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How to Root SGS I9000 on 2.3.2 (Samsung Leaked Firmware)

Put SGS in usb debugging
Start Odin3 v1.3 Downloader
Plug in the phone to the computer
Start a new command prompt and navigate to the folder / drive where adb is located.
If you haven´t downloaded adb yet, get it here.
Type "adb reboot download" to the command prompt and press enter.
Flash CF-Root-XW_OXX_JV1-v1.3-BusyBox-1.17.1.tar (attached below)
Your Rooted
Updated with full instructions, thanks to all xda users who made this possible.

Not sure it's really a dev related thread...
Anyway,
lilian_marius said:
All credits to Arise - from this forums , use this method to root SGS on 2.3 :
- flash with Odin Lastufo's Ultimate kernel - 4_8_1 worked for me
- after flash enter directly to CWM (trying to boot wont work) and install from there root (superuser + busybox)
- after that reboot in download mode and flash with Odin Gingerbread kernel
Afther flashing the Gingerbread kernel reboot and you will have your phone rooted
I cannot post here the Gingerbread kernel , since i dont have rights maybe someone can post it
Once again the credits goes to Arise for sharing this method !!!
LE: it seems that i can add attchments after all - in the attachement is the Gingerbread kernel
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Sine. said:
Not sure it's really a dev related thread...
Anyway,
Or :
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Hi sorry friend but my method is only to revert back to previous roms not for rotting 2.3. Sorry for the confusion!
Rooting is already now possible using CF-Root. You must flash package via 3e recovery. Link to post here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=9920908&postcount=3
Good luck. I am going to wait for custom rom dev's to work on this before using it again. Am very happy with essential rom tweaked how I like it.

Hi sorry friend but my method is only to revert back to previous roms not for rotting 2.3. Sorry for the confusion!
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My mistake, I've overquoted
(And edited my previous post)

Sorry for the double post, can't edit anymore right now...
Better method, by Chainfire himself
Chainfire said:
CF-Root for this ROM posted in the CF-Root thread. Root+Busybox only for the moment, no 2e or CWM compatibility (coming soon)
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Updated with full instructions, thanks to all xda users who made this possible.

can someone make a video how to do this i am not sure i think u missed little things from ur how to

You just flash as pda in odin, as for getting into recovery mode look up the cd\ cmd and youll be fine.
Sent from my GT-I9000 using XDA App

I have rooted with "CF-Root-XW_OXX_JV1-v1.3-BusyBox-1.17.1" sed Compass is not recognized after rooted ( sorry for my english ! ). Any solution ?

[Q] Need help installing roms!

I have no idea what to do but i really want this rom badly! [ROM] Virtuous Fusion MT4G v1.0.6 :: Gingerbread Sense 3.0/3D (5/15/2011) Could you please give a me a step by step instruction on how to put this on my phone!
Thanks
Tarrance17

Love this rom its pretty easy to install first of all are you rooted if not go to the stickies and follow the instructions to root your phone not very difficult.. now when it comes to installing this wonderful rom;
Download zip file (rom)
Connect mobile to your pc and place rom in your sdcard
now download Rom manager from market
once installed Reboot in recovery ( make sure to give superuser permission)
Wipe data/factory reset
wipe cache and dalvik
go to install zip from sdcard
Choose zip from sdcard
and choose file u just added should be all the way at bottom
let it install and once it says its finished installing rom
click back and click reboot phone n you should be good to go
here is link incase your phone is not rooted http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=858996

aferstilo said:
Love this rom its pretty easy to install first of all are you rooted if not go to the stickies and follow the instructions to root your phone not very difficult.. now when it comes to installing this wonderful rom;
Download zip file (rom)
Connect mobile to your pc and place rom in your sdcard
now download Rom manager from market
once installed Reboot in recovery ( make sure to give superuser permission)
Wipe data/factory reset
wipe cache and dalvik
go to install zip from sdcard
Choose zip from sdcard
and choose file u just added should be all the way at bottom
let it install and once it says its finished installing rom
click back and click reboot phone n you should be good to go
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you forgot to mention after rooting, turning s-off, and installing rom mananger to flash the newest recovery aka 3.0.2.4, then proceed to do the rest of the above lol

smatthew45 said:
you forgot to mention after rooting and installing rom mananger to flash the newest recovery aka 3.0.2.4, then proceed to do the above lol
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Oh yes do that part too lol thxnks!

Im such a noob but what does "flashing the newest recovery aka 3.0.2.4" mean?
And where can i get the "new recovery!
Sorry for being such a noob...

open up ROM manager and should be first thing u can click says;
Flash clockworkmod recovery

Thanks for helping you 2!

is any kind of rooting fine or do i HAVE to use to root method(link) that you provided me?

there are 2 main popular methods for rooting, the gfree method, which is what he posted, and the root.sh method, which is what i used below. i dont know which is better/worse but i found the root.sh method to be a little easier
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=858021

Yes definitely try the root.sh method first, if that doesn't work try the gfree method...just make sure u read up on adb first.
Sent from my HTC Vision using Tapatalk

Step one ) First thing you need to do is read, study and understand 100% what rooting ones phone truly is and how it's done. And what can happen if you are not careful.
Step Two ) repeat step one
Step Three ) See Step One
Step Four ) get ADB up and running ( see my signature )
Step Five ) See Step one
Step Six ) decide if you want to risk it [ see This Thread ]
Step Seven ) Root your phone (see my signature )
Step eight ) make sure you have the engineering screen installed along with rooting the phone
step nine ) install the recovery image via hBoot
Step ten ) download > wipe > flash the ROM.

Thanks for all your help. Im installing it now and it seems to going fine. Thanks :d:ddd:d:d:d:d:d:d:d:d:d

Can't install CWM recovery

Hello, I've been trying to install CWM recovery, I have been able to do so previously, but recently I've gone back to stock 2.2, to get the 2.2 kernel, and since then nothing works. I've replace the recovery.img in the system/bin manually through a file manager, through adb too, but when I reboot to recovery, its still the default one. Any help is appreciated.

You should be installing recovery.img through the "pink recovery screen". Are you doing that? Make sure you're installing CWM 5.0.2.6. The instructions in that thread are great (follow the "new install" method).

recovery.img should be in "/cust_backup/image/" directory..

Yeah, worked now. My bad for not reading the instructions.
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cust_backup
Hi friends
after installing stock 2.3.5 my phone doesn't have cust_backup & in pink menu my Laptop doesn't recognizes any drives.
how can I install new CWM under these circumstances?

mca_feat said:
Hi friends
after installing stock 2.3.5 my phone doesn't have cust_backup & in pink menu my Laptop doesn't recognizes any drives.
how can I install new CWM under these circumstances?
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I guess you install 528 if so you need to root it and gain pinkscreen back. There are tutorials in general section.
Sent from my U8800

entrapmen said:
I guess you install 528 if so you need to root it and gain pinkscreen back. There are tutorials in general section.
Sent from my U8800
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no my rom is 522 and rooted by superoneclick 2.3.3 and I have pink screen but when attaching it to PC nothing happens.

mca_feat said:
no my rom is 522 and rooted by superoneclick 2.3.3 and I have pink screen but when attaching it to PC nothing happens.
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I'm about the same but I'm on b526.....

Weirdy346 said:
I'm about the same but I'm on b526.....
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there is nothing different between 522 and 526 but added power control to notifications bar.
try this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1457490&page=5
and would you plz tell me what is the version of your recovery?
mine is "3e", it,s quiet old and there is no enough options.
I have to be sure everything in my phone is normal as others.

r.e
that's very easy to change recovery.only use root explore,copy the new recovery.img to /.cust_backup/image/ folder,and cover it.of course you have root it before!

how to root latest tf101 update 9.2.1.21

I was able to root the latest update 9.2.1.21 without downgrading I used wolfs method 3 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1622628 to install cwm using cwm recoveryblob then i downloaded wolf su+superuser.apk from the OP and flashed it on using cwm now ihave a rooted 9.2.1.21 without downgrading
NB i used a different recoveryblob than what wolf posted i used the one that usually get place on sdcard when i had installed cwm using gnufabio recoveryinstaller.apk on previous firmware but u could use the one in wolf post it cwm based

what are the commands to enter adb, I have installed the sdk manager and update the usb tablet, but I can not, please help
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max_105 said:
what are the commands to enter adb, I have installed the sdk manager and update the usb tablet, but I can not, please help
Sent from my Transformer TF101 using xda premium
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In sdk manager select android platform tools and asus drivers and install them once thats done open command prompt and go to the directory containing adb for me it was c:/android-sdk/platform-tools
Ensure debbuging mode and asus sync are turned on on your tf101 plug it up and the run the command
adb devices
this will tell if adb sees your device. If it does then run the command
adb shell
then just follow rest of instructions under method 3 in wolf post http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1622628

jays473 said:
I was able to root the latest update 9.2.1.21 without downgrading I used wolfs method 3 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1622628 to install cwm using cwm recoveryblob then i downloaded wolf su+superuser.apk from the OP and flashed it on using cwm now ihave a rooted 9.2.1.21 without downgrading
NB i used a different recoveryblob than what wolf posted i used the one that usually get place on sdcard when i had installed cwm using gnufabio recoveryinstaller.apk on previous firmware but u could use the one in wolf post it cwm based
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I just tried this after installing the new 9.2.1.24 (downloaded from Asus), and it seems to work. I followed Wolf's method 3 without any modifications. I have a TF101, US model.

nikolam said:
I just tried this after installing the new 9.2.1.24 (downloaded from Asus), and it seems to work. I followed Wolf's method 3 without any modifications. I have a TF101, US model.
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What BLOB file did you use

well yes, through CWM one can install su-binary then.
but through CWM you will loose OTA-updates!
just look at the time between .21 and now .24... it is quite comfortable as it is.
why can't we use such a "file linking trick" to mount /system and install su-bin directly?

You can't write to /system as it's mounted read only.
What you can do is keep a copy of mmcblk0p4 before writing the new recovery, then flash it back after rooting. That way you keep your ability to upgrade next time around.

good idea!
I'm still a bit unsure about this RECOVERYBLOB flashing,
but if nothing else comes up I can resort to this.
ty

how to install rom

i need a step b y step guide on how to install a company rom or any other i have a rooted huawei u800 and its bricked because i replaced the boot.img file many say that i have to install a rom but how to can i install cynogen or auora mod i was trying to install those thats how my phone got bricked any solution thanks in advance i realy need an reply pleseeeeeeee

savio_mascarenhas said:
i need a step b y step guide on how to install a company rom or any other i have a rooted huawei u800 and its bricked because i replaced the boot.img file many say that i have to install a rom but how to can i install cynogen or auora mod i was trying to install those thats how my phone got bricked any solution thanks in advance i realy need an reply pleseeeeeeee
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Do you have CWM (ClockWorkMod) Recovery installed? If not, you have to go into pink screen, connect the phone to the computer, and replace the recovery.img with cwm recovery.img. CWM can be downloaded from the Android Development section of u8800.

no
rqmok said:
Do you have CWM (ClockWorkMod) Recovery installed? If not, you have to go into pink screen, connect the phone to the computer, and replace the recovery.img with cwm recovery.img. CWM can be downloaded from the Android Development section of u8800.
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i dont have all that i was trying to do that thats how it got bricked my phone dosent have pink screen its gingerbread please i need a solution
thanks in advance

Can you go to the stock recovery? Vol up+powerbutton. If you can download a stock rom and install it from stock recovery. Then root your phone, install cwm and then you can install custom rom.

yes
Tupsuboyy said:
Can you go to the stock recovery? Vol up+powerbutton. If you can download a stock rom and install it from stock recovery. Then root your phone, install cwm and then you can install custom rom.
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yes i have a rooted phone but not clockworkmod recovery and please reply fast give me a step by step guide dude give me the link

I cannot give you a step-by-step guide until I know the exact state of your phone.
So, did you try installing official Gingerbread? It should work.

dude
dude give me a link for it just the boot.img file has got spolied all say flash a rom so i need to know how to do that if you want i can upload pics

see
see i was trying to install clockworkmod recovery on gingerbread when i reached to replace boot.img file i did it and restarted it dint start from that time only huawei symbol comes and android but on gingerbread android dosent come

no
no i dint try gingerbread i tried the fatory rom but when i install it it says installation ab aborted