Hey all!
I need your opinions / expertise!


I have a new phone and want to play with it but need some practical advice on where I will go wrong.

Phone details:

Samsung Galaxy S I-9000
Product Code GT-I9000HKDH3G (branded 3 UK)

Network Lock ON SIMLock OFF

Current Firmware: PDA I9000NEJP5 PHONE I9000NEJP2 CSC I9000HCGJP5
BUILD 2010.11 IMEI and Serial also known

I *AM* able to get into three button recovery / download modes.

So, after much reading around this and various forums I think I am ready to go and do the following (in this order):

1) Root using SuperOneClick v1.6.5

Questions:
What are the most common problems with the GT-I9000 and SuperOneClick v1.6.5?
Will this work with / has anyone had any specificc problems doing this with *branded* GT-I9000?
Is there a less dangerous method (in your opinion?)

2) Backup the essentials (efs folder) somehow...

Questions:
What should I use? There are a couple of apps I think!

What else is essential other than the efs folder?

3) Play play play

My main aim is to always be able to come back to the exact state my phone was in before step one, is there anything else I should do to make sure I can do this?

Thanks in advance for any answers, I have searched around a lot and have found some answers but could do with a little more...

 

Thanks for the reply shaahinjj...

1) I have the drivers installed and was able to get my device ID using adb so all should be good there.

2) I don't have 2e recovery by the looks of it, what other options do I have?

3) Right. Be wary of lagfix, got it!

Anybody else got any tips?

 

Thanks snapper.fishes, that's great advice.

From the link it looks like its a good idea to backup ST13 file as well, would've missed that one!

Is it also a good idea to get the build.prop file??

Right, I think I'll read up on busybox.

Still a little bit worried because I have a branded phone, anybody had any serious troubles because their phone was branded?