Sony Xperia Z rooted before it reaches most buyers

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We'd say that this is living life on the edge, but that would assume there was an edge to live on. Doomlord at the _XDA-Developers_ forums has rooted the [Sony Xperia Z](http://www.engadget.com/2013/01/07/sony-xperia-z-hands-on-ces-2013/) before the device is even available to most of the buying public. His trick was to modify the code of a [Nexus 4](http://www.engadget.com/2012/11/02/nexus-4-review/) root and rely on Teamviewer to remotely test on a real-world device. Others have since chimed in to show that the root isn't a one-time exception, although the hack remains the definition of a risky maneuver when it's both very fresh and lacks a recovery tool. Early (and soon-to-be) Xperia Z owners still eager to throw caution to the wind can try Doomlord's code at the source.

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**Source:** [XDA-Developers](http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2154310)

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