How To Root Sony Xperia Mini & Xperia Mini Pro (ICS version)

Today I am going to tell you the trick to Root  Sony Xperia Mini & Xperia Mini Pro.

The procedure of rooting that I am going to tell is very simple and can be done in minutes.

Before proceeding you may have a look at What is Rooting & Benefits of Rooting.

***Remember, Rooting can brick your device and it will void your warranty, so do it on your own risk. But the warranty can be easily regained by just un-rooting the device. 

Rooting procedure of  Sony Xperia Mini & Xperia Mini Pro :

 *** Make sure that you are on stock ICS firmware 4.1.A.0.562

Step-1 : Download the Root tool from here
Step-2 : Now enable USB debugging by going to Settings>>Development>>USB debugging.
Step-3 :  Connect the device with PC using the supplied data cable with your device. It will automatically install the drivers.

Step-4 : When the driver installation is finished, extract the root tool that you downloaded earlier to a folder.
Step-5 :  Change the mode of your device from USB storage to Media Device and then proceed further. This option will only come when you will connect your device with PC.
Step-6 : Now open the folder in which you have extracted the tool.
Step-7 :  Now double click on the file runme.bat to open it.

 Step-8 : Now a screen will popup on your screen with green words in it and will look like cmd.

Step-9 : Now Press 1 and then press Enter. Some process will be started.
Step-10 :  Your device will reboot during the process and after which Bin4ry will copy some files to your device.
Step-11 : When the green letters in the above window will say Have Fun! This means your device has been rooted. 


*** Note: If you ever want to Unroot your device, run the runme.bat file again, but this time type “x” instead of 1 and hit enter.