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Root [Guide] Root for Official 2.3.5 With Guide

Thanks Brother !! How do I donate and support the cause ?

Also FYI, I started through the process and flashed the Autoroot and my existing rooted apps worked ! So I stopped right there and didnt flash the kernel. Any issue with that ?

Thanks Again !!!!
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supmag said:
Geeve, thank you very much. I certainly appreciate the amount of time it must have taken you to do this for all of us who are not experts. I know this will help me and I am sure others will also benefit. Thanks again.
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Geeve, dido to supmags post. This couldn't have been any more effortless. Worked like a charm for me to with no problems.

The hardest thing for me was trying to find this exact guide in the middle of all the other lacking guides out there to root your phone. Especially cause I didn't understand the terminology. If I have any newbie advice I can offer, read up a little to understand the terminology it will help you here and in the near future when you ready to start flashing roms. I don't know if its forbidden to make any references to XDA but there is an awesome Vocabulary Post there. Sorry I dont know the exact name but. If I run by it I will edit this post.
 
Have no idea what's happenin... Did what you said exactly step by step - downloaded files, started Odin, selected "I897UCKF1-AutoRoot-DesignGears.tar" through the PDA button. everthing worked, phone went into re-boot. Showed the at&t logo and.. rebooted again. That's happening over and over now.. Tried doing everything again.. nothing happened. Any ideas?

EDIT:
ended up flashing 2.3.5 stock firmware that I got off the net. Tried rooting again - ****ed up the booting process.. Again... Seems that this problem is phone specific. Mabye my phone just doesn't want to be rooted that badly?:/
 
Hi,

I'm able to get my captivate into download mode, however Odin will not acknowledge my device. Any help would be much appreciated, I've been waiting to root for quite some time now.

Thanks.
 
Thanks Geeve,
I hope this Root helps my device.I have had issues ever since I put GB on my phone.Any suggestions on a stable ROM would be appreciated as well.

Thanks again on the Root Guide it was super easy and quick.
 
thanks a lot, it is really helpful. tho, I have one question -- I'm using captivate with stock Gingerbread 2.3.5 updated from Froyo 2.2 - the problem while rooting with update.zip file is it displays me an error "Signature Verification failed" error.

Does this be a hurdle for me to root with the method guided by you ??
 
The root went smooth and worked great, but ever since i got GB,my phone has no sound no matter what settings i change, and after rooting i still have no sound. I have a samsung captivate from at&t. Any ideas?
 
tylert6785 said:
The root went smooth and worked great, but ever since i got GB,my phone has no sound no matter what settings i change, and after rooting i still have no sound. I have a samsung captivate from at&t. Any ideas?
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Well nevermind, out of frustration I gave my phone a slight love tap on the back and the sound started working again. So apparently its just a hardware issue.
 
Sorry I have been gone for a little while. My little girl turned 1 and is running all over the place, so I have been a bit busy. I will still pop in from time to time and try to help when I can. I have been on ICS for a while now so I may be a little rusty.

For those that want to donate, please donate to Susan G Komen for the cure (or any other charity). Then it is a win/win, you get to help and say thanks all at the same time :D

Shoot me a PM if there is another guide you would like to see and I will do my best to get it done. No promises, but I will try.

Geeve
 
tylert6785 said:
Well nevermind, out of frustration I gave my phone a slight love tap on the back and the sound started working again. So apparently its just a hardware issue.
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I had this same issue for awhile. There is a guide out there that better explains it, but all had to do was take the phone apart and loosen a screw that fastens down the speaker unit. I'm on my phone now but will try to find that guide for you later. You have to remove the 6 screws under the back cover, carefully pull the panels apart and just slightly loosen the screw next to the speaker unit. Mine was cutting out to and I'd have to tap it like you did. That screw is too tight, that should fix your issue.
 
When I run Odin the opening dialog box shows, then when I hit ok it flashes the program up and it disappears. So, am I not doing something right?:confused:
 
I noticed some others with the same problem I'm having but didn't see a clear answer so I'm gonna ask again.
When I open Odin and put the phone into download mode using method 3 as described in the guide, the phone goes into download mode but Odin doesn't recognize the phone. Is there anything I can do to make this work?
 
ranstrl said:
I noticed some others with the same problem I'm having but didn't see a clear answer so I'm gonna ask again.
When I open Odin and put the phone into download mode using method 3 as described in the guide, the phone goes into download mode but Odin doesn't recognize the phone. Is there anything I can do to make this work?
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Try a different USB port (one that is part of the Mother Board not on the front panel), different cable, make sure you have drivers for your phone installed, worse comes to worse try a different computer.

Geeve
 
geeve420 said:
Try a different USB port (one that is part of the Mother Board not on the front panel), different cable, make sure you have drivers for your phone installed, worse comes to worse try a different computer.

Geeve
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OK, trying a different computer worked. The first one couldn't fine the right drivers for some reason but only in download mode. if I connected the phone to the compute normally it worked just fine, automatically loaded the drivers and allowed me to use the usb storage, but it didn't like the download mode. Why does going to and older computer solve this?? Oh well it finally worked, so now the fun really begins. :D
 
I'll be damned. It worked. :D Thanks for the simple, step-by-step guide.

Edit: Also, I used method 3 without removing my SIM. :)
 
Since the gingerbread update, none of my gps helper apps or security apps were working. Everything was complaining there was no superuser access. Thank goodness someone found a way to reclaim root!!
 
I have searched the Internet on how to root my Samsung Captivate and was not having a lot of luck. I located these instructions and voilla...it worked. Thanks so much for the time and effort that you put into this posting.
 
Iv tried this soo many times but every time I plug in my phone in download mode it says it cant find a gadget serial driver for the device and I cant find any driver updates from windows to help me out. Someone helpp!
 
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