Stock Gingerbread Want To Root

daveytree3 · Dec 1, 2011

I received the ota today.Have never rooted before.Is it possible to just gain root without flashing roms etc?I basically want to freeze a few apps and wifi tether.Thanks to anyone willing to help a new guy!

digmydroidx · Dec 1, 2011

Sounds just like what I want to do. The answer is yes....we don't have to rom...just a few steps to root though. Not as easy as when I had my droid x...that was a one click app...

Sent from my SCH-I510 using Tapatalk

daveytree3 · Dec 1, 2011

Appreciate the response.Are these steps detailed anywhere I could read them?

Landshark · Dec 1, 2011

Download these two files onto your computer:
CWM - CWM_Recovery4008.tar
Superuser - Superuser-3.0.7-efgh-signed.zip

Place the superuser file on your sd card. Turn off phone. Open ODIN, put phone in download mode by holding volume down button and connecting to pc with usb cable. Uncheck the auto-reboot box in ODIN. ODIN should recognize you phone and you should see a yellow com port show up in ODIN. Click the PDA button and choose the CWM file. Click start. When it finishes, unplug the usb cord, do not turn on your phone. Boot directly to recovery by holding the volume up, home, and power buttons then let go of all three the instant you see the samsung logo flash on the screen for the second time. Scroll to install zip from sd card with volume buttons, hit power button, choose zip from sd card should be highlighted, hit the power button, scroll to the superuser zip file, power button, scroll to yes, power button. When it finishes installing, hit the back button until you are back at the main CWM screen where reboot system now will be highlighted, hit the power button. Done, rooted.

junksecret · Dec 1, 2011

Landshark said:
Download these two files onto your computer:
CWM - CWM_Recovery4008.tar
Superuser - Superuser-3.0.7-efgh-signed.zip

Place the superuser file on your sd card. Turn off phone. Open ODIN, put phone in download mode by holding volume down button and connecting to pc with usb cable. Uncheck the auto-reboot box in ODIN. ODIN should recognize you phone and you should see a yellow com port show up in ODIN. Click the PDA button and choose the CWM file. Click start. When it finishes, unplug the usb cord, do not turn on your phone. Boot directly to recovery by holding the volume up, home, and power buttons then let go of all three the instant you see the samsung logo flash on the screen for the second time. Scroll to install zip from sd card with volume buttons, hit power button, choose zip from sd card should be highlighted, hit the power button, scroll to the superuser zip file, power button, scroll to yes, power button. When it finishes installing, hit the back button until you are back at the main CWM screen where reboot system now will be highlighted, hit the power button. Done, rooted.

Btw, I just did this and it worked flawlessly and efffortlessly...THX again your Landsharkness!

daveytree3 · Dec 1, 2011

Thank you very much.worked perfectly.thanks again

mikestorm · Dec 2, 2011

Haven't tried it yet, but this is just want I want to do to my GFs phone.

A rooted phone is a happy phone.

JayHawk9292008 · Dec 4, 2011

Are there ROMs available for GB?

fifteenrabbits · Dec 4, 2011

just to make sure... this will work after the new OTA update?

Microcosm · Dec 4, 2011

I updated OTA yesterday morning, rooted yesterday afternoon. Worked fine for me following these directions, with any luck you'll have the same results.

fifteenrabbits · Dec 4, 2011

tracyt · Dec 4, 2011

do you have to extract the cWM file before using??

Crunch140 · Dec 4, 2011

Landshark said:
Download these two files onto your computer:
CWM - CWM_Recovery4008.tar
Superuser - Superuser-3.0.7-efgh-signed.zip

Place the superuser file on your sd card. Turn off phone. Open ODIN, put phone in download mode by holding volume down button and connecting to pc with usb cable. Uncheck the auto-reboot box in ODIN. ODIN should recognize you phone and you should see a yellow com port show up in ODIN. Click the PDA button and choose the CWM file. Click start. When it finishes, unplug the usb cord, do not turn on your phone. Boot directly to recovery by holding the volume up, home, and power buttons then let go of all three the instant you see the samsung logo flash on the screen for the second time. Scroll to install zip from sd card with volume buttons, hit power button, choose zip from sd card should be highlighted, hit the power button, scroll to the superuser zip file, power button, scroll to yes, power button. When it finishes installing, hit the back button until you are back at the main CWM screen where reboot system now will be highlighted, hit the power button. Done, rooted.

First, thanks for the great instructions. I'm not new to this, but it always helps.

Had a strange thing happen. I did everything as instructed and have root. When I booted back to recovery, it was back at the stock recovery again. I re-flashed CWM using Odin, again, and was able to get back into CWM the first time. After another reboot, I was back at stock recovery again.

Any thoughts?

dmt619 · Dec 5, 2011

If you want CWM to stay after reboot you need a custom kernel.

Sent from my SCH-I510 using Tapatalk

Shamrock · Dec 5, 2011

dmt619 said:
If you want CWM to stay after reboot you need a custom kernel.

Sent from my SCH-I510 using Tapatalk

How do we go about installing a custom kernel? Or isn't there one for the OTA yet?

ztkryan · Dec 7, 2011

Is there an easy why to unroot your phone for warranty purposes when using this method?

meyer · Dec 7, 2011

Where can I get ODIN?

meyer · Dec 7, 2011

Is ODIN the same app that's in the Market?

https://market.android.com/details?...xLDEsImV1LmNoYWluZmlyZS5tb2JpbGVvZGluLnBybyJd

Edit: Because according to the list, I don't see the Samsung Charge on it.

Edit: Nevermind, I think I found what I need.

http://www.chargeforums.com/forum/droid-charge-hacking-guides/1264-how-root-your-droid-charge.html

sabbyATL · Dec 8, 2011

Landshark said:
Place the superuser file on your sd card. Turn off phone. Open ODIN, put phone in download mode by holding volume down button and connecting to pc with usb cable. Uncheck the auto-reboot box in ODIN. ODIN should recognize you phone and you should see a yellow com port show up in ODIN. Click the PDA button and choose the CWM file. Click start. When it finishes, unplug the usb cord, do not turn on your phone. Boot directly to recovery by holding the volume up, home, and power buttons then let go of all three the instant you see the samsung logo flash on the screen for the second time. Scroll to install zip from sd card with volume buttons, hit power button, choose zip from sd card should be highlighted, hit the power button, scroll to the superuser zip file, power button, scroll to yes, power button. When it finishes installing, hit the back button until you are back at the main CWM screen where reboot system now will be highlighted, hit the power button. Done, rooted.

So when I did this it flashed version 2.1 something when the new OTA update is 2.3.6. And then I got the pop-up saying a system update was available.

What I'm looking to do is take the OTA 2.3.6 update to EP4 and root it so I can get rid of the bloatware and access the wireless tethering.

truenoob · Dec 8, 2011

Awesome. This is exactly what I want to do. I'm gonna do it tomorrow. Thanks for the post and responses!

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