[MOD] ROOT | CWM | ODIN | SGH-I727 and SGH-I727R Skyrocket

Copperhed · Nov 10, 2011

ROOT THE AT&T SGH-I727 AND SGH-I727R SKYROCKET

This procedure does not trigger the Flash Counter, no ! yellow triangle at boot!!!

This method will flash a custom recovery image and then you can flash the superuser.zip file or custom rom to root your phone.

This will root 2.3.5 or 2.3.6.

This requires knowledge with the use of ODIN (Read a guide).

BE CAREFUL because this can harm your phone and I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE IF IT DOES!!!!

DO NOT HAVE "RE-PARTITION" CHECKED IN ODIN!!!!

First Things you need to have:

*You Need ODIN 1.8++(CLICK ME)
*The USB Drivers for Our Skyrocket
*Clockworkmod Recovery which you are going to flash via ODIN(THIS FILE DOES NOT ROOT YOUR PHONE!)

Code:

recovery.tar MD5 Checksum 9ffa2458019af7974ef4820d0cf5992c

*Superuser+Su files to flash in clockworkmod Or download your favorite custom rom. There is a good list here
*SDCARD installed for CWM Recovery

FIRST STEPS.......

*Install the drivers and make sure the Phone is recognized by your PC.

*Place the "superuser.zip" on your EXTERNAL SD card.

Or place a custom rom on your EXTERNAL SD card.

If you want STOCK rooted then use the superuser.zip, if your going to put a custom rom on anyway then you can use that rom.

***If you have never rooted or installed a custom rom before, I suggest using the superuser.zip method.***

NOW LETS INSTALL CWM RECOVERY........

*Take the battery out and place it back

*Hold both Vol up + Vol down, and plug in the USB cable.
*SGH-I727R (Rogers) users hold Vol down and plug in the USB cable.

*Press Vol up to continue to Download Mode.

*Make sure Odin recognizes your phone as in this picture.

*On ODIN, Select the PDA button and browse to the SkyrocketCWMrecovery.tar that you downloaded earlier

*Make sure the Re-Partition box is NOT checked*

*Select Start and Odin will do its thing.

*It should flash the Recovery file and reboot the phone.

NOW LETS MAKE A BACKUP AND GET ROOTED!!!

*Unplug USB, Take the battery out, place it back, and boot into CWM recovery with the button combo below

*Hold Both Vol up + Vol down and Hit power.

*Once in CWM Recovery, navigate the menu by using the volume buttons and select with the power button.

*Select "backup and restore" and then select "backup".
Now CWM Recovery is backing up your current stock rom, it will take a few minutes, be patient.

*After back-up and while still in CWM recovery...

*Select "Install zip from sdcard", choose the superuser.zip, select "YES" and let it install, you may need to flash it about three times if you get errors. Even with the error, sometimes it still works.

(follow the custom rom developers instructions for install of that custom rom!!!!).

*Reboot your phone and check for the superuser app in your app drawer.

*Now you are rooted with CWM Recovery installed!

Have fun!!

k0nane · Nov 10, 2011

A one-click, no-Odin method will be posted later.

Copperhed · Nov 10, 2011

Sweet! that will be easier yet, this might tide a few people over till then.

Danielk425 · Nov 10, 2011

Copperhed said:
Sweet! that will be easier yet, this might tide a few people over till then.

Yup worked great for me thank you guys, easiest root method ever.

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I727 using Tapatalk

digitalnrg · Nov 10, 2011

I myself will wait for 1 click root

jonathanhtc · Nov 10, 2011

k0nane said:
A one-click, no-Odin method will be posted later.

I'm already rooted with one click method, already posted in here.. (root for TMO GS2 works) that's how I do it

Phoneguy589 · Nov 10, 2011

Will odin be need at some point? I used darklords method but not sure about how to install and access cwm on this device. I had romracers cwm on my atrix.

madmike23 · Nov 10, 2011

Phoneguy589 said:
Will odin be need at some point? I used darklords method but not sure about how to install and access cwm on this device. I had romracers cwm on my atrix.

Download "ROM Manager" in Market.

Phoneguy589 · Nov 10, 2011

Thanks. I had installed it before I had rooted so I couldn't flash cwm but all is good now.got itinstalled and made a stock nandroid.

Dranakin · Nov 10, 2011

madmike23 said:
Download "ROM Manager" in Market.

Do you have to use "ROM Manager" if you rooted via the zerg exploit or can I go back to using ODIN?

Kadin · Nov 10, 2011

Dranakin said:
Do you have to use "ROM Manager" if you rooted via the zerg exploit or can I go back to using ODIN?

I've used both and rooted via zerg. I think the suggestion to use ROM Manager was just a simplified way to get into CWM.

Schwaxdoc · Nov 10, 2011

use whatever you like but ROM Manager will allow for install of CWM with minimal fuss

mbze430 · Nov 10, 2011

I also believe that using the Odin method will/might trigger the flash counter?

crispy1805 · Nov 10, 2011

It did trigger the flash counter.

Gr8Danes · Nov 10, 2011

Just to be clear, we can use the CWM for the T-Mobile SGS through ROM manager (just to flash CWM), correct? Are there any features not working?

Phoneguy589 · Nov 10, 2011

Yes. I did it today and did a backup with no issues at all.

Copperhed · Nov 11, 2011

mbze430 said:
I also believe that using the Odin method will/might trigger the flash counter?

crispy1805 said:
It did trigger the flash counter.

This method does not trigger the flash counter. Only using ODIN to flash a non-stock rom or kernel triggers the flash counter. This method only flashes a the Recovery partition and you use CWM to flash kernels or roms and root.

Entropy512 said:
The ! screen is triggered when you flash a non-stock kernel in download mode - and it's only triggered when flashing using that method. The warning screen "remembers" what you last flashed in download mode, but isn't aware of anything you've flashed using another method.

Copperhed · Nov 11, 2011

Phoneguy589 said:
Will odin be need at some point? I used darklords method but not sure about how to install and access cwm on this device. I had romracers cwm on my atrix.

ODIN is necessary evil when it comes to Samsung phones, going back to stock, fixing major problems and flashing modems are best solved with ODIN.

I think this is the simplest way to obtain root and have CWM and not trigger the Flash Counter.

nutedro · Nov 11, 2011

i messed something up

First time doing root myself, ran into a couple of issues.

First Odin on PC said Fail! after choosing recovery.tar file for PDA and clicking start. Phone was still stating "downloading & to not turn off target". Now phone says it's in Odin Mode with yellow triangle error stating "Firmware Upgrade Encountered an Issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again." Downloaded Kies to do recovery, but can't connect...even after re-installing drivers, both from Kies and the driver link from this post.

Im sure i screwed it up, but dont know what to do now....any help would be appreciated!

Copperhed · Nov 11, 2011

nutedro said:
First time doing root myself, ran into a couple of issues.

First Odin on PC said Fail! after choosing recovery.tar file for PDA and clicking start. Phone was still stating "downloading & to not turn off target". Now phone says it's in Odin Mode with yellow triangle error stating "Firmware Upgrade Encountered an Issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again." Downloaded Kies to do recovery, but can't connect...even after re-installing drivers, both from Kies and the driver link from this post.

Im sure i screwed it up, but dont know what to do now....any help would be appreciated!

When using ODIN, be sure ODIN recognizes your phone like this picture.

Make sure no other programs are working in the background, like anti-virus or firewall, and make sure Kies is closed. They can mess up communication with ODIN and your phone.

Have you tried to boot into CWM?

If you can't, try flashing the recovery.tar again.

Then place |Melvin|'s stock rom on your external SD card and flash in CWM.

[MOD] ROOT | CWM | ODIN | SGH-I727 and SGH-I727R Skyrocket

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