Learn How to Root Galaxy S6 and Install Custom ROMs!
For those you bummed out because you thought Galaxy S7/S7 Edge have new software features that your Galaxy S6/S6 Edge doesn’t, we are here to give you good news that you can now easily convert your Galaxy S6 or S6 Edge into Galaxy S7/S7 Edge using root and custom ROM called Noble ROM.
For those of you who want to root your Samsung Galaxy S6, S6 Edge, or even Note 5 on latest Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow, you can do so using SpaceX kernel.
\
We knew that once Galaxy Note 5 and S6 Edge Plus were released, we’d soon have Note 5 or S6 Edge Plus ROMs for Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge.
For those of you who want to root your Samsung Galaxy S6 or S6 Edge, you will want to follow a different root method as Google has changed how rooting works with newer Android 5.1.1. Due to Android 5.1.1 changes, you can no longer root your S6 or S6 Edge without causing it to soft-brick. But there’s a work-around, this goes back to the days of older Android ICS and Gingerbread where we flash a modified kernel to make root possible. It’s unfortunate that the newer Android 5.1.1 makes rooting more complex but it is still doable with a custom kernel.
Want to turn your Galaxy S6 into an S6 Edge? There’s a ROM for that called VN ROM.
For those of you who have been waiting for root on your AT&T/Verizon Galaxy S6 or S6 Edge(SM-G920A/SM-G925A/SM-G920V/SM-G925V), we have some good news for you, there’s now a new root method called “PingPong Root” that will root it easily within 5 minutes.
For those of you with an AT&T SM-G920A/SM-925A or Verizon SM-G920V/SM-G925V, you may be happy to hear that there is a root method that may work soon called “PingPongRoot” on XDA. This is still work in progress but have been confirmed to work on many S6 models including SM-G920F, SM-G920I, SM-G9200, SM-G920P, SM-G920T, and many more.
For those of you looking for Galaxy S6 Edge stock firmwares, we have added most of SM-G925F European and SM-G925I South American stock firmwares to our S6 Edge Stock Firmware page. If you see any country firmware missing, don’t worry as we are working around the clock to update them all but you should find most of them available now. Also, if you do not see a firmware for your country, you can also use any other country firmware so long as your model number matches. For example, you can use Germany SM-G925F firmware if you have Spain SM-G925F. Since all of the firmwares support all languages, you should have no problems as long as you change the language after installing them.
For those of you who have been waiting for Sprint or Korean Galaxy S6 Edge stock firmwares, we have good news, you can grab them now on our S6 Edge Stock Firmwares page.
For those of you wondering whether the KNOX security flag can be reset or not on the Galaxy S6 with root, it is not possible. At least not yet but if you are going to root your Samsung Galaxy S6 or S6 Edge, you may want to know that currently there’s no known method to reset the KNOX counter.
Recent Comments