I don't see this posted in this section of the forums yet, so I thought I'd place it here.
If you are interested in rooting your phone, please research and read as much information as possible. The more you know, the less chance you have of ruining your phone. Rooting is very simple and for the most part, risk-free. But there is always a chance for user error, so educate yourselves!
You are responsible for anything that happens to your phone!
This is just a collection of links and quotes from various people over at XDA. I only place this information here for those who have A) Never even heard of XDA or B) Would rather get their information from here.
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How to Root your Samsung Vibrant:
Credit the original author and more information found here: xda-developers - View Single Post - Root your Vibrant
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Already have Root? Recovery, Nandroid Backup, reverting to stock, etc..
Credit the original author and more information found here: *** Tips & Tricks! *** (RBA: Read Before Asking) - xda-developers (Lots of tips & tricks)
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For more information, such as what you can and can't do with a rooted phone, please visit the above links. Remember, read read read and when you're done with that, do some more reading! You owe it to yourself if you want to keep this awesome phone working properly!
I would link everything, but this was just to get people started on rooting the Vibrant in case they couldn't find the information themselves. Hope this helps!
Thanks,
Spiz
If you are interested in rooting your phone, please research and read as much information as possible. The more you know, the less chance you have of ruining your phone. Rooting is very simple and for the most part, risk-free. But there is always a chance for user error, so educate yourselves!
You are responsible for anything that happens to your phone!
This is just a collection of links and quotes from various people over at XDA. I only place this information here for those who have A) Never even heard of XDA or B) Would rather get their information from here.
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How to Root your Samsung Vibrant:
Credit the original author and more information found here: xda-developers - View Single Post - Root your Vibrant
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Already have Root? Recovery, Nandroid Backup, reverting to stock, etc..
Got Root? YOU NEED A RECOVERY!
Big props to XDA user Koush for his amazing Rom Manager App, and the work he put into getting us such an easy & safe recovery. Everyone who has rooted their Vibrant should get his app (STRONGLY encourage the Premium Version). In short, this lets you create system backups for those "oops" moments. It also gives you a directory of ROMs for easy downloading and flashing. Yeah, it is that cool. Please see his post for instructions. After successfully installing, be sure a make a Nandroid Backup of your system before flashing any rom's. Please note that the Premium is a key that unlocks functionality in the free version, so you will need both if you are willing to help Koush out.
Free:
Premium ($3.99)
HOW TO MAKE A NANDROID BACKUP
*ALWAYS BACKUP BEFORE YOU FLASH A NEW ROM
1 - Open Rom Manager
2 - Click on Flash Clockwork Recovery (you can skip this if you have already flashed the recovery before)
3 - Click on "Reboot Into Recovery"
4 - At the prompt, click "ok" to reboot into ClockworkMod Recovery
5 - If this is your first time, you may be at the stock recovery on the Vibrant. Thats normal. Click on "reinstall packages" (ALSO: Volume up and down navigate, and power is used to select an item).
6 - Now, you are at ClockworkMod's Recovery. Scroll down (volume down), to "Nandroid" and select it (power button).
7 - Click on Backup. It will run it's course.
8 - Voi'la, you now have something you can always fall back on in case you F up. Thank Koush and all the testers.
HOW TO RESTORE A BACKUP
Follow the steps from above, but select "Restore" instead. They will be sorted by date YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS.
DID YOU F'UP AND NEED TO GET BACK TO STOCK?
Well, thanks to XDA User justanothercrowd we have a Nandroid Backup to get you back to how the Vibrant shipped (and rooted of course). Hopefully you don't need it, but thank him after reading his post just in case you do!
HOW TO UN-ROOT *ie, sending your phone in for warranty work
The following code can be keyed in Terminal Emulator (could also be done in ADB or deleting the files using Root Explorer). If you do use Terminal, change the keyboard to the stock Android KB prior to opening Terminal. Apparently the backspace on swype does not work in Terminal. Each line should be entered separately. bahnburner gave the instructions in this thread, which you should review first.
su
rm -r /system/app/Superuser.apk
rm -r /system/xbin/busybox
rm -r /system/bin/su
Credit the original author and more information found here: *** Tips & Tricks! *** (RBA: Read Before Asking) - xda-developers (Lots of tips & tricks)
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For more information, such as what you can and can't do with a rooted phone, please visit the above links. Remember, read read read and when you're done with that, do some more reading! You owe it to yourself if you want to keep this awesome phone working properly!
I would link everything, but this was just to get people started on rooting the Vibrant in case they couldn't find the information themselves. Hope this helps!
Thanks,
Spiz
