How To Guide – Guide to Root Galaxy S22 Plus (B/E/N/0), Unlock Bootloader and Flash Official Firmware (Noob Friendly)
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Your warranty is now void.
If you root your device, Your KNOX status will be tripped.
You can still pass the safety net after you root if you follow the instructions.
I am not responsible for bricked devices, dead SD cards although it is not really possible
Please do some research if you have any concerns about doing this to your deviceHow to flash official firmware? (not root and unlock bootloader part!)
You will need:
A Galaxy S22 Plus and common sense
Samsung Odin (the official firmware flashing tool)
You must extract the zip file and you must use the file Odin3_v3.14.1.exe inside the folder.
Samsung Android USB Driver for Windows
You only need the driver if you develop on Windows and want to connect a Samsung Android device to your development environment via USB.
developer.samsung.com
Double click and install the exe file.
Samsung official firmware
Contribute to the development of zacharee/SamloaderKotlin by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
Download the platform you want to download to. (Windows)
You must extract the zip file and double-click to open the Bifrost.exe file inside the folder.
You need to fill in the model, region, press the button Check for updates and the button Download.
How to find the model: on the phone → Settings → About the phone → The third line says the model number, and you need to remove the part with the part of /xx, for example SM-S906B/DS, and you just need to write SM-S906B
How to find the region: You can check the region on this link or https://samfrew.com/model/SM-S906E/
You must find a three-letter word depending on the operator and country and enter it in Bifrost, for example EVR
Tap the Check for Update button and download it using the Download button.
Add it to a place you can easily find, i.e. Desktop.
After downloading it, find the file SM-S906x_x_xxxxxxxxx_xxx.zip.enc4 in the place you put it and change the document format from .enc4 to .zip. Then double-click and extract the file.
Open Odin3_v3.14.1.exe and turn off your phone. Connect one side of the USB to your PC/Laptop, keep pressing volume up and down together until you enter download mode. Insert another side of the USB into the phone. When you got to download mode, press volume up. Return to Odin3_v3.14.1.exe:
-Click on BL and select BL_S906xxxxxxxxxx.tar.md5
-Click on AP and select AP_S906xxxxxxxxxxxx.tar.md5
-Click on CP and select CP_S906xxxxxxxxx.tar.md5
(If you want to keep your data, don’t flash CSC).
-Click on CSC and select CSC_OMC_xxxxxxxxxx.tar.md5
-Click on USERDATA and select HOME_CSC_OMC_xxxxxxxxxx.tar.md5
Press Start to flash the firmware, after you finish, the device will automatically reboot into the system.
How to unlock the bootloader?
Go to phone → Settings → About phone → Software information → Press Build number 6 times until you see the message “You are now a developer”
Go to Settings → Developer options → enable OEM unlock
Turn off your phone first. Then connect one side of the USB to your PC/Laptop, keep pressing volume up and down together until you enter download mode. Insert another side of the USB into the phone.
Once you got to download mode, long press volume up until you see the black screen. Confirm to unlock the bootloader and you will wipe your device.
How to root your phone?
After unlocking the bootloader, set up your phone and make sure you don’t sign in to your Google account first. Install Magisk on your phone. Oh yes, in case you don’t know, you need to let the app install apps so you can install apk.
Transfer the AP_S906xxxxx.tar.md5 in the firmware you download from your PC/Laptop to your phone.
Open Magisk on your phone and tap the install button in the Magisk column. Select “Select and patch a file”, “Let’s go” and find AP_S906xxxxx.tar.md5 and select it. You can have a cup of coffee if you want while waiting for the file to update.
After completing the update, transfer the magisk_patched-24xxx_xxxxx.tar file in the download folder back to your PC/Laptop.
Turn off the phone. Connect one side of the USB to your PC/Laptop, keep pressing volume up and down together until you enter download mode. Insert another side of the USB into the phone. When you got to download mode, press volume up. Open Odin3_v3.14.1.exe on your PC/Laptop:
Click on BL and select BL_S906xxxxxxxxx.tar.md5
-Click on AP and select magisk_patched-24xxx_xxxxx.tar
-Click on CP and select CP_S906xxxxxxxxx.tar.md5
(If you want to keep your data, don’t flash CSC).
-Click on CSC and select CSC_OMC_xxxxxxxxxx.tar.md5
-Click on USERDATA and select HOME_CSC_OMC_xxxxxxxxxx.tar.md5
Once it finishes flashing, it will automatically reboot and you can get root access.
Optional: If you want the safety net passed (most of the banking apps use it), you need to install the zip
as a Magisk module in Magisk https://github.com/kdrag0n/safetynet-fix/releases
How? Go to Magisk → Modules → install from storage and select the zip you downloaded.
