Pellau Magazine: The Next Generation: How to ROOT A Samsung Galaxy Y

The Next Generation:

How to ROOT A Samsung Galaxy Y

The Samsung Galaxy Y is very popular in T&T, for around $600-$800 TT you can purchase one for a great Android experience!

Here is some basic info about the Galaxy Y:

*It has very fast 800 MHz processor which is enough to make android faster. (Even Overclock to 1mhz)

* It comes with Android OS v2.3.5 Gingerbread, but you can root and update it to new version.

* It has 7.2 Mbps HSDPA which is good to browse internet. It also supports 3G.

***NOTE** Please note that features may vary from different versions of the Samsung Galaxy Y

Q:What is Rooting?

Rooting is the process to get into the root of android. Which means you can gain access to android coding and subsystems. You can install custom ROMs to rooted devices easily. After rooting you can customize your Android Smartphone as you want. It helps mobile user to update their system software’s to other versions.

***Note*** After rooting your device, you will lose the device warranty. But you can gain your warranty by unrooting it.

***NOTE*** Pellau Magazine & The Next Gen will not responsible for what you do with your device. So root Samsung galaxy Y at your own risk.

Q: But why should I ROOT my Samsung Galaxy Y?

A: Basically rooting your Android gives you FULL CONTROL of the device, in this case the Samsung Galaxy Y will be able to do almost anything, from overclocking the CPU to run games like GTA III, Flashing Custom ROMS like Creed or Ice Cream Sandwich, to being able to delete all the apps you Galaxy Y comes with and all the Bloatware Samsung gives you!

Things to do before starting rooting.

Go to settings > application > development > check USB debugging. Make sure that you have installed USB drivers for this device because if you have not any driver on a PC then you cannot run this process.
Close all the application which is running in the background
Make sure that your Samsung galaxy Y is fully charged .
Now download unzip.zip which is required to root samsung galaxy y . This is update for your phone which help you to root Samsung galaxy Y

Steps To Root Samsung galaxy Y

First connect your device to your personal computer and check that your Samsung Galaxy Y is properly connected to the PC.

Now just copy that update.zip file to root directory of your phone. Do not copy that file in any other folder just copy and paste it in the root folder. (You can Create a folder called Root and boot from there)

Now switch off your phone. After switching off your phone press (volume up key + power key + home key) together for a few seconds to get into recovery mode.

(This is how it should look,

please note we've already highlighted choose from SD card)

Now your device is in recovery mode which means you cannot use the screen to navigate so use volume keys to navigate and use home button as select

Now navigate to choose from SD card and select zip from SD card. Now navigate to update.zip and select it via home key.

It will start the process of rooting, it will take some time. After process will complete it will ask you to reboot, just reboot your Samsung galaxy y.

Your Samsung phone will be start automatically. Just try to find SuperSU app, if you find any app like this then your device is successfully rooted.

(SuperSU can be seen in the screen capture from MY Galaxy Y)
***Interface is the custom ROM "Creed v.3.5" which has ICS***

And there you go your Samsung Galaxy Y is now rooted!
You can now put custom ROMS as well as lots of other apps and games

Next week we will have a step by step guide to "Flash a custom ROM"

Link to download Root Zip: http://www.mediafire.com/?zl8fc06mhqftj0b

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