Steps to root Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 Phone

Xperia X10 android phone has been rooted successfully. Bin4ry over at xda-devs managed to get the root access on Xperia X10 and have posted easy steps to follow.

Steps to root Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 Phone

1. Download (from here) and unzip the file.
2. Read howto.txt and find your DeviceID in the registry and change the DeviceID.txt in step1 and step3 folders.
3. Now run step1.bat. This will update the phone firmware to R1EA018 S0-O1B.
4. After flashing, remove the battery and wait for 5 seconds.
5. Replace the battery and reboot the phone.
6. When phone is running again activate USB-Debugging.
7. Do a factory reset (recommended).
8. Then run step2.bat. A popup menu should appear.
9. Choose option 6.
10. The phone will reboot and flash. After an end and everything will be ok.
11. Now run step3.bat. This step will update the baseband X10i R2 (this is for X10i only).
12. After you finish this. The phone will restart.
13. Now run step4.bat. This will allow the root, and delete SE and Docomo Stuff from phone in addition to installing small apps.

Voila! Xperia X10 has been rooted successfully! you now have the rootshell on your Xperia X10. If you found these steps hard to implement, you may follow the 10 minutes video guide on how to root your Xperia X10. Just check it out!

Video: How to root Sony Ericsson Xperia X10

This Post Has 38 Comments

  1. Johnny

    Yes, this is a fake…. I f*cked up my phone…

  2. Dhhxtncfj

    FAKE AND GAYYY!!!!

  3. Sduk08

    To get registry, press start button + r.
    You will get a run—– in that type ” regedit”
    ok

  4. Pas Ranus

    Help Help Help

    My xperia x10i, cannot be opened after step 1!!!

    I did what the tutorial sayin, but when i opened my phone it displayed sony ericson logo and ntt docomo logo but cant go further. just gets stuck there. I cannot even shut it down. needing help badly.. then i take the battery off and when i re insert it there, automatically opens up and does the same.

    Need help!!!

  5. MAHOSSAIN

    I did what the tutorial saying but after finished the step4, the phone did not automatically restart and did not success the root access.

    Some one help please.

  6. Snodge182

    i try searching the registry and nothing comes up?

  7. Kuppa001

     what did you do to bring it back to normal..??????? Help needed badly…??????

  8. Kuppa001

    What did you do to bring the phone back to normal…??? Help needed Badly…?????

  9. Net_trekker_68

    use se pc companion

  10. Net_trekker_68

    use se pc companion

  11. Iqbalbaboo1971

    I do it deleet and remov softwar.but my x10i don’t this option

  12. Mustahsan Khan

    I am unable to download firmware..Pls help.

Leave a Reply