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[Junior Bear]

im about to root my girlfriends SGS2.

have i got the right file to use in Odin?

i have download the XWKF3 europe & united kingdom file from xda, is that correct for cf root?


here is a screen capture of current system info

[kayceejayh]

That's right!

[gadgetshop]

just got my SGS II and looking to root to delete the crap off it, not bothered about changing roms. got Odin but need advice about kernel, my phone is I9001BVKH2 which isn't there,, can I use KH1 or KH3?

thanks

[KapTmaH]

 Junior Bear, on 21 July 2011 - 07:09 AM, said:

Is there a proper guide that can be made on how to root this device? None i have searched for seem to be the right thing

Root  Android 2.1 - 2.3.7:
1)Download *.rar, extract update.zip
2)Copy update.zip to SD-Card
3)Run Clockworkmod
4)Select to "apply update from sdcard"
5)Reboot, Root !

[vik1]

i'm going mad - trying to root my phone using thechainfire method - when i plug phone back in as said in the steps - the pc just isn't finding it
am running win 764bit

any advice....

sorted - was device drivers on my machine

Edited by vik1, 10 November 2011 - 08:42 PM.