How to Install TWRP and Root Samsung Galaxy S8 and S8+ (Exynos Variants)

·         The Samsung Galaxy S8 and S8 Plus are Awesome Phone in the Android Market which it has launced as Samsung’s flagships.

·         SamsungSung Galaxy S8 & S8 Plus are best Android Device but some features are not huge.

·         If you like to root your Samsung Galaxy S8 Device when you can root it using by TWRP Recovery easily and productively.

·         The Galaxy S8 variants are still very newPhones, and understandably, their kernel sources haven’t yet been released by Samsung.

·         The result is that the currently available TWRP recoveries are not fully functional. For the most part, they work just fine, except some features such as MTP.

Samsung Galaxy S8

SM-G950F

SM-G950FD

SM-G950N

SM-G950X

Samsung Galaxy S8+

SM-G955F

SM-G955FD

SM-G955X

SM-G955N

To find your S8/S8 Plus’s model number-you can find it under Settings> About device.

 Rooting Process Step By Step 

Pre-Requirements.

·         An Exynos powered variant of the Samsung Galaxy S8 or Galaxy S8+.

·         Make sure your device has enough battery. Preferably, it should be above 50%.

·         Install Samsung USB Drivers on your PC.

·         Enabled USB Debugging and OEM Unlock. To enable USB Debugging, you will first need to enable Developer mode. Go to Settings> About Phone> Software info, and tap the Build number repeatedly until you see a message that says “You are now a developer.” Then go back to Settings, and you can now see Developer mode towards the bottom. Tap on it and scroll down the list to find OEM Unlock and USB Debugging. Enable them both.

·         Download the latest version of Odin.

·         Do NOT forget to Backup your phone’s data, apps and anything saved on the device’s storage as a precaution.

Download

·         TWRP Recovery for Samsung Galaxy S8

·         TWRP Recovery for Samsung Galaxy S8+

·         Download disable dm-verity zip: no-verity-opt-encrypt-5.1.zip

·         Latest Magisk: Magisk-v12.0.zip

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·         Install TWRP and Root Samsung Galaxy S8/S8+ (Exynos)

·         Download the TWRP recovery image from above, according to your device.

·         Copy no-verity-opt-encrypt-5.1.zip and Magisk-v12.0.zip files to your phone.

·         Unzip the ODIN zip file and open the extracted folder.

·         Double-click the Odin3.exe file to launch ODIN.

·         Now switch off your device.

·         Press and hold Bixby + Volume down buttons and then press the Power button.

·         The phone will boot into download mode quite quickly.

·         When in Download mode, connect your phone to the PC with a USB cable.

·         If you have the drivers installed, your device should be detected, and you should see Added!! in the ODIN Log box.

·         Along with that, the ID:COM port should be highlighted in blue.

·         Now click on the AP tab in the ODIN window and select the TWRP recovery.tar file that you downloaded for your device.

·         Click the Options tab on Odin and uncheck the Auto Reboot option.

·         Now click on Start and wait for the TWRP installation process to finish.

·         If the flashing completes successfully, you will see the box above the ID:COM port light up green with a PASS message.

·         You can now disconnect the USB cable.

·         Having installed TWRP, it is time to root your Galaxy S8 by flashing the latest Magisk via recovery. Therefore, you need to boot your phone into the recovery mode. Now press and hold the Volume Down + Bixby + Power buttons at the same time and immediately swap to Volume Up as soon as the screen goes blank/black while still pressing the Home and Power keys. Keep the 3 keys pressed until you get into TWRP Recovery.

·         Tap the Install button in TWRP, navigate to the location where you copied the the no-verity-opt-encrypt-5.1.zip and select it. Swipe the installation confirmation slider when prompted. (Note: In case you see the red text error in TWRP saying unable to mount storage, go to the main menu in TWRP and select Wipe> Format Data. After that, reboot the recovery and then install no-verity-opt-encrypt.zip.)

·         Now go back to the main menu in TWRP and select Reboot> Recovery.

·         When the device reboots into TWRP, tap the Install option, navigate to the Magisk-v12.0.zip and install it.

·         Magisk will now be installed on your device and it will be rooted the next time you boot it up.

·         When the flashing is complete, tap Reboot> system.

Congratulations! Your new Samsung Galaxy S8 is rooted. You should open Magisk to verify if your phone has been properly rooted or not.