How To: Root the Samsung Vibrant / Captivate
August 2, 2010 in Android How To's, Featured, How To's, Samsung Captivate How To's, Samsung Vibrant How To's, Video
I. Before You Begin
1. Download and install Microsoft .Net 4 Framework.
2. Download and install the Samsung Drivers.
II. Root the Phone
1. On the phone, hit Menu then go to Settings > Applications > Development and make sure USB Debugging is checked ON.
2. Download the One Click Rooting program for your specific phone and extract it to somewhere on your computer.
Samsung Captivate One Click Root
Samsung Vibrant One Click Root
3. Connect the phone via USB cable to your computer.
4. Right click the AT&T Captivate One Click Root.exe/T-Mobile Vibrant One-Click Root.exe file and select Run As Administrator
5. A command prompt window will appear, simply follow the instructions in the command prompt and you’re all set.
III. (Optional) Load a Custom ROM
1. Head over to our How To Load a Custom ROM on the Samsung Vibrant/Captivate procedure.
Big thanks to TGA_Gunnman for his one click rooting program!
Mark Johnston said on June 12, 2011
Okay I have tried this method including manually, I have done another captivate but this one purchased 4 days ago will not root. The error it gives “signature verification failed install aborted. Please help not sure whats going on.
Mark
Thickanatomy said on July 7, 2011
Cool, I’m now rooted….whateva that “REALLY” means. Now on to loading ROM’s. Thanks so much for this easy step by step tutorial.
2wrwells2 said on July 12, 2011
Everything worked as documented until I selected to re-install packages and push power button. I received a line:
— Install from sdcard….
Finding update package…
Opening update package…
E. signature verification failed
Installation aborted.
Please advise……..
I’ve tried this process with sdcard and with sdcard unmounted. Also, I’ve tried by removing sdcard from phone completely still same error.
2wrwells2 said on July 12, 2011
Samsung Captivate 2.2 Froyo
Anonymous said on July 31, 2011
Search for SuperOneClick 2.0 Beta 1
Paul Gonzalez said on July 12, 2011
i just used z4 root app v1.3.0 and it got me rooted. might wanna try it if this isnt working for you
Jason Baker said on July 14, 2011
Just used this method on my Samsung Vibrant and it worked fine! First time rooting anything, thanks for the guide.
Chamelio_sal said on July 25, 2011
help it says E: signature verification failed
Anonymous said on July 31, 2011
Search for: SuperOneClick 2.0 Beta 1
Mark Baucom said on August 4, 2011
mine says unhandled exception when i do the one click root
Mark Baucom said on August 4, 2011
and it doesnt run the command prompt
floyd said on August 18, 2011
If I root my captieate will it make the battery last longer. And let me make the ringer lot louder cause this ringer suck please some one let me no!!!!! My email is love2havefun6971@yahoo.com
Sandra said on August 19, 2011
HELP!!! I had everything going great, i clicked on the one click root, and got
“X unhandled exception has occured on your app. If you click continue the app will ignore this error and attempt to continue. If you click Quit the app will close immediately. The system cannot find the file specified…. ”
What do I do?
Yunach95 said on September 24, 2011
i did everything but i keep getting a message “unhandled exception has occured in your application. < does anybody know what i did wrong?
mcc said on October 4, 2011
samsung drivers take 45 minutes to intall…. might be one click but is very frustrating anyway
Chris Bruno said on October 14, 2011
in the recovery menu i click reinstall packages like it says and i get ( E signature verification failed Installation aborted) what went wrong
Pat Perdue said on October 23, 2011
I don’t have a “reinstall packages” option on my Galaxy S. Here’s what I have:
reboot system now: apply sdcard:update:zip: wipe data/factory reset: wipe cache partition: format internal sd-dard
Should I choose any of these?
Thanks…pat
Timdbobo said on November 2, 2011
I installed the .net package, and the usb drivers for the samsung, when I plug in the phone it shows on the phone that it is connected but the computer doesn’t pop up anything like the video shows. I tried to run the one click root and nothing happened on the phone, I assume because the usb thing didn’t pop up, what can I do to figure this out?
Vidas24 said on January 1, 2012
I have Telus Fascinate, aka T-Mobile Vibrant. Firmware version 2.3.3 ,Gingerbread. So it shows up Android system recovery and there is no option as reinstall packages,but apply updates instead…. any ideas? does this method even works for my phone? or there is another one?