Hi. I was wondering if someone could tell me how to root a Samsung Vibrant running Froyo 2.2 and using a Mac. Thanks.
update: I rooted the phone but when I try to flash a rom and boot into cwm recovery it won't boot..
any ideas why?
I have the superuser app and I did a root check and I am ROOTED. Also does anyone know of any stable Gingerbread roms that work with the Samsung Vibrant. Thanks!
Try using my guide on flashing MIUI (link in signature) which will help you in flashing one of the overall best & stable Gingerbread roms for the vibrant. Easily customizable and updated weekly you should at least give it a shot.
However, instead of using Odin use Heimdall which is compatible with Mac.
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Just bought my daughter a galaxy 5 I5500. it came with eclair update 1.
I'd just like to know if I update to stock froyo can I root it.
If not do I need to root eclair before installing a custom cm7 or other. If this has been covered I do apologize.
cnrke1 said:
Just bought my daughter a galaxy 5 I5500. it came with eclair update 1.
I'd just like to know if I update to stock froyo can I root it.
If not do I need to root eclair before installing a custom cm7 or other. If this has been covered I do apologize.
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Yes, you can root after stock froyo update with universal androot.
there is the best froyo ROM here:-
http://www.madteam.co/forum/development/(re-release)-motafoca-froyo-2-0-9-rom-clockworkmod-edition/
if you want swap etc.
The on-device programs didnt work for me. I am also in the Uk but i want to steer clear of custom roms for now. But i just managed to root it using Superoneclick. good luck
yes... SuperOneClickv2.1.1 did not worked for me...
but SuperOneClickv1.9.1 worked for my GT-I5503_XME_I5503DXJP8_I5503DXJP7_I5503OLBJP7
Hey guys!
Before I get to the problem, I guess you would like to know more about my mobile.
I have a Galaxy 5 (that is kinda obvious since I'm posting here), that came with 2.1 Eclair as stock. I soon upgraded to 2.2 Froyo using the ROM flashing thread in the development section, soon after which I rooted my G5. After about two months, I flashed CyanogenMod 7.1 v1.6 hotfix 3, which I'm using as of now.
Prior to flashing CM7.1, I flashed ClockworkMod RFS version, compatible with my old 2.2 stock ROM, which was used to flash CM7.1. Despite what others said on the CWM forum, it worked. Recently i flashed CWM ext version, which is supposed to work with custom ROMS, such as CM7.1.
I found that after doing this, my G5's root permissions were not working: I couldn't move files from my SDcard to the system as i should have been able to with root permissions.
I think this has something to do with changing the CWM version.
Please help.
Thanks in advance, and sorry for the long and boring post above.
sasi8998vv said:
Hey guys!
Before I get to the problem, I guess you would like to know more about my mobile.
I have a Galaxy 5 (that is kinda obvious since I'm posting here), that came with 2.1 Eclair as stock. I soon upgraded to 2.2 Froyo using the ROM flashing thread in the development section, soon after which I rooted my G5. After about two months, I flashed CyanogenMod 7.1 v1.6 hotfix 3, which I'm using as of now.
Prior to flashing CM7.1, I flashed ClockworkMod RFS version, compatible with my old 2.2 stock ROM, which was used to flash CM7.1. Despite what others said on the CWM forum, it worked. Recently i flashed CWM ext version, which is supposed to work with custom ROMS, such as CM7.1.
I found that after doing this, my G5's root permissions were not working: I couldn't move files from my SDcard to the system as i should have been able to with root permissions.
I think this has something to do with changing the CWM version.
Please help.
Thanks in advance, and sorry for the long and boring post above.
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I had the same problem with CWM. Certain versions of it would either soft brick the phone or break one or two features. Only way I found to fix it was to put the old working version back on.
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Guys,try to update super user binary from market,see if it works
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Hey all,
So I got my I9100 about 2 months ago and when I got it I followed Intratech's guide to root it (big thanks) and it's been running fine with the listed kernel as 2.6.35.7-I9100XWKF3-CL276555. However, now that I've been using the phone for a while I want to flash a ROM (CM7 and then CM9 when a bug free version is out) I also would like to use a custom bootscreen. I've been reading around and at the moment I'm using CWM Manager 2.0 which from what I can tell is pretty out of date. Is it just a simple case of downloading the kernel from here, flashing it using odin then using Rom Manager to flash a ROM? If so then how do I go about using a custom boot animation?
Sorry for these newbie questions but I've been reading around and am not really sure what to do in my situation. Thanks in advance!
Hi all sorry I'm new to this,
So my friend gave me his used Samsung Fascinate and told me its already rooted, has a custom ROM, and CWM Red. I've confirmed the CWM Red All. How do I tell what ROM I'm using? I need to install PDroid but it requires me to patch my ROM file.
kernel 2.6.35.7,
build SCH-I500.EH03,
firmware 2.3.5,
baseband S:i500.04 V.EC09
Also how do I got about patching the ROM file? Do I just use the Pdroid patch file, and patch the ROM file, then reflash with Odin?
I've only used aokp and blackbean, but it would tell me in about phone. I think the rom you are running is based on gingerbread, I started flashing with ics, so I don't know what roms were gingerbread based. I would follow droidstyle's guide and flash something newer. The latest paranoidandroid is jellybean based (4.1.2) and it will be much faster. Odin is mostly used to flash your phone back to stock, so it would normally be the first step.
Yep,, look in :: Settings | About phone
It should tell you something,,,
If all else fails you could download the ota updater program
https://www.otaupdatecenter.pro/
It may or may not have a new ROM,,, but it should tell you what you have
and i highly agree, follow droidstyle's guide and update your rom to the newer jellybean stuff
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I have Gingerbread which is (according to my understanding) what is considered 'stock'
I downloaded CM10 and tried to install it using CWM but after a reboot I got infinite CWM booting (reboot back to CWM, reboot back to CWM forever)
Got told that it was because I didn't have stock and I needed to go
[MY CURRENT ROM] ==> [STOCK ROM] ==> [CM10]
but my current rom IS STOCK ROM, cause it is gingerbread...
then I was told that after the [STOCK ROM] stage I had to upgrade to [STOCK ROM] of android 4.x
cause that was the *ONLY* (is it?) way to also upgrade to boot loader which is needed to host the CM10 in my phone,
but I was too afraid to loose root
(thus loosing the option to use CWM, which I had no interest in..)
so I gave up on this path
>>> Could I get stock 4.x for my phone and use Mobile Odin Pro to root it and then install it safely without the fear of loosing root apon installation?
Instead I tried upgrading Gingerbread to paranoid of the same android prefix (2.x), since my gingerbread android rom is 2.3 and paranoid android rom is 2.5 there should not be any more any of the
"bootloaders upgrade only by installing stock roms" nonsense anymore..
so I went here:
http://goo.im/devs/paranoidandroid/roms/i9100g
Since I do have Samsung Galaxy S 2 GT-I9100G
and tried to install paranoid via CWM the same way - it let me back to infinite CWM booting once again....
then I was told that (from some unknown reason) it is because I didn't try to install it over stock rom or some other nonsense...
but GINGERBREAD IS STOCK... --__--'
I am clueless right now...
all I want is to get out of this useless crashy gingerbread into something more modern, what am I doing wrong? why do I always end up in infinite CWM booting?
what the tutorials I'm following are missing that I keep not doing which makes me end up in this situation every rom I try to install?
what is it, that one magical step that I don't do, that solves everything up and stops screwing up my installations attempts?
please.. help.. ty..
Do a clean upgrade through samsungs pc software(i believe it is or was called kies), cm10 is based on android 4.1.2 so you should have this version of stock rom installed since the rom is dependent on kernel which is changed with new versions of android. You cant run jelly bean rom with gingerbread kernel
Stock rom is every rom for your device officially provided by manufactorer not just the one you got your phone with, I think that you might have been mislead
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McCormick said:
Do a clean upgrade through samsungs pc software(i believe it is ot was called kies), cm10 is based on android 4.1.2 so you should have this version if stock rom installed
Stock rom is every rom for your device officially provided by manufactorer not just the one you got your phone with
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Thank you for the response, but if I do the upgrade using the samsung software for that... won't I loose root?
I am not familiar with Samsung development but there should be root available for all of the android versions but yes you will have to root again probably
I am currently on my phone but if you search xda for sgs2 root tutorials you should find a proper one
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McCormick said:
I am not familiar with Samsung development but there should be root available for all of the android versions but yes you will have to root again probably
I am currently on my phone but if you search xda for sgs2 root tutorials you should find a proper one
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my hardware version is SGS2G and not the regular SGS2, will it make a difference?
I found this tut:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCgncF59mwE
said I need to dl 'insecure kernel' from here:
http://hotfile.com/list/1967350/4304d29
but they are only for i9100, none for i9100G ..
found this on xda:
http://fus.nanzen.se/
also this somewhere else:
http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/ (searching i9100g)
but under the i9100g option there are so many countries, none of them mine... what am I suppose to do with them?
I am sorry but I dont know what to do.
I am a xperia user and xperias have a completely different procedure for rooting. The best thing to do would be to find someone on xda who knows how to do this, since I am afraid I can't help you because I dont have the knowledge
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McCormick said:
I am sorry but I dont know what to do.
I am a xperia user and xperias have a completely different procedure for rooting. The best thing to do would be to find someone on xda who knows how to do this, since I am afraid I can't help you because I dont have the knowledge
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OK, thank you anyways for trying...
can anybody please please tell me if when I upgrade my rooted gingerbread rom via samsung's method to 4.x android rom - WILL I LOOSE CWM on recovery boot?
I must know that...
I must know that if I would have made a mistake by upgrading, I must know that I would still be able to revert everything back to my rooted gingerbread.
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OK, thank you anyways for trying...
can anybody please please tell me if when I upgrade my rooted gingerbread rom via samsung's method to 4.x android rom - WILL I LOOSE CWM on recovery boot?
I must know that...
I must know that if I would have made a mistake by upgrading, I must know that I would still be able to revert everything back to my rooted gingerbread.
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*BUMP*
anybody on XDA that knows, please tell me if it is safe for me to use Samsung-KIES to upgrade to android 4.x and know that I will not loose CWM on recovery boot... please tell me if it is safe or not, feels like I'm stuck in one place due to lack of knowledge.
the info is scattered so randomly
Miki800 said:
*BUMP*
anybody on XDA that knows, please tell me if it is safe for me to use Samsung-KIES to upgrade to android 4.x and know that I will not loose CWM on recovery boot... please tell me if it is safe or not, feels like I'm stuck in one place due to lack of knowledge.
the info is scattered so randomly
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if you want to upgrade via ics for your device ( sg s2 if i read correctly),here are a few suggestions
Upgrade to ics via these steps ,check the link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1544487
root and install recovery using the steps in this link:
http://droidviews.com/2013/how-to-root-and-install-cwm-recovery-on-samsung-galaxy-s2-plus-gt-i9105p/
install cyanogen mod , this you know i guess:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1794758
i have installed cyanogenmod 10 successfully on my brothers galaxy r on stock ics rom,i hope it is similar on s2.
its not mine so i dont know much about it.about installing a new stock rom you can also flash via odin. i dint lose recovery via odin. dont know about kies
sorry for the bad english.hope this helps ( "im definitely not an expert!!")
((this is my 1st post ,dont know if i can post those links!!!))