It is a terminal of the year we are about to end in its own right and as such should have a small section on Rooting. This is the Samsung Galaxy S4, a phone with an extended community behind him, something common in Korean manufacturer of terminals and that this time is paid for have superuser permissions. Want to know how?
Another week we are showing you all what are the steps to take greater control of your Android terminal and this time we talk about a very special device. Led by Samsung comes one of the most popular terminals, not in vain worthy heir to the Samsung Galaxy S III. As you have guess we are talking about Samsung Galaxy S4, which today we will discover the secrets to become root.
The importance of root is highlighted in the handsets from Samsung, as the community is such that the terminals behind the Korean manufacturer, which makes these are generally those with a greater number of cooked ROM. The process has been tested with Exynos 5420 processor that we have in Spain.
The steps are very simple, but have not had any problems, as we always say, any action performed is done at your own risk and we are not responsible Rooting from the problems that may arise. Grab a pen and paper to begin.
Requirements
Having to have
Kies installed the drivers.
Restart your computer for the changes to take effect.
Download and install
Odin or newer version
steps
Just download and install Kies, Samsung's proprietary software, it is only necessary if our computer have not installed the drivers for the phone. If you already have loaded you can skip this first step.
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Once installed open Odin, but attentive to do it using administrator permissions. In case anyone does not know it is done with the right mouse button on the icon of Odin and selecting "Run as administrator".
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Once we started Odin, seek the box called PDA. The activated and the menu look and load the file CF-Root Chainfire we've previously downloaded.
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Turn off your phone and start in Download mode by volume down key combination, central button on at a time and when we ask with a yellow triangle press volume up.
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We connect the Samsung Galaxy S4 the PC and wait for Odin to recognize it. This should change the box to the top left, under ID: COM, a yellow or blue color that varies depending on the version of Odin we use. If you do not recognize it may not have properly installed the drivers, so we must reload.
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Press the Start option and expect the process to finish. We will see a series of messages in the lower left part of the evolution process, which ends when the box in the top left turns green with PASS legend.
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In that time we have managed to have root permissions and can disconnect the phone from the PC.
As you can see the process is very simple, and although as always, there is minimal risk, almost all steps are automated and harder it can be often charging driver because Odin is a program with a large stability makes Samsung terminals rootear the simplest. Do you know this system or know of a better and simpler to carry out the process?