Tuesday, April 21, 2015

How to Root the Samsung Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 Edge

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If you’re looking to truly clean up your curvy new Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge, or the flatter Samsung Galaxy S6, you might want to consider rooting it. Rooting, aka the process of gaining administrative rights on your device, can allow you to truly remove some bloatware from the device –instead of just disabling it. It’ll free up memory – both of the RAM and storage variety – and that’s just the beginning. If a custom recovery exists for your device, you can even flash newer versions of Android, remove TouchWiz entirely, and more.
Regardless of where you intend to end up in the rooting world, gaining root access and getting that Superuser icon in your app drawer is the first step. Let’s get started, shall we?
Things to keep in mind before you get started:
  • At present, this only works on the T-Mobile or International versions of the phones.
  • This tutorial requires a Windows computer.
  • Please make sure to backup anything you are worried about losing before beginning.
With that said, here’s how to root your Galaxy S6 or Galaxy S6 Edge.
1. Download and Install the Samsung USB Drivers.
 Download the Drivers
2. Go to Settings > About Phone and write down your model number.
Locate Model Number
3. Head to the AutoRoot homepage, locate your model number and click download.
 Choose Your Model
4. Download the root package and save it to your desktop.
 Download AutoRoot
5. Extract the AutoRoot .zip file.
5 Extract AutoRoot
6. Right-click the Odin exe file and run it as administrator.
Run Odin
7. On the phone, go to Settings > About Phone and continuously tap on Build Numberuntil it tells you are a developer.
Tap on Build Number
8. Now, since we enabled them, go to Settings > Developer Options and check on USB Debugging.
8 USB Debugging
9. Plug the phone in via USB. This will let the proper drivers install before continuing thenunplug it again.
Plug Phone In
10. Turn off the phone and turn it back on by holding down power, volume down, and home at the same time until it gives you a blue screen.
Odin Mode
11. Tap Volume Up to continue.
Tap Volume Up
12. Plug the phone in via USB again.
Plug Back In
13. In Odin, click on AP and select the .tar.md5 file from inside the extracted AutoRoot folder.
Select Root File
14. Click Start.
Click Start
When it reboots you should be presented with your home screen and you’ll see the Superuser icon in your app drawer if it all worked.
Superuser
15. If you have the T-Mobile Galaxy S6 Edge and you get stuck at the Samsung logo, hold down volume down, power, and home until it goes back into Odin mode.
Stuck on Logo
16. Head back to the AutoRoot site and download the G920T file this time (the file for the regular Galaxy S6) and extract it to your desktop.
Download G920T
17. In Odin, click on AP and select the .tar.md5 file from inside the latest extracted AutoRoot folder.
Select AP Again
18. Click Start.
Click Start Again
Now, it should work and you’ll be presented with the Superuser icon like normal.
Superuser Again
Hope that helped some people out! Enjoy!

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