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[Q] help please with rooting

First of all if i have posted this in the wrong section i apologise.
I've just got my new galaxy S 8GB this morning and im trying to root it but no matter what i try it wont work. Ive tried the one click root but no joy, it just kept on hanging.
Is there anything else i can try?
heres some info from the about phone section
Model number : GT-I9000
Firmware version : 2.3.3
Baseband version : I9000BUJV3
Kernel version : 2.6.35.7-I9000BUJV9-CL188519 root(at)DELL 103 #2
Build number : GINGERBREAD.BUJV9
for somereason i cant put the actual at symbol in kernel version

Those "One Click" programs will no longer work on Android starting 2.2.1
Read this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=7239696

forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=818556
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the easiest way to gain root access is to flash a custom kernel, cf-root is probably the best option .... however you may need to upgrade your firmware first (kernel will most likely not be compatible with your version as it is sorta old).
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hmm how do i do that then....on my last phone ( ZTE blade ) it seemed a lot easier.

I had a ZTE Blade too. And yes, it is more complicated.. But you'll get used to it.
Be sure you can use the three-button combo before you do anything at all.
Then, follow:
marcero said:
forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=818556
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or just install a new kernel already rooted (CF-Root seems really the better option):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=788108
(please, someone correct me if I'm wrong in the instructions above)

DarkSorcerer said:
I had a ZTE Blade too. And yes, it is more complicated.. But you'll get used to it.
Be sure you can use the three-button combo before you do anything at all.
Then, follow:
or just install a new kernel already rooted (CF-Root seems really the better option):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=788108
(please, someone correct me if I'm wrong in the instructions above)
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yeah that's correct. Follow the first link to update the firmware. NOTE: you must be able to access recovery and download mode (3button modes). It may seem daunting at first but if you have these modes it is near impossible to brick your phone in anyway (best thing bout the galaxy)...once flashed you can follow the second link and flash the cf-root kernel.
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followed the instructions give folks and worked like a charm thanks to everyone

Gingerbread for X10 root

I just might get the furious anger upon me but...I cant find any info on the rooting of 2.3.3.Is it possible or not or....?

Its possible but not with one of the known methods or tools. But in the development section are many threads about installing a rooted 2.3.3 ROM. Oh before you ask, don't turn on your phone after xRecovery...
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X-play custom rom

Hi I'm new to the custom rom's and instead of searching through countless topics, mixing up instructions. I was wondering if I could get some directions.
Play is unrooted 2.3.3. I would like instructions on how to put a custom rom on the phone, and which custom rom would be recommended. Thanks in advance people.
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is your phone fastboot enabled? (does the notification light in the power button turn blue if you hold the search button and then connect the usb to computer?)

If you want a custom rom but dont want to search and read these forums, i give your phone a week before you brick it.

swebosdev said:
If you want a custom rom but dont want to search and read these forums, i give your phone a week before you brick it.
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or we could help people within the comunity to understand what's out there, the risks involved and how to get around the problems that could arise? we all need things explaining to us once in a while.

Oh im sorry i see your point, it is always good to be helpful, i am trying to be helpful as well when i say you should search and read, i mean look at all the countless threads where people didnt want to read, theres like 3 help im bricked threads per page.

lol. i know what you mean. and i know it can be frustrating. it's just a shame that the play is so much more complicated than the x10 that i was previously on. it was all flashtool and update.zip stuff. practically unbrickable!! loved it. fastboot and adb complicate things, and i feel that some of the tutorials can be a little confusing to total noobs. so we need to be accomodating to their lack of knowledge (i hardly know anything, so i'm still quite noobish), but also, people need to accept their own actions and consequences. not sure what i'm getting at now, but things need to be simpler for people who want to start out

Actually the way of installation is exactly the same for any custom ROM in this phone.
1) unlock your bootloader, either for free if you bought a factory unlocked phone or for some cash sending Alejandrissimo a PM, which you have to use if your phone is branded and/or Sim locked. You only need to do this step once.
2) install a custom kernel. There are two: DoomLord's kernel and the Cyanogen Mod kernel. The latter allows you only to install CM7. Doom's allows you to install the others.
3) Enter in Clockwork Mod recovery and install the ROM you prefer as long as your kernel of choice supports it.
As to which ROM you should pick, I use CM7 because it's stable and fast. Visit those threads and see for yourself which is the one you like best.

my personal favorite (until cm7 became more usable, and also because i like dooms kernel) was zerojay's aptly named zerorom. it's a very clean and fast sony based rom full of optimizations and tweaks. i'm currently trying out the FXP028 release of cm7 to see if it's more to my liking than it was in previous releases.

Unfortunately locked to Rogers. Is there a free way of unlocking the bootloader and how?
Again I'm currently running 2.3.3 nonrooted. Had it rooted on 2. 3. 2. but ofcourse lost it with update.
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8ballhacker said:
Unfortunately locked to Rogers. Is there a free way of unlocking the bootloader and how?
Again I'm currently running 2.3.3 nonrooted. Had it rooted on 2. 3. 2. but ofcourse lost it with update.
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No there isnt.
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If you want root get wantonserver and flash na generic 2.3.2 root it with gingerbreak and then ota update to 2.3.3+

AndroHero said:
No there isnt.
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well, one free way could be if you could swap a branded phone to someone who doesnt care and has a generic model

solitarymonkey said:
well, one free way could be if you could swap a branded phone to someone who doesnt care and has a generic model
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True, but paying $20 dollars to get it unlocked sounds like less of a pain in the ass
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Bump, has anyone been able to get Cyanogen mod onto the Rogers r800a? This locked boot loader is really causing me grief. Have the phone rooted, cwr is installed as well as busy Box. Getting closer, but still no cigar.

mcorbeil said:
Bump, has anyone been able to get Cyanogen mod onto the Rogers r800a? This locked boot loader is really causing me grief. Have the phone rooted, cwr is installed as well as busy Box. Getting closer, but still no cigar.
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You can flash CM7, but i doubt it will boot with stock kernel.
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AndroHero said:
You can flash CM7, but i doubt it will boot with stock kernel.
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Just to confirm, without the proper Kernel I am more than likely to brick my play? Many Thanks!

mcorbeil said:
Just to confirm, without the proper Kernel I am more than likely to brick my play? Many Thanks!
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You won't brick it, if kernel is incompatible device with either not boot, or bootloop, flahing stock rom with flashtool will fix it though.
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[POLL] Official CWM Rom Manager Support.

Ok guys im making this thread to see who would like to see official CWM Rom manager support, not because I have the ability to do such a thing, it requires our rom and kernel devs.
You need unlocked bootloaderand also doomlords boot manager (to get cwm recovery). Also you need to download rom manager from the market. When choosing the recovery to flash you need to choose htc desire hd.
I was playing with cwm rom manager just now and backed up my rom (wb v6) in one click, phone rebooted and entered recovery and backed up then rebooted upon completion automatically. You can also download roms and google app packages ota from their server from the app. There's even a couple of premium features if you buy the full version.
I want to see some x10 roms up there from our amazing devs and to be able to make the most of this amazing tool.
Im making this thread for people to post their opinions to get devs attention not to give step by step instruction on to use any tools to get your phone bootloader unlocked or flashing boot manager.
Opinions only please.
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+1 ofc we would like to see our X10 fully supported
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ROM Manager will never support X10 in flashing recovery from the app. The reason is we can not flash kernels from the os/phone right now. You can select manual override and select a device.
But if remember correctly there was already a thread on this though.
Here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1260366
I know search in XDA app is not good
But what can be interesting and helpful is to get OTA updates. It will be great.

CWM Rom Manager support would be freakin' awesome!

realunited123 said:
ROM Manager will never support X10 in flashing recovery from the app. The reason is we can not flash kernels from the os/phone right now. You can select manual override and select a device.
But if remember correctly there was already a thread on this though.
Here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1260366
I know search in XDA app is not good
But what can be interesting and helpful is to get OTA updates. It will be great.
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Ota would require a possible kernel flash too..
It would be extremely limited, not really any more useful than what is already in place

scoobysnacks said:
Ota would require a possible kernel flash too..
It would be extremely limited, not really any more useful than what is already in place
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I don't know if it would, I don't know if you tried using the app ever Scooby but it seems to download the rom to sd card and then installs using cwm which we have.
Does anyone know how come we cant yet flash ftf and sin files now bootloader is open? Mayne this I how doom bricked his x10 writing to nand directly but it all is kinda beyond me when we get to really technical stuff like this lol
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realunited123 said:
ROM Manager will never support X10 in flashing recovery from the app. The reason is we can not flash kernels from the os/phone right now. You can select manual override and select a device.
But if remember correctly there was already a thread on this though.
Here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1260366
I know search in XDA app is not good
But what can be interesting and helpful is to get OTA updates. It will be great.
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Ah I see, I missed that thread when I was on holiday and xda app search come up with nothing useful before I opened this thread.
Sorry Pilot, Mr Clown AMD other mods!
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The Gingerbread Man said:
I don't know if it would, I don't know if you tried using the app ever Scooby but it seems to download the rom to sd card and then installs using cwm which we have.
Does anyone know how come we cant yet flash ftf and sin files now bootloader is open? Mayne this I how doom bricked his x10 writing to nand directly but it all is kinda beyond me when we get to really technical stuff like this lol
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Yeah I've used it on my other phones..
As far as ota updates with no radio or kernel upgrade, that would work.
Like I said it would be limited though.
I don't know why x10 can't flash kernels, etc. since the unlocked bootloader. I think that would just require further development and a lot of devs have left

scoobysnacks said:
Yeah I've used it on my other phones..
As far as ota updates with no radio or kernel upgrade, that would work.
Like I said it would be limited though.
I don't know why x10 can't flash kernels, etc. since the unlocked bootloader. I think that would just require further development and a lot of devs have left
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I think maybe we need zdzihu to come back to flash ftf and stuff. I think our bootloader is cracked but the flood gates aren't fully open if we can't write to where ever the radio stuff goes.
I guess we can only hope. Would love to be able to use all this stuff to its full potential and do away with the flashtool which is good but not very convenient if your on the go.
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U know SGS2 can flash anything like from 2.3.3 to 2.3.4 from CWM recovery which includes the kernel upgrade and radio also...
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sahibunlimited said:
U know SGS2 can flash anything like from 2.3.3 to 2.3.4 from CWM recovery which includes the kernel upgrade and radio also...
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Lol..
Yes 99% of phones with an unlocked bootloader can

scoobysnacks said:
Lol..
Yes 99% of phones with an unlocked bootloader can
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But what is fast boot?IDK...
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sahibunlimited said:
But what is fast boot?IDK...
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Fastboot refers to procedure consisting of
phone part and user part (run on PC) which suits
to update the system over USB (ROM , SPL,
splash screen), mainly it 's used to flash recovery
or custom splashscreen. As long as you follow
the procedure, it 's safe to use it. You don' t
need to install it, it can be used on every
Android system (client part comes with Win SDK
and can be downloaded for Linux also).
With most phones you don't have to flash things this way though, you can boot into the bootloader and flash files manually from your sdcard, our into recovery for roms, etc...

scoobysnacks said:
Fastboot refers to procedure consisting of
phone part and user part (run on PC) which suits
to update the system over USB (ROM , SPL,
splash screen), mainly it 's used to flash recovery
or custom splashscreen. As long as you follow
the procedure, it 's safe to use it. You don' t
need to install it, it can be used on every
Android system (client part comes with Win SDK
and can be downloaded for Linux also).
With most phones you don't have to flash things this way though, you can boot into the bootloader and flash files manually from your sdcard, our into recovery for roms, etc...
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I think i read that SE disabled fastboot on x10, im sure i read by azuzu it was disabled. The 2011 xperia range got life easy with sony willing do offer a service for this. why did they make the x10 such a problem child?
I guess though its fair to say they appear to be learning their lesson by offering bootloader unlock for 2011+ range, supporting devs, giving phones away, having proper multitouch, 16m colours and looking at bring out dual core phones.
Its too late for some as people moved on now but if you asked people if they reckoned SE would do all this in a couple of years tehy would turn round and say yeah right! IM glad i stuck it out and its been totally worth it to have my x10 how it is now and love it.
Im going off topic big style in my own thread lol

The Gingerbread Man said:
I think i read that SE disabled fastboot on x10, im sure i read by azuzu it was disabled. The 2011 xperia range got life easy with sony willing do offer a service for this. why did they make the x10 such a problem child?
I guess though its fair to say they appear to be learning their lesson by offering bootloader unlock for 2011+ range, supporting devs, giving phones away, having proper multitouch, 16m colours and looking at bring out dual core phones.
Its too late for some as people moved on now but if you asked people if they reckoned SE would do all this in a couple of years tehy would turn round and say yeah right! IM glad i stuck it out and its been totally worth it to have my x10 how it is now and love it.
Im going off topic big style in my own thread lol
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I'm not touching this topic I get flamed ever time I do lol

scoobysnacks said:
I'm not touching this topic I get flamed ever time I do lol
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lol
10 char

[ROOT]SGS2 Easy Rooting Toolkit(zergRush Exploit)

found a new method of rooting the SGS II tested and it work fine,,,
thanks to Revoluitionary to found script and to doomlord to make the tool
tested on SGS II Phone info:
CARRIER : TELCEL
MODEL NUMBER
GT-i9100
ANDROID VERSION
2.3.4
BASEBAND VERSION
I9100UHKD8
KERNEL VERSION
2.6.35.7-I9100UMKG4-CL417954 [email protected] #2
BUILD NUMBER
GINGERBREAD.UMKG4
KIES INFO
PDA:KG4 / PHONE:KG2 / CSC:KG4(TCE)
ok as of nov 25 2011 i can confirm that i just update my phone to
MODEL NUMBER
GT-i9100
ANDROID VERSION
2.3.6
BASEBAND VERSION
I9100UHKD8
KERNEL VERSION
2.6.35.7-I9100UMKK1-CL716259 [email protected] #2
BUILD NUMBER
GINGERBREAD.UMKK1
KIES INFO
PDA:KK1 / PHONE:KK1 / CSC:KK1(TCE)
it work using version 3 of doomlord tool and zergRush Exploit
here are the links
thanks to Revolutionary to develop the script
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1296916
and to doomlord for making the tool
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1319653
Doomlord posted this link on updated users devices that the tool help give them root check it out
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=18805560&postcount=2
if you like it please hit the THANKS BUTTON
cheers and enjoy

U must name the thread
[ROOT]SGS2|Easy Rooting Toolkit v1.0(zergRush Exploit)

sahibunlimited said:
U must name the thread
[ROOT]SGS2|Easy Rooting Toolkit v1.0(zergRush Exploit)
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done just did

Done root works whit,, titanium back pro,, my backup pro,, market access,,, more apps to come for test
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I can confirm this worked on my GS2 running stock KG5 and it took 3mins max
Installed Orbot and Pandora right after (to play pandora outside the US) and it worked like a charm.
I also loved the starcraft references.
Thanks for posting it here, I would've probably missed it otherwise.
Now I wonder if it would work on my N1
Edit: It took literally 35secs to root my N1 running 2.3.6 oO

Worked fine on my SGS2 2.3.3

How does this effect warranty, as you are no longer flashing any kernels or firmware if you are using a stock firmware?
I assume you will not need a jig any more after rooting either.
To late for me as I have already routed, but it would be interesting to know for future rooting.
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this worked great on a 2.3.5 stock SGS2

Hang on, so I don't have to go through all the kernals Odin stuff to root, and I can just run this script on a stock S2 to root it?!?!

Thanx for the program. This works great.
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Doodalicious said:
Hang on, so I don't have to go through all the kernals Odin stuff to root, and I can just run this script on a stock S2 to root it?!?!
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That is what discreption states. Nice isn't it

tipu2185 said:
That is what discreption states. Nice isn't it
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Yesum. Super easy and seems a rock solid root too.. very nice find OP and cheers for sharing...
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nobleskill said:
Yesum. Super easy and seems a rock solid root too.. very nice find OP and cheers for sharing...
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all ways trying to bring new info to forums,, although im not a developer,, i can say i find all the stuff made by devs quite amazing,, on my last phone a x10,, i did lots of stuff, tested a lot of roms,,, whit this one im not doing that,, found that is better to kept thinks simple,,,

mrm1 said:
How does this effect warranty, as you are no longer flashing any kernels or firmware if you are using a stock firmware?
I assume you will not need a jig any more after rooting either.
To late for me as I have already routed, but it would be interesting to know for future rooting.
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you might check the link i post on doomlord method, he has included a unrooting scrip,, as for warranty i think you should be fine, i think you might not lost warranty once you run unrooting scrip,,, since it suppose to bring back your phone as it was before routing whit out the annoying issue of flashing the stock ROM you need...

Great! It worked like a charm! Not intending to Custom Rom just yet, removed all the system bloatware + carrier/samsung apps, ran SetCPU and reinstalled my JuiceDefender Ultimate!
Now the overnight battery drain is gone, 100% at 12AM, 95% at 6.30AM. My JuiceDefender is set to advanced settings though, with Data turned off on lock/unlock only activating once in 30 Minutes to check for data and to trigger on when certain apps are launched!
Can anyone enlighten me if Cyanogen's Stable Rom will increase my battery life and work as well as stock in terms of app friendliness and usability?

Doodalicious said:
Hang on, so I don't have to go through all the kernals Odin stuff to root, and I can just run this script on a stock S2 to root it?!?!
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yep mate just that easy as cake right

Worked on my SGS2 2.3.4 KI4

clearly best root method , without the need of kernel flashing.

Does it work on 2.3.5
Baseband: I9100XXKI4
Kernel: I9100JPKJ2
Build Number: GINGERBREAD.JPKJ2
?????????
Thanks in advanced
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Just dropping by to say that I am glad its working for u guys
If u have any queries/questions please post at my threads as I monitor those
Regards,
DooMLoRD
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