Samsung Galaxy S4 model GT-I9500 started receiving official android 4.4.2 KitKat in Mid-February 2014 If you haven't received ota update and wish to manually update your phone to the latest Android version you can follow instruction here "Update Galaxy S4 GT-I9500 To Android 4.4.2 KitKat". In this post is the guide to root your Galaxy S4 device working with both Android Jellybean 4.3 and KitKat 4.4.2. If you're ready please continue reading the steps below.
Required files: Samsung USB Driver | Odin+Root File
- Download Samsung USB Driver and Install It
- Download Odin+Root File and and extract it to a folder
- Turn Off Your Phone
- Put your phone into download mode (Hold Volume Down + Home Button + Power Putton together, then when you see a warning prompt press Volume Up to continue)
- Connect your phone to computer and wait the Windows install the phone driver complete.
- Open Odin+Root File Folder and run Odin3-v1.85.exe as Administrator.
- On Odin windows make sure that your phone is connected properly by seeing a Highlight Yellow box inder ID:COM
- Press on PDA and choose CF-Auto-Root-ja3g-ja3gxx-gti9500.tar.md5
- Now click on Start and wait a few seconds your phone will restart. Now check to see if there is a new app nameSuperSu installed on your phone.
- Your phone is now Rooted.
(Please do it with your own risk)
