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Complete Guide: How to Root the Samsung Galaxy S 2

Update: The Gingerbreak tool won’t work with the Samsung Galaxy S 2. Try this tutorial to root your Samsung Galaxy S 2.

Rooting the Samsung Galaxy S 2 – XDA

The Samsung Galaxy S 2 is definitely the best smartphone yet. If you are planning to buy a Samsung Galaxy S 2 soon, you might want to root it too, and also try custom ROMs once you are bored of the bundled one.

Gingerbreak was a one-click rooting tool which could be used to root many Android devices running Gingerbread. Apparently, it seems to work with the Galaxy S 2 as well.

How to Root Samsung Galaxy S 2

Download the Gingerbreak APK

Download Gingerbreak APK

Open your phone’s settings and enable USB Debugging mode (Settings > Applications > Development > Enable USB Debugging).

Copy the Gingerbreak APK to the SD card of your Galaxy S 2 and install it on your phone using Astro File Manager or Apps Installer.

Run the Gingerbreak app and follow the instructions.

Your Samsung Galaxy S 2 should now be rooted.

Note: This method is a bit risky, and very premature. Wait for some time, for a better alternative. I will update this post soon.

How to Install Cyanogen Mod 7.0.2 (Android 2.3.3 Gingerbread) on your Android Phone

Install Cyanogen Mod 7.0.2 (Android 2.3.3 Gingerbread) on Samsung Galaxy S, HTC Desire, Google Nexus S, Nexus One, Motorola Droid, HTC Desire HD, HTC Hero, HTC Legend, HTC Incredible, Nook Color

Cyanogen Mod 7.02 is out for your Android phones. It supports almost every Android smartphone out there, and is probably the best Android ROM you will find. A lot of bugs have been fixed in this latest build.

Here’s how you can install Cyanogen Mod 7 on your Android device.

Go to Cyanogen Mod 7.0.2 Rom Download

Select your Android phone from the list.

Select the Stable Build to download Cyanogen Mod 7.0.2 for your phone.

Copy the download Android 2.3 Gingerbread ROM to your SD card root.

Now on your Android phone, start Android Market and download ROM Manager.

Start ROM Manager select Flash Clockwork Mod Recovery to install the recovery image.

Use the Install ROM from SD Card option and select the Cyanogen Mod 7.0.2 ROM from your SD card.

Choose to Wipe Data/Cache and also create a backup of your existing ROM.

The ROM flashing should start and in a few minutes, your phone should reboot with Cyanogen Mod 7 Android 2.3.3 Gingerbread on it.

Cyanogen Mod 7.0.2 is supported on all major devices like the Samsung Galaxy S, HTC Desire, Google Nexus S, Nexus One, Motorola Droid, HTC Desire HD, Nook Color etc.

Install Android 2.3.3 Gingerbread on Samsung Galaxy Ace

The Samsung Galaxy Ace has been waiting to get the Android 2.3 Gingerbread update ever since Samsung announced it for the Galaxy S.

Today, a leaked Android 2.3.3 Gingerbread ROM has surfaced for the Galaxy Ace. It has been confirmed to be genuine.

How to Install Android 2.3 Gingerbread on Samsung Galaxy Ace

Just flash the leaked Android 2.3.3 Gingerbread ROM on your Samsung Galaxy Ace to install Android 2.3 Gingerbread on it.

You can download it here:

Download Android 2.3.3 Gingerbread for Samsung Galaxy Ace

via BlogsDNA

Honeycomb has only 20 Android Apps

Google may have rushed the launch of Android 3.0 Honeycomb, to prevent Apple from becoming very dominant in the tablet space, but it doesn’t mean shit until it can get developers to start developing tablet optimized apps for Honeycomb powered devices.

There are only 20 apps for Android 3.0 Honeycomb, compared to more than 65,000 for the iPad. It has been more than 2 months since the Honeycomb SDK launched, but for some reason, not many seem to be interested in making Honeycomb apps.
The ones that are available on Android Market are just scaled up versions of the mobile Android apps. Google is struggling with Honeycomb – it still hasn’t open-sourced it and it is largely a work-in-progress.

And because Samsung, HTC, LG, Motorola don’t have a fucking clue about how to compete with Apple’s software, all of them are just going with the best available option – Honeycomb – which isn’t nearly as good as iOS, as of now.

Check out the list of tablet apps for Honeycomb here.

How to Install Android 2.3.3 Gingerbread on Motorola Droid 2 – Complete Guide

Android 2.3.3 Gingerbread firmware for the Motorola Droid 2 has been leaked now. Here’s how you can install Android 2.3.3 Gingerbread on your Motorola Droid 2

First download the Monster Android 2.3 Gingerbread Updater for your Droid 2

Download Android 2.3.3 Gingerbread for Motorola Droid 2

(Alternate: Link 1 | Link 2)

How to Install Android 2.3 Gingerbread on Motorola Droid 2

1. After downloading the file, copy it to your SD card
2. Use Bootstrap to enter recovery mode
3. Create a backup
4. Install the firmware using recovery mode
- Select install zip from sdcard
- Choose zip from sdcard
- Navigate to teamblackhat folder
- Select the file you downloaded
5. Restart your Droid 2.
6. Re-activate your phone by dialling *228 and then selecting 1.

Your Droid 2 should now be running Android 2.3.3 Gingerbread

If your phone keeps booting, enter recovery mode again and Wipe data.

1. Hold down X and the power button.
2. When you see the triangle hold down both volume buttons
3. Select wipe data/factory reset – press power button to select
4. Reboot system

If the phone asks you to create an account, press the home button, go to accounts and select done.

via MyDroidWorld