Rooting the Samsung Galaxy S Fascinate (SCH-I500).

[gamerguy2002]

Recently I acquired a Samsung Galaxy S Fascinate (SCH-I500) from a friend. I was going through my normal process of wiping the phone and updating it but I found out that I can't get basic system updates on the phone without the thing being under service of Verizon, how dumb.

Anyways I'm at 2.3.5 so its not that big of a deal that I update but I would like to get the last update it ever got (which I believe is 2.3.6) and mainly I want to get rid of all this bloatware that Verizon put on, I don't have any intentions on getting this phone activated and I don't need half-installed games and Verizon Apps so i guess the only way to do all that is rooting.

What I mainly want to know is that if the sticky topics in this area are still valid for todays standards, the phone is 4 years old and I know rooting changes almost every year. next I need the latest updated system update for this phone (2.3.6) I'm having trouble finding it thats exact for my phone (closest I found was a tracphone version) or if the phone can stand something higher, suggest something to me I'm open so long as its fully compatible and doesn't crash the phone. finally I need to know how to get rid of these bloatware apps once the phone is rooted.

Thanks for the help!

 

[AndroidProf]

After rooting, you can simply download any good bloatware removing app from the Play Store and let them work their magic. Though I would recommend that you make backups of everything before you start removing.

As for the rooting standards, well new root methods come out each year due to a new Android version that's released. So, if your phone is on 2.3.6, you can follow any guide that roots a Samsung Galaxy S on that particular firmware and you're good to go.

You can use either of the [APP]SuperOneClick v2.3.3 - Motorola Exploit Added! XDA (google it) or
[GUIDE] Installing a Rom/CWM recovery/Root or going back to StocK XDA Developers (Google it) guides to root your Gingerbread firmware.

 

[gamerguy2002]

Alright before I proceed I wanted to use MyBackup as my tool to backup the phone. is that a good app or can you suggest something I should use?

I found SuperOneClick v2.3.3. can I use the current version or should I use an older version?

Also, I was going to follow this man's guide on rooting the phone:
How to ROOT your Samsung Galaxy S - SuperOneClick Method - TotallydubbedHD - YouTube

The process seems simple enough but I wanted to run it by you first to see if this method would work. will it?

 

[gamerguy2002]

Okay seeing as I'm getting no response from the above user I tried the above method above and with no results. do you guys need to see a log or anything?