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[Q] Should i root my Samsung galaxy S4?

Hi guys! I got my Samsung galaxy s4 first day of release and I really like it, I had an iPhone before and I jailbroke it because it made it so much better, but the question is, is rooting just as good as jailbreaking? Should I root my galaxy s4? It can sometimes be a bit laggy on the home screen and was wondering if a custom rom would fix it?

Michael1290 said:
Hi guys! I got my Samsung galaxy s4 first day of release and I really like it, I had an iPhone before and I jailbroke it because it made it so much better, but the question is, is rooting just as good as jailbreaking? Should I root my galaxy s4? It can sometimes be a bit laggy on the home screen and was wondering if a custom rom would fix it?
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You don't need to root it, its already good enough and if the small lag bothers you, have you tried other launchers such as Nova launcher? It's almost lag free.
But if you want the best experience from your S4 then yes root it, try CF auto root, but remember you lose warranty and anything can go wrong, so try to follow instructions properly and always backup your important data.

Jason2k13 said:
You don't need to root it, its already good enough and if the small lag bothers you, have you tried other launchers such as Nova launcher? It's almost lag free.
But if you want the best experience from your S4 then yes root it, try CF auto root, but remember you lose warranty and anything can go wrong, so try to follow instructions properly and always backup your important data.
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Thanks for the reply, I did try go launcher but just couldn't get used to it so I went back, but will give nova launcher a go. If I did root is it easy to un root it if I don't like it?

Michael1290 said:
Thanks for the reply, I did try go launcher but just couldn't get used to it so I went back, but will give nova launcher a go. If I did root is it easy to un root it if I don't like it?
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Yes its very easy to un-root, you can always flash a stock rom via Odin, and some custom rom have an option to unroot your phone.

Jason2k13 said:
Yes its very easy to un-root, you can always flash a stock rom via Odin, and some custom rom have an option to unroot your phone.
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What about triangle away and resetting the binary counter back to zero? I think its not possible right now on i9500 variant.
Sent from my GT-I9500 using xda premium

yes right now its not possible for the i9500

Rooting all depends on your usage.
The benefits being custom roms, but again it all depends if you want to keep flashing and ensuring you always maximize the phone to its full potential.

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super nice and very good !
THX

If you don't know exact reason why you want to root your phone then rooting just for rooting makes no sense. Root access by itself won't make your device any better. Also try to remember that there are many guys here that blow their phones by messing with them.
I've rooted my old sgs2 after few months and used it that way. After some time the only thing I needed root for was the possibility to move apps data to sdcard.
My sgs4 is not rooted for now because I don't need it. Playing with mods or "removing bloatware" is total nonsense to me as I prefer stable device. Also flashing custom roms is nor for me. So widely spoken app Titanium Backup I've used maybe twice in a year, the same I can say about clockwork mod. Just have no time to mess and repair all the time because I need working device as it helps me a lot in my work as smartphone and assistant, not as subject to experiments.
Guy from that video nicely explained what is root for and all of this is definitely true (part about security can be controversial because rooting and installing su does not patch security hole and permission prompt appear only when root access is achieved by su not by security hole), but for me in everyday use it turned to be as useful as towel for a fish.
Android by itself is very good in terms of functionality and far from being restricted in a apple way. You cannot compare root to jailbreak because jb on iphone is needed to get some basic functions. Android has all of this out of the box.
Remember also that rooted phone looses OTA upgrade possibility.
Everything depends on how you use your phone - there is the answer to your question

I am the complete opposite. If I have a device running an os, whether it be a computer, smartphone or whatever, I want full control of the device and it's os as it should be. I want full axx, full power of it.
edit: forgot why I came here in the first place, to the OP, glad you liked the vid and also glad my post wasn't wasted space like the majority of posts I see on here all the time, take it easy.

Rooting all depends on your need while using s4

If you're asking yourself that question then no, you shouldn't root it.

New S4 new to ROMS and add ons

Hi I just got a new sprint Galaxy s4. I had a Samsung infuse 4g that I rooted and unlocked (which btw was hard to do for a newb way back then) but I never flashed a rom. To be honest I was afraid that I would destroy the phone. They are not cheap. I still have the infuse, so I guess I could practice flashing roms on that one but is it basically the same process? I just really really do not want to destroy my beautiful phone. Is it risky to flash ROMS or put other stuff in the phone? Thanks for the advice. This is an awesome site.

*Anything* you flash to your phone carries a risk (however minute) that it'll brick the device. The root method may be different, but for the most part ROM flashing is the same across any Android device.
IMPORTANT: Check your device model, since there are two variants of the Sprint S4 out there (SPH-L720 and SPH-L720T). The 720T doesn't work with all ROMs, and (last I checked) you lose the Spark connectivity, but 1x/3G/LTE will still work. I have one of the old models before Sprint started rolling out Spark, so I haven't really been keeping up with that part of it.

emeralds5668 said:
Hi I just got a new sprint Galaxy s4. I had a Samsung infuse 4g that I rooted and unlocked (which btw was hard to do for a newb way back then) but I never flashed a rom. To be honest I was afraid that I would destroy the phone. They are not cheap. I still have the infuse, so I guess I could practice flashing roms on that one but is it basically the same process? I just really really do not want to destroy my beautiful phone. Is it risky to flash ROMS or put other stuff in the phone? Thanks for the advice. This is an awesome site.
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once you get the rooting done here is a great place to start looking for ROM's
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2303917

cyberweasal said:
once you get the rooting done here is a great place to start looking for ROM's
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2303917
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thanks for replying. I posted a question on the rooting thread regarding the s4. I was wondering about rooting it with my
Android version. I believe it's the latest but was not sure. Do you know if it's relatively safe to try that or are there issues like boot loops? Maybe I should leave well enough alone because I doubt I could fix a brick. These are really nice phones...thanks for your help

emeralds5668 said:
thanks for replying. I posted a question on the rooting thread regarding the s4. I was wondering about rooting it with my
Android version. I believe it's the latest but was not sure. Do you know if it's relatively safe to try that or are there issues like boot loops? Maybe I should leave well enough alone because I doubt I could fix a brick. These are really nice phones...thanks for your help
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i had no problems. that being said. make sure you also have a stock rom down loaded on the phone or on a pc to fall back on, that way if you do boot loop you can just flash that. also once rooted make a backup!
you can root without doing a new rom or even choose a rom thats mostly stock with minimal changes its up to you how deep you go.
first thing if first once you root if you have KNOX you WILL flag the knox warranty count by 1 and that is not reversible yet.
good luck

ROM Support for the SM-T337T?

I have come across some very cheap Galaxy Tab 4's on eBay that I was wanting to try out. I'm a T-Mobile customer so I'm interested in the SM-T337T (band 12 support woo hoo!)
I see that there are recoveries for the tablet so it looks like I'm not the first to wonder.
Basically, my question is: which Lollipop/Marshmallow ROMs are currently supported and stable on the SM-T337T? And have we been able to reliably root/install recovery on them?
Thanks,
-coach

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Coachmark2 said:
I see that there are recoveries for the tablet so it looks like I'm not the first to wonder.
Basically, my question is: which Lollipop/Marshmallow ROMs are currently supported and stable on the SM-T337T? And have we been able to reliably root/install recovery on them?
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Unfortunately there are no custom ROMs for the SM-T337T. There has been an official lollipop update, and since there are working recoveries, you should be able to use chainfire's systemless superSU root method (you most likely need the systemless root because the lollipop update is 5.1.1). The fact remains though that nobody has made a custom ROM for this tablet. Sorry

thisisapoorusernamechoice said:
Unfortunately there are no custom ROMs for the SM-T337T. There has been an official lollipop update, and since there are working recoveries, you should be able to use chainfire's systemless superSU root method (you most likely need the systemless root because the lollipop update is 5.1.1). The fact remains though that nobody has made a custom ROM for this tablet. Sorry
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Thanks for the reply. What can I do to help the situation? What would be required on my end to port a different ROM to it? Either from a "stock" Cyanogenmod or from an existing Galaxy Tab 4 ROM?

Coachmark2 said:
Thanks for the reply. What can I do to help the situation? What would be required on my end to port a different ROM to it? Either from a "stock" Cyanogenmod or from an existing Galaxy Tab 4 ROM?
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For cyanogenmod you'd need a computer running linux, whether in a virtual machine or dual booting windows and linux (I have that setup on my Windows laptop, Ubuntu works fine), you'd need to set up your build environment, sync the necessary repos from Cyanogenmod's github, you may or may not (but probably will) have to create a device tree, but I imagine you can probably use moonbutt74's github repos to get you started on that, and once all that preliminary work is done you'll have to figure out what proprietary files are needed from the Tab itself. And of course it would be a good idea to download and inspect Samsung's source code for your device. If you have no idea what I'm talking about, this would be a good place to start reading: https://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Development#Learning_To_Build_CM

Thank you for the very thorough response. I just don't wanna be "that guy" who gets on here and says "Waaahhhh the devs aren't supporting my device!" I'd rather help
When I get home in a few days, I'll fire up the build environ and see what I can do with her. Here's hoping no bricking!

SM-T337T
Coachmark2 said:
Thank you for the very thorough response. I just don't wanna be "that guy" who gets on here and says "Waaahhhh the devs aren't supporting my device!" I'd rather help
When I get home in a few days, I'll fire up the build environ and see what I can do with her. Here's hoping no bricking!
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I have that device on 5.1.1 and rooted it here(in case you haven't found this yet);
//autoroot.chainfire.eu/
Root available for both 4.4.4 & 5.1.1.
I would personally love to see marshmallow on this device! Currently settling for some Touch-Wiz debloating for now.

Does anyone have updates on this? I recently got an SM-T337T and would like to de-bloat it -- first on the chopping block would be TouchWiz. If there's a ROM that takes care of this, that would be nice, but I might be able to do it on my own?
Also, I'd really like 6.0.1, instead of 5.1.1 that's currently on it.

SnowWolf75 said:
Does anyone have updates on this? I recently got an SM-T337T and would like to de-bloat it -- first on the chopping block would be TouchWiz. If there's a ROM that takes care of this, that would be nice, but I might be able to do it on my own?
Also, I'd really like 6.0.1, instead of 5.1.1 that's currently on it.
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Just picked one of these up for Mom and have rooted and flashed TWRP, but was wondering if anyone knows of a ROM or at least debloating scripts...?
Thanks!

Hey Coach,
I know this thread is quite dated but just hoping you might have succeeded in either creating or finding a custom ROM for this device? I'm still using mine but finding more and more apps no longer supported on 5.1.1.
Thanks!

Samsung Note 3 LTE

Hello Every one ,
I am new to rooting but i want to root my Samsung Note 3 SM-N9005 if you could please answer some or all of my questions.
1- Is there a way to root the mobile without tripping Knox ? Version 5.0 or a later one
2- What will i gain from a custom ROM that root won't do ?
3- I read online that if i change the ROM to Cyanogenmod or any other custom ROM i lose the stylus pen functionality ?
4- What would i lose if i root besides warranty ?
5- What is custom recovery ?
Thanks for your time and efforts spent answering my questions .

New or not, you should really put some more effort into it.

Dejan Sathanas said:
New or not, you should really put some more effort into it.
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Oh really Thanks for the insightful information, you should really consider helping other people too.

Helping and spoon feeding. See the difference ?

We all had to start somewhere
1- Is there a way to root the mobile without tripping Knox ? Version 5.0 or a later one
Not really. There are some rooting products out there that claim to not trip Knox, but all i have read said to stay away from them. Tripping Knox is not a big deal
2- What will i gain from a custom ROM that root won't do ?
Custom ROMs are made by people who want a better ROM. They add lots of features that stock ROMS dont have
Take a look at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6iBqrTDawM4 for example
3- I read online that if i change the ROM to Cyanogenmod or any other custom ROM i lose the stylus pen functionality ?
That does depend on the ROM
4- What would i lose if i root besides warranty ?
Nothing
5- What is custom recovery ?
A third party recovery. It replaces the stock recovery that you get to when you press Vol Up, Home and Power
http://www.howtogeek.com/193055/what-is-a-custom-recovery-on-android-and-why-would-i-want-one/
Enjoy the adventure you're about to get into

knox doesnt make it brick, as far as i know, and fhe benefits offsets the tripping. so its worth it.
custom roms gives way better customization than rooting itself, you can flash a htc rom, xperia based rom, or just a based android rom. oh it gets even better when the manufacturer decided to halt any new updates. (note 3 seems to be stopping at lollipop)
it depends, but try to stay in touch wiz based roms as this is a 90% hit on spen functionality
nothing else, unless you sort of f*cked up on the instructions and brick your device, well you my friend may have a expensive paperweight

grwalker said:
We all had to start somewhere
1- Is there a way to root the mobile without tripping Knox ? Version 5.0 or a later one
Not really. There are some rooting products out there that claim to not trip Knox, but all i have read said to stay away from them. Tripping Knox is not a big deal
2- What will i gain from a custom ROM that root won't do ?
Custom ROMs are made by people who want a better ROM. They add lots of features that stock ROMS dont have
3- I read online that if i change the ROM to Cyanogenmod or any other custom ROM i lose the stylus pen functionality ?
That does depend on the ROM
4- What would i lose if i root besides warranty ?
Nothing
5- What is custom recovery ?
A third party recovery. It replaces the stock recovery that you get to when you press Vol Up, Home and Power
Enjoy the adventure you're about to get into
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rapidslash said:
knox doesnt make it brick, as far as i know, and fhe benefits offsets the tripping. so its worth it.
custom roms gives way better customization than rooting itself, you can flash a htc rom, xperia based rom, or just a based android rom. oh it gets even better when the manufacturer decided to halt any new updates. (note 3 seems to be stopping at lollipop)
it depends, but try to stay in touch wiz based roms as this is a 90% hit on spen functionality
nothing else, unless you sort of f*cked up on the instructions and brick your device, well you my friend may have a expensive paperweight
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Thanks for your Help

OP begs the question why do you want to root when you don't know what root is for ??or does .
Root does nothing more than unlock access to the system .It neither adds not takes away anything .
OP should start reading the faqs and guides before bricking the phone .

3- I read online that if i change the ROM to Cyanogenmod or any other custom ROM i lose the stylus pen functionality ?
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Using CyanogenMod 12.1 here. The pen works, but button features and S-pen specific apps are not there. I haven't tried to install them myself.

Someguyfromhell said:
Using CyanogenMod 12.1 here. The pen works, but button features and S-pen specific apps are not there. I haven't tried to install them myself.
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I see, now i know i must use a touch wiz rom to have the pen working as it should.

JJEgan said:
OP begs the question why do you want to root when you don't know what root is for ??or does .
Root does nothing more than unlock access to the system .It neither adds not takes away anything .
OP should start reading the faqs and guides before bricking the phone .
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Every one heard of rooting at least once or twice but i didn't bother with rooting before, now i just want to try something new, maybe now rooting, then custom ROM, maybe Moding apks later, you have to start somewhere, P.S i know moding is unrelated to rooting.

S Pen works fine in ResurrectionRemix-M-v5.6.0-20151214-hlte
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6iBqrTDawM4
Add the app Google Handwriting Input and you can swap between keyboard and handwriting.
Other S Pen functions wont work however

grwalker said:
S Pen works fine in ResurrectionRemix-M-v5.6.0-20151214-hlte
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6iBqrTDawM4
Add the app Google Handwriting Input and you can swap between keyboard and handwriting.
Other S Pen functions wont work however
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i did check that video and it's awesome minus the S Pen, i don't think i will use that one though.

Im using darklord's n5 port rom though and its great

rapidslash said:
Im using darklord's n5 port rom though and its great
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Seems quite good, are there anything aside from the camera video recording blinking ?

Rooting s7 edge sm-935t 8.0

Hi I'm looking to root my TMobile s7 edge that's on Oreo. I see a lot of conflicting information and was wondering what everyone thinks the best method is and if there is a guide. I used to be into rooting devices many years ago but I've been away from it so long. Any help would be greatly appreciated thanks.

I am also looking to root my son's s7 edge. It's been years since I left Samsung for Nexus and pixel but I am assuming that you can still use Odin and install twrp then install magisk or whatever your perfered root method is. I am going to research this a little bit before I do anything.

There are methods but you would be stuck with laggy mobile as proper root is not possible... And for custom recovery its a big no, the reason is locked bootloader.
So no custom recovery means no custom Roms.. The root will be limited to run root supported apps. And lil bit of debloating.
But the lagging is not worth it.

aka70698 said:
There are methods but you would be stuck with laggy mobile as proper root is not possible... And for custom recovery its a big no, the reason is locked bootloader.
So no custom recovery means no custom Roms.. The root will be limited to run root supported apps. And lil bit of debloating.
But the lagging is not worth it.
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theres not yet any root method for the oreo update the..engineerd boot.img works only for the nougat version which throws the device into a hell of lag battry drainage overheating ruining performance...

mojorisin7178 said:
I am also looking to root my son's s7 edge. It's been years since I left Samsung for Nexus and pixel but I am assuming that you can still use Odin and install twrp then install magisk or whatever your perfered root method is. I am going to research this a little bit before I do anything.
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https://forum.xda-developers.com/verizon-s7-edge/how-to/root-s7-s7edge-oreo-nougat-t3819616
u guys canttbbee seerriiooss rriighhtt????
aka70698 said:
There are methods but you would be stuck with laggy mobile as proper root is not possible... And for custom recovery its a big no, the reason is locked bootloader.
So no custom recovery means no custom Roms.. The root will be limited to run root supported apps. And lil bit of debloating.
But the lagging is not worth it.
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theres not yet any root method for the oreo update the..engineerd boot.img works only for the nougat version which throws the device into a hell of lag battry drainage overheating ruining performance...
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Obviously we are serious. If you read my post I said I was going to research it further. This post was part of that research. Xda has a treasure trove of information and alot if it sometimes it takes a while to get what your looking for. Back in the day people on xda were happy to help. That's how I learned how to root phones and use adb commands.

mojorisin7178 said:
Obviously we are serious. If you read my post I said I was going to research it further. This post was part of that research. Xda has a treasure trove of information and alot if it sometimes it takes a while to get what your looking for. Back in the day people on xda were happy to help. That's how I learned how to root phones and use adb commands.
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im d*** but not that big lol..my comment wasnt towarsd u ti was hoping to lead u to the post my comment was for the ones telling u stuff they dont know but sound like they do lol my apologies to u

All good man. I appreciate your help.

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https://forum.xda-developers.com/verizon-s7-edge/how-to/root-s7-s7edge-oreo-nougat-t3819616
u guys canttbbee seerriiooss rriighhtt????
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u can try out the method but it will make your phone useless...and u will feel lyk jst stabbing yourself with the phone...

Hi,
I'm sorry if I sound ignorant...but my S7 Edge has become completely useless...and slow. You guys are saying the link: https://forum.xda-developers.com/ver...ougat-t3819616 will not make this any better? Anotherwords just get a new phone?
Many thanks in advance.

anybody have root file samsung s7 edge oreo 8.0