[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] X-627:
Disclaimer: I will not be held responsible for any damage to your device. You are following this tutorial at your own risk (not to discourage anyone, though as safe as this process maybe I will not take blame for anyone's bad luck). Apart from the tutorial explanation and some pictures I do not own any of the methods/tools/ROMs/FW in this tutorial/guide, I respect the works done here by the developers and I have no involvement in there works neither am I claiming so

Optional: download the android SDK

BEFORE YOU BEGIN

Some Common Knowledge

Stock Firmware: Is needed when you get your phone stuck in a boot-loop(not getting past the splash/start-up screen) OR if you're having trouble updating through OTA updates or Kies (I had my share of both)

Odin: Is used to Flash a stock/Official FW and in Galaxy R's case CWM as well

CWM: This is needed to back up your device's current FW and to install custom ROMs

Super User: This thing gives you root access

Custom ROMs: For when the stock FW seems too dull or when you need to tweak your device to your liking. For the sake of keeping this guide simple and "streamlined" this would not be discussed in this post

This Tutorial assumes that you have little or no knowledge on flashing/modifying your phone's OS/Firmware

Things you'll need:

1. Odin

2. CWM

3. Super User

4. Flashable ROM/Firmware available here Courtesy of The-Droidster

5. A

FULLY CHARGED

Galaxy R aka Royale aka Galaxy Z (aka Galaxy S2's adopted brother aka Loki Get it cuz it's low key :p )

6. A USB data cable

7. A PC (I'm using a windows PC)

8. Patience and time

For Personal ease keep all downloads in a separate folder dedicated for Android "Hacking"

STEP 1A: Downloading/installing Tools

Extract Odin

CWM DO NOT EXTRACT

From the link above download Super User shown here: DO NOT EXTRACT

STEP 1B: Downloading Firmware

Open the Official ROM link provided and choose the Firmware you like (Depending upon region/languages and OS version)

After Downloading the zip file extract it

You Should get either:

1. Three additional .tar/.tar.md5 files DO NOT EXTRACT THESE

OR

2. A single .tar/.tar.md5 file DO NOT EXTRACT THIS

The extracted files should look like this:

STEP 2: Set up

Turn off your FULLY CHARGED phone (It's better to have a fully charged phone but above 50% is good too)

Open Odin from the folder:

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Allow it run:

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Set it up like this making sure everything else is

unchecked

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Now put the phone in

Download Mode

. On your phone press and hold the volume down, home and power buttons as shown (power button last)

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The following screen would appear:

Press the Volume up button (Because you're a bad ass!)

Now connect the USB data cable with the phone and computer

After a few minutes (of downloading the drivers) you should see this:

Now everything is setup and you can start flashing/Installing a Firmware

STEP 3: Flashing the phone.

As mentioned before you would have either 3 or just 1 .tar/.tar.md5 files from extracting the FW

Here is how you put the extracted files in Odin.

For three files

The file containing the word

CODE

goes in PDA

The file containing the word

MODEM

goes in PHONE

The file containing the word

CSC

goes in CSC

AS Shown here:

For a single .tar/ .tar.md5 file

, place the file in the PDA

Click Start and wait for the Yellow rectangle to go green and you're done.

The phone will start automatically and take a few minutes on first boot (so be patient)

And you've Flashed your phone! Hoorah!

Now on to CWM and Root!

Place the Super User .zip file and the Custom ROM .zip in the

internal SD

of the phone (not the SD card)

STEP 4: Clockwork Recovery Mod aka CWM

Launch Odin, keeping the previous settings

Click the PDA button and open the CWM file: it should look like this

Turn off your phone

Put it in to Download Mode using the volume down, Home and Power Buttons.

Connect the device and PC

Be a Bad ass again!

Hit Start on Odin

Wait for Reboot! ....aaaaand then turn off!

Turn the device ON

After seeing the GalaxyR logo immediately hit the

VOLUME UP

and

HOME

buttons

If you see this:

Congratulations! You just installed CWM

STEP 5: Super User/Root access

Note: Recovery navigates using power up and down and to enter the power button

From the CWM select "Install zip from sdcard"

Look for the Super User .zip file and select it

Select yes to install

Reboot!

Now you would have a super user icon in your apps!

Congratulations! You just rooted your phone!

Change log (01/09/2012):

Removed Custom ROM tutorial (it was too generic)

Some minor changes in the descriptions, thanks to The-Droidster

Thanks:

The-Droidster

Adam77Root

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