Samsung Universal Gingerbread Root & Unroot 2.3.3 -> 2.3.7+

Samsung Universal Gingerbread Root & Unroot 2.3.3 -> 2.3.7+

UNIVERSAL GINGERBREAD ROOT SAMSUNG GALAXY MODELS: GT-S5570, GT-S5570B, GT-S5570I, GT-S5570L, GT-S5571, GT-S5578 (Chinese-Mini), GT-S5660, GT-S5660M, GT-S5660L, GT-S5660V, SHW-M290K (Korean-Gio), GT-S5670, GT-S5670B, GT-S5670L, GT-S5830, GT-S5830B, GT-S5830C, GT-S5830D, GT-S5830F(La Fleur), GT-S5830G, GT-S5830i, GT-S5830L, GT-S5820, GT-S5830M, GT-S5830T, GT-S5830V, GT-S5830Z, GT-S5838(Chinese-Ace), GT-S5839i, GT-S6800(Africa-Ace Advance), GT-S6802, GT-S6802B, GT-S6802L(new), GT-B5330, GT-B7510, GT-B7510B, GT-B7510L, GT-B7800, GT-B5510, GT-B5510B, GT-B5510L, GT-B5512, GT-B5512B, GT-S6102, GT-S6102B, GT-S5300, GT-S5300B, GT-S5300L(new),  GT-S5302, GT-S5302B(new), GT-S5302L(new), GT-S5360, GT-S5360B, GT-S5360L, GT-S5360T, GT-S5363, GT-S5367(new), GT-S5368(new), GT-S5369, GT-S5690, GT-S5690i, GT-S5690L, GT-S5690M, GT-S5690R, GT-I8150, GT-I8150B, GT-I5510, GT-I5510B, GT-I5510L, GT-I5510M, GT-I5510T, SCH-i110(new), SCH-i509, SCH-i559, SCH-i589(Ace Duos -Chinese/India), SGH-T499, SGH-T499Y, SGH-T499V, SGH-T499W, SGH-T589, SGH-T589R, SGH-T589W, SGH-I837, SGH-I857.

DISCLAIMER: ---You will have successfully rooted Samsung phone only for the models that are mentioned above. Any other phone model is incompatible at the present time. Rooting your device will not brick your phone but it could void your warranty so be careful to reverse the process with unrooting before you decide to take it back to Samsung Service for any further problems (hardware, drop the phone etc.) I’m not responsible for any of your actions bricking your phone with third party programs, custom roms, applications that works under rooting etc. ---

This is only for the people that they are using Gingerbread and can't root their phone with SuperOneClick. You can root your phone with universal_gb_root_v34.zip file for your phone model.

Question: How do I Root Gingerbread on Samsung Galaxy phone?

Answer:

- First enable Unknown sources on your phone (Settings -> Applications -> Unknown sources)
- Download the universal_gb_root_v34.zip file and put in your SD card.

* How do I transfer universal_gb_root_v34.zip on my SD card?

(You can transfer the universal_gb_root_v34.zip to your phone via WiFi, Bluetooth, SD micro Adapter or USB cable. To transfer it via USB cable you need first to download KIES from the official Samsung Web Site and after installing restart your PC so the USB drivers can be recognized properly. Enable USB debugging on your phone, Settings -> Applications -> Development -> USB debugging. Plug in the USB cable and enable the connection on you mobile phone like the picture in the bottom. After couple of seconds your SD card will be showed on your PC like Removable disk. Copy universal_gb_root_v34.zip to your SD card.)

- After transferring your file on your phone disable the USB by pressing "Disconnect storage from PC" after that remove the USB cable and turn off your phone "Power off".

Entering recovery mode on Samsung Galaxy: (Young CDMA India Version SCH-i509 and Chinese Version CDMA SCH-i509)


- Turn on the phone like this : Long press and hold the (Volume up Button) + (Power Button)

Entering recovery mode on Samsung Galaxy: (Gravity Smart SGH-T589/R/W ) (551 GT-i5510/B/L/M/T) (Pro GT-B7510)

-  Turn on the phone like this : Long press and hold the (T Button) + (Power Button)

Entering recovery mode on Samsung Galaxy: (Ace GT-S5830/B/C/D/L/M/T) (Gio GT-S5660/M/L/V) (Fit GT-S5670/B/L) (Mini GT-S5770/B/L, GT-S5771)

- Turn on the phone like this : Long press and hold the (Power Button) + (Home Button)

Entering recovery mode on Samsung Galaxy : (Ace GT-S5830i) (Mini GT-S5570I) (W GT-I8150/B) (Xcover GT-S5690/I/M/L/R) (Young GT-S5360/B/L/T, GT-S5363, GT-S5369) (Y-Duos GT-S6102/B) (Y-Pro GT-B5510/B/L) (Y-Pro Duos GT-B5512/B) (M-Pro GT-B7800) (Pocket GT-S5300/B/L) (Pocket Duos GT-S5302/B/L)

- Turn on the phone like this :

Method 1:

Long press and hold the (Volume up Button) + (Home Button) + (Power Button)


* If for some reason with Method 1 the phone reboot always when entering recovery mode (depends on the models) please use the Method 2 option

Method 2:

Long press and hold the (Volume up Button) + (Home Button) + (Power Button) when you see the samsung logo for the second time release (Home Button) and press again the (Home Button) and after that release the (Power Button)

- After couple of seconds you will see your phone booting in recovery mode
- Move in the menu with the Volume - Volume + to scroll up and down and choose "apply update from sdcard" with the Home button and choose the universal_gb_root_v34.zip and press once again the Home button to apply it.

- You will see a message "Install form sdcard complete".
- Then press on the "reboot system now"
- When you open SuperSU it will ask you to upgrade the SU binary just press continue your phone will reboot once and you are done!

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What's new in this version:
(updated 09/02/2014)
- SuperSU v1.93 Application (new)
- SuperSU v1.93 binary (new)
- BusyBox v1.22.1-Stericson binary (new)
- New signed release key of the zip files for better compatibility on the phone models

IMPORTANT: Root and Unroot method is designed to work in recovery mode on Stock ROM's. CWM Recovery and Custom ROM's are not supported! And never try to unroot your phone when you are using Custom rom! REMEMBER ALWAYS BEFORE (wipe cache and factory reset) YOU NEED TO UNROOT YOUR PHONE FIRST!

FAQ

AFTER ROOTING I CAN'T SEE SUPERSU APPLICATION?

As some people reported there is sometimes problem with the rooting procedure files can't be extracted properly (applications,binaries) so from today (04.08.2012) in every new update there will be an extra second alternative root zip file recognized with the letter "b" in the end of the version number. As always in life we must have a B PLAN. In this root zip file package it will be only the SuperSu application and the supersu binary, no Busybox or anything else. So if the rooting procedure from above didn't work for you then you should run again in recovery mode the universal_gb_unroot_v13.zip to delete all the half extracted files from the root procedure previously done. After that you can apply universal_gb_root_v34b.zip known as Root Only.



IMPORTANT: If for some reason after rooting with the universal_gb_root_v34b.zip want to install Busybox then when you open the application it will give you a location to install busybox to /system/bin (this is for the reason because there is no busybox binary in this root zip file) you just need to simply relocate the installation to /system/xbin (to relocate the path simply press on the text /system/bin it will open a new window and change it to /system/xbin) . This is for a reason because in the future you might want to remove busybox and many times happens that it can't be uninstalled properly leaving all the applets in bin folder mixing the files with the system files from your Android OS. Then you need to install root explorer and delete all the applets manually and trust me is a painful job. So the problem it will be solved very quickly by installing in /system/xbin. if you don't like it to have anymore later just use the procedure for unroot (READ: HOW CAN I UNROOT MY PHONE?) universal_gb_unroot_v13.zip it will delete all the remaining stuff from busybox in /system/xbin and use again the universal_gb_root_v34b.zip to root.

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IMPORTANT: Root and Unroot method is designed to work in recovery mode on Stock ROM's. CWM Recovery and Custom ROM's are not supported! And never try to unroot your phone when you are using Custom rom! REMEMBER ALWAYS BEFORE (wipe cache and factory reset) YOU NEED TO UNROOT YOUR PHONE FIRST!

THERE IS NO SU BINARY AFTER ROOT?

From today (02.05.2012) I can proudly present the third update zip universal_gb_c.c.b.s.f_v11.zip. C.C.B.S.F stand for "Cleanup Carrier Branded System Files" What makes this package very interesting is allowing you to cleanup your System files (applications) from your branded carrier provider such as Shops, Music, Web Launchers, Widgets...Games: Tetris, Sims3 etc ...making free space in the system partition ROM (not internal memory) so later the root installation can take place and have a successfully rooted phone. This package will clean up most of the carrier providers like:

What's new in this version:
(updated 09/02/2014)
Added Carrier Network Providers:

- 3
- Aircel
- Airtel
- Asda
- Axis
- AZERCELL (new)
- Banglalink
- BATELCO (new)
- Beeline (new)
- BT Mobile
- Cellone
- Claro (new)
- Dialog
- Djuice (new)
- DNA (new)
- DNA Pro (new)
- DK TDC (new)
- TELIA DK (new)
- E-Plus
- Elisa (new)
- Etisalat
- FIN SONERA (new)
- Geocell (new)
- Globe
- Grameenphone
- H3G
- Hutch
- IDEA
- Indosat
- IR MCI
- IRANCELL
- KKTCELL (new)
- Kyivstar (new)
- Loop Mobile
- M1
- Magticom (new)
- Meteor
- Megacom (new)
- Megafon (new)
- Mobitel
- Movistar
- MTCE
- MTS (new)
- NCELL
- nawras (new)
- NepalTelecom
- Network N (new)
- NetCom (new)
- O2
- Optus
- Orange
- Poland Plus
- Qatarnet (new)
- Reliance
- Robi
- SAM (new)
- S Telia (new)
- SFR
- Spring (new)
- STEL
- Saunalahti (new)
- Taliya
- Talkmobile
- TataDOCOMO
- Tcell (new)
- TDC Sweden (new)
- TDC Norway (new)
- TDC Finland (new)
- Tele Greenland (new)
- Telcel
- TELE2 (new)
- Teletalk
- Telenor (new)
- Telenor DK (new)
- Telenor SE (new)
- Telkomsel
- TelstraOne
- TESCO
- TR AVEA (new)
- TR Turkcell (new)
- TKC
- T-Mobile
- T-Mobile D (new)
- tuenti
- Uninor
- UCELL (new)
- Ventelo (new)
- Videocon
- Virgin
- VIVA (new)
- VivaCell-MTS (new)
- Vodafone
- XL
- WATANIYA (new)
- New signed release key of the zip files for better compatibility on the phone models

IMPORTANT: The universal_gb_c.c.b.s.f_v11.zip can be  applied in recovery like the rest of the zip files for root and unroot. It will delete all Carrier Branded System Files (Applications) without to interfere with the system files of Samsung Stock ROM's all functions will work normally only the applications from the carrier branded apps will be deleted. In order to bring them back you need to unroot your phone and make a Factory Reset and all will be back as usual. This zip file should be only applied if you have Carrier Provider Phone (like the above list already mentioned) and can't root the phone because of the carrier apps making a full capacity of the Android OS (system partition).

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I HAVE TRY ALL THE ABOVE METHODS NOTHING IS WORKING?

Chapter I

-Removing Quickoffice-

Well some Stock Firmwares have been made that in the system partition you can not even copy via recovery a single file. So my task search begin and finally I found the bug to solve the problem. In many Stock Firmwares they put Quickoffice application, this stock firmwares in some cases are very problematic to make root on them. So finally here is the solution and very simple to make a free space for rooting. Apply in recovery the universal_gb_remove_quickoffice_v2.zip and then you can use the universal_gb_root_v34.zip or universal_gb_root_v34b.zip to finally root your phone. So Quickoffice will be deleted from your system partition but you can always install the Quickoffice.apk whenever you want and it will be installed on your SD card (you can have the rooted phone and using again the Quickoffice). If for some reason you need to take your phone to the samsung service center problem with hardware,software or anything like that you can reverse the process to install Quickoffice back to the system partition (if you have installed the Quickoffice.apk uninstall it first from the Task Manager)using first the universal_gb_unroot_v13.zip to unroot and after that use the universal_gb_install_quickoffice_v2.zip to install Qucikoffice back to your system partition and all will be back as normal.

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Chapter II

-Removing Thinkfree Office-

Same as Chapter I in many Stock Firmwares we find the application Thinkfree Office, this stock firmwares in some cases are very problematic to make root on them. The solution is very simple we just need to make a free space for rooting in your system partition and remove Thinkfree Office. Apply in recovery the universal_gb_remove_thinkfreeoffice_v2.zip and then you can use the universal_gb_root_v34.zip or universal_gb_root_v34b.zip to finally root your phone. Thinkfree Office will be deleted from your system partition but you can always install the ThinkfreeOffice.apk whenever you want and it will be installed in your internal memory (you can have the rooted phone and using again the Thinkfree Office). If for some reason you need to take your phone to the samsung service center problem with hardware,software or anything like that you can reverse the process to install Thinkfree Office back to the system partition (if you have installed the ThinkfreeOffice.apk uninstall it first from the Task Maneger) using first the universal_gb_unroot_v13.zip to unroot and after that use the universal_gb_install_thinkfreeoffice_v2.zip to install Thinkfree Office back to your system partition and all will be back as normal.

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IMPORTANT: "Qucikoffice" and "Thinkfree Office" are extracted from Stock ROM's firmwares. They are not paid apps or anything similar, this apps are untouched as they come default and free with the stock firmwares by SAMSUNG. REMEMBER ALWAYS BEFORE (wipe cache and factory reset) YOU NEED TO UNROOT YOUR PHONE FIRST!

HOW CAN I REMOVE ROOT VALIDATOR I DON'T NEED IT ANYMORE?

(This file will remain as remover from my old tutorial and the files used before in the past. This has been done now to make rooting procedure simpler as for the Root Validator you can download it from Google Play)

- You need to open SuperSu application and under "Apps" press the icon or the text for RootValidator. A new window will open and press "Forget". Power off your phone and enter in recovery mode to apply universal_gb_remove_validator_v6.zip file.

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HOW CAN I UNROOT MY PHONE?

- First thing you need to remove all the applications that they are depended from root, after that open SuperSU -> Settings -> Full Unroot and press Continue. Your phone will reboot once and after that enter Recovery mode and use the universal_gb_unroot_v13.zip to delete all the traces remaining. If you were having Superuser app (the older one) just get in the Recovery mode and then apply the universal_gb_unroot_v13.zip

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What's new in this version:
(updated 09/02/2014)
- Deleting all traces of Superuser
- Deleting all traces of Suhax
- Deleting all traces of Busybox and Busyboxpro (and all applets created in xbin that they are symlinked causing sometimes Busybox to fail of uninstalling them so that problem is solved i add them all to be deleted and for the leatest version 1.22.1. ) (new)
- Deleting all traces of Superoneclick
- Deleting all traces of SuperSU and SuperSU Pro
- Deleting all traces of Call Recorder by Skvalex (new)
- Deleting Root Validator
- New signed release key of the zip files for better compatibility on the phone models

*NOTE* - FOR ALREADY ROOTED PHONES WITH SUPERUSER

For those who already have root with Superuser or any other kind of root method and want to update your root with the new SuperSU package you need first uninstall all app that they are depended from root then apply in recovery mode the universal_gb_unroot_v13.zip and enter again in recovery mode to apply the universal_gb_root_v34.zip or you can use Only Root universal_gb_root_v34b.zip .

HOW TO CHECK IF MY PHONE IS SUCCESSFULLY ROOTED?

To check if your phone is successfully rooted download from Google Play Root Validator

Root Validator will give you precise version of  SuperSU application, SuperSU binary

and Busybox binary

This is how it looks rooted phone you will have application SuperSU

Special thanks: Casperr, Darkshado, condebytes, juniorgd, evilrazer, Csycsa, raol, iFLUSH, Saroski, manoranjan2050, Sam00, tlc76, <THOR>, ozventrin, Xerge, bebek15, domker_, Suranjan 16049, alice90, alexpu1u, mcss86.

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Update: 22/05/2014: updated SuperSU application and binary to v1.93 (stable). New Busybox binary v1.22.1 included in root v34. Mirrors added for download (keep in mind that if your country have no offers try thru your mobile device android or iOS) , this latest package release has a huge fix on many issues for granting root privileges on apps, tutorial updated enjoy!

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