How to Root the Samsung Galaxy Music
Who doesn’t want to get the best out of his device? Everyone does. To help you out with rooting your brand-new Samsung Galaxy Music, we’ve come up with an easy to follow guide that teaches how you can gain root-access on your device as well as how you can go about flashing a custom recovery on it.
Rooting is the process of gaining administrative rights on your Android device. Once we root our Android device, we can then make changes to it to customize it well beyond what it normally can do.
Once you have root access on your Samsung Galaxy Music, you’ll be able to:
- Remove apps that were preinstalled by your carrier/manufacturer from your device.
- Free up storage space (because of the above benefit).
- Increase battery life (apps that might have been running constantly can be removed).
- Increase performance (after removing apps that are always running, the device will be less bogged down and run smoother).
- Update to a new version of Android (by flashing a custom recovery/ROM, see the end of this procedure for more info on that).
- Tons of other customizations when you use your new found administrative rights to flash a custom ROM (again, see the end of this procedure for more info on that).
Interested? Here’s how to root your Samsung Galaxy Music:
I. Before You Begin
1. This will void the warranty of your device. We won’t be held responsible if you end-up bricking or damaging your device. Do it at your own risk.
2. You can unroot your device to reinstate the warranty, though.
3. This should only work on Windows based PCs.
4. You should’ve required drivers installed on your PC. If you haven’t, you can download the latest drivers from here.
5. This only works for the GT-S6010 model.
6. This procedure flashes a custom recovery as well.
II. Downloading Required Files
1. Download Root Genius and save it to your desktop.
2. Download CWM Recovery and save it to your desktop.
3. Download Odin and save it to your desktop.
III. Rooting the Samsung Galaxy Music
1. Enable USB debugging on your device by heading to Menu > Settings > Developer options > USB debugging.
2. Launch the Root Genius tool on your PC by double-clicking on its executable file available on your desktop.
3. Plug in your device to your PC using the USB cable.
4. Click on Root it in the tool and it should begin rooting your device.
5. When it’s done, you should be rooted.
Congrats! Your Galaxy Music device is now rooted. If you want to verify the root-access, you can download and install the Root Checker app on your device.
If root-access is just not sufficient for you, you might want to flash a custom recovery. Here’s how you can get a custom recovery up and running on your device in no time.
IV. Flashing a Custom Recovery on the Samsung Galaxy Music
1. Extract files from Odin to your desktop by right-clicking on it and selecting Extract here.
2. Double-click on Odin executable and it’ll launch.
3. Click on PDA and choose the CWM Recovery file available on your desktop.
4. Checkmark the boxes that say Auto Reboot and F. Reset Time.
5. Make sure Repartition is unchecked in the Odin.
6. Turn OFF your device.
7. Turn it back on by holding down Volume DOWN, Home, and Power buttons together.
8. Press Volume UP and you should be in Download mode.
9. Plug in your device to your PC via USB cable.
10. Click Start in the Odin and it’ll start flashing the recovery on your device.
11. When the recovery’s flashed, your device should automatically reboot.
12. And you’re all set!
Wonderful! You now have a custom recovery on your Samsung Galaxy Music device that lets you flash custom ROMs as well as custom Mods.
You can click here to find all of the Samsung Galaxy Music How To’s.
You can also find all of the Samsung Galaxy Music ROMs we have here.
