I tried Instant Root. It says it worked, another app said it worked, but when I try to gain root in a terminal app it does not work. Also installed Barnacle Tether and it errors out saying it needs root to work. There are a lot of different instructions on how to root android and even some on how to root this particular phone but it requires installing Android SDK and ADB which I am not sure how to do in Linux. What I’d really like to do is upgrade my v1.5 to 2.2. I found this step-by-step, but it looks out dated. Either that or the instructions aren’t clear to me. I can’t find any clear instructions on how to do it. I know other people have done it. I just haven’t had a need to bother until now.

Topics: software, Samsung, Android, root, t939, behold 2