User Review: Samsung Galaxy S II

I just want root access to my S2, I dont want to use other ROM right now. Is it possible? If yes then how? I just want to disable some boot apps,enable avast firewall and install good backup software(which as I know require root access)

Some other queries are:

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[*]Where can I download pure ICS ROM which I can load in?
[*]where can I download stock ICS ROM for S2(India)(in case I want to rollback(unroot) I may require this ROM)?
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@Jaymin: As you own S2 and I guess its rooted, so I need your kind advise specially about the pros/cons of rooting.

More queries will come...

 

[Nishant]

Help me rooting my sgs i9000 runnin value pack 2.3.6 - xda-developers

only issue is i cannot remove semaphore.apk from system/apps

what may be the issue from this???? why it is to be removed???

You can remove the apk using a file manager that can access /system. Try using solid explorer.

Updating superuser app and its binary could also help.

 

[Toocool]

Well........ I still can't remove semaphore. Apk....... I have updated binary and I have tried 3 root explorers....... It just doesn't un installed Also I need to take a nandroid backup but I can't. When my phone was in a loop, I could go into to orange cwm recovery.................. Now I can only access blue color recovery which doesn't have any options to take back up

 

[Nishant]

Can you tell me how exactly are you trying to remove that apk?

 

[moindear]

Well........ I still can't remove semaphore. Apk....... I have updated binary and I have tried 3 root explorers....... It just doesn't un installed

Also I need to take a nandroid backup but I can't. When my phone was in a loop, I could go into to orange cwm recovery.................. Now I can only access blue color recovery which doesn't have any options to take back up

I think CWM is not properly installed

 

[Toocool]

Can you tell me how exactly are you trying to remove that apk?

i am using root based explorers and then system/apps in which semaphore.apk is there and trying uninstal from there, but it doesnt uninstal

I think CWM is not properly installed

how to install properly now???

 

[Toocool]

so I am trying to use Rom manager but every time I flash clockworkmod recovery and then reboot into recovery it isn’t installing correctly. I keep getting errors sayingE:failed to verify whole-file signatureE:signature verification failedInstallation abortedive tried multiple times and I keep getting the same thing.

 

[iCon]

Download rom again.. Its failing hash check. rom is tempered.

 

[Toocool]

which rom???i am not flashing rom............just clockworkmod

 

[Toocool]

got it..........the instructions i followed above had me removed cwm recovery as stock kernel was again installed back after rooting.now i again installed semaphore kernel and i have advanced cwm recovery :encouragement:now i am not sure how good is this semaphore kernel and recovery is ???? but i am able to take nandroid backup now.any suggestion for a better kernel????? androidfreak???

 

[Nishant]

got it..........the instructions i followed above had me removed cwm recovery as stock kernel was again installed back after rooting.

now i again installed semaphore kernel and i have advanced cwm recovery :encouragement:

now i am not sure how good is this semaphore kernel and recovery is ???? but i am able to take nandroid backup now.

any suggestion for a better kernel????? androidfreak???


Now that you have CWM and Nandroid, you should really get rid of stock ROM and try Cyanogenmod. Start with Cyanogenmod 7. I guess Galaxy S is officially supported by Cyanogenmod.

You can download stable builds from here:

http://download.cyanogenmod.com/?type=stable&device=galaxysmtd

Good that you have stable builds of Cyanogenmod 7.2 (gingerbread) as well as Cyanogenmod 9 (ICS). You can flash CM9 if you wish.