Will this rooting method work with Android 2.3.6? Because i recently updated my phone from T-Mobile's firmware update
What? It is almost instant.
When you booted into download mode. Did you follow the on screen instruction? It says if you want to continue press volume up. You have to do that first before launching odin.
Do you see the yellow com signal on odin before you press start?
That explains it. Did you install the samsung usb drivers? And just to be sure you did press the volume key to say yes to download mode before connecting?
I installed them but it says I need a disc or something. And yes I pressed the buttons.
@Blue1k: I was checking out other ROMs at XDA and I'm interested in Whitehawkx's Juggernaut ROM. Would that work on this Telus phone? I'm just migrating today from a T-Mobile Galaxy S 4G so I'm familiar with CWM and all, but curious about the minute differences between the Telus vs T-Mo SGSII. Thanks a lot for this guide for getting me up to speed.
You need an external SD card installed when rooting as per the guide. Your phone sees storage as follows:
SD Card: external card
Internal SD Card: phone storage
Oh! I tried again and it worked! Thanks for the guide mate. Cheers!
Thanks for the awesome post. I updated to the Tmo 2.3.6 and now be able to root again to get rid of the Tethering Manager. I do have a comment,
1. Don't save the .zip file to usbStorage. Just save it in root or so. It's because it takes many click on the Vol down button to scroll to that folder (as in alphabetical order). Also, my screen first won't show that folder name since it's listed at the bottom.
2. At Step 12, there is an Installation Aborted message. I repeated the steps 3 times to get successful. I remembered the same thing I see from another rooting method too.
Have a great trip!
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