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[Q] Rooting Samsung R720 (Cricket)?

Hi,
Google was not friendly this time - but I might have asked the wrong question...
Anyway, I want to root a Cricket Samsung r720 - any leads?
Thanks,

Currently on the same quest, Samsung fascinate usb drivers work for this phone. All methods Ivs tried dont work, z4, gingerbreak, oneclick..... nothing. I cant even get this phone into recovery.
EDIT.... Recovery ( Vol down + back button + power)

i have original firmware for this phone...

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natalic said:
i have original firmware for this phone...
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Can you please elaborate what this means

So now that this device is official (Vitality), any chance to get some "root love"?

Well since metropcs and this phone is the same, most likely the root metro has will root it.
You can find it here. http://androidforums.com/admire-all...e-sch-r720-windows-mac-linux-9-12-2011-a.html

Tried that
aaronmy said:
Well since metropcs and this phone is the same, most likely the root metro has will root it.
You can find it here. http://androidforums.com/admire-all...e-sch-r720-windows-mac-linux-9-12-2011-a.html
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Thanks, tried it, didn't work

Rooting Huh?
Well after spending a second day trying to solve my problem I had superuser on my phone well someone elses phone, but something went wrong so I am throwing in the towel before I have to by someone a phone because this is how I got myself into this I tried to help someone get more business turns out the guy is a loser so I am stuck with having to give someone some free technical features, but rooting wont be one of them, I am going to figure some other ways to spice the phone of for them I just really don't have the time nor the patience with all the reading and materials and the drivers that won't run on my system some of this is a headache for people who are not that good with this sort of machinery.
And I have found that there are so many who say there good but when it comes down to it, I have had two bad experiences this is why I was trying to show some people some new ways to have there phones done, but I realize a few things I am not helping people out no more fu*k'em I got my phone done and complete and I am tired of helping others out and just about everyone who I went to meet up with in Philadelphia and this other guy who answers and gets back to you when he's ready this phone thing is a little much, like you guys say if you don't have the experience then leave it alone.
Because I have to return this phone to someone tomorrow but I thought I was bringing in some business for people but I know now some people just want to stay living at home with mother. So good luck watching Jerry all your life. Anyone
who has someone who can refer me to a real flasher or tech person no more people in the state of Pennsylvania all of them have been crooks. Sorry S. Bonner but you are hitting the #2 on the list. But anyway I need to get in touch with someone who will get paid as long as the job is done 100% and I am talking remote flashing nothing more and rooting. Remember if you live in the State of Pennsylvania don't bother me I want people who want to work.

[Q] I broke it!!! I think?

total noob and i need help.... here is my problem... I unlocked my new infuse and then rooted the phone. everything was fine fo several hours and all of the sudden it started vibrating and would reset with out turning all the way off. the android drop screen does not function. everytime you try to pull it down it starts the above issue. if a text comes thru it does it again. i did a factory reset and this didnt help. i still have superuser on the phone but cant seem to get phone to function it has power and works to an extent. you can tap apps and go thru most of the phone but it will reset and go back to main screen and vibrate and start process all over.... any ideas. i am a noob and not very technical, prob why my phone is f'ed up right now. using my samsung captivate for now. please help the new guy. i looked for threads with similar issues but found nothing with search bar. thanks ahead of time

I'm not familiar with unlocking...i do know if I'm not mistake you have to root first then unlock....but that should not effect your phone...but phones are so different....even though we all have the same model....
I would reload stock and re root....then re unlock....ate you runnning stock or custom rom?
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thanks
running stock roms, i have no idea how to reload stock 2.2, any ideas?

noobsamsunginfuse said:
running stock roms, i have no idea how to reload stock 2.2, any ideas?
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Why yes glad you asked...check my signature...for the iset page....
You will find a **** ton of info....since your somewhat new...do a lil reading....ok ....do a lot...
Look for the one click methods by qkster....although the new odin links are great also....your choice....
And any questions the op for those threads can provide you with great help and you can pm me also...
And don't forget to thank the op dev that provided you with what you need...kk

In that case I like to suggest you to unbrick the cellphone (restore again to FROYO) and test the cellphone... If you do it, you will loose the root, however the unlock will remains
You can re-root the cellphone later... the issue could be also being caused by an app that you had installed
*** If your cellphone is from AT&T you can use the GTG's Ultimate Unbrick tool, to go back to FROYO
Remember that you must have ODIN to unbrick the cellphone..
Some helpfull links:
Complete Stock (FOR ROGERS USERS ONLY)
GTG's Ultimate Unbrick - Return to stock - For AT&T

thanks!!!
Thanks for the info bigjoe2675 & dantespec...well I feel real stupid now... I looked over all that info and its way above my head. is there anyone I can send my phone to that does this type of work and is trustworthy enough not to steal my phone? i have already trashed it once I dont want a $230 paper weight. I also have a Sprint galaxy s2 epic i would like to have flashed to verizon. i have no clue what I am doing and willing to pay to fix my two phones. mine and the ol ball and chains.

noobsamsunginfuse said:
Thanks for the info bigjoe2675 & dantespec...well I feel real stupid now... I looked over all that info and its way above my head. is there anyone I can send my phone to that does this type of work and is trustworthy enough not to steal my phone? i have already trashed it once I dont want a $230 paper weight. I also have a Sprint galaxy s2 epic i would like to have flashed to verizon. i have no clue what I am doing and willing to pay to fix my two phones. mine and the ol ball and chains.
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ok,
First not a good Idea...sending your device anywhere. And some advice trust no one, not saying we are not trust worthy around here, but...not a great idea...ok
now lets see what we can do...it would be a great learning experience for you to attempt the task at hand...

lmao ok i can try
bigjoe2675 said:
ok,
First not a good Idea...sending your device anywhere. And some advice trust no one, not saying we are not trust worthy around here, but...not a great idea...ok
now lets see what we can do...it would be a great learning experience for you to attempt the task at hand...
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I can try. ok this is what i have installed on my phone.... superuser v2.3.6.1 also rom toolbox pro and ti back up. but i have noidea how to use it. i also hvae odin v1.81 on my cpu

noobsamsunginfuse said:
Thanks for the info bigjoe2675 & dantespec...well I feel real stupid now... I looked over all that info and its way above my head. is there anyone I can send my phone to that does this type of work and is trustworthy enough not to steal my phone? i have already trashed it once I dont want a $230 paper weight. I also have a Sprint galaxy s2 epic i would like to have flashed to verizon. i have no clue what I am doing and willing to pay to fix my two phones. mine and the ol ball and chains.
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If you can not figure out how to go back to stock, then i know mobiletechvideos. They got my old infuse running again when the usb port got borked. If you need a link ask me, idk were the link is lol. Trust me though, it worked well. Only thing is it costs money. Better off to learn how to do it unless if hardware is actually broken, not software.
Btw you may want to learn how to unbrick and learn your basics before you attempt at doing something like this again. Just making a very logical suggestion.

For sure check out the Odin videos... I have a feeling that they are going to come in handy a few times..
Everyone has to start somewhere and we all had to learn, I was really overwhelmed when I first started looking into it, but then it was like "oh! That's it?"
Most people here are super helpful (I'm not... I'm a n00b) but don't be mailing your phones to someone you don't know or anything like that... you're begging for someone to rob ya..
Just take it slow and read, read, read... when you have read enough to have a handle on it.. read some more!

drnecropolis said:
For sure check out the Odin videos... I have a feeling that they are going to come in handy a few times..
Everyone has to start somewhere and we all had to learn, I was really overwhelmed when I first started looking into it, but then it was like "oh! That's it?"
Most people here are super helpful (I'm not... I'm a n00b) but don't be mailing your phones to someone you don't know or anything like that... you're begging for someone to rob ya..
Just take it slow and read, read, read... when you have read enough to have a handle on it.. read some more!
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Thanks for all the help guys, it worked using odin and youtube.

noobsamsunginfuse said:
Thanks for all the help guys, it worked using odin and youtube.
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See....what did i tell you...lessons being learned....good **** huh?
Now keep going....slap a custom ROM from one of these great dev we have....
And don't forget to thank the dev that provided you with the odin package....don't thx us we just punted you to threads for you to do learning...k

noobsamsunginfuse said:
Thanks for all the help guys, it worked using odin and youtube.
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Awesome brother!
Welcome to the addiction!
It is so interesting to me what can be done with minor and major changes how simple things make HUGE differences.
Next thing you know, you will be grinding out apktool changes and making themes!

Help: Bricked phone - need someone in Australia

Hi guys,
I've bought my HTC One XL directly from Australia, through Telstra. But now I live in Brazil
Well, I bricked my phone pretty hard. I even bothered reading all the topics about my stituation to see if there was any available solution. Turns out there isn't.
Well, at least through the community. From what I gathered, HTC is able to refurbish it and send it back - or at least exchange for another one.
The problem is, since this device is not sold in Brazil, HTC-Brazil simply don't do any kind of repair on it. So, my only hope lives in a good australian soul accepting to receive my phone and do me this big favour of checking if HTC-Australia would help me - even if I have to pay some technical fee.
I know this forum is not exacly for something like this, but I'm out of ideas. And since my investment was pretty big and I can't afford another one right now, I'm here begging for some help.
If this good soul exists, please, PM me so we can go through details.
Thanks in advance!

I feel you man..what'd you do to your phone? And when you get on the phone with HTC Australia tell them the truth I've seen them take pity on some people for flashing the wrong thingss and making it free to recover

a box of kittens said:
I feel you man..what'd you do to your phone? And when you get on the phone with HTC Australia tell them the truth I've seen them take pity on some people for flashing the wrong thingss and making it free to recover
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Thanks man. Well, I was absolutely used to the HOX with Tegra 3, once I got the XL I thought I know almost everything. It worked well for a while, but things went sour when I tried to downgrade. I think it corrupts some stuff on the phone, and after that I think it's not possible to install a RUU. Well, I tried to anyway and found out that the hard way.
I was already pretty honest with them. I talked to them online, told them the whole story, but they said they could do nothing for me since I was in Brazil. And, as I said, HTC-Brazil was completely useless, since they don't sell this device here.
That's why I'm trying to find some help from an australian mate here at the forum. 'Til now, I had no success.
I found a guy who does JTAG here in Brazil. Since I'm having a hard time doing it trough HTC, I think I'll try this one last resort. I think I got almost nothing to lose by now.

What exactly do you need someone to do for you?
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timmaaa said:
What exactly do you need someone to do for you?
Sent from my One XL using XDA Premium
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Hey timmaaa!
I'd need that person to give me an address to send the device, and after that I'd use this address to ask HTC what should I do.
Possibly I'd need it to be sent to HTC or Telstra.
But it's ok, by now I took the second possibility. I sent it to be used in a test with Riffbox. Now all I have to do is pray, as much as I can.
Anyway, thanks for replying!

Hey radjan! Check out mobiletechvideos.com they do jtagging service for about 80$ ...and its an honest site

a box of kittens said:
Hey radjan! Check out mobiletechvideos.com they do jtagging service for about 80$ ...and its an honest site
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Thanks man. I found int while I was doing my research yesterday.
Anyway, I found another site, a brazilian one (amigoandroid.com.br) which does the same service. I called him, and he sound pretty good technically, even explaining to me why jtagiing the Tegra version is a no-go. Also, I found some pretty good reviews about him in some brazilian forums.
He also explained to me that this process for the One XL is still in beta testing. But, as I said, I got pretty much nothing more to lose. For me it's ok if it ends up bricked if it makes future bricked devices come back to life.
Beside that, the price is basically the same, but I save money from the shipping and save some time I'd use to explain brazilian customs that the device was already mine, that I was sending it for repair and yadda yadda.
Anyway, thanks for the help. Will keep posted and, in cade anyone ends up screwed like me, they may fin a light at the end of the tunnel.

See u all later on!!!! :(

so today i found a deal that best buy is having! 100 dollars off all samsung phones. and on the 10th, if u register, u will recieve a 50$ gift card which u may also use towards an upgrade. Sadly this means (even though i screwed up on the 50$ deal cause i was too early) i bought a GALAXY S III. and by sadly i mean i will no longer be contributing to the skyrocket forum! i honestly feel really bad because i feel like im abandoning everyone. i mean everyone seems to be leaving u guys!!!! i now i 2 am 1 of them... sucks only cause i feel deep inside like ive lost a good/devoted friend! :crying: i have one more helly bean update and after that im sorry guys. i no longer have this phone and i dont like to release something i havent tested first myself!
I WISH U ALL!!!! THE BEST OF LUCK IN THE FUTURE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
PS: Happy Flashing!!!!

Deliberate said:
so today i found a deal that best buy is having! 100 dollars off all samsung phones. and on the 10th, if u register, u will recieve a 50$ gift card which u may also use towards an upgrade. Sadly this means (even though i screwed up on the 50$ deal cause i was too early) i bought a GALAXY S III. and by sadly i mean i will no longer be contributing to the skyrocket forum! i honestly feel really bad because i feel like im abandoning everyone. i mean everyone seems to be leaving u guys!!!! i now i 2 am 1 of them... sucks only cause i feel deep inside like ive lost a good/devoted friend! :crying: i have one more helly bean update and after that im sorry guys. i no longer have this phone and i dont like to release something i havent tested first myself!
I WISH U ALL!!!! THE BEST OF LUCK IN THE FUTURE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
PS: Happy Flashing!!!!
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Congrats bro on s3 thanks for the awesome ports they will still be awesome even once you get s3
SkyRocket Embryo-6.2 Cyan Demon

Deliberate said:
so today i found a deal that best buy is having! 100 dollars off all samsung phones. and on the 10th, if u register, u will recieve a 50$ gift card which u may also use towards an upgrade. Sadly this means (even though i screwed up on the 50$ deal cause i was too early) i bought a GALAXY S III. and by sadly i mean i will no longer be contributing to the skyrocket forum! i honestly feel really bad because i feel like im abandoning everyone. i mean everyone seems to be leaving u guys!!!! i now i 2 am 1 of them... sucks only cause i feel deep inside like ive lost a good/devoted friend! :crying: i have one more helly bean update and after that im sorry guys. i no longer have this phone and i dont like to release something i havent tested first myself!
I WISH U ALL!!!! THE BEST OF LUCK IN THE FUTURE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
PS: Happy Flashing!!!!
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Well that is too bad because you're extremely talented.....almost time for me to upgrade as well. Was actually looking at the BB Z10 but I'm having way too much fun messing with the androids LOL

Good..good.
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How long is said deal going on for? And is the 50$ only good on the 10th. I've had an upgrade for awhile, just trying not to use it till im sure I want to. Really wanted to wait on the s4.
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bestbuy online work or just store?
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Deliberate said:
so today i found a deal that best buy is having! 100 dollars off all samsung phones. and on the 10th, if u register, u will recieve a 50$ gift card which u may also use towards an upgrade. Sadly this means (even though i screwed up on the 50$ deal cause i was too early) i bought a GALAXY S III. and by sadly i mean i will no longer be contributing to the skyrocket forum! i honestly feel really bad because i feel like im abandoning everyone. i mean everyone seems to be leaving u guys!!!! i now i 2 am 1 of them... sucks only cause i feel deep inside like ive lost a good/devoted friend! :crying: i have one more helly bean update and after that im sorry guys. i no longer have this phone and i dont like to release something i havent tested first myself!
I WISH U ALL!!!! THE BEST OF LUCK IN THE FUTURE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
PS: Happy Flashing!!!!
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I just got turned onto your work about a week ago, but I will sure miss it. Although they don't need it, the SIII crowd scores another good dev. My upgrade isn't up until August, so who knows what Sammy I'll be on then. Thanks for sharing your talent, and enjoy your SIII!

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bestbuy online work or just store?
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Online as well. I just got a Note 2.. in the middle of a small battle to be able to get the $50 gift card cause I ordered too early. Just like Deliberate. But because they just introduced this offer on Sunday, and the rep told me I would be able to get it when I ordered over the phone on Sunday.. I might be able to get it.
If you go online and reserve the $50 gift card then you can wait till after the tenth and order a phone.
All in all, I got the Note 2 for $150
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How long is said deal going on for? And is the 50$ only good on the 10th. I've had an upgrade for awhile, just trying not to use it till im sure I want to. Really wanted to wait on the s4.
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You have to reserve the gift card before the 9th. Idk how long the $100 off thing will last. Probably just until the reservation period for the gift card is over, which is tomorrow.

Cheers bud! Thanks for everything!

Thanks OP, enjoy your new device.

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