Samsung S Plus Rooting
Author : Dark Angel,
Category : Samsung,
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08-22-2014, 11:52 AM
(This post was last modified: 12-17-2015, 07:47 AM by Dark Angel.)
Rooting:
Rooting allows apps to act as administrator of your phone (called "root") and perform modifications on anything. This allows you to use backup apps that can backup all apps including their data on your phone, firewall apps that control internet access for other apps, adblockers which block ads on webpages and inside apps and much much more. You control which apps you want to grant the root privilege to with an app called "Superuser". Please inform yourself on responsible use of root privileges and do not grant unknown or suspicious apps root rights.
All Custom ROMs, CyanogenMod-based ROMs etc. come pre-rooted. The rooting procedure is only necessary if you are using a stock Samsung ROM.
Procedure:
Easy rooting and unrooting guide -> You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.
Unrooting is exactly the same, except with the file You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.
After rooting your phone, you might want to go to the Market and update the Superuser app to the latest version. To update the su binary to the latest version, open up Superuser and select Menu -> Preferences -> Su binary.
Useful root apps:
Some useful root apps you might want to install:
- You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. allows you to backup all your apps and their settings and data and allows you to freeze or completely remove unwanted system apps.
- You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. allows you to block apps from gaining permissions to read your SMS, contacts, IMEI number, make calls etc.
- You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. , allows you to block user and system apps from getting Internet access via either WiFi, 3G or both. Essentially a GUI for configuring iptables. Open source!
- You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. , You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view., three free file managers that support root access. Saves you from spending money on Root Explorer.
Technical details:
The Root-i9001-Signed.zip does the following:
Rooting allows apps to act as administrator of your phone (called "root") and perform modifications on anything. This allows you to use backup apps that can backup all apps including their data on your phone, firewall apps that control internet access for other apps, adblockers which block ads on webpages and inside apps and much much more. You control which apps you want to grant the root privilege to with an app called "Superuser". Please inform yourself on responsible use of root privileges and do not grant unknown or suspicious apps root rights.
All Custom ROMs, CyanogenMod-based ROMs etc. come pre-rooted. The rooting procedure is only necessary if you are using a stock Samsung ROM.
Procedure:
Easy rooting and unrooting guide -> You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.
- Put You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. into internal sdcard
- Reboot into recovery mode by turning on the phone while pressing Volume Up and Power Button
- As soon as the "Android out of the Box" appears, press the Menu button
- Use Volume buttons to choose "apply update from sdcard" in the recovery menu.
- Press Home button to submit
- Use Volume buttons to choose Root-i9001-Signed.zip on sdcard
- Press Home button to start update.
- Choose "reboot system now" and press Home button to reboot your phone.
Unrooting is exactly the same, except with the file You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.
After rooting your phone, you might want to go to the Market and update the Superuser app to the latest version. To update the su binary to the latest version, open up Superuser and select Menu -> Preferences -> Su binary.
Useful root apps:
Some useful root apps you might want to install:
- You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. allows you to backup all your apps and their settings and data and allows you to freeze or completely remove unwanted system apps.
- You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. allows you to block apps from gaining permissions to read your SMS, contacts, IMEI number, make calls etc.
- You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. , allows you to block user and system apps from getting Internet access via either WiFi, 3G or both. Essentially a GUI for configuring iptables. Open source!
- You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. , You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view., three free file managers that support root access. Saves you from spending money on Root Explorer.
Technical details:
The Root-i9001-Signed.zip does the following:
- It deletes the stock "su" program and replaces it with a modified one that allows full root access to any UID without a password. The permissions for su are set as setuid and setgid root.
- It installs Superuser.apk
