Root [GUIDE][CTmod] Rooting the Prevail [SPH-M820] for Dummies (written by a dummy)

[DaisFlaque]

Unroot and return to stock.. http://androidforums.com/galaxy-prevail-all-things-root/375550-odin-return-phone-stock-factory.html

And here is stock rooted Odin files.. http://androidforums.com/galaxy-prevail-all-things-root/375550-odin-return-phone-stock-factory.html

Everything you should need.. mind you.. it has been awhile since I've been here.

P.s. I just realized those lead to the same place.. good. Lol I'll leave it that way.. its so nice to see a thread so well put together.. everything is right there.

 

[nohllywd]

Hi,

I am hoping someone can help. I rooted this phone and installed the CTmod rom and it works but I would like to try flashing a different rom. I try install from zip and it aborts for some reason. I was trying to flash ff19 rooted and I am doing something wrong?

 

[Lordvincent 90]

Hi! And welcome to Androidforums!
If this is the zip you are referring to
https://www.dropbox.com/s/h2m3upn6b0axjra/SPH_M820_ff19rooted.zip
Then the problem is that you are supposed to unzip this and install it using Odin.

As far as I'm aware, the only flashable "stock" rom would be Half Ass Rom. (Which is the stock rom, rooted and converted to ext4 format. (This is because cwm doesn't support Samsung's stock filesystem))

if that isn't the zip you are referring to, please post a link to the one you are trying to install

 

[nohllywd]

Thanks for the help.

 

[chrepair]

where is the actual guide? I have nothing showing except a header in bold and then comments?

 

[quickfeet101]

I rooted my prevail a couple years ago using this guide thanks to this helpful guide. I know NOTHING about phones, so literally I could not have done this without the guide.

I see there is another list of all the rooting options available. Everyone seems to be very excited about how condensed it is. Unfortunately, since I know so little about phones, I simply can no longer find what I'm looking for on that list.

I got a new SD card and I want to partition it and use part of the space for internal memory. Is there anyone who can point me to idiot level instructions for this? Preferably the same ones I used last time?

Thanks!!

 

[cwhatever]

I rooted my prevail a couple years ago using this guide thanks to this helpful guide. I know NOTHING about phones, so literally I could not have done this without the guide.

I see there is another list of all the rooting options available. Everyone seems to be very excited about how condensed it is. Unfortunately, since I know so little about phones, I simply can no longer find what I'm looking for on that list.

I got a new SD card and I want to partition it and use part of the space for internal memory. Is there anyone who can point me to idiot level instructions for this? Preferably the same ones I used last time?

Thanks!!

Are you using ctmod, if so put card in phone, go to ct settings, then partition settings. Move the sliders to what you want and hit start. Save anything on card first. When done put things saved back on card.

 

[El Presidente]

where is the actual guide? I have nothing showing except a header in bold and then comments?

I'm not sure what happened, but I've restored the original post.

Apologies for any inconvenience.

 

[quickfeet101]

Thank you, thank you, thank you for the quick reply! I copied it (the guide) to a doc and saved it so I can find it again if needed. I was almost happy I'd have to buy a phone that doesn't suck before rooting, but my bank account loves this old prevail.

 

[Xyro]

This thread was a little screwed up because of the transition from vBulletin to XenForo, and may have appeared to be deleted. It should be good to go now though.

 

[vce2005]

I got two rooted Prevails I wanna sell. If you're interested, PM me....

 

[ThaAdvocate]

ANY NEWS ON A CUSTOM RECOVERY FOR PREVAIL LTE?

 

[MIAinOrlando]

ANY NEWS ON A CUSTOM RECOVERY FOR PREVAIL LTE?

Bump!

 

[flash3610]

My "Downloading..." letters are white, and also Odin doesn't register my phone as connected even though I'm using a relatively new cable. I tried all three USB ports on my laptop. Help?

 

[drumgod552]

i got the same problem download mode will not connect at all... i get the "unknown device, Device failed enumeration" and i have tried every driver remedy down to reseting my pc and will not work.. no one can seem to tel me if the rooted system img can be flashed with adb in stock recovery or something