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Galaxy Prevail 2: All Things Root Guide

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Quick note / disclaimer: as always, you are ultimately responsible for any root-related activities on your phone.

You should understand not only the benefits of rooting, but also any possible consequences (voided warranty, boot-loops, bricking, etc.) that might occur as a result of your root-related actions.

AndroidForums.com / Phandroid.com, its owner, and staff are not liable for any root actions you might undertake as a result of information used from this site.

Reading, researching, understanding, and carefully following the published steps and instructions can go a long way towards helping to make your rooting efforts a successful one.

General Information

• Root Terminology
• What is root or being rooted mean?
• You've went and rooted the phone. Now What???

Guides

• http://androidforums.com/galaxy-pre...-instructions-samsung-galaxy-prevail-2-a.html
• http://androidforums.com/galaxy-pre...od-based-recovery-v6-0-3-7-prevail2-ring.html
• un-rooting guide
• removing apps guide / safe apps to remove
• various how-to guides, etc.

ROMs

• None as of yet
• N/A
• N/A

Themes

• None as of yet
• N/A
• [HOW TO] Easy Theming
• Theming tutorial
• Ultimate Online Theming Kitchen

Overclocking / Underclocking / Undervolting

• overclocking / underclocking
• undervolting
• related apps

Kernels

• None as of yet

Radios / Basebands

• None as of yet

Tools & Utilities

• ADB (Android Debug Bridge)
• MD5 checksum verification
• Titantium Backup / Titanium Backup Tutorial
• Root Explorer
• Odin / RUU / RSD Lite / etc.

Downloads

• Google Apps Package
• Android SDK