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[Galaxy S II General] saferang:
where can i get a copy of the stock gb28? also the agat kernel is gb27 will that make a difference?

where can i get an su installer.zip?or can i run the agat kernel and use the market to dl one?

when i dl the tar file for the agat kernel odin wont see it. what am i doing wrong?
[Galaxy S II General] chicinwang:
http://db.tt/fXJSEKJS Link to GB28 kernel

After downloading files click pda in Odin and navigate to where the file is. Use the superuser from this post.
[Galaxy S II General] saferang:
thank u for the link. ur a mad genius bro.thankx for all the help.root a success!!!!!!!!!!!!
[Galaxy S II General] chicinwang:
Anytime!! Also don't forget the thanks button..:D
[Galaxy S II General] rtravis3647:
Stock Root

Hope this is an ok place to post this. I've got an SCH-R760 from Alltel (CDMA Generic) and I've tried my hand at editing the rom. Here's what I did:

1. Upgraded phone to Jelly Bean w/ upgrade tool provided by Alltel.

2. Unpacked factoryfs.img from the upgrade tool, and mounted it in linux.

3. Installed su in /xbin, superuser.apk in /apps, and .su in /bin/.ext

4. Verified correct permissions on the above.

5. Repacked back into a factoryfs.img

6. Flashed said factoryfs.img using ODIN.

7. Booted into android, superuser.apk was there, as were su and .su, however, I do not have root!

8. Opened a terminal emulator in android and ran 'su'. Ran, but didn't give me a root prompt or any error message.

So, I'm stumped. I realize there are other ways to go about rooting, but I'm using this as a learning experience, so I'd really like to figure out what I did wrong and why I'm not rooted even though the binaries are there.

Thanks
[Galaxy S II General] chicinwang:
What version of super user did you use? Doubt that's relevant, just curious. Also i believe the kernel is@ fault, I at one time found the commands to unpack/repack it. To make it insecure, and put CWM in it. But can't find it again. For farts and giggles, uninstall/reinstall the SU apk.
[Galaxy S II General] JustinBV:
Can someone re-upload the files to a different file hosting website? Min.us isn't working for me.

Cheers
[Galaxy S II General] chicinwang:
Oh wow lemma look on my computer?
[Galaxy S II General] JustinBV:
Thanks so much :) I've dug around the internet for two days now trying to find those files.
[Galaxy S II General] chicinwang:
BTW you are still on gingerbread, correct?
[Galaxy S II General] JustinBV:
Yes
[Galaxy S II General] rtravis3647:
I've uploaded DroidRoids Kernel, Stock Alltel FF24 Kernel, and Odin all in a zip file to my website. Here's the link:

http://hickorypc.com/Alltel_Galaxy_S2_SCH-R760_Root.zip

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I believe I used SuperSu 1.33. I say believe because I've got several versions littered all over the folder where I am keeping the rooting stuff for this phone...lol. My phone won't let me uninstall SuperSu, but I could flash back the original factory rom which would remove the binary and the apk, and then re-make my rom with a different version if that would make it work.

Any chance I could brick this phone beyond repair just by flashing these roms over and over with ODIN? I've had odin mess up a few times and not let me flash any more, but after fiddling several times, got it to work again. Nearly had a heart attack though. This is my only phone and my job relies on it, so I can't afford to be without it for any period of time (in which case I probably shouldn't be screwing with it at all, but hey, what am I going to do, NOT root it? hell with that...lol).

My understanding (faulty though it may be) is that the reason for an insecure kernel was just to be able to get the SU binary and superuser APK installed on the phone, which is why previously I flashed droidroidz insecure kernel and then was able to flash back to the factory kernel after installing the above. So it seems to me that I SHOULD be able to install the binary and APK into the factory rom and flash it and have it be rooted, but obviously either that is not the case, or I am doing something wrong (which could be using the wrong versions of the binary/app).

Thanks!
[Galaxy S II General] JustinBV:
Thanks a lot:) But will the stock Alltel kernal work with any carrier? I have C Spire
[Galaxy S II General] rtravis3647:
I honestly have no idea. My GUESS would be that it would work as long as it's the same model phone (SCH-R760), since you are not flashing a modem or anything, but there may be carrier specific settings in the kernel that may prevent you from getting data/sms/voice.

Personally, I would follow the instructions earlier in this thread (at least I think it was in this thread) that will allow you to pull your original kernel off your phone. Then you could flash the insecure one, then once you are rooted, flash your original back.
[Galaxy S II General] JustinBV:
I don't believe that was in this thread. But I will do that. Thanks. Is there a way you could possibly find that thread for me or tell me how to do it? I've tried searching but couldn't find it
[Galaxy S II General] brd912:
Im back. I borked a phone and got a new one. Ran stock for a while but im back rooted and fixing to flash avatar. Time to figure out how to get data working on epic touch stock roms. Maybe flash stock kernal afterwards? The builds are the same but I guess the carrier specific things matter.

Side note, anyone know when alltel plans on selling out to at&t? In trying to switch to sprint.
[Galaxy S II General] rtravis3647:
What I was thinking of is in this thread:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=23246082#post23246082

That should allow you to get your kernel off your phone, but read the entire thread. Also, there is specific instructions to pull the kernel from a recovery partition of an epic 4g touch, which i think is the same as our phones basically, but you might do some more research to be sure that what you would be pulling off would be the correct partition.
[Galaxy S II General] Norcal232001:
FYI I have the Ntelos generic SII. IDK why but when I flashed the GB27 I did not have the Yellow triangle. I have root and everything seems to be working great so far. No idea why i do not have the triangle though.
[Galaxy S II General] brd912:
Anyone figured out how to go back to GB?
[Galaxy S II General] chicinwang:
Other than flashing the stock Gingerbread firmware?
[Galaxy S II General] aajmj:
Lose 3g when tethering.. ?

Followed instructions (on page 56 I think) to root with stock rom. everything went fine.. But when tethering wired or wifi hotspot I lose 3g so no data.. I can use PDA net for wired tether but hotspot not working... Everything else works fine.. agat gb27 kernel 4.1.2 version. I didn't see this problem in the forums.. APNs seem to be right, working for data and text normally. I tried another rom but having trouble so I went back to stock and root. Any ideas?
[Galaxy S II General] chicinwang:
Not 100% sure, but I don't believe you'll have data access on phone while tethering/hotspot.

Also if you're using the stock hotspot app it probably ain't gonna work. Get one from the play store, that's what I had to do on my old MX.
[Galaxy S II General] aajmj:
I lose the 3g icon altogether ( I don't remember that happening before).. Phone thinks it is connected but webpages don't load. Using PDA Net / FoxFi ... tethering is working with PDA Net but not hotspot.. the stock tether and hotspot no longer works.. Original stock worked ok with PDA net .. Not sure where to start looking. I can try another hotspot app and report back.. Is no one else having this problem??
[Galaxy S II General] aajmj:
Nope.. Tried four other "apps" and a couple that weren't none worked. I must have done something wrong when rooting and installing the stock rom if no one else is having this problem.. Does anyone use the hotspot feature? stock or app?
[Galaxy S II General] aajmj:
Lost data after "Samsung easy upgrade tool" what now?

I went back to page 55 again and started from scratch.. Need to get wifi tethering working. I followed the procedure adn used the Samsung Easy update tool and lost data altogether now.. I finished to root and thought I may try some modems out. Long story a little shorter. Might be having a problem with Odin3 v1.85.. not recognizing the MD5s as correct.. Tried the same procedure bypassing the update tool but no data.. found a recovery file from several months ago using agats recovery.. That didn't correct the data problem. Someone said that the "tool" wrote some partition that is not usually written when backing up and recovering..

Can any one guide me from here?

I've dug a pretty deep hole may have a phone retirement before long if I can't correct. :o
[Galaxy S II General] aajmj:
Rest counter? "Triangle Away" and jig no work. Any ideas

Going back to my carrier with this problem they will send me a new phone but I would like to reset the counter.. I am getting an error when trying to run Triangle Away app and a dump file was created to send back to Chainfire for consideration..

I can't post in the developer section would someone please forward this to the correct thread

so he will get it and possibly include our phone in the next update?

I couldn't install from Google play. (couldn't install to sd card error) so I downloaded from his site. That installed but wouldn't work I guess because our variant is not supported.. SCH-r760 generic Alltel..

rooted gb28 and generic stock rom. 4.1.2

Anyone know of a way to reset counter on our phones.. I tried the usb jig but it doesn't reset counter.. will go into download mode though.
[Galaxy S II General] chicinwang:
Did u try and flash the complete firmware with odin? And what boxes did u have checked?
[Galaxy S II General] JR318:
I have the SCH-R760X with GB28 and 4.1.2 . I want to root and keep my JB and I seen somewhere that you can root through the boot recovery and install the update.zip and then it will be rooted. I am a noob and don't want to brick my phone so im trying to figuer out the easiest and safest way. Im rooting in hopes to resolve a low in-call volume issue. Thanks for any help possible.
[Galaxy S II General] chicinwang:
Yes, you flash Agats kernel GB27 and the zip with SU in it then just flash back the GB28 tar.
[Galaxy S II General] JR318:
I am a total noob with this. I've seen where different odin versions are only compatible with certain phones. Do you know wich odin version is compatible with the SCH-R760X? Im using windows 8 and have access to a windows 7 computer if the odin version for my phone doesn't work with windows 8. Also would there be anyway someone could post the links for the downloads I will need to perform the root? I know this is asking a lot but it would be very helpful.
[Galaxy S II General] chicinwang:
Odin version is the latest 3.X dont remember exact numbers. That post you quoted has the links in it. If any are broken let me know.
[Galaxy S II General] JR318:
So just to be sure I do this in the right order since I already have GB28. First flash the GB27.tar file, then download the update. zip through agats (volume + and power on), then flash the GB28.tar through odin the same as the first and I will be back to the same JB OS with root? Or am I supposed to flash the stock tar file first then proceed with the rest? If that is the case im not sure what stock tar file to use because the phone had GB28 JB on it when I got it. Thanks for all the help and patients.
[Galaxy S II General] chicinwang:
1:Flash Agat's GB27 kernel

2:Flash SU installer zip in recovery with Agat's kernel

3: Flash stock GB28 kernel

1&2 are flashed via Odin.
[Galaxy S II General] daddyodizzel:
Anyone had any luck with battery life on custom rom?

Sent from my AWESOME ALLTEL S2
[Galaxy S II General] JR318:
Thanks for clearing things up. I will root this evening when I get home from work. I use page plus as my service provider and was wondering if I will loose any settings for text, mms, or data when I root? If so where can I find these in the phone so I can write them down and use after I root?
[Galaxy S II General] chicinwang:
Shouldn't break data. But they are several apps available to restore apn.
[Galaxy S II General] aajmj:
Yes .. I visited the uscc guys earlier and we were trying to figure out the data and counter reset problems I am having.. Interestingly I flashed their firmware and was able to get Triangle Away to install and run.. It indicated that it had worked but the counter remained at 38.. Most of those were from trying different firmware and a few radios to try and fix the hot spot issue.. Somewhere in there I lost data completely but only noticed it when I did the Samsung simple upgrade tool.. (whatever it was called) I'm sending it in a couple of days so now I'm concentrating on getting the counter reset.. But I haven't found anyone that has had success with our phone. Jig not working either. I went back to gb (uscc) the Alltel gb files I couldn't get from the "minus" site. Did the jig work on gb? Is there a bootloader I could try?

or is there a way to program our radio?
[Galaxy S II General] chicinwang:
Ok if your currently on any USCC roms or firmware you wont have data.

So you haven't flashed the Alltel firmware?

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http://db.tt/EJNO8dWY

This is in my dropbox. Use Odin to flash, It is the the Alltel JB GB28 kernel full firmware. Give it a shot and let me know how it goes.
[Galaxy S II General] aajmj:
Yes I have tried what was posted on page 55.. That is my go to stock files. I can root with the gb27 and then flash the gb28 kernel again.. but still no data.. Do you have the ginger bread files and root.. Droidz s kernel is lost in "minus" land.. Is there a link to these old files? gingerbread stock and droidz s kernel?
[Galaxy S II General] chicinwang:
Yes I have the gingerbread firmware, but people that have used it said it breaks data. I'll post the firmware probably be tomorrow, and send ya a pm link with droiddroidz kernel. Reason for pm link is I haven't asked his permission to host it publicly.

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Nah daddy o. Haven't tried any.
[Galaxy S II General] daddyodizzel:
Ah okay. Thanks for responding. I did try quite a few numbers but, battery life wasn't much. Which now adays im not getting much out of stock either. Might flash a new rom into it... Going on a little candy shopping.... So many roms to choose from apart from the ones I've tried. :victory::laugh:
[Galaxy S II General] JR318:
I rooted my phone last night using Odin v3. The ID:CALL box does not turn green/yellow on that version but instead a light blue. Just wanted to let everyone know that. Also I didn't loose any information for text, mms, or data. Everything is the same as it was before root. After root I downloaded titanium backup and backed up everything but im wondering if back's up the efs files. I tried downloading CWM but it said phone wasn't compatible. Does Agats recovery do the same as CWM? Can I backup efs with Agats?
[Galaxy S II General] chicinwang:
In theory yes it is. Not sure if itll back up efs though. You can run his kernel, but you'll have the yellow triangle. Nothing bad will come of it. I have ocd so it drove me nuts seeing it :screwy:
[Galaxy S II General] aajmj:
question concerning the yellow triangle and counter

I am curious to know if anyone with our phone/software has gotten the Triangle Away app to work.. Either Gingerbread or Jellybean..

I've given up for now and am returning the phone with odin count at 45. I found the gingerbread kernel and flashed back but it didn't fix data and TA wouldn't work niether did the jig.. :( So I will go about root differently this time.. Trying to back up entire phone files if that is possible or at least learn what not to mess with and what needs to be saved.. How to edit the APNs, backup radio, etc.Maybe how to reset the counter in hex if need be. I'm sure I will be leaning of you guys in the near future.. Doing a lot of reading and experimenting now.. Thanks all.
[Galaxy S II General] chicinwang:
Triangle away last I seen was for ICS only. Not sure if Chainfire has updated it yet. Curios though, who is your carrier and which firmware was originally on your phone?
[Galaxy S II General] JR318:
I know this may not be the place for this question but you are the only one on this forum that has even tried to help me so far and I am very grateful for that. When I got this phone it had GB28 on it. The guy I bought it from had flashed it for page plus service. He said it was a US Cellular phone but after being on here im thinking alltel instead because of the X at yhe end of model number. I am wanting to find a kernel for my phone but have no idea how to select one that is compatible with my phone. Before I start flashing kernels I want to add CWM to backup everything. My in-call volume is really low and that is why I originally rooted in hopes to finding a fix through a kernel. I had someone suggest the DorimanX kernel and use the Stweaks to adjust the master volume level. I don't know what ROM I have or how to know a kernel is compatible. Can you help clear any of this up? Ive been reading all week trying to find answer's but no luck yet.
[Galaxy S II General] chicinwang:
Ok ,does it have Us cellular on the battery cover? Next if you have flashed anything thru odin ,did you have the clear efs checked?

I'll try and help as much as possible
[Galaxy S II General] JR318:
The guy replaced the back cover with one for a sprint phone but it doesn't fit real tight. He said the phone was missing the back cover when he got it and just put that one on it. I looked the phone up on Samsung website and the SCH-R760X is considered a generic and the SCH-R760 is US Cellular. When I used Odin to root I only had Auto Reboot and F Reset Time checked. I haven't done anything else yet because I want to backup efs before moving forward. I used Titanium Backup to do a backup but not sure what all it back's up. That's why im wanting CWM. I downloaded ROM Manager through play store but said it wasn't compatible with my model yet. But if CWM is installed the it will work.
[Galaxy S II General] chicinwang:
The only recovery we have available is agats, that I've found. Also, I believe efs is a file in the GB28 firmware. I could pull it out and make a flashable tar out of it.
[Galaxy S II General] JR318:
Would the efs be the same since im on page plus or does it not matter what carrier as long as its the same model number? I found this kernel http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1555259 and would like to try it and see if I can fix my low in-call volume through the Stweaks app that it has. I just don't want to loose text, mms, or data since im on page plus and haven't found much support for issues with them as a carrier.
[Galaxy S II General] chicinwang:
As long as you have the GB28 kernel, efs will be the same.

That kernel you posted, what model is it for? I haven't ever seen a universal kerenl.
[Galaxy S II General] JR318:
Im not sure what model it's for. Im guessing the 9100 seeing as how they get everything lol. I didn't know a kernel had to be model specific. Is there any kernels for my model other than stock? Or for that matter any fix for the low in-call volume that you know of for this model? I haven't found any way to increase the master volume on my phone. There are a few kernels I've found that has a tool to tweak the values inside the system and not just what is increased with the volume buttons. That is my main objective is to turn up the master volume. If it can be done with the stock GB28 kernel and I have root I would be tickled to death lol.
[Galaxy S II General] chicinwang:
Yes it has to be model specific.Agat's kernel is the only with recovery,it is'nt CWM though.

You may can try dailer codes,can't remeber any specific numbers to dail for which option.Be carefull though messing around in the wrong menu will screw up your phone,most can be undone with a simple boot.Others you'll have to go back and reset what you changed.
[Galaxy S II General] JR318:
Ive looked into the codes and only thing I was able to come up with is the one for the service mode. The only problem is when I open the service mode it is just a blank screen that says service mode at the top. I looked it up through files manager and it shows 0.00kb beside it. Im guessing the guy I bought this phone from some how deleted the contents of the system app but not the actual folder. I have searched to find a way to reinstall it but no luck there either. They say if you adjust the volume in the service mode it resets after boot and have to adjust again. I would be fine with that if I could at least have a service mode system app that actually worked. It's starting to look like I may just have to buy another phone since I'm not coming up with a fix for this issue.
[Galaxy S II General] JR318:
I found a few service mode apk files online and downloaded. When I try to install it says unable to install. I've tried a couple different apk installers and still unable to install. Should I just try moving the file to my system / app folder? Or does it have to install? Or is there anyway you could copy your service mode apk if it works on your phone and send it to me? Since it's the same phone with same kernel surely it will work on mine if it works on yours.
[Galaxy S II General] Davirus849:
Those download links does nothing.
[Galaxy S II General] JR318:
I found that out the hard way lol.

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Ok I was digging around on my Rom Toolbox app and went under the build.prop Editor. I found what looks like 3 different volume settings. persist.audio.headsetsysvolume, persist.audio.hphonesysvolume, and persist.audio.sysvolume. headset and hphone are set at 4 and sysvolume is set at 7. Which one would I adjust for in-call volume?
[Galaxy S II General] chicinwang:
I could send you the apk. Give me a bit and I'll see what I can do.

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Which download links?

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I would say the headsetsysvolume. But it may reset after boot.
[Galaxy S II General] JR318:
I think he is talking about the apk installers. I tried adjusting all 3 and nothing changed so I set them back. I did find another folder (etc) in the system that I could adjust the Rx ear piece volume steps. It seems to have helped so far but I could still use the service mode apk if it isnt to much trouble.
[Galaxy S II General] chicinwang:
Not a problem. http://db.tt/OEoSi59d
[Galaxy S II General] JR318:
Thanks for the download but it still isn't working. Something else has to be the cause of the problem. Just not sure what it is.
[Galaxy S II General] aajmj:
Question about kernels.

I was reading some of Chainfires stuff specifically the TriangleAway app dev forum. It says that if a certain phone is not supported that trying different kernels may make it work with the phone.. Now I don't have data already and my phones counter is way up there, so I'm not worried about losing the data and ten more on the counter will not hurt.. My question is Does anyone know of a kernel that will work with TA and will flash on our phone? I am on GB28 right now but I can flash back to ginger bread I think that one was ff24. There is Samsung Galaxy S2 SPH-D710 Epic 4G Touch that I am eyeballing.. Is that similar enough to ours? Will it flash or is there something I need to change? I believe that Daddyodizzel mentioned using the Epic 4g roms.. Any help or info would be appreciated. Am I right to assume that each rom is written to work with only one kernel? or is the kernel written to accommodate the platform (android version) the rom is written on so that several different roms can work with the kernel. ?