Procedure to Root Galaxy S2 GT I9100 on XWLSW Jellybean 4.1.2 Firmware:
- Download Rooting Package for XWLSW and Odin from here to your computer. Once downloaded, open Odin in your computer and turn off your phone so that it can be entered in the Download Mode.
- Download Mode can be entered by first turning Off the device and then Hold Volume Down + Menu Button and while holding both Keys to Power ON the device till you see the Green Robot on the screen which is nothing but the Download Mode.
- In Download Mode, connect your phone to computer with original USB cable to see ID: COM section turn Yellow / Blue which indicated that all the drivers are installed successfully. If ID: COM section refuses to turn Yellow / Green, you will need to re install the drivers.
- Click on “PDA” to select the rooting file which you got after extracting the rooting package in initial step. Click on “Start” to start the process of firmware update. Once the process is done, the phone will be rebooted. Please note that the process of rooting will take around 2 – 4 minutes of time.
- As soon as the device is rooted, the phone will be rebooted. Disconnect the same and check on whether your device is rooted or not with the help of “Root Checker” app which can be downloaded from the PLAY Store. Just in case if the device is not rooted, you need to retry the process of rooting.
Note: If the device gets into the boot loop sequence or say gets stuck in the welcome screen, just long press the Power button and re follow the above instructions so as to again follow the above mentioned instructions.
Do let us know in the comments section just in case if you face any issues in the process of rooting as we will try to make sure that the same is addressed at the earliest.
