If you want to take the most out of your Samsung Galaxy S2 smartphone, you will surely want to root it as you can get cool things like free wifi tethering, overclocking your phone’s CPU, make complete backup of your ROMs and more.
For Mac OSX, you can use Heimdall instead of ODIN, please see How to Use Heimdall for OSX Video.
This is for Gingerbread ONLY, for ICS root method, see How to Root Galaxy
For those of you who want to root your Galaxy S2 GT-i9100 on Jelly Bean Android 4.1.1 or Android 4.1.2, here’s how to do it easily using a custom kernel.
This rooting process is pretty safe to do, does not erase anything on your phone, it just installs a custom kernel (which comes with a custom recovery) and we root the phone using SU binary and Superuser app. That’s it!
Step 1. Turn your Galaxy S2 GT-i9100 off. Then hold down Volume Down, Center Home, and Power buttons together for about 3 seconds until you see the warning screen.
Step 2. Hit Vo
Looking for the best ROM on your T-Mobile Galaxy S2 SGH-T989?
Certainly, if you are looking for the best TouchWiz-based ROM with WiFi-calling support, the Jedi Mind Trick ROM is definitely the one. The latest version 4 is better than ever, polished with a new Jedi kernel that allows you to overclock up to 1.836Ghz (if you want to although the ROM itself is fast out of the box).
For music, Jedi Mind Trick ships with Sony Walkman for music app and Beats Audio for tuning your headphones/speakers.
Other notable features include Sony Bravia Engine 2 (for better-qual
For this week’s ROM of the week, check out latest Biftor ROM version 8. Better than ever, latest Biftor ROM brings you additional tweaks/customization with its Biftor ROM Control along with many cool features like auto call-recording, multi-window enabled for all apps, rotatable TouchWiz launcher, lockscreen torch, multiple lockscreens, and a whole lot more.
Also latest version ships with Sony Bravia Engine from Xperia Z for better-quality images.
Certainly, Biftor ROM is one of my favorites when it comes to having the latest TouchWiz with multi-window on top of
For this week’s ROM of the week, check out the latest version of JellyBAM ROM. As we saw about a month ago on version 7, JellyBAM has been steadily improving with more added features and stability.
Some notable features include completely redesigned HoloBAM, whic allows you to enjoy full inverted GMail, Play Store, Google Talk, and YouTube at the touch of a button. There’s many custom ROMs that actually ship with inverted apps but this one you can have the best of bo
For those of you who like AOKP ROM but you want some extra “umph” for your audio devices such as headphones and external speakers, check out Awesome Audio AOKP ROM.
Nearly identical to the latest AOKP ROM MR1 Milestone 1, the Awesome Audio AOKP ROM adds audio features like AC!D SoundMOD, Awesome Beats, Dolby Mobile, and Noozxoide EIZO rewire apps.
For music player, the ROM also comes with Walkman app.
If this sounds like something you are looking for, definitely give it a try today and let me know what you think!
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For this week’s ROM of the week on the AT&T Galaxy S2 SGH-i777, check out PACMan ROM v21.1.0. A ported version to the SGH-i777, PACMan ROM brings you the best of Android 4.2.2 plus customization offered by custom ROMs like AOKP, CM10.1, and ParanoidAndroid.
Inside PACMan ROM, you will find full AOKP ROM Control, ParanoidAndroid Hybrid settings to allow you to fully customize your phone and run in tablet/hybrid mode to maximize your experience.
If you haven’t tried PACMan ROM but you want a good AOSP ROM (
For this week’s Galaxy S2 GT-i9100 ROM of the week, check out latest version of ThunderBolt ROM!
Based on Android 4.2.2, ThunderBolt ROM brings you the best of latest AOKP ROM Control, 4 different launchers, and more goodies like DSP Manager for headphone tweaks, flash player, Xperia keyboard, widgets, and gallery.
If you want to have the ability to get TouchWiz or Xperia launcher on top of AOKP ROM, this is definitely the ROM for you and the latest version seems very stable than ever.
Try it out this week(end) and do let me know what you think!
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One of my all-time favorite Jedi Mind Trick ROM by Ptmr3 (Follow Him On Twitter Here) is now back in Jelly Bean fashion! For those of you having trouble with the official Jelly Bean firmware, try the latest Jedi Mind Trick Jelly Bean ROM as it’s faster, more customization, and better.
UPDATE: Jedi Mind Trick V4 is out, CLICK HERE to see! UPDATE: 4/16/2013 – Jedi Mind Trick ROM updated with v2.1, n
For this week’s ROM of the week, check out the latest AOKP MR1 Milestone 1 ROM for your Galaxy S2.
Available for international GT-i9100, GT-i9100G, T-Mobile SGH-T989, and AT&T SGH-i777 (ported version), AOKP MR1 Milestone 1 marks a milestone as its version name suggest.
Inside the latest version you will find revamped Power menu and additional “custom” toggle you can add that allows you to add up to 4 shortcuts (plus 4 long-presses) within a single toggle.
Other than that, this version “Milestone 1″ gives it the first stable An
For those of you who want to try out the latest official Jelly Bean Firmware for your T-Mobile Galaxy S2 SGH-T989, you don’t have to unroot, which will force you to root your phone again.
Instead, there’s a CWM flashable zip file, this is completely stock firmware with root added and you won’t lose your custom recovery as it’s packaged just like a regular, custom ROM.
You can grab it here:
T-Mobile just pushed out official Jelly Bean update to everyone with a T-Mobile Galaxy S2 SGH-T989.
Now, if you are on custom ROM or have problems updating, there’s an easy way to manually update or “unroot” your T-Mobile GS2 to the latest Jelly Bean updates.
By unrooting to the latest Jelly Bean, you will lose root (but it’s easy to re-root, root method is same for Gingerbread, ICS, and Jelly Bean).
UPDATE: Now there’s a CWM-flashabl
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