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[Q] No Service after using Odin to install XWKDD insecure

I followed external instructions titled "How to Root Samsung Galaxy S2 easily" (sorry, can't link) to attempt to root my brand new Epic Touch on Sprint in the US. And while everything seemed to work, the phone now has No Service. Just a big old circle with a slash through it, no matter how many times I reboot or how long the battery is out of the phone.
I am fairly inexperienced with rooting phones... I've flashed a few roms to an old Droid X, but that's about it. I'd love if someone more advanced would advise me on the right steps here so I can avoid bricking this further. I'd like to come out of this unexpected situation with a successful root, but beggars can't be choosers; I'd be happy to just undo this and get the phone back to working order.
Thank you!

blers said:
I followed external instructions titled "How to Root Samsung Galaxy S2 easily" (sorry, can't link) to attempt to root my brand new Epic Touch on Sprint in the US. And while everything seemed to work, the phone now has No Service. Just a big old circle with a slash through it, no matter how many times I reboot or how long the battery is out of the phone.
I am fairly inexperienced with rooting phones... I've flashed a few roms to an old Droid X, but that's about it. I'd love if someone more advanced would advise me on the right steps here so I can avoid bricking this further. I'd like to come out of this unexpected situation with a successful root, but beggars can't be choosers; I'd be happy to just undo this and get the phone back to working order.
Thank you!
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Flash back to stock.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1351761
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Check your baseband version. Does it say unknown??
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Newer, Safer Method to Root your phone?

I am new to xdadevelopers and this is my first thread.
I was just wondering if anyone has tried the new method of rooting our device?
Apparently, you can download GalaxyS2RootNew.zip. Unzip the file and install runme.bat.
This is supposed to work on all variants of the Galaxy S 2. You will get ROOT access but this method does not install a new kernel with recovery so you can't install custom ROM's.
Please advise if anyone has heard of this method, has tried it, does it work?
Found it on GalaxyS2Root.com website. Thanks.

just follow the stickies that's about the easiest and safest method ever

AllGamer said:
just follow the stickies that's about the easiest and safest method ever
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I have followed the stickies and have watched videos on how to root the device using ODIN. That method works very well, but you need to back everything up first which requires a Micro SD card. I don't have a Micro SD card at the moment so can't use that method.
I was just wondering if anyone has tried the alternative method on the T989 model. It seems a lot more user friendly, easier, safer and you have no chance of bricking your phone. Thanks for your reply.

You don't need to backup anything but it is recommended in case you screw something up. Probably not going to happen if you don't flash a new rom, and stick to smaller changes like theme, or maybe a new kernel.
I've done odin method and seems pretty foolproof to me. I don't see how it can get less of a change to brick unless some other physical hardware problem intervenes in the process in mid-flash.

AllGamer said:
just follow the stickies that's about the easiest and safest method ever
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My mistake, the stickies did refer me to the same method I was mentioning in this post. Found what I was looking for in the below thread. Thanks again, sorry I'm still new and getting the hang of the site
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1321582

Chochiwpg said:
I am new to xdadevelopers and this is my first thread.
I was just wondering if anyone has tried the new method of rooting our device?
Apparently, you can download GalaxyS2RootNew.zip. Unzip the file and install runme.bat.
This is supposed to work on all variants of the Galaxy S 2. You will get ROOT access but this method does not install a new kernel with recovery so you can't install custom ROM's.
Please advise if anyone has heard of this method, has tried it, does it work?
Found it on GalaxyS2Root.com website. Thanks.
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Tried it last night on my new T-Mo GS2 (followed the galaxys2root.com instructions), it did not work for me. Plus side is that nothing bad happened to my phone even thought it didn't root successfully.
I have the U.S. based T-mo phone... so not sure if that's different than the phones used in Canada.

lithium133 said:
Tried it last night on my new T-Mo GS2 (followed the galaxys2root.com instructions), it did not work for me. Plus side is that nothing bad happened to my phone even thought it didn't root successfully.
I have the U.S. based T-mo phone... so not sure if that's different than the phones used in Canada.
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I think the Tmobile (T989) and Telus (T989D) version of the phone are the same. Unless you are running version 2.3.6, then the zergrush exploit doesn't work.

Backups are overrated (lol). I never do them and completely ignored it and went ahead and ODIN flashed the recovery and then flashed Juggernaut immediately.
Took me literally 2 minutes to do.

Chochiwpg said:
I think the Tmobile (T989) and Telus (T989D) version of the phone are the same. Unless you are running version 2.3.6, then the zergrush exploit doesn't work.
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Right - my phone did come with 2.3.6. I ended up using another method to root - which was relatively easy also.

Root SGH-I757

Anyway to root Bell Samsung Galaxy S2 LTE???
I cannot find anything on google or in this forums.
Thanks!!!

yea me either ive been searching for a couple weeks now.... it sucks

Rooting i757M
Am also still looking how to root this thing. The Skyrocket HD is merely the same phone, branded on AT&T carrier and this article made it clear that the phone has been silently put to the side, in favor of the coming S3. (phonesreview.co.uk/2012/05/10/samsung-galaxy-s3-buries-att-sii-skyrocket-hd).
That is, even on samsung online personal profile page, you can even find the SGH-i757M in the list of phone version, to add in your owner's page.
If anyone of you manage to root the phone, thanks to let me know.
Correction: The SGH-i757M can be found in the BAR model section on Samsung profile page and not under Smartphone. Hmm... weird categorization. Are those bar phones not smartphones? Oh, they are mini tablets.

Here is one.

Do you have any procedure to use that files? I just don't want to brick my phone

There's no any special procedure other than flash it with Odin
There're many tutorials about it here and there like that for example.

rxulan said:
Here is one.
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Has this been tested and confirmed to work? I don't have the device yet but this may make my decision to buy one.

dsixda, well, all I can say is that I flashed it personally (into E120L though) and it worked (including root).

rxulan said:
dsixda, well, all I can say is that I flashed it personally (into E120L though) and it worked (including root).
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Hey that is great news. I wonder if the CWM for the E120L is compatible then?

I wonder if this works to root the device, as I've read it worked for the Asian versions of the GS2 HD:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1321582

dsixda, I guess it won't be too hard for you to check that as you're recognized developer
You can download the stock I757M firmware with the CheckFus using advanced tab (or using cli only version) with the following data:
Model: SGH-I757M
Product code: SGH-I757ZKMBMC
HIDSWVER: I757MUGLCA/I757MOYCLCA/I757MUGLCA/I757MUGLCA

Yes, I'll try all that as soon as I get my device Always nice to have the stock Odin firmware so that I don't need to dump everything beforehand in case something goes wrong.
Thank you again

Just FYI, the stock firmware is now available at sammobile.com. Grab an account and search for SGH-I757M. The download is much faster than using CheckFus.

Dsixda! So happy your getting this Device, I also want to say thank-you for your Kitchen you created!! Amasing work. Used it all the time with my Evo 3d.
Just got the Samsung Galaxy s2 hd lte with the Bell network, Do you have any plans to incorporate this into your Kitchen??
Also is there any easy Root anyone knows of yet that doesn't involve Odin? Like superoneclick...etc

markdexter said:
Dsixda! So happy your getting this Device, I also want to say thank-you for your Kitchen you created!! Amasing work. Used it all the time with my Evo 3d.
Just got the Samsung Galaxy s2 hd lte with the Bell network, Do you have any plans to incorporate this into your Kitchen??
Also is there any easy Root anyone knows of yet that doesn't involve Odin? Like superoneclick...etc
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Try the Zergrush method which I linked in the previous page.
I haven't decided 100% whether to get it, as I still love my original S2. But if I get it I will incorporate it into the kitchen, once we figure out the custom recovery method.
I'm assuming any of the Tengrak GS2 HD recovery images (Odin .tar) will work, as long as you don't flash the associated Tegrak kernel for the ES120L/S/K?
You can always flash the stock firmware above in case you mess up.

Tried the Zergrush method, I had no luck. Oh well no big deal for now

markdexter said:
Tried the Zergrush method, I had no luck. Oh well no big deal for now
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Or flash the first link provided by rxulan in page 1. It's the stock ROM but the system.img has superuser injected in it.
And/or Google for the Tegrak custom recovery in Xda. Just flash one of those recovery.tar meant for the HD, but not the kernel.

ODIN ?
rxulan said:
There's no any special procedure other than flash it with Odin
There're many tutorials about it here and there like that for example.
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ODIN does not recognise .img or .ext4 files. I understand those are recovery files that CWD can restore but your device should already have been rooted. This is exactly the purpose of this thread, rooting the device first of all. This have been difficult for us to find the right .md5 files to use in ODIN. The device we're trying to root, SGH-i757M.

@ezechias
Odin doesn't recognize the files inside the rooted tar archive (the one linked on page 1), but you can flash them as a tar.md5, which you already know is a preferred format. There are guides online on how to convert it to tar.md5, you can Google it or I can post it later.
First, try to flash the TAR file as is; if it doesn't work then convert to tar.md5, then flash it.
Anyways, it's strange that nobody wants to be the lab rat to test the rooted TAR or the custom recovery that we have already discussed. We have the emergency stock ROM to fall back on if anything goes wrong. Looks like I'll have to purchase this device soon and try it out myself I already have all the files and stock firmware downloaded and ready to go

ICS for E120 K/L/S has been released.
I'm sure the same will happen with I757M pretty soon

AT&T GS3 how to root/cwm ?

This is my second android device (skyrocket being the first) but that one was easy. All i had to do was "oneclick" which was run a bat file and your rooted. then to get CWM i could use rom manager and i could nandroid/flash/restore/etc
this sgs3 is a little confusing - starting with all the forums. However i hope im in the right forum =)
So out of box SGS3 AT&T - what is the best/easiest way to ROOT and install CWM on it?
for root, i see http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1739426 but it seems many people have problems with that?

waiters said:
This is my second android device (skyrocket being the first) but that one was easy. All i had to do was "oneclick" which was run a bat file and your rooted. then to get CWM i could use rom manager and i could nandroid/flash/restore/etc
this sgs3 is a little confusing - starting with all the forums. However i hope im in the right forum =)
So out of box SGS3 AT&T - what is the best/easiest way to ROOT and install CWM on it?
for root, i see http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1739426 but it seems many people have problems with that?
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I'm brand new to this part of the forum but, I've already seen videos and several threats made to help you with this. You might want to spend some time looking around a little more.

ChumleyEX said:
I'm brand new to this part of the forum but, I've already seen videos and several threats made to help you with this. You might want to spend some time looking around a little more.
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i finally ended up rooting..
it was a little confusing because the forum said "use odin , download here" and there were 5 versions .. wasn't sure which one to use =) then in the 50 pages, like 20% of the people had problems..
in the end, i used 3.0.7 and the newest AT&T image from here...i had problems at first but that was resolved by using a USB port in the back of my computer instead of the front.
i am now rooted =)

waiters said:
i finally ended up rooting..
it was a little confusing because the forum said "use odin , download here" and there were 5 versions .. wasn't sure which one to use =) then in the 50 pages, like 20% of the people had problems..
in the end, i used 3.0.7 and the newest AT&T image from here...i had problems at first but that was resolved by using a USB port in the back of my computer instead of the front.
i am now rooted =)
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awesome, because that is the step I'm at.. My work computer won't install the samsung drivers and I'm going to do this at home.

ChumleyEX said:
awesome, because that is the step I'm at.. My work computer won't install the samsung drivers and I'm going to do this at home.
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My work is the same way. I got an Elago micro-sd card reader to do this. After you have cwm, twrp, etc, you can just download roms, take your micro card out of the device, copy your downloaded rom to the card and re-install.

There is multiple versions. But it should not be difficult to know that of you an AT&T GS3, you don't use the international version or Verizon version.
I do agree that it can be complicated compared to other devices though. But Samsung is a lot better than some companies in this regard. Also, the Nexus devices are something to keep in mind.
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Samsung phones are ABSOLUTELY the easiest phones to hack. HTC is the ***** with supercid ****. All I did was use Odin flash a rooted stock image and then went into the market and downloaded GOO MANGAGER and in goo hit settings and hit flash recovery. Tooooooo easy. :thumbup:
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[?] used mskips toolkit on at&t. How to prep for a different variant

I used the tool kit for sgh-l747 to root and get custom recovery. Now my brother wants me to do the same for him but he has the T-Mobile version sgh-t999. Can anyone tell me, do I have to do anything special as far as removing files or drivers or anything like that, Before I use the tool kit on the second variant. or will the toolkit make a different folder for sgh-t999 and be able to differentiate between the two? Thanks for any help. I asked the same question in the toolkit thread but got no response. Maybe it's a stupid question I just don't want to brick my bro's phone.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1746682
The toolkit supports both devices so there shouldn't be a problem. When you begin the process, you'll have to select which device you have. That's when you'll select t mobile and version of firmware.
Check out the link in my signature. It outlines another route to get root access and more. Simple and safe. Worth a read. Cheers

djwuh said:
I used the tool kit for sgh-l747 to root and get custom recovery. Now my brother wants me to do the same for him but he has the T-Mobile version sgh-t999. Can anyone tell me, do I have to do anything special as far as removing files or drivers or anything like that, Before I use the tool kit on the second variant. or will the toolkit make a different folder for sgh-t999 and be able to differentiate between the two? Thanks for any help. I asked the same question in the toolkit thread but got no response. Maybe it's a stupid question I just don't want to brick my bro's phone.
Sent from Rootbox sg3
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The two are fairly close ot each other anyhow. Even if you flashed something at&t on the phone you aren't even close to bricked. These are hard to brick devices and the toolkit makes sure you are using the right filed and as long as you choose correct carrier you are just fine. Only thing that bricks your device is flashing stuff made for the i9300