Root Samsung Galaxy S5 SM-G900F (International Variant)
Samsung’s latest flagship in its Galaxy S line, the S5, is one of the hottest smartphones announced this year. Galaxy S5, the new high-end phone from Samsung and perhaps the most desirable handset of 2014 launched on 27th March but set to become available in April 2014. Whenever new phone is launched, the Android hacker start working on creating an app for rooting such app. This time XDA Senior Recognized Developer Chainfire has done it again, rooting the international variant of the Galaxy S5 before even its release, just has he has done multiple times in the past with the previous flagships phones.
Here is a simple guide on rooting the Galaxy S5 SM-G900F international variant using Chainfire’s popular CF-Auto-Root and ODIN tool. CF-Auto-Root is the easiest root method and it will keep as close to stock firmware as possible. We have already seen some post related to CF-Root, so if anyone who has already used CF-Auto-Root should have no trouble rooting their phone with this method, as all the steps are exactly the same. This root package will install the SuperSU binary and APK, as well as the stock recovery on your phone.
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Note / Warning:
Rooting with this method WILL increase your flash counter, and trigger Samsung’s KNOX warranty flag, so your warranty will be void.
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Requirements:
1. CF-Auto-Root for Galaxy S5 SM-G900F (Download it from here (Use right-click and Save As. The package includes all necessary files including Odin)
2. Samsung USB Drivers installed on your computer (download it from here).
Procedure:
1. Unzip the contents of the downloaded CF-Auto-Root zip file to a folder on your computer.
2. Launch ODIN from the extracted files.
3. Click the PDA button in Odin and select the file named CF-Auto-Root-klte-kltexx-smg900f.tar. Make sure you leave everything else exactly as it is.
4. Put Galaxy S5 into download mode. To do so, power off it and press Volume Down, Home and Power buttons together. Press Volume Up to enter into download mode.
5. Now, connect your phone to your computer via USB. ODIN should show a port number in the ID:COM box, if not, check you have properly installed Samsung driver for your device.
6. If everything OK, click the Start button in Odin. Do NOT to disconnect your phone from the PC during the process. It’ll take some time to finish. The phone will reboot automatically.
Upon reboot, your device will be rooted, while everything else will be stock. You should see the SuperSU app installed. You can check root privileges using the any root checker app from Play Store.
Source: XDA-Developers
Cheers!!!
Here is a simple guide on rooting the Galaxy S5 SM-G900F international variant using Chainfire’s popular CF-Auto-Root and ODIN tool. CF-Auto-Root is the easiest root method and it will keep as close to stock firmware as possible. We have already seen some post related to CF-Root, so if anyone who has already used CF-Auto-Root should have no trouble rooting their phone with this method, as all the steps are exactly the same. This root package will install the SuperSU binary and APK, as well as the stock recovery on your phone.
Related Post: Custom ROM's for Android Smartphone
Note / Warning:
- Follow this guide entirely at your own risk. MyBookofKnowledge will not be responsible if your phone gets bricked during the process.
- The files provided in this guide are intended ONLY for rooting the International variant of the Galaxy S5 i.e. SM-G900F. Do NOT attempt to root any other variant of the device (or any other device) with this file. (You can check your phone’s model number in Settings > About device > Model number.)
Rooting with this method WILL increase your flash counter, and trigger Samsung’s KNOX warranty flag, so your warranty will be void.
Related Post: Root Samsung Galaxy Note 3 using CF-Root
Requirements:
1. CF-Auto-Root for Galaxy S5 SM-G900F (Download it from here (Use right-click and Save As. The package includes all necessary files including Odin)
2. Samsung USB Drivers installed on your computer (download it from here).
Procedure:
1. Unzip the contents of the downloaded CF-Auto-Root zip file to a folder on your computer.
2. Launch ODIN from the extracted files.
3. Click the PDA button in Odin and select the file named CF-Auto-Root-klte-kltexx-smg900f.tar. Make sure you leave everything else exactly as it is.
4. Put Galaxy S5 into download mode. To do so, power off it and press Volume Down, Home and Power buttons together. Press Volume Up to enter into download mode.
5. Now, connect your phone to your computer via USB. ODIN should show a port number in the ID:COM box, if not, check you have properly installed Samsung driver for your device.
6. If everything OK, click the Start button in Odin. Do NOT to disconnect your phone from the PC during the process. It’ll take some time to finish. The phone will reboot automatically.
Upon reboot, your device will be rooted, while everything else will be stock. You should see the SuperSU app installed. You can check root privileges using the any root checker app from Play Store.
Source: XDA-Developers
Cheers!!!
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