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Hi there, I am new to the xda forum although I have been reading on it for quite some time. I understand all the work and time that the developers and others put in here and I would like to say thanks.
Ok so, I just bought my first smartphone(infuse) and I am wanting to root it. I have read alot on here (extremely informative forum) and have decided that by rooting I would be able to accomplish some things I wouldnt otherwise be able to do. I was hoping that some folks here would help shed some light on a few things for me. I keep reading about titanium backup and 3emod recovery and I was wondering if those are needed before I try to root my phone or if those are for rom flashing and kernels. Are there are any key things that I need to do like back up my original settings or something on my stock phone before I root it? If so, could you please explain the easiest way of doing this. Again, I am not wanting to flash roms(waiting for GB), just to root.
From what Ive read it seems all you have to do is install some samsung drivers(kies) and run a superoneclick program and thats that. Is it really this simple?
LightItUp said:
From what Ive read it seems all you have to do is install some samsung drivers(kies) and run a superoneclick program and thats that. Is it really this simple?
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yup. it's that simple
LightItUp said:
Hi there, I am new to the xda forum although I have been reading on it for quite some time. I understand all the work and time that the developers and others put in here and I would like to say thanks.
Ok so, I just bought my first smartphone(infuse) and I am wanting to root it. I have read alot on here (extremely informative forum) and have decided that by rooting I would be able to accomplish some things I wouldnt otherwise be able to do. I was hoping that some folks here would help shed some light on a few things for me. I keep reading about titanium backup and 3emod recovery and I was wondering if those are needed before I try to root my phone or if those are for rom flashing and kernels. Are there are any key things that I need to do like back up my original settings or something on my stock phone before I root it? If so, could you please explain the easiest way of doing this. Again, I am not wanting to flash roms(waiting for GB), just to root.
From what Ive read it seems all you have to do is install some samsung drivers(kies) and run a superoneclick program and thats that. Is it really this simple?
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If all you want to do is "root" your phone. Yes, install the samsung drivers ( I downloaded kies mini and it installed them for me, from samsung ) And hook the phone up with usb debugging checked and use the superoneclick, it really is that simple.
Titanium backup is great so you don't have to go and redownload all your apps again, even saves the information, like if you were 8 levels into a game. Very useful app.
3emodd is used to get to the clockwork mod so you can install "roms", since you don't want to do this don't worry about it.
Hope this helped.
Greetings all. I am new here, however am a member of many other types of forums. I am not a tech expert in any specific area, however I have some limited knowledge in many areas from the early days of PCs, video and audio, gaming, etc... I have had my hand in modding RAZR phones as I owned many. I am new to smartphones and again, super interested. I am on my second one now and I want to experiment with the one I have as a spare. It is an LG US740 Apex from US Cellular running Android v. 2.2.2, or so I believe. I have been searching for about a week now on the net for information on "modding" and have gained some info on the android platform, devices, etc... As I can gather so far; the device must be "rooted" in order to do anything with the file system. I have tried in vain to get this done. From what I understand it is fairly easy with most popular common devices but as usual, I seem to have gotten the "freak". My first try was the easiest, z4root. It does nothing but bog down the phone until I reboot it. Second try was the super_one_click. It seemed to be successful, however upon launching root explorer I still can't access the files and there is nothing in the superuser apps list. I have also tried to use Droid Explorer on my PC (Windows Vista Home Premium). I got it to show the files once but had to shutdown before I could try to do anything with them and now I get an "out of memory" error every time I launch the program. My final attempt before seeking help was Android Commander which is telling me that the device is not rooted. I have done a bit more reading but am finding a lot of mixed information. I have done a search on these forums and can't find much information specific to this particular device. I posted on an older thread but got no response as this is not a popular device. I realize this may be a lost cause as I see much more going on in here and most people aren't going to be too concerned with my story but it's all I have to play with at the moment as I don't want to risk bricking a new phone. I am very interested in the android platform, modding, development, and this "new"(to me) technology and I am hoping that my issues with this device won't discourage me. Any and all insightful advice is greatly appreciated and thank you in advance to anyone willing to take my case, so to speak.
im new to the smart phone world my neghbor senior member of xda T-Macgnolia got me into it my advice for u would probably be looking into clockwork mod installing it using z4root it may be slow for the moment but using it will alow u to use Rom manager go into rom manager and look for a cyanogenmod rom these roms are prerooted so u will be able to delete z4root cyanogen mod roms are the best of the best and not many roms can even stack up keep in mind cyanogen is a costantly working on updates and new ways to make ur phone faster and smoother so always look for updates o btw delete ur caches and stuff not doing this can bogg down your phone and cause certain things to work impropperly rom manger makes this eisier by givin u a list of things to check off put checks on ALLL of them aslo i would advise looking into it more as said befor im new to this also im just suggestin some of the things T-Mac taught me be careful though and make sure ur phone is fully charged when using clockwork if it dies ur device is most likely bricked and we dnt wnt that also make sure you back ur device up befor you delete your caches ill explain that in a second. when u upload a new rom dnt expect it to reboot instantly it takes time to boot a new rom now if ur device gets caught in a boot loop pull ur battery this is where your back up comes in handy because if you get caught in a boot loop where your device pulls up the reboot screen goes blank and pulls it up again over and over and over you can take your battery out put it back into boot loader mode and redo your phone based on your backup and look for another rom well thats about all i can tell u one newb to another like i said reseach this thouroly i am a noob and this will also void your warranty on your phone but if u get a better rom like cyanogenmod 7 "what im running" your phone will be way smoother way better and youl be running the latest android i would advise also checkin cyanogen forums to make sure they have a rom for your phone and also i cant stress enough DO YOUR RESEARCH
Oh joy, two walls of text.
As far as I can see, you're trying to root your phone, yes?
Have you tried installing the ADB and start a shell on your phone?
Yes, trying to root. I want to delete some stock apps, learn the "hidden" file system, customization... etc. z4root did not work at all. Super_one_click got root explorer to "see" the folders, but they still appear empty.
I have not tried ADB, would like to know more about that.
Thanks.
Thanks for the input JBIRD, however z4root does nothing on my phone. I have done some research and it seems I have a hard phone to crack. I am interested in trying to load a different ROM on it but I'm going to need more than just the easy road to rooting this thing.
Also thanks sdkudrgn88. I have downloaded the ADB installer for Windows and am working on the various plug-ins and other software such as eclipse. it's going to take me a bit to figure it all out and see if I can get it working. I will keep at it and see what I can do. Any help is still wanted and much appreciated.
Cyanogen doesn't have a mod for my phone. I posted info in my first post here as to what i am working with, hence the lack of ability on my part to do anything with it. I apologise for the lengthy post, I was just attempting to share as much info on my issues as possible. It appears this device is not popular with the modding community and I can see why now. I guess I will just keep trying to plug away at it myself and if I get anywhere I will share anything I can figure out in case anyone else has similar issues. Thanks for the responses and happy modding.
Have you tried Gingerbreak?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1044765
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J-Bird191512101 said:
im new to the smart phone world my neghbor senior member of xda T-Macgnolia got me into it my advice for u would probably be looking into clockwork mod installing it using z4root it may be slow for the moment but using it will alow u to use Rom manager go into rom manager and look for a cyanogenmod rom these roms are prerooted so u will be able to delete z4root cyanogen mod roms are the best of the best and not many roms can even stack up keep in mind cyanogen is a costantly working on updates and new ways to make ur phone faster and smoother so always look for updates o btw delete ur caches and stuff not doing this can bogg down your phone and cause certain things to work impropperly rom manger makes this eisier by givin u a list of things to check off put checks on ALLL of them aslo i would advise looking into it more as said befor im new to this also im just suggestin some of the things T-Mac taught me be careful though and make sure ur phone is fully charged when using clockwork if it dies ur device is most likely bricked and we dnt wnt that also make sure you back ur device up befor you delete your caches ill explain that in a second. when u upload a new rom dnt expect it to reboot instantly it takes time to boot a new rom now if ur device gets caught in a boot loop pull ur battery this is where your back up comes in handy because if you get caught in a boot loop where your device pulls up the reboot screen goes blank and pulls it up again over and over and over you can take your battery out put it back into boot loader mode and redo your phone based on your backup and look for another rom well thats about all i can tell u one newb to another like i said reseach this thouroly i am a noob and this will also void your warranty on your phone but if u get a better rom like cyanogenmod 7 "what im running" your phone will be way smoother way better and youl be running the latest android i would advise also checkin cyanogen forums to make sure they have a rom for your phone and also i cant stress enough DO YOUR RESEARCH
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HAHAHA!, I wasn't going to say it cuz I'm new here and I know not to be "rude" in a new forum, but damn! I totally agree!
MaBlo, I haven't tried that, not sure it's within my realm with this yet. Still reading and referencing. To be honest, I wouldn't even know where to start with that yet as far as how to use it. Also have alot of apps on my phone that have saved info, including some stuff I have paid money for so I would also need a way to back all that up before I try anything like that. I do have a spare sd card to work with but am worried about saved data on the phone memory. guess there's much more to this than I thought there would be so I'm just going to keep doing my homework until I'm more comfortable with this unless you have clear instructions on both backing up my apps and using the exploits. Thank you for the direction though, it is very interesting.
Thanks
Thanks for replies, just wanted to say that I finally rooted the phone using Gingerbreak. Also have Titanium Backup and Root Explorer can now see all the files on the phone. Now it's time to play!
Hello guys,
I'm thinking of trying to root my San Francisco II, but the only rooting method I've found is the one that includes flashing and using adb. I haven't discovered if any of the one-click apps such SuperOneClick or Universal Androot will work on my device- is there any risk in trying to use them or is it perfectly safe for me to just give it a shot?
Thanks
I think the worst that can happen is that it doesn't work, but I'd suggest doing the ADB method. These one-click rooters don't teach you anything about the phone. If you really want to try then try it, but the known method will get you acquainted with the device and manual flashing so that in the future if you have a problem or want to try something then you have the tools to do so - in your head, and installed on your computer.
If you want to try those apps, I don't see how it could brick your phone. If you have done a search to see if they work on your phone and have come up with nothing, chances are they won't work.
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I tried using SuperOneClick, didn't work unfortunately. I don't want to do the ADB method as it installs Clockwork Recovery and I don't want to mess around with roms etc on this device yet, I'd rather wait until I'm comfortable with the methods etc, and currently they look a bit too tedious for my liking.
Thanks for your comment, really appreciate it.
CurtisAndroid5 said:
I tried using SuperOneClick, didn't work unfortunately. I don't want to do the ADB method as it installs Clockwork Recovery and I don't want to mess around with roms etc on this device yet, I'd rather wait until I'm comfortable with the methods etc, and currently they look a bit too tedious for my liking.
Thanks for your comment, really appreciate it.
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You can have CWM installed without flashing any roms. You would probably use it to flash Superuser to gain root. If you're not comfortable doing it then wait. Take some time to read up on everything. Read everything you can find. Read the Q&A forums and read the responses, you'll find a lot of little things that aren't covered in guides. If there's a video on YouTube then watch that. When you feel like you are comfortable with all of it then root.
If you're not tech savvy and it's difficult for you, then you can always get someone else to teach you. I do one on one crash courses (a couple hours) in person for gas money plus a little (15-30 bucks, depending on time), they're tailored for what the person needs - an older person that just needs to know how to download apps and stuff or someone that wants to flash and tweak their heart away. If you have the money, check craigslist. If you can't find anything then make an ad.
If you need further assistance in general, I'm here to help if you get stumped. While I'm not familiar with your phone, I'd be happy to look over the rooting method and help you out (for free, of course). If there's a specific forum for your device then I'd check there and post any questions you have.
Good luck!
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Hi there,
I am a new user to an Android Device (Samsung Galaxy Note GT-N7000); before that I always had a Windows Mobile phone, and I must say now that I am very content with my new device and it's new software. Android works really smooth!
Also, I learned that there is a lot of software to be used on an Android Device, but then your device needs to be rooted first. Now, this is what I would very much like to know...
Is rooting my device a safe procedure?
After rooting my device, am I still able then (if so wished) to restore it back to it's factory settings?
Are there any risks involved?
What about my warranty?
Why should I, or should I NOT, start rooting my device?
What rooting procedure should you suggest to me?
In a way, I am very eager to start rooting my device, but on the other hand I find it a bit scary...
Could you please help me out here?
Hope to hear from you soon.
Thank you!
Robert,
Netherlands.
1. Safe if you know what you're doing.
2. Yes you can revert back to stock
3. You can soft/hard brick your phone if you aren't careful
4. Warranty will be void
4. You should root your phone since you can put custom roms on it, wifi hotspot, debloat your phone. Shouldn't root listed above.
5. follow the link below in order to root.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1329360
PakAttack1994 said:
1. Safe if you know what you're doing.
2. Yes you can revert back to stock
3. You can soft/hard brick your phone if you aren't careful
4. Warranty will be void
4. You should root your phone since you can put custom roms on it, wifi hotspot, debloat your phone. Shouldn't root listed above.
5. follow the link below in order to root.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1329360
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Thank you for your reply. It all "looks" very easy, although I have a few questions left...
Regarding:
1. "Safe if you know what you're doing." - Do you mean by that: just follow the steps?
3. "You can soft/hard brick your phone if you aren't careful." - What IS a "soft/hard brick" of your phone. In what way then, should I be careful?
Maybe it is NOT fair of me to ask you, also, it seems to me that you are very familiar with it, but would you recommend a novice like me (in this case) to root his new phone, less then a month old, considering the "risks", if there are any, in view of the possible advantages I might find with a rooted phone?
Robert,
Netherlands
Well I'm sure most of the case, people end up soft or hard bricking their phone because they havent read the directions over and over again and get a little too ambitious. Soft bricking is recoverable but when you flash an incorrect rom or kernel, basically keeps boot looping I think. But you can still get into fastboot or recovery. Hard brick is when your phone won't turn on after messing around with the bootloader or something. Sorry, I can't really explain the technical stuff myself as I'm still learning. I'm familiar with rooting and flashing roms on several phones but I don't know if I would say I'm "very familiar" with it. If you're going to be rooting phones often, then I would suggest you learn the steps involved but I mean if this is gonna be the only phone you root and you're not confident in yourself, then I would suggest either a) get it done by someone who knows what they are doing, b) buy one thats already rooted.
OK, thank you for your honest reply. I'll surely take this into consideration. For now, I think, I'll keep my phone the way it is right now - it's doing just fine...
Still, if anyone, with maybe more experience in rooting phones, would like to reply to this thread, I would not mind at all.
Thank you!
Robert,
Netherlands
hi everyone..
i m new to dis forum..
i own galaxy note with updated firmware(gingerbread 2.3.6ddlb2)..
i want to know how can i root it with super one click..
and what is the process to unroot it as well..
please reply...
read the following thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1329360
I was looking for a definite answer as well, as to whether it is safe or not and if so which method, not looking to read several reams of posts that mean little to me. I have read that Samsung chips are defective and rooting the two offered methods on this site are dangerous. So no developments in the past 3-4 months? If so I would have expected a split thread for this from the other ones...either way. Have no time to read filler on forums from end users.
I've rooted phones before all without any issues and always find having to read through forums posts are fruitless endeavors, easier to just do it. But this phone is someone else's and I need to ensure I HAVE A LITTLE MORE RESPONSIBILITY HERE.
I only want to root their phone and nothing more, so they can take control of their security.
Ropie58 said:
Hi there,
I am a new user to an Android Device (Samsung Galaxy Note GT-N7000); before that I always had a Windows Mobile phone, and I must say now that I am very content with my new device and it's new software. Android works really smooth!
Also, I learned that there is a lot of software to be used on an Android Device, but then your device needs to be rooted first. Now, this is what I would very much like to know...
Is rooting my device a safe procedure?
After rooting my device, am I still able then (if so wished) to restore it back to it's factory settings?
Are there any risks involved?
What about my warranty?
Why should I, or should I NOT, start rooting my device?
What rooting procedure should you suggest to me?
In a way, I am very eager to start rooting my device, but on the other hand I find it a bit scary...
Could you please help me out here?
Hope to hear from you soon.
Thank you!
Robert,
Netherlands.
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Just to let people know I have tried to root using one click method and it failed! No harm to phone but ineffective. The one posted at addictivetips. I never have had a one click method for for me to date, in all years at rooting phones. So anyone that can verify for me a method that does work, I will be grateful. A step by step guide, do not care how many steps or how much I have to type in! Just something that works without fail.
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Not posting on this forum again. Have better things to do than have this hassle! Bye! Good riddance to me from XDA and from me to XDA forums!
Rooting Galaxy Note GT-N7000 with KK7
Hello Guys,
I'm not knew to root. Did it twice but that was on Galaxy S3's. The Note is not as easy.
The 3rd Droid needs to be rooted, because the carrier has no upgrade from GB 2.3.6!
Also, this Note is SIM locked, can I root with it? I do not find an online site to unlock my Carrier. Tried them all.
I searched all over this site for days but do not find a CF-Root for this kernel, KK7
Hope you can point me in the correct direction.
Here is all the info from my phone:
PDA: N7000UBKK7
PHONE: N7000WEKK1
CSC: N7000UWEKK1
Thanks, you guys are doing a great job!
Hello,
I hope you are doing well!
I am looking to be pointed in the right direction as someone who is brand new to rooting and has done some research but is still confused by the process.
I am looking to improve the performance of my Samsung Galaxy S 5. I researched a little about rooting and came across Cyanogenmod. Essentially, I'm looking to install it on my phone, however getting from point A, having a basic phone, to point B, having a rooted phone with Cyanogenmod, has been a little trickier than I thought. I am stuck honestly. I apologize for not knowing essentially anything. I stayed up all night trying to figure this out and it seems every website has a different set of instructions and they have their own complexities, for example, many of them are for Windows, and I could not find any for Mac users. Is there one reliable set of instructions you know that are best suited for someone who has never rooted before?
From my understanding, I first need to root my phone, flash it, and install Cyanogenmod. This all seems much easier than it looks. To me at least. I came across a rooting tool, which I believe is developed by XDA, called CF-Auto-Root. The only problem is it requires you to install another program called Odin which is only for Windows users.
Basically, is there a guide out there that explains step by step how to root, flash, and install ROMs AND that is Mac friendly?
Another question I have is about the pre-loaded google apps that come with the phone. As I understand, once I run or boot from Cyanogenmod, I won't have any of the google apps, meaning I will not have the Play Store installed. There is a GApps pack that comes with many of the google apps which can also be installed using the recovery menu. Is this difficult?
Thank you for your patience and your help in advance! I really tried to avoid going to forums because I know people get tired and frustrated when new people post questions without researching. I feel I have all the research done, I know what I need to do, I just do not know how. Most guides are dependent on the user having preexisting knowledge about rooting, which I do not have.
Here are my phone specs:
Samsung Galaxy S5 T-Mobile
Model Number: SM-G900T3
Android Version: 6.0.1
Build Number: MMB29.G900T3UVS3GPI1
I want to do the heavy lifting, just please show me the way!
Thanks again!
RansomRenso said:
Hello,
I hope you are doing well!
I am looking to be pointed in the right direction as someone who is brand new to rooting and has done some research but is still confused by the process.
I am looking to improve the performance of my Samsung Galaxy S 5. I researched a little about rooting and came across Cyanogenmod. Essentially, I'm looking to install it on my phone, however getting from point A, having a basic phone, to point B, having a rooted phone with Cyanogenmod, has been a little trickier than I thought. I am stuck honestly. I apologize for not knowing essentially anything. I stayed up all night trying to figure this out and it seems every website has a different set of instructions and they have their own complexities, for example, many of them are for Windows, and I could not find any for Mac users. Is there one reliable set of instructions you know that are best suited for someone who has never rooted before?
From my understanding, I first need to root my phone, flash it, and install Cyanogenmod. This all seems much easier than it looks. To me at least. I came across a rooting tool, which I believe is developed by XDA, called CF-Auto-Root. The only problem is it requires you to install another program called Odin which is only for Windows users.
Basically, is there a guide out there that explains step by step how to root, flash, and install ROMs AND that is Mac friendly?
Another question I have is about the pre-loaded google apps that come with the phone. As I understand, once I run or boot from Cyanogenmod, I won't have any of the google apps, meaning I will not have the Play Store installed. There is a GApps pack that comes with many of the google apps which can also be installed using the recovery menu. Is this difficult?
Thank you for your patience and your help in advance! I really tried to avoid going to forums because I know people get tired and frustrated when new people post questions without researching. I feel I have all the research done, I know what I need to do, I just do not know how. Most guides are dependent on the user having preexisting knowledge about rooting, which I do not have.
Here are my phone specs:
Samsung Galaxy S5 T-Mobile
Model Number: SM-G900T3
Android Version: 6.0.1
Build Number: MMB29.G900T3UVS3GPI1
I want to do the heavy lifting, just please show me the way!
Thanks again!
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Greetings and welcome to xda. First of all most custom roms are pre rooted so you just need to install a custom recovery like twrp then use this to flash your custom rom. All CM based roms will also provide a link to a google apps package which you install in the same way as the custom rom (flashing through recovery). Installing a custom recovery is slightly more complicated with a mac than windows pc as you will need to use heilmdall but once you have your custom recovery installed everything else can be done through the phone.
Anyway if you ask your questions here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s5/help
the experts there will be able to guide you
Good Luck
Sawdoctor
sawdoctor said:
Greetings and welcome to xda. First of all most custom roms are pre rooted so you just need to install a custom recovery like twrp then use this to flash your custom rom. All CM based roms will also provide a link to a google apps package which you install in the same way as the custom rom (flashing through recovery). Installing a custom recovery is slightly more complicated with a mac than windows pc as you will need to use heilmdall but once you have your custom recovery installed everything else can be done through the phone.
Anyway if you ask your questions here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s5/help
the experts there will be able to guide you
Good Luck
Sawdoctor
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Thank you so much!!!
I will head over there and post my question.
Thanks again!
RansomRenso said:
Thank you so much!!!
I will head over there and post my question.
Thanks again!
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Any time :good::good: If there is anything that you are unsure with don't hesitate to ask