Samsung Galaxy S5
Warning:
· Rooting a device makes it work very well but it also caters some limitations to the phone. It can risk the device and you have to suffer a lot.
· The warranty of the phone is scraped when you root it.
· There are chances that your device can also be damaged while trying to root it.
· You don’t get any android updates once you root the device.
Disclaimer:
We are not responsible for any DAMAGE to your device while rooting or after rooting. We provide the best Well Researched data in our Guides, But still root at your own risk!!
Well, while getting started, some of the
Things you should know before Rooting:
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Rooting
your Galaxy S5 will voids its manufacturer warranty, so think before you root
your phone.
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You’ll
need a windows based PC.
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Before
Rooting, make sure you’ve installed USB drivers on your PC.
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From
Settings enable USB debugging. Don’t know? Learn Here
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Make
sure that you’ve got good enough battery charge on your phone, at least 50% is
recommended.
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Last
but not the least proceed at your own risk.
Step 1: Enable Unknown Sources:
Since Towelroot is not available on the
Google Play Store, you'll need to ready your device for the installation of
sideloaded apps. From Settings,
under the System section,
tap Security. In here, just
tick the box next to Unknown Sources and
press OK. This will allow
you to install apps from unknown sources.
Step 2: Download Towelroot:.
Hotz has made his root exploit app available to all through its website. Just open your Galaxy's web browser and navigate to towelroot.com. From here, tap the lambda symbol to download the installer file.
When
the download is finished, tap the notification area to initiate the install
process. From there, hit Install, tap Open when finished.
Step 3: Root Your Device:
When you open Towelroot, you'll notice that there's not very much to
the app's UI. Just a single button that says make it ra1n.
Just tap this button and you're device will be rooted. That's it.
Seriously.
Give the app approximately 15 seconds to
perform Pinkie Pie's exploit and copy over the necessary files, and your phone
will automatically reboot. When it comes back up, you'll be rooted. If you know
you're way around an Android device, then all of the steps above shouldn't take
longer than 20 seconds, though it will vary from device to device.
Step 4: Verify the Root was Successful (Optional):
If you'd like to test out your new root
privileges, you can download Root Checker from
Google Play. With the app open, tap on Verify
Root to confirm
that the procedure went down without a hitch.
When you're doing that, though, you may notice that you weren't
asked to grant Root Checker superuser permissions. This is because Towelroot
doesn't install a root management app—it just gives root to any app that asks
for it.
This is a serious security risk, because
malware apps can do some significant damage to your phone with root
permissions. An app that covertly installed itself on your phone could
automatically receive root privileges without you ever knowing.
Step 5: Install a Root Management App (Recommended):
To remedy the above issue, simply install a root management app. Chainfire's SuperSU is the best app out there in this
category, and it's available for free on Google Play. As I'm writing this,
though, the current version hasn't been updated to work with the Verizon or
AT&T variants of the Galaxy S5.
When the process is finished, you'll get a
confirmation dialog. As it says, for the changes to take effect, you'll need to
reboot your phone—go ahead and do that at this time.
When
you're back up, any root app will have to explicitly ask your permission to
gain access to the system partition of your phone. Just pressGrant for an app that you trust, and any
suspicious apps can be denied root access by choosing Deny on the same dialog.
Step 6: Disable Security Policy Updates (AT&T Version Only):
As some users have noted, once rooted, AT&T's Security Policy Update service
might ask you to update your Security Policies. This nagging notification
apparently has the potential to unroot your phone, and we don't want that.
To prevent any issues with Security Policy Update, you'll just need
to disable the app. Go ahead and grab one of the many free root-enabled file
browsers from the Play Store to
get the process underway.
First, be sure to enable root mode on your file browser. With
Sliding Explorer, hit the 3-dot menu button and tap Settings. From
here, just tick the box next to Enable
Root Mode.
Next,
use the navigation menu on the left to select Root
Directory. SuperSU will pop up asking you to give Sliding
Explorer root permission. Tap Grant on this prompt.
Next,
navigate to the /system/priv-app folder and locate the SPDClient.apk file.
Tap
the 3-dot menu button directly to the right of this file and select Rename. From here, simply append a .bak to the end of the filename and press Rename. Afterwards, just reboot your phone and you'll no longer
have to worry about AT&T's Security Policy Update service.
And that's about all there is to it. Your
Galaxy S5 should now be rooted, and it can handle root requests in a secure
manner.
This is by far the easiest root procedure. It
literally took less than a minute to get root, and just a couple more to
install SuperSU.
Why root S5?
There are plenty more benefits that you can
experience when you root Galaxy
S5. But, it is risky. This is especially true for non-techies. But with the
simple steps presented above, you’re highly likely to have a rooted phone
without the risk of bricking it. To persuade you more into giving this process
a try, why not read some of the benefits of rooting your device.
1. Save space on your phone. Some apps on your phone can’t be uninstalled, even though you are not
using them. This is because they are pre-installed by Samsung or your carrier.
Unfortunately, they can take a lot of space in your phone’s storage. Getting
rid of them is possible only when you root your device.
2. Have custom ROMs. Why would
you like to have custom ROMs in the first place? We can give you tons of
reasons but the most important one is that it offers better performance and
efficiency. Another essential reason is that you can install apps and save it
to your SD card. This ability is not possible with stock ROMs.
If you don’t like the outcome, however, you can always unroot it. But we
doubt that you would as rooting it could give you endless possibilities.
