How to Unroot the Sony Xperia TL
Maybe you went a bit too far customizing your Sony Xperia TL and ended-up causing issues on it? If so, our guide below should help you unroot your device and restore it to the stock firmware. This way, you’ll get rid of all the customizations you’ve done with your device and you’ll have a device that runs on the factory firmware. Here’s how:
Unrooting is the process of removing root access, a custom recovery (if you have one), and just trying to get the device back to as close to stock as possible.
Some of the reasons for unrooting your Sony Xperia TL 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 Xperia TL:
I. Before You Begin
1. You should’ve rooted your device using the procedure given here.
2. This only works for the Sony Xperia TL LT30at model.
3. This should only work on Windows based PCs.
II. Downloading Required Files
1. Download Stock Firmware and save it to your desktop.
Stock Firmware (Download link’s given in the post #449)
2. Download Flashtool and save it to your desktop.
III. Unrooting the Sony Xperia TL
1. Double-click on Flashtool executable and follow the on-screen installation instructions. Let it install on your PC.
2. Copy Stock Firmware from your desktop over to the C:/Flashtool/firmwares directory on your PC.
3. Double-click on Flashtool and it’ll open.
4. Click on Thunder icon in the tool.
5. Select Flashmode and hit OK.
6. You should now see all of the firmwares available inside the firmwares folder. Click on the one you just downloaded and hit Flash.
7. Turn OFF your device.
8. Hold down Volume DOWN and plug in your device to your PC.
9. The flashing process should begin.
10. Let it flash the selected firmware on your device.
11. When it’s done, reboot your device.
12. You’re all done!
Brilliant! Your Sony Xperia TL is now unrooted and is back to the stock firmware.
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