The finest piece of latest technology on the mobile market, Samsung Galaxy S4 I9505, is about to become even better with our new tutorial on how to root it while running on XXUAMDM Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean official firmware. A quad-core 1.9Ghz CPU powering its wide and brilliant AMOLED display make out of this device a piece of engineering taken to extreme. And why not get the best out of it with the proper tools.
No matter what updates are to come, this is the universal rooting procedure for Samsung S4 I9505. And, as you already know, a rooted device is the best place to be on and use root apps otherwise unavailable.
Before starting the rooting process check the following:
- Install the latest USB drivers for Samsung Galaxy S4 on your computer;
- Take care of important data and do a back-up of it, just in case things go wrong.
- It is very important to charge the battery of your phone to 80% minimum
- This tutorial is for Samsung Galaxy S4 I9505 only
Here is how to root your Samsung Galaxy S4 I9505:
1. Download CF-Auto-Root Android 4.2.2 ( CF-Auto-Root-jflte-jfltexx-gti9505.zip – 18.5MB ) and extract the file;2. Download ODIN;
3. Turn off the phone and enter Download mode by simultaneously pressing and holding Volume Down + Home + Power buttons;
4. Now open ODIN and connect the device to PC via USB. ID:COM boxes in ODIN should turn yellow. If not, there is something wrong with the USB drivers;
5. Click PDA button in ODIN interface and open the file ‘CF-Auto-Root-jflte-jfltexx-gti9505.zip’ you have extracted at step 1;
6. Check ‘Auto Reboot’ and ‘F. Reset Time’ boxes in ODIN;
7. Click ‘START’, wait a couple of minutes till the phone reboots in Recovery Mode and the ID:COM box turns green;
8. Unplug the USB cable and check the result.
9. This should be it!
