[Q] T Mobile Galaxy S4 Rooting Method? - Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Eh, I was gonna try not to root my phone but games lag and I want a smooth experience, someone told me use Cynagenmod so can someone send me a rooting method that works for T Mobile Galaxy S4 4.2.2 and also a method for cynagenmod? Eh, I heard it's easy to brick Samsung phones so wish me luck!

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can someone just tell me the best way to root my canadian s4 on virgin mobile

I know I can search so dont tell me please.
im no noob to rooting. have done it to every phone ive owned for longer than 2 weeks. but the s4 is new and experiences are hard to find.
I did find a method to root but wasnt sure it would work for what I wanted. I want to root and instalk custom roms. just like s3. i was flashimg atr roms. i always feel confused in the beginnimg as a canadian. will all root methods allow me to do this right now, ? im really unsure. I have sgh 1337m
s384 said:
I know I can search so dont tell me please.
im no noob to rooting. have done it to every phone ive owned for longer than 2 weeks. but the s4 is new and experiences are hard to find.
I did find a method to root but wasnt sure it would work for what I wanted. I want to root and instalk custom roms. just like s3. i was flashimg atr roms. i always feel confused in the beginnimg as a canadian. will all root methods allow me to do this right now, ? im really unsure. I have sgh 1337m
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=2257
Use the above link this should be the one for u
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Galaxy safe & worth to root?

My friend recently got his s4 in the mail the other day, and i was showing him rooted features on my nexus 4. He was wondering what kind of features are available on the s4 and is it safe, as he is scared of bricking his phone.
Thanks
Also what roms/kernals do you guys run on the s4? in case he wants me to root and flash a rom for him.
zeffy621 said:
My friend recently got his s4 in the mail the other day, and i was showing him rooted features on my nexus 4. He was wondering what kind of features are available on the s4 and is it safe, as he is scared of bricking his phone.
Thanks
Also what roms/kernals do you guys run on the s4? in case he wants me to root and flash a rom for him.
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Hi,
Firstly ,what variant of the phone do you have?

[Q] Should I buy an S4

Hi all
I currently own a galaxy note N700 and am a flashaholic, keep switching between CM & Touchwizz roms.
I have the chance to upgrade to an S4 from O2 (uk), now i have read a lot on this forum but still not sure wether to go for it.
My biggest concern is about rooting, that is all i am after, just want to remove bloat and keep the rest stock, as i rather like
touchwizz. On the N700 rooting was easy with philz kernel/recovery, how easy is it on the S4?
I dont know what firmware it will come with (probably not the latest), keep reading about this Knox thing and am a bit confused.
can anyone en-lighten me as to the easiest way to root and is it safe. We had the EMMC drama on the note originally
is there any problems like that here?
cheers
jock11 said:
Hi all
I currently own a galaxy note N700 and am a flashaholic, keep switching between CM & Touchwizz roms.
I have the chance to upgrade to an S4 from O2 (uk), now i have read a lot on this forum but still not sure wether to go for it.
My biggest concern is about rooting, that is all i am after, just want to remove bloat and keep the rest stock, as i rather like
touchwizz. On the N700 rooting was easy with philz kernel/recovery, how easy is it on the S4?
I dont know what firmware it will come with (probably not the latest), keep reading about this Knox thing and am a bit confused.
can anyone en-lighten me as to the easiest way to root and is it safe. We had the EMMC drama on the note originally
is there any problems like that here?
cheers
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It's my suggestion that, if you are a flashaholic who likes CM/AOSP, you get a Qualcomm based GT-I9505 since the 9500 is Exynos based and will cripple support for CM because Samsung doesn't provide proper userspace drivers. If you can flash the Samsug device you have, you'll be right at home going to the S4. The procedures are basically the same.
Just don't update when you first use it root straight away the efuse is triggered by the update. So you will be safe.
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donalgodon said:
It's my suggestion that, if you are a flashaholic who likes CM/AOSP, you get a Qualcomm based GT-I9505 since the 9500 is Exynos based and will cripple support for CM because Samsung doesn't provide proper userspace drivers. If you can flash the Samsug device you have, you'll be right at home going to the S4. The procedures are basically the same.
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Hmmm! thats a bit worrying, cos i can only get the I9500, seems the I9505 is always out of stock on O2.
TBH i'm quite happy sticking with touchwizz, as long as i can root and debloat. I assume its just as easy to root as N7000,
flash CF Root then flash a custom recovery as long as i dont update before?
Can someone confirm before i jump in and buy one? Cos i'm also tempted by GN2 and S3.
cheers
I own a i9500, did a a cf-root and flashed wanam, now it's better battery life and much more smoth with the touchwiz.
Overall, i have a very good experience with my octa.
jock11 said:
Hmmm! thats a bit worrying, cos i can only get the I9500, seems the I9505 is always out of stock on O2.
TBH i'm quite happy sticking with touchwizz, as long as i can root and debloat. I assume its just as easy to root as N7000,
flash CF Root then flash a custom recovery as long as i dont update before?
Can someone confirm before i jump in and buy one? Cos i'm also tempted by GN2 and S3.
cheers
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Yes, it's easy.
S4 rocks man.
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[Q] newbie to rooting and all this . over head! plaese help

I have galaxy s4 rooted 4.2 sgh-m919 , I bought Samsung gear watch and thought would work wth rooted phone . need to know exact steps to get jelly bean 4.3 so I can use gear. I have rom manager premium v5.5.3.0 current recovery clockworkmod 6.0.4.4 ...... IM COMPLETELY LOST!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HELP PLEASE and I will pay whatever dividends you want or need!
mjrs1973 said:
I have galaxy s4 rooted 4.2 sgh-m919 , I bought Samsung gear watch and thought would work wth rooted phone . need to know exact steps to get jelly bean 4.3 so I can use gear. I have rom manager premium v5.5.3.0 current recovery clockworkmod 6.0.4.4 ...... IM COMPLETELY LOST!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HELP PLEASE and I will pay whatever dividends you want or need!
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Unfortunately you've posted in the wrong forum. This forum is for the Galaxy S4 Active which is a different phone from the one you have, so I don't think anyone here can help you. You would have much more luck posting in the Samsung Galaxy S 4 SGH-M919 forum. Good luck
[Q] Noob needs help rooting
I searched, and all I could find was answers that were long and confusing, or didn't work. I tried rooting with the motochopper, and it said it was successful, but superus...

Just got an AT&T Android 5.0 warranty replacement for my rooted 4.4.2; options?

So I just got a 5.0 Lollipop SM-G900A, Baseband G900AUCU4B0F3 warranty replacement for my old rooted 4.4.2 SM-G900A AT&T S5.
I want to get root back. I don't care about warranty since I'm technically out of warranty now and they replaced my phone past warranty (I was really nice to the friendly female CSR I got on the phone). I believe my options are:
Live without root
downgrade to 4.4.2 and root with towelroot without tripping knox
root 5.0 but trip knox
I'd like to do number 3, but I don't know what the best method is at this point. I haven't kept up on any developments in root area since I rooted my 4.4.2 and was supremely happy with it ever since. I know that flashing an already rooted ROM is one of the options but honestly I've gone down the custom ROMs road before on previous phones and I know if I start that again I'll be going through tons of ROMs looking for the one I like best and I've been so happy with rooted vanilla stock that I don't want to take the time to go down that path right now if I can help it. Is there a way to root 5.0 directly if you don't care about Knox/warranty?
I fully realize that I could RTFF and figure out what my answer is but I'm hoping someone who is current will take pity on me and point me in the right direction and cut my RTFF down from hours to minutes. TIA for any help.
https://twitter.com/srsroot/status/634952981960597504
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I don't believe it's possible to root 0F3 at this time. Sorry bro...
If root is achieved once again, I would highly recommend sticking to Muniz_ri's rooted stock roms which can be found in the "General" section of each carrier-specific S5 Thread, then running his debloat script (and installing google now launcher) to have a very clean android.
Has there been any updates on this? the "SRSroot" site seems sketchy. Google is not showing me results that I want to hear.
Frankbot said:
Has there been any updates on this? the "SRSroot" site seems sketchy. Google is not showing me results that I want to hear.
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No update, still unrootable.
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