Samsung has finally started rolling out the official Marshmallow firmware for its two former flagship phones, the Galaxy S6 SM-G920F and Galaxy S6 edge SM-G925F. The update can be obtained via OTA. To check if Samsung has made the update available for your phone, go to Settings > About Device > Software Update and tap on Update Now.
Now, if you updated your Samsung Galaxy S6, you can make it even better by rooting it and installing SuperSU. Even though the firmware has been available for a few days only, developers have already created custom kernels with root support for the Galaxy S6 Marshmallow firmware.
How to root official Galaxy S6 & S6 edge Marshmallow firmware
How to root Marshmallow firmware
Now, if you updated your Samsung Galaxy S6, you can make it even better by rooting it and installing SuperSU. Even though the firmware has been available for a few days only, developers have already created custom kernels with root support for the Galaxy S6 Marshmallow firmware.
How to root official Galaxy S6 & S6 edge Marshmallow firmware
Things you need to download
- SpaxeX
kernel: (Galaxy S6 SM-G920F & Galaxy S6 edge SM-G925F)
- SuperSU
2.65 APK (Download)
- Odin
v3.10.7 (Download)
How to root Marshmallow firmware
Download the SpaceX kernel and move it to a folder on your
computer. Download SuperSU and move the APK file to your phone’s internal
storage. Download Odin as well and extract the zip file.
- Turn
off your phone. Press the home, power and volume down buttons at the same
time to go to download mode. Connect your phone to your computer using a
USB cable.
- Open
Odin, click on AP and select the SpaceX kernel file
(SpaceX-Kernel_MM_RC1_G920F_Test.tar.md5 &
SpaceX-Kernel_MM_RC1_G925F_Test.tar.md5).
- Wait
for the kernel to install.
The phone will then restart. Open your file manager and
install SuperSU APK. Now you will have complete root access.