Wednesday 11 January 2012

[How To] Root T-Mobile Samsung Gravity Smart

Samsung Gravity Smart is a mid-tier T-mobile specific Android phone that comes with Android 2.2 Froyo on board. The phone wasn’t able to score a huge user base, but still it is one of the most recommended Android device for text savvy users. Like other Android phones, root privileges on Samsung Gravity Smart can be gained via many single click rooting tools available today. We did a little research on this and the easiest method to root this phone is through the famous Super One Click root utility. For those who don’t know, rooting your device enables you to gain complete admin access of your phone and is essentially required to remove bloatware, install ROMs and flash custom kernels. You can refer to this post to get a better understanding of rooting pros and cons.

Here is the step by step guide to root Samsung Gravity Smart using Super One Click:
  1. The first step is to download Samsung Android drivers for your phone from here and install them on your PC.
  2. Once done, download the latest Super One Click rooting package from official XDA thread here and unpack archive contents on your desktop.
  3. Now enable USB debugging on your phone. You can do this by going to Settings > Applications > Development and checkmark USB Debugging.
  4. After this connect your phone to the computer via USB Cable.
  5. Wait for the system to identify your device and install additional drivers if needed. Please note that you need to connect your phone in “Charge Only” mode.
  6. Now double click to launch SuperOneClick.exe present on your desktop.
  7. On the application interface, click on root.
  8. Wait for the rooting procedure to complete and reboot your device.
  9. Once your device reboots, download root checker app from Market to see if you have successfully acquired root privileges on your phone.
And there you go! You now have root on your Samsung Gravity Smart. You are now all set to remove unwanted 1st party apps from T-Mobile using Titanium Backup and also flash custom recovery or ROM as per your pleasure. In case you need more assistance, please watch the comprehensive video guide posted below:

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