The QWERTY keypad equipped Samsung Captivate Glide gets rooted! The root method comes in from XDA-Developers forum member CarpeNoctem along with lambgx02 who provided the Carrier IQ free kernel (by Rogers) and the insecure kernel and the Rogers rooted ROM, and ardatdat who provided the rooted ROM and the overclocked kernel. The root will work for both the AT&T Captivate Glide and for Rogers as well.
However, if you’re on Rogers, your kernel is already CarrierIQ Free, in which case you will not have to flash the CarrierIQ free kernel on way to rooting your device. So how can you root your Captivate Glide?
Disclaimer: Please follow this guide at your own risk. AddictiveTips will not be liable if your device gets damaged or bricked during the process.
Requirements:
- Samsung USB drivers installed. Download USB drivers for 32 bit Windows | 64 bit Windows.
- ODIN installed on your system.
- CarrierIQ FREE kernel (zip file) or the OC’d version of it. (Not for Rogers.)
- Rooted ROM (AT&T based ROM).
- Rogers rooted ROM. (Unzip with WinRAR not 7zip.)
Instructions:
- To begin, put your phone into download mode (Turn off the phone, press volume UP and keeping the button pressed, press the power button. A screen should ask you if you want to continue – press volume up to confirm) and launch ODIN.
- If you’re on AT&T hit the PDA button select the .tar kernel extracted from the CarrierIQ free kernel zip file or the OC’d version of it.
- Connect the device to the PC and once detected in ODIN, hit the Start button.
- Once the phone reboots, put it in download mode again. If the flashing failed, try flashing this insecure kernel.
- Now it’s time to flash the rooted AT&T or Rogers ROM depending on your carrier of course. Run ODIN and hit the PDA button selecting the .tar ROM once extracted.
- Hit the Start button and let the ROM flash.
- Now after the phone has rebooted, run the Market and make sure you have the latest version of Superuser installed and that su is updated.
That’s it! Your captivate guide should be permanently rooted now. For updates and queries, head over to the forum thread at XDA-Developers.
