The Samsung Epic 4G Touch has made it’s way to number 2 on Amazon Wireless most popular phones. Rooting the Epic 4G Touch is pretty straight forward and is courtesy of the Developers over at XDA. We are a little late posting the instructions but better late than never eh?
NOTE: This root method has been tested thoroughly but it is still recommended that you backup your device before attempting in the event something goes wrong and you have to flash it back to stock settings.
Root Instructions for the Epic 4G Touch:
- Download and extract epic4grootv1.zip (Download Link)
- Reboot your Epic 4G Touch holding “Power + Volume Down”
- When you see the option screen press “Volume Up”
- Wait for your Phone to get into Download Mode
- Install Samsung Kies so your computer (Official Download Link)
- Plug your Epic 4G Touch into your Computer Via USB
- Wait for your computer to detect the device
- Download and Extract Odin to your Computer (Download Link))
- Launch Odin and click PDA
- Select SPH-D710_Zedomax_Kernel.tar from file in Step 1
- Press Start and wait patiently for your device to reboot
- Congrats you are rooted!
Zedomax has also created a video tutorial to root the Samsung Epic 4G Touch.