Want to clean & root old Galaxy A3 (SMA300-FU) but not sure how to do it

2 years ago by Ezek to c/android

I have an older Samsung Galaxy A3 with an already unlocked bootloader (it comes pre-unlocked) that I want to clean & root. I have a few apps like firefox, some games, DraStic, notesnook, etc. as well as my music. I want to keep all of this of course bug remove all the other bloat i dont need. I dont want a custom ROM or anything. The samsung ROM is good enough (android 6.0.1) I am very unaure on the process though & I dont want my old phone to get bricked so I'd appreciage it if somebody helped me out here, thanks.

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BearOfaTime 4 points 2 years ago

Magisk is the root tool to use today.

Look for it on XDA.

Basic procedure:

Extract boot image from rom or phone

Install Magisk to phone.

Use magisk to patch boot image

Copy boot image to PC

Use PC to flash boot image to phone.

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Ezek 2 points 2 years ago

okay, exactly how should I flash that boot image to the phone? do I put it in download mode? & will this erase all the data?

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