[Q] Rooting Samsung Galaxy S (CSpire) - Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I have the Samsung Galaxy S (Showcase, CSpire Wireless) with Android 2.3.5.
My phone info is:
Hardware Version
I500.04
Model Number
SCH-I500
Firmware Version
2.3.5
Baseband Version
S:i500.04 K.EI20
Kernal Version
2.6.35.7
Build Number
SCH-I500.EI20
I am wanting to completely root my phone and install a clean slate of Gingerbread on it.
I've tried Z4Root, (I was able to root my phone with it back in 2.1), and have also tried Super One Click.
Nothing works now that I have Gingerbread and I can't find anything TO work.
I am praying to the xda gods for their wisdom and knowledge to help me with this problem! I have been at this since 9AM, it is 2PM. What can I do??

i dont use sgs, but i do know cfroot kernel or any other kernel based on cfroot can help u out.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=788108
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=665

Thank you
Thanks man, Ill check those out!

JollyRogersOne I have the same problem If you find a way please let me know.

Same Problem
If anyone comes up wit a good link or video that will be very helpful

I have this same phone and took a look at the links in the second post. However the kernel numbers don't seem to be following the same format as the links in the thread.
Has anyone had any luck rooting this kernel on the c spire galaxy s showcase?

I tried Odin3 and it messed up my phone and I had to go get a new one.

I'm also looking for help on this as well.

SuperOneClick
I'm having the same issues. I have tried SuperOneClick and it stops on step 6.

I'm having the same problem too after updating to 2.3.5. Super one click freezes on step 6.

Same issue with my CSpire SGS running 2.3.5. I do think that speed and battery life are improved over 2.2, but I miss my root.

CodMW3 said:
I tried Odin3 and it messed up my phone and I had to go get a new one.
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If you used Odin, I doubt that it messed up your phone. What did you try to flash with Odin?
twain101 said:
I'm also looking for help on this as well.
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Lelantos said:
I'm having the same issues. I have tried SuperOneClick and it stops on step 6.
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gotribe32 said:
Same issue with my CSpire SGS running 2.3.5. I do think that speed and battery life are improved over 2.2, but I miss my root.
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Did you guys do the official update with Kies? Send me a PM for a way to get a rooted ROM on your Showcase.

I did so the official update from C Spire. I'm not interested in a custom rom I just want to root my phone so I can use wifi tether with my galaxy tab again.
Any help would be appreciated.
Sent from my SCH-I500 using XDA App

I've ran several custom roms on my phone, but would like the option to just run stock with root so I can remove all of the bloatware from CSpire.
I've also had various issues with some other roms, ranging from no auto-rotate to glitchy in-call audio.

parsley007 said:
I've ran several custom roms on my phone, but would like the option to just run stock with root so I can remove all of the bloatware from CSpire.
I've also had various issues with some other roms, ranging from no auto-rotate to glitchy in-call audio.
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Lelantos said:
I did so the official update from C Spire. I'm not interested in a custom rom I just want to root my phone so I can use wifi tether with my galaxy tab again.
Any help would be appreciated.
Sent from my SCH-I500 using XDA App
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Ok, just saw this in another post... if you want just stock rooted:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=19006004&postcount=40
Thank _josh__ for that one...

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=19206457&postcount=47
(Same method but with consolidated attachment and directions)

Cannot figure out adb.
I've tried all things to reroot after gingerbread update. Now I'm here to try this method. I cannot however figure out the command process. Can someone please be a bit, or a lot, more explanatory. I'm probably the most noobish person here.
Thanks!
I want stable gingerbread with root.
I'm on gingerbread 2.3.5 c spire.
Galaxy s i500.
I have odin and do not know how to use it.

jbreakfield said:
Ok, just saw this in another post... if you want just stock rooted:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=19006004&postcount=40
Thank _josh__ for that one...
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This worked great. I did have to reboot (as you always should...I just get impatient sometimes...) to get everything flowing smoothly. It scared me on reboot because I thought it was getting hung up, but right before I pulled the battery it went to the screen lock. Phew.
Thanks guys!

Im not able to get Odin to recognize my phone. Is there another way?

I suck at this. I want to root my phone but can never do it right. I have the C spire Samsung Galaxy S with 2.3.5. Can you please help... email me please, [email protected]

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[Q] sound lower after icsp root

Hello I just rooted my Samsung vibrant to ics passion and the speaker on my phone sounds lower has that happen to anyone else who has rooted to icsp and is there a fix. And on another note to get ics passion I had to use Odin to go back to stock 2.1 but I made a mistake and is used the wrong files and now my phone says at&t when it boots can you guys let me know how to fix this let me know thanks guys.
sweetmeatlewis said:
Hello I just rooted my Samsung vibrant to ics passion and the speaker on my phone sounds lower has that happen to anyone else who has rooted to icsp and is there a fix. And on another note to get ics passion I had to use Odin to go back to stock 2.1 but I made a mistake and is used the wrong files and now my phone says at&t when it boots can you guys let me know how to fix this let me know thanks guys.
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You can find the correct files here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1319802
You should reflash stock, then flash passion.
hey
still shows the att logo on my vibrant
sweetmeatlewis said:
still shows the att logo on my vibrant
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You can flash a new GB bootloader: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1117990
Thanks guys I got it off I just updated to 2.2 with kies then that got it off. thanks for your help really enjoying icsp phones is way faster than it use to be and it seems like the battery last longer too well later
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sweetmeatlewis said:
Thanks guys I got it off I just updated to 2.2 with kies then that got it off. thanks for your help really enjoying icsp phones is way faster than it use to be and it seems like the battery last longer too well later
Sent from my SGH-T959 using XDA App
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It's good that your phone is working again, but you need to be very careful using kies: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1517406
If you're modding / flashing custom roms, It's really best to avoid kies. If you'd had a GB bootloader when you used kies your phone might be bricked now.

Should I root my brand new SGP 4.0?

Hi all,
I ordered a SGP 4.0 and will receive it today. Should I root it as soon as I receive it? Does 'rooting' make any changes to the stock firmware? Does it change anything else compare to a stock SGP beside that it will have 'root' permission?
I am new to the Android environment as I have never owned one before, but I am an embedded software guy by trade (on a totally different discipline and processor family) so I'm not a stranger in the firmware world and Linux environment.
Later, I like to learn programming/hacking the Android for fun and hope that I will be able to contribute something.
Thanks for any comment.
-mike-
No, all it does is just give you root access.
Not really, unless you want to use Titanium Backup. Mine is rooted (I think, can't remember lol) and I really don't see any other advantages except for overclock apps or other root-only apps.
Overall, it's not necessary. Just flash a ROM (I prefer CM7 or Klin's Klassic ROM) and a kernel (NOTE: Steve's kernel for the US and INTL 4.0 may cause bootloops if you boot into ClockWorkMod Recovery).
Thanks! I appreciate the replies. So, if I want to root, I just grab the latest version of Superoneclick and have at it?
If I were you I would wait a little longer and get some more information about this, beofre rooting. I rooted my Player using Superuser, just the latest one I could find.
testrider said:
Thanks! I appreciate the replies. So, if I want to root, I just grab the latest version of Superoneclick and have at it?
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I rooted mine using DoomLord's Easy Rooting Toolkit v4, but AFAIK superoneclick should work as well.
testrider said:
Thanks! I appreciate the replies. So, if I want to root, I just grab the latest version of Superoneclick and have at it?
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I used the latest superone click to root mine it may be a bit unresponsive but it will work
Sent from my GT-I9000 using XDA
j21098 said:
I used the latest superone click to root mine it may be a bit unresponsive but it will work
Sent from my GT-I9000 using XDA
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See, I used DooMLoRD's Rooting Toolkit, which I find to work, unlike the time I tried to root with SuperOneClick. If one doesn't work, go with the other.
Trae329 said:
See, I used DooMLoRD's Rooting Toolkit, which I find to work, unlike the time I tried to root with SuperOneClick. If one doesn't work, go with the other.
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Does DooMLoRD's Rooting Toolkit work for the SGP 4.0? didn't see it on the list here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1321582&
testrider said:
Does DooMLoRD's Rooting Toolkit work for the SGP 4.0? didn't see it on the list here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1321582&
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Almost all devices using 2.3 will work. SGP4 does work with it. If you see galaxy s I9000 expect SGPs to be in it.
zaclimon said:
Almost all devices using 2.3 will work. SGP4 does work with it. If you see galaxy s I9000 expect SGPs to be in it.
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I have the galaxy player 4 US but i changed the build.prop to GT-I9000 to fix incompatible issues
Sent from my GT-I9000 using XDA
Ok, I did it. I couldn't leave things alone so I use superoneclick and it went without a glitch. Now I'm going to try overclock tegrak...
Thanks for all the help and encouragement.
testrider said:
Ok, I did it. I couldn't leave things alone so I use superoneclick and it went without a glitch. Now I'm going to try overclock tegrak...
Thanks for all the help and encouragement.
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If i were you i would change the build.prop too theres a post on how to do it and i have overclocked to 1.2 its stable and i haven't tried others i think 1.2 is the safest
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j21098 said:
If i were you i would change the build.prop too theres a post on how to do it and i have overclocked to 1.2 its stable and i haven't tried others i think 1.2 is the safest
Sent from my GT-I9000 using XDA
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What does 'changing build.prop' do?
testrider said:
What does 'changing build.prop' do?
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Its the model info like i have galaxy player 4.0 YP-G1 and on gameloft games it says device is incompatible so i used the es file explorer and enabled root explorer in settings and went to phone/system and look for build.prop make a copy of it and put it somewhere and i changed the ones that had YP-G1 to GT-I9000 save and reboot and it fixes the incompatible message
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Uummm...hell yeah!
I would 100% suggest you root your device, mainly for the fact that all the custom roms are more stable and user friendly than the stock samsung ROMS, I rooted my SGP installed a custom ROM on it and I'm living it up, I'm so happy that I can't even explain it. I couls give you the link to the rom forum for the SGP's if you want?
It will void your warranty. but i think its still worth it .it raly depends on what you want to do with your android.
Sent from my YP-G1 using XDA
[email protected] said:
It will void your warranty. but i think its still worth it .it raly depends on what you want to do with your android.
Sent from my YP-G1 using XDA
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Will it void the store warranty
Sent from my GT-I9000 using XDA
wtfsaywat said:
I would 100% suggest you root your device, mainly for the fact that all the custom roms are more stable and user friendly than the stock samsung ROMS, I rooted my SGP installed a custom ROM on it and I'm living it up, I'm so happy that I can't even explain it. I couls give you the link to the rom forum for the SGP's if you want?
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Thanks. I already rooted my new SGP 4.0. Could you post the link to the rom? Any particular ROM you could recommended for the SGP 4.0? What can a custom ROM do more than the stock ROM?
Thank you!
-mike-
Hey, I'm a huge novice at all of this. I've had my player for a few months and I've heard of tons of people that have rooted their device.
What does it allow you to do? Is it how you get more themes?
I'm very unintelligent on this subject so any clarification would be great...

[Q] Not sure how to downgrade Galaxy S from ICS to GB

Hi,
I bought a Galaxy S GT-I9000 (Bell Vibrant, I believe) and he has this version of ICS installed on it. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1649345&page=12
I want to downgrade to Cyanogenmod 7 simply to get a bit more performance out of the phone. But, i'm not sure exactly what I have to do, to accomplish this.
Android Version 4.0.4
Baseband: i9000UGKG3
Kernel 3.0.8-Semaphore_ICS_1.2.2
Build Number GT-i9000 4.0.4 IMM761
Mod Version ICS_F4k_MOD_V4.0.4_r3
Do I have to find and install a new kernel? The one I have says ICS, but i'm not sure if that will work for Gingerbread too or not.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks,
WEll, to makes things worse, I followed the advice of someone from this forum http://forum.cyanogenmod.com/topic/...n-mod-on-phone-that-is-already-rooted-at-404/ and now my phone is stuck in a boot loop.
Crap, now i'm not sure what to do.
Flash a firmware with 3 files PDA, MODEM and CSC using ODIN. If you don't have a firmware with 3 files, download this http://androidadvices.com/valuepack-update-samsung-galaxy-face-unlock-i9000-xxjvu-236/3/ and then update to a newer firmware like JW4 or JW5.
Ok, just to clarify something before i do this. my galaxy S is the international one, not the T-mobile vibrant, will this guide work fine for mine?
Thanks,
colhavoc said:
Ok, just to clarify something before i do this. my galaxy S is the international one, not the T-mobile vibrant, will this guide work fine for mine?
Thanks,
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Yes it is for gt i9000
thatdefault said:
Yes it is for gt i9000
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Thanks, I flashed over the all the files and was greated by the default Gingerbread theme. Flashed over to Cyanogenmod from there with no issues.
Thanks again, worked great.
Sorry to hijack a thread, but can this be done on a Moto Droid Razr?
I did the OTA update to ICS, and can't stand it. Want to go back to GB.
Any options? Or is this being worked on?
Thanks in advance.
amojeba said:
Sorry to hijack a thread, but can this be done on a Moto Droid Razr?
I did the OTA update to ICS, and can't stand it. Want to go back to GB.
Any options? Or is this being worked on?
Thanks in advance.
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The bootloader and some system partitions are locked

[Q] Unrooting Galaxy s2 help

Hello there.
Well a fair few months ago I rooted my device using doomlord 1click rooting kit and now i'm just wondering how I unroot my device again. So if anyone could pinpoint be a thread that'd be brilliant.
Thanks for all your help.
Aaron
ABuzz92 said:
Hello there.
Well a fair few months ago I rooted my device using doomslayers 1click rooting kit and now i'm just wondering how I unroot my device again. So if anyone could pinpoint be a thread that'd be brilliant.
Thanks for all your help.
Aaron
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I assume you are now on ICS.
Try ExynosAbuse, it's one-click.
gastonw said:
I assume you are now on ICS.
Try ExynosAbuse, it's one-click.
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No I didn't update it I believe it still to be gingerbread. Wasn't sure whether it would brick my phone, updating it whilst rooted.
This guide might help you. It has a separate section for Gingerbread.
ABuzz92 said:
No I didn't update it I believe it still to be gingerbread. Wasn't sure whether it would brick my phone, updating it whilst rooted.
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Sorry, I thought you wanted to ROOT. My bad.
If you update via OTA/Kies you'll get unrooted. In case you don't wanna "touch" your device in anyway.
gastonw said:
Sorry, I thought you wanted to ROOT. My bad.
If you update via OTA/Kies you'll get unrooted. In case you don't wanna "touch" your device in anyway.
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I uupdated my phone using Kies and it didn't unroot it. What can I do? I Still have superuser etc.
Flash a stock rom. There's CWM flashable versions floating around here somewhere (look in General/search), or you can get Odin flashable ones from the usual places (Samfirmware, AndroidFirmwares.net). Ordinary stock kernel in rom package will overwrite your rooted kernel.
MistahBungle said:
Flash a stock rom. There's CWM flashable versions floating around here somewhere (look in General/search), or you can get Odin flashable ones from the usual places (Samfirmware, AndroidFirmwares.net). Ordinary stock kernel in rom package will overwrite your rooted kernel.
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I'm not sure how to flash roms. Reason I want to unroot it is because I want to send it back to samsung. Do you think resetting it to factory settings would work?

[Q] Telus i717D

Ok got a question?
First off I am by no means new to the android dev community as I have developed a rom for the sgs-II for At&t before my when in the toilet, anyways I am now on a Telus Samsung galaxy note I717D running:
Android 4.1.2
Baseband Vers. i717dTLMD1
Kernel Vers. 3.0.31-1112295
Build number: JZO54K.I717DTLMD1
TWRP RECOVERY
The phone is not rooted as far as it tells me however I am able to flash any rom I want through twrp recovery. anyways I am using tmobile sim
the question is this has any one flashed a tmobile or at&t modem/radio onto a Telus phone with any luck? if not any recommendations on getting better signal cause mine is **** at this point when I switched my sII to tmobile my signal was pretty decent not the best but still good.
Ok so after a couple of days and np responses i guess i am off to expirment city and will try what i ever o get my hands on and will report back to let others know
Sent from my SGH-I717D using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
Have you found anything?
Hi, I was wondering if you have found anything with this? I also have the Telus Note i717D on the 4.1.2 Jelly Bean and am having a hard time finding a working root.
Nicolosus said:
Hi, I was wondering if you have found anything with this? I also have the Telus Note i717D on the 4.1.2 Jelly Bean and am having a hard time finding a working root.
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Hi there,
From my understanding of your comment you're trying to root your phone correct? If so, I can suggest you check http://www.kingoapp.com. The reason why I suggest it is because it's pretty easy to do; it is how I rooted my i717. Check it out and if you'd like try it.. it's kind of like a one click root way to go about rooting your phone, if you'd like to try obviously.
Cheers,
wavv.drama said:
Hi there,
From my understanding of your comment you're trying to root your phone correct? If so, I can suggest you check . The reason why I suggest it is because it's pretty easy to do; it is how I rooted my i717. Check it out and if you'd like try it.. it's kind of like a one click root way to go about rooting your phone, if you'd like to try obviously.
Cheers,
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Thanks! I will check it out! I had found only one other rooting method for this phone and it did not properly root.

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