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While this method is meant for the Samsung Captivate it can also be used for all Galaxy S devices like the Vibrant and Fascinate. The Captivate is an older Android phone but still very popular. The Samsung Captivate is an AT&T phone but also easily SIM unlocked to work on other carriers like T-Mobile. The first step is to root the device and here it is.

Samsung Captivate Root Instructions:

  1. Download SuperOneClick and Extract it to your PC (Download Link)
  2. Put you Captivate in USB Debugging Mode (Settings -> Applications -> Development)
  3. Plug your Captivate into your PC via USB
  4. Open SuperOneClick (wherever you just extracted it)
  5. Click the “Root” button
  6. When asking if you want BusyBox say Yes
  7. When completed unplug your Phone and Reboot it
  8. Congrats you now have root access on your Captivate!

If you want to test your Super User rights download Titanium Backup or any other app that requires root access and open it. You should get a superuser access window to accept and your good to go. As always follow these instructions at your own risk we are not responsible for its use.

The T-Mobile G2x is one of T-Mobiles the more popular Android Phones of 2011 which they have had issues with of late. Many of its users are having issues that can be taken care of by simply rooting the phones and cleaning them up. If you are one of those that own and want to root your T-Mobile G2x we have the method below.

Root Instructions:

  1. Download the latest SuperOneClick.zip file to your Windows computer (download link)
  2. Extract the files from the .zip file into a new folder on your PC.
  3. turn on USB debugging (Settings -> Applications -> Development- > click USB Debugging)
  4. Plug your phone in to your PC via USB
  5. Open the folder with SuperOneClick and double click “SuperOneClick.exe”.
  6. Allow the process to run and enjoy being rooted.

We have not rooted the T-Mobile G2x’s ourselves but have seen many other users saying that this root method works. We are however not responsible for your use of this information and have to tell you that you assume all risks of following the steps above.

 

SuperOneClick by far supports the most phones of any other root method available at this point.  While it may not be the best meted for your phone it probably supports it.  SuperOneClick was developed by shortfuse.org and supports over 25 phones including most HTC, Motorola, Samsung and Sony Android Phones.

Operating systems that SuperOneClick Currently Supports are:
Windows Vista, Windows 7, Ubuntu Hardy (8.04 LTS), Ubuntu Jaunty (9.04), Ubuntu Karmic (9.10), Ubuntu Lucid (10.04 LTS), Ubuntu Maverick (10.10), Debian Lenny (5.0), Debian Squeeze (testing), Debian Sid (unstable), Debian Experimental.

Please take note that if you are running Microsoft Windows XP, install .NET Framework v2.0 or above, and if you run a Mac or another Linux flavor, make sure you install Mono

The current compatable and tested phones are:
Acer Liquid Metal, Dell Streak, HTC Magic (Sapphire) 32B, 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 (GT-I5510), Samsung Galaxy Portal/Spica I5700, Samsung Galaxy S 4G, Samsung Galaxy S I9000, Samsung Galaxy S SCH-I500, Samsung Infuse 4G, Samsung Galaxy Tab, Samsung Transform M920, Samsung Vibrant, Sony Ericsson Xperia E51i X8, Sony Ericsson Xperia X10, Sprint Hero, Telus Fascinate, Toshiba Folio 100.  Keep in mind that just because the phone is not in this list does not mean that it doesn’t work just that it hasn’t been confirmed as working.

Root Instructions using SuperOneClick:

  1. Download the latest SuperOneClick.zip file to your Windows computer (download link)
  2. Extract the files from the .zip file into a new folder on your PC.
  3. turn on USB debugging (Settings -> Applications -> Development- > click USB Debugging)
  4. Plug your phone in to your PC via USB
  5. Make sure your SD card is unmounted (we recommend taking it out)
  6. Open the folder with SuperOneClick and double click “SuperOneClick.exe”.
  7. Allow the process to run and enjoy being rooted.

We have rooted many devices ourselves and have seen many other users saying that this root method works.  We are however not responsible for your use of this information and have to tell you that you assume all risks of following the steps above.