How to Root the Sony Xperia Mini Pro

Rooting is the process of gaining administrative rights on your Android device.  Once we root our Android device, we can then make changes to it to customize it well beyond what it normally can do.

Once you have root access on your Sony Xperia Mini Pro, you’ll be able to:

• Remove apps that were preinstalled by your carrier/manufacturer from your device.
• Free up storage space (because of the above benefit).
• Increase battery life (apps that might have been running constantly can be removed).
• Increase performance (after removing apps that are always running, the device will be less bogged down and run smoother).
• Update to a new version of Android (by flashing a custom recovery/ROM, see the end of this procedure for more info on that).
• Tons of other customizations when you use your new found administrative rights to flash a custom ROM (again, see the end of this procedure for more info on that).

Interested? Here’s how to root your Sony Xperia Mini Pro:

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. You must be running stock 4.0.A.2.368 firmware on your device.

3. Your bootloader must be unlocked. Follow our guide on the same to unlock your bootloader.

4. This should only work on Windows based PCs.

II. Downloading Required Files

1. Download Insecure Kernel (boot.img) and save it to your Desktop.

Insecure Kernel (Download link’s given in the second post)

2. Download Fastboot and save it to your Desktop.

Fastboot

3. Download SuperOneClick and save it to your Desktop.

SuperOneClick (It’s attached in the first post)

III. Flashing an Insecure Kernel on the Sony Xperia Mini Pro

1. Turn ON USB debugging on your device by heading to Menu > Settings > Developer options > USB debugging.

2. Enable Unknown sources as well by going to Menu > Settings > Security > Unknown sources.

3. Connect your device to your PC via USB cable.

4. Launch a Command Prompt Window on your Desktop by holding down Shift and right-clicking on any blank area on your screen and selecting Open command window here.

5. Type in following command into the Command Prompt Window:

adb reboot fastboot

6. Your device should reboot into Fastboot mode.

7. Issue following command using Command Prompt Window:

fastboot flash boot boot.img

8. It should flash the Insecure Kernel on your device.

9. Once it’s done, reboot your device.

IV. Rooting the Sony Xperia Mini Pro

1. Extract files from SuperOneClick by right-clicking on it and selecting Extract here.

2. Double-click on SuperOneClick executable and it’ll launch.

3. Click on Root in the tool and it should start rooting your device.

4. Once rooted, reboot your device.

5. You’re now fully rooted!

All set! Now, you can head to our How to Flash a Custom Recovery procedure for the Sony Xperia Mini Pro to open up a whole new world of customizations for your Android device!

By the way, don’t be scared, you can always put your device back to stock by heading to our Rooting How To’s section, finding your device, and doing the How to Unroot listed for it there.