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How To Root Australian Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge (SM-G925I)

Android · April 20, 2015

I recently just upgraded from a Galaxy S4 to a Galaxy S6 Edge with Optus and absolutely love it. Arguably the best Android phone I have ever owned to date. Naturally after getting it, I wanted to root it. I like to hack my way through applications and games for fun and profit.

The first time that I tried to root, I screwed up my phone. I was so close to factory resetting it, but I tried a couple of other root methods and finally got it.

Before we proceed my phone is the Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge SM-G925I variant on Optus here in Australia. Please also note I am running the OC5 firmware as well. I tried the root for the OC5 firmware (from the below link), but it did not work for me.

Disclaimer: Rooting your phone will trip Knox and void your warranty. There is a flag value on the phone that gets set to a value of 1 if you decide to root your phone.

I was following along with the instructions here at Droidviews. The problem is using the OC5 firmware in my case just resulted in a boot loop in which the Samsung S6 Edge logo would display and that would be that. I could not even get into recovery mode, only download mode.

Then I discovered the root file for the Samsung S6 non-edge variant SM-G920I works for the S6 Edge SM-G925I. I found the CF Auto Root file for the SM-G920I here then followed the usual instruction steps using Odin and my phone worked.

I had read somewhere (can’t recall where) the standard S6 root works for the S6 Edge, but I assumed the edge CF Auto Root downloads would have worked (but not in my case). This method will also work for the non-Edge variant of the S6 as well as the Edge version.

Dwayne

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Alex
Alex
7 years ago

THANK YOU SO MUCH! I had the same problem and thought i bricked my phone, ur a life saver 🙂

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Robin
Robin
7 years ago

Hi, just wondering whether you are able to install TWRP after rooting with 920I on the S6 Edge? Thanks.

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Saeid
Saeid
7 years ago

Robin,
I’m from Australia and I did my S6 Edge (SM-G925I) version to be rooted with 920I.
The root itself worked fine but I couldn’t manage to get the TWRP working.
I actually ended up breaking my boot loader when I tried different boot images and different TWRP packages and fortunately could get it back to Stock firmware and load it up again.
I just share that here and hope we can find the way to have TWRP loaded on Australian Galaxy S6/S6 Edge handsets.

Guys,
Please update if you achieved that by mentioning the resources and method.

Cheers,

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robin
robin
Reply to  Saeid
7 years ago

Hi, Saeid, I have tried to no avail. Having tried things through xda-development, I still could not get this to work. Also serious battery drainage issue. The phone wouldn’t go into deep sleep.

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Saeid
Saeid
7 years ago

Update: So far I cloud root my Galaxy S6 Edge (SM-925I) as DWayne explained in top of this topic.
Root will be done with no problem but the problem is that the Stock Recovery also will be replaced by the one in G920I package so that doesn’t work on Galaxy S6 Edge at all.
I also have tried to install and root with TWRP as explained here: http://galaxys6root.highonandroid.com/cwmtwrp-recovery/
Was not successful as booting stucks at logos as well….
So I just decided to leave the Recovery to Stock and just have the phone Rooted.
So here was what I did:
1- Fisrt of all, If you have any problem with your handset , restore the Stock Galaxy S6 Edge image available here: http://samsung-updates.com/device/?id=SM-G925I
2- Root with G920I package as explained above.
3- Extract Recovery Image from Stock Image downloaded on (1) above.
3-1: Rename the file from .tar.md5 to .tar
3-2: Extract the .tar file with WinRAR application
3-3: Grab a copy of “recovery.img” and copy it to your Phone Via USB
4- Flash it by using “Flashify” application which you can instal from Play-Store:
4-1: Install “Flashify (for root user)” ### You already have rooted ###
4-2: Run Flashify–>Recovery Image–>Choose File–>–>YUP!

Stock Recovery will be installed and you can get into the Stock Recovery (Vol. Up+Home+Power–>Release Power when you see logos)

Hope it helps,

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Dwayne
Dwayne
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7 years ago

Saeid,

Your post was not removed, it flagged the spam plugin I am using because you had more than one link in your comment. It went into a pending status and I just approved it right then. Thanks for sharing, no doubt very handy for others who come across this post.

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Saeid
Saeid
7 years ago

ok mate,
So I think it’s better you delete the last 3 post of me and yourself to clear the junks and leave this topic cleaner….

sorry I just send this as a post I had no access to you except here…

Thanks

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Saeid
Saeid
7 years ago

Ok Guys,
You may messed up and couldn’t get into your recovery mode at all.
I explained how you can reflash your stock recovery by using Flashify.

However, sometimes it’s handy to use Odin as you might not be able to get into the Flashify to load .img file.
Therefore, you need a file to be compatible with Odin to load the secure file which has a MD5 validated encryption.

I have done one for my Galaxy S6 Edge Australia version and I share it here with you guys.
Rememeber: this post is for Galaxy S6 Edge (SM-G925I) so this Recovery just work fine with this model.
Get the file from here:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/39781696/SM-G925i_Stock_Recovery.tar.md5

Also, for those of you who would like to make the Odin version of any .img file, I explain here how you can do it yourself:
1- You need Linux machine. I prefer Debian Based machine like Ubuntu.
2- Copy the recovery.img file over to your Linux machine.
3- Run this commands to convert and create the .tar.md5 version of your file:
#tar -H ustar -c recovery.img > recovery.tar
#md5sum -t recovery.tar >> recovery.tar
#mv recovery.tar recovery.tar.md5

recovery.tar.md5 is Odin friendly file to flash in “Download” mode (Vol. Down+Home+Power –> Vol. Up)

And explanation of commands:
—————————————————-
First line: make a tar file of your file. Something like ZIP in windows
Second Line: Adds the MD5 hash of the file to the end of the same .tar file
Third Line: Rename the .tar file to .md5 file as it includes the MD5 hash encryption

Good luck,

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Saeid
Saeid
6 years ago

Hi All,
Not sure why I came here to post as it seems this post and page is not that much active.
However, I would like tocomplete the story which I had started up before and so, i would like to post the latest update for “Australia Samsung Galaxy Edge , Model SM-G925I” handsets.

Today, I could upgrade my Stock Firmware to the latest one released by Vodafone Australia.
The version is 5.0.2 (G925IDVU1BOE3) and the file can be downloaded from sammobile.com website:
http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/database/SM-G925I/VAU/

After that you can ROOT your device with Odin and root image available in this root package:
https://download.chainfire.eu/737/CF-Root/CF-Auto-Root/CF-Auto-Root-zerolte-zeroltexx-smg925f.zip

Then, you can flash TWRP 2.8.6.0 (I didn’t try 2.8.7.1 but should be allright) via Odin and this time all are ok and TWRP works like a charm.

Download TWRP for your device:
https://dl.twrp.me/zeroflte/twrp-2.8.6.0-zerofltespr.img.tar.html

if you want to try latest TWRP version (which is 2..8.7.1 at the time) use this link:
https://dl.twrp.me/zeroflte/twrp-2.8.7.1-zeroflte.img.tar.html

Good luck and enjoy your rooted device…
Cheers,

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