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[HOWTO] THE ULTIMATE GUIDE FOR NEWBS TO: ROOT/UNROOT/TEMP. UNROOT your SKYrocket!

GUIDE TESTED ON SAMSUNG GALAXY SG2 LTE: MODEL# "SGH-I727" FOR ATT & "SGH-I727R" FOR ROGERS, IT IS ALSO KNOWN AS THE "SKYROCKET"

UPDATED: JULY 30/2013

WHAT YOU WILL FIND HERE:

YOU ARE ON THE SECOND PAGE OF A TWO PAGE POST

1. HOW TO ROOT: WORKS ON GB, ICS AND JB

2. HOW TO TEMPORARLY UNROOT

3. HOW TO PERMANENTLY UNROOT

4. HOW TO REPAIR ROOT

5. EXPLANATION OF WHAT THE SU FILES DO

6. INFO ON ROOT

7. DOWNLOADS AND LINKS

NOTE: MUST HAVE A CUSTOM RECOVERY INSTALLED FIRST TO ROOT PHONE. A HOW TO IS ON THE FIRST POST.

ROOT IS NOT RQUIRED TO FLASH CUSTOM ROMS - INSTALLING CWM/TWRP IS REQUIRED TO FLASH CUSTOM ROMS(1ST POST): FOLLOW THE DEVELOPERS ROM INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS .

Disclaimer: I am not responsible for your devices, these methods have been proven to work, but sh*t happens!

ClockWorkMod Recovery i will refer it as CWM and Team Win Recovery Project as TWRP.

PLEASE READ THE WHOLE POST BEFORE YOU PROCEED especially if your are a n00b, newb, newbie:

Newbie, newb, n00b or noob is a slang term for a novice or newcomer, or somebody inexperienced in any profession or activity.

IF YOU DONT UNDERSTAND SOMETHING, STOP!! AND FIND OUT WHAT YOU DONT UNDERSTANT!

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PRECAUTION:

MAKE SURE YOU DO NOT HAVE SUPERUSER OR BUSYBOX APPS INSTALLED

UNINSTALL BOTH FROM SETTINGS/APPLICATION/ALL MENU (if unistalling is not available use disable and restart phone to recovery to flash the SU file before proceeding.)

USE ONLY THE FILES THAT I LINKED IN THIS POST

1. HOW TO ROOT THE PHONE

- you will not lose any data

LESS DETAILED PROCEDURE: FOR POWER USERS: (what are you doing here)

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IF ON STOCK RECOVERY INSTALL TWRP(RECOMMENDED) OR CWM VIA ODIN - HOWTO IN FIRST POST

FLASH SuperSU-0.93-Busybox-1.20.2.zip IN CWM/TWRP

BOOT INTO ANDROID AND OPEN SUPERSU AND UPDATE BINARIES, DONE, YOUR ROOTED

MORE DETAILED PROCEDURE: FOR NEWBS SOON TO BE POWER USERS: KEEP READING THE WHOLE POST:

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DOWNLOAD AND PLACE THE FILE SuperSU-0.93-Busybox-1.20.2.zip TO YOUR INTERNAL SDCARD

IF YOU HAVE THE LATEST VERSION OF TWRP OR CWM INSTALLED CONT. TO STEP 3. IF NOT GOTO THE FIRST PAGE: then come back here and continue w/step 3

REBOOT INTO CWM/TWRP: instructions in first page.

STEPS BELOW ARE FOR CWM BUT SIMILIAR FOR TWRP.

HIGHLIGHT "INSTALL FROM SDCARD", HIT ENTER

HIGHLIGHT "CHOOSE FILE FROM INTERNAL SDCARD", HIT ENTER

SCROLL UNTIL "SuperSU-0.93-Busybox-1.20.2.zip" IS HIGHLIGHTED , HIT ENTER

SCROLL UNTIL "YES" IS HIGHLIGHTED, HIT ENTER, WAIT FOR INSTALLATION TO FINISH.

REBOOT PHONE

GOTO APPLICATIONS ,OPEN SUPERSU, LET SuperSU UPDATE BINARIES.

DONE, YOU ARE NOW ROOTED

TO TEST IF ROOTING WAS SUCCESSFUL

DOWNLOAD "ROOT TESTER" AND OR "TITANIUM BACKUP" FROM PLAYSTORE AND SEE IF THEY ARE GRANTED SU PERMISSIONS

OPEN EITHER ROOT TESTER or TITANIUM BACKUP AND YOU WILL GET A POPUP MESSAGE ASKING FOR SUPERUSER ACCESS, CLICK ON "ALLOW" OR "GRANT" AS IN PIC BELOW, PIC MIGHT BE DIFFERENT IN APPEARANCE AND WORDING BUT THATS OK:

THEN THE APP WILL BE GIVEN SUPERUSER ACCESS, WHICH IS "

ROOT

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2. HOW TO TEMPORARLY UNROOT

TESTED ONLY WITH < ESFILE EXPLORER > you will not lose any data

LESS DETAILED PROCEDURE: FOR POWER USERS (what are you doing here)

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OPEN ESFILE EXPLORER

RENAME SU FROM SYSYTEM\BIN AND/OR FROM SYSTEM\XBIN

YOU ARE TEMPORARLY UNROOTED AS LONG AS YOU DONT KILL ESFILE MANGER FROM TASK MANAGER AND DONT REBOOT/RESTART THE PHONE

TO RENABLE ROOT RENAME THE SU FILE(S) BACK TO "su"

MORE DETAILED PROCEDURE: FOR NEWBS SOON TO BE POWER USERS: KEEP READING THE WHOLE POST:

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OPEN ESFILE EXPLORER

HIT LEFT HAPTIC BUTTON

HIT SETTINGS

ENABLE "UP TO ROOT

ENABLE "ROOT EXPLORER"

ENABLE "MOUNT FILE SYSTEM"

ENABLE "BACKUP SYSTEM APP"

HIT THE HAPTIC BACK BUTTON

HIT "UP" BUTTON ON ESFILE EXPLORER

CONFIRM YOUR IN THE ROOT DIRECTORY IF YOU SEE THE "SYSTEM" FOLDER

THE SU FILE CAN BE IN ONE OR TWO FOLDERS, RENAME BOTH, IF ONLY ONE IS FOUND THATS OK

NAVIGATE TO SYSTEM\BIN FIND THE "SU" FILE

LONG PRESS ON "SU", FROM MENU POPUP HIT RENAME

RENAME "SU" TO "SUOLD" OR SOMETHING YOU CAN REMEMBER

NAVIGATE TO SYSTEM\XBIN FIND THE "SU" FILE

LONG PRESS ON "SU", FROM MENU POPUP HIT RENAME

RENAME "SU" TO "SUOLD" OR SOMETHING YOU CAN REMEMBER

HIT HOME HAPTIC BUTTON

DO NOT EXIT ESFILE EXPLORER

DO NOT REBOOT/SHUT SOWN PHONE

TEST WITH ROOT CHECKER: SHOULD CONFIRM "NO ROOT ACCESS"

DONE

TO RENABLE ROOT DO THE EXACT SAME PROCEDURE AND RENAME THE SU FILES BACK TO "su"

OR JUST REFLASH THE SU FILE WITH CWM

3. HOW TO PERMANENTLY UNROOT

TESTED ONLY WITH < ESFILE EXPLORER > You Will Not Lose Any Data.

NOTE: Flashing Stock Firmwares Will Also Unroot The Phone So You Do NOT Need To Unroot The Phone If Installing Stock Firmware.

LESS DETAILED PROCEDURE: FOR POWER USERS(what are you doing here)

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MAKE A NANDROID BACKUP

OPTIONAL: DISABLE SUPERSU FROM SETTINGS\APLLICATIONS MENU

DELETE SU FROM SU FROM SYSYTEM\BIN AND/OR FROM SYSTEM\XBIN

YOU ARE NOW PERMANENTLY UNROOTED

TO ROOT JUST FLASH SU AND INSTALL SUPERSU

MORE DETAILED PROCEDURE: FOR NEWBS SOON TO BE POWER USERS: KEEP READING THE WHOLE POST:

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PERFORM A NANDROID BACKUP FROM WITHIN CWM BACKUP/RESTORE MENU

OPTIONAL: FROM HOMESCREEN HIT LEFT HAPTIC BUTTON GOTO /SETTINGS/APPLICATION/ALL CLICKON SUPERSU CLICKON DISABLE

OPEN ESFILE EXPLORER

HIT LEFT HAPTIC BUTTON

HIT SETTINGS

ENABLE "UP TO ROOT"

ENABLE "ROOT EXPLORER"

ENABLE "MOUNT FILE SYSTEM"

ENABLE "BACKUP SYSTEM APP"

HIT THE HAPTIC BACK BUTTON

HIT "UP" BUTTON ON ESFILE EXPLORER

CONFIRM YOUR IN THE ROOT DIRECTORY IF YOU SEE THE "SYSTEM" FOLDER

THE SU FILE CAN BE IN ONE OR TWO FOLDERS, DELETE BOTH FILES, IF ONLY ONE IS FOUND THATS OK

NAVIGATE TO SYSTEM\BIN FIND THE "SU" FILE

LONG PRESS ON "SU"

FROM THE POPUP MENU HIT DELETE

NAVIGATE TO SYSTEM\XBIN FIND THE "SU" FILE

LONG PRESS ON "SU"

FROM THE POPUP MENU HIT DELETE

YOU ARE NOW PERMANENTLY UNROOTED

TEST WITH ROOT CHECKER

TO RENABLE ROOT JUST REFLASH THE SU FILE WITH CWM AND REINSTALL SUPERSU FROM PLAYSTORE

4. REPAIR YOUR OLD/BAD/BROKEN ROOT FILES

IF ROOT IS NOT WORKING FROM A PREVIOUS METHOD .

UNINSTALL SUPERUSER GOTO SETTINGS/APPLICATIONS/ SELECT ALL/ SELECT SUPERUSER AND HIT UNINSTALL(if no uninstall option, choose disable).

UNINSTALL BUSYBOX GOTO SETTINGS/APPLICATIONS/ SELECT ALL/ SELECT BUSYBOX AND HIT UNINSTALL(if no uninstall option, choose disable).

REBOOT INTO CWN AND CONTINUE W/THE TUTORIAL WHERE YOU FLASH THE busybox-su-pack-cwm5.zip FILE.

5. EXPLANATION OF WHAT THE SU FILES DO

When you install the SuperSU-0.93-Busybox-1.20.2.zip with CWM it installs SU and BUSYBOX and SuperSU (su needs busybox to work properly)

SU "ROOTS" your phone, it gives you SU(superuser) status.

You are now 100% rooted when you installed that file.

The problem is you have no control of what app has root privilges.

SuperSU gives the user control of what app has root privilges.

When an app requests root access, SuperSU intercedes and you see popup window to allow or deny acess to the SU binary(the file you flashed in CWM).

Thats my best way of explaining it, if someone has a better way let me know

6. INFO ON ROOT: PLEASE READ IT

DONT USE ROM MANAGER TO INSTALL OR UPDATE CWM.

YOUR PHONE WILL BE REMAIN EXACTLY THE SAME WHEN ROOTING OR FLASHING TWRP/CWM WITH THE ADDITION OF A NEW RECOVERY AND THE SUPERSU APP WHEN FOLLOWING THIS TUTORIAL.

ROOTING ALLOWS USER TO CUSTOMIZE THEIR PHONES BY REMOVING SO CALLED BLOATWARE AND OTHER APPS THAT COME PREINSTALLED ON THE PHONE.

YOU DO NEED A CUSTOM RECOVERY TO ROOT

YOU DO NOT NEED TO BE ROOTED TO FLASH A CUSTOM RECOVERY

YOU DO NOT NEED TO BE ROOTED TO FLASH CUSTOM ROMS

BUT YOU DO NEED A CUSTOM RECOVERY(TWRP/CWM) TO FLASH ROMS

FLASHING TWRP/CWM BY WHATEVER METHOD USED IS NOT ROOTING

THERE IS NO OTHER WAY TO ROOT THE SKYROCKET WITH OUT FIRST INSTALLING A CUSTOM RECOVERY CWM/TWRP.

CUSTOM ROMS ARE ALREADY ROOTED: FOLLOW DEVS INSTR.

IF YOU DID HAVE ROOT AND FLASHED STOCK FIRMWARE BY WHATEVER METHOD YOU WILL LOSE ROOT.

YOUR PHONE WILL NOT LOSE APPS OR SETTINGS BY ROOTING OR BY ONSTALLING TWRP/CWM UNLESS "YOU" PERFORMED A WIPE/RESET

THE PROCEDURES OUTLINE IN THESE TWO PAGES DOES NOT TRIP THE FLASH COUNTER

7. DOWNLOADS AND LINKS:

check the md5 checksums when available

Md5 checker utility.....Direct download

SuperSU-0.93-Busybox-1.20.2.zip ..... THE SU, BUSYBOX AND SUPERSU IN ONE FILE - THIS IS WHAT ROOTS YOUR PHONE

SU Website ......Downloads and info on rooting

What and how ROOT works.... info on rooting ICS, Hit Thanks to mohan_kr

What and how ROOT works .... info on rooting ICS, Hit Thanks to waiters

How to SEARCH XDA and the WORLD ..... Learn how to properly use the search feature on xda, a must read for newbs! Hit Thanks to mindmajick