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I just bought a new Verizon Samsung Galaxy S4 and its running android 4.3 [MJ7] and after some research here and there I've found that ppl managed to keep rooted while updating to this version but what can I do in my case to root my device and install a custom ROM like the following http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2524644 since I already purchase the phone like that. Sorry if this might have already been posted or something...I've done some research ut I'm not quite familiar with the XDA-Forums. Once Again! Thank you!
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I just bought a new Verizon Samsung Galaxy S4 and its running android 4.3 [MJ7] and after some research here and there I've found that ppl managed to keep rooted while updating to this version but what can I do in my case to root my device and install a custom ROM like the following http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2524644 since I already purchase the phone like that. Sorry if this might have already been posted or something...I've done some research ut I'm not quite familiar with the XDA-Forums. Once Again! Thank you!
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so far for MJ7 root there is only a method that is frowned upon at the moment called VRoot.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2511815
i reccomend reading the entire thread before attempting that method because its still up in the air on how safe it is. it has been confirmed working by several people though.
at the moment all you can do is root mj7 you cannot replace the bootloader and install custom roms unless a method came out overnight which i am unaware of. safestrap is not yet supported for mj7 either.
Thank you! I will definitely take a close look to VRoot and see how it goes.
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samsung_development said:
Thank you! I will definitely take a close look to VRoot and see how it goes.
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good luck! let me know how it goes, also hopeing for unlocked bootloader so i can start installing stock google roms!
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To root or not to root. That is the questions.
I have just achieved root with a tool called Towelroot.exe, now I would like to install a custom recovery but my device isn't listed in Rom Manager.
Is it safe to flash recovery from a device that is similar to mine?
How do I go about finding the right recovery so I can do a nandroid backup for my phone. I would also like to flash Cyanogenmod so that I may customize my device.
Any help would be very appreciated.
I'm rooted also!
Same lol I hope soon we have a custom recovery...JB 4.3 is awesome but wanna try KitKat.....since rooted with towelroot I got Xposed framework on mine ?
tragic_dayz said:
Same lol I hope soon we have a custom recovery...JB 4.3 is awesome but wanna try KitKat.....since rooted with towelroot I got Xposed framework on mine ��
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Heard anything yet¿ j think i will try a recovery from a similar phone. Whats the deal anyway? If i knew this I would have of never bought it.
well not much...
Trying to find the stock recovery build one tho....
Where you able to pull or find the sock Rom yet"
tragic_dayz said:
Trying to find the stock recovery build one tho....
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I have tried all day to grab the rom and default recovery using rom dump or some other cmd that never worked.
It's not like my Asus Nexus 7 4.4 Slim Rom that was absolutely easy.
no luck!!!
No luck man I hope someone or developer could come up wit one since we have root access now huh ?
No it didn't.
Maniakk said:
Kingo Android ROOT not worked?
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I tried that one before I tried Towelroot.
I am rooted though I just need a custom recovery
like cwm so I can back up my stock rom.
I think it's going to be awhile.
How did you get TowelRoot to work? I tried but got "phone not supported" This phone desperetly needs to be rooted!
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Galaxy Ace Style sm-s765c Stock recovery sucks
Anyone know what my Galaxy Ace Style sm-s765c compares to, I think it's close to the s3 mini except that it has 512MB ram and the s3 mini has a gig I think.
This stock recovery doesn't even have an option to make a backup, what the hell were they thinking. What in the heck would you do if something happpend with your stock os and you needed to restore it or something like that.
I would sure like some help with this, to understand why I just can't throw a recovery that was close to my system onto mine, How bad could it be would it really screw up the booting process? They all boot the same don't they? I would think it would be safe just as long as it's the same os version right?
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crstars said:
How did you get TowelRoot to work? I tried but got "phone not supported" This phone desperetly needs to be rooted!
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Is what I did when Towelroot opens you click the Welcome to Towelroot v3 three times then a textbox will appear with some random numbers and the second to the last one is a 4 delete the 4 and put in a 2 and that worked for me.
Hope this helps:cyclops:
That seems to work great. Thanks for your help
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crstars said:
That seems to work great. Thanks for your help
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Can you click me a thank you, please.
Give me some lovin lol.
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rsoard-sm-s765c said:
Can you click me a thank you, please.
Give me some lovin lol.
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I was playing with an app called flashify it let me boot into bootloader mode and this is what it says.
odin mode
product name: sm-s765c
Current binary: Samsung Official
ap swrev s1, t1, r1, a1, p1
write protection enable
would this mean anything? how would you go about disabling write protection?
Something else I was wondering the file system on my Galaxy Ace Style has an extsdcard and an sdcard, they have different contents in both,
Which one is my actuall sdcard? I think it's the extsdcard but I'm not sure.
Edit: Never mind I got it now.
I was able to download the stock recovery 7.5mb and stock kernal 6.1 mb with flashify, I don't know if a programmer could take these files and do something with them or not or if they are even the files I need..
anything yet???
Any success as of yet....
To busy working
tragic_dayz said:
Any success as of yet....
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No sorry man I need a day off before I can really get anything accomplished
Mon and Tues are days off this week.
Keep in mind though I'm not a programmer so don't get to excited lol.
Have you ever tried the automated cwm recovery builder,
it sucks I don't know how it works but it just ques my files.
The hardest thing about this is trying to figure whats the difference from our phone to others.
Nandroid Backup
rsoard-sm-s765c said:
No sorry man I need a day off before I can really get anything accomplished
Mon and Tues are days off this week.
Keep in mind though I'm not a programmer so don't get to excited lol.
Have you ever tried the automated cwm recovery builder,
it sucks I don't know how it works but it just ques my files.
The hardest thing about this is trying to figure whats the difference from our phone to others.
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Thanks to Ameer Dawood the create of online nandroid availible at google play added our phone to his database, We can now do a full nandroid backup, I don't know how this works without a custom recovery but it does somehow, There should't be any reason Ameer can't help us with a custom recovery,(I will ask).
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How did you get TowelRoot to work? I tried but got "phone not supported" This phone desperetly needs to be rooted!
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Hi use towelroot.apk from towelroot.com and tap welcome to towel root 3 times when the box at the bottom comes up change the 1 to a zero so it will look like 1337 0 0 0 4 0 tap make it rain and the device is rooted, reboot the phone first and it will hold root.
Howdy yall...lol. I would like to let you all know I have decompiled the hiddenmenu.apk within the system/app folder and guess what if we can get to these hidden menus it has options to turn off secure settings, however it does require a key.......I just send an email to the samsung dev responsible for handling the keys, will keep you posted also I will post the dialpad codes soon so keep your eyes peeled here.
I'm kind of a noob to modding my phone is there any guides for newbies who have never backed up.. Also need help finding s ROM that would work with my phone l.. Any help would be great?
delphox said:
I'm kind of a noob to modding my phone is there any guides for newbies who have never backed up.. Also need help finding s ROM that would work with my phone l.. Any help would be great?
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http://true-android.blogspot.com/2014/01/install-cwm-6045-advance-edition-on_2385.html?m=1
Here u can find how to install cmw recovery and custom rom
delphox said:
I'm kind of a noob to modding my phone is there any guides for newbies who have never backed up.. Also need help finding s ROM that would work with my phone l.. Any help would be great?
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OK, here are a few thoughts that can help you....
1. Are you aware of Knox? If yes, then good. Because installing custom recovery on your device will trip the Knox security fuse on your shiny new phone. If no, please read the thread entitled something along the lines of "survey for those who tripped Knox," and the thread devoted to rooting and not tripping Knox.
2. What is your software version? Please show your about phone screen (settings, general, about device). If you're not on the latest firmware, we'll get you there.
3. Your general trajectory of things once on the latest firmware version NC5 and you're OK with tripping Knox, which your question implies, should be...
-->Install recovery (TWRP or PhilZ CWM), latest versions can be found in the original development forum and Android development forum, respectively. Both are outstanding, none is best, neither is cross-compatible. Pick your poison.
-->Install a pre-rooted rom or just root your phone.
-->Have a blast
In closing, I highly recommend choosing a TouchWiz based rom before you flash any AOSP based variant, mostly because these will give you the closest to familiar feel without losing features.
There is no best except that which you like most.
Please report back with the info requested herein and we can block and tackle this, with the incredible resources hewn and stored here on xda.
No reason to depart from these fine forums to do that which is rightly done and freely available only here.
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I would suggest as micmars has said you do a little reading on KNOX first. Then to get your feet wet, if you decide to go ahead and root your device. I would go with rooting the stock rom in your phone first, then add a custom recovery ( TWRP or PHILZ CWM ) . I run PHILZ CWM works great and its easy to use. Now once its rooted you can disable KNOX and remove the extra apps that you are not using that clog up the operating system ( OS ) of you device. This is called BLOATWARE go to this XDA site to get lists of safe to remove apps http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2770729 . Once you have done that now make a backup of your slimmed down De-Bloated OS. Now your ready to go and start installing custom roms, and if doesn't work out you can always recover your backup and get back to square one. Then try a another rom till you find one you like !!! :fingers-crossed:
Is there an updated all in one tool kit for these devices
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rickberg said:
Is there an updated all in one tool kit for these devices
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yes but you have to donate on his site to get them. i did long ago and i believe it only goes up to nab as of now.
kaos420 said:
yes but you have to donate on his site to get them. i did long ago and i believe it only goes up to nab as of now.
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OK so is it not recommended to use the all in one than and what is the latest version on these devices. Are there the same recurring issues with these as the n2 where once you update to the latest version bootloader you can't go back I.e. on n2 you couldn't downgrade to mk4 once you booted into the ne2 bootloader
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OK so is it not recommended to use the all in one than and what is the latest version on these devices. Are there the same recurring issues with these as the n2 where once you update to the latest version bootloader you can't go back I.e. on n2 you couldn't downgrade to mk4 once you booted into the ne2 bootloader
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nc5D is the latest version. yes once updated you cant go back just like any other samsung now.
I just switched to T-mobile, and pick up a new GS5, but I don't understand the root method. Can some point me in the right direction?
Alex8404 said:
I just switched to T-mobile, and pick up a new GS5, but I don't understand the root method. Can some point me in the right direction?
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I rooted my original gs. But it's been a while. Odin was the software I used I think.
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Yes a custom rom
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here is the TWRP recovery
http://forum.xda-developers.com/tmobile-galaxy-s5/general/twrp-2-7-0-0-odintar-recovery-t2844321
Make sure you have the Samsung drivers installed on your computer so odin recognizes your phone
Just install it in Odin .
Then download a rom of choice and follow the install instructions for the particular Rom
spirodave said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2761412
The easiest way is to downgrade to an earlier version that you can use towel root to root with .. As far as I know their is no way to root NH5 as of now .. I could be wrong but Im pretty sure ..Have you rooted a samsung device before ?
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There's a way to root every version of software they're released. Since the bootloader is unlocked, all that's needed is to flash a custom recovery, then when TWRP asks you if you want to root, just click yes, and you're done. It'll always be like this unless they lock the bootloader.
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There's a way to root every version of software they're released. Since the bootloader is unlocked, all that's needed is to flash a custom recovery, then when TWRP asks you if you want to root, just click yes, and you're done. It'll always be like this unless they lock the bootloader.
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LOL thanks .. From the moment I bought this phone i had just installed TWRP and installed Alliance . I came from a Att GS4 with a locked bootloader and the thing was a nightmare
Thanks for the help!
Can I get the link to TWRP
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Can I get the link to TWRP
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Google is your friend. Don't take this the wrong way, but if people keep giving you links, you'll never find what you're looking for yourself. If you just google "TWRP Galaxy S5", the first link is the right one. It'll tell you how to flash it as well using ODIN.
Just wondering if there was a Knox fix yet?
Guntert said:
Just wondering if there was a Knox fix yet?
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Nope
That sucks, can't root my tab s or my s5 til they do....
Guntert said:
That sucks, can't root my tab s or my s5 til they do....
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Why? Tmobile does even care.
No I know that, but Samsung AllShare Cast Dongle does care.. the dongle won't work on a rooted device. I had a Samsung galaxy note 10.1 that I rooted but I used triangle away to reset counter and it then would work. I use my tablet and dongle most nights and my other allshare in my car for my appradio. The S5 and Tab S will be first devices I didn't root
Any news on Knox?
Its been awhile since i rooted my phones and flashed roms. I juat rooted my s5. But i dont believe i installed a custom recovery. In the past i always downloaded rom manager and installed cwm through the app. But it says device not compatible. Or ud download goo manager and install twrp through that app and i dont see the version for my tmobile s5 listed. Can someone help me with flashing a custom recovery. And recommend any stable custom roms i should try out. Also if there is anything i need to be careful of when flashing i dont care about tripping my knox counter. My device isnt warrantied anyway.
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Hello fellow hackers
I have down graded from lollipop 5.0 to kitkat 4.4.2 and need help finding a hot spot root that will actually work.
Please help thanks
My baseband is NAB
Why not use i apps? Should work works for me on lollipop.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2816159
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Try wifi tether app. Its only 2$. I use it and never got a message about using hotspot and having to pay. I did get one when i used the galaxy tools app. Im on sprint
kaos420 said:
Why not use i apps? Should work works for me on lollipop.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2816159
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Kaos is right. I've been on LP since the notification hit my phone and rooted it the same hour then used this app and done. The only thing I want/need right now is a deodex ROM which should be out very soon.
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Try wifi tether app. Its only 2$. I use it and never got a message about using hotspot and having to pay. I did get one when i used the galaxy tools app. Im on sprint
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Do I get this app from play store? 4shared ? Or can I find it on xda?
daswahnsinn said:
Kaos is right. I've been on LP since the notification hit my phone and rooted it the same hour then used this app and done. The only thing I want/need right now is a deodex ROM which should be out very soon.
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There's ways if you know how. Been deoxed on oc5 few weeks now.
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Drsmit3 said:
Do I get this app from play store? 4shared ? Or can I find it on xda?
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Here's the link >>> http://forum.xda-developers.com/not.../app-one-click-hotspot-enabler-menus-t2816159
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There's ways if you know how. Been deoxed on oc5 few weeks now.
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I have played around with it and deodex the app, priv-app, and framework just never got around to doing the update script and stuff. I know you know about the oc5 base rom that's in the works but have you heard anything about a custom kernel?
Hello I have a sprint note 3 on OC5 5.0 and I want to get the free wifi tether. I wanted to know what are the options? Is the a base rom I can get that already has wifi tether for free?
Also I know this last question myabe strange but can u root and flash this phone without service? I dont have this phone turnd on currently I just got it as a gift and wanted to make sure I can root and get free wifi first. Any info and directions wiuld be great
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Hello I have a sprint note 3 on OC5 5.0 and I want to get the free wifi tether. I wanted to know what are the options? Is the a base rom I can get that already has wifi tether for free?
Also I know this last question myabe strange but can u root and flash this phone without service? I dont have this phone turnd on currently I just got it as a gift and wanted to make sure I can root and get free wifi first. Any info and directions wiuld be great
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You don't have to have service to root and device. However you to need service to use the data for the wifi tethering. I'm on the OTA OC5 and rooted with wifi tethering >>> http://forum.xda-developers.com/not.../app-one-click-hotspot-enabler-menus-t2816159 <<< This is a link that will turn on the tethering function.
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You don't have to have service to root and device. However you to need service to use the data for the wifi tethering. I'm on the OTA OC5 and rooted with wifi tethering >>> http://forum.xda-developers.com/not.../app-one-click-hotspot-enabler-menus-t2816159 <<< This is a link that will turn on the tethering function.
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How does the link turn it on there are 4 files on that page which one do I need to install
Maverick06xxx said:
How does the link turn it on there are 4 files on that page which one do I need to install
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You would have to root your device and then install the app in the first post of the link that has been posted. Please read the first page in it's entirety.
daswahnsinn said:
You would have to root your device and then install the app in the first post of the link that has been posted. Please read the first page in it's entirety.
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So I have to do odin to root and do this, is this a one click style or use odin. Is there an installer video by anyone? i'm sorry I just don't understand fully. do I need to download the 3.1.8 because it says for AT&T and Tmobile, Any steps would be great thanks Daswahnsinn
Maverick06xxx said:
So I have to do odin to root and do this, is this a one click style or use odin. Is there an installer video by anyone? i'm sorry I just don't understand fully. do I need to download the 3.1.8 because it says for AT&T and Tmobile, Any steps would be great thanks Daswahnsinn
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You would use Odin to flash and custom recovery(TWRP or Phils') if you have not already done so. Then you would use the custom recovery to flash a SU(Super user/Root) zip file and you would have a rooted device.
You don't need to use the 3.18 version of the app but you misread, "AT&T and T-Mobile Hotspot testing live(use v3.1.8 and report any issues please)", the dev just wants feedback from users on those carriers.
How to Root >>> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2474222
TWRP >>> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2471564
Also read and read some more, nothing is worse when you don't know what you're doing but this is also a helpful community.
daswahnsinn said:
You would use Odin to flash and custom recovery(TWRP or Phils') if you have not already done so. Then you would use the custom recovery to flash a SU(Super user/Root) zip file and you would have a rooted device.
You don't need to use the 3.18 version of the app but you misread, "AT&T and T-Mobile Hotspot testing live(use v3.1.8 and report any issues please)", the dev just wants feedback from users on those carriers.
How to Root >>> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2474222
TWRP >>> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2471564
Also read and read some more, nothing is worse when you don't know what you're doing but this is also a helpful community.
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I have rooted my s3 and older device but just didnt understand it here. So I use odin to flash twrp.
Then I flash su ap to the phone without odin. Now my last question is the L link u gave me is that what I use to flash su or do I just download it from playstore
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Now I think I understand I use odin to flash root
then flash phone without odin a su apk
then I followed the L support link u gave me then ill be able to use the national ive hot spot right?
ok so I did everything u said but few problems, I am rooted however when I tried to cleanup supersu it just kept trying but never rebooting
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ok so I did everything u said but few problems, I am rooted however when I tried to cleanup supersu it just kept trying but never rebooting
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Alright I tried to clean the supersu but it just stayed trying to clean never did. So I just unistalled it and now my phone isn't loading all the way up, its throwing messeaged saying all this stuff isn't working like s note etc... any help please
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I have rooted my s3 and older device but just didnt understand it here. So I use odin to flash twrp.
Then I flash su ap to the phone without odin. Now my last question is the L link u gave me is that what I use to flash su or do I just download it from playstore
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Now I think I understand I use odin to flash root
then flash phone without odin a su apk
then I followed the L support link u gave me then ill be able to use the national ive hot spot right?
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No, I don't think you understand. You use Odin to flash a custom recovery to a Samsung device or a stock image, bootloader, etc. Then you use the custom recovery to flash a ROM that is rooted or flash a SU zip that has the binaries and or some other goodies for root. However, this does require you to read, a lot, since there are several different version and updates for this phone. The link that has been provided is a download for an app that you would install after you have root, but before you tried to do any of this you should have read and read some more until you understood what you were doing. From the post that you have been placing in this thread you have not read any of the links I have and others have provided and don't know what steps you were trying to do, so I not sure if I can help.
The best thing to do is to use odin and flash a stock tar, but you have to read, read, read. You need to know what firmware version you had before doing this, if not you can mess the phone up bad.
I use "WiFi Tether Router". It's in the app store and it works great for me.