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[Q] Rooting G900H

So, i got tired of waiting a port or something like Towelroot for the exynos variant of the S5 and, before i start rooting the phone, i'd like to clear some questions:
1 - Towelroot really doesn't work on 900h and there's no other option besides CF, right?
2 - I live in Brazil, but the phone was bought at one Bestbuy in the US. The warranty will be covered by the store after tripping knox? If not, it means it'll be covered by Samsung in the US (if there's a law for it, like in EU) or in Brazil (couldn't find anything about knox tripping effect in here)?
3 - I think i remember, a long time ago, that there were some problems after rooting and tripping knox, like bricking the fingerprint scanner and loosing other features. Is that a thing, or just an old rumor?
4 - Tripping knox and flashing a knox-free rom blocks you from flashing another rom with knox right? If i only root it and, i don't know, just mess around with Xposed and other root apps, i'll be able to flash the stock rom and install OTAs or i'll need to stick with custom knox-free roms?

1- Yeah. G900H model can only root via CF method.
2- In my country (Bangladesh) tripping knox will not void warrenty, until any damages made by hand..
3- Tripping knox will not create problems with fingerprint or private mode etc. It's an old rumor..
4- Yes. You can always revert back to Stock Rom by flashing your device by a stock firmware.

Masum56k said:
1- Yeah. G900H model can only root via CF method.
2- In my country (Bangladesh) tripping knox will not void warrenty, until any damages made by hand..
3- Tripping knox will not create problems with fingerprint or private mode etc. It's an old rumor..
4- Yes. You can always revert back to Stock Rom by flashing your device by a stock firmware.
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What do you mean the warranty is "not void until damaged by hand?"

Y.G. said:
What do you mean the warranty is "not void until damaged by hand?"
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That means, Phone damaged by dropping from hand.

Masum56k said:
That means, Phone damaged by dropping from hand.
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So they check to see if you've rooted if you break the glass or digitizer? That sucks.

Masum56k said:
1- Yeah. G900H model can only root via CF method.
2- In my country (Bangladesh) tripping knox will not void warrenty, until any damages made by hand..
3- Tripping knox will not create problems with fingerprint or private mode etc. It's an old rumor..
4- Yes. You can always revert back to Stock Rom by flashing your device by a stock firmware.
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Okay, thanks for clearing that up :good:
And since there were no reports of warranty problems with knox voided phones, i'll assume that rooting is safe in here.

Rooting Samsung s8 SM-G950F

Hello, maybe its just me, but Im not fully clear about rooting my phone. The thing is that I wouldnt loose my warranty, but Id use my loved root required features, such as viperaudio mod, etc.
So there are some methods already, but I dont know, if there any low effort root, or anything similar exist which not triggers knox counter If this method isnt exists, then is it possible to reset the counter after Ive flashed a custom rom / root?
Flashing an original firmware update with Odin will trigger the counter?
Thanks forwards for your help!

Draegloth said:
Hello, maybe its just me, but Im not fully clear about rooting my phone. The thing is that I wouldnt loose my warranty, but Id use my loved root required features, such as viperaudio mod, etc.
So there are some methods already, but I dont know, if there any low effort root, or anything similar exist which not triggers knox counter If this method isnt exists, then is it possible to reset the counter after Ive flashed a custom rom / root?
Flashing an original firmware update with Odin will trigger the counter?
Thanks forwards for your help!
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Root will trigger Knox. Some custom ROMs had Knox status set as 0x0 but it still has triggered the Knox fuse in reality. Triggering Knox will make you loose Samsung Pay for lifetime. But if you don't care about your warranty or Samsung pay then you could go ahead. There are thread showing you how to do so.

S8 SM-G950F Root

Sorry if this is already been asked.
Just new to how Knox works with root.
I'm currently on stock Rom with Knox intact, is there a way I can root without tripping Knox due to having 2years warranty on the device, or would I just loose warranty completely after rooting due to voiding it.
Thanks

Never mind I rooted now with twrp and custom Rom.
Admin remove please
Thanks

Is There Any Way to Use SAMSUNG PASS & PRIVATE FOLDER WITH ROOT/Custom Rom?

Hi im on stock latest oreo now.
I want to root or install custom rom+kernel without losing samsung pass and private folder.
Is there any way to use Samsung Pass and Secure Folder on root?
I know all other apps are working with root. Magisk Knox Faker Isn't working for only these apps.

I don't think there is any custom rom available with samsung pass but I'm not sure about private folder and besides that knox faker thing 0×0 in magisk is just to keep your heart in real life knox is already 0×1 which means no secure folder no samsung pay no samsung pass and no samsung health even if you flash stock firmware.

Rajinder Singh Bedi said:
I don't think there is any custom rom available with samsung pass but I'm not sure about private folder and besides that knox faker thing 0×0 in magisk is just to keep your heart in real life knox is already 0×1 which means no secure folder no samsung pay no samsung pass and no samsung health even if you flash stock firmware.
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your last sentence is wrong. you can use all apps include samsung health except samsung pass, pay, secure folder.

tosunkaya said:
your last sentence is wrong. you can use all apps include samsung health except samsung pass, pay, secure folder.
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I meant after flashing stock firmware without root even Samsung Health won't work neither would samsung pay or samsung pass and nor would secure folder to make the samsung health work on stock firmware after tripping knox you need to be rooted.

S8 Rooting and Knox

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Introduction​
Hi, I was thinking about rooting my S8 after seeing a lot of videos on YouTube and forum posts about the benefits of it and using Magisk Modules, but I'm wondering, is it possible to do it without tripping Knox? I'm a heavy user of the Secure Folder, Galaxy Store, Samsung Cloud, and S-Health app and I don't want to lose that functionality since I heard that after tripping Knox those apps become useless since they won't start at all or give an error that "secure space/ Knox cannot be initialized".
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On Short: I want to know if:
Rooting without tripping Knox works.
If not, is there any way to keep the functionality of S-Health, Samsung Cloud, Secure Folder, Galaxy Store
Are there any workaround for running (for example) Magisk Modules/root apps without the need of root
If all of the above are negative, are there any other apps that keep the same functionality as the ones listed above (not Magisk, the Samsung ones)
Long Explanation:
I would use any other Health App, but S-Health has always kept all my devices up-to-date between one and another without any headache, Secure Folder is the only "secure" workspace app I trust since it has hardware-level security on the S8 because of that Knox thing (or so I heard). I know that they aren't the only ones with the same functionality, but they have official certifications and that matters in my opinion. I'm open to more suggestions.
The reason I want to root my phone is that I like to customize my phone a lot, but not as deep as to changing my ROM.
I will answer any other question if it helps, but if there is a middle ground that lets me use root apps like Magisk and not losing Knox functionality, I'm 100% all ears.

The short answer is no. Also if you try to root anyway make sure of your exact model and current firmware of your phone. Any US S8 with Snapdragon and bootloader above 5 cannot be rooted.

bigalbklyn said:
The short answer is no. Also if you try to root anyway make sure of your exact model and current firmware of your phone. Any US S8 with Snapdragon and bootloader above 5 cannot be rooted.
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I do know what version my S8 (G950F Exynos) is and the firmware (G950FXXS4DSC2/G950FOXM4DSBA/G950FXXU4DSBA)

PROGamer_199 said:
I do know what version my S8 (G950F Exynos) is and the firmware (G950FXXS4DSC2/G950FOXM4DSBA/G950FXXU4DSBA)
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1. Yes you can root your phone
2. Modifying your phone will trip your knox.ie:custom recovery,root,kernels,custom ROMs etc.There is no fix for a tripped Knox.
3. You can not root/modify your phone without tripping Knox.
4. With a tripped Knox you will lose Samsung pay,secure folder S health and other Knox related apps and services.
Note:There is a workaround to get S health running on tripped Knox.
As for alternatives I don't really know as I don't use any of these applications.
5. Things like Galaxy store and cloud storage will still work.
6. You may lose OTA updates and will have to do them manually as they come out.
As to customisation of your phone there are non root methods out there but really depends on what you want to do.

spawnlives said:
1. Yes you can root your phone
2. Modifying your phone will trip your knox.ie:custom recovery,root,kernels,custom ROMs etc.There is no fix for a tripped Knox.
3. You can not root/modify your phone without tripping Knox.
4. With a tripped Knox you will lose Samsung pay,secure folder S health and other Knox related apps and services.
Note:There is a workaround to get S health running on tripped Knox.
As for alternatives I don't really know as I don't use any of these applications.
5. Things like Galaxy store and cloud storage will still work.
6. You may lose OTA updates and will have to do them manually as they come out.
As to customisation of your phone there are non root methods out there but really depends on what you want to do.
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Thanks for the response, this answer is good enough for me to stop from rooting, since I use those apps a bit too much on a daily basis. I will close this thread now since its no good to keep it open for no reason.