[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] BotsOne:
-Read Me First-

First of all, the purpose of this thread is so that we can update the OP with details on how our progress is going. This thread will only be relevant for a short time until the official root release thread is created. We needed a place to post updates on how our progress is moving towards the actual release without sifting through 400 pages of flame-wars and other nonsense. The other root thread's OP has disappeared so we have no way to update it. Also, the OP of the other thread has not contributed to this current method, and contains info that is irrelevant to this method. Perhaps the mods will close the other thread so that development can be focused in a place where we have the ability to update the original post. When we are ready to release, a new thread will be created in the appropriate forum. Thanks for understanding.

-Contributors-

Here are the people that have contributed to the current method, make sure to thank them when you see them:

@eliwiggy

@Harry44

@akiraO1

@BotsOne
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-Current Progress-

We have achieved root! We are currently very busy packaging things up to make our method easy to apply, and fixing a few quirks in order to provide a well-rounded root method with as few bugs as possible. Obviously, community development will commence when our method is released, and others will be able to contribute to get things working as smoothly as possible. Here are a couple of things to consider while you wait:

-Our method uses an engineering firmware, which includes a lot of testing and debug tools. We will leave these tools as-is. There is no inherent lag in this firmware build, it is completely stable.

-We have the engineering firmware for both the S8 and S8+. We just got the S8 firmware recently, but we expect things to work the same way they do on the S8+ firmware, which we've had for a while now.

-Samsung Knox is intact, warranties are intact. We are currently experiencing some issues with some Samsung apps, but are working to get these ironed out before release. There is a problem with the certification method that Samsung uses to verify their apps on this firmware.

-There are issues with a few apps getting root correctly. This should be fixed soon, we are closing in on the issue.

-We are currently limited to 80 percent battery capacity. This is a limitation in the kernel that we are using. We are looking for a work-around, but we may release with this limitation intact and let the community work to get it sorted out. I've been getting through the day just fine with battery left to spare, but your mileage may vary, depending on usage pattern and apps installed etc... Sometimes you just have to make a sacrifice.

-Notes-

-Please do not ask for an ETA. We will release when we think things are of acceptable quality.

-Be respectful to your fellow members in this thread. We don't want any more flame-wars, and we certainly don't want any threads to get shut down.

-How To Contribute-

-There is a bounty thread that has been posted by [MENTION=3812611]elliwigy[/MENTION]. Read the instructions, and if you feel so kind as to donate, post your pledge there. We hope that those that have pledged will follow through with their pledges. We have all spent many a restless nights working on this, not to mention the fact that money was spent acquiring the firmware used. All donations are greatly appreciated.​