Root rights to Samsung Galaxy A5 (2017) (SM-A520F)

In this article we will find out, how to root samsung galaxy a5 (2017).

Getting root rights on Android 6.0
Preparation.

1. Download and install – drivers;
2. Download and unpack – CF-Auto-Root-sma520f.zip.

Process.

1. On your smartphone, go to settings, open the item «About the device» -> «Software Information» and in the window that appears, click 7 times per point Build number. The following message should appear at the bottom of the screen: «Developer mode is enabled«. After this, in the main settings menu, the item – » should appear.Developer Options«;
2. We put a tick opposite «USB debugging» And «OEM Unlock«;
3. Let’s launch the program one and in the field AP we add ours CF Auto Root;
4. Now you need to enter the download mode. To do this, turn off smartphone, then simultaneously press and hold three buttons: Decrease volume, Turning on And Home. A turquoise window with a warning will appear – click on the button Increase volume;
5. Connect the device to the PC, make sure that Odin «saw» it: a blue rectangle with the device port identifier should appear in the upper left corner. Click on the «START«, we are waiting for the firmware to finish;
6. After successful flashing, the smartphone should reboot itself.

Root obtained.

Getting root rights on Android 6.0-7.0
Information:

• The instruction is relevant for Android 6 (bootloader v.1 and v.2) and Android 7 (bootloader v.2);
• A520FXXU2BQH4 – ok;
• A520FXXU2BQIE – ok;
• A520FXXS2BQIJ – ok;
• A520FXXU2BQK1 – the bootloader is locked. To flash a custom recovery, you must first flash BL from the latest 6.0.1 via Odin;
• A520FXXU3BQLA – bootloader is blocked, as of 22.01 there is no solution;
• A520FXXU4BRA8 – bootloader is locked, no solution as of 22.01.

Preparation.

1. Download and install – drivers;
2. Download and unpack – one;
3. Download and unpack – TWRP_3.1.1-0_a5y17lte.tar.md5.zip;
4. Be sure to download it on memory card smartphone – no-verity-no-encrypt_ashyx.zip;
5. Be sure to download it on memory card smartphone – SuperSU v2.82 (CWM/TWRP).

TWRP installation process.

1. Go to the device settings, enable the item «Developer Options«, put a tick next to «OEM Unlock«
   Important! In the future, under no circumstances. Do not disable this item.otherwise, after rebooting the device you will get an eternal reboot with a red inscription: «Custom binary blocked by FRP«, consequences – Reflashing the device;
2. Now you need to enter the download mode. To do this, «turn off» smartphone;
3. Press and hold three buttons simultaneously: Decrease volume, Turning on And Home. A turquoise window with a warning will appear – click on the button Increase volume;
4. Run Odin as administrator and place the previously downloaded file TWRP_3.1.1-0_a5y17lte.tar.md5 in the field AP;
5. Required in the » taboptions«uncheck»Auto Reboot«;
6. Connect the device to the PC, make sure that Odin «saw» it: a blue rectangle with the device port identifier should appear in the upper left corner. Click on the «START«, we are waiting for the firmware to finish.

Getting Root.

1. Turn it off smartphone and enter the «recovery» mode («Volume Up» + «Home» + «Power»);
2. Will open Team Win Recovery Project and click on the language selection tile «Select Language«, choose language «Russian«;
3. Let’s move Swipeconfirming changes in the system partition;
4. Next, for the recovery to work properly, we will need to format the data partition. (Warning! All your data and apps on your smartphone (not SD card) will be destroyed);
5. Click on the tile «Cleaning«, followed by «Format Data«, we write YES and click on the check mark;
6. We return to the menu and sew the previously downloaded script «no-verity-no-encrypt_ashyx.zip» (installation -> no-verity-no-encrypt_ashyx.zip -> swipe to flash);
7. We are looking for a previously downloaded archive SuperSU.zipinstall as the previous archive.

Root obtained.

Getting root rights on Android 8.0
Preparation.

1. Unlock the bootloader:
   First method: we wait 7 days (168 hours) without rebooting the device, if we reboot, everything will crash, and we will have to wait again.
   Second way: Remove the SIM card -> Go to settings -> Date and time -> Disable automatic time update -> Set the date back a week (preferably a week and 1 day or 2 weeks, better more than 1 week) -> Check for software updates -> Reboot -> Go back to settings -> Developer options -> Enable OEM unlocking (if already enabled, then turn it off and on again);

   1. Remove the SIM card;
   2. Settings -> Date and time: «disable automatic time update»;
   3. Set (another) date, 2 weeks ago (any, the main thing is more than 7 days), change the time zone to any other;
   4. Turn on Wi-Fi (if you only have mobile Internet, check with a SIM card);
   5. Settings -> Software updates: change automatic download of updates to manual;
   6. Settings -> Connections: for the connected point – «forget network», turn off Wi-Fi;
   7. Settings -> Developer options: OEM Unlock;

      If the OEM Unlock item appears, turn it off and on again. Turn on USB debugging (maybe not necessary).

      In some cases, the «OEM Unlock» item is hidden (in Oreo it appears after 7 days), while the device is already unlocked – i.e. in the mode download – state: Prenormal not anymore.

   8. Reboot into mode download to check if a line is missing state: prenormal.

2. After unlocking the bootloader, turn on «Debugging via USB» And «Factory unlock OEM«;
   Important! In the future, under no circumstances. Do not disable this item.otherwise, after rebooting the device you will get an eternal reboot with a red inscription: «Custom binary blocked by FRP«, consequences – Reflashing the device;
3. Download the flasher and unpack it wherever you want – one;
4. Download the drivers and install them – drivers;
5. Download TWRP Recovery and unpack it wherever you want, the main thing is to find it later – TWRP_3.1.1-0_a5y17lte.tar.md5.zip;
6. Download to memory card – RMM-State_Bypass_Mesa.zip;
7. Download to memory card – SuperSU v2.82 (CWM/TWRP).

TWRP installation process.

1. Now you need to enter the download mode. To do this, «turn off» smartphone;
2. Press and hold three buttons simultaneously: Decrease volume, Turning on And Home. A turquoise window with a warning will appear – click on the button Increase volume;
3. Run Odin as administrator and place the previously downloaded file TWRP_3.1.1-0_a5y17lte.tar.md5 in the field AP;
4. Required in the » taboptions«uncheck»Auto Reboot«;
5. Connect the device to the PC; make sure that Odin «saw» it: a blue rectangle with the device port identifier should appear in the upper left corner. Click on the «START» and wait for the firmware to finish.

Getting Root.

1. Turn it off smartphone and enter the «recovery» mode (Volume Up + Home + Power);
2. Will open Team Win Recovery Projectclick on the language selection tile «Select Language«, choose language «Russian«;
3. Let’s move Swipeconfirming changes in the system partition;
4. Next, for the recovery to work properly, we will need to format the data partition. (Warning! All your data and apps on your smartphone (not SD card) will be destroyed);
5. Click on the tile «Cleaning«, followed by «Format Data«, we write YES and click on the check mark;
6. We return to the menu and sew the previously downloaded script RMM-State_Bypass_Mesa.zip (installation -> RMM-State_Bypass_Mesa.zip -> swipe to flash);
7. We are looking for a previously downloaded archive SuperSU v2.82 (CWM/TWRP) and install it like the previous archive.

Root obtained.

For those who got an eternal reboot with a red inscription: «Custom binary blocked by FRP«.

All firmwares presented below are five-file and contain the required 3 familiar files – AP, B.L. And CPand also 2 files to choose from – CSC or HOME_CSC:

• CSC – formatting all user data from the smartphone to the state «out of the box«;
• HOME_CSC – all user data, including internal storage, will remain intact.

Android Marshmallow 6.0.1

Android Nougat 7.0

Android Oreo 8.0.0
Instructions for reflashing with the official firmware – one.