[HOWTO] ROOT T-Mobile SGSII via ODIN -- Updated Recovery

This Method will flash a recovery Image and then you can flash the superuser .zip file to root the phone.
This requires minor knowledge. But BE CAREFUL Because this can harm your phone!



First Things you need to have:

*You Need ODIN 1.8++(CLICK ME)
*The USB Drivers for Our SGSII
*Clockworkmod which you are going to flash via ODIN
*Superuser+Su files to flash thru clockworkmod later on!
*SDCARD installed for CWR


How to Root the phone...


*Before We get things rolling, Make sure the Phone is recognized by your PC.

*Put the Superuser .zip file on your internal SD

*Take the battery out and place it back

*Hold both Vol up + Vol down, and plug the USB cable in.

*On ODIN, Select the PDA button and browse to the recovery-cwm-hercules.tar

*Select Start and see the magic do its thing.

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

*Take the battery out again and now boot into recovery

*Power off phone, unplug USB, Hold Both Vol up + Vol down and Hit power

*PERFORM NANDROID BACKUP FOR YOUR OWN SAFETY*

*Select Install zip from sdcard, choose the Superuser .zip and let it finish.

*Reboot!

*Now Lets delete some bloat ok? Be careful of what you delete!





***Thanks To Slayher for ROOTING the phone, i just created this small guide for you all to use.

cant wait to try this!!!!ty to everyone who helped

If You Can't Find Recovery.tar You'll Find It Here
http://www.mediafire.com/?5bktv62yoyh3wim

Thank u.....first time being first

Sent from my SGH-T989 using xda premium

Full (hopefully) noob rooting instructions

Being basically a noob myself, I tried to put all the steps in. Hopefully I included everything for the less well- healed:

1. Download the following:
a. Odin - Version 1.83 or newer
http://xdaforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=755024&d=1319077881
b.recovery-cwm-hercules.tar
http://goo-inside.me/hercules/clockworkmod/
c. superuser
http://goo-inside.me/superuser/su-3.0.5-efgh-signed.zip
2. Make sure windows recognizes your phone in ODIN by starting Odin and seeing that is shows <ID:0/004> Added!! In the message box.
3. Turn the phone off,
4. Turn the phone on by holding both the Vol up and Vol down buttons and plug the USB cable in.
5. Select volume up button
6. Start Odin
7. Select the PDA button in Odin and select the recovery-cwm-hercules.tar file
8. Select Start in Odin
9. It should flash the file to Recovery and reboot the phone.
10. After the phone has rebooted, select USB connected from your pull down screen on your phone and push the Connect USB storage button on the bottom.
11. Copy the Superuser zip file to the sdcard or internal memory
12. Reboot into recovery by doing the following:
a. Power the phone off and unplug the USB cable
b. Hold both the Vol up and Vol down and hold the power button for at least 1 second while continuing to hold both volume buttons
c. Keep holding the Vol up and Vol down buttons until the Recovery screen comes up
13. * PERFORM NANDROID BACKUP * - This take a while to run
Menu button moves selection down;
Home button moves selection up;
Back button goes to the top; and,
Search button selects the choice you've made.
14. Select Install zip from sdcard or internal storage, choose the superuser zip file and push the Search button (enter)
15. It takes you to another screen, scroll down using the Menu button to the superuser zip file and push the Search button
16. Reboot!