How-To | Root an Android

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! WARNING !
! I OR ANY OTHER PARTY THAT DEVELOPED THIS METHOD OF ROOTING IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE CREATED BY THE USER OF THE ROOTING APPLICATION. YOU ARE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR OWN ACTIONS !

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You need to :
- Go to Settings>Applications>Developments>Enable USB debugging
- Unmount (a.k.a. remove) SD card from your phone
- Plug In your phone to your computer
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Instructions :

1) Download the .zip file found in the attachments.
2) Extract ALL to a folder
3) Run SuperOneClick.exe AS ADMINISTRATOR
4) Select Auto under Exploits.
5) Click ROOT.

The following list is definitely incomplete.
This method of rooting CONFIRMED work for :
> Acer Liquid Metal
> Dell Streak
> HTC Magic
> HTC Bee
> LG Ally
> Motorola Atrix4G
> Motorola Charm
> Motorola Cliq
> Motorola Droid
> Motorola Flipside
> Motorola Flipout
> Motorola Milestone
> Nexus One
> Samsung Captivate
> Samsung Galaxy 551
> Samsung Galaxy Portal
> Samsung Galaxy S 4G
> Samsung Galaxy S I9000
> Samsung Galaxy S SCH-I500
> Samsung Galaxy Tab
> Samsung Transform M920
> Samsung Vibrant
> Sony Ericsson Xperia E51i X8
> Sony Ericsson Xperia X10
> Sprint Hero
> Telus Fascinate
> Toshiba Folio 100

Application Change Log :

v1.9.5
Driver Installation Fix
Force Administrator on Vista/Win7
Fixed Non-Market Apps not working for some devices

v1.9.1
GingerBreak support! (I think)

v1.9
Bug fixes!
Should work better now on XP systems and Linux

v1.8
Automatic driver installation
Removed RageAgainstTheCage (no virus flags)
New folder structure
Major code clean up

v1.7
Hopefully fixed Linux hangs
Theoretical honeycomb support (still needs testing)

v1.6.5
Fixed major bug. Oops!

v1.6.4
Installs busybox to /system/xbin and installs syslinks
Added a 30 second timeout check (should eliminate all lock ups)

v1.6.3
Mounts with busybox first
Includes version in first line

v1.6.2
Fixed wrong su version being sent
Fixed issue when getting OS version
Prints device info on failure.

v1.6.1
Falls back to previous mount path method if busybox method fails

v1.6
Uses psneuter for exploit instead of rageagainstthecage by default (should root Sony Ericsson devices easily now)
Added detection for 1.x Donut/Eclair kernels
Uses busybox for getting mount path
Updated Windows ADB to latest version (I'll update the Mac/Linux ones next build)

v1.5.5
Unroot uninstalls Superuser from /data/app
Returned installation of Superuser to /system/app

v1.5.4
Fixed superuser install issue
Added a prompt to tell you to allow superuser on your phone, for the test.
Fixed unroot.

v1.5.3
Fixed ADB-pushing problem

v1.5.2
Administrative rights in Windows Vista/7 are automatically requested.
Fixed the settings.db search. (Tries default two locations, then uses busybox is all else fails).
Set Superuser to install (to data/apps) instead of copy to /system/apps. You can manually remove it from your phone like any other app. (You can also update it with the Market).
Fixed NMA not working if you didn't have Shell Root


v1.5.1
Untested Mac and Linux support (you need Mono)

v1.5
Fixed Non Market Apps
Added Unroot
Added separate Shell Root (rageagainstthecage) button
Lots of internal code clean up.

v1.4
Changed main form's name to SuperOneClick from RageAgainstTheCageGUI
Enabled Captivate - Get Unlock Code button
Added a messagebox to confirm if Non Market Applications are enabled
Made "Enable Non Market Apps" FULLY universal
Added initial message telling you to remember to allow superuser commands (when enabling Non-Market Apps)

v1.3
Removed busybox for space reasons. Changed the layout. Fixed issue where application stayed running in the background. Added Non Market App button.

v1.2
Added a detection to see if RATC was already working.

v1.1
Universal device support. Application now finds your /system path.

v1.0
Initial release.

IT SHOULD BE ROOTED.
If the program hangs, just wait. Leave it for 20 minutes.
If it is still stalled after 20 minutes, panic and remove your phone from usb. LOL.

Here's a video tutorial courtesy of David from TheUnlockr: [Only registered and activated users can see links. ]

! I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE IF YOUR DEVICE IS DESTROYED !
! ROOTING MAY VOID WARRANTY IN CERTAIN COUNTRIES !
! BE WARNED !