laserblazer Posted January 8, 2012 Posted January 8, 2012 Just looking at some of the methods and wanted to check the success rate.
SimpleSi Posted January 8, 2012 Posted January 8, 2012 Just did mine yesterday. (In order to edit my /etc/gps.conf file as my gps is still bad ) Used this method which (AFAIK) just basically replaces the kernel bit of the phone software. I was on a KI4 revision so just chose the CF-Root-SGS2_XW_NEE_KI4 file. Ran very quickly (I thought it was too quick but I got the yellow warning triangle on reboot (Which shows its rooted) and everthing seems OK Si 1
philwaud Posted January 8, 2012 Posted January 8, 2012 Its pretty straight forward as Samsung dont seem to actively stop you rooting (which is what I assume you mean by "unlocking" - technically thats making your phone work with any carrier) I used odin to copy an "unsafe" kernel to the phone, then superoneclick to root the phone. Once you have done that, its only a matter of time before you replace the whole ROM with something like cyanogenmod - makes the phone run a LOT faster and removes all the samsung bloatware. Phil 1
plexer Posted January 8, 2012 Posted January 8, 2012 Does the op want to root his phone or unlock it to be used on any network though? 2 different things. Ben 1
laserblazer Posted January 8, 2012 Author Posted January 8, 2012 I thought you had to root if first so it could be unlocked. Isn't rooting like admin rights?
philwaud Posted January 8, 2012 Posted January 8, 2012 Yes, rooting is adding a superuser that can basically do anything on the phone. Do you just want to tweak a few things, or make it so you can use another SIM? Phil
laserblazer Posted January 8, 2012 Author Posted January 8, 2012 He bought the phone in Korea and it has been on a Korean network. He now needs it on a UK one, so it needs unlocking. From what I've read, it needs rooting first?
philwaud Posted January 8, 2012 Posted January 8, 2012 Yes, cant help you with the unlocking, but rooting is very straightforward, use odin+new kernel then superoneclick - very easy. Once rooted, there are bucketloads of tutorials about unlocking but you may find that you just bung in a new sim and it will work. Despite all the scare stories, they are very hard to "brick", you may get stuck but a bit of perseverence gets you out of things. It took me 3 minutes first time, then ten minutes to add a new ROM. Phil 1
edutech4schools Posted January 9, 2012 Posted January 9, 2012 Easy Rooting Toolkit [ROOT]SGS2 Easy Rooting Toolkit(zergRush Exploit) - xda-developers 1
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