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SAMSUNG GALAXY S II Official thread V16, Be a SMART user - Pls read Page 1 first
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snakevenom
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Oct 17 2011, 12:35 PM
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OK this may be a n00b question but i have read through page 1 already and find no answer.
I got myself AP set SGS2 with the info below: PDA: I9100UHKI2 PHONE: I9100UHKI1 CSC:I9100TPAKI2
I wanna root but from the xda page the insecure kernel for UHKI is not listed. Can i use other Kernel instead?
This post has been edited by snakevenom: Oct 17 2011, 12:35 PM
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snakevenom
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Oct 17 2011, 01:40 PM
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QUOTE(Baronic @ Oct 17 2011, 01:11 PM) lyours is KI2 your sgs2 is G or non G version? NO PIRACY DISCUSSION! SUPPORT YOUR DEVS! piracy kills development. u save a few bucks but u are bringing about the demise of the android system. pay now, so that the system grows, more third party apps come about and in the end the consumer profits from development!Mine is non G version
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snakevenom
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Oct 17 2011, 01:46 PM
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QUOTE(Baronic @ Oct 17 2011, 01:43 PM) » Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... « Help! Which file do I use ? Listen closely, for I will say zis only once!
Go to Settings -> About phone -> Kernel Version. Note the string present there:
2.6.35.7-I9100XXKG1-CL349526
What matters most (KG1) in this case, is in bold. Try to find the matching file under downloads:
CF-Root-SGS2_XX_OXA_KG1-v4.1-CWM4.zip
The XX and OXA identifiers are not that important. Usually a "KG1" kernel is a "KG1" kernel, and that is that. Sometimes (pretty rare) it happens there will be multiple different kernels with the same name in different firmwares, that are actually different. If this happens, they are usually only very minor changes and you should expect them to still be fully compatible. I include the "XX" and "OXA" identifiers so the very advanced users can deduce from which full firmware I have taken the kernel file.
Don't worry too much, just find the matching download and use it. What if there is no matching download ? You can ask me to make one, but I can tell you right now, I very very rarely make CF-Root's for kernels on request, unless it is the very latest kernel that has been released by Samsung. In the latter case, be sure to let me know. If there's no match and I'm not making one, try finding the closest match. You should treat "KG1" as a number, but instead of 1-9, we have 1-9, A-Z (where A would be 10, and Z would be 35). "KG2" is really close to "KG1", "KF1" is not close to "KG1" at all. I hope that makes sense.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1103399post 3 for download ah i see thanks for the pointer so I'll just use any kernel with ki2 then. thanks for the info.
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snakevenom
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Oct 17 2011, 02:22 PM
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QUOTE(Baronic @ Oct 17 2011, 01:56 PM) ?? no no you already have a kernel in your phone. that instruction is which root file to use to root your phone. kernel i think after u root any also can use. dun need to be same kernel. correct me if im wrong Yep i know got kernel redi just dunno which file to use only. Just wanna be on the safe side.
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