Alright, I may be new to the forums but i'm not very new to rooting I've rooted my old Samsung Admire (MetroPCS) Android 2.3.4. I Broke my old phone from a rather large drop and let's just say it didn't survive . Anyways I got my new phone (Same Carrier and Model) And it's android 2.3.6 and i've been trying to root this one all day with no success, I've tried: SOC, Admireoneclick and CASUAL root and none seemed too work Any tips to help me root 2.3.6 would be much obliged.
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Hey there,
I just ordered an Optimus One (P500) as a temporary phone (for the remaining 8-9 months until I get an upgrade on my contract). So, to start with, I want to root my phone, but I don't want a custom ROM since I understand in a few months 2.3 is coming officially anyway. If I root, will I be unable to update when the official update comes along?
Also, any issues/problems with this phone I should know about.
I'm not new to the Android scene, I was a early(ish) adopter of it, with my previous phone being a Samsung Galaxy Portal/Spica (i5700), it was a good phone however it has far too little RAM (128MB I believe! - although a nice 800MHZ processor but you couldn't tell that it has this by using the phone it's so slow) and has recently become extremely sluggish.
Anyway, just saying hello, I suspect I'll be roaming around on these forums for some time to come once I get my Optimus One
Cheers!
Acoole
Yes. You can root your phone presently and still upgrade to the next version when it comes along, but be aware that you will lose the root privilages when you do so.
Read
[HOWTO] Rooting, Installing - Android SDK, Custom Recovery, Custom ROM's to understand the procedure to root your phone.
I'm waiting on my SGS3 to get delivered today, and I'm gonna root that sum'***** immediately.
I'm not new to rooting, but it's always been HTC before now.
The Chainfire root method using Odin, or the new Galaxy S3 Toolbox from mskip are my choices, correct?
Toolbox looks easier since it does everything for you, but are there any advantages/disadvantages to either method at this stage? I remember from my HTC rooting days that early methods were always improved upon as some early adopters bricked their phones and devs worked around more and more roadblocks they didn't realise were there in the first place. So it paid to wait a while until the method was 100% safe.
From reading the threads here it seems there is pretty much no risk?
Also is there a stock ROM (with root) that I can flash yet, to wipe away any rubbish that Three UK has added on?
I think easiest way to root is using CF-Root 6.2 (check out development forum)
The Galaxy Tools does the same. It only opens Odin and give you advice what to click
Trying to decide this also, think a new version of the toolkit is not too far off being released, any other thoughts on this ?
Does either method restrict you in any way for issues later on?
Thanks, im a Samsung newbie (coming from a rooted Desire HD)
Learn to use Odin, that way if your ever in a jam you will know what to do (plus its super easy!)
Thanks Lenny, going to take ur advice right away
Didnt take long to root with Odin & CF-Root 6.2
Had to dual boot to Windows 7 as the laptop running XP would not install the drivers (nor did I go looking for them) now for some fun
Thanks for the encouragement Lenny
alright so after searching both here and various other sites on this question i have found nothing very helpfull...
so at the risk of being told i need to search i have to ask. I have a ATT Galaxy note I717. I did get the OTA update to 4.0. I have not yet rooted my phone but im trying to do so. Mostly so i can flash t-mobile onto it for it work properly with my 4G.
So my question is. Were is the root process for a note that already has 4.0.
I followed other instructions here http://www.androidauthority.com/galaxy-note-sgh-i717-att-clockworkmod-touch-recovery-90018/ and here http://rootgalaxynote.com/galaxy-note-root/how-to-root-galaxy-note-gt-n7000-method-2odinheimdall/.
After installing such CMW Touch i can not get it to boot to recovery. Just goes into download mode and as welll as i do not have superuser or root acces on the phone. If any one knows where i can find the procedure to gain full root access so i may start playing around that would be greatly appreciated
Wrong Model.
eddiimonster said:
alright so after searching both here and various other sites on this question i have found nothing very helpfull...
so at the risk of being told i need to search i have to ask. I have a ATT Galaxy note I717. I did get the OTA update to 4.0. I have not yet rooted my phone but im trying to do so. Mostly so i can flash t-mobile onto it for it work properly with my 4G.
So my question is. Were is the root process for a note that already has 4.0.
I followed other instructions here http://www.androidauthority.com/galaxy-note-sgh-i717-att-clockworkmod-touch-recovery-90018/ and here http://rootgalaxynote.com/galaxy-note-root/how-to-root-galaxy-note-gt-n7000-method-2odinheimdall/.
After installing such CMW Touch i can not get it to boot to recovery. Just goes into download mode and as welll as i do not have superuser or root acces on the phone. If any one knows where i can find the procedure to gain full root access so i may start playing around that would be greatly appreciated
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The second link you provided was for the International Note. That may be the problem. Use the method here: http://rootgalaxynote.com/galaxy-no...y-note-sgh-i717-icsgingerbreadeasiest-method/. I know for a fact this procedure works, as I have done it on my own Note no less than a dozen times due to the problem in my thread.
Good luck and happy rooting!
Devices:
Samsung Galaxy Note SGH-I717: Android 4.0.4, Stock, Rooted
Samsung Galaxy Player 5.0 YP-G70: Android 2.3.5, Stock, Rooted
Samsung Galaxy Tab Plus 7.0 GT-P6210: Android 4.0.4, Stock, Rooted
Asus Transformer Prime TF201: Android 4.0.3, Stock
Asus Nexus 7, 16 GB: Android 4.1.1, Stock, Rooted
It says for ginger bread rooting. I am running 4.0 and do not wish to go back to 3. Will i keep my current 4.0 with that method or will it be flashed back to ICS
nvm do appologize,,, just caught my own noob mistake... lol
seeing that you have used this method before... when i go to flash the zip file it gives me an error and says it fails... yet i have super user and root acces on the phone now?
You don't have to root your phone to flash a modem. You don't need to have CWM to flash a modem either.
You can install the modem using Odin3 and your pc.
Agreed ....
Thank you ranger ....g
Hey everyone,
I have recently received a Galaxy Gio 2.2 Froyo from a Chinese roommate who moved out (for free no less -- and it actually was a gift), though I am having some significant troubles trying to tap into its fullest potential.
Basics of the phone:
- Galaxy Gio (China)
- Model GT-S5660
- 2.2.1 Froyo
- 2S5660ZCKG1 Baseband
- 2.6.32.9-perf [email protected] #1 kernel (after attempting to root and I'm kind of somewhat pretty sure that's not a root-accessible kernel... if that makes sense =/)
- China Mobile SIM with no service, but I do have wi-fi access
Other possibly important data:
- I do have another, unrooted Android phone
- I do not own a Windows computer and run exclusively on Mac OSX 10.7.5 and Ubuntu Live CDs
Process of how I dealt with things:
Even though I can't read Chinese worth a &[email protected]!, I knew enough about maneuvering the settings to change the language to English.
I tried to root it with instructions I found and the kernel never changed. I proceeded to factory reset the phone (stumble my way through settings to change the language again), and then tried a different set of instructions on rooting a Gio with Froyo with the same results.
From this point, I've thought about trying to a find a terminal or rootchecker-type app, but haven't been able to since the phone doesn't have Google Play, but some kind of (Chinese? >.>) App Market.
Ultimately, I'm seriously wanting to root this baby so that I can get a gingerbread or jellybean ROM on it and have some real fun, but have been at a real roadblock with this and would appreciate any help.
Thank you all,
DJ
I figure I should bump this up since it's now buried 8 pages back on me in the 2 days since I originally posted
Again, though, any help someone can provide will be greatly appreciated.
DJ
i only know that if u want to root galaxy gio with froyo,u have to use SuperOneClick app on windows (dont know about linux -,-)..
and AFAIK if u want to upgrade it to gingerbread u dont have to root it first,just upgrade it..
after u get ur gio on gingerbread it comes more easy to do anything to ur devices..
sorry for my bad English..
Sent from my GT-S5660 using Tapatalk 2
Hi all and thanks for the precious and detailed information you posted in the Forum.
I am quite new with Samsung (Android).
Just left the other World few months ago.
I was using the iPhone and switched to Android because of different considerations like battery, higher display, etc.
I am interested in ROOTing my device (Samsung S3 - GTI9300 International).
May I ask you a couple of questions about this step?
- The ROOT process will remove my installed applications
- After ROOTing the GooglePlay will still be available to update my Applications
- Future FIRMWARES update from Samsung will be available also for ROOTed devices
- unROOTing the device means (easily) reinstall the original FIRMARE or there is an easier step
Many thanks for your (all) help!!!
Happy Android
It depends of how you root it (if you install acustom rom or not) but if it's only the root itself it will not change your phone at all, still your apps, google play working.
But you'll not be able to change firmware with kies, only with flashing new roms. Also unrooting is not hard, and everything is really weel explain on the s3 forum here in XDA
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GT-af said:
It depends of how you root it (if you install acustom rom or not) but if it's only the root itself it will not change your phone at all, still your apps, google play working.
But you'll not be able to change firmware with kies, only with flashing new roms. Also unrooting is not hard, and everything is really weel explain on the s3 forum here in XDA
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I am just starting.
Interested in ROOT process only by now and of course the unROOT step after.
I will check the S3 forum as per your kind suggestion.
Trying in a while to load and use a "Custom Rom".
Thanks a lot for your replay!!!!!
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