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[HOW TO] Gain Permanent Root on Samsung Moment Without Official CL14 Update
WARNING! I HAVE POSTED THIS TUTORIAL IN HOPES OF HELPING PEOPLE TO ACHIEVE PERMANENT ROOT. NEITHER PPCGEEKS NOR I WILL BE HELD LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGE CAUSED TO YOUR PHONE.
A big thanks goes out to Zeife for making the custom kernels and making this all possible and to CarlaDarla for holding my hand when I first flashed the custom kernel. Without these two individuals this tutorial would have never have happened. If you have a new Moment or one that Sprint has already updated with the CL14 Maintenance update, you would be better off reading elephant007's How To Guide here. There are a couple of ways to root your Moment. One is done via a connection to a PC and is temporary, which means when you restart your Moment, you will lose root access. The second method, and the one that is outlined below, is the one that I recommend. That is because with the method below, once you are rooted, you will remain rooted even after restarting your phone. If done correctly, you should not lose any personal information or need to reinstall any apps. The custom kernel is also faster than what is currently on your Moment. I have seen a drastic increase in speed when opening apps and switching home screens within Open Home 4.4. Below is a link to the latest version of the custom kernel, for users who have not yet had their Moment updated with the official CL14 update. To see if you already have the CL14 update installed, go to Settings -> About phone and look under "Baseband version." If "CL14" is listed anywhere in the line, and you did not install the CL14 customized update from Zeife, download the Patched version of the kernel listed. I have posted below the latest versions of the kernels, as of 02/25/2010, mirrored on my personal web server. If you would like to check to see if Zeife has released a new version, here is the forum that he posts his releases at and here is a link to his MegaUpload directory. SPH-M900_ZE12.1_KERN.tar.7z - ONLY FOR MOMENT USERS WITHOUT THE OFFICIAL CL14 UPDATE!! Currently you must use a Windows PC to flash the Moment. It is recommended that you do it on a Windows XP system if you have one available. Windows Vista and Windows 7 can be used (I made this tutorial on Windows Business) but you may have issues and could be required to restart the process from the beginning, if it fails. Software that you will need to flash the custom kernel are listed below. Install them in the order that they appear to ensure that you do not get errors when flashing.
Unzip Odin.7z and the custom kernel to your desktop using either 7Zip (free) or WinRar (trial). Now get ready because you are almost there!
Once you have downloaded and installed the terminal emulator (from here out I will refer to it as TE) you can start the app. Then type the following commands, without the apostrophes ('), if you so choose to rid yourself of Sprint's bloatware:
You are now in read/write mode in the apps directory, which means that you can get rid of the Sprint apps and clean up your phone. To backup a file before you remove it, you can type the following (again without the apostrophes):
When you are done removing apps that you no longer want, you must type the following, (again without the apostrophes):
* Note: You should always remount the system to read-only when you are done. To make all changes permanent you must reboot your phone. You can also do that from with BTE by typing the following (again without the apostrophes):
amazonmp3_1.4_standard_signed.apk - Amazon store to buy music (I removed it) Bejeweled.apk - Bejeweled demo (I removed it so that I could install the full version) com.handson.h2o.nfl.apk - Sprint NFL (I didn't have it) Email.apk - email client (I left it) nascar09_prod.apk - Sprint Nascar (I removed it) SprintTVWidget.apk - Sprint TV Widget (I removed it) Sprint_App_Updater.apk - Sprint's updater for their apps and who knows what else (I removed it) VSuiteApp.apk - Voice Control (I removed it) Weather.apk - Weather Channel (I removed it) You can also type 'ls' (without the apostrophes) in the TE when you are in the /system/apps directory and get a list of all apps there. I actually ran into a slightly different name for Sprint TV and after listing the contents of the directory I knew the name so that I could go ahead and remove it. For a complete list of root commands, the steps to hard reset your phone and more, check the FAQ in post #2. Good luck and happy rooting!
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