How to Root the Xperia Acro S

The Xperia Acro S has been around for roughly a month now and if you are a proud owner who wants more than what the device currently offers, the first obvious step is rooting it of course. That paves the way to many goodies that stock ROMs usually don’t offer and of coursecustom ROMs, which will help you get what you want how you want it. Rd on then to know how to root your Xperia Acro S.By EditAndroidI. Before You Begin1. Youwilllose all your data following this procedure since we’ll be flashing a different ROM, so make sure you have abackupof everything that you feel is important.2. This procedure is tailored to work only on PCs (XP, Vista or7) (sorry Mac users!).3. Make sure that your device is charged at lst 80% before you start with the procedure.4. Enable USBDebuggingon your device; to do this, go toSettings > Developer Optionsand tick the Debugging checkbox. While you are here, also tick the Stay awake box; this is to prevent the phone from going to sleep when the process is running.5. Incrse the screen timeout to prevent the device’s display from turning off during the procedure. Go toSettings > Displayand set Sleep to 30 minutes.6. Enable installation of apps from unknown sources by going toSettings > Appliionsand ticking theUnknown sourcescheckbox.7. Make sure that you have installed all the necessary drivers before you physically connect your device toyourPC. If in doubt about this, download the drivers from the next section and install them before starting the procedure.II. Necessary Downloads1.Rootingkit1.0.2.rar2.Flashtool3.SO-03D_6.0.A.5.12_Docomo.ftf.7z/ Mirror(Acro HD 2.3.7firmware) OR SO-03D 6.0.A.5.12 Docomo.ftf.7z/ Mirror(Acro HD ICS 4.0.4 firmware) LT26w_6.1.A.1.58 (4.0.4)_Taiwan_.ftf5.Xperia Drivers.III. Flashing the Acro HD 2.3.7 Firmware1. Extract theSO-03D_6.0.A.5.12_Docomo.ftf.7zfile you downloaded above to afolderon your desktop. This extracted folder should now contain a file namedSO-03D_6.0.A.5.12_Docomo.ftf2. Install Flashtool on your PC and copySO-03D_6.0.A.5.12_Docomo.ftfto C:\flashtool\firm. Delete anything else that might be present in this folder.3. Run Flashtool by going to Start > Programs and clicking on Flashtool.4. Click on the Flash (the lightning bolt icon undernth File) and select Flashmode.5. Select the SO-03D firmware, make sure that everything is ticked under the Wipe section and then click OK.6. Follow the on-screen instructions but instd of pressing the back button, press and hold Volume Down.7. Wait for the flashing process to complete and then close Flashtool.IV. Rooting the Xperia Acro S1. Turn on your device and connect it to your PC with USB Debugging turned on.2. ExtractRootingkit1.0.2.raryou downloaded above to a folder on your desktop.3. From the extracted folder, runStep 1.bat.4. FlashLT26w_6.1.A.1.58 (4.0.4)_Taiwan_.ftffirmware you downloaded above using Flashtool and the same steps listed in the previous section;this time, make sure that everything under the Wipe section is unchecked and the No Final Verifiion option under Misc is checked.Close Flashtool once done.5. Power on your device and connect it to your PC with USB Debugging turned on.6. From the extractedRootingkit1.0.2folder, runStep2.bat.Your device should be rooted once thebatchfilefinishes its work!