How To Root Samsung Galaxy S5 SM-G900A

Are you using a Samsung Galaxy S5 SM-G900A smartphone? If yes, are you searching for a way to root your device? If yes is your answer, then you are in the right place as I have given a step by step tutorial to root Samsung Galaxy S5 SM-G900A.

By following this tutorial, you will be able to gain root privileges on your device. Once you do that, you can do a lot of development activities on your smartphone, including the installation of custom ROM firmware, etc.

Note: Rooting your Android smartphone will void its warranty. So think well about it before getting started with the rooting procedure.

Prerequisites:

Step 1: Since the rooting method given here is a data loss process, make sure that you take a complete backup of personal data on your smartphone using appropriate apps.

Step 2: Next, ensure that your device has at least 50-60% battery backup in it before getting started with the rooting procedure.

Step 3: Now enable the USB Debugging Mode in your Samsung Galaxy S5 SM-G900A by following this path: Settings ->Developer Options -> USB Debugging. If you can’t see the developer options in your device Settings, then enable it by following this path: Settings -> About Phone (tap on the Build Number for 5-7 times to enable it).

Step 4: Once done, download Samsung Galaxy S5 USB driver and install it on your Windows computer so that you can connect your device to it.

Once you have finished all these prerequisites, you can move forward to the rooting tutorial given below.

Tutorial To Flash Custom Firmware On Samsung Galaxy S5 SM-G900A:

Step 1: To get started, download Odin and Samsung Galaxy S5 SM-G900A Experimental Firmware to your computer. Once downloaded, launch Odin window.

Step 2: Next, switch off your smartphone and boot into the download/bootloader mode by pressing and holding the Volume Down, Power and Home buttons simultaneously.

Step 3: Once your device boots into the download mode, connect it to your computer using the original USB data cable. If you have installed the USB drivers of your smartphone in the computer properly, Odin will automatically identify your device, and you will see a “Added” message in its Logs. Also, the ID:COM will turn to “Blue” color.

Step 4: Now, click on the “AP” button in Odin window and select the .tar.md5 file from the experimental firmware.

Step 5: Next, click on the “Start” button to launch the flashing process (which will take a minute or two to get completed). Once the flashing process is finished, you will get a “PASS” message in the Odin. Your device will also get rebooted.

Step 6: Now, unplug your smartphone from the computer.

That’s it. Now, you have successfully finished flashing the experimental firmware in your Samsung Galaxy S5 SM-G900A smartphone. Let’s find out how you can root your device.

Tutorial To Root Samsung Galaxy S5 SM-G900A:

Step 1: To get started, download SuperSU and Towelroot applications and install them on your Samsung Galaxy S5 smartphone. Once done, download and install Flashfire application to your device.

Step 2: Now open the Towelroot app and click on “make it ra1n” to root your device. Towelroot will install root binaries along with rooting your device.

Step 3: Next, launch the SuperSU app and click on “New User”. Once you do that, SuperSU will automatically install all the required files for managing root permissions on your device. Also, it will update the SU binaries.

Step 4: Now download the pre-rooted OF3 file to your smartphone.

Step 5: Once done, launch the Flashfire app and give it root access using the SuperSU application. Once done, wipe the data on your device by using the “Wipe” option in the Flashfire app.

Step 6: Next, flash the pre-rooted OF3 file from Step 5 to your device by following this path in the Flashfire App: Flash ZIP or OTA -> Mount \system read\write

Step 7: Once the flashing process gets completed, your smartphone will reboot automatically.

That’s it! Now you have successfully gained root access on your Samsung Galaxy S5 SM-G900A. To confirm the root privileges of your smartphone, use the Root Checker for Android app from Google Play Store.

If you own a smartphone or tablet other than Samsung Galaxy S5 SM-G900A and would like to get rooting tutorials for the same, kindly visit our Rooting Tutorials page.

If you encounter any issues while following this rooting and recovery installation tutorials, do let me know via comments.