How to Root Samsung Galaxy S5 International Qualcomm/Exynos Sprint T-Mobile

How to Root Samsung Galaxy S5 Fast and Easy
Follow these instructions to the letter. Do not touch any buttons or checkboxes that are not listed below to touch!

  1. Download and unzip the CF-Auto-Root-....zip file (see posts below this one)
  2. If you end up with a recovery.img and cache.img file, you've extracted twice. You need to end up with a .tar.md5 file - don't extract that one
  3. (USB) Disconnect your phone from your computer
  4. Start Odin3-vX.X.exe
  5. Click the PDA button, and select CF-Auto-Root-....tar.md5
  6. Put your phone in download mode (turn off phone, then hold VolDown+Home+Power to boot - if it asks you to press a button to continue, press the listed button, or run adb reboot download command)
  7. (USB) Connect the phone to your computer
  8. Make sure Repartition is NOT checked
  9. Click the Start button
  10. Wait for Android to boot
  11. Done (if it took you more than 30 seconds, you need practise!)

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Other models

CF-Auto-Root is not yet available for all models - one stock firmwares for these models become available, let me know, and I'll make the corresponding CF-Auto-Roots. Make sure to check the main CF-Auto-Root site as well, as models may be listed there that are not listed here.