How to root the Triumph?

rbtrucking · 3rd February 2012, 04:43 PM

How to root the Triumph?

I am in no way new to rooting I had an evo 4g and currently have a Samsung Epic 4g touch but my friend just got this phone and he wants to put custom roms on it because he doesnt like the stock rom. If I am reading correctly all I need to do to root it is install clockwork mod is that correct? Any and all help is greatly appreciated, thanks.

rbtrucking · 3rd February 2012, 05:19 PM

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marc12868 · 3rd February 2012, 08:00 PM

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Originally Posted by rbtrucking

I am in no way new to rooting I had an evo 4g and currently have a Samsung Epic 4g touch but my friend just got this phone and he wants to put custom roms on it because he doesnt like the stock rom. If I am reading correctly all I need to do to root it is install clockwork mod is that correct? Any and all help is greatly appreciated, thanks.

First I would download a rom and put it on the sdcard (as well as gapps for cm7), then you put it in download mode, hook it up to your computer, open the mobile partition and rename the recovery something like recovery.bak, then put it CWM and make sure its named reovery make sure that it has the .img extension. After that boot into CWM volume buttons and power button and go to backup and restore and backup. Then do a wipe and flash one of the roms.

rbtrucking · 3rd February 2012, 10:07 PM

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Originally Posted by marc12868

First I would download a rom and put it on the sdcard (as well as gapps for cm7), then you put it in download mode, hook it up to your computer, open the mobile partition and rename the recovery something like recovery.bak, then put it CWM and make sure its named reovery make sure that it has the .img extension. After that boot into CWM volume buttons and power button and go to backup and restore and backup. Then do a wipe and flash one of the roms.

Thanks allot! You dont have a how to video by any chance do you? I feel allot more comfortable when I have step by step on screen instructions.

marc12868 · 4th February 2012, 06:45 AM

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Thanks allot! You dont have a how to video by any chance do you? I feel allot more comfortable when I have step by step on screen instructions.

go to the all root section on android forums motorola trimuph section. http://androidforums.com/triumph-all-things-root/

rbtrucking · 4th February 2012, 04:07 PM

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go to the all root section on android forums motorola trimuph section. http://androidforums.com/triumph-all-things-root/

Hey how come when I try to download that gingerbreak my antivirus recognizes it as a trojan and wont let me download it? Should I just turn off my antivirus or is this really a bad file? I dont wanna brick my friends phone.

marc12868 · 4th February 2012, 04:19 PM

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Hey how come when I try to download that gingerbreak my antivirus recognizes it as a trojan and wont let me download it? Should I just turn off my antivirus or is this really a bad file? I dont wanna brick my friends phone.

It shouldn't be a bad file... But if you are installing a custom rom then you don't even have to download and use gingerbreak, since the bootloader is unlocked and all the custom roms already have root permission.

rbtrucking · 4th February 2012, 04:22 PM

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It shouldn't be a bad file... But if you are installing a custom rom then you don't even have to download and use gingerbreak, since the bootloader is unlocked and all the custom roms already have root permission.

So basically all I need to do is put clockwork mod on here like you said in your first post?

rbtrucking · 4th February 2012, 04:28 PM

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So basically all I need to do is put clockwork mod on here like you said in your first post?

Also when you say make sure the recovery file has the .img extension do you mean I should rename the file recovery.img or just leave it as recovery because when I go to the properties of the file it does say file type is .img Also should I unzip it? Sorry for the all the questions but rooting my epic was allot easier than this and I just wanna make sure I have everything all set right.

marc12868 · 4th February 2012, 04:52 PM

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Also when you say make sure the recovery file has the .img extension do you mean I should rename the file recovery.img or just leave it as recovery because when I go to the properties of the file it does say file type is .img Also should I unzip it? Sorry for the all the questions but rooting my epic was allot easier than this and I just wanna make sure I have everything all set right.

Yea you should just have to put CWM mod into the mobile partition by booting into download mode. And don't rename it if it already has the .img file extension. Yes you have to unzip it, or just take the recovery file out and put it in the mobile partition don't put the whole zip there. And questions are fine. And just rooting the triumph is as easy as downloading and installing gingerbreak and rooting it so it's easy to root, it's just installing a custom rom that gets a little more difficult, but is still failry easy. But like I said if your installing a custom rom there's no need to root it.