The Sony Xperia E Dual was released last January and is a mid-range device featuring 1GHz CPU and runs Android 4.0.4. But don’t you feel you want much more from this middling device, like say root access? If you concur, read on to root the Xperia E Dual pretty easily.
By editandroid.blogspot.com
I. Before You Begin
1. You’ll need an unlocked
bootloader for this procedure to work. Head to the
Sony Bootloader Unlocking site to do this. Beware that you’ll lose your warranty by doing this!
2. Charge your device to 75% or more and back up everything you feel is important before you begin.
3. This procedure is designed work on the Sony Xperia E Dual running Ice-Cream Sandwich; do not try this if you are running any other firmware.
II. Necessary Downloads
2.
Android.zip [Contains the necessary adb and fastboot files]
III. Flashing the Insecure Kernel
1. Extract Android.zip to a folder on your desktop.
2. Copy XperiaEDual.elf to the extracted Android folder.
3. Power down your device and put it into fastboot mode. To do this, hold the Volume Up button and press the Power button until it boots into fastboot mode.
4. Open up a command prompt window to the Android folder. To do this, hold the Shift key on your keyboard and right-click on the Android folder. Now select Open command window here.
5. Connect your device to your PC using the microUSB cable that came with it. If Windows installs any drivers at this point, let it do so and wait until it is done.
6. Run the following commands [do not type what is in the brackets next to the commands as they are an explanation of the command and what it does]
fastboot devices [this should show the device connected to your PC as a string of alphanumeric characters, signifying that your device is connected and recognized properly]
fastboot flash boot XPERIAEDual.elf [This will flash the insecure kernel to your device]
fastboot reboot [Reboots your device]
IV. Rooting the Xperia E Dual
1. Extract DooMLoRD_v1-ROOT-insecure-busybox-su.zip to a folder on your desktop.
2. Enable USB Debugging on your device. To do this, go to Settings > Developer Options > Development and tick the USB debugging checkbox.
3. Enable installation of apps from unknown sources. To do this, go to Settings > Security and tick the Unknown sources checkbox.
4. Connect your device using a microUSB cable.
5. From the extracted folder, double-click on runme.bat to begin the procedure.
6. Follow the on-screen instructions.
At the end of the procedure, your Xperia E Dual should be rooted and you should have the SuperSU app appear in your app drawer!!!
Do At Your Own Risk!!!