How to Root Samsung Galaxy S10 Lite and Unlock Bootloader

The latest Samsung S series device, the recently announced Galaxy S10 Lite.Samsung surprised everyone with the launch of the S10 Lite at an unexpected price.Based on the price of the phone, it seems that Samsung is targeting OnePlus.The The phone contains last year's flagship Snapdragon 855 processor. Coming to the performance of the device more than other Samsung flagship devices. But if you need additional features, you need to root your device. Here you will know

How to Root Samsung Galaxy S10 Lite

and how to unlock bootloader on Galaxy S10 Lite.

The next S series phone will soon be launched in three different models.Yes, you would think it would be Samsung Galaxy S20.But S10 Lite will be preferred by many users due to its acceptable price.Samsung S10 Lite has a triple rear camera with a 48 megapixel main sensor. Rooting the phone will add features such as adding custom fonts, third-party themes, various Xposed modules and more. To root any phone , we need to unlock the bootloader of this phone first, so we have also included the Galaxy S10 Lite bootloader unlock guide.

Samsung phones currently run on OneUI, and S10 Lite comes with OneUI 2.0 based on Android 10. And due to multi-layered security, it is difficult to root Samsung phones. But it is not impossible. We can still use Magisk to root Samsung phones including Galaxy S10 Lite. Thanks to Magisk developer Topjohnwu for the effective method.

Samsung is one of the favorite brands in the field of custom development like custom ROMs, custom recovery, custom kernels and more. It means the device will get the ROM and recovery soon. But before you start development custom, you can still root your phone. Rooting has many advantages, but also some disadvantages, such as triggering Knox and unlocking the bootloader. Below are instructions on how to unlock the bootloader.

Samsung Galaxy S10 Lite Bootloader

All smartphones come with locked bootloaders for safety standards set by each smartphone company. It prevents the user from modifying the device in a way that could damage the device. This can be useful if the device is stolen, you can find it easily. But if you like to play with advanced features and various ROMs, you need to unlock your Samsung S10 Lite bootloader first.

Please backup all your phone data because bootloader unlock data will reset your phone.

Open Settings on your phone and go to

About the phone

Knock on

Number of builds

7-8 times and it will show that you are now a developer.

Now go to Settings > Additional Options > Developer Options.

In developer options, enable OEM unlocking and USB debugging.

Now turn off your phone.Then press and hold volume up and volume down keys and connect it to computer with USB cable.

When the warning screen appears, release both keys.Then press the volume up key once to start the Samsung S10 Lite and

Download mode

When the device is in long download mode, press the volume up key to unlock the Samsung S10 bootloader, now it will erase the device data and unlock the bootloader.

The device will now boot into the system. Then enable

developer options

by following 2 & 3 steps.

Go to Developer Options and make sure OEM Unlock is greyed out. If it is greyed out, that means you have successfully unlocked the bootloader on your Galaxy S10 Lite and if not, try again in a few days.

That's all you need to do to unlock the bootloader on your Galaxy S10 Lite. And this guide works for all Samsung smartphones. So once you unlock the bootloader on your S10 Lite, you can now root your phone by following the instructions below. But before moving on to the steps, be sure to review the requirements.

Preconditions

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Root Samsung S10 Lite with Magisk

When it comes to rooting on Samsung phones, you need to be very careful because Samsung phones are more prone to bootloop. This is due to the different security mechanisms used in Samsung phones, especially after the release of OneUI. There are several methods to root Samsung phone.The methods are similar to using custom recovery file and magisk patch.But for now custom recovery is not available for Samsung S10 Lite,we will use so the Magisk Patched file to root the Galaxy S10 Lite.

Extract the downloaded Firmware & Odin zip file to your computer.

Go to the extracted and copied firmware folder

tar AP

storage to phone storage.

Setting

Manage Magisk

app on your phone and open the app.

In Magisk Manager, click

Settings > Settings

In the next pop-up screen, select “Select and fix file”.

Now locate the AP file that you copied earlier and wait for the patching process.

How to Root Samsung Galaxy S10 Lite and Unlock Bootloader

After applying the patch, the output file will be saved in a download folder named

magisk_patched.tar

Copy the patched magisk_patched.tar file to your computer, you can copy it to the firmware folder for your convenience.

Open

Odin.exe

to run the Odin Flash tool.

In the switch tool

option

tab and uncheck the 'Restart automatically' option.

Then click on the AP tab and locate

magisk_patched.tar

files that you recently copied to your computer.

Click on BL and locate

tar file and other download

and CSC files on their respective tabs. You can download the Home_CSC file in

CSC

tab to keep your phone data.

Now turn off your phone and boot your device into

Download mode

use the steps given in the Unlocking the bootloader section.

Connect your phone to your PC in Download mode.Skip if already connected to computer.

The tool will detect the phone will appear near the ID:COM.

Click now

Start

button to start flashing. It may take some time depending on phone and computer speed.

When done, it will show a Pass message above the ID:COM section. Disconnect your phone and follow the next steps.

Now you have to be careful

boot into rooted system

use the button combination below.

Press and hold Volume Up + Power buttons and release all buttons when you see the warning screen.

That's it, now you have successfully rooted your Samsung S10 Lite.

After rooting your device, you should know the steps to boot your phone in different partitions. I have added button combinations that will help you boot your device in different systems without losing root access. So follow the shortcuts below below:

The system does not need root

: Turn on normally

Recovery Mode

: Press and hold the volume up + power button together and when you see the warning screen, release the power button only and keep pressing the volume up button until what you saw Recovery.

If you stuck your phone while rooting, you can follow this guide to fix bricked Samsung phone.

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Here you will find the complete guide on How to Root Samsung Galaxy S10 Lite with Magisk and How to Unlock Bootloader on Samsung S10 Lite. If you have any questions in mind, feel free to share them in the comment section.

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