The Samsung Galaxy SII Epic 4G Touch has been officially updated to ICS, but the process to root the phone remains the same. The current method to add root privileges to the stock firmware is by using a PC and Samsung's Android flashing utility program called Odin.
Credits:
sextape - for providing the leak to the full system TAR
sfhub - original Odin One-Click creator for the Epic 4G Touch
garwynn - for providing this round of pre-rooted Odin One-Click packages
rwilco12 - for advice and hosting
rainmotorsports - for great hosting support the past many months
When you root a Samsung device, you are basically flashing pre-rooted system software to the phone. If you later flash non-rooted system software to the phone, you effectively remove root. In other words, rooting this phone is not exactly an ON/OFF kind of thing as common sense might imply. It all depends on whether or not whatever you are flashing at the time has the SuperUser binary baked into it.
So, to root the current official firmware, first go here ...
LINK: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1969677
Just follow the excellent instructions in the thread. If you are currently on a stock ICS ROM, you can choose the "Preserve User Data" version of the One-Click package, and all of your Applications and App Data will be saved.
Instructional video on flashing the FI27 Odin One-Click:
How to Root the Samsung Epic 4G Touch on FI27 ICS - Latest - YouTube
Thanks as always qbking77 for your awesome instructional videos!!!
Credits:
sextape - for providing the leak to the full system TAR
sfhub - original Odin One-Click creator for the Epic 4G Touch
garwynn - for providing this round of pre-rooted Odin One-Click packages
rwilco12 - for advice and hosting
rainmotorsports - for great hosting support the past many months
When you root a Samsung device, you are basically flashing pre-rooted system software to the phone. If you later flash non-rooted system software to the phone, you effectively remove root. In other words, rooting this phone is not exactly an ON/OFF kind of thing as common sense might imply. It all depends on whether or not whatever you are flashing at the time has the SuperUser binary baked into it.
So, to root the current official firmware, first go here ...
LINK: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1969677
Just follow the excellent instructions in the thread. If you are currently on a stock ICS ROM, you can choose the "Preserve User Data" version of the One-Click package, and all of your Applications and App Data will be saved.
Instructional video on flashing the FI27 Odin One-Click:
How to Root the Samsung Epic 4G Touch on FI27 ICS - Latest - YouTube
Thanks as always qbking77 for your awesome instructional videos!!!
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