Root [International] Rooted!!!! :) :)

Nice job! :thumb: Which carrier are you with so that this can be in the appropriate root forum?

Signature says I-9505, so it looks to be international LTE.

Good ol' Chainfire.... he helped me root my S2.

The S4 CF-Auto-Root topic on XDA can be found here, btw. I'm sure it will make its way into the Root Guide soon.

Please note the repeated warnings that it's only applicable to the i9505 (Qualcomm LTE) variant to avoid unwanted brickings (both of the handset and yourself!)

Another Root exploit has been announced, this time by the guy who unlocked the Motorola Bootloaders. It seems his tool is good rooting almost any device that runs Snapdragon chipsets.

Root Exploit for GS4 running Qualcomm Snapdragon chipsets

I'll be getting it this week and looks like CF-Root is still the way to go (I'm with Slug, CF helped me root my S2 ).

Looks like Omega Rom is already out. It's v1.0 atm and will probably be v5.64 by the weekend (exaggerating a tad). I don't know if people still do rom reviews, but I'm eager to try as many different ones as possible!

I'm pretty much in the same boat as you kie, my s4 SHOULD arrive this week...but then I was expecting it already, it was also a cf kernel I used for S2 root.... I may just hold off for s week or so just to see some more feedback/maybe a walk through guide for dummies like ironass created.... Of course I may just copy his guide and make the appropriate changes

With his permission naturally!

So I managed to root successfully with chainfire's CF-Root. Remember this is for i9505 only for versions PRIOR to MDM (to find your current version, go to Settings -> More -> About device and scroll to Build number. The last 3 letters of mine are MDE, but later models have MDM or higher. For information about what to do with MDM or later, see here (thanks sntaylor!)

1. Download CF-Root from here
2. Download and install either Kies or Samsung drivers for the S4 (v1.5.23.0, found here)
3. Put phone in Recovery by turning off then holding Volume Down + Home + Power, and then pressing volume up when prompted.
4. Download Odin v3.04 from here. Open up Odin (make sure Kies is closed if you have it). Your phone should be recognised and show up as a blue-green colour in the first box on the left.
5. Extract the contents of the CF-Root zip and add the md5 file to the PDA section of Odin. Ensure Re-Partition is not checked.
6. Click Start and wait. Your phone should reboot and show a red android and some text and reboot again. It's now rooted!

The main problem I had was getting my PC to see the phone in Recovery mode. I didn't realise you needed the most recent Samsung drivers or Kies (despite the similarities to my username, I don't like Kies ). The current driver that recognises the S4 is v1.5.23.0. Older ones obviously don't work. You should uninstall older drivers before installing the new one.

Everything works as normal in root: Titanium restored all my apps just fine; Voltage Control adapts to the new phone and you can adjust voltage settings as you like; and Super User is installed automatically.

Regarding CWM, I don't think a working one is out for i9505 yet (keyword is working). There's no TWRP out for it either.

I'm currently on Omega v1.0 rom. It's pretty stable, but nothing special yet.

Well that's me also rooted got fed up with the site I had ordered from, so decided feck it, enough is enough so went to phones 4u, got home, set it up and decided just to go ahead and root it, didn't even let my Mrs see it before rooting it

Does it work with MDM? says it doesn't in the link or is that for autoroot?

Mdm?

sntaylor said:

Mdm?

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Yes, the latest firmware update, XXUAMDM

Ahhh sorry, I don't think it is working if that's the latest update, will have another look in a minute and if it does seem to be working I'll post back, otherwise it must still not be!

Here ya go,

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2255190

you what to do with mdm

sntaylor said:

Here ya go,

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2255190

you what to do with mdm

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Thanks for the link! I'll update my post with that information.

I had thinking of copying(literally copy and paste, then delete) iron ass dummies guide from s2 (with his permission first off course!)

think I'll wait for now until the procedure is more set up and we have recovery etc completely working with just one flash!

What exactly is the benefit of rooting? What can you guys do with your S4 that I can't or would want to?

Rooting gives access to admin files, in time there will be some kind developer that will create a custom kernel, this could allow us to change aspects of how the interface works, control what the processor speed is for certain tasks, giving better control over battery usage!

to mention custom Roms changing the look of things such as icons on the top bar and other customisations(my s2 has a blue Android man for battery icon!)

with little in way of choice for Roms, kernels etc, I have root to allow me to back up apps easily and although I maybe shouldn't have, I backed up s2 apps to sd card, and restored them on s4 so I've saved my gameplay in games like angry birds.

IAlso make use of adaway which as the name suggests, removes advertisements in the free games and other such apps.

sntaylor said:

Rooting gives access to admin files, in time there will be some kind developer that will create a custom kernel, this could allow us to change aspects of how the interface works, control what the processor speed is for certain tasks, giving better control over battery usage!

to mention custom Roms changing the look of things such as icons on the top bar and other customisations(my s2 has a blue Android man for battery icon!)

with little in way of choice for Roms, kernels etc, I have root to allow me to back up apps easily and although I maybe shouldn't have, I backed up s2 apps to sd card, and restored them on s4 so I've saved my gameplay in games like angry birds.

IAlso make use of adaway which as the name suggests, removes advertisements in the free games and other such apps.

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Can you post a link to the adaway app?

sntaylor said:

I had thinking of copying(literally copy and paste, then delete) iron ass dummies guide from s2 (with his permission first off course!)

think I'll wait for now until the procedure is more set up and we have recovery etc completely working with just one flash!

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Watch it, I'll spill the beans to him......

Lol Sid, I haven't plucked up the courage to ask yet, that and the whole little thing where some variants apparently cannot be rooted at the moment etc, so in general I'd rather not make it easier for people to have then brick their phone! Lol

Xxmen said:

Can you post a link to the adaway app?

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You need to download the f-droid app (F-Droid) and you will find it in there!