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D_NazGUL 		Old
16th November 2011, 11:58 AM
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Default How to check if SGS is rooted?
Just got me an old Samsung GT i9000 Galaxy S and I was wondering if there is a way to check if the phone is already rooted?

BTW it's running on FROYO.BOJPB 2.2 on T-Mobile
SAMSUNG GT i9000 Galaxy S / T-Mobile
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Kernel: 3.0.8-NEO-3.0
 
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16th November 2011, 12:13 PM
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Just got me an old Samsung GT i9000 Galaxy S and I was wondering if there is a way to check if the phone is already rooted?

BTW it's running on FROYO.BOJPB 2.2 on T-Mobile
Open a terminal emulator, type "SU" in it. If you get no errors you then have a rooted ROM.

Another way to know is if you have an app called superuser.

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16th November 2011, 12:41 PM
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Open a terminal emulator, type "SU" in it. If you get no errors you then have a rooted ROM.

Another way to know is if you have an app called superuser.

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Just installed Terminal and tried the "su" command and it replied "not found".

I suppose it means that it's not rooted...
SAMSUNG GT i9000 Galaxy S / T-Mobile
ROM: ICSSGS
Kernel: 3.0.8-NEO-3.0
 
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16th November 2011, 12:46 PM
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Just installed Terminal and tried the "su" command and it replied "not found".

I suppose it means that it's not rooted...
Yup

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Phone history:
Current:
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CM10.1 Latest Nightly / CM10.1 Kernel

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Samsung Galaxy I-9000 S
Cyanogenmod 10 Nightly 1028
CW Recovery

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HTC Magic 32A
3.22.23.18 Radio Image
1.76.2007 Engineering SPL
CyanogenMod 5.0.8-final Stable/Fast 2.1 (06/21/2010) superfast
Amon_RA RA-sapphire-v1.6.2H
 
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16th November 2011, 04:40 PM
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Download "root checker" from the market. IMO it does the job well...

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just root your phone if you want, it's easy tho. and you can have a lot of improvements after rooting.



Device: SGS I9000 16gb/16gb
OS: Android
Chipset: Hummingbird 1~1.4 GHz Cortex-A8 PowerVR
Jelly Bean ROM: Slim Bean[4.1.1] v2.4 kernel: Semaphore
Ice Cream Sandwich ROM: Slim ICS[4.0.4] v4.2 kernel: Semaphore ICS 1.2.5bigmem
Gingerbread ROM: GamerzRom v11 JW4
Modem: XXJW4
 
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