How to Root Samsung Galaxy S Plus i9100
Samsung Galaxy S Plus i9100 has been a successful smartphone and if you are a fortunate owner of this phone, then you should consider rooting it to expand its functionality. Here’s a simple guide explaining how you can root your Samsung Galaxy S Plus i9100 smartphone.
I. Before You Begin:
1. The warranty of the phone will be voided once you root it. If you need it in future, then you can apply the stock firmware or unroot your phone.
2. Make sure your phone has enough battery life left so it can last through the rooting process.
II. Downloading Required Files:
1. Download the Rooting Package from here.
III. Rooting Galaxy S Plus i9100:
1. Place the downloaded Rooting Package file onto your Desktop.
2. Connect your phone to your PC using the USB cable.
3. Transfer the Rooting Package file to your phone’s SD card storage. Do NOT put it inside any folder, just leave it in the root folder.
4. After the file transfer is completed, just disconnect your phone from the PC.
5. Turn OFF your smartphone using the Power key.
6. Boot your phone into the recovery mode. You can do it by pressing and holding Volume UP+Power keys together.
7. When you see a box icon on your phone’s screen, immediately press the Menu key and you will enter the recovery mode.
8. From the options which appear in recovery menu, choose apply update from sdcard option.
9. Select the file you transferred earlier to your phone using the Home key. The rooting process will begin and take a few seconds to finish.
10. Once the rooting process is finished, choose reboot system now from the recovery menu.
Your phone will reboot and when it boots up, you will see that you have root access on it. If you want to unroot your phone for any reason, say to get back the warranty, then you can do so by following the steps given here.
If this procedure helped you to get the most out of your phone, then please head over to the official thread over at XDA forum to thank/donate to the original developer of this root method !
THANKS! Really thanks! This guide is perfect. 🙂
thz u Brooo
You are welcome adk !
all good until” Select the file you transferred earlier to your phone” blue menu shows only directories , there is no files, so i cannot apply the rooting process. confirmed NOT WORKING on glaxy s plus. Looking for a better tut.Nice try.
If you have put the Root file into the topmost folder of your SD card, you should see the option in the recovery to select the file for flashing.
this one works
http://androidadvices.com/root-unroot-samsung-galaxy-i9001-android-phone-tutorial/2/#.UEfdFKC1apU
need to leave zip (do not unpack it)
Hi.
Thank you very much for this information. It is easy and kick.
But the name is wrong, the Samsung Galaxy S Plus is GT-I9001, not 9100. =)
I did this but it isn’t working. I’ve rooted it a while ago, but it unrooted itself (no idea how). When I try to do it now, it just won’t root.
Hei….i have a little problem….at step 7 my phone keep starting as usual…what can i do?
It takes some time to learn the trick to get into Recovery Mode. Try doing the button combination a few more times, after some practice, you’ll be able to make it work.
Thanks!
Even for me, After step seven my device start as usual. tried many times
Hi Mahesh,
I have done rooting successfully on my s plus but it seems GAPPS is missing, thus I am unable to sync google play apps to my device. Any suggestion!
Thanks
do the apps reset after i root my phone? reply pls asap..