How to Get Root Access on Epic
- 1). Enable USB debugging on the Samsung Epic. Press the "Menu" button. Tap on the "Settings" option inside the menu, and then tap "Applications."
- 2). Tap on the "Development" option in the "Applications" and then tap on the "USB debugging" option to toggle the feature "On."
- 3). Connect the Epic to your computer via the smartphone's USB cable.
- 4). Download a free copy of the Epic's One-Click Root drivers -- save the file to any empty folder on your computer.
- 5). Right-click on the driver package, and then select the "Extract All" option from the context menu that appears. Click on the "Extract" button in the dialog box that pops up.
- 6). Click on the extracted "run.bat" file to install the One-Click Root drivers to the Epic, and to gain access to the smartphone's root directories.
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