[Q] Rooting SGS2 GT-i9210

T

turboraketti

New member

May 12, 2009

2

0

Göteborg

• Mar 5, 2012

• #2

I'd love to get into this as soon as I've got rid of the Tele2 simlock on my i9210. Any tips on reliable unlock code providers for this phone?

 

Upvote 0 Downvote

X

xrobau

Member

May 6, 2007

9

0

Gladstone, QLD

• Mar 29, 2012

• #3

As this post comes up high on the google results for rooting the GT-i9210, here's the link to the ACTUAL page on how to root it.

Edit: Probably better to link to the OCAU thread http://forums.overclockers.com.au/showthread.php?p=14233218#post14233218

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1340526

This, 100%, works. More discussion on this phone here:

http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum-replies.cfm?t=1891584

 

Last edited: Mar 31, 2012

Upvote 0 Downvote

F

F5:ad

New member

Mar 29, 2012

1

0

• Mar 29, 2012

• #4

xrobau said:

As this post comes up high on the google results for rooting the GT-i9210, here's the link to the ACTUAL page on how to root it.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1340526

This, 100%, works. More discussion on this phone here:

http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum-replies.cfm?t=1891584

Click to expand...

Click to collapse

I don't dare to belive you.
The root method you refer to in your link is for models sold on the US market, in Europe this model is branded GT-I9210 (EU) and is similar, but not identical to the models in US or Canada.

I have followed a Swedish thread where people has used this method, but many of them has bricked their phones....
The whole process works fine through all steps until rebooting.
The back key and the menu key stops working.

I wish somebody could fix a reliable root method for GT-I9210.

 

Upvote 0 Downvote

X

xrobau

Member

May 6, 2007

9

0

Gladstone, QLD

• Mar 29, 2012

• #5

I'm the guy who wrote that post on Whirlpool. I have a pair of GT-I9210Ts, both of which are now rooted using CWM and superuser.zip.

Note that this doesn't actually CHANGE anything on the phone. So it's not going to brick it. All it does is install CWM, and then uses CWM to install superuser.zip. I can't possibly see how it's possible to brick the phone doing this.

 

Last edited: Mar 29, 2012

Upvote 0 Downvote

B

briteway

Senior Member

Apr 10, 2010

66

1

• Mar 30, 2012

• #6

F5:ad said:

I have followed a Swedish thread where people has used this method, but many of them has bricked their phones....
The whole process works fine through all steps until rebooting.
The back key and the menu key stops working.

Click to expand...

Click to collapse

Yep, I did this today. The phone's back and menu buttons aren't working. I tried installing softkeys from the Market but still no go. Is there a solution to this problem?

 

Upvote 0 Downvote

X

xrobau

Member

May 6, 2007

9

0

Gladstone, QLD

• Mar 31, 2012

• #7

That's.. very very strange. Someone else reported it, but I have no idea why this happened. You're not touching ANYTHING to do with the buttons. All you're doing is updating the recovery.img and then installing a package. I've rooted three phones now, and haven't had that problem.

Can you read http://forums.overclockers.com.au/showthread.php?p=14233218#post14233218 and tell me if you did anything different?

 

Last edited: Mar 31, 2012

Upvote 0 Downvote

X

xrobau

Member

May 6, 2007

9

0

Gladstone, QLD

• Mar 31, 2012

• #8

briteway said:

Yep, I did this today. The phone's back and menu buttons aren't working. I tried installing softkeys from the Market but still no go. Is there a solution to this problem?

Click to expand...

Click to collapse

I've put a bunch of recovery information on that ocau post (linked above). Have a run through that. If you're NOT using a Telstra phone, I'm unsure where you're going to find the correct roms though 8-\

 

Upvote 0 Downvote

I

imblue

Member

Mar 29, 2012

20

2

Sydney

• Apr 1, 2012

• #9

xrobau said:

I've put a bunch of recovery information on that ocau post (linked above). Have a run through that. If you're NOT using a Telstra phone, I'm unsure where you're going to find the correct roms though 8-\

Click to expand...

Click to collapse

The method you have posted is one I have already tried, 2hrs after getting my phone from Telstra. Back button and Menu buttons blank out and no longer work.

No one should use this method until it is specifically tried and tested for the phone.

EDIT: Just to assist you a bit further with the method.
- A full factory reset was completed, not working.
- Telstra firmware downloaded, installed, factory reset, not working.
- Dialled *#*#2663#*#* - Selected Touch Key F/W to upgrade, not working.
----- Phone F/W was marked as 0x4, Part F/W was 0x0.
I believe this was the issue, the fact that there was a number mismatch.

 

Last edited: Apr 1, 2012

Upvote 0 Downvote

B

bwp85

Senior Member

Apr 18, 2010

115

17

Burnie

HTC 10

Google Pixel 2

• Apr 11, 2012

• #10

Those with the GT-I9210 visit this link for Original EU Rom.

www"dot"sammobile"dot"com

As I mentioned on OCAU, I didn't have much of a problem.

"xrobau" Did you have any moment when the buttons did not work?

 

Upvote 0 Downvote

hteles

Senior Member

Oct 10, 2011

566

252

Sintra

Nexus 7

LG G3

• Apr 20, 2012

• #11

Hi,

Any updates on this phone rooting procedure?

This generic firmware will work in Portuguese operators? Any European tested it?

Thanks

Sent from my GT-I9210 using XDA

 

Upvote 0 Downvote

hteles

Senior Member

Oct 10, 2011

566

252

Sintra

Nexus 7

LG G3

• May 1, 2012

• #12

It's in Portuguese. Translate with Google. A friend of mine did root gt-i9210. I've used this method to root mine.

http://stuffandroid.blogspot.pt/2012/04/como-fazer-root-no-samsung-galaxy-s-ii.html

Sent from my GT-I9210 using XDA

 

Upvote 0 Downvote

E

eidelen

Member

Oct 26, 2005

44

18

Thun

• Jun 29, 2012

• #13

In my case the keys stopped working after flashing first time a kernel with cwm recovery. The phone also didn't boot anymore. The kernel itself was backuped with the very same cwm.

Before I flashed the kernels with odin and also with "dd" command. No problems with the keys.

Based on these things I got the feeling that there could be something wrong with cwm.

I could not fix it so far.

 

Upvote 0 Downvote

japinder

Senior Member

Jul 8, 2011

339

86

Singapore

• Sep 27, 2013

• #14

I'm not sure whether my post would be valid any longer on a thread more than a year old.

Anyway, if someone needs a pre-rooted version of the latest stock Jelly Bean 4.1.2 XXUAMF1 COV (GT-I9210), they can do so from this thread, post #4:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=34712551

Flashed it via Odin & using it without any issues on my S II LTE GT-I9210T.


Jp

:good:

 

Upvote 0 Downvote