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[VIDEOS] ULTIMATE Root, Recovery, Bootloader Unlock, Roms Guides

This thread will be your source for video guides for the Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge. Here i will post my guides and tutorials on how to Root, Bootloader unlock, flash recovery, and rom reviews. Check back here often for updates, and post any requests here as well.
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FREE Wifi Tether Verizon Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge:
Unboxing and First Impressions

total noob here - what does rooting your phone actually do?
is there a guide/link for me to have a read up on it?

trancem said:
total noob here - what does rooting your phone actually do?
is there a guide/link for me to have a read up on it?
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http://lifehacker.com/top-10-reasons-to-root-your-android-phone-1079161983

owenbeals said:
This thread will be your source for video guides for the Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge. Here i will post my guides and tutorials on how to Root, Bootloader unlock, flash recovery, and rom reviews. Check back here often for updates, and post any requests here as well.
Unboxing and First Impressions
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How about rooting the Canadian G920W8 version when it comes out friday?
Thanks

scorpio_bpl86 said:
http://lifehacker.com/top-10-reasons-to-root-your-android-phone-1079161983
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Thanks mate, will have a nosey

Hi,
I am new to rooting. Will this reset my phone to a stock-setting? Meaning, will all of my apps and widgets configuration stay after rooting?

flipthetomato said:
Hi,
I am new to rooting. Will this reset my phone to a stock-setting? Meaning, will all of my apps and widgets configuration stay after rooting?
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rooting does not erase or change anything on a user level just gives you root access it will trip knox if your not sure what that is google it it may stop samsung pay working in future not confirmed tho

Is the Verizon version root ready?

J.Guido85 said:
Is the Verizon version root ready?
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Ha ha ha! You are funny man... Did you just say Verizon and root in the same sentence? Lol I can guarantee you that Verizon has this bad boy LOCKED down just like AT&T will too. I made the switch to T-Mobile and while the coverage is not as good, I can root and rom ALL of my devices that I paid for.

is there an OS X version? we never get love

shojus said:
Ha ha ha! You are funny man... Did you just say Verizon and root in the same sentence? Lol I can guarantee you that Verizon has this bad boy LOCKED down just like AT&T will too. I made the switch to T-Mobile and while the coverage is not as good, I can root and rom ALL of my devices that I paid for.
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I did the same for the very same reason. Verizon's coverage was amazing, but everything was completely locked down, so I'm now on t mobile.

The T-Mobile Galaxy S6 Edge will be the first Galaxy phone i've owned. I've heard about KNOX but is/has there ever been a root method for Galaxy devices that doesn't trip knox? And is it easy or possible to untrip knox?

J.Guido85 said:
Is the Verizon version root ready?
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It will probably be 6 or more months before Verizon variant is rooted,.
Note 4 is still not rooted.

@owenbeals, I noticed that you don't mention anything about the consequences of tripping Knox. There are noobs watching your stuff who aren't even sure what rooting is, much less what tripping Knox would do. I would hate to see one of them find out that they have voided their warranty the hard way on such an expensive device. IMO, it would a good idea to mention what tripping Knox does in the OP in red letters to warn people who otherwise wouldn't know.
My $0.02

Good idea I'll add that tidbit when I get home
Sent from my Nexus 6 using XDA Free mobile app

So maybe the Vietnam ones t mobile have are having all the faults

Will there be a way to unroot (I recall the Superuser app having an option) or will we need a recovery? It's been about a year since I had an android device and rooted an android device so I don't know if the that process got any better.

You can unroot in SuperSU app
Sent from my Nexus 6 using XDA Free mobile app

Added Twrp guide

Is this method safe to use on sprint version?

CF Auto Root Guide for SM-G928V ?

Hi All,
I'm having trouble finding a guide for my exact version of my 6 Edge Plus. My Baseband version is G928VVRU2BPD4. I have found this (http://forum.xda-developers.com/s6-edge-plus/general/guide-6-0-1-g928fxxs2bpd2-t3371526) but I'm not sure if it will work for me?
If someone could point me in the correct direction, or let me know if the guide that I linked to above will work for me - I'd greatly appreciate it.
Thanks!

I have the same phone and did not see my exact model on CF Auto-Root.
Anyone have any information regarding a easy root for this phone? SM-G928V

Jayman931 said:
I have the same phone and did not see my exact model on CF Auto-Root.
Anyone have any information regarding a easy root for this phone? SM-G928V
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Most Verizon devices can't be rooted....

Old thread, I know, but I'm desperate. Is it still the case that this Verizon model can't be rooted? No way around it? I need to root my phone in order to do a deep scan for deleted files.

lavatea said:
Old thread, I know, but I'm desperate. Is it still the case that this Verizon model can't be rooted? No way around it? I need to root my phone in order to do a deep scan for deleted files.
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I'm also looking for a root all over the internet, Why is this model not being looked into anymore? i know the phones 2 years old, but cmon. I assume it cant be rooted because of the bootloader being locked tighter then fort knox itself. Verizon devices are notorious for having extra security.

Finally Root
Hey man, i finally got root for SM-G928V, this soluction is the app Wondershare MobileGo (PC), he have a built-in root application.

SheepBR said:
Hey man, i finally got root for SM-G928V, this soluction is the app Wondershare MobileGo (PC), he have a built-in root application.
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Wait what? please elaborate, The program you speak of costs money and i doubt your claims. If a root is possible it would of been posted here already.

+1 - does this Wondershare Mobile Go really works for G928V?

king_korba said:
+1 - does this Wondershare Mobile Go really works for G928V?
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Nope. I downloaded it, does nothing. Cant even detect my phone. Its a waste of time. The bootloader cannot be unlocked on this model because of Verizon and no one is working on a root method because the device is already too old. Im going to sell it and upgrade to a S7 edge. Right now you can get a used S7 edge on ebay for under $250. Just avoid the verizon models.

Will we ever get root?

So I've been looking between the S8 and the G6 to upgrade to, and I really like the S8, but I use root a lot for different things- Viper, AdAway, and just general performance things
Does anyone think it's realistic to say we'll get this phone rooted? I remember my old S6 being hard to root, but it got done in a month or 2, and I'm just curious
Thank you to anyone who can help me

aaronfrickinaustin said:
So I've been looking between the S8 and the G6 to upgrade to, and I really like the S8, but I use root a lot for different things- Viper, AdAway, and just general performance things
Does anyone think it's realistic to say we'll get this phone rooted? I remember my old S6 being hard to root, but it got done in a month or 2, and I'm just curious
Thank you to anyone who can help me
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If you are referring to the U.S. Snapdragon variants, it will be some time and it will half baked like it was with the S7 and S7 Edge. They locked the bootloader on all the Snapdragon variants and that, obviously, makes it infinitely more difficult to root. The Exynos version of the aforementioned phones had root last year and it apparently performed very well. I wouldn't expect it anytime near launch. These devs have lives, so there will be no timetable.
Also, in my opinion, Viper tends to be a little overrated, but I am just throwing my 2 cents in here.

Now that they removed the remapping functionality for the Bixby button, I will definitely want to root my device (Exynos variant).

So there is no root even with magisk root?

leboreiro said:
So there is no root even with magisk root?
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You first need a working custom recovery (TWRP)

Feche said:
You first need a working custom recovery (TWRP)
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Wouldn't that trip knox?

leboreiro said:
Wouldn't that trip knox?
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ofc it will.

avatar_ro said:
ofc it will.
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not every root trip knox....
would i lose warranty then?

Yes and Samsung Pay.

Every Root as of late breaks Sammy knox and kills s-pay right?

wiseguyy said:
Every Root as of late breaks Sammy knox and kills s-pay right?
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Nope not true. On my s7e I'm on echoerom. And knox works and samsung pay also works.
Verstuurd vanaf mijn SM-G955F met Tapatalk

Root already out. Al least for s8 plus. https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s8+/development/recovery-twrp-galaxy-s8-exynos-t3594756

Yep, I notice all the "experts" that swore there would be no root on the exynos have forget to check in and admit they were wrong.

Chaos Engine said:
Now that they removed the remapping functionality for the Bixby button, I will definitely want to root my device (Exynos variant).
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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.superthomaslab.custombixbybutton

TWRP recovery for S8 Exynos:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3594756

Ive been looking for a exynos region list but this year having no luck to determine the right model on lte and att bands..but all i buy now is exynos because they are or were unlocked. My sig showes what devices i still own and tinker with but what im saying is i bought the 920C, 910C, and 928G last year and use them in the US without a problem on att.. But with some countries getting samsung pay will they get exynos or snapdragon. Regions that got samsung pay would be locked thats the info ive been trying to figure out....lol

God I hope we get snapdragon root. I need my adblock, Task Killer and Titanium Backup

techspy said:
God I hope we get snapdragon root. I need my adblock, Task Killer and Titanium Backup
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Adgaurd will block ads in games and all.

Do you have a link? The only one I found was "Adgaurd Content Blocker" and it talks about using specific browsers etc.

@ techspy
https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/apps-games/adguard-ad-blocker-doesnt-require-root-t2958895
https://adguard.com/en/adguard-android/overview.html#overview

[Q] Cons of Rooting and Unlock Bootloader

Hi, i just want quick answer for my question is:
What feature that I'll lose after root or unlock my Bootloader alongside tripping my knox? does it have any side effect to camera quality just like Xperia device which lost Bionz Software Processing function after unlocked?
Thanks

You'll lose Samsung Pay.
That's it.

Samsung health too, right?

Eezay said:
Samsung health too, right?
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No you will not lose S Health. I'm rooted and I use it regularly. But before using it you should edit build.prop file and change the line "ro.config.tima=1" to "ro.config.tima=0".
You can find the file in the root directory.

What about Android Pay? And if unrooted later, will Samsung Pay work?

cheekrox said:
What about Android Pay? And if unrooted later, will Samsung Pay work?
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Android Pay may work if Magisk is able to hide root.
Samsung Pay will never work again because it checks the knox status and you cannot modify it.

angourakis said:
Android Pay may work if Magisk is able to hide root.
Samsung Pay will never work again because it checks the knox status and you cannot modify it.
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Hmm, has this been tested? Android Pay on rooted S7 Edge. That would be swell to know.

cheekrox said:
Hmm, has this been tested? Android Pay on rooted S7 Edge. That would be swell to know.
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Yes for both cases.
Samsung Pay checks knox status and since you cannot revert it to its original state, there's no way to get it working.
Magisk can hide root from Android Pay. You just have to make sure SafetyNet is passing. It's not 100%, sometimes Google change things and it starts failing again, but you can try anyway.

Does it worth to root the Note FE?

I thinks that we are going to face software instability if we did so. Right ?
I dont think that we need any other custom rom .
So i am thinking of just rooting without installing any custom rom . If i will , it will be only For the z sake of using TWRP.
What is bothering me the silence of all Note FE forum .. no news .. nothing at all . What do you think !!

Limitation number of sold phone is the reason. Even with stock phone, we dont have software support like S7e. Anyway, its ur choice. And would like to use Samsung services in their mobile device so i keep it non root.

kongacute said:
Limitation number of sold phone is the reason. Even with stock phone, we dont have software support like S7e. Anyway, its ur choice. And would like to use Samsung services in their mobile device so i keep it non root.
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Thanks. But I used to root my old note 3 with no problems in Samsung apps , also I got updates every time when I revert back to the original software. And as you said : there is no support beside updates are always very late.

nesoor1230 said:
Thanks. But I used to root my old note 3 with no problems in Samsung apps , also I got updates every time when I revert back to the original software. And as you said : there is no support beside updates are always very late.
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It's Samsung my friend, the worst in supporting their devices including old flagships

nesoor1230 said:
Thanks. But I used to root my old note 3 with no problems in Samsung apps , also I got updates every time when I revert back to the original software. And as you said : there is no support beside updates are always very late.
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That popular than the Note FE. And at the time of Note 3, there is no huge difference between root and non root about Samsung services. So u can compare these device. I also used S4 and my opinion is try to use Samsung device that official release in your country and not root it if u not have another High end Samsung Device ?

nesoor1230 said:
So i am thinking of just rooting without installing any custom rom . If i will , it will be only For the z sake of using TWRP.
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What's the reason that you want root? I don't find it necessary at all.

treysis said:
What's the reason that you want root? I don't find it necessary at all.[/QUOTE
You are right .. but for me maybe Because There is no updates, nothing new ,, and for some more customization, also to be able to install some apps like tytinum back up. I am missing TWRP . Thanks anyway
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nesoor1230 said:
treysis said:
What's the reason that you want root? I don't find it necessary at all.[/QUOTE
You are right .. but for me maybe Because There is no updates, nothing new ,, and for some more customization, also to be able to install some apps like tytinum back up. I am missing TWRP . Thanks anyway
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It's up to u. With customization, there will have substratum for that (at least it enough for most of people). With backup, u have cloud and SmartSwitch. And uptake, i think it really not necessary as Samsung Firmware is really good enough for most of situations. Basically, i dont see anything better if rooted Note FE.
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nesoor1230 said:
Thanks. But I used to root my old note 3 with no problems in Samsung apps , also I got updates every time when I revert back to the original software. And as you said : there is no support beside updates are always very late.
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root on older samsung phones like the note 3 is very different from how it affects the phone with modern samsung devices. you will lose access to Samsung Pay, Samsung Members, and Google Pay

r3xx3r said:
root on older samsung phones like the note 3 is very different from how it affects the phone with modern samsung devices. you will lose access to Samsung Pay, Samsung Members, and Google Pay
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Google pay will work even if you are rooted ,thanks to magisk

Scorpionea said:
Google pay will work even if you are rooted ,thanks to magisk
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But Google Pay wont have large number of accept place. Samsung Pay have large number of accepted place. Google Pay wont be affected by root. Samsung Pay, root mean lost forever.
So i think it will be very hard to decied root flagship Samsung device.

Unless you are a software developer there is no reason to actually root a modern android device. As the latest version of Android is pretty efficent.

Root is not really important for android user today. I just wonder why there are so few custom roms for note FE lol..

Root is for customization. Nowdays theres option to customize even if ur device is not rooted.

This is the only android device which I have not rooted as I find not that helpful as most of the feature and customization which we use to get through the root are already available even in the low spec phone

oleonit said:
Root is not really important for android user today. I just wonder why there are so few custom roms for note FE lol..
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Lol I haven't found any. Just got my FE about 2weeks ago
Sent from my SM-N960U Oreo Cookie

Guys .. unbelievable Our Note FE have received PIE . Its working great . Congratulations for all fe owners.