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[ROOT GUIDE] Boost Mobile Samsung Galaxy S2

guyphs said:
Rooting isn't breaking the terms of service. Rooting is violating the 30 day warranty you get from boost along with whatever warranty that Samsung sticks on the phone.

As far as tethering goes, I think it would be pretty difficult for them to figure out that you're tethering without actually spying on your data.
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I actually know a few people who's service been terminated cause of using the wifi hacks/tether with out paying for it so use at your own risk!
 
have a 32G sd would like to get a 64G. If i root w 32G sd in my phone can i change to a 64G later?
 
How long does it take to fisnish odin?

Last message I got is:

<ID:0/004> Firmware update start..
<ID:0/004> zImage

...and everything is gray out.
 
ok i downloaded everything but for some reason Odin wont recognize my phone i dont get that yellow window on the left side when i plug my phone in and yes i downloaded kies and i have windows vista 32 bit Dell
 
Aries2010 said:
ok i downloaded everything but for some reason Odin wont recognize my phone i dont get that yellow window on the left side when i plug my phone in and yes i downloaded kies and i have windows vista 32 bit Dell
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Some people change the usb cable between phone n pc to a data cord and get better results. also unplug th pc end of cord wait a min n plug back. try another usb port on pc. hope it works for you
 
my next question how do i get custom roms because i put the roms on the root of my sdcard factory wip wipde cache wipe delvic etc when i tried flashing it it said

assert failed: getrop ("ro.product.device")
epic4gtouch" ll getprop ("ro.build.produc") etc

E:Error in sdcard/cm-10-20120903-
(status 7)
instgallin aborted
 
figueroaw said:
How long does it take to fisnish odin?

Last message I got is:

<ID:0/004> Firmware update start..
<ID:0/004> zImage

...and everything is gray out.
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Should only take a few seconds.

Aries2010 said:
my next question how do i get custom roms because i put the roms on the root of my sdcard factory wip wipde cache wipe delvic etc when i tried flashing it it said

assert failed: getrop ("ro.product.device")
epic4gtouch" ll getprop ("ro.build.produc") etc

E:Error in sdcard/cm-10-20120903-
(status 7)
instgallin aborted
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Did you flash a CM10 compatible kernel before trying to flash the ROM?
 
Aries2010 said:
no i didnt how do i get the kernal or where is it located im a noob sorta please explain

please and thank you
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guide for flashing cm10 is here

figueroaw said:
It did not work for me.

so kies needs to be running at the same time odin is running?

another thing i notice, when I get on odin mode, on the phone it said that it is downloading... those that made sense?
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Kies doesn't need to be running at the same time. Does Odin recognize your phone when you plug it in before flashing anything (ie does the left window have ID COM or somesuch in it?)
 
guyphs said:
guide for flashing cm10 is here



Kies doesn't need to be running at the same time. Does Odin recognize your phone when you plug it in before flashing anything (ie does the left window have ID COM or somesuch in it?)
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Thanks bro!!! :) this way more complicated then root/flashing roms on a marquee Thank you so much :)
 
guyphs said:
Kies doesn't need to be running at the same time. Does Odin recognize your phone when you plug it in before flashing anything (ie does the left window have ID COM or somesuch in it?)
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yes it does recognized. I get ID COM 4. I also get the yellow bar. When I click start, it start the process but it hang on "zImage" (see my post above).

I have tried a different version of agat but no luck.
 
Guyphs, I just rooted my sgs2 using your guide. Your guide and links are right on. I made a nandroid after root but before SU, so I think I have a stock backup. Thanks again
 
figueroaw said:
yes it does recognized. I get ID COM 4. I also get the yellow bar. When I click start, it start the process but it hang on "zImage" (see my post above).

I have tried a different version of agat but no luck.
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Are you plugging the kernel into pda? if so then i have no idea

cerj said:
Guyphs, I just rooted my sgs2 using your guide. Your guide and links are right on. I made a nandroid after root but before SU, so I think I have a stock backup. Thanks again
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NP!
 
Thanks it worked !! I was playing around with this at my job earlier on today and like other couldn't get Kies to see my phone. So when I came home the first thing I did was go to Samsung's sight and download the USB Drivers first, than the rest of the install went like butter. Below is the link if others would like there listed here ...

Samsung
 
Does BusyBox come with the agat 0.54 kernel or the superuser app? Ive rooted using Guyphs guide, and downloaded titanium backup. If it didnt come with the aforementioned flash's,do I need it? Thanks
 
cerj said:
Does BusyBox come with the agat 0.54 kernel or the superuser app? Ive rooted using Guyphs guide, and downloaded titanium backup. If it didnt come with the aforementioned flash's,do I need it? Thanks
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Not sure -- you can just d/l it from the play store though.
 
hey man thanks ....everything went just like you said. one little bump, could not flash superuser but no problem just installed it off of the market. worked fine though. I am now doing a systems backup on my phone now and when that is done i am going to get titanium backup, along with some other apps for rooted phones..........Thanks
 
wow i spoke to soon, i did not get root. i did flash the kernel it is on my phone.what will i have to do now. will i have go to recovery with odin. or just start all over. I did not use kies , i got the driver from samsung . does superuser need to be part of the download or does it matter.....................hopefully i can just start over
 
cigar64 said:
wow i spoke to soon, i did not get root. i did flash the kernel it is on my phone.what will i have to do now. will i have go to recovery with odin. or just start all over. I did not use kies , i got the driver from samsung . does superuser need to be part of the download or does it matter.....................hopefully i can just start over
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You have to flash SU through the custom recovery in order to get root.
 
thanks guyphs should i not see it ( SU) in the coustom recovery ..unmount usb storage, is it called install zip from sd card ? ............I got one of thoes mean messages after clicking on it. thanks
 
guyphs my bad what i was meaning to ask you, apply update from sd card , if that not it than i dont know im out of bullets .i dont see (su) or do i see ( supperuser) on the recovery.......... HELP Thanks
 
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