[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] DutchDogg54:
Just FYI ya'll - my buddy returned it to the sprint store where he lives and they tried to tell him it'd be a day or two for one to "come in," then with hardly any resistance at all they just gave him a brand new one out of box :good: It never did boot, but doesn't matter now! Thanks for your help amigos

To get an FL24 E4GT rooted I would first visit this thread: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2104823. In the OP of this thread you'll find a link to this thread: http://www.sxtpdevelopers.com/showthread.php?t=116 where the developer houses his links & info. The XDA thread is just to help people find it as this forum is very popular. Not sure why he's housing them elsewhere, he just is :p

This is where the actual zip file to root is located, as well as all the instructions. This is what's called a "one-click," couldn't be any easier. The thread itself can be a bit complicated though, so I'll summarize for you.

I would start fresh, so that means your apps, etc. would be lost - backup via whatever method you find that works without root (not many or any that I know of, other than sms/call log backup tools). You want to click the "Mirror 1" link under step 2 for the file called "SPH-D710_FL24_CL1173404_REV2_Rooted_Restore.exe". This will open another site that the developer has moved...you don't need to leave this site - just look below at the embedded file explorer mechanism and click "ROM" > "ROOTED" and there will be the one-click .exe file you need.

1)Download the zip on your computer and run it. Put the phone in download mode (power off, then hold power button + volume DOWN, then press Volume UP when prompted to get into download mode), then plug the phone in. Once you see the "Com" colored box appear in the one-click program, you can click "start" - it will automatically do everything for you. Once the phone reboots you can unplug it.

2) The next step in any smart rooting process is to get a custom recovery installed asap. There are many "unsafe" recoveries around the E4GT forums so it's important to get a safe one that you can wipe & flash with. Luckily AGAT has produced just such a recovery & it can be found in the OP of the 1st thread I linked above. Here it is directly: http://www.sxtpdevelopers.com/showthread.php?t=106

3) DOWNLOAD THE 0.3.0 .TAR VERSION - DO NOT USE THE 0.4.0 VERSION, IT BOOT-LOOPED FOR ME AND SEVERAL OTHERS, OP SHOULD HAVE IT TAKEN DOWN BUT HE DOESN'T

4) Once that .tar file is on your computer then get your phone back into download mode. Open Odin v1.85 (Download HERE & extract if you don't already have it. Once extracted open the "odin 1.85 folder [not zip folder] and there will be the .exe odin 1.85) and then make sure only "auto reboot" is checked. Then click the "PDA" button in the lower right, navigate to the agat recovery zip v 0.3.0 you've just downloaded and select it. Once this is done, plug your phone (which is in download mode already) into the computer and click "start." This will automatically flash the custom recovery onto your phone.

5) Once it reboots you can unplug your phone again. Once it boots and you let it run for a minute or two, I would power it off and then hold the Power + Volume UP buttons until it boots into the recovery (takes a good couple seconds, keep holding till it appears). Navigate to "Backup" and make a nandroid backup - you can edit it in a root exploring file manager after you've rebooted (like es file explorer or root explorer). Call it "FL24stockrooted" or something like that. Then, no matter what you do afterwards you can get back to completely stock + root + custom recovery, a great reset point in case of problems.

Sorry about the novel, but really this is about as concise as an answer to your question can be without just throwing a url in a reply. Hope it helps, feel free to reply or PM if you have questions.