How to root a system without knowing a bit about rooting? Plz Help

[Arihant0908]

Respected Forum Members and Readers,

I am an Android Rooting Enthusiast and I am totally new to this realm of hacking into the device and gaining its full access. I have just known about it through videos on youtube and have myself tried to root my device Samsung Galaxy J7 Pro by following videos not knowing really how the things work in actual and ended up losing original firmware. But since then I have been trying to find how to actually root a system by even reading the Book on Hacking by XDA Developers written by Jason Tyler. I have somewhat came to know the internal working but I am also a bit afraid as to try again to root my device as i really don't know how to do it till now and this time i can really not lose my device. But i still want to gain access of it and explore the infinite advantages of having a rooted device. Plz if anybody can help me walk my way through it.

 

[Deleted member 1890170]

Rooting a device's Android simply means to add "superuser" ( AKA root ) functionality to Android OS, will say add an Android user with elevated rights ( comparable to Administrator in Windows OS).

Because your phone runs Android 7 ( Nougat ) IMO the most easiest method to root your device's Android: Replace Android's Toybox binary - what is a restricted version by default - by unrestricted Toybox v0.8.5.

 

[Arihant0908]

Rooting a device's Android simply means to add "superuser" ( AKA root ) functionality to Android OS, will say add an Android user with elevated rights ( comparable to Administrator in Windows OS).

Because your phone runs Android 7 ( Nougat ) IMO the most easiest method to root your device's Android: Replace Android's Toybox binary - what is a restricted version by default - by unrestricted Toybox v0.8.5.

Thank You So Much for your reply but I am sorry as i might have said i just do not know anything about these technical terms like IMO and how to replace Android's Toybox Binary..., i would be really grateful if you could help me by elaborating a bit more as to what I have to exactly do.. Thank You Again

 

[BHD@RN]

Respected Forum Members and Readers,

I am an Android Rooting Enthusiast and I am totally new to this realm of hacking into the device and gaining its full access. I have just known about it through videos on youtube and have myself tried to root my device Samsung Galaxy J7 Pro by following videos not knowing really how the things work in actual and ended up losing original firmware. But since then I have been trying to find how to actually root a system by even reading the Book on Hacking by XDA Developers written by Jason Tyler. I have somewhat came to know the internal working but I am also a bit afraid as to try again to root my device as i really don't know how to do it till now and this time i can really not lose my device. But i still want to gain access of it and explore the infinite advantages of having a rooted device. Plz if anybody can help me walk my way through it.

it's very simple, i will try to be less technical but bear with me,

so, rooting is simply gaining access to systems core, by core i mean ability to access, modify and write into system (structure and file).

it is a great responsibility, as a simple stupid move can cause system to crash and may also brick your device.
------------------------------ but, don't worry as we here in XDA are there to help you,
as, the device in question is a Samsung j7 pro, normal rooting methods will not work as Samsung by default make it difficult to root it's phone.

you may refer this article to root your phone click here.
----------------------------- but it's some what technical so, i will explain, what is written there in next post.

 

[BHD@RN]

so, about what's in the article,
--------------------- first things first, you may cause damage to your device so, just to make sure i will not be responsible for any damage.

let's begin, what i will tell you about?

1. ODIN (a software by Samsung to flash original firmware {that comes with phone})
2. TWRP(custom recovery, a tool that is installed (flashed using odin )on phone to flash custom rom)
3. Some tweaks files like RMM State By-Pass.zip and no-verity-opt-encrypt don't think much about them, they just bypass some restriction set by Samsung so, that rooting is successful. you can flash them through TWRP.

you can get link through the article for all required files so,

1. Download Samsung driver from here,
2. install them on your PC
3. download ODIN from here,
4. after it, open settings app >> about phone >> software info >> then click build number 5-10 times till you are a developer option appears.
5. after enabling developer option go to developer option, find it using search bar in settings app, it should be inside about phone section.
6. inside developer option enable USB debugging and also enable OEM unlock option.
7. after enabling OEM unlock option -----part 2 below.

this was part one if you got all till now you are good to go,

1. Connect your USB cable with PC. Switch off your device. Then, enter into Download mode. To do this; press and hold down the Volume Down +Home+ Power buttons and connect your micro USB Cable.
2. 
3. Press the Volume Up button to continue when you see the warning message.
4. Now, connect the Samsung Galaxy J7 Pro mobile to the computer via USB cable.
5. download and extract odin downloaded earlier.
6. launch odin by clicking on odin.exe file
   • After connecting the Samsung device, click on the PDA/PA button to browse/search and get the TWRP from where you saved it on your PC. Also, navigate to “options” and save settings like shown below.​
7. 

 

[BHD@RN]

after all this your phone should reboot automatically, and voila you have successfully flashed twrp on your device.

now power off your phone,
boot into twrp by pressing Volume Up + Home+ Power Button
then, it will boot into twrp.
Select Wipe->Advance Wipe->Select Cache Data
Return to Home of TWRP select Install
Select Magisk.zip (you can download magisk from github of magisk or from here )
slide to install.
same process for RMM State By-Pass.zip and no-verity-opt-encrypt install file one by one.

after all the process you should reboot into system.
then download magisk app and now you have root access, enjoy and like the post if you want.

 

[Arihant0908]

@BHD@RN
Thank You for taking pains to elaborate the process. i just want to ask one question are you sure this method won't brick my device this time. Sorry i am being like that because the phone i have mentioned is my mother's so she would be really pissed if it does not go right. And if my device gets stuck in boot loop rather being bricked can it still be recovered...

 

[BHD@RN]

@BHD@RN
Thank You for taking pains to elaborate the process. i just want to ask one question are you sure this method won't brick my device this time. Sorry i am being like that because the phone i have mentioned is my mother's so she would be really pissed if it does not go right.

don't worry bro if you follow every step properly it will not brick, but to be on safe side backup internal storage and app data before starting to root your moms phone.

 

[BHD@RN]

and if some thing goes wrong i am here for you, generally speaking phones does not brick during magisk installation.

 

[Arihant0908]

and if some thing goes wrong i am here for you, generally speaking phones does not brick during magisk installation.

And do have to download rmm and no verity encrypt files or should i leave them.... and how to download their required versions along with the right twrp version

 

[BHD@RN]

bro first use odin to flash twrp
then use twrp to flash magisk then rmm then no verity encrypt each after other no reboot.

 

[BHD@RN]

And do have to download rmm and no verity encrypt files or should i leave them.... and how to download them

download from website

Root Samsung Galaxy J7 Pro SM-J730F/FM/GM Pie 9.0 using TWRP and Magisk

Most of the people thought, When mobile get slow, we can rectify this by rooting. Nope. There are plenty of optimizations available without root. Even

www.androidinfotech.com

 

[Arihant0908]

One last thing, do I require to download Samsung USB Driver even if ODIN is able to detect my device

 

[BHD@RN]

One last thing, do I require to download Samsung USB Driver even if ODIN is able to detect my device

no and yes, if twrp flashes properly no
else yes

 

[Deleted member 1890170]

@Arihant0908

take note that in order to root Android by means of Magisk, as recommended / advised by @BHD@RN, neither ODIN nor TWRP is needed: flashing TWRP in this case - as a necessary prerequisite - is an absolute overkill.
All you need is to install Magisk Root app.

 

[BHD@RN]

@Arihant0908

take note that in order to root Android by means of Magisk, as recommended / advised by @BHD@RN, neither ODIN nor TWRP is needed: flashing TWRP in this case - as a necessary prerequisite - is an absolute overkill.
All you need is to install Magisk Root app.

take note mr./mrs. @jwoegerbauer

if you know anything about magisk then you should know that it is not a one click root tool, you need to flash magisk for you to gain root access.

next, yes you only need to boot twrp but in case of samsung we need custom recovery to fix errors so it's good to have it flashed. odin helps remove complexity, and is safe to use.

i was trying to provide best stable and tested path and don't interfere if you don't know anything about topic, i humble request not to confuse people @jwoegerbauer

 

[Arihant0908]

take note mr./mrs. @jwoegerbauer

if you know anything about magisk then you should know that it is not a one click root tool, you need to flash magisk for you to gain root access.

next, yes you only need to boot twrp but in case of samsung we need custom recovery to fix errors so it's good to have it flashed. odin helps remove complexity, and is safe to use.

i was trying to provide best stable and tested path and don't interfere if you don't know anything about topic, i humble request not to confuse people @jwoegerbauer

Ok so... in the end what i have understood is that:
1. I need to have Magisk.zip, RMM and no verity encrypt files on Phone.
2. I need TWRP, odin and android usb driver by samsung for windows 10 installed on pc.
3. I need to first flash TWRP using odin. Boot up my device
4. Then boot to TWRP, wipe cache, and flash Magisk.zip, RMM and no verity one by one as in one thing at a time using TWRP. Boot up and install magisk app.
If i missed something, disordered anything or have any suggestions then plz reply. Thank You

 

[BHD@RN]

Ok so... in the end what i have understood is that:
1. I need to have RMM and no verity encrypt files on Phone.
2. I need TWRP, odin and android usb driver by samsung for windows 10 installed on pc.
3. I need to first flash TWRP using odin. Boot up my device
4. Then boot to TWRP, wipe cache, and flash RMM and no verity. Boot up and install magisk app.
If i missed something, disordered anything or have any suggestions then plz reply. Thank You

on 4th point first flash magisk zip file download from
https://github.com/topjohnwu/Magisk (click on code and download)
flash magisk zip through TWRP then RMM and no verity encrypt file
then boot

if magisk app is present after booting then no need to download app else download the app from google

 

[Arihant0908]

on 4th point first flash magisk zip file download from
https://github.com/topjohnwu/Magisk (click on code and download)
flash magisk zip through TWRP then RMM and no verity encrypt file
then boot

if magisk app is present after booting then no need to download app else download the app from google

which magisk zip do i have to download... magisk, magisk beta, magisk canary
Moreover i am unable to select right TWRP specific to my device on its official page twrp.me . My device Model Number is SM-J730GM.

 

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@Arihant0908

take note that in order to root Android by means of Magisk, as recommended / advised by @BHD@RN, neither ODIN nor TWRP is needed: flashing TWRP in this case - as a necessary prerequisite - is an absolute overkill.
All you need is to install Magisk Root app.

Totally agree with this.