I finally got sick of the bloat and rooted it. I used The tutorial from here:
http://theunlockr.com/2010/10/26/universal-android-rooting-procedure-rage-method/
In the tutorial download file I substituted with the new version of the superuser.apk and su from this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=682828
All you need to do is substitute the superuser.apk(system/app) and su(system/bin) the rest of the folders/files are not needed. This method worked 1st try, you just have to be very cautious and type everything exact.
Thought I would share for those that like to do things manually Now on to de-bloating, anyone know of a good list of apps that are safe to remove? So far i just got rid of cityid and infoalarm.apk(daily briefing).
Or you could install z4Root from the Market...
This is true but I like to know whats going on under the hood.
ganzhimself said:
Or you could install z4Root from the Market...
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I would but i just checked and z4Root is not on the market. Another name perhaps?
okctmaxxer said:
I would but i just checked and z4Root is not on the market. Another name perhaps?
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There you go. Happened to have a copy saved.
phidelt82 said:
There you go. Happened to have a copy saved.
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Rooted my US Cell Samsung Mesmerize in about 2 minutes 30 seconds on the 2nd try after the 1st attempt froze and I had to pull the battery. Thanks!
cloudstrife7 said:
Rooted my US Cell Samsung Mesmerize in about 2 minutes 30 seconds on the 2nd try after the 1st attempt froze and I had to pull the battery. Thanks!
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Yeah, that happens sometimes. I don't know why. That's one reason that I like SOC better. That and I can see what's going on.
Question. If/when I Jack up my phone, and it needs to go in, is there a way to restore the Mez to it's original bloated glory? Thanks in advance
Rocking away waiting for Gingerbread
piperthedj said:
Question. If/when I Jack up my phone, and it needs to go in, is there a way to restore the Mez to it's original bloated glory? Thanks in advance
Rocking away waiting for Gingerbread
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Yes.
Stock Mesmerize Files
Question if i root with z4root and no custom roms will i be able to tether and save apps to sd card?I'm new too all this.
haymondroz said:
Question if i root with z4root and no custom roms will i be able to tether and save apps to sd card?I'm new too all this.
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You can tether without rooting with the stock wireless modem app unless you just don't want to use that one. Saving apps to the sdcard won't come until Q1 2011 with the 2.2 update.
Welcome to the forums. Good to have another Mesmerize user!
phidelt82 said:
You can tether without rooting with the stock wireless modem app unless you just don't want to use that one. Saving apps to the sdcard won't come until Q1 2011 with the 2.2 update.
Welcome to the forums. Good to have another Mesmerize user!
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ok thank you so much.Thanks for welcoming me to the forum.
haymondroz said:
ok thank you so much.Thanks for welcoming me to the forum.
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No prob. The more people that are here, the better things get.
Yes I agree.I'm a newbie so I have a lot to learn.
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Having a problem with getting clock work to even get a back stored. Any help?
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bigdodge said:
Having a problem with getting clock work to even get a back stored. Any help?
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Since you are in the Rooting the Mesmerize thread, have you gotten the phone rooted? Next, if so have you gotten Clockworkmod installed correctly? That is in a different thread?
Just trying to get background info to know where to start the help. I definitely don't mind helping.
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You can tether without rooting with the stock wireless modem app unless you just don't want to use that one. Saving apps to the sdcard won't come until Q1 2011 with the 2.2 update.
Welcome to the forums. Good to have another Mesmerize user!
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Don't you have to pay an extra $25/month to use the stock wireless modem app?
imeraz said:
Don't you have to pay an extra $25/month to use the stock wireless modem app?
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You're supposed to, however. I have talked to several us cellular employees and they cannot tell if you use it or not. If you go over your 5 gigs, they'll assume and charge you. I've been using it and have not had anything said to me.
Can my phone get bricked from using z4root?
These phones are hard to brick permanently, i have not used z4root but it seems there has been lots of testing with it and I havnt read of anyone bricking from it.
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I'm new to Android - my apologies if this is an ignorant question.
If I root my Captivate will I be removing myself from OTA updates?
From what I understand rooting it does not prevent you from getting the OTA updates but if you put a custom ROM on there you will not be able to get the Samsung ROM when they release it - but then again you won't need it. Everything I've read about Samsung so far pretty much indicates that won't be anytime soon - apparently they are terrible at software updates. I don't know that first hand though, this is the first Samsung Smartphone I've owned.
If you rooted just to remove the AT&T bloat then you should have no worries about when they release Froyo.
If I'm wrong someone please correct me!
No, you'll be fine.
Edit: I agree with what the previous poster said.
Awesome, thanks guys. Looks like I'll move forward with a root this weekend. Time to remove some AT&T crapware
also you can always remove root later if its a problem
since you're new to android and this phone, i highly suggest you read the Pimp my captivate pdf provided for in a sticky on this sub forum.
systoxity said:
also you can always remove root later if its a problem
since you're new to android and this phone, i highly suggest you read the Pimp my captivate pdf provided for in a sticky on this sub forum.
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First thing I did when I got home was jump on xda and read through that PDF. It's well put together; thanks for taking the time. I wanted to wait awhile for some others to take the plunge and report before I dove in myself.
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From what I understand rooting it does not prevent you from getting the OTA updates but if you put a custom ROM on there you will not be able to get the Samsung ROM when they release it - but then again you won't need it. Everything I've read about Samsung so far pretty much indicates that won't be anytime soon - apparently they are terrible at software updates. I don't know that first hand though, this is the first Samsung Smartphone I've owned.
If you rooted just to remove the AT&T bloat then you should have no worries about when they release Froyo.
If I'm wrong someone please correct me!
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I may be wrong but I'm pretty sure there was already a leaked copy of the Samsung Froyo so I don't think it will be too far off for the OTA
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I may be wrong but I'm pretty sure there was already a leaked copy of the Samsung Froyo so I don't think it will be too far off for the OTA
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Quite the opposite. That leaked copy is an early test build which lacks a lot of features and buggy as well.
^yeah dont try it!!!
I am new to the Smartphone and I have an naive question? Is there any possible danger to root the Captivate? Would it be locked by AT&T? Thanks!
Invocation said:
I am new to the Smartphone and I have an naive question? Is there any possible danger to root the Captivate? Would it be locked by AT&T? Thanks!
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Not sure what you mean by "locked by AT&T", but, AT&T will never know its been rooted unless they have it in their hands.
There is always the possibility of something going wrong, but unlikely if you follow the directions as they are written. Research is important too. I've learned TONS here, from others mistakes and experiments.
i have epic 4g (rooted) but OTA not working.
cant update PRL, FIRMWARE, nor profile. I am kinda worried.
Has anyone tried updating PRL?
Is there a way to install OTA.APK back to my rooted phone? I copied the old stock OTA.APK to my sd card and tried installing it in debugging mode, but wouldnt let me.
Help?
yonglee09 said:
i have epic 4g (rooted) but OTA not working.
cant update PRL, FIRMWARE, nor profile. I am kinda worried.
Has anyone tried updating PRL?
Is there a way to install OTA.APK back to my rooted phone? I copied the old stock OTA.APK to my sd card and tried installing it in debugging mode, but wouldnt let me.
Help?
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Might want to ask in the Epic forums
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Should we unroot before accepting the ota download?
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Caliesv said:
Should we unroot before accepting the ota download?
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I didn't and everything went fine.
axis01 said:
I didn't and everything went fine.
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Anyone think we should unroot before updating to 2.2? (when ever the hell that is)
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Noob question: If I root my stock AT&T Captivate, will I need to un-root to upgrade to the final Froyo ROM when it is released?
Thanks...
You should be able to update just fine if you are rooted. I was rooted and had no problem updating OTA ATTs last update. That being said, consider the cognition ROM if you want to get the best system with the least amount of work.
Is it possible to disable OTA updates from ATT if you have a custom ROM and don't want to risk getting things screwed up?
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Is it possible to disable OTA updates from ATT if you have a custom ROM and don't want to risk getting things screwed up?
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The OTA isnt automatic. It will notify you if there is an update, but not automatically install it for you
rooting is simply just adding files to your system. No stock files are deleted. You should be able to OTA just fine while rooted and nothing else.
orlandoxpolice said:
rooting is simply just adding files to your system. No stock files are deleted. You should be able to OTA just fine while rooted and nothing else.
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I did an ota while rooted. Worked no problem. Even kept the root after the install.
From a phone on an app
boborone said:
I did an ota while rooted. Worked no problem. Even kept the root after the install.
From a phone on an app
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I call bs, there were way too many threads about the problems rooted users had updating.
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I had no problems doing the ota while I was rooted, lag fixed and partial bloatware removed. However on my new captivate the ota failed so I updated using kies mini and it was like I did a factory reset and I had to do a factory reset because my ext system was there but one click root didn't recognize its and said I didn't have enough space for fix.after reset I had no problems.
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Dell2 said:
I call bs, there were way too many threads about the problems rooted users had updating.
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Obviously you didn't read enough. I posted in half of em a well as others like the guy above this post who had no problems. Might wanna lower the bs flag. Lots of people have problems, most don't. Just cause one guy posted his doesn't mean the other 99 have the same issue.
If you mess with the rom, you will have issues with any phone with any ota update.
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Dell2 said:
I call bs, there were way too many threads about the problems rooted users had updating.
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the problems were due to more than just rooting
Nokia E71
daesdaemar said:
Is it possible to disable OTA updates from ATT if you have a custom ROM and don't want to risk getting things screwed up?
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Hi, do you know how to root an Nokia E71? Can it be rooted/unlocked?
Thank you.
EpicSaga said:
Hi, do you know how to root an Nokia E71? Can it be rooted/unlocked?
Thank you.
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This is the Captivate forum. Please post to the proper forum and always do a search before starting a new thread. The user you responded to probably does not have that phone anymore, but you'd be better off sending him a PM rather than posting to the wrong forum.
EpicSaga said:
Hi, do you know how to root an Nokia E71? Can it be rooted/unlocked?
Thank you.
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LOL...
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holy necro thread batman
Jailbreaking/rooting
daesdaemar said:
Noob question: If I root my stock AT&T Captivate, will I need to un-root to upgrade to the final Froyo ROM when it is released?
Thanks...
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Hi I am trying to help my friends with a phone that they are going to buy. I only know that it is a Nokia E71. I need to know if they can root it or jailbreak it. I need to know which one. Can they tether with it? Thank you. I had to Google the question and it took me here. Hopefully I can find my way back to this part of the forum!
GSM phones
I don't know if there are any GSM phones listed on this site. I entered in the Nokia E71 info in the "find your device..." box in the top right hand corner on the screen but nothing came up. I was wondering if anyone knows if the phone can be rooted or jailbreaked and if it can be used for tethering. I don't know if GSM phones from Walmart's Straight talk plan are hackable. If you would let me know it would be greatly appreciated. Thankyou.
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Miami_Son said:
This is the Captivate forum. Please post to the proper forum and always do a search before starting a new thread. The user you responded to probably does not have that phone anymore, but you'd be better off sending him a PM rather than posting to the wrong forum.
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Thank you, I just got your message after posting more in this forum.
http://www.uscellular.com/androidupgrades
Seriously how many of these threads do we need?
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akellar said:
Seriously how many of these threads do we need?
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Seriously, will you slob a knob?
Yup the official one is up. Looks like a fun install... I'd heard today it would be up by tomorrow, guess they got it up a bit sooner!
Yay for having source code now
akellar said:
Seriously how many of these threads do we need?
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Especially since I released the "Official" upgrade on the 17th. I just put it in a more convenient package for everyone and let them have it early. Plus made it faster to download. Convenience isn't all it's cracked up to be, though...
phidelt82 said:
Especially since I released the "Official" upgrade on the 17th. I just put it in a more convenient package for everyone and let them have it early. Plus made it faster to download. Convenience isn't all it's cracked up to be, though...
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haha that was my thought too when i looked up the instructions to install it via USC "wow this is a heckuva lot more steps".
congratz do they thank you for stealing ur upgrade or what?
vicous707 said:
congratz do they thank you for stealing ur upgrade or what?
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you might wanna watch it...phidelt is one of our best, and only, dev for the mesmerize. its people like him that keep awesome mods coming out for this phone.
try not to be a jerk to people whos stuff you download and use. this aint some troll board
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you might wanna watch it...phidelt is one of our best, and only, dev for the mesmerize. its people like him that keep awesome mods coming out for this phone.
try not to be a jerk to people whos stuff you download and use. this aint some troll board
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I agree, stop being so rude, people are being more demanding AND rude to phildelt lately, he does not have to do ANYTHING for us yet he goes above and beyondfor us so stop trying to act funny because you are not, go troll some other forum.
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I agree, stop being so rude, people are being more demanding AND rude to phildelt lately, he does not have to do ANYTHING for us yet he goes above and beyondfor us so stop trying to act funny because you are not, go troll some other forum.
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well put....couldnt have said it better...if you dont like what we do...dont let the door hit ya where the good lord split ya
Question about the official upgrade
Forgive the noob question, but does anyone know if the official release will unroot your phone using the techniques and software provided by USC? I'm technically savvy but this is still somewhat new to me. I've used Odin to root my phone and upgrade to the unofficial leak. I've had a number of software crashes since. I also found out, since I didn't do proper research before jumping onto the bandwagon, after the fact, that rooting will void the warranty. I'd like to unroot it, but I just need to know if this will do it or if I need to unroot it before I upgrade. Thanks!
And within seconds, I answer my own question
Apparently, it's been reported that the official update will, indeed, unroot your phone as well. Sorry for the wasted space.
Promediatech said:
Apparently, it's been reported that the official update will, indeed, unroot your phone as well. Sorry for the wasted space.
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If you install the official upgrade with the Odin files it will also "unroot" your phone. I say that because it's just putting a fresh system image on your phone so of course it will be "unrooted". The better option would be to install the pre-rooted version that has the 2e recovery as well so you can install custom ROMs and such.
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If you install the official upgrade with the Odin files it will also "unroot" your phone. I say that because it's just putting a fresh system image on your phone so of course it will be "unrooted". The better option would be to install the pre-rooted version that has the 2e recovery as well so you can install custom ROMs and such.
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I can't find the pre-rooted version, could someone point me in the right direction please. And thanks to whom ever created the mod!
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imyp said:
I can't find the pre-rooted version, could someone point me in the right direction please. And thanks to whom ever created the mod!
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=997359
Forgive the noob question... but... is this official EC10 upgrade identical to the EC10 rom that leaked earlier, or are there differences? Would I be good to go just to keep the leaked EC10 rom?
userno69 said:
Forgive the noob question... but... is this official EC10 upgrade identical to the EC10 rom that leaked earlier, or are there differences? Would I be good to go just to keep the leaked EC10 rom?
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Yes ec10 is the same.
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I picked up a Mesmerize yesterday and was surprised to find it already running 2.3.4. I'm not sure if that's already a common thing on these, but coming from the Captivate world (still have it for personal use, the Mez is for work) it seemed very surprising.
Anyway, I definitely want to root this thing and get rid of the bloat; Is there a specific process for rooting these things with 2.3.4? I keep seeing stuff for Eclair and Froyo, but am unsure if GB uses the same Z4Root process or not.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Good luck.. there is NO development going on for this phone.
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Anyway, I definitely want to root this thing and get rid of the bloat; Is there a specific process for rooting these things with 2.3.4? I keep seeing stuff for Eclair and Froyo, but am unsure if GB uses the same Z4Root process or not.
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There doesn't appear to be any way for users to root GB on our phones at the moment. The only solution that I've found presented so far is to flash a pre-rooted ROM.
Rippley05 said:
Good luck.. there is NO development going on for this phone.
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There are several ROMs available, just not available here.
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There are several ROMs available, just not available here.
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The developers didn't want to get fisted.
To the best of my knowledge, you basically have to flash in a rooted image - the older root exploits used apparently were finally patched in 2.3.
foxfire450 said:
There doesn't appear to be any way for users to root GB on our phones at the moment. The only solution that I've found presented so far is to flash a pre-rooted ROM.
There are several ROMs available, just not available here.
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can you pm me where please? My GF has a mesmerize and it needs some custom rom love..
Google: mesmerize CM-7
Bumping for a better place to look for mez roms and development. Seems xda is lacking on this device. Trying to hook up my wifes new replacment with some cyanogen goodness. Anyone got any links?
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mikedavis120 said:
Bumping for a better place to look for mez roms and development. Seems xda is lacking on this device. Trying to hook up my wifes new replacment with some cyanogen goodness. Anyone got any links?
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there really isn't another place where developing is going on for this Rom regardless of what people say.
There might be a rom out there somewhere, but I can't find it.
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there really isn't another place where developing is going on for this Rom regardless of what people say.
There might be a rom out there somewhere, but I can't find it.
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Simply not true.
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Rippley05 said:
there really isn't another place where developing is going on for this Rom regardless of what people say.
There might be a rom out there somewhere, but I can't find it.
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There is a lot of good stuff being developed for this phone...just not here.
Rippley05 said:
there really isn't another place where developing is going on for this Rom regardless of what people say.
There might be a rom out there somewhere, but I can't find it.
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I've counted about 10 or so Gingerbread ROMs available for the Mesmerize, 2 AOSP and the rest TW-based. Roughly half have had some sort of activity within the month.
Oh yea and CM7.1 just dropped this morning, so yes there is still dev for this phone............
Anyone actually looking check out rootzwiki.com its got a decent mez section. Also if u have a new eh09 outta the box it wont except anything below eh09. Weird modem issues.
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The method in this thread works. I did it myself and so far I haven't had any problems.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1268617
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Rippley05 said:
there really isn't another place where developing is going on for this Rom regardless of what people say.
There might be a rom out there somewhere, but I can't find it.
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ya i'll have to disagree too, there are lots of TW and non-TW based roms out there, personally I use MIUI...honestly unless u have to root specifically for an application and don't want to use a custom rom rooting the stock rom is useless, since the mes has an unlocked bootloader you can just flash clockwork whenever you want and load whatever rom suits you.
Hi I have read everything I can possibly think of to root my G2X. I bought it a month ago and it came with 2.3.3 software. I have been jail breaking Iphones for years but this G2X has me lost. I just cant seem to get it and need help. I dont want to run any customs roms or such just want supper user privileges. If anyone has the time to help I would appreciate it. I tried to root via Z4 GingerBreak ETC. I tried supper one click and have got no were. Anyways Thanks for every ones time
Why couldn't you use one-click? There's nothing to it. It's completely automated.
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Why couldn't you use one-click? There's nothing to it. It's completely automated.
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Super oneclick doesn't work on 2.3.3.
Follow the links in my signature for rooting the G2x. Start with the clickworkmod recovery (does NOT require root first) then follow the instructions for rooting. Only took me a couple of minutes...and i'm an idiot, lol.
I feel toatly retarded cause I don't get the clockworks part. LOL why can't this be a simple one click. I'm going to try and follow your sig links and see were I get LOL
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Why couldn't you use one-click? There's nothing to it. It's completely automated.
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Did you root via oneclick? If so how?
This is what I did.
Not exactly one click but it worked for me. Plus cyanogen is a pretty respected source. Good luck. Also try Tsugi's custom rom for the g2x. Its actually not really custom. It is stock 2.3.4 gingerbread that was released for the European version of this phone. Its incredibly stable and lightning fast. Enjoy!!!
http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/wiki/LG_G2x:_Full_Update_Guide#Rooting_the_LG_G2x
WWW.unlockroot.com
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That's how I rooted my 233...but what's the best way
to back up contacts, pics, apps before installing new rom?
And how do I install the new roms?
I'm so confused...
matrix0886 said:
Super oneclick doesn't work on 2.3.3.
Follow the links in my signature for rooting the G2x. Start with the clickworkmod recovery (does NOT require root first) then follow the instructions for rooting. Only took me a couple of minutes...and i'm an idiot, lol.
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Google antutu o used it for the same reason this is realty a one click root!
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JPease said:
Hi I have read everything I can possibly think of to root my G2X. I bought it a month ago and it came with 2.3.3 software. I have been jail breaking Iphones for years but this G2X has me lost. I just cant seem to get it and need help. I dont want to run any customs roms or such just want supper user privileges. If anyone has the time to help I would appreciate it. I tried to root via Z4 GingerBreak ETC. I tried supper one click and have got no were. Anyways Thanks for every ones time
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First you need to dl the rom you want to your phone (look for ones that are pre-rooted i believe they all are it should say if it is). Then you need to do nv flash recovery. After this you enter recovery and perform your back up and then follow the steps to flashing the rom you chose. Go to the forum the look for the guide to flash nv flash shouldn't to difficult just follow every step and your should be good
There is a new exploit that works on 2.3.3 and 2.3.4. Super One Click has been updated to include the new exploit. Search for it and download it to root phone without needing to flash Clockworkmod Recovery.
ZeroT| Demented said:
unlockroot
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This worked perfect thank you so much. Was supper easy.
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First you need to dl the rom you want to your phone (look for ones that are pre-rooted i believe they all are it should say if it is).
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Don't forget that the OP said that "I dont want to run any customs roms or such just want supper user privileges."