HOW TO ROOT XPERIA MIRO WITH NEW FIRMWARE

NOTE : For Xperia Miro, you can choose Tipo as connected device but you need to edit it by go to devices tab > edit > select Tipo and edit “Recognition Patterns” to : (ST21i,ST21a,tipo,mesona,ST23i,ST23a,tamsui ) credit to XMoDX

NOTE : If you just bought your phone and your firmware not yet upgraded or your phone already got firmware below  11.0.A.5.5(miro) then you can skip to step 9.

REQUIREMENTS

1. Flashtool – download
2. Firmware for Xperia Miro – 11.0.A.2.10 (Old) & 11.0.A.5.5 (New) (You need BOTH files    

    unless your phone already rooted)

3. Root with Restore – Download V18
4. Xperia Root – Download

If your phone already rooted, you can skip to (Flashing New Firmware part)

INSTRUCTIONS

1.  Open Flashtool 

2.  Enable debugging mode on your phone (Setting>developer options) & enable unknown sources   

      (Setting>security)

3.  Connect your device via USB and if prompt to select your device.For Miro select U as device 

     connected or Tipo with edited setting mentioned above

4.  Click Flash icon (looks like thunder) and choose flashmode

5.  Then browse the folder where you save the Oldfirmware (.ftf) file (Make sure you put Old and 

      New firmware in different files). Flashtool will automatically scan files inside the firmware.

6.  Click OK

7.  Flashtool will ask you to disconnect your phone

     Disconnect your phone and shut it down

     Push Volume Down (-) button (dont release it) and connect the usb cable again

     Until Flashtool say your phone connected in flashmode then you can release the button

     Let it finish and turn on your phone (it takes awhile to turn on)

8.  Enable debugging mode on your phone (Setting>developer options) & enable unknown sources     

     (Setting>security)

9.  Extract Root with Restore by Bin4ry you downloaded before, and make a folder called root in 

     Drive C:  then copy all the stuffs extracted into the Root folder

10.Run Command Prompt as administrator (For Windows 7 search at start and right-click CMD run   

     Administrator/ For Windows 8 push button windows key + X then select command prompt (Admin))

11.Type cd c:\root

12.Type \stuff\adb devices

     If your device connected properly, it should be there (If you installed android emulators such as   

     Bluestacks/You wave,it wont work,you will have to uninstall them)

13.Next type runme

14.Green message will come out, type 1 then enter

15.A message will come out in your phone,Just select Restore My Data option

16.The Green command prompt will assist you, if the message stuck on Running for so long, mean you 

     fail to root. (Fail happened because you skipped step 1 or your firmware is new)

After finish, your phone will reboot and there will be new application installed called Super SU

Congratzzz you just rooted your phone!!!!!!!!

Flashing New Firmware

1  If your phone already rooted, you can skip to this step.

2. Now connect your phone again, make sure debugging mode and unknown sources enabled.

3. Extract Xperia root folder you downloaded before, open it up and double-click 01-local-prop.bat (dont  

    run as administrator) follow the instruction given.

4. Open Flashtool, click Flash button, choose flashmode then browse the folder where you save New 

    Firmware (.ftf) file.

    Make sure that you Uncheck wipe data!!!!

5. Click OK

6. Follow step 7(given above)

7. You will realize that Super Su have gone

8. Now connect your phone again, open Xperia root file, double-click 02-push-root-files (dont run as 

    administrator) follow the instruction given.

Your phone will reboot and there will be new app called  Superuser

 Congratzz you have Rooted your phone with the New Firmware!!!!!