So i've searched this entire forum for topics dealing with the samsung appeal. Not only does this site have not much if anything no other sites have much either. I've got an appeal and im looking to root it as well as other tips and tricks. It's similar to the captivate with the qwerty key board but i've yet to find anything on how to root this phone. Any and all help will be greatly appreciated.
I have the same problem. I bought the appeal when switching to AT&T, but did not want a contract.
It does not seem to be a popular phone for developers. I am hoping there is a older root guide that will work with the Appeal (I827). If not I am willing to try and root the phone manually. I have not worked with Android coding much and could use a guide.
Thanks for any help!
rjpowe said:
I have the same problem. I bought the appeal when switching to AT&T, but did not want a contract.
It does not seem to be a popular phone for developers. I am hoping there is a older root guide that will work with the Appeal (I827). If not I am willing to try and root the phone manually. I have not worked with Android coding much and could use a guide.
Thanks for any help!
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I have the same phone. Samsung Galaxy Appeal SGH-i827
Android 2.3.6
AT&T
It would be a much more decent phone if it was rooted.
Samsung Galaxy Appeal Root
First off, I take NO credit for this guide. I do not know much about rooting phones or exploits.
However, I have spent a considerable amount of time searching for a way to root this phone.
I have not tried this yet, but a few friends who have rooted various phones say it should work. It was last updated early September, 2012.
The only download (aside from drivers) is hboot.
I registered specifically to include this, so I cannot link it yet (just remove the newlines).
redigua.
com/how-to-root-samsung-galaxy-
appeal.html
So I just tried this, and it turns out the z4root exploit doesn't work.
I'm using Android 2.3.6 with kernel 2.6.38.6 on a Samsung model SGH-I827, if it makes a difference.
Further attempts show anything using the rageagainstthecage exploit doesn't work. This rules out most of the One Click-based applications.
I'm trying GingerBreak 1.2 when I can get a microSD card.
Sorry if this is bringing up an old thread, but I just got this phone... is there any chance of ever seeing root for this phone?
Have you tried Gingerbreak? Its worked on 4/5 Android devices I've owned.
Android1993 said:
Have you tried Gingerbreak? Its worked on 4/5 Android devices I've owned.
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The phone is running Gingerbread 2.3.6. From what I have researched, Gingerbreak only works only up to 2.3.3. I have read that some other people have tried it, but no success. There is also something called SuperOneClick (I believe), which, apparently does not work on this phone as well...?
diehardbattery said:
The phone is running Gingerbread 2.3.6. From what I have researched, Gingerbreak only works only up to 2.3.3. I have read that some other people have tried it, but no success. There is also something called SuperOneClick (I believe), which, apparently does not work on this phone as well...?
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I've tried all ways to root this phone. Nothing has worked as of today, Very frustrating.
rarefuse said:
I've tried all ways to root this phone. Nothing has worked as of today, Very frustrating.
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Extremely frustrating. been trying alot my self but nothing works yet and no one outside the usual copy paste linkers will help. i fear the devs of the rooting community just don't want to help on this one as i hav'nt recieved a single response on the many forums i've asked about this, even under thier official rooting pages etc. quite frankly i'm getting fed up.
In all honesty I fixed my infuse a while ago and it started acting upagain so I dreaded it but used the appeal. The appeal is basically the cheapest most standard type of smartphone there is. Yes it would be better with root (and better ram) but I don't believe it has the capabilities to be rooted without making it unresponsive over worked and generally being hated by all. So I'd hate to say it but no one wants to root this phone bc of all the complaints it would cause like bricking ect. But do not get discouraged. If you want to root talk more about it and I'm sure someone will write a root code for this phone. On another not it still has quite a bit of functions and customizable aspects like go launcher ik works to fully theme ur phone and speed it up.
Sent from my GT-N7005 using xda app-developers app
Yo Appeal guys. I come from another low activity device board so I feel your pain. I do operate primarily from another forum entirely but hang here as well.
Anyways, more to the point: I may have a method that should work for you guys. It's been up for a couple weeks with no "yay" or "nay" to it's functionality though. Anyone familiar with the "update.zip" root method?...
Root update.zip
The results of this, like I said, have yet to be seen, but common results are as follows:
1. Full root and userdata wipe (something weird in the recovery framework]
2. Signature verification failure and no root acheived.
XDA tends to be more daring than the general public, so this is a good place for such a package.
Enjoy!
Motorhead
Nope
Yeah, still #2
rarefuse said:
Yeah, still #2
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Well crap... Gotta find another signer...
Anyone ready for a round 2?
Appeal CWM 5.0.2.8
This recovery should work with that zip, no problem. Installs with odin3 v1.8 somethin, whatever works on the Ace+
(original thread: http://androidarea51.com/***-all-things-root-***-197/(recoveryroot)-clockworkmod-5-0-2-8-appeal/)
if you follow the link Motorhead posted, we have gotten CWM working and Root on Galaxy Appeal, info is in the thread... and you need odin3 v1.85 to install cwm and the you flash the root update.zip from cwm, so wait no more Appeal users have at it lol...
i have been lead tester on the appeal, i have tested these things myself and we also had another user jump on as i was testing CWM and then Root, i walked him through it and everything went well for him, i am going to be working on a basic deodexed debloated rom build for the Appeal as well in the next couple days, my first shot at android development, so check out http ://android area51. com/ to keep up on our latest developments... we specialize in prepaid android devices, mostly straight talk, but if you troll around the forums long enough you might just get somebody to take your phone on as a project like i did lol, big thanks to Motorhead, DroidHost and everyone over at AA51 for cracking the blind open allowing me to slide down into the rabbit hole lol, and a big thanks to XDA for being such a wealth of information and source of research for me to go deeper and deeper, i'll be sure to credit individual users on my ROM release.
That didn't work for me either.
partin_us_99 said:
So i've searched this entire forum for topics dealing with the samsung appeal. Not only does this site have not much if anything no other sites have much either. I've got an appeal and im looking to root it as well as other tips and tricks. It's similar to the captivate with the qwerty key board but i've yet to find anything on how to root this phone. Any and all help will be greatly appreciated.
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you can root samsung in the moddings posts for your device
i know this is an old post but i successfully rooted my Samsung galaxy appeal but i cant install a new rom! its agervating cause the original rom is giving me problems. when i install a new rm this comes up
-- Install /sdcard ...
Finding update package...
Opening update package...
Verifying update package...
E:failed to verify whole-file signature
E:signature verification failed
install_package = (2)
Installation aborted
I'm asking is there a way to bypass this or something? ive tried everything i and google has shown me email me at [email protected]
I have a decent amount of experience flashing a couple of HP Touchpads, our Nexus S 4G CDMA phones and our HTC One V CDMA phones. I have learned alot along the way but for the last 2 days I have finally decided to unlock, root and flash our Xooms. The Xooms have already been updated to Android 4.1 with OTA updates and it has not been nearly as straightforward as my previous experiences. My motivation was Motorola ceasing to support them and a desire to get the Team EOS Xoom Jellybean MR1 4.2 Windray nightlies installed!
I started by going to the Motorola page with the official unlock my device instructions. Nothing I did could get those instructions to work. Finally I returned to XDA...my go to place in the past. It seems that I have finally accomplished my goal, but I could not find any instructions that could have easily helped me to avoid several pitfalls.
The very first thing I wish any instructions would have told me is that the latest CWM Recovery OR TWRP can not read the external SD card on Xooms. I do not know exactly why this is, but it seems it is either because I already had OTA updates prior OR for some reason I can't figure out.
So, in posting here I am wondering if anyone can point me to a comprenhinsive set of instructions for doing what I had so much difficulty doing so that I can save it for future reference. I assure you that I searched not only these forums, but the internet exhaustively, and although I was able to find answers to the many challenges that came up, the tutorials on this forum were so old that it surprised me. Does anyone know of a tutorial for unlocking, rooting and flashing the latest Android to a Xoom that helps to avoid the pitfalls?
Thanks!
donrull said:
I have a decent amount of experience flashing a couple of HP Touchpads, our Nexus S 4G CDMA phones and our HTC One V CDMA phones. I have learned alot along the way but for the last 2 days I have finally decided to unlock, root and flash our Xooms. The Xooms have already been updated to Android 4.1 with OTA updates and it has not been nearly as straightforward as my previous experiences. My motivation was Motorola ceasing to support them and a desire to get the Team EOS Xoom Jellybean MR1 4.2 Windray nightlies installed!
I started by going to the Motorola page with the official unlock my device instructions. Nothing I did could get those instructions to work. Finally I returned to XDA...my go to place in the past. It seems that I have finally accomplished my goal, but I could not find any instructions that could have easily helped me to avoid several pitfalls.
The very first thing I wish any instructions would have told me is that the latest CWM Recovery OR TWRP can not read the external SD card on Xooms. I do not know exactly why this is, but it seems it is either because I already had OTA updates prior OR for some reason I can't figure out.
So, in posting here I am wondering if anyone can point me to a comprenhinsive set of instructions for doing what I had so much difficulty doing so that I can save it for future reference. I assure you that I searched not only these forums, but the internet exhaustively, and although I was able to find answers to the many challenges that came up, the tutorials on this forum were so old that it surprised me. Does anyone know of a tutorial for unlocking, rooting and flashing the latest Android to a Xoom that helps to avoid the pitfalls?
Thanks!
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Try this one. I had seen it on another post. I am not responsible for any problems. Use at on risk
http://www.addictivetips.com/mobile/how-to-restore-and-relock-a-motorola-xoom-tablet/
bigmeltx said:
Try this one. I had seen it on another post. I am not responsible for any problems. Use at on risk
Thanks, but I'm not trying to restore and relock...
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To unlock bootloader and root try LordAIOTool (or popularly LAIOT), it will do this work for you... Then after I think you already know how to flash if you said you have experience (reboot into recovery blah blah blah)
Sent from my Xoom using Tapatalk HD
So let me start off by saying that I haven't root this device, and that's what I mean by breathing in some new life into the phone. I'm also using this as a "testing" opportunity to root. Seeing as how I've never rooted I'd like to gain the confidence and experience to later root my Nexus 4 and 7.
While I contemplated not making this post, I decided to go through with it because when I tried the "[HOW-TO] Simplified Root + Recovery + Custom ROM" it did not work, I got an error, and googling made it even more overwhelming, when I read things like, "you can't root unless your in the old baseband, it'll brick if you're in the newest one." something about "ZV5" and "ZV9" and when I read the "gordita root" I decided not to got through with it because the information did not match.
So my question is simple and I'm sorry that it is, but can you direct me to a good guide to root this device. I did not know any information I should provide so I took a screenshot of it. Also, this phone is disconnected and I don't see myself connecting it in the near future... if that matters.
Since I'm new I can't post outside links until I've had 10 posts, so here is the url to the screen shot
Code:
i.imgur.com/4Suafjw.jpg
EDIT: I'd also like to change ROMS after I root, and run things like dSploit or things similar to that
NotFromPrivileged said:
So let me start off by saying that I haven't root this device, and that's what I mean by breathing in some new life into the phone. I'm also using this as a "testing" opportunity to root. Seeing as how I've never rooted I'd like to gain the confidence and experience to later root my Nexus 4 and 7.
While I contemplated not making this post, I decided to go through with it because when I tried the "[HOW-TO] Simplified Root + Recovery + Custom ROM" it did not work, I got an error, and googling made it even more overwhelming, when I read things like, "you can't root unless your in the old baseband, it'll brick if you're in the newest one." something about "ZV5" and "ZV9" and when I read the "gordita root" I decided not to got through with it because the information did not match.
So my question is simple and I'm sorry that it is, but can you direct me to a good guide to root this device. I did not know any information I should provide so I took a screenshot of it. Also, this phone is disconnected and I don't see myself connecting it in the near future... if that matters.
Since I'm new I can't post outside links until I've had 10 posts, so here is the url to the screen shot
Code:
i.imgur.com/4Suafjw.jpg
EDIT: I'd also like to change ROMS after I root, and run things like dSploit or things similar to that
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To figure out your baseband, go to settings, about phone, and scroll down to baseband info. For zv4 and zv5, the gingerbreak apk works well for rooting. If you are on vz9, you will have to use jcase's method. I will pm you with some links when you tell me what baseband you have.
Sent from my LG-VM670 using xda app-developers app
Following the method here should help you. It is the Jcase method.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1562258
Well to start this off, many thanks to those of you have helped the community in any way, and those of you who have made exploits, mods, and other useful utilities for the use and greater good of technology. If this isn't in the right place, or has already been listed elsewhere, let me make my apologies now. And please by all means relocate it to another place if it is necessary.
To be honest I have searched the web using google and XDA and all other sources confirmed to be good in my future travels of modding and rooting devices. And I was unable to find any information on being able to root this device since the new update. So for those of you who don't know what I'm talking about, here is a little brief history (and why updates are made typically.)
~There was a new update that made this 4.1.2 Jellybean SGS3 variant phone into a newer number from ".....MH1" to ".....NH2" respectively.
~Patches, updates, and other similar software add-ons are used for patching exploits, security flaws, and other potentially harmful things as well as bugs.
~This system update obviously was made to patch this phone and keep it from being rooted.
So, a client came to me and asked me to root his device and I googled for hours as he waited patiently and calm as I had ever seen any client of mine. I told him that this was odd and he agreed as he tried googling and tried using Cydia Impactor and was unsuccessful himself. At this point I was unsure of what to do. So naturally I decided we should downgrade his device to an earlier version. We checked and there was only one earlier version for this device at sam mobile. I take no credit for doing this. Just something I found out. Unless of course it isn't already known in which case, I will gladly accept all credit.
******And as usual with posts as such, I TAKE NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR WHAT ANYONE DOES TO ANY DEVICE AFTER READING THIS. This is just a walkthrough of what I did to fix the issue. And as usual TAKE VERY SPECIAL CARE TO MATCH UP MODEL NUMBERS BEFORE FLASHING ANYTHING !!!******
Before this update I kept getting an error regarding the exploits not functioning as I can reboot the phone using Cydia Impactor but not root it successfully.
Steps to fixing the not being able to root on Impactor:
I followed the steps at this guide -----> http://androidbiits.com/samsung-gal...ndroid-4-1-2-jelly-bean-uduamh1-s968cuduamh1/ to downgrade the system to ".....MH1" so that the root would work using the exploits used by Cydia Impactor.
Then after the update finished and the phone returned to the home screen, you should be able to close odin and use Cydia Impactor to root it afterwards.
Then install SuperSU from the android market and let it update to be rooted.
Hope that helped someone out there, and usually there are so many answers out there for problems I don't need to help. But I felt the need to do so. By all means please if I did help you, be kind enough to smack that thanks button upside the border on your way to success! Good day.
I have a Droid Mini with Android 4.4.4 from Verizon. Years ago I successfully rooted a cheap tablet running Android 4.4.2. After that I tried to root my phone and failed. I tried everything I could find. At the time, the system was new, so I decided to just wait.
Fast forward a few years, and Android 8.0 is here. Once again I attempted to root my phone, because there has to be something that works now. Once again everything I tried didn't work.
Is there really no way to root 4.4.4? Have people really stopped trying to root phones?
It is highly possible that there may not yet exist a guide but the device may be rootable.
Please consider posting details to what you have tried, as this can build a road to success.
If feeling adventurous I recommend being a digital pioneer for your tablet. Please give these methods a go.
If a developer never gets a device or someone roots the device but doesn't post the solution a guide may not yet exist. Remember that each device is "poked" and "tested" individually. The pains of trying everything may pave the road to discovery. Developers know these pains. Most developers only make guides available once they can reproduce the root safely and consistently. Warnings still exist for rooting as it is not possible to test every make/model/version/revision.
If you are successful consider posting a guide for other users on the forums.