An UrgeTo Dance

Hey everyone I am new to rooting and would like to know the best way to root my captivate. I know with the Evo and other phones you can use Unrevoked, is there an easy way to do the captivate?

peachpuff

z4root from the market.

Timberline

z4root was taken off the market by Google quite some time ago\\

http://www.capfaq.com/w/Root

Last edited by Timberline; January 15th, 2011 at 04:27 PM.

Dennis_Bham

I have never had GalaxyS_One-Click_Root_All_Models to fail on my Captivate. I have used it a half dozen times or so with success ...

GalaxyS_One-Click_Root_All_Models.rar

... but as always, execute at your own risk ...

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Is there a site or thread that talks about this program more? Zman and I are looking to root his captivate and this seems really similar to the UnrEVOked one-click method for the EVO.

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RonH54

Here a Video for Rooting. I haven't watched it in a while but I think it the 1 Click Root.

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Looks pretty straight forward, Thanks for the vid

RonH54

No Problem. Here is a Link where this Video is plus a lot of other extremely helpful Videos.


[VIDEO] Samsung Captivate Video How-To Thread - xda-developers

sremick

Both methods and the video are all on that Captivate FAQ link Timberline posted.

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Doc_Holliday

I used opera mini from the marketplace and downloaded the zip file directly to my phone. I then rebooted and did the update install. Was able to get root in about 2 minutes and never went near a pc.

sethjamto

This is exactly how I rooted mine!

joefrogcool

So what is the zip file that needs to be downloaded? What if it messes up the phone when it is doing it?

Riehlthing

I came here on my phone, downloaded Unleash the Beast, renamed it in myfiles, booted into recovery mode, reinstalled packages and was rooted at the end of it.

sremick

UTB is very old and outdated. Many users have reported issues after running it. Be careful.

There are simpler and safer ways to root, mentioned earlier in this thread already.

Hakkura

I flashed this ROM and it seems to be awesome so far:

http://androidforums.com/captivate-all-things-root/274727-rom-jeddite_v1-1-2_xwjs23-samsung-atnt-captivate.html


There is also very good guiding information on the process of rooting and other installation stuff for a noob.

Riehlthing

I was going to try one that was connecting to a computer, but my new laptop doesn't seem to want to connect to my phone. Same with my last phone before I broke it. My old laptop that barely runs works fine with the phones. Win XP vs Windows 7. My buddy has a Sprint Droid phone, forgot which, and he has issues with Windows 7 too.

4N6science

I think I'm going to root. I really want to start customizing the phone more but can't do that unless I'm rooted. I also want to use some of the other applications that require to be rooted. I'm looking to follow mobiletechvideos' way of rooting. When I root, can I just continue to use the stock 2.2 froyo that I'm currently using? I don't think I'm ready to be flashing different roms yet. Thanks!

edit: I rooted using super one click. It was fast and simple.

Last edited by 4N6science; April 14th, 2011 at 08:17 AM.