Now, of course, on Android. To provide similar kind of experience, the India based company, Micromax has recently come up with the A50 Ninja smartphone with a voice assistant named AISHA. The feature has grabbed attention from smartphone users across the country. Along with AISHA, the phone has got Gingerbread onboard and a 650MHz processor and to not put much weight on your pocket, the device can be yours for only $95. If you’ve purchased the device or looking to buy it and concerned about whether you can root it or not, well, the answer is Yes. Root method has been discovered by an XDA member and it’s explained in the following guide. Once applied, the phone will become truly yours!

I. Before You Begin:

1. This should void the warranty of the device. However, you can unroot the device to reinstate warranty.

2. The following procedure works on Windows based PCs only.

3. You must have ADB drivers installed on your PC. You can get them from here.

II. Downloading Required Files:

1. Boot Image (It’s attached in the first post)

2. SP Flash Tool (It’s attached in the first post)

3. Scatter File (It’s attached in the first post)

4. Drivers (It’s attached in the first post)

5. Unlock Root (It’s attached in the first post)

III. Rooting the Micromax A50 Ninja:

1. Place all the files you downloaded to your Desktop.

2. Extract files from the Drivers archive to your Desktop.

3. Install the Drivers you got from the archive.

4. Extract files from the SP Flash Tool archive to your Desktop.

5. Double-click on the Flash Tool executable file and it should launch.

6. In the tool, click on Scatter-loading button and select the Scatter file you downloaded earlier.

7. A list of files will appear on the screen, make sure only BOOTIMG option is selected. Uncheck other options.

8. Double-click on BOOTIMG in the Flash Tool and select the boot.img file you downloaded earlier.

9. Go to Options and enable the USB Mode option.

10. Turn OFF your device.

11. Pull the battery out of the device.

12. Put it back into the device, but do not turn it ON.

13. Connect the device to your PC using the USB cable.

14. Windows will automatically install the drivers for your device.

15. Once drivers are installed, unplug the device from your PC.

16. Remove the battery from the device.

17. Put it back into the device but don’t turn it ON.

18. In the Flash Tool, click on Download button.

19. A counter should start running in the tool and when so happens, connect the device to the PC.

20. It will then flash the file to your device.

21. Once flashing’s done, disconnect the device from the PC.

22. Pull the battery out of the device.

23. Put it back into the device.

24. Turn the device ON normally.

25. Once turned ON, go to Menu>>Settings>>Applications>>Development>>USB debugging and tick-mark the box.

26. Connect the device to your PC via USB cable.

27. Extract files from the Unlock Root archive to your Desktop.

28. Double-click on the Unlock Root executable file and it should launch.

29. Click on ROOT button in the tool and let it root the device.

30. Once rooting’s done, reboot the device.

31. When it boots up, head over to Google Play and install the Busybox app, it’s free.

32. You’re all done!

Great! Your Micromax A50 Ninja has been successfully rooted and you should find the Superuser app right in your App Drawer. You may now install your favorite root-only apps on your device!

How to Root the Micromax Canvas HD (A116)

I.  Before You Begin

1.  You will need to have a custom recovery installed in order to flash unofficial zip files.  Use our guide on the same to help you.

2.  Back up anything you feel is important.

3.  Charge your device to 75% or more before you begin.

4.  Install the necessary drivers before you actually begin the rooting process.  This will prevent any unwanted breaks while actually rooting.  Use these drivers if you haven’t already installed them.

II.  Necessary Downloads

1.  Superuser-3.1.3-arm-signed.zip

2.  su-bin-3.1.1-arm-signed.zip

III.  Rooting the Canvas HD

1.  Connect your device to your PC and copy both Superuser-3.1.3-arm-signed.zip and su-bin-3.1.1-arm-signed.zip to your device’s internal SD card.

2.  Disconnect your device and turn it off.

3.  Hold Volume Up + Volume Down + Power buttons until you see the screen where it asks you to press Volume Up for recovery.  Press Volume Up to enter recovery.

4.  Use Volume Up and Down buttons to navigate to ‘install zip from zip card‘ and press the Power button to select it.

5.  On the next screen, select ‘choose zip from SD card.‘

6.  Navigate to Superuser-3.1.3-arm-signed.zip you copied above and press Power to select it.

7.  Navigate to ‘Yes – install Superuser-3.1.3-arm-signed.zip’ and press Power button to start flashing.

8.  Go back to main menu.

9.  Follow Steps 4 to 8 but select su-bin-3.1.1-arm-signed.zip this time.

10.  Finally, select reboot system now.

You should find the Superuser app in your app drawer once you reboot your device.  If you still want to know if you are really rooted, go to the Play Store and install Root Checker to verify.

If this procedure helped you please thank/donate to the original developers here.

HOW TO ROOT THE HUAWEI MEDIAPAD

I. Before You Begin:

1. You must be running on the Android 4.0.3 Ice Cream Sandwich.

2. You are going to void the warranty of your device by rooting it. Keep this in mind and go ahead.

3. Make sure that your PC has Drivers installed for your device.

II. Downloading Required Files:

1. Root Package (Download link’s given in the first post)

III. Rooting the Huawei MediaPad:

1. Download and place the Root Package archive on your Desktop.

2. Extract files from the Root Package to your Desktop.

3. Turn USB debugging ON on your device from Menu>>Settings>>Developer options>>USB debugging.

4. Connect the device to your PC using the USB cable.

5. Double-click on the Install Root.cmd file you just extracted from the Root Package.

6. Your device should reboot about three times. It is normal.

7. And you’re done!

Your MediaPad has successfully been rooted and the SuperUser app is now there in your App Drawer. It was so easy to root the device, wasn’t it?

HOW TO ROOT THE LENOVO S880

If you think the ThinkPad is the only device running ICS that Lenovo has in its inventory, then you’re wrong. The Lenovo S880 is there running Android ICS out-of-the box, features a 1GHz processor and backed by 512MB of RAM. Lenovo fans would certainly rush to get their hands on this feature-packed device and if you’re one of the buyers of this device, then you’d probably want to root it. Rooting is like unlocking the true potential of your device, in fact, it actually is. Once you do so, you can load root-only apps, modify system files and have the control over all the files on your device. Sounds interesting? huh. Here’s how you can root your Lenovo S880 smartphone.

I. Before You Begin:

1. This will void the warranty of your device. However, you can reinstate the warranty by unrooting your device if there’s any unrooting procedure available.

2. You should have appropriate drivers installed on your PC.

3. This works on Windows based PCs only.

II. Downloading Required Files:

1. Root Package (Download link’s given in the first post)

III. Rooting the Lenovo S880:

1. Download and place the Root Package archive onto your Desktop.

2. Extract files from the archive over to your Desktop.

3. Turn ON the USB debugging option on your device by heading to Menu>>Settings>>Developer options>>USB debugging.

4. Once it’s been enabled, connect your device to your PC using the USB cable.

5. Now double-click on the file named TPSparkyRoot.bat that you extracted from the archive to your Desktop.

6. Follow the on-screen instructions to root your device.

7. And you should be rooted finally!

Congrats! Your Lenovo smartphone has been successfully rooted and to confirm the same, just look for the Superuser app in your App Drawer!

How to Root the Lava Iris 504Q

The Lava Iris 504Q is a device available in India and for the price it asks, the device has some pretty nice features – 1.2GHz quad-core CPU with a gig of RAM, a 5-inch IPS touchscreen display and an 8MP camera.  The device currently runs Android 4.2 and with no news from the company about a 4.3 update, flashing a custom ROM is the way to go if you want a taste of the latest Google has to offer.  Before this though, you will need to be rooted and have a custom recovery installed; the post below will help you get the first part of that out of the way – rooting the Lava Iris 504Q.

I.  Before You Begin

1.  Back up anything you feel is important.

2.  Charge your device to 75% or more before you begin.

3.  Install the proper drivers before you start.  If you are unsure, run the file from #2 in the Necessary Downloads section below and then proceed.

II.  Necessary Downloads

1.  mt6589_rooting_pkg.zip

2.  Mobistel_Cynus_T1_Drivers_x86.exe

III.  Rooting the Lava Iris 504Q

1.  Enable USB Debugging on your device.  To do this, go to Settings > Developer Options and tick the USB Debugging checkbox.

2.  Connect your device to your PC using a compatible microUSB cable.

3.  Extract mt6589_rooting_pkg.zip to a folder on your desktop.

4.  From the extracted folder, double-click on run.bat to start the rooting procedure.

5.  Follow the on-screen instructions.

Your Lava Iris 504Q should now be completely rooted! Use an app like Root Checker Lite from the Play Store to verify if at all you need to.

How to Root the Sony Xperia Arc

The Sony Xperia Arc comes with a 4.2-inch LCD display, a 8MP shooter and a 1GHz Scorpion processor keeping things running at its mid-range speed.  The device recently saw an update to Android 4.0.4 officially but there’s no word as yet on whether there will be an official Jelly Bean upgrade.  Until then, there are custom ROMs to try out and to do that, your Arc will need to be rooted.  This post below will help you do that.

I.  Before You Begin

1.  Make sure that your device is at least 75% charged.

2.  The guide below is designed to work on Windows PCs (preferably Windows 7); sorry Mac/Linux users!

3.  Back up everything you feel is important before you begin.

4.  This procedure is designed to work on Xperia Arc devices running firmware v4.1.B.0.587.  So make sure this is the firmware versions you are running before you proceed.

II.  Necessary Downloads

1.  Flashtool v0.8.6.0.

2.  Lt18i_4.1.A.0.562_Kernel.ftf (Link available in the first post under the Downloads section)

3. DooMLoRD_v1_Xperia-2011-ICS-ROOT-emu-busybox-su.zip (Link available in the first post)

III.  Flashing the .562 Kernel

1.  Double-click on flashtool.exe you downloaded above and follow the on-screen instructions to install it.

2.  Copy Lt18i_4.1.A.0.562_Kernel.ftf file you downloaded above to C:\Flashtool\firmwares on your harddrive.

3.  Open the Flashtool application after installation and click on the Flash icon (the one with the thunder symbol).

4.  You should be presented with two options:  Flashmode and Fastboot Mode.  Select Flashmode.

5.  Choose Lt18i_4.1.A.0.562 and click on OK.  Follow the on-screen instructions on how to boot your device into fastboot mode and connect your device.  Also, make sure”No Final Verification” is marked.

6.  Reboot device.

V.  Rooting the Xperia Arc

1.  Enable USB Debugging on your device.  You can do this by heading to Settings > Applications > USB Debugging and checking the tickbox next to it.

2.  Enable installation of non-Market applications.  To do this, go to Settings > Applications and check the Unknown Sources tickbox.

3.  Enable MSC Mode.  Go to Settings > Xperia > Connectivity > USB Connection Mode and select MSC Mode.

4.  Connect your device to your Windows PC.

5.  Extract the DooMLoRD_v1_Xperia-2011-ICS-ROOT-emu-busybox-su.zip that you downloaded above to a folder on your desktop.

6.  From the extracted folder, double-click on runme.bat to run the DooMLoRD tool.

7.  Follow the on-screen instructions and wait for the process to be complete (your device will reboot several times during the procedure).

How to Root the Dell Streak 7

Dell Streak 7 was announced in the year 2011 and ever since then, it has gone through various versions of Android. With every version of Android on your device, you need root access to fully customize it and to make your rooting job easier, here we have a guide on how you can root your Dell Streak 7 with simple steps.

I. Before You Begin:

1. You must have ADB drivers installed on your PC. You can see our guide on how to install ADB.

2. The warranty of your device will be voided once you root it. Therefore, do it at your own risk.

II. Downloading Required Files:

1. SuperOneClick (It’s attached there in the first post)

III. Rooting the Dell Streak 7:

1. Download and place the SuperOneClick archive on your Desktop.

2. Extract files from the archive to the Desktop.

3. Enable USB debugging on your device by heading to Menu>>Settings>>Applications>>Development>>USB debugging, check-mark the box.

4. Connect your device to the PC using the USB cable.

5. Double-click the SuperOneClick.exe file to launch it.

6. Click on the Root button in the SuperOneClick Tool and the rooting process will begin.

7. The tool will install Superuser and Busybox apps, therefore you don’t have to download them separately from the Play Store.

8. After your device is rooted, you can disconnect it from the PC.

Congrats ! You have successfully rooted your Dell Streak 7 with One-Click Rooting tool. The root-only apps will now run on your device without any problems !

HOW TO ROOT LENOVO THINKPAD TABLET

Back in August 2011, Lenovo announced its series of ThinkPad tablets which came with Android 3.1 Honeycomb OS. If you have purchased one of these tablets and want to root it, then here’s a guide for you to do so.

I. Before You Begin:

1. You must have ADB installed on your PC. If you haven’t done so yet, then do it from here.

2. You will void your ThinkPad’s warranty if you root it. However, you can get back the warranty by either applying stock firmware or unrooting your ThinkPad.

3. Make sure your ThinkPad is charged at least 50% to go through the process without any problems.

II. Downloading Required Files:

1. Download the Single Click Root Package from here.

III. Rooting Lenovo ThinkPad Tablet:

1. Place the Single Click Root Package file on the Desktop of your PC.

2. Extract files from the package to your Desktop using any file extraction software, like WinRAR.

3. Enable USB debugging on your ThinkPad by going to Menu>>Settings>>Applications>>Development>>USB debugging, check-mark the box.

4. Connect your ThinkPad to your PC using the USB cable that came with it.

5. Now, from the files you extracted, double-click the run.bat file.

6. Follow the instructions displayed on your screen.

Your ThinkPad is now rooted and it’s time to cheer up as you can now enjoy the apps on this tablet which are specifically designed for rooted devices.

HOW TO ROOT THE KARBONN A111

Indian Android Smartphones manufacturer, Karbonn Mobiles, has lately announced its budget-friendly Android device labeled as Karbonn A111. The device sports a large 5″ inch screen and is equipped with a 1.2GHz processor and 512 MB of RAM. With these specs, you should be fine with running some normal games but the resource-intensive games, such as from Gameloft, won’t work as smooth as they’d on any high-end smartphone. Recently a root method has been discovered for the device so you can access root-level files and make customizations on your device. In this guide, we’ll show you how you can root your Karbonn A111 smartphone and unlock the true potential of your device!

I. Before You Begin:

1. This will void the warranty of your device. However, you can reinstate the warranty by unrooting your device if there’s any unrooting procedure available.

2. This works on Windows based PCs only.

3. You should have appropriate drivers installed on your PC.

II. Downloading Required Files:

1. SRSRoot (Download link’s given at the bottom of the first post)

III. Rooting the Karbonn A111:

1. Download and place the SRSRoot file onto your Desktop.

2. Turn ON the USB debugging function on your device by heading to Menu>>Settings>>Developer options>>USB debugging.

3. Enable the Unknown sources option as well from Menu>>Settings>>Security>>Unknown sources.

4. Connect your device to your PC using the USB cable.

5. Double-click on the SRSRoot executable file and it’ll launch.

6. Click on Root Device (Permanent) button in the tool as shown below:

Click on Root Device (Permanent)

7. It’ll start rooting your device.

8. Once your device’s rooted, reboot it.

9. And you’re all done!

Congrats! Your Karbonn A111 has been successfully rooted and you can now run root-only apps on your device!

If this procedure helped you please thank/donate to the original developers here and here.

How to Root LG Esteem

                                              

Want to enjoy Root-only apps on your LG Esteem smartphone? No problem, here’s a guide for you to root your phone and enjoy the apps that are available only for the rooted phones.

I. Before You Begin:

1. The warranty of your phone will be voided once you root it. You can get back the warranty by either applying stock firmware or unrooting your phone, however.

2. Make sure your phone is charged at least 60%.

II. Downloading Required Files:

1. Download the LG Drivers from here.

2. Download the Rooting Package from here.

III. Rooting LG Esteem Smartphone:

1. Place all the downloaded files onto your Desktop,

2. Extract files from both the archives to your Desktop.

3. Install the LG Drivers which you got from the archive.

4. Enable USB debugging on your phone by heading to Menu>>Settings>>Applications>>Development>>USB debugging.

5. Connect your phone to your PC using the USB cable that came with it.

6. Launch the rooting tool by double-clicking on run.bat file.

It will begin rooting your phone and once done, you will get a message on your screen.

You have successfully achieved root access on your LG Esteem smartphone. Now, you can install your favorite apps on your phone which require root access.

SOURCE:vulnfactory