[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DaksAnkit:
Root with odin , no sd card

HERE : i think this will help you out , but be patience and use common sense when rooting also I AM JUST HERE TO HELP , so DO NOT BLAME ME IF YOU BRICK YOUR PHONE , BUT I CAN SAY THAT IF YOU FOLLOW STEPS YOU WON`T HAVE ANY TROUBLE,

DO DOWNLOAD ESSENTIALS BEFORE FOLLOWING STEPS, FIRTS READ ALL THEN MAKE YOU MIND HOW TO DO IT :

1: ORIGINAL FIRMWARE FROM HERE you will need it to extract original kernel after rooting, or if something goes wrong when rooting

2: SAMSUNG USB DRIVER FOR WIN/MAC.

Make sure that you have backup the data, apps and settings from your Samsung device such as SMS, MMS, Call Logs, Contacts, Images, Audios, Videos, Bookmarks, Wi-Fi, APN settings and MMS settings etc as this process is going to wipe every data from your device.

3. Check of security suites such as antivirus and firewall whether they are disabled on your Computer.

4. You need to turn on the Enable USB Debugging on your Samsung Galaxy S i9070. This can be done simply by following the path ‘Settings > Applications > Development > USB debugging’ and ticking the USB Debugging option box.

5. Please put your battery in charge and make sure that it was charged to at least 80%.

Advice: Before going to start the root process you must go to phone settings->click about phone and look for basedband version number. Note down that number in notepad and save it on the desktop.

Steps and Procedure for Rooting Samsung Galaxy S Advance I9070:

1. Download working ODIN FROM HERE AND Working root package only I9070 from attachement to PC.

2. Once you have downloaded the file, then you need to extract the zip file in the PC.

3. After extraction is done.

4. Launch the Odin application in the computer.

5. Turn off the device in order to enter into download mode. For that do like this press and hold the Volume Down + Home buttons together and Power On the device simultaneously. After 1 min you will get a download mode with green android robot image.

6. Connect your device to the Computer via USB data cable while Odin is open. Once your device get connected, ID:COM section turns yellow in colour. If it doesn’t than you need to reconnect your device.

7. In Odin tool you need to two select two files into their respective fields.

NOW YOU WIL ALSO BE NEEDING A PIT FILE , i have attached both version 8gb and 16 gb PIT FILE choose from there if 8gb then 8gb and vice-versa

8.Click PIT tab and then select the GT-I9070_EUR_XX_8G/16GB.pit file from the extracted folder.

Once you selected the file left side Re-partition filed will be tick marked automatically. So you need to uncheck it manually. For more idea see the below picture.

b) Click PDA section and then select the rootkernel.tar.md5.

c) You need to uncheck all other option except ‘Auto Reboot’ and ‘F Reset Time’.

Click on ‘Start’ button and wait for the process to get completed. The Samsung Galaxy S device will reboot automatically.

9. Now you must try to install Superuser and Busybox from Google Play Store . Once you installed both apps then your device will be rooted successfully. check using root checker app.

Time to switch back to stock original kernel basedband firmware version number. Because above we used kernel for rooting the device have some problems like sudden reboots and lags. So that you need to install exact kernel to the device again. BUT IF YOU DO NOT WANT TO DO ALL THAT , JUST INSTALL ANY CUSTOM ROM / CM11 /cm10 etc ,which has tuned own kernel you will not be needing any of this in the follwoing steps.

HERE READ THIS XDA FORUM TO EXTRACT YOUR ORIGINAL FIRMWARE KERNEL

AFTER THAT AGAIN FOLLOW STEPS

1. Run the Odin application again in the PC.

2.Turn off the device and Boot into Download mode. For that press and hold the Volume Down + Home buttons together and Power On the device.

3. Connect the device to PC via USB cable.

4. Click on PDA tab and select the file which you downloaded recently. I selected (YOURKERNEL).tar.md5 .

5. Click on Start and the process will be completed. The device will be reboot automatically.

That’s it your device is rooted perfectly without any problems. In case if you find any issues with above procedure comment here:good:

good luck