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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] beachbum40:
Whats the best method to root the samsung galaxy SII T989

I'm starting this thread to help others in rooting there phones I have been working on android for 5 years now and in this time I have learned alot from devs and members of xda. I just thought this would be a good way to help those who need help rooting there phone and get some advise from experts thats all. Hope I helped;)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] UmarZahid:
Check out galaxys2root.com. they have multiple videos on rooting and ROMs. I recommend flashing with Odin to the internal SD card. Hope I helped!:)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] android88:
Follow these steps:

1. Move the root .zip to your phone's SD card.

2. Open Odin.

3. Connect your phone in download/Odin mode to your computer. Make sure that in Odin there is a yellow box once you connect your phone.

4. In Odin, hit "PDA" and navigate to the place where you saved your recovery and click on the file.

5. Hit "start" on Odin and wait for it to finish.

6. Boot into recovery mode on your phone and flash the root .zip.

You're done.

Downloads:

Root .zip

TWRP .tar This recovery is optional. I like TWRP so I put a link to it. Some people prefer CWM.

Odin
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] thatdude02:
Here

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1514434

Worked with no problems for me
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] NickolausL:
Originally when I tried rooting my Kindle Fire HD on 7.2.3, ADB Devices wasn't showing my Kindle Fire HD device. So, a solution to my problem was installing the Google USB Driver from my Android SDK Manager. After the installation, I was able to open up CMD (Administrator) and see if ADB Devices would show my Kindle Fire HD. Bingo! It appeared!

Before:

After:

-

I'll probably be asking what method I used, and I was using this thread:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2049288

My computer is:

WINDOWS 7 X64

--

Proof of my root:
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] prokennexusa:
ADB Server Out of Date

Great post. I If updating the driver does not do the trick, update the ADB daemons. Here are the latest versions:

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/54456659/ADB%20Update.zip
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] bbanghyung:
if updating adb doesn't work...

And if updating ADB daemons doesn't work try this -> (this is the problem I had)

I was also having trouble getting adb to see the device, even though Composite ADB Interface was there in the Device Manager. After much searching, I found that I needed to put 0x1949 in C:\Users\<my name>\.android\adb_usb.ini. Neither the file nor the directory existed on my system, so I created them both and put that number on a line by itself, saved the file, unplugged/replugged the Fire, and it worked!

found here: http://androidforums.com/kindle-fir...6683-root-kindle-fire-hd-7-a.html#post5363515
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] prokennexusa:
ADB Communication Issues

bbanghyung,

Great work and informative, thank you.

I love this community, we work together

for everyone's benefit. Keep up the great

work.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] omaro:
Hi,

I have a zenheiser EZX 60 and i want to listen to music while i have it in my ear. Is it possible to trick the phone to connect it as "headphone" instead of "handsfree" ?

ty in advance
[Galaxy S III Accessories] Aegishua:
You may have a bit more luck with this thread in the Q&A section.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TJ1401:
Hey i was trying to unlock my HTC Desire's bootloader from HTCdev, but in step 8 i when i was going to write fastboot oem get_identifier_toke in cmd. all i got was this error :crying:

C:\android>fastboot oem get_identifier_token

...

(bootloader) [ERR] Command error !!!

OKAY [ 0.009s]

finished. total time: 0.009s.

Android 2.3.3

Brave PVT3 SHIP S-ON

HBOOT-1.02.0001

MICROP-05id

TOUCH PANEL-SYNT0101

RADIO-5.17.05.23. Jul 2011, 16:19:16

Please help me :fingers-crossed:
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jmcclue:
use revolutionary too s-off. click desire all things root in my sig for a guide

Sent from my HTC Desire
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TJ1401:
thanks for you quick replay, but i am not interesting in to get s-off right now, maybe later. i will prefer unlock my bootloader first.:cyclops:
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jmcclue:
i suggested it coz its much easier too recover ur phone if something goes wrong

Sent from my HTC Desire
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abaaaabbbb63:
What's the point? Why not s-off?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TJ1401:
Because its really anoring that i get this error and im not stopping before i got to work.

Are there someone there have met this error or maybe know how to fix it. They can pm me or comment on this.:rolleyes:
[Defy General] bone101:
Android 4.1.2 Compiled from Source of Quarx repo

+ Linaro as mentioned on quarx github

1.If you new with custom roms look here :

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1216982

In German :

http://www.android-hilfe.de/custom-...-wechselt-bzw-updatet-man-ein-custom-rom.html

info for quarx JB 2ndboot build for defy here

http://xdaforums.com/wiki/Motorola_Defy/JB_status

Spezial thanks to Quarx2k,Walter79,Kayant,Skeevey433,Moqua......

Who made many things possible on Defy

Requirements :

Rooted Defy , all models, installed

ClockworkMod Recovery

Install :

Flash zip through recovery like every nightly

Reboot

Notes:

Rom reboot maybe once after installation

Enable usb-debugging for a short time if akku is allways 100%

Google apps can be found here :

http://goo.im/gapps/

For better battery and prevent ringtone bug replace zram.img and ramdisc.img in system/bootmenue/2nd-boot

with files contained in download Folder , using root explorer or flash the kernel-b773d4b651-without-666db01d50+ ramdisk_from18_11_2012 .zip in custom recovery after installing the rom.

(Should work on all newer CM10 2nd-boot roms)

Remember , all you do is on your risk

Files can be found here:

http://db.tt/zliqMTdy

MB525 red lense
[Defy General] Kayant:
Why waste your time having to update this when anyone can compile it through my guide or just use quarx's builds :confused:

There is no point posting this expect if you are adding some things or features like linaro which wskelly has done.... Or maybe you like doing extra work for no reason :p.
[Defy General] bone101:
ok , i need a guide for linaro
[Galaxy Camera Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] holliecumming:
Whenever I take photos inside on the smart mode options such as on action freeze or macro, the picture comes out really really dark or completely black with no quality at all. Also when I take videos, particularly on slow motion, the picture again comes out really dark. One reason I bought this camera was to take action freezes of my new puppy who runs about indoors a lot, and as I live in Scotland the weather isn't always ideal to take photos outside! :P I was wondering if there is anyway to make these better or if its the indoor lighting thats the problem or if its a faulty unit.

Thank you! :)
[Galaxy Camera Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] robb13:
The reason action freeze photos are dark is because what action freeze does is opens and closes the lens much faster than a normal photo, so less light comes in the lens and your picture is dark. Action Freeze photos are for outdoors in daylight.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Maxamb:
Hi.

I'm sorry for my bad english, please apologise me xD

I had problem with clock (it increased automaticaly of 10/20/30 minutes) so I decided to format everything.

Now I would like to get back main pictures, videos and tracks present on Xperia S.

Do you know any software to receive them back?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] mrsatan:
Its really hard to recover anything after you have formatted.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] BelzIgoh:
did u only factory reset it? or format your internal storage as well.

If u format the internal storage, u cannot get all your files back.

Just check your internal storage, to make sure your files still there or not.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] ganeshbiyer:
there are free data recovery tools, which can recover data from formatted drives.

download one of them and try to recover your data.

Usually formatting does not delete the files, but just clears the file allocation table.

connect your phone to the pc and give it a try.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Maxamb:
I'm sorry, I didn't expail it well.

I didn't do any backup so I lost everything.

Now, I would like to get back the main pictures, tracks and videos present initially on Xperia S like pictures (for instance the pictures that appear on 3:03 in this video on YouTube "Xperia S from Sony Review - Dialaphone "), hd video of presentation ecc.

Is it possible?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Maxamb:
Anyone?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] doctor_droid:
Use data recovery software in pc... Before that connect ur phone as mtp or usb storage if possible... Thats the best u could do....

Try also undelete for root users
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] iniz94:
Has anyone bought a genuine OEM Battery (1800 mAh)? My current battery has reached the end of its battery life so I'm looking for a new one. I have had bad experiences with generic so I'm looking for OEM only. On Amazon I found these two, but the reviews seem to be mixed.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005LPETVK/

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005LBEGAI/

Any insights?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Adreaver:
You can buy an OEM battery in a Sprint store. Is yours covered under warranty or insurance?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] FC809:
Daydeal.com
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] iniz94:
I still have my 1 year manufacturer warranty but I don't think that covers it, does it?
[General Topics] CallMePuff:
Here's my situation:

I ordered the Nexus 4 from the play store, long shipping and such. So, it's not here yet.

BUT I want to buy Need For Speed: Most Wanted from the play store for $0.99, although I don't have a compatible device as I use an Optimus V.

I was wondering if there was a way to get around this?

Or will I just miss out on buying the game at it's sale price :confused:
[General Topics] Stinger2k:
You can buy this app without any issues when you get the nexus 4. I've bought it with my galaxy tab and playing it right now on my xiaomi mi2 which has the same specs as the necud4
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zenzic:
As the title says, for what reasons are you getting the nexus 4? Or even getting rid of the nexus 4?

Could it be because of the lack of memory? (Is 16 not enough, and is it a pain always connecting it to your laptop/desktop to change anything on it?

There's no real thread for all the good and bad points of this device.

I personally have yet to actually get this phone, and was put off by it's lack of usb capabilities particularly with a ps3 controller. But earlier I discovered it's possible to connect a ps3 pad to this phone purely by bluetooth, so I now again want this phone as soon as google sort out the stock and shipping problems.

What's your view on it?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cloud1111:
Reason to get it, Cheap, Pure google. Latest updates for years.

Reasons to get rid of it such as only 16GB storage, fragile, no 4G are just stupid as everyone is well aware of this BEFORE they purchase the phone.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] phermey:
my phone just fell from the recliner onto a rug which is sitting on a hardwood floor. its pretty much an 18" drop. that popped my glass loose. i can now barely squeeze the bottom and i get a clickin noise. 2 days after my 15 day return.

the nexus is an absolute hunk of junk and not worth the savings. way too many things to list on how cheap this phone really is.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zenzic:
Unlucky about that.

You're one of many that's complained about how crap the glass screen is. I've tried looking for drop tests on youtube while in the case but there doesn't seem to be anything. Most of the cases look dead flimsy as well.

As you say about the casing of the phone itself is perhaps a downside to it, but not one enough to deffer me from it, a good case should right that flaw (I hope).
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zenzic:
Updates isn't really that much of an issue with cyanogenmod only being behind the official release by no time really.

Fraigility is a concern but as I said above a good case should right this flaw. I don't see 4G as a massive thing at this moment in time. It's fairly new in the UK, and massively overpriced comapred to standard 3G/+
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] phermey:
lol. it better be a sponge. i am sporting the bumper and have a tpu diztronic soft case sitting around here somewhere. that wouldnt have helped either.

and truth be told... they will have to pry this phone from my cold and dead hand before i will give it up. but people should know what they are getting into.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zenzic:
Did it happen while the bumper was on aswell?

So despite it's obvious flaws you still love the phone?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] barondebxl:
I got the nexus 4 (first batch) , then trade it with an iPhone 5, then got the nexus 4 again. I think its the current best android phone besides the note 2. However I saw someone with a Nokia lumia 920 today and I was blown away. I'm gonna give it a try.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zenzic:
My mate just got the note 2 and reckons it's better which I don't mainly due to it's huge size. Alright for a woman carrying it in a purse but not a man wearing jeans lol.

But I digress, How come you got rid of the first batch nexus 4? Yellow screen problems (Over I hope)? I've yet to see the Lumia in person, How is it?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] estallings15:
Lumia 920 is great. It's built like a tank, as one would expect. You could beat a mugger to death with it and still call the meat wagon in to carry off his corpse.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] phermey:
yah. the glass didnt break. it popped loose. and when i say pooped loose... its loose to the point that it 'creaks' when you squeeze it. i am trying not to continue messing with it... i know it will only get worse as time goes by. i am seriously thinking about getting insurance through square trade or whatever it is so i dont have to worry about it. i know i will be replacing a broken screen eventually.

http://www.squaretrade.com/smartphone

you only have thrity days from purchase to get it.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zenzic:
Haha, sounds like a standard nokia tbf. They don't break even if you try (Well the old ones at least)
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zenzic:
Thats odd, can you not force it back in by sqeazing all the sides down? Least you don't have a huge dirty crack down it.

I've never really thought about insurance, but then again this will be the most expensive phone I'll buy to date when I get this.

Are they good prices I don't know?

Will it not be covered by your house insurance for when **** really hits the fan?
[7" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JC500O:
Can anyone advise how i can download the checkpoint vpn client from googleplaystore without success as the download wants to install it to a mobile device which the kindle hd is not and the apk does not appear to be hosted on the amazoon store.
[Motorola Atrix 2] FatBoyStew:
So my phone recently soft bricked, but before I realized the cause of it I "factory reset" my device. However when I got it fixed and re-setup the device it appears to have retained the Root status and the custom Romulus ROM. I am looking to OTA Update to ICS but can not seem to do that unless I am in a stock state, however I can not for the life of me figure out how to go back to stock 2.3.x from the custom ROM running 2.3.6.

And yes I have looked for answers, but I can not find what I am looking for or I just suck at searching...
[Motorola Atrix 2] jimbridgman:
Try doing a search for FXZ. You will find what you need with that.
[Motorola Atrix 2] FatBoyStew:
No idea why I didn't search that earlier. I found it and am officially running 4.0.4. However I am having trouble rooting it, but I am sure I will get it figured out.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] Prack:
Hey all,

My s3 arrives tomorrow and I've been looking for a case/screen protector for an OCD person. I would like a belt clip if possible but price is no issue. All I care about is the best possible protection from scratches etc. In the past I've used Seido cases and have looked at the surface case+convert add-on and I've also considered the otterbox defender case but I've seen a lot of bad reviews.

Let me know what you guys think. I would greatly appreciate it!
[Galaxy S III Accessories] ChrisM0678:
The absolute best all around has to be the Seidio Obex...military grade protection from falls, and submersion up to 2 meters in depth.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdHwZa6u-Ac&feature=youtube_gdata_player
[Galaxy S III Accessories] Eddie Bombay:
Got this and have a Seidio Surface case, good stuff.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2058070
[Galaxy S III Accessories] Speedin07si:
I have the Griffin Survivor, I love it.

Sent from Pluto.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] droidxxxxx:
No luck in Q&A with this.. please see this thread..

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=35657887

It seems all JB roms..exept the one I'm on now.. seems like it works.. but drops the 4g signal icon.. hence disconnecting whatever device is connected.. very frustrating.. this baked beans rom keeps the 4g icon solid.. but all the other jelly bean roms drops signal during wifi tether ..and it seems to work fine on ICS..I have tried it with the built in wifi tether app.. and downloaded ones.. but it seems if the 4g icon is dropping..and it doesn't matter what app I use..
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] techno_hippyGuy:
I'm running the 11/13 stable cm10 build, only nightly I've found with decent data and working wifi tether. Can't wait for cm10.1 to have it working, otherwise would be on that already. Depend on the wifi tether for my online ps3 stuff while at the gf's lol
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ddurandSGS3:
this still doenst belong in this forum.

ive never had any data or tethering issues, sorry.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] droidxxxxx:
well I guess it's all stock jelly bean roms having this issue..I'm on jelly bean but I believe it's a CM mod based Rom right (BB6?) therefore not being totally stock.. the only thing I can think of.. all though I have no infinite wisdom on this matter lol
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ddurandSGS3:
black bean is not a stock based rom, its AOSP/cm10 based. BB6 and CNA that you were using are older ROMS that havent had many recent updates with CM10 fixes.

you should try a slimbean, liquidsmooth, AOKP latest releases for 4.1.2 and see if it fixes your issues. There were data and wifi drops present early in CM10 development if i remeber right.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Forgetfull:
I'm on stock tw JB rom and tether works for me with a custom app I found buttttttttt it brakes wifi until I reboot.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] The-Captain:
Thread Closed, already posted at link in OP.

Development forums are only for development. Moved to Q&A.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] bowerman:
I have noticed when talking to some one on the phone that if they are talking and i say something (simultaneously), I hear them cut out slightly... Not obnoxious, but just wondering if anyone else has noticed this?

Verizon, Note 2.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] KennyG123:
Please read forum rules before posting

Rule 15 tells you where to post if you are confused

Thread moved

Thank you for your cooperation

Friendly Neighborhood Moderator
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gdome:
Hi there.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] El Daddy:
Boot into recovery.

Hold down volume up and power to open the menu.

Factory reset and clear cache.

Reboot
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] miguelmondo:
This was not working for me for some reason (probably user error). I plugged my phone into my computer, opened a command prompt to the Android SDK and typed:

adb reboot recovery
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zephiK:
you need ADB environment set up as well as drivers (windows)

"cd <path to file>"
[Nexus 7 General] MATTHEWLONG:
Good evening all. I am hoping for some help before I try and exchange my Nexus 7.

The Nexus 7 was running Rasbeanjelly fine on a trinity kernel.

I flashed a new kernel motlry kernel.

I am now stuck with access to fastboot, no access to recovery, the 7 wont boot up.

So I cant get to recovery (which was TWRP). I cant flash a new rom because the computer (windows 7) doesnt see the device. I have downloaded the Nexus 7 tool kit but it doesnt see the device even if I refresh the drivers (before the issue I had no problems with the 7 being seen on the computer). I dont see how I can use adb as the device cant be seen by the computer.

Any last thoughts before I return?.

Many thanks one and all.

Matt.
[Nexus 7 General] fevanson:
This may help you blog.laptopmag.com/how-to-hard-reset-a-bricked-nexus-7-with-your-pc
[Nexus 7 General] ZionFreak:
Yeah but adb uses command line? Just because it is not showing up doesn't mean you are without a fix. Don't give up. Did you try using a toolkit? I had a similar problem but got it to work. I am trying to remember how I got it to flash. Thinking......
[Nexus 7 General] simms22:
fastboot you say that you have? try fastboot booting your recovery. also, when you get this sorted, your gonna want to flash the newest bootloader, it fixes the issue of not being able to get into recovery from your bootloader.

put the recovery file into the same folder as fastboot on your computer. open fastboot/open the command window. type..

fastboot devices(press enter)(this should give you your devices id number if fastboot sees your device)

fastboot boot recovery yourrecoveryname.img(press enter)(this should boot the recovery)
[Nexus 7 General] MATTHEWLONG:
Thanks guys for the advice. I will give it another go this weekend and come back for a bit of help or let you know resolved. Last day at work!.

Thanks again.

Matt
[Nexus 7 General] ZionFreak:
I had mine stuck with no bootloader and managed to get it flashed. I do not see the point in spending hours with command line unless you would want to learn. Why spend hours on something when you don't have the time? Some say not to use toolkits but I guess they always want to make things harder for themselves. Granted, we need to understand exactly it is what we are doing, many of tutorials are like one of big riddle. I recommend using this toolkit.... http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1809195 Make sure you are at page 1. :)
[Nexus 7 General] MATTHEWLONG:
Thanks all got it fixed with Nexus Root Tool kit. I have now update the bootloader to 3.41.

Matt