So I'm really really new to the whole android world, and I was wondering if anyone could give me a walkthrough on how to root my Samsung Galaxy S2 Skyrocket (SGH-I727) running on ICS 4.0.4, kernal version 3.0.8 using a mac computer? Thanks.
Always look to the stickies section for step by step directions.
One issue I did run into is having Kies installed and trying on OSX Lion was having issues. I have a Mac with Snow Leopard and a Windows Partition. Used the windows side to get it done. Easy as pie that way....
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read this to flash tar files on a mac http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1277000
i never used it so read carefully
vincom said:
read this to flash tar files on a mac http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1277000
i never used it so read carefully
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this is for a completely different phone though, will it work with the skyrocket?
I am telling you, the Mac route is rough for the Skyrocket... I tried every way possible to do it.
I know it CAN be done, but there are known issues....
Just Google it if you can't find the forum, it will pull up an XDA forum in Google...
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forget it...
I was able to root my 'old' galaxy s2 from Sprint using my mac but not before spending about 7 hours or so trying to figure it out. It was a pain in the ass. I can root 2.3.5 in about five minutes now.
I gave up using Mac for all this rooting and modification crap and thought about a couple different solutions to this problem.
You can simply buy a cheap windows laptop, which I almost did. Or you can run Bootcamp, partition your hard drive on the Mac and then install a copy of Windows 7 or whatever version you choose on your Mac. This is very easy to do even for a beginner.
Last week I finally decided to just put Windows on my Mac and rooted my skyrocket 4.0.4 stock ICS in about half an hour after several hours of reading first. In reality it only takes about 5-10 minutes once you have done it a few times.
I bought a legitimate copy of Windows 7 premium FULL edition so that was about $165. I also ended up replacing the pretty full 250 gb hard drive with a Seagate Momentus XT 750 GB hard drive for about another $165. I partitioned about 130gb for Windows.
I love my Mac but the majority of all the programs for the phones are written on Windows platforms.
That's what I am trying to tell him....
It can be done, but its easier to just run windows on the Mac and do it that way....
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onealvideo said:
That's what I am trying to tell him....
It can be done, but its easier to just run windows on the Mac and do it that way....
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alright so i decided im gonna do the whole bootcamp thing, where would i go from there?
Ranelmcg said:
alright so i decided im gonna do the whole bootcamp thing, where would i go from there?
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goto a mac forum
It's better if you use a virtual machine like parallels or VMware Fusion, that way there's no need to restart your mac or waste space on a predefined windows partition.
Also you could always just use a friend's PC for the rooting process, Later on unless you want to go full stock or you softbrick your device there's not a real need for a computer.
kishke said:
It's better if you use a virtual machine like parallels or VMware Fusion, that way there's no need to restart your mac or waste space on a predefined windows partition.
Also you could always just use a friend's PC for the rooting process, Later on unless you want to go full stock or you softbrick your device there's not a real need for a computer.
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When I used programs like that, It really made one OS. Run weird. Mac would crash or windows would do something funky. If your rooting I reccimend staying away from thus and just do boot camp.
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I know you can use different virtual applications that will allow a person to run Android on a Windows device. For example:
http://www.redmondpie.com/how-to-install-and-run-android-4.0-on-mac-windows-pc-or-linux-tutorial/
What I'm wondering is . . . is it possible to remove the Windows OS on a netbook and run Android 4.0 instead? If so, does someone have a link they can point me to?
*BUMP* Anyone?
Yes, it's possible. Just burn an ISO with Android-x86 (ICS RC1), delete all the partitions you have on your netbook and then create two - one ext3 for Android (4-8GB should be ok) and one fat32 for your data. Then boot Android installer and install on ext3 partition. And yes, it can boot as a normal system.
Teoretically it should work. Don't know if there are any more things to do.
Thanks for the info, so you're saying it's possible to dual boot, windows or Android, just as long as I have the partitions set up correctly? Has anyone else done this? If so, do you have a link to a tutorial or thread? I appreciate the help!
I might try to do this when my I disconnect service to my netbook. Is the android version that is installed rootable?
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I might try to do this when my I disconnect service to my netbook. Is the android version that is installed rootable?
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For what I see, Android x86 comes with the SU command, so it's already rooted.
Hell yea. Since there isnt a boot loader there is no need for unlockig either.
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You probably want your data partition something other than FAT32, because it has problems with larger files...
Android-x86.org
There i got 4.0 fully ru.ning on pc
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Thanks for the info, so you're saying it's possible to dual boot, windows or Android, just as long as I have the partitions set up correctly? Has anyone else done this? If so, do you have a link to a tutorial or thread? I appreciate the help!
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It is indeed possible, I have done it. If you have the partitions setup right the installation is pretty straight forward, it asks if you have Windows so it's dualboot capable, it will install GRUB and add the Android and Windows items to it for you.
Format your hard drive to ext, then install the Android-x86 project.
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Format your hard drive to ext, then install the Android-x86 project.
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You really don't even have to do this, you can install it to a FAT32 partition (I think even an NTFS. But by doing so you can't have root.
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not sure the point of this , I **** canned WIN7 on my netbook and put Kubuntu on it and it flies now , Windows slowed it down, but Android I dont think would do anything for me, its like running Windows 8 on a desktop (which I am doing right now because I dont have an ARM available)
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not sure the point of this , I **** canned WIN7 on my netbook and put Kubuntu on it and it flies now , Windows slowed it down, but Android I dont think would do anything for me, its like running Windows 8 on a desktop (which I am doing right now because I dont have an ARM available)
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Windows 8 consumer preview is not that bad on a desktop but Android is indeed not that useful on a desktop at all. Although on a laptop of any kind, it's pretty nice as an instant on.
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Well if thats the case just download the app Bluestacks, then you can keep Windows and run all your android apps in a second! Personally speaking , on the netbook ,windows uses too many resources for it to be useful , Kubuntu only uses what you want and therefore is far superior (on this platform)
ive been reading all the root threads for at least the 10th time just to get a handle on the setup. havnt noticed if anyone said you can do it on a mac though. i d/led all the needed files and tried extracting the boot img file. wouldnt give me an extract option on my right click so i kinda stopped there. also very unfamiliar with the adb stuff so if anyone could help with that, i would be more than appreciative.
also, this isnt my first rooted device. ive had my dx rooted for some time now but wow was that was so much easier as far as i can tell. even rooted my thrive too and it seemed a lil more complicated like this but that was around xmas time so i dont remember a thing. thanx in advance
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ive been reading all the root threads for at least the 10th time just to get a handle on the setup. havnt noticed if anyone said you can do it on a mac though. i d/led all the needed files and tried extracting the boot img file. wouldnt give me an extract option on my right click so i kinda stopped there. also very unfamiliar with the adb stuff so if anyone could help with that, i would be more than appreciative.
also, this isnt my first rooted device. ive had my dx rooted for some time now but wow was that was so much easier as far as i can tell. even rooted my thrive too and it seemed a lil more complicated like this but that was around xmas time so i dont remember a thing. thanx in advance
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I've heard that there's a mobile version of Odin (Mobile Odin, IIRC) that works on the GSIII- can't rememeber if it worked on the VZW version though. I've typically avoided Samsung phones myself because I run only Linux and Samsung always relies on Windows-only programs like Odin and Kies (sp?) which doesn't do me any good. If you've only got Mac's then you're in the same boat too.
I'm on VZW myself and am holding my breath that the Developer version of the phone won't require the darn Windows programs to hack around on.
Thanks for the info. I do have a pc but its value $300 pos my mom bought for words with friends lol. Just really don't trust it
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Bumping this because I'd really love to root my s3 from my Mac . Anyone root from osx?
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Bumping this because I'd really love to root my s3 from my Mac . Anyone root from osx?
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I used my mac to root but technically I kinda cheated. I used Boot Camp to run ODIN to root the phone, but I couldn't get the Android SDK to detect Java so I ended up using Terminal in OS X for adb to push a recovery. If you don't have windows, you can try and download a trial of Parallels 7 for 30 days. They let you use the consumer preview version of Windows 8 for free as well. I haven't tested ODIN on Windows 8 but maybe it will work.
For those unfamiliar with Android SDK and adb in OS X using terminal, basically you download and extract the platform-tools to a location. So for example I used my home folder "/Users/kthung/platform-tools" open up terminal and cd to that location and then you should be able to use any adb commands as usual BUT you need to add a "./" in front of every adb command. So for example "adb shell" becomes "./adb shell"
I have been using a windows 7 pc for a while to flash fast boot's. But, recently, I bought a windows 8 pc, and now (no matter what I try) I can't get adb to work. Did any of you guys manage to get it to work? I am screwed?
You can always try using a live CD or run a distro off a flash drive for dedicated developing. Puppy linux works beautifully. Buy a cheapo 4gb drive from a retail chain!
Make sure you're using the correct driver version, win 8 has a finicky install process where it draws the files from the internet even if it's not really correct.
Try manual installation.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1982718
have you tried this?
http://www.xda-developers.com/android/fix-adb-and-fastboot-on-windows-8-consumer-preview/
this may be better
I have a mac book pro, and I want to use Odin, install CWM, and root using that computer, is that possible? Must it be on Windows?
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I have a mac too, I've hard conflicting reports, but I'm not sure you can (at least not easily). I'd suggest just using a friend's pc to do it. It'll take you 5 minutes and you'll never need to use the computer again.
If you what your doing you can pull the recovery image out of an odin flashable and use Heimdall to flash it. If you don't know what those are best to borrow a windows machine.
It might be possible if you have windows boot camp for Mac
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I used VMWare/Windows 7 from my Mac to root my device.
There is a native way using the Android SDK
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1685493
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OgYscP-bho
Okay, I know there is a tutorial for this already, but I am making a new one for a new version of the software that is out.
This tutorial uses Windows XP as an example, you may replace Windows XP with other OS if you want!
***Required Software/Hardware***
SOFTWARE:
-Limbo Emulator (QEMU BASED) for Android(Play Store)
-qemu manager for PC (Windows/MAC/Linux)
-OS Installer CD/DVD(ISO is okay too)(E.G. Windows 2000-XP, Ubuntu, Etc.)
HARDWARE:
-High-end Phone(1GHZ Dual-core recommended although ANY phone WILL work.)
-PC
-USB Cable, etc
-At least 5GB free on SDcard OR Phone.
MISC:
-LOTS OF TIME!!!!
-Root (optional)
STEPS:
Step One:
Download all the required software. Install them to the respective device.
Step Two:
- Open up QEMU Manager and create a new VM, USE QEMU32bit for the processor, and Windows XP as the OS (Because the variables are predefind.)
-Select Make new drive and make a Hard Drive that is 3GB-5GB in size.
Make sure it is in qcow2 format!!
(Please note: after installation, the file size will only be 1.49GB)
-Mount the ISO/CD inside qemu manager in the VM settings and begin installation of the OS to the drive.
(This step will take at least 2HOURS! Let it do its thing.)
-After your first successful boot, Shut down the VM from within the VM (Windows XP VM: Start->shutdown->Shutdown)
Step Three:
-Connect the phone to the computer.
-Mount USB Storage.
-Find the Hard Drive file (Usually Installation/images folder!) and copy it to any directory of your SDcard (No spaces in the names and directories!!!)
- Install Limbo Emulator, and then Launch it!
- Select Load VM and hit New give it any name you would like it doesnt matter.
- then make sure the settings are as follows:
~CPU: qemu32
~RAM Memory Size: 256
~Hard Disk (HDA): /mnt/sdcard/{Location of your qcow2 file}
~Network Configuration: User
~Network Card: ne2k_pci
~VGA Configuration: cirrus
******Please note: if the option is not in the above list Leave it at it's default setting!!!!!!!! or this will not work (For Windows XP)
There you go, Go ahead and hit start!
Things to know:
One, it will take awhile to boot up on any phone (5-30 Minutes)
Two, Emulation is never perfect.
Optional Steps:
Getting more RAM for your BUCK
********NOTE: THIS STEP IS NO LONGER REQUIRED, THE APPLICATION HAS BEEN UPDATED TO ALLOW FOR 1GB OF RAM*******
ROOT ONLY
Go ahead and Exit and Kill the Limbo Task.
With root explorer go to /data/data/com.max2idea.limbo/databases/
and edit limbo.db with an SQlite editor of choice.
Find your VM in the Table and edit max memory size to 512 or more!
Remember how much ram your phone has then divied that by 2, and thats the maximum you SHOULD use, but edit this at your own risk!!!!!!
After this MOD, DO NOT EDIT ANY SETTINGS IN THE LIMBO APP AS IT WILL OVERWRITE THIS MOD.
Thats it enjoy!!
Neato
Very cool! Prepping this for my Nexus 7 now. Will post the results.
Going to try on my HTC One X, and post back here results Thanks
Okay! Any news?
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Okay! Any news?
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Sorry, I felt asleep yesterday doing this I`m just copying windows to my phone, will post results in few minutes
Any screenshot please?
Thanks...
There is a youtube video of a guy using an older version of the software.
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File missing
Hi guys,
just for fun i tried to get this to work on my overclocked evo 3D, unfortunately without success.
It says a file is missing or broken (<Windows Root>\system32\ntoskrnl.exe)
Can I fix this using my PC or do i have to install my XP again on another VM?
EDIT: I reinstalled my Windows XP and tried it again. When I noticed it still won't work, i tried to change the settings. After playing a bit with them i'm able now to boot into windows without problems. But i got stucked at the desktop, so i rebootet, now it don't works again..
Try a different windows install cd. Do not use the one you have been trying to use. I believe that is the reason it will not boot.
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Hi guys,
just for fun i tried to get this to work on my overclocked evo 3D, unfortunately without success.
It says a file is missing or broken (<Windows Root>\system32\ntoskrnl.exe)
Can I fix this using my PC or do i have to install my XP again on another VM?
EDIT: I reinstalled my Windows XP and tried it again. When I noticed it still won't work, i tried to change the settings. After playing a bit with them i'm able now to boot into windows without problems. But i got stucked at the desktop, so i rebootet, now it don't works again..
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Make sure multithreaded AIO is disabled.
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Well sandix, AIO Multithread has never been enabled, so I enabled this & tried it again.. This time it booted successfully and without any problems. The only bad thing is, how slow it runs. So I#m going to give it up to 512mb RAM, hopefully it makes it a bit faster
I understand, but the multithreaded AIO is what caused my vm to give the same error. Anyway try what you can. XP is slow but i have had pretty decent results from windows 98 and 2000.
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Oh, another OS that will work decently is windows PE.
Try make a BartPE out of a windows XP CD. A.k.a WinPE. The ram requirements of WinPE are very low. (Like windows 98) so it should respond better.
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Great tutorial
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Okayy I'm gonna try this BartPE thing out, will post my results here.
PS: @ArianaGrande, damn I wish you were the real one
I just tested bartPE it seems you need to install it to a qcow2 drive file first. Its in the start menu when you boot up in qemu on the pc.
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I just tested bartPE it seems you need to install it to a qcow2 drive file first. Its in the start menu when you boot up in qemu on the pc.
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Thank you very much, works nearly perfectly now. Still slow, but faster than the first one
How did you get it installed in to the qcow2 file? Mine keeps BSODing on me when i select install to hard drive. :/
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Sorry I forgot to check back in! Install went great through the QEMU OSX port. Enabled multithread and changed to 512. XP Boots and runs slower than snot but it works
Okay good. Its slow but hey! It runs none the less i was surfing the web with ie8 after mine went through updates (took three days mind you) lol but i was shocked that it actually worked i also took a snap shot so i did not have to wait for it to boot!
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