rooting

[kushal.c]

i flashed my firmware recently to 2.3.5 using the xwki8...now i wish to root it as well.. this is my 1st time rooting the phone... i ve come across two methods cf root and using the easy rooting toolkit... which do u guys suggest...and how do i install the different ROMs i hear in the forums...

 

[kushal.c]

and i dont really understand about the custom kernels stock kernels and all.... do i need to change my kernel after rooting.... or is rooting itself a change in the stock kernel... if not y do i need any custom kernel or rom or whatever... pls help me

 

[Sydney99]

use chainfire (cf-root) method - very reliable and by far the most favoured method on here.

the kernel is part of the firmware. you will have a stock KI8 on your phone now.

to root you would need chainfires insecure kernel to replace the stock kernel, you just find his KI8 file and flash this, it will replace your stock one.

you are then rooted.

you would then be able to change to different custom kernels if you wished eg. siyah, speedmod, ninphetamine etc etc. these have different featrues/tweaks to try and make your phone perform better, or the battery last longer, or add features such as BLN (back light notification). it does no harm trying a few to see what suits you

 

[Shotgun84]

Personally I would use the cfroot method. After rooting with cfroot clockworkmod recovery (cwm) will be installed on your phone. To install custom roms you download the zip file and put it on your internal sd then you use cwm to flash it, make a backup using cwm first though just to be on the safe side. Its not necessary to install a custom kernel as the cfroot kernel will provide you with root access but custom kernels such as siyah and ninphetamine allow you to overclock and underclock your CPU to improve performance or battery.

 

[kushal.c]

thanks guys....

 

[kushal.c]

i rooted my phone successfully using the cf method..... now i want to try the different roms for my 2.3.5 XKI8..
where will i get the custom roms and how do i install them..
thanks again

 

[kushal.c]

i backed up my data using the cwm app.... is there anything else i'm missing on??

 

[Shotgun84]

Another thing to do before flashing a new ROM is download titanium backup from the market and make a backup of your apps so you can transfer them if you need to do a full wipe before flashing. The best place to find roms is probably to read the threads in this forum. Pretty much all of the recent ones will have a dedicated thread in the first few pages of the all things root sub forum.

 

[Sydney99]

Get titanium from market to back up apps, then you can restore them easily and their data when you do a full wipe before installing a rom.

All roms are found on xda website. See links on the sticky above, there are threads there for most of the more popular roms. A good beginners place t to start is check rom revolution, and you'll find a lot of the more expert users like this to!

 

[Shotgun84]

I'm too nice to you
Samsung Galaxy S II Android Roms

That's in the sticky at the top of sub form. You should check it out.

 

[Sydney99]

Shotgun, we're like a couple of parrots

 

[Shotgun84]

Shotgun, we're like a couple of parrots


Sorry bad joke.

 

[kushal.c]

thanks both of u