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Samsung Dart T499 Rooted

OK i got this thing Rooted with superoneclick if any one is interested.
I will be working on a rom dump img.
Ill up load a link to rooting tool, and make a nice guide after work in next few days i should be able to compile a nice bit of info for this phone.
Here is the link for the tool to root this phone http://www.megaupload.com/?d=80IAHHZC

Hoping to find a recovery img. that works..

steph2 said:
OK i got this thing Rooted with superoneclick if any one is interested.
I will be working on a rom dump img.
Ill up load a link to rooting tool, and make a nice guide after work in next few days i should be able to compile a nice bit of info for this phone.
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I'm interested! I wish this phone had its own space here at xda.

Working on a rom dump just for that the problem is that I don't own the phone. So I get limited time with my good friends phone. Also I got a family so us getting together to do this stuff is kinda hard. If I get a rom dump I might be able to port cm7 to this model. I am no major developer I just tinker mainly. But would like to do more and his dart is a good start for doing more.
Looking to make recovery image as well
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i have the samsung dart from tmobil which is this model phone and was curious about rooting it. what kind of benefits does rooting do for a phone? also does anyone have any guide on how to root this phone?
any help would be appreciated and thanks

Download the tool plug in USB cable to phone set phone to USB debugging in (settings >manage applications>development>USB debugging) run superoneclick as administrator.
Then click the root button. Easy as pie.
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ok thank you for the information. just want to ask a few questions, do you know if there are other roms that can be used with a rooted dart? also will rooting be able to help with battery life on my phone?
thanks for any help you can provide.

ok thank you for the information. just want to ask a few questions, do you know if there are other roms that can be used with a rooted dart? also will rooting be able to help with battery life on my phone?
thanks for any help you can provide.
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Well there is no custom roms as of now I am tring to get one together but without source code its not easy to do anything. But you can use an app called root explore to remove T mobile boatware. Also use any app that requires root.
Also root will be helpful when a recovery image is made for the dart. Then custom roms will be possible.
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ok thanks for the information, i appreciate the help .

Hi, I had a T499 I read that is the same model than S5570 and I tried to flash it with an android 2.3.4 but the phone does not work anymore, you are the only one person I found that may be can help me I'm looking for the original firm android 2.2.1from tmobile because I want to restore it, when I start the phone in download mode is still respond it let me download the firm and also reset the phone I was working with the Odin Multidownloader 4.38, but when I start the phone only a black screen appears, it seems that the T499 and s5570 are different phones, any help would be appreciated.
Thanks in Advance

Ok ill work A little harder you can try warranty with t moible
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The only problem is that I bought this phone in the US and now I'm in Argentina, if you have the chance to get an original t499 please contact me [email protected]
thanks in advance

Can do
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I have a T499 (AKA Dart) and I am familiar with ADB, Linux, Kernel Building, Rooting, etc etc etc. Let me know what you guys need/want and I will help however I can. I like this phone, for a 600mhz armeabi, its fast. We need some custom kernel love on this device.. Lets do this.

Has there been any news on any custom roms out? Any luck on software being released?
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spindizy said:
I have a T499 (AKA Dart) and I am familiar with ADB, Linux, Kernel Building, Rooting, etc etc etc. Let me know what you guys need/want and I will help however I can. I like this phone, for a 600mhz armeabi, its fast. We need some custom kernel love on this device.. Lets do this.
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Need a recovery image. so we can at least nandroid. I haven't seen anything other than root for this phone yet.

any updates on this, any custom roms for this phone yes

do not USE ROM MANAGER
taqulic said:
Need a recovery image. so we can at least nandroid. I haven't seen anything other than root for this phone yet.
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NANDROID is not compatible with this device, i tried to install on a rooted t499; all well, but when i tried to boot into the clockwork recovery from ROM Manager, NOW I HAVE A DEAD PHONE....ZIPPO, NOT EVEN A BLINK, i've 3 pieces needing repair. however, i'm shooting for 2 will be fully functional. ONCE, i get my hands on the original firmwares...FULL.. so, if anybody out there can DUMP all the files on a link TO FLASH WITH ODIN, THANKS A ALOTTO.
REQUESTING samfirmware FOR ODIN T499---URGENT
also have 1 piece dead as a deer...help

I've been working on dumping the rom but all I get is a 'segmentation fault' when using romdumper... still trying to figure all that out. I think its the way superoneclick roots it.

I know it must be hard to work on, is there any updates on custom roms?
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Newcomers please read me, a helpful little guide

While I'm seeing an influx of new comers to the MyTouch4G section, most likely due to newer phones coming out and picking these up cheap.
I'd like to remind you of a couple of things prior to just jumping in and rooting your phone.
Disclaimer: i am not a mod or an admin, just a humble "helper outer"
First Things First.​Rooting one's phone is not to be taken lightly. When you root your phone to are basically giving your self SU access to the /system files of your phone. While this allows for GREAT expansion of the devices capabilities, you need to under stand that it can also brick your device in a heart beat. I know a guy who lives in St.Louis who said all he did was flash a custom font, via an application, on his rooted droid 2 and it bricked. You need to read, and understand what you are getting into. Because when the rubber meets the road you are the only one who can save your phone.
Secondly and just as important as anything else else.​please install the ADB drivers at a minimum. TrueBlue_Drew has put together a very simple walk-through with video for this http://bit.ly/q7MP9t. Please take the time to learn the basic commands and what they do.
Third, and this can prevent some headaches down the road​please go and check which eMMC chipset you have. Our phones where made in two different places, and have two different Chip set serial numbers. One of them is problematic and one of them is pretty safe. Please take time to verify which chipset you have prior to flashing anything. And yes it can be done without root access [http://bit.ly/y2zmdr]. Please see this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=858996
Fourth, and this is where the rubbers meets the road. ​A)
You need to decide which root method is for you. There are two different proven methods out there. One is known as the root.sh method. This is the simplest method. the long and short of it is this. You download a packet, extract a folder to your SD Cards root directory. Then you download, install and run a program called VISIONary. after you do that you enter a simple command or two to run the script in the extracted folder. you can find that method here root.sh method now this method will work to turn your phone into a rooted s-off phone. and is super easy i used this method to root my phone with s-off before i even left the T-Mobile store when i bought the devices. However it only turns off the security flags. IF you flash the PD15IMG to return to a stock fashion it will remove all SU rights.
B)
the second method is a bit more entailed but completely removes the security flags. IT's called ./gfree method. Now you need to be careful because this will root a phone with a bad eMMC chipset. Meaning it will be easier for you to brick your device. If that happens you own a 200-500 USD paper weight. And as of currently there is no sure fire way to recover from it. you can find more on that method here ./gfree rooting method.
c)
ONLY IF YOU HAVE THE STOCK 2.3.4 (GINGERBREAD) ROM
you must downgrade to 2.2.1 before you can root your phone.
Please see this link http://bit.ly/rugejM.
d)
if you do not know what you are doing i would advise against the OneClickRoot for rooting ANY phone. It's a simple path to enable someone with no knowledge to root their device.
We are glad you have chosen to make XDA your source for all of your hacker needs. But please take some time and read and study prior to doing anything. We'd hate to see you root and brick your phone because you over looked something.
the Q&A section is used for just that Questions and Answers
the Accessory section is for just that Accessories devoted to the HTC Glacier
the Development Section is just that a section where you can find ROMS, Kernels, hacker, and PC/Mac/Linux guides
the App section is just that a place for us to talk about add ons and applications
everything else falls under the general section.
hope you enjoy your stay here.

Finally, and i wanted to post this separately
please do not be afraid of the search button or Google. Chances are if you've encountered a problem, or have a question. Someone has already asked it, or solved it.
Please watch this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmvCpR45LKA&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Thanks for this. So your saying not to root at all if you have the "bad" chipset?
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CoNsPiRiSiZe said:
Thanks for this. So your saying not to root at all if you have the "bad" chipset?
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that is what is encouraged, unless you want a $500 brick.

saranhai said:
that is what is encouraged, unless you want a $500 brick.
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So I got that, plus the bad display!!! Do I call T-Mobile?
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Thank you this is very helpful! I just got replacement mt4g due to the bad emmc chip failing and it had the 2.3.4 on it. And it was a pain finding all the info plus the bad info people was giving out to root my phone. So now all new and replacement mt4g's are shipping with 2.3.4 on them, my mother just got a free mt4g and it had 2.3.4 already on it.

CoNsPiRiSiZe said:
Thanks for this. So your saying not to root at all if you have the "bad" chipset?
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If it does go bad there is good chance you can exchange it just don't tell them anything about you rooted the phone. I sent my phone in rooted with S off with a different problem and had no problem getting an exchange now I have this 2.3.4 which is not too bad but still figuring out the downgrade process I miss all the privileges with being rooted.

jigajay said:
If it does go bad there is good chance you can exchange it just don't tell them anything about you rooted the phone. I sent my phone in rooted with S off with a different problem and had no problem getting an exchange now I have this 2.3.4 which is not too bad but still figuring out the downgrade process I miss all the privileges with being rooted.
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+1 on replacing with no problem.
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Rooted and downgraded with this guide. Thanks SOO MUCH!!!
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This thread should probably be stickied.

chem.manish said:
This thread should probably be stickied.
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You could PM a local admin/mod and they could do that if they see fit.

Great guide! It helped me with several questions I had, I was even able to check if I had a bad eMMC, I'm lucky I have the good one \o/
My phone came with 2.3.4, I really want to root to remove all the junk that comes preinstalled.
I have a question, if I used the root.sh method (which seems the safest), after downgrading of course. If I flash a rooted stock 2.3.4 ROM http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1264704
Would I loose my S-OFF? Also to install the ClockworkMod recovery, is it the same way as other phones? ex can I just install it using the ROM manager?
Also is it really necessary to flash the engineering bootloader?
thanks for this great tutorial!

Salvy said:
Would I loose my S-OFF? Also to install the ClockworkMod recovery, is it the same way as other phones? ex can I just install it using the ROM manager?
Also is it really necessary to flash the engineering bootloader?
thanks for this great tutorial!
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Once you have s-off, you will keep s-off until you manually turn it to s-on. So to answer your question.
No if you flash the rooted 2.3.4 of the stock OS you will keep s-off.
Yes you can flash it via the recovery image, without any problems. Just make sure to do a back up first.
It's not really needed, but encouraged as you can flash specific sections of the OS, or recovery image if needed.

Thank you very much for your help!
Everything went smoothly, now I'm in 2.3.4 rooted with bloat and ad free ^_^
The root.sh method didn't work for me though, but gfree worked like a charm (was kind of scared using it, but since I already checked my eMMC was good, I went ahead and worked perfectly!)
Thanks for your help!

thanks for help

Thanks, very useful information for mytouch 4g owners

check

Great guide! Thanks!

nice starting guide for new mytouch 4g users hoping to root to read!

Thanks for the info!

[Q] If I root my Nexus S...

Will I still receive the android updates? Ive always been sketchy about rooting my phone because i want to keep the android system as up to date as possible. Will I still receive the android updates if I root my phone or will I have to manually do it somehow?
Much thanks

If you flash a custom rom then you won't recieve the official OTA updates from Google.

If you root the stock rom you will still receive ota updates. You can also manually flash updates(best method). Please do alot of reading about rooting before attempting anything. Had you done this you would have known the answer to your question. Learn how to use adobe and fastboot. Don't be lazy and use a one click root method as this will not teach you anything about your phone and you will not know how to fix a problem should one arise. Thanks for posting in the correct section!
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any recommendations for a guide to root my nexus?

wsiegfri said:
any recommendations for a guide to root my nexus?
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If you have a mac, my guide.

thats what i have. could you link me? also my phone is on 2.3.7

Rem3Dy said:
If you root the stock rom you will still receive ota updates. You can also manually flash updates(best method). Please do alot of reading about rooting before attempting anything. Had you done this you would have known the answer to your question. Learn how to use adobe and fastboot. Don't be lazy and use a one click root method as this will not teach you anything about your phone and you will not know how to fix a problem should one arise. Thanks for posting in the correct section!
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What in the world does he need to know anything about adobe for?
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Auto correction on his phone turned abd into adobe I would say. It is clear to me what was meant.

sooo how should i go about rooting it with 2.3.7 and being on a mac?

Found this sticky in the Nexus S General section:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=878446
double check if it supports your Nexus s version though.

Guides in Android Development section

do you think it will matter that I'm on mac 10.7?

wsiegfri said:
do you think it will matter that I'm on mac 10.7?
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You'll be just fine

Also, if your rooted and running a, custom ROM, you don't need OTA updates, as the ROM developers incorporate the updates into their ROMs, within a day or two usually. I don't even worry about updates from OEMS or Google anymore.
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One click is certainly looking like a bad idea as the ota does come through and then screws up your superuser. I've been arguing w my phone for a week trying to get past this and put cm7 on it.
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i get to the part where i have to mount my phone while in recovery mode and my phone won't mount to my computer. Some help with this would be greatly appreciated

[Q] Don't think I'm Lame.....But I Can't Figure this Out

So I have the Stingray Version of the Motorola Xoom 10.1". (The Verizon 3G/WiFi Model MZ600). Anyway I've always been very weary of rooting this device. Mainly I think because it was my first Android device, and it has some sentimental value of sorts to me. And, because I haven't been very confident in the Forum Threads that I've come across on rooting The Original Xoom. I just don't want to end up doing something to it that I can't fix.
I also haven't been able to find an actual working Download Link for a 1-Click Method or All-In-One Tool to get the job done. I've seen plenty of articles on it, like XxLordxX links, but his didn't work for some reason, and any other Links I come across, when I click on the links, they are either set to private, or they are removed, or closed down. I am not fluent enough in Command Prompt, or ADB Terminal to be able to type in the code to manually root my Xoom. I just need some help, if anyone out there can help me out I'd greatly appreciate it.
I also have a Samsung Galaxy S3 (SGH-I747) which I used Odin v3.05 to root. I am sort of familiar with Odin, but I don't know if there is something like that for the Xoom.
I should probably also point out that the Specs for my Xoom are as follows:
Android Version: 4.0.4
Baseband Version: CDMA_N_03.1A65P
Kernel Version: 2.6.39.4-g42a0480
[email protected] #1
SMP PREEMPT Tue Mar 13 15:58:08 PDT 2012
Build Number: IMM76L
Once again, any help that is given will be greatly appreciated. I really want to root my Xoom now, it's taken me a long time to decide, but now I'm ready lol.

another rtiituav
this is the one i used
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1782235
its easier and almost one touch like you wanted..
Im just trying to find the package file i used to flash... cant seem to find the thread for it.
EDIT* I found what I used to flash after using TeamWin Recovery
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=30041651&postcount=2

Can I use ROM Manager Premium (ClockWork Mod Recovery)? Or must I use TWRP?
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DannyShane said:
Can I use ROM Manager Premium (ClockWork Mod Recovery)? Or must I use TWRP?
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you can, but i found TWRP a lot easier to use than CWMR

I think I misunderstood
When you say you were "trying to find the package file you used to flash" what exactly are you talking about?
What did you mean when you said "EDIT: I found what I used to flash after using TeamWin Recovery"
How did you find this "package file" you speak of using TWRP?
How would I go about using TWRP? Seeing as how I've never used it before, lol...Also, My original post question, was asking if anyone knew of an easy-ish way to ROOT my Xoom......
Sorry for the questions, but I'm very nervous about doing anything to my Xoom.

DannyShane said:
When you say you were "trying to find the package file you used to flash" what exactly are you talking about?
What did you mean when you said "EDIT: I found what I used to flash after using TeamWin Recovery"
How did you find this "package file" you speak of using TWRP?
How would I go about using TWRP? Seeing as how I've never used it before, lol...Also, My original post question, was asking if anyone knew of an easy-ish way to ROOT my Xoom......
Sorry for the questions, but I'm very nervous about doing anything to my Xoom.
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I used that Rom from another thread after flashing TWRP recovery, just couldnt find it when I posted, so I edited the original post when I did.

Please help!!!!!!
Unfortunately you're still not really answering my question. Which is how did you actually Root your Xoom? And how would I go about Rooting mine? The "1 touch" that I was talking about that I'm looking for, was, a "1-Click/1-Touch Root Method" that I had came across a while back. Unfortunately any of the links I click on for it, doesn't work anymore. That's why I am asking to see if anyone knows of anything similar. Or just an easier method of Rooting the Motorola Xoom Stingray Edition. Please Help!!!!

Well I guess no-one can answer my question. All I wanna do is root my stingray model xoom. Can anyone help?
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DannyShane said:
Well I guess no-one can answer my question. All I wanna do is root my stingray model xoom. Can anyone help?
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Here is how I rooted my xoom.
follow the directions here but instead of doing step 1 follow this for adb install http://www.support-4-you.com/main/i...ged-adb-installation&catid=40:how-tos&Itemid= it is a 1 click adb install then follow from step 2 on.

Use the tutorial I posted here (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=21920428&postcount=3) or here (http://www.undergroundandroid.com/underground/node/35)
I used my own tool to root my Xoom, but it was the Linux version, this tutorial worked for almost everyone, try it
Good Luck!

I appear to have been UNROOTED

I've just flashed lloir's Pure AOSP 4.3 jellybean ROM.
All went well enough and it runs fine. Question....... how is it possible that I appear to have been UNROOTED ?
I can't get root access with apps that require it and I used "root checker" from playstore and it tells me the device, HOX+ international, isn't rooted.
It obviously is because I've gone back to ARHD8 and all is well.
Any suggestions ?
Thanks

10rdan said:
I've just flashed lloir's Pure AOSP 4.3 jellybean ROM.
All went well enough and it runs fine. Question....... how is it possible that I appear to have been UNROOTED ?
I can't get root access with apps that require it and I used "root checker" from playstore and it tells me the device, HOX+ international, isn't rooted.
It obviously is because I've gone back to ARHD8 and all is well.
Any suggestions ?
Thanks
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Read the name of the rom. "Pure AOSP." AOSP does not include root access tools, and this is a "pure" build, no extra modifications (incl root access). A quick search of the forums for the phone model, going to Tools/Utilities at the top of the forum section, I found this. Always keep tools handy for any purpose, and always use search before posting, you could have saved yourself the time waiting for me to point you in the correct direction.

Cynagen said:
Read the name of the rom. "Pure AOSP." AOSP does not include root access tools, and this is a "pure" build, no extra modifications (incl root access). A quick search of the forums for the phone model, going to Tools/Utilities at the top of the forum section, I found this. Always keep tools handy for any purpose, and always use search before posting, you could have saved yourself the time waiting for me to point you in the correct direction.
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Ok, thanks for your help.
"Every day is a school day"

10rdan said:
Ok, thanks for your help.
"Every day is a school day"
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I like that quote, and yes, it is. "If you didn't learn at least one new thing, no matter how small, you have squandered this day."

If you want to root it just flash the super user app n su binaries :thumbup:
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