Posted on Apr 7 2014 - 11:32pm by Anurag Kumar

Sony has officially released Xperia Z2 Tablet in market and many users have now got it in their hands already, just like we saw Xperia Z2 getting root a few days back before it was officially released in market, Xperia Z2 Tablet has now also got root and CWM recovery can be installed. Latest firmware for Xperia Z2 and Xperia Z2 Tablet is 17.1.A.2.55 firmware which was recently spotted on PTCRB for both devices but rolled for Xperia Z2 yet.

XDA legend DooMLoRD has posted a method to root Xperia Z2 Tablet and installing ClockworkMod recovery on it. You need to unlock the bootloader of your Xperia Z2 Tablet before proceeding so make sure you do that and backup your TA partition before unlocking bootloader of you will loose your DRM keys. To unlock bootloader of Xperia Z2 Tablet, visit this thread for more info ( Camera do works after unlocking bootloader ).

How to Root Xperia Z2 Tablet

Kindly check the prerequisites before rooting your Xperia Z2 Tablet. CWM recovery version is  6.0.4.6.

  • Must be on 17.1.A.2.36 firmware – v01.
  • Working for Xperia Z2 Tablet SGP511 Wi-Fi version.
  • Bootloader Unlocked.
  • Working FastBoot.

Kindly follow the steps to root Xperia Z2 Tablet and installing CWM recovery from XDA dev DooMLoRD itself.

Install CWM Recovery on Xperia Z2 Tablet

Root Xperia Z2 Tablet Steps from XDA dev DooMLoRD

Root Xperia Z2 Tablet SGP511

Above recovery and rooting method is also confirmed working on Xperia Z2 Tablet SGP512 variant.

Try to root your Xperia Z2 Tablet and let us know if above method worked on your device or not. Drop your comments below.

Source – XDA



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2 Comments so far. Feel free to join this conversation.

  1. oscar April 8, 2014 at 12:05 pm - Reply

    @anurag When they are going to sell xperia z2 in india ? i am just fedup

  2. jeff October 18, 2014 at 4:39 am - Reply

    Anyone got root//CWM for firmware 17.1.D.0.437 ?

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