Were you planning on holding off on your purchase of one of the US Samsung Galaxy S variants because you require root? Well, worry no more – the root method used on the international version of the Galaxy S has proven to work on T-Mobile’s Samsung Vibrant and AT&T’s Samsung Captivate.
Two methods are already available, and both are fairly simple. Read the instructions below, or check out the source link for the most up-to-date instructions.
First method:
If you have adb and you know how to use it!
1. Download: update.zip
2. Put update.zip to SD card
3. EnterCode:
adb reboot recovery4. In Recovery menu select 'apply sdcard:update.zip' (use vol_down + home)
Phone will rebootand you have
1. su+Superuser
2. busybox (/system/xbin/busybox)
Second method:
If you have Odin3 and you know how to use it!Your data and programs will be deleted!!!!
1. Download: Superuser_v1_CSC.7z
2. Unpack
3. Flash this file as CSC file with Odin3
How to install busybox utils
in terminal enter
Code:
su busybox --install -s /system/xbin
You can expect custom ROMs to start popping up pretty soon now that the device is fully rooted. Now Galaxy S owners just have to wait for Cyanogen support…
via: MyGadgetNews
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9 Comments
has anyone any idea that will the samsung galaxy fascinate be available worldwide??
(it has LED flash..) i wont buy if they sell the worthless device without the flash.. how much money did samsung save by not including the flash...
and i dont think anybody on this planet would say -- ah i can do away with LED flash.. so im ok if u remove it...
SO WHY TO PRODUCE DEVICES WITH SO SMALL DIFFERENCES??
honestly how many times have you taken a picture...now on your current cell...and needed the flash??? ok there you go..no need to have a coronary over it..if ur that hard up for a flash camera buy a real one! sheesh
many times... u dont always snap pictures in the sunlight..
and i want to guarantee that my investment lasts long with features i am interested in..
ur comment abt rooting is also ur willingness to gurantee urself tht ur investment remains interesting to u.. its just another way of looking at ..diff perspectives..
and i still bet noone would say:"ah i can do away with LED flash.. so im ok if u remove it…"
OK, I'll say it. I don't need an LED flash. Would it be nice? Sure. Do I need it? No. The Galaxy phones are supposed to handle low-light situations quite well without a flash anyway. I haven't tested it much yet, but honestly if I wanted quality photos in the dark I would use my wife's camera.
You can't have everything, especially if it puts the phone on-par with an iPhone 4 *cough* front-facing camera *cough*
If you have root, does that mean you can side-load apps? Or do you need a custom ROM for that?
You can sideload apps on any android phone regardless of root... Just certain applications require root access to run (like wifi tether and swapper)
Not if the carrier removed the setting to allow/disallow non-Market Apps. If they did, then you need to root. (Here's looking at you with an evil eye, AT&T).
Once it is rooted...can it be brought back to "purchased" original...on the off chance you dont like it...??
TIA
Yes. Rooting simply adds about 4 files to the file system, and all you need to do is remove them.