Root Xperia Play

One of several Sony Ericsson devices that become the most anticipated phone, Sony Ericsson Xperia Play had been reviewed and announced by the manufacturer. Now, the curiosity of Android fans will extend with how to optimize the device. Don’t worry since one of XDA-Developers forum members Bin4ry has shared a method to root Xperia Play to us. Read on the article to know more about rooting the Sony Ericsson Xperia Play.

Since there is no one but the phone owner will liable if the phone got bricked or damaged, please follow the instructions at your own risk. The method should work for phones on the .184 firmware.

Requirements:

• The rooting activity requires the phone owner to prepare an Xperia Play with an unlocked bootloader.
• Root Package.

Instructions:

Since the Android user can only attempt this by unlocking the bootloader first and that requires having a fastboot and the USB drivers installed, the instruction set will assume that you already have fastboot and the USB drivers installed.

1. To begin, download the Root Package and copy it to the fastboot folder that you extracted earlier on when unlocking the bootloader.
2. Now within that folder, hold the Shift key and press the right Mouse button. Now select Open command window here.
3. Enter the following command and hit enter:

For Windows:

fastboot flash system YOURDOWNLOADEDFILE.img
For Linux:
fastboot -i 0x0fce flash system YOURDOWNLOADEDFILE.img
For Mac:
fastboot-mac -i 0x0fce flash system YOURDOWNLOADEDFILE.img

4. Wait patiently as the file is flashed onto your device. Once done, your phone would be rooted and ready to receive custom recoveries and ROMs that will soon follow.