As I do research there is no way to root our phone without unlocking bootloader.
So my queston is,d oes unlocking bootloader requiring full wipe/format?
I really need to root my phone just to use ungaze a2sd or darktremor a2sd to increase my phone memory to install more apps. LOL. Im an app junkie
What SE preinstalled apps will be gone after unlocking bootloader? I heard apps such as trackID will be gone, what other apps will be gone too?
What advantage and disadvantage of unlocking bootloader?
Does unlocking bootloader will increase my phone internal memory?
And my final question, which is better to flash, darktremor a2sd or ungaze a2sd in your opinion. I desperately need to increase my phone memory. My phone memory currently is 35mb and there is a 'low on space' message on my notification bar, means I cant install any more apps.
Thank you. Will wait for answers
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Help me too
I just bought sk17i. can anyone help us that how unlock bootloader and root
You have plenty of topics why not just read ?!
Unlock BL : http://unlockbootloader.sonyericsson.com/instructions
Root : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1216783
or go here:
full step by step instruction
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=16659481&postcount=33
I have used this tutorial.
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im new to android and these forums,but have been reading up on lots off intersting hacks for my phone,mostly the apps2sd hack my main question is obviously i need to root my phone to dop the hack, but what happens if i unroot my phone afterwards,will i still be able to install my apps onto my sd card,,thanks
Why unroot?
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i basically want to use root to remove unwanted apps,install apps2sd,then unroot if possible
No need to unroot. Only reason I can think of is to claim warranty and this can be done easily by reflashing.
hello
i am on unlocked at&t atrix. (4.1.83 froyo)
i don't want to loose my applications.
should i unlock the boot loader first or root?
can i make a back up of my apps before rooting?
root first then use titanium backup to backup your apps.
rooting won't cause you to lose any apps or data however unlocking will.
i found this way for rooting http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1046626 and it said WARNING: THIS WILL DELETE YOUR INTERAL SD-CARD, BACKUP FIRST!!!
If ur phone is unlocked already y Would u would u wanna unlock again?
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deziguy420 said:
If ur phone is unlocked already y Would u would u wanna unlock again?
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Think he meant carrier unlocked not boot loader unlocked.
wycs said:
Think he meant carrier unlocked not boot loader unlocked.
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yes, carrier unlocked not boot loader.
help me please, i didn't get answer.
staewreb said:
help me please, i didn't get answer.
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You have to root first so you can back up your stuff with Titanium Backup
Yes, gingerbreak will delete your internal and external sd card, but that's not Apps. You can just copy all the stuff in yuor internal and external SD card to your computer and then root.
then you install titanium, back up all your apps. Install mybackup root to back up your texts if you want to keep them.
Then you can unlock.
Personally I had no issues as far as losing apps or data when rooting or unlocking, but I would suggest rooting first and using cwm recovery to make a backup then unlock the bootloader.
Also if you're concerned about losing data on your internal sd, just take it out of the phone. Use the root and unlock instructions on briefmobile.com
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staewreb said:
help me please, i didn't get answer.
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Backup your apps with Titanium Backup.
Use Mybackup Root to backup - Sms/MMS/Bookmarks/settings
Backup the contents of your internal SD to external SD.
And you should be safe
Once you unlock the BL and install CWM, you can backup your entire rom with CWM backup feature. Do that before starting modding.
My x10MP is giving a warning it's running low on internal storage space.
Is there a way to to transfer apps to the SD card w/o rooting the phone?
Any other suggestions on how to free up space in the internal storage?.
TIA,
Mike
i'm afraid u cant without rooting ur phone. or you should be running 2.2+. u have to root to use link2sd.
Thanks. I don't think the x10MP has been updated beyond 2.1, so 2.2+ is not an option.
You could use a custom rom. Even the 2.3.7 versions work really well nowadays. Hard to install without rooting though...
Good luck!
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Rooting is pretty much essential if you want to do any sort of fiddling on your phone.
If you haven't rooted yours and you're running low on internal storage, I am willing to bet you've got lots of app's that came pre-installed that you don't need. I rooted mine and removed loads of stuff I had no use for: Timescape, the neo reader, the radio, etc. And I freed up a lot of memory.
Just be careful if you're removing bloatware though, it's all too easy to remove something you actually need. It's worth looking on here for a safelist of app's you can remove.
mike_1111 said:
My x10MP is giving a warning it's running low on internal storage space.
Is there a way to to transfer apps to the SD card w/o rooting the phone?
Any other suggestions on how to free up space in the internal storage?.
TIA,
Mike
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You don't know what you miss until you stay on the android 2.1 my friend!
I was like regenerated when I installed custom roms on my mini - not only the install of apps on Sd card, but things like overclocking of the processor, freeing more RAM memory would have been impossible without rooting and a custom ROM 2.3.7.
Just think about it - how faster is working a phone with a 600mHz processor, overclocked to 787mHz!
Thanks all for the replies.
I am hesitating to take the rooting + custom rom route, since if something goes wrong I'll be left with an unusable phone.
For the most point, if anything goes wrong, you can simply re-install the official firmware by using SEUS. You'll lose all your personal data on the phone (but not the SD card though, that's safe) so you should make sure you backup before you start doing anything.
You have to do something quite astonishingly silly to hard-brick your phone (basically breaking it so much only SE can repair it) so as long as you take your time and pay close attention to the process, you should be fine.
mike_1111 said:
Thanks all for the replies.
I am hesitating to take the rooting + custom rom route, since if something goes wrong I'll be left with an unusable phone.
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Make a backup of all your SMS and Contacts using My Phone Explorer. there are a few apps on the market doing backup of applications too, but I'm not sure whether they can backup apps from non rooted phones. After backing up, go ahead through the root process. You will love the CM7 ROM, don't worry! It's far better than the 2.1 Stock Eclair! Just Look at this:
My Mini is far better using CM7 than much more powerful on the hardware point of view other phones. With some other improvements I even achieved a result of 1444! So think about it.
The CPU on my Mini is working at 787mHz, while your stock one works at 600mHz.
Thanks ticklefish & novicebg.
Can you please provide links to:
1. Detailed step-by-step instructions on rooting the x10MP, and
2. Detailed step-by-step Instructions on how to restore the original SE 2.1 ROM, in case something goes wrong?.
TIA,
Mike
mike_1111 said:
Thanks ticklefish & novicebg.
Can you please provide links to:
1. Detailed step-by-step instructions on rooting the x10MP, and
2. Detailed step-by-step Instructions on how to restore the original SE 2.1 ROM, in case something goes wrong?.
TIA,
Mike
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Use the search button has more than 1 thread with this!
For the rooting: download SuperOneClick, open it press Root and follow the instructions.
For flashing Kernel and unlocking bootloader follow the instructions in this topic, the first post and the links inside the instructions:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1068553
For going back to stock ROM - it's easy, download SEUS from SE site, install, open and follow the instructions, as you choose to install firmware although you already have the latest version.
And last but not least - don't be so lazy! We all didn't know what to do here in the beginning, but yet we found what we needed. And you want everything without any effort.
thanks xparia & novicebg.
I wasn't trying to be lazy, just it seems I'm not the first to consider installing a custom ROM, so it seems useful to learn from the experience others have already gained, and summarized as to-do list.
Anyway, this is a list of x10mp roms:
http://xperiaminicyanogen.wordpress.com/2011/07/01/list-of-xperia-x10-mini-roms/
Hi,
sorry for this post but i had to!
Hello,
I'm new here and recently bought a live with walkman, my first android phone.
However, I'm running short on space and so I'm looking into rooting.
But before attempting anything I would like to ask a few questions a bout it.
I'm planning on using DooMLoRD's Easy Rooting Toolkit, which seems pretty straightforward. The thing is that I'm not sure
what to do before or after attempting this, the closest 'guide' I found for this was the following thread:
http://androidforums.com/evo-4g-all-things-root/129648-quick-intro-rooting-those-new-rooting.html
It explains you how to back up your files so you don't lose stuff, but it's quite old, so is it still applicable?
Second question, the live is getting an ice cream sandwich update late march, can I still upgrade to it using doomlord's method,
and/or if necessary using his unroot kit?
I'm quite excited about android 4.0, but is the upgrade possible or even necessary with (perhaps better) roms out there?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1389501&highlight=ice+cream+sandwich
This topic goes over this, but I want to be sure...
On the same note, if I just unlock my phone without using any custom Roms, would I still be able to use go launcher?
Thirdly, some of the articles I read listed tethering and screenshot taking as benefits of rooting, but my walkman is already
capable of doing these, or at least should be. Is it still worthwhile to root for this?
And finally, the main reason why I want to root my phone. I'm using apps2sd at the moment to get as much space in my
internal memory as I can right now, but it is only capable
of transferring some applications partially. As I've read it, rooting allows you to transfer most applications to your sd, but
does it also allow for a bigger part to be transferred? Thus allowing you to install all the applications you want instead of
having a hard time deciding what app is essential and what not.
I also want to delete some of the bloatware that came with the device...
I guess that's all for now, I'm really anxious at the moment to see what my device is capable of.
Sorry if there are some spelling mistakes, English isn't my main laguage and I loved the noob register video
Oh, and thank you for reading through all of this if you've made it this far
ok first of all rooting will give your live a super power to do anything inside system so rooting is awesome,
You can do more things that unrooted phone can't do like
1] Can use titanium back up to backup apps and its configured settings
2] Can modify system files for looks and performance
3] and can you CPU boosters to overclock underclock CPU can use sd-ext for external SD as phone memory and much more...................
Second you can root unroot your live with this,so don't worry
Root Unroot Toolkit
Third i have unlocked boot loader of my XMP (SK17i) but the above method of rooting doesn't require unlocked boot loaders.But its up to you whether to unloack bootloader or not as it will void your warranty....
About ICS so yes you can get it anyhow after rooting unlocking bootloader and using other roms don't worry...
You can use Link2sd for getting extra phone storage space after rooting
for more information search the threads on xda
So after doing a lot more reading after the last time I posted here 2 days ago, I made myself this checklist of things I have/want to do.
But before I do this, I have these questions:
- Is this the right way to do it. I may have forgotten something or may have used an outdated guide…
- If I succeed in doing this, but am, for whatever reason, unhappy about the result, will the unroot give me back my untouched phone, or would it still be detectable that I tempered with it?
- I’m having a hard time deciding what to do whit the partitioning of the sd card. Mainly because I haven’t found a guide (yet) that explains what everything is used for. As I understand it, you delete everything on it, create a new primary FAT32 partition (for a 16gb card), which you use as you would your original sd card. But I don’t yet understand whether to use ext2 or swap system or both, as I do not yet understand what they are meant to do. Is the ext2 used to store the applications and act as a second internal storage and the swap system as extra memory for the phone? I’m still reading but haven’t found an answer yet :/
EDIT: just found this:
http://www.diy-computer-repairs.com/partition-sd-card-android-installation/
- Forgot one thing. The article on partitioning from xda mentions you have to remove your sd card from your phone before partitioning, but can this be done as well by leaving it in your phone?
How to backup, root and install custom roms for your live with walkman?
0. Creating SD partition
- Backup everything on the sd card
- Download and install “MiniTool Partition Wizard Home Edition” on your computer
- Delete the old partitions on your sd card
- Create a new FAT/FAT32 primary partition that will be the “new sd card”
- Create ext2 or swap file system with the unallocated space
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/SD_card_partitioning
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVK-tJe8pXE&feature=related
1. Pre-instal back-up
- Backup contacts to gmail cloud
- Use program like mybackup pro to backup other data
http://androidforums.com/evo-4g-all-things-root/129648-quick-intro-rooting-those-new-rooting.html
2. Actual rooting
http://www.androidpolice.com/2010/0...oting-your-android-phone/#install-custom-roms
- Install SDK
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1312859
- Use DooMLoRD’s Easy Rooting Toolkit v4 to root
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1321582
3. Post-Rooting
3.1 Using Stock Rom
http://www.androidpolice.com/topics/features-2/best-apps-for-rooted-users-series/
- Backup using Titaniumbackup
- Uninstall bloatware using Rootexplorer or es file explorer
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1425461&highlight=walkman
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=14002417
3.2 Using Custom Rom
http://www.androidpolice.com/2010/05/01/custom-roms-for-android-explained-and-why-you-want-them/
- Install Rom Manager
- Create a recovery image using Rom Manager
http://www.androidpolice.com/2010/0...nandroid-backup-and-clockworkmod-rom-manager/
- Make Backup of current Rom using Rom Manager
- Download and install custom Rom to root folder SD (Cyanogen?)
http://www.androidpolice.com/2011/0...d-7-makes-my-android-phone-feel-future-proof/
- Flash custom rom
http://www.androidpolice.com/2010/0...d-phone-with-rom-manager-full-backup-restore/
4. Unrooting
- (If using custom rom, restore backup of stock Rom using Rom manager)
- Use DooMLorD’s Unroot kit to return to original state
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=18879974#post18879974
No one?:/
Then I'll just try it out myself hopefully I won't brick my phone
i also have live with walkman which i bought few days back.
i also have some questions
i want to root the device using doomlord.
1. Since on rooting my warranty will void but since i can unroot the device. Will unrooting make it same as packed .
2. also after rooting i can uninstall the SE apps that i dont need can SE service center can detect that i have rooted my phone.
Ok, I've been able to root my device, which didn't take long, and I don't know what I was afraid of. I'm going ahead and I'm going to download titaniumbackup and rootexplorer to backup/freeze and use rom manager to create an image and a complete backup and then I'm off exploring
@abhishekcal: As I understand it, unrooting will, providing everything goes as planned, will give you back your stock phone, but while it's rooted SE might detect this and you may lose your warranty, but then again, I'm not completely sure, so you better wait for an answer from a senior member
thanks for answering my query since SE have released the new update did u tried the update and rooting again.
Please answer these also:
1. DID u do only root or also use any other modifiaction like custom rom and unlocking boot.
2. if after the rooting i delete all the system apps can i get then back using a backup so that it remain undetected that it has been rooted.
Hi
I'm not sure where to post this question so I'll post it here. I'm sorry if I'm not posting on a right place.
I recently got LWW wt19i and I'm deeply in love with the phone. The only thing I can't stand is memory! So, I need to root the phone. I read a lot of tutorials but now I'm scared of bricking it! What are the chances for me to do that?
And if anyone can tell me what is the safest way for me to do it? Because I really can't afford to buy another one.
I have:
Android 4.0.4
build number - 4.1.B.0.587
I will appreciate any advice! Thank you very much. )))
If you carefully follow this tutorial here, you will be able to root your ICS WT19i. Don't miss a step mate.
Thank you very much! I'm gonna try this one you gave me.
Well you can't just brick your device by rooting unless you change some system file is not meant to be changed, and even then you can recover your device by flashing stock firmware.
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I am using SE LWW n I have one problem in my phone
When I newly brought my phone I was able to like tracks on fb via walkman. But now I am not available to like tracks. Though my walkman player is showing that I have liked tracked there is no such status on my fb profile.
Can anyone help me to solve this problem
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Thank you all for helping
I rooted the phone. But now I have another problem. :/
I did this so I can move apps from internal memory to sd. I instald link2sd, make 2 partitions did everything and it's working. I moved all apps to sd, but when I check internal memory it's still almost full!
It shows that I have 312mb used and only 108mb free... It was the same before rooting and moving apps.
Am I doing something wrong or it is not possible to make more space in internal memory?
bloatware
JovanaNis said:
Thank you all for helping
I rooted the phone. But now I have another problem. :/
I did this so I can move apps from internal memory to sd. I instald link2sd, make 2 partitions did everything and it's working. I moved all apps to sd, but when I check internal memory it's still almost full!
It shows that I have 312mb used and only 108mb free... It was the same before rooting and moving apps.
Am I doing something wrong or it is not possible to make more space in internal memory?
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that's because much of the space is taken by the default apps which come pre installed in the phone........ i would recommend you to unlock the bootloader of your phone and install a custom rom........ you can unlock the bootloader by using "se bootloader unlock relock tool "
and btw there is no way you can permanently brick your phone unless you actually hit your phone to the ground hard and make it a brick
I'll try that
Thank you for the advice.