It’s always been a dream of every Android user to root his device, but unfortunately, some have to pass their entire life without getting a root method, sigh. You don’t have to be disappointed if you own the Sony’s Xperia Play as the device’s been covered with a root method. Fortunately, the DoomLord’s toolkit just works fine to gain root access on the device and the guide below shows exactly how you can use it to root your Sony Xperia Play. Make sure you follow all the steps carefully in order to successfully root your device, so here you go:
I. Before You Begin:
1. This will void the warranty of your device. However, you can reinstate the warranty by unrooting your device if there’s any unrooting procedure available.
2. This works on Windows based PCs only.
3. Your device must be running on Android 2.3 Gingerbread. If it’s running ICS, head here.
4. You should have appropriate drivers installed on your PC.
II. Downloading Required Files:
1. Root Toolkit (Download link’s available in the first post)
III. Rooting the Sony Xperia Play:
1. Download and place the Root Toolkit archive onto your Desktop.
2. Unzip files from the archive over to your Desktop.
3. Turn ON the USB debugging option on your device by heading to Menu>>Settings>>Applications>>Development>>USB debugging.
4. Now turn ON the Unknown sources option as well by heading to Menu>>Settings>>Applications>>Unknown sources.
5. Once you’re done with it, connect your device to your PC using the USB cable.
6. Double-click on RUNME.bat file you extracted from the Root Toolkit to your Desktop.
7. Follow the on-screen instructions.
8. And you should be rooted now!
Excellent! Finally, your device’s been successfully rooted and is now capable to run root-only apps.
IV. Flash a Custom Recovery Image (Optional):
1. If you would like to flash a custom recovery image in order to flash custom ROMs, head to the How To Flash a Custom Recovery Image on the Sony Xperia Play to learn how to do that.
If this procedure helped you please thank/donate to the original developers here.
If you need help with this procedure, please ask in the comments below or in the forum.
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