Ok so i have spent 5 hours trying to achieve root with i ended up having to mix and match methods. i can't say this will work for you and dont ask me what any of it means it works and thats all i care about.
As always do this at your own risk i am not responsible for anything you do to your device
1. From OP of this thread download and install the the appropriate Samsung Fascinate drivers
2. Plug in your Device, put it in debug mode and stay awake
3. From OP of this thread download the FascinateRoot_v02.zip file and extract it to the root of your C:\ drive So the path should look like this: C:\FascinateRoot_v02
4. Now go to your start button on your menu bar,in the run field or search field depending on your version of windows, type CMD and hit enter. The command box will present itself. From here on out just copy and paste the commands i will provide below. To paste in the command box you must right click on the mouse and select paste. Do not paste BOLD text below those are just for info.
Commands are as follows:
cd C:\FascinateRoot_v02
adb devices
It will state
"List of devices attached
I500******* device"
If you dont see this you are not connected
adb shell
You should now be at a prompt with a $
adb push rage.bin /data/local/tmp/rage.bin
cd /data/local/tmp
chmod 0755 rage.bin
This step is important. After you type the next command there will be a pause and you will have to wait until you are kicked out of adb shell. It is important you do not touch your phone or type anything in the command window. If you do don't worry, nothing bad will happen you will most likely have to pull your battery and try to run the command again. If your phone doesn't lock up you can probably unplug it and plug it back in and start back at "adb shell"
./rage.bin
After several seconds the $ prompt will come back
After another 20 seconds or so you will be kicked back to the C:\FascinateRoot_v02 prompt.
adb devices
If your device is still connected proceed
adb shell
You should now be at a # prompt
This mean you have achieved temporary root on the device.
exit
You should now be at the C:\rootfiles prompt again
Type the following commands:
adb push su /sdcard/su
adb push busybox /sdcard/busybox
adb shell
mount -t rfs -o remount,rw /dev/block/stl9 /system
cd /system/xbin
cat /sdcard/su > ./su
cat /sdcard/busybox > ./busybox
chmod 4755 su
chmod 4755 busybox
exit
You should be back at the C:\FascinateRoot_v02 prompt
adb install Superuser.apk
It will now install the Superuser.apk this may take some time while it installs when it is over it will say:
Success-after you see Success hit Ctrl-C Then reset your device
5. You have now achieved Root, congrats. If this didnt work for you well thentime for a different approach.
Here is a screen shot of what i did, you will see some mistakes i made... and at the end it says failure but i had already manually installed the Superuser.apk so thats the reason for that. this is just to give you an Idea of what you are getting yourself involved with.
GOOD LUCK!!!!
Anyone having luck with this, yet? I cannot get root after DL09 update either
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