How can i root my vibrant

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Before doing anything else, make sure that USB debugging is enabled on your handset. Once you have enabled debugging on your Samsung Vibrant or Captivate, Download the one click root file, extract the content and save it to your desktop [or wherever you prefer]. After you have downloaded and extracted the zip file, plug your phone to the computer and double click the One-Click executable.

Now simply click the on-screen option for rooting your handset running Android 2. Follow the same procedure if you want to un-root your handset. There you go! Get daily tips in your inbox Newsletter. I too get the signature verification error, is there a fix for this?

I got the same behavior as Rob above. E:Signature verification failed. I could not even take the path you took to get to the setup. I never even found the setup. On menu, I have apply sdcard:update.

Same problem!! If you want you can add the I to the list. It will do 2. Rooting to 2. I was getting this also. Once I set USB debugging and unmounted it went fine. Seems if you set USB mount then it does not work. This is stated in the video but very briefly and I missed it twice before I caught it. So I followed the steps and when I selected reinstall packages its said that it could find update. I checked to make sure USB debugging is on, and it is.

Unfortunately the program is for Windows only I believe. No boot camp on your mac? Or a friend with a Windows PC you could use real quick only takes 10 minutes then you dont need a computer again. From my understanding, this root method does not unlock the bootloader, which means you do not void the warranty. My question is, what are the pros and cons of unlocking the bootloader, besides the fact that you void the warranty i dont really care about my warranty.

For those of you having issues with the update. Make sure your drivers in windows are setup correctly. Open up a CMD window in my directory. There is another method on XDA that just was written. Its an app for your phone that will root you but it is still being tested and does not unroot.

Thanks a million!! One Click Root is awesome. Thanks so much M8! We all waiting for CM6 to be release for are Galaxy S, but in the mean time I found this amazing app One Click Lag Fix they will make your phone much more faster and they will fix the lag. I never thought possible that simple app could leave my phone so fast. I also had problem with no update.

I downloaded update. Hope this helps. I am very much new to Android OS. This page is very informative now i understand that its very much easy to root the mobile. But one thing to ask u guys. As per i know custom rom is the Operating System which is already installed in our gadget. Tethering and Remove preloaded application is my main criteria. Also there are not separate versions anymore, the new version supports. Vibrant, Captivate, I and IM from the same app.

Please click on Wireless at the top of the site, then Android then on the Rooting, Jailbreaking, and Unlocking guide and it will explain everything. Hy I would like to know if the captivate must be conected to de pc after the rooting ond the pc has finished. I mean when y have to select reintal packages on the phone, the phone must stay conected, disconected?

Hey when i download the net framework 4 setup it says blocking issues, You must install the bit Windows Imaging Component WIC before you run Setup…well when i go to download this it gives me a bunch of files.. My phone wont reboot into recovery mode, not sure why but ive followed all the steps above, any ideas? Are there any updated drivers for the Samsung? I downloaded the drivers that were linked and my computer goes to install them, but ends up saying that it cannot install the drivers.

Dell Inspiron Windows Vista I have T-mobile Vibrant with 3 key locked, and I followed all the instruction to root it and install a new rom.

I found that the update. I tried to fix it by copying update. I waited for about 10 minutes and removed the battery. I was able to root my Captivate with no problem. The instructions are quite clear. I got the little Superuser Permission app icon.

How do I get rid of it for good? Also, is it safe to keep the phone rooted all the time? The best way to go is flash a custom recovery image then use it to flash a custom rom the custom roms have speed tweaks and crappy att apps removed etc. Unlike with root access on a regular linux system, we root and install a separate app called Superuser Permissions.

What that program does is notify you if anything asks for root access then you have to give it permissions to allow the app to use root otherwise it blocks it. So no worries about leaving it rooted. That will bring up a number of apps made specifically for that purpose. If o root my captavait will it let the battery last longer and make it able to make the ringer louder please email me any one and let me know love2havefun yahoo. Please please please can somebody help me?

This sucks!!! It keeps telling me that the driver is unable to run on my pc. I have an updated windows vista pc and neither one of the drivers seem to work. Where do I go from here? Any suggestions? What am I doing wrong? I have everything installed, net version 4, the driver software, and the one click root,..

I also have debugging mode ON What am I doing wrong? Please help, thanks. I have read other reports similar to this and that was the suggestion that had the highest success rate. Can i still use this one click root on a Samsung Captivate that has the leaked 2.

Every update. Wait, the 2. I think he meant the latter. Awesome, very easy to do!! I researched a lot of links and this was as straight forward and simple as it gets! I have got T mobile simlock on my vibrant and to get it unlocked i have to root as far as i know. I have been trying for a long time till i got your video.

But i have one and final problem though. It works fine till the blue cmd window appears press any key to continue but i cant see recovery mode on my device. I dont have SD card on my mobile. Do one has to have SD card for rooting?

Rooting a TMobile Valiant. When I click the one click root button, I get an error message as follows: Unhandled exception has occurred in your application. If you click continue, the app will ignorre this error an attempt to continue. If you click Quit, the app will close immediately. Great Video…. My captivate IS rooted super user app, successfully downloaded titanium backup and rom manager , and appears to be working…. I downloaded the sumsung drivers but you said i need to double click on setup.

It seem that everythings else is there but the setup , also once i downloaded the file i was on able to extract. I went and install everything done the whole procedure only thing i recieved was the superuser icon.. This method worked perfect…thank you. Kept retrying…kept getting same thing….

I used the Captivate rooter. Gave me the E: Signature verification failed installation aborted. I tried the Galaxy-S-one-click-root-all-models — same error. What did I do wrong? You are amazing thank you so much, was fastest root i have ever done, G1, Flipside, and Captivate are the 3 I have done, G1 took 3 hours, Flipside took 10 min, and this was done before your video was.

Still no luck rooting my phone if you can help me it will greatly appreciated. I have a vibrant that i rooted a couple of months ago.

A week or so after rooting i noticed that my usb connection was a bit off. If i unplugged the charger, the battery icon would look like i was still charging the phone.

It would also look as if i was charging from my laptop if i was charging from a wall. Not sure if I should un-root the phone. Any suggestions. Does this work for the Samsung Galaxy Indulge R? If so do you guys plan to try and root the R? I tried this and my phone is not doing anything the green screen is just staying up not going to blue screen need help. You know all you! Thank You!

Directions were easy to follow and videos helped worked great on my vibrant!! At least I think, I have the superuser icon but nothing comes up when I click on it, iis that how it is supposed to be? Also, whole reason I did this cause I could not get the 2. Can you point me to a good ROM for this? None I saw listed a wifi hotspot only wifi calling which I will use too! I tried another method elsewhere on the internet but this method from TheUnlockr.

Ladies and Gentleman. Just make sure you have debugging mode on. I have an external SD mini card and I can only unmount external card, but not the internal sd. I dont see that option at all …. It work on my vibrant and i had the same problem. Now it does… i have posted something as Ibrahim Dan Karami.

Now it works… i have posted something as login: Ibrahim Dan Karami. I now have the solution to all your problems… I have done it and it worked perfect on my Vibrant Now that I see this being written, let me say it too: Follow instructions at your own risk… Before I start let me explain some stuff I got to realize.

This is due to signature strictness in Froyo. I had to do it myself. Now this is what I did: 1. I used OCLF. After rooting your phone, delete some data from the system file to free up space. You can use any tool that you are comfortable with. I used RootExplorer. To do so, go to: a.

You can order by size to just delete the heaviest. Just a few from each folder above. It should now be fine if you reboot your phone. If there is no change, do the following: a. Repeat step 2 and delete some more sound then try step 3 again b. You will see a folder called CloakWorkMod i. Keep opening the folders until you reach …. You will see a zip folder called recovery-clockwork Copy it to the root of your phone card iv. Rename it to update v. Reboot your system into recovery mod vi.

Select install update. The CloackWorkMod recovery will change after install viii. You have finished ix. Select the option to Reboot your phone 5. Download and install a ROM of your choice a. Download the ROM b. Place it on your phone c. It stays on the blue window with the 'adquiring root blah bla' message If you can point how to do that flash I'll sure give it a try Thanks — Cheluis.

Download this to the root of your SD card, name it update. MatthewRead I did what you pointed me and it gives me the message E:failed to verify whole-file signature Installation aborted Any idea? Oh, you might have "3E recovery". You'd need to Odin to something with 2E recovery. If you're stock 2. If you want to move to something else after that I recommend Bionix Nextgen V1. Add a comment.

Active Oldest Votes. Hence the file Matthew Read linked to should take care of your problem, if you follow the process he outlined : If you'd like to read more about it, you can visit the Superuser website and find more downloads there, although the link posted supports Eclair, Froyo, Gingerbread, Honeycomb and Ice Cream Sandwich.

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