[How To] Easily Root your SGS2

Astirnon · Oct 6, 2011 at 4:50 AM

okay good

I'm glad we're discussing Odin. I'm having similar issues. I have the .tar file, I have Odin 1.82 and I followed the instructions and downloaded the drivers. I put the phone into the developer mode and plugged in with the usb cable and opened Odin, plugged the .tar file and its says

"all threads completed. (succeed 0/failed 0)."

Figured it might be the drivers, re-installed. didn't work. thought it might be usb debug. Also didn't change the result. Ran as admin, redownloaded the .tar file. Same result every time. Even jumped to super one click and it doesn't work.

It seems like the programs aren't recognizing the phone though. Should I uninstall and reinstall kies even though it says it downloaded the drivers?

Thanks

moustro · Oct 6, 2011 at 5:20 AM

I am having the exact same issues. I have tried to uninstall and reinstall kies as well.

Pirateghost · Oct 6, 2011 at 5:30 AM

Astirnon said:
I'm glad we're discussing Odin. I'm having similar issues. I have the .tar file, I have Odin 1.82 and I followed the instructions and downloaded the drivers. I put the phone into the developer mode and plugged in with the usb cable and opened Odin, plugged the .tar file and its says

"all threads completed. (succeed 0/failed 0)."

Figured it might be the drivers, re-installed. didn't work. thought it might be usb debug. Also didn't change the result. Ran as admin, redownloaded the .tar file. Same result every time. Even jumped to super one click and it doesn't work.

It seems like the programs aren't recognizing the phone though. Should I uninstall and reinstall kies even though it says it downloaded the drivers?

Thanks

say it with me:
DOWNLOAD MODE

thats the mode you want to be in. not DEVELOPER mode

Astirnon · Oct 6, 2011 at 5:43 AM

Pirateghost said:
say it with me:
DOWNLOAD MODE

thats the mode you want to be in. not DEVELOPER mode

K. My bad I misspoke. I'm still new to this. Download mode/developer mode whichever it is when u press the volume buttons and plug it in. It gives me the prompt and I press up on the volume and it puts me in whatever mode that is. I'm stuck there with Odin.

DJSLINKARD · Oct 6, 2011 at 5:45 AM

Does this kernal affect battery life at all?

moustro · Oct 6, 2011 at 5:46 AM

Pirateghost said:
say it with me:
DOWNLOAD MODE

thats the mode you want to be in. not DEVELOPER mode

There is no reason to shout or be a ****. This is my first android. I have had many iphones jailbroken but this is a completely different process. I don't know whtat the difference is between download and developer mode. Please explain in noob verbiage. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Caliesv · Oct 6, 2011 at 5:52 AM

What the he11 is this yellow triangle?! Go away!!! Lol. Anyone know how to get rid of it? (Other then jig? Which is in the mail btw

)

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897 using xda premium

Pirateghost · Oct 6, 2011 at 6:05 AM

moustro said:
There is no reason to shout or be a ****. This is my first android. I have had many iphones jailbroken but this is a completely different process. I don't know whtat the difference is between download and developer mode. Please explain in noob verbiage. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

wasnt shouting.

if you want to learn how to do this stuff, learn the lingo. Developer mode doesnt exist on this phone, but to me that would refer to someone talking about enabling USB DEBUGGING mode in /settings/applications/development.....

DOWNLOAD mode is the mode you want to be in for ODIN to work

make sure you run ODIN as admin on windows vista/7

Caliesv said:
What the he11 is this yellow triangle?! Go away!!! Lol. Anyone know how to get rid of it? (Other then jig? Which is in the mail btw )

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897 using xda premium

i booted back into download mode with my old captivate/vibrant jig and the triangle went away

moustro · Oct 6, 2011 at 6:23 AM

Pirateghost said:
wasnt shouting.

if you want to learn how to do this stuff, learn the lingo. Developer mode doesnt exist on this phone, but to me that would refer to someone talking about enabling USB DEBUGGING mode in /settings/applications/development.....

DOWNLOAD mode is the mode you want to be in for ODIN to work

make sure you run ODIN as admin on windows vista/7

Thank you for the help! It worked

Astirnon · Oct 6, 2011 at 6:25 AM

I appreciate the help. I did run Odin as admin. Is Odin supposed to populate when you plug the phone in? cuz its not and i seem to remember it doing that when i rooted the vibrant, it's been awhile however and i'm not too sure.

I'm going to also try and uninstall kies and reinstall it again.

phonic · Oct 6, 2011 at 6:28 AM

Astirnon said:
I appreciate the help. I did run Odin as admin. Is Odin supposed to populate when you plug the phone in? cuz its not and i seem to remember it doing that when i rooted the vibrant, it's been awhile however and i'm not too sure.

I'm going to also try and uninstall kies and reinstall it again.

Once you plug in the phone and all the drivers are installed and the phone is fully "linked" with the computer, Odin should automatically recognize it and show it as a COM port. If that isn't happening, then you probably don't have all the necessary drivers installed.

Astirnon · Oct 6, 2011 at 6:30 AM

phonic said:
Once you plug in the phone and all the drivers are installed and the phone is fully "linked" with the computer, Odin should automatically recognize it and show it as a COM port. If that isn't happening, then you probably don't have all the necessary drivers installed.

That's what I was figuring. Uninstalling Kies and the samsung drivers now and going to re-install here in a moment. I thought it was odd that nothing was populating. Thanks

XGhozt · Oct 6, 2011 at 8:44 AM

Can someone please help me? Odin for me hangs at "SetupConnection.." and then does nothing. My device is not bricked so it must be something else. Any ideas?

jivy26 · Oct 6, 2011 at 11:34 AM

XGhozt said:
Can someone please help me? Odin for me hangs at "SetupConnection.." and then does nothing. My device is not bricked so it must be something else. Any ideas?

Are you seeing a yellow box on Odin appear that says com port?

DJSLINKARD · Oct 6, 2011 at 11:46 AM

Can someone tell me if this has any effect on battery life?

jivy26 · Oct 6, 2011 at 11:52 AM

DJSLINKARD said:
Can someone tell me if this has any effect on battery life?

No effect on it

id10terrordfw · Oct 6, 2011 at 5:23 PM

Worked beautifully for me. Great guide.

jetarpon · Oct 6, 2011 at 5:30 PM

yoman258 said:
How would I root and keep the stock rom? I don't want anything changed, I just simply want the root access. Any help would be much appreciated, thank you.

The method in this thread keeps everything as is, except it adds root:

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1286432

XGhozt · Oct 6, 2011 at 7:15 PM

jivy26 said:
Are you seeing a yellow box on Odin appear that says com port?

Yes, it's showing that it's connected to the COM and the drivers are installed.

JCarbiter · Oct 6, 2011 13 0 0

For my first time EVER using an android device and rooting it, it was surprisingly painless. Big time thanks to the OP.

With that being said I have reached one problem at the very end.

When I reach step 4 (pasted below), I launch Kies and plug in my i777. Under Firmware it states "This version of the device cannot be updated." What do I do next?

4. Android drivers for your phone install using Kies.

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