Guys, this is SOOO frustrating. I think I'm reasonably adept and reading carefully, but I'm thinking that there's something you may have overlooked - hopefully, something where your genius (SINCERELY) will yield a quick and successful "fix."
I'm trying to root a Samsung Replenish on Sprint. I wouldn't think the carrier matters, but something must matter!
I've tried the several things floating around on the web - KMS, Leaf Rom, Prevail-something.bat, etc.
In pretty much every case, I'm getting on my desktop messages with words like CANNOT in them, so the rooting obviously fails.
I think I heard that early in 2012 (sic), Samsung "upgraded" its firmware - could that be the issue?
Everybody says, "wait for the logo," but Samsung seems to say "Hi" with a white on black "Samsung" and then with something swirly. In both cases, the batch files come with warnings and messages that make split-second timing pretty difficult, even if I knew what to try for.
I'm 100% FOR your "have it your way" philosophy, and I recognize that there are lots of handsets, and you very reasonably "care more" about more popular ones. It's removing the bloat - changing "Browser" to Opera without getting a zillion messages of a "Which Browser" variety - that is my goal. Maybe, if rooting requires luck and skill beyond me, someone knows how to deal with the worst aspects of "factory defaults" without rooting.
Thanks.