Is there a trick to rooting this old phone. I downloaded a bunch of software to root this phone and non seems to work. I rooted my Galaxy Note in 30s. Why is this phone so locked tight?
samsung sgh-i897
2.3.2
I897uckk4
2.6.35.7I897UCKK4-CL614489
Gingerbread.UCKK4
never mind. I found it and it works perfect and super fast.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=26710533
now i need to find a good rom for this phone.
Yep...that Utility KK4 Easy Root by Red_81 is what i was gonna recommend... :thumbup:
And u r in luck...there r many many many Roms to choose from because of the many awesome Devs here !
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I got the samaung galaxy s 4g a few weeks. I was using a rooted g1 with froyo 2.2 on it. My friend has the samssung vibrant and hes bricked it twice and had to send it to tmobile. Is it worth rooting my phone and flashing gingerbread on it. My galaxy s 4g is running 2.2.1 I just wanted to delete some of the preinstalled apps to clear up somw space and get some more ram? Any ideas without having to root?
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Gingerbread 2.3 has not been released > Only a beta at present .
jje
The beta I mean. Is it reliable
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rickdossantosjr said:
The beta I mean. Is it reliable
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I'd say its not reliable yet, most rom chefs are already went back to the JSx roms.
rickdossantosjr said:
I got the samaung galaxy s 4g a few weeks. I was using a rooted g1 with froyo 2.2 on it. My friend has the samssung vibrant and hes bricked it twice and had to send it to tmobile. Is it worth rooting my phone and flashing gingerbread on it. My galaxy s 4g is running 2.2.1 I just wanted to delete some of the preinstalled apps to clear up somw space and get some more ram? Any ideas without having to root?
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Rooting? Yeah for sure, its always nice to have it rooted.
Gingerbread? Wait some more, as mentioned before its not perfect yet, 2.2.1 is still more stable and better for daily use. Sammy will bring out the official ginger soon and then It wont be long before the stable roms leave the kitchen
yes you should root - no steer clear of vm1. Its a very buggy beta and the clean final is imminent in any case.
After rooting suggest you experiment with flashing any of the excellent 2.2.1 custom roms out there - then when the gingerbread roms come out you will be experienced enough to take advantage of those.
That is the best advice I can give to you
oh, and do plenty of reading in this excellent forum - there's plenty of brilliant advice - but you have to take the trouble to find and read it all
Is there any way to check what bootloaders I am running? I did have the GB bootloaders installed when I ran Fusion, Fasty & J3 leak but I have Odin'd back to stock with the no bootloader version & Kies Mini upgraded me to Froyo. Does Kies flash the froyo bootloaders? Is there a way I can check using root explorer?
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If you flash a TB rom and it doesn't work. The only way to check.
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A side from trial and error of kernels and button cimbos you can't. Tho there might be some info in a UART readout. But getting it to even post UART is more then what most of us are willing to do.
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If I have an I9000 Gingerbread ROM installed, do I need to flash new bootloaders if I want to flash a Captivate ROM?
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If I have an I9000 Gingerbread ROM installed, do I need to flash new bootloaders if I want to flash a Captivate ROM?
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No. I've stayed on i9000 GB bootloaders and flashed Captivate ROMs; they work fine.
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Normally no, gb bootloaders are compatible with each other, only the stock music player is known to misbehave. Some devs will advise you to use specific bootloaders, but in the end it's ur call. I'd say pick ur poison and stick with it, avoid flashing bootloader as much as u can, as it's THE part in the flashing process where your phone can be hard bricked.
Just flashed a GB stock rom w/ no BL's & it works. Looks like Mini Kies leaves the BLs alone when being upgraded from Eclair.
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mcala said:
Just flashed a GB stock rom w/ no BL's & it works. Looks like Mini Kies leaves the BLs alone when being upgraded from Eclair.
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Are you on Rogers? if so then Kies did update the BL's, if it didnt and you try running a true GB ROM then you wouldnt be able to boot, it would have a bunch of weird colors on your screen when you tried to boot up...
I am on AT&T. Read my first post. I ran custom roms then I went back to stock then upgraded to Froyo thru Mini Kies. My question was to find a way to see what BLs I had after a Kies update. It seems not to touch them on AT&T until GB is official because I just tested another GB rom & it works.
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I know people get tired of such postes but my friend has a cappy with somesort of ics rom on it and he says it will randomly reboot at any given time. Ever since we left good old serindipity behind hes been having issues even on gingerbread so if someone could recommend the most stable rom/kernel thet would be gr8. Thanks! I want stability over speed.
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Odin/ Heimdall back to Stock KK4 . Root it with [Utility] KK4 Easy Root in the Dev forum. Debloat it with Titanium Backup Pro and stay put for a bit and have him see how that goes.
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Okay so my friend has a Samsung captivate. He is on 2.2 and I would really like to help him root and install cwm and a stable cm9 build. I see a lot of one click methods but I'm not particularly sure which one to use... I have an s3 which to me seemed easier to root and install cwm. All this eclair, froyo, and gb things are hurting my head.And just driving me in circles. But if I had some direction it would be appreciated. I just want to know what I need to do to get ,root,cwm, and cm9 thanks ahead of time!
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MacTheRipperr said:
Okay so my friend has a Samsung captivate. He is on 2.2 and I would really like to help him root and install cwm and a stable cm9 build. I see a lot of one click methods but I'm not particularly sure which one to use... I have an s3 which to me seemed easier to root and install cwm. All this eclair, froyo, and gb things are hurting my head.And just driving me in circles. But if I had some direction it would be appreciated. I just want to know what I need to do to get ,root,cwm, and cm9 thanks ahead of time!
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I don't claim to know everything but I do know this. Being that he is on 2.2 you will have to flash to gingerbread first and make sure whatever you flash has bootloaders included otherwise you will have a bricked phone at some point along your way to CM9.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1300843
Go to that link and it will give you several one click options to get you to a variety of stock GB roms. Also for your intitial root there are several one click applications available that will get you fixed up you should just have to google them.
Yeah I'm used to having to flash new firmware, flashing cwm again then new Rom.that was on my old sensation. But thanks I will tell him to update to gingerbread via kies.then I will flash a custom kernel via Odin then just update to cm9
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Stickies also have some good instructions.
Okay so he just upgraded to 2.3.5 so am I going to need to install boot loader as well? or am I just going to use the one click tool
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If he is on 2.3.5 GB already, root the phone and flash a corn kernel so he will have a working CWM
If he has kk4 gb 2.3.5, then he has the gb bootloaders. So all u need is to flash a kernel with cwm and then the Rom of ur choice copied to ur internal sd and u will be good to go. So see this... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=19425513&postcount=1
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So even though they are gingerbread boot loaders, I can still flash an ics Rom?
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^ Yep... And each Rom should have it's own install instructions and requirements in their OP as well.
(hit thx button by accident, but oh well ... )
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So even though they are gingerbread boot loaders, I can still flash an ics Rom?
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Yes GB bootloaders are the requirement and are even backwards compatible. You should be able to install anything from Eclair to Jelly Bean now without problem. But as the previous response states make sure you follow the directions for whatever rom you are using so you are less likely to run into issues.
Yeah I just ran into problem after problem tonight. Finally got cm9 installed and his imei for changed. I am running into every speed bump possible with this phone
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hello everyone
i have a serious problem with rooting GN
i ve tried everything abd non worked
is there anybody can help me root it no matter how hard it is
thaaaaaabx ^^
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BADroid-z said:
hello everyone
i have a serious problem with rooting GN
i ve tried everything abd non worked
is there anybody can help me root it no matter how hard it is
thaaaaaabx ^^
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Hey bud,
listen. I now your in dire need of a help and assistance but... you gotta help us out here also.
Please explain what and how did you try to root your phone? what methods did you use? What kind of issues did you encounter when you tried rooting it?
You gotta be more specific to us bud so that we can be more specific in assisting you as well (with your rooting issue)
Kapish?
BADroid-z said:
hello everyone
i have a serious problem with rooting GN
i ve tried everything abd non worked
is there anybody can help me root it no matter how hard it is
thaaaaaabx ^^
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Flash CF Root Kernel with PC Odin...!!!
letters_to_cleo said:
Hey bud,
listen. I now your in dire need of a help and assistance but... you gotta help us out here also.
Please explain what and how did you try to root your phone? what methods did you use? What kind of issues did you encounter when you tried rooting it?
You gotta be more specific to us bud so that we can be more specific in assisting you as well (with your rooting issue)
Kapish?
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thanx for reply man ^^
i ve tried z4root.apk .... once it write aquiring root shell the app close & go home screen...when open it again it force closes.
i tried DooMLoRD root v4 on pc it finishes and tell me to press any key to continue ... the phone reboots but nothing changes.
i tried unlock root on pc it tries to get shell root permission then it shows a message says Failed to get shell root !...i searched online they said this message means the
kernel is unrootable !!!
samsung drivers,ADB are installed on pc.
usb debugging is enabled on phone
is there any other way to root.
any help is reallllly verrrrry appreciated
regards
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BADroid-z said:
thanx for reply man ^^
i ve tried z4root.apk .... once it write aquiring root shell the app close & go home screen...when open it again it force closes.
i tried DooMLoRD root v4 on pc it finishes and tell me to press any key to continue ... the phone reboots but nothing changes.
i tried unlock root on pc it tries to get shell root permission then it shows a message says Failed to get shell root !...i searched online they said this message means the
kernel is unrootable !!!
samsung drivers,ADB are installed on pc.
usb debugging is enabled on phone
is there any other way to root.
any help is reallllly verrrrry appreciated
regards
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thanks for the big insights bud..
hey listen, what ROM are you using now? If your on ICS now, download back to pre rooted GB using PC Odin. You look for the Dr Ketan's thread as the kind doc has some links he can show you on how to properly root your phone.
And have a look to my signature for what above said.
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letters_to_cleo said:
thanks for the big insights bud..
hey listen, what ROM are you using now? If your on ICS now, download back to pre rooted GB using PC Odin. You look for the Dr Ketan's thread as the kind doc has some links he can show you on how to properly root your phone.
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the device is on GB my friend
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flash a stock rooted GB rom via Odin.
It will not raise your flash counter and you will have full root.
Put the ICS stock ROM on your phone and flash it with ever root using Mobile Odin
Then flash ROM of choice
Simply flashing CF-root kernel did not get me full root (could use root apps but couldn't write to system/app)
guitarplayerone said:
flash a stock rooted GB rom via Odin.
It will not raise your flash counter and you will have full root.
Put the ICS stock ROM on your phone and flash it with ever root using Mobile Odin
Then flash ROM of choice
Simply flashing CF-root kernel did not get me full root (could use root apps but couldn't write to system/app)
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thank u very much man... sorry for late reply its just i lost the internet connection in Homs :sly:
i googled for root by ordin and found this :
rootgalaxynote.com/galaxy-note-root/how-to-root-galaxy-note-gt-n7000-method-2odinheimdall
i believe the kernel in step 5 is the rooted GB rom that u talked about
i followed what the said at the web page,restarted & found the SU.apk installed ^^
i even installed rom manager & gained SU permission ^^
i'll search now 4 ics rom & try 2 flash it
cant find words 2 thank u my friend
am really speachless
thanx feom all of my heart
regards my friend
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BADroid-z said:
thank u very much man... sorry for late reply its just i lost the internet connection in Homs :sly:
i googled for root by ordin and found this :
rootgalaxynote.com/galaxy-note-root/how-to-root-galaxy-note-gt-n7000-method-2odinheimdall
i believe the kernel in step 5 is the rooted GB rom that u talked about
i followed what the said at the web page,restarted & found the SU.apk installed ^^
i even installed rom manager & gained SU permission ^^
i'll search now 4 ics rom & try 2 flash it
cant find words 2 thank u my friend
am really speachless
thanx feom all of my heart
regards my friend
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letters_to_cleo and guitarplayerone advised you better way, but you didn't listen to them and followed different method.
You must have raised your flash counter.
Enter to download mod, (vol down + Home + power)
and read flash counter Lt upper corner. If it is non zero, reset it with Triangle Away after flashing ICS only. Till then you are running out of warranty.
dr.ketan said:
letters_to_cleo and guitarplayerone advised you better way, but you didn't listen to them and followed different method.
You must have raised your flash counter.
Enter to download mod, (vol down + Home + power)
and read flash counter Lt upper corner. If it is non zero, reset it with Triangle Away after flashing ICS only. Till then you are running out of warranty.
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mmmm
actually am a bit new to the hall galaxy thing...when they mentioned odin that way was the 1 i found
i used to work on my HTC DHD & its much easier than this 1
dr.ketan u have visited the link i posted !!?
how deffirent my method of theirs!!?...is it even right!!?
thanx 4 help anyway
& as i said am still new :sly:
regrds
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Ya i know about this site already , nithing to worry much. Just method u have used is ok for ics, not for gb (flashing kernel with oc odin). Though i personally prefer not to use even on ics. As it raise flash counter. Though it is easy to reset counter on ics, so this method still popular for ics.
Anyway find toolbox from my signature, and you will get link to triangle away appl. Use that to reset counter, but before this you have to flash ics rom. How to flash ics with keeping root intact - read rom swithch over from my signature.
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dr.ketan said:
Ya i know about this site already , nithing to worry much. Just method u have used is ok for ics, not for gb (flashing kernel with oc odin). Though i personally prefer not to use even on ics. As it raise flash counter. Though it is easy to reset counter on ics, so this method still popular for ics.
Anyway find toolbox from my signature, and you will get link to triangle away appl. Use that to reset counter, but before this you have to flash ics rom. How to flash ics with keeping root intact - read rom swithch over from my signature.
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thaaaaanx man ^^
am working on it
regards
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dr.ketan said:
Ya i know about this site already , nithing to worry much. Just method u have used is ok for ics, not for gb (flashing kernel with oc odin). Though i personally prefer not to use even on ics. As it raise flash counter. Though it is easy to reset counter on ics, so this method still popular for ics.
Anyway find toolbox from my signature, and you will get link to triangle away appl. Use that to reset counter, but before this you have to flash ics rom. How to flash ics with keeping root intact - read rom swithch over from my signature.
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dr please help ... i cant find a stock ics rom for the device cuz of its firmware which is XXLA4...ive tried 3 stocks from your signature they all flashed by odin & non of them works
i also couldnt backup current rom by rom manager...do u have any idea why is that!!?
thanx alot
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Rom manager wont work on note.
What is current status of ur device? do u have mobile odin?
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Rom manager wont work on note.
What is current status of ur device? do u have mobile odin?
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ya doctor i used odin to install stock GB ... and the device is working fine ... but i need ics stock so i can flash ics custom rom
and another thing ... since rom manager wont work then how to mange roms and backup current rom!!
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problem solved thank you dude
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