I'm thinking of rooting my Samsung Galaxy S2 and I want to root it keeping everything as stock as possible for now. I was wondering if it's capable of being done using a macbook pro? And if anyone could point me into the right direction or correct thread. So far I've only seen windows only and no mac. Thank you
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Hey guys,
Im a recent android convert after having bought an iPhone on the first day it was available, and almost all revisions since. I bought my Note II just before Xmas and cannot believe how satisfied I am with the new OS and the hardware.
Now in the android world, I'm lookign to gain the full functionality of multi-view by rooting and installing CLEANRom. However after reading all the guides I still have a couple questions.
1) By using the root injected roms (Im on Rogers), will the phone be ready to accept CleanRom? Im just unclear if root injected methods allow a custom ROM to be installed without any issue. If not, is there an alternative or easier rooting method that will allow cleanrom to be installed?
2) finally, due to my noobness, Im just wondering if there exists a very clear guide (perhaps with a video or picture step by step) that uses as few acronyms as possible (im still getting the hang of the jargon) for first root injecting/rooting a note II/similar phone and also installing a custom ROM?
Also, as Im a mac user, any tips on being able to carry on this on a mac would be appreciated. As it stands, Im boot-camping windows XP using a virtualizing software with windows 7 to be able to do this.
Thanks in advance guys, looking forward to being a part of the community.
It sounds to me like you are looking for a "laymans terms" description on the physical mechanics of installing a custom ROM. Here is a link to a post where I gave the best instruction I could to install a custom ROM (in this example the jedi rom) for someone on att. Most of the steps will be exactly the same for Cleanrom and I think there will be seperate instructions for Rogers in the actual Cleanrom thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2058320
4th post in the thread I believe.
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Thanks topshelf. That thread clarifies things big time.
as a fellow Mac user, you are pretty much going to be frustrated and pissed off when trying most Mac methods to root. I dual booted mine with Windows 7 just for the purpose of screwing around with my phone(s).
I don't know about root injection or whatever. I know I used Odin on Windows to flash a single .tar file and that gave me superuser, and my cleanrom 4.05
There are several ways to root and it seems there are different methods here and there. It is quite frustrating at first.
http://galaxynote2root.com/ is a good site and I believe it is the same guy that has made like 60 videos for the Note 2.
There are different Roms and people sometimes try different ones. I like the cleanroms by scott. Just search for scotts roms on google and it will take you to his site.
You will have to do a factory reset on your phone first. It will erase everything and bring it back to how you got it out of the box. Reset won't touch your external sdcard.
I don't know how anything works with virtual windows. You may also have to download Samsung drivers to get the computer to recognize your phone.
Hey peoples,
My son was given a Tablet for his birthday the brand is "Audiosonic C22", i have been looking everywhere to see if it can be rooted but im coming up blank ? its running stock Andoid 4.1.1. So if any one can point me in the right direction it is appreciated, ive rooted afew devices already but ive always found the specific guide for that device. Cheers
umsta said:
Hey peoples,
My son was given a Tablet for his birthday the brand is "Audiosonic C22", i have been looking everywhere to see if it can be rooted but im coming up blank ? its running stock Andoid 4.1.1. So if any one can point me in the right direction it is appreciated, ive rooted afew devices already but ive always found the specific guide for that device. Cheers
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i dont have an android 4.1.1 but you can use generic root that uses usb debugging just google it and use it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1886460 this is the one i use on all my device even a Chinese tablet
Hey guys,
Just got my G3 yesterday after Jumping from the Nexus 5.
I was just curious, because I couldn't find anything after searching the Tmo G3 forum, is there any sort of guide to rooting the Tmo G3 manually? I understand PurpleDrake has his own root utility, which looks awesome, but I've always been one to want to see exactly what I'm doing to establish root. (I know it probably won't be as easy as rooting the Nexus 5 obviously)
If anyone could point me in the right direction, that would be awesome.
Thanks guys
here follow this if you have windows.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJtz51KgxjM
and if you have mac and linux its very straightforward just follow purpledrake method
this is the easiest android phone to root ive ever encountered seriously.
i did it on my mac and no need for drivers, and few clicks on terminal and you are done
I rooted with the zedomax video method posted above. It's super easy and only takes like 5mins to do.
Hello, guy who has never rooted here. This is my first post here too, so bear with me. I'm motivated to root by my dislike of the samsung overlay; I hope to get a ROM that's like vanilla android seen on nexus devices.
I've checked out a few tutorials on rooting but always seem to hit a roadblock, like how the Odin .exe file doesn't work on mac. Perhaps somebody could point me in the direction of a mac-specific tutorial or point me in the right direction?
So I recently found my old Samsung sm-T310 which I rooted and installed a ROM on. I'm looking to get this back to stock so I can play a few games, nothing more. I haven't been in the rooting game for some years so I'd appreciate anyone pointing me in a direction where I can follow some detailed instructions for getting this thing back to stock. Also, if it matters, I'm mainly on a Mac but I can, if needed, use a Windows PC to get it done.
Any help is greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
rustypixel said:
So I recently found my old Samsung sm-T310 which I rooted and installed a ROM on. I'm looking to get this back to stock so I can play a few games, nothing more. I haven't been in the rooting game for some years so I'd appreciate anyone pointing me in a direction where I can follow some detailed instructions for getting this thing back to stock. Also, if it matters, I'm mainly on a Mac but I can, if needed, use a Windows PC to get it done.
Any help is greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
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Wait? Stock 4.2.2 can play a few games while custom roms cannot? No games (that I know) can work on 4.2.2 , minimum version to run any decent apps is 4.4.
Idk about restock but I will tell mods to move your thread to tab 3 forum that is more active so that more people can see your thread