Comments on: Rooting Samsung Galaxy S2 with Latest Original KE8 Firmware & Kernel-Step by Step guide

By: gagan

gagan — Thu, 06 Sep 2012 16:34:43 +0000

Hi guys, Can anyone pls suggest of some one who can do this for me. A shop or person who can do this downgrade to 2.3 for me. Thz.

By: Samarth Kumar

Samarth Kumar — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 13:41:24 +0000

I’ve flashed my sgs2 with xwke8 firmware with the miui rom after rooting it with chainfire root kernel. I want to revert back to the stock rom. Can u plz. tell me how to do that and where can I find the stock rom based on this firmware? Thanks in advance for ur reply.

By: Eshan

Eshan — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 16:18:29 +0000

Updated the kernel to KE8 succesfully.. But my display has changed somehow.. I mean the colors look different.. i liked the old one better… What do i do..??

By: Karan Sharma

Karan Sharma — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 13:33:08 +0000

I did root my S2 but there is an update on KIES … and to update i need to unroot … how to do that? HOW TO UNROOT S2 KE8 to update

By: arya tavass

arya tavass — Sun, 21 Aug 2011 18:37:47 +0000

hello

excuse me I cant find root folder

where is it ????

root folder means the main SD card menu ???

please help

By: hanzosaburo

hanzosaburo — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 05:20:40 +0000

Yes it get stuck on zimage line.
You just need to unplug the phone from the usb, you will get errors messages of course.
Press and keep press the power button on the phone to get off.
Then start on your cellphone, wait for total boot up, go to applications and find CWM (start it and accept su rights), go to flash kernel, you will see the file, select it, choose flash and done. The cellphone will reboot.

By: toni

toni — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 21:07:06 +0000

HI im trying to flash SamsungGalaxyS2-KE8kernel-zImage.tar file, and the odin stuck on zimage
and near the webcam come hot, so a disconnected the usb odin say fail and i turn on my phone and boot normals with KE7
any idea to resolve my problem, im new in android

By: Mohit

Mohit — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 23:47:04 +0000

After flashing SamsungGalaxyS2-KE8kernel-zImage.tar file instead of CF-Root-SGS2_XW_XEU_KE7-v3.6-CWM3.tar. how you, go into CWM and select Flash Kernel, and select the zImage from KE8 kernel you previously put on your SD-card. The kernel will flash and the device will reboot.

By: henkie

henkie — Sun, 19 Jun 2011 10:21:34 +0000

I can´t get pas this point!
Odin v.3 engine (ID:3)..
File analysis..
SetupConnection..
Initialzation..
Get PIT for mapping..
Firmware update start..
zImage
Now if you say internal sd card, I suppose you just mean the phone´s memory right. Any idea why I can´t get passed this point. Is it because my phone is Dutch or something?

By: abhishek

abhishek — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 12:18:31 +0000

hi there manish…

thanks for your guide…

I got sgs2 two days back from technovision hyderabad
this phone already has KE8 firmware that means this is the latest update till now…correct me if i am wrong

PDA:XWKE8
PHONE: DDKE2
CSC:DDKE2

So i assume i dont need to flash it using above method.

But i need to root my device for custom roms
How can i root this sgs2 and which version i should use for SuperOneClick version 1.9.5 or 1.5.5 and which insecure kernal i should use
If you can provide a link to both of the above files and a quick tut that will be very nice of you

Thanks