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This guide will show you how to root the Sony Xperia Z3 Compact. The Z3 Compact is one of the newest additions to the Sony Xperia family. Rooting the phone is a little more technical than most but this guide will take you step by step through what is needed to get the Sony Xperia Z3 Compact rooted.<\/p>\n
Disclaimer<\/p>\n
FlexiSPY is not responsible for rooting the Android device in any way. Before performing any of these steps make sure you back up your Android device completely. <\/strong><\/p>\n In order to root the Sony Xperia Z3 Compact you will need the following.<\/p>\n This guide only works if the Sony Xperia Z3 Compact firmware version is D58XX.<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n To check the firmware version of the Sony Xperia Z3 Compact before proceeding, on the phone, go to Settings > About Device and the device model will be listed.<\/strong><\/p>\n THIS GUIDE WILL DELETE ALL DATA ON THE DEVICE \u2013 BACKUP BEFORE PROCEEDING<\/strong><\/p>\n Rooting is done entirely by you at your own risk.<\/p>\n Before you can run the rooting tools on your PC to root the Sony Xperia Z3 Compact you must first set up the Android development environment correctly.<\/p>\n In order to use Fastboot to root the Sony Xperia Z3 Compact you must have the Android SDK downloaded and installed on to your computer.<\/p>\n We show you how to do that here<\/a>.<\/p>\n To root the device the bootloader must be unlocked first.<\/p>\n To do that go here<\/a> and follow the steps.<\/p>\n Once you have unlocked the bootloader proceed to the next step.<\/p>\n Before you can root the Sony Xperia Z3 Compact you must first download a custom recovery file which you can get from here<\/a>.<\/p>\nWhat is needed to root the Sony Xperia Z3 Compact?<\/h2>\n
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Step 1 \u2013 Set up the Android SDK on your PC<\/h2>\n
Step 2 \u2013 Unlock the bootloader of the Sony Xperia Z3 Compact<\/h2>\n
Step 3 \u2013 Download the root files needed to root the Sony Xperia Z3 Compact<\/h2>\n