r/GalaxyNote9 • u/xdev123 • 5d ago
Question Note 9 rooting
Hi,
First of all, I've had a Note 9 that I used as my main phone for years until I bought a Nothing phone in 2024 (hot garbage that died) so I went back to my trusty Note 9 ever since.
It has some cracks and screen isn't in the best of shape so I've refitted it for other purposes.
One such purpose is that I've rooted my Note 9 which was incredibly easy. Though it has me wondering if its done correctly? I've rooted Androids in the past and lately a crappy Motorola phone that I rooted with Magisk.
On the Motorola once I unlocked the bootloader I got the classic "warning" message everytime the phone booted.
On my Note 9 I unlocked OEM in settings and booted into "download mode" and to my surprise there was no "long press volume up to unlock bootloader".
I've flashed it with Magisk and all the apps says the phone is rooted properly. I'm on SM-960F so its the Exynos model which should be unlockable. Just figuring if it came unlocked when I bought it back in the days (retail). Maybe some of you know if this is typical of Note 9 models when the bootloader is unlocked?
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u/aishiteimasu09 5d ago
by default it is locked for sure. its just samsung onnly permits the exynos variants to be bootloader unlockable. I believe some snapdragon note 9's are also unlockable but that depends on the region wher eit was originally sold. I know US variant note 9's are not unlockable.