Moving this to the appropriate forum.

 

z4root doesnt work use the one click with 3.0.2.5

 

Moved from the general GalaxyS to the Epic4G all things root forum. Though a Epic is a GalaxyS class device, it is not a GalaxyS. Confusing? yes! Blame Samsung for that one! It's not a problem, I wanted to see if we could get you a better answer.

 

it isn't a galaxy s but it is??

mind explaining further on that?

 

I'll try to use my truck as an example. I have a dodge ram. A dodge ram 1500 quad cab to be specific. There are also 2 door ram 1500's. There's 2500's too. There are more models than this, but you get the picture... They are all dodge rams. Just like the galaxy s line. We have an epic, but its still part of the galaxy s family.

This confused me at first also. 2 of my friends have galaxy s models through diff carriers. While they all come from the same line, they all have diff tweaks to the os/rom to fit that specific phone and carrier. This is why only certain roms/rooting methods work for us... they must be specific to our epics...

Hope that made sense...

 

hmm.. i mean i knew that the epic was apart of the galaxy s class, but i just didn't understand what he meant when he said it isn't a galaxy s lol..but thx for your reply.

by any chance, do u kno if i can install the 2.2 update that my phone keeps prompting me to do and still have the ability to root after the update? or is it better to root from the 2.1 stock build?

 

you can root from any stock release

 

okay i just rooted on the stock 2.1 that the phone came installed with. i have superuser so i can use the ota update for 2.2 and i'll still be able to flash roms for 2.2 or 2.3 without error?

just clarifying

 

I think the Galaxy S forum is for the actual Galaxy S phone. Like the Fascinate, Epic and all have their own forums, the actual Galaxy S does also?

 

I'm not 100%, but I believe you don't get OTA updates when rooted. I think you have to restore to stock, then update to 2.2, then root, then install whatever ROM you wish to use (esp if you're using an EC05 based ROM).

Please let someone else confirm this though, as I'm not 100% sure.

 

z4root doesn't work, but Gingerbreak does! Woot, woot!

Source: Myself, I just rooted my phone, like a few mins ago! xD