Root One click Root!

[carben24]

uummm wait how do you know if you got bricked?

 

[Necrotoxin]

uummm wait how do you know if you got bricked?

your phone won't work if it's bricked. If you get to the samsung screen and it just sits there usually a factory reset will fix it.

Turn off the phone. Then hold the power button, volume up and the camera button until it boots. In the recovery mode use the volume keys to navigate to factory reset and the camera key to select it.

 

[new optimus]

you need to click on the batch file, it will open a cmd prompt, ie dos box
You do not need to do so manually.

the batch file I mean is called PrevailToExistence

when i run kms it says adb.exe is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file. ???? what do i do to root?

when i run kms it says adb.exe is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file. ???? what do i do to root?[/QUOT


Follow the instructions 2 a T . Turn on USB debugging , unmount Sd card , etc . . You may even need to reboot your phone and click the BATCH file (PrevailToExistance) as soon as you see the SAMSUNG logo . I had to do that before mine would root . Be careful and don't BRICK your phone !

Don't know if you got it sorted but here is a link that has pictures, should help
Official Q&A: Hands on with Samsung Galaxy Prevail - Page 29

 

[wetbiker7]

thank you necrotoxin i had to extract all the files!!!!!!!!!!!

Sorry about that carben24 , I took it for granted that you knew 2 extract ALL the files . Now ya know . Hope ya get it working .

 

[jeffhbo]

I keep getting "error: device not found". Ive read through this entire thread and tried everything but nothing seems to work. I've rooted four differnt model android phones and never have i had such difficulty. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

thanks

 

[Mnemonic]

I keep getting "error: device not found". Ive read through this entire thread and tried everything but nothing seems to work. I've rooted four differnt model android phones and never have i had such difficulty. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

thanks

Did you install the Samsung drivers from the site here? Its a rather lengthy install and isn't the auto detect install that windows does..

Also is the phone in debugger with the SD card unmounted and pulled?

 

[jeffhbo]

Did you install the Samsung drivers from the site here? Its a rather lengthy install and isn't the auto detect install that windows does..

Also is the phone in debugger with the SD card unmounted and pulled?

Yes I did all of those things. I even unistalled the drivers and redownloaded them and installed again. I tired it with it unmounted and with the card completely removed. I think i need to do a factory reset on the device. Its the only thing thats been mentioned, that i havent tried. is it a problem if the debugger icon is not displayed in the notification bar? Also, is this method a standalone method, by which i mean is everything that is needed included in the zip? I dont have to install SDK with this method, right?

 

[new optimus]

Yes I did all of those things. I even unistalled the drivers and redownloaded them and installed again. I tired it with it unmounted and with the card completely removed. I think i need to do a factory reset on the device. Its the only thing thats been mentioned, that i havent tried. is it a problem if the debugger icon is not displayed in the notification bar? Also, is this method a standalone method, by which i mean is everything that is needed included in the zip? I dont have to install SDK with this method, right?

If the debug icon is not shown it is not on.
Far as I know. No for this you do not need the sdk. when you double click the PrevailToEx you will have a cmd prompt open up and adb will work from there.

 

[Rickbf]

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If you want the official update, you'll have to wait until it rolls out for your device, but rooted users and impatient users can grab the leaked APK and install it on their phone just like any other app. Make sure you have the "Unknown Sources" box checked in Settings > Applications, and then just grab it from this MediaFire link. Transfer it to your phone and start it up, and it'll install itself over the old Market. You'll be able to access all the new features right now.

 

[Shabbypenguin]

uh thanks? why is this needed in this thread instead of making a new one tho? as a heads up for anyone wanting to watch movies, save your money.. if your rooted google doesnt want your money

 

[hate]

I downloaded and installed drivers. I unmount and remove sd card. I enable usb debugging, when I connect to computer the red icon shows up in status bar.I click on prevailtoexistence and command prompt pops up. says that I need to unlock phone and remove sd card. and there's an "error: device not found". Tells me next to turn usb debugging then after daemon starts i get another msg "cannot find C:\Documents and Settings\hate\My Documents\Unzipped\KMS-3.0\KMS-3.0\KMS\fail.bin. what should i do?

 

[candyman4092]

I downloaded and installed drivers. I unmount and remove sd card. I enable usb debugging, when I connect to computer the red icon shows up in status bar.I click on prevailtoexistence and command prompt pops up. says that I need to unlock phone and remove sd card. and there's an "error: device not found". Tells me next to turn usb debugging then after daemon starts i get another msg "cannot find C:\Documents and Settings\hate\My Documents\Unzipped\KMS-3.0\KMS-3.0\KMS\fail.bin. what should i do?

did you unzip everything in the zipfile before trying to flash?

 

[hate]

Yes I unzipped everything. I even downloaded it again in case the last zip had been corrupted in some way. I got the same exact errors I mentioned in last post. I checked the filepath and everything is correct except there is no fail.bin in folder.
Oh and I downloaded the usb drivers again. Uninstalled and re installed them.

 

[Shabbypenguin]

yea you gutta talk to interdpth about that, he made kms check for fail.bin, which if the phone fails to get root, it creates it. so if kms gets rooted shell then everything is hunky dory.

 

[Theek]

My wife just rooted her phone now her sd card doesn't seem to read. The options to mount it and reformat it are greyed out. Any idea why this happened or how to fix it.

 

[kevincott]

Newb here.

Don't think I will use tethering often, but will be great to have in a pinch.

Thanks for the thread.

 

[Crashedata]

I had issues rooting at first... for other people having issues, here is what I had to do...

1: Completely remove SD card.
2: Set in Development section to stay awake.
3: Set to Airplane Mode.
4: Restart phone.
5: Wait for ALL widgets that may be enabled to load BEFORE running BAT file.
6: Run BAT File... Success

 

[anomanderrake]

Well I've succeeded in rooting my prevail but now whenever I try to play ANY game it crashes and I get force close dialogue. I'm tempted to unroot it but not sure how. Is anyone else having problems like this?

 

[maskedviperus]

My issues with the root script and the safe modem update script was the timing while waiting for phone. When I ran script commands via command prompt line by line manually it works perfect on my pc (win 7 ulti 32). From what I see (idk if its been changed recently in the script) it just uses a ping to 127.0.0.1 for delay. Make the delay longer and more people will have better success.

 

[wetbiker7]

I had issues rooting at first... for other people having issues, here is what I had to do...

1: Completely remove SD card.
2: Set in Development section to stay awake.
3: Set to Airplane Mode.
4: Restart phone.
5: Wait for ALL widgets that may be enabled to load BEFORE running BAT file.
6: Run BAT File... Success

I had to enable USB Debugging , remove SD card , turn phone off , turn phone on and click the "PrevailToExistence" Batch file as soon as I saw the Samsung logo appear . Only way it would work 4 me .

 

[ntaylor]

Is there a Mac version of this?

 

[ntaylor]

Hello, I need help.
I'm having troubles trying to do this on Parallels since I use a MacBook.
Here's some screenshots.

 

[Shabbypenguin]

Hello, I need help.
I'm having troubles trying to do this on Parallels since I use a MacBook.
Here's some screenshots.

why not just run the mac version?

 

[panchito_mata]

I want to unroot my galaxy prevail but i cant???..And i erase an app from the system does any one know how to restore the factory files i tryed the volume up and power and the menu it did pop out but when i erase everything and rebooted again the apps whern't there??? Or is there a sofware that i can get from samsung to do a whole reset of everything???? anyone???? i dont know how this forums work but in case i dont receive answers from here please email me panchito@amorous.com

 

[ntaylor]

why not just run the mac version?

Where can I download it and how to I run it?

Also, I've attached the screenshots from the Windows attempt today.