Universal Gingerbread Root & Unroot 2.3.3 -> 2.3.7

...::Universal Gingerbread Root & Unroot 2.3.3 -> 2.3.7::..Credits to StoneBoyTony

Supported Modes:

GT-S5570, GT-S5570B, GT-S5570I, GT-S5570L, GT-S5571, GT-S5578 (Chinese Mini), GT-S5660, GT-S5660M, GT-S5660L, GT-S5660V,
SHW-M290K (Korean Gio), GT-S5670, GT-S5670B, GT-S5670L, GT-S5830, GT-S5830B, GT-S5830C, GT-S5830D, GT-S5830F(La Fleur),
GT-S5830i, GT-S5830L, GT-S5830M, GT-S5830T, GT-S5830V, GT-S5830Z, GT-S5839i, GT-S6802, GT-B5330, GT-B7510, GT-B7510B,
GT-B7510L, GT-B7800, GT-B5510, GT-B5510B, GT-B5510L, GT-B5512, GT-B5512B, GT-S6102, GT-S6102B, GT-S5300, GT-S5300B,
GT-S5302, GT-S5360, GT-S5360B, GT-S5360L, GT-S5360T, GT-S5363, GT-S5369, GT-S5690, GT-S5690i(new), GT-S5690L, GT-S5690M,
GT-S5690R(new), GT-I8150, GT-I8150B, GT-I5510, GT-I5510B, GT-I5510L, GT-I5510M, GT-I5510T, SCH-i509, SGH-T499, SGH-T499Y(new),
SGH-T499V(new), SGH-T499W(new), SGH-T589, SGH-T589R, SGH-T589W(new), SGH-I827, SGH-I837, SGH-I857.
DISCLAIMER: 
You will have sucessfully rooted Samsung phone only for the models that are mentioned above.
Any other phone model is incompatible at the present time.
Phone models like GT-S6500, GT-S7500, GT-I9000 have a diferent structure from diferent point of view.
Diferent certificate pass key to the signed zip files, diferent update binary in the zip file and so on.
If anything new comes out you will be informed untill then it is strictly on the models that are presented.

This is only for the people that they are using Gingerbread and can't root their phone with SuperOneClick.
You can root your phone with universal_gb_root_v2.5.zip file for your phone model. 

Question: How do I Root Gingerbread on my phone?
Answer:
- First enable Unknown sources on your phone (Settings -> Applications -> Unknown sources)
- Download the universal_gb_root_v2.5.zip file and put in your SD card.

* How do I transfer universal_gb_root_v2.5.zip on my SD card?
(You can tranfer the universal_gb_root_v2.5.zip to your phone via Wifi, Bluetooth, SD micro Adapter or USB cable.
To transfer it via USB cable you need first to download KIES from the offical Samsung Web Site.
after installing restart your PC so the USB drivers can be recognized properly.
.Enable USB debugging on your phone, Settings -> Applications -> Development -> USB debugging.
Plug in the USB cable and enable the connection on you mobile phone like the picture in the bottom.
After couple of seconds your SD card will be showed on your PC like Removable disk. Copy universal_gb_root_v2.5.zip to your SD card.)

- After transferring your file on your phone disable the USB by pressing,
"Disconnect storage from PC" after that remove the USB cable and turn off your phone "Power off".

Entering recovery mode on Samsung Galaxy: (Young CDMA SCH-i509 and Chinese Version CDMA SCH-i509)- Make shure you start the phone like this: Long press and hold the (Volume up Button) + (Power Button)




Entering recovery mode on Samsung Galaxy: (Gravity Smart SGH-T589/R/W ) (551 GT-i5510/B/L/M/T) (Pro GT-B7510)
- Make shure you start the phone like this : Long press and hold the (T Button) + (Power Button)


Entering recovery mode on Samsung Galaxy: (Ace GT-S5830/B/C/D/L/M/T) (Gio GT-S5660/M/L/V) (Fit GT-S5670/B/L)
(Mini GT-S5770/B/L, GT-S5771)
- Make shure you start the phone like this: Long press and hold the (Power Button) + (Home Button)


Entering recovery mode on Samsung Galaxy : (Ace GT-S5830i) (Mini GT-S5570I) (W GT-I8150/B)
(Xcover GT-S5690/I/M/L/R) (Young GT-S5360/B/L/T, GT-S5363, GT-S5369) (Y-Duos GT-S6102/B)
(Y-Pro GT-B5510/B/L) (Y-Pro Duos GT-B5512/B) (M-Pro GT-B7800) (Pocket GT-S5300/B)
- Make shure you start the phone like this:
Method 1: Long press and hold the (Volume up Button) + (Home Button) + (Power button)
* If for some reason with Method 1 the phone reboot always when entering recovery mode (depends on the models) please use the Method 2 option
Method 2: Long press and hold the (Volume up Button) + (Home Button) + (Power button) when you see the samsung logo for the second time release (Home Button) and press again the (Home Button) and after that release the (Power button)

                      
       

- After couple of seconds you will see your phone booting in recovery mode
- Move in the menu with the Volume - Volume + to scroll up and down and choose "apply update from sdcard" with the Home button and choose theuniversal_gb_root_v2.5.zip and press once again the Home button to apply it.

- You will see a message "Install form sdcard complete".
- Then press on the "reboot system now"
- When you open SuperSU it will ask you to upgrade the SU binary just press continue your phone will reboot once and you are done!

*From SuperSU v0.95 your phone might reboot twice this is a normal thing as SuperSU application is setting the permission for the SU binary automatically.


Download link for Universal Gingerbread Root (by StoneBoyTony) : universal_gb_root_v25.zip

What's new in this version:
- SuperSU Application v0.95 (new)
- SuperSU binary v0.93
- Root Validator
- BusyBox binary v1.20.2
- New signed release key of the zip files for better compatibility on the phone models (new)
IMPORTANT: Root and Unroot method is designed to work in recovery mode on Stock ROM's.
CWM Recovery and Custom ROM's are not supported! And never try to unroot your phone when you are using Custom rom!
REMEMBER ALWAYS BEFORE (wipe cache and factory reset) YOU NEED TO UNROOT YOUR PHONE FIRST!

FAQ
AFTER ROOTING I SEE ONLY ROOT VALIDATOR BUT NOT THE SUPERSU APPLICATION?

As some people reported there is sometimes problem with the rooting procedure files can't be extracted properly (applications,binaries),
so from today (04.08.2012), in every new update there will be an extra second alternative root zip file recognized with the letter,
"b" in the end of the version number. As always in life we must have a B PLAN.
In this root zip file package it will be only the SuperSu application and the supersu binary, no Busybox, Rootvalidator or anything else.
So if the rooting procedure from above didn't work for you then you should run again in recovery mode,
the universal_gb_unroot_v9.zip to delete all the half extracted files from the root procedure previously done.
After that you can apply universal_gb_root_v25b.zip known as Root Only.
IMPORTANT: If for some reason after rooting with the universal_gb_root_v25b.zip want to install Busybox
then when you open the application it will give you a location to install busybox to, /system/bin
(this is for the reason becouse there is no busybox binary in this root zip file) you just need to simply relocate the installation to /system/xbin
(to relocate the path simply press on the text /system/bin it will open a new window and change it to /system/xbin) .
This is for a reason becouse in the future you might want to remove busybox and many times happend that it can't be uninstalled properly,
leaving all the applets in bin folder mixing the files with the system files from your Android OS.
Then you need to install root explorer and delete all the applets manualy and trust me is a painful job.
So the problem it will be solved very quickly by installing in /system/xbin. if you don't like it to have anymore later just use the procedure for unroot



(READ: HOW CAN I UNROOT MY PHONE?) universal_gb_unroot_v9.zip it will delete all the remaining stuff from busy box in /system/xbin and use again the universal_gb_root_v25b.zip to root.


IMPORTANT:
Root and Unroot method is designed to work in recovery mode on Stock ROM's.
CWM Recovery and Custom ROM's are not supported! And never try to unroot your phone when you are using Custom rom!
REMEMBER ALWAYS BEFORE (wipe cache and factory reset) YOU NEED TO UNROOT YOUR PHONE FIRST!

Download link for Universal Gingerbread Root (by StoneBoyTony) : universal_gb_unroot_v9.zip

Special thanks: Casperr, Darkshado, condebytes, juniorgd, evilrazer, Csycsa, raol, iFLUSH, Saroski, manoranjan2050, Sam00, tlc76, <THOR>,
ozventrin, Xerge, bebek15, domker_, Suranjan 16049, alice90, alexpu1u, mcss86.