Rooting for Eclair and leaked Froyo DK28

[sandman512]

Noob question about rooting.

Sought of a NOOB here with a few questions in ref. to ROOTING. Now I know some of these questions might of been answered in this thread already, BUT i was not able to locate everything. THANKS!

1) If you root the phone, can you go back to the original settings?(Unroot?)
2) If you brick the phone, can it be unbricked?
3) Since we don't have FROYO yet, if I root it, will this effect the FROYO
update?
4) How easy is it to DELETE bloatware? ie: Amazon MP3, etc....

THANKS!

 

[ragnarokx]

I'm going to combine this thread with the existing rooting thread. And to answer your questions:

You can unroot by using Odin to restore your phone to its factory state.
As long as you have a backup in Clockwork, you should be safe from permanent bricking
You will have to return to stock to install the official Froyo update
Use SDX Stock App Remover to easily uninstall bloatware

 

[sandman512]

I'm going to combine this thread with the existing rooting thread. And to answer your questions:

You can unroot by using Odin to restore your phone to its factory state.
As long as you have a backup in Clockwork, you should be safe from permanent bricking
You will have to return to stock to install the official Froyo update
Use SDX Stock App Remover to easily uninstall bloatware

First, thanks for the reply and moving this to the appropriate forum.
Can you expand on a few things, if you don't mind.
Clockwork?
SDX Stock App Remover?
THANKS!

 

[ragnarokx]

No problem - here are the links:
ClockworkMod Recovery
SDX Stock App Remover

 

[sandman512]

No problem - here are the links:
ClockworkMod Recovery
SDX Stock App Remover

Thanks! I'm assuming the one click root will also be used after the FROYO update?

 

[ragnarokx]

Thanks! I'm assuming the one click root will also be used after the FROYO update?

There should be a new root method once Froyo is released.

 

[murso74]

i'm very confused about something. after doing this am i permanently rooted? i tried installing clockwork recovery and it seemed to install but when i reboot into recovery mode i'm back in the samsung stock recovery. there are way to many methods of rooting in the different forums

 

[shaundizzle]

i'm very confused about something. after doing this am i permanently rooted? i tried installing clockwork recovery and it seemed to install but when i reboot into recovery mode i'm back in the samsung stock recovery. there are way to many methods of rooting in the different forums

this is normal. I told ragnarox to include this part:

go to apply update.zip in normal recovery and it'll take u to clockwork. then use volume to navigate and camera key to select, cuz I have a feeling your going to get stuck at a black screen trying to use the homescreen to select in clockwork

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[murso74]

getting this message


-- Install from package...
Finding update package
Opening update packate...
Verifying update package...
E:failed to verify whole-file signature
E:signature verification failed
Installation aborted.

 

[shaundizzle]

then you need to try flashing clockwork recovery again using the one click method.

there's a link in here a page or two back. I'd find it for you but I'm on my phone

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[HeisRisen]

getting this message


-- Install from package...
Finding update package
Opening update packate...
Verifying update package...
E:failed to verify whole-file signature
E:signature verification failed
Installation aborted.

Did you try powering the device off and then holding
"volume down + camera + power" to boot into Clockwork Recovery?

 

[milominderbinde]

There have been many threads in the past few weeks about people having trouble with rooting their Epics. I've come to realize that the guides out there are incomplete or missing some steps. With that said, I need everyone's help to make it complete and fool proof...

If ragnarokx helped you, hit the Thanks button under his posts!

 

[murso74]

If ragnarokx helped you, did you hit the Thanks button under his posts?

pretty sure i did on one of them... not all though

 

[murso74]

Did you try powering the device off and then holding
"volume down + camera + power" to boot into Clockwork Recovery?

found on another site... after i do the 3 finger boot i have to run the file off the sd card and THEN it boots to clockwork recovery. i guess its better then not workign at all

 

[murso74]

this is exactly as far as i get everytime.. i Have to run run.bat twice before it gets past the initial press any key to continue line. and i have to kill adb about 3 times before it goes on to tell me everything failed. yadda yadda yadda. gonna keep trying tho... any advice would be awesome.

i fxed this by unmounting my phone after i plugged it into the computer while it is in debugg mode.

 

[HeisRisen]

found on another site... after i do the 3 finger boot i have to run the file off the sd card and THEN it boots to clockwork recovery. i guess its better then not workign at all

Yeah, this problem is something that is common with those of us just rooting our Epic's. I believe this is being passed off as user error, but is quite possibly a bug.

 

[shaundizzle]

found on another site... after i do the 3 finger boot i have to run the file off the sd card and THEN it boots to clockwork recovery. i guess its better then not workign at all

didn't I tell you to do that? or did it not work. did you apply update.zip after you booted into recovery?
that's how I get to clockwork and works every time.

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[ragnarokx]

i'm very confused about something. after doing this am i permanently rooted? i tried installing clockwork recovery and it seemed to install but when i reboot into recovery mode i'm back in the samsung stock recovery. there are way to many methods of rooting in the different forums

If you're referring to the Reboot into Recovery Mode option in the ROM Manager app, it will not work unless you have flashed a custom kernel that is ROM Manager friendly.

this is normal. I told ragnarox to include this part:

go to apply update.zip in normal recovery and it'll take u to clockwork. then use volume to navigate and camera key to select, cuz I have a feeling your going to get stuck at a black screen trying to use the homescreen to select in clockwork

Sent from my SPH-D700 using Tapatalk

I don't believe I've ever had to use this method. Is this update.zip automatically copied to the root of your SD when Clockwork is flashed? If not, where do you get it? I can update the Clockwork thread with this info.

 

[HeisRisen]

If you're referring to the Reboot into Recovery Mode option in the ROM Manager app, it will not work unless you have flashed a custom kernel that is ROM Manager friendly.



I don't believe I've ever had to use this method. Is this update.zip automatically copied to the root of your SD when Clockwork is flashed? If not, where do you get it? I can update the Clockwork thread with this info.

The one click method put it there but that's as far as it went with it. I started over twice not using the one click method and used two methods from scratch and have 0 problems!

 

[shaundizzle]

If you're referring to the Reboot into Recovery Mode option in the ROM Manager app, it will not work unless you have flashed a custom kernel that is ROM Manager friendly.



I don't believe I've ever had to use this method. Is this update.zip automatically copied to the root of your SD when Clockwork is flashed? If not, where do you get it? I can update the Clockwork thread with this info.

maybe its just my phone. but when i boot into recovery using the volume etc keys. i get put into stock recovery. i then have to hit "apply update.zip" in the stock recovery to get into clockwork recovery.

i think ive read one or two other people asking about this. if its just me dont worry about it, im used to it and dont find it to be a setback