How to root T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II t989

Nowadays, when a new high-end smartphone is to be released, the most discussed thing on the phone should be most of the pre-installed useless and unwanted software on the handsets, and the size of those software are often very large, they take large amount of phone memory, so we called them bloatware. Now almost all phones have bloatware, so does the T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II t989. When you bought this phone, you are a victim of bloatware, but things are not so serious, the bloatware just share the memory, and some of them can also take up CPU, they make you phone run slower than it should be.


So, can you uninstall the preload applications from the T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II, yes, but you have to gain the administer authority of your phone and then you can access to see the uninstall program to delete them from your T-Mobile Samsung T989. The only way to have the administer authority is to root your phone, most phone users are afraid of rooting their device, but as long as the method is correct, it is safe to root your T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy II. If you need the method, here you can find it.


T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II root method:


The following things are needed:
1. ODIN V1.8.4 or greater. (search it on the Goolge)
2. The correct USB drivers for windows
3. This file CWR ODIN for T-989 here
4. Superuser.apk and su from here
5. SDCARD installed for CWR
6. Guts/balls


Then take the following steps:
1. Make sure windows recognizes your phone in ODIN.
—- adb reboot download
-or- Turn phone of, and hold both Vol up + Vol down, and plug the USB cable in.
2. Select the PDA button and browse to the recovery-cwm-hercules.tar
3. Select Start
4. It should flash the file to Recovery and reboot the phone.
5. After it has rebooted, mount USB storage and copy the Superuser zip to the sdcard
6 Reboot into recovery
— adb reboot recovery
-or- Power off phone, unplug USB, Hold Both Vol up + Vol down and Hit power
7. Select Install zip from sdcard, choose the superuser zip and let it finish.
8. Reboot!


Note:This method installs CWR onto your T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II. Once you boot into recovery mode you can flash files, files that include root! The file doesn’t mess with boot, so there should be no bricks from flashing this file.


I am not responsible if you got your T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II bricked, do it on your own risk. If you encounter any problem, you may be able to find some solutions from the source link.

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T-Mobile Samsung galaxy II free theme download

Here you can find some nice free themes for your T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II smartphone, some of them work on CWM and others work on both EagleBlood and Stock, while you have to flash your phone first in order to get permission to use these themes.


I gave many useful tips and tricks about using your phone here, If you want to try the theme on your Samsung Galaxy S II, you can find the root tutorial for your phone here. And then you can download some nice themes through the following links.


The following two themes are for CWM:


http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1315842


http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1312388


these two themes work on EagleBlood and Stock：


http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1315959


http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1314680


Just go ahead to the correct place, you can find how to install the themes on your T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II there.

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How to unroot T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II t989

Any T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II t989 user who has lost his curiosity of administrative authority wants to flash the rooted phone back to stock ROM, as in the following days there will be this or that software updates, the most important firmware update in the future is the Ice Cream Sandwich. We know all Samsung Galaxy S II phone would receive the update someday.


Thaks to bubby323 who is a developer on the XDA gave us a full tutorial about unrooting the T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II to factory default, this is not simply a hard reset. Then just keep reading the following steps, that will help you get your phone back to stock android 2.3.4 ROM.


How to flash T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II to andoid 2.3.4:


1. download the latest Samsung Kies, Odin3-vl.85.zip and StockRecovery.tar
2. install Samsung Kies and restart your computer for proper driver installation.
3. extract Odin to a new folder on your Desktop. Leave the tar in the form it is, then open up Odin by double clicking the .exe in the folder you extracted it to.
4. turn off your phone completely, then hold the volume up/down and power button all at the same time for a while untill you phone get into Download/ODIN mode so your computer will recognize it and be able to flash to it.
5. Now ODIN should have recognized your device ( it may take a while for the drivers to complete installation so don’t panic the first time).
6. click on the PDA button and then search for the SGH-T989-Stock-Recovery.tar.
7. If everyting goes fine, then just hit the Start button.
8. Just turn your phone off all the way and boot into recovery by holding down vol up and vol down, pressing power until it vibrates, and letting go of power but at the same time keeping the vol buttons down.
9. If all has gone well at this point the flash should be proven successful and your T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II should reboot normally.

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Wi-Fi calling for T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II t989

Today I want to share a great news to all T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II t989 users, Wi-Fi calling feature is coming to your cellphone soon. As you know, T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4G and HTC Amaze have got Wi-Fi calling feature, many Samsung t989 users have looked forward to this feature since they bought it, now T-Mobile is testing Wi-Fi calling, we believe this feature is coming soon.

If Samsung Galaxy S II t989 supports wifi calling it would be easy to get it going on this phone. When the Wi-Fi Calling feature is enabled, your phone will display the Wi-Fi Calling icon on the status bar. When you see the icon, your phone is ready to make calls and send messages over the Wi-Fi network.

How to set Wi-Fi calling on T-mobile Samsung Galaxy S II t989:

-From any Home screen, touch the Applications icon.

-Touch Wi-Fi Calling.

-Touch View Tutorial, if desired.

-At the bottom of the screen, touch the On/Off icon to turn Wi-Fi Calling on or off.

When Wi-Fi calling is available on Samsung Galaxy S II t989, you can do steps above on your cellphone to set Wi-Fi calling.

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DROID RAZR MAXX All But Confirmed for January 26 Launch According to Verizon

One of our readers noticed over the weekend that Motorola’s landing page for the DROID RAZR MAXX had anavailability date of January 26. Once we posted it, the news quickly spread and Moto realized that they jumped the gun with it, almost instantly switching it to “available soon.” It looks now like Moto was indeed right, as Verizon is expecting the “all channel” launch to take place on that very same day, January 26.

We were big fans of the RAZR MAXX after getting our hands on it at CES last week, even calling it our top phone of the event. When it hits stores next Thursday, you can gobble it up for $299 on contract.

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Sony Ericsson Xperia Pro price drops to Rs. 19999

Sony Ericsson Xperia Pro has seen a price drop in India, which is now available for Rs. 19,999. The Xperia Pro is a QWERTY slider phone which was unveiled at MWC 2011 earlier this year and Sony Ericsson launched the Xperia Pro in India last October for Rs. 24,000. It features a 3.7 inch (854 x 480 Pixels) touchscreen display and full slide out QWERTY keypad. It packs a 8.1 MP camera with LED Flash and secondary VGA camera on the back.
It runs on Android v2.3 (Gingerbread) OS, and Sony Ericsson has already announced the Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) update for the device that would roll out starting April end.
It is powered by 1 GHz processor and has 512 MB RAM, 32GB expandable memory, 3G HSDPA 7.2 Mbps, WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth and 1500 mAh battery.
The Sony Ericsson Xperia Pro is now available from Letsbuy for Rs. 19,999 and from Flipkart at Rs. 20,030.

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DROID 2 Global 4.5.608 Full SBF Released

The 4.5.608 SBF for the DROID 2 Global has been released for those of you that may need a safety blanket of sorts. Should you do something horrible to your phone while tinkering, this file if flashed in RSD Lite can save you. Get it now.

Download:  VRZ_A956_4.5.608_1FF_01.sbf.zip

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Beast Mod ROM for Rooted T-Mobile Galaxy S2! Great Battery Life

Looking for a ROM that gives you a TON of battery life on your T-Mobile Galaxy S2 SGH-T989 series?

Try the BeastMod ROM, which has gotten me a good 2 days of battery life, much better over stock.

Download ROM here:
Donate to developer and full specs here.

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Juggernaut ROM for Rooted T-Mobile Galaxy S2! [SGH-T989]

Here’s a quick overview of the Juggernaut ROM for rooted T-Mobile Galaxy S2 users out there, this ROM comes with 13 quick toggles, 4 lock screens, swipe to remove notifications like Palm Pre WebOS, and other optimizations for better performance and battery life.

This is probably one of the most popular ROMs for the SGH-T989 model so try it out and let me know what you think!

Credits and Donate to ROM Developer Here

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Paradox ROM for Rooted T-Mobile Galaxy S2! [SGH-T989]

If you are looking for a fast ROM with good battery life, here’s Paradox ROM you can try out for the T-Mobile Galaxy S2 SGH-T989.  Although Paradox ROM supports overclocking, it feels super-fast even at default 1.5Ghz speeds, I think this is one of the fastest ROMs without overclocking.  Which means you can get great battery life and performance.

I will have an update on this ROM in the near future but in the meanwhile try out this ROM and let me know how it works for you.

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Bombaridier ROM for Rooted T-Mobile Galaxy S2! [SGH-T989]

Hello,
I am TricH, have been a developer here on xda since February and have loved making roms for the community. I started on the Samsung Vibrant, then want the the Mytouch 4G, Sensation, and am now on the T-Mobile Galaxy S II. I am proud to be here. I love the community here on xda. I hope this rom can let you guys get to know me more.

Click HERE for screenshots

This Monster Includes:

ANNOUNCEMENT: I am rejoining Melvin back to ADT!

• Based on T-Mobile KID Stock Base
• Synergy Kernel Version 0.06
• Accurate Battery Mod
• An Absolute Speed Demon!
• Lots on init.d tweaks
• Lots of build.prop tweaks
• Advanced Power Menu
• CRT Animation
• Android green overscroll
• For a themed Gingerbread Keyboard go to addons section
• Hold on a setting in notification bar and it will take you to settings
• ZERO Lag
• Fastest rom available (ask the users)
• Fantastic battery life
• Fastest rom out there right now
• Smooth
• More pure speed
• Better Data Speeds
• DeBloated!
• Superuser 3.0
• ICS Market
• Samsung Email
• Gorgeous AOSP Theme!
• Kept the things from Touchwiz people like
• Google Maps moved to Data/App for removal
• Launcher2 added to Data/App for removel
• AOSP Browser
• Flash and you will see!

IF ANYTHING GOES WRONG IT IS BY NO MEANS MY FAULT!

Flashing Instructions

• Download Rom
• Place on SD Card
• Reboot into recovery
• Factory Reset
• Flash Bombaridier
• Wipe dalvic cache
• Fix Permissions
• Reboot
• Enjoy!

Dont Report ANY Issues unless you have followed all the directions posted above!


For a themed Gingerbread Keyboard look in the addons section

Download from Multiupload

Click HERE for download

MD5 SUM: 28ABE4FDA301896AB0732899D929C8FB

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T-Mobile unveils Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G, Galaxy Attain 4G coming to MetroPCS for $199

Samsung and T-Mobile has unveiled the Galaxy S Blaze 4G that would offer upto 42 Mbps data speeds on HSPA+. It would come with Qualcomm Snapdragon S3 processor with 1.5 GHz dual core CPU,  Super AMOLED touch screen display and pre-loaded entertainment apps. Samsung Galaxy  Attain 4G is a mid range phone that would be available for MetroPCS. It features a 3.5-inch display, 1GHz processor and runs Android 2.3 (Gingerbread).

It would also come with  3MP rear camera with LED flash, a 1.3MP front-facing camera . It also has MetroSTUDIO with multimedia content, including Video On Demand, providing instant access to the latest TV shows, news, sports and entertainment for $60 plan. They have also added Disney/ABC Television Group and ESPN to MetroSTUDIO.

The Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G is expected to be available later this year on T-Mobile. The Galaxy Attain 4G will be available for $199 plus tax, after a $50 mail-in rebate from local MetroPCS store and online for a limited time.

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