Samsung Galaxy S4 — Root ???? yes or not????

Saferoot: Root for VRUEMJ7, MK2, and Android 4.3

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2565758

Getting (or not getting) root access depends on several factors:

• How important is your warranty to you (rooting voids your warranty)
• Why do you want root in the first place? (if it's to delete bloatware, flash a custom ROM etc then it's your only choice)
• Do you know what you're doing? (getting root and breaking something because it sounded like a cool idea is silly, so make sure you read up first)
• Can you live with it if everything goes wrong and you brick your phone? (not very likely but still a possibility)

If you do root your S4 (Chainfire's CF-Autoroot method is probably best and easiest way), you can very easily unroot it if you ever need to, so it's not a one-way street. Although even if you unroot at a later stage but you've flashed a ROM you will have still tripped the Knox tamper flag and flash counter, so repairs etc under warranty won't be possible and it also may affect your ability to resell it (if the person knows what to look for, and cares about it).

CF-Autoroot for GT-I9500

CF-Autoroot for GT-I9505

Please note: I just added these two for some major S4 models, please confirm you have the right tool for your specific model number.

— modified on Jun 18, 2014, 3:06:34 PM