Get CyanogenMod's cLock Home & Lock Screen Widget on a Non-Rooted Samsung Galaxy S4Įnable the Hidden Developer Options on Your Samsung Galaxy S4 Root Your Brand Spanking New Samsung Galaxy S4

Tap on it, then make sure USB debugging is checked.

You can then access Developer options by going to your GS4's Settings -> More, and it'll be the second from the bottom. You'll need to have Developer options enabled, which you can easily do by following Faisal's softModder guide. Attempting to install a recovery like ClockworkMod or TWRP will likely turn those GS4 variants into nothing more than shiny, expensive paperweights.Įven if your Galaxy S4's bootloader is locked, you can still attain root with this method. If you have the Verizon Galaxy S4 with ME7 firmware, or AT&T Galaxy S4 with MF3 firmware, unfortunately your bootloader is locked, so you won't be able to install a custom recovery at all. You'll have to manually install a recovery yourself if you'd like to do that. A recovery is a software that lets you flash custom ROMs like CyanogenMod onto your phone, as well as perform system level maintenance, like backing up and restoring nandroid files. You'll need to have the following components ready:Īlso be aware this rooting method does not install a custom recovery. Please enable JavaScript to watch this video. The below method will still work, it's just a little less convenient now.

Check out the full guide here, which uses the 'unrootable' AT&T version of the Galaxy S4 to demonstrate. There is now a better, faster, and simpler way to root your Galaxy S4, thanks to legendary hacker George Hotz, and it will work on all S4 variants-and pretty much every other Android device out there (aside from HTC and Motorola). However, thanks to the crafty developers at Kingo App, root can be attained with just one click now, and not just for the GS4, but for almost any Android phone on the market. Definitely not an easy task for a first-time rooter. I've previously covered a way of doing it for the AT&T version of the Samsung Galaxy S4 that has the MF3 firmware on it, but you needed an SD card reader, unzipping software, a terminal emulator, and more. For new Android users, rooting an Android phone can often be an intimidating process, especially since there are so many different ways to gain root access, depending on your model and firmware version.

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