Good news for Sony Xperia Ion users today, the wizards over at XDA have discovered a root method that’s pretty simple to use.
It looks like once you’ve got your bootloader unlocked, all you’ll need to do is flash an insecure kernel which will allow you to run a root script. That’s it. A quick download of busybox and superuser from the Play Store will let you take advantage of your newly acquired freedom.
To see the procedure and the necessary info, hit the source. Remember, with great power comes great responsibility. Rooting gives you greater control over your phone, but you can mess stuff up too, so don’t blame us if things go south.
If you do decide to go for it (you should), make sure you send XDA user yuunanase some love for putting this together.
source: XDA