Rooting my Samsung Galaxy S4 Active

[samsungalaxys4act]

From the fist moment I joined the android world I was hearing about rooting. So here are my questions:
1) What exactly is rooting?
2) How is it done?
3) What are the risks?
4) Advantages/Disadvantages
Thank you

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[mobilecrackers]

1. rooting can unlock more advance features, you can edit and tweak phone , install custom roms
2. you can root phone through odin or by recovery
3. your warranty will be void and you can unroot too, rooting latest phones like s4, note 3 will void Knox security
4. you can edit and tweak phone , install custom roms , crack games, many more

 

[samsungalaxys4act]

Thank you! Another question! What's rom,odin and Knox security? [noob]

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[mobilecrackers]

Roms are of 2 type stock rom and custom rom .stock rom are official rom from samsung custom rom are editor or manipulated by developers.

odin is a firmware testing and flashing software developed by samsung

knox are new security feature developed by samsung which cannot be manipulated which is a very difficult to break .rooting your knox enabled phone will void the warranty. and you cannot install a knox enabled firmware any more

next time ask my friend google
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[samsungalaxys4act]

So basically odin are the files which roots the phone? But rom what does exactly do?

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[mobilecrackers]

rom means the android os you are using on your phone.
Odin not a file its a software for flashing firmware and root

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[samsungalaxys4act]

What do you mean flashing? Thank you for your time though...and maybe I'll ask Google!

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[mobilecrackers]

if your phone have a software problem then you use odin to flash a new firmware to fix it. Odin only works in samsung mobile. That is flashing..

I am ready to help

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[mobilecrackers]

odin works all in pc with runs windows for mac and other OS you need to use other flashing tools.

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[samsungalaxys4act]

So what I have to download or load to my phone to be rooted?

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[samsungalaxys4act]

Any article with instructions?

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[mobilecrackers]

you are using samsung galaxy s4 which knox security rooting your phone will void the warranty . if you want to root your phone then search the xda or google. root file comes with the different versions

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[samsungalaxys4act]

Xda? Hahaha

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[mobilecrackers]

it's better not to root your phone, but rooting will unlock more advanced features, you can edit tweak or install custom roms for your s4

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[samsungalaxys4act]

Ok thanks a lot! I should pay you!

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[samsungalaxys4act]

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[mobilecrackers]

Thank me

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