How to root Samsung Galaxy S II

Samsung is the leading player in the global mobile market. In the smart phone sector the company is the number one player competing with iPhone, BlackBerry and other Android players in the market. Samsung also sells smart phones based on its proprietary OS named Bada. Today we will discuss how to root Samsung Galaxy S II. The Samsung Galaxy S II (GT-I9100) is a smart phone running under the Android OS. It is the second version of Samsung Galaxy S, with a different look and significantly improved hardware. The Galaxy S II is one of the slimmest smart phones with a thickness of 8.49 mm. The Galaxy S II includes a 1.2 GHz dual core Exynos system on a chip (SoC) processor, 1 GB of RAM, a 10.8 cm (4.3 in) WVGA Super AMOLED Plus screen display and an 8 megapixel camera with flash and full 1080p high definition video recording. The phone is one of the first devices to offer a Mobile high definition link (MHL), which allows uncompressed video output of up to 1080p to an MHL enabled TV or to an MHL to HDMI adapter. It also supports USB On-The-Go (USB OTG). Before we start, DISCLAIMER: Rooting may void the device’s warranty and the below mentioned method may be a bit risky and we are not responsible if the device is damaged or you lose data, therefore it is advisable to please proceed at your own risk. Make sure that the battery is fully charged, because if the battery drains totally during the rooting process, bricking may happen. Also make sure to create a backup of the device data such as SMS, internet settings, contacts and other media files in order to get data back in case of problems. Step 1: Download Samsung Kies and install it. Samsung Kies is a software application which is used to communicate between Samsung devices. The software can be downloaded from the Samsung Global Download Center or the individual phone support pages. Step 2: Turn off your phone. Step 3: While the phone is off, hold down the Volume Up and Volume Down buttons at the same time and plug in your phone via USB cable to make the device automatically boot into download mode. Once the drivers are installed and your device is recognized properly by the computer, completely close the KIES tool. Step 4: Download Odin and open it. Odin v1.8.5 Step 5. Now download the recovery file and save that to your computer. Step 6: With the device plugged in and Odin open, click on the PDA button in Odin and select the Recovery file you just downloaded. Step 7: Select Start and this should flash the recovery to the device and reboot it. Step 8: Once the device reboots, mount the USB storage so we can transfer files to it. Step 9: Download the Superuser zip file and save it to your computer. Step 10: Copy the Superuser .zip file to the root of the phone’s sd card Step 11: Once it is copied to the device, unplug the device from the computer and turn it off. Step 12: Turn the device back on by simultaneously holding volume up, volume down button, and the power button. Release the power button once the device vibrates but continue to hold the volume buttons until the recovery screen comes up. Step 13: After the recovery screen comes up, you can use the volume up and down buttons to scroll down to install zip from sd and then select the superuser .zip file, which was downloaded in step 10. Step 14: Once it flashes, select go back, then reboot system now. You should now see the super-user icon in your device’s app drawer. Your  Samsung Galaxy S II device is now rooted. Please contact us in case of any difficulties, we will try to address your problems.