How to Root

[Froalskiner#WN]

I tried everything, still nothing!
I tried factory reset then part 1, then part 2...i still cant root it!?? Please help!

I installed the driver, i have debugging on and i did not mount the SD card....but it keeps giving me the ADB error!

I was as well...but after a dozen times I got it to go through.

Does it copy the files over? It should copy 5 or 6 files over and give you a progress, then the adb re-login part.

Here is what I did...

1. Restarted both laptop and phone.
2. connected phone, made sure to have in debug mode and make sure your notification bar has the same 2 entries for USB and debugging like the instructions.
3. started part1 and made sure it connected
4. pressed a key to copy the files...watched as the files copied
5. pressed a key to start the rooting...where the adb message comes up.
6. left it alone, grabbed dinner, then came back to it a bit later. The "press any key to continue" message comes up where it asks me if I waited 2 minutes.
7. let it sit for 10 more minutes
8. hit a key, phone restarts
9. checked for superuser app, success

I started part1, then really just let it do its thing. When you think you've let it sit there long enough, grab a piece of paper, draw a dog with a big hat, maybe with a tie, then check on it again. Then wait a few more minutes...it will work...just be patient. I realized that I never let it run long enough.

 

[yevgenchy]

it worked! now i installed the lag fix also and got the app, but how do i check those number to make sure i got 2290?

 

[dudemanmax]

Usb driver issues

Hi all, I'm new here and first off I wanted to say thanks for a great resource and the work you do!

I just got a fascinate today and I have been trying to get the usb drivers to work for over an hour and I'm not having any luck. I tried the drivers posted in the original post but they stopped in the middle of the installation and hung. So I went to Samsung's website and got them from there and now I can get windows (vista 32) to recognize it but adb doesn't. If I enter adb devices it says "List of devices" but it's blank. I have debugging mode on and I tried both usb modes (mass storage and sync). When I set it to sync then windows sees it. If I set it to drive then it comes up asking for drivers to install again.

Any ideas?

Thanks again so much!!

EDIT: I finaalllllly got it to work. I tried rebooting my phone again and using USBDeview to delete the drivers and start over. Do the usb drivers need to be the exact ones you posted or will the ones from Samsungs site work as well?

 

[Disneycast24]

Awesome Guide, I tried it through command prompt, but got stuck, this made it so much easier and I even fixed the lag issue with ease. Biggest thanks.

 

[anon(59766)]

1 click worked for me first try. thanks

 

[N2B8U]

Noob here! 1 click root worked for me first time Now Do I know that I have rooted the phone since supper user icon is on phone????? And do I need to do anything immediately after this?

 

[NexusNole]

I finally grew a pair and tried to root my phone, after 3 times I'm enjoying all It's rooty goodness. Now I just have to figure out how to install the wireless tether.

 

[Bearly]

Corey,

I am running the part1 bat file on a PC right now. The device is detected and files are copied, but the command prompt hangs on:

"adb connection will be reset. restart adb server on desktop and re-login."

I've restarted the phone and run it a second time. Same thing. I've waited 10 minutes and no change, CMD prompt is still at the same part.

USB Storage is turned off and SD card is not mounted in My Computer.

Any ideas?

 

[Cory Streater]

That's Dirrk's batch file, so I'm not sure, but he mentions running Part2 if you run into issues. Have you tried that?

 

[Bearly]

That's Dirrk's batch file, so I'm not sure, but he mentions running Part2 if you run into issues. Have you tried that?

Am running it now...seems to be taking a while...hope this works!

 

[Bearly]

No luck

I've reboot the computer and restarted the phone. This is my 4th time running it.

I've tried Part 2 just. It pushes rage.bin but hangs at the "adb connection will be reset"

 

[Bearly]

Can't I just install the superuser.apk file manually?

Because it looks like all other necessary files were pushed to the SD card.

 

[Dirrk]

Can't I just install the superuser.apk file manually?

Because it looks like all other necessary files were pushed to the SD card.

Here is what you should do.
Browse the SD card and delete the files listed below
su
Superuser.apk
busybox
rage.bin
something.sh <- I am at work and I fogot what I named the shell file sorry but delete that too

Now restart your phone and FOLLOW THE DIRECTIONS.
1. Enable Debugging
2. Run part1.bat (just double click)
3. WAIT FOR AS LONG AS IT TAKES (It is VERY VERY SELDOM THAT THIS FAILS MOST OF THE TIME IT JUST TAKES A LONG TIME)
4. WAIT AN EXTRA 2 MINUTES
5. Hit any key and it will restart your phone and your done.

I would say 1 out of 20 times it will fail, so if you have tried it and it failed either YOU DIDNT WAIT or your phone needs to be restarted and then run part2. I have had 100% success on a freshly rebooted phone. And I have rooted this phone over 30+ times.

 

[j4s0nn3w]

Additional Steps and Questions

First off, thank you to everyone who has made my first rooting experience a very easy and stress free process. The one click root worked wonders.

I did have to do an additional step to get the voice search to route through google and that was to rename the /data/app/com.microsoft.mobileexperiences.bing.apk to /data/app/com.microsoft.mobileexperiences.bing.apk.old

I am enjoying my Bing free phone!

I do have one question, I was a little overzealous on my removal of bloatware and uninstalled NFS shift and Tetris. After re-thinking this I tried reinstalling them from backup using Titanium the apps successfully reinstall but they are no where to be found in the app drawer. Any help would be appreciated.

 

[bdubnpaw]

I do have one question, I was a little overzealous on my removal of bloatware and uninstalled NFS shift and Tetris. After re-thinking this I tried reinstalling them from backup using Titanium the apps successfully reinstall but they are no where to be found in the app drawer. Any help would be appreciated.

I tried both of those apps before removing them....they were just trial versions, so in my opinion, your better off without them.

B

 

[Dirrk]

First off, thank you to everyone who has made my first rooting experience a very easy and stress free process. The one click root worked wonders.

I did have to do an additional step to get the voice search to route through google and that was to rename the /data/app/com.microsoft.mobileexperiences.bing.apk to /data/app/com.microsoft.mobileexperiences.bing.apk.old

I am enjoying my Bing free phone!

I do have one question, I was a little overzealous on my removal of bloatware and uninstalled NFS shift and Tetris. After re-thinking this I tried reinstalling them from backup using Titanium the apps successfully reinstall but they are no where to be found in the app drawer. Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks for the appretiation.
Search through the Fascinate ROM/Hacks threads for "system dump" I believe gbhill was the OP. Download the .zip and then you will have all the original files. Copy the two apps back onto your sdcard. Then go into adb and type the following commands.

su (Allow permission on the phone)
mount -t rfs -o remount,rw /dev/block/stl9 /system
cat /sdcard/TETRIS.apk > /system/app/TETRIS.apk
cat /sdcard/NFS.apk > /system/app/NFS.apk
mount -t rfs -o remount,ro /dev/block/stl9 /system
exit

Just change the TETRIS.apk and NFS.apk to the real file names

 

[j4s0nn3w]

Thanks for the appretiation.
Search through the Fascinate ROM/Hacks threads for "system dump" I believe gbhill was the OP. Download the .zip and then you will have all the original files. Copy the two apps back onto your sdcard. Then go into adb and type the following commands.

su (Allow permission on the phone)
mount -t rfs -o remount,rw /dev/block/stl9 /system
cat /sdcard/TETRIS.apk > /system/app/TETRIS.apk
cat /sdcard/NFS.apk > /system/app/NFS.apk
mount -t rfs -o remount,ro /dev/block/stl9 /system
exit

Just change the TETRIS.apk and NFS.apk to the real file names

Dirk,

Thank you! I will give this a try. Again thanks for all of the help!

@B I know they are just demos but would like to have them available if I need to return it to factory condition for some reason.

 

[ohlucency]

so i know that this is pretty counter-intuitive, but i'm a super noob runing ubuntu 10 point something and i cant seem to get this method to work to root my phone. i ran the part1.bat file using wine, but no dice. any advice?

 

[Bill.Calhoun]

anyone else having problems getting the drivers installed in win7 64 bit machines, i.e. USB Device not recognized. The USB connection and debugging appear on the unit, but win7 stops the driver due to error (code 43).

I used the 64 bit drivers at the beginning of this thread, and have used adb before. But without the driver, there isn't any unit to connect.

The only thing I've done a little different from others is I installed LauncherPro directly to the mini-SD using an adapter. But I can't see why this would be a problem.

Samsung doesn't show a USB driver for a Verizon SCH-I500 and I don't know if they even plan one. I'm looking to use the Android SDK but not if I have to run code back and forth via the mini-SD card.

 

[dmbfan42]

i keep getting a device not found and ive tried it several times so im just lost