[Q] Just a quick question

[JehC]

Hello, i'm here for a friend really. I don't have this phone, but he's wanting to root his Gio and I was wondering if there is a detailed guide in here on how to do so. I looked in the "Big thread for new users" thread, but i wasn't sure if it was in the correct order to get rooted, (my phone is the droid incredible 2 so it's really different lol) if it is, i'll let him know where to go.
thanks

 

[Thomas vdb]

use this :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1111414

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[JehC]

hmm, we tried using that but he is on Gingerbread 2.3.4, this guide is for 2.3.3.
will he have to downgrade first?

 

[MH-Droid]

No,this will work on all gingerbread ROMs for gio.

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[JehC]

he tried it and after selecting update.zip in recovery it said "operation aborted'' or something to that effect.

 

[Thomas vdb]

do a simple google search wil help ... but now it's not rooted and the gio of ur friend wil stil startup right ?

edit : if after the aborted the phone is still normal just search for something like : root galaxy gio 2.3.4 gingerbread , and don't worry if it's going wrong there are alot of, restore/unbrick guide's (which are not needed bcz rooting is pretty safe )

 

[JehC]

oh yeah i know all about rooting and it's only harmful if you do it wrong. my phone is rooted^_^ i've been searching these forums pretty thoroughly, thanks for all your help though. good to know the other sections of XDA are just as helpful as my own.