I. Rooting the Sony Xperia Tipo ST21i:
1. Place the Root Package archive on the Desktop of your PC.
2. Extract files from the archive to your Desktop.
3. Turn ON the USB debugging option on your device by heading to Menu>>Settings>>Developer options>>USB debugging.
4. Once it’s enabled, connect the device to your PC using the USB cable.
5. Now, from the files you extracted to your Desktop, double-click on the file named RunMe.bat.
6. Once launched, it’ll ask you to select the root mode. Select Normal mode.
7. Follow the instructions displayed on your screen.
8. And finally you should be rooted!
II. Installing ClockworkMod Recovery on the Sony Xperia Tipo ST21i:
1. Download and place the ClockworkMod Recovery archive on your Desktop.
2. Unzip files from the archive to your Desktop. You can use free tools like WinRAR to do so.
3. Enable the USB debugging option on your device by heading to Menu>>Settings>>Developer options>>USB debugging.
4. Connect the device to your PC via USB cable.
5. Double-click on the install.bat file and the process should begin.
6. Follow the instructions displayed on your screen.
7. Once done, reboot the device.
8. You’re all set!