[Q] Forced eL30 update Can i still root?

[Gagstr]

So my FF cam wasnt working along with a few other things on my phone so i took it to sprint and paid 30$ some odd dollars to fix.... When i get my phone back i realized they upgraded my software.... [email protected]#K.

I am now on GB EL30 2.3.6 and am searching for a root method... So far i have read that there is no solid root for this version yet and may not be for some time??

Here is where i need help... Am i wrong here? Is there a root for 2.3.6 GB out there?

Does the Gingerbreak work for this version... I have a feeling that it wont.... Can anyone confirm?

IF there is no way to root this version, will i be able to go back to an older version and root my phone ? like 2.3.whatever?

Thanks for the Help guys!!

 

[ÜBER™]

Gingerbreak doesn't work....You have to odin in a recovery to flash su and it won't stick afterwards so make sure you have a su.zip flash the recovery make sure auto reboot isn't checked and 3 finger salute and flash su and reboot you'll be stock with su permissions.. I do think some kernels will actually work on it though I've read tw.bml samurai kernel works fine.

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[Gagstr]

Let me know if im getting this right,

Step 1. Get my phone connected to odin (uncheck auto reboot)
2. Flash a recovery (do you know where i can get one)
3. boot pressing power volume up and camera button and Flash su.zip?

I have a feeling im doing something wrong here please let me know, and THANKS for the help!!!

 

[ac16313]

Let me know if im getting this right,

Step 1. Get my phone connected to odin (uncheck auto reboot)
2. Flash a recovery (do you know where i can get one)
3. boot pressing power volume up and camera button and Flash su.zip?

I have a feeling im doing something wrong here please let me know, and THANKS for the help!!!

That is correct, for a recovery look for cwm5 in the development stickies, make sure its a .tar file extension and not a .zip

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[KennyG123]

Let me know if im getting this right,

Step 1. Get my phone connected to odin (uncheck auto reboot)
2. Flash a recovery (do you know where i can get one)
3. boot pressing power volume up and camera button and Flash su.zip?

I have a feeling im doing something wrong here please let me know, and THANKS for the help!!!

It's volume down. And make sure you add the power button last.

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[ÜBER™]

Okay wait let me update there is now a custom el30 kernel so do this.
Make sure you have the custom kernel .zip before going step by step sorry wrote this up in a hurry.
1. Get your su.zip and your recovery.tar(which ever recovery) and get odin to recognise and so forth.
2. Odin in the recovery.tar and make sure auto reboot isn't checked.
3. Hold power button, camera button, and volume down to boot into recovery and Flash this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1460540 scroll to find the .zip link. Once this is flashed flash su.zip
4. Boot up and you'll be rooted with with a custom recovery

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[Gagstr]

I cant get Odin to work on the computers at work, im assuming they don’t let users have the privileges that it takes to run this program and complete this operation so I will have to wait till im home to use Odin but I will report back later.

 

[ÜBER™]

Yes this will be stock rooted... and there isn't an exploit for our stock kernels anymore samsung got smart I guess.... root calls for a modded kernel now anyways yes this will be just what you need for tethering

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[Gagstr]

One more thing, will this recovery work?

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1357655

Thanks again guys, been very helpfull.

 

[rando991]

Here's the steps I used, but, I understand that toadlife now has a clean Kernel EL30 that takes the place of deleting the recovery script (that overwrites your CWM on reboot):
1. Attach phone to PC and mount...then copy the su zip file to the root of your SD card. Then unmount and unhook phone from pc.
2. Open Odin and uncheck everything. Put the CWM5.2.0.7 tar under PDA
3. Power off phone and then hold the Keyboard "1" key and Power at same time until phone gets the yellow triangle and says "Download Mode"
4. Attach the usb cable to PC and wait for a Yellow box to illuminate on Odin.
5. Now hit start and wait until it turns green and says "Pass"and the script has stopped running (the last line is something like 1 Pass 0 fail)
6. Unplug phone and remove battery (to get out of download mode without booting)
7. Now reinsert battery and 3 finger salute to CWM...from there, choose and install the su zip (now you are rooted).
8. Reboot and use your Root Explorer or other root explorer to go to system/etc and find the installer-recovery.sh file and delete it (you have to click Mount in Root Explorer to allow it to delete a system file).
9. Now power off and go back to download mode again and go into Odin with the CWM tar again, but make sure you check Autoreboot this time.
10. Now reinstall CWM with Odin like you did above.

If you use the kernel flash we mentioned above you can save yourself steps 8-10.

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One more thing, will this recovery work?

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1357655

Thanks again guys, been very helpfull.

yes, but I think you have to delete the .md5 extension off the .tar file. Mine just has .tar at the end.

 

[flastnoles11]

One more thing, will this recovery work?

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1357655

Thanks again guys, been very helpfull.

Yep that's the recovery you want...

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[poit]

Instructions copied from the general forum.

1. Odin flash cwm 5.0.27 with reboot checked off (nothing checked), put file in pda.

2. when its done, unplug data cable and pull out battery.
without rebooting system.

3. vol down, camera, power, to get into cwm recovery

4. install su.zip and reboot the phone (now you have root)
http://downloads.androidsu.com/super...fgh-signed.zip

5. install es explorer from market

5a. under menu/setting, check the box root explorer and mount file system

5b. browse into phone /system/etc/install-recovery.sh
delete "install-recovery.sh" script
(long press into that file and delete option will come out)

6. shut off your phone

7. odin cwm 5.0.27 again with reboot checked

8. restart, cwm and root will be stick forever.

 

[KennyG123]

Also Toadlife has a prerooted EL30 kernel over in the Development section.

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[Gagstr]

Ok so i was able to get all of this done and it seemed to have worked but before i did it correctly i managed to screw this up.....

I accidently flashed the cwm recovery to the damn phone in odin and now my baseband version and harware version are unknown... Can anyone help me flash the correct Baseband version and hardware files back to the phone so i can start making phone calls hahaha....