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#417
^ Afraid not.

It's fairly easy, just search XDA/Google. Here's a video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=uv2oGo1_yTQ

Your basically putting the phone into Download Mode (Power + Home + Vol-)
Getting it connected to your computer, and Odin recognizing it (Yellow Comm Box).
Click on "PDA" and select the Franco r5 kernel (r6 sucks).
Let it install, the phone will restart itself, everything should work as normal.
But in Settings>About Phone the details would change for the Kernel info.
You'll have root and busybox installed, and the erase_mmc_cap Bug deleted (no superbricks)
You'll also have a custom recovery, so that its easy to install other kernels and roms.
... though you've voided the warranty, it leaves a stain in the phone.
You can remove the stain, to retain warranty, grab ChainFire's TriangleAway App.
(its hard the first time, but afterwards you'll understand what does what, and how you do it, its easy)

If it looks too difficult, then don't make the jump. You are responsible for your property, remember that.

#rant

Samsung are not developers, they are "chefs" or "cookers". They're really not good at making a proper android firmware (kernel + rom). That's why you have the "bug".
With that said, Motorola block their bootloaders.
HTC makes it very very difficult to get root (and have the slowest and most bloated firmware out there).
ASUS uses pure Google code, easy root, though locked bootloader.
SONY uses mostly pure Google code, they make it hard to root but the bootloaders open.
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