How to Unroot the Sony Walkman Live
Perhaps you’re done playing with root and custom ROMs on your Android device? Regardless of the reason, it’s usually pretty easy to unroot your device and go back to the stock firmware.
Some of the reasons for unrooting your Sony Walkman Live are:
- Sending in the device for warranty (most, but not all unrooting procedures reinstate the manufacturer warranty if you had one before rooting).
- Starting over (simply undoing everything you did while rooted so you can have a clean slate to start over).
- Fix any issues (Maybe rooting messed something up? No problem, unrooting will take care of it for you).
Ready to get started? Here’s how to unroot the Sony Walkman Live:
I. Before You Begin
1. You should have rooted your device using the procedure given here.
2. This should flash the stock firmware on your device.
II. Downloading Required Files
1. Download Flashtool and save it to your Desktop.
2. Download the appropriate firmware for your device and save it to your Desktop.
Stock Firmware (Download link’s available in the first post)
III. Unrooting the Sony Walkman Live
1. Extract files from Stock Firmware by right-clicking on it and selecting Extract here.
2. Double-click on Flashtool setup file and install it on your PC.
3. Copy Stock Firmware (.ftf) file from your Desktop over to the firmwares folder available inside where you installed Flashtool.
4. Double-click on Flashtool executable and it should launch.
5. Click on Thunder icon and select Flashmode and hit OK.
6. Click on the name of the firmware you just put into the firmwares folder.
7. Hit the Flash button.
8. Turn OFF your device.
9. Hold down Volume DOWN button and plug in your device to your PC.
10. The tool should automatically start the flashing procedure.
11. Once the firmware’s been flashed, reboot your device.
12. You’re done!
All set! You are now running stock firmware on your Sony Walkman Live and have unrooted it.
Want to try again? You can always reroot your device by heading to our Rooting How To’s section, finding your device, and doing the How to Root listed for it there.
