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The Xperia X8
has been around for so long that it tends to become lost amongst the new breed
of supersmartphones. But we are sure there are some out there still
hanging on to this little fella and this guide is for them, showing them how to
root their Sony Ericsson Xperia X8
I. Before You
Begin
1. You
will need to have Microsoft .Net Framework 2.0 or above installed on your PC
for the rooting tool to run without problems. You can get it here.
2. Make
sure that you have at least 75% of your battery charged before you begin.
3. Back
up anything you feel is important before you proceed any further.
III. Necessary
Downloads
SuperOneClickv2.3.3-ShortFuse.zip
[Download link available here]
IV. Rooting the
Xperia X8
1.
Extract SuperOneClickv2.3.3-ShortFuse.zip
to a folder on your desktop.
2.
Enable USB Debugging on your device. To do this, go to Menu > Settings > Applications
> Developer Options and tick the USB Debugging checkbox.
3.
Enable installation of apps from unknown sources. Go to Menu > Settings > Applications and
tick the Unknown sources checkbox.
3.
Connect your device to your PC and if there are any drivers being installed at
this point, let Windows 7 do so.
4. From
the folder you extracted above, run SuperOneClick.exe.
5.
Click on Root.
Your Xperia
X8 should be rooted once the application confirms that your device is rooted!
IV. Unrooting the
Xperia X8
1.
Follow the same steps as in Section IV until Step 4.
2.
Click on Unroot.
V. Flashing
Custom Recovery (Optional)
If you would
like to flash a custom recovery image in order to flash custom ROMs, head to
the next procedure
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.
This is part
of our Android How To’s. We have how to’s on rooting, loading ROMs, and tons of
other tips and tricks for your specific device or for Android devices in
general! For all of our Android How To’s, head here.