How-to stay away from getting your phone bricked

[Empathy]

Post things where you can AVOID bricking your phone for me, And others.

I'm wanting now to ROOT my phone. thou I'm scared.

And can someone tell me the fastest and easist and safest way to ROOT?

Thanks.

 

[Noble.Four]

All depends on your device. Some are as easy as downloading a file and clicking a button. Look in your device specific forum. Should be detailed guides.

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[Moscow Desire]

Yes, it will help to know what device you have.

The best advice, is to look at all methods available and choose one you feel comfortable with.

Then, read the instructions, several times until you understand. Prepare your computer beforehand and make sure everything appears to work (communication with device like it should).

Know your device! Know how to do things like boot to recovery and create a system backup, and how to restore that backup if things go south. If the instructions say to check for things like version numbers, you need to do it. Some root methods are incompatible with certain bootloader versions. Or there are different rooting app versions.

The bottom line,is the more you study up on things, the more comfortable you'll feel.

And ALWAYS, ask a question before making a n00b mistake

Rooting on a lot of devices, is usually a pretty painless event provided you do your homework first.

So, which device do you wish to root?

 

[Paul627g]

Bottom line as Moscow mentioned... If you have ANY doubt, stop and ask/post a question. Don't go forward trying to be the hero and end up with a couple hundred dollar paperweight.

 

[Empathy]

LOL yeah.

Well basically can someone answer me this question, How do you get clockworkrecovery. Can you get it any way you root it. Or is specifically for some. If so which?

I own a sgs2. I know what I'm going for 1. Voiding your warrenty. 2. Getting it bricked - *IMPORTANT* Is the way you can fix a bricked phone?

[ROOT APP] Updated: 15/10/11 - S2 Root v1.5.1 - One Click Root and UnRoot! - xda-developers

This is one I'm going for the 2nd one.

 

[Empathy]

Also, I can't confirm If my device is connected to my pc.
I can see my stuff, But it says installed Unsuccessful.

 

[Empathy]

Also do I need framework if I have vista?

 

[Moscow Desire]

Ouch! Vista? Not sure if you want to use a vista pc or not. It wasn't the most reliable.

First, before trying root, make sure your pc recognizes your phone on a normal basis. If not, you probably need to install device drivers through Control Panel/Device Manager. As I stated, Vista was not a very popular OS, and I've read some strange cases because of it. But, if Vista is all you have, then you have to work around it.

As with Framework, I assume you are referring to MS Framework.net? It wouldn't hurt to make sure all Vista modules are up to date. (service packs and such). As I said, Vista is just not very popular.

Also, when installing certain programs, and running them on Vista and Win7, for some reason it's required to right mouse click and select "run as administrator". Don't know why, but at times it's required.

Bottom line, make sure device manager recognizes your device. It should show something like Samsung Device or something similar.

 

[Moscow Desire]

Also, I can't confirm If my device is connected to my pc.
I can see my stuff, But it says installed Unsuccessful.

Probably because it's just accessing your SD card. If you look in device Manager (control panel), check to see if your device is listed. You may see an error icon for it. If so, you'll need to install some drivers.

 

[Empathy]

Does that mean I can't root my phone?

 

[Empathy]

It's a vista laptop

 

[Knoidea513]

I'm new to Android as well and am looking to root my device. The the above link suggest downloading SAMSUNG KIES before going thru the rooting steps. Where exactly do I download this from?

 

[Empathy]

You should have it already installed. Or go into Samsung apps and search Kies air.

 

[Empathy]

It has this yellow triangle in it when I click it says device not configured properly.

But i can see everything i installed

 

[Empathy]

Another question. I can see Kies air on my phone does that mean I have it installed or what?

 

[Moscow Desire]

No, you just have to make sure your PC recognizes your device normally, before running the root applications.

 

[Empathy]

it says it can't and tells me to insert a disc.
But I can see a Yellow triangle on SAMSUNG_ANDROID

 

[Moscow Desire]

Vista needs a device driver installed. Probably from the cd that came with your device, or a stock android driver. (at this point, what shows on your phone doesn't matter).

And unfortunately, it's 2300 here, and I have to sleep.

 

[Empathy]

So I don't need the cd?