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Hi, i have had android phones for ages, up to now i have never actually rooted my phone and i think its time to
I have a samsung galaxy s2 with ics 4.0.3 from orange (branded)
I found a very easy looking guide to root my phone (up to now i just want to root and not put any custom roms on)
the link is: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1501719
Can anyone tell me, if i root using this very easy looking method, will my phone restart and boot straight into my current branded ics 4 and work without me having to do any more (i wont have to reinstall rom etc)?
can anyone advice please as i do not want to have to reset my phone up.
thanks
james
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Hi, i have had android phones for ages, up to now i have never actually rooted my phone and i think its time to
I have a samsung galaxy s2 with ics 4.0.3 from orange (branded)
I found a very easy looking guide to root my phone (up to now i just want to root and not put any custom roms on)
the link is: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1501719
Can anyone tell me, if i root using this very easy looking method, will my phone restart and boot straight into my current branded ics 4 and work without me having to do any more (i wont have to reinstall rom etc)?
can anyone advice please as i do not want to have to reset my phone up.
thanks
james
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No you wont have to do anything else, it will just root your phone for you, your apps, settings, data and ICS will all be the same.
ur phone wont be resetted. it will be the exactly the same but u would hv got SUPERUSER access
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thank you for the quick replies
one more question though, once i have rooted, if orange release another fw, say 4.0.4 and i update, i know i loose root access and would have to root again.
once i installed a new version though what happens to the installed apps that are 'root only' once i put the updated os on, would it mess them up until i rooted again?
i hope i have explained that how i mean it to sound
if u update ur firmware, u would loose root and without root access. those root only apps wont work
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i have done it and is working fine, thanks for your help
glad u got it working :thumbup:
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james_lpool said:
i have done it and is working fine, thanks for your help
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Welcome to the world of being rooted, it's a good world. Enjoy
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So...I returned my phone to stock, which was a nightmare because I already had a devs ICS and the instructions (for returning to stock) are for UCKH7...got endless errors and whatnot...
Finally figure it out. So now I'm back to 2.3.6 and I figured I connect to Kies and get the At&t ICS version. No problem...got it!
Now...if I want to root it and instal cwm, how would I do it? I mean the methods at the dev section are for the gingerbread os, right?
Any help will be appreciated. :good:
just flash a kernel with Odin. Far as I know it should work fine. Then again I haven't had to do it for a long while.
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Read this
[Directory]AT&T I777 GSll {roms,kernels,tools}
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1301682
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paleman27 said:
So...I returned my phone to stock, which was a nightmare because I already had a devs ICS and the instructions (for returning to stock) are for UCKH7...got endless errors and whatnot...
Finally figure it out. So now I'm back to 2.3.6 and I figured I connect to Kies and get the At&t ICS version. No problem...got it!
Now...if I want to root it and instal cwm, how would I do it? I mean the methods at the dev section are for the gingerbread os, right?
Any help will be appreciated. :good:
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If I were you I would stay away from the At&t ICS version read this thread....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1757972
This is MUCH safer read this thread.....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1650948
EDIT: After a little more thought if I were you I wouldn't do anything else to your phone since you already flashed the kernel with the 99% confirmed eMMC "superbrick" bug (see the first link) until you research the best way, least possible chance to bricking your phone... Maybe Entropy512 can help with the best way to flash a new package!! GL if anything ever did happen I sure hope Samsung would give you a replacement.....
Another question (might be related)
Hey all,
I have just got a brand new i777, I just wanted to upgrade it to ICS and sim-unlock it.
The upgrade is to be done through kies, no problem in that.
The sim-unlocking is the issue .. i know it was easy in gingerbread to root and use herlroz app .. but now is there an easy way without using ODIN or flashing a kernel to sim-unlock this phone on the official ICS ?
xda-Newbie said:
Hey all,
I have just got a brand new i777, I just wanted to upgrade it to ICS and sim-unlock it.
The upgrade is to be done through kies, no problem in that.
The sim-unlocking is the issue .. i know it was easy in gingerbread to root and use herlroz app .. but now is there an easy way without using ODIN or flashing a kernel to sim-unlock this phone on the official ICS ?
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besides the free SIM unlock app on the market?
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Phalanx7621 said:
besides the free SIM unlock app on the market?
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that was very xda-newbie from me
Hi
I rooted my 6 month old S3 this week to get Jelly Bean as TMobile UK aren't releasing it until March by the looks of things.
Rooted the phone no trouble and installed the official Samsung 4.1.2 OS on the phone which is working perfectly.
However, I've just discovered it's not possible to use Sky Go, which I use every day, on a rooted phone. Judging by other peoples questions and posts about it, there's no work around for it either.
What I want to do is remove the root access to my phone and return it to normal, but keep Jelly Bean. I've no interest in or use for having the root access, it was just to get JB.
Is there an easy way to restore this? I'm hoping there's a nice straightforward way of doing it as I've got the official Samsung OS rather than a custom one.
Thanks!
Try triangle away. You might have to do a wipe to get "normal" device status
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xcly said:
Try triangle away. You might have to do a wipe to get "normal" device status
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nope doesn't work I'm afraid.
Then try flashing the same firmware? Should leave it unrooted. I'm not sure if sky go checks device status when checking for root.
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cgfw201 said:
Hi
I rooted my 6 month old S3 this week to get Jelly Bean as TMobile UK aren't releasing it until March by the looks of things.
Rooted the phone no trouble and installed the official Samsung 4.1.2 OS on the phone which is working perfectly.
However, I've just discovered it's not possible to use Sky Go, which I use every day, on a rooted phone. Judging by other peoples questions and posts about it, there's no work around for it either.
What I want to do is remove the root access to my phone and return it to normal, but keep Jelly Bean. I've no interest in or use for having the root access, it was just to get JB.
Is there an easy way to restore this? I'm hoping there's a nice straightforward way of doing it as I've got the official Samsung OS rather than a custom one.
Thanks!
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This will help you:
1. Open SuperSU App
2. Go to settings tab
3. Scroll down
4. Click Full unroot
5. Click continue
6. That's it, done!
7. Come back here and click thanks! :silly:
I dont want to unlock the bootloader, just root the device so i can get titanium backup running again. Had 4.1.1 rooted and forgot to install root keeper and then upgraded to 4.1.2 and now need root again. Cant find anything on the site regarding this so not sure if its even possible yet. thanks for any help.
Try this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=41243013
This is not new development. Please post in the q and a section. Thank you kindly. not being mean, just for future reference buddy. We've all made this mistake once or twice
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vtec2k7 said:
I dont want to unlock the bootloader, just root the device so i can get titanium backup running again. Had 4.1.1 rooted and forgot to install root keeper and then upgraded to 4.1.2 and now need root again. Cant find anything on the site regarding this so not sure if its even possible yet. thanks for any help.
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Why not unlock the boot loader there is always a Oden to complete stock with locked boot loader so u can return ice returned 2 phones with unlocked boot loaders and never had a issue even one even a MAXX HD lol and one note 2 as long add there's no root they return them. Not having your BL unlocked limits u quite a bit Its your phone just curious
I used casual, and did everything, root unlock and custom recovery
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There's no way to root without Odin of root66 just like last build. Expect casual of course and as stated this is the wrong section so I went ahead and reported it for you so adev can move it. Just keep the sections in mind for future posts please.
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Hi guys,
I'm looking for a root that does only that: give me root access.
Is CASUAL really the only possible way to achieve root? If so, is it necessary that it unlocks the boot-loader and installs custom recovery to achieve this?
I probably wouldn't mind except that I'd like to just be able to do OTA updates as available, which I hear is not possible after running casual, and I really don't want to fiddle with custom ROMs as the stock Note 2 one works so well for me.
Thanks in advance for any help/suggestions...
-Paul
PaulusGrandis said:
Hi guys,
I'm looking for a root that does only that: give me root access.
Is CASUAL really the only possible way to achieve root? If so, is it necessary that it unlocks the boot-loader and installs custom recovery to achieve this?
I probably wouldn't mind except that I'd like to just be able to do OTA updates as available, which I hear is not possible after running casual, and I really don't want to fiddle with custom ROMs as the stock Note 2 one works so well for me.
Thanks in advance for any help/suggestions...
-Paul
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Odin and root66 will root your phone. If you recieve a OTA while rooted it will get rid of your root completely and you will have to re-root your phone, it also has the potential to do some wonky **** to it (ive even heard of bricks happening because of being rooted and accepting the OTA).
Once your bootloader is unlocked you wouldnt have to flash roms if you didnt want to unless you wanted to update to a new OTA.
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I have this phone Samsung galaxy discover S730m. I know it is kind of old one. I like to unlock it, if any one can help me out with it. the phone hasn't been rooted yet.
Do I have to rooted before unlock it? The phone is locked with bell. I searched the forum and I couldn't find anything helpful so far.
Thanks in advance.
caparoot said:
I have this phone Samsung galaxy discover S730m. I know it is kind of old one. I like to unlock it, if any one can help me out with it. the phone hasn't been rooted yet.
Do I have to rooted before unlock it? The phone is locked with bell. I searched the forum and I couldn't find anything helpful so far.
Thanks in advance.
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Having similar issues, seems this phone hasn't had much unlocking done to it hence the lack of info on that matter...
orangeworx said:
Having similar issues, seems this phone hasn't had much unlocking done to it hence the lack of info on that matter...
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Do you have Samsung galaxy discover? Looks like some people unlocked it them self by software linked in some posts, but when you want to download them won't work.
yes i am having problems too i tried z4 root metgod and it wont ever end so i take out battery restart than notice other apps .apk are running rootchecker says im not rooted tho but seriously y are thos .apk apps running now? i need help to properly root and remove these apps considering they cannot b removed because im not superuser and they are considered OS files Help
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h1n1V1rus said:
yes i am having problems too i tried z4 root metgod and it wont ever end so i take out battery restart than notice other apps .apk are running rootchecker says im not rooted tho but seriously y are thos .apk apps running now? i need help to properly root and remove these apps considering they cannot b removed because im not superuser and they are considered OS files Help
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Has any one unlock this as yet???????? I need to know!!! Help please!!!!!!!!!!!
Hello,
I've just bought an fresh new HTC One X+ 64GB (last stock from HTC probably, it was very cheap , just 150€)
It bring the ROMv4.1.2 that I like very much
Somehow the phone gets updated via WI-fi to ROM v4.2.2
The reason why I post again this topic is because I've searched and searched to revert to v4.1.2 and always read the word Impossible!!!
The phone heats a lot, the battery lost capacity and I HATE HATE and HATE the ROM v4.2.2.
The question that I leave here to you guys, is really IMPOSSIBLE TO revert to Original ROMof my phone WITHOUT ROOT?
As the phone is quite new, I don't want to lose the warranty!
I've seen a lot of videos on youtube saying stock rom without root, but they use the fastboot, that it seam to be the ROOT!
I've rooted already my Samsung ACE2 and updated using Odin, but on HTC I'm quite newbie.
Can anyone help.
thanks in advance,
helxdadevelopers said:
Hello,
I've just bought an fresh new HTC One X+ 64GB (last stock from HTC probably, it was very cheap , just 150€)
It bring the ROMv4.1.2 that I like very much
Somehow the phone gets updated via WI-fi to ROM v4.2.2
The reason why I post again this topic is because I've searched and searched to revert to v4.1.2 and always read the word Impossible!!!
The phone heats a lot, the battery lost capacity and I HATE HATE and HATE the ROM v4.2.2.
The question that I leave here to you guys, is really IMPOSSIBLE TO revert to Original ROMof my phone WITHOUT ROOT?
As the phone is quite new, I don't want to lose the warranty!
I've seen a lot of videos on youtube saying stock rom without root, but they use the fastboot, that it seam to be the ROOT!
I've rooted already my Samsung ACE2 and updated using Odin, but on HTC I'm quite newbie.
Can anyone help.
thanks in advance,
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i have seen something floating around when i was looking, but i cant tell you how reliable it is :/
i360droid said:
i have seen something floating around when i was looking, but i cant tell you how reliable it is :/
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Hi,
Thanks for you reply
Just an additional info:
Today I've called to HTC Portugal, and received an very negative feedback.
Means that they are not able to downgrade to v4.1.2!!!!
This is annoying to me and unacceptable for me.
Why I can't get my phone back as I purchased?!!!!
I still on the way to press HTC Portugal, but seems to get some resistance.
I really like the word "impossible" in software matters!
HTC is giving me and different opinion now, at least in Portugal!
Can anyone inform if fastboot for HTC is the same has the so called ROOT?
Until now I've no certainty!
I've read posts saying "downgrade without ROOT" and using fastboot!!!
I'm afraid if using fastboot that lost the warranty!!!!
helxdadevelopers said:
Can anyone inform if fastboot for HTC is the same has the so called ROOT?
Until now I've no certainty!
I've read posts saying "downgrade without ROOT" and using fastboot!!!
I'm afraid if using fastboot that lost the warranty!!!!
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The thing is you cannot downgrade HBOOT ( the bootloader) and thus you cannot downgrade to 4.1.2
if you want to, install the android rev 8 HD rom, it is essentially sense 5 4.2.2, but i think you can set it to install without like root and xposed
shreyanshk said:
The thing is you cannot downgrade HBOOT ( the bootloader) and thus you cannot downgrade to 4.1.2
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Thanks for the direct answer
I was wondering that some how possible to downgrade!
Probably that's why HTC Portugal says they won't Downgrade! Not because they don't want to, but because is technically impossible!
Thanks
i360droid said:
if you want to, install the android rev 8 HD rom, it is essentially sense 5 4.2.2, but i think you can set it to install without like root and xposed
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Hi, I will dig on that
thanks