Has anyone rooted .... their phone?

[RedThorn]

another thought,

Try flash upgrading your firmware on the phone after doing a factory reset.. if that does not work perhaps find an older firmware version and flash downgrade your phone to free up system usage


Did you upgrade your os on the phone since buying it? perhaps that's where the additional memery has gone?

[green thing]

My phone started playing up got a very young person to look at it
He updated the phone firmware via google app store.
moved some of the bigger memory apps to the sd card.
internal phone memory is not that big.
Fitted 32gb Sd card.
Photo and video now stored on sd card
He recommended deleting search history and cookies and something else ?every few weeks
your phone will also logs everything you do on it every key you press,
Via google(if on android ) every time you get a app that stop working
It will ask you to wait report or force close.
Its unbelievable how long this log is and its all stored on the internal memory.

Apps like faceacke will also cause your phone to play up if you don't upgrade regularly

Some upgrade gives them access to your camera 24-7 and allows sockets
So if your sitting on the loo reading your text someone could be watching
Reading your private data or going through all your contacts .

Some apps also conflict with each other causing problems
Try removing the last app you installed?
Had huge problems with sound cloud until they fixed the bugs in the latest update.
Works fine now.
Had to remove it from my phone for a bit.
Also had a problem with the pre installed FM radio app couldn't answer any calls when it was on couldn't turn it off when it auto answered. So had the radio going when I was talking on the phone. Rubbish tried to remove the app phone stopped working.
So had to force it to close remove icon but its still on the phone.
Installed a free one from the app store and it works great.

People in the shop will just want to sell/give you a new one

You could also try putting it in a pot fill with soil then watering it
Don't think it will root or a lump hammer

[alldigging]

Have you?

Did it go well?

Did it "brick" ?


I have spent all afternoon ploughing through unintelligible techie jargon, trying to un-jam my phone, which is not accepting texts or apps, because the "internal memory is full". Except it isn't: there's hardly anything on it, no stored texts, only a dozen apps, no games, no videos, no nuffin.

I am very, very narked.

Sent texts?

I have hundreds. Don't think my old phone liked that.

[Buleste]

I rooted my Android phone and it allowed to use two wonderful products

SDMaid to help clean your phone from any unwanted files and also clean the databases (this can same lots of internal memory) and
ROMToolbox Pro This allows you to install any programme onto your SD card, Backup your ROM (so you can restore it should anything go wrong), speed up your SD card, and much, much, more.

And because you have a rooted phone you should also install ROM Manager

With these 3 apps you can clear your internal memory and uninstall some of the bloatware that the networks put on your phone which is not necessary and generally speed up your phone.

However after you first root your phone install ROM Manager first and backup your Phone just in case anything goes wrong and do so before you make any changes until you are comfortable playing round with your phones contents.

[Buleste]

Have you?

Did it go well?

Did it "brick" ?


I have spent all afternoon ploughing through unintelligible techie jargon, trying to un-jam my phone, which is not accepting texts or apps, because the "internal memory is full". Except it isn't: there's hardly anything on it, no stored texts, only a dozen apps, no games, no videos, no nuffin.

I am very, very narked.

Quickest way to sort this problem is if you have a SD card installed go to settings and Application management and look through each app and see if you can move to SD if so do that and it should free some internal memory (a lot of phones come with a pathetic amount of internal memory which is almost filled by the OS and the bloatware that network providers put on them).

[Two_Sheds]

info here also

Yep, I've found all the info. What I was after was personal recommendation (or not) from someone I know

Try flash upgrading your firmware

Nope, you lost me after "try"

He recommended deleting search history and cookies and something else ?every few weeks

Yes, I do that

every time you get a app that stop working

That's never happened

Apps like faceacke will also cause your phone to play up if you don't upgrade regularly

I don't use FB on the phone

Try removing the last app you installed?

I've removed lots of apps, most of them. I only have about a dozen now, all of them essential

Also had a problem with the pre installed FM radio app ...Installed a free one from the app store and it works great.

Ah, now that's interesting. My stock radio cuts out all the time, like if I walk under a tree or something, very annoying. I listen a lot.

People in the shop will just want to sell/give you a new one

That's why I'm looking online for answers. My last phone stopped working, the shop people had no clue what to do, they just gave me a new phone. I found the answer on forums: my problem is mainly not understand the jargon

You could also try putting it in a pot fill with soil then watering it

Yes, thought about that

I rooted my Android phone ...This allows you to install any programme onto your SD card, Backup your ROM (so you can restore it should anything go wrong), speed up your SD card, and much, much, more.

At last, someone sensible
Thanks, that's what I need to know

With these 3 apps you can clear your internal memory and uninstall some of the bloatware that the networks put on your phone which is not necessary

Not necessary, unwanted, and uses up all the darn memory so that I can't use the apps that I need to use. Most people would just upgrade to a bigger phone, but I can't afford the extra ££££

That's exactly what I need, thank you

However ... first and backup your Phone

I've copied all my photos from the SD card to my computer, and I've synced my calendar to the computer.

I don't know how to move my contacts list though, or Apps that are on the phone memory? I managed to export my contacts to the SD card (which didn't free ANY memory!), and then I put the SD card into the computer, but couldn't see my contacts list ... nothing, just music files.

Quickest way... look through each app and see if you can move to SD

I did that already: hardly anything will move to SD, certainly not enough to make any difference at all.

Yesterday I managed to clear 25MB of internal memory: this morning I got that bladdy "internal memory is full" message again.
I could chuck it, I really could.



Thanks for your help, everyone

[Alison]

Is it just me or is 99% of this not in English? It annoys me so much that to do something that is probably quite simple involves you having to spend hours learning a new language, why can't it be more intuitive? Sorry no help to the original query, I didn't even understand the question but am aware that I can't upload anymore apps to my phone (and I don't have many as most of the "brilliant apps" that I get told about look pretty pointless to me.

[Two_Sheds]

Is it just me or is 99% of this not in English?

I guess that's what phone people think when they read a gardening forum! I'm with you, I do not understand the language/jargon used: it's deliberate, so you don't know what you're doing, and are more willing to part with your cash to get someone else to fix it.

[Two_Sheds]

I can't upload anymore apps to my phone (and I don't have many as most of the "brilliant apps" that I get told about look pretty pointless to me.

I can't even receive texts any more, Alison. My phone memory is "full".

Annoyingly, the SD card is empty, but everything on the phone has to be stored on the phone memory, not the card. Unless I can root the phone, which will solve all my problems, and world hunger hopefully

[Alison]

.....and world hunger hopefully

Now that would be impressive

[Two_Sheds]

I have a chum with a Sammy Galaxy

Yeah, that's it. Samsung Galaxy Ace s5830. I read the blurb when I bought it: "The Galaxy Ace comes with a 150MB internal memory for storing information, downloads and files. This can be boosted by MicroSD memory cards", which is a lie, because the apps cannot be saved to memory card.

PLUS

from a forum: the "phone comes with Google Maps, GMail, Play and several other apps.... When you update these apps, the original remains on your system and the app is installed again on your internal memory, thus occupying more space because it is there twice"

helpful, that

[cardiffsteve]

How to Root the Samsung Galaxy Ace (S5830) - TheUnlockr

I'm assuming you looked at this webpage?
Looks straight forward

I. Before You Begin

1. Back up everything you feel is important.

2. Make sure you have your device charged to 75% or more before you begin.

II. Necessary Downloads universal_gb_root_v25.zip http://www.mediafire.com/?wndq6w4r90xk4dx

III. Rooting the Galaxy Ace

1. Connect your device to your PC in USB Mass Storage Mode and copy the universal_gb_root_v25.zip to your SD card.

2. Disconnect your device and shut it down.

3. Press and hold the Home button + Power button and let them once your device boots into recovery mode.

4. Use the Volume Up and Down keys to highlight to apply update from sdcard and press the home button to select it.

5. Locate and select universal_gb_root_v25.zip to flash the file.

6. Once you see the install from sdcard complete message, highlight and select reboot system now.

Your Galaxy Ace should be rooted once it reboots!

[Two_Sheds]

Steve, I'm stuck at "back up".


I can't work out how to save my contacts list to my computer.

After that, (and I may have to type 70 contacts in by hand) I'll be using this one: http://www.ninjaromeo.com/root-samsu...axy-ace-s5830/

[cardiffsteve]

how do I copy contacts on my Samsung?

copy contacts from SIM to Phone

from the homescreen tap Applications

tap Contacts

press the Menu key

tap Import/Export

select import from SIM

press the Menu key

tap Import all

copy contacts from Phone to SIM

from the homescreen tap Applications

tap Contacts

press the Menu key

tap Import/Export

select export to SIM card

press the Menu key

tap Import all

[cardiffsteve]

Once they're on Sim should be safe when you root phone.