[MAJ] Tutorial: How to Root Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge

Available since April 11, the Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge are Samsung’s last two high-end smartphones and already two must-haves in the Android world. The Korean brand has finally managed to reinvent itself and offer a completely new design, despite some compromises (abandonment of the SD port, greater water resistance). And to get the most out of it, nothing beats a little rooting smartphones and so far there are two methods with pros and cons.

And if the operation is not the most complicated, it is still necessary to be careful. follow every step meticulously under penalty of soft bricking your precious device and no one wants that 🙂 .

The first method has the following advantages: Boost Knox and therefore allows you to keep all the Samsung-specific benefits, such as the famous Samsung Pay payment method. Apriori is excellent, this root is only compatible with Galaxy S6 for now and you must have a compatible version of the system as we have listed below.

The second method is Compatible with Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge but its main flaw is changing Knox’s stat to 1. This action is irreversible, so everyone should consider whether the game is worth the effort.

Method 1: Rooting Galaxy S6 Without Knox Boost

PingPong Root comes to us from a Chinese developer and is currently in Beta 1. Many improvements are planned for future versions, but this is already fully operational provided you have a compatible ROM version. Other ROMs will be supported soon.

Prerequisites

• Get a Galaxy S6 with one of these ROM versions:

G9200ZCU1AOD5
G9200ZHU1AOD3
G9200ZHU1AOD9
G920R4TYU1AOD3
G920IDVU1AOD1
G920FXXU1AOCV
G920PVPU1AOCF
G920TUVU1AOCG
G920VVRU1AOC3
G920FXXU1AOBN

How to Root Galaxy S6 without Losing Knox

• do it backup of personal data to protect themselves in case of a problem.

• download here party_beta1.7z.

• Open the file and then transfer to warehouse from your smartphone.

• To organise pingpongroot.apk Make sure you allow unknown sources.

• Run pingpongroot from your smartphone and click “Get root!“

• If permission requests appear on the screen, let them.

• At the end of the procedure, you will have root your phone.

Note that to manage root rights of applications, you must: use kinguser app installed, but still it is possible to give preference to SuperSU by doing some additional manipulations reserved for specialists. them XDA forums.

Method 2: How to root by increasing Knox

Prerequisites

• Load Samsung drivers With or without KIES.

• Download Odin 3.10.6 for Samsung devices.

• For Galaxy S6 SM-G920F only (European model), download CF-Auto-Root-zeroflte-zerofltexx-smg920f.tar.md5 here.

• For Galaxy S6 Edge SM-G925F only (European model), download CF-Auto-Root-zerolte-zeroltexx-smg925f.md5 here.

If you continue with this method, your flash counter will increase and therefore KNOX will be disabled. There are other consequences as well, so the Samsung Pay payment method will be permanently disabled during the process. Avoid root if you want to use this function later!

How to Root Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge

• Start by turning off your Galaxy S6 or S6 Edge.

• Press Volume Down and Home at the same time, while holding them press Power download mode.

• At this time, the smartphone should display a “Warning” on the screen.

• then press Volume Up to get “Odin mode” with “Downloading” in the middle of the screen.

• Connect your Galaxy S6 or S6 Edge to computer with the provided USB cable.

• Wait for any driver to install.

• to throw Odin in administrator mode (right click and then run in administrator mode).

• Galaxy S6 only : Click on the PDA and select the previously downloaded file CF-Auto-Root-zeroflte-zerofltexx-smg920f.tar.md5.

• Galaxy S6 Edge only : Click on the PDA and select the previously downloaded file CF-Auto-Root-zerolte-zeroltexx-smg925f.md5.

• Make sure the Auto Restart and F. Reset Time boxes are checked in the “Options” tab. This The “Repartition” box should be unchecked.

• Click Start.

• At the end of the process, when the device reboots, you are rooted!

Feel free to visit the galaxy s6 forum to find out more. You will find all the information you need to get the most out of your new smartphone.