Samsung Galaxy S2 GT-I9100: How to root firmware build XWLPD of Android 4.0.3 ICS and install ClockworkMod Recovery
Samsung just recently rolled out to the Samsung Galaxy S2 GT-I9100 a new Ice Cream Sandwich update known to the community as the XWLPD build. For those of you who have just flashed the recent firmware, you may already know that flashing official ROMs such as the XWLPD firmware will mean losing your root privileges.
Luckily for Galaxy S2 owners, XDA Developers member Chainfire has already made an exploit that will allow you to root your phone, as well as install ClockworkMod Recovery using the CF-Root Kernel. The kernel is fully stock and is primarily based on the original firmware, with some added features. The CF-Root Kernel has root access, BusyBox 1.16.2, and ClockworkMod Recovery.
Learn more about rooting and installing this modified kernel by checking our step-by-step guide below.
Warning
- The instructions in this guide are intended for use with the Samsung Galaxy S2, model number GT-I9100. Applying these instructions on another device or model may produce undesired outcomes.
- The information in this guide is provided for instructional and educational purposes only. There is no guarantee that these instructions will work under your specific and unique circumstances.
- Use these instructions at your own risk. We shall not hold any responsibility or liability for whatever happens to you or your device arising from your use of the info in this guide.
- Read and understand the whole guide first before actually performing the instructions.
Requirements
- Samsung Galaxy S2 GT-I9100 running stock Android 4.0.3 ICS build XWLPD
- A Windows PC
- Samsung USB device drivers for the Galaxy S2 installed on your PC. You can use Samsung KIES to obtain the drivers.
- Temporarily disable Samsung KIES, anti-virus tools, and firewall programs as they are known to interrupt the installation process.
- Enable USB Debugging on your phone. You can do this by heading to Settings > Developer Options > USB Debugging. Make sure that there is a check mark beside that option.
- Backup all personal data on your phone to make sure you have a copy of your personal data (e.g., contacts, SMS, MMS, Internet settings, Wi-Fi passwords, and the like) in case the procedure in this guide erases such data.
Instructions
- Download the CF-Root Kernel (CF-Root-SGS2_XX_NEE_LPD-v5.4-CWM5.zip, 6.2 MB) package to your computer.
- Download Odin3 1.85 (Odin 1.85.zip, 200 kB) to your computer.
- Extract the downloaded CF-Root Kernel ZIP file using any extracting software such as WinZIP or 7-Zip. Place the extracted file inside a single folder. Important! Do not extract the TAR file.
- Extract Odin 1.85.zip and place the contents inside a single folder.
- On your PC, launch the Odin3 application by double-clicking Odin3 v1.85.exe.
- Switch off your Samsung Galaxy S2.
- Boot your phone into Download Mode. You can do this by pressing and holding down the Volume Down, Home, and Power keys together until you are greeted with a Warning! screen. Press the Volume Up key to enter Download Mode.
- Connect your Galaxy S2 to your PC via USB cable. You should see a message “Added!” under Odin’s message box found on the bottom-left of the application. This should indicate that your phone’s USB drivers have been installed.
- In Odin3, click the PDA button, then browse for the CF-Root-SGS2_XX_NEE_LPD-v5.4-CWM5.tar file. Make sure that Repartition is not checked.
- Important! Do not make any changes in Odin aside from the one’s mentioned in this tutorial. Doing so may cause irreversible damage to your device.
- Select the Start button in Odin to begin flashing the CF-Root Kernel on your Galaxy S2.
- Once the firmware has been installed, your phone should automatically reboot. A “PASS” message with a green background will be shown on the top-leftmost box of Odin.
- Disconnect your phone from your PC once you see the Samsung logo.
Samsung Galaxy S2 GT-I9100: Upgrading to Android 4.0.3 ICS firmware build XWLPD
With the Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS) update rolling out for the Samsung Galaxy S2, it seems that there are some users who still have problems updating their phones. Samsung just recently released a new Ice Cream Sandwich update known as the XWLPD build for Android 4.0.3 ICS. The XWLPD update is a direct update from the previous ICS versions, bringing a lot of improvements and bug fixes that many users have frequently requested.
The said new update promises to bring improved battery life, performance upgrades, tweaks, and bug fixes that involve the Google Play Store force close bug, brightness bug, and camera image clarity.
For those of you who have missed updating your Samsung Galaxy S2 to the latest Ice Cream Sandwich via OTA or Samsung KIES, here’s your chance to do it via Odin3. Check out our guide below for a step-by-step tutorial on installing it on your Galaxy S2.
Warning
- The instructions in this guide are intended for use with the Samsung Galaxy S2, model number GT-I9100. Applying these instructions on another device or model may produce undesired outcomes.
- The information in this guide is provided for instructional and educational purposes only. There is no guarantee that these instructions will work under your specific and unique circumstances.
- Use these instructions at your own risk. We shall not hold any responsibility or liability for whatever happens to you or your device arising from your use of the info in this guide.
- Read and understand the whole guide first before actually performing the instructions.
Requirements
- Samsung Galaxy S2 GT-I9100
- A Windows PC
- Samsung USB device drivers for the Galaxy S2 installed on your PC. You can use Samsung KIES to obtain the drivers.
- Temporarily disable Samsung KIES, antivirus tools, and firewall programs as they are known to interrupt the installation process.
- Enable USB Debugging on your phone. You can do this by heading to Settings > Developer Options > USB Debugging. Make sure that there is a check mark beside that option.
- Backup all personal data on your phone to make sure you have a copy of your personal data (e.g., contacts, SMS, MMS, Internet settings, Wi-Fi passwords, and the like) in case the procedure in this guide erases such data.
- Download the XWLPD firmware package (I9100XWLPD_NEELP4_Nordic_Android_4.0.3.zip, 382 MB) to your computer.
- Download Odin3 1.85 (Odin3_v1.85.zip, 200 kB) to your computer.
Instructions
- Extract the Odin3_v1.85.zip file and place all the contents inside a single folder.
- Extract I9100XWLPD_NEELP4_Nordic_Android_4.0.3.zip to a folder on your PC. You will get one file called I9100XWLPD_I9100XXLPW_I9100NEELP4_HOME.tar.md5.
- Double-click Odin3 v1.85.exe to run Odin3.
- Switch off your Galaxy S2.
- Boot into Download Mode. You can do this by pressing and holding down the Volume Down, Home, and Power buttons.
- Connect your phone to your PC via USB cable. Odin3 should be able to detect your phone and should display “Added!” on the message box. The ID:COM field in Odin3 should also turn yellow.
- Inside Odin3, Click on the PDA button and browse for I9100XWLPD_I9100XXLPW_I9100NEELP4_HOME.tar.md5.
- Important! Make sure that you don’t make any changes in Odin. Leave other options as they are.
- Click the Start button in Odin3 to begin installing the ROM on your phone. Once the installation is done, you device will automatically reboot and you will receive a “PASS” message in Odin3 confirming a successful installation.
- Disconnect your phone from your PC.
Root/UnRoot X8 1.6 Detailed Explanation
Ok.
there are lots of rooting tutorial I know. But just for X8 sake here
am posting it again. to make things look good I'll put up a detailed
version explaning each step
ROOTING X8
things you'll need
1.X8 with Usb Cable
2. Computer with SuperOneClick.exe (attached)
PS : NEW VERSION OF SUPERONECLICK GIVES ERROR USE THIS VERSION
[HOW TO :]
before starting anything I just want to say that
do it on your own risk, it worked for me maybe it will work for you too
Step 1 : PREPARING YOUR MOBILE FOR ROOTING
1. go to settings-> applications -> development
turn the USB DEBUGGING MODE ON
2. go to settings-> sd card, usb mass storage & phone storage
click on UNMOUNT SD CARD
Step 2 : PREPARING YOUR COMPUTER FOR ROOTING
1. Download the attachment.
2. Download X8 drivers just in case your computer doesn't recognise your phone X8_drivers.zip
Step 3 : ROOTING
1. Connect your phone with pc (make sure debugging is on & memory card is unmounted)
2. open the Superoneclick thing and click root.
CLICK THUMBNAIL TO SEE FULL IMAGE
within few minutes it will root your phone & a confirmation message will come telling "DEVICE ROOTED"
CLICK THUMBNAIL TO SEE FULL IMAGE
ROOTING X8
things you'll need
1.X8 with Usb Cable
2. Computer with SuperOneClick.exe (attached)
PS : NEW VERSION OF SUPERONECLICK GIVES ERROR USE THIS VERSION
[HOW TO :]
before starting anything I just want to say that
do it on your own risk, it worked for me maybe it will work for you too
Step 1 : PREPARING YOUR MOBILE FOR ROOTING
1. go to settings-> applications -> development
turn the USB DEBUGGING MODE ON
2. go to settings-> sd card, usb mass storage & phone storage
click on UNMOUNT SD CARD
Step 2 : PREPARING YOUR COMPUTER FOR ROOTING
1. Download the attachment.
2. Download X8 drivers just in case your computer doesn't recognise your phone X8_drivers.zip
Step 3 : ROOTING
1. Connect your phone with pc (make sure debugging is on & memory card is unmounted)
2. open the Superoneclick thing and click root.
Quote:
PS
: if superoneclick doesn't work and give intialize errors than it may
happen your computer doesnt have the latest .net frame work download it
from here Microsoft Net Framework |
CLICK THUMBNAIL TO SEE FULL IMAGE
within few minutes it will root your phone & a confirmation message will come telling "DEVICE ROOTED"
CLICK THUMBNAIL TO SEE FULL IMAGE
Quote:
it may happen you wont be successful on first try. but give it time like 5mins if nothing happens close superoneclick, disconnect your phone and connect it again and try again. it will surely work |
UNROOTING X8
things you'll need
1.X8 with Usb Cable
2. Computer with SuperOneClick.exe (attached)
PS : NEW VERSION OF SUPERONECLICK HAS TO BE USED THIS TIME
[HOW TO :]
before starting anything I just want to say that
do it on your own risk, it worked for me maybe it will work for you too
before I let you through the unrooting thing I want to show you something.
after rooting your phone you will see a new application installed in your phone SUPERUSER
this application helps you to ask permission for root access if any application will be trying to access your root.
when I first UNROOTED my phone I was kinda puzzled to see the SUPERUSER application was still there and there was no way to remove it (no uninstall option as you've with your built in applications)
but than I searched the net and saw few tutorials and sorted my way back.
STEP 1 :
Removal of SUPERUSER
Quote:
THIS HAS TO BE DONE BEFORE UNROOTING |
1. go to system->app
there you'll find superuser.apk
now make sure you've clicked mount r/w i.e. read/write (this option will only come after rooting your phone)
after clicking mount r/w, read/write access will be activated and r/o will be deactivated as shown in the figure
2. delete superuser.apk
STEP 2 :
UNROOTING BEGINS
1. download Superoneclick (attached)
this is the new version it will have UNROOT option
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2. Connect your phone (debug on, sd card unmounted)
3. Click on UNROOT
4. as you've removed super user it will show this error
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IGNORE IT
5. the process will continue and will stop at this point
CLICK THUMBNAIL TO SEE FULL IMAGE
6. CONGRATULATIONS YOU'VE UNROOTED YOUR PHONE
STEP 3 :
CHECKING IF YOUR PHONE IS UNROOTED OR NOT
just open rootexplorer and you'll see the screen as below
the r/w access is GONE now you can only r/o (read only) your files
What about the SE Xperia X8? Can that be rooted as well?
Yes, the Xperia X8 can be rooted. Keep
in mind, however, it is highly recommended to carefully consider
whether or not it is worth the risk to damaging the phone. If not done
correctly, consequences may occur, such as damage to the phone.
How to Root the Sony Ericsson Xperia X8 Step By Step for Windows users:
- Download and install the Xperia X8 USB Drivers to your Windows PC
- Turn on USB debugging on your phone: Settings>Applications>Development>USB Debugging
- Download the latest SuperOneClick.zip file to your Windows computer. link Download the latest version. (I’m sorry, you’ll need to register)
- Extract the files from the .zip file into a new folder on your Windows PC.
- Restart both. The PC and X8 just in case.
- Plug your phone in to your PC and turn on USB debugging. DO NOT MOUNT THE SD CARD!!!
- Open the folder with the SuperOneClick contents and double click “SuperOneClick.exe”.
- Run the program, click root and wait few minutes. Done.
တင္ရမဲ့ ICS version Zip file ကို google မွရွာၿပီး download ဆြဲပါ။
ဖုန္း internal memory ထဲကို ထည့္ပါ
ဖုန္းကို restart ခ်ပါ။
volume up + home key + power button သံုးခု တစ္ၿပိဳင္တည္း ဖိထားပါ။
install form zip ကို ေရြးပါ
download ဆြဲၿပီး ထည့္ထားတဲ့ zip နာမည္ကို ေရြးေပးပါ။
installing ကို ခဏေစာင့္ေပးပါ။
ICS 4 ျဖစ္သြားပါၿပီ
iTool 2012 ဆိုက္ဒ္ http://itools.hk/cms/webpage12.htm
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