{"id":6151,"date":"2017-08-21T15:04:24","date_gmt":"2017-08-21T09:34:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stechguide.com\/?p=6151"},"modified":"2017-08-21T15:04:24","modified_gmt":"2017-08-21T09:34:24","slug":"root-galaxy-s8-and-s8-plus-snapdragon-variants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stechguide.com\/root-galaxy-s8-and-s8-plus-snapdragon-variants\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Root Galaxy S8 and S8 Plus Snapdragon Variants"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Finally, Root for the USA\u00a0Samsung\u00a0Galaxy S8\/S8+ has been achieved. Thanks to the XDA Recognized Contributor\u00a0<a id=\"postmenu_73455543\" class=\"bigfusername xda-popup-trigger\" href=\"https:\/\/forum.xda-developers.com\/member.php?u=3812611\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">elliwigy<\/a>\u00a0who worked hard and shared the files and guide to <strong>Root Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+ US variants<\/strong> (Snapdragon Variants). Snapdragon models are available in the US and some other markets and they are hard to root, while the company is selling the Exynos variants in Europe, Korea, and many other regions. Exynos models of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stechguide.com\/install-twrp-and-root-samsung-galaxy-s8\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8 Plus have been rooted<\/a> previously and also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stechguide.com\/twrp-recovery-for-galaxy-s8-and-galaxy-s8-snapdragon-variant\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TWRP for Korean Galaxy S8\/Plus Snapdragon variants<\/a> was available. Now Qualcomm users can check the below guide to\u00a0<em><strong>Root Galaxy S8 and S8 Plus Snapdragon Variants<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The current root method is exploit-based and does<em>\u00a0<\/em>not\u00a0unlock Galaxy S8\/S8+ bootloader. On the plus side, KNOX isn&#8217;t tripped but locked bootloader means there is no custom recovery or ROM for it. The developers were able to get read\/write access to the system partition and managed to install the SuperSU and root the device. The below guide is focused on\u00a0<strong>Root Snapdragon Samsung Galaxy S8 and S8+ US Variants<\/strong>\u00a0and works on both Galaxy S8+ (SM-G955U and G955U1) and Galaxy S8 (SM-G950U and G950U1). If you have a Snapdragon-powered Galaxy S8 or S8+, then follow the below step by step guide to\u00a0Root Galaxy S8 and S8 Plus Snapdragon Variants.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6158\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stechguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/How-to-Root-Galaxy-S8-and-S8-Plus-Snapdragon-Variants.jpg\" alt=\"How to Root Galaxy S8 and S8 Plus Snapdragon Variants\" width=\"720\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stechguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/How-to-Root-Galaxy-S8-and-S8-Plus-Snapdragon-Variants.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.stechguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/How-to-Root-Galaxy-S8-and-S8-Plus-Snapdragon-Variants-300x150.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The process to\u00a0Root Galaxy S8 and S8 Plus Snapdragon Variants is divided into 2 parts. The first step will flash\u00a04 Pre-packaged firmware files and some adb commands to run some scripts and push supersu to root\u00a0on the ENG system.img.\u00a0The second process will use Flashfire to flash\u00a0the stock system.img.ext4 and supersu.zip to install root\u00a0to the\u00a0system. Below we shared both steps separately so you can Root Galaxy S8 and S8 Plus Snapdragon Variants easily.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Also Check &#8211;<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stechguide.com\/twrp-recovery-for-galaxy-s8-and-galaxy-s8-snapdragon-variant\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>TWRP Recovery for\u00a0Galaxy S8 and S8 Plus Snapdragon Variants<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stechguide.com\/install-twrp-and-root-samsung-galaxy-s8\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>TWRP and Root\u00a0Galaxy S8 and S8 Plus Exynos Variants<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Note:-<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Follow the steps correctly otherwise you may brick your device. We are not responsible for any damage to your phone.<\/li>\n<li>It will erase all your personal data including data of internal storage, so we advise you first to take a complete<em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stechguide.com\/how-to-backup-your-android-phone-without-root\/\">\u00a0backup of your phone<\/a><\/strong><\/em>\u00a0and then proceed.<\/li>\n<li>Ensure that your phone has at least 50-60% charged to prevent the accidental shutdown in-between the process.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Requirements:-<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Mofiled\u00a0Comsey Odin and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stechguide.com\/download-odin-samsung-galaxy-devices-version\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Regular Odin<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stechguide.com\/download-samsung-galaxy-s8-and-galaxy-s8-edge-usb-drivers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Samsung Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+ USB Drivers.<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Download\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.stechguide.com\/how-to-install-adb-and-fastboot-on-windows\/\">ADB and fastboot driver for windows<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.stechguide.com\/setup-adb-and-fastboot-on-mac-easy-step-by-step-guide\/\">ADB and Fastboot\u00a0for Mac<\/a>\u00a0and install it on your PC.<\/li>\n<li>Enable\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.stechguide.com\/enable-developer-options-and-usb-debugging-on-android\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">USB debugging and OEM Unlocking<\/a>\u00a0from setting&gt;developer option&gt;. To enable Developer Options, go to About phone and tap the Build Number 7 times.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Files required to Root Galaxy S8 Snapdragon variant \u2013<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mega.nz\/#!cFN2DD4C!I7AT4TgNSzBp7Py0UhC7pHZ0M4WDQhEC5qj2xD_qluM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Mofiled\u00a0Comsey Odin<\/a> and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.stechguide.com\/download-odin-samsung-galaxy-devices-version\/\">Regular Odin Tool<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Download Galaxy S8 firmware files &#8211;<strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidfilehost.com\/?fid=745425885120756645\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">SamPWND_S8_4File_Firm<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Download Galaxy S8 stock system.img.ext4\u00a0&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/mega.nz\/#!AeoFWAYa!3oxHckkmyXG7pTN_X_ETT9cFLgaLqqddjovJPTChpvg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">SamPWND_S8.zip<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Download ENG system.img\u00a0&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/mega.nz\/#!9TwUgRhZ!asqRN5Wqh91fWIV8yqi-rHc2-dIEC_oiHpKT8dEp2Sk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">systemroot.zip<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Files required to Root Galaxy S8+ Snapdragon variant \u2013<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mega.nz\/#!cFN2DD4C!I7AT4TgNSzBp7Py0UhC7pHZ0M4WDQhEC5qj2xD_qluM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Mofiled\u00a0Comsey Odin<\/a> and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.stechguide.com\/download-odin-samsung-galaxy-devices-version\/\">Regular Odin Tool<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Download Galaxy S8 Plus firmware files &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/mega.nz\/#!5cUjnCwK!Zgw5_CaINbES08gwDzl7yMN0N4nzm56Fa12ow-gppKA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">S8_PLUS_SAMPWND_FIRMWARE_PACKAGE.zip<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Download Galaxy S8+ of your choice and extract stock system.img.ext4 file<\/li>\n<li>Download ENG system.img &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mega.nz\/#!YMFykAJB!LswQMi0X2btopgWTpASyHANmc3N7hIC6W3A9-KfjgmI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">SAMPWND_SYSTEMROOT.zip<\/a><\/li>\n<li><b><u><a href=\"https:\/\/mega.nz\/#!tNVkHZDb!za1hwOVouSKPHyWYQXu61rxcleZL_80e6MD4kZQAfl4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">supersu.zip<\/a><\/u><\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>List of device Supported \u2013<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Samsung Galaxy S8\u00a0(Snapdragon variants \u2013 G950U\/U1)<\/li>\n<li>Samsung Galaxy S8+ (Snapdragon variants \u2013 G955U\/U1)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>How to Root Galaxy S8 and S8 Plus Snapdragon Variants<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Part 1 \u2013<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ol>\n<li>Download the S8\/Plus SAMPWND firmware package and the\u00a0systemroot.zip file to your PC.<\/li>\n<li>Now extract the both zip files in the ADB and fastboot folder.<\/li>\n<li>Open Prince Comsy Odin, and place the firmware files\u00a0in their respective slot (BL &#8211;&gt; BL, AP &#8211;&gt; AP, CP&#8211;&gt; CP, CSC&#8211;&gt; CSC)<\/li>\n<li>Connect your Galaxy S8 to your PC with the data cable and reboot into the\u00a0<strong>Download\/Odin mode<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>To enter into download mode turn off your phone and press and hold the\u00a0<strong>Bixby and volume down\u00a0<\/strong>bttons, then press the power button. until you see the download mode screen.<a href=\"http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.stechguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Download-Mode.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1146\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1146 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.stechguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Download-Mode.jpg?resize=640%2C360\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.stechguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Download-Mode.jpg?w=640 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.stechguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Download-Mode.jpg?resize=300%2C169 300w\" alt=\"Download Mode\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"section\">Once you enter into Download mode, you see an\u00a0<strong>ID: COM\u00a0<\/strong>port turned blue and Added message in Odin message box means your device has recognized by Odin.<a href=\"http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.stechguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/S7-Odin.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1164\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1164 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.stechguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/S7-Odin.jpg?zoom=1.5&amp;resize=720%2C527\" sizes=\"(max-width: 686px) 100vw, 686px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.stechguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/S7-Odin.jpg?w=881 881w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.stechguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/S7-Odin.jpg?resize=300%2C220 300w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.stechguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/S7-Odin.jpg?resize=768%2C562 768w\" alt=\"S7 Odin\" width=\"686\" height=\"502\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"section\">If\u00a0<strong>ID: COM\u00a0<\/strong>doesn\u2019t show means your driver is not correctly installed or try it with different USB cable.<\/li>\n<li class=\"section\">Make sure that only these options are select\/tick Auto Reboot, Re-Partition, F. Reset Time, Nand Erase All, and\u00a0Phone\u00a0Bootloader Update.<\/li>\n<li class=\"section\">Now click \u2018<strong>Start<\/strong>\u2018 button and it will start flashing the file. Wait until you see \u2018<strong>Pass<\/strong>\u2018 in Green Color on Odin screen.\n<div class=\"section\">\n<div class=\"section\">\n<div class=\"section\"><a href=\"http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.stechguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Odin3-pass.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1152\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-1152 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.stechguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Odin3-pass.png?zoom=1.5&amp;resize=480%2C156\" sizes=\"(max-width: 426px) 100vw, 426px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.stechguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Odin3-pass.png?w=330 330w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.stechguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Odin3-pass.png?resize=300%2C97 300w\" alt=\"Odin Pass\" width=\"426\" height=\"138\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>Now your device\u00a0will reboot into recovery mode, at this point just select reboot\u00a0system\u00a0now.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>Now, setup your phone and enable USB Debugging again.<\/li>\n<li>On ADB folder press\u00a0<b>shift+right click\u00a0<\/b>and click on<b>\u00a0open command here.<\/b><\/li>\n<li>Now check your connection by typing the below command\n<pre><strong>adb devices<\/strong><\/pre>\n<p><b>\u00a0<\/b>if your device is listed, you\u2019re ready to move to the next step.<\/li>\n<li>Issue the following adb commands one by one.\n<pre>adb push systemroot \/data\/local\/tmp\r\n\r\nadb shell chmod -R 0777 \/data\/local\/tmp\r\n\r\nadb shell setsid su<\/pre>\n<\/li>\n<li>If the last command from above worked for you, you\u2019ll not be seeing\u00a0dream2qlte, $ or\u00a0# in the command window, but when you type in \u201c<strong>id<\/strong>\u201d and hit enter it should show you as root.<\/li>\n<li>If you see dream2qlte, $ or\u00a0# Type &#8220;<strong>exit<\/strong>&#8221; in the command prompt till you see a blank line and don&#8217;t get any errors. You will see <strong>a<\/strong> in the next line a &#8220;#&#8221;. Then type &#8220;id&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Once you\u2019re in the root shell, enter the command below.\n<pre>echo\u00a0\/data\/local\/tmp\/systemroot\/remount2.sh &gt; \/sys\/kernel\/uevent_helper<\/pre>\n<pre>(this will remount\u00a0system\u00a0and rootfs as r\/w)<\/pre>\n<\/li>\n<li>Now wait 10-20 seconds and then type \u201c<strong>mount<\/strong>\u201d and enter until you see\u00a0<strong>\/<\/strong>\u00a0or\u00a0<strong>rootfs<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>\/system\u00a0<\/strong>mounted as\u00a0<strong>RW<\/strong>. Once you see them mounted as RW,\u00a0execute the below script.\n<pre>sh \/data\/local\/tmp\/systemroot\/root.sh<\/pre>\n<p>(there will be some errors displayed back to you in adb, don&#8217;t worry about them)<\/li>\n<li>When the script is complete your\u00a0device\u00a0will reboot. This step will Root Snapdragon Galaxy S8 and S8 Plus US variants.<\/li>\n<li>Once the\u00a0phone\u00a0is back up, you should be rooted.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div class=\"section\"><strong>\u00a0Part 2 (Optional)<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>\n<ol>\n<li>Take the stock firmware of your choice and extract the <strong>system.img.ext4<\/strong>. Copy system.img.ext4 on your device&#8217;s internal storage\u00a0or\u00a0sdcard.<\/li>\n<li>Download the supersu.zip\u00a0file from above and copy it to either internal\u00a0storage\u00a0or\u00a0external\u00a0sd card.<\/li>\n<li>Download flashfire from the Play Store<\/li>\n<li>Open the <strong>flashfire app<\/strong> and grant\u00a0root\u00a0permissions (this must be done with airplane mode enabled)<\/li>\n<li>Exit flashfire<\/li>\n<li>Open SuperSU, go to settings, scroll down, and enable pro features.<\/li>\n<li>Reopen SuperSU, select flashfire, and <strong>force user\u00a0ROOT<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Open Flashfire again, and <strong>Select<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Flash\u00a0Firmware Package<\/strong> and navigate to your system.img.ext4. When you select it and a window pops up, make sure to select\u00a0mount\u00a0\/system read\/write.<\/li>\n<li>Press the + sign again and <strong>select<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Flash\u00a0Zip or OTA<\/strong>. Navigate to the supersu.zip and select it.<\/li>\n<li>Select wipe and make sure the top 3 options are selected, press the check in the top right corner<\/li>\n<li>Now make sure the files are in specific order like from top to bottom: <strong>WIPE &#8211;&gt;\u00a0Flash\u00a0Firmware Package &#8211;&gt;\u00a0Flash\u00a0ZIP or OTA<\/strong>. If your order is not this, Press and hold the &#8220;wipe&#8221; option and slide it to the top above\u00a0flash\u00a0firmware package. Make sure it is in that order before pressing the\u00a0flash\u00a0button!<\/li>\n<li>Press the\u00a0<strong>Flash\u00a0button<\/strong> and wait for your\u00a0device\u00a0to reboot<\/li>\n<li>Congratulations your Snapdragon Galaxy S8 and S8 plus Root Successfully.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<p>This is the complete guide to Root Galaxy S8 and S8 Plus Snapdragon Variants.\u00a0If you have any questions, then comment below.<\/p>\n<p>Source \u2013 (<a href=\"https:\/\/forum.xda-developers.com\/galaxy-s8\/development\/samsung-galaxy-s8-root-snapdragon-t3659305\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">1<\/a>), (<a href=\"https:\/\/forum.xda-developers.com\/galaxy-s8+\/development\/root-g955u-g955u1-snapdragon-sampwnd-t3658911\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">2<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Finally, Root for the USA\u00a0Samsung\u00a0Galaxy S8\/S8+ has been achieved. Thanks to the XDA Recognized Contributor\u00a0elliwigy\u00a0who worked hard and shared the files and guide to Root Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+ US variants (Snapdragon Variants). 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