Rooting a Samsung Galaxy S

So you want to root your phone? Or your not sure what it is, well here is a quick and simple rundown on why and how you would want to do that.

First off as per usual you do this at your own risk i am not responsible for your bricked phone.

Now what is rooting? Well it is basically giving yourself more control over your android phone. For example i am not the most extreme rooting person in the sense that i haven't put a custom ROM(Custom Operating System) on my phone.

So for me i have two main apps that need Root access those are SetCPU($1.99) and drocap2(free). SetCPU does what it says on the tin, it lets you reduce the CPU of your processor. For me when i want to save battery power i set mine to 800MHz as that is plenty to keep things moving, also keep it on conservative setting for maximum stability :-) plus i would suggest not having a profile for when the screen is off as i have found that its a bit unstable with that on.

Drocap2 is a handy app for taking screen shots of what's on your screen, which is what i used for the picture below. I use it for reviews and also when i was abroad with no roaming but wanted a map of the area i was going to i would just use wifi and then take a screen shot of Google Maps very handy.

Anyway i found a really easy way to root your Galaxy S that uses your pc. Easier than the manual way i used the first time. Any way there is this website which helps gives a program that alows you to do a "one click" root. First you need to set your phone to USB debugging. To do that go into settings>applications>development then tick USB debugging.



Now just go to this website here and it will tell you how to do the rest :-)

When you are done there should be a new app in your app draw called "Supperuser Permissions" thats how you know you have done it. Then you can load custom ROMs or just save some battery with SetCPU

happy rooting :-D

SetCPU








Drocap2

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