{"id":9440,"date":"2014-10-17T14:31:38","date_gmt":"2014-10-17T07:31:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.flexispy.com\/?p=9440"},"modified":"2016-11-14T16:27:56","modified_gmt":"2016-11-14T09:27:56","slug":"root-samsung-galaxy-ace-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.flexispy.com\/th\/root-samsung-galaxy-ace-2\/","title":{"rendered":"How to root the Samsung Galaxy Ace 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[hoops name=&#8221;Rooting Guides Are No Longer Maintained&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><center><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9442\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.flexispy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/samsung-galaxy-ace-2.jpg?resize=1024%2C617&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"samsung-galaxy-ace-2\" width=\"1024\" height=\"617\" \/><\/center><\/p>\n<p style=\"width: 70%; margin: 1.3em auto; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5; color: #000; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 300; padding-top: 20px;\">This guide will show you how to root the popular Samsung Galaxy Ace 2 phone from Samsung.<\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f0f0f0; width: 70%; margin: 0 auto;\">\n<p style=\"font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5; color: #000; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 300; margin: 1.5em 0; padding: 20px;\">Disclaimer: FlexiSPY is not responsible for rooting the Android device in any way. Before performing any of these steps make sure you back up your Android device completely.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2 style=\"width: 70%; margin: 1.3em auto; line-height: 1.5; color: #aaaabe; font-size: 1.7em; font-weight: 300;\">What is needed to root the Samsung Galaxy Ace 2?<\/h2>\n<p style=\"width: 70%; margin: 1.3em auto; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5; color: #000; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 300;\">In order to root the Samsung Galaxy Ace 2 you will need the following.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 70%; margin: 1.3em auto; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5; color: #000; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 300;\">\n<ul>\n<li>The Samsung Galaxy Ace 2 you want to root in your hand.<\/li>\n<li>A PC.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h2 style=\"width: 70%; margin: 1.3em auto; line-height: 1.5; color: #aaaabe; font-size: 1.7em; font-weight: 300;\">Step 1 \u2013 Download the USB drivers for the Samsung Galaxy Ace 2 for your PC<\/h2>\n<p style=\"width: 70%; margin: 1.3em auto; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5; color: #000; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 300;\">In order for your PC to recognise the Samsung Galaxy Ace 2 as part of the rooting process you first must download and install the USB drivers on to your PC.<\/p>\n<p style=\"width: 70%; margin: 1.3em auto; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5; color: #000; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 300;\">You can download the USB drivers for the Samsung Galaxy Ace 2 from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mediafire.com\/download\/jotj0yjj4st761t\/SAMSUNG_USB_Driver_for_Mobile_Phones_v1.5.25.0-retail.exe\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"width: 70%; margin: 1.3em auto; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5; color: #000; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 300;\">Once you have downloaded them run the main program file to make sure the drivers are installed.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"width: 70%; margin: 1.3em auto; line-height: 1.5; color: #aaaabe; font-size: 1.7em; font-weight: 300;\">Step 2 \u2013 Download the Odin rooting program<\/h2>\n<p style=\"width: 70%; margin: 1.3em auto; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5; color: #000; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 300;\">In order to root the Samsung Galaxy Ace 2 using the root file given in the next step you must first download Odin which is what will be used to install the root file on to the Samsung Galaxy Ace 2 and perform the rooting process.<\/p>\n<p style=\"width: 70%; margin: 1.3em auto; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5; color: #000; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 300;\">You can download Odin from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mediafire.com\/download\/b8w1on8pwd11yby\/Odin+v3.09.zip\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"width: 70%; margin: 1.3em auto; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5; color: #000; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 300;\">Once downloaded extract the file to a convenient location such as the desktop.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"width: 70%; margin: 1.3em auto; line-height: 1.5; color: #aaaabe; font-size: 1.7em; font-weight: 300;\">Step 3 \u2013 Download the Samsung Galaxy Ace 2 root files<\/h2>\n<p style=\"width: 70%; margin: 1.3em auto; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5; color: #000; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 300;\">Now that we have installed the Samsung Galaxy S4 USB drivers and downloaded Odin we now need to download the root package to be used for the rooting process.<\/p>\n<p style=\"width: 70%; margin: 1.3em auto; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5; color: #000; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 300;\">You can download the Samsung Galaxy Ace 2 root package from <a href=\"http:\/\/forum.xda-developers.com\/attachment.php?attachmentid=1140612&amp;d=1340123464\">here<\/a>. Make sure you save it in an easy to find location such as the desktop and extract it to its own folder.<\/p>\n<p style=\"width: 70%; margin: 1.3em auto; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5; color: #000; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 300;\">You also need to download the update zip file. You can download it from <a href=\"http:\/\/forum.xda-developers.com\/attachment.php?attachmentid=1142765&amp;d=1340200370\">here<\/a>. Make sure you save it to an easy to find location on your PC such as your desktop \u2013 do not extract it.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"width: 70%; margin: 1.3em auto; line-height: 1.5; color: #aaaabe; font-size: 1.7em; font-weight: 300;\">Step 4 \u2013 Enable USB debugging on the Samsung Galaxy Ace 2<\/h2>\n<p style=\"width: 70%; margin: 1.3em auto; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5; color: #000; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 300;\">In order for your PC to recognise the Samsung Galaxy Ace 2 when you plug it in to perform rooting you must first enable USB debugging on the phone itself. This is done by doing the following.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 70%; margin: 1.3em auto; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5; color: #000; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 300;\">\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Tap the Settings option.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Tap the About Phone option.<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Keep tapping the Build Number option (seven times) until it says you are a developer.<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Tap the new Developer Options menu that appears.<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Make sure that the USB Debugging option is checked.<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<h2 style=\"width: 70%; margin: 1.3em auto; line-height: 1.5; color: #aaaabe; font-size: 1.7em; font-weight: 300;\">Step 5 \u2013 Root the Samsung Galaxy Ace 2<\/h2>\n<p style=\"width: 70%; margin: 1.3em auto; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5; color: #000; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 300;\">Now that we have all we need it is time to root the Samsung Galaxy Ace 2. Before we can do that you must first put the Samsung Galaxy Ace 2 in to Download mode which can be done using the following steps.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 70%; margin: 1.3em auto; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5; color: #000; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 300;\">\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Make sure the Samsung Galaxy Ace 2 is powered off completely.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Hold down the Volume down key and the Home key and the power button and keep all three buttons pressed until the Samsung Galaxy Ace 2 powers up.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Providing you have done it correctly it should boot in to Download mode and you press the Volume up key to start Download mode.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Connect the Samsung Galaxy Ace 2 now to your PC.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Run the Odin software you downloaded in step 2.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Inside Odin click the PDA option (<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">this is called AP in the latest version of Odin<\/span>) and browse on your computer to the .tar root file you extracted in step 3.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Inside Odin click Start to begin the root process.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"width: 70%; margin: 1.3em auto; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5; color: #000; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 300;\">The process will take a few moments after which the Samsung Galaxy Ace 2 will restart itself and complete the rooting process \u2013 <strong>Do not remove the Samsung Galaxy Ace 2 from your PC during this time.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"width: 70%; margin: 1.3em auto; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5; color: #000; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 300;\">Once the Samsung Galaxy Ace 2 starts up properly you need to install SuperSU.<\/p>\n<p style=\"width: 70%; margin: 1.3em auto; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5; color: #000; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 300;\">To do this make sure that the Samsung Galaxy Ace 2 is still connected to your computer.<\/p>\n<p style=\"width: 70%; margin: 1.3em auto; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5; color: #000; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 300;\">Using Windows Explorer copy the update zip file from step 3 to the Samsung Galaxy Ace 2. We recommend putting it in the Downloads folder for easy access.<\/p>\n<p style=\"width: 70%; margin: 1.3em auto; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5; color: #000; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 300;\">You now need to boot the Samsung Galaxy Ace 2 in to recovery mode.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 70%; margin: 1.3em auto; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5; color: #000; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 300;\">\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Turn off the Samsung Galaxy Ace 2 completely and disconnect it from your PC<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Hold the Volume Up, Home and Power buttons together and wait for the phone to turn on and for the Samsung logo to appear and then let go and it will boot in to recovery mode.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Select <em>Install zip from sdcard<\/em> (use the Volume up and down keys to select and Power to confirm).<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Select <em>Choose zip from sdcard<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Browse to the location on the phone you saved the update zip file and select it.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Install the zip file and confirm<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Reboot the phone<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Once done you should now see SuperSU which means that Samsung Galaxy Ace 2 has now been rooted.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[hoops name=&#8221;Rooting Guides Are No Longer Maintai [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[246],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9440","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-samsung"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.flexispy.com\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9440","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.flexispy.com\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.flexispy.com\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.flexispy.com\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.flexispy.com\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9440"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.flexispy.com\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9440\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14767,"href":"https:\/\/blog.flexispy.com\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9440\/revisions\/14767"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.flexispy.com\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9440"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.flexispy.com\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9440"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.flexispy.com\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9440"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}