Please tell me the correct way to root...

[MAGiK9]

It seems like the official thread is a bit confusing.. So can someone give me a fool proof method?

 

[sailador]

It seems like the official thread is a bit confusing.. So can someone give me a fool proof method?

[How To] Easily Root your SGS2 - xda-developers

cant get any easier than this

 

[kenmitch]

Most of the guides just change the wording but in the end you do the same things.

Take a look at the following guide as it's pretty much the same stuff but the way you do it doesn't trigger the " I've been messed with Samsung boot screen "

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1311081

The 2a) part would be the way to follow it for you. Just make sure you downlad the Stock + Rooted file on the page it directs you to.