[Galaxy S 4 General] rushter:
[Root guide for Docomo Samsung Galaxy S4 SC-04E]

Everyone's favorite topic.

There are a few members working on this now.

Some have used other methods that have worked but nothing foolproof that always works has been done yet.

If you have the MF1 update and want to root then use the gs4eXT method posted further down into this forum.

It does appear that you can also root using that method with the MF2 update but it is a very limited root. Titanium Backup won't work, you can't flash any other ROMs, maybe other things too. So for me, rooting at this time is not yet an option.

I'm sure this will change soon. Somebody will figure something out.

[ML2 update root guide]

coming soon...

[MF2 update root guide]

I'm on MF2. Root works. Titanium Backup works.

Here are the exact steps that I took:

1. Restore factory image (MF2 in my case)

2. Install Android Terminal Emulator.

3. Install GS4eXT (paid)

4. Opened Android Terminal Emulator. Left it at that.

5. Hit menu, then went to open GS4eXT

6. f**k the device. Yes. Yes.

7. When the process finished, my last message was only "sorry too much. u0_a224@android:/$"

My phone did NOT display "Please reboot manualy operation."

8. I pressed the power button, and clicked on Restart.

9. System restarted, and then a message popped up in Japanese asking if I wanted to install Superuser. Yes. Open.

10. Back to the Play Store, I then installed Super SU. Open. Super SU will say that there are other programs using root access, and will ask to uninstall those other programs. Hit Cancel.

11. Installed Titanium Backup.

Notice: Titanium was granted root via SU via Superuser. So Superuser is granting Super SU root. And in turn, Super SU granted Titanium root. Sounds weird, but you'll see what I mean.

Test Conducted: Installed a backed up app and data from my last phone. Success! All my saved files were included in the restoration process.

I restarted my phone. It booted as normal.

Opened my restored app. Everything worked as normal.

Opened up Titanium, but had it was looking for root access. I had to open Super SU back up again. After that, I went back to Titanium, and root access was granted once again.

After I uninstall all my bloatware, I'm going to try updating the phone and see if it keeps root (or see if I can root again after the update).

Thanks a million!

Another root guide from cezeff

Flashed the CM 4.4.1 and having no problems...cam and video working fine...one thing i found out is to be on the super safe side be sure to flash in order...

1. be rooted on either a rooted stock or another aosp rom

2. ensure you have the cwm 6.0.4.5 flashed as your recovery....its easy, just flash the tar via Odin

3. download and copy the 4.3 slimbean, CM11 and/or AOSP 4.4.2 to and sd card and place in your phone...just do this before you boot into recovery.

4. i advise downloading the gapps provided by pa and copy that you your sc card too....you can choose from either the full, core or bare minimal gapps...plus you can flash the cam separate too with photosphere... http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2397942 theres the link

5.boot into recovery, do a full wipe

6. install 4.3 Slim Bean

7. wipe again... then install either CM11 or AOSP, then flash the gapp package

8. wipe cache, and davilk then reboot

9. let sit for 10 minutes reboot

i had flashed the 4.4.2 but ran into reboot problems...probably because i jumped ahead and didnt flash in order....this is just a rough guide....

Another ROM

SeeYou has released a stable 4.4.2 CM 11.0 ROM. I have flashed it and have experienced no issues.

http://bbs.shendu.com/thread-2661689-1-1.html