[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Revzie:
Hello folks,

Here's hoping you can help me with an issue I've been having which is more personally oriented than what you may be used to, but here goes anyway:

I am having great difficulties gathering useful information from the legions of posts and threads within XDA about the best procedure or procedures to follow in order to root my i9505, and avoid some of the issues I've read about such as reboot loops, dysfunctional components and nasty stuff like that.

The difficulties I run into are mainly because due to my ADD, I cannot 'filter' the right information from the big pile, so to speak.. There's so much going on here that it greatly confuses my mind and then I can't even think straight anymore about anything, which causes me to take a break from everything and just grab a drink or something until my mind calms down again. Obviously, this is not really a desirable trait to have but I usually don't have issues like this to a much noticeable degree such as when attempting to learn about this, here.. :(

Despite having been lurking around on XDA for a while, I haven't been able to figure out exactly what to do.. So I'm turning to you now. I'll briefly summarize my doubts and questions:

- I have a completely stock S4 i9505, baseband version I9505XXUGNG8, running 'droid 4.4.2. Please ask me for any specific info on the phone, might you so need it!

- I want to end up with a system like this CM one, if it's at all doable.

- I have tried following some videos outlining previous CM installs, but they seem to be assuming I know how to do any of the prerequisite steps already.

- I have zero experience rooting Android phones, though I do know what it is and does. I just never needed to do it since this is only my second smartphone I've owned so far, so I have very little inside knowledge on this subject yet. I am very eager to get into and learn about this stuff, though! :)

- I've read many posts about people having issues after rooting their phones, even rendering some of them unusable! I can't have uncertainties like that, so I'd like to know if there's a method that works best on my specific hardware/software combination.

- I've also read about Knox, but can't put my finger on what its effects are on how the phone itself operates. I've read something about manipulating some Knox files after rooting the phone as well in some thread, but it's all very unclear to me as to what it is, what I have to do with it when rooting and changing the ROM and why I should do these things, if at all applicable to my case.

There seem to be many ways to get to one goal, but if at all possible I'd like to get pointers or even some personal help via Skype or private messages or something, so I can go down a specific path to get to where I want to be, with the new system installed on the phone. I AM technically inclined, so anything you instruct me to do I will happily follow. At least I can follow direct instructions since there is much less information to deal with that way.

I'm sorry if I'm a burden to you people, but I get quite scared of all this seemingly conflicting information and I don't want to do anything which can ruin my phone due to my own stupid mind not interpreting something correctly.. :(

If anyone can help me out on this, I'd be ever so grateful!

My best regards to you all.