Samsung Galaxy S4 I9500 ROOT

Requirements

• GT-I9500 Samsung Galaxy S4
• Cofface’s CWM Recovery & Root [download]
• Odin3 Flash Utility [download]
• At least 50% battery remaining on your device
• Samsung Android USB driver for your Galaxy S4

Procedure

Step 1: Download the necessary files from above, and unzip them to a convenient location.

Step 2: Put your Samsung Galaxy S4 in Download Mode using the button combination. Power off your device, plug USB cable to your computer, hold down the Volume Up + Downcombinations, plug in the USB cable to your S4 while still holding down the volume buttons.

Step 3: Launch Odin3 on your computer, and connect your device in Download Mode to the PC using USB cable. Odin3 will detect the connection and indicate a COM port on top.

Step 4: Under PDA, select the cofface_samsungI9500_recovery_en_0503.tar file to flash the recovery, which will later be used to root the device. Make sure that Re-Partition is unchecked, and don’t touch any other setting. Hit the Start button to begin flashing the new PDA.

Step 5: Once the flash is complete, the phone will reboot. Wait for boot to complete, and then power it back off.

Step 6: Reboot the phone into CWM recovery that you just installed by pressing and holdingVolume Up + Home buttons whilst powering on the device.

Step 7: In Recovery, go to root your phone, followed by choosing any of the two methods. CWM Recovery will notify once the process is complete.

Step 8: Reboot your device once again, and you will have the Super User app installed on your Galaxy S4 GT-I9500. Please ensure to not update the su binaries after this.

Enjoy the root access!